Overnight, Barry had been subjected to a series of tests and then brought back to his cell where Felicity had been removed and he had been made to spend the night alone. His mind was always thinking of a way to escape, though unfortunately with the handcuffs in place no opportunity had presented itself just yet.

This morning he was brought to a large room with multiple other hostages, where he was dumped on the floor. But it was the next hostage that was brought in after him, that surprised him the most. It was Astrid, she was also cuffed. Her face was staring down at the floor and they had even gone the extra mile to gag her. But there was no mistake, it was definitely her. Even with the peculiar choice of wardrobe. Barry knew that by her choice in clothing, their friends were clearly up to something.

The man who had her restrained seemed to be the man in charge. He threw her to the floor violently and she landed in the middle of the group of hostages in embarrassment. She clambered to sit up, and saw Barry as she did so.

The man in charge began to address his hostages, telling them that they were all there for one purpose and one purpose only. That reason was to fight. Barry looked over at Astrid and noticed that the girl was wearing earrings. He had seen those before, back at STAR Labs on Cisco's work table. They were recording everything.

Barry smiled a subtle smile in her direction. On feeling his gaze, she looked over at him and then back at the man who was speaking. Barry knew that he needed to speak with her, but it seemed that this man Falcone, as he had addressed himself, was keeping a watchful eye on the girl. Barry doubted that he would get the chance to speak with her any time soon. Though, he would still try.

Once Falcone had finished giving his orders he ordered the men and women to take the fighters back to their rooms. Barry attempted to make his way towards his friend, but before he could get close enough, Falcone pointed a weapon in his direction. "Ensure that no one approaches," Falcone said pointedly, "She is the daughter of an old associate. People are paying a lot of money to see her die."

As the men held her so she couldn't move, Barry too was restrained. Though he was able to mouth two words to her, before he was escorted away. On receiving his message, Astrid smiled from under her gag. It was the perfect plan.

Barry was led to a large arena by his handler and was pushed inside some sort of cage with the rest of the cuffed meta-humans. It was clear that they wanted him to watch the tournaments from this location.

As the tournament began Barry watched a grueling match between two meta-humans that were determined to fight for their own survival. After the first few minutes he couldn't help but run to the cage and call out. "Are you crazy? You're pitting people to fight to the death like gladiators!" though no one would listen to him.

The other meta-humans in the cage with him seemed to feel the same way that he did. They were frightened. Particularly a young blonde girl who sat with her face in her arms crying.

When Barry saw her, he sat beside her and cradled the young girl in his arms. "It's ok." He told her. The child reminded him of when he had saved Astrid from the car accident. No child should be made to watch this barbaric activity.

Once the match had finished, the child looked up at him. She mustn't have been older than ten years old. "How old are you?" he asked the child. She seemed to have trouble answering his question.

"Do you speak English?" he asked her.

"Yes, I do." She told him.
"Well, my name is Barry. What is yours?" Barry asked the child.

"My name is Kara. Those men stole me when my class and I came on an excursion. This planet is a cruel place." She told him.

"This planet? What do you mean?" Barry asked her. But the child stopped talking. It was as if she would get into trouble if she elaborated. Barry didn't pester her to speak more. Instead he cradled her close, as best as he could with his hands in cuffs, hoping that this young child wouldn't be forced to fight anytime soon.

But then as the next match was about to begin, Barry gasped as the commentator introduced the fighters for the next match.

"Tonight we have a surprise contestant who is also a very well-known public figure. She is the head of STAR Labs and the daughter of the late Robert Sutherland. You can imagine our surprise when we found that she has been harboring abilities of her own. Let's hear it for Astrid Sutherland! She will be battling one of our very favorite contestants. A woman who has been fighting with us for a year now… the Black Canary! Our betting is still open, so get your money in!"

The crowds grew into an overwhelming applause. Barry watched as his best friend was led to the arena in her cuffs. She had been blindfolded. The man who had led her out removed her cuffs and her gag as another contestant who Barry was certain was the Black Canary, was also led out. The two of them prepared for their battle with their blindfolds still covering their eyes.