New Earth: Flash

Chapter 14

"Cisco, what exactly are you working on?" Caitlin asked her boyfriend as she entered his workshop.

"Something to help us against Thawne." Cisco said as Caitlin saw what he was working on.

"A speed force bazooka?" Caitlin asked.

"I figured if it can send Savitar into the speed force, we should be able to do the same thing with Thawne, but I was wrong." Cisco said.

"What do you mean?" Caitlin asked.

"Even if I could build the bazooka, which I can't, since I'm not Tracy Brand, but it won't work, since the bazooka works by harnessing the target's connection to the speed force, but for one thing, the original speed force doesn't even exist anymore and I'm not sure if this thing would be compatible with the new speed force and Thawne doesn't even draw his speed from the speed force." Cisco said.

"So, why not just turn Thawne's own speed force against him. I mean, you turned the original speed force bazooka into a speed force skeleton key and you know about the negative speed force, so why not just tune it to the negative speed force." Caitlin said.

"I don't know how to. I barely understand how the bazooka works." Cisco said.

"Maybe Jesse could help. She's studying extra dimensional energies and the speed force. She helped create the new speed force, I'm sure she can help build the bazooka and modify it." Caitlin suggested, since she could see

"Really. And how exactly do I explain to her why I'm building it or how I know what the negative speed force is?" Cisco asked as he continued working.

"Cisco, we have some time. You don't have to work so hard on this. Especially when you have a girlfriend who is tired of having to spend every night alone." Caitlin added as she wrapped her arms around his neck and Cisco sighed.

"I know I've been neglecting you and Frost lately and I am sorry about that. It's just, we finally have the upperhand on Thawne. For the first time ever, we are a step ahead of him. We know his plans, we know every move he plans on making. But we don't have any place to put him once we catch him, since it took strapping Cicada's dagger in the future to Thawne to dampen his speed to keep him trapped in Iron Heights and Barry refuses to kill him. I just, I don't know where else to put him after we catch him except in a speed force prison, but his being a part of the negative speed force would most likely protect him from the bazooka's effects." Cisco said.

"So, maybe we should work the problem together. After all, two heads are better than one." Caitlin said.

'And three are even better' Frost said in her mind.

"Yes, but let's face it Frost, you're more the brawn in this operation than the brains." Caitlin said and immediately regretted it when Frost went silent.

"Yeah, I think you should figure things out with Frost first, since maybe you should consider letting her take the driver's wheel again?" Cisco asked.

"I already talked to her about that and she agreed to wait until after we defeat Thawne for that, since I still plan on letting her build a life of her own, so to speak, but right now, it would rouse too much suspicion with Thawne, since something tells me that he might try tracking Frost if he suspects that she takes control from time to time." Caitlin said, since she honestly wished she could let Frost take the wheel now, since she'd felt guilty for waiting so long to do it before, but for now, Frost had to stay in her cage, no matter how much neither of them liked it.

"Still, I think you hurt her feelings with that remark, since I don't need to be a mind reader to know that she's icing you out." Cisco said with a smile and Caitlin rolled her eyes.

"Seriously, that was the best you could come up with? I think you lost your touch a bit." Caitlin said.

"Oh please, that was solid." Cisco said as Barry entered.

"Okay, please tell me I am not walking in a lover's dispute? Because if so, I think we may need to put you on separate floors." Barry said with a slight smile.

"Oh ha, ha." Caitlin said as Barry chuckled.

"Look I'm sorry, but honestly, I'm glad you two finally got your heads in the game and realized you liked each other. You know Joe, Iris, Cecille, Ralph, Harry, Sherloque and I all had a wager on when you guys would start making out?" Barry asked.

"Seriously?" Cisco asked, incredulously.

"Oh yeah. It was obvious to all of us, since honestly, you two were just as close as Iris and I were before we started dating or even before I got my powers." Barry said.

"Is there something we can help you with Barry?" Caitlin asked as she heard Frost laugh in her head at that and saying how she wished she'd had a piece of that action.

"Actually two, things. First, Iris and I are engaged again, since in this universe, we've been dating since high school. Hopefully this time, our wedding will go by a bit more smoothly." Barry said.

"Well, since I haven't been able to detect any other earths yet, you shouldn't have to worry about that. Congrats man." Cisco said as he and Barry high fived.

"Cisco, I wanted to ask you to be my best man again." Barry said.

"Of course." Cisco said.

"I'm assuming Iris is going to ask me to be a bridesmaid, since I'm assuming Jesse will be the maid of honor?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah. Jesse was very excited when we told her. Iris is still working on tracking down Wally, but he will be a groomsman and so will Oliver and Ralph." Barry said.

"What about Iris's bridesmaid?" Caitlin asked.

"You'll have to ask her about that." Barry said.

"Okay, any other reason you came by?" Cisco asked.

"I was wondering if you had any ideas on how to technologically recreate J'onn's psychic powers." Barry said.

"Maybe, but why?" Cisco asked.

"I want to restore Jesse's memories." Barry said, causing both of them to look at him like he was crazy.

"Barry, are you sure? We don't even know if Jesse's mind can be restored, since technically, she didn't have a doppelganger." Cisco said.

"On earth one. But she looks exactly like Jesse Wells, she even has the same powers. New earth means new possibilities. Besides, how will we know if we don't try. It's not fair to Jesse if she's the only one out of the loop." Barry said and they nodded at that.

"I guess we can find out if it's possible." Cisco said.

"Good. Because if Jesse knows how to use her powers already, that gives us one more highly trained meta against Thawne." Barry said and they could both see the wisdom in that, since right now, Jesse and Iris were the only ones who didn't know how to use their powers. But if they could give Jesse Allen the memories of Jesse Wells, then the only one who wouldn't know how to use their powers is Iris and that's only because she never had powers before and hopefully she'd learn to control them by the time Thawne made his first appearance at Christmas.