Chapter 4: 2nd and Success:
Barry woke up groaning at how sore he felt, he got hit hard by that lightning bolt from the ruptured treadmill, his face although burnt was healing up slowly, he watched in the mirror as his scarred and leathery skin healed up.
Caitlin looked over to him and smiled "Joe… he's up" she shouted and Joe came back in marvelling at how his skin healed up so fast "Welcome back Barry" he said sitting down next to him as Barry sat up.
"Ugh I guess Stein's calculations were right after all, especially the overload" he rubbed his sore head.
"You nearly got yourself killed" Joe said angrily.
"But I didn't" he looked to Stein "What about the treadmill… Will it function again?" Caitlin looked to him angrily "You're not thinking about going for it again!" Barry clutched his sore rib and nodded "I have to try" he said softly and Caitlin walked out in surrender.
"Barry… Caitlin has been worried sick, we all are… Cisco's death hit you hard I know but you cannot keep trying… you will kill yourself at this rate" Joe was struggling to understand.
"If it was Iris you bet I'd die, I can't live without Iris, but Cisco… he helped me, he and Caitlin saved my life, he's my friend… I'll do anything for my friends" Barry wiped his eyes "Cisco died because I failed him as a friend, now's the time to make it right" Barry got to his feet and sped into the other room and got to work on fixing the treadmill while everyone watched on.
Caitlin was angry at Barry for taking this madness on, he nearly died one and she was not willing to watch him nearly die again but she could not leave, she loved this life… Helping the Flash… stopping evil Meta-humans, this place held painful memories but also good memories.
Preparing himself once again Barry stood on the treadmill, his suit clenched to his body as he prepared himself, Stein was about to go to the console but stopped when Caitlin took his place, smiling softly he let her as Ronny watched her proudly take her place "Barry" she said into the microphone and Barry looked to her with a smile "Good Luck" she said pushing the button to start off the treadmill, Barry jogged slowly as Caitlin pushed the lever up to make the treadmill go faster, sparked and lightning bolts erupted from the device but much more contained than before, Caitlin pushed the lever as far as it can go and soon the lightning began to concentrate on the spot in front of the speedster, It was working… a time hole was opening and Barry grinned as his moments from now flashed back, Caitlin, Ronny and Joe were smiling bright as the time hole opened up wider, Barry spotted Cisco's body… he knew the moment was not far off now, Caitlin was readying to hit the treadmill stop for Barry to catapult into the time breach, Barry pushed everything he had into his speed yelling as the bolts connected to his armour as Caitlin hit the switch and the treadmill stopped and Barry shot into the time breach before it sealed up leaving behind a cheering audience.
Back to the beginning:
Barry sped through the streets as he saw his past-self look to him with confusion etched on his face, Barry looked amazed and confused as he sped off while his past faded from sight, skidding hard he came to a stop nearly falling over but somehow kept himself upright, Barry looked around and he grinned clutching his head keeping his emotions from boiling over, he looked to the woman yelling "Taxi!, Taxi!... Oh come on, I'm gonna be late!" and he let a small laugh escape trying to everything in reign in his glee until a familiar voice made him freeze "Barry, can you hear me?" Barry's eyes widened "Cisco?" He asked and Cisco looked confused to Caitlin and Wells "Uh yeah dude… who else were you expecting?" Barry let out a loud cheer of victory before getting back to work "Uh yeah… sorry I just had a minor freeze in my brain is all" he knew it was a lame excuse but he needed any excuse.
Cisco looked to Caitlin who shrugged at Barry's weirdness before Cisco mentioned the morgue.
Barry remembered the Coroner who Mardon tortured for Joe's name before killing him, Barry sped off again towards the morgue, and he knew he needed to play this out exactly to a certain point before the captain got paralyzed and Cisco's death at the hands of Wells.
(Hope you are enjoying, Chapter 5 'Revealing the truth and saving a friend' and Chapter 6 'The Price' coming soon)
Lycanboy 666
