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Boom!

That night, torrential rain poured down.

New York.

The Prime Universe's Reverse-Flash, Eobard Thawne, suddenly sat up in bed.

He got out of bed, poured himself a glass of water, then walked over to the building's window.

It was 2016—June 16, 2016.

(Note: DC Universe Rebirth Special, which concluded the New 52 era, was released in May 2016!)

History had developed a fault line.

He knew that.

The Flashpoint timeline had returned... Just a second ago, he had been busy murdering Jorge Hart, August Heart's older brother.

(Note: August Heart, the DC supervillain "Godspeed," once appeared in the live-action The Flash television series. He was a pure-white speedster villain.)

He had already made his preparations. He intended to turn August Heart into a new Speed Force villain, and the birth of a Speed Force villain often began with a heartbreaking death—such as Nora, Barry Allen's mother.

But in that instant...

Everything changed.

The world shattered. The timeline...

Thawne did not know how to describe the sensation. In an instant, the world's future vanished.

It was terrifying. Time froze on the afternoon of June 15. As the Justice League left the Prime Universe, the entire timeline lost its future for some reason Thawne could not understand.

Reverse-Flash began investigating.

This should have been The Flash's job, but The Flash—that irresponsible hero—had vanished along with the Justice League.

Reverse-Flash discovered that even his ability to cross timelines had been weakened. He tried returning to the morning of June 15 to stop the Justice League from leaving the Prime Universe. He tried to prevent the timeline from breaking apart, but the first second he saw Barry, he was captured.

Barry was too fast. No—or perhaps history had already solidified.

It was like a dried-up concrete road. Reverse-Flash realized that no matter how