A shiver ran up Krida's spine, the one you get from a sick feeling. Tiredly blinking her eyes to wake up and see her surrounding, Krida had a difficult time as everything spun with a flutter of her eyelids.

Where was she? What happened?

Her vision slowly coming into focus, Krida did her best to look around. The floor she laid on was cold concrete, three clear walls surrounded her and connected to a wall of concrete behind her.

How did she get here? What was the last thing she remembered?

Flashes of Cisco's smile and the sweet taste of ice cream lingered on her tongue. A smile almost graced Krida's lips, until the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. That dark, familiar, feeling in the pit of her stomach took over the sick chills in her spine.

Years of training kicked her adrenaline into high gear. Krida jumped to her feet; hands going to her holster. Her empty holster. Krida looked to the holster in panicked rage.

"Looking for these?"

That demonic voice.

Krida snapped her head up; a fiery glare morphing her face. Hatred for the demon grew more and more, her karambit knives in the demon's disgusting hands.

"It would be wise of you to give those back, you've already made one mistake" Krida all but growled.

"Oh yeah, what's that?" the demon chuckled.

Krida's eyes ignited with the blue fire in her hands.

"You kidnapped me from my date!" Krida snapped, anger starting from the top of her head and ending at the soles of her feet.

The demon chuckled deeper than before, obviously not affected by Krida's temper.

All that did was anger the alien more.

Giving a yell, Krida threw her hands out, sending a stream of blue fire at her prison. The three glass walls lit up in a blaze of blue. A smirk curled on Krida's lips.

That smirk quickly vanished when her flames disappeared; the sight of her prison still stood. All that was left behind were scorch marks at the top of the ceiling.

"Impossible" Krida breathed.

The glow in her eyes disappeared as she looked around her prison.

The demons cruel cackle drew Krida's attention to him. Even though his face was covered, Krida could see the twisted mirth in his eyes.

"They really didn't tell you about me, did they?" the demon couldn't help but purr.

"If you're supposed to be so important, you tell me who you are?" Krida demanded, covering her fear perfectly.

Nothing was strong enough to withstand Krida's fire, not even Promethium could be saved from it. So how did this monster figure out a way to contain her fire?

The demon started to vibrate at a rapid movement. Much like Barry does when he's about to phase through something.

Krida controlled the muscles in her face perfectly and only took a cautious step back.

Taking slow, intimidating, steps forward, the demon walked through Krida's prison walls like he was walking through air.

Krida kept her feet planted onto the concrete floor, forbidding herself from backing down.

The demon leaned down to Krida's height; the alien princess raised her chin in defiance, baring her teeth.

Krida refused to let this Speedster know that she was terrified to her core.

"The names, Zoom" the way he said his name was like a wailing ghost, trying to scare the alien in front of him.

It worked; Krida couldn't stop the small twitch in her eye.

Zoom noticed and laughed before using his speed and punched Krida across the face. She was sent flying into one of the clear walls, a sickening crack coming from her nose.

Krida took a deep breath in through her mouth, feeling the blood trail down her nostrils.

Slowly, she turned her gaze to Zoom, just in time to see him run off.

Not able to hold herself up, Krida fell to her knees. Her whole body was shaking. No one has ever broken a bone in Krida's body before, ever. Her people's bone mass was too strong for just any kind of punch to do that.

Another tremor shuck Krida's body.

She had every right to call him a demon before. Only a demon, something not human, or Gaiala for that matter, could do what he just did.

Cisco and Caitlin watched as Barry zoomed around Central City, closing breaches one by one. The two counting them off as he did it.

29, 28, 27, 26...

With each number, Cisco gripped the ruler in his hands tighter and tighter. Anxiety wrapped around him like a wet blanket. The breaches, minus the one in S.T.A.R. labs, needed to be closed already. They didn't have much time for Jesse and Krida's sake.

Zoom's horrendous laugh echoed in Cisco's head, like a disgusting taunt. Shaking the nightmare away, Cisco turned his attention back to the computer screens. Just in time to see Barry had closed the last breach.

"Alright!" Cisco cheered, a jitter feeling returning to his heart.

It didn't throw out the anxiety all the way, but it helped a little. He was getting closer and closer to getting Krida back.

"You didn't tell her about me Cisco? Big mistake."

It was a mistake not telling Krida about Zoom.

They all thought- Cisco had thought- if they kept Krida a secret from Zoom, she would have no reason to know about him. They would deal with defeating Zoom on their own time and Krida could work on building a life for herself.

As Cisco was making his way to the exits of S.T.A.R. labs, the young Metahuman couldn't help but stop at Krida's door first. His eyes traveled the door with flowers she had painted on it in black, while her name was scrawled in blue.

Cisco discovered her love for painting when the two were walking around downtown. It was to help Krida get a good feel for the city. The two had ended up in the part of the city where there were entertainers performing for coins and crafters sold their work. One of the crafters was working on a huge canvas with vibrant colors scrawled all over the place.

Cisco thought nothing of it and walked passed the artist. Only to have to backtrack when he realized Krida wasn't walking with him.

Krida had stopped to watch the painter with curious eyes. She was so transfixed by how the colors swirled and blended with each other. Creating a look that made Cisco think of a psychedelic forest. Krida told him it reminded her of a small planet her and her family would vacation at from time to time in her youth.

The following day Cisco bought Krida her first paint set and a few small canvases.

Krida painted the flowers on the door a month later.

A sad sigh escaped Cisco's lips as he stared at Krida's name.

"I'm coming Krida" Cisco muttered to himself, silently promising to bring her back.

Promising to never make a mistake like he did before again.

Lifting his hand to touch Krida's name, Cisco gasped at the feeling of his powers kicking in.

Looking around the room he stood in, Cisco recognized it as the prison Jesse was being held in. Why was he vibing this place? Jesse's here, not... unless.

A choking cough reached his ears and Cisco spun around, his heart dropping at the sight before him. Krida sat upright against a concrete wall while nursing her wrist to her chest. There was dry blood under her nose while her left cheek was swollen purple. The distinct lines of a fist in black stamped in the center of the purple bruise.

Krida looked exhausted, straining to keep her eyes open and focused in front of her.

Cisco was reminded of her warriors. Whenever captured they refused to sleep and always stayed alert in case the opportunity to escape showed itself.

"Krida" Cisco breathed worried.

Snapping her head to him, Cisco jumped with a start.

Did she hear him?

Looking over his shoulder to make sure no one was behind him, Cisco turned his gaze back to Krida.

"Krida," Cisco repeated.

"Cisco?" Krida whispered pushing herself to slowly stand up with one hand.

Keeping her hand cradled to her chest, Krida walked up to the glass prison she was in. Her eyes roamed Cisco and around him like she was trying to focus on him.

"Cisco?" Krida repeated hopefully.

Before Cisco could answer her, he was dropped back into his body. Back on Earth-One.

Cisco stared at Krida's door. Heart hammering in his chest with both fear and determination. Silently, Cisco added to his promise. He was going to do his damndest to make sure she was going to be safe from now on.

"Who's Cisco?" Jesse asked from her cell.

Krida turned her gaze over to the terrified daughter of Harrison Wells. A smirk pulled on Krida's lips, the tiredness in her eyes long gone.

"A friend of mine," Krida answered, "He will come to get us out."

"How do you know?" Jesse asked.

Jesse was cautious but hopeful. She only knew the alien for going on a week now. From what she could see, Krida was strong and unafraid; facing Zoom head on anytime he would come to torment the two.

"Because I trust him" Krida answered.

If only Jesse knew, that in reality, Krida was deathly afraid, and wanted to cry when she felt Cisco's presence.

The faux courage in Krida's eyes turned dark. She snapped her head to the entrance of their prison. Zoom appeared in front of the two in that same instant.

Jesse jumped back, trying to create more distance between her and the demon. Krida rolled her shoulders back and glared more; her eyes started to glow.

Zoom laughed at the two, making a pool of sickness circle the women's stomachs.

"You really think that they can save you?" Zoom taunted, looking between the two women, trying to decide which one to torment.

"A coward like you always loses" Krida snapped, tensing up her body.

She made the decision for Zoom.

Before Krida could blink, the back of her head smacked against the concrete wall. Zoom's clawed hand wrapped around her throat. Krida tried sucking in breaths of air, but with every gasp, Zoom tightened his grip on her neck.

"Care to repeat that?" Zoom dared, loosening his grip on Krida's neck a little.

"They're going to find us, and stop you" Krida gasped around her words.

"You sure do put all your faith in one person" Zoom snapped, tightening his grip again.

Krida gasped, sucking in as much air as possible. The glow in her eyes disappeared.

Zoom let out a throaty chuckle, stepping closer to Krida's frame. Crushing her back against the wall with his chest. Krida started using her weaker hand to try and tear his fingers off her, while the other tried pushing him away. With how much pressure he was putting on her, he was making breathing almost impossible. Only allowing small intakes of air fill Krida's lungs.

"What, no comeback?" Zoom chuckled.

A familiar metal grazing Krida's fingertips, she couldn't help the smirk that grew on her lips.

Zoom tilted his head to the side. Why was she-?

His thoughts were cut short when a pained yell left his lips.

Krida had both of her karambit knives in her hand. Jabbing them deep into Zoom's flesh where his shoulder and neck met.

Throwing the alien away from him, she hit the ground hard but flipped back up to her feet. Holding both knives in one hand tightly, and crouching low, Krida was ready to fight the demon in front of her.

"You were able to hurt me," Zoom said, "I'm impressed."

"Words like that, from you, are an insult" Krida spat at his feet.

Letting out an angered yell, Krida charged at Zoom. trying to slice or kick him with everything her damaged body could dish out. But Zoom had his speed; he dodged each attack with ease.

Krida waited too long to attack Zoom, he had healed faster than she anticipated. Maybe if she moved sooner, she would have had a slight chance.

Grabbing Krida by the neck again, Zoom slammed her back into the floor.

But even that slight chance might not have been enough.

"I think it's time I take you on a little field trip," Zoom said, putting his face inches from Krida's.

Jesse's eyes followed the direction of the harsh wind Zoom created. Her heart started to beat a mile a minute. Fear for the person who only had been trying to keep her safe.

Slowly, Jesse turned her gaze to the man with a metal mask.

Well, the only one who could vocally protect her.

Krida felt like a rag doll as Zoom ran. She was tucked under his arm, crushed against his side. Her arms and legs were flailing behind her, her royal blue hair slapping her face.

Zoom treated her like an object, a means to an end. Unlike Barry who took care of his friends as he ran.

Coming to a quick halt, Krida was dropped to the floor like she was nothing.

Krida wheezed in and out, trying to get her lungs to accept air properly. Her ears were ringing from the roaring wind that entered and left them. Slowly looking up, Krida blinked, trying to get her world to stop spinning.

Where was she?

"What did I say, you should do, if you encounter a Speedster?" Zoom's disappointed tone rang in Krida's head.

Slowly turning her gaze to the voice, Krida's eyebrows turned downward at the man standing in front of Zoom.

"Leave him unharmed" Cisco answered Zoom.

What is going on? Why is Cisco answering to Zoom and why is he dressed like that?

Cisco's hair was pulled tightly to the back of his head. He wore glasses over his eyes that glowed blue and a black leather jacket. Cisco looked so kept together and sharp, nothing like the clumsy genius Krida had come to care for.

"Cisco?" Krida breathed confused.

Cisco snapped his head over to Krida and his shoulders tensed.

"Krida?" Cisco asked, just as confused.

The alien tilted her head to the side. Using her good hand, Krida slowly pushed herself to stand.

He came, just like how she knew he would.

Finally standing up, Krida sent a smile to Cisco as best she could with a swollen cheek.

Cisco's lips twitched upward in a smirk.

"Does this," at Zoom's words, Cisco turned his attention back to the Speedster, "Look unharmed to you?"

Zoom sounded like he was scolding a child as he was pointing off to the side.

Krida followed his finger and gasped at the sight of Barry crippled on the floor.

How did Barry get like this?

Turning her attention back to Zoom and Cisco, Krida opened her mouth to ask Cisco what was happening. But the only thing to come out was a strained gasp squeezing up her closed throat.

Krida had no time to react as Zoom shoved his hand into Cisco's chest.

This can't be happening to her, not again.

"NO!" Krida screamed.

Yanking his hand out of Cisco's chest, Zoom ran passed Krida. The alien could care less why.

About to make a run for Cisco's body, she stopped at the call of her name from a familiar voice. Looking up, Krida almost fell over seeing Cisco standing up.

But how?

Looking from the Cisco on the floor to the one standing up, a look of terrified confusion covered the alien's face.

"Krida that wasn't me, that was my doppelganger," Cisco said raising his hands in a calming manner.

All of this was too much for her to process. Too many emotions danced together uncoordinated in Krida's head. She so desperately needed something stable, something real, to hold on to.

Krida was starting to panic, nothing making sense to her.

All because Cisco wanted to keep her in the dark about Earth-Two. Maybe if he had told her, Krida wouldn't be this scared right now.

Krida dug her hands into her scalp, pushing her hair out of her face. Her teeth were bared and her eyes were wild. Krida was getting ready to break at any second.

How was Cisco going to convince Krida that he was really alive?

"Krida!" Cisco called and she snapped her head to him, "I never got to tell you how I would keep you warm."

Realization cleared all of Krida's panic away, her arm's dropping to her side.

Taking one more look at the fallen Cisco, Krida turned her gaze back to the standing Cisco. The Cisco that was very much alive, sporting his normal graphic tee and hair fallen to his shoulders.

Her Cisco.

Tear's built up in Krida's eyes, her face scrunched up in relief and sadness.

Wasting no more time, Krida made a break for Cisco.

Zoom, however, had other plans.

Appearing between Cisco and Krida, the alien skid to a halt at the hulking man towering over her.

"Trips over," Zoom said.

Zoom grabbed Krida and ruffly threw her over his shoulder. She immediately started to squirm, trying to get out of Zoom's hold.

"Cisco!" Krida cried out, reaching her hand out.

Krida desperately hoping Cisco would be able to grab her before it was too late.

Just as Cisco was about to run to Krida, Zoom took off. Not before grabbing Barry along the way.

Cisco stood behind, broken again. Two of his friends were captured, one of them for the second time; she was the one that needed him the most.