Astrid found Caitlin hiding away in her medical bay. She seemed upset. "We're going to get them back, Caitlin. If Barry's able to travel back through time, I'm sure he'll find a way to get back to us."
"Their communicators have gone dead. They would be back by now. It's clear that wherever they are, they can't use their powers. Have you been able to reach Cisco's mind, at least?" Caitlin asked.
Astrid shook her head, "No. not yet."
"So, why are we just…" Before Caitlin could continue, Wally rushed over to them, "I just got off the phone to my dad. He said that there was a military tank located off the coast, but now it's gone."
"Military grade?" Astrid asked. "Those guys know just as much about the kryptonite radiation as we do. If Barry and Cisco have been put into one of them... It would explain why they're not back yet." She ran another scan of Central City. "Screw this… I'm not just standing around and doing nothing any longer!"
She stormed out of the medical bay and made her way towards the elevator with Caitlin, Wally and Harry behind her. She pressed the call button.
"What are you doing, Astrid?" Caitlin asked her.
"King Shark is back in town. I'm going to make him tell me where they are!" she snapped.
"That's suicide!" Caitlin called after her.
Harry stepped in front of her, blocking the elevator doors. He was holding his thermo-gun.
"What is this, Harry? Are you going to stand in my way?" she asked him.
"I can't let you do this, Astrid!" Harry said sternly.
"Here's the deal, Harry. Jaws has Cisco, Barry and Iris locked away somewhere. He eats people… and as terrified as I am right now, I know that I'm probably the only one who can do anything to save them. So, you can either try and stop me… and I will risk my mental instability to take you down… or you can come with me, and we can get them back…" She glared at him, daring him to make his move.
After a moment, Harry sighed, "Fine. Where is he? We'll do this together!"
The group made their way down to the underground carpark, and climbed into one of STAR labs vans, immediately driving it out into the streets of Central City, which were practically abandoned.
As Harry drove, Astrid directed him using her mind scan. But just as she managed to pinpoint his exact location she was alarmed, "Harry! Drive us to that corner! Step on it! He's behind us!"
As Harry prepared to speed up, they felt the impact of something crashing into their van and pushing it into a building.
The van turned onto its side as it made it's landing. Harry had smacked his head on the steering wheel, though none of them had been severely injured.
Astrid lifted her head and looked around. "Harry, Caitlin, Wally… you guys need to wake up!" None of them would wake, but she sensed that they were all okay.
She brought her senses to the crisis at hand, King Shark was trying lure them out. She could see the sky through the window of her door. She unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the door, pushing hard to climb out of the vehicle. She was now standing on the side of the van.
This was the first time that she had seen King Shark in person. She was terrified, but as he turned to her, she turned up the dial on her bracelet a little and prepared herself for what was to come next.
She let off a searing mind scream right in his direction. It stunned him, but it didn't seem to affect him too much. "Okay, I'll dial this up a little!" she said to herself, as she wound the bracelet a little more.
King shark had spotted her and she could barely think as he charged for her. She needed to stop him, but at the same time, not kill him.
As fear swam over her, she knew that it was now or never, she let off another mind scream. This one had the desired effect. It brought the shark to his knees, he clutched at his head.
Astrid was relieved by the impact, but as she was about to compel him, it was clear that he was brought down by a tranquilizer. The military had arrived on to the scene.
As she jumped off the van and ran towards the beast, the military began to push her away. "Miss, you and your friends need to leave now!" one of the soldiers told her.
"No, he knows the whereabouts of…" she began to protest, as Harry, Caitlin and Wally had joined her.
The soldier loaded up his gun. "...I'm not going to ask you again, miss! This is private property!"
"We need to listen to him." Caitlin replied, as she attempted to pull her friend away.
Astrid was ready to protest, but by the looks of the soldier's guns, she knew that she would be risking their own lives.
She left with her friends, angrily.
