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Caitlin's head throbbed, she could hear Frost in her head telling her what she remembered. The sound of footsteps caused her to turn her head to the sound. She was in a cage of sorts, bars were all her eyes to could make out until the owner of the footsteps came closer. His yellow suit wasn't one she'd ever forget. Cisco had only just asked for her help in getting Barry out of the speed force and she missed the scarlet speedster so much that she felt like she had no choice but to get him out. They had tried, and she'd even faced the wrath of Iris only for it to seemingly not work.
"What do you want?" she asked, trying to sit up feeling nauseous. Probably had a concussion. Great.
"Just making sure that the future goes according to plan," he said. He had on Harrison Wells' face and she was sure he did it to make this harder on her. What he didn't know was that Caitlin wasn't the same person that she had been. She wouldn't say that she'd come to terms with Frost but she felt that at least they weren't trying to get rid of each other anymore and that was something.
"What the hell does that mean?"
"Well if I don't you that, it wouldn't come true would it?" he grinned. He stood there, taunting her with the face of a man she had once admired.
"I don't even understand. I'm not with them anymore. I haven't talked to them in months and Barry is still stick in the speed force. Why do you need me?" she tried. It was a lie but she didn't know how much he knew.
"Oh really? So didn't try this morning?" he tilted his head and stared at her. Damn it.
"It didn't work," she said sadly.
"Are you sure about that?" he grinned again. "But you won't be there when they find him. He'll think that you abandoned him when he needed you and they'll all be too busy with him to worry about little old Caitlin Snow." He laughed before speeding away.
She didn't know how to feel but she wasn't about to let that pathetic man keep her from Barry Allen. She stood up, feeling stronger, letting Frost come out just a little bit to help heal her head.
"We'll get back to him Caity," Frost said in her head.
"I know," Caitlin said back. She let Frost out completely. "You know what to do." She said in Frost's head.
"Do I ever," Frost said with a smile before she walked up to the bars and started to freeze them. "Men get so cocky when they think we are weak don't they?" she said with a smirk. She kicked the frozen bars until they broke, formed two ice knives and headed after the Reverse Flash.
Cisco had called Caitlin so many times that her voicemail was full. He knew that something was wrong but he didn't know who he could talk to about it. Iris wouldn't care that Caitlin was missing. Joe would be more concerned with Barry who was sitting in a cell because they didn't know what else to do with him.
The only person that ever cared, besides himself, about Caitlin being missing was Barry. He had to try, maybe he could get through to him. He ran down to where they were keeping him.
"Barry," he said. "It's Caitlin. Something is wrong. She was supposed to be with us, she helped bring you back but she's…missing. Can't you just snap out of it? Please?"
Barry didn't move, suddenly Joe was coming through yelling about Iris being taken by the samurai because she wanted to snap Barry out of his funk. Cisco really hoped that Barry would save Caitlin, but he knew that Barry loved Iris and she was the one that he was supposed to marry. Her name was on that stupid piece of paper and it very well may mean that she means more to him than anyone else.
He blinked and Barry was gone. He looked at Joe and they both ran to the cortex.
"Holy crap he's going faster than he's ever gone before," Cisco breathed.
"He's not going for Iris, where is he going?" Joe yelled frustrated. It was clear that Barry was searching for something and it wasn't Iris West. Cisco wasn't about to be the one to tell Joe what Barry was doing so he just shrugged.
"I'm sure he's just got some crossed wires still," he said trying to be slightly reassuring. Cisco just grinned realizing that his friend wasn't lost to them after all.
Frost had found Eobard Thawne, yelling at a computer screen. She could see that Barry was back, being tracked by the Reverse Flash.
"Damn it why aren't you going after Iris!" he yelled at the screen.
"Maybe he realized she's just not his type?" Frost snarked before she shot a blast of ice at the speedster causing him to fly into his screen.
"This isn't supposed to be happening," he said, getting up. It was clear he was going to run off and she wasn't about to let him go back into the past again.
"Oh no you don't," she said as she slammed her hand on his chest and started to freeze him. When he was unable to move she didn't waste any time and kicked him at the knees. He'd have to wait at least a couple of hours before he'd be able to walk again. She pushed him until he fell over, shivering before she sat on his chest and looked down at him. "So this is the big bad Reverse Flash?" She snorted. "I'm not impressed."
"Cait!" she heard behind her and turned to see the Flash himself looking at her. She wasn't stupid enough to let her guard down completely so she let Caity come out enough to reassure the flash.
"Barry," she said with a smile. "Are you okay?"
"Is that?" he looked down at his enemy, the one he let get away.
"Don't worry handsome. I broke his knees. He's not going anywhere. Think you should zip him into the pipeline?" Frost was back.
"I have to go save Iris…" he started.
"Oh right of course you do. Love of your life and all," Frost rolled her eyes. She could feel Caity's pain.
"I don't know about that. She did it on purpose. She let herself be taken just to get my attention but…it was Cisco telling me you were missing that got my attention. I see you got Frost though so you really didn't need me did you?" he said smiling.
The fact was that everything got so messed up before. He'd put the needs of Iris over the team. He'd let her think that there was something wrong with her and he couldn't stand it when he thought back on it. Being stuck in the speed force, everything was hard to piece together but he did a lot of reflecting and he was more than sure that he had made so many mistakes. He didn't want to ever push her or Cisco away and choose anyone over them. Even Iris.
"Well I dunno about that. How about you go get Iris and I'll have some fun here," Frost waggled her eyebrows.
"There is that. But I think Cisco would rather see you home. So how about I take you both with me, dump him off, get Iris and you'll be back on the team. The both of you," he made a point of saying, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Really?" she looked so hopeful. Her eyes welled up just a little
"Can't do it without the two of you," he grinned. "Dr. Snow and Frost. I need you." He meant it.