"Cisco, you and Harry never told us where you sent King Shark and Gorilla Grodd," Astrid said as she sat beside him at his work desk, the next morning.
"Harry gave me the locations to some place filled with nothing but oceans for King Shark and I think a replica planet to the one on the planet of the apes for Grodd. He was given that idea by that other Wells." Cisco replied.
"As long as they don't hurt anyone, I'm happy. Let's just hope it doesn't come back to bite us later!" she said.
"Like these things generally do..." Cisco said with a smirk.
"So, I think the Flash's talk with Iris went very well!" Barry said proudly, cutting them off, as he entered the cortex, holding a copy of the Picture News' latest edition.
"What did you say to her?" Caitlin asked him a little concerned. He handed her the copy of the paper that he had brought in and she read the article that had made the front page.
"Did she name and shame me for being Vibe?" Cisco asked as he read over Caitlin's shoulder.
"You will all be very pleased to hear that I was an inspiring hero. I think my speech went a little something like the military are proof that people can't know who we are. They will use our abilities against us…" Barry said happily.
Astrid grinned, "No you didn't." she said as she read over the article herself.
"Okay, no I didn't… I begged her not to give up our secrets." Barry said defeated.
"While I love that I didn't get called a sidekick… I'm not loving the fact that I didn't even get a mention in this article." Cisco said, a little glum.
"Wow, but I did?" Astrid said surprised. She read out loud the part that had her name. "Astrid Sutherland was more than willing to rescue The Flash and this reporter who were held hostage by the villain known as King Shark."
The group went silent as they realized how smitten by the Flash that Iris was.
Caitlin spoke up, "At least STAR Labs wasn't put in a bad light this time."
"Astrid, would you mind if Caitlin and I took the day off today?" Barry asked, "I mean even though I live with her… I just feel that Caitlin and I need a little quality bonding time."
"Go for it!" Astrid said. "Cisco and I have things handled here."
"Oh yeah, we do!" Cisco said excitedly.
"Oh, keep your mind out of the gutter, Cisco." Caitlin laughed at him. She and Barry left for some bonding time.
