Short on Time

Chapter 44

"Barry he's gone," Iris said as I silently cried on the steps, clinging onto the piece of Barry's suit that was left. I didn't want to even think about him being gone, I couldn't, I just couldn't. 

"This wasn't su- I didn't.... I'm so sorry," Harry said as we looked where Barry should be.

"We lost him," I whispered hoarsely.

"No, no, no, no, he," Cisco said desperately as he turned on the computer. "He could've got knocked somewhere or maybe even run there. Nothing on the GPS."

"There were strikes all over the building. Jesse, come down here, please," Harry said but we didn't hear anything. "Jesse? Wally?"

My eyes widened in horror as I jumped to my feet and ran out, Iris, Joe, and Harry right on my heels. I saw Jesse and Wally on the ground. I immediately ran to Wally and felt his neck, he had a pulse. I quickly switched to Jesse as Harry ran in.  

"Oh, God, Wally!" Joe shouted.

"No, no!" Harry shouted as I checked Jesse's pulse, but she didn't have one. I put Barry's uniform on my lap as I began CPR on Jesse as Joe tried to shake Wally awake.

"Come on girly, don't leave us now," I whispered to Jesse as I breathed into her.

"Wally! Wally, wake up!" Joe shouted. I ignored the grieving parents as I focused in on Jesse, Harry tried to do CPR but I pushed him back. A moment later Wally woke up, I was nearing two minutes of CPR on Jesse when she coughed and began to breathe again. 

"It's beating. Her heart's beating," Harry said almost to reassure himself.

"Henry's a doctor. He should see her," Iris said.

I nodded as I got up and walked out with Joe behind me. When I walked back into the breach room, Henry was sitting on the steps staring into space. I bit my lip as tears pricked my eyes again as I knelt down next to Henry, "Henry, Wells' daughter is upstairs," Joe said from behind me.

"The energy hit her too. Her heart stopped beating, she's alive right now, but she needs your help," I told Henry. But he wouldn't listen, "Henry I'm not a doctor, I can't help her. You can." 

Still, Barry's father wouldn't respond, "Henry!" Joe shouted snapping him out of it. 

"All right," Henry said.

Cisco came to my side as Henry stood up and walked over to Joe, he touched my hand but his hand rubbed against the fabric of Barry's suit, Cisco froze for a second and then looked at me with wide eyes. "I saw him! I saw Barry. He's alive."

~*~

"Thank God you're here," Cisco said as I helped Henry take Jesse's vitals again.

"Caitlin's usually the one doing this," I explained to Henry. "Heart rate's normal, Blood Pressure is in normal parameters, Respiratory Rate is fine, and everything is normal."

"Reflexes and breathing are fine. She should be waking up. She's just not," Henry said.

"It was the same with Barry. Um, after the first accident, he was in a coma that no one could explain," Iris said.

"What did you do with him?" Henry asked.

"So they brought him here Well, Wells brought him here," Cisco said.

"The other Wells," I reminded them.

"Right, the Wells who was actually Thawne," Cisco said.

"Eobard, not Eddie," Iris added. "Right. It's-it's complicated."

"Anyway, we took care of Barry while Wells Thawne treated him," I told Henry.

"Are there any records of that treatment?" Henry asked. "We might find clues how to help Jesse."