BARRYs POV
It was midnight and Barry was lying at Star labs. He had been here for a week now and they hadn't let him go yet. Sure, he hasn't talked to any of them, but he was getting restless and his thoughts were getting darker and darker the more time he had to lie there and think about everything. He had to get out of here and finish what he started, before Savitar did anything.
At least they didn't stay with him every minute anymore. Tonight, was the first night that Caitlin could convince Joe to go home and sleep a bit, because Barry was fine on his own. He had started eating again, he had been getting fed up with the feeding tube. They had cuffed him to the bed, so he couldn't harm himself.
Suddenly he heard footsteps. He sighed internally, Joe was back. He looked up and his eyes widened. None other then Leonard Snart was standing in the cortex in his full Captain Cold gear.
"Well, well, if it isn't the scarlet speedster, who has ignored all my heists this week, fancy meeting you here" he said and smirked.
Leonard Snart POV
Len had decided to go to Star labs at night for answers on the whereabouts of the flash. He hadn't been seen this week and he wanted to know what was going on.
When he walked into the cortex, due to the serious lack of security at Star labs, he sees the kid lying in a hospital bed. When he looked up his eyes widened. "Well, well, if it isn't the scarlet speedster, who has ignored all my heists this week, fancy meeting you here" he said and smirked.
He started walking towards the kid and Barry didn't even look scared.
"What do you want Snart" Barry growled, and Len was taken aback at the kids anger.
"Well, I was a bit offended that I didn't get a speedster trying to stop me at my heist this week, so I decided to come check in, but now I see that you are obviously injured somehow, so I guess my heists weren't ignored on purpose." Snart explained looking the kid over for an injury that warranted staying in bed for a week. But the kid looked fine. The only unusual thing about his appearance were the black eye rings and the lifeless look in his eyes. Even if he wouldn't admit it out loud, he was concerned about the kid's wellbeing. Suddenly he saw the hand cuff cuffing the speedster to the bed.
"And why would your precious science friends decide that it is necessary to cuff you to the bed?"
"None of your business and if you aren't going to help me get rid of them you can leave." Barry said glaring at him.
"I don't think they wouldn't have cuffed you without a good reason and it is my business if you can't show up to my heists. Maybe I should use the time to pull a few more and get some easy money." he said with a smirk.
"Don't you dare." Barry said glaring even more. It was cute how the kid thought he was intimidating. It looked more like a pouting puppy.
"Well if you don't want me robbing things how about you tell me why you are cuffed to the bed?" Snart asked, still curious.
Suddenly the kids attitude was gone and he visibly deflated and looked down at his hands.
"Why do you even care" Barry mumbled.
Quickly Len stepped to the side of the kid's bed and crouched down, so he could see the kid's eyes. They were filled with so much sadness it broke his heart. The kid was supposed to be happy, going around and stopping criminals. He shouldn't be sad.
He took one of Barrys hand into his own. "Barry, I may be a criminal and your enemy, but even I think that you deserve to be happy. And just so you know usually it helps to talk about whatever is bothering you, at least my sister always felt better after talking about it. So, if you want I am here to listen." he said softly.
Barry looked at him with a calculating gaze and Len knew he was trying to decide if he should trust Len. Then he seemed to come to a decision and looked at his hands.
"I tried to kill myself" he murmured barely audible. Snart's eyes widened and he quickly scolded his face.
"And why would you do that Scarlet?" Len prodded gently.
"Had to protect them" was the only answer he got. After that Barry turned away from him and curled in on himself clearly dismissing him.
"Look kid I understand if you don't want to talk to me about this, but whatever you think you did to them. You don't deserve to die for it. You are a hero and you make mistakes too, but you are still a good person. You keep telling me there's good in me, so now it is my turn to tell you, that you, Barry Allen, are a good person. So whatever thing you think is big enough that you need to die for it, you are wrong. The city still needs the flash." he says hoping that maybe the speedster will listen to him.
Barry doesn't even turn to look at him. His heart breaks at seeing barry like that, but he has a lot of friends and family to help him get better, his help is no longer needed so he turns and walks out of the door.
BARRYs POV
As soon as Cold leaves, Barry sits up looking after him thoughtfully. Even though he hadn't acknowledged it, the words had made him question his actions a bit. Not enough that he regretted it or wouldn't try again, but a little bit of doubt had started to form in his head.
He doesn't now why he even talked to Cold as he had ignored everyone else who tried to talk to him, but there was something about him. He is a criminal, but Barry kind of trusted him, even though he had betrayed him already. He had this feeling that this time he could trust Snart.
Still overthinking Snart's little speech he slowly drifted off to sleep.
JOEs POV
When Joe woke up, he was confused at first, why wasn't he at Star labs. Then he remembered Caitlin making him go home yesterday. Quickly he got up and got ready for his day at work. He would visit Barry in the evening.
He was just about to get in his car, when his phone rang. It was Cisco. Worried he answered the phone.
"What is it Cisco? Is Barry okay? Did he finally say something?" he asked quickly.
"No, Barry is still the same. But there is something you should see. Can you come to Star labs?" Cisco asked.
"Yeah I'll be there shortly."
After hanging up he called Singh and took the day off. He had told the captain about what Barry had tried to do, so he understood Joe not coming to work again.
When he arrived at Star labs, he saw Barry was still sleeping. Cisco waved him into the control room with the security feed.
"You won't believe it, I was checking the security feed from last night. And Captain Cold was here." Cisco exclaimed. Showing Joe, the footage of him entering the building.
"What! " Joe shouted «what did he do? Did he harm Barry?"
"No, he didn't do anything, but the thing is, Barry actually talked to him. I don't now what they talked about, because theres no audio. But Barry talked."
Joe sat there stunned. Why did Barry talk to a criminal and not to them?
Suddenly he got up and walked towards the door
"What are you doing?" Cisco exclaimed.
"Well if Barry only talks to Snart, then I am going to find him, and he is going to help us figure out how to help Barry. I don't care that he is a criminal, Barry talked to him so he better help us or else he is going to regret it." And with that he left the room.
Finally I managed to write a new chapter...
Sorry for the long wait. University is really hard at the moment so I didn't get to writing a lot.
But don't worry I won't abandon the story. The updates wont be to quick, but I will try my best.
So I hope you like the new chapter.
I would love to here your opinions.
Your comments always motivate me to start writing the next chapter.
Thank you very much for all the comments I already got.
I would also love to hear any ideas for the plot.
