A/N: Just a couple of ideas I had playing over and over in my head since watching the new 4x01 Hero Reborn from last week. I wrote this to get them out of my head, so I could finish writing that new Reckless Hero chapter. I hope you don't mind if it isn't as thoughtful and precise as my other stories since I wasn't planning to publish it, but decide might as well do it since it's all written out.

Enjoy!

''His pulse and blood pressure are slightly elevated, so is his heartrate, but I can't seem to find why he's catatonic. '' Said Caitlin, methodically, emotionless as she was listing all of her findings. She was full on doctor mode, pushing aside all her emotions and tricking her mind into thinking the person in front of her was any other patient. Anyone other than Barry. She was still having a hard time believing that 6 months ago she was hell-bent on killing him.

If she heard Joe's sigh, she didn't react to it as she moved closer to Barry's head.

''Cisco, can you give me the-''

Way ahead of her; the head sensors to monitor Barry's brain activity appeared in front of her face before she could finish her sentence. Nodding gratefully, she carefully placed them on each side of the hero's head who slightly flinched under the contact.

''Barry? ''Cautiously inquired Cisco as he moved closer to the pillow, on the other side of the bed from where Caitlin was working.

Daring to open up to hope again, Joe got up from his chair, holding his breath. Could it be? Was Barry finally coming back to them?

''We're not going to hurt you. '' Reassured the doctor, jumping at the first chance she had to anchor her friend back to this reality. But, it was hopeless as her patient's reactions to the outside world ended the same second it started. His empty eyes staring at the ceiling was the only answer she was going to get.

Letting out a sigh of disappointment and returning to her emotionless state, Caitlin moved up to her next task; analyzing the results from his brain activity.

''My god.'' She said unconsciously, instantly sending Joe in high alert for the second times in a row, as the detective closed on her position with Cisco and Wally.

''What's wrong?''

''His brain…it's lit up like a Christmas tree. His brain activity is off the chart.'' She stated, baffled. ''I've never seen anything like that, especially not in a catatonic patient. His mind is not shut down, on the contrary, it's almost like he's trying to deal with too much at the same time. ''

''That's why he can't react to other information coming from the outside world?'' Asked Wally, catching up quickly. ''His brain is like, what, on overload?''

''It's possible, I guess.'' Said Caitlin, shaking her head. ''I don't know what to think of this.''

''Is it dangerous for Barry, in the imminent future?'' Inquired Joe with concern in every word.

''I don't know, I'm sorry.'' Apologized Caitlin, worried all over her own face, wishing she knew exactly what to do. ''If he doesn't snap out of this soon- '' She tried to theorize, only based on her own medical logic. ''It's possible it's going to eventually put a lot of stress on his organs, starting with his heart and raise even more his blood pressure. Which can't be good during a long period of time…But right now, it's all theoretical, we're in uncharted territory.''

''What can we do?'' Asked Joe, desperately hoping Caitlin was going to hand over a miracle cure.

''I don't know.'' Sighed Caitlin, hating that she was the one person everyone expected answers from. ''Let me run more tests, take a blood sample and try to figure out why he's like this, Meanwhile, just make sure he's not alone and there's always someone talking to him. It might help Barry to snap out of this.'' She suggested.

''What if I go in his dreams? We first created my goggles to walk in dreams, didn't we?'' Suddenly suggested Cisco, already ready to get in there the next second if needed.

''I'm not sure it's such a good idea, we don't know what's going on in there.'' Answered back the Doctor.

''The more reason to get in there, fast. He might be in trouble.'' Insisted Cisco, looking around for support.

''You could get stuck in there. Give me a chance to figure out what's going on, especially since he's stable for now.''

''Fine.'' Grumbled Cisco.''But if he gets worse, you won't be able to stop me.''

***FLASHFLASHFLASH***

''How is he?'' Quietly said Joe, walking back into the medical room. He instantly noticed the thin beige blanket now covering his son's legs and most of his chest and how silent Iris was now.

His daughter was just sitting there on one of the white office chairs of the medical area. Why haven't they bought something a tad more comfortable for that room considering how much time they we've been spending in there? Maybe because they thought the universe was going to take better care of his heroes and they all were going to spend less time in this room. Wishful thinking.

''He's asleep now. '' She whispered, holding Barry's right hand and gently stroking it with her thumb.

Closing in on his son's left side while scrutinizing his features, Joe felt some weight lifting off his shoulders.

''He looks peaceful.'' He noted. Indeed, for the first time since they found him, Barry looked like himself. He wasn't completely tensed, confused or completely out of it at this very instant. If it wasn't for the beard, his family could've just pretended everything was normal.

''He is.'' Assured Iris, still whispering, her eyes not leaving her fiancé's face. ''Caitlin told me his brain activity is down a little. Not back to normal, but better.''

''Cisco and Wally are getting ready to go back out there and take another shot at that samurai. We're preparing a task force at the station, I need to get there.'' He said, obviously reluctant to leave his son's bedside.

Iris nodded, biting her lips in a faint attempt to hide her emotions.

''We'll get him back, you'll see.'' Said Joe, as much for his own sake than it was for his daughter's.

''What have we done?'' She said, her eyes filling up with water. ''We tried forcing him out of the SpeedForce and the next day he suddenly reappears out of thin air? It's not a coincidence. ''

''Oh, baby girl.'' Sighed Joe, walking around Barry's bed to join Iris' side, while doing his best to not look at how still his foster son was. ''We didn't do this. Taking him out of that place never hurt him before, it's something else. It's the time he spent in that place. '' He said, remembering the effects the source of the speedsters' powers had on his youngest son when he got trapped in there for merely a few hours.

''I just wish we hadn't find him.'' She let out, suppressing her sobs. ''I was working on moving on. I was trying to picture him happy with this representation of his mother and in peace. But now…now I can't, I can't look away. I can't live my life while he's like this. '' She sniffed loudly, grossly wiping her nose and her tears with her hand.

Probably a good time to avoid telling Iris how he knew about her sleeping on the couch for the last 6 months. That wasn't moving on.

''We'll figure it out, we always do.'' He said putting his arm around her shoulders and pulling her closer, trying hard but clearly falling at comforting his daughter as Iris let go of her lover's hand and hid her face under her hands, crying loudly.

''I wish we haven't gotten him back.''

So did he…Fighting back tears, Joe looked up at the ceiling. How could a father ever wish that he didn't have a chance to find his missing son? How could he be wishing to never see Barry again? He didn't know the right words to describe what he was feeling inside, but at this moment, he wanted to go back before Cisco even suggested trying to bring Barry back.

***FLASHFLASHFLASH***

''That's it, I'm going in.'' Said Cisco, grabbing back his goggles on the desk and determinedly walking away from the group. He was heading straight toward the medical room, forcing Caitlin to jog in his track to keep up.

""In….? You're going through with your plan of going inside Barry's head? ''

''Where else?'' He answered without looking back or slowing down as he entered the room, causing Joe to turn his chair around. The man had been sitting in there since they came back from their disastrous try against their opponent, trying to hang in there despite his now missing daughter and catatonic son.

''Cisco, slow down.'' Said Caitlin, grabbing his arm and forcing him to turn around and take a breather. ''You remember what I said? It's risky. I can't risk losing you both.''

If there was any more proof needed that their old, loving, Caitlin was still in there somewhere, it was that moment. She really was worried.

''Caitlin, I'm sorry, but I have to do this.'' He grabbed her shoulder with his free hand, and looked her straight in the eyes. ''It's getting pretty obvious we can't defeat that Robot Samurai without Barry and rescue Iris at the same time. More than that, I can't keep doing this anymore, I can't stay here and sit on my ass knowing I haven't tried anything I could think of to save him. I'm doing this and you can't stop me. We both know Barry would do the same if it were any of us. Hell, he did it on many occasions. We can't just sit, wait and hope.''

Cisco was right, of course he was. The doctor knew it, so did Joe and Wally. They just had to do something.

''You can either step aside or help me, your choice.'' Added the engineer, putting his goggle on and activating them, instantly feeling his powers circulating in his whole body.

''Aright, let's do this, together. And be careful.'' Requested Caitlin.

''Always am.''

A/N: Leave a comment, let me know if you enjoyed it anyway.

I have couple of ideas for the 'Cisco walking in barry's head' part if you're interested in me writting it.