Caitlin's p.o.v
Instead of bringing Berry to star labs we brought him to Joe's he look so tired and wiped out I figured he needed rest more than me testing him for some sort of issue although after we dropped him off the voices in my head kept saying something's wrong, RED FLAG RED FLAG, go back get him he's not fine, and you know it. But I kept on driving back to star labs with Cisco. I was completely silent the whole ride and Cisco knew why but he was silent two I didn't know why but I had a guess.
The next morning I got up early and called Cisco we needed help with this if Barry wouldn't let me or Cisco know how or why he's in pain, I was going to get a familiar face to make him spill the beans.
"Cisco I have the plan to get Barry to talk," I say while hugging the phone to my ear.
"Talk about what he's not hiding anything," Cisco says while sounding like he's eating something.
"Well for starters we found him in the middle of the central city park. HOW DID HE GET THERE!" I yell at him but then quickly apologize so he knows I just lost my patience and I wasn't mad at him.
"It's ok, you're right though we need someone who'll he'll want to tell everything to… iris…nah." Cisco says while he murmurs something along the lines of "Mm chocolate you're so good."
"You know who we need.."
"Felicity."
"Felicity," We both say at the same time.
I called Felicity and told her to meet us at star labs so we could discuss what the plan was. A few hours later Felicity showed up and we started talking about the plan just as we finished talking we heard a wind gush from outside the cortex then a tall figure in a black Adidas sweatshirt, Hoodie pulled over his face and wearing sunglasses walked in it was pretty obvious that the tall figure was Barry though I couldn't understand why Barry was wearing a sweatshirt it was 89 degrees outside.
"Looks like someone figured out how to get drunk with his super powers." Cisco teased Barry but Barry didn't take it that way.
"Shut it Cisco, not in the mood," Barry said in a grumpy nasally tone.
He rubbed the temple of his head like he was trying to get away from a really bad headache.
"Oh how cute barry's grumpy today." Felicity says in her cheery tone.
"How are you feeling Barry." I ask
"FINE!, first Joe now you Jeez can't a superhero get a little privacy." He says while a cough escaped his mouth.
"I thought it was summer, it's like bellow zero out there ." Barry says while realizing he's late for work, he speeds out with his normal wind gush and went to work.
"Felicity you know your works cut out for you," I say while turning to felicity.
"Yep I know what you're talking about but really how can he survive out there with a black sweatshirt on it is almost 90 degrees out today he's going to overheat if he doesn't take that off."
Joe's P.O.V
I had found something about a new meta-human and I wanted to check with Barry to see if he had an encounter with him so I was off to see Barry in his lab, I walked in and saw Barry with his head in his hand leaning on the table looking fully asleep. "Barry, Hey Bare!" I shake him till he wakes up.
"What, I'm awake I'm awake!" He yells while shaking his head to shake off the sleepiness.
"Jeez, Barry doesn't be so startled, didn't get enough sleep last night," I ask just cause I care.
"Joe no one is here you can ask me about my double life, and no I didn't you could say that I broke every bone in my body." He says while massaging his temples.
"Seriously, are you ok," I ask with concern in my tone.
"It's a metaphor Joe it means that I was in a lot of pain last night I didn't break anything, don't worry about it," He says with a certain tone in his voice, a certain tone he shouldn't use with me.
"Oh well, what happened."
"I don't know, I can't remember."
"Ok well-ACHOO!" I was cut off by barry's super speed sneeze.
"Ugh…excuse me." Barry sniffles.
"You sure you're ok Barry". I ask but Barry stands up grabbing his sunglasses and walks right into me pushing my arm a little.
"I'm so done with everyone asking that today I swear if any other person asks that question today I'm going to freak out." He says while walking to the door.
"I'M FINE!" I heard Barry scream from outside the door, Felicity walked in the room looking completely shocked and scared.
"I know that's how I felt when he snapped at me." I joked but she still looked shocked.
"Gosh Barry is so on edge today he's even worse than Oliver is when he's grumpy, gosh I just want to know why he was at the central city park last night." Felicity shouts then it hits me we could look at the traffic lights to see what went down.
"Why don't we just look at the traffic camera to see the evidence, we don't need Barry to tell us".
"I was supposed to think of that Joe, wait why didn't I, I guess all this dramatic Barry stuff is clouding my brain right now." But right after she said that Barry walked back in.
"I can't leave work damn it." He said sitting down in his chair while giving us his signature death look, he never used that one on me before.
"We were just leaving Barry, feel better." Felicity mutters while pulling me away before I can even use my feet.
"I'm sorry WHAT did you say," Barry says in a loud, irritated tone.
"Nothing you lovable dummy!" Felicity shouts but we were already out the door.
"Were coming back when he leaves which should be around 6-7 ok." She yells at me while leaving me alone, so I catch up to her to ask her about how we going to go through with that plan, she explains to me the plan and then She says that she's really worried about Barry.I tell her that I am too but that we have to wait till we get back to star labs to find out.
BARRY'S P.O.V
It's one' o'clock now and I've been staring at my computer home screen for a half hour. I sneeze twice that's officially my eighth sneeze in the half hour that joe and felicity had left , my head feels like It's filled completely with the gauze they give you when the dentist takes a tooth out. I look at my home screen 1:05 it reads I try to think of the assignment I was supposed to do but nothing comes to mind only a few pounds of an annoying headache that just won't go away with anything and everything I try. I sneeze again ok ninth sneeze! I think to myself but it hurts to think it hurts to do anything because if I think my headache will come shooting back like one of Oliver's arrows has cut my head open, my nose is stuffed and that's making it extremely hard to breath which forced me to breathe through my mouth. I didn't like this, I hated this why did I go to work today*pound* *pound* *pound* I need a pain pill*pound*now! I think to myself . I got up from my chair and walked to my locker I pulled the bottle out unscrewed the cap and gulped down three. I know that the pills don't work for me but I'll do anything I'm desperate for the pain to go away. I sit back down and looked at my screen 1:30 it reads so much longer till work ends.*pound* I think as the pain strikes once more. A minute later I'm fully asleep, I'm dreaming now about something it's a blurry figure and It looks like jay from a distance.
"Barry I got my speed back" Jay yells.
"We need to take down zoom come on." I nod but jay vanishes into dusk and there in front of me is Zoom.
"Thought it would be harder " I'm confused I don't know what to say, how the hell does this monster of a nightmare know my freaking name oh right he almost killed me oh and I forgot the freaking monster is none other than Hunter Zolomon.
"What?!" I scream I can't hear the nightmare of a man because there's a loud whirring noise coming from above it's the breech and army of men exactly like Zoom fall from it and are now gathering behind him.
"But it seems you're outnumbered." Hunter says with an evil laugh, I run so far from there they can't catch me but instead I find them following behind my footsteps some of them are flat tiring me but none of them are exactly close to me the only one who is was Zoom...The real zoom, he was right beside me smiling a creepy face smile I stopped now the world was still almost like completely still then I feel it, the billions of hands crushing every organ in my body, Zooms men are grabbing at my heart my brain my lungs and my liver .etc I can't breathe I'm gasping for air.. I'm gone-"BARRY HEY BARRY WAKE THE HECK UP". Iris screams so loudly into my ear that I think people on the other side of the world could hear it.
"What!" I scream at her.
"Barry I called your name like 15 times is everything ok". Iris says in her happy usual caring tone my heads pounds again but harder this time.
"Ow!" I mutter out, Iris stares at me like there something wrong.
"Uh?…" Iris stares.
"It's nothing". I say but I know I'm lying.
"Oh on my way up Singh wants to know if you've finished the work he gave to you earlier, do you have it cause he wants me to bring it to him on my way down?" Iris says, I like her I've always liked her.
"Yeah tell him I'll give it to him when I leave work and just to refresh my horrible memory could you ask Singh what exactly was I supposed to do?" I say while rubbing my head, but the face Iris was wearing was a sincere face of fear and confusion because she knows that I never forget a case (Now that I'm the flash it's easier to not forget cause I can get everything done in three seconds.)
"Barry are you-"
"I know the words that are about to come out of your mouth and trust me, Iris, you do not want to say those words to me right now." I couldn't believe how many times that I had repeated those exact lines today already.
"Actually Mr...Allen, I do want to say those words because I actually care about my friend's health Barry so I'm going to ask once more, is something wrong?" I was shocked, Iris's voice was strong and hard I could tell that she wouldn't leave till I told her what she wanted to here.
"I'm sorry Iris it's just complicated."
"Do you -" iris got cut off by the sound of a text message.
She started to text and then said "Oh."
"Hey Barry do you want to head out Singh said that I could bring you home early if you want." Now she was smiling but when Iris's phone fell out of her hand, I saw the text message from Joe saying that there's something wrong with me and to bring me home.
"Actually, I'd rather stay at work." Iris seems surprised but she lets her hands fall and just walks out the room as If she's had enough of me, well I've also had enough of me. I let my head fall right down onto my keyboard, five painful hours later I'm allowed out of work, my pain pills kicked in and I felt at least a little back to normal, now I could focus. I ran to star labs but on the way there I began to think about telling the team that I hadn't been feeling well lately, I thought against it.
When I got to S.T.A.R labs no one was there, surprisingly, so I got myself a chair and relaxed while I could, I was praying to god as hard as I could that no villains would decide that they wanted to steal stuff tonight because all I wanted to do was sleep but hot flashes were preventing me from doing so.
As I was falling asleep I started to hear voices coming from behind me, I sigh realizing that I will not be getting any sleep anytime soon.
"Barry? What are you doing here?" I hear Iris say, I rest my head in my hands while trying to go back to peacefulness but I didn't think it would work.
"Trying to relax…." I say as I realize it was just Iris here, no one else was with her, then I'm hearing voices, maybe I'm going crazy just like Zoom although I don't think he heard voices..He might have though..
"Barry I know you don't want to hear it but can you please open up to me, you know I'm here for you, I can help you..don't make me call you Mr. Allen again." I don't want to lie to her again but I also didn't want to tell her that I'm not at my best right now, I really don't but at the same time, I do.
"If I tell you will you PROMISE me that you won't tell anyone else.." I ask while emphasizing the word "Promise" to make sure she knows how important to me that no one else knows.
"Well if you're dying I'm telling, but otherwise, I won't tell, promise Bare."
"I haven't been feeling all that great today, and for some dumb reason I decided to go to work today and I totally tortured myself from doing that and now I'm so tired that it is not even humanly possible to understand and all I want to do is sleep…please take me home." Iris doesn't exactly look shocked but she nods and helps me up.
"Ok fine I won't tell, but if you start throwing up blood I'm calling S.T.A.R labs."
"Ok," I say while Iris helps me to her car, I would run there but I think I might be sick if I do.
"Barry you feel a little hot do you mind if I take your temperature when we get home." Iris says once we get in the car.
"Right now I could care less," I say as she starts the car, I guess iris was letting me do my own thing now cause on the ride home she didn't ask me about my condition, she didn't even bother looking at me, I think that she just knew how I was feeling and that she knew that I really didn't want to talk to anyone at the moment.
When we got to the house Iris helped me out of the car and into the living room.
"Alright, do you want to stay in the living room or in your bedroom? It's your choice."
"...Bedroom."
She hooks her arm underneath my shoulder and slowly guides me up the stairs and into my bedroom, my head aches from all the concentration I put in while watching my steps ever so carefully.
Iris gently leads me over to my bed and lied me down, I appreciated that she did that I really do but it made me feel childish and for me, that was the worst feeling of all.
Iris pulled a chair next to my bed so she could monitor my health behavior.
Iris was inexplicably silent so I had to ask...
I sat up a little in my bed so I could get her attention, her head snapped at me when I did so.
"Are you...Mad at me?" I ask, my voice quiet and filled with shyness.
"About what exactly?" She says quietly, she probably does this because she guesses that I have a headache, really now it's just a dull pounding.
"You know for yelling at you earlier," I whisper as start to feel hot flashes all over my body again.
"Well kind of, I don't mean to hurt your feelings or to run you under a bus but you do this thing when you're hurt or sick, you shut everyone out and you won't let anyone help you but Barry should know that you can tell me anything I'm here for you, you shouldn't have to shut me out or any of us." She says as she lays her hands on my forehead.
"Jeez you must have one hell of a sickness cause you're burning up, I'll go get the thermometer ok."
"Tell me about it…" I mumble as she walks out of the room, I'm alone for about 5 minutes until she comes back.