Barry' s pov
Despite being frozen from my waist down and icicles threatening to take over the upper half of my body, the only thought on my mind was Iris and our unborn child. Gasping and grunting through the frostbite, I turned to my best friend and spoke " Cisco! Can you vibe them and breech Wally, Jessie and me there? And can you activate the thermal threading in the suits to defrost us?" He quickly set all of us free from the icy traps, then proceeded to vibe Iris' s location as Harry restocked the food in the lab, seeing as any speedster needed at least ten thousand calories a day.
Austin, Gabe and Holly guessed " Earth 2?"
Cisco shook his head "Earth 51. A desert-like, abandoned planet." He started to open a breech as Caitlin commanded " Stay hydrated. I MEANT it!"
With that, Jessie, Wally and I suited up, set up the comms and Cisco breeched us to this new Earth. We looked around us, seeing they had everything that Central City had, not one establishment amiss, but we weren't here to sight see.
Then we heard an icy, airy voice that made us turn around
" Flash, I've been expecting you. I didn' t expect you to have company, though "
Rage overtook me, but I refrained from hurting her only because in some twisted way, this still was somewhat Caitlin. Instead, I growled "Where is my wife, Caitlin?!"
She laughed, a tint of temptation in her voice " I'll tell you, for a simple price. Have coffee with me, at Jitters. A Flash for each of us. Then I'll tell you and you four may leave."
I blinked , stunned. That couldn't be ALL she wanted, there had to be a catch, an angle. She could be planning on putting a power dampener or a sedative in my coffee, or to freeze me again...
I crossed my arms and demanded " What' s the catch?"
She mock- gasped " Why don' t you trust me? Give me one reason not to trust me."
I scoffed " Give me a moment to select one out of the thousands. You may LOOK like Caitlin, but we don' t trust you. "
She smirked with that smile that was chillingly calm yet scary at the same time, then gave the ultimatum " Do it for Iris and Baby WestAllen, Flash. But your sidekicks need to go home first. I'll have Reverb send them back." Following her orders, Cisco' s doppelganger sent Jessie and Wally back to our Earth, then left Killer Frost and me alone.
I was still on my guard as we made our way to the local coffee shop and sat down and she ordered two Flash's, and soon enough our orders arrived at our table, each cup labeled with our name. The time at Jitters was quiet, we didn' t exchange a word, until she finally told me Iris was in the meta wing of the CCPD. I rose to my feet, only to have her icy hand touch my arm to stop me
" Now, now. We haven' t finished our coffee. My minions are guarding her. Sit down and finish your coffee, Flash, or I will give orders for my minions to not be so nice to our guest of honor at the precinct."
Knowing that was the only way to keep Iris and our baby safe, I complied; still uneasy about why this was her demand, and only demand. So simple, so apparently harmless... But my guard was still up.
After a while, she stood up "OK. You may go, Flash. See? Was that so hard? I didn' t hurt you."
Without a second thought, I sped off to the meta wing of the CCPD. Once there, I phased into the cell, hugged my wife, kissing her and soothing her as she cried, letting out her fear and welcoming the relief that enveloped us both as I planted a kiss on her belly. I phased us out of the cell and brought us back to S.T.A.R. Labs on our Earth, where Jessie and Wally had already filled everyone in on what happened until they returned.
Ever so protective, Joe asked me " What did she want with two of my babies, Barr?"
I shrugged " Iris was bait for me, Iris said Killer Frost told her directly; but even when we were alone; I know she' s up to something, I just don' t know what. All she asked for was for us to get two Flash's at their Jitters. There was nothing in my drink either, I wasn' t tied up... I can' t figure out her angle. Let' s just be on our guard, ok?
They all nodded, and we eventually went to sleep, most of the group remaining at S.T.A.R. Labs. I held Iris in our apartment all night, Killer Frost's strange conditions still haunting me. I don' t remeber when I fell asleep, I spent most of the night watching Iris, watching her breathe,and wondering what Killer Frost had up her sleeve.
Killer Frost's pov
I threw away my empty coffee cup after they left, but kept his. He has no idea what' s about to hit him. He was fidgeting like crazy thinking I had concocted a super evil, horribly violent plan, and psyching him out was fun to say the least. But no, my plan really was as simple as I presented it. Iris was merely bait for our coffee appointment. I was going to use her even before knowing she was pregnant, but that' s just more bait.
Like my Earth 1 counterpart, I am an expert in biology and all branches related to the subject. The reason I wanted to drink a coffee with the Scarlet Speedster was so I could take the cup to my lab and isolate his metahuman gene. Once that was done, I injected myself with a concentrated version of the gene, and felt it take part of my DNA almost instantly, my new powers manifesting along with the others. Perfect. Now I was a Cryokinetic speedster. No one can stop or catch me now.
