About two days later Y/N and Barry had both just returned from a mission up against a crew of armed gunmen, one that had gone severely wrong.

"You two are lucky that you're not severely hurt," Caitlin said crossing her arms as the duo came back into the Cortex.

"We're lucky that no one got hurt," Barry corrected as he sat down, Y/N joining him.

"Are you sure that you're both okay?" Cisco asked raising a brow at the two.

"Yeah," Y/N replied. "Just exhausted..."

"Agreed," Barry said sounding tired.

Caitlin shot them both a look, "Why don't you guys get some rest right now," she suggested.

Just then another one of Cisco's alarms began ringing, "That...that is why we're both exhausted," Barry said referencing all of the metahuman alerts lately.

"You can say that again," Y/N said standing up and pulling her mask back on, Barry quickly following her lead. Barry and Y/N both arrived on the scene to see the same group of gunmen that they had just fought.

"Don't you guys ever sleep?" Barry asked.

"You two getting tired?" one of them snickered. "Don't worry, you can both sleep when you're dead," he said raising his gun towards them.

"We can do this all day," Y/N shot back.

"We'll have to see about that..."

--Later--

Y/N limped back into the Cortex, her arm wrapped around Barry's waist to support him as he walked with her. The men had come at them stronger than before, their weapons advanced, similar to a group of gunmen with Dominator weapons they had seen before.

"Come here," Cisco said rushing to Barry other's side to support his weight. Once Cisco had a hold on Barry Y/N let go, immediately leaning against the wall next to her, her body sore and aching.

"Y/N?" Julian asked from the hall, "Are you alright?" he asked again as he entered the Cortex and put his arm around her to help her over to the med bay. Y/N then joined Barry in a bed next to his.

"You're both lucky, your injuries are all pretty minor, but painful none the less," Caitlin explained after she had finished examining them a few minutes later.

"Thank you," Barry said as she left the med bay. "Did you recognize those weapons?" he asked turning to Y/N.

"Yeah, they looked like those Dominator weapons that we saw before," Y/N said.

Barry let out a sigh, "Okay, enough Flash talk," he said.

"Agreed, do you wanna go home, or spend the night here?" Y/N asked as she stood up and proceeded to change out of her suit.

"I would much rather sleep in my own bed tonight, wouldn't you?" Barry said changing into a pair of sweats and a sweatshirt.

"I'm not going to argue with that," she replied.

"Good," Barry said walking towards her, his hands now relaxing on her hips as he kissed her, slowly and deeply, her arms quickly snaking around his neck. The two both pulled away for air while Barry put his arm around her waist as they walked down the hall before they both sped home.

Barry was suddenly woken up by the sound of his phone ringing in the middle of the night, he picked up his phone only to see that it was again, another metahuman alert.

"Y/N," he groaned, nudging her lightly.

Y/N immediately sprung up from her sleep, "I'm up...I'm up," she said rubbing her tired eyes.

"3rd and Corby, reports of armed gunmen on the scene," Barry said running a hand over his tired face.

"You think it's the same guys from before?" Y/N asked getting up.

"Let's go find out," Barry said before speeding out, Y/N just behind him.

Y/N and Barry arrived at almost the same time, not seeing anything at first, "Umm...what happened to the armed gunmen that we're supposed to fight?" Y/N asked looking around confused.

"We're right here," one of them said as the trio stepped out of the shadows.

Barry and Y/N both turned around quickly, the same three gunmen from before, "Don't you guys ever sleep, or not feel the urge to rob or hurt people at 3:00 in the morning?" Y/N asked tossing her arms in the air.

"Sleep is for the weak, and we only wish to hurt you two."

"Why? Why us?" Barry asked stepping towards them.

"You shut down our business...we made it big after that alien invasion last year, we were rich, we were selling the same weapons that those aliens used to fight us to our benefit. And then you two took down our boss, shut down our business, our money...you ruined us," he snapped before taking the first shot at Barry.

Barry saw the bullet coming, and yet he barely dodged it, "Uhh...Y/N?" he asked.

"What?"

"How did I barely dodge that bullet?" Barry asked in disbelief under his breath.

One of the men began laughing, "You see you shut us down....we thought it only fair that we shut you down too, so we stepped up our game, these new and improved weapons...we designed them just for you two."

"I feel so honored," Y/N joked.

"Really, now is the best time you can find to make jokes?" Cisco said over the comms. "I woke up at 3:00 in the morning for this," he said.

"Shut up Cisco, it's been a long day," Y/N defended as she dodged the incoming fire from the gunmen. She quickly ducked behind a parked car, taking a moment to breathe until Barry sped next to her, his hand holding his arm.

"What happened to your arm?" Y/N asked worriedly as she tried to move his hand.

"I'm fine, it's just a bullet," Barry said wincing and pushing her hand away to peak out from behind the car. "How are we gonna do this?" Barry asked.

"Cisco, how many heat signatures are you picking up?" Y/N asked.

"Five counting you and Barry," Cisco replied.

"Well, there's three of them, two of us...you run out, distract them, I'll come in from behind and catch them off guard," Y/N explained.

"You sure about this?" Barry asked.

"Please," Y/N scoffed. "We can handle this, you understand the plan?"

"Got it," Barry said getting up slightly.

"Hey, wait," Y/N said pulling him back down. "Do me a favor, don't get shot...again."

"Promise," he smirked before leaving. Y/N nodded and got up as well and started to move to a better position to get to the gunmen.

"Y/N?" Cisco asked wearily. "How many men can you see?"

"There's three of them, two of us, why?"

"I'm picking up six heat signatures now," Cisco explained.

"What?" Y/N asked standing up, she quickly turned around when she heard something, but by that time...she was too late...