"Caitlin! Cisco! We need help!" Barry stormed into STAR Labs, Iris in his arms barely clinging to life. Blood oozed between her fingers, the blood dripping onto the floor in little drops. He sped to the small bed gently lying his girlfriend on it. Her chest barely rose, her breathing and heartbeat slowing down by the minute.

Caitlin came running in, Cisco following suit. They must have came from his lab. Most likely working on something to find Stiles' kidnapper. "Oh my god, what happened?"

"It was Stiles. O-or the nogitsune. Hell, I don't know! But whoever it was attacked Iris. They led us into a trap."

"Barry, listen to me," Caitlin rushed around, finding things to help Iris. "the nogitsune will not stop. We need to find him. Right now."

Barry looked at his friend in disbelief, "Are you being serious? I can't just leave Iris here! I am not leaving my girlfriend here alone. I need to be with her."

"He's your best friend!"

"Yeah? If he was, then why is he never here? I'm staying with my girlfriend!" yelled Barry. He was so oblivious to the reason as to why Stiles doesn't hang out with them anymore. Everyone knows, but him.

A hoarse, soft voice spoke up. "Go, Barry. He's our friend. We can't lose him."

Barry wanted to stay. He knew it wasn't really Stiles, but if all the things everyone says is true. . .what if he is Stiles and he just did it out of jealousy?

"Barry?" a voice called out and quickly, Barry sped into the other room finding Emma and Oliver walking into the lab. Barry ignored the fact that his secret of being the Flash was exposed to Oliver, he was more focused on the wound Emma had.

"What the hell happened to you guys?" Emma had a small bruise on her right cheek while Oliver had a large swollen bruise forming on his forehead.

"Stiles, he knocked us out." Oliver answered knowing Emma didn't want to say it out loud, she was obviously still in shock.

"The nogitsune is creating chaos, that's where he draws his power from. Sooner or later, we're going to lose Stiles forever." Cisco explained, walking over to examine Emma's cheek.

"How do we stop him?"

"There is only one way." Emma's eyes went wide and realization set in when she realized they wanted to kill him.

"No! That will kill Stiles!" Cisco gave Barry a disappointing look, but Barry completely ignored him. Barry didn't want to do it. There just wasn't any other choice. Stiles was his best friend and always will be, but he had to do this. "Are you seriously thinking about killing my brother? You asshole!"

"Emma, it's the only way!"

Tears filled her eyes and she scowled at the man her brother loved. "There is another choice. There is always another choice." Emma stormed out, leaving Oliver behind, too angry to look at Barry at the moment.

Oliver said, "She is right." Cisco and Barry looked at him, a glare was sent to him by Barry, but he shrugged it off. "Think about it. If we or you catch him, we can lock him up. And that might weaken the nogitsune. Most likely eventually locking him away."

"That might take years!"

"But it might work, Barry." said Cisco. Barry felt a pang of jealousy. Everyone seems to love Oliver now and he hated that. Those were his friends, not Oliver's. Cisco ran out of the room in search for Emma, most likely to tell him they found another way.

"You are just-ugh!" Barry stalked away leaving a very confused Oliver behind.

***

After Barry left, the nogitsune strolled around Central City in search for some more chaos he can cause. He was getting stronger by the minute, Stiles was soon to be gone forever. Stiles was yelling at him to let him out each second getting quieter. He wanted to tell Barry it wasn't him.

A familiar girl walked out of a clothing store, phone pressed to her ear and a smile on her face. The nogitsune strolled forward, a smirk planted on his face but it quickly turned into a soft smile.

"Linda!" the brunette turned around, smiling once she sees Stiles coming towards her with open arms. She quickly said goodbye to her friend and hung up, walking towards Stiles into his open arms.

"Hey Stiles, long time no see."

They pulled apart. "Hey Linda, I was just walking around, saw you and thought I should say hi."

"How have you been?" asked Linda.

"I've been alright. What about you?" Linda was completely oblivious to him being the nogitsune.

"Great!" Linda continued. "I went on a date last night for the first time since me and Barry were, ya know, a thing."

"Did he treat you well?"

"Yes he did. I am really starting to like him." Linda answered, a small smile forming onto her face.

"Want to go get some coffee and catch up? I'll pay." the nogitsune suggested. Linda seemed a little hesitant, she just wanted to go home and call the guy she's been seeing.

"I have some things to get done. It was nice seeing though."

The nogitsune gritted his teeth. The brunette began to walk away, brushing past him. Fear radiated off of her and he smirked. His arm shot out and his hand gripped her forearm tightly. "You are coming with me." he said darkly, an evil glint in his eyes. Linda, eyes wide with fear, slowly nodded. The nogitsune dug into her purse with his other hand searching for the small device. He unlocked her phone, going to her contacts and found Barry. The two began walking, the nogitsune leading.

"Linda? I can't talk right now. Can I call you later?"

"Hello, Barry. I have Linda here with me and I'll give her to you only if you give me Emma."

There was no hesitation. "Deal. Meet us at the park. And you better have Linda."

***

"Barry! What the hell?" Emma was beyond furious. How could Barry just give her to the nogitsune knowing he's going to do bad things to her? Hell, he might kill her.

Cisco wasn't happy either, Barry knew he liked Emma yet he's doing this. Cisco exclaimed, "Seriously, Barry! What in the hell are you doing?"

"He almost killed Iris! Emma, you are Stiles' sister. You might be the key to getting Stiles to come out for only a few and we can lock him up."

"Oh, so that's it? It's all because of Iris? Isn't it? It's always been about Iris and you never bothered to notice not even once that Stiles is in love with you. You always hurt him! You didn't even realize that he needed a few days to himself because of you! Not because of our parents' death anniversary. You broke him, Barry! And now you are just going to break him even more when he finds you just oh so happily gave his sister to the fucking devil! You bastard!" she ranted, but she was not done. Wasn't even close. "Let's not forget your first choice was to kill him and you even knew he would fucking die. Just wait till he finds out about that. Do me and him a favor, all of you. Stay the hell away from the both of us when this is all over."

Emma, clearly upset with Barry, turned on her heel and stormed out in desperate need of some air before she was given to the nogitsune. Cisco stayed behind with his so called 'best friend' and he was ready to punch Barry although it won't do him no good considering he would heal.

"Emma is right. It's always been about her, about Iris." he didn't bother staying around, Cisco left Barry standing there feeling guilty about his choices.

All of this information sank in, Barry had to take a seat and think about it. He didn't want to believe he broke his best friends heart. He didn't want to believe that it's always been about Iris. But then again, everything he's ever done was for Iris. Or was it?

"Barry?" Caitlin's voice rang through his ears and he muttered a 'yeah' before she continued. "Iris would like to see you." he almost forgot about his girlfriend who laid with a open wound. Barry was scared to hear what Iris had to say to him. Had she heard everything being said? He thought about what she had to say as he walked to her, his heart pounding in his chest.

His girlfriend came into view, her hair sticking to her forehead because of sweat. She looked pale but it seemed like she would be okay. She had blood pumping and her wound was all stitched up. Everything was all good until he looked into her eyes. His heart dropped upon seeing this emotion.

She smiled though, through the pain she felt and the pain she was about to cause. "Hi, Bar,"

"Hey, how you feeling?" he took a seat next to the bed, and slipped his hand into hers which she squeezed tightly.

"I've been better," it was silent for a few moments, Caitlin left the two alone. Iris began to rack through her brain to search for words to put into a sentence that will surely break Barry's heart. "Bar-"

"Please," Barry choked on a sob. "I love you, not him."

"Barry, you may love me, but you love him more. I see the way you look at him. You look at him as if he's your whole world. I should have said something before we got together. I saw it before, I just didn't want to believe it. Barry, I can see that hate in your eyes when you see Oliver." Barry tightened his grip on Iris' hand, tears falling down his face. "If you don't love Stiles, then I want you to look me in the eye and tell me that."

Barry looked into her eyes, the ones he used to love. He used to always get butterflies when he looked into them, but now? Now, he doesn't. Barry didn't notice it until this very moment. He started to cry harder. Iris just nodded, understanding that he couldn't say it. She always knew in the pit of her stomach that he had feelings for his best friend.

She slipped her hands out of his as she spoke, "It's okay, Barry. I just want you to be happy and if it's not with me then that's okay. As long as you're happy."

"I'm so sorry. I didn't ever want to hurt you."

"It's okay,"

"Can I kiss you? One last time?" she couldn't say no, so she just nodded. Barry stood up, leaning down to kiss her. Their lips touched and for Barry, he didn't feel anything. They parted and right away, she knew he didn't love her like he used to. It was too late. She was too late.

"Iris?" the two looked at Caitlin who looked sympathetic. "You should get some rest."

Barry wiped away his tears, sniffling as he walked away from his now ex girlfriend. He quickly suited up, surely the nogitsune was almost to the park.

"I'm going to get Stiles back. Caitlin," he paused. "make sure she's going to be okay." his friend nodded.

Barry sped out of the lab and to outside where Emma and Cisco stood. Emma looked at Barry with anger in her eyes and she gave Cisco one last hug before going with the Flash.

A voice called out to the Flash and Emma making the two look over their shoulders. Oliver was running towards them. "Wait! I can help. I've got a plan."

Barry didn't question it, he just grabbed the two and sped to the park in desperate need to get Stiles back. He didn't care what Oliver had in mind. As long as Stiles is back with them, he would be okay. Why? Because he realized that he loves Stiles. He always has.

~~~ PLEASE READ

Hey guys! So, I had nothing really planned for New Years so I decided why the hell not update my book. I need your guys' help as well. I have three books saved and I do not know which one to write. I like the one I recently came up with but I can't shake the others off. Here's the description for the three of them. Please comment and let me know which one you guys like best!

Lost It All: Before Laurel left for college, her brother and her got into a big fight. She left and he never spoke a word about her. No one knew about her either. She was always with her father, she didn't like living with her brother and mother. She always felt like because her brothers father was the mayor, people who think she's a rich bitch.

Now, she's back with her brothers, but there's one problem. Tyler does not want her there. There's too much dangerous things in Mystic Falls. He tries everything in her power to make her leave but there's a reason she's back. There's many reasons she's back. Wherever her and her dad were, her heart can not be put back together.

The main character is Tyler Lockwood's sister and I don't want to ruin the surprise of her love interest. This book is based off of the song Lost It All by Jill Andrews The face claim is Emilia Clarke.

Born to Die: Anabelle, Elena and Jeremy Gilbert's cousin comes in from France, deciding that it was time to see her family. Upon meeting Damon Salvatore and later on his brother Stefan, she quickly catches on that the brothers are not human. In this town full of supernatural creatures, no one is lucky enough to survive. Anabelle was brought here. She was born to die.

Her love interest is going to be Damon. I was inspired by Lana Del Rey's song Born to Die and thought I should create a book based off of the song. Funny thing, main characters face claim is Lana Del Rey.

Crossfire: Secrets. Emery Sargent keeps a lot to herself. She isn't just a famous model many people seem to 'know'. She was much more than that. Emery was not the one to open up. Coming to Mystic Falls with her best friend/agent for a small getaway and then ending up getting caught up in a little situation was not on her list. But now that she is Mystic Falls, why not just stay there? Just settle down. Nothing could go wrong in a town full of supernatural creatures.

I have not chosen a love interest for her. I feel like she's more independent but she will end up with someone. This book is based off of the song Crossfire by Stephen. Face claim is Mila Kunis.