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The sky was bright gray, clouds covering the entire city with a cold breeze while the streets were covered in rain. Danielle sat on the back of Joe's police car, her son peacefully sleeping on her arms. There was no word spoken for the majority of the road, but neither dared to say anything.
Just earlier, Joe had to stop by Danielle and Harrison's house to retrieve fresh clothes for Danielle along with some stuff for the baby. He was not happy to be there, not one a bit, but there was no one else to do it.
"Joe?" Danielle finally spoke, the man looking at her through the rear-view mirror. "What do you think it's going to happen now?"
"Nothing is going to happen. You and that baby go back to my house and stay there to get some rest from the hospital, leave the rest to us."
"You know I need to visit him." Joe sighed, changing direction to STAR Labs. "I'm sorry, Joe, but you know I have to."
"I'll make sure the others know we're going there."
Danielle felt a slight discomfort knowing that all eyes would be on her, making sure she was not going to do something to free the man. But right now she didn't care about that, all she cared was taking her son to his father.
When they arrived to the Cortex, just like she thought, everyone went quiet, especially when she noticed Stein and Ronnie being there as well. Joe placed the carrycot with the baby on a free space from the table before Ronnie made his way out of the place, Caitlin following him close behind.
"Can I?" Cisco was the only one to speak, and Danielle simply gave him a nod while removing the sun cover and leaving the baby visible. Cisco smiled as he began to wake up, yawning and struggling to get himself free from the blanket.
"You want me to stay with you?" He asked while moving to the side for Danielle to grab the carrycot, but she simply shook her head in no.
"Don't worry. I'm not letting him free if that's your concern."
"I didn't mean—" He began but Danielle stopped him, holding a hand up.
"I know, I was just joking. Trying to relieve the tension around here." She said while looking over at Barry, who was just sitting there.
"Of course." Cisco said with a nod. With nothing else to say, Danielle and her son made their way to one of the rooms they were sure Harrison couldn't escape.
As Danielle set the carrycot with the sleeping baby on the couch, Joe and Barry both escorted the man to the same room, making sure the device Cisco made to suspend the speed for the moment was perfectly adjusted to his left ankle.
The door finally opened, Joe pushing Harrison inside of it and closing it behind. Danielle couldn't help but run into his arms, receiving him with a kiss.
"Been waiting for a while for you to come and visit me." Harrison simply said while holding the woman he loved close to him.
"Well, my situation didn't let me come anytime soon." She said while walking back to the couch, uncovering the baby and grabbing him on her arms. "But there's someone here who wants to meet you."
Harrison's eyes lighten upon seeing his tiny son. Danielle placed the baby on his arms and he held him close enough to get a good look at him. "He looks just like you."
"He has your eyes." Both adults sat down on the couch, Harrison softly running a finger across the baby's soft cheek, receiving a smile in return. "We believe he inherit the speed force. I was just six months when he was born and yet he's as big as a nine month baby."
"It won't affect him while growing up. His powers might start developing in his teenage years, but not before." Danielle sighed in relief, leaning her head on the man's shoulder. "How are you doing?"
"I'm still surprised, seeing him after all this months of waiting." Her eyes glanced at the baby, a smile forming on her face when seeing him trying to wake up. "But I'm fine. Joe asked me to move to his house once again so I didn't have to be alone with Thad."
"And are you moving?"
"I have no other choice, I can't do this alone." Her smile dropped, taking a sitting position once again.
"And you won't have to." Danielle's eyebrows formed a confused frown, but Harrison simply smirked. "I talked with Barry. I'm giving you brother a chance to go back in time and save your mother. A chance to clear all the bad things that I've done."
"What?" She asked more upset than confused. "If he saves mom, then everything will change. I would never meet you, our son wouldn't exist. Our lives with Joe and Iris would disappear."
"Ah, but here's the thing. Even if Barry decides to go back and change the past, you and the baby come with me to my time."
"How? I thought you were stuck in this timeline."
"Using the particle accelerator, Barry's speed, and a small time machine I need Cisco to build. As he runs back in time, a worm hole will appear and with the help of the machine, the three of us will go back in time."
Danielle was silent for a bit, taking in her still fiancé's words in. "You're asking me to go with you and leave the chance of living with my family."
"Danielle, if you stay then the life you know today won't be the same. Think about our son. If you stay, he disappears." Her eyes glanced at the baby once again who was looking over at his father.
"And if we go with you, he gets to live?" From the corner of her eye, she could see him nodding. "I—I need to think about it."
"Don't take too long, love, it's no fun being here." Harrison handed the baby to her after placing a loving kiss on his tiny head. "You and our son are the most important persons in my life. I would really like if you both come with me. I love you both."
"I know." She simply said as Harrison then kissed her, standing up and walking to the door, knocking twice for Joe to take him back into his cell at the pipeline.
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Danielle's head repeated over and over again the words Harrison told her earlier. Part of her wanted to stay, let Barry save their mother and live the life they had before the whole accident. But the other part wanted to travel with him, give her son the chance of having both of his parents by his side.
For now, she was once again in Joe's car, traveling toward Iron Heights to visit her father and introduce the new member of the family.
"Barry never mentioned anything about you or what happened during the small fight. It is your decision to tell him or keep it from him." Joe told her before parking the car. "Don't hurt your father now, Danielle."
With a sigh, Danielle nodded while pushing the stroller to the visit room Joe managed to arrange for them. She felt like a criminal with the room having a glass very alike to the ones the use at the police department where they question someone and it can only be visible from the outside.
"Dad." She greeted once the man was escorted inside of the room, an officer taking the cuffs from Henry's hands off.
"I was surprised when they told me I was required here." He said while hugging her daughter and catching the stroller not so far from them. "Danielle, is that…"
"Dad, I would like you to meet your grandchild, Thaddeus." She said motioning him to grab the baby from the stroller.
"Look at that handsome face." He said with a smile as he sat on the chair, Danielle standing by his side. "Barry didn't mention anything about it. What happened?"
She took a sit on the couch next to the chair, this was not going to be easy. "What did Barry said the last time he was here?"
"That they finally got the man that killed your mother, that it was Dr. Wells all this time." His tone was serious, but Danielle simply glanced down at the floor. "Is there something you need to tell me?"
"Yes." She finally said, looking up at him. "I knew this since I woke from the coma and decided not to say a word about it. I picked his side and I was with him when they caught him, but that's when my water broke and I had to go to the hospital."
Henry fell silent, not expecting her words. "Barry wants to travel back in time, save mom. Then let him and I'm sure you guys will have a wonderful life. I haven't talked to anybody about this, but the moment Barry travels back with mom, I will travel with Harrison to his time and assure my son's future."
"Danielle, you can't do that."
"I can and I will. If I stay here and wait for Barry to save mom then all we know now is going to change. I miss mom and if I could have at least one minute with her, I would, but now I'm a mother as well and just like any other, I put my son's life first." Danielle took a deep breath, holding the tears forming on her eyes.
"I'm sorry, dad, I wish there was another way but there isn't. Barry made up his mind and so have I." Henry stood up, kissing the baby's forehead and taking in his persona before placing him back on the stroller.
"Then I'm afraid my daughter will be dead by the time I get my family back together." Danielle felt like an arrow just went through her heart with those words, but she simply nodded.
"It appears so. And given the circumstances, this is the last time we see each other." Henry was as heartbroken as Danielle. His eyes were watery but didn't give it much attention. "I love you, dad, and I would really appreciate it if you could remind mom how I loved her. I'm sure you will have a great life with Barry."
With no other word, no other glance, no other hug, Danielle walked out of the room with her sleeping son. Joe saw the sad expression on her face, deciding it was best to go back to his house better than STAR Labs.
"You want to talk about it?" He asked once they were home and Danielle placed the baby on his crib upstairs.
"It's been already a hard day, Joe, I don't want to make it harder."
"You don't have to." He said and Danielle glanced at him with a confused look. "Wells and Barry had another talk, he mentioned his plan on going into his time and taking you with him."
"Are you going to tell me how bad the decision is?"
"No." He simply said, walking to the couch next to her and bringing two glasses of wine. "I don't like agreeing with the man, but it's true you have your son to worry about."
"He's the only reason why I'm doing this." Danielle said while drinking half the glass. "I had to say goodbye to my dad already, there's no way back."
"If you're so sure you will go with Wells, why don't you try and make it up for Barry? He might not show it or say it, but he doesn't want you to go with him, he wants you to stay here and be with your family."
"He is my family now, Joe." She said almost immediately. "My son deserves a family."
"You're right, he does, and I understand it. But Barry doesn't deserve to be treated the way you're treating him. He's been there all the time, having your back as much as you had his. Maybe there were times where you looked like water and oil but you always found a way to stick together. Don't let that change over a man who hates Barry."
"Even if I tried to talk Barry into letting me go, he wouldn't accept it."
"You just have to try, find the right words and maybe he will understand." Danielle swirled the wine inside the glass, looking at it rather than Joe.
"And you're actually letting us both do our respective decisions?"
Joe was silent for a moment. Inside, he knew it was the wrong choice from both siblings, but there was nothing he could do. "I am. Because you're both adults now, not the young kids who came into this house 15 years ago."
Danielle smiled a bit, but it was more of a sad smile. "I raised you both and I know I did well, so now it's time for you to make your own choices and decide what's better, even if I don't agree."
"You're right. You were barely raising a young girl and then other two came into your life out of nowhere." Her eyes finally looked up at him. "I may not say it often but thank you, Joe. You didn't have to take us in but you did it anyway. If it wasn't for you then we would have ended up in an orphanage or somewhere else."
"It was not easy for anyone, but we found our way to glue both of our families to become one. What you did for us I will never be able to pay, but I can tell you how grateful I am and how much I love you."
Danielle couldn't keep it any longer as tears were now traveling down to her cheeks. Joe instantly hugged her to him, his hand rubbing her back. "There's nothing to thank me, Danielle. You made the house better and gave me another reason to keep going. You and Barry will do great, I'm sure you will. And maybe we will meet again even if it's not face to face. I love you too, daughter."
Hello, everyone!
Now I know I said there was only one more chapter but I had to split it since it was becoming too long. So here's the first part. Oh, the feels, the feels. I probably shed a tear or two while writing...it was really hard writing it. So I hope you enjoy it!
The next one will be the last one of the season. But like I said before, Danielle's story is coming back once season 2 gets more episodes. Talking about season 2, how are you guys enjoying it? I loved yesterday's episode with Cold and holy damn, the ending! I can't wait to see more.
Anyway, thanks for the favs and follows, I hope to hear your thoughts on this first part on the reviews!
And just a little parenthesis, I am starting a new Gotham based fic. If you like Gotham, I would appreciate if you guys could take a look at the first chapter and tell me what you think. x
Delta General 42.- Nooo, don't hate her. She's just really having a hard time now.
highlander348.- She will get more powerful! Her powers are beyond amazing and there's still more to discover. :-)
darniece.- Haha yeah, they're really cute together.