Part 61
"Why is Thawne hiding out at the hospital that Iris is being treated at?" asked Barry when everyone returned.
"Most likely because you would never have thought to look for him there." Said Barbara
"It seems as he is posing as Iris's doctor." Said Kara
"That would explain why he was trying to get me to let Iris come home." Said Joe
"Joe, we will stop Thawne. We have done it before and we will do it again." Said Sara
"I know you will. It's just I don't want to lose my daughter. Caitlin, I know that she tried to hurt you. But I still love her." Said Joe
"Joe, I don't blame you for anything Iris did. I want her to get better. While she and I most likely will never be friends, I never wanted anything bad to happen to her. That is why I risked my life for her." Said Caitlin
Joe walked over to the pregnant woman and hugged her.
"What about ice man? Do I get to fry him?" asked Mick
"Mick, we want to bring Icicle in alive. He is still Caitlin's dad." Said Ray
"Let's get one thing straight Raymond Palmer. My dad is Thomas Snow. Icicle is a demon that has taken over his body. I want Icicle dead. If I can't get my real dad back then yes Mick can fry him." Said Caitlin her eyes glowing with an icy glare.
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that." Said Barry
Thawne grabbed Iris and flashed them out of the hospital and to Icicle's hideout.
"Who is the girl?" asked Icicle
"She is someone we need for the moment. But only because she can provide the distraction we need to go forward with our plans. I get to kill Barry Allen and you will be reunited with your daughter." Said Thawne
"Yes I will have Khoine by my side as we bring forth a new ice age."
"Just make sure that I have returned to my time before you do that. Speedsters and ice don't go together very well."
"Of course my friend. I wouldn't want to lose you. After all you are part of the reason I exist."
Iris watched the two super villains. She hadn't been listening to them. She didn't care what they wanted. All she wanted was Caitlin dead and Barry back in her arms. She had no idea who the ice man was not that she cared.
"When do I get to kill that bitch that turned my family and Barry against me?" asked Iris
"You will need to wait. But don't worry you will get everything you deserve." Said Thawne with an evil grin.
"You better keep your promise Thawne. I mean it. Barry is mine." Said Iris
"Ms. West, you need to trust me. I will make sure you get what you deserve." Said Thawne
Iris nodded and walked off to another part of the warehouse. Thawne turned to Icicle.
"You do know she is going to die once her usefulness is done." Said Icicle
"That has been the plan the whole time. I may even give you the honor of killing her."
Icicle grinned still not aware that Iris wants to kill Caitlin.
"Guys we just got a spike of negative tachyons at the same warehouse we tracked Icicle too." Said Barbara
"Is there anyway we can see into the warehouse?" asked Oliver
Barbara hit a few keys on her keyboard and video from inside the warehouse came up the screens around the cortex. Felicity just stared at the other hacker. She couldn't believe how quick she was.
"That looks like Iris. Is she working with Thawne?" asked Barry
"That won't end well for her. Working with both Thawne and Icicle. Both would be willing to kill her once she is no use to them." Said Caitlin
"I know Iris wants to hurt you Caitlin. But I don't want to lose her." Said Joe
"I have an idea. But we are going to need J'onn's help with it. Iris wants to kill Caitlin. My idea is for him to pose as Caitlin and lure her out into the open. Then we capture her and bring her back here and lock her in the pipeline." Said Kara
"You do know that he isn't going to like it. He hates shapeshifting into women." Said Mon-El
"Actually he hates shifting into me." Said Kara
"The only problem is while he maybe able to shift to look like me he won't be able to mimic my powers." Said Caitlin
"True." Said Kara
"How do you think that he will feel about posing as a pregnant woman?" asked Cisco
"Most likely won't like it. But will do it just to keep Caitlin safe. I mean he won't want her to risk losing her babies. I mean he lost his family in the civil war on Mars." Said Kara
"Will you go ask him?" asked Caitlin
"Of course."
Kara left through a breach. Caitlin walked off to be alone. Barry followed her a few minutes later finding her sitting outside the blast door to the pipeline.
"I remember when you were scared to come down here. Now it seems whenever one of us needs a place to think we come down here." Said Barry
"That feels like it was much longer ago then four and a half years. I mean back then we were just starting out. I was just your doctor."
"Cait, I never saw you as just my doctor. I mean I wake up from a coma and see this beautiful woman looking at me. I know I was kind of a jerk that day. I mean all I cared about was seeing Iris. But there was this voice in the back of my head yelling at me for brushing you off."
"I actually did think you were a jerk. I had just spent the last nine months of my life taking care of you and you just ran out of here. But then when you came back and we were at the air strip to test your powers and you told me you noticed that I didn't smile. That was when I realized that maybe you weren't a jerk. Barry what no one knows is that taking care of you for those nine months probably saved my life. I had given up on pretty much everything when I thought I lost Ronnie. In fact when I got the call that I had a patient that needed me I was very close to taking my life. So Barry, even before you woke up and became a hero to the city, you were already my hero. Then I got to know you. You did something few people have done. Knocked down the ice wall around my heart."
Barry didn't say anything. Just wrapped his arm around her and held her. He kissed the top of her head and they just sat there in silence.
