Short on Time

Chapter 64

"Cisco. Get the breach room ready," Barry said suddenly.

"Okay, for what?" Cisco asked.

"I'm gonna save Wally."

"How exactly are you going to do that?" I asked, concerned because I thought I knew the answer.

"I'm going back into the Speed Force," Barry announced. 

"I'm just trying to wrap my mind around you going into the Speed Force again. Savitar said he was there for years. You said it was like being in space," Joe said.

"I know."

"So what are you gonna do? You gonna run in there and run around till you find him? It's endless."

"I know. And this is the only way to save Wally," Barry reasurred.

"Yeah, yeah, I just we need a plan. I don't wanna lose both my sons," Joe said.

"Look, gang, I don't understand the Speed Force, but there are plenty of people in this room who do," HR said pointing his stick at Cisco.

"Am I correct in assuming there's a point coming?" Cisco asked.

"My point is why can't you use your knowledge to fashion some kind of safety precaution for young BA right here, so that, while he's in the Speed Force, he doesn't get lost," HR said.

"Oh, so you're saying I can just whip up some kind of inter-dimensional tether to just anchor him to the Universe?" Cisco asked to which HR agreed. "That's exactly what I can do."

"Yeah! Now we're cooking with helium," HR cheered.

"Yes, and I can I can add a biological component that will measure his vitals when he's in the Speed Force," Caitlin said.

"Because if we can monitor Barry's vitals, we'll know if they fluctuate, and we can pull him out," I said.

"You mean pull us out," Jesse said.

"No," I said immediately.

"Yeah, if you're going in there to save Wally, so am I," Jesse said ignoring me.

"Jesse, you're gonna stay here. Because if your father finds out you're lost in some negative world, the first person to get a broken schnoz is me," HR said.

"Barry, you need my help. Your shoulder is still broken," Jesse said.

"It's okay. It's almost healed," Barry said.

"No, look, I can do this," Jesse said.

"I know, but I need you to stay here. Keep the city safe while I'm gone. And this is something I have to do alone, okay?" Barry asked.

"Fine," Jesse sighed.

"Thank you," Barry said.

"Okay, let's go to work," Cisco said walking out.

~*~

"Cisco, you about ready?" Barry asked as I paced.

"Born ready," Cisco said holding out the piece. "Okay. Here's winging it."

"Winging it? Wait, what do you mean?" Joe asked, alarmed.

"Well, I mean, I don't really have a map of the Speed Force, so when I vibe Barry into it," Cisco said.

"You have no idea where I'm gonna land," Barry said.

"So reasurring," I said.

"But the good news is, if he gets stuck on the wrong side of the tracks, now we can fish him out," Cisco said.