November 11th, 2018

CAITLIN'S APARTMENT

7:30 am

Henry laid on the couch wide awake. He didn't get any sleep last night, he was scared he would hurt his mother again. Hearing his mother's door creak open, Henry turned around in the direction of it to see Caitlin in a robe and slippers.

"Hey. You're awake," replied Caitlin looking at her son.

"Yeah, I am," replied Henry yawning as he sat up from the couch.

"Well get ready, we don't want to be late," said Caitlin pushing Henry into the bathroom as she went to make breakfast.

"Alright, I'm going," said Henry closing the door behind him.

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8:00 am

After finishing breakfast, Caitlin sat down on the couch reading a book while she waited for Henry to finish in the washroom. Lost in her book, Caitlin didn't hear the door to the bathroom open.

Walking through the apartment in only sweats, Henry made his way towards the kitchen. Grabbing a plate, he began to stock up on the delicious food his mother had made. Looking through the different cupboards and drawers, Henry went in search for some jam for his toast.

Finding an unopened jar of strawberry jam in the back of the cupboard, Henry began to make his way towards his mother to ask if he could open it. While walking past the counter Henry's phone started to vibrate. Grabbing his phone Henry made his way towards his mother. Looking down at his phone Henry noticed that he had gotten 2 text messages.

Hey, Henry. Hope you're ready to lose young padawan😛—Cisco.

Reading the comment, Henry snorted at his uncle's antics. Looking up a Star Wars meme, Henry sent the one below:

Opening up his father text message next, Henry noted that Barry would be arriving at 9 am.

Standing in front of his mother with his back to the TV, Henry looked down at his phone.

"Hey mom, can I open this?" asked Henry looking down at his phone as he texted his father back.

Looking up from her book, Caitlin was met with a shirtless Henry who had just came out of the shower in only sweats.

"Umm," replied Caitlin staring at him. "Yeah, yeah," replied Caitlin answering his question as she cleared her throat.

"Cool," replied Henry looking up from his phone with a smile before he flashed into the kitchen.

"Ok, well if that's all you need, I'm going to go change," replied Caitlin setting her book down as she made her way towards her room.

"Oh! That reminds me," exclaimed Henry turning around to look at her. "Dad said he'll be here in an hour," informed Henry licking the strawberry jam that had smeared onto his thumb.

"Ok, thanks for letting me know," replied Caitlin closing her bedroom door.

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8:45 am

Henry wore a black t-shirt and jeans with a camo jacket.

While Caitlin wore camo pants with many different pockets at the side and a black T-shirt with her hair up in a ponytail.

PARALLEL

Sitting down on the coach, Henry and Caitlin shared a PB & J sandwich as they watched a movie playing on the T.V screen.

"Mhhm, this is so good," moaned Caitlin licking her fingers.

"Mhhm," agreed Henry nodding his head as he stuffed his face with the PB & J sandwich.

"You got a little," said Caitlin pointing to the corner of his mouth that had some peanut butter on it.

"Hhhm," asked Henry raising an eyebrow at her.

"Here," said Caitlin before taking her fingers and wiping away the peanut butter off his face, and then licking it off her fingers.

"Ewww, mom," complained Henry looking at her.

"What?" asked Caitlin looking at him confused.

Suddenly a knock sounded at the door interrupting the mother and son.

"I'll get it," replied Caitlin standing up from the couch to answer the door.

"Oh, hey guys," replied Caitlin opening the door to allow Barry, Ralph, Harry, and Cisco in who were all dressed in black.

CHEMIST BARRY, ANYONE?

"Hey," replied the boys walking into the apartment.

"You guys ready to go?" asked Barry looking between Caitlin and his son who sat down on the couch in the living room.

"Yeah," replied Caitlin nodding her head as Henry stood up from the couch to wash the dishes. "Just let me grab my bag," said Caitlin walking towards her room.

"Which paintball field are we going to?" asked Henry as the boys made their way out of Caitlin's apartment.

"The one on 5th and Main," replied Cisco as Caitlin made her way out of her apartment, locking the door.

"Ready to go?" asked Barry looking at Caitlin who was tucking her keys into her bag.

"Yeah," said Caitlin looking up at him.

Taking a step towards Caitlin, Barry was about to pick her up bridal style when Henry intervened cradling her against his chest making Caitlin automatically wrap her arms around his neck.

"Race ya there," winked Henry before he was gone in a flash.

Staring where Caitlin had once stood with his son, Barry slumped his shoulder.

That used be our thing, thought Barry thinking about the many times he used to pick Caitlin up bridal style.

"Awwh, don't feel so down Rookie," said Ralph placing a hand on Barry's shoulder as he pouted. "You can always pick me up bridal style," replied Ralph batting his eyelashes at Barry making him grimace.

"I think I'll pass," said Barry walking past Ralph.

"Cisco, could you breach us there?" asked Barry looking at Cisco.

"Yeah, sure," replied Cisco opening up a breach.

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Arriving outside the paintball building, Henry set his mother down as a breach opened up behind them. Turning around, Henry and Caitlin were met with the familiar faces of the boys.

"I won," boosted Henry smiling triumphantly as he jumped up and down in excitement.

"Yeah, well save some of that energy for the actual game," said Cisco as they made their way into the paintball building.

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For the game, the gang were told to get into pairs and form a team. Henry and Caitlin were on the blue team, Barry and Ralph were on the red team, and Cisco and Harry were on the green team.

Strapping on their paintball gears, each member was given 5 colored smoke bomb that matched their team color, 4 normal smoke bomb, 2 flare sticks, a flare gun, a noise box, a walkie talkie, a water bottle, and a pepper spray. Their paintball gun was an advanced new product that didn't need ammo. Their vest was equipped with a sensor that if you were hit with a pallet, your paintball gun would stop working immediately.

Meeting up in a building outside the paintball field, the team began to discuss some ground rules before they started the game.

"Ok, so we're going to play until the death," exclaimed Cisco making everyone stare at him in shock.

"Kidding," said Cisco making everyone relax. "We're going to play until there is only one person standing. Working in our teams, we are going to try and eliminate as many players as we can. The tricky part is that there are also others out to get us. They are called 'The Underdogs'. They work with the paintball company and are a highly skilled group of marksmen. There is exactly 25 of them in brown suits so watch out. If you are hit, seek shelter at the gazebo which is located at the center of the field, where you will watch the rest of the game from there. The winning team gets whatever they want. Any questions?" asked Cisco looking at them.

Everyone shook their heads 'No' until Caitlin raised a hand up. "Caitlin," replied Cisco waiting for her response.

"No powers," said Caitlin turning towards the boys emphasizing on the power part.

"Oh, come on," groaned Henry.

"We all have powers, it's no fun if we can't get to use them," said Ralph trying to convince Caitlin.

"Not all of us have powers, Ralph," replied Caitlin looking down as she thought about Killer Frost. "Besides, we don't want to get caught using our powers," said Caitlin trying to reason with them.

"She's right," agreed Barry backing Caitlin up.

Looking at one another the boys caved in. "Fine," groaned the boys after a while.

Suddenly a loud horn sounded in the distance.

"Let the games begin," replied Cisco as the gang walked through the doors of their respective color as it closed behind them with a thud.

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Standing close by each other Caitlin and Henry trudged through the pitch black tunnel. Suddenly a door opened at the end of the tunnel emitting out a bright light. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, the mother and son made their way towards it.

Walking out of the tunnel Caitlin and Henry squinted their eyes as they adjusted to the bright sunlight coming from outside. Observing their surroundings, the pair noticed that they were on a dirt path with a row of large metal shipping crates in front of them. Looking at one another Caitlin and Henry nodded their heads as they each took a side of the large crate. Caitlin on the left and Henry on the right.

Making his way towards the end of the crates Henry was on high alert. Charging his gun Henry kept his eyes out for any intruders.

As he reached the end of the crates Henry noticed his mother near a dirt mound looking around with her gun raised. Out of the corner of his eye, Henry caught something moving in the distance. Turning his head in the direction of it, Henry saw his Uncle Cisco walking in an open dirt field area.

As Caitlin kept walking forward, she accidentally stepped on a tree twig making it crack below her feet. Hearing the sudden noise, Cisco turned his head in the direction of it to see a person with their back turned at the end of the field. Smiling, Cisco closed his eyes as he raised his gun in the air shooting wildly.

Seeing the wave of paintball pallets aimed at his mother, Henry leapt into action.

"Noooo!" shouted Henry pushing Caitlin behind the mound of dirt making them both topple over as he saved her from the row of bullets being directed at her.

"Are you ok?" asked Henry looking down at her as he laid on top of her.

"Yeah, I'm alright," replied Caitlin as Henry got off of her. "Thanks," replied Caitlin as she joined Henry. With their backs against the wall of dirt, you could hear the sound of a gun firing nonstop.

Peering over the mound of dirt, Henry looked to see if the coast was clear to only duck his head to avoid being hit by a new wave of bullets.

"Jesus! Why is Uncle Cisco shooting like a madman?!" asked Henry taking in a breath.

"DIE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!" replied Cisco laughing maniacally as he shot everywhere, managing to take down 4 'Underdogs'.

"I don't know," replied Caitlin shaking her head. "Let's get out of here," said Caitlin as they crawled their way to the other side of the field with the dirt mound protecting them from oncoming bullets.

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"Ramon," replied Harry calling Cisco through the walkie talkie. Smiling victoriously, Cisco continued to shoot everywhere like a madman. He really was digging this new no ammo gun.

"RAMON!!" yelled Harry causing Cisco to stop.

"What?!" answered Cisco annoyed. He was just getting started.

"Get back to the base now! And quit shooting like your crazy. Your drawing attention to yourself," replied Harry.

"Your drawing attention to yourself," mimicked Cisco in Harry's voice as he slid the walkie talkie back into his pocket. "Oh please," said Cisco gathering his things as he made his way back to Harry.

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"Ok Ralph," said Barry looking at his friend. "You go that way," said Barry pointing to his left. "And I'll go that way," said Barry pointing to the right. "That way we can cover more area," concluded Barry smiling at his brilliant plan.

"Ok," replied Ralph as he and Barry charged their guns before walking away.

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Waiting for Cisco to return Harry stood on high alert. Hearing footsteps approaching him, Harry hid behind the metal crate. Seeing a person in a brown suit Harry aimed his gun at him shooting him in the abdomen. The 'Underdog's' friend came running in after to only be shot in the chest by Harry. Hearing another set of footsteps coming from behind him, Harry turned to shoot another 'Underdog'. Hearing a twig snap behind him, Harry turned around aiming his gun at the person.

"Don't shoot!" exclaimed Cisco throwing his hands up in the air as he braced his back against the crate.

"Dammit, Ramon," replied Harry lowering his gun. "What the hell took you so long?" asked Harry looking at him.

"I'm sorry," said Cisco looking at him. "Not everyone has dinosaur legs as long as yours," replied Cisco making Harry glare at him. Opening his mouth to argue back, Harry was interrupted by some weird crackling noise coming from the forest.

"What the hell?" replied Harry as him and Cisco began to follow the sound of the noise.

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Walking through the forest Ralph was very anxious and kept aiming his gun at everything he saw moved. Even the smallest of things like the leaves blowing off a tree. Being distracted by his surrounds, Ralph barely noticed the rock that was in front of his path. Taking another step, Ralph tripped over the rock making his noise box go off.

"Shit," replied Ralph fumbling with the different buttons on the side of the box. While he was fumbling with the box, his pepper spray bottle fell out of his pocket making it spray all over his face and into his eyes.

"Dammit!" exclaimed Ralph dropping the noise box as he tried to open the water bottle he had on the side of his belt blindly.

Watching the scene play out from a distance, Barry shook his head at his friend. "Oh god," replied Barry facepalming.

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"Is that Ralph?" asked Cisco as he saw a person with a red vest who was trying to open a water bottle.

"Yup, that's Dibny for you alright," replied Harry shaking his head.

"Oh! Sweet!" exclaimed Cisco bouncing up and down in excitement, ready to take Ralph down.

"How about you go that way," said Cisco pointing to the left. "And I'll go this way," said Cisco pointing to the right. "That way they won't be able to catch us both," replied Cisco looking at Harry.

"Fine by me," replied Harry as he made his way in the direction Cisco had told him to go.

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Managing to open the water bottle, Ralph splashed the cool water on his face before sighing in relief. Hearing the noise box still going off, Ralph turned his attention towards it. After fumbling with the box for a while, the noise box finally stopped working.

"That was a close call," breathed out Ralph in relief.

Taking the box, Ralph slipped it into his pocket. As he began to stand up, Ralph accidentally dropped his flare gun making it go off along with two colored smoke bombs.

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"Hey, Henry! Look over there," replied Caitlin pointing towards the sky where a red flare gun signal went off a couple of meters from where they were standing.

"Well, will you look at that," replied Henry smirking as the pair made their way towards it.

Walking towards where the flare gun was shot, Henry saw something, or more like someone that caught his eye. The person was wearing a green vest and had long luscious brown hair.

Well if it isn't Uncle Cisceto, thought Henry smirking.

"Why don't you go that way," replied Henry pointing to the left. "I'll go this way," replied Henry pointing in the direction of where Cisco was.

"Ok," replied Caitlin as the pair split up.

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"Goddammit," replied Ralph trying to find the flare gun through the fog of red that was clouding his vision. As the smoke of red began to clear, Ralph was able to make out the shape of a flare gun on the ground, turning it off.

Sighing in relief, Ralph stood up to only be shot with 6 pallets; 2 green (Cisco & Harry), 1 blue (Caitlin), and 3 brown (Underdogs).

"Oh, come on!" exclaimed Ralph throwing his arms up in the air in surrender. He didn't even get to kill anyone.

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Watching as Ralph sighed in defeat, Cisco couldn't help but snicker to himself. "That was way too easy," mumbled Cisco to himself.

"You could say that again," replied a voice coming from behind Cisco.

Whipping his head around, Cisco was met with a paintball bullet to the chest. Looking up at the person, Cisco saw Henry who stood a few feet away from him with a cheeky smile on his face.

"Game over," smirked Henry before running off into the forest.

"Oh, I'll get you next time," replied Cisco waving his hand in the air as he shook his head fondly at him.

"Harry, I'm out," notified Cisco through the walkie talkie.

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