Part 20
Caitlin woke and snuggled closer to Barry. She always loved sleeping in his arm. Even before she got her powers. Though she did enjoy it a little more now. She had to absorb heat to maintain her body temperature. Barry being a speedster tended to run warmer than normal humans making him the perfect person for her to take heat from without harming him. She knew he was awake when he pulled her tighter to him.
"I will never tire of waking with you in my arms." Mumbled Barry into her hair.
"Well it's a good thing you can't get rid of me."
"Cait, if Oliver hadn't stopped you would you have killed Hunter?"
Caitlin sighed. Not sure how she was going to answer it. She had wanted to. But she also knew that it would have changed her.
"To be honest I don't know. I really wanted to shove that icicle into his cold black heart. But I don't know if I would have been able to do it. Oliver gave me an out. He would kill Hunter and I wouldn't have to make that choice. Barry, if I had would you have looked at me different? Thought of me as a murderer?"
"Cait, nothing can change how I feel about you. Truth be tolled when I found out what he did to you I wanted to kill him. I don't blame you for wanting to kill him."
Suddenly an alarm went off in the med lab. Barry picked Caitlin up and flashed her there. Henry and Alex were already checking Iris's vitals. Caitlin went over to one of the monitors and checked something.
"She's throwing a blood clot." Yelled Caitlin
Alex ran and grabbed a syringe filled with a blood thinner. Handed it to Caitlin who injected it into the IV.
"She is coding. Get the crash cart." Yelled Henry
Barry pulled Eddie out of the room while Henry, Caitlin and Alex worked on saving Iris's life.
"Eddie, they are doing everything they can." Said Barry
"I know. We have been talking about having kids. We have seen how happy you and Caitlin are with your kids." Said Eddie
"I am sure you will be a great dad."
"Thanks Bare."
Caitlin came out of the med bay.
"Please tell me she is going to be ok." Said Eddie
"We were able to stabilize her. But we don't know if she will be ok. Or if she will ever wake up. She stopped breathing and her heart stopped. I actually had to send her into mild hypothermia to save her. I'm sorry Eddie." Said Caitlin
"Can I go back to her?"
"Yeah go ahead."
Eddie headed back in taking his seat next to Iris. Barry looked at his wife and knew that something was wrong.
"It's bad isn't it?" asked Barry
"Yeah it is. Not only did she throw a blood clot, when we did a EEG, electroencephalography we discovered that the concussion she suffered has caused brain damage. Barry, to be honest I am not sure that she will make it. Even your dad is doubtful. This is why I don't practice medicine. Why I do research. I don't know how to tell family that their love one most likely will die."
Barry just held Caitlin knowing that this was hard on her. Iris was her friend.
"Cait, why don't we go check on Laurel?"
"Yeah sure."
They walked into the medical room that Laurel was resting in. They found her awake and talking to Oliver.
"So how had is it Doc?" asked Laurel
"We are looking at a two to three month recovery at least." Said Caitlin
"But I am going to recover?"
"Yeah."
"What about Iris?" asked Oliver
"I don't know. She nearly died a little while ago. We got her back. But she will never be the same if she wakes up." Said Caitlin
"Do you think that it would be better to have her moved to the hospital?" asked Laurel
"Then try and explain how she nearly had her spine severed by one of Frost's icicles? That a crazy man took a speed drug I was working on. They would lock us up. Besides between Henry, my mom, Alex and me there is not much more they could do at the hospital." Said Caitlin
"Caitlin, none of this is your fault." Said Oliver
"I know. But it's hard to think about the fact that it is because of me that Hunter hurt both Iris and Laurel."
"Caitlin, when I went with you last night I knew that I might get hurt. Iris while may not have planned on getting kidnapped knew that once she was that she might not get out of it alive. Don't blame yourself. The only one to blame is Zolomon." Said Laurel
"Cait, I know it's hard on you to see your friends hurt. But they love you and would do anything to protect you." Said Barry holding her tight.
"Thanks guys. You rest some more Laurel. I will ask Cisco to see if we got any crutches around here that you can use. You can't put weight on that leg for a while." Said Caitlin
"Ok Doc."
"Cait, what do you say we find Kara and see when we can go get our kids to bring home." Said Barry
"That is a good idea. I want to hold my babies again."
"Just don't let Dani hear you call her a baby. You know that she will say she is a big girl." Said Barry
"She will always be my baby. Even when she is all grown up and has babies of her own."
"I know. My mom still calls me her baby, even though I am married to the most beautiful woman on earth and have kids of my own." Said Barry
Caitlin kissed her husband. He had always known from the day they met known what to say to make her feel better. They headed off to find Kara to see when they could head to Argo to get their kids.
