~~~~~~~~~~~Kendra~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before the heat could set her cheeks ablaze with the blush of complete humiliation, Kendra Allen felt nothing more than a breeze before she realized she had been whisked to a bathroom, somewhere in the maze that was S.T.A.R. labs, with a set of clothes in her arms. While she was shocked with the speed in which everything happened, she could not control the tears that spilled out over her, now, human face due to the overwhelming embarrassment she had experienced in the last 6 hours.
She was so overwhelmed, she couldn't even put on the clothing she was sure her brother had gotten for her. Kendra's bare back hit the cold wall of the restroom and she sunk slowly to the floor with each sob that wracked her body. Never before had she experienced a panic attack, but Kendra was sure this was it. She couldn't breathe with how tight her chest felt, she couldn't even shut her eyes to sob without seeing herself covered in fur, or the lightening that had taken her mother from her and Barry.
She was so deep into her internal struggle, Kendra didnt here the soft knock at the door, or notice when it opened and Dr Snow came in and crouched down next to her. Startled when she felt hands touch her shoulder and try to soothe her, Kendra's breath hitched as she looked through foggy eyes to see the young scientist, who appeared to at least understand the sadness that Kendra felt.
Caitlin helped the slightly younger girl to her feet, not giving Kendra a single impression that she should be embarrassed at all, and helped her change into the S.T.A.R. labs sweater and pants that Barry had managed to get for his sister.
After she was changed, the once presumed cold, Doctor embraced Kendra, holding her as silent tears rolled down each of their faces. And while both were for different reasons, both women understood each other. After a minute of silence, both pulled apart and shared a teary eyed smile.
"I am so sorry for the pain we have caused for you," Caitlin apologized, slowly slipping back into her cold demeanor, "I will try to help you in any way to go back to normal."
Kendra sadly smiled, "Thanks, but this wasn't your fault. Barry told me what happened and there is no way you would have been able to control the explosion." She watched Caitlin's expression seeing the doubt and stubbornness flicker across her eyes. It was obvious that the woman was putting all of the blame on herself.
Caitlin smiled a tight lipped smile "Let's get headed back to the lab. There are a few tests we would like to run before you head home for the night."
Kendra nodded and both women started the trek back to the main labs.
~~~~~~~~~~~Harrison~~~~~~~~~~~
Harrison and Cisco had long since vowed to pretend like nothing happened when Kendra turned back into a human, both men slightly red in the face as Barry pulled his sister away. After the agreement, Cisco had went to work on an idea he had about a treadmill for Barry, while Harrison decided to wheel down to the blown up particle accelerator. Thinking that this would give him some room to clear his head. When he was sure he was alone, he stood up out of his wheelchair and leaned on the railing looking down at the destruction, sighing and rubbing his face with his hands.
It was well known in his time that Kendra Allen was a very beautiful woman. She But he had never anticipated just how amazing she really looked. She had great muscle tone on her slender figure. She was very pale right now from the lack of sunlight for nine months. Her long Auburn hair hung close to her chest... Harrison shook his head to stop thinking.
'Get over it, we still have a mission to accomplish.' Harrison thought to himself. He tried to resolve himself, to get back to the task at hand. But everytime he came close, all he could think about was Kendra Allen standing there, not even aware that she had turned back into her human form, looking as peaceful as could be. Harrison also chuckled when he remembered how wide her eyes became as she realized the situation she was in.
Ruffling his hands through his hair, Harrison took a deep, frustrated, breath. 'She is just means to an end. Nothing more.'
"Dr Wells?" Caitlin's voice rang through an ear piece.
"Yes Dr Snow?" Harrison responded, starting to fall back into character.
"Would you mind coming up here and helping me run a few labs so we can send Kendra home for the night?"
Smiling, knowing that now the real action was about to start happening, and that his hard work was going to pay off, he responded "I'll be up there as fast as I can." And with that he sat back in the damned chair and made his way upstairs.
~~~~~~~~~~~Kendra~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Where did Barry go?" Kendra asked as she was laying in a machine (now that she was able to fit) getting some brain scans.
Caitlin, on the other side of class watching computers monitors, pushed a button that allowed her to communicate with those in the room.
"There was a crime scene that he had to go to. Apparently he was late."
Kendra snorted a little bit "All the speed in the world couldn't make my brother on time to that job. If it wasnt for how good he is I'm sure he would have been canned a long time ago."
There was no response from Caitlin, but Kendra just imagined her smiling on the other side of the glass. After about another 5 minutes of the machine whirring around her it finally stopped. The bed that she was on slowly slid out and she sat up.
"How does it look?" The Allen girl asked, wringing her hands together with anxiety.
"Every thing looks great." Caitlin responded, seeming a bit frustrated.
"Isnt that supposed to be a good thing?"
At that moment, Dr Wells made an appearance, which caused Kendra to flush with embarrassment remembering that the last thing he saw was her nude. She wasnt sure, but through the glass she thought she saw a small flicker of a smirk cross the man's face, but he was acting as though nothing had happened, so she chalked it up to the darker lighting in the other room. He nodded at her and wheeled closer to look at the scans that were just taken.
"Its a great thing that these scans are looking normal." Dr Wells confirmed, "As scientists though, it can be a bit maddening when we are looking for a cause."
She nodded in complete understanding. "Are there more tests that we can run?"
With that question, the man smiled, "If you are up for it, I have one test that have a good feeling would give us the answers we are looking for."
"How soon can we get started? I'm not very keen on seeing Joe and Iris if I am going to go feral on them any moment."
"In that case, let's get you set up." Dr Wells said before wheeling out of the room, waving at Kendra to follow him.
The young woman did as beckoned and walked alongside the man.
"So what did you have in mind?" Kendra questioned.
"Well, Miss Allen," Dr Well started.
A frown crossed Kendra's face. Feeling old at the term.
"Please Dr Wells, call me Kendra. That name only belongs for my mom."
Dr Wells looked up at her with a smile, "Then by all means, call me Harrison. 'Dr Wells' can sound a little too pretentious at times. Anyways, we know that what ever is happening to you is psychosomatic, due to the fact that when you were under duress you changed, and when you were calm you changed back to yourself,"
Kendra started feeling the heat creep up on her face as the memory came up.
"So what I am planning on is hooking you up to a machine that can monitor your brain activity in real time and we will try to stimulate different regions with pictures and phrases and see if there are any abnormalities." Harrison finished as they reached a new room. "Go ahead and just sit down in this chair while I start getting things set up."
Kendra did as told and sat in a chair that looked like it belonged in a dental room.
She giggled and muttered, "After 9 months I probably could use a dental checkup."
Harrison chuckled as he wheeled up with a headband that had all sorts of wires on it. "I can assure you, Kendra, that your teeth are in emaculate condition."
She smiled a big toothy grin at the man.
"Why thank you Harrison, it's good to know that there is still something good about today."
Harrison smiled back at her and beckoned for her to come closer so he could put the device on her head. She did as asked and leaned forward so that he was able to get the device on her. Kendra couldn't help but feel awkward as she stared at Harrison while he attached the machinery and made sure everything was on correctly. So she said the only thing she could think of.
"You know, the TV doesn't do your eyes any justice."
The man, with a look of sursurprise and questioning looked to Kendra, as if asking her to explain.
"Sorry, that was such a dumb thing to say. It's just that your eyes almost peirce the soul when you're this close." Kendra explained quickly.
Harrison chuckled at that, "Who knows Miss Allen... sorry, Kendra, maybe that's my super power from the explosion."
Kendra laughed at that too, "I hope not. My soul is a little messed up at the moment."
With that comment the Dr went serious, "Anyone in your perdiciment would feel same way. It is just important to not let how you feel now, hold you back from reaching your true potential."
What Dr Wells didnt notice is that during his motivational moment, he had grabbed Kendra's hands in his until after he had finished speaking. He had noticed when Kendra smiled at him and gave his hands a light squeeze.
"You know, I've always dreamed of meeting you and picking your brain with how intelligent you are; but I had no idea you were so kind as well."
Harrison flashed a quick smile and nodded at the girl and then dropped her hands and went to work with computer just next to the chair.
Just as the monitor pulled up, Caitlin, Cisco, and Barry came into the room, Caitlin looking beyond furious.
"Dr Wells," Caitlin said with a fury, turning to glare at Barry, "Barry here has neglected to tell us that he has been experiencing dizzy spells constantly."
Both Dr Wells and Kendra turned to look at the boy.
"Barry, what is she talking about?" Kendra asked worriedly.
Barry sighed looking around the room, "I fainted just a few minutes ago after saving this guy."
"You lied to us!" Caitlin fumed, "How could you not tell us you're experiencing dizzy spells? We're your doctors!"
Barry had sat on the bed across from Kendra while Caitlin was pacing and yelling, and Cisco had started up on some tests with Barry.
As Caitlin kept talking about all the risks that could be causing him to faint, including strokes, Kendra got more and more worried about her brother's health. Harrison was paying attention to them until suddenly an alarm type noise started going off on the computer monitor that Kendra was hooked up to. All of the people in the room stopped what was going on and looked to see what the cause of the noise is. The three scientists leaned in around the monitor.
"Are you seeing what I am seeing?" Cisco asked with wonderment.
"The amygdala is producing an obscene amount of hormones right now." Caitlin stated.
"I think I know why," Harrison said looking at Kendra.
As everyone turned to look, Kendra could barely control how fast she was breathing, and what was most noticeable was the gold eyes that had now replaced her green ones.
