Sorry haven't updated sooner but here is the next chapter hope you enjoy. Based around season 2 ep 2.

Ps thanks for all those who have reviewed/commented. Means alot to hear your thoughts and feelings. Truly helps me better write the story line.

I sure do hope you like the way I head with this story with the second season.

Disclaimer I do not own the Flash nor its characters

Barry's POV

He woke up to the sun blinding him. It was the first time in long time that Barry had found a sense of peace. Rubbing his eyes, someone stirred beside him. Barry turned ever so slightly to find Caitlin nestled by his side. Barry's heart skipped a beat as he saw her, perfectly still. Her head was untamed, strands sticking to her forehead, her cheek pressed against the steady beating of his chest.

In that moment, Barry knew that he could spend the rest of his life waking up to her. Slowly, Barry unearthed himself from under Caitlin careful not to wake her. As he propped up on the bed, Barry leaned over the bed kissing her. She smelt of warmth coconut and soap. He lingered a bit longer, inhaling her scent he briefly loses his train of thought, caught off guard when she suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him back down to her.

"Sneaking away are we?" She giggled her lips brushing lightly against his.

"I didn't want to wake you." He murmured as he hovered over her.

"Ahmm." She teased bringing her lips to his.

"We should get ready. The team's probably already at S.T.A.R Labs." Barry whispered as he stared down at her.

Caitlin's eyes smouldered as she stared heavily back at him. She didn't loosen her grip around him. She smirked cheekily, her eyes giving her away. She had no intention of letting him go.

"I think you run fast enough we can afford to be late." She teased kissing him as she pulled the covers back over the two of them.

Caitlin's POV

*S.T.A.R Labs*

"Hey!" Caitlin greeted as she and Barry entered the room catching the attention of everyone.

"Hey" Joe smiled back as he took stock in the two of them together.

Caitlin happier than she'd ever been, felt as the heat rose to her cheeks. Caitlin looked over to Barry whose grin matched hers. With Barry's fingers tightening around hers Caitlin pulled them further into the room.

"Hoo. Hey guess what… I added a little upgrade to your suit." Cisco bellowed amused at the sight of her and Barry glued together.

Barry laughed happily as he followed Cisco's gaze over to his suit in front of them. Caitlin's gaped at how much more striking the suit looked. She couldn't believe that the smallest detail could create such a big impact. But as she looked at Barry whose eyes lit up like a kid during Christmas, Caitlin knew it was the simple things, like his smile… the small crease between his brows when he was worried that always caught her heart in between beats. Distracted by her thoughts of Barry, Cisco's voice slowly filtered her back to the present.

"It's just like the one from the future newspaper Gideon showed us. I was thinking you know… we shouldn't fear the future anymore right?" Cisco beamed as he took pride in his modification.

"No. And it will be here faster than we think." Barry corrected, his voice lingering with a trace of a promise as Caitlin caught his eyes on her.

"I must say I like how the lightening definitely pops more against the white." Stein admired as they all gathered around the suit.

"And S.T.A.R Labs is now safer than ever. Increased security and surveillance." Caitlin smiled as she shifted her hands in Barry's so their fingers interlocked.

"Recoded double firewall electronic lock sets. Nothing is getting through here without us knowing." Cisco added.

"So people can't just waltz in and out of here." Iris mused.

"Exactly." Cisco concurred.

The room suddenly burst into laughter. As everyone in the room grew into quiet chatter, Caitlin excused herself. As she turned to leave to the bathroom Caitlin gasped loudly at the sudden sight of a tall dark figure emerging from the shadows of the doorframe. In that instant the whole room fell silent as they too turned to face the mysterious stranger. Barry beside her, had grabbed hold of her arm pulling her gently behind him as Joe instinctively pulled out his gun just as Barry stepped forward to confront the stranger.

"For real?" Cisco sighed.

"Stay where you are." Joe yelled.

Caitlin watched as the whole scene before her unfolded. So much for better security. She mused to herself.

"Who are you?" Barry called out his body protectively standing firm between her and the man of undecided danger.

"You don't know me. But I know you, Barry Allen." The man's husky voice as he stepped forward into the light of the room.

"Take one more step it'll be the last step you take. The man asked you a question who the hell are you?" Joe threatened coxing his gun.

"My name is Jay Garrick and your world is in danger."

Barry's POV

Barry remained silent, his eyes narrowing in suspicion at what Jay was saying. Who was this guy? And how did he know his name?"

"Please just let me explain I mean you no harm." Jay began his hands still raised in defence as he stepped forward.

Barry instinctively wedged himself further between Caitlin and this guy named Jay Garrick. Although he didn't seem to present any real threat to them, Barry couldn't take the chance he'd harm them. Not when it came to Caitlin.

"How do you know my name?" Barry pressed his expression stern.

"I know all your names. Caitlin Snow. Cisco Ramon. Detective Joe West –" Jay began listing.

Barry's body tensed at the sound of her name. His lips grew into a grim line.

"Enough. The part about explaining needs to happen right about now." Joe prompted his gun still pointed firmly in Jay's direction.

"This world is in danger." Jay stated.

"What other worlds are there?" Cisco mumbled sceptical.

"When you created the singularity above Central City you also created a breach between my world and yours." Jay began to explain.

"I'm sorry… a breach?" Iris chimed in confused.

"Yes… a portal connecting our two Earths."

"And what precisely is your concern?" Stein interjected.

"A few days ago you found a dead man named Al Rothstein at the nuclear plant but then a different Al Rothstein tried to kill you."

"Atom Smasher." Cisco whispered.

"That man was from my world. If he got through the breach, I'll suspect there would be more to follow." Jay added.

"Okay so… Jay… How exactly do you know all this? Barry asked curtly.

"Where I came from I was a speedster just like you… they called me the Flash."

Barry froze at the name. He turned his head around to face Caitlin. Her shocked expression matching his. He's the Flash?

Barry's mind was still reeling from what Jay said. How can he be the Flash? He was the Flash. None of this could be possible.

"Before I arrived on your Earth I was in a fight with a man named Zoom."

"Zoom? I've heard that name before. Atom Smasher said that Zoom sent him here to kill me. Who is this guy?" Barry probed, still trying to gauge who and what type of man Jay Garrick was.

The last time he trusted someone, people died for his misguided faith. He wasn't about to let that happen again.

"He's a speedster like you and me. And fast… maybe the fastest of all but evil. An unstoppable demon with a face of death. We were engaged in our fiercest battle ever racing throughout my city… but I wasn't fast enough to stop him. Zoom had me beat. He was about to kill me when suddenly there was a blinding light in the sky that split open. A breach between my world to yours caused from the singularity. It pulled me in. And I somehow ended up in your world powerless unable to return home."

"What do you mean?" Caitlin asked, stepping forward from behind him.

"I lost my speed." Jay stated without hesitation.

"How?" Barry interrogated still unsure about whether or not this man could be trusted.

There was just something about him… Barry didn't know what but he couldn't trust someone again. Not at the cost of being betrayed and losing those he held close.

"I don't know." Jay whispered his face falling to sadness.

"So you've been in Central City for six months? Why haven't you come to see us before?" Joe interrogated.

"I'm in a foreign world here detective. I didn't know who you all were. It took me that long to piece it all together."

"So that's how you know our names… you've been following us." Iris said sounding violated.

"Look… I know how this sounds. The existence of another world… you… another Flash… it all came as an unexpected shock to me too. I just wish there was something I could do to convince you."

"There is. We're going to do some tests on you… to see if you're telling us the truth. Cause if you're not… this Zoom… will not be your only enemy." Barry threatened as he faced Jay squarely in the eye.

Caitlin's POV

As Caitlin placed the last probe across Jay's bare chest, Caitlin stepped back, colour flooding to her cheeks as she felt the numerous eyes impatiently watching her from the other side of the glass panelled wall.

Pushing aside the feeling that she was in a fish bowl, Caitlin picked up her tablet as she drew on a casual conversation with Jay.

"So Mr. Garrick. How long have you been the Flash on your world?"

"Not long enough for you to call me mister. Please it's Jay." He smiled as he sat stoically still.

"Jay of course." Caitlin corrected herself, turning back to the data being relayed back to her tablet.

"On my world I've been the Flash for almost two years."

"And how did you get your speed?" Caitlin questioned her voice light and easy going.

"Not sure… I was in my lab trying to purify heavy water from any residual radiation when there was a blinding light, I fell into a coma… when I woke up I could run almost as fast as the speed of light."

Caitlin's eyes widened in surprise, she hadn't expected Jay to be a scientist. He certainly didn't look the part.

"I'm sorry did you say lab? Are you a scientist?" She questioned curious.

"I certainly didn't work in a place like this but yeah. I had a respectable operation. Part time chemist. Part time physicist… part time superhero."

"Hmmm" she hummed nodding in their commonality.

"I could forget that superhero part now huh?" Jay whispered his eyes falling to his hands in front of him.

Caitlin didn't know what to say. If he was telling them the truth she genuinely felt sorry for him. Lost for words, Caitlin remained silent and continued to analyse and draw conclusions to the data she received from Jay.

As Caitlin left Jay to get dressed, Caitlin tore off her gloves, throwing them in the trash as she made her way out of the medical bay and into the cortex. As she passed through the door frame, Iris jumped at her eager to know what she discovered.

"What did you find?" Iris asked hungry for information.

"Well Jay's heart rate is extraordinarily low. And he does have regenerative capabilities. Other than that I'm not seeing any evidence of the speed force in his system." Caitlin said shrugging her shoulders.

"We don't have any proof that he's a speedster much less from another Earth." Barry smirked.

Caitlin could feel Barry relax a little bit at the fact that he was right in not placing his trust in this man.

"Not necessarily." Caitlin added.

"What does that mean?" Iris asked curious.

"Well, Jay doesn't know this but while I was testing his heart rate, blood pressure and motor responses I also measured his autonomic reactions while we were talking." She smiled sly.

"You gave him a lie detector test?" Iris gasped quietly in surprise.

Caitlin shrugged. It was the only way they could really get to the bottom of things. She needed to be sure this man was telling the truth or if Barry was right to not trust him. And from everything she had gathered from their conversation and the data from the test… he seemed to be telling the truth.

"And he passed it."

Caitlin tilted her head up to watch Barry carefully. She knew it wasn't what he wanted to hear. She watched as his face darkened and his brows creased together in distrust.

"What if he's not a good guy and he just wants to find our weaknesses. Keep running tests. See what else you can find out." He blurted out as he left the room leaving Caitlin catching Iris' eye as the watched Barry leave both of them concerned.

Barry's POV

*Pipeline*

Barry waited impatiently for Caitlin to finalize the last of numerous tests she had run on Jay. He felt so edge. He didn't like the fact that she was left in the room with this complete stranger they knew nothing about.

Pacing up and down the room, Barry stopped as soon as Caitlin left the medical bay and over to the computers to look over the results of the current tests.

Barry entered the room soon after she left and asked Jay if he could follow him. The remained silent, as Barry led Jay down towards the pipeline.

"I hope you understand why we have to do this." Barry said almost apologetically as he closed the door of his cell.

"I get it kid. You got to do what you think you have to. But you'll all realize soon enough that this… the tests… its unnecessary. I want to help you Barry not harm you." Jay explained.

"You're not the first person to say that to me." Barry whispered, hurt flooding to his face as he recalled memories of Wells and all that he had done.

"If what you told me about Zoom is true that he sent Rothstein here to kill you. Instead of locking me up in here you better start listening because if Zoom is involved you're going to need more than just me at your side to stay alive."

Barry didn't say a word. His lips were set in a fine line when Cisco's voice called him over the PA system.

"Barry there's a fire at the waterfront. The fire departments en route."

"I'm on my way." Barry yelled back, his eyes sternly fixed on Jay before he flashed out of the room.

"Be careful." Barry heard Jay whisper as he left.

*Abandoned Factory*

Barry stared at the burnt out boat in frustration. Even on the sleek surface of the boat, he was unable to pull off any usable fingerprints. With his hands on his hips Barry sighed.

"Bar" Joe called to him.

"Hey" Barry greeted Joe with a nod as he turned to face him.

"What are we dealing with here?"

"Ahh.." he sighed not sure where to start.

"Definitely a metahuman. I got a pretty solid look at him between punches and he was like um made of sand." Barry whispered so no there officer at the scene could overhear their conversation.

"Sand?" Joe asked wide eyed.

Internally Barry laughed at the shocked expression on his face. It still amazed how at times Joe could still be taken back by all the extra ordinary things that they have faced. In the world they lived in, Barry thought at least Joe would have gotten used to the impossible.

"Ahm." Barry confirmed.

"Okay." Joe said taking in a deep breath while absorbing the absurd situation.

"These walls are too porous to pull any prints… I can't even get one off the boat. But check this out." Barry began, indicating Joe to follow his lead further into the burnt out factory.

"There's gasoline burns… everywhere. Water didn't go off. Sprinklers weren't working. This was arson." Barry stated flatly.

"Excuse me. Barry Allen?"

Barry jolted upright at the sound of his name. He wasn't really one to be noticed all that much at crime scenes, and thus he was startled at the high, sharp voice that called his name.

"Yeah." Barry muttered as he turned to see a young ash blond officer approach him with a bright smile across her face.

"Hi." She replied giddy.

Barry looked over at Joe confused.

"Two days in a row officer. What a coincidence." Joe mumbled as he stared down at the eager officer.

"Or just meant to be if you believe in destiny or fate." She replied.

"I-" Joe said suddenly lost for words. He sure wasn't expecting that kind of answer.

Barry tilted his head down, shielding his face as he stifled the urge to laugh. After taking a quick short breath to compose himself, Barry looked up just as the officer extended her hand introducing herself.

"I'm Patty. Patty Spivot." She blurted out.

"Hey." Barry replied shaking her hand.

"I'm really excited to meet you. I'm a huge fan."

Barry smiled at the weirdness of it all. With a quick glance at Joe's direction who just shrugged Barry cleared his throat before speaking.

"Excuse me?"

"Your forensic reports. I ah read them sometimes."

"Oh."

"Who am I kidding? I read them all the time. I have practically read them all." She boasted.

Barry smiled widened as he watched Patty babbled. In some ways she reminded him of Felicity. It was probably they ways she could talk.

"Wow! I don't think that I've read them all." Barry laughed.

"They're always so detailed you really paint a picture like you were somehow actually there when someone was being brutally murdered."

"Thank you." He mumbled unsure whether to take that as a compliment or insult that she could be saying he was secretly the killer.

"Ah anyhow I… I found something. Oh I think I found something. It's just a theory but I would like to show you." She added blushing.

Barry extended his hand forward hinting for her to take the lead.

"Great." He smiled following her as she led the way.

Caitlin's POV

*S.T.A.R Labs*

With both hands placed firmly against the desk she peered inquisitively through the glass into the other room where Jay agreed to undergo a few more tests. With Iris by her side oogling at the topless man running in front of them, Caitlin tore her eyes away to read the data flowing into through her computer.

"His blood pressure is low, his heart rate is low, and his oxygen levels are impressive." Caitlin read out loud.

"Yeah but nothing compared to Barry's." Iris whispered her eyes still glued in front of her.

"That... that is true." She agreed as her mind drifted back to last night when Barry proved that true more than once.

"He is in certainly in the physical specimen range." Caitlin choked as she caught Iris eyeing her suspiciously with a curious expression.

"Definitely in more ways than one." Iris drooled turn back to Jay.

Caitlin laughed.

Barry's POV

"Yo!" Barry hollered as he entered the cortex.

"Yo. The sample you gave us. Not sand. Definitely human cells." Cisco bellowed as he spun around to face him.

"I hate to say it but I think this Earth 2 theory is starting to make sense." Cisco continued as he placed the sample of sand down on the desk.

"For real?" Barry spat as his brows creased in frustration.

Barry couldn't believe what Cisco was saying. They had no proof that anything Jay claimed was true. Hell for all they knew he could be an escapee from a mental institution spitting out lies.

"What you think that Jay's lying about the Sand Demon?" Joe broke in, trying to defuse the growing tension in the room.

"I don't know that's my point. I'm not just going to believe some guy that walks in here and says a few things that sort of check out." Barry voiced angrily.

Feeling the heat of his frustration rise to his cheeks, Barry huffed out a hot breath as he ran his hands through his hair.

"Sort of? He was right about Zoom." Iris interrupted.

"We don't even know anything about Zoom. What is Zoom? Is Zoom even real? Right now that's just a story around a camp fire. I mean have you discovered a breach yet?" Barry spun around cornering Stein and Cisco with a murderous glare.

"Not yet. But we know how to now." Stein muttered.

"Have you found one thing that might suggest that Jay's a speedster? Is the speed force even in his system?" He called to Caitlin, his voice softening slightly as he turned to her.

"It doesn't appear to be. No." She whispered.

"See… We are scientists. You are a journalist. We test. We prove. We report. That is what we do. Except right now nobody wants to do any of that except me." Barry cried unable to hide is growing frustration.

As a silence fell across the room, Barry threw his hands in the air letting the fall back to his side in disbelief no one seemed to see things from his point of view.

"Can we have the room for a minute?" Caitlin's voice rang out breaking the eerie silence in the room.

Barry watch as Caitlin looked to everyone as they left the room. With everyone filing out slowly, Caitlin turned around to face him, Barry caught her eye. He waited, their eyes never leaving each other until they were finally alone.

"What has happened to you?" Caitlin pointed out loudly.

"Wh- Me?" Barry huffed out his hands on his hips.

"Yes you." She called him out.

Barry drew his head down shaking, not wanting to hear the truth. He couldn't. He wasn't willing to put his faith… his trust in someone again not when the people he loved always seemed to get hurt. And looking at Caitlin now, it reminded him even more how much he had to lose.

"The you… I was with this morning… the you that is the person I fell in love with? The you that is the Flash? The you I haven't seen in a long time and yesterday I thought I started to see him come back… what happened Barry?"

"Cait—a lot of things have changed. You better than anyone know that." He whispered looking back up at her.

"Yes I do. That's not a valid excuse here. Things have changed. You have started not to trust people. What is it about Jay that you don't like?"

"I don't know…" he whispered, his body slumping down to desk behind him.

Barry watched as Caitlin stepped forward closing the long distance between them until she was resting against him leaning back so he could see her. Her hands were rested on his chest as she spoke.

"It's because he reminds you of Harrison Wells."

Barry didn't answer straight away. Sometimes it amazed him just how much she knew him. Leaning forward so his head rested against her chest. Caitlin curled her arms around him soothing, the anger welling in his chest. Barry closed his eyes tight as he found his voice.

"I trusted that man for months…" he breathed pulling back so he was now looking at her.

"…We all did. And you know what Eddie is dead… Ronnie is dead… and a whole lot of other people in this city… they are dead because we trusted him. I'm not going to make that same mistake again." He explained.

"Babe not everyone is Harrison Wells. Besides you defeated him because you trusted in people. Because you believed in them. I believe in you. We all do. This team we have here… we will follow your lead… we will do what you say. But if you don't start believing in us… believing yourself… it could become true."

Barry sighed knowing just how right she was. Smiling up at her Barry leant back down fighting between what to do.

Barry was lost in his own thoughts, he had forgotten where was until he felt Caitlin's hands on either side of his face, lifting him up so he could see her. Barry smiled warmly up into her big bright eyes. He leaned into her touch, feeling the warmth of her skin brightening up his. Barry felt the warmth of her hands leave his cheeks as she placed them over his chest. He watched her carefully as her eyes drifted over to where her hands where. Her voice was light and soft when she spoke again.

"You got to start trusting this again… and remember I love you and will always believe in you." She said patting his chest before leaning down and kissing him softly on his lips.

Caitlin's POV

As Caitlin finished wrapping Jay's ribs, Caitlin busied herself with cleaning up eager to get home and wrap herself in the arms of the man she loved as they watched a movie in front of the fire.

"You're pretty good at this." Jay smiled as he placed his shirt back on.

"I've had a lot of practice over the last year." Caitlin laughed as she began placing things away.

Turning around, Caitlin really wanted to thank Jay for having Barry's back. She needed to know that what he did out there didn't go unnoticed and it really meant a lot to her that Barry got back safely.

"It was really courageous doing what you did today… standing up to the sand demon and without any powers." She whispered.

"Ahh Barry did all the work. I just stood there… took a few punches." He replied modestly.

"It was more than a few." Caitlin smiled as she dusted off her hands finished with everything.

"This is a lot harder than I thought. Losing something that was a huge part of who I was for so long." Jay confessed looking a little sad.

A part of Caitlin felt for Jay. She knew loss all too well. Clearing her throat she offered words of experience to Jay.

"I lost something that was a part of me too. More than once actually. It's hard. But it gets easier every day. You just have to find a new way to live. Until you find it again. Just because it's a different life doesn't mean it's a worse one." She finished with a warm smile.

Glancing over her shoulder to check the time, she caught sight of Barry across the room making his way towards them.

"And speed or no speed you were still a hero in my book. Along with another one. I'm just sorry I didn't see it sooner." She added as Barry joined them snaking his arm around her waist bringing her closer to him.

"Especially me." Barry confessed raising his hands.

"I'll leave you two speedsters alone." She laughed reaching up and placing a kiss on his cheek before turning to leave them.

"I'll find you later." He whispered with a smile.

*Caitlin's Apartment*

Caitlin poked at the flames of the burning wood as she pushed herself back up and curled back comfortably on the sofa. With the music humming softly in the background, Caitlin reached across her to the end of the couch grabbing the blanket which she spread across her legs. As she watched the flames flicker out sparks of red and yellow embers, Caitlin felt her eyes grow heavy as she waited for Barry to come home.

Caitlin jolted awake when she felt the soft warm touch of someone kissing her forehead. Waking so quickly Caitlin was startled, barely acknowledging where she was at first until her eyes focussed to the dim lighting cast around the room by the fire. She relaxed when her eyes adjusted to see Barry kneeling beside her, a lazy smile across his face as he watched her. Smiling back, Caitlin looked down at her watch. She hadn't been a sleep long.

"Sorry didn't mean to wake you."

"No I'm glad your home." She smiled.

"Come on let's go to bed." He whispered as he tried to heave her off the couch and towards the bedroom.

"No, let's stay here for a while." She protested pulling him down on her.

Barry shook his head at her stubbornness but didn't object. Sliding to lie beside her, Caitlin lifted her head so Barry could snake his arm around her, holding her against his chest as they both began to fall asleep.

Barry's POV

The next day, Barry strolled into S.T.A.R Labs with Caitlin by his side. With everything that's been going on around them, Barry was happy that he had Caitlin to come home to.

As they entered the cortex, the mood seemed heavier. Barry turned to his friends with a strained concerned look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Barry asked his voice strained.

"Well it seems although we were successful in closing the singularity there was an unfortunate side effect."

"What are you talking about?" Caitlin said stepping forward, her brows creasing together in concern.

"Using electro-photography, Cisco and I were able to search Central City for any energy that was entering our earth from another dimension. From any breach as Mr Garrick described them." Stein explained.

"But of course there isn't just one breach… there's 52 of them scattered throughout Central City." Cisco emphasised.

Barry felt as Caitlin's hand tightened around his. He looked down at her as she looked up at him both of them frightened about what this meant. Scared for what the new threats this brought and could rip away from them.

As Stein began to speak again, Barry tore his eyes away from her trying hard to listen to what the professor had to say.

"These breaches are like pockets of time and space folded into and upon itself. The most significant breach of them all seems to be this one…" Stein paused as he turned to point at the monitor revealing a map of Central City lightened like a tree at Christmas.

"And where exactly is that located?" Caitlin pressed.

"It's here inside S.T.A.R Labs. And beyond that breach is an entirely dif—ff—"

Suddenly Caitlin dropped hold of his hand as he could only watch as Professor Stein collapsed to the ground. Barry followed Caitlin as she raced over to Stein's side.

"PROFESSOR!" She screamed.