Short on Time

Chapter 136

I shot awake when I heard screaming, Barry was pretty much the same, but he ended up running into a wall. We both froze and looked at each other, then outside, and then back at each other. "What? How?" Barry asked, and then we heard more screaming. 

"The kids," I said as tears filled my eyes and we both bolted from the room. Barry didn't run ahead of me, but I could tell he was itching to. We made it to the twin's room, and I was met with absolute chaos. 

By chaos, I meant the most beautiful thing as Esther antagonized her brother with floating lights, and he wailed from within a light bubble. I couldn't hear him, so I ran down to the nursery and picked up our little baby who immediately stopped crying. 

"Switch?" Barry asked as he held out his arms for Georgie. "I can't make her stop."

"Super children," I said as I started crying. 

"Honey?" Barry said with concern.

I smiled as I waved a hand, "I'm sorry, I just-" Barry pulled me into a hug, and we had Georgie pressed between us, for some reason, he didn't mind. "We did it, Barr. They were gone, but we got them back." 

"We did it," Barry agreed as I stepped back and wiped my eyes 

"Now, I have superhero toddlers to deal with," I said brightly as I marched into the room and made Esther stop torturing her twin, but I didn't lower the light barrier that was keeping us from going deaf until Henry stopped wailing like a banshee. 

He was still crying, but not superpowered crying.

"And that's that," Barry said as he joined me. Esther was looking much too proud, while Henry was glaring at his twin. 

"What about the others?" I asked. And then the phone rang, or rather, Cisco rang. "You'll find out very soon."

"I-" Barry said helplessly.

"Go see if they're still here," I told Barry. "They might have gone back to the future." 

"You'll come to STAR labs later?" Barry asked. 

"As soon as I can," I said gesturing to the three children.

My phone rang this time, and I couldn't even say anything without Cisco yelling at me to get my husband out of bed. "I better go..." 

"Be safe," I told him as he kissed me before speeding off. 

"No!" Esther screamed, and I sighed. "It was going to be a long morning."

~*~

"Honey, what are you doing here?" Barry asked as I walked up with Lucia next to me. 

"Well, I figured that since Henry's favorite toy is rampaging that I should probably help," I said brightly.

"And I just didn't want to deal with Georgie squabbling with Esther about dating Ralph," Lucia said. 

"What was Henry doing?" Barry asked.

"Laughing," Lucia shrugged. 

"Oh, man, I can't believe Nate's gonna miss seeing Beebo," Ray said. "He's gonna be so jealous."

"Here he comes," Kara warned.

"What's the plan?" Barry asked as the toy laughed.

"I'm burning that toy when I get home," I said flatly. 

"Smile, Beebo," Ray said, and we turned to see him taking a selfie. 

"What? Are you-" Lucia said with a glare.