Short on Time

Chapter 53

I struggled against the men as they held me, Barry was struggling with whoever was holding him. Joe broke free and then helped me out. He pulled out his gun, but we didn't know what to shoot at. "Shoot him! " Barry shouted.

"We can't see it," Joe shouted.

"Just do it!" Barry shouted. Joe and I shared a look before he began to fire and I blasted whatever was holding Barry with my hands. The next thing we knew Barry was gone along with Alchemy. 

"No," I said as I looked around. A minute later Cisco appeared, "what?"

"Just come on," Cisco said as Caitlin grabbed my arm and dragged me through.

"I can't see it!" Caitlin said.

"Just do it!" I told her as my hands glowed and fired at whatever was holding Barry, Caitlin joined me and we saw a huge figure encased in ice and then it shattered leaving Barry in it's wake. I ran to Barry side and helped him up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Barry said.

"Whoo-ee! Ahh. Oh, boy. I'm gonna feel that tomorrow. Ah. That was a new and painful use of my powers," Cisco said.

"You sure you're okay?" I asked Barry.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Just cold," Barry said looking at Cisco and Caitlin. "Thanks for coming."

~*~

"Barry, you're already healing. You should be fine soon," Caitlin said. "Um, Cisco, the MRI I did of your brain shows changes in the capillary morphology similar to that of a mini-stroke. I wouldn't try an intra-dimensional breach like that anytime soon."

"Okay, okay. Mini-stroke? You can't just gloss over that like that, okay? What does that what does that mean? Am I gonna have this migraine for the rest of my life?" Cisco asked.

"It means you should take a few aspirin and you'll be fine," I told him.

"Oh. Well, just lead with that next time," Cisco said.

"Cait, I know what a risk you took using your powers. Thank you," Barry said.

"I didn't do anything," Caitlin said.

"Well, you saved my life," Barry said.

"You've saved mine plenty of times. I'm gonna go check on Wally," Caitlin said walking out.

"Okay. What was that? That frozen thing at the waterfront?" Cisco asked.

"I don't know," Barry said standing up. "But now we know Alchemy is just the lackey. Whatever that thing was, it's what we're really up against."

"Question: you're the only one who can see him? Why? I mean why?" HR asked.

"You're both speedsters," I said. "Maybe it has something to do with that."

"Maybe," Barry said. "But I think he's more than a speedster. I mean, when he had me, it wasn't like we were even moving; it was just like, bam we were instantly somewhere different, even from my perspective."

"Did he say anything else?" I asked.

"He said his name was Savitar," Barry said.

"Hindu god of motion," HR said.

"What? How do you know that?" Cisco asked.

"Crossword puzzle wizard. On two planets, I might add. 12 across, 7 letters. Savitar. Bam. Hindu god of motion," HR said.

"He said he was God," Barry added making me roll my eyes.

"That's nice, even though he's obviously not," I said.