After Alchemy has weakened Barry, Clariss grabs him and starts beating him up. The next day Barry tracks down Clariss but is attacked by Doctor Alchemy. The two battle each other through the entire city and eventually, Barry knocks down Clariss who, due his speed, crashes somewhere in Central City where Barry cannot find him. Edward reveals once more that he is the Flash's rival. When Barry approaches him, Edward reveals that he is aware that Barry tampered with the timeline and thus ruined his life.
He speeds through Central City, thus alerting the Flash's team. Alchemy indeed succeeds and Clariss gets his powers back. Clariss replies that he would indeed want that very much. He tells Clariss, who is having flashbacks of his Flashpoint identity Rival, that there is a way to get Clariss his speed back, asking him if he wants that. One of them gets up and turns around, revealing himself as Doctor Alchemy. Clariss, seemingly led by Alchemy, reaches a underground temple where many cloaked men are kneeling. While Clariss is taking a bus ride, he is once more called by Alchemy who is scratching his name into the window. He looks around to see that the word " Alchemy" is being driven into his mirror. Before he can do so, he is shot by detective Joe West.Īfter Barry has dissolved the Flashpoint-timeline and returned to his former timeline, present-day Clariss is woken up by a mysterious voice. Dazzled, the Rival acknowledges that Barry indeed is the fastest man alive but, once Barry has turned his back, attempts to kill him by vibing through his body. Barry is able to dismantle the tornadoes and smashes the Rival to the ground. During the battle, Barry experiences memory loss which allows the Rival to create tornadoes with his speed. Wally then starts attacking the Rival and throws him to the ground but the Rival grabs a metal pipe from the ground and impales Wally with it.
Neither Barry nor Wally, however, give them their name in return. When Flash and Kid Flash arrive, the rival removes his mask and even gives them his name, claiming that rivals should know each others name. Together with Kid Flash and a newly founded team, Barry locates the Rival at a sawmill in Central City. The Rival is able to defeat the Flash and throw him out of a window, but Barry is able to save him by moving his arms fast enough to create wind, which catches Wally. At his job at the CCPD, Barry is one of the policemen tasked with investigating the Rival.Ī few days later, the Flash and the Rival are fighting again, in an abandoned office building. While Barry heads to the scene to see the new Flash (Wally West) in action, Flash mistakes him for a civilian in need and attempts to save him, giving the Rival the time to escape. While approaching Iris West to ask her out, Barry sees a news station reporting that the Flash is right now battling his speedster enemy only known as the Rival, who attained his speedster powers through unknown means. After traveling through time and saving his mother's life, Barry now lives in the Flashpoint timeline he created by doing so.