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"Hey, can we talk?"

Barry watched as Cadence looked away from the train window. The landscape raced by the train as if they were in a race of their own. Of course if Barry were out there running as well he would win the race all on his own and within a few seconds. But he did sometimes prefer to rest and take the train back into Starling and insisted on doing so this time around. He had the option of driving with Joe and Cisco back to Central City but turned it down, not wanting anyone else to find out about their suspicions.

He wanted to mention it to Oliver but there was already a lot going on with Roy leaving his team and whatever was going on with the League of Assassins. Oliver had explained as much as he could to him and, true to Oliver form, had insisted he had it handled. Of course it was already hard for him to deal with someone who had become like a brother to him leave the team because he was trying to protect Oliver and the rest of Starling City. But at least he was going to be safe.

With Harrison…or whoever he was, Barry wasn't sure how safe things were in Central City. Let alone how any of them were going to be now that their suspicions seemed to be paying off. And riding on the train gave him time to try and figure things out, what he was gin got say to Cadence and Caitlin about Harrison. He didn't want to be right just as much as he truly wanted to. If he was right, that mean that he had the man that killed his mother right in his sights and he could get revenge on the man that aused his life northing but emotional turmoil.

Cadence glanced up at Barry as he lowered himself into the seat across from her, having previously paced back and forth along the length of their otherwise empty train car. She gave him a small smile as he sat. "Conversations that start like that are never good," she remarked. "But go ahead."

Barry nodded and leaned forward, resting his arms on his knees. He took a deep breath then lowered his head, bringing his hands up and laced the fingers together. He rested his palms on the back of his head and let out a low breath. Oh God. This was worse than he thought it was going to be. He had talked himself up, basically given himself a pep-talk to explain why it was good idea to tell her. She needed to know, not just because of her own safety, but for Brady's safety, too. And because it would hurt worse if she found out some other way. But he didn't want to have to be the person to tell her, even if it was the right thing to do. Telling Caitlin would be a lot easier and even that would be hard, he thought. Cadence's eyebrows came together as she watched him, waiting for him to say something. Lifting his head, Barry looked at her once more then looked away again.

Oh God, he couldn't do this.

"I can take whatever it is you have to tell me, Tholly," Cadence said as Barry continued to be silent. "What is it?"

Finally, Barry sat up in his seat, almost in a reserved manner, and dropped his hands to his lap. He angled his head away, slightly, and took another breath. He had to say something. "I just…I don't know how to say this, but, uh…I don't think…right now…that we should be going out." He closed his eyes, immediately hating how cowardly he had become. Especially considering what had happened before he time-traveled.

He had been so preoccupied with what had been going on with the Weather Wizard that he ran around the city making sure he knew where everyone was. So he went back to his house and waited for Iris to show up, trying to figure out an excuse that Iris would believe to stay in the house. Thankfully he didn't have to wait long for Iris to arrive at the house with Brady behind her. That was a bit confusing to him, but he did remember that Joe did watch the young boy from time to time and probably had been asked to do it that day. Barry had let out a sigh of relief when he saw Iris wasn't hurt.

"Do you have anything to eat?" Brady asked Iris as they entered the house.

"I think there are some Fruit Rollups left in the cabinet," she said before lifting a pointed gaze towards Barry. "If someone didn't eat them all." Barry's eyebrows rose in disbelief. "Don't try and act innocent Barry Allen, I know that you and Dad both like to get into the sweets."

"You're right, but I'm innocent this time, Joe's been the one that's hitting up the snackage. You may want to have a talk with him." He smiled, but then it faded when he noticed the apprehensive look on Iris's face. "Are you alright?"

"I would be if Dad would answer his phone," she replied, perching on the end of the couch, glancing down at her silent cell. "I haven't heard from him all day."

"I haven't talked to him today, either, but I'm sure he's fine," Barry said. He tried to convince himself more than her. It wasn't working.

"Yeah…" Iris agreed. She perched on the arm of the couch, looking over at her best friend curiously. "So what are you doing home so early?"

"I was looking for you. I met your friend Mason…and he says that he has proof that Dr. Wells has done something." Barry nervously cleared his throat and crossed his arms. "You…you wouldn't know what he's talking about would you?"

"No." Iris shook her head. "He doesn't really say much to me other than what I need to know to write about the Flash." A heavy silence hung through the room and he clasped his hands together. "So…how are things going with you?"

Barry gave her a look. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Iris laughed, brushing her hair back from her face. "Nothing! I can't ask how things are going with my best friend?" She put emphasis on the words that made Barry take note of it. "I mean, you've been so busy lately. I'm just trying to catch up on things that I might have missed."

"Like?" Barry pressed. Iris thought for a moment and Barry held up his hand. "Oh no, I'm not going to let you pry into my love life."

Iris held her hands up defensively. "I'm just making sure that things are going okay, Barry. I mean, you were in a coma for a long time and things are different now. You know I'm always here for you, I just don't want you to get hurt. Not after what happened with Becky Cooper." At Barry's groan Iris continued with, "I'm sorry, but she was a nightmare of a girlfriend. I just want to be sure that you're with the right person."

Barry sighed, shoulders slumping. Of course. Of course Iris was careful about any girl who was 'right for him'. She never thought any girl he was interested in was right for him. Now that…that he didn't have the same sort of feigns for Iris anymore, it was like she was doing her absolute best to drive every girl away from him. What was going on?

Turning his gaze to his best friend, Barry slowly shook his head. "Then who is?" He asked.

"That's easy." Brady's voice sounded behind them as he walked over to the couch, unwrapping a Fruit Rollup. He stuck one end in his mouth before leaning against the back of the couch on his crossed arms, smiling at the two young adults. "It's my Mom."

Barry and Iris smiled awkwardly and the conversation ended there. And then Mark Mardon had kidnapped Joe and sent a massive wave towards the city and he had gone back in time…and now here he was, working out how to tell her that her birth father may be a murderer.

This conversation was easier. It wasn't entirely easy but it was easier. Breaking up with someone was hard, but it was even harder when that person was someone he worked with. He just…couldn't see how it would work while they were coming so close to figuring out the Reverse-Flash's real identity. She would probably break up with him anyway once he finally told her his suspicions.

He watched as the light in Cadence's eyes dimmed and she looked away. He rushed to continue. "It's not that you've done anything wrong—"

"Other than try to use Roy to make you jealous, you mean?" Cadence replied with a half smile.

Barry paused. Okay, there was that. That did annoy him. But that was part of the problem as well. He had kissed her that night because, well, he really did want to kiss her, but at the same time it was in the middle of an argument they were having. It wasn't the ideal first kiss he wanted to share. And, yes, part of him did it because he was jealous of Roy.

She reached up and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Yeah, that was really…stupid." She then crossed her arms and her smile faded as she continued to look away from him. She reached a hand up to brush her hair from her face though Barry wasn't sure if she was crying or not. "I shouldn't have done that."

"That's not…" Barry trailed off, his eyebrows coming together. "That's not the reason that I'm—"

"—Breaking up with me?" Cadence interrupted. "I know it's not, Barry. You wouldn't have led me on. You're not that kind of guy." Now Barry saw something flicker through Cadence's eyes before she briefly closed them.

"Cade, listen." Barry sat forward and grasped her hands in his. "Right now is really tough for us, with the Reverse Flash and the Rogues and whatever this Black Flash is and I don't want you to think that I'm ever ignoring you or that I don't have time for you. But I don't think it's fair for either of us right now. Especially if something happens."

Finally, Cadence turned back to him and nodded. "I get it, Barry, don't worry. With things being so serious right now there wouldn't even be nearly enough time to…" now she took a deep breath. "To be honest, Barry, I sort of saw this coming." He looked at her in confusion and she nodded. "I mean…well, neither of us had been around metahumans until we met each other, good metahumans anyway. And even though we do get along and we have some things in common we don't really know a lot about each other, either and what happened may have been out of convenience rather than…" she blew her hair out of her face and sniffed. "I don't think I'm explaining myself really well."

"No! No, you are."

"Because I do like you Barry."

"I like you, too, Cade. A lot." Barry ran a hand trough his hair once more. "I just didn't think you would take it so well."

Cadence shrugged, removing her hands from Barry's grasp. "What I lack in height I make up for in an astronomical sense of confidence," she explained, causing Barry to laugh. Cadence smiled at her own joke and her smile faded once more.

"Could you do me a favor?" Barry asked her. Cadence looked at him in confusion then nodded. "I know this isn't really any of my business but I think you should talk to Ryder. I've seen the way you act around each other and I can see that you're not sure how to act when you're around him. Especially when Brady is there with you. But you're still angry at him for leaving. You always get this…brooding look on your face and rub your fingers when you're around him and you think no one notices. Please talk to him and tell him that you're still mad at him. Do whatever you need to do because, believe me, holding onto a grudge for a long time isn't going to make things better."

"Maybe I'll hold a grudge against you then," Cadence returned. "For still thinking that you can beat me in a race."

Barry chuckled. "Well, hopefully we'll have time to finally figure out who would win."

Cadence smiled back.

Barry closed his eyes, gently shaking his head. He always hated breaking up with someone, having been so guilty when he broke up with Becky Cooper and other women he had dated in his life. But knowing it was easier than knowing the truth of Dr. Wells's past made him feel like a coward.

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Cadence woke with a start as there was a sudden jolt of the train. Groggy, she looked up to find Barry asleep as well. Then her eyes narrowed when she recognized the feeling of being watched and flipped around to find Lucas and Leah sitting in the seats across from her. Cadence lifted her hands to shoot a blast of fire towards them but Lucas held his hand up faster than she could move. Cadence's eyes widened in surprise and fear as she felt the air in her lungs slowly start to escape. She brought her hands up to her throat, struggling to draw in a breath.

Lucas smirked and dropped his hand, causing Cadence to suck in aloud gasp of air. "By now I figured you would realize that you're working for us, not the other way around." Cadence's eyes shifted over to Barry and now Leah spoke up.

"Don't worry about him, we haven't done anything to him yet," she said. She shifted her hand up and down every few seconds, using her powers to keep him incapacitated. "I'm just making sure that he had some sweet dreams, making sure that he doesn't wake up while we talk with you." Leah turned her attention back to Lucas and nodded.

He nodded back and leaned forward, looking directly into Cadence's eyes. "Have you gotten any ideas as to where the Reverse-Flash is? You haven't given Breathtaker any updates and he's growing impatient."

Cadence's eyebrows rose. "Last I checked, you guys have been watching me. I think you know the answer to that."

Now Lucas blew his hair out of his face, his eyes shifting over to Barry, who continued to sleep peacefully. "Long enough to know that your love life still isn't working out. We told you before, Brigade, that once you're in the Assassination Bureau you can't get out of it. We become your life and everything else falls by the wayside. Do you think we have any families to cloud our decisions and judgments? We already let Brady go as you asked and we made sure he didn't remember anything, you wouldn't want him to suddenly regain his memories would you?"

Cadence glared back at him. She sighed. "The Reverse Flash showed himself but we didn't capture him. We chased him around Central City but he got away after breaking into Iron Heights. We don't know where he is now but that doesn't mean that he's not going to come back anytime soon. He's after the Flash and chances are he'll show up sooner rather than later."

"That's good to know," Lucas agreed. "But maybe we should remind you how much we need this. Once the Reverse Flash is out of the picture then we'll be able to move onto the next target. And once we've got him then General Eiling will move through the ranks in the government and make sure the metahumans can live the life they deserve to live. Do you think the Flash is really helping us right now?"

"The Flash is making it harder for everyone who had powers to live their normal lives," Leah insisted. "There are so many metahumans that are continuing to hide their powers and go along like 'normal people' afraid to exhibit their abilities. This isn't something we should be ashamed of. And The Flash is making it so that everyone that has different powers can't feel anything but shame. And you're helping him do it."

"I'm helping him take down the ones that are forcing everyone to think that metahumans are bad." Cadence tilted her head to one side then back to the other. Her eyes slowly stared to turn orange and her lips curled up into an evil smile. "And it looks like I'm going to have to do the same to you."

Lucas snarled and launched himself towards her.

Cadence leaned backwards and teleported out of the way, appearing above Lucas and pinned him down onto the seat. She pressed his face into the cushion then whipped around as Leah started to bring up her other hand. Extending her hand, Cadence shot a bolt of fire out into Leah's face. She turned her head to the side and brought her hand up, covering her face with her hand as she screamed. The close proximity of the fire blast singed her face, burning her eyebrows and eyelashes as well as the skin on her face.

Cadence looked back down at Lucas seconds before she was launched into the ceiling of the train car with a burst of air. She crashed hard against the ceiling and fell to the ground, crashing down against two different seats before falling to the ground. Lucas pushed himself upwards with a gust of wind and turned back towards Cadence. She brought her hands up to cover her face as he moved forward with a series of punches that sent blasts of wind towards her.

Cadence continued to move her hands back and forth, breaking the blast of wind that came her way. Lucas turned his attention to the ground and sucked air into his cheeks. He blew out hard and a gust of wind launched him over Cadence's head and behind her. Cadence immediately ducked out of the way and placed her hands on the floor of the train. She lifted her feet off the ground and bent her body over as she did so, creating an arc of fire that shot across the train and struck Lucas, sending him back into the door behind him.

She then lowered herself back to the ground and brought her hands together as she had done when fighting the Reverse Flash. She concentrated hard and watched as her veins slowly turned orange until the tip became emblazoned with a fire. Then the first burst out of her fingertips as if it were a gun and struck Lucas directly in the chest. He cried out in pain, stumbling back.

He brought his hand to his chest, wincing as the middle of his shirt smoldered. He looked down and growled, seeing the spot on his skin that burned away. It reddened and blisters the size of quarters already started to form.

"Fuck you," Lucas hissed, grasping his shirt as he shivered with pain. He brought up his other hand and a gust of wind started to whip through the carriage, pulling at her hair and clothes. "I don't know why Breathtaker allowed you to help us again. You cause us nothing but trouble and now I'm going to extinguish you like I do to your flames."

"You seem to be forgetting," Cadence shot back. She clenched her hands into fists and flames started to shoot out the sides. "That just as easily as wind can smother a flame…it can increase its power!" Cadence took a step back and a blast of fire from her feet shot her forward. It wasn't the same as Firestorm being able to fly but had the same desired effect of moving her forward at a high speed.

Lucas seemed to have had the same thought for he used his wind manipulation ability to launch himself towards her as well. Cadence waited until the last second, right before she was to come into contact with Lucas and teleported behind him. Her forward momentum stayed with her as she changed directions, allowing him to land on him feet first, knocking him forward once more. He turned around and raised his arm to punch her but she blocked it and teleported once more, this time appearing above him.

She landed on his back and held her arm tightly around his neck as he thrashed back and forth trying to knock her off. With a gust of air he flipped backwards to fall to the ground. Cadence teleported once more and Lucas crashed onto the ground. Cadence landed hard on his chest and lifted her other hand in a sweeping arc. A rainbow of fire shot through the air, deflecting Leah's attack from her. Then Cadence flipped forward and aimed her foot towards Leah.

Leah moved out of the way, keeping her hand pointed towards Barry so that he stayed asleep, and smirked at Cadence. "Bring it on," Leah said.

Cadence's eyebrows twitched upwards and the two started a close fight within hand-to-hand combat which made it easier for Cadence to put her parkour skills to use with help from her gymnastics background. As Leah went to punch her Cadence leapt up and grabbed onto the handles that hung from the ceiling. She swung herself up and around, kicking Leah in the chest as she came back down. She swung around again and dropped to the ground, holding her breath and closing her eyes as she shot out a blast of smoke that filled the train car.

Leah and Lucas started to cough and choke as the smoke continued to fill the train car. Lucas fell to his knees and pressed his hands against the ground before following suit with his bode. He placed his face on the ground and turned his head to the side, taking in a deep breath of air that hadn't been filled with smoke and glared. He spread out his arms and the smoke was immediately cleared.

With astonishing speed, Lucas flipped back to his feet and grabbed Cadence around the neck, pressing her face into the nearest window. She cried out in pain as her head smacked into the glass, immediately cracking it. The crack continued to spider with the increase in pressure Lucas put on Cadence's head. A piece of glass lifted and poked into Cadence's cheek, causing warm blood to roll down and drip off her chin.

"Time to wake up," Lucas hissed in her ear and moved his hand to her neck.

He squeezed until the sound of an audible crack filled the air.

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Barry jumped backwards as Cadence's eyes flew open and she sat up, taking in a loud, almost desperate, gasp of air. He removed his hands from her shoulders as she frantically reached out to grab onto his arm.

"Cade. Cade! Calm down, what happened? Are you okay?"

"No!" Cadence tightened her grasp on Barry's arm until he winced in pain and moved away, a handprint shaped burn resided. "Oh, Barry, I'm—"

"Don't worry about it," Barry said quickly. "What happened? What's wrong?"

"The Assassination Bureau and General Eiling…they're up to something," Cadence explained, keeping her eyes away from Barry. Something really big with the government and trying to let metahumans live the lives they want. I saw it."

"You saw it?" Barry repeated.

"Yes. It was in my dream…I don't get these kinds of dreams unless Leah…Mindboggler, forces me to see them. Or Breathtaker, he's the one that replenishes metahumans' powers just as easily as he can take them away. It's part of the reason he's called Breathtaker." She turned and dropped her feet to the floor, pressing her face into her hands. "I don't know what it is that he plans to do, exactly, Barry, but it sounds like General Eiling wants to start a metahuman revolution."

Barry pressed his lips together. "We have to get back to Central City. Now."

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"And then you can watch the metahumans through a video feed to make sure that things within their pods are working to their full potential," Caitlin explained. She looked at Ronnie over her shoulder as he smiled back at her. "Especially for the ones like The Mist and Shana Baez. They could do a lot that'd be increasingly dangerous for us and the city if they got out."

"The Mist?" Ronnie repeated.

"Yeah, he creates clouds of noxious gas that can knock someone out just as easily as it can kill someone," Caitlin explained. "He turns his entire body into the mist and can move though your body, coming out the other side while you choke on him." She moved away from the views within the pipeline and crossed her arms. "The only way we were able to tell the sort of poisonous gas he was primarily made of was by Barry sucking in some of the gas into his lungs and running back here. Then he figured out how to make a speed vacuum of sorts to incapacitate him and bring him in."

"Wow," Ronnie said. He shook his head. "It sounds like you guys have been really busy."

"Yeah, that was, like, the second week of Barry's powers or something like that," Caitlin agreed. She turned around to face him, giving him a small smile. "A lot has happened then. There were so many other metas that we've run into, other people that have similar powers because of weapons Cisco created."

"Cisco?"

"Yeah… he created a cold gun to stop Barry in case Barry ended up being evil when he woke up from his coma. Leonard Snart, or Captain Cold, had taken the cold gun and gotten away and then his partner, Mick Rory or Heateave, created his own heat gun. They keep popping up every now and then and even though they're not metas, it's still hard to outwit them."

Ronnie let out a low whistle. "And to think all of this happened right after the explosion." Caitlin nodded. Ronnie lifted his gaze to her and took a step forward. "Professor Stein and I…we may not get along but we both want the same thing. We want to go home. To a place that we can figure out how to live normally again. I mean, we spent so much time being homeless as we tried to figure out how to control our powers."

"I know," Caitlin whispered. "There were reports…that you had to do whatever you could to stay alive."

"No, you don't know, Caitlin," Ronnie insisted. He shook his head again. "You don't. You don't know what it was like to have someone else's…being in your head, telling you what to do all the time. You don't know what it was like to live out on the streets while we tried to figure out how to control what was going on. How I felt like I was going crazy and I couldn't allow myself to be around anyone else, allow myself to come back to you. You don't know what it was like to live out on the streets while we tried to figure out how to control what was going on. How I felt like I was going crazy and I couldn't allow myself to be around anyone else because I was so afraid I'd accidentally hurt them. I had to go through garbage to find something to eat. It was humiliating."

Caitlin reached out her hand and placed it atop of Ronnie's as it started to shake. She looked at him as he started to shake, his lower jaw trembling. It was obvious what he and Professor Stein had done to keep things as normal as they could be. "All I wanted was to be able to go back home, to go back to you, Cait. You're my home."

"You're home, now," Caitlin pointed out.

Ronnie shook his head. "No. Not anymore. Central City isn't the same as it used to be. It's not our home anymore. That's what I was thinking we could do. We could leave Central City and start out life over again. Have a normal life."

Now Caitlin shook her head. "But we're not normal," she whispered. "My life isn't normal. I enjoy doing this, working at STAR Labs, working with Barry and Cisco and Cadence and Dr. Wells and making a different here. I like trying to keep as many people safe as I can. Any way that I can. I became a scientist so that I could make a difference and I'm doing that here."

"How big of a difference can you make if you can't do what Barry does?" Ronnie pointed out.

Caitlin frowned. "I do as much as I can. Cisco and I don't just sit back and watch him run around the city and do nothing. Some of the times he's managed to take down a meta is because of our help. And…" she looked down at her hands. "I thought I might've had some powers at some point, I had become really cold and I could freeze things. I haven't been able to do it for a while."

"So you think you're a metahuman, too?" Ronnie asked.

"It's possible. I was here when it blew. I had gone to my office to get something that I thought I had time to get before it went off and…well, everyone always complains that my office is cold, so…" Ronnie looked away from her and Caitlin's frown deepened with offense. "Look, I get that you may want to get out of here but this is my life now." She started to say something else but was cut off as an alarm came up on her computer screen. "I have to bring some food down to the metas in the pipeline, do you want to help me."

"No, I don't."

"Fine."

Caitlin turned on her heel and walked to the elevator without a backwards glance and a heavy sigh. This wasn't the way things were supposed to go. She was supposed to be happy with Harrison and moving on with her life. But now there was Ronnie again and she still loved him as much as ever…but she couldn't leave her new life, her new family. Barry, Cisco, Harrison, Cadence, and Brady had all become her family and helped her through the dark, freezing cold that used to engulf her body.

And the thought of leaving that all behind made her want to freeze up again.

She took the elevator down to the pipeline and to the break room that was set down there, taking out the Big Belly Burger they had stocked up on and re-heated it before placing it on a metal cart to be brought around to each cell. Caitlin made it just outside of the break room when she heard her name called and found Harrison slowly making his way towards her.

"I see you're going to feed these guys," Harrison remarked. "That was just what I was about to do."

"I haven't seen you down here in a while Dr. Wells," Caitlin pointed out. Then she looked around and corrected herself, realizing they were alone. "Harrison. Normally Cisco and I are the ones that take care of this chore."

"Yes, well, I wanted to be sure of the medical charts that we have for each of these metas," Harrison explained himself, calmly rolling by her side. "To see how they're holding up within the cells we've created for them. They're metas but thy're still human."

"And how did your meeting with Hartley go?" Caitlin asked with a knowing lift to her voice. "I can't imagine it was something so pleasant."

"Considering he consistently reminds me of how he tried to warn me about the explosion? He told me in no uncertain terms that he would do the same thing over again if he had the chance, so I don't know what that tells you."

Caitlin's grasp tightened around the handle of her cart as she paused by Shawna's pod. Oh, right. He had been the one that knew the explosion was going to happen but went through it anyway. And it had risked her fiancé his life. But he's back now, Caitlin reminded herself. And he wants you to leave with him. To leave the new life you have. To leave your new family. She looked at Harrison out of the corner of her eye to find him calmly sitting in his wheelchair as if he had all the time in the world. Caitlin went through the motions of opening the flap—almost like a mail slot—and passed the tray of food in to Shawna, immediately closing it back up. A strange family, but a family. Even more so than the one you had before. She tried not to become bitter of her thoughts of her mother.

"That tells me that Hartley will always be Hartley," Caitlin said, turning back around. "It seems like people can't change so much."

"You've changed," Harrison pointed out. "Multiple times. When I first hired you, you were willing to do every job that was given to you and you rose through the ranks with as much ease as I thought you would. Then when Ronnie died—"

"—Please don't," Caitlin interrupted.

Harrison pressed his lips together for a minute but continued. "I understand it must be hard for him to come back from the dead so to speak and I don't know how I would feel if Tess came back as well." Caitlin closed her eyes, still walking the cart o the next pod. The mechanical grinding of Harrison's wheelchair let her know he was keeping speed with her. "And I hope his question for you to leave is something you think hard and long about. Whatever decision you make we'll support you on."

"I've already made my decision," Caitlin said. "I can't leave. Not now. Barry needs me. He needs all of us."

Harrison moved in front of Caitlin and made sure to block the cart. He looked around for a minute, a pained expression coming to his face, then pressed his hands into the arms of his chair and stood up. Despite knowing he was able to walk Caitlin was still surprised to see how tall he was when pulled to his full height. He reached out and placed his hand on Caitlin's cheek.

She wanted to pull away then stopped, reveling in the warmth that radiated from his hand.

"I don't want you to make a decision that you haven't thought completely through, Caitlin. I wasn't lying when I said I would back any decision you make. I don't want you to come to any rash decisions. For me or for Ronnie. It has to be a decision that you make on your own. You're strong; Caitlin and you've got a good head on your shoulders. Don't let anyone cloud that judgment."

Caitlin nodded and reached up for Harrison's hand. She placed hers over his, squeezing it, then gently pushed it off her face. Then she placed her hands on the cart once more and continued walking.

She didn't make it far until an ear-splitting pain shot through her head, making her fall to her knees and writhe with pain.

A/N: For those of you that may not have seen it, the crossover my sisters and I have been working on is finally up. It's called The Serenade of War (originally called "Flashpoint" but changed due to the massive arc with that title in the comics) and up on the FFN profile Crystal Manning. There will be lengths of time between updates as we work through writing, making sure things are on the right track, and editing/revision, but it has been started.

As for The Flash and the Flame series, I'm still taking votes for the title of the third story (that can be found in the last chapter) as well as working on the plot of the third story. Also, once this story is finished I'm going to go back through this and Flash Fire and fix some things as well as spruce up some typos and other issues that may have been changed between stories. (Thanks Life Dealer for that suggestion).

But, well, sad news that Barry and Cade already broke up but I feel like it makes sense for the situation the two are in and is a natural progression between the two. Not to mention their reasons for it made sense as well. What do you think? As you can tell I'm doing a multitude of show plots at one time so things will be jumping back and forth from time to time. And what do you think about what's going on with General Eiling and the Assassination Bureau?

Let me know what you think.

-Riles