Autor's Note: This is my first Flash fanfiction and my first fiction in english, so try to be nice guys! Also note that english isn't my first language, but I think me and my amazing friend (who corrected my grammar mistakes) did great at it!

Let me know what you think and if you want more! It's happening somewhere toward the end of episode 2x04, after FIRESTORM left town, but before the attack of King Shark. So yes that mean it's before Harry meet the team, but he might very well make an apparence. Stay tuned!

''No…please…no! Stop! Don't do it…please…PLEASE!''

They couldn't move, they couldn't blink, they couldn't breathe. The Flash team felt like time was frozen as their watched, helplessly, their best friend's distress on the screen. Jay felt rage trying to take over his body, he was shaking from it, he needed to do something, to sprint over and punch the person responsible for what was happening.

But he couldn't. Dammit, he couldn't! Not without his powers.

He couldn't see either how pale Caitlin was, even if she was standing next to him, barely a few inches away. Silent tears on her cheek. Cisco had his arm around her shoulder, knowing it wouldn't change anything. Not with the image of Barry crying, bleeding, pleading to have his life spared right in front of them. Or at least, on the screen in front of them. There were cuts, ecchymosis and blood all over his face, not to mention the blood popping on his white and blue shirt. More than that, the more worried part was the way Barry was pleading for his life. It took more than one hit, big ones, since he put on the uniform, bigger ones than the visible injuries his friends could discern on the screen. What have this women did to him in less than 12 hours to make him so fearful, to put him in so much pain leave him pleading and sobbing?

"Let him go!", Joe screamed right next to Cisco, hitting the cortex's work station in front of him.

No matter how much trouble Barry always seemed to put himself into, he always ended up fine. There have always been a way out. But now, everyone in the lab felt their blood run cold. Something was telling them there wasn't a way out this time.

The captor on the screen only smiled, playfully stepping on front of the chair where a desperate Barry was sitting, moving a sharp knife in front of the camera. Caitlin threw a desperate look at her tech friend. This seemed to quick start Cisco into action. He made the step in needed to go back in his chair. Maybe, just maybe, he could find a solution this time…

Or maybe not. Without adding one single word, the woman with short dark hair sliced Barry's throat open. Effectively freezing Cisco in his track, his hands stopped over the keyboard, his eyes widening in shock and horror. Joe felt his legs going weak, gripping the desk to keep himself from failing. He couldn't detach his eyes from the screen. He barely even heard the cry of horror and despair Caitlin made. Of course the captor made sure to move out of the way to let everyone see every detail of their best friend, their family, dying in front of them.

Caitlin felt herself go weak. What was wrong with her? It's not like blood bother her usually, she's taken care of more wounds last year that she could count. But this? It made her stomach feel sick, made the colors leave her cheeks, her thoughts leave her head, and everything slowly go blank.

''Caitlin!''

It was Jay's calling that took them all out of their stance. The ex-speedster may not have his speed anymore, but he still had pretty good reflexes, good enough to catch a glimpse of Caitlin rolling her eyes and quicky starting to move toward the ground. The Crimson Comet barely had time to react and grab her, right before her head could touch the ground.

Slowly, Caitlin felt her senses coming back to her. She was disoriented, to say the least. She couldn't remember going to sleep, which day it was, where she was. Shouldn't she be going to work by now? What time was it?

She tried opening her eyes. That was a bad idea. She blinked at the light that blinded her. She blinked a few times to clear her view and let her eyes adapt, took her a couple of seconds to notice the shape that was standing next to her and notice where she was. Star Labs. The med bay at Star Labs.

''Caitlin? Caitlin? Can you hear me?'', that was definitely Cisco's voice. And that was definitely him who was standing next to her bed.

''You back with us?''

She knew that second voice. She slowly turned her head to see Jay walking into the room.

''Think so'', she answered. Her brain was trying to figure the last thing that happened before…before whatever went down to get her in that bed.

''What happened? I made this dream, nightmare. Barry was…''

She stopped in her track. Cisco and Jay just exchanged looks. That look, both of them bitting their lips. And it hit her. That moment in the lab hadn't been a dream, but Caitlin still needed confirmation, for some reason.

''Barry's gone right?''

''I'm really sorry Caitlin''Jay answered. What else was he supposed to say?

Earth 2.0 Flash desperately look at Cisco for help. Cisco was clearly in the same state, lowering his head to avoid eyes contact with both his friends. Were they supposed to say it was gonna be ok, that everything was gonna be fine? It wasn't. And it wouldn't be.

The young doctor turned her head to face the wall to relieve herself from the tears that've been threatening her eyes without people around seeing it. She needed to be strong, she's always been strong. Swallowing her pain, she turned around and slowly pushed herself to sit on the end, grateful for the hand on her back helping her. Looking around the whole room for the first time since waken her and it suddenly hit her.

''Where's Joe?'

''He left to tell the news to Iris, he needed to do it in person'', answered Cisco.

''What about Stein and Jax?''

Cisco looked down at his feet for a second before answering, looking embarrassed.

''We didn't call them yet. It's like it's not…like it's not real, yet. You know?'

Caitlin nodded, she got it. Her brain was trying to put all the pieces together. Part of her thought was still working on the realization that she wasn't dreaming. She sat at the edge of the bed, getting up before Jay or Cisco could react. It was probably a bad idea to get up so fast 'cause dizziness came back so fast she barely had the time to grab the side of the bed to stay on her feet, but not even that made her stop or change her mind.

''it's ok, I'm good'', Caitlin said while pushing Jay and Cisco's helping hands that came to her.

She steadied herself and made her way into the cortex, freezing for a second, seeing every second of what happened earlier replaying in a head like a movie. A noise interrupting her thought. She turned around to see Joe entering the cortex.

''Did they found a…..him yet?''

Joe sadly looked up and didn't say anything. Cisco stayed during all this time in the medical room, but didn't miss a thing of everything that was happening around him. He was trying as hard as he could to act strong, on the outside at least, but inside he felt he was breaking up.