Author's Note: #2 is here! You guys will be treated to some Jealous!Barry, and a tidbit of Jealous!Caitlin , so have fun :D
Barry immediately didn't like Jay Garrick. He didn't trust him, or believe him, or think he was cool, or want him to be his mentor, or anything like that. Fine, people could say that he didn't trust anymore, because of Dr. Wells, and maybe that was true. He still didn't like him.
Caitlin was... in the middle. Barry obviously thought that Jay was hiding something, and so she wasn't going to be completely on board with him right away. But at the same time.. he deserved a chance to prove himself.
"Have you found anything that would point to him being a speedster?" Barry asked, leaning against Cisco's desk, and glancing through the glass door to her lab, where Jay was sitting.
"He does have regenerative abilities." Caitlin confirmed. "Other then that, I'm not seeing any evidence of the Speed Force in his system."
"We don't even have proof that he's a Speedster, much less from another earth?" Barry raised an eyebrow, his face making it very clear that he wasn't being ridiculously paranoid- the other's were simply being to lenient.
"Not necessarily." Caitlin admitted.
"What does that mean?"
"Well, Jay doesn't know this, but while I was testing his heart rate, pressure and motor responses, I also measured his autonomic reactions while we were talking." Caitlin shrugged guiltily.
Iris came up and stood next to them, just in time to hear the tail end of Caitlin's sentence. "You gave him a lie detector test?"
"And he passed it." Caitlin shrugged, and Barry glanced over at the possible-Speedster again.
"What if he's not a good guy, and he's just here to find out our weaknesses?" Even to his ears it seemed like a stretch. "Keep running tests, see what else you can find out, and be careful, ok? If he tries anything-"
"Ok." Caitlin agreed, and Barry pecked her lips before flashing out.
Iris leaned against the wall, staring at the spot Barry had been thoughtfully. "You know, Caitlin, I don't know if Barry's just suspicious of Jay."
"What do you mean?" Caitlin tilted her head, and now it was her turn to sneak a peek at the blond man in her lab.
"I think he might be jealous." Iris smirked.
Caitlin choked for a second, and stared at her, open mouthed. "J-Jealous? Why on Earth would Barry be jealous?!"
"Because Jay's cute, obviously. And you're spending time running tests on him while his shirt's off. Boyfriends don't really like that."
"Oh." Caitlin peeped. "I don't- there's nothing- Jay and I-"
"I know that." Iris interrupted. "But Barry... he's Barry."
Caitlin sighed, and Iris gave her one last smile, before turning and walking out into the hallway. Caitlin turned, too, and resignedly moved back into her lab.
Flash!
So now Jay was apart of Team Flash? Caitlin wasn't quite sure when that had happened. She also wasn't quite sure if she wanted it to happen. Barry always seemed on edge when he was around, and, if Iris was right, Barry was jealous. Caitlin didn't want him to think that he had anything to worry about with Jay around. She just hadn't had the chance to assure him of that, yet.
"The metahuman's cells have the ability to rearrange and harden giving them the appearance of sand." Jay informed them. The new metahuman, Sandstorm, Caitlin believed they were calling him, was pretty much a moving piece of sand, that could turn into sandstone at inopportune times so that it could punch Barry in the face. Pleasant.
"And.. how do you know this?" Barry asked suspiciously.
"It belonged to a metahuman I've fought before named Sandy."
"Mine name is better." Muttered Cisco. "Is that Barry's sweatshirt?"
"Oh, uh, sorry, it was all I could find." Iris stared at the floor.
"I was gonna say," Cisco said tactlessly. "Because it looks a lot smaller on you."
The look on Barry's face was so miserable that Caitlin had to step in. "Actually, Cisco, I think that sweatshirt looks really good on Barry." She reached out and took Barry's hand, letting him know that no new guy was going to turn her sights from the most amazing man in the world.
Barry gave her a grateful smile, and Cisco laughed uncomfortably. "You know what? I gotta... do this thing." He booked it out of the Cortex, causing Caitlin to roll her eyes at her friends unintentional antics.
Iris broke the uncomfortable silence. "So... who is this Sandy?"
"I don't know his name." Jay admitted. "But I know how to stop him."
"And that is something we can use!" Caitlin put it, smiling at Barry.
To her confusion, he didn't look happy (and people say girls are confusing!). "You know what? I think we'll be fine on our own."
It was later proved that Jay was right, but Barry still didn't seem to be mollified. Caitlin was starting to be really confused.
Flash!
"So..." Cisco leaned against the desk of STAR Labs, and raised his eyebrows. "Joe said that there was a new girl at the CCPD."
"Really?" Caitlin narrowed her eyes, and sent a significant glance at Barry.
"Oh, yeah! Patty Spivot." Barry grinned. "She's really good."
"I see." Cisco made the word sound like it had a hundred and 2 'e's in it. "Is she cute?"
"Cute? I dunno. I guess." Barry shrugged. "She want's to join Joe's task force."
Caitlin crossed her arms and bit back a humph. She now understood perfectly how Barry felt when he saw her and Jay. The thought made her feel like she was betraying Barry's trust. It wasn't like he was going to, what? break up with her to go date this Patty girl? That was ridiculous.
"You think she has a thing for engineers?" Cisco waggled his eyebrows and ran a finger through his hair. "Or long hair."
Caitlin snorted, and the slight tension in the room melted away. Barry laughed, and punched Cisco's shoulder. "I'm thinking maybe you should meet her first, dude."
"What? And let you have all the fun?"
Now Barry looked confused. "What do you mean? I already have a girlfriend."
Cisco's eyes widened dramatically. "Oh! You two are still- right! I thought maybe after- ok, yeah, sorry about that, I didn't know, gosh, sorry..." He turned red.
Caitlin laughed quietly. "It's ok, Cisco. We weren't, at first, I guess, but..."
"We're still dating." Barry kissed Caitlin's cheek.
"You just had to demonstrate, didn't you." Cisco looked disgusted. "Guh. I'm outta here." He ran out of the room before they could call him back.
Barry shook his head fondly. "He will never change, will he?"
"I sure hope not." Caitlin smiled. "Now, just for clarification, does this Patty know that you already have a girlfriend?"
"Huh?" Barry frowned. "You think that she's going to make a move on me?"
Caitlin reached over and smoothed the front of his collared shirt, even if it was only something to do. "Well, you're a handsome young man, and girls tend you like handsome young men. You work on the force, so she knows you're smart-"
"And she did say she had read all of my case files..." Barry muttered.
Caitlin pulled up short. "Are you positive this girl isn't a stalker?"
Barry laughed, and kissed her. "I'm sure." His phone buzzed, and he sighed as he pulled it out. "It's Joe. I'll see you later."
"Bye. Tell him hello for me." Barry flashed out, and Caitlin, after a moments hesitation, hopped on one of Cisco computers to find out everything she could about Patty Spivot. If she was being overprotective, she didn't particularly care.
Flash!
"We're scientists!" Barry yelled, making them all jump. "We test things. That's what we do!" He turned on Caitlin. "Have you found one thing to suggest that the Speed Force has ever been inside Jay?"
She shook her head, not wanting to voice the negative and give him more fuel for his anger. "I don't understand," Barry continued, voice rising more. "Why I am the only one here not immediately jumping on the fact that there are other Earths. I mean, for real?"
"Can I talk to you, for a moment." Caitlin requested, staring daggers at Barry. Everyone else in the room got out quickly, giving them space.
"What has happened to you?" Caitlin asked quietly sitting down on the top of her desk.
"Me?" Barry gave her an incredulous look.
"Yes. You. The you that I've known, the you I fell- the you that's my boyfriend. The you that became the Flash! I haven't see that you in a very long time, Barry. I miss that you."
"A lot has changed, Caitlin." Barry shrugged, not meeting her eyes.
"Yeah, it sure has." She agreed unhappily. "You have learned how to not trust people." He didn't respond. "What is it about Jay that you don't like?"
"I don't know." Barry glared right back at her. "What is it about him that you like so much?"
"No, that's not what this is about." Caitlin snapped, suddenly angry. "Iris said that your jealous-"
"Jealous?!" Barry cried.
She cut him off. "Yeah. Jealous. If you think that a random stranger can waltz in here, and knock me off my feet that easily, then you don't know me at all."
"I know." Barry murmured, staring at his shoes. "I know, I don't. I'm sorry."
"It's not just jealously, though, Barry. It's because he reminds you of Harrison Wells." Caitlin got up and walked closer to him, laying her hand on his knee.
"I trusted that man for months- we all did." Barry said quietly. He shook his head. "And you know what? Ronnie is dead. Eddie is dead. And a whole lot of other people in this city; they're dead, because we trusted him. I'm not gonna let us make that mistake again."
Caitlin forcefully resisted the urge to cry, and sat down next to him. "Barry. Not everyone is Harrison Wells. Besides, you defeated him because you trusted in people. Because you believed in them. This team that you've created, they will follow your lead. They will do what you say. If they think think that you don't believe in them, though, it won't be long before they don't believe in you."
"What about you?" Barry whispered, taking her hand and rubbing it between his two larger ones.
"Barry..." Caitlin rested her head on his shoulder. "I'll always believe in you."
Flash!
Barry flashed into the warehouse, and came to a stop as quiet as he could behind some empty storage crates.. "Is that you, Flash?" The Sand Demon yelled into the silence. "Found you're way here?"
Barry looked out from behind the crate, and saw the Sand Demon turn around to face none other then Jay Garrick, helmet on. "I came quite a distance."
The villain looked terrified. He was falling for their plan. "I thought you were dead."
"You were wrong." Jay said. He started to walk around the other man, distracting him from Barry, and Patty, tied to a chair. "Like usual. Let the girl go."
"Have at it!" The Sand Demon offered. "But you touch her, and she goes Boom! And I think even you aren't fast enough to save her."
The second he was in reaching distance, Jay threw a punch at his head. The Sand Demon ducked, and hit out. Jay leapt back. "Quite a bit slower on this earth, aren't you, Flash?"
Darn it. Barry thought. There went their plan. Jay punched at the Sand Demon again, and his face burst into particles. It quickly reformed, and he retaliated, quickly bringing Jay to his knees.
"You don't have your speed, do you?"
"Slicks distracted, go Barry!" Cisco yelled in Barry's ear. Barry ran out from his hiding place and over to Patty's chair.
He inspected the bomb, trying to find the safest way to get her out without it going off. He ended up just grabbed her, and the whole thing exploded.
Instead of a boom, it let off a wave of energy that tossed everyone, with the exception of Slick, backward. "Barry!" Caitlin yelled in his ear.
Barry scrambled to his feet, and checked the young detective's pulse. "Patty's alive." He confirmed.
"Must be my lucky day." The Sand Demon was still on his feet, and Jay was slowly getting to his behind him. "Zoom sent me here to kill you. Now I get to kill the Flash from two worlds before I go home."
Slick's hand extended, wrapping around Jay's throat. Cisco yelled unintelligibly in Barry's ear. "Barry." Caitlin instructed, voice a lot calmer then her partners. "You need to do something now."
The Sand Demon raised his other arm, forming it into a hammer. Jay nodded, and Barry sped off in a dizzying circle. The villain looked around in confusion, not sure where to hit. He dropped Jay. "Come on!"
Barry felt time slow down. He reached into the Speed Force, and, like he had practiced with Jay, tossed a lightning bolt directly at the Sand Demon.
The bolt hit him directly in the chest, and the once-man shattered on the ground. Barry stared at it in horror a Jay got to his feet. "You ok?" He asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm ok." Jay nodded. "Nice job, kid."
Caitlin leaned back in her chair and let out a breath. "Barry? Are you ok?You're both good?"
"Yeah, yeah, we're fine." Barry replied. "I'm going to bring Patty back to the CCPD, but then we're coming back."
Flash!
"Hi, Jay." Caitlin smiled kindly at him as she walked into her lab. "You did a good thing today, helping Barry."
Jay nodded in acknowledged appreciation. "Thank you, Caitlin."
She nodded back. "With or without your speed, you're still a hero." Barry entered behind her, quietly, and draped his arm, heavy and warm, over her shoulders. "I'm just sorry we didn't see it sooner."
"Especially me." Barry admitted. "I should have trusted you. We've just... we've gone through a lot recently, and it's been tough."
Jay nodded again. "I get it. It can be hard to trust people, especially when those people come in with an insane story of being from another Earth."
They all laughed, and Caitlin reached up to kiss Barry's cheek. "I will leave you two speedsters alone."
"Thanks." He murmured, and leaned against the wall as she ducked out from under his arm.
Jay stared after her, and Barry felt a surge of protectiveness come out of nowhere. The older man smiled softly. "She's an amazing woman."
"Yes." Barry responded stiffly. "Yes, she is."
Jay met his gaze, and his own expression seemed to falter. "I'm getting the feeling that she's already taken."
"That makes her sound like an object." Disagreed Barry. "She's her own woman. But, yes, I'm her boyfriend."
Jay looked dismayed, and Barry confirmed his suspicions that, even after such a short time, he liked Caitlin in a way much not non-platonic for Barry's comfort. "I see." Was all Jay said. "Well, you're very lucky to have her."
"I'm reminded of that every day." Barry murmured, and turned to go. He remembered, then, what he had come in for in the first place. "By the way, Jay, thank you for your help. I really do appreciate it."
"No problem." Jay moved past him, out of Caitlin's lab, and then walked away from the Cortex entirely.
Barry leaned against the doorframe, wondering if this was going to turn into a problem he didn't need to have. He sure hoped not, for Jay's sake.
Caitlin was... Caitlin. He wasn't going to leave her for Patty, and, after their conversation earlier, he knew for sure that she wasn't going to leave him for any random man that walked through the door. He had been stupid to think that, and to let it cloud his judgment on Jay's character.
Well, it wasn't going to happen again. Jay was a perfectly fine person, and obviously only wanted to help save their earth like he had saved his own.
Right?
Flash! (haha, I fooled you, you thought we were done. Well, guess what, so did I. But it wasn't long enough, and this was important, so I added it :)
"Using electro-photography, Cisco and I were able to search Central City for any signs of energy entering our earth from another dimension." Stein had called them all into the Cortex for an "urgent message". This seemed to be it, but Caitlin couldn't figure out where it was going. "Energy from any breaches as Mr. Garrick described them."
"But, of course, there isn't just 1 breach." Cisco continued. "There's 52 of them, scattered throughout the city."
Caitlin let her head fall unto Barry's shoulder. Nothing could be easy in their life, could it?
"These breaches are pockets of time and space folded into and upon itself. The most significant breach of all appears to be this one." Stein gestured to Cisco, who pressed a button on his tablet. The screen in front of them pinged a spot on the map.
"And where exactly is that located?" Caitlin asked.
"It's here. Inside STAR Labs." Barry exchanged a glance with his girlfriend and let out a sigh.
"Just beyond that breach," Martin continued, "Is an entirely diff- f-f-f-erent..."
Caitlin gasped as Martin titled sideways, and collapsed unto the floor.
Author's Note: Well, most of that was completely made up :P That, I think, is going to be the trend for season 2. I'm not sure if these chapters are going to be as long. Though... once Barry starts dating Patty in the cannon series, maybe we'll have those scenes, and then Westallen scenes... we'll make do.