Alternate ending to 'Girls Night Out'
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Silence reigned as Barry Allen stood motionless, his eyes fixed on Caitlin Snow.
His head was pounding, but he couldn't seem to focus on that anymore. He was too shocked by the fact he had just witnessed her change from Killer Frost as if it were as natural as breathing.
"I can explain everything, guys." Caitlin's voice echoed through the room.
A look of confusion and shock rested on Barry's features. Seconds passed, and Caitlin's gaze drifted over to him. For an instant, their eyes met and he saw a look ghost across her face.
Fear? Apprehension? Anxiety?
"B...but first let me get cleaned up." Caitlin glanced down at her appearance.
That's when it hit Barry, blood was seeping through her jacket, and an array of cuts and bruises riddled her delicate features. He didn't miss the slight limp she tried to conceal as she walked away, either.
After a few moments, everybody else dispersed. Something about getting coffee. But Barry didn't register it, he was too caught up in the wave of anger and fear that washed over him.
Finally, Barry managed to snap himself out of his trance. In less than a millisecond he was down the hall and parked firmly in front of Caitlin.
She was momentarily shocked, her hair blown back by the gust he created.
"Cait, what happened?" Barry question, a note of urgency in his tone.
"It's fine, Barry." She assured quietly.
"It's not fine." Barry answered, briefly reaching out to touch one of the cuts on her cheek, "You're not fine."
"It's alright," Caitlin stated adamantly.
She moved to walk around him, still struggling to hide her limp. "I'll tell you and others in just a minute," Caitlin added.
"Caitlin, please." He called.
She paused, partially turning back to face him.
"You're bleeding," Barry stated.
She was silent for a beat.
"Not anymore," Caitlin whispered, her posture falling ever so slightly.
Barry took a step forward, clearing the district between them.
"Can I see?" He asked softly, putting a hand on her lower arm.
She hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Caitlin shrugged off the blue jacket, revealing a long stitched up gash on her arm.
Barry felt his stomach drop. One because of the sheer size of the wound. Two, because the moment Barry saw it, he knew. Caitlin had patched him up more times then he could count, he knows what her stitches look like.
"You stitched yourself up?" Barry blurted before he could stop himself.
"Who else was going to?" Caitlin replied.
It hurt how calm it sounded when she spoke, what hurt even more was that Barry knew she was right. After all, this was the woman who had basically performed surgery on herself.
It was at that moment Barry made a promise to himself, a vow really.
He was going to make sure that she never has to fix herself up again, not alone. Given how fast he could read, there was really no excuse for him not to know about the subject. He could read through a whole med-school college textbook in a minute flat, and that's exactly what he planned to do.
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Alter Egos
Fanfiction"However, there is one constant in the never ending flow of worlds. Wherever Barry Allen is, Caitlin Snow is always there too. Like two planets forever locked in a gravitational pull, they are always together, orbiting around each other." Alter Egos...