Short on Time

Chapter 43

"Ginger, can you help me with something?" Harry asked randomly just as I was about to help Barry in the Cortex with Iris and Cisco. "I'm sure they've got that handled."

I sighed as I followed Harry to the lab, "what do you need help with?"

"Do you have all of the research your father did on Barry?" Harry asked.

"Yes, but why would you want that?" I asked confused.

"To recreate the particle accelerator," Harry said.

I shook my head as I sat down and pulled up all of the files, "you are crazy. And I'm going to show you why."

"I just need to read them," Harry said.

"Well too bad, I helped him write everything. I was one of the people who took care of Barry at first, and identified the chemicals that made him like he plus," I said as I pulled up the blood tests.

"When were these taken?" Harry asked.

"Right after he stabilized at the hospital," I explained.

"We're gonna need everything, and I need to know how your father built the machine," Harry said.

"It's not going to work," I said simply as I did what he asked.

"Just do it," Harry grumbled and we got to work.

~*~

'It's not gonna last," was the brightness that Harry brought into the room. And no, I was not glowing like a flashlight.

"There it is," Cisco said.

"It's not gonna be long before someone figures out: Oh, wait. You never say anything. You never touch anything. Oh, wait. You never go indoors", Harry said sarcastically.

"Okay, well, without Barry's speed, this is as good an idea as any," Iris said.

"Actually, I beg to differ. I think a better idea, instead of playing 'Hoodlums and Holograms' would be to rebuild the particle accelerator to get Barry's speed back," Harry said.

"Yeah, Wells, that's what you keep saying," Barry said.

"That's right," Harry nodded.

"Look at what that explosion did to this city. Not to mention, last time we tried something like that, we blew a hole in the universe and created, fifty portals to your Earth," I said. "Which I have told you five times and then some."

"Which is exactly how Zoom and his henchmen got here in the first place," Barry added.

"I told you. I know how to contain the explosion," Harry said.

"Really?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

"You know how to contain a dark matter explosion that, last time, just radiated all of Central City? You tried this on your Earth, remember?" Barry said.

"Didn't go so well. And, even if you could contain it, I thought you said that Barry couldn't tap into the Speed Force anymore," I said crossing my arms.

"It wasn't connected the first time he got his powers," Harry said. "Look, I have your Wells's data. The Harrison Wells from this Earth, I have his science. I know what chemicals need to be in your body. I know how the lightning needs to bond with the dark matter from the particle accelerator explosion. I can recreate the circumstances to get you your speed back. This will work."

Cisco gave me a look, "why did you give him the data?"

I held my hand up in surrender, "to prove to him this was a bad idea. Which I did, but he won't listen."