Chapter 11

"No. He can't." Allie whined.

"He's not regenerating." Caitlyn noted.

"I'm going to force his heart to beat faster. If his heart beats at Flash's speed then his body will regenerate, right?" Allie thought.

"In theory, I guess." Caitlyn watched as Allie placed her hands on Barry's chest. It was quiet for a while before the computer beeped once. Caitlyn turned to watch the vitals monitor and felt the excitement grow as the heart beat started picking up pace.

After a while Caitlyn watched Barry, trying to see if he was healing.

"What are you doing?" she asked Allie as she saw the look of sheer concentration.

"I don't know." Allie whined.

"What are you trying to do?"

"I'm trying to sort of reinstall his abilities." She held her breath.

"He lost it?"

"I think dying fairly reset him. Oh come on Barry, don't die." She sobbed.

"His vitals are back to normal. Barry normal, not human normal." Caitlyn stated. "I think you can stop now."

Allie held on to Barry. "What if he's only better because I'm holding on? If I let go, he'll die again."

"You want to hold on to him forever?"

"Yes." Allie cried. She was clearly worn out but she held on.

"Allie, you are going to pass out. Let go. He will be fine." Caitlyn was scare too but she knew that they would have to let go at some point. She tried to pull Allie away.

"Don't touch me!" Allie growled as Caitlyn reached for her.

"Allie, I know you're scared but you need to let go now. You can't hold on anymore."

Tears were streaming down Allie's face as she refused to move. She rested her head on Barry's chest as she tried to hold on. She climbed onto the bed and lay next to him with her arms wrapped around him and her hands still touching him. It did not take long for her to fall asleep like that.

Joe walked around the lab, unsure of what to do. They had caught Cold's accomplices and found him on the roof of the Cedar building, dead from a heart attack. Cisco had woken up with a massive headache but he was okay. Caitlyn placed health monitors on Allie too, just to check on her.

Barry and Allie remained unmoved for two days. Cold's accomplices were let go because there was nothing that could link them to a bombing that didn't happen. But Cold's death was linked to his medical condition. Joe and Iris spend hours by Barry and Allie's bed, hoping one of them would wake up.

Barry woke up first. He felt groggy and confused. But when he tried to move, he was trapped.

"Woah." Caitlyn ran closer and stopped him from getting up. Barry looked down at his constraints and saw that it was Allie.

"What's going on?" he croaked.

"She's been keeping you alive." Caitlyn whispered. "We're scared that if she lets go, you could die."

"I'm okay. I feel fine." Barry sat up and gently moved Allie into his lap. She remained limp like a ragdoll. He climbed off the bed and placed her back on the bed, holding on to her as long as he could. When he finally let go he held his breath, expecting the worst.

Caitlyn jumped up and down when she saw that he was perfectly fine. Barry sighed, also relieved.

"We're all so happy you're okay." Cisco threw his arms around Barry and gave him a tight hug.

"What happened to you?" Barry noted the bump on Cisco's forehead.

"I passed out."

"Saving you." Caitlyn added. "Indirectly. He touched Allie, she took his energy and then she saved you."

"It was the coolest thing ever." Cisco ranted.

The three friends walked to the front room to talk above whispers.

"You were passed out. You only know because I told you." Caitlyn said.

"What's wrong with Allie now?"

"I don't know. Her vitals are fine. Are you okay?" Caitlyn checked him out. "Can you run?"

Barry flashed to the door and back. "Yeah. All good. Allie saved me?"

"You should have seen it, Barry." Caitlyn realized that it wasn't really something that she could see. "Allie was beside herself. She got you here at super speed and once she could get up, she literally told your body to fix it self. She made your heart beat. She was in a flat spin. She would not let you go."

"That's love." Cisco pondered. "Are you still mad at her?"

"No." Barry thought for a second. "I had the strangest dream. I understood what she felt like. In the dream I had that fear of touching someone. My head was full of information. Numbers, dates, scales. It felt like I was an Internet browser with too many tabs open."

"Maybe when you and Allie were linked, you shared a dream?" Caitlyn reached to her notes and scribbled again.

"Yeah. Probably." Barry walked back to the room where Allie was sleeping.

But she was gone.