Cisco sat in his office that once belonged to Harrison Wells… or more accurately Eobard Thawne. The very thought made Cisco shiver, so he distracted himself by looking at Lisa's file once more. She'd dyed her hair blonde. Cisco liked it better brunette, but she was still beautiful. He couldn't help himself from wondering what Thawne wanted with her and why he sent her back to Central City.
Barry sped into his office, catching Cisco by surprise.
"Barry, is everything alright?" he asked, only to be met with a shit-eating grin from Barry.
"You still got a spare Flash suit lyin' around?" this question was met with the biggest smile on Cisco's face.
"Come with me." Cisco led Barry to the hallway with the Time Vault which Cisco had kept for… recreational purposes. He looked around to make sure the coast was clear before imprinting his hand in the wall, opening it up. Once they stepped it, it closed shut. They were met with part of the wall open, showing off an extra of Wally's silver, black, and red Flash suit. They decided not to talk about as Cisco walked over and hit a button on the wall, opening another costume holder, revealing an exact replica of the 2024 version of Barry's suit they had once seen in the newspaper.
"Whoa…" said Barry, stepping forward.
"It occurred to me that you never actually got around to this version of the costume, so after Wally took up the mantle I got to work on it, in case things ever changed. Go ahead, try it on-" but Barry was two steps ahead of him, as he was already wearing it. He lifted up his arms and clenched his fists, stretching in the suit.
"It feels good. Cisco, this is amazing." He said, impressed.
"You sound surprised." Said Cisco, faking offense. Barry laughed and Cisco told him to take it out for a test run. He immediately ran to the top of the tallest building in Central City, looking out over the beautiful view. He smiled and couldn't help himself from letting out a cry of happiness. God, how he missed this! He just stood there, taking it all in. If only Joe and Henry could see him now.
"Barry? Can you hear me?" asked Cisco through the earpiece.
"Yeah, loud and clear."
"Great, because something just came up."
"Just the Allen luck, I guess. What've we got, Cisco?"
"Prison break, at Titanium Heights. It's the Rogues."
"I'm on my way." He said, speeding off.
Fifteen Minutes Earlier- Titanium Heights Penitentiary
"Who are you here to see?" asked the guard.
"Um, Caitlin Snow." Answered Ronnie.
"She's popular lately." Joked the guard, letting Ronnie through. He took a seat at a table and waited. He watched as the guards accompanied Caitlin out and he could feel his heart breaking. This was the first time he was seeing her since he came back and she wasn't the person he once loved. He regretted coming, but it was too late to back out. Everything froze when their eyes met. He expected her to scream and shout and start freezing things, but she just stood there. Slowly, she walked forward and sat down. Both of them found it hard to speak.
"B- Barry said that you were trapped in the Firestorm Matrix." Said Caitlin, trying to break the ice.
"Yeah. It wasn't particularly fun."
"Is that where Stein is now?"
"No. Stein had a heart attack from the overload of three people combining at once. He's dead."
They were silent once more.
"Why didn't you come see me?" she asked, the hurt in her voice bringing Ronnie to tears.
"I was afraid of what you'd become. I was horrified, because this isn't the Caitlin I loved." He said, his voice cracking.
"Well you can blame Zoom and Leonard Snart for that." She said, getting angry as the room got cold. Ronnie couldn't feel it, but everyone else could.
"That doesn't excuse what you've done. It doesn't excuse the people you've killed, Cait." He said, trying not to let his emotions get in the way.
"Everyone I've killed deserved to die. They were all bad people."
"What about William Duquesne?"
That caught her off guard.
"He didn't do anything, he was just trying to make a living and support his children. But he, what? Got in your way?" he asked, challenging her.
"That was different."
"Different how?" he demanded, getting angry.
Boom.
Elsewhere in the prison Sam Scudder had just exited a mirror in the bathroom and attached an explosive to the wall, allowing the rest of the Rogues to get in. They didn't care who else got out through the hole, it wasn't their problem.
"It's a big prison, split up, find Snart, get out. As soon as one of us finds him, radio it in and return to this bathroom for evac. Break." Ordered Mirror Master, and everyone went off on their own. Heatwave was the first one to encounter guards, immediately blasting flames at them, but their specially designed armor helped cool them off. However, Captain Boomerang ran up behind him and threw a boomerang into the middle guards chest, blowing him and the other two up. Boomer and Heatwave high-fived and went different directions. Elsewhere, Hartley found Leonard in his cell.
"Hartley." Said Leonard, somewhat surprised.
"Don't act happy to see me." He said disdainfully as he began vibrating the lock.
"Hey, just because you tried to kill me doesn't mean I'm not still attracted to you." He said mockingly and truthfully at the same time.
"Save the sexual drama for later." He said, shattering the lock. "We're out of here. Come with me." They began running and he radioed it in, but they were immediately stopped when they saw the Flash appear right in front of them.
"What the hell? You're not the Flash." Said Hartley.
"Barry." Said Snart, quiet enough for Hartley not to hear.
"Actually, I was here first. I was on vacation, something you won't be getting for a long time."
"Clever." Countered Hartley, blasting a vibration at Barry, which hit him dead on, hurtling him down the hallway, giving them time to run away. Soon all the Rogues returned to the bathroom and Scudder radioed in the evac. Just then, Flash ran in and was about to engage them, but they were then surrounded by a yellow blur, which made Barry temporarily freeze as the Rogues disappeared one by one. After they were gone they blur materialized into Reverse-Flash, who held up his index finger and started waving it back and forth, disapprovingly. He then disappeared right as Barry lunged at him. He then saw a prisoner attempting to get out through the hole, but Barry yelled "Get back to your cell!" He must have sounded pissed off enough, because the prisoner ran in the other direction. He ran through the prison after boarding up the hole, making sure everyone was alright, and he was about to exit through the visitor center, but he saw Ronnie sitting in his chair, with Caitlin holding her hands on her head with two guns trained on her. Barry and Ronnie made eye contact, and Barry nodded understandingly.
"Everything's fine, the attack is over. There's a hole in the bathroom on D Level that needs fixing." He said.
"Hey! You're the original Flash! You're back!" shouted one of the guards excitedly.
"What happened to the new guy?" asked another one, and more and more people starting throwing questions at him, so he ran out. He ran all the way back to Cisco's office and started breathing heavily.
"Man, I'm out of practice. The Rogues got away with Snart, and they're working with Thawne." He saw the concern on Cisco's face. "Lisa wasn't there." He said to calm him down. "We're gonna find her again man, I promise."
"What are you doing tonight?" asked Cisco.
"Looking for Lisa with you." Said Barry, smiling.
Meanwhile, in Linda and Iris's apartment Iris was busy typing away a new story on her laptop. Linda walked out of the bathroom and looked at Iris, her heart racing faster than ever as she twiddled with the device in her fingers.
"Hey, Iris?" she asked.
"What's up, baby?" she responded, not looking up from her laptop. Linda then walked over and stood in front of her, closing the laptop, holding the device up to Iris's face, and her complaining instantly stopped.
"Oh my god… it worked?" she asked hopefully, looking up at Linda.
"It worked! Iris, I'm pregnant!" she responded gleefully as her wife reached over and kissed her, pulling her into a loving embrace.
"Life truly is beautiful." Eobard Thawne muttered to himself from outside their window before disappearing.