God of Speed's Redemption

Chapter 39

"Barry...you have to let me go at some point." I gasped as Barry squeezed me into a hug, nearly crushing my ribs. Barry let me go with a laugh and Iris moved to hug me.

"Call us as much as you can okay? And let us know whenever you need anything." I nodded and smiled at her.

Once I said my goodbyes and hugged every single one of my friends, nearly breaking all my ribs in the process, I turned to Savitar who was standing by awkwardly as I said my goodbyes. He's barely spoken a word since they arrived at S.T.A.R Labs so that Cisco could breach them to Spain. Perks of having a best friend who could breach you to any place you want.

"If you touch her or hurt her in any way, you're going to pay." Grunted Wally to Savitar who just raised an eyebrow in response.

"Yeah, he meant that in a less threatening way."

Savitar didn't look reassured.

"Do you know where you're going to live?" Asked Barry.

I nodded at him. "I contacted a friend who's living in Spain. She owns tons of houses. She's going to let us stay in one of them temporarily until Savitar finds a more permanent situation."

"You have friends in Spain?" Cisco looked astonished.

I laughed. It was an old joke that Barry and Cisco used to tease her. "I may act like I have no life, but I do have one Cisco. Yeah, we were roommates in college, and she moved to Spain, but we still keep in contact."

I glanced at Savitar who was starting to look bored and restless. I took the hint.

"We should get going." I nodded at Cisco for him to open the breach.

"There's no way I can talk you out of this right?" He asked.

"Cisco."

With a sigh, he opened the breach and I blinked at the light.

I turned back to my friends. "Well, see you guys then." They all gave her a round of more hugs, telling her to be safe and call them as much as possible. I could feel Savitar's eyes on me as I hug my friends' goodbye. I wondered what he was thinking.

With a last glance, I took a deep breath, gathered my packs, and stepped into the breach with Savitar beside me.

"Spain, here we come," I murmured and we vanished into thin air.
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We arrived in Spain and landed in the middle of the street. It was late at night. The Time zone was different from the states. The streets were quiet with no one there. It was a good thing too because there would be a lot of explanation to do; because they just appeared in the middle of the street out of thin air.

Savitar looked around. "This doesn't look like your friend's house unless your friend lives on the street."

I ignored his remark. I was used to ignoring his snarky comments. "We're not far. Cisco must have dropped us here by accident. It's only a couple blocks from here, c'mon."

I gathered my packs and started walking. With a shrug, Savitar followed her. After a moment of silence, he spoke. "Do you want me to speed you there?"

"You don't even know where it is."

"True, but you could tell me."

"You won't be able to carry me and the packs at the same time."

"Yeah, why did you pack so much anyway?" He asked.

I frowned. "I didn't."

He raised an eyebrow at me. "Okay, maybe I overpacked," I told him quickly. "But I don't know how long I'm staying here."

I checked my phone, making sure I got the correct address as we arrived in front of a huge house, standing in front of the gate.

"This is it."

Savitar looked in awe. I think this was the first time I've seen him look so in wonder. It was a good look on him as it lit up his face.

"Your friend owns a mansion?"

"Mansions." I corrected him. "Yeah, she's a pretty well-known and successful businesswoman here. It was generous of her to let us stay. We'll get to meet her tomorrow."

He spun his head around at me. "What?"

I wrinkled my nose in confusion at his dismay.

"Why do you look upset? It's a good thing for you to connect with people. You need network connections and friends when I'm gone. Are you planning to be alone when I'm gone?"

"I don't want to have meaningless conversations and pretend to be polite with people I don't care about or know. You should have told me about this!" He was clenching his fists and his face was turning red.

I took a step towards him. "I'm trying to help you Savitar, be grateful. And if you don't want to meet her tomorrow, I can reschedule—"

"Oh for goodness sake Caitlin, don't you get it?! This is my life! I let you come here because you insisted. I came here for a fresh start. But you don't get to make the calls or plans for me just because you came with me. I get to decide what I want to do or not!"

We stared at each other in silence. And I felt like the air just went off the balloon when I saw the look on her face. Her face paled as the color went out of her face and was breathing hard. I realized maybe that I went a little overboard. She opened her mouth and closed it. After a moment, she grabbed the packs that she had set down, and marched into the house, leaving him standing. I followed her into the house with a sigh. I screwed up again. Guess, I still have some of my old habits left, and it wasn't fair of me to say all those things. She was just trying to help—she did help when she offered to come with him. She was the only person willing to help him all this time. And when she told him that she wanted to come to Spain to help him settle down, it made me wonder if I even deserved her kindness. Frost came with him to Spain but that was different. She came with me because she was bored. Caitlin came with him to help him and left her friends and home behind to do that. She may not know it but it meant a lot to him and he had yelled at her out of his frustration.

I turned on the lights absentmindedly as Caitlin trudged into a room and slammed the door, shutting him out no doubt pissed with him. Somehow, the house didn't look that grand anymore.