Barry Allen's Broken Daughter

Chapter 4

Barry's POV

I awoke with Poker Face by Lady Gaga being played, and I see a tan man and a woman standing there. I sat up and gasped, barely remembering what happened. I freaked them out and they started talking (an: I don't remember what happened during this scene, I haven't seen it for awhile). The woman asked me to urinate in a cup, and the tan man told me I got struck by lightning, along with a girl. A girl, oh my god, that's Emily! I immediately got all the wires off of me and went to find Emily. But I saw the mirror, and I have abs? "Lightning gave me abs?" I questioned. The tan guy and the girl laughed.

A little bit, I found out that the guy was Cisco and the girl was Caitlyn. Then I remembered, Emily. "Guys, where's my daughter?" I asked frantically. "Oh, the girl that got struck by lightning with you?" Cisco asked. I nodded. Cisco laughed nervously. "What, what happened to Emily?" I asked. "She's still in a coma. And uh- we don't know when she'll wake up." Caitlyn explained. I felt my heart break in two, then into a million pieces. My daughter is in a coma.

"What day is it?" I asked. Cisco looked at his watch. "March 17th. You were in a coma for 9 months." He said. I gulped. June was when I was struck? (An: like I said, I don't remember the pilot very well, bare with me). I looked at Caitlyn. "Where's Emily?" I asked. She gestured for me to follow her, so I did just that. I walked into a room with Emily laying on a bed, tubes hooked up to her. Tears gathered in my eyes just looking at her vulnerable like that.

I walked over to her and held her hand and rubbed my thumb over her knuckles. I brought her hand to my mouth and gently kissed it. (I thought this part is really cringey, I'm cringing rn writing it 😂). I waited patiently, hoping she would wake up, even though, deep down, I know she probably won't for awhile. I kissed her hand one last time and got up from the chair. I walked out and decided to leave STAR Labs, and go to my lab, get my mind off this.

I arrived at the lab and saw Joe chilling there. I sighed and sat down. Joe gave me a sympathetic look, I'm surprised that he's not freaking out. "Uh, why aren't you freaking out? I just woke up, from a 9 month coma." I asked. He shrugged. "Had a feeling you were up. Welcome back son." He patted my back. I half smiled and looked away. "How's Emily?" He asked. I sighed shakily. "She's in a coma. But hers is worse. I don't know why! I covered her, I should be longer in the coma, not her!" I exclaimed.

"Do you remember what happened?" He asked. I nodded. "I was watching tv, about the particle accelerator, and I hear Emily scream, so I ran over and dove on her so nothing would happen, and we both got blown back, that's all I remember." I said. Joe sat there thinking for a bit. "Maybe her bodies not ready to wake up, she's really young Bar, her body is probably still trying to heal." He said. I shrugged and zoned out. That is, until I get a call. I answered and asked who it was. "Barry, it's Caitlyn, Emily woke up."