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It had happened again! He had lost his daughter – his own flesh and blood. The first time it was to Zoom, the second to the speed-force and now to that damn Barry Allen. Harry always knew there was consequences to one's actions; however, he did not realise those long-term consequences and, despite the happy face he normally put on, was still only just accepting the fact that Jesse was a speedster like Allen.
"Vibe them!" He turned to Cisco, who had already been in communication with Caitlin and Ray, who turned to look at Harry's desperate expression and nodded.
Leaning back in his chair, Vibe goggles now back on his person, Cisco concentrated. He thought of Jesse and he thought of Wally. He thought to them vanishing into that vortex and he was suddenly hit by an image – the pair were in the wastelands of Central! And they weren't alone. Barry was with them! The image was unclear, a little foggy, but he was sure of it as he whipped off his goggles to look at the agitated and worried Wells.
Cisco didn't say anything though as he turned back to the computer and pulled out a live satellite feed of the wastelands, scanning it for signs of life and let out a groan. "I thought…" he finally voiced, "but I guess I was wrong."
"What?" Harry now demanded, "What did you think? Did you see her?"
"Yes, but I believed them to be outside the city. I was mistaken. I think I vibed another earth! They are on another Earth and Barry was there."
"That's a good thing though?" Kara pointed out, having been quiet since her sister and Wally had vanished, but hearing Barry was with them gave her hope.
"I suppose so, but we don't know if it was our Barry." Cisco stated, a little nervous now. "The image wasn't clear, which isn't good. I mean normally I can see other worlds so clear when I focus, which makes them easier to connect to but this one… Something's wrong."
"You're telling me!" Alex had appeared at the entrance, looking flustered as she marched into the room. "We have a major breakout and we haven't even been here a week. What happened? What did your people do?"
"What does it matter what 'our people' have done?" Harry now rounded on Kara's mentor, "Isn't it your job to make sure these metas are kept safe from the public no matter what? That's what you're here to do after all, it's why Allen allowed you to stay."
"Hey, don't shoot the messenger!" Alex snapped back, "It was Mrs. Diggle's idea to set up camp here, and Allen agreed to those plans."
"I don't think he knew what he was getting into when he did, besides I see through your façade, Ms. Danvers! You only came here to be close to Kara!" Harry was suddenly protective of his second daughter.
"Hey, whoa, time out!" Kara suddenly snapped, standing between the pair hands out in the air. "You two can argue until your heads explode later, but right now we have two problems – metas on the loose and our three resident speedsters having gone AWOL."
"Allen's gone?" Alex suddenly asked having not known this information.
"Sounds like you need all the help you can muster." All heads turned to the doorway to see that the cavalry had arrived, in the form of Caitlin, Ray, Sara and Dinah – the latter pair outfitted out in her White Canary outfit and a new version of the Black Canary. This alone shocked the arguing pair into silence as Cisco jumped up.
"Oh my god – you're Black Canary already, Dinah?" He moved over to the two Canaries, ever the fanboy.
"It's… I think it's a calling," Dinah shrugged unsure. She wore black tights and boots similar to Laurel's time as the Canary, but her top was noticeably different – it was a jacket of blacks and yellows, with the tiniest hint of blue, and the yellow parts most noticeable as shoulder and elbow pads designed into the top, while her hair was the original brown that Laurel's had started off as and she wore no mask like Sara.
"Who designed that? Because it is sick! Wish I'd thought of something like that," Cisco whistled appreciatively as he took the outfit in and totally forgot about the matter at hand.
"Our mum." Sara now cut in as Dinah Jnr's face reddened in a blush. "After the past few years of keeping her in the dark, and with my resurrection, Laurel's death and Dinah's… creation, well she wanted to take a more active role in our lives and this was the result."
"Remind me to hit her up later – I think I need to pick up a few tips," Cisco nodded appreciatively, a grin on his face. If there was one thing he liked it was costume making.
"Ramon!" Harry snapped back at the computer banks. "If you're done fangirling over there…?"
"Oh yeah, sorry." Cisco pulled a look to the two Canaries before moving back to the computer banks, the four following him as he didn't sit down, knowing a briefing was imminent.
"What happened?" This was Caitlin now; she was looking between Cisco and Harry in worry. "You mentioned about metas and Barry?"
"Jesse and the West boy," Harry stated, his need to address anyone not related to him by their last names ever more apparent in his stress and worry, "decided it would be a good idea to call back the spectre of Zoom as he's been troubling them in dreams. This creature as he is now, and as Cisco dubs 'Black Flash', claimed Allen and took him god knows where, which is when my wonderful," the sarcasm was evident there as he did not approve of what Jesse or Wally had done, "daughter and her boyfriend decided to go after him because, and I quote, 'they are connected to the speed-force in ways Ramon here wouldn't be' – they thought they could find him."
"They opened a breach on their own and I haven't been able to reach them since." Cisco now cut in as Harry sighed and began to pace. "But what I can see is foggy and somewhat unreliable. I need Stein's help as he's good with the multiverse theory and possibilities on why there are some places I simply cannot reach. In the meantime, Quick and Silver accidentally –"
"They were foolish!" Harry corrected Cisco with distain.
"Accidentally," Cisco stuck to his guns, "broke a few containment cells when running the pipeline to open their breach and metas are loose. Alex," he suddenly turned to the ARGUS agent, "I assume they haven't been contained?"
"Five escaped, two of which we managed to recapture but I'm afraid Shawna Baez, Roy Bivolo and Joey Montelone have managed to escape the facility," Alex stated, a little despondent.
"And even with your newly added security…" Harry stated sarcastically.
"We're still setting up!" Alex countered, annoyed. "It's not like we thought two speedsters would break our containment."
"I didn't know we had Peek-a-boo and Rainbow Raider in lock up?" Cisco stated a little too loudly to prevent Harry from retorting back – he resumed pacing angrily again. "When we tried to move them out of the pipeline last year…" Cisco continued.
"ARGUS' Meta-human Department hasn't just been training Kara and putting our feet up, Cisco." Alex stated with a little sigh.
"Then why didn't you keep them at your place?" Caitlin now spoke up, she and the other three listening in and intrigued.
"Because you had the better holding facility. We thought they would be safer here, but obviously we were wrong there." She glared at Harry, still at odds with him now.
"Okay" It was Kara's turn to speak, "can you two please keep your anger to yourselves while we're at red alert here? If you haven't forgotten, I haven't got my powers yet and we still need to find Barry, Jesse and Wally on top of getting these dangerous metas back – priorities!"
"Yes, priorities!" Cisco jumped up now as he now looked to their newcomers. "I've called in Martin and Jax so we'll have three metas verses two canaries, Atom and Firestorm… Actually, I'll need Stein to help me with this multiverse stuff… and Dinah, are you really…?"
"Yeah, I think maybe you should stay back." Sara suddenly told her sister softly, she quickly explaining at the look Dinah was giving her: "you're barely trained – it took Laurel months to really become the Black Canary and me… well, I'm constantly still in training. Maybe you should stay as back-up unless we need you."
"But I want to help! You need me," Dinah complained, but Sara answered her with a simply glare.
"Okay. Atom and White Canary against three metas? Those aren't good odds," Cisco now muttered, worriedly.
"It'll be like old times. Anyway Cisco, why don't you try and vibe for our speedsters, determine where they are and then get Stein's help?" Ray spoke up. "Then one of us can take a meta each."
"You speak sense" Cisco grinned, pointing knowingly at his friend as there was a cough from behind him.
"What about me?" Kara asked determinedly. "Whether I'm ready or not, the world needs Power Girl."
"What Power Girl really needs is her powers first," Alex cut in as she stepped forward. "I may not be a meta-human myself, or trained in martial arts or even have some fancy robo-suit, but I can help. It's my job to help round-up meta-humans, but I think I need to do this your way, not ARGUS' way." She glanced at Harry, who had stopped pacing and was looking at her weirdly, "please."
"Okay then, odds are better," Cisco grinned. "Four against three. You know we have Hydroman somewhere, don't we?"
"Yeah, with his powers he would be useful," Alex pointed out, "but he's still fairly new and untrained. He's spending time with his family out of town, but close so could be called in if needed…"
"We'll keep him and Dinah in reserve," Cisco stated thoughtfully, just as a new figure entered the labs – if they all weren't so used to Firestorm, the burning man would have been a little freaky. Although Dinah was a little freaked out, even if she didn't show it.
Stein and Jax separated behind the two Canaries as both progressed passed the sisters to Cisco and Caitlin now. "We came as soon as we heard," Stein stated in concern, "this is very bad."
"Figured Firestorm would be of help, so here we are," Jax smirked. "I see you gathered the troops, so what's the deal?"
"You know our database of metas," Cisco now addressed the pair – Stein knew from first-hand experience, Jax knew from Stein, "then you know how dangerous Shawna Baez, Rainbow Raider and Tar Pit are so I'm thinking Sara and Ray, you go against Shawna. She can teleport anywhere, so your Assassin training will help you there at least, Sara. Jax and Martin, Firestorm is needed against Rainbow Raider. You need to keep a cool head around him and I think you're the most level-headed of all here, Martin."
"Which leaves me against Monteleone?" Alex asked. "You know what he can do, right?"
"Do you want to help us or not?" Harry snapped at Alex again, but she raised her hand, not wanting to fight.
"I wasn't complaining. Just stating fact, Doctor Wells." Alex stated. "I'm happy going against… Tar Pit, did you call him?" She now turned back to Cisco.
"Tar Pit," Cisco confirmed with a nod and wry smile. "Actually no. Ray, you go against Tar Pit – I think Atom would be better at taking him on. Sara and Alex, you go against Shawna." Both women nodded at this, the decision finally made.
"And what about me?" Kara asked, arms folded and a glare to her face now.
"On the reserve bench with Dinah and Cole," Cisco stated, moving closer to her now as he stated softly, "Look, until you get your powers back you're weak, I don't want to risk it…"
"And if I don't get my powers back?" Kara muttered back.
"Hey, you will do. Central's come to rely on Power Girl of late – you can't let down your adoring public" Cisco grinned.
Kara couldn't help but smirk back at this, but even as she did a niggling feeling came to recesses of her mind. The other Kara had had a power outage and something, apart from solar energy, helped her gain her powers back, but for the life of her she couldn't remember what it was. A mental block that was frustrating her more so now than the loss of her powers.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked around to Harry, who was looking at her worriedly now. "While they do their saving-the-city stuff, we'll get those powers back, Kara." He stated softly, wanting to help and knowing this was the best way to do it. Cisco went back to address the group and Caitlin moved over to the computers to find out where their three bad guys were.
"Thanks," Kara stated back to her dad, "Rao knows why they've not come back yet…"
"Rao?" Her foster dad was suddenly distracted by this new term and Kara suddenly realised what she had said and couldn't help but grin.
"Oh, it's… he's the name of a Kryptonian deity, the personification of Krypton's sun. They – we worship him as a god of light and life… I can't believe I haven't mentioned him before since I got the memories. I guess it took a time of desperation to finally admit to him…" She half-blushed, half-grinned at this. Kara Danvers was a true believer in Rao it seemed, and that belief had passed onto Kara Wells, even though she had ignored religion until now.
"Well then, we'll ask for Rao's help too." He immediately accepted her religion, trusting to his second daughter in his own time of desperation, and not to mention worry.
-PowerFlash-
Winn had turned up moments later and joined Cisco and Caitlin at the computers back in STAR – it was an operation, to say the least, keeping all three of their teams together and Cisco had decided he would keep himself tuned in to Firestorm. Caitlin had Ray and Winn had Sara and Alex. They were a finely tuned machine, even if Winn was fairly new at this – at least both Alex and Sara had their own training to keep themselves in check, even if Winn wasn't so sure in himself yet.
"How's your brother?" Sara asked into her com, halfway across the city with Alex in tow. They had obtained a motorbike which Alex was driving and to keep her mind off the speed, Sara had concentrated on Winn back at STAR. She had heard about the Wally/Jim incident by now.
"Recovering. Still in hospital but he's fine," Winn responded back. "You're nearly on Baez's location now. The satellite is picking up her erratic movements. Did I ever tell you how cool this is?"
"About a hundred times since we started," Alex responded before Sara could, the latter of whom giggled at the remark. "Hang on, I think I've spotted her." Alex brought the bike to a sudden stop, she and Sara jumping from the vehicle with speed as Sara looked around for what Alex could see.
They were in a carpark, the evening light casting long shadows from neighbouring trees and apart from the distant sound of the city, nothing could be heard. "You sure?" Sara asked her partner worriedly.
"Trust me," Alex muttered, pulling out her gun as she stood perfectly still. Sara now watched her, taking in her body movement, her training kicking in as she thought she heard a distant thumping noise, like something moving through the air. She almost jumped at the sound of gunfire but the cry that sounded a second later wasn't hers. Before she knew it, Sara was running, moving to the border of the carpark. There was another thumping noise and an arm was around her throat.
"I'm not going back!" A third woman now cried, addressing Alex as Sara now moved – easily able to escape the arm and had the woman in an arm lock herself, almost breaking Shawna's right arm as she glared up at Sara.
"You don't have a choice, missy." Sara muttered, noticing the meta's free arm was bleeding from a point in which Alex must have shot her.
"I just helped my sleezy ex-boyfriend escape jail – I don't see how that's a prison-able offence." She suddenly vanished from Sara's grip, surprising the vigilante as she almost stumbled.
"Slippery one, that." Alex moved up to Sara as she held her hand out to the Canary, a small device in it. "When we caught her the first time, our people were able to make these bracelets to dampen her powers – without her teleportation she's no more than a petty criminal."
"Got it," Sara smirked, taking the thing from her with a small smile. "You've done your bit, now it's my turn…"
"What do you mean?" Alex asked concerned.
"Ever seen the Canary in action?" Sara withdrew her bo staff, moving away from Alex now as she looked around the carpark, letting her other senses run wild. Tracking down the meta-human girl who could teleport. She moved, sprinting in a direction and leapt. There was a shriek and a cry and Sara had someone pinned to the ground; Alex ran up to her, intrigued to see how the Canary worked, to find Sara was on top of Shawna, who was struggling below the vigilante.
"Nice moves," Alex remarked as she noticed Sara had already put the dampening bracelet on the woman's wrist.
"I won't go back!" Shawna shouted again, but Alex was already tying her hands up, putting the other bracelet on the girl who remained struggling under the White Canary.
"Oh, do shut up!" Sara muttered, hitting the woman around the head and knocking her out with the blow. "Ah, better…" Now she stood, swooping over and lifting Shawna in a fireman's lift before turning to Alex. "Enough room on that bike do you think?"
"I'll grab a taxi; you take her back on the bike," Alex nodded as Sara moved over to the bike.
"That was pretty epic," Winn came across their earpieces, having remained silent since they started against the meta and Alex had to smirk at this – Sara not used to, or even taking in the praise.
"That she was. Hey Sara…" Alex jogged over to the woman who was trying to mount the bike and put the unconscious Shawna safely behind her.
"Yeah? What is it?" Sara looked over at Alex with a raised eyebrow.
"This is totally out of the blue, but you doing anything tomorrow?" Alex had to ask. If she didn't now she never would.
"Unless it's help find Barry and stop more meta-humans… nothing really. I mean I have Dinah to help but… why?"
"Want to go out somewhere? Like hang?" Alex asked innocently.
"Don't see why not," Sara smiled at the agent before starting the bike up. "See you back at the labs, Agent Danvers."
Alex watched with a small grin as Sara retreated off into the distance. This was good. She had a date. Maybe she'd walk back to the Labs? It was a lovely evening, after all…
-PowerFlash-
"Peek-a-boo taken down," Winn informed the others from his computer as Caitlin and Cisco looked to him, impressed.
"Seems like the White Canary and Agent Danvers were a good mix," Cisco stated with a nod, Dinah came up behind Winn.
"Shame they didn't need the Black Canary, but Sara was right." She stated, a little despondent, but happy for her sister.
"The night's not over yet, Canary-3," Cisco teased as Dinah mouthed the three part with confusion. "Atom's still tracking Tar Pit and there's been no sign of Rainbow Raider…"
"Perhaps you better vibe for Jesse and Wally again?" Winn asked. "See if there's any clue on how to get them back."
"Good idea, Winny-boy," Cisco stated, pointing a finger playfully at his friend as he leaned into the mic to talk to Firestorm. "Vibe's going to be AWOL for a minute." He told the pair.
"Don't be long – trusting on you," Jax's voice could be heard as Cisco whipped his goggles back on with a small smirk.
He concentrated on Jesse and Wally, like last time. Thinking, wondering… Again, as if through a thick fog he could see things, like a silent movie as he thought he saw a white dog with glowing eyes and Barry in his red suit, albeit with a red symbol instead of his current white one – what did that mean? Wally and Jesse seemed to be out of place in their costumes as he heard, like a distant echo, Kara's voice asking Professor Stein to find a way to get Quick and Silver back to their home earth…
He took off the glasses, no longer in a pleasant mood as his mind raced.
"Well?" This was Winn now. He had never seen Cisco vibe before and was slightly put off by the lack of special effects that it took on the meta-human.
"There was a dog… that made no sense. I don't know. I know now they did not find our Barry. They have a different one. I think their version of Stein is going to make some sort of primitive device to open a portal, but I can tell you now it won't work. I'll need to help, but I'll need to concentrate on their Stein now, not them, to, I dunno, give him advice? This will be a tough one…"
"Err, Cisco?" He heard Jax's voice back through the computer and turned his racing mind's attention back. "We found Mr. Bivolo, but it's bad."
"How bad?" Cisco asked, back-tracking what he'd missed.
"Like Jefferson-angry bad." Came Jax's voice in a very Stein-like remark.
"Why, what happened?" Cisco asked Firestorm.
"I'm afraid Mr. Bivolo gave us one glance and Jefferson saw red," Firestorm replied in Jax's voice but Stein's mannerisms. "I've tried talking him down or at least gaining control of the body until the effects wear off but Jefferson is a tough young man. As you can tell I've managed to, at least, gain access to his vocals."
"Can you unmerge? Separating..." Cisco started.
"Negative. We both need to be in control to do that and Jefferson's keen to remain powerful, at least for now."
"Where are you heading?" Caitlin now asked, having left Ray for a moment.
"Back to STAR Labs incidentally."
"Good! Maybe we can lock you up until Jax calms..." Cisco now came back.
"I don't believe that's Jefferson's number one priority," Stein muttered as Jefferson moved a hand to remove the earpiece so as to stop communication with STAR.
-PowerFlash-
Kara and Harry had relocated away from the madness to try and concentrate on figuring out why Kara's powers hadn't come back when a wall imploded. Both father and daughter jumped but momentarily calmed when they noticed the fiery individual emerging from the hole.
"Perhaps you should have used the entrance – Barry can't afford repairing walls so easily..." Kara mused.
"I would advise you to run," Jax spoke, sounding more like Martin than the young man.
"What?" Harry now asked, just as Firestorm shot a jet of flame at the doctor, Harry just missing it.
"What the hell?" Kara now cried as she ran to her dad.
"I apologize. Jefferson can't control himself..." Firestorm spoke in the third person as he went for another shot.
Kara didn't think, but acted. Shielding her dad with her own body and expecting to be hurt by the flames that now hit her, she was surprised when she felt nothing. In fact, she felt something different altogether, she felt powerful again. "Adrenaline!" She now exclaimed quietly to her surprised foster father as she sprang up.
"Glad you're feeling better, now help us!" Firestorm cried to the Kryptonian as he sent another blast of fire Kara's direction.
"Why is Jax doing this?!" Kara demanded, trying to remember that there were two persons inside of the meta so it didn't seem so weird talking in the third person.
"He blames Harrison for his lost career – he had a football scholarship before the Particle Accelerator explosion." Kara dodged another fire blast, keeping Firestorm from her dad. "Jefferson thought he'd made peace with it but Mr. Bivolo saw that he didn't."
"That was a different Harry though!" Kara reasoned as she jumped at Firestorm, trying to redirect his arms.
"Anger doesn't see logic," Stein responded quite reasonably.
"I see," Kara muttered and then elbowed the burning man in the head, he instantly going down, unconscious from the powerful blow. "Sorry!" She added awkwardly.
"That's quite alright." The moment Firestorm hit the ground the two bodies separated, and it appeared that Professor Stein was in perfect health, but Jax was still out of it. Stein instantly crawled up to find Harry now at the opposite end of the room. "I must apologize for our actions..." he started.
"I... understand," Harry breathed as Kara went to pick up Jax, realizing her clothes were now in burned tatters, barely giving her modesty. Still, she didn't think of her personal comfort as she ran Jax to the Cortex and placed him on the medical bed so frequently used.
"Cisco. Spare costume?" She was in front of the tech before anyone could react, although Caitlin stood instantly to run to Jax's side, used to being the resident doctor and surgeon by now.
"Err, where the other one was –" Cisco started, but Kara was already gone before he could add: "but it's not ready yet!"
Winn took over communication with Ray, who was now busy trying not to get covered in Tar from Tar Pit just as Stein and Harry entered the room, both looking a little flustered. "I guess I'm free to help you now..." Martin informed Cisco.
Before he could respond to Stein, Kara was back in the room, her off-white full-body suit and three-quarter length blue cape at the ready. She opened her mouth to address Cisco when Winn suddenly spoke up.
"How is it you're indestructible but you're able to cut your hair?" He asked, almost like a curious child.
"What?" Kara replied, taken aback not having expected that question at all.
"You just took several blasts from Firestorm, almost burned your clothes off but your hair remained immaculate. I saw when you first came about and you had long hair then... it just doesn't make sense is all." Winn shrugged.
"I've never really thought of it," Kara responded, a little confused now as she turned to Cisco. "I see no difference in this suit to the other."
"Well, after your little solar destruction the other day I decided on adding in some clever additions. I'll show them to you later," He teased.
"If you're going after Bivolo I believe he was heading for the train station. Seems like he wanted to leave town." Stein now added to Kara, almost anticipating her next move.
"Thanks. Time to show the world that it's not easy to take down Power Girl!" Kara stated, putting on her new mask and leaving without another word.
"Why were you asking for hair tips?" Cisco now rounded on Winn.
"The girl does nothing to look amazing! A guy can get jealous." Winn pointed out to a raised eyebrow from Cisco.
-PowerFlash-
Ray was having troubles of his own. He had found Tar Pit in the very factory where his meta-human powers had manifested. Caitlin had been doing well in helping him try and find ways of beating the tar man, but it seemed there was a distraction in STAR Labs, meaning he was on his own.
"Okay, time out," Ray called to the meta, holding his hands up in a 'T' sign. "I don't want to harm you!"
"You all want to harm us. Just because we're different," Tar Pit replied, shooting a jet of tar at Ray's ATOM suit in spite of the time out.
"Do you have any idea how long it took me to repair this thing?" Ray intoned, "And I keep telling you I don't want to harm you! Has that tar blocked your ears? We don't harm you because you're different. Flash is different and he's our friend. Power Girl, Hydroman… They are not locked up."
"Then why are you here? Why can't you let me live in peace?" Tar Pit responded angrily.
"Because you're a danger to the public." Ray reasoned. "You were murdering people when the Flash stopped you" He had done his research.
"I was only seeking vengeance! I don't mean harm against others," Tar Pit reasoned.
"Murder is murder whether you're human or meta human. Whether it's vengeance or if someone is innocent, but if you come with me quietly, maybe we can get you sorted for a quick release?" Ray tried.
"Are you mad? They'll lock me up and throw away the key! There was no way I was going to be let out before tonight. I'm not going back." Again, he shot a jet of molten tar at Ray, it hitting the visor of his mask and temporarily blinding him, but the Atom suit wasn't harmed this time around.
Tar Pit turned to run, but was struck in the head by something, not expecting that as he fell to the floor, disorientated as he looked up at the woman in yellows and black. "Yeah, you're not going anywhere." The new Black Canary reasoned with a smirk.
Tar Pit screamed, using his abilities to grow taller, turning his body back to pure tar as he enclosed the Black Canary, but his form was ruptured by another blast from Atom. "I said I didn't want to harm you, not that I wouldn't…" He stated as flaming tar now shot in his direction, Dinah crouching in the pocket of tar she was now enclosed in.
"You need to freeze him," Winn's voice suddenly came as clear as day into Ray's ear as Ray looked around, surprised.
"Not that I'm complaining, but I don't think I have the equipment for that. Why did Cisco send me against this guy?" Ray reasoned, annoyed now as he kept blasting Tar Pit in the effort of freeing Dinah from his entrapment.
"Not a clue," Winn replied. "He's a bit busy to ask right now…"
"Well I suppose I'll just have to think on my feet," Ray stated, moving forward to punch the thing.
"You don't have to, now" came another voice as a familiar figure in white landed right behind Ray, wasting no time in blowing freezing air at the meta, his large tar form receding back to human as Dinah was freed and looked at Power Girl in confusion. Dinah didn't waste time, however, in using her own batons to knock the meta about the head again, knocking him out this time as he collapsed to the ground and Kara smirked. "Who knew that would work a second time?"
Without waiting another second, she shot back into the air, heading in the direction where Rainbow Raider would be just as Ray groaned and moved over to Dinah. "You okay Canary?"
"Yeah!" Dinah replied happily. "My first mission."
"I didn't think I called for back-up?"
"You didn't. I just used a distraction to help out. Sara probably wouldn't be too happy, but at least I proved I'm field-ready." Dinah grinned a look Ray was used to from Laurel Lance's clone.
-PowerFlash-
"Two down, one to go," Kara called in her earpiece to Winn and Caitlin – Cisco had now gone off with Martin to devise a way to bring Jesse, Wally and Barry back while she did what she had missed in the past 24 hours.
"Okay. Rainbow Raider's waiting for a train. He's not used his powers against anybody yet, but I'd be wary," Caitlin replied.
"I might be immune" Kara reasoned as she located the train station ahead of her. "I mean; it's not like he's Red Kryptonite." The memory suddenly surfaced in her mind.
"Red Kryptonite? What… I don't want to know." Caitlin said, figuring it was an Earth-3 thing. "Do you really want to take that precaution? You saw Firestorm" Caitlin reasoned.
"Good point. I'll just have to take him by surprise then. Wonder where he got the money to get a ticket?" Kara stated, swooping down and using her x-ray vision to locate the man, knowing his features from record and self-observation during her time at ARGUS' main facility.
Rainbow Raider turned at the wrong moment, Power Girl picking him up and lifting him above the city.
"What the hell? Are you crazy, girl?" The meta complained, his eyes glowing but Kara kept concentrating ahead, making sure not to look directly at the meta-human she was carrying until she had returned to STAR Labs. "Put me down!" He now complained, wiggling in Kara's arms, making it hard for Kara to keep hold of him.
Kara was very tempted to drop the man and catch him again to prove a point, but knew that was just plain wrong and she wasn't that type of person, but had to admit to herself that this was all too easy. Two metas had been simply knocked out and this one she had caught like a bird seeking its pray – life was not that easy, especially her life. Especially Barry's life.
Rao, she hoped Barry was alright. Wherever he was. If things were easy Barry would be here right now and this would have never happened. Maybe this wasn't so easy after all. Not when Kara thought of the cause of having to track them down.
"Nice going Power Girl!" Winn chimed in as Kara walked back into the Cortex a few minutes later, Rainbow Raider now safely locked up again – along with Shawna and Tar Pit – and noticed Sara was back in the labs too, looking pissed. Dinah was nowhere to be seen and Kara realised why Sara was mad immediately.
"At least we got them back," she stated. "With cells going spare."
"Shame my little sister didn't listen to me and stay behind," Sara cut in.
"Little sister? I thought Laurel…?" Caitlin now asked, looking curiously over at Sara.
"She's my little sister when I'm in charge, and I was tonight."
"Give her a break," Ray now entered the room, followed by a now subdued-looking Dinah as Sara turned to address the pair, "she only wanted to get out and have a bit of fun."
"Fun? She could have been killed!" Sara started, concern clearly in her voice. She had lost Laurel. She wasn't losing her new sister now so soon after getting her.
"You and Nyssa have been training me for a month now, Sara – I can handle myself!" Dinah stated angrily now, "besides, mom wouldn't have made me this outfit if it wasn't for my desire to be Black Canary and how can I be her if you won't allow me to embrace it?"
"She's got you there," Ray winked at Sara who just glowered in return.
"Hey guys? There's something happening in the pipeline…" This was Winn as Caitlin rolled in her chair next to him to take over the readings.
"There's a breach forming!" She gasped, stunned.
"Jesse and Wally?" Kara now moved excitedly around to go behind the pair as Sara, Ray and Dinah looked on in intrigue.
"I don't think so… the readings aren't the same," Caitlin now stated, a little worriedly.
"Barry?" Kara jumped to the conclusion, a grin forming as she wasted no time to run to the pipeline herself.
"Kara, whatever it is, it may not be safe," Caitlin now spoke in Kara's ear as the Kryptonian moved cautiously around the pipeline to find the small breach that was opening.
"It's Barry. It has to be. He's come back," Kara stated, almost wistfully.
"Kara…" Caitlin now tried, but the breach suddenly expanded and something red and yellow came speeding out, it was followed by a black streak which vanished once more into another suddenly-formed breach, leaving the more colourful blur to race around the pipeline before coming to a stop, panting, in front of Kara.
"It is you!" Kara almost squealed as she jumped at the Flash, their lips meeting before Barry could even react, but he didn't stop it. In fact, he leaned in for more and put his arm around her as an awkward silence met the rest in the Cortex.
"I guess I was wrong…" Caitlin's voice could be heard in Kara's ear, breaking up the moment between the two. "Although we still have Jesse and Wally to worry about."
"Jesse and Wally?" Barry finally pulled away from Kara, his face almost as red as his suit as he glanced worriedly at Kara before wasting no time in leading her back to the Cortex. "What happened to them?" He asked the shocked group.
"Forget them, what happened to you?" Caitlin now stood, marching over to Barry, who was still holding Kara's hand as his reddened face suddenly paled very quickly and dangerously.
"The Black Flash." He stated to her, glancing momentarily to Kara before back at Caitlin. "One minute I was in the pipeline, and then I was in this weird vortex thing – like in the dream Wally, Jesse and I seemed to be having – and I was literally living that dream! Black Flash was behind me, gaining closer, but I knew I had to get back, that there would be a way to stop him…" He looked around before asking: "What did happen to it?" Barry looked around as though he almost expected the Black Flash to be behind him still.
"It vanished back into another breach," Kara supplied.
"Oh," Barry muttered, he turned back to Caitlin as he further explained. "I concentrated on coming back here, I thought of… of Kara and you guys and then I was back in the pipeline and there was Kara… the rest, well… But what happened to Jesse and Wally? Where could they have gone in such a short amount of time?" He now rounded on Kara for this one.
"You do know you've been gone for a few hours right?" Kara asked instead.
"No? I thought it was a minute or two. Damn," Barry stated, finally taking off his mask and glancing back to the full room. "What happened? Come on."
"Wally and Jesse blamed themselves for your vanishing," Kara informed Barry before Caitlin could open her mouth. "They went to find you themselves. They opened a breach to somewhere and accidentally broke some of our metas out of containment – everyone was called in to help gather them back."
"Not that we were all much help with Power Girl back in play," Ray mumbled, to a raised eyebrow from Barry.
"Yeah, you got your powers back?" Barry couldn't help but grin at Kara.
"Needed an adrenaline rush. Firestorm helped there – long story." She shrugged. "I wish I had remembered the adrenaline rush thing, though. It just slipped my mind."
"Where's Cisco? Why hasn't he opened a breach to get Quick and Silver back?" Barry now addressed Caitlin, turning back to his missing friends.
"Because he can't. He can't get a lock on them…" Caitlin glanced to the door of the Cortex where Cisco now stood, staring at Barry.
"Oh man I missed the action!" He cried as he moved into the room and clapped Barry on the back. "Good to see you home, safe and sound, man." He stated fondly as Barry smiled at his friend.
"Didn't know I'd be so missed," Barry teased, Cisco's eyes moving down to Barry and Kara's still-clasped hands.
"About time," he muttered, looking at that with a grin.
"For what?" Barry and Kara asked together, instantly removing their hands from each other's grip as Caitlin and Cisco smirked at one another.
"Never mind," Cisco smirked as he took a breath. "I've been trying to locate Jesse and Wally but just can't get a focus on them. The last I saw they were at that's version of Joe's place with Joe and Iris and well… you two, so they're safe, no matter where they are – I think they've gained the trust of those around them, but it's going to take time to get a focus on that earth. There's more, but I want to be sure before I confirm anything to you, so for the moment, if everything's safe, I think you're all dismissed."
"When did you become the boss?" Barry teased with a laugh. "I've been gone only under a day and you're barking orders like you own the place."
"Sorry," Cisco blushed, "but I had no idea how else to say it. Caitlin, how's Jax?"
Barry's eyes followed Cisco's to the med-bay as Kara retreated to the others now lingering, as Caitlin explained what happened with Firestorm and Rainbow Raider. Kara smiled at Ray, Sara and Dinah. "Thank you."
"No, thank you," Dinah was first to speak, which surprised Kara as she added, "Facing off against Tar Pit was an interesting challenge, but thank you for coming to the rescue."
"Yep. I'm thinking of adding some sort of liquid ice solution to my suit," Ray mentioned. "Next time I face off someone who needs freezing, I want to be ready."
"Nice," Kara nodded as Ray excused himself now, moving over to Caitlin as Kara couldn't help but grin.
"So… Alex may have asked me out," Sara blurted out. Kara and Dinah looked at her in shock and then at each other. "I'll let you know how it goes." She added with a shrug, not wanting to address the issue she so suddenly brought up and Kara laughed. Dinah put an arm around her sister and left the Labs, Kara watching them go before turning back to the remaining members of their team, seeing Winn alone at the computers still.
"You okay?" Kara moved over to him and took a seat. Even though Jesse and Wally were still missing, the world suddenly seemed like a much happier place. It was Barry. Having Barry back brought the mood up.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Winn stated dismissively, "still getting used to this whole Team Flash stuff…"
"I think its 'Team Power-Flash' now," Kara couldn't help but joke, but Winn didn't share in the amusement. "Come on, what is it?"
"Ray and Caitlin… Jesse and Wally… you and Barry…" Winn stated, almost agitatedly.
"Me and Barry?" Kara asked innocently not really sure what Winn meant.
"Hell, even Sara and Alex now, possibly." Winn went on, ignoring Kara's innocence. "It's just… I can't help but get a little bit jealous."
"Not got a girl yourself?" Kara now asked.
"No. Not a girl" Winn said a little too forcefully as he kept his eyes locked on the computer at this.
"A… guy then?" Kara now wondered if this Winn was different than the one on Earth-3 in what sex he was interested in, not that she minded either way, but Winn suddenly stood.
"I should go. Visiting hours for Jim." He moved to the exit, not looking about as he left, leaving Kara a little dumbfounded as Barry moved back over to her. He was still in his Flash outfit.
"Everything okay?" He asked, cautiously putting an arm around Kara's shoulders.
"Yeah. I think Winn's… never mind. How's Jax?"
"You gave him a nasty blow, but he'll be fine," Barry stated. "I was wondering. After that… you know… in the pipeline. You want to come back to mine?"
"I thought we were going ice skating? Or had you forgotten that?" Kara rounded on him now.
"Oh. Yeah. But I assumed since you've got your powers back… well you won't know about it hurting…." Barry's hand found the nape of his neck in nervousness and Kara only now realised how cute he looked when he did that.
"Just because I can't get hurt doesn't mean I won't enjoy the experience, Barry Allen." Kara folded her arms like a little child wanting to get her way, reminding Barry how young she technically was, but Barry smiled, not caring. She was a woman even if she was only a few months old.
"And then maybe after…?" Barry added, hoping Kara would come back to his.
"We'll address that when we come to it," Kara winked now, unfolding her arms as Barry gave a cheeky grin.
"Whoa!" Both turned to see Cisco leaning against the desk. He had cried out as he'd fallen and Barry was by his side instantly.
"You okay?" Barry helped move him to the swivel chair as Caitlin stood in the doorway of the med-bay with Ray just behind her, looking in on Cisco with concern.
"Yeah, I just vibed. Completely unintentional… I forgot how the uncontrolled ones felt." Cisco muttered, waving Barry away now that he was okay.
"What did you see?" asked Kara now. "Jesse? Is she okay?" Kara was still concerned for her sister, who was in a place where Kara could not help her.
"I hope she is. They were fighting! Wally and Jesse. I think it was Hydroman and I swear Maxima was there…" he muttered. "Still cloudy and discombobulating…"
"Maxima?" Kara straightened up, suddenly nervous and looked around.
"Another Earth. You're safe," Cisco stated. "I just wish I could see them clearer. Still, in the morning once Harry, Martin and myself have done our research… come back here at lunch you two, I'm sure we'll be ready then." Both Kara and Barry knew when they were being properly dismissed and, nodding to the three in the Cortex now, they left – getting changed into civilian clothes first, of course.
-PowerFlash-
Lunch time couldn't come sooner for Kara.
Even though she had her powers back, she could handle Cat better and had reassured Iris numerous times that her brothers were okay – both of them – just knowing that Jesse was still lost on another Earth was bad enough for her to handle. True, going over her second official date with Barry in her head was soothing, but it didn't help control her angst. She had stayed over at the West household too, which had a sombre mood without Wally there weirdly, so hadn't spoken to her dad since she'd saved him from Firestorm – and the odd text to make sure they were both okay. Jesse really was the gel that kept the small Wells family together.
"So, are you and Barry actually a thing?" Iris asked as she moved over to Kara's table with her article on the breakouts yesterday – she was still covering all meta activity in Central, and being Cat's PA, Kara had to look them over before handing them to her boss.
"Two dates and a couple of kisses… what would you call that?" Kara asked innocently.
"A couple of kisses?" Iris raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"The ice rink is slippery, even for the Flash," Kara replied conspiratorially, lowering her voice for the last bit as she couldn't help but smirk.
"So did you guy do anything but kiss?" Iris asked and Kara seemed confused. "Come on what base did you get to?"
"Base? Is this sports again? What is it with you, Jesse, and Caitlin and sports?" Kara asked and Iris laughed, forgetting sometimes Kara did not get simple, albeit adult, things.
"Never mind. So, how long until I call you 'sis'?" Iris responded.
Before Kara could reply, a new figure suddenly appeared over the pair, despite being just over five foot five in heels, as Cat Grant loomed over the women. "Unless this gossip is about Power Girl or Firestorm, I think it's best to keep it to your personal time, ladies. Is that your article?" She pointed at the papers on Kara's desk while addressing Iris.
"Yes, Ms. Grant." Iris nodded.
"Thank you," she claimed the paperwork from Kara's desk. Kara didn't want to tell her boss she hadn't even looked through it yet so instead pretended to look busy as Iris moved back to her desk across from Kara's.
"Lunch time at STAR?" Iris mouthed.
"Yeah. Need a lift?" Kara mouthed back. Iris nodded.
-PowerFlash-
"Zoom succeeded."
It was officially lunch time. Ray, Caitlin, Harry, Stein, Barry, Iris, Kara and of course Cisco were all gathered in the Cortex, the ones who needed to go back to work were eating lunch at the same time, although all stopped at these words from Cisco.
"Say that again?" Barry asked. "I stopped him. We've been to other worlds. They're there."
"Okay, so not completely succeeded, but his plan did work. When Zoom used himself and you to charge the Magnetar, he was attempting to destroy the multiverse… and he did. To an extent. You stopped the whole thing from being destroyed but the machine did have time to work. It's why I can't see Jesse and Wally clearly or gain access to them," Cisco told the group.
"Yeah, about that." Kara raised her hand. "Are you even going to attempt to get them back?"
"It's all about timing," Cisco told her now. "Last I looked they were at a wedding –"
"A wedding?" Iris asked now confused, but Cisco didn't quite meet her eyes as he nodded.
"I've been communicating with that Earth's Martin to help create a device to bring them back. It's been hard since I have trouble getting to that world, but I'm quite confident that together we'll be able to get Quick and Silver back before the day's end." Cisco now moved on, to intrigued glances from all.
"Mr. Ramon has been very clever with that," Stein now pointed out. "I doubt even that version of myself knows the thoughts for the device he's creating aren't exactly his own. He knows what he was doing; being me he is of course brilliant, but just inexperienced in this area. He was on the right course but still, Cisco and myself have nudged him right direction to help break the barrier of his own world and ours – leading him on the right course of action to make a rather primitive breach machine. Oh, and he is Firestorm on that Earth too, which is fascinating!"
"Indeed," Cisco grinned, although he'd lost a few members of his audience now – Iris, Barry and Kara a little lost as to how this all worked so moved on. "Anyway. Martin, Harry and myself spent all last night trying to get a fix on this multiverse madness. I knew when I sent Jay to the wrong Earth that something had to be wrong, but I didn't know how wrong…" He moved to the side to bring out the large whiteboard he used on occasion. On it was a hand-drawn spider's web, quite artistically drawn.
"Thanks Ray for pre-designing this, now I can explain what it's about," Cisco continued as Harry now moved to the other side of the board with a pen. "I call it the 'Multiverse Web Theory' – patent pending." He teased as Harry wrote the words 'Earth-1' on the centre of the web. "As you can see," Cisco went on, "the web's dead centre is us, Earth-1. Now we know Earth-2," Harry marked a random point one strand up from them on the map with 'Earth-2' "exists close to ours, but then we have Earth-3," Harry marked another point of the web on another strand with 'Earth-3' in parallel with the second one "which we know is safe, but this is when it gets tricky."
Without warning, Cisco smudged part of the web just above the marker for Earth-3. "The web has been broken, thanks to Zoom. The reason I can't see to Jesse and Wally." He pointed to part of the smudge, a line of the web just on the nearest edge of the disfigurement, which Harry marked as 'Earth-5 – Jess and Wally'. "The Earth Jesse and Wally are currently on is very close to the smudge. It's safe, alive and well, but it's hard connect to and I doubt the people on that Earth do much Earth hopping. How Jesse and Wally got there is unbelievable."
"They had help," Harry said making all eyes turn to him. "The speed force dreams. Barry being taken. This was no accident. Someone lead them there. Possibly the speed force itself so we would discover this." Harry held his hand up, indicating the board.
"Now," Cisco interrupted Harry and nodded at Martin, who moved off. "I want to know what the damage is, I want to know what Earths are gone, what survived and what can be rescued. To do this I need a clearer view of the other earths, which is where the Flash and Power Girl come in."
Barry had been waiting for this since the start of the presentation, Kara not so much, but she didn't react as Barry indicated for the Vibe to go on. "Including this Earth, I've pinpointed four potential worlds where I would like you to set up devices in which to enhance the images of what I can see."
"Why though?" This was Iris. "The damage is done, why go to the bother in doing all this?"
"Scientific knowledge, Miss West," Stein had returned with four small boxes, a look of shock on his face at Iris' question. "Why bother sending out probes just because the universe is out there? We can view the universe but we can't touch it yet. Probes are helping us explore the planets in our solar system, using billions of dollars for research and scientific knowledge. This is no different. Besides, how fantastic would it be to be the first people in known history to map the multiverse? To confirm its reality? It's been my dream since…"
"Okay, okay. Scientific knowledge, I get it." Iris raised her hands in surrender like Cisco normally did. Cisco smirked.
"Besides, if I'm right the universe wants us to investigate this," Harry now said, going back to his theory about Jesse and Wally being lead to the Earth they were currently on.
"These are devices Harry, myself and Martin spent the latter half of the night making," Cisco explained. "They need to be activated when on the four Earths I've isolated and connected directly to my Vibe goggles, allowing me to see so much clearer. If they were on the Earth Jesse and Wally are stuck on now, I'd be able to see them and grab them like any other Earth."
"What about the dead Earths?" This was Barry, who too raised his hand like Kara.
"There's nothing we can do about them, but they are dead, they no longer are classified as companionable Earths, sadly." This was Harry's contribution, to which Cisco nodded in sombre agreement to.
"So, these four Earths?" Kara asked.
"Yes!" Cisco grabbed the pen from Harry and marked off two other points on the edge of the smudge, before circling Earth-3 as well – it was near the smudge, but not close. "These are the four points – Earths 3, 4, 5 and 6. You know Earths 3 and 4, but to remind those who haven't," he glanced to Ray at this, "Barry accidently travelled to both of these a few months ago; he stopped two individuals from overcoming Supergirl and Cat Grant on one, and saved a lot of citizens from Zoom on the other. As I've explained, Earth-5 is the one Wally and Jesse are stuck on, but Earth-6 is a little bit of a mystery. We managed to use mathematical equation to figure out where in the multiverse to set the device up and I know there is a living Earth there, but as for what's on it… well, you can find anything. I'll be able to open a portal to get you there, but I can't see into it at all. Oh, speaking of which…"
Cisco suddenly moved away from the board, pulling his Vibe goggles back on to the confusion of all but Martin as he concentrated. His hand glowed blue, just like when he'd opened a portal to Earth-3 before, and suddenly a breach opened before him. Kara realised what was happening just as two individuals came speeding out of the breach, which snapped closed behind them.
Jesse wasted no time in running around the Vibe before stopping in shock at seeing – "Barry!"
"Hi," Barry gave her a small wave, but before he could drop his hand, Jesse slapped him. "OUCH! What the hell was that for?"
"We've been trapped! Looking for you and you've been here all along!?" Jesse practically shouted as Wally moved around, taking off his mask as he grabbed Jesse by the shoulder to pull her back.
"He came back by himself," Kara moved between the two speedsters, glad to see her sister back but shocked at her reaction to Barry's appearance. "And we did go skating!" It was an afterthought, but it worked as Jesse instantly calmed.
"You did? Do you have your powers back? Oh I've missed you!" Now she moved in to hug Kara, who reciprocated the embrace as Wally moved to Iris and hugged her without a word. "The other Kara was nice, but well she wasn't you. Not my sister. She didn't even know me, which kind of hurt."
"What's that you have, Mr West?" Stein now asked, noticing the large envelope in his hand.
"Pictures," he muttered. "We, err, went to a wedding while on that other Earth – you guys know there was another Earth right?" Wally saw the nods and continued, "well the Kara and Barry on that Earth decided to give us pictures as mementos, I guess."
"Kara and Barry were married there!" Jesse suddenly exclaimed, as if she'd only just realised this. "Although it wasn't their wedding. And she went by 'Supergirl' and we met her cousin 'Superman'. It was like a weird dream, but it was real."
"We faced off against Hydroman, which was weird too with him being a bad guy there," Wally now said as Harry looked through the pictures, his face dropping as he looked up at Caitlin and a confused Iris. "The original Weather Wizard was there too, you know, Clyde Mardon? And even Maxima! But she didn't try and kiss you – I think she was straight." He added this to Kara who couldn't help but scoff.
"Sounds like quite the holiday" Barry stated. "I remember when I breached to Earth-3…"
"Which was accidental," Jesse now pointed out. "But Barry, Black Flash – I have to apologise…"
"No need! He's gone," Barry said a little softly.
"Gone? Where?" Wally now asked.
"Dunno, but he went through his own breach and left me the hell alone," Barry shrugged. "Doubt it's the last time we see him, but we have other things to worry about now." He inclined his head to the whiteboard of Multiverse Web Theories.
"What's this?" Jesse asked, grinning at her dad who was otherwise distracted with the images Wally had brought back.
"Cisco…?" Barry asked, indicating his friend to explain again.
Harry had taken the envelope and the first thing he took out was an article. "Supergirl and Flash helped by unknown speedsters," Harry read the title off. "Are they now part of the Justice League of America?" Harry continued reading and paused at that point. "The Justice League of America?"
"Now that is a cool name," Cisco said, interrupting his own explanation of what his board was. "So you decided to do a Barry and lend a world a helping hand?"
"Didn't have much choice. Maxima, Weather Wizard, and H2-No escaped. They needed help and some of the members of their League were AWOL…" Jesse said and everyone looked at her. "What?"
"H2-No?" Cisco asked confused, and Jesse realized she had used the other Cisco's name for Cole Denier.
"That's what they called Hyrdroman," Wally said, trying not to laugh at Cisco's reaction.
"Seriously, that awful! Who named him?" Cisco asked.
"You," Jesse said, feeling like she had this conversation before and realized she had, only about Hyrdroman himself, not H2-No. "I'm having déjà vu here and just really want to know what this is all about." Jesse indicated the whiteboard once again, not wanting to go into Cisco's naming patterns, but Cisco chuckled nonetheless as he went back to his explanation and Harry shook his head and went to taking out the large number of pictures the pair had been given.
"Pictures?" Iris, Caitlin and Ray had moved over to the doctor while the others gathered around the whiteboard once more. They were curious to see a glimpse of this other world.
"You might want to prepare yourself for this, girls." Harry muttered as he pulled out two particular images. The first had Caitlin in a very pretty dress standing next to a familiar man in a suit. Ronnie Raymond. Instantly Ray grabbed his girlfriend's hand as her other one went to her mouth in shock.
"He's alive? On the other Earth?" Caitlin muttered. "I suppose he wasn't going to die everywhere, but…" She looked away from the picture, tears forming as Ray wrapped her in a hug. She was upset, missing her Ronnie – seeing him so happy with her in a life she didn't have, but part of her was glad that at least one version of her could be happy with him. She had Ray now, and although he wasn't the same, he brought her happiness that not even the fake Jay Garrick had after her loss.
"I suppose you have one of me and Eddie in there?" Iris asked, a little too forcefully as Harry nodded. She wasn't stupid and she knew if the picture that upset Caitlin was there, there was bound to be something to affect her. She was liking this other Earth less-and-less already.
"Ramon said it was a wedding." Harry produced an image of Iris and Eddie; only Iris was in a glorious white gown – a wedding dress – and Eddie in a very smart suit. She had prepared herself to see something like this, but her own wedding to Eddie on another Earth? It was like cruel fate. Iris instantly choked back the tears and shock as she nodded at Harry, avoiding the image now as she turned from Harry.
"I gotta get back to work," she muttered, almost as a zombie as she moved with speed rivalling Barry's out of the room, Barry himself frowning at this as he looked to Harry and then Caitlin and Ray still in an embrace.
"Eddie and Iris' wedding on the other Earth," Kara muttered to Barry, having seen the pictures from afar with her superior vision and heard Iris and Harry with her super hearing. She'd also managed to glance at one of her and Barry of that Earth, having seen themselves so happy and wondered if they were destined for that here now they'd had finally broken through the 'friend-zone'? Time would inevitably tell.
"Damn," Barry muttered sadly. Iris was just getting over Eddie and now to see that… He felt bad for her. "Please cheer her up when you head back to work?"
"Sure," Kara smiled politely. "Well, as much as I can with Cat about…" She liked Iris and hated seeing her upset after all.
"So? My plan?" Cisco drew them back in.
"What about it?" Barry now asked, a little distracted still by Iris.
"Multiverse-hopping? You two up for it?" Cisco forced.
"Of course" Kara smirked. "I can't wait to meet others of you lot!" Kara was also interested in seeing a version of herself and Barry together. Half of her wanted to grab the picture of their counterparts and keep it, but the other knew not to.
"It'll be more surprising than you think…" Jesse muttered coyly, with a small smirk now.