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Washington D.C.

"You must have completely lost your mind!" Oliver snarled at Felicity as they met in a hideout. "You can't expect that Lex will actually uphold his end of the bargain…"

"That's why I set the meeting up in Union Station." Felicity said calmly, not even flinching under Oliver's fierce glare.

"And put aside that, how could you agree to go along with it?!" Oliver whirled on Ray. "And involve him into this?!" He turned to William.

"In our defense, we didn't notice he was coming with us, until it was too late." Ray said but even he knew that it was a poor excuse.

"Lex will never let them go. You know that." Barry growled.

"Well, he has no choice." Felicity snapped. "I rigged the Waverider's computer to download all of Luthor's files. If he doesn't hand over Caitlin, Laurel, Dinah, Cisco, Gypsy and Breacher, he's done."

"He'll be ready for us." Oliver warned.

"That's why we have to cover all grounds…" Felicity pointed out.

"Felicity, this is a very stupid idea." Diggle warned.

"Well, it's too late to back out now." Oliver sighed, knowing that arguing was of no use at this point. "If something happens to them, it's on your head." He warned Felicity, who, perhaps foolishly, had hoped that her plan was going to work.

Elsewhere

"Are you sure you want to set them loose?" Joe Wilson asked.

"I'm certain that she will leak the information anyway but if this goes our way, we might be able to catch Allen, Queen and his friends at once." Lex said before pulling out a small device. "Power dampening devices. It sets off a frequency that affects the brain area, which have higher nerve activity. It will negate Allen's and Ramon's and Snow's powers or any other meta that might help them."

"Queen and his friends will not go down easily." Joe Wilson pointed out.

"I don't expect them to. They will lead us right to their allies. We can brand them as terrorists." Lex said.

The following day, Diggle and Lyla were in disguises, looking around.

"Felicity, when this is over, you and I need to talk about how do we negotiate with madmen." Lyla muttered. "This is a very crazy idea, even by your standards."

"Even if they won't uphold their end of the bargain, I'm sure he's desperate enough to show his true colors on public. They'll all turn on him." Felicity said.

"There's a problem." Felicity said as she looked at the blueprints. "The relay is deep under the station. And it's currently inaccessible because it is flooded."

"I can get in there." Ray volunteered.

"Does anyone see Caitlin or Cisco or anyone else?" Barry asked, in disguises.

"No sign of them here, Hoss." Rene said, while on a stakeout.

"Nothing on my T-Spheres." Curtis said.

Oliver and Barry were on a place they had agreed to meet as they faced Joe Wilson, glaring as the Australian smirked. "The Flash. I must say… I expected more."

"Where are they, Joe?" Oliver demanded, cutting to the chase.

"Nearby. Don't worry." Joe Wilson smirked. "Where are the files?"

"We want to know that our friends are safe and alright, otherwise the deal is off and everything you've done, will be for the whole world to see." Barry sneered.

"Do you think we can trust them?" Curtis asked hesitantly and Diggle and Rene raised their brows. "Right. Forget I asked."

"William?" Felicity turned around but noticed that William had left the van. "Oh, no."

"Felicity, it's OK." William assured her over the comms. "I'm just going to make sure that nothing happens."

"I want you to hand over to us Caitlin, Cisco, Dinah, Laurel, Breacher and Gypsy, now." Barry hissed.

"They're right here." Joe Wilson smirked as he glanced towards the six mentioned people, who were walking down the hall towards them.

William was walking down the hallway before noticing Caitlin and Cisco as he narrowed his eyes as he noticed that they had scars on their necks, obviously power-dampening chips.

"Felicity, I see Caitlin and Cisco."

"What?" Felicity demanded. "If they're in service area, that means that…" Her eyes widened in realization. "Oliver, Barry, it's not them, they're fakes!"

Barry and Oliver turned to each other in realization and in that moment, the people posing as Caitlin and Cisco turned their faces, as they were obviously shapeshifters.

Joe Wilson pulled out his gun but one of the A.R.G.U.S. agents fired into the air, causing panic as people scattered, causing a distraction and smokescreen for Oliver and Barry to disappear in the crowd.

"Find them! As for the metas, take them out!" Joe Wilson ordered.

"William, get out of there, now!" Felicity ordered as William started to run down the tunnel before he faced three men obviously working for Lex.

"We have the kid." One of them said. As they were about to take William, Deathstroke jumped down from the ducts, cutting the hand off one of them, tackling another one to the wall, knocking him out and throwing the third one over his shoulder and hitting him in the face.

"You OK, kid?" Slade asked and William nodded. "Come with me, if you want to live."

William nodded frantically as he took Slade's hand.

"Oliver, I can't use my speed." Barry told him.

"Power blockers." Oliver realized as they were running down the train station.

Sara, Nyssa, Spartan, Mr. Terrific and Wild Dog engaged the men in a car park as Sara threw two knives, Nyssa fired three arrows in quick succession, Mr. Terrific threw his T-Spheres and Wild Dog pulled out his gun, shooting down Lex's men as they looked into the van and saw Dinah and Laurel, who both had drips attached to their noses, with tubes leading to some devices on belts, which obviously sedated them.

"My God, what have they done to them…" Diggle whispered.

"Comms." William handed Caitlin and Cisco comms as they put them on their ears. "Thank God you're both OK."

"I can't believe that Deathstroke is helping us." Caitlin grumbled, still remembering how Slade attacked them in S.T.A.R. Labs three years ago.

"Now we've seen everything." Cisco grumbled.

Suddenly, more soldiers surrounded them before Deathstroke pulled out his sword and attacked them.

"Get out of here!" Slade ordered as Caitlin, Cisco and William burst open another door as they ran down the car park and hid behind cars as the soldiers converged on them.

"They're everywhere." Cisco grumbled. He tried to use his vibe blasts but nothing happened. "Damn it. I need to get rid of the power-dampening chip in my neck."

"What are we gonna do?" William asked, afraid.

"You need to get out of there, they're converging on you like a pack of wolves!" Felicity ordered.

"Felicity, can you turn on the sprinklers?" Caitlin asked.

"Yeah." Felicity said.

"Make it rain."

"What? Why?"

"Just do it!" Caitlin ordered before she fired icicles from her hands at two soldiers, taking them down as the rest were firing and she took cover before the water started to rain down from the sprinklers. She turned to William and Cisco. "Guys, you need to run like hell and stay ahead of the ice."

William looked confused but Cisco immediately realized what was Caitlin about to do.

"No, Caitlin, if you… they have metahuman power dampeners, the moment you do this, you die!" Cisco snapped.

"Cisco, this is the only way!" Caitlin retorted. "Go! And tell Barry… that I love him!" Cisco looked stunned for a moment but nodded. "Run, Cisco, run! And stay ahead of the ice!"

William gapped as he realized that she wasn't going with them. "Wait, Caitlin…"

"You heard her, William, we have to go!" Cisco grabbed William's hand as they were running, avoiding gunfire from the soldiers before Caitlin stepped up and the soldiers converged on her as Cisco and William were running towards the exit of the garage.

Caitlin turned into her Killer Frost form as her skin turned paler and hair stark white and she unleashed a massive burst of energy that turned the water from the sprinklers into ice, like a cold snap as the floor, ceiling, soldiers, everything covered in water turned into ice and Cisco and William were barely ahead of the cold snap as they closed the exit door that froze as soon as they shut them. But Caitlin suddenly turned into an ice sculpture too, just as the soldiers did because in that moment, one of the soldiers pulled out a small device that blinked blue light, a power dampening device before Joe Wilson approached her and shot her in the heart as Caitlin shattered into pieces of ice.

Felicity, Cisco and William watched in despair and shock at seeing Caitlin die in one of the most horrific ways they could imagine before they all broke down in tears as the realization dawned onto them and they were forced to accept the fact that one of the kindest persons they ever knew, was gone. But Felicity was devastated the most… because this whole plan was her idea… and now, one of her closest friends was dead… and the only person she had to blame… was herself.

"They haven't reached out." Barry said.

Rene gulped. "You don't think that…"

"We don't know that yet, Rene." Diggle pointed out.

"Hey, they're here." Sara said.

The van opened as Felicity, Cisco and William went out but then they noticed the looks on their faces.

"Felicity. Cisco." Barry said warily, dread flooding him already as he noticed that there was someone missing. "Where… where's Caitlin? What happened?"

Felicity took a breath and sobbed, not being able to say it. "Caitlin… she… she…"

"No…" Barry shook his head, stepping back as he felt painful pressure on his chest before turning to his best friend, hoping that they weren't implying what he was fearing they were. He looked into Cisco's eyes, who was silent but the sadness and pain in his eyes were the only answer he needed.

Oliver approached Barry slowly, holding his shoulder but Barry was hyperventilating and he felt like everything around him had just crumbled down. "Barry, I'm so…"

Barry couldn't take it anymore as he sped away, out of Central City, not even knowing where until he ended up on the edge of a cliff and screamed out in pain, feeling the same pain, when he had found out that his mentor, Jay Garrick, was actually the psychotic speedster, Hunter Zolomon, Zoom, or when he was forced to watch his mother die again, when he travelled back in time. "Nooooooooo!" He then broke down in tears, collapsing on his knees and sobbing, putting his head on the rock, grieving for one of his closest friends as he also let out feelings he had for Caitlin that he had buried, never taking a chance to tell her how he felt about her.

I know you guys hate me but this felt fitting to the plot. But it gets crazier later. How Caitlin was able to use her powers through the power dampening chip will be explained later.

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