Episode 28 - Flash Fanfiction - Roomies

Chapter 5

Barry unfroze and assisted Cisco in helping unfreeze Harry. Fortunately, they had succeeded. "man... for a regular human, you sure can take a ton of ice being thrown at you." Cisco said to Wells.

"What can I say, the World Walkers are built to withstand a lot." Harry replied.

"Hey, you guys..." Astrid said as she sat up on the med bay bed. "What happened in here? Where's Caitlin?" As the group walked over to her, she saw in their minds exactly what had happened.

"Oh no!" she gasped, "we need to help her... and Frost."

"Frost was pretty determined to kill Wells... I'm not sure how we're going to convince her not to!" Barry said. "But, I'm not sitting idly by while she is in this state."

"How's your head, Jedi girl?" Cisco asked as he sat beside her, "we don't need you over exerting yourself, again."

"It's actually fine, for the moment anyway. I'm ready to work! We need to focus on Caitlin... and helping Frost. We're not losing them." She replied, "Even if I have to compel Frost myself..."

"...Which you're not doing..." Cisco cut her off, "... at least, not until I can adjust your power dampening bracelet to allow you to use your abilities without causing you to lose your mind in the process."

"Agreed!" Harry replied. "We will help Frost, but we're doing it in a way that won't hinder your mental stability."

"Then what do you suppose we do? I'm your best shot at getting her back!" Astrid replied.

"They're right." Barry replied, "We're doing this without anyone getting hurt. You included! Does anyone have any ideas?"

"The answer might lie within Caitlin herself." Harry said after a while. "Maybe she doesn't possess the strength to overtake Frost from within her mind."

Astrid thought for a moment, "But even if that's the case, it's clear that Frost is acting purely on emotion and revenge. Maybe that's why Frost isn't letting Caitlin be in control at the moment."

"You mean we need to appeal to Frost... and not Caitlin?" Barry asked her.

"That's exactly what I'm saying. They are two separate beings... we know that. They are both our friends... and it's clear that Frost is struggling. We do the same thing that we would do for Caitlin in this situation." Astrid said.

"And might I suggest that we leave Harry out of this battle?" Cisco asked, "I mean... he is the one she wants to... you know... kill!"

"The lot of you are asking me to just stay here and let you guys deal with her? What if something goes wrong? Things always go wrong!" Harry said.

"We're not asking!" Astrid said.

Harry knew that they would not take 'no' for an answer. "Fine... I'll stay here... but I can see the lot of you regretting it!" Astrid glared at him, she was still mad at him for lying to her. He left them and made his way towards his office.

"You shouldn't be so harsh on the guy... He means well." Barry said to Astrid.
"Let's locate Frost." Astrid said. "To do so I'm going to need to perform a mind scan of Central City. I'm going to need you guys to stand by if I can't contain my own mind."

"Are you sure that you really want to do this?" Cisco asked her.

"I need to." She said. She closed her eyes and cleared her mind, relaxing it entirely.
She was able to open the channel up to the thoughts of Central City's residents... Her head began to hurt, but she breathed through it.

"Okay, I have her location. Amunet's old base/ The old hotel" She finally said. "But, she knows that we're coming. She's ready to attack us if necessary."