Baby Speedster - The Flash

Chapter 13

(This whole chapter is in third person's POV. So enjoy!)

Caitlin was walking to her car alone when she thought she heard footsteps behind her. She tried to convince herself that she was imagining it. Things like that had been going on ever since the Accelerator explosion. Every now and then she'd feel like she was being watched, or that there was somebody behind her, but whenever she turned round there was nobody there. She hadn't told anyone in case they thought she was mad or delusional. The footsteps got closer. Maybe I'm not imagining it this time, she thought. Listen to yourself, Caitlin. Maybe you are mad. She was about to open her car door when she caught the reflection of a face in it. A very familiar face. Ronnie.

She turned but there was nobody there. Out of the corner of her eye she could just see somebody vanishing around the corner. She rushed to try and find them, but by the time she got there he had gone. This is it. I've finally lost it. I need to speak Cisco. He'll talk some sense into me.

She wiped her eyes, straightened her top and clenched her hands into fists. Thankfully, when she entered the lab there was only Cisco there. He looked up and clocked her facial expression instantly. "Are you okay?"

"Ronnie's alive. I saw him, Cisco. I think he was following me." Saying those words didn't make it seem any more real.

Cisco stood up and walked around the desk to hug her. "Caitlin Ronnie died. He was vaporized in the accelerator when it went critical."

She shook her head. Somehow she just knew that what she had seen was real. Certainty implanted itself into her mind. "Ronnie's alive, and he's out there alone and scared, and I need your help to find him."

Cisco sat back down and clasped his hands behind his head. "You're sure it was him?"

"I think I'd recognise my own fiancé."

He sighed. "Alright. I'm in, on one condition."

"Which is?"

"We get Charlie involved. I think we need the opinion of somebody who never met Ronnie, and she will be more willing to help than Barry."

Caitlin relaxed. "Deal." She sat down at the computer, pausing to smile gratefully at her best friend. She called Charlie's cell.

"Hello?" A groggy, adorable voice come through the receiver.

"Aww your adorable when woken up, wait off track. Anyway Charlie hi. Can we borrow you for a minute?"

"Yep. Give me thirty seconds." She said tiredly. There was a sudden crash from the other side of the phone. "Nope make that a minute"

She materialised in front of them. She was in her PJ's and here hair in a messy bun. (Outfit at the top) "Somebody requested a speedster?" She still sounded sleepy. It made the two wanna hug her and pinch her cheeks.

Caitlin stood up. "Sorry to tear you away from...whatever you were doing."

"Trying to sleep. I was working on my new prototype handcuffs late last night. But when I tried to sleep, I couldn't, so I carried on." She frowned. "Does that make sense?"

"Ummmmm...." Cisco stared pensively off into the distance. Then he snapped his fingers and turned back to Charlie. "Yes."

She gave him two thumbs up. "Ok. Anyway, Caitlin. What can I do for you?"

Caitlin bit her bottom lip. "You've heard of my fiancé Ronnie."

"Yes. Isn't he the one that died in the explosion?"