Ah! So long without my Flash TV show. I don't really watch a lot of TV because I'm pretty busy so this is the one show that I make time for. Thanks for your support; you all are so nice! Um, someone asked about the pairings in this fic. I think it'll mainly be on friendship, since the show seems pretty heavy on the romantic relationships right now. I am sticking to canon relationships from the show as much as I can for this fic. Plus, I'm total shipper trash and ship multiple different couples for this show, which seems to be abnormal in the fandom as there are some intense shipping wars.

Hour 1

Barry made it to the location Cisco gave and it was evident that Caitlin had been there. Frost coated the front entrance of the shops on the streets and a thick layer of ice covered the sidewalk. Pedestrians had slipped and fallen; but there appeared to be no serious injuries. Crowds gathered in the streets puzzled by the sight of ice in late March. Barry ran the perimeter for any sign of their friend. The ice covered almost a whole block. Barry could feel his heart thudding in his chest. He had no idea what state of mind Caitlin would be even if he found her. It was then when an odd figure caught his eye. He saw movement down a short alleyway and immediately flashed there. The shaded area seemed empty besides some blowing trash and an abandoned shopping cart the rolled by the push of the wind until it hit the brick wall of a building.

"I-I can't find her guys. She's not here anymore. Any new hits?" Barry asked. When he didn't hear any response from Cisco, Barry frowned, a feeling of hopelessness washing over him, then he saw something white in the corner of his eye. He followed down the alley onto the next street over. He stopped in his tracks, suddenly feeling paralyzed. She had her back turned to him but there was no mistaking her hair. She was still barefoot and walked with the same sort of grace. Barry felt his throat tighten and he wasn't sure how to approach her. He debated whether he should tell Cisco first or confront Caitlin. Finally, he decided before she had escaped his sight.

"Caitlin!" He called her name; his voice sounded foreign to him. No answer or a response. She didn't turn around or react. Barry took in a breath and then called out, "Killer Frost."

The woman stopped. She slowly turned around and Barry felt his body go cold just by looking at her eyes. No longer were they a soft brown. Barry used to always feel relief when he saw Caitlin's eyes. It had once been a sight he enjoyed. Whenever something went wrong and he was injured, she was there as his personal doctor. More times than he'd like to admit had he looked into her eyes as his vision was blurring out of focus and he thought it would be his last moments of sight. He always made it through; she always saved him. Now, staring at the eyes of Killer frost that seemed to glow, it made him nervous.

"Barry, what's going on?" Cisco's voice rang in his ear. Barry ignored him and took a shaking step forward. Killer Frost gave a smirk.

"Hey, cutie," Killer Frost greeted him. Barry knew it wasn't Caitlin. Before, even when her powers threatened to take control, she always recognized her friends. The way she stared at him…he was a stranger to her. Barry felt his heart sink.

"Caitlin," Barry said, warning in his tone. Killer Frost showed no sign of recognition of that name. Instead, she shot her hand out and Barry, even as fast as he is, barely had time to react to the blast of cold that hit him. He stumbled but managed to remain on his feet. He felt the bite of anger and ran towards her. Killer Frost's sharp icicles shot towards him. Barry managed to dodge, making a mental note that she had tried this tactic before. He didn't have a plan for how to approach her. Barry didn't want to fight but, soon enough, he was mere inches before her. He went for the more passive attack and tackled her. Killer Frost, with a sharp growl, grabbed onto him. Even through his suit, Barry felt the burn of her ice-cold hands. He yelped in pain, giving Killer Frost an opportunity to shove him off her. In their quick quarrel, Barry felt a stabbing pain in his back. He looked behind him and could see that she had managed to stab him just below his right shoulder blade. Barry reached behind him and pulled the icicle out of him. He looked at the long, sharp object to see it coated in his own bright red blood. Suddenly, another blast of cold hit him. It knocked the breath out of his lungs and stung at his eyes. When he looked up, Killer Frost was gone and the street was covered in ice. Barry cursed himself for getting distracted.

No idea which direction she had run, Barry tried his best to track her. He was slower now, with the pain from his still bleeding wound. There was no sign of her. It was as if she had disappeared. Barry pulled at his mask in frustration. It was then when he heard the screeching of tires and a loud metallic crash. He cursed under his breath and rushed to the scene of the accident. The roads were slipper with ice and three cars had crashed into each other. The Flash managed to help those in the crash from their totaled cars. He let Killer Frost escape.

Hour 2

Barry sat on the bed at Star Labs. Iris had just finished placing a bandage over the wound on his back. It was nothing serious and his rapid healing abilities had fixed most of the damage. Iris rubbed soothing circles in Barry's back as he looked off, eyes unfocused, into the distance. Joe came by to his side, sympathy in his eyes.

"I am so sorry," Joe said. Barry looked up at his father-figure and gave a polite nod. He didn't know what to say. It wasn't Joe's fault that this happened. Caitlin wouldn't have been mad at him for doing whatever he could to save his daughter. No one could have seen this coming. No one would have guessed this would have been her demise. It seemed so simply. Temporary band-aids over the cracks forming in their friend's mind. The handcuffs and then the necklace used to subdue her powers. Barry now wondered if those devices were ever able to rid Caitlin of Killer Frost's voice in her own head. He had heard the voice of her alter ego saying things Barry knew Caitlin wouldn't say. Maybe they never got rid of the voice in her head. Had it been torturing her this whole time?

"She didn't even recognize me. She looked at me like a stranger," Barry sighed. At this statement, Cisco turned on his heels and left the room. Barry gave his friends the regular, 'I'll talk to him/her' look before following behind Cisco, slowly as his back still ached. Cisco had walked through the hallway and made it to the elevator. There he stopped, resting against the wall and closing his eyes. He could still vividly imagine the way her eyes had closed just before her whole body started convulsing. Caitlin didn't deserve this.

Caitlin never deserved any of what had happened to her. He was there in the building, all those years ago, where he heard her painful scream of her fiancé's name. The particle accelerator had supposedly killed her fiancé. Cisco had seen them together, working side-by-side. They were happy together, complimented each other well. Ronnie was charismatic and energetic. Caitlin was calm and collected. When she thought she lost him, it was as if she had lost her light. He would watch her from her desk, emotionless and stone-faced. He had almost forgotten what her smile looked like. Her movements were robotic. She came to work exactly on-time. She ate her lunch slowly and consciously and alone. Then, she would leave from work and drive straight home to her house. Cisco would entertain her with talks of his favorite TV shows and movies. She knew most but it was clear that she hadn't even been watching much TV when she was at home. So, he thought of other things to talk about. Music, books, the weather, science. She liked talking about science and their job. It was her passion. He would come up with random scientific questions or theories and together they would discuss. When Barry, this stranger who was struck by lightning, showed up at their lab, their life changes. For both of them. And he hoped it helped Caitlin the most.

Ronnie had come back. It was some miracle. Cisco had almost forgotten what it was like to have Ronnie around again. Before their Team Flash days, Ronnie and Cisco were good friends too. "With guys like us, where the stereotype that smart guys aren't good looking come from?!" They would laugh. It made Caitlin smile. It was nice. However, life is cruel and things take a turn for the worst. Ronnie was firestorm, a meta-human who was a merging of him and Professor Stein. Together, they had incredible power. With great power comes great responsibility and Ronnie was someone who would rush to protect the ones he loves. It wasn't a surprise when he rushed off, as firestorm, to help Barry save the day. What surprised them was when Barry returned with only Martin Stein. Caitlin was stunned for a moment. She looked to Barry for some kind of reassurance. He could give her none. Caitlin had collapsed into Barry's arms in a fit of tears.

When Jay showed up, with his charm and good looks, it was no surprise that Caitlin was amazed by him. Cisco joked about her getting all starry eyed over the new speedster in town. He would regret those jokes later when they learned Jay was Zoom and Zoom was Hunter. It was confusing. However, before they learned that their friend was actually their nemesis, he had tricked them into thinking he had died. A time remnant. Zoom's hand shoved right through the man's chest like butter. Like how, in another time line, Cisco was murdered by Reverse Flash. It still caused chest pain when he thought about it. Caitlin was shook. She stared in disbelief. Another of their friends killed right in front of them. Cisco didn't miss beat, moving to his best friend's side. A hand around her and the other holding her hand. "This isn't happening. This isn't happening again!" Caitlin sobbed.

Cisco stayed by her side. He held her and ran his fingers through her hair to try and soothe her. She just continued to cry. During which she whispered, "Why? Why do all these bad things happen to me?"

Cisco didn't have an answer. Caitlin eventually fell asleep but her question kept Cisco awake.

"Cisco," Barry's voice called from behind him. Cisco felt anger rise from the pit in his stomach. He reluctantly turned to face Barry who, with bright green eyes, reassured him, "I am going to find her. You know that."

"You!" Cisco was speaking before his mind even registered the fact, "You caused this! Flashpoint gave Caitlin these powers. Flashpoint caused her this pain. And you caused Flashpoint!"

Barry felt the claws of guilt wrap around his throat with Cisco's words. He knows he broke the rules of time and space or whatever. The world was always going to be different because of him. It had effected everyone in the world. Caitlin had fallen victim to it too. He reminded himself of Iris' words, "You are not god, Barry."

"You took away my brother and then you take away my best friend too!" Cisco, in an angry huff, shoved Barry with both hands. Barry stumbled back and had forgotten the reassuring words of his girlfriend. He fed off Cisco's anger now.

"She was my friend too!" Barry yelled back. When he saw the tears in Cisco's eyes, he wished he could take it back.

"Where were you when her heart stopped, huh?! You weren't there!"

The two boys stared each other down. Barry added, pain fueling his voice, "I know I shouldn't have messed with the timeline! I regret it every day. But yelling right now isn't going to help Caitlin."

"Let's keep looking," Cisco wiped furiously at his eyes to rid himself of his tears. The two boys didn't speak to each other after that. But they did keep their truce for now and returned to the task at hand: Finding Caitlin/Killer Frost.