This was written between brakes in a symposium, I really don't remember why, but I started to divagate about the fact that Team Flash seemed to calm with the idea of Caitlin being taken by Zoom. And I didn't get to finish the fic until now. Just pretend that the actions after 2x19 never happen.

Hope you enjoy it :D

She's gone. Zoom has her. Once again she is the one paying for his mistakes, for not being fast enough to stop him. He was the one with super speed ad yet she was the one saving him.

"I can't… not again." How was he supposed to get her back? Without his speed he was useless. Why did the bad guys always kidnap her? But he knew the answer to that question, they wanted her because of her heart. Because of the light she brings everywhere she goes. The last time she was taken they were only available to save her thanks to Harry, but he knew, this time was different, this time, he knew they would not be available to save her without his speed. "I'm not… strong enough."

The sight in front of them broke their heart, Barry laid on the floor sitting on his heels, face in his hands, trying to stop the tears from falling. "I … I can´t… I'm… I'm not strong enough to… to stop him."

"We will find a way to stop him, Barry. We always do." Iris was trying to comfort his broken friend but instead of bringing him comfort her words made him feel even more restless. Making him jump to his feet and start pacing the room like a caged animal.

"How? How do you plan to stop him without my speed?" Barry snaps at his friend, losing the little control he had left. His body was furiously shaking, his breath was short and fast.

He was hyperventilating.

Iris tried to reach to him trying to give his friend some kind of comfort "Barry you need to calm down."

"Calm down!? How can you ask me to calm down, when he has her?" Barry was getting worse, he was sweating and looking a lot paler than before. At first, Joe wasn't sure why Barry was so agitated, but after his outburst towards Iris, he knew what was wrong.

Barry was having a panic attack.

Slowly approaching his son, Joe placed his hands on Barry's shoulders trying to stop him from pacing the room "Bar… Barry… look at me son. Everything will be fine, we will stop Zoom and we'll bring Caitlin home."

But instead of calming him, his actions only made things worse, the moment the young speedster was stopped from his pacing. His breathing became even more erratically and his heart was beating so fast he thought it was going to burst from his chest. After escaping Joe's grip Barry begun pacing the room again, feeling even angrier at himself for being so useless without his speed. "Why everyone keeps saying that? Nothing is OK, Zoom has her. ZOOM! We don't know why he took her or what he is planning to do with her!"

As those words left his lips a wave of fear flood him, and the room start spinning. What if he kills her? What was stopping him from killing her… from killing them? "She's god knows where with a psychopath! A killer with no remorse! At least everything Eobard did was for a reason a twisted reason but a reason none the less. But Zoom is different, he has no reason behind his action other that causing pain, and now… he... he… he has her and I can't do anything to stop him from hurting her! From hurting all of you."

Trying to calm his son once again, Joe reaches for Barry shoulders forcing him to look to his eyes. "You need to breathe Barry. Slow steady breath. inhale… exhale… inhale… exhale. Slow and steady." After a few minutes of Joe showing Barry the way he should breathe, the speedster calms down, finally regaining some of the control he lost.

Joe wasn't knowing to Barry panic attacks. He just to have him quite frequently when he was a child. Especially in stormy nights when the lighting in the sky would make him remember the yellow blur who killed his mother and made his father go to jail. But that was years ago, he thought his son was finally over them, and even back then they were never this bad; and that's when he knew that not only was Barry scare of Zoom. He was scared of losing Caitlin. He knew his foster son had developed a special bond with the bright and beautiful doctor, but he never thought his feeling for her were so deep.

After coming down from his panic attack Barry couldn't take it anymore, he broke crying his heart out until he had no more tears to shed. Holding to joe's warm embrace as if he life depend on it, and in some way it did, he never felt safer than in Joe's arm. After his tears run out he slowly steps away from Joe, "Dad. I'm scared. I'm supposed to be the hero. I'm supposed to save her. But the truth is, I can't save her, I can't stop him. He is stronger and faster than I would ever be. God dad, she must be so scared and alone."

Seeing Barry with his red and puffy eyes, dried tears on his cheeks brought Joe old memories. The man in front of him wasn't The Flash the hero of Central City, it wasn't Barry Allen, CCPD forensic scientist, no, the man in front of him was the little boy who lost his parent one tragic night all those years ago, the little boy who was afraid to lose everyone he loves. "Bar it's okay to be afraid. Being afraid it's what allows us to know our limits. But knowing our limits doesn't mean we can't do anything about them, it means we can start doing whatever it's necessary to be better and conquer them."

"But I'm normal now, how am I supposed to stop him? More important how are we going to get my speed back?"

Harrison Wells wasn't good leading with people feelings, that's why he studs silent in the room while Joe and Iris tried to calm Barry. He just wasn't good with human emotions; he never knew what to said or do. Which is why he being more than happy to hear Barry ask a question he knew how to answer. "I believe Allen that's something I can help you with."

Barry was beyond static after hearing Harry's words, but was it true? Was he capable of giving his speed back? "You really think you can give me my speed back?"

"I don't think so Allen. I know so." Harry's confidence was contagious and from his time working with him, he knew he was even brighter that Eobard was, but still a part of him knew it had to be too good to be true. "And how exactly are you planning to give me back my speed?"

"I will recreate the particle accelerator explosion that gave you your speed."

Nobody could believe Wells words, yes they were desperate but destroying half of the city in order to give him his speed was a little too much. "For real? Look at what that explosion made to this city."

Cisco who had been silent since he saw last saw his best friend knew it was time to intervene, yes he wanted to save Caitlin and the city, but Harry idea was too crazy, and coming from him it had to mean something. "Barry is right. Not to mention last time we tried something like that we blow a hole in the universe and created like fifth portals to your earth, which by the way, is exactly how Zoom and his henchman came here in the first place."

Harrison knew they were not going to like his plan, but didn't they knew by now that he always knew what he was doing? Yes, he wants to catch Zoom but he was beyond putting his new "team" life in danger in order to catch him, at hard at it is from him to accept him, he really does care about their wellbeing. "I know how to contain the explosion."

Barry couldn't believe Wells cockiness; he knew he was smart but create another dark matter explosion was too much of a danger. "Really? You know how to contain a dark matter explosion?"

"I have your Wells data. Harrison Wells from this earth, I have his science. I know what chemicals needs to be in your body. I know how the lighting needs to bond with the dark matter from the particle accelerator explosion. I can recreate the circumstances to get your speed back. This will work."

After Harrison's speech, he knew that Barry was going to go thru with his idea. Honestly, he knew Barry had accepted his plan since he said he could give him his speed, but his son wasn't thinking straight, he was blinded, by guilt and fear, he had to at least try to make him see reason. "It's too dangerous Barry, look what it did to you last time, you could end in a coma… you could die."

Barry wasn't sure of what to do. He really wanted to stop Zoom but at the same time, he didn't want to risk the city again. "If we don't do this Barry, I won't be available to give your speed back which means we won't be available to bring your Caitlin back." And just like that, Barry had made his mind. Harry really know what to say and when to say it in order for the speedster to angry with his plan.

"Wells is right Joe. I have to do this if I don't get my speed back Zoom is free to do whatever he wants in both of our earths. I have to protect the city and I have to get Caitlin back."

And just like that, Joe saw his stepson walk away to the workshop along with Cisco, Jesse and Wells to begin the preparation to recreated the particle accelerator explosion, he just hopes they wouldn't regret their decision later on.

But little did he know that things don't always go as planned.

This may have a second part, but I'm not sure yet.
Reviews are always welcome.