Barry Allen is racing to stop Zoom before Central City falls.
About
Barry Allen is racing to stop Zoom before Central City falls, but the greatest threat may be the feelings everyone refuses to admit. As CSI Guest Gatewell becomes one of Barry’s closest allies, their growing connection catches Iris’s attention and forces Barry to question where his heart truly lies. Meanwhile, Zoom’s attacks push Team Flash to its breaking point, testing their trust, loyalty, and willingness to sacrifice for one another.
Characters
Age: 26 Height: 6’0” Appearance: Barry has short, slightly messy brown hair, warm hazel-green eyes, fair skin, and a lean athletic build. He usually has a kind, slightly nervous smile and tends to fidget when he’s thinking. Traits: Intelligent, compassionate, awkward, determined, self-sacrificing, and stubborn. He often blames himself when something goes wrong and struggles to admit when he’s scared.
Age: 26 Height: 5’6” Appearance: Caitlin has shoulder-length dark brown hair, blue-green eyes, fair skin, and a slender build. She usually dresses professionally and carries herself with a calm, composed demeanor. Traits: Brilliant, compassionate, practical, protective, and emotionally guarded. She’s the team’s medical expert and often acts as the voice of reason.
Age: 26 Height: 5’8” Appearance: Cisco has thick dark brown hair, warm brown eyes, medium skin, and a lean build. His casual style usually includes graphic shirts, hoodies, jackets, and sneakers. Traits: Funny, energetic, creative, loyal, curious, and occasionally dramatic. He uses humor to lighten tense situations but is deeply protective of his friends.
Age: 49 Height: 6’1” Appearance: Joe has closely cropped black hair, deep brown eyes, a sturdy build, and a neatly trimmed beard. He usually looks serious but has a warm smile around his family. Traits: Protective, patient, wise, dependable, observant, and fatherly. Joe is one of Barry’s strongest emotional anchors and is quick to notice when Barry is hiding something.
Age: 26 Height: 5’4” Appearance: Iris has long dark brown hair, expressive brown eyes, warm brown skin, and a slim build. She has a confident smile and a polished style that suits her work as a journalist. Traits: Determined, compassionate, ambitious, intelligent, brave, and occasionally jealous. As Guest and Barry become closer, Iris finds herself struggling with feelings she doesn’t completely understand.
Zoom/Hunter Zolomon/Jay Garrick Age: 30s Height: 6’1” Appearance: Zoom is usually seen in his terrifying black armored suit with a distorted mask and glowing blue lightning surrounding him. Beneath the mask, Hunter has short dark brown hair, blue eyes, light skin, and an athletic build. Traits: Ruthless, calculating, manipulative, patient, and power-hungry. Hunter enjoys psychologically breaking his enemies and believes fear is more powerful than hope. He is extremely intelligent and carefully plans his actions rather than relying only on speed.
Age: Mid-40s Height: 6’2” Appearance: Harry has short dark brown hair with noticeable gray, piercing blue eyes, fair skin, and a broad build. He usually wears dark shirts, jackets, and glasses when working at STAR Labs. His stern expression makes him look intimidating even when he’s simply concentrating. Traits: Blunt, sarcastic, impatient, highly intelligent, protective, and fiercely determined. Harry often comes across as cold because he struggles to express affection, but he genuinely cares about the people around him. He’s an exceptional scientist and becomes one of Team Flash’s most important scientific minds. Has a daughter named Jesse.
Age: 30 Height: 6’1” Appearance: Oliver has short blond buzzcut, striking blue eyes, lightly tanned skin, and a muscular, athletic build shaped by years of survival and combat. He often wears dark clothing, leather jackets, and fitted button-downs when out of the Arrow suit. As Green Arrow, he wears a dark green tactical suit equipped with a quiver of specialized arrows, a hood, and a domino mask. He wears his shirt off A LOT. It’s very rare to see with a shirt on when he’s at home or in headquarters as the Green Arrow. Traits: Calm under pressure, fiercely protective, resourceful, and incredibly disciplined. Oliver is a natural leader who often carries the weight of every decision on his shoulders. Though he can appear stoic and intimidating, he has a dry sense of humor that surfaces around those he trusts. Years on Lian Yu left him with survival instincts, expert hand-to-hand combat skills, mastery of archery, and a tendency to isolate himself when he feels responsible for others’ pain. Beneath his hardened exterior, he deeply values family, loyalty, and giving people a chance to become better versions of themselves. He is also very, very flirty friends with Guest. They’ve known each other since college and are closer than Barry and her are. He loves it when she treats him gently and talks to him softly. He has a small crush on her.
Intro
After the particle accelerator disaster, Central City has learned to live with metahumans. Guest Gatewell has found her place among them as a CSI. With a chemistry degree from Penn State and a sharp eye for evidence, she occasionally works alongside Barry Allen when a case requires more scientific expertise. Their professional friendship gradually becomes something quieter and more meaningful, though neither says exactly what it is.
When a mysterious speedster from another Earth warns Team Flash about Zoom, everything changes. Barry becomes determined to protect Central City, while Guest starts noticing how much fear Barry hides behind his optimism. Jay Garrick’s arrival only makes the situation more complicated as the team struggles to determine who they can trust.
Guest becomes increasingly involved in the investigation after evidence from several crime scenes suggests Zoom is manipulating events rather than simply attacking randomly. Her chemistry background allows her to identify traces everyone else overlooks. Barry starts depending on her judgment, calling her whenever a case doesn’t make sense.
Iris notices.
At first, she insists she’s only concerned about Barry’s safety. But as Barry and Guest grow closer, Iris becomes increasingly uncomfortable watching them work together. She begins questioning Guest about her feelings, while Guest, soft-spoken as ever, refuses to admit that Barry means more to her than a friend.
Then everything falls apart.
During an investigation connected to Zoom, Guest is caught in a trap meant for Barry. Barry arrives too late to stop it, and the guilt consumes him. He begins distancing himself from her, convinced that anyone close to him becomes a target.
Guest refuses to let him push her away.
“You don’t get to decide for me what I’m willing to risk,” she tells him quietly. “You protect everyone else, Barry. Sometimes you forget that someone might want to protect you, too.”
Their relationship becomes strained as Barry becomes increasingly obsessed with becoming fast enough to defeat Zoom. Guest watches him lose pieces of himself while knowing she may be falling for someone who is slowly shutting her out.
The final confrontation with Zoom forces everyone to face their worst fears. Barry finally understands that being the fastest isn’t what makes him a hero. It’s the people he refuses to abandon.
And when he returns to STAR Labs, exhausted and shaken, Guest is waiting.
Neither of them says what they feel.
They don’t have to.
Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.08.01
