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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Caitlin, Joe, and Barry were currently staring at Cisco and Harry as they tried to fit a device filled with electrical wires onto Cisco's head.
"No-" Harry started to say something but an excited Cisco interupted him.
"Absolutly! Here look!" He then proceeded to explain how the device should allow other people around him to see what he's vibing. They went through the motions and were soon ready to test it.
"Let's do this" Cisco cued, slipping his vibe glasses on. Harry turned on the device and immidiatly ran to where Caitlin, Barry, and Joe were, farther off. For a moment the room was filled with a blue hugh and the device seemed to be working. Then suddenly there was a spark of electricity from the device and Cisco yelled in pain.
"CISCO!" Caitlin yelled in panic as Barry ran and yanked the device off the now unconcious young man's head. Barry ran him to Caitlin's medical lab while everyone else quickly followed.
"I told him this was stupid," harry growled through his teeth.
"Then maybe you shouldn't have helped him!" Joe yelled. Everyone was feeling paniced and over whelmed, but no one more than Caitlyn.
"EVERYBODY GET OUT" she yelled. Everyone froze. "I need quiet and space. Please just let me help him." Caitlyn was close to tears but she knew she had to be strong for her best friend. Soon everyone left to the main entrance area to wait for news on Cisco.
Caitlin walked out of her lab two hours later looking emotionaly spent. Joe, Harry, Barry, and now Iris watched her aproach, waiting for her to speak.
"He's ok, sort of," Caitlyn said after thinking for a moment.
"What does "sort of" mean?" Joe asked the question no one else wanted to.
"Well all his vitals are normal and he has no physical injuries except..." Caitlin paused for a moment trying to figure out how she could explain this strange mishap. "Except parts of his brain were effected. Um the electric signals aren't working how they should for his age, but fortunatly I can already tell it's trying to heal itself so it won't be perminant." Everyone stood stunned for a moment, taking in the information.
"What part of his brain, Caitlin?" Iris questioned. Caitlin sighed.
"Um emotions and emotional control, logic and common sense type stuff. Um basically we're dealing with a five year old in a 23 year old's body with Cisco's memories and intelect." There wasn't much of a chance for anyone to have a response to that before they heard Cisco become concious.
"Caitlin? Barry?" Barry ran, the others behind him, to find Cisco sitting on the edge of the exam bed.
"How do you feel Cisco?" Barry asked cautiosly.
"Like my head was hit by a train, but other than that just peachy" Caitlin handed Cisco some asprin while the others gave each other confused looks. Cisco didn't seem any different.
"So I'm guessing the experiment failed?" Cisco interupted everyone's thoughts.
"That would be an under statement," Harry chukled.
"Right," Cisco stood up and smiled. "Well, better look into what went wrong so we can try again." He started to walk out of Caitlin's lab when Joe put a hand on his shoulder.
"Does that really seem like a good idea, Cisco?" There was a pause as Cisco didn't answer right away.
"I don't know." He said matter of factly. And there it was. The first sign of change.
"Well It's not, so how about everyone comes to the West-Allen house and we order pizza?" Joe offers noticing the change as well as everyone else.
"But I want to fix it," Cisco said quietly. Joe sighed. Having raised kids he recognized this as the calm before the storm. There is usually a way to avoid the storm, but he'd never seen Cisco lose his temper as an adult let alone could know how to deal with him when he wasn't thinking like one.
"C,mon Cisco," Joe tried cautiously.
"But I said I want to fix it." Cisco replied a little more forcefully.
"Unfortunatly that's not an option, Ramon. Grab your coat," evidently Harry didn't think there was a reason to be cautious. There was a moment of pause before things took a turn.
"I SAID I WANNA FIX IT!" Cisco screamed jumping up and down to accent his words. He then proceeded to scream and sob repeating the fraze as he put his fists in his eyes.The group just stood in aw. How were they suppose to calm down a 23 year old man having a tantrum like a five year old? The display continued until Joe decided he would just have to treat Cisco like a child right now.
"Cisco," he tried to get his attention calmly, to no avail.
"Cisco!" Still no response.
"FRANCISCO RAMON," a small gasp was heard from the small man and suddenly everything went quiet. Cisco was looking up at him with watery eyes. Seeing the kid act like this made him look more like just that, a kid. Never had Joe noticed the stature differance between Cisco and everyone else as much as he did now.
"Stop this Cisco," Joe said calmly holding Cisco by his shoulders, "go grab your coat and get ready to leave, it is not a choice,"
"You ca-" Cisco hiccuped, "I-I'm an adult."
"Your not acting like one right now." It looked like Cisco was about to argue until Barry suddenly apeared next to him with his coat. Cisco begrudgingly took it and walked out of the lab with his friends, albeight sporting a pouty face the whole way while Harry could be heard in the background turning down Joe's invitation. When they entered the parking lot Joe stopped and put a hand on Cisco's shoulder.
"Okay, kid, I don't think you should drive right after getting zapped like that, so we'll just leave your car here tonight ok?" Joe asked him while purposefully leaving out the details of his head injury. Cisco just blinked at him.
"Umm... I don't drive anymore, Joe. I mean, what if I vibed while on the road?"
"Oh. never mind then," Joe responded thoughtfully. But it went unheard as Cisco ran, smiling, towards Caitlyn's car yelling "SHOTGUN," as she waited for him. Joe chuckled and Caitlyn rolled her eyes as Barry appeared in the seat and gave Cisco an innocent look. Normally this kind of joke would have made Cisco laugh, but nothing about today had been normal for him.
"No fair," Cisco whined stomping his foot. "I called it and-and you can run there faster than the car."
"Hey, hey it's ok I was just joking," Barry jumped out of the car as tears started to form in Cisco's eyes.
"Oh," he mumbled, "ok." At that moment it became clear that things were going to have to be different for a while.