Apartment complex
Night
Iris groaned as she felt someone shaking her. Her vision came into focus as she opened her eyes, seeing an old man and woman standing above over.
"Are you alright Miss?" The old man said concerned.
"Where-where am I?" Iris asked, her mind not having caught up to her yet.
"We just found you in the hallway of our apartment building, lying on the floor." The woman said and it all came back to Iris.
"Eddie!" Iris called out as Wells threw him to the floor before speeding up to her.
"Forgive me Miss West, but I can't have you calling Barry just yet." Wells said before he struck her at super speed, hard enough to send her to the floor, out cold.
Unspecified location
Same time
Eddie groaned as he was thrown to the ground, Wells standing above him.
"What are we doing here Wells? Or is it Thawne? Eobard, that's your name, right?" Eddie snapped and Thawne smirked.
"That's correct." Thawne confirmed.
"Funny, I haven't seen you at any weddings or family reunions." Eddie said and Thane's smirk widened.
"Well that's because, as far as those guest lists are concerned, I haven't been born yet." Eobard said and Eddie shook his head.
"You really are out of your mind." Eddie said and Thawne chuckled.
"Believe me or don't, it makes no difference." Thawne told him dismissively.
"Why did you take me here?" Eddie demanded.
"Partially because you were making too much noise," Thawne said as he knelt down to Eddie's level, "but the truth of the matter is that you are my leverage."
"Leverage? Against who?" Eddie asked confused and Thawne chuckled.
"Oh that's right, you don't know. The Flash." Thawne clarified.
"Why would The Flash care about me?" Eddie asked confused, not sure why he of all people was being used as leverage.
"I'm going to say two words and this will all become clear to you my friend: Barry. Allen." Thawne said and smirked as the confusion on Eddie's face took several moments to fade into complete shock.
Caitlin's apartment
A little later
Barry stared up at the ceiling in bed before looking over at Caitlin on the other side. She was completely asleep, unaware of the inner thoughts going through Barry's head of what had just happened, of what they had just done and the implications and consequences of it.
Barry's inner thoughts were interrupted by his phone ringing. It was on a nightstand by Caitlin's bed and he sat up and picked it up. Seeing Iris's name flash across the screen, Barry internally debated with himself before answering.
"What do you want Iris?" Barry asked tiredly, in no mood to deal with anymore of her drama today.
At Iris's tear-filled voice however, his mood quickly changed. He sped over, got dressed, and sped off as the gust of wind caused Caitlin to wake up, blinking in confusion.
Eddie and Iris' apartment
Seconds later
Iris had just barely hung up the phone when a gust of wind blew her hair back. She looked up to see Barry standing there.
"What happened?" Barry demanded.
"Eddie and I were almost home when Wells or Thawne or whoever he is showed up here. He knocked me out and when I woke up, he and Eddie were gone. Why would he take Eddie Barry?!" Iris demanded as she got to her feet.
"I don't know, but it can't be for anything good." Barry said turning away from her as he put a hand to his face, his mind already trying to work out why Thawne would take Eddie.
"What does he want Barry?" Iris demanded.
"I don't know!" Barry snapped as he turned around to face her. "If I did, I'd be trying to stop him from getting it!"
"Barry." Iris reeled back and Barry sighed.
"I'm sorry, that wasn't about you. Look, I will do everything I can to get Eddie back alive. I promise." Barry told her.
"Thank you Barry." Iris said, stepping towards him.
"I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do and because Eddie is my friend. Don't look any further into it." Barry said before speeding off.
Star Labs, next day
Morning
"No luck?" Caitlin asked as a frustrated Barry walked into the cortex wearing his Flash Suit with the cowl down.
"I've searched almost every inch of the city and nothing." Barry said in frustration.
"We'll find him." Caitlin placed a hand on his arm, a gesture that normally would've been comforting, but now felt awkward.
"Right." Barry said as he carefully pulled her arm off him.
"Barry," Caitlin sighed, "We need to talk about this."
"About…" Barry trailed off, not sure how to say it.
"We slept together," Caitlin said bluntly, "We need to be able to work together; so we need to talk about."
"Look Cait…it was a hard day for both of us and I think we both needed someone. It doesn't have to change anything." Barry tried to be rational.
"What if I want it to change something between us?" Caitlin said as she looked him in the eye and he was thrown, not expecting that.
"But…Ronnie." Barry stammered and she sighed.
"I love Ronnie, part of me always will. And I think I could be happy with him. But…I'm not who he loves, not anymore," Caitlin sighed, facing the truth she had tried to hide from herself, "He loves the woman I was before. The one who didn't go through losing him and the depression that followed. I'm not who I was before and…Cisco said something to me once about how Ronnie and I were ten seasons of Ross and Rachel crammed into one. Should a relationship really be that hard if it's meant to be?"
"I don't know." Barry said even though thoughts of how hard it had been to love Iris flashed through his mind.
"I told you once that it was time for me to find someone new to be crazy about. And you know what? I alreay had, even if I didn't realize it then. I'm sure you've noticed by now that I'm not good with feelings, talking about them or recognizing them. I didn't realize it at first and then you were with Linda. So I swallowed my feelings," Caitlin explained and Barry stared at her silently, "So…do you have anything to say? I'm putting myself out there and I really wished you'd something, anything."
"I just…I never really thought of you that way until last night." Barry admitted.
"And now?" Caitlin asked, her heart hammering in her chest.
Barry was silent for a minute. Then, he pulled her to him and they shared a kiss.
Unspecified location
Same time
Eddie was tied to a chair, staring into space. While he had been alone, he had been looking back at things that had happened with Barry since he had woken up from his coma with new eyes. Looking back, a lot of things suddenly made sense. Although why Barry attacked him was beyond him.
Hearing steps, he knew Thawne had returned.
"You know they're gonna find me! And you, you're not as smart as you think you are." Eddie told him.
"Really? Because I'm a genius where I come from. Imagine how smart that makes me here." Thawne said as he reached the floor.
"Right, because you're from the future," Eddie said, still skeptical, "with a name like Eobard, I guess you'd have to be."
"Eobard is a distinguished name from a distinguished family." Thawne said and Eddie scoffed.
"Depressing if all my descendants are as crazy as you." Eddie said and Thawne laughed.
"No no, the Thawne bloodline is chalk full of influential politicians, scientists, captains of industries! Failures such as yourself are just the exception." Thawne said as he came to stand in front of Eddie.
"And what exactly makes me such a failure?" Eddie demanded angrily.
"Touch question Eddie, where do you want me to start? Oh, how about your career as a police detective? It's spectacularly uneventful." Thawne put a hand on Eddie's shoulder as if to comfort him before moving on.
"Yeah, we'll see." Eddie said stubbornly.
"Oh, we have seen. I have seen," Thawne said as he turned around to face him, "I am from the future and you are the only Thawne to be all but forgotten by history. Waste of a life, waste of a man, and, oh no, you don't even get the girl."
"What are you talking about?" Eddie demanded and Thawne sighed as he turned around.
He walked over to Eddie and took out a small ball, just barely bigger than his thumb. A holographic newspaper, nearly identical to the one in the time vault appeared in front of Eddie.
"Observe if you will the byline." Thawne said and Eddie looked confused.
"Who's Julie Greer?"
Startled, Thawne turned the hologram around. Indeed, the article was no longer written by Iris West-Allen, but by Julie Greer.
"Is that name supposed to mean something?" Eddie asked.
With a roar of rage, Thawne put the device away and punched Eddie hard enough to knock him out. He then turned away from Eddie, thinking. It was clear that his actions in the past were beginning to affect his future. Therefore, he needed to move up his plans, immediately.
In the show, the reason Eddie was able to accept that Thawne was his descendant so easily was because Barry and Cisco had already explained to him that a speedster could travel though time. Since that hasn't happened here, he is not as ready to accept it.
I hope I did okay with the Barry/Caitlin scene, not entirely proud of it but I feel that's as good as it's gonna get.