#joe west

[radioactiveteacupbis]

Barry: No son ever felt more love from a father

Joe: No father ever felt more proud of a son

Iris: ugly-crying in the background 'cause she just realized the universe is forcing her to marry her brother

[radioactiveteacupbis]

This is so Joe West-coded lmao

(screenshot not mine)

Remember the episode where Barry was nervous to kiss Iris in front of Joe and stumbled over his words saying "Yeah, but he's our… your… he's Joe."

He was going to say OUR DAD. And that was before he and Iris were married so no father-in-law cop-out for the illiterates. Barry and Iris were just dating at the time, so the writers did know how nasty and inappropriate their relationship was, they were probably just getting a kick out of the sweet home Alabama vibe like the Hollywood freaks they are

[eoallen]

their faces always kill me in this scene

[nobodys-hekatonchires]

I still can't believe Joe got hit by a train lmaooo

[nobodys-hekatonchires]

Joe tried to shoot Harry the moment he saw him in S2, WHY WOULD HE TELL BARRY AND IRIS THEY SHOULD HELP THAWNE

I hate this show. I love this show. I hate. But I love it.

[nobodys-hekatonchires]

Omg Joe's death lmao

[nobodys-hekatonchires]

I wonder how things went down when Joe had to go tell Henry that his son got struck by lightning and keeps having seizures :)

[motherartemis]

𝒯𝓌𝑜 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹𝓈, 𝒪𝓃𝑒 𝐹𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎

Chapter 5: The Darkness and The Light

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As the elevator doors opened, I released a heavy breath, "I hope whatever Barry is doing is important enough to miss our morning coffee run." Joe chuckles beside me as we exit the elevator, "Please don't kill him, he's the only son I have." I smile, shrugging my shoulders, "I make no promises." As we walk down the hall towards the cortex, I can hear voices. Joe and I turn the corner, and time seems to stand still. 

Joe grabs his gun, shooting at a man standing behind Barry, and a spread of cold chills flows throughout my body as I drop the coffee in my hands when I look into his eyes. Those eyes I've tried so hard to forget. Barry grabs the bullets, turning to Joe. "Joe! Put the gun down!" The Detective walks around the center console, towards Wells. "How is he still alive? How are you still alive?"

"I don't know, because you missed?" Wells spoke sarcastically, Barry scoffed, "Hey, I'm trying to keep him from shooting you. You're not helping." Barry looks over Joe's shoulder, gaze landing on my still frozen figure. He pulls Joe, walking towards me, lightly placing a hand on my arm. "Hey, let's take a walk, all right?" I nod slowly, taking one last glance at the man before turning and walking out of the room. 

I leaned onto the wall as Barry and Joe conversed, "I know that this is a lot to take in, but that guy back in that room, that's not Wells." Joe shakes his head, "Dr. McGee swore she saw Wells. He broke into Mercury Labs." Barry exclaims, "What? Why didn't you tell me this?" Joe shrugs, "Because I didn't believe her. I didn't even want to consider that Wells was alive." Barry steps forward, "Eddie erased that Wells from existence. This guy is--he's someone else, and he says he's here to help us stop Zoom."

Joe sneers, "How can you even look at him?" Barry turns and raises a hand towards the end of the hall, "You think this is easy for me? The guy in there looks, moves, sounds exactly like the guy who drove a knife through our mother's heart. I have to resist the urge to kill him. I'm trying my best to get past that, okay? You shooting him--that's not helping." Joe shakes his head, glancing at me from over Barry's shoulder, "After all our losses, I thought at least we were free of Wells."

He inhales, "I just want one week where we're not surprised by somebody from our past. I'd better go fill in Iris." Joe walks away, and Barry wishes him luck before turning to me, "Hey." He stands in front of me, placing his hands on my crossed arms. "I know, this is a lot harder for you than it is for me. And I understand if you can't be here right now. I won't be mad if you need to leave with Joe." I lift my teary gaze to meet his, "I don't know how to feel. I know it's not him, but he looks just like him. There's not a discernible feature to tell them apart."

Barry sighs, "I know. But you're not alone in this. Y/N, I know our experiences with him can't really be compared to yours. But I promise. I won't let him hurt you again." I nod, Barry smiles sadly, and wraps his arms around me, "I love you, Y/N. Always." I tighten my grip around his waist, "I love you, Barry. Forever."

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"You do realize that when I said I wanted a drink, I didn't mean a latte, right? I was talking about alcohol. Like mind-numbing alcohol." Barry wraps his arm around Cisco as the three of us stand in line. "Alright, look, you got to give him a chance, okay? He's not a speedster. He's just a regular, normal guy from another universe." Cisco mutters, "I never thought I'd miss time travel."

"Time travel, huh?" The three of us turn at the new voice, Barry laughing nervously, "Hey! Are you kidding?" Patty chuckles, "Hey. Is there a meta-human who can time-travel?" She asks, looking between the three of us. Barry shakes his head, "Time--no. Time travel's not real." Patty shifts on her feet, "Oh, 'cause that would be pretty cool!" Cisco chuckles nervously and mutters. "Not so sure about that." Barry points at Cisco, "Patty, you know Cisco Ramon, right?"

"Yeah, you're the scientific advisor on meta-humans to the CCPD, right?" Cisco nods, "Yeah, that's me." She smiles and turns back to Barry, "Hey, Barr, did you hear I was right about King Shark?" Cisco smiles brightly, "King Shark? Nice name. I like her." She nods, "Yeah, yeah, King Shark almost ate The Flash." I lift my head and snap it in Barry's direction, brows furrowed. "Oh, nah, I'm sure The Flash had it handled." Cisco nods in a sure-you-did manner. Patty shakes her head, "Oh, no, I was there. I saw it all. Some hooded guy saved his life." 

I lower my head again, turning my gaze to the patterns in the tiled floor. "Wait, and you're not, like, traumatized or anything?" Cisco questions with the shake of his head. "I just watched a half-man, half-shark take on the fastest man alive." She laughs, "I love this city." 

The conversation continues, drifting on about the man-shark. I tuned it out; all I could think about was the man back at S.T.A.R. Labs, the man I spent months crying over. The man who broke my heart and stabbed my mother in hers. How in the world was I just supposed to be okay with working beside him, with being near him? A hand on my shoulder thrusts me out of my thoughts, "You okay?" Barry asks, brows raised in concern. I nod, "I'm fine." I look behind him, noticing the space, "Where'd Patty go?" 

He shrugs, "She had to go, Singh wants her to work on her case report." I nod, Cisco squints at the man, "There's always gonna be Harry's out there, but you can't let the Harry's get in the way of you living your life. Ask Patty out. You gotta--you gotta be bold." I send Barry a confused look, and he shakes his head in return. I look at Cisco, "That's tough talk. When was the last time you asked a girl for her number?" He rolls his head in my direction, "Watch and learn." I nod, "I'm watching."

Cisco walks to the counter, "Hi. What can I get you?" Cisco chokes, "Hi there." She smiles, "Hi...again." Cisco hesitates, and the woman points towards the coffee, "Do you want some coffee?" Cisco nods, "Yeah, I'll get some coffee." Then shakes his head, "No, uh, no, I don't want coffee. You know what I do want, though? I want to ask you this." He leans closer, "Do you want to go out with me?" The woman nods with a small, "Oh." And looks away, Cisco tries to save it, "To--we--I mean, we could go get coffee or we--" She looks back up at Cisco, "No." 

I look over at Barry, who has a sad expression. Cisco shakes his head, "That's a no. That's totally cool. It's cool. Respect." Cisco walks off, and Barry and I follow.

"Yo, dude, you good? It's her loss." Cisco breathes heavily, and he looks anxious. "Hey, what's up?" I ask, lightly touching Cisco's arm. He swallows dryly, "We have another breach." Barry shakes his head, looks away, "What? How do you know?" Cisco looks away, "Central City Bank. You guys gotta go now!" Barry and I nod, and he grabs my arm. Speeding us off to Central City Bank.

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Upon arrival, we spotted the Breacher. A woman wearing a black and white outfit, with a visor that took up most of her face. "You got our attention." The woman turns to us, "Flash." She extends her palm towards us and shoots a small beam of light at him. Barry dodges as he stands back up. The meta slams her palms onto the ground, sending out another beam of light and knocking a few hostages off their feet. Barry speeds to place chairs in front of them as they land, and I shade my eyes from the light.

Looking back towards the man, he shakes his head as he looks around.

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Cisco meets us back at S.T.A.R. Labs, and he tells us that Wells might know about her as we walk into the cortex. "Her name is Doctor Light. Small-time thief on my Earth until exposure to the dark matter from the Particle Accelerator, and became a meta-human with the ability to derive power from starlight." Cisco sighs, smirking slightly, "Oh, very cool." Barry nods slightly behind him. "Stars having a temperature of 5,300 degrees kelvin and a blinding luminosity, I would say, 'Not very cool at all'," Wells speaks as he sends a very deadpanned look at Cisco. 

"You know, our Dr. Wells may have been evil, but you're just a dick," Cisco exclaims, shrugging his shoulders. Barry speaks, "Okay, so obviously, Zoom brought her here from your Earth like the others." Wells takes a bite of his burger, "Mm-hmm. Now that we know that, we can use that to gain an advantage." I watch the man walk away and speak, "What do you mean?" The man turns to me, "We capture Doctor Light and use her to lure Zoom here."

"You are insane!" Jay's voice booms, echoing through the cortex as he and Caitlin enter the room. "Okay, we are not luring Zoom anywhere." Caitlin walks over to me, a tight smile graces her lips, "Apparently, they know each other, and Jay is not a fan." I scoff and look at her, "Is anyone?" She shrugs.

"Huh. Well, well, well. Like everyone else, I assumed Earth-2 Flash was dead. Why am I not surprised to find Jay Garrick here, still alive and in hiding a full universe away from Zoom?" Jay sneers, taking steps towards Wells, "I'm not in hiding. Zoom nearly killed me and stole my speed before the Singularity pulled me here." Wells smirks, "Is that right?" Jay nods, "Yeah, that's right."

I slowly creep over to Cisco, pulling a twenty-dollar bill out of my jacket pocket, "Twenty bucks, that Jay punches Wells." Cisco smirks, "Deal." He shakes my hand, and we continue watching the scene unfold. "Well, whatever the case, in your absence, Zoom has only gotten more powerful, faster. Barry, you have to defeat Zoom now while you still can." Barry shrugs, shaking his head.

"No, this isn't the time to be reckless. We don't even know why Zoom sent Doctor Light here. She's a thief, not a killer." Wells smirks, "Zoom can make people do things out of character. Thief or not, she'll kill you." He says, looking at Barry. Who decides to end the argument, "Alright, look, hey, we can decide what to do with Light later. First, we have to find her, okay?"

Wells walks off, causing Barry to sigh. I slap the twenty into Cisco's hand, who smirks. "Pleasure doing business with ya." I flip him off with a smirk.

Barry turns to us, approaching Cisco. "Hey, how did you know that she was breaking into the bank?" Cisco looks at me for a second before frantically grabbing his phone out of his pocket.  I-I got an alert on my phone. There's a little ring-a-ding." He lets a trill-like ring, "Every time, like, there's a robbery at a bank." Barry gives a confused look, and Cisco freaks, "But you know what? I think I can get the S.T.A.R. Labs satellite to scan for irregular solar radiation emissions, and we can find Doctor Light's light."

Barry nods, grabbing his phone, "Okay, I'm gonna also call Joe, see if CCPD has any leads. Why don't we keep them apart until I get back?" He motions towards the two men on the opposite side of the cortex. "I'm sure that won't be a problem." Caitlin whispers.

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Barry left, heading to CCPD to finish some of his reports. Cisco and I walked down the halls, heading towards his lab. "You know, you're going to have to make an app to get alerts now, right? You don't know because you can't read minds, but Barry did not believe a thing you were spewing back there. He was actually wondering if you were having a stroke." I laughed, and he turned to me. "Yeah, go on. Laugh it up." He walked past me as I laughed, "Aw, Cisco." I jog lightly to catch up to him. "Don't be like that, he's just worried about you. We all are." 

He smiles, wrapping his arm around my shoulders, "I know." Music echoes down the hall, coming from Cisco's lab. We slowly approach the doorway, quickly spotting Wells sitting at Cisco's desk, reading something on the computer. Cisco takes a deep breath, "Hey, Harry. Hey, over here." Wells looks up and over to the doorway, lowering the volume wth a sigh. "Come inside. Use my workroom. Use my computer! I don't care."

Cisco exclaims as he walks into the room. I smile from my spot in the doorway, "Thanks." Harry responds unbothered. "You and Wells Prime have very different musical tastes. His were better." I tilt my head in agreement, "This Harrison Wells and I are very different. but similar in some respects. I see he made almost the same mistake I did with the Particle Accelerator." I scoff, and Cisco continues, "Yeah, he did a lot of terrible things, and none of them were by mistake."

Wells stands, looking over at Cisco, "What did he do to you? I know he caused the Singularity, murdered Barry's mother, blah, blah, blah, blah. What did he do to you?" Cisco keeps his eyes on what he's messing with as Wells stands in front of him. "Both of you can barely look me in the eye. Why is that? What did he do to you?" He looks between the two of us. "He shoved his hand through my chest. He stopped my heart."

Wells chuckles, "Ouch, okay, that would do it, but you survived that." Cisco scoffs, "Only because Barry erased that timeline." Wells nods his head, "I see. Barry traveled in time. But what about her?" He turns to me, and Cisco sends me a look saying, 'you don't have to answer that'. I look at the doppelganger of the man I once loved. "I loved him. He took that love and used it to get closer to Barry, and tried to kill everyone I care about." 

Wells nods, "Hmm. Here's how it is." Cisco looks at him, "What's the deal?" Harry smirks, "You two don't have to like me. I don't like you, but you have to work with me to stop Zoom and Doctor Light. Can you do that?" Cisco takes a step back, "I guess we'll see, won't we?" He walks around the man towards me. "I guess we will. One more thing--." Wells calls out, causing Cisco to stop and turn. "You said you were going to re-task the S.T.A.R. Labs satellite?"

Cisco nods, "To scan for solar emissions, yeah, we're up and running." Wells turns towards, "I'd like to examine your program. I want to see if it works." Cisco gave him a look, "Don't worry. It'll work." We walk out of the room and back to the cortex.

"Harry's starting to get on my nerves," Cisco spoke as we entered the room. I nodded in agreement as I stood next to Barry, "The silent alarm just went off at the Bank of Central City." Barry straightens, "That's gotta be Doctor Light." Cisco shifts, "It could be a trap." I nod and walk towards Barry, "Yep, which is why he won't be alone." Using my powers to change into my suit. "Y/N, Barry. Trust me, Doctor Light is not a killer. You can talk to her."

Barry nods.

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Barry and I arrive at the bank vault, "Looking for this? I know Zoom sent you here to kill me. Good news, you don't have to do that." The meta shakes her head, "Not if I can get out of town with that cash." I take a few steps towards her, "And then what? Zoom's not gonna like that you ditched him, right? My friends and I can help you." She frowns, "Nobody can protect me from Zoom!"

She illuminates her hands, and Barry raises his. "Alright, why don't we take it down a lumen, have a normal conversation, all right?" She lowers the light show, and Barry thanks her. She raises the shades, revealing her face to us, "Linda?" Barry and I ask at the same time. "Linda Park?" Barry asks alone this time. "How do you know my name?" She asks, "I don't understand." She shakes her head. "This was a mistake." She released a bright light, and I winced at the white light, feeling as though a million tiny needles were repeatedly stabbing me in the eyes.

I let out a small wail as I collapsed onto the nearest wall. "Barry, Y/N. What's happening?" Caitlin's voice rings through the comms. "I can't see," Barry exclaims. "Y/N? Are you okay?" Cisco's frantic voice echoes, "It hurts." I wheezed out.

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I don't know how we ended up back at S.T.A.R. Labs, but here I am lying on a hospital bed as Caitlin shines a red light into Barry's eyes—a treatment I received not too long ago. "I still can't see. How long is this going to last?" Barry questions. "You're suffering from solar retinopathy. Your retinas are severely damaged. You're both lucky not to be permanently blind." I scoff, staring at what I believe is the ceiling, "If this is what you call lucky, then I'm not feeling very lucky, Cait."

"But with you both having rapid regeneration abilities, your sight should return soon," Jay speaks, placing a hand on my shoulder. Harry speaks. "6.25 hours by my estimation. All this could have been avoided if you had just stopped Light instead of chitchatting with her." Jay rolls his eyes, "She caught them off guard." Harry crosses his arms, "Always an excuse with you, right? He's the fastest man alive. How could she possibly do that?" 

I snapped up, looking in the direction that I believed Wells was sitting, "Because Light looks exactly like Barry's ex-girlfriend. And my best friend. Linda Park" Wells cut in, "That's why Zoom sent her--because he knew you'd hesitate." Cisco walks towards us, "That means Zoom had to have known somehow that Linda was your ex." Wells stands, "Which is why Barry has to act now, before Zoom sends another double from Barry's life."

Barry scoffs, "Alright, right now, I'm more worried about Linda. When I saw who was under the mask, I said her name. What if Light didn't even realize that she had a doppelganger here until I accidentally told her?" Cisco agrees, "The first thing that Atom Smasher did when he crossed the breach was to kill his doppelganger."

"Yeah, but Light's not like Atom Smasher." Jay counters, and Harry speaks again, "Well, we should keep an eye on your Linda." Barry nods, "All right, I'll go." From what I hear, Barry bumps into Caitlin as he tries to walk away. The others try to stop him, and I smirk and gently push myself upwards. 

Jay talks to Barry, and Cait comes back over to me, "Hey, how're you feeling?" I frown, "Like I'm going to miss out on movie night with my couch." I hear Jay volunteer to watch over Linda, and Caitlin walks over to them, "I'll go with you." As their footsteps exit, a new pair enters, "Barry! I came as soon as I heard--"

Iris' voice rings through the cortex, faltering as she comes to a stop. "You look just like him." Harry looks at Barry, "I'm guessing my counterpart did something to offend her as well?" I scoff and take careful steps towards the doorway. "Her fiancé died because of him," I speak from my spot on the doorframe. 

"Oh." I scoffed, rolling my eyes. Wells retreats into the medical bay, "Iris, I know it's weird seeing him." Barry starts from wherever he is, Iris tares after the man, "Yeah, it's just a lot to process lately. Wells, my mother." Iris and Barry talk quietly, and I move back to the bed. As I lay there, I tried to calm my breath. 

"Y/N tell Barry not to cancel his date with Patty!" I hear Iris yell from he cortex, "Don't cancel! Please, I don't think me nor Joe can handle her moping if you do." Barry scoffs, "I'm blind. A literal blind date. That's not going to work." Iris scoffs, then proceeds to try to find a way for Barry to go on his date.

She smirks when her gaze lands on Cisco, and Barry proceeds to walk around like a chicken missing a head in search of the tech nerd.

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I've been staring at the ceiling for god knows how long. Iris went back to work, Barry left for his date, Caitlin and Jay are watching out for Doctor Light, and Cisco is, actually, I have no idea what he's doing. I can hear footsteps approaching the side of the bed. "What do you want, Wells?" His steps falter, "How'd you know it was me?"

I sat up, turning towards him, "Everyone else is busy, you're the only one unaccounted for." He smirks, "You keeping tabs on me?" I scoff, "Yes, considering the last time I trusted a man with your face, I almost lost everyone I love. Now, if you don't mind, I would like to be left alone." The smirk on his face twitches, and he exits the room.

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Soft voices pull me from my sleep. My sight has returned a little bit after Wells left; I push off the bed and walk into the cortex. The team standing around the console, Cait walks over to me. "Hey, how're you feeling?" I smile, "Better now that I can see again." She nods. Cisco wheels in Light's mask, "How did you get this?" Wells questions, "Iris shot it off Doctor Light when she attacked Linda."

"You know how to use the mask to find Light?" Jay grunts, Wells nods, "Yes, I do. All we have to do is give it to him." He turns to Cisco, who wrings his hands together, "Why me?"

"Because you have powers." Barry scoffs out a laugh, Cisco shakes his head, quickly looking over at me, "What're you talking about?" Wells raises his left arm, presenting a watch, "I developed this watch to detect meta-humans." He flips it open and holds it up to Barry. The screen flashes red, and an alarm beeps. He walks over to Caitlin, holding it in front of her, and the screen illuminates blue with a soft, almost inaudible trill. Wells slowly approaches Cisco, "You never got an alert on your phone. You never reprogrammed the S.T.A.R. Labs satellite."

Wells turns back to the rest of the group, "And this is why." He holds up the watch, and the screen turns red, the same alarm blaring from it once again. "He's a meta-human." Cisco sighs, Barry, blinks, "Cisco, have you known about this, and you didn't say anything to us?" 

"Yeah, I was going to tell you. Thanks a lot, Harry. I swear I was, but I didn't." Cisco turns and starts pacing, "I was just--I was afraid." Barry shrugs, "Afraid of what?"

"Dr. Wells said the dark matter gave me this, this gift. He said that one day I'd thank him for it. What if I become like him?" Caitlin speaks softly, "Cisco, I don't think any of us would become evil if we all of a sudden got powers, even if they were from Dr. Wells." He shrugs, "Yeah, maybe you're right. I should have said something. That's my fault. I'm sorry." Wells cuts in, "Well, you can be sorry later, because right now, we have to use your powers to find Doctor Light."

"Cisco, your abilities, how do they work?" Jay questions, "Uh, I get these feelings sometimes, these vibes, visions of the breachers when they come to this Earth. I just-- I'm not sure what triggers them. Sometimes it just happens. Sometimes when I'm touching something of theirs." Wells turns to him, "Touch the mask. You want to find Doctor Light, do it." Cisco looks around before his gaze lands on me. I nod softly, remembering just how scared he was when he first told me about his abilities, and needing him to know I'm always going to be there for him.

He slowly raises his hand, hovering it over the mask, takes a deep breath in, and places his hand onto the mask, exhaling quickly. After a few seconds, nothing happens, and he presses his hand to the mask repeatedly, "I don't think it's working." Wells demands that he try again, Cisco hesitates, causing Harry to get agitated, "Try again!" He yells, Cisco places his hand on it again, sighing when nothing happens, "I'm sorry, it's not--." Wells cuts him off, "Again!" Cisco looks up at him, "I can't control it." Harry picks up the mask, "Because you're afraid."

Cisco raises his voice, "I'm telling you I don't know how it works. I can't just make it happen!" Wells raises the mask, "I'm telling you, yes, you can!" He pushes the mask into Cisco's chest, and he inhales deeply. "South Plaze train station, platform 15." Wells turns to Barry and I, "What're you waiting for?" Barry walks over to me, "You go. I don't think I can face her again." Barry nods before speeding off. I walk back into the med bay.

I close my eyes, slowly lying back onto the bed. I have no idea how long I'm there before a searing pain flows through my head. The scream that leaves my mouth sounds inhumane. Footsteps rush into the room as I clutch my head. "Y/N!" Cisco's voice calls out my name, sounding incredibly distant. "Caitlin, Jay. Keep helping Barry. Harry, I need you to help me."

"Y/N, what's wrong?" Two pairs of hands help me sit up, "My. Head." Wells tries to pull my hands away, but the contact almost instantly burns, and a screech leaves my throat as an invisible force pulls his hands away, "She's burning up." Cisco's eyes widen, "Shit." He rushes over to the cabinets that line one of the walls.

"What're you doing?" Wells asks frantically, and Cisco rushes to explain, hurriedly looking through the compartments as the room begins to shake. "Her powers are overloading. I need to find the treatment." Wells looks over his shoulder, confused, "This has happened before?" Cisco makes a noise of acknowledgment.

"Last year, she had a major breakdown. She never told anyone what caused it, but it sent her spiraling. Her powers went into overload, causing her to start burning up, and her powers to get out of control." Cisco opens the last drawer and lets out a sound of triumph. "Found it." He rushes back to the bed, "Y/N, can you hear me?" 

I nod very lightly, "I need you to relax, this won't work if you're too tense." I nod again, tears pricking the corners of my eyes. "Okay, we're going to lay you down. Don't fight us." Cisco and Wells stand on either side of me, both grabbing an arm gently and slowly lowering me onto the bed. Once my head is on the pillow, Cisco raises the syringe to my left arm.

He slowly presses the needle into my arm, and I flinch but relax when a hand locks its fingers into mine. I look to the side and find Wells staring at me, his eyes boring into mine, as the liquid is pushed into my veins and a sob is punched out of my chest. I clench my eyes tight as the burn intensifies. "Hey, look at me." Wells' voice echoes softly, "Y/N, open your eyes."

His voice sounds so soothing. I open my eyes, and he smiles, "There you go. Just stay with us." I give him a soft, small smile before I lose consciousness. 

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Sunlight glares into my eyes as I slowly open them, "Hey. How're you feeling?" Iris's face pops into my view. I smile, "Hi." She smiles, but before she can say anything, I speak, "Where's Harry?" Her smile falters for a second, "He's talking to the others, Barry caught Doctor Light."

I nod. "Can you help me up?" She smiles, standing and walking around the bed to help me get up. She walks me out to the cortex, and suddenly all eyes are on me. Hugs and 'I'm so glad you're alrights' are exchanged, Joe pulls me into his side, letting me put my weight on him.

"Wells, thank you for helping Barry put away Doctor Light. And thank you for taking care of my sister." He nods at her, his eyes slowly trailing over to me, mine already on him. I gently push off of Joe and slowly walk over to Harry. "Thank you, I know I haven't been the nicest person since you got here, but you still stepped in to help me. So, thank you."

I stretch my hand out for him to take, and he looks down at it for a second before grasping it firmly but gently. I smile and turn back to the others, "So what now?" Barry nods, "We do what Dr. Wells said. We use her to lure Zoom here, end this once and for all." Jay looks at Barry, "You can't be serious."

Barry shook his head, turning to the man, "More breachers are gonna come. More innocent people may die. I can't let this happen anymore." Jay argues, "You're making a mistake. Okay, Zoom is a nightmare you can't wake up from."

"I've already had my worst nightmare. His name was Reverse Flash, and I spent a long time being afraid of him. I'm not gonna be afraid anymore." Jay tries to argue once more, pleas falling on ears that are set in their ways. "That's just it, Jay. I'm not gonna fight him by myself. I've got all of them to help me."

"I've got Dr. Wells. I've got Y/N. I've got you." Jay sighs, "No, I can't in good conscience help you when I know it'll only lead to you losing your speed, or even worse, your death." Cisco makes a snarky comment, and Jay turns to Harry.

"You all need to ask yourself why this man, for years, wouldn't admit that he was responsible for the Particle Accelerator exploding underground. He may not be Harrison Wells from your Earth, but he has just as many secrets as the one you knew." Caitlin pleads with Jay, trying to convince him to stay.

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Barry, Caitlin, and Cisco decide to head out to Jitters to take their minds off things for a bit. They invited me, but I chose to stay at the lab. I walk into Cisco's lab, where I know Harry would be. As I walk into the room, I notice his back is to me. "Why did you help me?" He jumps at the sudden sound. 

"What?" He stutters, "Why did you help me?" He stares before he stands, stalking towards me slowly, "Because I've lost someone, someone I cared very deeply for. I could've saved her, but I wasn't fast enough. I didn't want them to feel that way, too." He takes a step back before walking around me and out of the room.

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