The cold gust of wind hits me in the chest, I gasp and I draw my jacket closer to my chest. Barry is running down the path, leaving a red blur behind him. Bullets follow in his trail,
"that was too close" Caitlin protests
"he told to make it hard" Cisco replies
"I'm pretty sure he doesn't want it to make him dead" Caitlin retorts
"it's a training exercise for his speed" Dr. Wells adds
"Cisco are you going to bring it or what?" Barry yells into his earpiece, I sigh and I shiver.
"bring it" Dr. Wells says
"don't kill him though Cisco" I add, I know what the button holds when Cisco presses. A missile fires out of one of the tubes
"how are you legally allowed to fire on of these?" I ask, Cisco just grins
"why isn't he running away?" Caitlin whispers "run away!" she says. But suddenly everything slows down, I see Barry turn around and grab the missile- I suck in a breath, but he turns it around and it lands with a huge explosion 50 feet from us.
"you're doing really well," Dr. Wells says
"it's not enough" Barry sighs, I sit down into my chair, my eyes heavy and irritated. I took off my glasses and rubbed my eyes. I hear Barry, Dr. Wells, and Cisco talk about reverse flash.
"hey, you okay" I hear Caitlin says, her hand touches my shoulder
"yeah, I just tired" I said, I pull out my phone, and looked at the time. My phone which was linked to Cisco's computer back at STAR Labs-
Robbery- Car Warehouse
No one seems to know what's happening, I look at Cisco and Barry, they were immersed in a deep conversation, and Caitlin was talking to Dr. Wells-
"I'll be right back" I said to no one in particular. I speed to STAR Labs for my suit, and then to the location. When I skid to a stop in front of the warehouse, I see a huge hole in the door. I enter through the back door, through the shadows I see two men, one with a gun, and wearing a fuzzy coat. Another man had a metal box
"he's not coming" the man with the fuzzy coat, they argue and snap at each other for 5 seconds,
"let's go," the Fuzzy coat man said, I got up slowly to leave, but as I got up, I hit a railing. The sound echoed through the room. Fuzzyman shot a beam of ice at me, and I dodged it, but I felt I searing pain in my side. I ran out of room, and hid. In a few minutes, I hear the squeals of tires, and everything was quiet. I hiss as I touched my side, I probably got "burned" by his ice beam- and had severe frost bite. I run back to start labs, barely inching over 100 miles per hour.
"Quinn! Where were you?" I hear Caitlin ask, I tore off my mask,
"Captain Cold is back" I said, I wince as I bent- the pain was starting to spread, "his ice beam grazed me" I took of my suit. The part of my skin that the ice beam hit was red, and in some places white and patchy.
"okay, this is not good- but it's not bad" Caitlin said, I nod "come here" she lead me to the medical table. In a few minutes Caitlin had me immersed in warm water,
"oh it stings" I exclaim after 5 minutes, I was wearing a sports bra and my undies under a thin gown.
"that's good" Caitlin says "that means you were only frostbitten" at that moment, Barry speeds in.
"Snart is back" Barry says, his whole body is tense and nervous, "um… Quinn, why are you?" he turned a little red. (I probably looked ridiculous) Before I could even open my mouth, Caitlin answered form me
"she had a confrontation with Snart and came back with frostbite, she's healing" Caitlin didn't seem happy at me or Barry,
"you went after him!" Barry said,
"yeah, I didn't want you to worry about him- you need to face reverse flash, and get your speed up" I said
"I almost got you killed!" Barry looked distraught,
"I can handle evil people, Barry" I said, I got up slowly the part of my skin was angry red, but it wasn't that bad anymore, I trekked across the room and changed into sweatpants and a sweater I bought a few weeks ago just in case.
"you realize, that if Snart isn't able to get to you, he's going to hurt someone close to you" I added as I pulled my sweatshirt over my face
"Yeah." sighed Barry, "I can't be worried about you?" I could hear the concern in his voice. His face was slightly flushed, and he kept fidgeting in his seat
"yes, you can be worried, but if anything happens- you're not in anyway responsible, it was my decision." I reply, "you can't take the burden of everyone's decisions Barry, it'll crush you." Barry looks at me with his little puppy dog eyes, and I felt bad,
"It's my weakness" he admitted, "I care too much" he sat down with a plump, Caitlin just smiled,
"caring is good, you have a kind heart- but people like to use it against you" Caitlin said,
"sometimes you just have to let things go, and use your feelings to your advantage" I finished. Barry nodded.
"I have to go" Caitlin says, and grabbed her bag, "I'll see you guys tomorrow" she looked at Barry, and then at me- our eyes met- I'll take care of it I mouth, and she nods. After Caitlin left the room
"I'm starving, let's go get some food" I said, Barry didn't movie,
"come on- fastest man in the world" I pulled him up from the chair he was sitting in,
"I'm not the fastest-" he chokes up a little,
"that man who killed your mother, framed your father, and tore your family apart is the worst kind of scum that was ever born" I look Barry right in the eyes, "yes, he got away, and handed your ass to you," I look away as Barry wipes his face, "but it ends today, we are going to help you train, and train, and train. Until you are so fast- that the world can't even handle your speed."
he smiled
"thanks Quinn" he said,
"oh come here" I said with a smile, and I give him a small hug, when we pull away I smile at him
"you're still the fastest person in the world" I said, "that yellow man doesn't know what's coming"
As we finished dinner, and walked out the restaurant, I realized I forgot to tell Caitlin something. So I dialed her number,
"this is Caitlin Snow, I'm currently not available, leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible" I frown, Caitlin always answers her phone.
"did Caitlin say where she was going?" I asked, a pounding in my head began, and adrenalin starts to course through my veins,
"something about FIRESTORM" he said, he looked at me "why what's wrong?" he asked.
"oh no, oh no" I shoved my bag into Barry's hand, "take this back to STAR Labs. I have to go" I speed out the room, as I ran I dialed a number.
"hey, sorry, I was busy" I hear Caitlin's voice,
"Caitlin, I need to talk to you, get in your car, and don't move" I said, and I speed toward her.
"Quinn, why are you-?" Caitlin is 50 feet away from me, I speed toward her, and grabbed her arm
"we need to get out of here" I said, as I am about to speed off with her, a cold beam of pain hits me in the back. Caitlin screams, as I tumble to the ground. Another ray of ice hits her car, that's when Caitlin starts to scream.
"come out, come out wherever you are, or this girl dies" I slowly come back to reality, my back was numb with pain, and everything hurt. I see Caitlin with the two guys. I tried to get up, but I found myself tied to a chair. He says something else, but my ringing ears made it hard to hear, I move my leg, and a searing pain interrupts, and I take in a sharp breath.
"Don't come. I'm not important" Caitlin gasped "Flash! Quinn is here too, she's hurt-" Snart pushes her way, and finishes the video.
"what are we going to do with her?" I hear another man's voice, he was playing with a lighter,
"ah," Snart walks over, and he bends down, "we'll use her" he smiles, who is the Streak?" he asks. I meet his cold eyes,
"He's called the Flash" I snap back, Snart chuckles,
"where is he? And who is he?" his voice was harsh, and his facial expression hard and unfeeling
"go to hell" I said, I stamped on his foot, and kneed him in the face when he bent over.
"Fuc-" he was cut off by the other guy,
"I got this Snart" he said as he turned toward me, "Fire reveals the true person. Are you ready to see who you really are?" he opened the lighter and touched it to my skin. A blistering hot pain exploded, and spread down my arm. Waves of pain echoed through my body, and I hear Caitlin screaming. I grit my teeth, and I spat into his face,
"we have a resilient one" the man said, Snart was still holding his face, the flame touched my body again, and pain slammed into me once again. I felt tears welling up in my eyes, but I refused to sob or scream.
"this is no use" the man said, he had burned me in 4 different places, and he looked bored. He eyed Caitlin and pulled out the bigger gun, "tell me or she burns to ashes" flame man said
"we have to go" Snart said interrupting us
"you'll never kill him, he's too good for you- and he's too fast for you" I snarl, the angry man turned around at punches me in the face. My head snaps to the side,
"Mick" I hear a growl, Mick leaves me, and turns on a device. A weird ringing noise in my head makes me dizzy.
"hope that the next people who come in are us" Mick spat at Caitlin, and gagged her.
As soon as they leave, Caitlin starts to hyperventilate, she shivers and takes in sharp short breaths.
"think of something soothing" I said, wincing as the back of the chair touches the burn on my back
"mhphf" she replies,
"we're going to make it out alive, I believe in Barry" I said, Caitlin stops shivering but her breathing was still heavy, "we are going to make it" I said again, this time to reassure myself.
I didn't even realize that I had blacked out, and explosion made me jolt up, I was lying on the floor still tied to my chair, but on the floor. I find myself looking at a African American man in a beanie
"Joe?" I grumble, as a he untied my arms,
"Cisco, I need you to look at this" it was Joe, and he seemed really concerned about something.
I feel hands lift me into a sitting position,
"okay, this is not good" I hear Cisco say through a muffled haze, I get lifted up, one side supported by Cisco, and the other side by Joe.
"where is Caitlin?" I said,
"I'm here," she said, "I'm good" she said. As Cisco and Joe help me to the car, a gust of air wips my hair out my face,
"Barry" Cisco says, as my knees buckles, but Joe stabilizes me
"the police are coming" Barry said, as sirens approach, "with an ambulance-" he sees me and his eyes widen,
"Quinn" Barry comes swimming into view, policemen start to get out.
"Quinn?" Eddie comes over, and I groan. "why are you here?" Eddies asked, I rolled my eyes.
"why else do you think?" I snapped back, "I wandered here to be tortured about the Flash, and take a shot of ice to my back. Yeah, just another day for me!" my knees buckled, and this time I took Cisco down with me. Joe lifted me back up, and the EMS people arrived, Cisco eyes my back,
"okay she's healing fast, he muttered, "we need to take her to STAR Labs, the weapon that was used can only be treated by STAR labs" Cisco says, and puffed out his chest
"STAR Labs sounds good" I said, Barry who had been silent the whole time picked me up,
"I got you" he said with a smile, his voice vibrating,
"watch the back" I said, and he did,
"thank you officer" Barry says, and we race off.
we arrived in STAR Labs with a jolt, my back was tingling.
"what were you thinking!" Barry exclaimed, "you raced off somewhere about Caitlin, then you got really hurt, and you got tortured too!" his eyes were a little glassy, "I saw you in that video! You looked dead!" he says, "you even got burned!" he said.
"Barry!" I screamed his name, and he winced. "It was my decision! I chose to go to Caitlin- I knew the dangers. I knew that Snart would go after someone you love, it was my decision to take the shot for Caitlin. I didn't want you to be upset if you realized that Caitlin was hurt, and I didn't do anything about it!" a huge lump that had built up in my throat was choking me.
" I've been hurt too much, and I don't want you to experience the pain that I had to go through. Your heart is too pure, and good for it." my vision was blurry from tears, and the pain.
"Quinn, why don't you see it!" he had tears running down his face "Snart did hurt someone I love" he pulled me into a hug. "He hurt you" he muttered.