Short on Time

Chapter 26

"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Barry said as we looked at the breach.

"Still can't believe what I'm looking at," Jay said.

"And the biggest one just happens to be in our basement," I said.

"We need a name for it," Cisco said.

"It's not a pet, Cisco," I said. 

"No, it's a wormhole," Martin said walking in. 

"Professor Stein, what are you doing? Your blood pressure is 147 over 82! You could pass out again," Caitlin said.

"Oh, it's merely a few points above the 140 average for someone my age. Besides, I have some ideas I would like to contribute to this discussion, Dr.Snow," Martin said. 

"And I want to hear them," Cisco said. 

"This isn't just a wormhole. It's my way home.Back to Earth Two," Jay said.

"Jay, you really think that we can use this as some kind of bridge from your world to ours?" Barry asked.

"Zoom uses the breaches. Why can't we?" Barry asked.

"We don't know how. Everything I put through just bounces back," Cisco said. 

"If Zoom's using these breaches to transport people from Earth Two, maybe it takes a speedster," Barry said running away.

"He's not gonna," Cisco said.

Jay nodded, "yeah, he is."

"I am not helping him when he flies back," I said shaking my head as Barry ran to it and then bounnced back.

"Maybe I'm not fast enough," Barry said.

"I don't believe your speed is the entirety of the issue, babe. It might be the breach's stability - or lack thereof," I said.

"He's right. We need to think of the breach as a door, and on Earth Two, there's another door.In between, we have a hallway, but the hallway's constantly shifting, twisting, collapsing upon itself. And the doors keep moving with it," Jay said.

"So we stabilize the door, we stabilize the hallway," I said.

"And then I can jump through it," Barry said. 

"Exactly, it would serve as a kind of cannon. A speed cannon," Jay said making Cisco smile.

"We should hang out more.All right.No more tests today," Cisco said.

"All of you are leaving now, as am I. Cherish the gift of youth as I will go cherish my much needed nap. Clarissa's already on her way to pick me up," Martin said.

The others filed out and Barry stood next to me, "so what should we do with our free time?"

I smiled, "as long as I get to spend it with you."

"Maybe we should talk about the tests that you just got back," Barry said gently.

I sighed, "I don't know what to talk about Barry. He didn't say if the Cancer was back, but he didn't say it was gone."

Barry wrapped me in a hug, "no matter what it is, we'll get through it again. Together."

~*~

"All right, four Flashes," Barry said. "Be careful apparently, they are super-caffeinated.First I have a day named after me.Now I have a drink."

"Well, all the things you do, rebuilding this place, protecting people everyone's appreciative, right?" Iris said smiling.

"I'll drink to that," Cisco said.