Short on Time

Chapter 41

"Okay, you guys.I'm here. You got my location?" Barry asked as we prepared to test the tachyon device.

 "You're good? You don't need to, like, stretch or something?" Cisco asked.

"No, no, no, I'm good, I'm good," Barry said. 

"Let's take this tachyon enhancer out for a test drive," Cisco said.

"All right. Hoo, yeah. I feel that" Barry said

"That is the tachyon device powering up the Speed Force in your cells like a quick charge battery," I told Barry smiling. "How do you feel?"

"Different."

"Let's see how long it takes you to get back here. On my count. Three, two, one. Go!" Cisc said. I watched amazed as BArry zoomed around. "Dang, this thing got you cruising."

"How fast does he normally go?" Iris asked.

 "Not this fast. Not even close," Caitlin said.

"Are his vitals okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, they're perfect," Caitlin told me.

"Cool. It's like having a pit-stop attached to your chest," Iris said.

"Guys, I can go faster," Barry told us.

"Restraint maybe?" I suggested nervously at the same time Cisco said, "Do it."

My eyes popped out of my head as Barry's dot vanished for a moment and then he was back and in STAR labs. "I'm back. What how long was I gone?"

"Let's put it this way, you just annihilated your old record. Yeah, you went four times faster than you have ever been," Cisco told Barry.

"Four times?" Barry asked. "That's as...

"Fast as Zoom. Well, faster actually," Harry said.

Barry took off the device and handed it to Harry, "Hey, uh, do we think that, um, we can get this thing smaller? It kind of sucks."

"If it sucks, then, yeah," Harry said taking it.

"All right, so now all we have to do is figure out how to get back to Zoom," Barry said.

"Yes, uh, just a minor issue. We closed all the breaches and have no idea how to reopen them," Cisco said.

"Um, Wells?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, I have an idea, Allen. Let's keep the breaches closed forever. Forget about the breaches. Forget about Zoom," Harry said.

"Wait, I'm sorry, I thought that you were on board with this," Barry said confused.

"No. No.I said I would help you get faster. I did not say I would help you give the man who killed one of my daughters and kidnapped my other daughter and tortured her a chance to do it again," Harry said angrily.

"Hey, we are not gonna let that happen," I told Harry.

"Oh, you're not gonna let that happen. Gosh, I wish I'd known that the first time. You don't understand Zoom is different than us. Zoom is not tied to anything. Zoom does not care for anyone. I do. My daughter's out here on this Earth somewhere. I have to find her. We all have people that we care about. Zoom will use that against us. Believe me," Harry said. 

"Maybe we should just leave it be," Caitlin said.

"No, no. Look, no. Look, we're... We're not turning our backs on another Earth. We're not gonna let Zoom get away with everything that he's done," Barry said.

"Right now, there is no way to another Earth, Allen. Let's keep it that way," Harry said before walking away.

"We're getting back to Earth-2. With or without his help," Barry said.