Stat Labs
Morning
Barry shifted, feeling that he was in something soft and warm. He opened his eyes, his vision blurring at first. He was in the med-bay at Star Labs, he realized. Looking over to his bed side, he saw Wanda was asleep in the chair next to him. As if she felt him watching her, Wanda's eyes fluttered open and she started as she saw him.
"Barry, are you okay?" Wanda asked as she got to her feet.
"Fine, a little confused, but fine," Barry said as he took her hand, sitting up. "What happened? Did we stop it? Was anyone hurt?"
"No, no one got hurt. You destroyed the satellite but passed out afterwards. Tony caught you before you hit the ground and brought you here. The debris was handled, there was very little debris that made contact," Wanda assured him and Barry sighed in relief.
"Good, that's good. And what about Savitar?" Barry asked and Wanda sighed.
"I wish I had an answer for you. Argus is searching what used to be Mercury Labs but they have a lot of rubble to dig through," Wanda told him gently as someone else entered the room.
"I'm glad you're awake Mr. Allen," Dr. McGee said and Barry looked up at her.
"Dr. McGee. I'm sorry about Mercury Labs," Barry apologized but she waved a hand dismissively.
"A building can be rebuilt. It is a small price to pay for stopping that madman's plan," Dr. McGee paused as she realized who she was talking to. "I did not mean to-"
"It's okay Dr. McGee. Savitar was a psycho, I know that," Barry said, not offended in the slightest and she relaxed.
"Good. I have something for you," Dr. McGee reached inside her pocket and pulled out a syringe filled with bright blue liquid. "I was able to create another dose of the cure."
"Thank you Doctor," Barry said as Wanda gratefully took the syringe from her.
Barry held out his arm as Wanda uncapped the needle. Wanda gingerly stuck the needle in a vein and injected its contents into him. Barry sighed in relief, already feeling a difference as Wanda removed the syringe.
"Thank you Dr. McGee," Barry said gratefully.
"You don't need to thank me Mr. Allen. In truth, I could not have created it without Dr. Snow," Dr. McGee said and Barry's head whipped up at this.
"Caitlin, what happened? Is she still…" Barry trailed off, the look on Wanda's face telling him all he needed.
Argus base
Late morning
In the control room, Rick Flag, Cisco, Steve, and Sam were all looking at the video feed of Killer Frost in her cell.
"We can hold her here as long as you want, but you might want to look into other options," Rick said gently and Cisco put his head in his hands.
"This is a nightmare," Cisco said miserably.
"That pretty much covers it buddy."
The four of them turned around to see Barry and Wanda enter the room.
"Barry, man am I glad you're awake," Cisco said in relief as the pair hugged.
'Yeah, though I hear my suit got pretty shredded," Barry said and Cisco waved him off.
"I made you a new one a few months ago, we'll test it out later," Cisco said and Barry nodded as he stared at the video feed from Frost's cell.
"I want to speak with her," Barry said to their shock.
"Barry, are you sure that's a good idea?" Steve asked hesitantly.
"I don't know. But she joined Savitar because he had my face, the face of someone she trusted. Caitlin's still in there somewhere and I have to believe that we can find her. So yes, I want to speak with her," Barry said before he looked over at Rick. "Please."
Frost was in her cell, fingering the new collar around her neck when she heard someone stop outside her cell. She looked up and was visibly surprised to see Barry standing outside her cell.
"Barry Allen," Frost said his name like a prayer as she stood up. "Come to say hello?"
"I wanted to see my friend," Barry said simply.
"I am not your friend Flash," Frost sneered but Barry was unaffected.
"If that's true, why did you join Savitar?" Barry inquired and she flashed a nasty smile.
"I joined Savitar because he gave me the one thing you couldn't: the cure to my 'illness'," she practically sneered the last word. "Embracing who I really am."
"This is not who Caitlin is," Barry said firmly.
"Caitlin Snow is gone. And I'm here to stay," Frost sneered and Barry smiled tightly.
"We'll see about that. Caitlin never gave up on me, not ever. And I'm not giving up on her now," Barry said before he turned and walked away.
Barry reentered the control room, where the others were waiting for him.
"There has to be a way to save Caitlin," Barry said, looking at his friends, in search of answers or suggestions, he wasn't really sure.
"There might," Rick said thoughtfully and they all wiped their heads towards him.
"Are you saying Argus has something that can save Caitlin?" Sam asked shocked.
"I'm saying that there's something that could possibly help her," Rick clarified as he looked over at Barry. "But Barry, you should know that if you go down this road…it might just kill you."
"Caitlin's only in this mess because I went back in time and changed history. I wasn't there to stop Savitar from turning her into Killer Frost, but I'm here to help her now. Whatever you need me to do, I'll do it," Barry said passionately and, seeing he was serious, Rick nodded.
"Okay. Argus has recently been experimenting with technology that would allow someone to enter the mind of another person," Rick began.
"Wait, are you saying we have Inception in real life?" Cisco interrupted, stunned.
"Basically. But it's experimental. The linking process, it would tear anyone else's mind to pieces. You'd be a vegetable for the rest of your life," Rick explained.
"So, let's avoid that then," Sam muttered.
"Then why even bring it up?" Barry asked curiously.
"Because that's only with normal humans. The mind of a speedster however, is different. A speedsters mind moves much faster. A speedster could survive the linking process," Rick explained as he looked pointedly over at Barry.
"You think I could go inside Caitlin's mind, find her," Barry realized.
"Something Lyla brought up to the techs inventing it and they agree it's a strong possibility a Speedster could survive it. But this is all just theory, we won't know for sure until you try it," Rick tried to caution him.
"I'm willing to do whatever it takes to save Caitlin. So let's do this," Barry said and Rick nodded.
"I can have everything ready in an hour. Until then…I suggest you get ready Barry. Like I said, this might kill you," Rick said ominously.