The next morning, Alex made her way into STAR Labs to find it eerily quiet. Walking into the main lab, she noticed Iris sitting alone behind one of the consoles.

"Hey," Alex called out awkwardly as she stood in the doorway, unsure if she should leave or not.

"Oh, hey," Iris replied, looking up from one of the monitors. "The guys just went out to grab some coffee. They should be back soon," she said. Alex nodded in response.

The two girls remained in an uncomfortable silence for a few seconds before Iris stood from her chair and made her way over to Alex.

"I think we should talk," Iris began as she nervously fiddled with her fingers. Alex nodded once more. She could feel the tension between her and Iris, and it was something she desperately wanted to work on. Ever since their first meeting, Alex felt Iris had the wrong impression of her and she wanted to know why.

"I agree," Alex said softly. The girls moved into two computer chairs in front of one of the desks.

"I just want to explain why I've been so on edge," Iris started, "besides everything that's going on with Savitar, we've lost some people recently; people who we trusted...people who we loved." Alex nodded along as she listened to Iris express her emotions.

"Cisco mentioned the trust issues; people betraying you," Alex noted in a quiet voice. This time Iris nodded.

"But did he mention that only a few days ago we lost one of our closest friends? Caitlin. She was an original member of Team Flash, her and Cisco were as close as siblings, and she was one of the sweetest people I've ever met. Now she's a meta that goes by the name Killer Frost, and given the chance she'd kill any one of us without a second thought."

Alex's breath caught in her throat. Why had Cisco not told her all this himself? She thought back to their first real conversation at Jitters, and she remembered the emotion in his voice when he informed her about their former friends, but why didn't he tell her about Killer Frost?

"What does this have to do with me? You think I'm going to turn on you?" Alex asked a bit harsher than she intended.

"We're still healing from the loss of Caitlin. Maybe I was a bit reluctant with you because I was trying to protect our group," Iris explained.

"Then what's changed?" Alex asked in a softer tone as she regained her emotions. Iris's facial features relaxed as she leaned forward in her chair.

"Whatever happened to you yesterday. I can't explain it, but I could see the fear on your face. I know that fear. You're now in this with us," Iris whispered causing Alex to look down as she now fiddled with her fingers. Her mind ran rapid as she tried to think of something to say. Alex didn't know if she should explain to Iris exactly what she saw during her last vision yesterday, or if Cisco had already told them.

Before she could respond, Barry and Cisco entered the lab with coffee cups for everyone.

"Hey, you're early!" Cisco called out with a grin, making his way over to Alex to hand her a cup of coffee. While holding out the cup to her, he noticed the somber look upon the girls faces.

"Are we interrupting something?" Cisco asked as his smile faded. Alex's lips pursed together as she took her coffee.

"Could we talk for a minute?" she asked him quietly, standing so they were now face to face. A look of fear quickly washed across his face.

"Uh, yeah, sure. We can talk in my lab," Cisco said, uncertainty filling his voice as he held out his hand for Alex to exit the main lab ahead of him. While Alex walked out first, Cisco quickly turned back to Iris.

"What did you do?" he asked dramatically in a panic whisper before quickly following Alex.

"So what's up?" Cisco asked, trying his best to sound casual as he leaned against his desk. Alex wrapped both of her hands around the warm cup of coffee she was holding close to her chest.

"Why didn't you tell me about Caitlin?" she asked softly.

Alex wasn't entirely sure if Cisco would be upset with her asking such a personal question. If he wanted her to know about Caitlin, wouldn't he have told her by now?

Cisco's lighthearted demeanor quickly fell as his eyes narrowed in confusion for a brief moment.

"Is this what you and Iris were talking about?" he asked before looking down at his desk for some sort of distraction. His hand managed to find the head of a socket wrench and he began to mindlessly spin it.

"She wanted to explain to me why she was so reluctant to have me around. I get it, I really do, but," Alex paused as she tried to gain the courage to ask her question once more, "why didn't you tell me?" Cisco let out a sigh before looking up at Alex.

"Caitlin is my best friend, and as much as I love her and want her back, I know for right now she can take care of herself. Iris on the other hand," as Cisco spoke his voice grew lower, "if we don't focus on Iris right now she'll die. Once this whole Savitar situation is taken care of, then we can redirect to Caitlin," he finished firmly, almost as if he were reassuring himself of the plan.

Alex nodded in understanding, lowering her gaze to hide the hurt look written across her face.

She knew it probably shouldn't bother her as much as it did, but the fact that Cisco kept something so important to him a secret from her really hurt her feelings.

"Hey," Cisco whispered softly as he reached out to take one of her hands into his.

Alex found herself in a wooded area with snow falling all around.

"You don't have to do this, Caitlin," Cisco called out. Alex took a step closer to find Cisco standing a few feet directly in front of her. He was wearing a pair of illuminated glasses as he held his hands at the ready. Alex could hear a ghostly, taunting laugh in the distance.

"Oh, but I do, Cisco," a sultry voice called out, "and the name's Killer Frost," she finished through gritted teeth before shooting a huge icicle in Cisco's direction. Alex gasped as she watched Cisco dodge out of the way behind a tree trunk.

"I don't want to hurt you, Caitlin!" Cisco called out. Alex could hear the footsteps of Killer Frost growing closer to Cisco's hiding spot. Without another word from her, Killer Frost shot an icicle into the tree trunk almost impaling it completely. With a deep breath, Cisco stepped out from the tree trunk, his hands held out in front of him.

"Caitlin, please," Cisco begged, but Killer Frost didn't listen. With one final step, Cisco shot out some sort of sonic vibration from his hands causing Killer Frost to go flying into the ground.

Cisco rushed to check on his defeated friend, but as he knelt down beside her Killer Frost formed another icicle driving it directly into Cisco's stomach.