"And this is why we don't send a man out to…" Astrid began, but Wally interrupted her.
"That's a little sexist, don't ya think?"
"Sorry, it's just… now we're down two heroes. And I can't even get a reading of where they are!" she sighed in frustration.
"So, what do we do?" Caitlin asked them.
"Don't the two of you have powers, as well?" Wally asked, "That shark has my sister now, too."
"Yeah, because she just had to get her story…" Harry snapped. "We could have had him here by now."
Caitlin sighed, while there was some truth to what Harry was saying, she knew that Iris wouldn't have known what would have happened. "Harry, she was only doing her job." Caitlin said in Iris' defense, surprising the group.
"Come on, you guys. Let's not start pointing fingers." Astrid said, "Wally. Yes, Caitlin and I do have powers, but while Caitlin's are currently… out of order… Mine could send me a little unstable, as my friends keep telling me."
"They could?" Wally asked her, "so, there's still a chance that they won't?"
Astrid looked hopeful at Caitlin, "He does have a point. You did say my chances are slim…"
"Yeah, but your headaches… You couldn't even compel Killer Frost. You haven't entirely tested out your bracelet. How do you think Cisco would feel knowing that you risked your mental health just to save them?" Caitlin asked her.
"Caitlin, Barry is out there too. And Iris. If Cisco gets mad at me, I can deal with that… at least he'll be alive to be angry." Astrid replied.
"Astrid," Harry began, "I get that ever since you woke up from your coma and revisited your high school rebellion stage, you have been a little more ruthless… but you're also acting very reckless. I have met strong telepaths in the past. We haven't yet comprehended the full strength of your powers, you're not only risking harm to yourself, but also everyone else. You could kill someone."
"Alright." she replied, defeated, "That's the last thing that we need right now. So, we need a plan, but first we need to find them. You don't think he can travel to alternate dimensions do you? I really can't get a reading on him?"
"He's a shark, right? Maybe he's gone back to the ocean?" Wally suggested. Harry, Caitlin and Astrid stared at him, that was the most obvious choice.
"That makes sense!" Caitlin said, "It would also mean that you can't read minds if someone is in water."
Harry raced over to Cisco's computer and began typing away, bringing up the satellite cameras. "This should alert us if anything is moving out there. We just need to wait." He said.
"First of all…" Astrid began, "how did you do that? I had no idea that you knew a thing about computers… Second, I am really not in favor of the wait and see approach… they could be…" she let her voice trail off, the thought that they could be eaten made she, Caitlin and Wally all groan.
"Let me assure the lot of you, that if he was hungry… they would have been eaten by now. But, you said yourself that he's already fed. So chances are, he's keeping them for later." Harry said, ignoring the feelings of discomfort over the group.
Barry was the first to wake to find that he, Cisco and Iris had been captured. They had been left in a tank of some sort, and judging by the motion, they seemed to be floating. They had to be on the river.
Fortunately, they weren't tied up. Cisco and Iris were still unconscious and the King Shark was nowhere to be seen. He tried to reach STAR Labs through his communicator device, but he couldn't get a signal.
Barry walked over to the large round metal door and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. He tried to phase through, but his powers weren't working.
The tank had to be made from materials that kept his powers at bay. He figured that it was possibly military grade. As he saw his friends start stirring, he ensured that his mask was in place. He wasn't ready for Iris to know his true identity.
"Hey, man. Where are we?" Cisco said as he sat up a little groggy.
"We're in some sort of tank. I think it's a product from the military, because I can't phase through!" Barry said.
Cisco got to his feet and readjusted his goggles. "Let's see if I can breach us through." He raised his hand and tried to create a breach, but to his disappointment, nothing happened.
He tried again, still no luck. "Does that door open?" Cisco asked him.
"Nah, I tried already. I think we're out at sea."
"Great! We're fish food!" Cisco said dryly. "Where is the big guy, anyway?"
"I'm not sure. He wasn't here when I woke up."
Suddenly, Iris sat upright. She gasped, "where are we?" she looked over at Cisco and Barry who were both in their costumes and fortunately, she didn't recognize them for who they really were. "If they captured the two of you, I think that means we're doomed." She said glumly.
"Yeah, so it would seem." Cisco replied.
Iris stared at Barry, he looked so familiar to her, but she couldn't place who he was. Barry could tell that she was trying to work it out, so he refused to speak, knowing that his voice would give away his secret.
"Hey, Flash. Can't you just do that thing where you travel through walls?" she asked him.
Barry shook his head to say 'no'.
"We can't use our powers in this tank." Cisco explained. "It must be built by the military or something."
Iris nodded, she was upset by this news, but she tried to remain calm. But then she recognized Cisco's voice. "Hey, you're that guy up at STAR Labs, aren't you? You're friends of Barry's… and you're dating Astrid Sutherland."
Cisco stared at her. "Who I am, doesn't matter, what does matter is trying to figure out a way to get out of this damn thing. But then, what 's the point? You're going to make up your assumptions about who we are and write an article on us… That's if we ever get out of here! If we're not eaten first!"
"Shh…" Barry said, getting their attention. He could hear something. He stood up to focus his hearing, Cisco and Iris stood up and they could hear it too. Suddenly, they could feel the impact and hear the loud bang of the tank bumping into something that sounded like a rocky cave.
"I think we've been taken somewhere!" Cisco said. They were concerned as to where and why.