Barry entered CCPD, with a mission: To patch things up with Eddie. He saw him sitting at his desk shuffling through a pile of documents. He took a step towards him and was stopped by Captain Singh.

"Late again, Barry. If it happens again, I will take it from your pay. We're trying to save the city here and we can't do so if you're coming in an hour late every morning, even if it is to buy me my coffee…" Singh told him, taking the coffee that Barry had bought for Eddie, and taking a sip, "…and next time… a little less sugar."

Barry considered a few responses that he could come back with, all relating to the fact that he had saved more crime that morning as the Flash, than CCPD could solve in a week. But he let his better judgement win out. Talking back to his boss and revealing his secret at the same time, would not do him any favors, so he just went with, "I'm sorry, Captain Singh. It won't happen again."

"It better not." The captain replied as he left Barry, and headed to his office. Barry looked back over to Eddie's desk. He was no longer there. Better luck next time, he thought to himself.
"Barry. We managed to tie up those loose ends with those crimes connecting to Killer Frost…" Joe whispered to him, as he approached, "…but Captain Singh isn't sitting right with the way we handled it. Try not to get on his bad side this morning. eh?"

"Thanks for the warning, Joe." Barry replied. "What's the case?"
"This one is a bizarre one, so prepare yourself…" Joe replied, handing him a stack of folders. "One of the wildlife and animal rescue shelters had a large gorilla go missing. There was no sign of foul play, they believe that it was an inside job, as it wasn't reported until the inspectors came through to follow out their routine inspection. The thing is, no one knows anything. In fact, the workers couldn't even remember there being a gorilla there at all. Word is, He goes by the name of Grodd. We may need to give Astrid a heads up, as he was part of some rogue project that was being carried out at Sutherland Labs. While you and Astrid were in your comas, Caitlin and Cisco were able to go through the proper channels and get the rogue team arrested and they managed to get the animal to safety." Joe explained.

"What happened to those scientists? Are they still in jail?" Barry asked him.
"That's what makes it all bizarre. They are still at Iron Heights. Eddie and I will be heading over there soon to question them, but I feel that we will be barking up the wrong tree. The next line of questioning will be on STAR Labs, I know that they don't need that bad publicity at the moment, so can you give them a heads up? Tell them to start an inside investigation, if they find who is responsible, we can get them locked away before the media gets a hold of this." Joe was speaking so low, that they couldn't be overheard.

"Alright, I'll head down there now." Barry replied, he looked over at Singh, who was on the other side of the room, "…Joe, can you cover me for?"

"Sure… but make it quick." Joe replied.
"It's the only way I know how." Barry said, and before anyone cold see him, he was gone.

"So let me get this straight?" Astrid asked Barry, after he explained to her, Caitlin and Cisco what Joe had told him, "Grodd, a 3-ton ape has gone missing and no one saw anything?"

"That's correct." Barry clarified, "…and STAR Labs are among the list of suspects. Joe told me to warn you. He hopes that you can find out who did it and put a stop to it, before the media gets involved."

"The media is going to enjoy this…" Cisco added, "STAR Labs responsible for the escape of King Kong, one week after their grand reopening." He gave an impression of a news reporter from television.

"We can't have the media breathing down our backs!" Caitlin snapped. "For all your father did, Astrid. There was a lot of injustice done here. You saw Grodd, and the living conditions that they had him in. Sutherland Labs was known for that wrong doing, even though it had nothing to do with your father! We can't let STAR Labs have that same reputation. Did you ever end up getting those samples tested?"

Astrid thought back to that morning of the meteor shower. She had held both the vials in her hands as she had entered that elevator with Barry. She was ready to ask him to test them for her. Then the meteor shower happened.

The glass vials had smashed in her hand as she fell into the elevator wall. The chemical and Grodd's DNA had entered into her own bloodstream… "No, I didn't. But I don't think it matters anymore. I know what they were doing to Grodd." She told them.

"What?" Barry, Caitlin and Cisco asked in unison.
"The vials that I was going to get Barry to test, I had them in my hands when our elevator was struck. The glass cut through my hand and whatever was in those vials seeped into my blood…" She replied "…they were trying to turn him into a meta."

"So if you're right, then we have a telepathic gorilla on our hands. That would be a very valuable weapon." Barry replied, "Who else would know about that project? Do you know if the military caught wind?"

"Not that I am aware of, just us," Caitlin answered. "Those guys were very confidential about the whole thing. We even tried interrogating them, but…"

"…Interrogating?" Cisco interrupted, "…pfft! my girl Caitlin here, took one out on a date and sweet-talked the hell out of him. The stuff she said… Even I would have given up information. Don't worry, they weren't talking to anyone."

"I hope my Caitlin wasn't taking anyone out on a date…" Ronnie's voice chimed in as he entered the room. "…Especially considering we're supposed to be getting married, this afternoon." Ronnie noticed the looks on all of their faces. "What did I walk in on?"

"King Kong is on the loose, and it's our job to track him down." Cisco said, "Man, I love that our life is like something from out of a TV show." He added excitedly.

Ronnie looked over at Caitlin for a further explanation, "It turns out that we have some unfinished Sutherland Labs business to attend to. Before the meteor shower, there were just some issues to do with animal cruelty, which we can't let destroy STAR Labs before it even gets started… But I promise you, the wedding will happen…" Caitlin gave her explanation, kissed Ronnie and left the floor, causing confusion with her friends.

"Where was she headed, exactly?" Ronnie asked them.
"I'm not sure." Cisco replied, he doubted very much that it had to do with their previous conversation regarding Grodd, though he didn't tell them so.

Caitlin left Star Labs and headed home. She needed to go somewhere that she wouldn't be monitored.
As she closed the front door, it only took a rustle of the blinds behind her to know that she wasn't alone.

"You knew it, didn't you?" She called out to the presence standing behind her. "Grodd has escaped. How did he do it?"

"I can't tell you. You are not yet ready to know." Eobard said. She turned around to face him.

"You said that we're a team. In order to be one, you need to trust one another." Caitlin told him.
"I trust that you will do as I say or else Ronnie dies." He looked down at the necklace around Caitlin's neck and pulled out another that was identical, from his pocket. "Put this on…" he told her as he handed the jewelry to her.

She hesitated, she knew that the one Cisco had made her dampened her powers, and therefore, kept Killer Frost at bay.
"NOW!" he yelled, making her jump. She did as she was told and removed the one from her neck and replaced it with the new one.

She handed the old necklace to Eobard. He took it from her and phased his hand. The necklace shattered to pieces and fell to the floor.

Before Eobard went to leave, Caitlin asked him, "Why don't you just kill Barry? Why are you using me like this?"

"Because I need him to run." Eobard replied and he vanished before her eyes.