Part 16

Caitlin took a deep breath as she opened the blast door to the pipeline. She felt Alex's hand on her shoulder supporting her. She brought her father's cell to the entrance. He was sitting on the floor of the cell he looked up when he saw her.

"Caity?"

"Hi dad." Said Caitlin

"You are so beautiful."

"Thank you. Dad this is a friend of mine. Well more like a sister. Alex Danvers."

"It's nice to meet you Ms. Danvers."

"You too Dr. Snow. Caitlin is a great person." Said Alex

"Of that I have no doubt."

Thomas looked at Caitlin and noticed the ring on her left hand.

"You got married." Said Thomas

"Yeah his name is Barry and he is just the sweetest man I have ever met. We have a daughter. Laurel Kara Snow Allen. She's two." Said Caitlin

"She looks just like her mother." Added Alex

"I hope that I can meet her one day. Caitlin, are we going to address the pink elephant in the room?"

"Oh you mean that you used me your own daughter as a science experiment?"

"I thought at the time it was the best thing for you."

"Dad, until a little over three years ago I didn't know Frost even existed. When these powers first showed up I was scared. I was angry. I was willing to do almost anything to try and get rid of them. I hurt my friends when I finally lost control. I plotted with an evil speedster to murder someone I care about! It took nearly seeing one of my best friends a man I think of as a brother killed for me to regain any control. But by that time a man had been murdered. I may not have been the one to actually do it. But I have to live with that the rest of my life."

"Caitlin, I thought I was doing what was right so you would never have to suffer that illness like I did. I thought I had fixed the problem of the dual personality with you. I am sorry."

"Well mom is to blame too. She should have told me about Frost."

"Frost?"

"I believe you called that part of me Khoine after the Greek goddess of snow and ice. Well she likes to be called Frost."

"How are you in control? I would think that she would be stronger than you like Icicle is with me."

"Well once she got through her rebellious stage with the help of some friends she and I were able to come to a peaceful coexistence. We don't have to be one or the other. She will fight along side of the Flash, but if my medical expertise is needed she gives me back control. In fact as long as I give her control once in a while she if find just being in the background. In fact which ever one of us is in the background can talk to the other."

"Will you let me speak to her?"

Caity not sure it's a good idea until we are sure our body is fully recovered.

"Frost doesn't think it is a good idea. Icicle had Harley Quinn take a baseball bat to my head earlier today. My head injury healed most of the way but not fully recovered yet. She may have healing abilities, but they aren't perfect."

"I understand."

"I should get back to the lab."

Caitlin turned and headed out of the pipeline. Alex started to follow but Thomas stopped her.

"Ms. Danvers, in the twenty plus years I have been away from my daughter one thing about her hasn't changed. She is a poor liar." Said Thomas

"Dr. Snow, Caitlin is my friend. Someone I love as much as my owe sister. Yes she lied. But I will not betray her trust. When I first met Caitlin, I didn't trust her. In fact I didn't think my sister should. My sister had only met her twice and had not actually spent a lot of time with her. But Kara was so sure that we could trust her. Caitlin earned my trust so I won't tell you what I know."

"I am glad my daughter has friends like you."

Alex just nodded and headed out. She found Cisco had come down.

"They are on their way back. They got the Joker." Said Cisco

"Good."

"So Cait talked to her dad?"

"Yeah. She isn't too happy with him. He wanted to meet Frost but I don't think Frost was in the mood to talk."

"From my experience with Frost she really isn't into the small talk."

"Frost rarely appeared when Caitlin was staying with Kara. Only when she felt she had too. I mean they did that whole shared control thing more."

"Not surprising. Caitlin actually thinks Frost fears she might unintentionally hurt the baby."

"But Caitlin doesn't think that."

"Of course not. Caitlin knows that Frost would protect the babies growing inside their shared body."

"I should get back to the bio lab."

"Alex, are you guys getting close?"

"Not really. But we are still trying. Caitlin's mom is very determined."

"There was a time that Caitlin was willing to do anything to get rid of her powers."

"She didn't like talking much about what happened. J'onn knows the whole story and everything that happened. Kara knows most of it. I know that when you guys were dealing with some evil speedster called Zoom he kidnapped her. That he traumatized her."

"From what Kara told me in one of the worst way a man could a woman. When we got her back she was suffering from server PTSD. She would see him. I think that was what really trigger her powers and Frost. Barry has always believed it was Flashpoint."

"Flashpoint that was when Barry went back in time to stop his mom's murder and then after living in the altered timeline went back and reset it to what it should have been right?"

"Yeah. But just like a piece of glass once you crack it, it's never the same. When he fixed the timeline things were different. He was the only one who knew. When he confessed I was really pissed. If he had never messed with the timeline my brother might still be alive. Not that I ever got along with my brother. He was the golden boy while I was the black sheep."

"You got past it."

"I did. It took a while but I did."

Alex nodded and headed back to the bio lab. Cisco returned to the cortex as Oliver and Bruce limped in. Barry and Kara had taken the Joker down to the pipeline.