Surrender: The Flash (2)

7.2

Their heads snap towards me and Henry smiles nodding. I look at Barry for an answer and he nods as well, saying, "Yeah."

"Good," I say and start walking inside. "So, now that they're all gone... we wait?"

"Yup," Barry nods.

"I can try to-"

"No," Barry says, knowing what I'm about to say. I sigh and walk over, sitting down in a chair next to Barry, Henry standing across from us.

"So, you two finally together, huh?" Henry asks with a chuckle.

"Yeah," I say sweetly, leaning against Barry's shoulder as he puts his hand on mine with a smile.

Barry says, "I thought it was about time."

"Yes, it was. It's about time I got a new pair of sneakers," Henry says.

"What?" We ask in unison, picking my head up from Barry's shoulder a little to look at Henry's face clearer.

His eyes widen in realization. "Uhh... nothing," He says slowly.

"Wait no, what are you talking about, Dad?" Barry asks.

Henry sighs, saying, "Me and Joe... had a bet- for when the two of you would get together. I won."

"You bet on us?" I ask.

"Dad!" Barry says but the two of us still have smiles on our face.

"Hey, can't your old man have a little fun?" He says with a smile as Barry shakes his head with a laugh.

I freeze when a sharp pain shoot through my right arm. Barry and Henry's head snaps over to me in worry.

"Liv?" Barry asks, quickly holding my hands. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Barry," I breathe out, my voice wavering. My breathing quickens as my body is stiff and burning from the inside out. "It- It hurts."

"Hey, Hey," Barry says, holding my shoulders and he shares a look with Henry. Henry helps me get on a stretcher as he grabs Caitlin's supplies to start checking me.

I push him away, leaning forwards in pain. "I need- I need-" I'm cut of by my own scream as the burning gets worse. When I look around me, I see the sheets of the stretcher start to burn. "Barry," I breathe out. "I need you to- to- to bolt me."

"What?" Henry asks.

"I don't know how to do that without ru-" Barry pauses mid-sentence and gets up from his wheelchair walking over to me. "Give me your hand," He says as I pick up my heavy hand and drop it on his.

He forces his lightning to run through his eyes and then wills it to travel through him and into me. I freeze in my place, groaning as I'm suddenly upright. My wings suddenly appear, flames burning in my wide eyes. I pull my hand away from Barry's and fall back on the stretcher, my wings gone and my powers back into control.

I pant in exhaustion, trying to get my powers under control. Barry sits next to me, hugging me. I hug him tightly, whimpering in pain, clutching to him. "You're fine. You're okay," Barry says, stroking my hair. Tears fill my eyes and I try to speak, but it comes out incoherent. I bury my head in his chest. "Hey, I'm here. You're gonna be okay."

"What's going on?" Henry asks from beside us.

"It's a... very, long story."

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"Thank you," Harry says as Cait patches him up. It had been a while since I had lost control and in that time, the rest of the team had come back. Me and Barry had decided to tell them after they were all dealt with.

"Thank you for rescuing me," Caitlin replies.

"Well, we're a team, right?" Harry asks as I smile.

"I'm impressed," Barry says. "I think we all are."

"Yeah, well, we need to do something about Grodd," Joe says.

"Like what?" I ask.

"Like get rid of him for good," Joe says.

"You want to kill him?" Cait asks.

"Considering how many people he's killed, yeah," Joe says.

"This isn't Grodd's fault," Cait says. "He's only like this because Wells made him this way."

"Yes, but, Cait, he kidnapped you and you could have died," Barry says.

"You didn't see what I saw," Caitlin says. "Grodd's getting smarter. He's lonely and sad. He wan more apes like him."

"What are you saying?" Cisco asks. "He wants kids? 'Cause I'm pretty sure one telepathic Grape Ape is more than enough for this city."

"I know somewhere we could send him," Harry says.

"What are you talking about?" Barry asks.

"When the singularity exploded and I discovered the breach in S.T.A.R. Labs, I ran similar tests and discovered the same thing, 51 additional breaches," Harry explains. "The difference being the breaches in Central City are scattered all throughout the city whereas counterparts in my world most definitely are not."

"And you know where they lead?" I ask.

"Well, I was in the process of figuring all that out when Dr. Snow so gallantly convinced me to stay, but if I am correct, this breach is gonna get Grodd as close to home as he's ever likely to get," Harry explains.

"Okay, even if you're right, how do we bait Grodd to go through it?" Joe asks.

"My son'll do it," Henry says. "Won't you, Flash."