A/N: Right off the bat, I want to apologize for the lateness and shortness of this chapter. I'm coming back after a long, unplanned hiatus and just wanted to get something onto this story for y'all. I'm not going to make any promises about when this story will be finished, but hopefully it will be within a reasonable amount of time. Thank you so much to all of you who stuck with me and those of you who encouraged me to keep writing. Enjoy!
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Iris and I stared at the caged speedster for no more than thirty seconds more before Cisco's voice came over the speaker.
"Iris, we need you up here now."
We glanced at each worriedly before jogging through the hallways. Personally, I was impressed that Iris could run in her heels. Let me just say that I know from experience (but don't tell anyone) just how hard those things are to wear.
We reached the Cortex among a cacophony of sound; some of it alarms, the rest of it panicked people.
"Breach him out of there!" Caitlin was yelling over the persistent beeping of the computers as Cisco tapped frantically at his keyboard.
He spared his colleague a brief glance. "I can't, okay?" The beeps of the alarm started speeding up, adding even more urgency to the scene.
"You have to do something," Joe demanded, pacing around Hazel, Frank, and Jason, who seemed to be the only people in the room who were relatively calm.
Annabeth shook her head. "There's nothing that can be done, and you know it! To keep going at it like this is pointless. You have to hope that he can make it back on his own!"
"What is happening?!" Leo practically screamed, adding to the chaos. Piper, never one to let him get away with anything glared at him and smacked the back of his head.
Alarms continued to blare, but Cisco stopped his frantic typing and leaned back. "She's right." He silenced the alarms with the touch of a key.
"What just happened?" Iris asked, her voice dangerously low.
Caitlin gave her a miserable look. "Barry's vitals...they were fine and then they just started crashing. Now… The teather's gone. We can't pull him back anymore."
Iris took a deep breath in through her nose and then nodded once. She spun around on her heel and walked back out of the Cortex.
We all watched her leave, wondering if we should follow or not, but ultimately deciding against it.
I sighed, closing my eyes. "There's really nothing we can do?"
Caitlin shook her head reluctantly, the beginnings of tears glistening in her eyes.
"He'll make it out," Annabeth said confidently, but I knew she didn't really believe what she was saying. "He'll find a way."
Everyone nodded, but no one thought it was true.