Barry Allen (Earth-90)

"Enough! You will not do to this Earth what you did to mine."

- Barry Allen to The Monitor

Barry Patrick Allen is a meta-human speedster, known as the Flash and stylized as the Red Phantom, and a scientist in the Criminal and Forensic Science Division of the Central City Police Department. He is the last known survivor of Earth-90.

Early life
Growing up, Barry was constantly coming second place, and felt he was never able to escape the shadow of his father and brother.

In his youth, Barry was interested in archaeology, and even took a job at a museum under the guidance of Ted Preminger, who became a father figure to Barry, until he switched to studying police science, after which Preminger cut Barry out of his life.

At age 19, Barry became the first in his family to attend college, where he studied in law.

Becoming the Flash
Barry was working in the CCPD lab one night after Julio Mendez left the lab, a violent storm happened and got accidentally struck by lighting putting him in a coma for few hours. Later in a hospital, Barry wakes up completely safe wonders about his life when he realize how much he almost died. Later at a dinner with Iris, Barry and Iris talk about them self but Barry wants to return to the lab which make Iris disappointed that he already wants to work. At CCPD, Barry receive a call by the doctor that reveals that the test shows some kind of cell damage and recommended Barry to make a check up at S.T.A.R. Labs but he decline knowing their bad reputation. Later Barry realize that he has speed but that makes him eat a lot to which frighten Earl. But Barry who checked his message realize that he has missed a call from Iris who wonders where he is since he was supposed to set up for her exhibit at the gallery.

Barry runs out to catch a bus but, going too fast, he ended up in the beach's water before he passes out. After waking up, realizing that he has slept, he calls Iris to apologize but failed to convince her that he has run "30 miles". Back at home he gets a call from Tina McGee, who after thinking about what has happened to him agree to meet her the following morning at 50 Garrick Ave. Inside S.T.A.R. Labs, Tina makes Barry run in a treadmill but because he went to was it blows up. As Barry was hungry, they both go out to eat but Barry realizes that he consumes a ton of food, revealing that his body is burning too many calories which makes him wonder if he is aging prematurely. McGee asks him to keep his identity a secret since the last time S.T.A.R. Labs has discovered something, it costed her husband's life. That night, Iris came to his place and Barry tried to clean up the mess but by doing so he burned his shoes and melted part of them are all over his apartment but when Iris arrives she is only there to announce that she doesn't want to see him anymore. The next day, Barry is wearing a red "Soviet prototype deep-sea suit" to regulate his body temperature and allow him to run as fast as he can without burning his clothes. Using this suit, he manage to reach the speed of sound before he stops. When Barry goes back to the lab, Julio reveals that the sample that he found belongs to Nicholas Pike who Barry recognizes as Jay's ex-partner. Realizing that his brother is actually on the same Highway, he figures out that it's a trap and runs to save him but when he arrives, Jay is dead and the Dark Riders escaped. The next day Barry and his father are at Jay's funeral and argues about how Barry is trying to go after after Pike himself but his father disagrees and tries to dissuade him for going after him. Later at S.T.A.R. Labs he asks Tina to add the suit a hood so that he can bring Pike to justice without anyone knowing him and decides to create an emblem that Pike could fear. The following night, Barry attacks the gang and sabotage their chemicals convoys but after taking out all the bikers, one of them manage to stab him in the leg and Barry had to avoid the police and meet some of his colleagues that brought him home where Tina meet him there. At the lab, he finds out that the sample is originated from a unique place where Barry as his alter ego manage to get in their lair and finds Jay's badge and plan to break out the gang from prison. He later goes to Cooper's office to explain that the Dark Riders will try to break out their friends in prison if they don't try to prevent them. After that a unit has been send to stop the break out, Barry goes to his car but before he can wear the suit, he passes out because of his metabolism. Later at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry wakes up and gets mad at Tina since he is supposed to be stopping Pike instead of be treated like if he was Tina's husband. At the prison, Barry takes out the inmate on the roof and put tear gas in all air conduct and makes all inmate surrender. In the sewer, Barry confront Pike but his metabolism start to make him feel bad again witch gave Pike the opportunity to beat him. When Pike tough that he was done with him, Barry who gets up and confront him one last time and start to beat Pike until he created a tornado by running around him and shock him trough the prison power plant before tiding him up. After Pike's arrest, Barry goes to apologize to Tina for being angry at her and accept to figure out how to stop his metabolism for becoming a serious problem. The next morning at the Allen house, instead of eating breakfast to celebrate Pike's arrest and talk about this "Flash" who apparently stooped the breakout, Barry goes outside with Shawn and talk tells stories about Jay in different situation and gave him his silver medal.

Fighting crime as the Flash
The next week, Father Michael a priest and friend of Jay shows up at CCPD and ask him to investigate the disappearance of homeless but but Lt. Garfield disagree since he doesn't have the man power and can't start a investigation on a rumor. He later goes to a exposition of Carl Tanner but when they come to know each other, Barry question Carl's morality on his science since he must have some test subject to experience his work. Before their start to argue, Tina suggest to go home and Carl propose to bring her home leaving Barry at the exposition. The next day, at the lab, Julio gives a letter from Iris to Barry but since Barry agree that they will never get back, Julio burn the letter and ask how was the lecture from yesterday with Tina where Barry reveals that they are just friends and nothing more before being interrupted by a group of homeless who started a riot to give justice to the missing one but as one of them took a gun, Barry uses his speed to disarm him and the priest manage to convince Garfield to start a investigation if he calms their anger. Barry brought the priest and two homeless to learn about what's going on. Barry follow Charlie to talk because he has a feeling that they have meet before but they are interrupted by a agony cry from a close alley. Barry as the Flash speed and find the corpse completely mutated. The next morning, at the morgue, Barry realize that the corpse was back like it should have been. At the lab, he finds out that Charlie Wright was a friend of him when he was a kid and decide that he should help him. He latter meet Charlie who at first refuse the job offer that Barry gave him before accepting due to his condition and becoming a S.T.A.R. Lab guard. Barry tries to invite Tina to a restaurant but she is already taken by Carl. Later at the lab, Julio reveal that the sample of DNA from the corpse changes every time it is Analyzed which make Barry think that since they don't have the equipment to investigate, he will ask Tina since S.T.A.R. Labs does have the equipment. But when Barry call Charlie, he is interrupted by a alarm and Barry race there but finds Charlie unconscious and realize that they are trapped in a glass cage. Losing oxygen, Barry uses Charlie's metallic star to open the glass and save himself. The next morning, Charlie is taken to the hospital and Barry feels guilt for giving him a job that hurt him. When Tina realize that what was stolen was one of his husband note, Barry figures out that Carl is behind this since the disappearance of homeless and is arrival in town coincide but Tina refuses to believe that. In his car, Barry hears a police call about a beast that terrorize the place and Barry goes for it. At the scene Barry as the flash saves Bellows and goes back as Barry Allen where they witness the beast turning back into a regular dog. At star labs, they study the dog and Tina finds out that the mutation is the same as those that killed his husband and realize that Carl used her as a way to provide David's note. At Carl's Lab, Barry as the Flash, confront Carl and Carl manage to distract him long enough so that he can lock himself in the closet and inject the product at himself turning him into a mutated monster and knock out Barry. When Barry wakes up, he try to call Tina but since she doesn't answer, he speed to the lab just in time to save Tina from being injected by the product but Tanner chokes him long enough so that he could escape but Barry gets up and go after Carl. While Carl attack homeless in an alley, Barry save one of them and start to beat him until he manage to wrap a chain-link fence around him to neutralize him until he goes back into his normal form. As Carl reject Tina for not supporting him, Tina in tears hugs Barry while waiting for the police.

The next week Barry as the Flash saves two kid from a fire but unbeknown to him he was caught on camera by a woman. The next day, Barry goes to interrogate Sadie Grosso, who has been a witness for all the three recent fire in the neighborhood. After the interrogation, Julio convince Barry to go on a double-date tonight. That night, while Barry waits for the date, a fight happened between a woman and a man but when Barry asks if she wants to press charges, Julio and their date arrive and Barry's date introduce herself as Judith. The next day, Julio and Barry talk about last night where Julio apologize for bringing a girl that did not pleased Barry and after a encounter with Murphy, Barry goes to the lab and realize that those fire are conspiracy and that someone is benefiting from it. Barry later goes on the street asking help from a three-card dealer named Fosnight that has a history with his father and asks him to call him if he learns anything that could led to another fire. When he returns home, he meet again the woman from the bar fight and she pretend to be a electrician that was repairing a cable problem in the building. Barry tries to flirt with her, wanting to know how a electrician knows how to fight but before he can get anymore information, he gets a call from Fosnight that has recognized a arsonist named Noble John Spanier and informs him of his last location. Barry goes as the Flash at the location but finds a bomb and Barry managed to trow it out before it destroys the building. Later that night, D.A. Thomas Castillo shows up at his house revealing that he knows his identity and wants him to work for him but Barry still play the comedy and Castillo use a grenade and trow it on Earl which makes Barry run to deactivate it. Castillo than threaten him that he has 24h to chose or else his identity goes public. After that Barry search the house where he finds the cam that recorded him. The next day Barry, angry, talks to Tina about his identity being exposed and about Castillo's blackmail. Barry than goes to Castillo's office where he accept to go at Arthur Simonson's casino and wining games so that he can earn money out of Simonson pocket and sabotage his opperation. During his wins streak at the casino, Barry gets up by a quarter of a million dollars which enrage Simonson who asks him to get out and never come back. After Barry gets the money, before leaving, he manipulate every game so that everyone wins which force the casino to shut down for the night. Barry than runs into Megan Lockhart's van to confront her about his identity being exposed. When Barry notice that the wife of the cheating husband on her camera is about to kill her husband Barry goes as the Flash and stops her. The next day, he is interrupted at work by Castillo who wants him to find dirt on a politician named Paul Van Duzer. Barry goes to one of Van Duzer headquarter and after a moment of where he thinks about what he is doing, Barry decide to start hanging poster of Van Duzer everywhere. Later at the lab, Megan and Tina enter and Tina tells Barry that Megan saved her and when Tina asks what's going on, Barry figured out that Castillo wants property to build a casino when a planned bill is passed to legalize gambling which is why all those fire are happening. But since Barry got another call from Fosnight about the location of the next fire, he speeds out when Megan was asking if she can help. Barry than goes to stop Snapier but accidentally start a fire after punching him. Barry than punch Snapier again and stops the fire. He threaten Snapier and tied him so that he can confess to the police that Simonson hired him. Barry than goes to safe Megan who where about to be executed and start to beat Simonson and his goons before going after Castillo but before Castillo can escape, his car explode killing him. Barry figures out that Simonson was the man behind the explosion. Later at Megan's office, Megan packs up her stuff since she is leaving town and says that she will keep Barry identity secret since he saved her and that she has learned a lesson of responsibility after witnessing the consequence of her action. She than gave Barry a tape with every frame she has of him. Barry than tries to ask her out and she says they had their first date already at the fire. The two kiss, but when Barry tries to ask her again, he gets slapped.

The next week, Barry at work goes to a security briefing where he learns that a group of thieves are planing to rob the Death Mask of Rasputin and there, Barry sees his former mentor Ted Preminger who wants to be fully cooperative since the museum needs the exhibits. After the briefing, Barry meet Ted and it turns out that Ted was aware about his lab "Accident" and after a little talk, he introduces him to his new PR person Celia Wayne that Barry found familiar. Barry says that he asked for special assignment to the museum but Ted says that it isn't necessary but gives in, and Barry tells him that he didn't had the time to go to the museum these days and Ted reveals that he's counting on the Mask box office to save the museum. At the Lab with Julio, Barry accidentally taps his fingers on the table top and sets off a small quake and quickly covers his action by claiming that it's an earthquake. And when Julio tries to propose him another date, he leaves. Barry than goes to S.T.A.R. Labs to talk to Tina and explain that he haven't slept in three days since knew that Ted was coming to Central City he tells her his backstory with Ted and why his father wanted him to stop learning archeology with makes him believes that he has failed Ted but Tina gave him a advice saying that in the end, he followed both profession. Barry thanked her but they heard a explosion inside S.T.A.R. Labs and Barry as the Flash finds Darrell Hennings one of the thieves breaking in. Barry knocks him out and disassemble his weapon and runs to his accomplices' car but when trying to stop the car, it caused an accident that lead to Franco Mortelli's death. Barry than informs the police of the car accident and runs off.

Meeting John
At some point before December 2018, Barry Allen became John's friend. John wears a ring and is implicated by Barry having some kind of ability or special power.

Devastation of Earth-90
After an intense battle, The Flash was seen dragging himself towards a giant book that glowed with purple energy. Before he could reach it, it was picked up by a very imposing figure in armor named Mar Novu, also known as the Monitor. When Barry asked why he was doing this, Novu said that they had done this to themselves, and that they would now perish. He then opened the book, which began to glow, while The Flash ran off to escape to another universe.

Contacting Earth-1
Barry attempted to breach to the Monitor's next target, Earth-1, creating red skies and lightning which followed Earth-1's Barry Allen and Oliver Queen, whose lives had been swapped by the Book of Destiny. Eventually, when Team Arrow and Team Flash create a quantum flux anchor was Barry able to open a portal through which he warned them about the Book of Destiny and urged them to acquire the book if they have any hope of fixing their Elseworld, before closing once more.

Sometime later Barry finally succeeded and fully breached through at A.R.G.U.S. At first he was mistaken for his doppelgangers, Jay Garrick and Henry Allen, before formally introducing himself. He then mistook John Diggle with his Earth-90 doppelgänger, remarking that doesn't possess a ring. He then explained of the threat of Mar Novu, who had since taken on the moniker of the Monitor and was unleashing the Book of Destiny across the multiverse to test different Earths in preparation for an impending crisis. Just then, the Monitor appeared on TV, so Barry joined the heroes and they set out to try to attack him. During the confrontation, The Flash declared he would not let the massacre of Earth-90 repeat and attempted to attack first but the Monitor made him vanish before he could take a step, leaving his fate unknown.

Personality
"Well, it's not my responsibility to be the conscience of the human race, I'm only a scientist." "I disagree. I think we're all responsible."

- Carl Tanner and Barry Allen

Barry believed that he was given his powers for a reason, he was adamant on helping people, even when the odds were against him. However Barry can sometimes be enraged when those he cares about are in danger. Being caught up in moments of vengeance.

Barry has a pathological fear of snakes.

Powers
"I do my share of running around."

- Barry Allen


 * Meta-human physiology:  Barry gained his powers after he was struck by lightning and crashed on a shelf of chemicals (including aluminum sulfate, glycerin, potassium nitrate, magnesium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, sulfur, tannic acid and phosphorus), and now possesses powers of incredible speed and superhuman reflexes. This was enough to him do his duties as the Flash and to escape the destruction of his teammates at the hands of Mar Novu.
 * : After being struck by lightning and crashing on shelves of chemicals, Barry quickly recuperated from being exposed to highly volatile and reactive chemicals, lacerations, abrasions and head trauma. When he was stabbed in the leg, Barry could continue moving as the pain and stiffness wore off extremely quickly. After cracking his ribs from being thrown off the roof of a speeding car, they were merely bruised the next day.
 * : Barry can move at such vast speeds, indeterminable to the naked eye.  He discovered his speed walking his dog, Earl. He ran from Central City to Crystal Beach, a distance of 30 miles in a few seconds and even briefly ran on water. When being examined by Tina McGee, he ran 347.31MPH and broke her treadmill in the process, but, McGee stated even this was not his peak velocity. When he reached for his coffee mug too quickly, he knocked it against the wall. On the Star Labs Test Track, he surpassed 570MPH until he caused a sonic boom. He easily caught up to Pike's motorcycle gang on foot, and he was so fast they mistook him for a red ghost and civilians later perceive him as "a red blur." By the time Carl Tanner visited Central city, he received word that "the Flash" could move so fast he was nearly invisible, which was seen when he returned an officer's revolver to his holster from a hobo in a heartbeat. By rapidly circling a police star badge against his glass container, he shattered a hole in it so he could breathe. He disarmed a grenade on the ground and caught his beverage before it could hit the floor, and disarmed a woman of her shotgun before she could kill her husband. He used his speed to put up posters to advertise Paul van Duzer running for district attorney.
 * : All Barry's electro-chemical systems are accelerated, including nerve synapses, brainwaves, and even when he is at rest. Barry's reflexes enabled him to tackle Julio Mendez before he could be shot through the window. He moved out of the way just in time to let Pike crash his motorcycle. He caught a jar of hydrazine thrown by Carl Tanner before it could hit the wall and explode, and quickly disposed of a timed explosive in a customs warehouse. He also used a roulette table to deflect Arthur Simonson's bullets from hitting him, and performed a similar feat by using a museum shield to block a hatchet thrown by Stan Kovacs.
 * : Barry created a whirlwind in his apartment when he attempted to clean at superhuman speeds, and later used the same technique on Pike to levitate him off the ground by circling around him.
 * : Barry could run up a fire escape without stopping at high speeds, and hang onto the roof of a speeding car.
 * : Barry's muscle and bone tissue changed in order to keep pace with his superhuman speed, leaving his skin unaffected when he travels at high velocities and simultaneously increasing his physical resistance to impacts and blunt force trauma, allowing him to tank hits from the monstrously strong Carl Tanner and even being lifted into the air and choked by him. He was seemingly unfazed when Lila stabbed him in the leg with a knife, and was able to stand on his feet after being thrown from the roof of a speeding car. He was also able to take a bullet to his hand and remained unscarred after catching a bullet shot by a mind controlled Paloma.
 * : Barry maintains a regular breathing rate and pulse shortly after running at high speeds because his body has adapted to his superhuman movement. However, he must consume sufficient comestibles lest he will face metabolic failure. Hence, though he is superhuman he can become tired, seen when he was out of breath after outsmarting Carl Tanner. He also somehow once went three days without sleeping.
 * : Barry's sleight of hand is profoundly increased to the point where he could organize a deck of cards in a few seconds and quickly disassemble a motorcycle. After Carl Tanner's lecture, he snagged an entire tray of hors d'oeuvres before anyone could notice him. He used his unimaginable dexterity at Arthur Simonson's rigged casino, placing a marble in a certain spot on a wheel to score in a game of roulette and setting dice on certain faces to win at a craps table. He also quickly attached a hose to a fire hydrant to put out a fire, precisely skinned and cut an apple at superhuman speed, and took apart Darrell Hennings' gun.
 * : Barry confessed to Tina McGee that his speed also has adverse psychological and emotional effects on his brain, where his mind is "stuck on overdrive" and every time he focuses on a subject, it's similar to "opening a floodgate." He can also speed-read, doing so with a pile of criminal archives.
 * : Barry produces yellow electricity from his body, commonly seen when running.
 * : Barry can travel through universes, as he did this when he travels from Earth-90 to Earth-1.
 * : When Barry was attempting to breach to Earth-1 and to communicate with that Earth's Oliver and Barry, he somehow caused interference at 650 nanometers, the wavelength for infrared, turning the sky to red, accommodated by thunderclouds.

Abilities
"You were always thorough; it's what I liked about you. I could count on your research."

- Ted Preminger


 * Genius-level intellect/Skilled tactician: Barry is an exceptionally intelligent man, as he was in his junior year of college when he was only 19. Jay Allen's birthday wish was to be as smart as his brother. He impressed Carl Tanner with his up-to-date knowledge on his technical and complex work with recombinant DNA, gene splicing, genetic reorganization and radical mutation. He cleverly used a police star badge to rapidly cut through his glass container when he was being deprived of oxygen. He trapped the mutated Tanner by wrapping chain-link fence around him.
 * Expert forensic scientist/Detective: Barry Allen works for the Central City Police Department crime lab alongside Julio Mendez. His brother, Jay Allen credited him for taking down Conway and his hijacking crew. He is also a skilled detective as he deduced Pike's gang intended to liberate their incarcerated members based on blueprints seen in their hideout. He's skilled in questioning witnesses, and located Megan Lockhart's hidden camera in his apartment.
 * Skilled engineer: Barry had the mechanical know-how to disassemble one of Pike's men's motorcycles. He is also a skilled lockpick user, as quickly he broke into Paul van Duzer's campaign headquarters.
 * Skilled deceiver: Barry can conjure convincing excuses for his absences and injuries, such as when he blamed his dog for his limp when he was really still recovering from being stabbed in the leg by Lila. Some people even doubted the Flash's existence, namely Officer Murphy. When beating a rigged casino, Barry deliberately lost at blackjack to make it look like he was not cheating.
 * Skilled archaeologist: Barry took an archaeology course in college, and gained additional knowledge while working at a museum during the summers. He was his professor's favorite student, however, in his junior year of college, he switched majors to police science. Nonetheless, he is highly familiar with artifacts, such as the Mask of Rasputin and its functions and intentions.
 * Eidetic memory: Barry recalled the exact chemicals on the shelf he landed on when he was struck by lightning, much to Tina McGee's surprise.
 * Expert combatant: Barry usually knocks his opponents down or out with a single punch, including Scott, Arthur Simonson and Darrell Hennings. He also systematically beat down escaped prisoners after disarming them and later used tools from a craps table to beat down his associates. Barry can also improvise weapons, as he used a pipe to knock two bikers off their motorcycles and used a museum velvet rope as a bola to trap Stan Kovacs. He momentarily dazed the mutated Carl Tanner with his super-speed punches. Barry fought Mar Novu alongside many other heroes on Earth-90, although he was the only one of them that survived.
 * Expert marksman: Barry is highly precise in his actions. He trapped Stan Kovacs under a cloth by throwing arrows around his body to essentially pin him down.
 * Stealth: Despite his bright red uniform, Barry can effectively hide in the dark to avoid being seen, especially by police cruisers.
 * Intimidation: Barry instilled fear into Lila in the Central City Police Department interrogation room. Criminals initially perceived his alter ego to be a blood-red demon, a red phantom, and Arthur Simonson's hitman thought he was Satan. Kate Tanning thought he was a "spirit of vengeance."

Weaknesses

 * Hyper-metabolism: Barry's blood sugar is incredibly low after he moves at superhuman speeds, because he burns up so much energy his body demands he replaces it. Because of this, he is vulnerable to rapid dehydration, glucose deficiency and metabolic failure which requires re-oxygenation of blood and glucose absorption. After his first run, he cleared an entire refrigerator of food. Even Earl's dog food appeared edible to him. He suffered from a small seizure during his confrontation with Pike. His anxiety is also a factor in his metabolism.
 * Ophidiophobia: Barry is deeply afraid of snakes.

Equipment

 * The Flash suit: Barry wore a suit to help hide his identity. Tina McGee originally provided him with a Soviet prototype deep sea suit which molded to his body and expanded via a layer of reactive insulation next to his skin, which handled his high-velocity movement and regulated his body temperature. Though his skin is unaffected by his speed, Barry wears this to avoid burning his clothes off. McGee later added an identity-concealing hood and gloves so Barry could avoid leaving fingerprints. She also built in monitors and sensors to record his vitals, as well as added a lightning bolt insignia drawn up by Barry across the chest.
 * Tear gas: Barry used CCPD-issue tear gas to smoke out the prison.

Trivia

 * Barry enjoys Odessan cuisine and eggs and ham on toast.