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Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon stood in the cortex before Zoom holding their best friend Barry Allen by the neck prepared to kill him.
Cisco and Caitlin had no clue what to do. Harry ran away from the cortex once he saw zoom arrive, the tranq gun for speedsters is in Cisco's workshop, they are no shape to take on a speedster faster than Barry. They have no choice but to watch Barry die.
Zoom lifted Barry higher off the ground with one hand, and the other is preparing to phase right through Barry's chest to separate him from the land of the living.
"Barry!" Caitlin shouting trying to get his attention. She did just give away his identity but his mask was off anyway so she could care less. "Zoom stop!" Harry yelled as he arrived back in the cortex holding the tranq gun Caitlin and Cisco were unable to find. But before he could do anything, Zoom plunged his hand into Barry's chest.
"NOOOOO!" Caitlin and Cisco screamed with pure anger and sadness. Zoom then tossed the bloodied Barry across the room and sped off.
Both Cisco and Harry were unable to move due to the overload of shock they just experienced. But thankfully Caitlin snapped from Friend-mode to Doctor-mode and sprinted towards Barry, desperate to keep him alive. As she went on her knees beside her too still friend, she became aware that the liquid near him was none other than his blood. She gasped at the sight.
Cisco then snapped back to reality from hearing Caitlin gasp so very loud, he then ran over towards his 2 best friends ready to help in anyway he can. But he was not prepared to see the bloodied, pale, still form that was Barry.
Caitlin stepped into action by beginning to put pressure on his gaping wound that was still fresh with blood. As she put pressure blood began to spill between her fingers. Cisco almost gagged at the amount of blood that was pouring out of Barry.
"Cisco don't just stand there! Get bandages and help me get him to the med bay! Can't you see he is dying! Caitlin commanded Cisco.
On that cue not only did Cisco leave to do what the impatient doctor wanted but Barry's eyes snapped open and he began coughing up loads and loads of blood. He then sank back on the ground weakly with eyes locked on Caitlin's. "Barry! Barry it's okay. You are gonna be okay, just don't stop fighting. Me and Cisco are going to do everything we can to help you, but I predict that this will be very painful for you so please, if you feel like passing out, do it," Caitlin reassured. "I'll try my best," Barry coughed out.
"Cisco! Where are we at with those supplies," Caitlin questioned.
"Honestly I can't find anything! Where is everything?" Cisco asked.
"Dammit Cisco! Everything we need are in the cabinets." Caitlin yelled.
"I checked! There is nothing! Zoom must've taken our stuff to insure Barry's dies!" Cisco hypothesizes.
"Shit," Caitlin whispered under her breath. "Everything is gone Cisco?" She asked one last time hoping for a different outcome than the first.
"Wait....WAIT! I found some supplies! They were all under the bed? Weird....but everything seems to be here. Oh crap." Cisco says.
"What is it now..." Caitlin asked, afraid of the answer.
"Barry's blood.....y'know...the stuff that we keep in stock just in case Barry is having a bad day at his superhero job. Yeah that's all gone, and by the looks of him, he needed it a while back," Cisco announced.
"What are we gonna do, what are we gonna do? We can't save him, not without blood, he has almost lost half his volume and it's all over the ground. Cisco I told him I would save him, but I can't," Caitlin whispered sadly.
Cisco approaches Caitlin with a comforting smile. "Caitlin, please don't give up on Barry. He needs our help, even though it seems like an impossible situation, there is a solution," Cisco reassured.
Barry once again returned to consciousness due to all of the commotion happening around him. "Arrrgg," Barry mumbles, getting everyone's attention. Caitlin and Cisco turn to their wounded friend, and attempt a conversation with the barley conscious man.
"Barry...Barry? How are you feeling man?" Cisco asked with concern.
"mm good." Barry slurred. Which only made Caitlin more concerned.
"Barry, I have some bad news. I don't think I can save you. Your blood that we stock up, well, Zoom took it, all of it." Caitlin explained.
"That sucks....guess I finally did get defeated....too bad." Barry joked.
"Man! You're making a joke about this?" Cisco questioned.
"Mine as well make my....last... moments be funny." Barry choked out.
"Don't talk like that please Barry!" Caitlin begged.
"I heard you saying the same stuff....earlier Caitlin." Barry paused for a second to burst a brutal cough along with some blood. "I was semi awake for yours and Cisco's talk."
"Barry I....um" Caitlin shuttered. "I'm sorry, I didn't know you could hear me. But I've changed my mind, I have to try and save you, just because we don't have blood doesn't mean I can't save you. You still have a chance so please Barry, please don't stop fighting." Caitlin pleaded.
"Its to late for me, but you guys just need to forget about Zoom, he is far to powerful to stop so just forget about Harry, forget about earth 2 or you'll end up the same as me. Too far gone for help." Barry stated.
"I don't care what you say Barry, we are gonna help you make it through this," Caitlin said trying to sound reassuring. "Cisco come help me get Barry onto the bed in the med bay,"
Caitlin and Cisco put their forces together and picked up Barry trying to put aside the groan of discomfort coming from Barry because of the movement that he is forced through. Caitlin and Cisco tried to whispered words of comfort but the only thing that Barry needed was painkillers, which he can't take due to his metabolism.
Caitlin and Cisco carefully placed Barry on the bed and running to open his suit and take his vitals right away. Caitlin let at a sign when she saw how slow his heartbeat was and how low his blood pressure was as well. Not to mention his utter paleness and Zoom breaking his back outside STAR Labs shorty after Zoom's arrival.
"Cisco we need more pressure on his wound! I don't care if he cries just do it!" Caitlin yells to Cisco.
"It won't stop bleeding no matter how much power I push!" Cisco responds.
At this point in Barry's condition Caitlin was not sure if he would make it. Once again, she feared she would loose one of her Best Friends. Then she heard Barry's pain filled cry as Cisco attempted to stop the bleeding wound with his hands, Caitlin then cleared any negative thoughts that were stored in her conscious and focused on saving the patient on the table.
Caitlin pushed Cisco over and took over his job of covering all of Barry's multiple gaping wounds that littered his chest. The biggest one being when Zoom phased his hand into Barry's stomach. The more pressure she put on, the more his condition worsened. His heartbeat was all over the place until it landed into a steady flat line.
"CISCO GET THE DEFIBRILLATORS!"