The bullet flew through the air and froze just inches before Claudia's hand. Before she could even react, Captain Cold fired his freeze ray at her and that too stopped midair, mere centimetres infront of her.

"You're getting better at this," echoed Grodd's voice in her head.

"It's not like I have a choice," she thought in reply. "If I don't go along with this Eobard will kill my brother."

Heatwave fired his gun, but instead of stopping the flames hitting her she moved out of the way.

"Why did you do that?" asked Grodd.

Claudia inwardly sighed. "I can't convert heat energy," she thought, "but Eobard doesn't believe me."

She jumped a mile high when Hartley Rathaway tapped the table she was leaning on. "Focus," he told her.

"I am!" protested Claudia. But she wasn't. All she could think about was Barry and his team searching for her.

…..

"It's been two weeks," sighed Jem Denisoff, "and we are no closer to finding my sister."

Caitlin smiled sympathetically. "There are only so many places Eobard can have taken her. We'll find her, I promise."

"Besides, Claudia can take care of herself," Cisco pointed out.

Jem nodded. Barry was out searching the city for signs of a secret hideout, but they hadn't had much luck.

A gust of wind sent papers flying, then Barry materialised infront of them. He shook his head. "No sign yet, but I have an idea."

"Are you planning on sharing it with the rest of us?" asked Cisco.

Barry nodded absentmindedly, checking his phone. "Iris blogs about mysterious activity in Central City," he told Jem, "so she might have heard something that could help us. I'll pay her a visit." Before any of them could respond, he was gone.

…..

Claudia stood by herself in the room Eobard had given her. It was sparsely furnished, a small bed and dresser were the main features but it was fairly nice. She had been given a gas lamp, which was the only source of light. The only thing keeping it from being cosy was the abundance of pipes bisecting the walls. "Hello, Uncle," said Claudia before turning around.

"How did you know it was me?" asked Eobard.

"I felt the vibrations in the floor, and figured you're the only person who'd bother to see me," she explained.

"I'd have thought your new best friend would have told you," he said, falling back into using ASL as he spoke.

"My new best friend?"

"Grodd. You're the only one he directly speaks to. Everybody else just gets the occasional image when he wants to annoy them."

Claudia signed something so fast the only thing he could make out was 'psychic gorilla'.

"Slow down. Anyway, I'm not actually your uncle," Eobard said and signed.

Claudia glared at him. "No, you're just a psychopath from the future who wants me to destroy S.T.A.R. labs."

…..

"Hello again," said Barry, vibrating his vocal chords at superspeed and hiding in the shadows at Jitters.

Iris smiled, and put down the cloth she'd been using to clean the tables. "Flash. Are you finally here to give me that interview?"

He moved into a different shadow. "Actually I need your help."

"Anything for out city's guardian angel."

"A friend of mine has been kidnapped. Have you heard anything about a Wicked Witch?"

Iris pulled out her laptop and brought up her blog. "There has been some stuff about a girl in black saving people from falling objects," she said. "The most recent one was this." She clicked on a picture time-stamped two days ago. The background was too blurry to make anything out, so Barry focused on what was clear in the image. It showed Claudia in the black dress Cisco made her, face obscured by her blonde hair. Her arm was outstretched and a piece of debris was suspended in the air in front of it. Just visible beneath the opaque sleeve was her watch, which got Barry thinking.

"Does that help?" asked Iris, looking over her shoulder at the Flash.

He vibrated so she wouldn't be able to make out his face. "Yes, thank you."

…..

Hartley handed Claudia a photograph. "This man is now a meta-human," he explained. "We are going to bring him in as he may be a valuable asset against your friends."

She nodded. "How are we going to do this?"

"I'm glad you asked," said Captain Cold, pulling up an easel with a floorplan of Mercury Labs. He instructed them all on what to do, but Claudia had the most challenging part by far. Instead of freezing a falling object, she had to freeze an entire person and stop the meta-human from moving.

…..

"I have it!" shouted Barry as he entered the Cortex.

"Have what?" asked Cisco.

"Jem, I know how to get Claudia back!" said Barry triumphantly. "She's still wearing her watch, we can call her!"

Cisco sat at the computer and typed. After a few seconds he bashed the keyboard. "It's no use. Wherever he's keeping her there's no signal."

"At least that narrows down where she could be. We already tried Area 51, where Eiling kept the two of you," Caitlin said to Cisco, "there can't be that many other places without signal."

Jem smiled at the scientists. "Keep looking. And thanks for not giving up."

AN - It's been forever and a day, but here it is at last! The sequel to Wells Then.

So, some quick info on Claudia, Jem and the story so far. Claudia Wells is 15, deaf, the niece of the real Harrison Wells and a meta-human known as the Wicked Witch with the power to convert kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy or in other words stop falling objects from falling. As the story progresses she also learns how to move objects independently. Jem Denisoff is her adopted brother and just wants to look after his sister.

In Wells Then, Claudia found Team Flash and told them about Harrison not being Harrison (which they already knew) and tries to help them catch him. At the end of the last chapter, Harrison/Eobard (working with Hartley Rathaway, Grodd, Captain Cold and Heatwave) kidnapped her with the intention of using her to take down Team Flash.