"I want to know who you are under that mask," Eddie said.
Barry clenched his teeth. If Eddie found out, that meant Iris would find out. There was no way that would happen. "Too late. If you wanted to know my identity, you should've unmasked me when you had the chance," Barry responded.
"Believe me, I tried." Then he remembered, Cisco did something to his mask to make it so no one could take off his mask but him. So that's why Eddie never took it off. Well that at least gave him comfort to know that even if they tried darting him again, they still wouldn't be able to pull his mask off.
"Flash, tell us who you are and maybe you can prove that we can trust you and we can let you go," Iris said, trying to keep calm. She felt like this man betrayed her. He had tried to kill Eddie.
Barry remained silent. He really needed help from his friends back at STAR Labs.
Eddie leaned closer to Iris and whispered something in her ear then pecked her on the cheek and left the room. Iris nodded and turned back to the Flash.
"Flash, just tell me then. Eddie doesn't have to know."
"I want to tell you Iris. I've wanted to tell you ever since I first knew you. But I can't. Not yet anyway."
"Why though? I know it's all to keep me safe and everything, if I knew your identity that might make me more of a target along with my blog. But I can handle myself. I might even forgive you for trying to kill Eddie."
Barry had to stop himself from grimacing at that. At this point, he hardly remembered that night. He didn't have control over his actions. All he saw was red. It was like he could see what was happening but didn't have control over his muscles. It wasn't until the Arrow came and held him in place to see the different flashing lights that he returned to normal. Barry still didn't say anything.
"Fine, I'll give you some time to think about it." She left the room. As soon as she closed the door, the lights went off again.
Just great, Barry thought as he was not able to see. They probably did that so it would be harder for him to find a way to escape. Not being able to see, he felt around with his hands to see if he could find any weak spots where he might be able to flash through. After having no luck, he squinted his eyes to see if he could see what was on the other side of the glass. Still, without any luck, he slumped to the floor in defeat, still contemplating whether he should tell Iris or not. So he thought about it.
...
"I have a plan, but it would involve me sort of going under cover," Joe explained to the 3 scientists.
"What is it?" Cisco asked.
"I'm gonna have to pretend to hate the Flash. In ping this, Eddie might let me see Barry. Iris told me he only tells his task force members where Barry's being held, so if I became part of that task force..."
"He'd let you inside. Oh, I am liking this idea." Cisco said excitedly.
"Yes, but how do you know he's even still recruiting task force members. Now that Barry's caught, what would they have left to do?" Dr. Wells piped in.
Joe let out a puff of air. "I don't know. But I'll try anyway. If he tells me there's a way for me to get in, I'm taking it. If not, we'll find another way."
