Joe looks at her, hand cupping her arms. He sighs, squeezing her arms gently, "Betty…"

"No, I felt it, Joe," she cuts in before he can start on one of his spiels. She knows Barry is awake. "He's awake and you know as well as I that the first place he's going is to see Iris."

Joe gives a reluctant smile, "True enough, but there's no guarantee he's actually awake. It's going on ten months now, Betty. And I'm pretty sure that if Barry just suddenly woke up that STAR Labs would call to tell us."

Betty snorts, "Not once he finds out how long he's been out. He'll be out of there before they can even reach for their phones."

He looks ready to argue again before letting out a put-upon sigh and nodding. "That boy was always quick to take off. Don't know why he never joined track like you and Iris."

"Because he's rather watch Iris run and he can't jump hurdles?" Betty snickers. "Remember that time he tried to jump over the couch when she found out he was the one who ruined her art project back in seventh grade?"

"I'd completely forgotten about that," Joe wheezes with laughter. "Took almost a whole hour to get him to come out of the hall closet and twice as long to clean that mess up."

Joe's phone goes off and Betty smiles as she starts cleaning up her work space and shutting things down for the day. When he hangs up, he points the phone at her, "Not a word. That freaky mind-thing you two have is freaky. Have I ever told you that before?"

Betty snorts, "At least once a week."

"Good," he nods in satisfaction. "That was Dr. Snow. Seems Barry woke up and before she could do an exam to make sure he was actually okay, he was gone."

She rolls her eyes. "While you finish your shift, Iris and I will make sure he goes back and gets checked out properly."

"Make sure you do. We don't need for something to be wrong and us not know it until he slips back into a coma."

"Worst case scenario, I'll borrow your spare handcuffs and we'll throw him in my trunk."

Joe looks at her for a long moment. "I can't tell if you're joking right now or not. You cannot kidnap your brother."

"Less 'kidnapping' and more 'forceful medical intervention'," she shrugs. "It could even be argued that he's not in complete control of his facilities since we don't know what effects the lightning might've had on his neural and–"

"No forceful anything," Joe reiterates. A smile lingers at the corner of his lips. "At least not where I or any other law enforcement official might see, and only if he tries to avoid the exam."

"Agreed," she laughs. "I'll even make sure no one's hands wander to inappropriate territory during the exam. Wells looked a little too excited during the last 'routine' exam."

Joe stares at her. "I think you need examined. We sure that lightning didn't have any adverse effects on you?"

"Ha ha," Betty retorts dryly. There are making their way down the stairs, the bullpen in clear view. "Caitlin has been keeping an eye on me just in case."

"Good, last thing we need is for you to join Barry. Those first few days were more than enough for me."

They've just reached Joe's desk when Iris steps through the entry way, trying– and failing– to hide a sheepish looking Barry behind her. Before Betty or Joe can summon a reaction, one of the officers– she is very certain it is Hanson– shouts out.

"Thank God, we can all relax. The nice twin is back!"

There are a few cheers and a smattering of good-humored jokes thrown around and Betty rolls her eyes. She's been doing that a lot this last week. "I am right here and he's not back on duty yet."

There are a few groans and someone makes an overly dramatic noise of dying. Betty ignores them as rushes forward, glomming onto her brother. There is a sudden shock and they both jerk at the sudden charge, though neither lets go. Her twin has been in a coma for nine months, a little shock is a price she is more than willing to pay to have him hugging her back. The humming she's heard since she'd felt him waken dulls even further, becoming a low thrum under her skin as they embrace.

"You ever do something stupid like that again and I will kill you myself," she threatens tearfully. "I mean it. Seriously, playing with metal chains while it's storming? You're supposed to be smart, Bar."

Barry laughs against her neck, squeezing her tighter. "But seriously, what are the actual chances of being struck by lightning?"

"Apparently very good in your case," she laughs back.

"Okay, stop hogging the boy already," Joe laughs from the side.

Betty reluctantly loosens her hold, letting Joe step in and scoop Barry up in a bear hug. Stepping back, she links arms with Iris and they both squeeze each other tight. "He's awake," she smiles. "He's awake and now I'm not in that stupid apartment all by my lonesome anymore and–"

"Maybe you'll stop terrorizing the poor denizens of CCPD?" Iris cuts in with a smirk.

"I am not terrorizing them," Betty huffs back. "They are terrorizing me."

Iris snorts. "Sure. That's why Valores was trying to convince Eddie to pick up his files yesterday."

"Strange, his file is still sitting on my desk waiting to be picked up," she hums.

"Because Eddie doesn't want to chance becoming your next victim," Iris teases.

Betty rolls her eyes. "Please, like I could ever actually be mean to Eddie. It would be tantamount to kicking a puppy."

Iris looks ready to argue before she purses her lips and eyes Thawne. She sighs, "You're right. He's just so sweet and–"

Betty nudges her, "You start listing all of his qualities and I'm out."

"Detective West, we got a 5-15 in progress at Gold City Bank. Two dead," Cindy from dispatch comes up. "Storm's really picking up on the south side. Grab your rain gear."

Betty loosens her hold on Iris and they move closer to Barry.

"You take it easy. There'll be plenty for you to do once you settle in," Joe is saying to Barry before turning to call out to Eddie. "Let's go, partner."

Betty sends him a little wave, "Have fun with Jamis."

Joe's steps stutter. "You're not covering this one?"

"Yea, no. I'm out for the day," she reminds him. "Singh threatened that at the first sight of overtime he's grounding me to the lab for the next year."

"Thank God," Joe sighs. "You gonna make sure Barry gets back to STAR Labs, right?"

"Of course, and I'll save the handcuffs as a last resort."

"You better," Joe grumbles.

Smiling, she pushes him towards the door just as Eddie catches up. "Good luck, Joe, Eddie."

"Thanks, Betty," Eddie smiles tightly.

Betty nods, glancing back upstairs towards Iris. Them hiding their relationship from Joe is really trying on them, but– she glances back at Joe, meeting his eyes just in time for him to roll them– the fact that they think they are successful in hiding it from him can sometimes be even more trying, she things bemusedly.

Out of the corner of her eye she sees Barry ducking into the stairwell and thinks for all of two seconds before she follows after him. If he is ducking out and not staying glued to Iris's side after having woken from a come, something is up. She follows him down to the back exit and comes out in time to see him move from one spot in the alley to another several feet away, in less than a second, before he is suddenly slamming over the trunk of a police cruiser with enough force to shatter the rear window.

Betty's hands fly to her mouth as she gasps. Barry backs away from the cruiser, his eyes darting around before landing on her. She can see his mind working even as her own does the same. He glances around the alley before turning back to her, a smile spreading.

She can read the exhilaration on his face and as much as she loves anything that can make him smile like that, he has just woken from a coma. She stabs a finger at him, moving to try and grab him. "Bartholomew Henry Allen, don't you dare–"

And he is gone.

Growling out a breath of frustration, Betty clenches her hands into fists, closes her eyes, and mentally counts down from ten. Releasing her breath on a calmer sigh, she slowly unclenches her fists and takes a few more steadying breaths. Her brother essentially just disappeared. No big deal. Given the little show she saw beforehand she is fairly certain he hadn't actually disappeared, but maybe something to do with teleportation?

Then again, with that look she'd seen on his face, she would guess it is probably more along the line that he was moving really really fast. In which case, given that he's just woken from a coma and this is most likely the first time doing this, and the speed he has to be going, chances are he will end up crashing. If he hasn't already.

She really hopes he lands somewhere soft.

Grimacing to herself, Betty starts walking and makes a note to stop by the store and get Barry a new phone before they hit STAR Labs. She highly doubts Barry has good enough control to steer so if she keeps walking straight ahead, she will find him.

Eventually.

And hopefully in one piece…