My take on how season 4 should start. The story will mostly focus around Barry/Caitlin (Snowbarry). I'll try my best to update as soon as I can, and I hope you like it!
Also, if you want to suggest some of your own ideas, which you would like to see in the story, drop them down by leaving a review! I would really appreciate that! :)
************************************************
(4 MONTHS AFTER BARRY LEAVES INTO THE SPEED-FORCE)
************************************************
(STAR Labs)
''No, it won't work.'' Cisco groans, crumbling up a sheet of paper and throwing it away in frustration, while Harry also seems disappointed, running out of ideas.
''Well then what else can we do? We're running out of ideas.'' Jessie says the thing that was on everyone's mind.
''We've been trying to come up with a plan for 2 days now, and we still haven't figured anything out.'' Gypsy adds, frustration evident in his tone.
''What about Caitlin? Any word from her?'' Julian asks, reminding the team that they had contacted Caitlin for help, and that she could have agreed to do so.
Cisco moves over to one of the computers, typing in a few commands, bringing up a video message on one of the many screens in the room. The video message was from Caitlin, as could be seen in the thumbnail.
Everyone in the cortex exchange glances, a new spark of hope lighting them up, all of them wishing that Caitlin's answer was yes.
''P-play it.'' Julian tells Cisco, and he obliges, and the video message starts playing.
''Hello Cisco. Nice to see that you've finally got a new satellite installed, I have to say though, it took a long time to do so, didn't it? And it's great to see that STAR Labs is almost repaired, completely up and running. Anyways, regarding your 'plead' for help, I would agree to it, but your offer wasn't tempting enough, so, since there's not much in it for me, I'm gonna give it a pass. Oh, and don't bother begging to me again, my reply will still be the same.''
''Ugh! Now what?'' Cisco groans, clearly disappointed, as was everyone else. The little glimmer of hope that had been born amongst them had died out, and there they were, back to stage one.
''What is wrong with her? If she's no longer Killer Frost, then why doesn't she come back to STAR Labs? Why doesn't she help us?'' Iris blurts out the thought that had been going around in her head ever since Barry went into the speed-force, ever since Caitlin told them she would no longer live up to the name 'Killer Frost', ever since she had become an arrogant bitch. Yes, that's what Iris though of her, an ignorant fool, who wouldn't do anything if there wasn't some benefit in it for her.
Ever since Barry left, Iris was broken, she suffered loss again, first Eddie, and now Barry. She would barely leave her house, she resigned from her job at CCPN, and all she would do the first 3 weeks was remain in her bed, going through pictures of the two of them. crying at every single memory. She didn't miss her fiancé, she missed her lifelong best friend. After a month or so, things had become a little better, you could say so. Now, she would occasionally cook, and watch movies, sad movies of course, and she would cry all over again. After about 2 months, she eventually started coming to STAR Labs and helping out the team, and she applied for a job at the CCPN once again, only to find out that all the vacancies had been full. So, instead, she stopped trying, and would remain in her house for most of the time.
Joe was doing no better, he just lost his son! Although his condition was not as bad as Iris's, he was still a mess, he was still too deep in sorrow. It was Wally's efforts that got him and eventually Iris to move on, and thanks to Wally's persistence, Joe didn't resign from CCPD.
''She's become like Leonard Snart...'' Joe points out, and it makes sense, since Snart was also the kind of person who would only do something good if there was some sort of benefit in it for him, although, Snart was a criminal. Caitlin wasn't. She was probably a lazy meta human, yeah, that description suits her well.
''Cold, ignorant, yeah, you can say so. Make her an evil criminal mastermind and we'll have Snart 2.0.'' Cisco says, feeling a little hurt talking about his best friend like that, she may not be the same person anymore, well, atleast on the outside, but somewhere inside her, the kind and sweet side of Caitlin Snow was still there, and he hoped he would be able to see it someday, and she would always be dear to him, which is why he usually avoided thinking negative things about her, but some times, his disappointment in her would get the better of him.
''What does she even do? I mean, sure, Joe got her name cleared from CCPD, she no longer kills for a living, although she never did, but her name implies that she did. Anyways, what does she even do with her life? She's a woman with super-powers, and she isn't using them for evil- anymore, and neither does she use them to do good, so what does she do?'' Tracy blabs, sounding a lot like Felicity.
HR's death was a tragedy for Team Flash, but not as much as it was for Tracy Brand. To her, HR was more than just a member of Team Flash, he was more than just a guide, more than just a writer, obviously- she kissed him, he meant something to her. For a long time, she had been alone, afraid to explore new relationships, her degree demanding a lot more time than she had to start a relationship, but HR, when she got to know him, she didn't even hesitate to get close with him. Heck, he was from a different earth, but she didn't care. HR motivated her in a way no one ever did, she had to build something to stop Savitar- The God of Speed, and she had never done anything right in her life, how could she ever pull this off? How could she be her future self? That's where HR played in, pushing her, guiding her through, and for that, and in the end, she did it, she built the speed-force trap, she made something related to the speed-force, a thing which were just a myth to her!
However, Savitar had come prepared, and her device didn't quiet really help, and she couldn't help but think that HR's death was her own fault. Heck, she thought that all the time! She just lost the person she loved, because of her own mistake. Cisco, Harry, they all tried to tell her that it wasn't her fault, and though she came to terms with believing them, a part of her will always know that it was her fault, and she has to live with it.
''She did help out after Barry left though, she helped us take down the new meta-humans that had emerged from the speed-force storm.'' Jessie says, recalling the vital role 'Elsa'- according to Cisco, as she no longer went by 'Killer Frost'; played in taking down around 6 metas, 2 of them speedsters; all of them now safely locked away in Iron Heights.
''But that too came with it's own price, remember?'' Cisco adds, not too delighted with the memory, ''She demanded us to make her something by which she wouldn't be able to be tracked down, and now, thanks to that device, we can't track her...''
After that, there was a short, awkward moment of silence in the room, everyone wondering over how bad they miss Caitlin, except Tracy and Gypsy, as they hardly knew her. Iris too, as she was still pissed at her for siding with Savitar, maybe if she never had, Barry would still be here. So, the 3 of them exchange glances with each other, signalling each other to say something, and then finally, Gypsy does.
''Ahm, alright, so anyways, how to we stop this...'Matrix', is that what we're calling him?'' She asks, and Cisco nods his head yes, indicating that their new meta was indeed named 'Matrix'.
''Without Caitlin's help, I don't know if we can stop him. I mean, he can literally stop anything moving around him, how do we even get close to him? Caitlin's the only one who can deal him damage when he's caught off-guard.'' Julian says, sighing, tired of thinking of something that could actually work.
(Caitlin's 'new' villa)
Exhausted, Caitlin groans, lifting up the heavy weight for one last time.
''15!'' She shouts, as she puts the weight back on it's frame, panting heavily, making up for all her oxygen-debt. She stares at her hands, the white skin having turned red from lifting all the heavy weight.
Sitting up straight, she grabs a bottle of water, and finding it to be warm, she chills it using her powers, and then drinks it all, feeling much better. Noticing some sweat tripping down her skin, she uses her abilities to dry herself off, and to cool herself too; it was one of the many things she learnt she could do with her powers, cool of all sweat in just a second, although she did find it weird that she sweated more while having these powers than she did without them, after all, the powers made her cold in every way, so why would she sweat? She figured it was because she was still a human, and that she tires herself off, and that her body still responds in the normal way.
After getting her breathing rate back to normal, she stands up, and heads towards the mirror, standing in front of it, taking a moment to look at herself, noticing her body, admiring how much it had changed since she started her 'new life'. She had lost a lot of fat, her abdomen was well-toned, and apparently, she was not far off from a six-pack. Her breasts had become comparatively 'perkier' than before, their shape now a lot more better, more curved. And, she notices her sports-bra being tighter than when she first wore it weeks ago, indicating that their was indeed an increase in size as well, probably as a result of her tire less workout and exercise.
She had no other choice but to carry on with this stressful workout and training. She wanted to be out there, fighting meta humans, fighting crime, but she still wasn't in control of herself. She could easily get carried away, and pushed over the line, causing her killer instinct to kick in. She couldn't let that happen, and, after experimenting a lot of techniques to prevent that from happening, she found that working out, exercising was what helped her focus her mind. Never in a million years would she have thought that she'd have to do such a thing, yet, here she was. However, it wasn't as bad as she thought it would've been, her powers might have something to do with making the task easier, and besides, it came with a reward- her body was getting better.
Until she was ready to be out there, she had to make sure that her killer instinct no longer existed; even when helping Team Flash take down meta-humans a few months back, she often lost control and was on the verge of killing innocent people, including her own friends. For the meanwhile, until she was ready, she would just work on something top secret, which no one knew about, or she would work out and train. She cut off all ties with her friends and family, so that they couldn't get hurt by her, and she pretended to be cold, ignorant while deep inside, she was hurt, broken, lost. She had no one, no one to help her, no one to talk to, and, the man she secretly loved was now trapped inside the speed-force. It hurt her so much, and she would spend days crying about it, but to the outside, she would act brave, she would act as if she doesn't care, she would act cold. It was, however, not easy. But she tried her best to stay that way, she didn't want people to think that she was affected by what happens to others, maybe this was also a side-effect of her powers.
After she finishes examining herself in the mirror, she grabs her phone and heads towards the door, and before leaving, she turns off the lights and cooling system, before locking the door and heading towards the kitchen. On the way there, she gets a call- from Cisco.
''I'll do it.'' He says, and she smirks in delight, knowing that once again, she was the only hope for Team Flash, and once again, she would get what she wants, only this time, it'll be what she really wants.
There's the first chapter! Please leave a review and let me know how it was (it will really motivate me to keep writing as I'll know that my work is appreciated). Let me know what you think Caitlin is secretly working on, and what do you think she wants from Cisco so she would help him? Let me know by reviewing!
