Episode 26 - Flash Fanfiction - Vibe and Frost Save the Day

Chapter 8

"Woo! Let's do this! Barry? Caitlin? Harry?" Cisco called out as he arrived at the cortex the next morning ready to get started with gaining Barry's speed back.

He was stunned to see his friends sitting cuffed and gagged to chairs, standing next to them were Peek-a-boo and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend was holding a gun aimed at Cisco.

"That's not what I expected to see coming to work." Cisco said.

"Do you think that we don't know what goes on here?" Shawna's boyfriend said, "I want you to give me powers! Or we'll begin shooting the place down!"

"Clay! Don't..." Shawna pleaded for her boyfriend to stop.
"Clay, is it?" Cisco began, "Why does everyone think that we make meta-humans here? Do we have some kind of sign over STAR Labs saying 'hey we will give you powers and free cookies'? ... Just free my friends, Clay and we won't have a problem."

"Listen to him, please Clay. They are good people!" Shawna said.

But Clay didn't listen, instead he went to shoot at Cisco. Before he could pull the trigger, Shawna took the gun from him and teleported away, hiding it.

Cisco breached himself over to his friends and shot a blast at the binds that held them, freeing them.

"Watch where you send those blasts next time, Ramon!" Harry exclaimed.

"Just be happy that you're safe." Cisco shot back.

"So you freed your friends... but do you know what led us here?" Clay asked them, he didn't give them a chance to answer. "Wally came after us... telling us to turn ourselves in... I've locked him away, and not even Shawna knows where he is."

Shawna reappeared, "Clay... what have you done?" She asked him.

"I knew that I couldn't trust you, baby... that guy Wally is about to die!" Clay said. He walked over to Astrid's bedside where her life support was plugged in. "...as is Shawna's little mentor over here... We know who Astrid really is..."

"Clay, don't!" Shawna pleaded, "You said you wouldn't hurt any of them."

"Well, I lied, baby. These guys have a choice... to either make me powerful... or two innocents will die." Clay said.

"Okay! We'll do it!" Caitlin pleaded. "Just don't hurt either one of them! Please, step away from her bedside, and give us Wally's coordinates."

Barry looked over at Caitlin, "Caitlin, we can't..." Barry began, but she looked back at him, asking him to play along.

"We have a vial of speed serum." Cisco added, "we can give it to you... You'll be just as fast as the Flash. Provided you give us Wally's coordinates."

"Good... that's what I was hoping you would say!" Clay replied. He told them the location of Wally's whereabouts, so Cisco breached his way over there, while Barry went to stand by Astrid's bed.

"DR Wells. Would you mind getting the vial?" Caitlin asked Harry.
"Sure, Dr Snow." Harry said. He stepped into his office for a moment, leaving Barry and Caitlin in the cortex alone with Clay and Shawna.

Clay grabbed ahold of Caitlin by the arm. "Don't hurt her!" Barry snapped, he attempted to run towards them but Shawna held him back.

DR Wells emerged from his office, and handed Clay a vial of clear liquid.

Clay threw Caitlin violently and took the vial. He opened it and drank. "Do you think I'm stupid?" he snapped at them. "That's just water!" he pulled out a spare gun from his jacket pocket and aimed it at Caitlin, immediately pulling the trigger.

Barry watched the moment that the bullet was released, he felt his heart beat out of his chest. It was now or never. As the bullet was released from the gun, he saw it in slow motion, knowing that his powers had returned. He ran and ran, catching the bullet in his hand as it was inches away from Caitlin's chest.

He threw the bullet to the floor and restrained Clay, cuffing him and leaving him under the watch of CCPD before returning back to STAR Labs.

When Barry returned, Shawna crumbled to the floor in tears and Cisco returned with Wally safe and sound. Caitlin ran to Barry and he held her tightly, relieved that his powers had returned at the right moment.

"So, Barry's speed is back!" Harry said, breaking the silence. "That could have been close."