Chapter 3:

A loud ringing from his phone made him jump out of his sleep. He peered over to the clock.

"2:44 AM. What on earth is happening that I am needed at this hour of the morning." He sighed.

Iris shifts in her sleep, thankfully the loud alert didn't wake her up. He grabs his phone to silence the phone and his heart sinks to the bottom of his stomach as he notices what the alert was. Cait. He sees her SOS alert come through on his phone. "No." he says under his breath. He speeds off to her location immediately, leaving his side of the bed empty, but still warm.

What he saw when he got there was something he never wanted to see. He knew she would be okay because of her regenerative powers but she will still be shaken by whatever the events were that took place tonight. Maybe he should've seen her home tonight instead of speeding off to Iris.

"Cait! Can you hear me?" Barry shouted as he tries to get his unconscious friend back. He felt a lump in his throat threaten to surface.

"Caitlin, come on, please wake up."

His palm cups her face and the other hand moves the hair from in front of her face. He notices the bruise and cuts on her soft skin.

"Shit. You're freezing." He picks her up and carries her back to STAR labs.

He gets her into the bed and sets everything up as she would if he were in her position. Monitoring her vitals, he needed to get her back conscious so he could see if he she had anything wrong with her head.

"Her powers should've kicked in by now." he thought to himself.

A soft but pained groan comes from Caitlin.

"Cait! Can you hear me? Do you know where you are?" He asks her back to back questions, eagerness in his voice.

"Mmm. Yeah Barry I hear you..." Caitlin says slowly but her eyes were still closed.

Barry grabs onto her hand in an effort to get her to open her eyes.

"Thank god you're alright."

Caitlin smiles slightly at the feeling of his hand grasping hers. The cut on her head was already healing as Barry starts to clean it up.

"Good thing Frosty in there to help you out with this, you would have definitely needed stitches." Barry gave a short chuckle.

"I must have pressed the SOS alert right before I knocked out because I don't remember you being there with me" Caitlin questioned.

"Yeah you must have, I am so glad you did." He sighs with relief.

"What were you even doing out on the street at almost 3 in the morning?" He questions her.

"I was walking home Barry, not all of us have super speed you know." She ends her joke with a bright smile directly at him.

He felt a flutter in his chest.

"Okay, have you heard of Uber? What happened out there?"

"I'm pretty sure it was the meta slash robber that we've been looking for. He saw that I had nothing on me so just attacked me instead. He didn't do much damage though because everyone else gets harmed way worse than a bump on the head."

"It is still way too dangerous for you to be doing things like this Caitlin. You must of gone Killer Frost on him though and he ran away. I'll check the security cams on that street and make sure." Barry pats her head softly.

He took a depth breath and went over to the computer to check the cameras. He watches as Caitlin passes by the camera, her head down in her phone. The man follows behind her. The meta starts glowing as he must have been saying something to her. Caitlin turns around and is immediately shocked by what she sees. Barry sees her eyes flash to ice on camera. The meta blasts her with his powers that seem to come out of his hands. His powers seem similar to Cisco's powers. She flies into the wall and hits the back of her head. Barry sees the white in her hair start to shine from the roots. His eyes open wide as he watches what is about to go down. The meta man grabs Caitlin by her neck and hits her across the head three times. Caitlin then grabs the man around his wrists and instantly freezes his hands. He lets go, in an apparent large amount of pain. Caitlin puts her hands out in defensive mode as frost glows around her hands. The man then turns and runs for his life. Barry sees that Caitlin's hair is starting to turn back brown as she reaches for her phone. He notices the unsteadiness in her footsteps. He sees her press the alert button before she falls unconscious.

Barry walks back toward Caitlin and watches her as she lays peacefully with her eyes closed.

"Thank god for Killer Frost!" Barry jokes.

"I guess I can thank her this time." Caitlin jokes back and rolls her eyes.

"Let me take you home." Barry says as he helps her to get off the bed.

"My hero, at it again." she giggled.

Barry smiles sweetly as he picks her up in his arms and carries her to her apartment.

"Thanks again Barry, you didn't have to do this." she smiled sadly.

"Of course I did, I wasn't going to let you out of my sight again."

Caitlin smiles awkwardly at the strong statement and opens the door to her room.

Her room was pretty and girly. Pink walls complemented with neutral toned furniture and a similar colored bed spread. Barry's eyes looked around the entire room.

"Here, let me help you in bed. You need to get some rest, its so late." Barry told her sternly.

"I'll try my best but I don't know if I can fall asleep right away, especially not after what happened tonight." She responds in a nervous tone.

"Turn the tv on and watch something, that always helps me to sleep faster." He sits down on the bed next to her, feeling the coldness of her body radiating against his heat.

"Put on the history channel." She jokes through a laugh. "That's sure to do the trick."

"I got you."

"Are you staying to watch some with me?"

"I can watch a little bit with you, then I'll head back to my place." He said as he was getting comfortable next to her on the bed.

They watched the Tv for about 10 minutes before he could see Caitlin's eyes drifting to sleep. That was quick.

She lay on her side, facing him and had her arms curled in, almost childlike. She had moved herself closer to him in an attempt to get cozy. He sat up a little as she nudged herself next to the side of his body, nose and forehead touching the side of his torso.

He watches her for a while. Watches the breaths she takes, they almost look labored. He moves some of her soft hair from her face and feels her cold skin underneath his palm. She mumbles a little in her sleep and he smiles softly at the adorable quirk. He watches the TV for a little bit again. She wasn't moving from that position.

She looks so peaceful. He couldn't let anything else happen to his friend.

He noticed some little bruises on the inside of her arms as he softly rubbed them.

I can't believe I wasn't there to help her.