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Advice From A Friend

After hearing about Kara finding her father alive on her trip to the Phantom Zone Caitlin makes a trip to National City to offer some words of advice. Having experienced the return to a father thought to have died only to learn they had been imprisoned somewhere else Caitlin takes it upon herself to give Kara a word of warning.


Caitlin Snow hung up her phone after leaving a message for Barry not to do something stupid while she was out of town. She also didn't tell him where she was going only that it was to visit a friend. If he knew then he would have wanted to come with her. Not that she minded spending time with her favorite speedster. But she just wanted this to between her and Kara. She parked her car in front of the building that she had found out held J'onn's private investigator's office. She knew that he had turned part of the building into the headquarters for the Super Friends as they were calling themselves. But she didn't have access to it. She might ask about getting help to secure Star Labs better without having to use the Babel protocol all the time. She got out of her car and headed up to the P.I. office. She walked in to find J'onn and Kara's sister Alex going over something.

"Hi J'onn, Hi Alex." Said Caitlin

"Caitlin hi what brings you to National City? Everything ok with your team?" asked Alex

"Things are as well as they can be. But I am actually here to talk to Kara. I heard that she found her dad alive in the Phantom Zone."

"Yes it was a very unexpected. Though her going to the Phantom Zone was unexpected as well." Said J'onn

"Yeah I heard you were trying to send Lex Luthor there right?"

"Yeah but it backfire and Kara went instead." Said Alex

"Yeah well I know someone that we should send there. You met him Alex. Eobard Thawne, he was the one that wanted to steal Kara's heart and put it in her Nazi doppleganger from Earth-X."

"That we can agree on. So why do you want to see Kara?" asked Alex

"I have experience having a thought to be dead father turn out to be alive and imprisoned somewhere. It is a long complicated story. But in short turned out he was not who I thought he was. My mom who I have a complicated relationship with turns out wasn't as big of a bitch as I thought she was. Turns out my dad was the actual bad parent."

"What do you mean?" asked Alex

"Ok remember how I would turn into Frost when I was scared or angry?" asked Caitlin

"Yes." Said Alex

"Turns out my loving father who was working on a cure for ALS using cryogenic gene therapy, used it not only on himself resulting in him turning into an ice monster. Used a modified version of it on me as a kid. He ended up locked away in a closed Tannhouser industries site in the arctic. Only my mom lied and told me he died. I found out he was actually alive. When I found out with the help of Barry and Cisco, I set him free. Frost was created as my cure for ALS. Cisco was the first one to think that my dad's story didn't add up. Icicle, the name of the monster that took over my dad's body locking him away nearly tricked me into giving him a serum made from my blood to kill off my dad for good. When he realized I wasn't going to give it to him. He attack us and revealed who he really was. He stole the serum and nearly killed my friends when we went to stop him from using it. It could only be used in a place that was at absolute zero. Frost had been locked away for several months because of a big bad we stopped. But seeing Barry, Cisco and a couple other friends were dying at that temperature Frost broke through the block and saved everyone. Icicle got away after Frost destroyed the serum. He came back later and kidnapped my mom and me. He planned to turn my mom into an ice meta with an alternate personality like Frost, then kill off our human sides forever. Icicle was about to kill me after Frost tried to stop him. My dad seeing me about to die was able to break free of his mental prison and saved my life. My reunion with my real dad was cut short though. He died for real protecting me from being killed by Cicada 2 who came back in time from the future. She hated metas because one unknowingly accidentally killed her parents. The meta who was a woman unintentionally blew up an ATM and the debris killed this little named Grace's parents. Her Uncle became the first Cicada after Barry and his future daughter destroyed a satellite that was crashing to Earth and about to destroy the city."

"Kara would have helped stop the satellite."

"She was a little busy. Reign and the other world killers I think was going on at the time. It is a little confusing in this post crisis world."

"Tell me about. This guy that I clearly remember dying before crisis. He was a friend of Kara's. He was also secretly tutoring me. But post crisis he didn't die, and was dating Kara and knows about her being Kryptonian."

"Yeah I get it."

"So Barry is ok with you being gone? He won't need Frost as back up. I know she can't be in prison with you here."

"That is something I would rather explain only once. It involves a battle with a big bad called Mirror Monarch."

"Sure let's go upstairs to the Tower our base." Said Alex

Caitlin followed Alex to a secret elevator. Alex activated the elevator and they headed upstairs. Kara turned when the elevator opened and Caitlin walked out with Alex.

"Caitlin! Hi is everything ok in Central City? Does Barry need my help? Wait if he needed my help he would have sped right over himself or called." Said Kara

"Hi Kara. No everything is fine. Well Ralph left the team. He had his girlfriend Sue who you haven't met were investigating something and his uh face kind of melted. But that is not why I am here. This isn't just a social call either. There is something I want to talk to you about. Barry told me that while you were in the Phantom Zone you found your dad alive." Said Caitlin

"Yeah I did. I couldn't believe it."

"I have experienced that feeling. A couple years ago I discovered that my mom lied about my dad dying."

"I didn't know that."

"We kind of kept it in house. Only Team Flash, my mom and Joe West knew. I just want you to use some caution. Turned out that my dad had been taken over by his own version of Frost. Only Icicle was not like Frost. Frost did do some bad things when she first emerged that is true. But it was only because she was pissed off at being locked away for so long. Her anger was fueled by my unfounded fear of her. Fear I had because I had because I had met my evil doppleganger. Once Frost and I accepted each other she stopped being angry all the time. In fact we are sisters now. But I can explain that later. Icicle locked my dad away. He wanted me to find and free him so he could have me make a serum from my blood that would kill off my dad forever. I so wanted my dad back that I didn't want to see that he wasn't the man I remembered. Cisco was the first to realize that his story wasn't adding up. Barry was the second. I finally saw it but it was nearly too late. The only thing that gave us time to stop Icicle was the fact the serum could only be used at absolute zero. It took my friends the people I see as my family nearly dying at those temperatures for Frost to break free from her mental prison our big bad the Thinker locked her away in. She stopped him and saved Barry, Cisco, Ralph and Barry and Iris's daughter from a now erased future from dying. He escaped that day. Weeks later he returned stole a cryo atomizer from my mom's labs. Which he was first going to use to turn my mom into a ice demon like him. But then could have used to send Central City into a new ice age. My mom and I were kidnapped by him. One thing you should know is my mom and I have never been close. After what I now know was her failing to save my dad she froze me out. Buried herself in her work. But the thing is after being kidnapped together are relationship has improved. Still not great but we can talk without yelling at each other. Kara I am happy that your dad is alive. I just want you to be careful. I don't want you to be hurt if he turns out not to be who you remember him to be. I care about you."

"Caitlin, I appreciate that. But I think I know my father."

"I thought I did too. He is the reason Frost even exists. Would a good father use his own child as a lab rat and do an experimental treatment that they had only done on himself? Kara, just please promise me that you will use caution with your dad until you are positive he is the man you remember."

"I promise. So what has been going on in your life since crisis?"

"Let's see, Frost and I were injured by two metas that used light as weapons. One we called her Dr. Light used a special rifle to shoot bullets of ultraviolet light. Frost got hit. She got the bullet out and our ice healing kicked in. But before it was fully healed because it was the kind of injury that takes a while even with accelerated ice heal to fully heal. The injury was reopened by a meta that went by Sunshine. She can manipulate sun light even to the point that she appears to disappear. I actually was very close to dying. I had to call my mom and go off with her to treat me."

"But you are ok now right?"

"Oh yeah fine. Frost and I got back in time to help fight Mirror Monarch. But not before Frost got hurt again. I should back track a little. Barry started to lose his speed because the speed force died. It died because of Barry having Spector Oliver give him the boost to take the paragons into it to reach the dawn of time. So we were able to create an artificial speed force. But it left Barry devoid of emotion. We didn't want him to end up like Thawne. You remember him right?"

"Like I would forget the madman that was planning to cut out my heart with me conscious and give it to my Nazi Earth doppleganger. Which by the way was not the first time I battled myself."

"Well it left him thinking only thinking of what he wanted. Which was to save Iris from the mirrorverse. So Frost got hit by Mirror Monarch's ray gun. This gun had this mirror chip in. Barry was able to speed think a cure for Frost which was the only good thing that ended up coming from his speed thinking. But after that injury Frost and I began to experience these really bad intense headaches. They finally got so bad I got dizzy and passed out. When I woke up I was no longer the only one there. Frost was no longer just a voice in my head. We each had our own body. She was over joyed about it. I on the other hand wasn't. I was scared that I was going to lose her. When she first appeared I wanted nothing more then to get rid of her. We met shortly after she had taken over for a short time. Attacked a prisoner at CCPD, kidnapped this co worker of Barry's and stabbed him in the leg. Cisco had to vibe blast me in order to stop me from trying to kill Barry with a kiss. Which you are to never tell anyone about. Barry, Cisco and I agreed we would never speak of it again."

"I promise not to say a word."

"So anyway I was willing to do whatever it took to recombine us. Frost didn't want that. Once we finally talked we came to an understanding. We were sisters and both deserved to live our lives full time not part time like we had been doing. So she is in Central City hopefully keeping Barry out of trouble. But maybe getting into trouble herself. She actually went to prison for a little while. A few weeks. But was released after this super natural storm caused a dozen or so metas to escape Iron Heights prison. She broke out to recapture them, and a few non metas too. Including the guy she is now crushing on that tried to frame her for murder."

"Wait Frost has a thing for a guy that tried to frame her for murder?"

"Yeah. Well she was released for rounding up the prisoners. She had pled guilty to her past crimes and agreed to spend the rest of her life in prison. This woman Kristen Kramer who was sent to Central City as part of the governor's police compliance commission or something wanted Frost to be forced to take the meta cure. It was designed by Cisco and me to remove meta powers permanently. That was in order to save their lives from a meta serial killer called Cicada. But there was a chance until my mom ran some tests that the cure could have killed Frost."

"Because she was born of the powers. Barry told me a bit of your life story along with the rest of your teams while we were stuck at the Vanishing point."

"Right. So turned out other than losing her powers she would be fine. But that was the last thing she wanted. I didn't want her to go to prison because I thought I would lose her. Once I stopped fighting her and got her back after Devoe locked her away had grown to love her as much as I think you love Alex."

"Well she is your sister. Even if she is one that you had to spend a good part of your life sharing a body."

"Well Frost made me realize that by taking the cure I would lose her. I would lose her because she would no longer be her true self. So she went to prison. Now she is out and still helping Barry take down the bad guys and gals. While crushing on a criminal that I think is only out for himself. Though he has a thing for her to. He actually asked me what she was into when Frost brought him to me to stitch him up after he got stabbed by some associates he ratted out. He couldn't go to any of the normal places criminals go for medical help. Not even the shady vet. So I was the last resort. I told him he can't handle my sister."

"So you are playing the protective older sister."

"Someone needs to keep the dirt bags away."

"Some how I think Frost can scare off anyone she wants to."

"Very true."

"Caitlin, you staying in National City tonight?"

"Yeah. I should probably find a hotel."

"No way. Barry would kick my butt if I didn't at least offer you my couch."

"No he won't. I will be fine in a hotel."

"Caitlin, I insist. You like Chinese?"

"Yeah I like Chinese."

"Great we can go to my apartment I'll buy. What is your favorite?"

"Sweet n' Sour Shrimp."

"You like pot stickers?"

"Who doesn't?"

"Great let's go."

Caitlin smiled and followed Kara out of the building. They got in Caitlin's car. Kara called in an order to her favorite Chinese restaurant and gave Caitlin directions to it. They then went to Kara's apartment and spent the night talking and becoming closer friends. Both knowing only time was going to tell if Zor-El was truly the man Kara remembered from her childhood on Krypton.

THE END