A/N- Hey everyone... so i'm alive. Haha. I didn't plan on it being this long between updates but I was traveling with spotty wifi, and my phone wouldn't upload anything to ff. Believe me, I tried a lot. But now I am back home and with my laptop.

So here is the new chapter! It is wayyyyy longer than the other chapters because I wrote it on an 8 hour bus ride, and I just kind of kept going. :)

The prompt was kidnapping and Cisco/Caitlin whump. It does seem to be more Caitlin whump so I hope that's okay. :)

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"Of course I've thought about how life would be different without the particle accelerator explosion Cisco! Our lives would be much simpler and I'd be with Ronnie, but we wouldn't have met Barry." Caitlin said in response to Cisco's question. The two of them were sitting at Star Labs watching the vitals on Barry's suit as he was out running around the town.

"Speaking of Barry, he definitely needs to get more sleep again. His vitals are a little low for him."

"And telling him that was so effective last time." Cisco said in response.

"Well, one of these days he will run until he collapses and someone will find him and his identity will be out. And then our work at protecting him will be for nothing." Caitlin replied.

"you know Joe will step in before that happens Caitlin." Cisco answered.

"Before what happens?" Barry raced into Star Labs, dressed in his regular clothes. He patted them down quickly to stop the smoke and looked at the other two.

"When did you change?" Cisco asked.

"Just. I have to go to work." Barry replied grinning.

He moved towards the computers and before anyone could do or say anything, Barry was lying on the ground, eyes closed and unmoving. Caitlin gasped as two armed men came into the room, one holding his gun up- having just hit Barry on the head with it.

"What did you do that for?" Cisco asked.

"We don't know who he is and we don't care, but we know you two work with the Flash." The man closest to Cisco replied. "We want him."

"I'd never tell you who The Flash is." Cisco replied bravely moving towards them.

"We'll see about that." The man grabbed Cisco's arms while the other one went behind him, ready to hit him with the weapon.

"Stop." Caitlin cried out. She was still standing by the computers, looking down at Barry. "Please stop hitting my friends with weapons."

"And what are you going to do about it?" Thief #2 responded.

"Can i please just look at his head? You hit him pretty hard, and he only just started working here. I really don't want anything to happen to him." Caitlin asked.

"Why not?"

"I just told you, he's my friend." Caitlin said. She looked pleadingly at the thief closest to her and he nodded. She quickly moved over to Barry and knelt down next to him, moving her hands over his head. He made no sign of knowing she was there and she sighed. She felt a bump on his head and could feel the blood that was surrounding the bruise.

"You checked him out. Get up." The thief walked over to Caitlin and yanked her up, hard enough to bruise and she gasped.

"Stop! Stop hurting her!" Cisco yelled, trying to break free from the grip the other thief had him in.

"You will shut up else i'll make you shut up." The thief growled.

"I won't shut up! You hurt our friend and you just hurt Caitlin! We won't tell you who the Flash is!" Cisco shouted.

The thief yanked Cisco hard, and at the same time took his weapon and hit Cisco across the face with it. Cisco groaned and as the thief let go of him, he fell to the floor and lay there.

"Stop! Please!" Caitlin cried out.

"Eric, this is getting us no where and someone will be here soon. Lets go." The thief holding Caitlin said.

With a quick move, the thief had Caitlin's hands tied behind her back and duck tape over her mouth.

"You will walk in front of us to the van. I will help with your little friend over there. If you try anything, I will hurt him more. Got it?" Caitlin nodded as the thief pushed her forward.

"Mark, come help me." Eric said and Caitlin and Mark walked over to where Cisco was lying on the ground. Caitlin could see his eyes were open but there was a large gash on his forehead and he looked confused. Caitlin could only watch as Mark and Eric tied Cisco's hands behind his back and put tape over his mouth.

"What about that one?" Eric motioned to Barry, who was still lying motionless on the ground.

Mark nodded and turned Barry onto his back, tying his hands like Caitlin and Cisco. He also put tape over Barry's mouth and then to Caitlin's suprise, he whacked Barry over the head again. Caitlin screamed, muffled by the tape and Eric turned to her.

"Can't have him saying anything." He said and Caitlin gave him her dirtiest look. Mark then leaned down and threw Barry over his shoulder. Caitlin was instantly panicked as she watched Mark walk out of the room, with the limp form of Barry. Eric just smirked and a few minutes later, Mark walked back in by himself.

"Taken care of."

"Move." Caitlin felt herself being shoved and she moved towards the door, noticing that Eric and Mark both took one of Cisco's arms and pulled him up. Caitlin walked just in front of them, going where Mark instructed her. Her thoughts were on Barry and whether he was okay, despite what Mark had done to him.

As they walked outside Caitlin could see a white van and was pushed towards it. At the same time, she heard sirens that sounded like they were coming closer.

"What did you do?!" Mark screamed. He let go of Cisco and walked over to Caitlin, waving the gun around. She refused to cower, just staring at him. She knew she hadn't pushed the emergency button that was located under the desk in Star Labs so she could only imagine Cisco had.

Mark grabbed Caitlin's arm and yanked her along until they reached the door of the van. He then pulled it open and threw Caitlin inside. Having no hands to brace herself, she hit the side of the van with her face and could feel the blood on her cheek from a sharp piece of metal. She watched as Cisco was also thrown in and the door was slammed behind them and a few minutes later the car started.

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"Hey Joe, we just got a red alert for Star Labs." Eddie walked over to Joe as he sat at his desk.

"Red alert?" Joe asked. He reached over to pick up his phone and dial Barry. The phone rang a few times and went to voicemail. He frowned and tried calling Cisco, his phone also going to voicemail.

"Joe?" Eddie asked.

"Lets go." Joe put his phone in his pocket, and got up from his chair, grabbing his jacket as he went.

"Captain, red alert from Star Labs. Can we get any units there?" Eddie asked as they passed the captain. He nodded, pulling his cellphone out as the other two kept walking to the car. Joe got in the drivers seat and turned the siren on as Eddie got in the passenger seat. As they pulled out of the lot, Joe noticed three other cars pull out behind them and he heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't know what they would find at Star Labs, but he was glad there would be more of them there.

"Try Barry again." He instructed Eddie who nodded and dialed the number. After about a minute, he shook his head and put the phone down.

"What's going on?" Eddie asked.

"I have no idea but with whats going on these days, it could be anything." Joe replied. He put his foot on the gas and sped through town towards Star Labs, his heart racing.

Once they reached Star Labs, he leapt out of the car with his gun drawn. Turning around he saw the other officers approaching him.

"Smith and Donalds- check the perimeter. Michaels and Owens- you go in the back way and check the first few floors. Anderson and Reed- you go and check through the front door. Eddie and I will head down towards the basement." He instructed all the other officers, who nodded and headed off. Eddie and Joe waited until they were out of sight before heading towards the door that only they knew about.

"Caitlin? Cisco?" Joe whispered as they went into the main room.

"They aren't here." Eddie said a few minutes later, holstering his gun.

"No but this is." Eddie saw that Joe was kneeling down next to a puddle that looked like blood. It also looked like the blood had been disturbed, as if the someone had been moved.

"There's another one over here." Eddie said, pointing to the puddle of blood he had found. This one was a smaller patch and it hadn't been disturbed.

"What happened?! Where are they?!" Joe said angrily. He had been worried since Eddie had said the red alert and the blood worried him even more. Barry would have been able to stop things from happening so Joe knew something must have happened to Barry.

"Hey Joe." Eddie interrupted Joe's musings and he looked up. "There's a trail of blood." Joe looked to where Eddie was looking and saw that he was right. Standing up, Joe pulled out his gun and walked towards where the blood drops were, aware that Eddie was behind him. He followed the drops out of the room and down the hallway where they stopped, right outside a closet. He nodded to Eddie who also had his gun out.

"1-2-3" He whispered and Eddie kicked the door in while Joe rushed in. He wasn't sure what he was expecting to see but it definitely wasn't Barry lying on the floor with his mouth taped, hands tied and eyes closed.

"Barry!"

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"I'm not telling you anything." Caitlin said to the angry face belonging to Eric.

She and Cisco were currently tied to chairs and being interrogated. Their arms and legs were tied onto the chair, and the chairs placed in the middle of a concrete room with nothing else in it. The tape on their mouths had been ripped off and Caitlin could feel the tender skin there.

"Who is he?!" Eric asked again.

Caitlin shook her head and moments later her head jerked back from the force of the slap Eric hit her with. She shook her head again and this time Eric punched her. She was momentarily dazed and could taste blood in her mouth. She realized she had bitten her lip and it was bleeding freely.

"Tell me who he is!"

"How do you know its a he?!" Cisco's voice chimed in and Caitlin looked at him. "It could be a she."

"Shut up! We know its a he!" Mark shouted as Caitlin recieved another whack to the face. This time it was a few minutes before the stars went away and she could see again.

"Stop hitting her!" Cisco shouted.

"If you tell us who and where he is, i'll stop." Eric replied.

"No you won't." Caitlin replied, bringing her eyes back up to Eric's face. That earned her another punch and this time, she saw stars that soon descended into complete blackness and she was unaware of anything.

When she became aware again, she could hear Cisco yelling and someone holding her face. She kept her eyes closed for fear of what would happen if she opened them.

"You hit her too hard!"

"She's fine!"

"No she's not! You knocked her out. Your next hit could kill her and we want them alive!"

"Caitlin!"

"Shut up you! Unless you want to join her!"

"Eric! We don't want them dead!"

"Caitlin, please say something!"

"I said shut up! Unless you want to tell us about the Flash, I suggest you keep your mouth tightly shut. Or I can do that for you."

"We aren't going to tell you who the Flash is! You can do whatever you like to me, but leave her alone!"

"Aren't you noble? Protecting her."

There was a silence and then a smack and a grunt.

"Stop hitting them Eric!"

"You don't want the information they have? Or should I try different techniques? How do you feel about that?!"

"Eric, I just mean there are different ways to go about it without killing them!"

"Where was this attitude when you whacked our friend twice and then made us leave him?!"

"He wasn't important."

Caitlin heard Cisco laugh and knew what he was going to say.

"Oh but he was."

"What?!"

"He was more important than you could imagine."

"What. do. you. mean?!"

Caitlin felt the hands leave her face and she let her head drop onto her chest, keeping her eyes closed.

"That kid you knocked out? Yeah, that was the Flash. So you messed up." Cisco said and Caitlin opened her eyes a bit. She couldn't see Cisco from where she was, as Eric and Mark were both standing between her and him.

"You're lying."

"No i'm not. You missed your chance and when he figures out where we are, you are so screwed."

Caitlin flinched as Eric let out a roar and threw a punch at Cisco's stomach. Cisco coughed violently and then sat panting in the chair. Eric roared again and sent a punch into Cisco's side.

"Stop it. Give them a break. We don't need to break them right away." Mark pulled Eric away from Cisco and towards the door. Caitlin's eyes met with Eric's as they left and his eyes narrowed when he saw her awake.

"Cisco!" Caitlin cried out once the door shut behind Mark and Eric. Cisco was still doubled over from the side punch he had recieved but upon hearing Caitlin's voice, he looked up.

"Caitlin. Are you okay?"

"I should be asking you that. What hurts?"

"Well I may have a broken rib or something." Cisco replied. "How is your head?"

"Definite concussion. Why did you tell them about The Flash?" Caitlin was still careful not to use Barry's name.

"I needed to get the attention off of you." Cisco replied. "Besides we know these guys can't beat him. Hopefully he figures out where we are soon."

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"Bear?" Joe asked as he saw the boys eyelids flicker. He and Eddie had gotten Barry onto the medical bed while police officers and csi investigators were looking around the building.

"He awake?" Eddie asked walking over. He had been on the phone trying to coordinate search areas.

"Looks like it." Joe replied as Barry's eyelids flickered again. "Hey Bear."

Barry's eyes opened and he looked at Joe who sighed in relief.

"Hey Bud."

"Joe? What happened?" Barry asked looking around the room.

"What do you remember?" Eddie asked.

"I was at Star Labs with Caitlin and Cisco. I was going to leave to come to work." Barry said. "Why am I here? Where are Caitlin and Cisco?"

"We think they got kidnapped Barry. There was blood in the Lab and while some was yours, some was Cisco's." Joe replied.

"They what?!" Barry sat up quickly and regretted it when his head spun. He took a deep breath and ignored the pain in his head.

"They were kidnapped. We have people out looking now. There was also a video recording on the computer which showed us what happened." Eddie said.

"I have to get out there now! How long have I been out?!" Barry asked.

"It's been a few hours since we got here Bear. " Joe replied.

Barry paled considerably and climbed out of the bed, trying to ignore the pain in his head. Clearly his body was still trying to heal him.

"Barry..." Eddie tried to stop him but Joe shook his head.

"Where is the video? I need to see it!" Barry asked.

"It's in the lab." Joe replied. He walked behind Barry and he shared a worried look with Eddie. He was relieved Barry was awake and on his feet but they both knew he needed more time to heal and that wouldn't happen.

"Hey Allen, you alright?" One of the police officers called out as Barry walked into the lab and Barry nodded slightly. His head was still in a lot of pain but he was determined to ignore it. He walked over to the computer and touching the button for video recordings, he rewound to see the video from a few hours before. He grimaced when he saw Cisco get whacked and then watched himself get whacked a second time. He could hear the entire exchange and knew that Cisco and Caitlin would not tell the others who he was, which worried him. The video stopped with the two men forcing Cisco and Caitlin out of the room and Barry looked at Joe.

"That's it?"

"I'm afraid so Bear. There isn't any video anywhere else and we don't know where they are." Joe replied looking at Barry.

"There has to be something! They just protected me and now we can't protect them?!"

"Barry, I know you're upset but we will find them. Why don't you go for a run?" Joe suggested and Barry nodded. He knew what Joe was referring to. "Just be careful and stay in touch. Those guys did get the drop on you once and I don't want to hear that you have gone missing too."

Barry sent a faint smile to Joe and walked out of the lab and outside of Star Labs. Once away from any curious eyes and police, he kicked the speed into high gear. He had only managed 5 blocks before a shooting pain went through his head, and he had to stop. Ignoring the throbbing, he started running again. This time he made it 10 blocks before he heard a beeping. Slowing himself down he looked down at his watch to see a light flashing. Recollection came into his mind and he pulled out his phone.

"Barry?"

"Joe, I know where they are!"

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"Stop it please!" Caitlin cried out.

"Unless you tell us who he is, we won't stop." Eric and Mark were standing between Caitlin and Cisco again, throwing punches at Cisco.

"We-told-you." Cisco managed to get out.

"I don't believe you." Eric replied.

"There isn't anyone else! We are telling you the truth!" Caitlin said desperately. She didn't know how much longer Eric and Mark would remain with just punches and she hadn't been able to leave any clues for Barry when they were taken.

"Want to say that again?!" Mark growled and Caitlin gasped involuntarily. He had walked over to her and grabbed her hair, pulling it.

"Leave her alone!" Cisco shouted.

"Maybe it'll make you talk eh? If i hurt her?" Mark taunted. He got down on his knees to look Caitlin directly in the face. She glared at him and he laughed, a laugh that grated on Caitlin's nerves. He put his hand on her cheek and she instinctively jerked away.

"Ooh touchy." Mark said.

It was then that everything changed.

Cisco had managed to get his foot out of the ties on them, and he kicked Eric in the knee. Eric yelled out as his leg gave out and he hit the floor.

"You idiot!" He yelled at Cisco and Mark reacted by shoving Caitlin. The chair she was in tipped over and she hit the floor, whacking her head as she went down.

For the second time it went dark and she lost all awareness. When awareness came back, she was unsure about what was going on. She thought that she could hear Barry's voice but she didn't think that would be possible. She didn't have the energy to lift her head, or to even open her eyes, prefering to stay with her head on the cold ground.

"Cisco, are you okay?"

"Check on Caitlin! She's hit her head so many times today."

Caitlin heard the voices and then felt someone next to her.

"Caitlin?" She didn't respond to Barry's voice and she felt him untying her arms and legs from the chair, carefully moving the chair away from her.

"Is she okay?" Cisco asked.

"I think she's unconscious but I can't tell." Barry said. He moved away from Caitlin and when he returned, she realized that Cisco was with him.

"Barry?" A third voice joined the boys and Caitlin vaguely recognized Joe's voice. She could feel a hand on her head but the blackness was returning. She allowed it to envelop her and returned to the void.

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"Caitlin?" A voice came into Caitlin's consciousness and she tried to open her eyes.

"Hey." Cisco's face appeared blearily above her. "How are you?"

Caitlin tried to sit up and was aware of an IV line in her hand.

"Careful. You have a severe concussion and 10 stitches in your head." Cisco said.

"What? Where are we? What happened?" Caitlin looked around the room and realized that she was in a Hospital and Cisco was standing above her while Barry was sitting on a chair, asleep.

"The hospital. Barry found us and took down Mark and Eric. Joe and Eddie got to where we were, and they brought us here. You were unconsious." Cisco replied.

"How long?" Caitlin asked.

"It's been 4 hours. It was a severe concussion." Cisco said.

"4 hours?" Caitlin asked. "What about you? And Barry?"

"I got away with just bruising and sore ribs. Barry had a concussion but that's gone. He fell asleep about an hour ago." Cisco answered.

"How did he find us?" Caitlin asked.

"So the other week I designed these watches that we can touch and they'll tell the other person where we are. I forgot that mine was in my pocket and when I realized, i touched it and Barry happened to have his on him. I haven't been able to make a third one yet else you would have one." Cisco said.

"You are a genius." Caitlin replied.

"Hey Caitlin. Good to see you awake." Joe came in and smiled at the two Star Lab workers. He looked at Barry and shook his head, still smiling.

"Joe." Cisco said. "What will happen to Mark and Eric?"

"They are being charged with two counts of kidnapping and assault. Currently in the jail and awaiting trial." Joe replied.