Rocky Raymond //Book Seven//

Chapter 8 - Fear Me

MacKenzie's POV

"Still at it?" Iris asks as she walks into the cortex where Barry is typing on the computer

"I think I figured out how to track the thing that attacked us." Barry says, pulling something up on the screen for her to see

"So... what are we looking at?" Iris asks

"A spectrograph from the scene of the attack. That is a rare geothermic isotope that I reprogrammed our satellites to scan for." Barry says. "If we get a hit..."

"Then we can track our target." Iris finishes. "Nice work."

"Thanks." Barry whispers

"Barry, you've been at this all night." Iris says. "Maybe you should take a break and get some rest."

"I'm not gonna rest while that thing is still out there." Barry says. "Besides, with Ralph overseas for a while, and Frost still recovering..."

"Oh, I'd say she's more than just recovering." Cisco says, me and him walking into the cortex. "Check out this frosty twist." He says, nodding over to the doorway where Caitlin walks in

And then, Frost walks in

Barry jumps up from his seat, him and Iris looking shocked. "Are my back meds still wearing off?" Barry asks. "I'm seeing double."

"Yeah, you and me both." Iris says

"I know this is a lot to take in." Caitlin says

"Told you they'd freak." Frost says, earning money from Cisco

***

"So, you remember when Mirror Monarch blasted me with her gun?" Frost starts her explanation in the lounge, handing Caitlin a cup of coffee she had made

"Mm-hmm." Barry hums. We all listen as Frost explains. Iris combs her fingers absentmindedly through my hair as she listens to the explanation 

"Well, ever since that blast, we've had these crazy headaches." Frost says and Caitlin spits her coffee out, burning herself. "Last night, everything gets fuzzy, Caity passes out. And then we wake up... Totally fine. But there's two of us."

"Uh, Eva's mirror gauntlet contained a reflective mirror chip." Caitlin says. "I think it forced Frost's cryogenes to rapidly replicate and create a whole new form so that she could survive."

"Crazy, right?" Cisco says, looking at Barry and Iris

"So can you still hear each other's thoughts?" Barry asks

"Nope." Frost says. "Just sweet, sweet silence. And I got to keep my powers. Caity got to keep the doctor stuff and science know-how, which is fine by me."

"You always have felt like two different people." Cisco says. "Now, you just have two different... bodies."

"But don't worry, I'm gonna figure out a way to get us back together as quickly as possible, because I'm afraid the longer we wait, the harder it'll be." Caitlin says

"I mean shouldn't we be focusing on that berserker who killed Abra Kadabra instead?" Frost asks

"Frost has a point." Cisco says. "Where are we with Fuerza?" We give him a look. "Fuerza. Spanish, for strength."

"I thought that meant 'cold'?" I question, looking over at him

Cisco gives me a look. Then, he looks at Barry and Iris. "You are losing money to Allegra for these tutoring sessions." He quips. "Look, She-Hulk was taken, okay?"

"Well, uh, still no sign of her, but Barry has figured out how to track her." Iris says

"Oh, good." Cisco breathes. "Cause if Fuerza can survive an antimatter blast, that kind of puts her on a whole other level of baddie. Like, a wet your pants level." The alarms go off. "Satellites detected an isotopic signature?"