warlocktounge: Well I have up to chapter Eight typed up, then I write it down then type it up again, so everything is already close to planned out. I am going to dive into Cisco point of view at some point, I just haven't figured out a way to do it yet.
highlander348: Krida can sort of fly. What she can do is wrap her fire around her feet and can use it as a sort of jetpack push, but only in short distances or if she needs to jump higher.
Guest: as I said in a previous chapter, Krida's planet is a cousin planet to Starfires, so some of her traits will be very close to Starfires, thanks for reading that ;)
To everyone else who is reading, I just want to say thank-you so much for reading it brings my heart so much joy! I would love it even more if you would review with your thoughts, what you liked, what you would want to see, etc. If you have any questions I will happily answer them as best I can without giving away any spoilers.
Now onto Chapter Six: Panic
Chapter Six: Panic
Krida watched as Barry bounced around his prison, like a bead in a jar, for the hundredth time. Failing again to phase through the glass wall.
"Stop, you're just hurting yourself," Krida ordered, "You'll be useless if you continue to damage yourself."
Jesse turned her gaze over to the alien that was chained to the floor.
"You have a weird way of encouraging him," Jesse said.
"Encouragement isn't going to get us out of here," Krida said glancing at the daughter of Harrison Wells, "Aforethought strategy is what's going to get us out of here."
"You sound like my dad" Jesse muttered, looking away from Krida.
"Thank-you" Krida said looking away from Jesse and back to Barry.
The Speedster would have laughed at Jesse's surprised look if they weren't in a situation so serious.
Krida, however, was right, Barry wasn't going to escape if he continued to hurt himself. At the rate he was going, if he continued, the possibility of escaping grew smaller and smaller.
So, how was he going to get out of his prison?
"Could it be," Jesse paused when Barry and Krida looked at her, "Could it be that your body is resonating at a different frequency?" Jesse suggested.
Krida looked over to Barry.
"Yeah, you're right, your Earth resonates differently than ours," Barry agreed, pushing on the glass walls again; testing the strength of his prison for the millionth time.
"What does that mean?" Krida asked confused.
"It means Barry needs to figure out a way to make up the difference of my Earth frequency and your Earth's frequency so he can get out," Jesse explained, "Any ideas?"
Barry shook his head, backing up to the wall again, readying himself to run again.
"Only if I can go faster" Barry answered.
Barry was trying to keep his voice calm, but if he was to be completely honest, he was starting to get annoyed. This wasn't supposed to happen, Barry wasn't supposed to get kidnapped. The plan was to come to Earth-Two, rescue Jesse and Krida; then go home. It wasn't going to be that easy, everyone knew that it would have been foolish to think so. It also wasn't supposed to be this hard.
Barry glanced at the man with a metal mask trapping his true face.
Now Barry had to figure out how to escape, so he could not only rescue Jesse and Krida but also Zooms other prisoner.
"Barry stop," Krida said before her friend could start running again.
The Speedster looked over to the alien princess confused.
"Someones coming," Krida muttered, slowly standing up and squaring her shoulders; her eyes starting to glow.
Krida did everything she could to look intimidating. It was a trick to do with a bruised face and fatigued eyes. Krida would be damned to let that stop her.
Barry had to admit, even though she didn't have powers at the moment, Krida's intimidation stare was working. He was reminded, again, that Krida was a force no to be reckoned with.
"Do you know who it is?" Barry asked, his own body growing tense.
Jesse stepped back, fear wrapping her in a blanket. It wasn't Zoom, or else Krida would have said so.
Then who was it? Someone else to torment them?
Before Krida would say anything, her shoulders dropped and a smile spread across her face. The glow in her eyes dying right after.
"Cisco," Krida breathed.
As if Krida was a magician saying the magic word, Cisco came around the corner. Dr. Wells, Barry and Iris's doppelganger close behind; Killer Frost pulling up the rear.
Barry didn't even question Killer Frost's presence, he was just happy to see his best friend.
"How did you find us?" Barry asked Cisco, who stood in the middle of the room.
Cisco didn't know which of his two friends to go to first. It only made sense in his head to stay in between the two. He was too happy to see them; that was the only logical thing running through his head at the moment.
"I had a little help," Cisco said, nodding to Killer Frost and Barry-Two, "Don't even get me started on this guy."
Barry looked over to Barry-Two and Killer Frost with a surprised look. It slowly morphed into gratitude and Barry nodded his thanks. Killer Frost simply rolled her eyes at the Speedster while Barry-Two gave a shy wave.
Krida scrunched her nose at Barry-Two. He reminded her of a small child that always needed his hand to be held. A child always needing reassurance there were no monsters under the bed. The complete opposite of her Barry.
Harrison pushed through Barry-Two and Killer Frost, making a beeline to his daughter.
Krida couldn't help the smile that pulled at her lips, watching as Harrison opened Jesse's cage.
Harrison pulled his daughter into a tight hug, being mindful that she may have some injuries. Jesse, on the other hand, held onto her father in a bone-crushing hug, not wanting to let go.
"I'm here, I'm here, I've got you," Harrison repeated to his daughter, giving the top of her head a kiss between each word.
"Hey," Krida looked away from the two and smiled up at Cisco, "You ok, minus the," Cisco's words trailed off as his eyes looked over Krida's bruised face.
The need to take his foot out of his mouth and kick himself with it grew very strong in Cisco's chest.
Why would he ask such a stupid question like that?
Krida just giggled, placing her forehead on his shoulder.
"I'm alright, I will heal" Krida promised.
Cisco wrapped his arms around Krida's shoulders, holding her tight.
Krida moved her arms to return the hug. Only to be painfully reminded that she was chained to the floor.
Harrison looked away from his daughter to spare Krida a quick glance before turning to Killer Frost.
"Frost," Harrison called after failing to break the chain that held his daughter in place.
Killer Frost raised an annoyed eyebrow.
"A little help?" Cisco made his demand sound like a question.
"Not part of the deal," Killer Frost said with a shack of her head.
"Frost!" Harrison snapped.
Killer Frost just shrugged her shoulders at the man. Not a care in the world about others problems.
Krida yanked at the chains that kept her bound. She wanted to pounce at the Caitlin look-a-like.
They didn't have time for these trivial spats. Zoom could be back any minute now.
"Hey, hey, hey," Cisco said, holding Krida down to prevent her from hurting herself more, "Bringing us here wasn't part of the deal either and here you are," Cisco said to Killer Frost, turning his attention to her, "Maybe you're not as cold as I thought you were."
Killer Frost looked at Cisco annoyed. With a huff, she made her way over to Harrison and Jesse.
"Maybe, maybe not," Killer Frost commented.
Grabbing Jesse's chain, Killer Frost allowed her powers to leak out. Krida watched in awe as ice flowed out from Killer Frost's hands; wrapping around the chain. Before the ice could touch Jesse's wrist, Killer Frost crushed the chain in her hands, freeing Jesse.
The young woman looked to Killer Frost with gratitude before turning back to her father and hugging him again.
Killer Frost turned from the two, her eyes landing on Krida. The ice Metahuman stopped herself from cringing at the alien princess.
This one's eyes were very different from the Krida Killer Frost had come to know.
Dare she say, friend.
This Krida's eyes didn't hold the same bloodlust as her Kirda.
"Your turn I guess," Killer Frost said, sauntering over to the alien; extending a hand to the shackles holding Krida's hands together.
Panic drummed in Krida and Jesse's heart.
"No don't-!" the two women's protest was cut off by Krida throwing her head back; a pained scream ripping its way out of her throat.
Killer Frost and Cisco jumped away from Krida in shock. The alien fell to her knees, her body shaking from the pain that squeezed at her wrists.
Keeping her teeth ground together, Krida let out another scream. Her eyes squeezed shut, keeping her tears behind her eyelids.
"What, what just happened, what did you do?" Cisco demanded from Killer Frost.
"Nothing, I was trying to break her free" Killer Frost snapped annoyed.
Cisco kept his wide, worried, eyes on Krida's shaking frame. In the months that Cisco had come to know Krida, he had never seen her like this. Had never seen her in so much pain, that she just gave in. Krida knew how to compartmentalize her pain whether it is sparring with Barry or training on her own.
"The metals made out of Hydrodied" Jesse spar out quickly, unable to contain worry for the alien.
Killer Frost scoffed at the scientist daughter.
"That would have been helpful to know ahead of time," Killer Frost said annoyed.
Jesse shot the Metahuman a nasty look; ready to snap something back if Cisco hadn't interrupted.
"Ok, what does that mean?" Cisco demanded, kneeling down by Krida; looking her over.
"It's a metal from the planet Purgatory," Harrison was quick to explain, "It neutralizes Gaialan powers and shrinks rapidly when frozen."
Cisco looked from Harrison to behind Krida.
Sick collected in Cisco's stomach at the sight of Krida's hands turning blue. If they didn't get the circulation going soon, the damage was going to be permanent.
"How do we get them off her then?" Cisco asked scared.
"H-Heat,' Krida choked out, trying her best not to throw up from the pain, "You n-need to a-apply heat d-directly on it w-with a c-c-constant flow."
Cisco looked at the fire gun in his hands before running behind Krida. Placing the gun on the thin bar that connected Krida's wrist together, Cisco hesitated for a second.
In that second, a voice in his head screamed one issue. One painful, major, issue.
"This is going to burn you Krida," Cisco voiced his worries.
"J-Just do it" Krida coughed up.
Cisco took in a deep breath, held it, and pulled the trigger.
The fire from the gun shot out and started heating up the shackles.
Krida bit down on her bottom lip as the heat started circling her wrists. Starting in the back of her wrist and slowly made its way to the front. She did everything she could to keep the screams in her chest. As the flames grew hotter and hotter, the metal blistering her pale skin, the simple task to be quiet grew harder and harder.
It wasn't till the smell of her own flesh burning did Krida let out her scream. Tears following.
There was no doubt in Krida's mind that she was going to have scars now. Scars to remind her of this living nightmare forever.
"Cisco that's enough! Krida you can break free now!" Harrison panicked as Krida's screams grew louder.
Cisco released the trigger and Krida threw her arms out; breaking her shackles. Pieces of metal flying everywhere.
Bringing her wrists to her chest, Krida took in deep breaths. Mentally she tried to erase the pain.
Krida gagged when the smell of her burnt flesh drew closer to her nose.
"We don't have a lot of time Krida, I'm sorry. Cisco, you need to do the same thing to Krida's ankles" Harrison instructed.
Cisco looked at Krida worried, really wanting to not put her through that pain again.
Krida glanced at Cisco and nodded the 'okay'. Not at all trusting her voice to corporate right now.
Cisco took in a deep breath and went to work on the chains at Krida's ankles.
Killer Frost turned her attention to Barry and walked over to his glass prison.
"If I freeze this, it's not going to kill you, right?" Killer Frost asked annoyed, really not wanting to be yelled at again.
Barry turned his worried look from Krida to Killer Frost and shook his head 'no'.
"Good," Killer Frost said, opening her hands to the glass.
Ice tricked out of her hands and over to the glass.
Nothing happened.
Raising an annoyed eyebrow, Killer Frost tried again and again.
Still nothing.
"What, what's going on, why isn't it working?" Iris-Two asked, skeptical of the ice Metahuman that killed her father.
"I don't know" Killer Frost hissed, not liking the detective's tone, "This never happened before."
The last chain being broken, Krida quickly wrapped her arms around Cisco's shoulders. Cisco wrapped his own arms around Krida's waist; helping her slowly stand up.
This was odd: the feeling of Krida's body shaking with painful tremors.
Cisco never pictured Krida looking this weak. After seeing her fight The Famine, it never crossed Cisco's mind that anyone could hurt her like this.
"I'll be fine," Krida mumbled to Cisco, feeling his worry for her, "I'll heal. I promise."
"That's not the point-" Cisco stopped talking at the look on Krida's face.
She didn't want to talk, all Krida wanted was to go home.
Cisco sighed through his nose before pulling Krida closer. Resting his forehead on hers.
"I owe you a better date," Cisco said making Krida giggled softly.
"I'll hold you to it," Krida said.
The two shared a quick smile before turning to the real problem at hand.
Getting Barry out of his prison, before Zoom returned.
Before I forget! On my wattpad account, I added to this chapter on that site what Krida would look like!
All I did was grab a picture of Elizabeth Olsen and edited it as best as I could with an app on my phone (so it might look that good).
Until next time! Please tell me what you think!