Hello guys, first i wanna apologise to you guys because I am not going to explain what happened to Barry in this chapter. Anyway i apologise by updating this chapter early this week.

Chapter 7

"Dr. Wells, what do you mean by Barry has anterograde amnesia? How is that even possible? You told us he was going to be fine, and now you are telling us that this may be permanent?!"Joe shouted angrily at the doctor.

"Mr. West, you need to calm down. This is a hospital for heaven's sake. I know what I said, Mr. West, but you need to understand, anterograde amnesia cannot be caught easily. It's good that we found it earlier," said Dr. Wells.

"Doctor, what is anterograde amnesia? How can we treat it?" asked Caitlin with tears in her eyes. She had just gotten her Barry back, and now she didn't want to lose him. She just wanted this nightmare to be over.

"Ms. Snow, anterograde amnesia is the loss of the ability to create new memories, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall recent moments, whereas the long term memories from before the event that caused the amnesia remain intact. Anterograde amnesia can be caused by drug abuse, concussion, heart attack, or oxygen deprivation. It can be through less common events such as shock or emotional disorder or in Barry's case, a traumatic brain injury in which there is damage to the hippocampus or medial temporal lobe of the brain," explained Dr. Wells.

"So now where does this leave Barry? Are we ever going to get him back the way he was?" asked Joe, wiping his tears.

"Normally, the neurons in the hypothalamus make connections with the thalamus, which in turn makes connections with the cortex of the brain, where the long term memories are stored, but in Barry's case no memories can be stored because the connection between the hypothalamus and the cortex is disrupted. For instance he will remember how to ride a bike or how to talk on the phone, but he won't remember what food he ate yesterday.

"Normally this could be worse, but on the basis of Barry's results, what we have gathered is that he has room for improvement. He will not be your same Barry as before, but he could continue living his life. We could start treatment as soon as possible. If you want I could arrange a meeting with the following doctor that would take Barry's case. Is that okay with you, Mr. West ?" asked Dr. Wells with a sad look on his face.

Seeing Joe nodding, he continued, "There is one more thing I wanted to discuss with you regarding Barry's leg. Um, I have been going through some X rays of his leg, and the only way for his leg to heal properly is through surgery."

Joe didn't like what he was hearing. He glanced at Iris who was giving Barry a worried look through the glass window. Rubbing a hand over his face, he asked the doctor, "Surgery? I thought you said he was too weak to go through surgery?"

"Mr. West, we have already waited long enough. A longer wait isn't going to do any good to Barry. The procedure should take about three to four hours. Basically, we are going to have to stabilize Barry's shattered leg through the use of pins. I know it sounds scary, but it's necessary," explained Dr. Wells.

"Isn't there any other option, Dr. Wells?" asked Iris, "Maybe we can avoid the whole idea of doing surgery. You said it yourself. He is too weak, and doing surgery will just cause risks. Please, he is my best friend and I can't lose him. Please, I can't lose him," said Iris sobbing.

Seeing his daughter breakdown, Joe went by her side and hugged her. Seeing her like this just broke his heart. He wanted to take their pain away.

"Shh, Iris. He's going to be fine. You need to stay calm," soothed Joe.

"I am so sorry, but there is no other way except surgery," said Dr. Wells. The scene in front of him was breaking his heart. This is the only way to properly strengthen his leg so that it can support him. If we don't go through this operation, it is doubtful that he will ever walk properly again."

Everyone was just dumbfounded hearing what Dr. Wells had said. After a brief pause he continued again.

"I know that this is a big deal, but we need to do it as soon as possible to repair as much damage as we can."

"How soon?" asked Caitlin fearing the answer she was going to get, "And how long will he have the pin for?"

"Tomorrow morning we will do the surgery. Whereas for the pin it should take seven to ten weeks approximately," said the doctor.

"What will happen once the pin is taken out?" asked Iris, pacing around the room.

"Hopefully we can start him on a course of physical therapy, but we still have a long way to go from here, Ms. West. Let's not get too ahead of ourselves."

Saying this he left the group who were thinking about how they were going to tell Barry about this new piece of information .

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Detective Scott removed his phone as he, and a few officers along with Mr. Henriksen got out from Iron Heights.

"Officer Matt, can you please escort him to the squad car that's waiting by the gate? See that you keep an eye on him. He is very dangerous. He shouldn't be left alone for even a minute. I will join you in a moment," said Detective Scott. Once it was all clear he answered his phone.

"Yes, Captain Singh, Henriksen has taken the deal we offered. The officers are just getting him ready for transport as we speak," said Scott, proud that his plan had worked. It took a lot of convincing for Henriksen to believe that he was telling the truth, but he had done it like any other good detective would do, thought Scott.

As he was about to ask something to Captain Singh, he heard something. It took a few moments to realize what was going on, but when he did, it left a dreadful feeling in his stomach.

"Sir, I will call you back later. Something is wrong here. I think we were tricked. Sir, I need back up here ASAP!" he said as he rushed to the spot where the gun shot sounds were coming from.

When he went to the place, he froze seeing the scene in front of him. The first thing he saw was all the five cops who were surrounding the squad car were all dead. They had all been shot in the head. The next thing he saw was Henriksen who was lying face down on the car seat bleeding. It looked like he was shot multiple times. Removing his phone, he quickly dialed 911 and informed them of the situation.

A few minutes later the whole area was crowded by cops and ambulances. Detective Scott was still standing in the same position he was fifteen minutes ago. He turned around when he felt someone touch his shoulder.

"Captain Singh, when did you get here?" asked Scott.

"Just got here, Detective. Are you hurt anywhere?" asked Singh.

Giving a confused expression, he looked down to see blood on his white shirt. Touching his hand all over the shirt, he said, "No, sir. I'm fine. It must be Henriksen's blood from when I leaned down to see if he was alive.

"What the hell happened here Scott? I thought you said everything was under control," said the captain.

"Sir, believe me, everything was working out perfectly. I was talking to you on the phone, and then I heard gun shots. By the time I went there, every single person was dead. I have no idea who did this or how many people were involved. It could have been the Mardon brothers for all we know, sir. They just wanted to tie all lose ends."

"Sorry, sir. I couldn't protect Henriksen. I know how important he was to us. You had given me one job, and I couldn't do it right. So many officers are dead because I couldn't do my job correctly. Their blood is on my hands, sir. We had one perfect lead that could get everyone behind bars," said Scott.

Before Scott could continue he was stopped by Captain Singh.

"Hey, Scott. It was not your fault, okay? You had no idea this was going to happen. We just need to figure out how the hell the shooters knew that Henriksen was ready to confess. Whoever leaked this information has to be working at Iron Heights because what we had was classified information . We thought we were playing the Mardon brothers, but as it turns out they were playing with us and now we are back to square one. We don't have any hard evidence that will pin all the crimes on the brothers.

"Don't worry captain. We're going to find those animals. We all are going to do everything we can to find them, and something tells me they are not going to hide any longer. We are gonna get them, sir," said Scott hopefully.

"I hope you are right, Detective. In the meantime, I want you to look through the CCTV footage that could give us some lead on this case. The only thing we know for sure is that the robbery and this shooting are connected. But this is not enough to present to the court . I need you to work your magic on this, Detective," said the captain as he left to get back to the station and to inform Joe of the whole situation.

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Iris and Caitlin entered Barry's room . As usual Barry was asleep on his bed, and her father was asleep on the chair.

"Hey dad, wake up," said Iris.

Rubbing his eyes, Joe asked Iris, "What's wrong, baby? Is Barry okay?"

"Yeah, dad. Don't worry, he's fine. He's asleep. You need to head home with us. It has been a week since you left the hospital. You look tired. You should get some rest, dad," said Iris, hoping she could convince her father to come home with her.

"I'm fine, Iris. You and Caitlin should head home. Someone needs to be with Barry, especially after what happened when we told him everything . Go home, guys. Barry and I will be fine. Anyway, I am going to the cafeteria for some coffee," said Joe. Seeing that Barry had not woken up, they left his room.

A few minutes later Barry opened his eyes. It was dark in the room, and it looked like the room was empty. Where had everyone gone, thought Barry. He turned his head to the side table to look at the time. It was only a little after ten. Already feeling tired from the little movement, he closed his eyes trying to sleep. A few seconds later he heard the sound of someone opening the door. Thinking that Joe was back, he cracked open his eyes. Only Joe wasn't there. Instead there were two tall men standing at the door.

"Hello, Barry," the tall man greeted, "It's good to see that you are awake. Well Barry, let us introduce ourselves. I'm Mark, and this is my brother, Clyde," said Mark as he walked a little closer to Barry's bed with a knife in his hand, "I am so sorry Barry that we've disturbed you so late at night. But you see we can't help it. We have some unfinished business, and well, that unfinished business includes you."

Seeing the knife in his hand, Barry tried to move. He tried moving his legs, but they weren't responding. He tried opening his mouth, but no words could come out. He tried to press the call button with his uninjured hand, but he couldn't reach it. For him, every movement was causing him pain. He tried to reach again for the call button, but in doing so, he just dropped the glass on the bedside.

Angry, Clyde grabbed Barry's hair with all the force he had in him and then removed a razor from his pocket and inserted the razor under Barry's chin, forcing him to lift his head. Ignoring the noise coming from the kid, he brought the knife close to his cheek and sliced through it, causing it to bleed. With a disappointed look on his face, he said, "As much as I would like for you to have a slow death, I really don't have the time. Mark, do you want to finish the job? I had my fun. Now it's your turn."

Mark came close to Barry and said into his ear, "Let me give you a tip, Barry. The more you struggle, the quicker you will bleed out."

Saying this, he took the knife and sliced it through Barry's throat.

The first thing that Barry felt was pain. Then he felt like he couldn't breathe. He tried lifting his hand to stop the bleeding, but he felt blood pooling around everywhere. Barry's vision started to get fuzzy. He was fighting a hard battle to stay awake, and it felt like he was losing. Finally, he closed his eyes. He couldn't concentrate anymore. He felt so tired. He wanted to sleep for a whole year, and it looked like his wish was going to come true. He couldn't fight any longer. He just wanted to give into the darkness. Soon, an annoying beeping flooded the room.

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