Short on Time

Chapter 68

"Her name is Tracy Brand," Barry said as we looked at the USB he got from his future self. "She's one of the world's top theoretical physicists you know, or at least she will be.""No kidding. Girl Scout earns her merit badges," Cisco said looking at the list.

"2021 Nobel Prize, Copley Medal, presidential commendation," I sad impressed.

"She's a genius, but what's that to us?" HR asked.

"She's the key to stopping Savitar. Future me said that four years from now, Dr. Brand invents the technology that traps Savitar in the Speed Force," Barry explained.

"Four years too late," Joe said.

"Yeah, but if she invents the tech then, then maybe she's working on the prototype now," Cisco said.

"That's exactly right, so we should find her," Barry said.

"Agreed," HR said.

"Sorry why are we not looking for Caitlin again?" Julian asked.

"Easy, Romeo and Juliet. None of us have forgotten about Caitlin," Cisco said.

"Right, but future Flash already confirmed that she teams up with Savitar. We should be doing everything in our power to stop that from happening," Julian ranted.

"We know."

"Right, so what is Wally doing swanning off to Earth-3 to be with his girlfriend? He could be here right now looking for her. It's like no one's doing a thing," Julian stressed.

"No one's doing a thing? Barry and Wally searched the city half a dozen times. No one's doing a thing? Every chance I get, I try to vibe where she is. We're using facial recognition technology. We're using the meta-human app, the satellite," Cisco snapped.

"Julian, we're doing everything we can," I told him gently.

"I just want her back, okay?" Julian said.

"Yeah, well, if you wanted her here so badly, maybe you shouldn't have ripped off that necklace and turned her into a killer," Cisco fired back.

"Okay, okay," Barry said getting in between them.

"Just saying," Cisco said and then the computer went off. "We got a hit."

"Tracy Brand, currently enrolled in CCU's Theoretical Physics program," I said looking at the data.

"So our hopes of defeating an evil speed god hinge on a grad student?" Joe asked.

"Could be worse," I said with a shrug.

"B.A., Cisco, let's do this," HR said grabbing them.

"I will see you later," Barry said kissing my cheek.

As they left, Joe turned to me with a raised eyebrow, "so have you two thought of names yet?"

~*~

"Why am I stuck in the van again?" I asked Julian as we watched HR.

"Because you being in the car with the cop and the Flash would be more dangerous," Cisco said.

"Plus there's more room in here," Julian said.

I turned quickly to him, "are you calling me fat?"

"Well, you have bgan to start showing and you're showing a lot," Julian said awkwardly.

"Ginger, I need you mumbo jummple help," Cisco said.

"You're interested in my theories on quantum mechanics?" Tracy asked.