Short on Time

Chapter 30

"All right, I got you," Joe said to Barry as he started to walk without the cane.

It looked like he was going to be just fine, but then he almost fell. I resisted the urge to run to Barry's side as Cisco and Joe helped him. "Okay. I can't do it right now, all right?" Barry said

"Oh, yes you can, Barry," Joe said as Barry sat down in the wheelchair. "We've been making so much progress."

"Yep, six whole steps. Someone get me a Bozo button," Barry said making my heart ache.

"Hey, give yourself some credit. You just broke your back," Cisco said.

"Yeah, a normal person would've been paralyzed the rest of his life," Iris added.

"How long until I'm fully healed?" Barry asked Caitlin.

"The initial MRI I took a week ago showed a complete dislocation at the T12-L1 interspace of the thoracolumbar junction," Caitlin said pulling it up.

"But this is the MRI we took this morning. It's remarkable, but you're almost completely healed," I said smiling at Barry. He didn't really share my enthusiasm though. 

"I'm still having trouble breathing," Barry said.

"That's totally normal with a spinal injury. It should clear up soon," Caitlin said.

I went and stood by Barry's side as he looked at his suit longingly. Mine was next to it, but I avoid it. "We're going to get you back in that suit, Barry. Real quick, trust me," Joe said when he saw Barry's sadness.

"What are we gonna do about Zoom?" Barry asked as he took my hand. I squeezed it tightly in support. Unlike last time, Barry didn't close himself off from me. 

"No sign of him since Cisco nailed him with that tranq dart," I said.

"And I haven't vibed since then," Cisco said.

"Maybe Zoom's not coming back," Caitlin suggested.

"I highly doubt that," Harry said walking in. "Which is why I'm gonna go do something about it."

"What do you mean, go do something about it?" I asked confused.

"I need access to your breach room and your speed cannon," Harry said.

"Why is that?" Barry asked.

"Because, Barry, it's time to go home," Harry said. 

"So, you show up on our Earth, you screw everything up, and now you want to go home? Sounds very familiar," Joe said.

"Again, that wasn't me. I need to go take care of Zoom once and for all before anyone else gets killed," Harry said looking pointedly at me. 

"How do you plan on doing that?" I asked.

"I'll think of something. Ramon, if you'll escort me to the speed cannon," Harry said.

"No, no, you can't go through the breach," Caitlin said.

"Yeah, he can. Jay taught us how to send people," Cisco said.

"That's not what I mean. Look, if you can figure out how to stop Zoom on your Earth, you can figure out how to do it here. We need you to stay here until we defeat Zoom, Dr.Wells," Caitlin said.

"What I need, Dr.Snow is to return home. And I'm going to that with or without your assistance," Harry said walking out.

"Ginger," Caitlin said.

I looked at her and then where Harry left, "no. Why do you want me to talk to him?!"

"Because, his daughter just died," Caitlin said.