Things settled into a new normal for Caitlin. Her powers became more and more her own, easier to control and manipulate. Several hours a day was spent on honing them, learning how to create things for both offense and defense. Her physical training with Thea had also taken off, becoming something she was surprisingly addicted to. After several weeks of working with Speedy Caitlin took up a weekly kickboxing class at the rec center as well as yoga to help clear her head of the cobwebs that came with being a meta and a doctor.

The situation with Barry had also become a new normal as well and it surprised her. Caitlin had always been slow to enter relationships of any kind, whether they be romantic in nature or not. She was a very guarded person based on her upbringing, quiet and keeping to herself. Barry on the other hand, tended to jump right in feet first and with his whole heart. It was one of the things that made him a good hero. Quick to love and confident in his decisions. Able to make friends with anyone, he was her perfect foil. Ronnie had been the same way, but their relationship wasn't what she had with Barry. With Barry it was hot and steadfast, built on years of trust and forged in fire. She had only dated Ronnie a year before he had proposed, and even then, she didn't burn for him the way she did her speedster.

Caitlin pulled out the key to Barry's apartment, juggling groceries and her purse, off in time to make supper. While they hadn't officially moved in, Caitlin was basically living at Barry's. It was closer to work than her apartment and she didn't have to rush to her apartment to get ready for the day. She had actually been thinking of asking her landlord to let her out of her lease so she could move in with her boyfriend.

"You home Barry?"

"Yeah, I'm here!" Suddenly he was in front of her, dressed only in his boxers, hair damp from a shower. He took the bags from her and together they moved into the kitchen. "Have fun without me today?"

"Not really. Without you S.T.A.R. can be kinda boring." Cailin replied. "Don't tell Cisco that though or I will never hear the end of it."

After sharing several long kisses they began making supper, chatting about their day. Caitlin planned on calling her landlord and renting a storage unit the next day, ready to really begin her life with Barry. Suddenly both their phones went off, the meta human app alerting them to a disturbance. He scooped her up in his arms after she turned the stove off and flashed them to S.T.A.R. Cisco was already there, monitoring the situation.

"What's going on?" Caitlin asked as she ran to get her suit, Barry already in his and waiting for her. This would be her third outing as Ice.

"Alchemy is at it again, but this time he and the acolytes are attacking people in the market district. No sign of Savitar though."

"Don't worry, he'll show up. He always does." Barry paced as Cailin changed behind a patterned partition screen in her lab. As she dressed she changed her appearance, becoming a pale version of herself.

"If he does, then we will get to see how he does up against my powers." Caitlin joined the two. "Last time I managed to slow him down and stop him from killing Barry. Now that I have more control, hopefully we can stop him for good."

"Well, let's find out."

Moments later the Flash and Ice were downtown, Barry getting civilians out of the way while Caitlin dealt with the acolytes, stunning them with icy blasts of frosted air. They would be out for several hours, long enough for CCPD to pick them up once the scene was clear. Alchemy blasted her with his stone, but luckily she had taken to forming the ice shield around her chest like she had when she fought Killer Frost. The blast refracted off her body, lighting up the world around them with a blinding blue light.

"Ice!" Flash appeared beside her, barely out of breath from rescuing people. "You ok?"

"I'm good." She nodded. "I didn't even feel it."

"You'll feel this." Alchemy raised his stone and opened a slit in the sky, allowing the self proclaimed God of Speed to step into their world once again. "My master tires of you."

"We tire of your master." Barry spat, and Caitlin shook her head, ice blooming in her hands. It shocked her. She hadn't been able to see the god the first time she faced him, simply blasting at the air above Barry, getting lucky and hitting him. She wondered why she could see him now.

"Flash." The metallic silver meta god growled, and moved to grab him. Caitlin shot a blast of ice, at half power. She didn't want to give away their trump card so soon. Savitar slowed, but not enough.

"Seems like you have a sidekick." Caitlin heard the sneer in Alchemy's voice, and her temper got the better of her.

"We're partners." Using her other hand she shot a stream of super cold air at the masked man, wrapping him in a freezing fog, colder than anything she had used before. The man began to convulse from the cold, hands clutching his throat. In an unexpected move, Savitar turned and in a swift move, scooped up his acolyte and disappeared.

"What the hell was that?" Barry asked as they both looked around, and Caitlin shrugged, hoping he wasn't mad at her.

"I was trying to blind him so he wouldn't be able to deflect my attack." Caitlin looked down at her hands. "Didn't realize that it would hurt him like that."

"Hey." Barry tilted her face up to his, running his gloved fingers through her hair. "It's a hiccup, that's all. We came out to a draw, and I'll take one of those over losing any day."

"You're right." She brushed a cool kiss to his lips, careful not to hurt him. "I wonder why Savitar bothered to save Alchemy. I feel like there is more going on here than we really know."

"I'm not sure, but I know we'll figure it out."