Here is the story I said I was writing as a sort of follow on of what happens in my Arrow story. I hope you like it. Constructive criticism is accepted and appreciated but no full on insults please. If you don't like then don't read it simple as that.

The characters are going to be a little OOC but it is my story and I can write them how I want.

Don't forget to leave me a review and tell me what you think.

You may want to read the 2nd to last chapter of my Arrow story to figure out what is going on but if you don't want to then this is a quick description.

Iris has been taken by Captain Cold and has taken her to an abandoned warehouse just outside Central City. He has told Barry to come alone and without the suit or he will kill Iris as slowly and painfully as he can.

So that's what happened in the other story now it's time for this one.

Chapter 1

Barry ran as fast as his legs would take him determined to get there before Iris said or did anything that could get herself killed because he knew she would sooner or later and he would prefer later rather than sooner so he would be ale to get her out. He already lost his mother and sort of his father as well as countless innocent people to the bad guys Metahuman and human alike, he was not going to lose Iris too.

Turning the corner he stopped in front of the building wringing his hands and taking in big breaths to slow his racing heart. All of a sudden he became nervous, not because Captain Cold was in there but because Iris was. His lifetime best friend and former crush. He knew that her finding out about him in the next few hours was inevitable and that did not make it any easier. He had tried to keep her away from himself and the metahuman's to keep her safe but here she was kidnapped and held hostage because of him. He looked to the sky, then the building in front of him and took in a big breath before releasing it and pushing the metal door open enough for him to walk inside.

He knew he had to be carful as he did not have his suit to slightly protect him from the immense cold that he knew was going to come. Walking into the light as calm as he could he put his hands up in a surrender position when CC turner around with a wicked smile on his face.

"Barry no leave please!" Iris shouted from her position a ways away from him ties to a chair looking freezing and drowsy. CC turned to her and shot cold spot next her her feet and she shrieked and lifted her feel out of the way. He turned back around to face Barry and pointed in the direction of the scared girl then tilted his head as a direction to go over to her. Barry made his way over to Iris with CC pointing the gun at his back as a warning not to try anything funny.

He slowly walked forward towards his best friend and gave her a small smile hoping to comfort her a little, she smiled back, but not a I'm happy to see you smile but that sad smile she always did when she was nervous or scared but pretending not to be, a lot of people bought it, but not him. He always saw right through it. She opened her mouth to say something but immediately closed it again in fear of being blasted by the cold gun. Barry crouched down on the ground in front of her and held her hands in his.

"Don't worry I'm going to get you out of here but you have to trust me. No matter what you see or hear. You may hate me and never want to speak to me again but you have to trust me. please" Iris just scrunched her eyebrows together and shot him a confused look.

"I trust you with my life Barry, you know that. And nothing you do or say is going to make me hate you" He just nodded and smiled again while muttering we'll see under his breath going unnoticed by Iris. While Barry was distracted talking to the only woman in the room CC changed the gun onto a smaller setting that he had, had installed to do damage without killing and shot Barry in the back making him fall forward onto Iris's legs and cry out in pain.

Instead of a searing pain throughout his body like last time he just went numb. Starting in his lower back going down to his toes and going up to his shoulders then down his arms and fingers. Soon his whole body was numb and he collapsed to the floor trying to shake his body as much as he could but with his body the way it was he could tell he wasn't going anywhere any time soon.

"Barry" Iris shouted from above him squirming around trying to loosen the knots enough to get out. She knew it was pointless but she had to try. She could only watch helplessly as Barry lay still on the cold concrete floor.

"You don't know how long I have been waiting for this. I nearly went to prison because of you and your little groupies, not to mention that annoying cop she calls a father. I am not going to kill you right away I think I will draw it out as long as possible, I want to enjoy this" CC raised his gun and set it on one of the highest settings and aimed it at the Flash. All the time CC had been talking and saying what he was going to do to him and Iris He felt tingling in the tips of his fingers running up his arms and legs.

He was starting to get feeling back into them and not a moment too soon. He knew that CC was never planning to let Iris go, she had seen too much and she knew too much, plus she was a cop's daughter. The cop that put him away, or tried to at least. Barry prepared himself go grab Iris and run as far away as he could but before he had the chance he saw an orange light behind CC in the figure of a man at the same time Iris whispered 'The Burning Man'. Barry had a little hope that she would not find out about his secret after all, he still thought getting her involved in al this would get her hurt or worse killed and that was a risk he was not willing to take.

"Take her and go, don't worry I've got this" Firestorm calmly walked towards CC and shoots fire at the cold gun before he gets a chance to raise the weapon and start shooting anyone. Barry stood up and attempted to untie the knots but after a few failed attempts he just looked round and decided to pick up the whole chair with her in it and run out of the warehouse as fast as he could without using his super speed. When he got a couple of blocks from the warehouse he set the chair down and turned back to the warehouse to see it all go up in flames then a stream of light and smoke rise into the air letting Barry know that Firestorm got out safely.

He turned round and started on uniting the knots that were holding Iris to the chair. He actually managed to untie them this time as he was not fumbling around trying to untie them as fast as he could. Once the ropes were falling to the floor he stood infant of her and held out his hand to help her stand. She took his hand and stood on shaky legs breathing deep and still shivering from the temperature in the warehouse and even thoe it was warmer out in the open it was not much warmer. He took off his jacket and quickly put it round her shoulders in effort to warm her up a little. He pulled out his phone and called Joe what had happened and to come and pick them up on the corner of the street.

"You ok?" he asked Iris as they both sat on the sidewalk and waited for their father/adoptive father to arrive.

"Yeah I think so. Just cold and a little confused. He said you had a secret, one that you haven't told me and you won't tell me what it is because you want me to be safe" she faced him and tilted her head to the side with her eyebrows raised silently expecting an answer. He knew that look, it was the look that always got her what she wanted when she was younger, looking all sweet and innocent. He hated that look. He sighed and lowered his head down so his chin was almost touching his chest. He sneaked a look back up to see her still in the same position only with her arms folded across her chest.

"Yes I have a secret and I know you are probably going to find out about it one day but that day is not going to be today. If I told you then you would be in even more danger than you are now. And right now is bad enough. It's killing me not telling you but I know I am doing everything I can to keep you safe. And that is going to have to be enough for now" She looks the other way and blinks the tears out of her eyes. She can't believe this. She is is best friend, they grew up together, literally. She can't understand why he doesn't trust her.

"I am not a little girl and more Barry. I can take care of myself" she exclaimed looking back towards him with hurt and a little anger written across her face.

"Not against these people Iris. These are not some bullies or some street thugs. They have powers, dangerous ones, ones that they use for doing bad things and getting away with it because nobody can stop them. You don't stand a chance against these guys. They will cut you down in a second and not think twice about it and I don't want that for you. I am not going to put you in the middle of that and put you in danger. These people have taken my mother and father away from me and hurt my friends and hurt you all because they were close to me. Do you know what all these people have in common? They are all the people that I love. I am not going to put anyone else that I love in the line of fire for other people to pick off who they choose." Barry stood on his feet and started pacing up and down the street while looking her straight in the face. By the end of the small speech he was out of breath and red in the face. Weather it was from lack of air, anger or the cold she did't know but she was not going to aggravate him more by saying something stupid now. She would wait until he had calmed down before she said anything else because she knew if she did he could just go flying off the handle like last time when he was stressing about a hard case. She stayed silent and looked at the floor desperately wanting to say something but forcing herself to keep her mouth shut to avoid more yelling. After a few moments he came and sat next to her and sighed loudly. Hanging his head between his his legs and putting his hands on the back of his neck, he brought his head back up to look at the girl sat next to him.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you I just don't want you to get hurt, I know that you can take care of yourself but these are not normal people they are extremely dangerous. I want you as far away from these guys as possible. Please Iris. She looked into his eyes and saw the plea and the desperation in them. She knew this was serious stuff but it was not like her to back away from a fight or danger even when she knew she couldn't win. If she wanted to keep Barry in her life she knew this was something she was going to have to do, or at least try and do for her own safety and for Barry's reassurance.

"Ok I will try and stay out of this and I will cut back on the blog posts but I will not stop having meetings with the Flash" She finally gives in and promises him that she will do what he wants her to do but with a few conditions.

"I am not asking you to, and thank you I only want to keep you safe and I'm sure your father does too" He finally relaxes and sits closer to her bumping her shoulder with his silently telling her that things are going to be fine between them.

"I know thanks for looking out for me Bear, your a great friend" She leant her head on his shoulder and inhaled his sent calming her down and letting her knew he was still there. He put his arm around her her back and his hand settled onto her waist. It was not awkward between them as it had been when she had found out that he had been in love with her. He had told her a few weeks ago that those feeling for her had disappeared and he was crushing on someone else, thoe he refused to say who. Barry and Iris after that had been closer than ever, even closer than a brother and sister. They knew they could tell each other everything and they did (Well apart from the speed thing), they knew that the other would be there any time, day or night if they ever needed anything weather that be a friend to talk to or rant at, a shoulder to cry on or just someone to sit at home and watch movies with ice-cream.

They sat like that for a while just enjoying each others company until Joe rounded the corner and pulled up in front of them. Barry stood and helped Iris to her feet before opening the car door for her to get in. She shuffled over to the seat behind her father while Barry climbed in after her and sat behind the passenger seat of the car.

"Are you guys ok?" Joe asked as they buckled up and the car set off back down to road towards the house.

"Yeah we are fine, he didn't have a chance to hurt us. The Burning man saved us dad, you know the one that I have been telling you about, the guy that looks like his head and hands have been set on fire. He told us that he could handle him and for us to run. I hope I see him again so I can thank him" Iris babbled away happily in the back of the car and Barry smirked to himself giving himself a mental reminder to Firestorm/Dr Stein and Ronnie to go and pay Iris a little visit and to thank him himself.

Soon enough they pulled up to the house and all three of them got out of the car and made their way up the pathway and through the door into the house they had grown up in. Iris immediately took her shoes off and flopped onto the couch using the armrest as a pillow and Barry's jacket as a blanket. She didn't realise how tired she was until she felt her eyes growing heavy and a loud yawn escaping her moth. She vaguely register someone lift her legs up and place her feet in their lap and the sound of the TV before sleep took her as a prisoner. As soon as they both knew Iris was sound asleep Barry picked her up in his arms and look her up the stairs. He put the jacket fully on her knowing that she always felt better wearing either his or Joe's shirts or jackets to bed after a hard day. He gently kissed her forehead and closed the door retreating downstairs back to the living room where Joe was still reading his paper.

"I have to go to STAR Labs and tell them what happened and thank Ronnie for dealing with Captain Cold while I got Iris to safety. If she wakes up while I'm gone tell her I had to go do an errand and I will be back later" Joe nodded and Barry set of running in the direction of the place that he had come to think of as kind of a second home. He stopped running just outside the door and walked into the Lab. He didn't really want Caitlin shouting at him for sending her papers flying everywhere like he usually does. She hates that because then she has to go around picking them all back up and putting them back in order.

"Hey guys I'm back" Barry called out as he stepped into the room. A blur of black and white came rushing towards him, tablet in one hand a a cup of black coffee in the other. Her eyes were wide and wild and she started babbling as soon as she saw him.

"Hi are you ok? Is Iris ok? what happened? Ronnie is back and he told me he saved you two. But he didn't hurt you or Iris did he? were you away from the explosion when it happened or were you close? did you get hit with anything?" She fired off question after question not letting him get a word in or letting him answer one before she moved onto the other.

"Ok I think that is enough coffee for you, how many cups have you had today? And yes we are fine no we were not near the warehouse when it exploded" He took the mug from her hand and placed it on the table behind him and guided her to a chair afraid that she might trip over her own feet or something else the way she was going. She went to reach for the mug but he picked it up and walked away with it not letting her have a drink.

"If you want a drink have water, your not having any more coffee today" She pouted like a 5 year old and he just chuckled and shook his head at her childish antics. When they had first met she had been cold and distant but as they worked with each other more she had started to open up to him and tell him things about her life. He did the same in return and that had brought them closer and they had shared a connection from the beginning. The connection of both having lost someone, they understood each other.

"She has had like 6 cups in the past 2 hours. I hid the coffee after the 4th cup but she found it and it it so I couldn't take it again" Cisco exclaimed as he came from the medical room and sat down on the chair next to Caitlin only to wheel his chair away from her and towards Barry as she hit him in the arm. He yelped and rubbed the spot on him arm where she whacked him. He picked the foam toy he had sitting on his desk and launched it in her direction hitting her square in the face. She retaliated by throwing her pen at his head making a line across his cheek. Barry had to duck and dodge a few times as numerous things were thrown from one person to the other across the small space.

"Ok are you done acting like kids now. If I go in the other room on the treadmill are you going to carry on?" They both just look at him with a slightly childish gleam in their eyes and smiles on their faces, he just sighed and picked up Caitlin's tablet and placed it in her lap and wheeled her chair into the room with the treadmill. Before he had a chance to step onto the machine Ronnie walked into the room and gave Caitlin a weird look and she just pointed to Barry. He smiled slightly and walked over to the other man.

"Thanks for what you did for me and Iris earlier today. I don't think I would have been able to get her out without blowing my secret. Are you ok?" Ronnie just shook his head and put his hand on Barry's shoulder.

"No worries, you saved me and you helped me and Dr Stein separate and you kept Cait safe when I was gone. I should be thanking you" Barry smiled back and nodded his head in recognition.

"Would it be too much to ask if Firestorm would pay Iris a quick visit, I know that I said I wanted her away from all this stuff but she really wants to thank you and I know it would mean a lot to her" Ronnie nodded and removed his hand from Barry's shoulder.

"Sure no problem, but she doesn't have to thank me and neither do you, I'm just helping out a friend" He exclaimed and exited the room leaving Barry to train in piece. Well as peaceful as it could be with Caitlin in the room hyped up on coffee. He stared up the machine and began running watching Caitlin out of the corner of his eye fiddling wit her hands and bouncing her leg up and down while staring at his legs probably trying to keep up with the speed they were going. He just shook his head for what seemed like the thousandth time that day and stared at the wall in front of him concentrating on pushing himself to be the best he could be.