I do now own The Flash CW do, I do own the OC if I don't anything else.

English is not my first language and I am aware of my spelling and grammar problems and working on it.

Just a thought that popped up in my head. This take place between the third and fourth season as I have not yet seen the fourth season so please no spoilers.

Prologue

The attack

Barry Allen also known as Flash the fastest man alive was at the S.T.A.R lab working on something in one of the rooms, a present for his fiancé Iris, he was so focused on his project that he didn't noticed the blue portal that open behind him nor the dark shadow figure that stepped out of said portal.

The first inkling Barry got that something was not right was a soft buzzing sound behind him but he didn't think a lot about it, it was after all summer and both bee and mosquitoes was common to get in to the lab sometimes and would find its way out again.

Barry did notice the sting he felt in his back but didn't really think about it as he know that his healing would heal whatever stung him, so he never saw the shadow come nor leave.

A few minutes later and Barry had started to feel a bit funny, he was sweating but at the same time was he shivering as if he was naked out in the coldest place on earth.

'I am nearly done,' he thought and dried the sweat from his forehead and tried to focus on the necklace he had before him, it was teardrop emerald and Barry had dropped it into a solution that made it shine in the dark.

Barry started to see like he was looking throw a pair of glasses that was not made for him, everything was all blurry and it started to feel like every inch of him was being pricked by hit needles, he also felt like the room was spinning and turning upside down. Barry managed to get his mobile up and press the alarm button on it to alert his friends before the darkness claimed him and he sank into it hoping for the pain to stop.

Cisco was out having a cup of coffee with H.R Wells when both his and H.R's mobile started ringing, both looked to see that it was Barry that had started the alarm.

"Let's go see what our speedy friend need help with," said H.R and got a nod from his young friend.

Both left the café in a hurry to get back to S.T.A.R lab.

Caitlin and Iris was shopping just to have some girl time, but both dropped what they had in their hands and rushed back to the lab when their phones started ringing.

Joe and Wally was having an argument nearly a fight over what to have for dinner that night but that was soon forgotten when they heard the phone and saw that it was something wrong with Barry.

It took them a few moment to find Barry where he lay on the floor trashing around.

"What wrong with him?" Iris asked scared

Joe put his arm around his daughter to comfort her.

"I don't know yet sweetie," he said softly

Cisco and H.R managed somehow to lift the still trashing Barry and carry him to the sickbay where they placed him on one of the bed and Caitlin started to put things on him to see his heartbeat and pulse and other medical things.

"His pulse is a bit too fast for my liking," she said "And his temperature are a bit high too. But other than that I can't see what is wrong with him. But I will run a few more tests."

Barry had stopped trashing around in the bed instead he had grown stiff as a board and without any warning the speedster sat right up and screamed a scream so full of pain that it hurt his friends and family standing beside him to hear, then Barry just slumped back down again.

"What was that?" Cisco asked more than a little scared "That was freaky."

"Hey Francisco maybe you could vibe him and see what made him like this?" H.R said

Cisco nodded and rushed off to fetch his vibe glasses and with them on he placed one of his hand on Barry's shoulder but he saw nothing more than that Barry had been working on a present for Iris but not the reason for his friend's coma like state. Cisco told the rest that he hadn't found anything.

"We just have to wait and hope that Barry can tell us what happed when he wakes up," Wally said.

And so they waited, Caitlin run testes but all come back without giving them any answer to why Barry was like he was, and Barry didn't wake up, he would moan a few time and even whimper as if he was in pain but he did not wake up.

The hours dragged by and when Wally volunteered to get food no-one was really hungry but they thanked him and off he ran and was back again a few minutes later with pizza and so the evening dragged by.

"I don't want to leave Barry like this but I have work tomorrow," Joe said softly when the clock started to that it was nearly midnight.

"We will call if anything change," Cisco promised

Joe and Wally left, Iris stayed she didn't want to go back to an empty apartment.

"I think we should get some rest," Caitlin said when the clock was nearly three in the morning and Cisco had yawn big enough to nearly dislocate his jaw for the tenth time and Iris was nearly fast asleep beside Barry's bed holding his sometimes ice cold hand and sometimes scolding hot hand.

H.R had already fallen asleep on one of the other beds and was snoring softly.

Cisco and Iris agreed with Caitlin and they decided to take shifts watching over their friend, Caitlin said that she could be first, soon was both Iris and Cisco fast asleep an uneasy sleep but sleep no less. And soon was Caitlin fast asleep too.

Barry started to trash around in the bed and the whimper grow louder and more painful.

Caitlin woke with a start at first she couldn't remember why she was sleepin in the medic room at the lab but then it all come back, finding Barry on the floor and him not waking up.

She turn to look at her friend and what she saw made her scream bloody murder and woke the other three in the room.

"Qué se llevó mi conejito?*" Cisco asked still half asleep before he saw where he was. He looked towards Caitlin and then looked where she was looking and saw something that made him wonder if he was still dreaming.

Iris woke up at the scream of Caitlin, she turn to look at what her friend had screamed at and even Iris had to stop the scream she felt was filling her.

Barry was… he was shrinking!

"What happened to him?" H.R asked looking on as his young friend become even younger.

"I have no idea," Caitlin said looking at the screen which didn't really told her much more then that Barry had a temperature of 42celcius and that his heart was beating too fast for a human.

Barry who was still trashing around the bed suddenly stopped and sighed before he become still again.

"Is it over?" Cisco asked looking at the bed where his friend was lying on.

"I have no idea but I think so," Caitlin said "His pulse is fine and so is his temperature, I think he is just sleeping."

"So Barry is a kid now?" H.R asked

"I don't know," Caitlin said "Maybe or maybe he will return to his normal age soon, we have to call Joe and Wally."

Iris had already her mobile in her hand calling her father and brother who both said that they would be right over.

*Qué se llevó mi conejito =Who took my bunny

So what do you think?

And how old should Barry be? 5 8 or 11?

And who will take care of him?

R&R