Short on Time

Chapter 94

"Thing we're gonna do to get Killer Frost to appear, get that massive spike in your adrenaline production that we need, is, Ramon is gonna use his vibes to shake you up on the cellular level, and let's see if we can't get your old friend Killer Frost to come out to play," Harry said as he hooked Caitlin up.

"Are you sure this is gonna work?" Barry asked.

"Well, I mean, like any-" Harry began and I finished.

"Hypothesis."

"Yes, you have to test it to get an answer. It's what we've all done since the fourth grade, known as the-"

"Scientific method?" Barry asked.

"Right you are, Allen! Of course. Ah, here he is. Okay, good. So get in position," Harry said.

I looked nervously at Iris as Cisco walked in. "Don't worry, I lowered the amps on this thing," Cisco said.

"Ramon, you set?" Harry asked.

"Yeah."

"Snow, you ready?"

"I'm ready."

"Three, two, one, and-"

"Nothing," I sighed.

"All right. Ramon, more power. Set? Three, two, one-"

"All right, this isn't working," Cisco said.

"You know what, Ramon? Full power."

"Wait, hold on, hold on," I said. My arms flailing around making an 'X'.

"What do you mean, full power? We don't want to blast Caitlin across the speed lab," Cisco said.

"Well, you need to get a spike in her adrenaline," Harry complained.

"Harry, she could get injured," Iris said.

"Yeah. God, this is-"

"Language Harry, we've talked about this," I chided.

"Sensitive Catholic in the corner," Harry muttered. "Look, this is gonna work, okay? Nothing has changed. All right? Snow's DNA tests, they confirm it. Her meta-DNA was not spliced by Noah's powers."

"You mean Melting Point's powers," Caitlin corrected.

"Right, that's what I said. Melting Point's powers."

"No, you didn't."

"I did say that."

"Anyhow," I said.

"But, Harry, there's no dark matter in her system anyway. We're just trying to spike her heart rate," Barry said.

"What do you mean, there's no dark matter?" Harry asked.

"Harry, you knew that," I said gently.

"We all did," Iris added.

"We did?"

"We did."

"No, I know. I just, I think I just, you know, forget. I forgot," Harry said.

"You forgot?" Barry asked.

"Harry, are you okay?" I asked concerned.

Harry didn't say anything, but looked over to Cisco. "No. He's not."

~*~

"I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID THIS," I vented angrily as I looked at the scans. "We talked about this!"

"Harry, you're Losing my intelligence?" Barry asked as Iris gave me a look saying to calm down.

"Yes. The injection of dark matter from the Thinking Cap apparently overwhelmed my synapses. Instead of making my brain faster, it's slowing it down," Harry said.