Caitlin clenched Barry's hand hard, he had been unconscious for about five hours. Cisco was still looking at the two, he could hardly believe that the two of his closest friends had been dating and he had no idea. To tell the truth he thought that they were great for each other, but that didn't help the fact that he felt like he had been lied to.

Cisco walked over to the two, he nudged Caitlin "Hey Cait, can I talk to you?" he asked. Caitlin nodded and let go of Barry's hand.

The two walked over to Cisco's computer, "All of Barry's vitals have been restored to normal… but there's something else" he paused, "Remember the pill we gave him to restore his legs?" he asked. Caitlin nodded "Well… there is an abnormal amount of Adrenaline in Barry's system… the reasoning for that is so that he could work through the pain of his leg while the other components were doing their job" he explained.

Cisco scratched the back of his head "That being said, too much Adrenaline could be a natural steroid… causing his new-found short temper" he explained. Caitlin's face wasn't trying to hide her true emotion toward Barry any longer, she was terrified.

"Have you given him any anti-toxin?" she franticly asked, Cisco shook his head "Anything that we give him will either not affect him, due to his speed or possibly make it worse" he finished. Caitlin nodded "So… what can we do?" she asked.

Cisco shook his head lightly "Nothing… last time we took a risk… well, that's how we got into this situation in the first place. I think there's about a week before the effects of the pills are gone" he finished. Caitlin glanced back at Barry "So what do we do until then?" she questioned.

"We wait. Try to keep Barry in a calm environment" he told her, Caitlin nodded, her expression of fear had dimmed "Okay… what do we do about when he goes back in the field?" she asked. Cisco sighed "I'm not sure, but I think he might be a bit distracted…" Cisco trailed off.

Caitlin tilted her head "What do you mean?" she asked. Cisco nodded toward a room that Oliver had disappeared into a few minutes after he shot Zoom, "Ollie has been in there for the past hour… he's talking to somebody…" he explained.

Caitlin looked at the room "Who is it? And how did he get into S.T.A.R. Labs?" she asked, Cisco shrugged "I don't know… but they've been talking about Barry for a while now, they haven't been using names… so I don't know who it is" he explained.


They heard an abrupt groan, Caitlin quickly turned to Barry, his eyes fluttered open. Barry sat up and shot a weak grin towards Caitlin, "That hurt…" he muttered. Caitlin ran towards him, she hugged him tightly. It stung Barry's chest, but he didn't care.

"You're not dead" she muttered while still in his embrace, Barry's smile grew "Thanks for noticing" he whispered back. Oliver had seemed to materialize out of nowhere, he cleared his throat.

The two separated for the moment, Oliver gave a bright smile towards Barry "Welcome back to land of the living, Barry" he greeted. Two men stood a few feet behind Oliver, "Barry, I have a friend that would like to talk to you" he explained.


The two men stepped forward, "Good Evening Mr. Allen" The slightly taller one greeted, "My name is Bruce Wayne" he introduced. Bruce was a bulky man, much more built than Oliver, his eyes were crystal blue and his hair dark black, he was a few inches taller than Barry.

Barry stood and held his hand out, Bruce shook his hand. Barry gave the man a warm smile "Good to meet both of you" he greeted, Bruce nodded "I'm going to get straight to the point" he stated.

"I know who you are Barry… and I've got to admit, I'm impressed" he admitted. Bruce pulled out his phone and started to scroll through it "Let's see… speed up 900 miles per hour, have defeated dozens of 'Metas', and my personal friend Oliver Queen has recommended you for our little squad" he listed.

"Squad?" Cisco questioned, Bruce nodded "It's going to start with us, we will travel across the world to defeat the 'bigger' villains that we couldn't normally by ourselves" he explained. A smiled grew across Cisco's face "You mean like a Justice League?" he asked excitedly.

Oliver smiled "Justice League, I like it" he retorted.


"Sorry Bruce, you got the wrong guy" he told him, "Excuse me?" Bruce asked. Barry looked at him "You didn't see me get my ass kicked?" Barry asked "Just because I'm fast doesn't mean I'm good enough… I failed" he told Bruce.

Bruce chuckled and moved a bit closer to him "So… you think that being a hero means always winning… never failing?" he asked. Barry nodded "If you aren't good enough to win… then what go are you?" he asked, Barry believed that he had failed, Bruce didn't.

"Barry, a great friend of mine was killed by worst enemy, he died because I couldn't save him… Did that destroy me? No. I kept fighting, fighting to take down the man who killed him… who killed my son" he explained, Barry's eyes widened

"Barry… being a hero isn't about never falling, it's about rising every time you fall… so tell me Mr. Allen, will you let this destroy you? Or will the Flash rise again? It's your decision. Come to Gotham when you decide" Bruce turned toward Oliver "I'll see about the girl" he told him, Ollie nodded. Bruce walked out of the building.

"Who was that?" Cisco asked, "Who was that?" Oliver repeated "That was the goddamned Batman"

A/N: So, I threw in some Batman and Justice Leauge stuff in there, Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.