It was exactly four days since Eddie had been kidnapped by Wells – no, Eobard Thawne.

Alicia, Dick and Barry were all physically exhausted from the late nights of trying to search for Eddie.

Alicia was aching all over, physically and emotionally, from the lacking of sleep. Soon enough, bubble baths, pizza and wine or whiskey, and nightly cuddles with Barry weren't going to be enough to bring her a peace of mind.

All Alicia knew she was going to have a peace of mind once they all found Eddie.

That was why Alicia found herself walking into CCPD in a mood that morning, holding her matcha latte and lox bagel with cream cheese and scrambled eggs, feeling just exhausted. She searched everywhere that she could possibly think of, and nothing. She sat down at her desk in a huff across from Dick, who was drinking his black coffee with a tired expression on his face.

"Alicia, does this coffee crap even work?" Dick asked her.

"I honestly do not know, Richard," Alicia replied around a yawn. "I've searched everywhere last night. We've been searching for the past few days and nothing!"

"Well we've gotta keep trying," Dick said as Joe walked up to them with Barry.

"Hey, did you two have any luck?" Joe asked them.

"No," Alicia whispered as Captain Singh walked up to them.

"Hey, West, Allen, Galloway, Grayson, have any of you seen Thawne?" asked Captain Singh. "He hasn't come in in a few days!"

"Umm, Eddie's taking some personal time. He's going through a lot right now, Captain," Barry said, making the excuse.

"Yeah, aren't we all?" Singh asked, annoyed. "You got anything on these gold store robberies? Perps hit up two more in the last week, and we still got nothing."

"We're working on it," said Dick. "We're going to figure this out."

"We're waiting on some final results from the lab," said Barry.

Singh nodded and walked away, leaving the four detectives alone once more.

"Barry?" asked Alicia. "Did you find anything on Eddie?"

"No, nothing still," Barry whispered.

"Well, we've gotta keep trying," said Joe said.

Barry nodded. He looked towards Alicia. "Let's check the results," Barry told Alicia. His girlfriend nodded and went upstairs with him. Alicia sat in the chair by Barry's desk, rubbing the side of her head. A good five minutes later when Barry and Alicia needed to head to S.T.A.R Labs, Iris walked into the lab.

"Hey," she said to them.

"Hey, Iris," Alicia said to her friend. "We're just about to head out right now."

"Well something happened," Iris said. "I was told not to say anything but I couldn't keep quiet."

"Well what happened?" asked Barry.

"The man in yellow, a few nights ago, he took Eddie, right in front of me," said Iris.

"Oh my God," Alicia said, feeling the genuine concern, but faking the surprise. "Are you okay?"

"No, no I'm not," said Iris. "The Flash and the Angel were there. They told me not to say anything, but Barry, Alicia; I feel that I should say something. I feel that the police should be out there, searching for Eddie."

"No, Iris, no, the police won't be able to do anything against the man in yellow; he's too dangerous they would just get hurt," said Barry.

"So, you believe that the Flash and Angel, and even Nightwing, are out there, right now, doing everything in their power right not to look for him? That they're all out there searching for Eddie?" Iris asked. She was catching on that Dick, Alicia and Barry were the city's vigilantes.

"I'm sure that they're doing everything that they can to find him," said Barry.

"Well I'm finding it very hard to trust the Flash, Angel and Nightwing right now," Iris said.

"Then trust us," said Alicia.

"Look, we're really sorry about all of this, but everything is going to be okay. We promise," Barry said, before he and Alicia left for S.T.A.R Labs. When they arrived there, they saw Cisco toying around with the security cameras that had been placed into their homes, the Arrowcave, everywhere they ever could be. Alicia let out a sigh, remembering that she had flown to her mom's house and had collected those cameras. She was thankful that there was only one set of cameras in her mother's house; her old bedroom. However, it still creeped her out knowing that Wells had been watching her from the time she and Barry were sixteen years old. Alicia was then struck with the realization that today, she turned twenty-six. She had been so caught up with everything; she didn't even remember that today was her birthday. She should be out celebrating; instead, she was worrying about finding Eddie as well as looking for Dr. Wells.

"Hey, are you sure that you are planning on keeping all those cameras Wells used to spy on us? It's kind of creepy don't you think?" asked Barry.

"First rule of mechanical engineering, dude; never waste good tech," said Cisco in return as Alicia took her seat at the desk.

"This is all so crazy, that, I almost completely forgot that today is my twenty-sixth birthday," Alicia whispered as Caitlin walked up to them to present them their newest task. "I should be out tonight celebrating; not worrying."

"I agree," Barry said. He had bought Alicia her birthday present weeks ago; a small Swarovski crystal pendant that he had spent his previous month's salary on that he knew she would love forever. He was going to give it to her tonight, but it never seemed to be the right time. He knew that as part of her birthday present Caitlin and Cisco were working on updates for Alicia's suit.

"Hey, Barry, Alicia, Central City Gold Reserve is under attack," said Caitlin.

"Gold?" asked Alicia. "That's the case Singh wants us on. We've gotta go." She went over to where her suit was stored away. She saw the several updates that were added to it. The Champaign color that had previously accented the ivory changed to a rose gold, one of Alicia's favorite colors. The suit, which used to be ivory, was now snow white. An intricate cursive A was on the back of her cape, and the tights had been removed from underneath her leotard.

"We upgraded it for your birthday," Cisco said. "How did I do?"

"It's perfect," Alicia said with a grin, happy with the changes that had been made to the suit. She proceeded to get changed. Barry beat her to the scene of the crime. When they got there, they saw the thief leaving the scene. There were sounds of gun shots. Several officers were unconscious and losing blood. Alicia pulled her knife out of her pocket and sliced her hand open as she took her glove off, allowing her blood to flow onto several gunshot wounds.

"You picked a bad day for this, pal," Barry said, going up to the thief. However, that was the moment the thief started to go down to his knees, and Barry felt an overwhelming amount of fear filling his insides. He clenched his eyes shut as Alicia could feel herself starting to do the same. She felt the same fear, the same discomfort that Barry was feeling right now. She felt as though she was having a massive headache; her head was starting to kill her; all she could hear was a ringing in her ears. When she felt her knees starting to crumple beneath her, she felt somebody's presence beside her.

"You all right, partner?" the voice that belonged to Dick asked.

Alicia shook herself off. "Yeah, oh my God, that felt weird," she admitted, going over to Barry who was just starting to rise to his feet. "Are you okay, honey?"

Barry nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Come on, I'll give you both rides back," said Dick.

Alicia nodded, and she and Barry got into Dick's cruiser, sitting in the back seat. They arrived at the lab in five minutes. Caitlin must've noticed a drop in Barry and Alicia's vitals, because she had them both sitting down on cots in the med bay immediately, shining a small pen light in both their eyes.

"Well, your eye movements are normal. No signs of neurological damage," said Caitlin.

"Thank God," Alicia whispered, rubbing the back of her neck.

"Do you think the thief, you know, put the whammy on you?" asked Cisco.

"When Bivolo got in my head the first time, all I felt was anger. This wasn't like that. This was an overwhelming fear," Barry explained.

Alicia nodded in agreement. "I heard this ringing in my ears, and my head was killing me. I just felt so overwhelmed and just scared."

"Well judging from what I saw from my car, when you went down the thief went down too," said Dick.

"Well maybe all three of us got whammied," said Barry.

"Then you'll know how it feels," a voice said, a voice that belonged to a very angry Iris Ann West. They all turned their heads to face Iris' direction. She had a cold, hard glare on her face as she looked at all of them. "Hi Alicia, Barry, and Dick. Or should I say the Flash, the Angel and Nightwing?" When she turned around to go somewhere to sit, Dick, Alicia, Barry, Caitlin and Cisco all shared looks of guilt. They all should have said something to Iris, but they failed to because they were so worried about keeping her in the dark. Iris was sitting in Barry's training area, clearly upset. Before Iris could close the door however, she heard Caitlin speak up.

"You three should talk to her, right now," said Caitlin. "If you said something before you wouldn't be in this predicament. At first I backed you all up on keeping it quiet, but, you three, this is on you and you need to nip it in the butt right now. Ask the woman that had been kept in the dark about where he fiancé was for months since the particle accelerator exploded."

Alicia nodded. "Barry you should start by talking to her first one-on-one. Afterwards, Dick and I will talk to her. We've got a lot to explain."

Barry nodded and followed Iris into the area where he trained.

"How did you find out?" Barry asked.

"When I touched the Flash the night Eddie went missing, I felt a jolt of electricity. The only other time I felt something like that was when you were in a coma. And Alicia was wearing red lipsticks while wearing her Angel suit, and she was wearing the necklace you bought her for Christmas. As far as Dick goes, I pieced it together. He's lived in Gotham, Bludhaven, there were Nightwing sightings in Bludhaven; it was there on a silver platter," Iris said.

"Iris, look, I'm sorry if you're mad," Barry said.

"I'm not angry, Barry; I'm just disappointed," Iris said. "Does Eddie know?" Tears were forming in her eyes.

"Yeah, he knows," said Barry.

"Is that why he got kidnapped?"

"No, no I don't know why Wells took Eddie –" Barry started.

"Dr. Wells is the man in yellow?" Iris asked, shocked.

"Dr. Wells isn't who he says he is. Everything he's been doing for Alicia and me, it was all a lie," Barry said. "Wells killed my mom."

"Is he gonna kill Eddie?" Iris asked, panicked.

"No, no he's not, Dick, Alicia and I, we're all gonna get Eddie back, I swear!" Barry promised.

"Yeah the Flash and the Angel told me the same thing!" Iris said.

"Iris, there were so many times that we all wanted to tell you, so many times! But then everything started getting crazy and we all thought, you know what? Maybe Joe was right and we –"

"Wait, you're telling me my dad knew, and he told you not to tell me?" Iris asked, starting to get upset.

"He was trying to protect you; all four of us were," Barry said.

Iris shook her head as Barry exited, giving Alicia and Dick the room.

"Iris," Alicia started to say. "I-I know you're pissed; I can only imagine how pissed you are right. In fact I was in your position months ago and I felt the same way. My younger sister is the Peacock out in Starling City; I didn't find out until after she awoke from a coma. Nobody told me shit about my eighteen-year-old sister going out at night playing vigilante."

"Alicia, I am not pissed," Iris said, tears stinging in her eyes. "If you were in that position of not knowing, why would you put me in that same position?"

"Because, I started to realize why my sister didn't tell me; this life that we live is insane. I didn't want you caught up in all the craziness. And Joe may have gone about it the wrong way, but he was trying to protect you," said Alicia.

"In all honesty, Iris; you don't know half of what it was that we had to deal with," said Dick.

"I feel like I should have known," Iris whispered, the tears shaking her voice. "And now my fiancé has been taken by a murdering psychopath."

"Iris, we are going to get him back. We searched everywhere," said Alicia. "Okay? You have no clue how many times I've looked the past few nights, trying to find him. I ran him through facial recognition several times. I'm doing everything I possibly can do!"

"Alicia," Iris whispered.

"Iris, we are trying everything that we can to get Eddie back home to you," said Dick. "Okay? We're going to figure this out."

Iris shook her head, the tears starting to fall from her eyes. "But-But how much more time is left? That might be time Eddie doesn't have!" Her voice was shaking.

Alicia just went over and hugged Iris. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so sorry, Iris." She could feel Iris starting to sob into her shoulder. "Listen to me; we're going to find a way to get Eddie back safely."

The next day, Barry, Alicia and Dick found themselves getting prepped for the gold transport to Coast City. Alicia and Dick were dressed in their bullet-proof vests, Alicia wearing a black, pom-pom beanie that her sister-in-law had gotten for her for Christmas.

"Central City Gold Reserve is going to be moving a huge shipment to their Coast City vault. I already called my friends, Hal and Carol; they're gonna be on standby during the shipment when it reaches there," said Barry, going over to where his suit was.

"Okay, but we still don't know if that thief is responsible for those weird images you and Alicia saw," said Caitlin.

"How are they transporting the gold?" asked Cisco.

"We're doing it undercover in the back of an ice cream truck; it was Joe's idea. Dick and I will be in the back with him making sure everyone is safe," said Alicia, strapping her gun onto her hip and pulling her black leather gloves on. For early May, it was a little bit chilly, which was surprising.

"Alright, well, we'll be able to hack into traffic cams and see what's going on," said Cisco.

Alicia nodded. "Barry, make sure you're on standby. In case something happens, we might need the Flash," she said.

Barry nodded and proceeded to put his suit on. "We've gotta get to the gold reserve," Dick said as he and Alicia left. "Let's go, partner!"

Alicia nodded and followed Dick outside to his cruiser. She got into the passenger seat, letting out a sigh as she ran her fingers through her black hair. Recently, she had cut her hair to shoulder length so that it was easier for her to manage and upkeep. Dick drove to the gold reserve quickly; when they got there, they saw Joe already getting into the ice cream truck, the gold intact. Dick was going to be following close behind in his cruiser in case of anything. Alicia climbed into the back with Joe, her arms wrapped around herself.

"You okay, Alicia?" asked Joe.

"Yeah," Alicia whispered. "It's just – it's Iris."

"I know; let's not talk about this right now," Joe said gently, feeling bad that Alicia, Barry and Dick had gotten thrown into this position. The ice cream truck had its music playing, which made Alicia nervous, so she told the ice cream truck driver to turn the music off to keep kids away. Suddenly, that was when they all felt the truck go out of control. It ran over a landmine. Alicia braced herself. She and Joe got out of the van as Dick got out of his cruiser, and they saw the thief that they were trying to catch, who managed to tag several officers. Before Joe or Alicia could shoot, Barry came in and knocked the man out.

"You okay?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, we're all right," Dick said.

"I just wanted you to not have to shoot him again, and I'm having a really bad day," Barry said.

"Well, so is this guy," Alicia said.

"Let's see what Goldfinger here has to say for himself," Joe added. However, when they lifted the mask off the thief, they were shocked to see a familiar face.

"General Eiling," breathed out Dick, sharing a wide-eyed glance with Alicia, Barry and Joe.

It was a good hour later when Barry had changed out of his Flash suit, Alicia and Dick were of their bullet-proof vests, and General Eiling was out of a surgery with Caitlin yanking a bullet out of his shoulder. Alicia let out a sigh, sipping a hot matcha latte from her Jitters coffee run. They all decided to get Eiling down into the pipeline, as he was completely catatonic and didn't seem to be responding to anything, even as Caitlin shined a pen light into his eyes. They all found themselves down in the pipeline, watching Eiling; Barry was contacting Diggle's wife, Lyla, hoping for some more info.

"Hey, Barry," Dig said. "Why are you calling?"

"I need some information from Lyla," Barry said. "Is she there?"

"Yeah, she's here; I'll get you on speaker with her," John said to Barry.

"Barry, what is it that you need?" Lyla asked.

"Info," Barry said. "It's about a military general that we have custody of right now who, let's just say, wants to create metahumans for military use. He kidnapped and tortured Alicia three months ago. His name is Wade Eiling."

"Yes, we're aware of him at A.R.G.U.S, but he's been missing from our database for the past three months," said Lyla.

"Well that explains so much," Barry said. "But this time; we're dealing with him stealing from Central City Gold Reserve. Why he's doing it we don't know; all I know is that Caitlin just yanked a bullet out of his shoulder, which should have hurt like a bitch, but he didn't even seem to feel it."

"Do you need us to go to Central City and take him off your hands?" Diggle offered.

"No, no I think myself and Alicia can handle him fine. If it gets out of hand I'll call," Barry said.

"Okay, good luck, kid," John told him.

"Thanks Dig," Barry said, hanging up and going down to the pipeline.

"So why is he just standing there?" asked Alicia as Barry walked in.

"I just spoke to John's wife, Lyla, and General Eiling is unofficially on administrative leave. He's been missing from A.R.G.U.S' database for three months," said Barry.

"Well that makes sense," Cisco said. "The last time we saw Eiling was when Dick, Ronnie and you busted Stein out of that military prison. I'm sure A.R.G.U.S is covering that up too."

"So where has he been this whole time?" asked Joe.

"General Eiling," Dick said. "Why did you try to rob the gold reserve?" Eiling just stared back blankly, not even blinking or acknowledging.

"Maybe he's in some kind of trance?" Caitlin suggested.

"General," Alicia said.

"Angel," Eiling said in what resembled a low, animalistic growl.

"Whoa, wait, how does he know you're the Angel?" asked Joe as Eiling said, "Flash."

"I don't know," Alicia said.

"General," Barry said.

"Eiling. . . not. . . here," Eiling growled back. "Eiling. . . bad. . ."

"He might be exhibiting some sort of psychotic break, presenting itself as dissociate identity disorder?" asked Caitlin.

"Caitlin," Eiling growled out. "Caitlin. . . good."

"Oh, um, thank you?" Caitlin asked nervously.

"Mmm, forget multiple personalities you guys have seen the Exorcist right?" asked Cisco.

"You and your movies," said Joe with a shake of his head. He turned to Alicia and Barry. "Keep talking he seems to be responding to the two of you."

"Okay," Alicia whispered. "Why is Eiling bad?"

"Eiling hurt me. I. . . hurt. . . Eiling," Eiling growled out.

"Okay, so if you're not Eiling, then who are you?" Alicia asked.

"I. . . am. . . Grodd. . . fear. . . me," Eiling said slowly.

"Wait, what is a Grodd?" asked Barry.

"We'll explain," Caitlin said, getting everyone up into the cortex. When they entered, Caitlin said, "This is Grodd," as she showed video footage of herself feeding and tending to a gorilla that was locked in a cage.

"Oh, Grodd is a gorilla," said Barry.

"Wait, I know about this," said Alicia. "A few years ago, didn't Eiling have a project here at S.T.A.R using gorillas?"

"You do your research," said Cisco. "Alicia's right. Five years ago, Wells signed a contract with Eiling to work on a project to enhance soldier's cognitive ability during battle."

"But what we didn't realize was that Eiling was wanting to create soldiers with psychic abilities," said Caitlin.

"What do you mean by psychic?" asked Dick.

"Eiling was trying to create super soldiers with telepathic and telekinetic capabilities," Alicia said.

"But when Dr. Wells found out about the horrible experiments that Eiling was doing, he shut down the entire project," Caitlin said.

"So our psycho killer has a soft spot for animals?" asked Dick.

"That's sweet," Joe finished for him.

"What happened to Grodd?" asked Alicia.

"We don't know," Caitlin said. "After the particle accelerator exploded, I went down to check on him and his cage was empty."

"So, he could have been affected by the same energy that hit Barry and Alicia," Dick said.

"When the dark matter hit Grodd, all of the drugs and serums Eiling injected him with could have activated. Maybe our particle accelerator created a meta-gorilla!" Cisco said around an enthused grin. "I think we all know what happens when an ultra-intelligent ape who's pissed off as humans escapes captivity!"

"Cisco's right about the first part of it," said Caitlin. She pulled up several brain scans. "This is the first brain scan that I did on Grodd."

"Whoa," whispered Alicia. "His primary motor cortex and Broca's area are lit up like a Christmas tree."

"From Eiling's experiments," Caitlin said sadly as she pulled up the second brain scan. "And this is the brain scan that I just did on Eiling; he's primary motor cortex is affected in the same way."

"So, Grodd and Eiling are connected somehow?" asked Barry.

"I think somehow, Grodd is transmitting neural signals to Eiling," Dick said.

"Mind control, telepathy, who knows what Grodd is capable of now?" asked Caitlin.

"Well what do you think Grodd wants? Revenge?" asked Barry.

"I don't like the idea that Wells rescued Grodd," said Joe with a shake of his head. "I do not think that it's a coincidence that this gorilla shows up the same time we are looking for Wells."

"So, if we find Grodd, we find Wells, and if we find Wells," said Dick.

"We find Eddie," Iris said, walking in. "And I want to help," she added.

"Do you know anything about gorillas?" asked Caitlin.

"I just might." Iris sat at the computers and proceeded to pull up an old article from CCPN. "Okay, just as I thought, there have been reports of some sort of animal down in the sewers. Two months ago, two sewer workers went missing. The search party reported strange animal-like noises down in the tunnels."

"Okay, well where did they go missing?" asked Alicia, going to where her bullet-proof vest and gun were."

"Umm. . .Fifth and Tenth Street," said Iris.

"We can start there," Alicia said, strapping her vest on. "There's an access point to the sewers about two blocks east of that intersection."

"Well, Alicia, you're not going down there alone," Dick insisted. "I'm coming with you and Barry. Joe, you coming too?"

Joe nodded.

"Cisco?" Dick asked.

"Going through dark tunnels of water and human excrement? Count me out," Cisco said uncomfortably.

Alicia shot him a look as Dick put his own bullet-proof vest on.

"Count me in," Cisco said reluctantly.

"It's your monkey," Alicia said. "Besides, maybe Grodd won't attack me; I have a way with animals."

"Yeah, go and believe that, Alicia," Barry said.

"Barry's right; Grodd won't hesitate to attack," said Caitlin.

"You and Iris will be on comms?" asked Dick.

Iris nodded.

"Alright, let's go," Dick said. "I'm taking the cruiser there. Take one of the vans," he suggested.

"I agree." Alicia nodded.

Five minutes later, Alicia, Barry, Dick and Joe all found themselves down in the sewers, searching through the tunnels for their monkey. Cisco was holding a banana. Why he thought Grodd would enjoy bananas, Alicia and Dick had no idea. Dick was dropping flare guns down to be their trail back to the cars. Cait and Iris were sitting in the cortex.

"Thank you for sticking up for me," Iris said.

"Of course," Caitlin said. "But, in all honesty, Dick, Barry and Alicia feel really badly about lying to you."

"You should too. You lied to," Iris said. "And your fiancé?"

"Ronnie, yes, I thought that he died in the particle accelerator explosion. But, in the truth is he just. . . caught on fire," Caitlin said.

"But he's okay?" Iris asked.

"Yes," Caitlin said with a smile.

"Good I'm glad," Iris said with a smile back. However, they heard Cisco over the comms.

"Come out, Grodd, come out, come out wherever you are," Cisco said.

"Cisco, shut up," Alicia groaned. "Aye Madonna mia I can't believe this. This isn't Planet of the Apes, this is King Kong."

"I can't believe we are down here looking for a supernatural gorilla. I'm terrified of regular gorillas," said Joe.

"There's no such thing as normal anymore, Joe," said Dick.

"Hey, how's about all four of you stop talking and get on with it?" asked Caitlin around a smile.

"Cait! We're searching for a giant, telepathic gorilla! We're all frigging nervous right now!" Cisco said. "If you think I'm keeping quiet, you're out of your mind! This whole thing is giving me an anxiety attack!"

Alicia giggled. "Cait, do you have eyes on where we are?"

"Through the cameras in Cisco's helmet? Yes, and I hear you all loud and clear," Caitlin said.

"Good," Barry said.

"Wait, what's this?" asked Dick, looking around at all the symbols that were written on the concrete inside the tunnels. "This means, we're getting closer. Grodd's getting smarter."

"Getting smarter, great," whispered Alicia. Suddenly, the heard an animal-liked growl close by.

"Oh my God, if I haven't watched Jurassic Park, I wouldn't be nearly as frightened right now," said Cisco.

"Wait, if Grodd is getting smarter, do you think that that means he's getting bigger too?" asked Joe nervously.

"God, God," breathed out Alicia as the growls got louder. Suddenly, she felt her knees crumpling underneath her, and images popped into her head of syringes and other feelings of fear going through her body. She let out a loud scream as Dick and Joe fired their guns. Barry was beside her, helpless as well underneath Grodd's attacks.

"Barry, Alicia?" Caitlin asked them, panicked.

Alicia let out a long, loud scream, her body starting to twitch, until she finally passed out, hitting her head.

"Alicia! Alicia!" she came to with someone slapping her face. Her body felt cold and sweaty. She awoke slowly, blinking her eyes open. She was in the med bay in S.T.A.R Labs. She breathed hard.

"What the hell was that?" Alicia gasped out. "Oh, my God! I feel hung-over."

"Are you all right?" Dick asked her.

"Dick, what happened?"

"Grodd took Joe," Dick said. "You and Barry got knocked out; it was some kind of psychic attack."

Alicia rubbed her forehead. She noticed the med bay to be empty.

"Barry's talking with Iris, and Cisco and Cait are trying to create a piece of tech to protect you both from Grodd's attacks. I slapped you because I noticed you twitching, like you were having some sort of nightmare," Dick told her.

Alicia let out a sigh. "I just-I cannot explain how it feels being. . . attacked like that. . . mentally. I've never felt anything like that before." She felt so violated and terrified from Grodd's attacks. When she had blacked out, she had felt nothing but nausea. That was when she saw Barry and Iris walking into the room.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Iris asked.

"I honestly do not know," Alicia groaned out. She reached for a cup of water that was on the bedside table in the med bay. She took a sip and set the cup back down. "I need to go train."

"Why?" Barry asked.

"We need to get Joe back; Grodd shouldn't have taken me out that easily!" Alicia said, frustrated. She went over to where her special punching bag was that Cisco had designed for her specifically; no matter how hard Alicia punched, that thing was going to stay intact and together. She pulled her boxing gloves on and just started beating on the punching bag. Alicia hit the punching bag for a good, solid two hours, taking her frustrations out through training. However, she was distracted when Caitlin and Cisco approached her and Barry.

"An anti-telepathy strip," said Cisco, handing Barry and Alicia their headsets. "It used magnetic resonance to neutralize any foreign neurological stimulus."

"So this should protect them from being attacked psychically?" asked Iris.

"That's the hope, but we have no real way of testing it," said Caitlin, taking her seat at the desk.

"Well, now's the time to test it," Alicia said. "But first we need to find that gorilla," she added.

"That won't be a problem. I shot Grodd with a tracker; it just came online," said Cisco, going over to the computers. "We have Grodd's location."

Barry and Alicia quickly suited up. Alicia pulled her suit on piece by piece, before putting on the headset.

"Iris, we want you to know all the times we've imagined you being here, that it wasn't going to be like this," Alicia said with a shake of her head.

"Just get my dad back," Iris said.

Barry nodded. They got to the location quickly.

"We're here!" Alicia said.

"Okay, wait for my signal!" Cisco said.

"Alright so the red is Barry, and the white is Alicia?" asked Iris.

"And the blue is Grodd," Dick finished. "Okay, guys, we're going to bring him to ya!"

"I'm accessing the steam from the PCP piping," Cisco said. "He should be moving soon."

"Alright, that's good, Cisco," Alicia said. "We've got this. When do we start moving to head down there?"

"When Grodd is five point three miles away!" Caitlin said.

"Why?" asked Iris.

"Barry's gonna do the same thing he did to Girder; supersonic punch baby," Cisco said enthusiastically.

"Alright, we're ready for him!" Alicia said, stretching her arms outward. She flew down into the tunnel. "I can hear him loud and clear!" she said when she heard the animal-like growls.

"Go, guys go!" Cisco yelled. Barry and Alicia both ran and flew towards Grodd, intending on knocking him out with one super powered punch. However, right when they were about to get Grodd in the stomach, Grodd grabbed them both by their hands and threw them across the room. "Supersonic punch failed!" Cisco said.

"Cisco!" Barry yelled. "It's all right! The head gear is working!"

"Same here," Alicia called out.

"Okay, try some speed punches on him and try hitting him with what you've got," Cisco suggested.

Alicia and Barry took Cisco suggestion, but right when they were both about to start hitting Grodd, Grodd grabbed them both and they flew backwards into a wall. Alicia felt her head gear falling off her head.

"The headset's offline," Dick yelled. Suddenly, they were all distracted by the sounds of Barry and Alicia's screams.

"Oh my God!" Caitlin yelled, rushing to the computers. "Their vitals are bottoming! Grodd's attacking them both psychically!"

"And to make matters worse, there's a train coming!" Cisco said.

"Barry, Alicia!" Caitlin yelled. "You both need to get out there now!"

The sounds of Barry and Alicia yelling out in agony filled the comms system. That was when Dick and Iris took control of the comms.

"Alicia, Licia, come on, partner, listen to me!" Dick said.

"Barry, Barry, concentrate on my voice! You need to listen to me!" Iris said. "You two can stand up to Grodd I know you can do it!"

"You two can fight this!" Dick shouted. "Come on Alicia! You're strong, kid! COME ON FIGHT!"

"Barry, do it for me, okay? I believe in you!" Iris said. "Do it for me!"

Barry and Alicia were both used to hearing Cisco and Cait over the comms, but Dick and Iris, that was a whole different animal. Alicia felt her head getting clearer as she listened to Dick and Iris talk to her and Barry. Alicia shook herself off and looked over at her boyfriend.

"Let's do this!" Barry groaned. They both quickly got out of the way from Grodd, allowing Grodd to be hit by the underground subway. The two quickly found Joe's location. The cop was on the ground shaking, clearly severly injured. Alicia leaned forward and carefully lifted Joe up, knowing she needed to get him to Caitlin to get him looked at.

Later that evening, Alicia and Barry found themselves down in the pipeline, mulling over the past couple of days that they had had. They had reluctantly released the real animal from his cage, General Eiling. Luckily, Eiling was going to be staying away from them for quite a while and wasn't going to try anything that would make Barry called Diggle and Lyla. It wasn't until Dick, Iris, Caitlin and Cisco joined them that they were interrupted from their thoughts.

"Maybe it's a good thing we didn't capture Grodd," said Caitlin. "I mean, our pipeline isn't really big enough to hold a giant, telepathic, telekinetic gorilla."

"I agree on that," Dick said. "But Joe was right, you know?"

"Yeah; Grodd was just the distraction," said Cisco.

"And we have yet to find Wells," said Iris.

"I have to say that between the six of us, we can handle anything," Barry said.

"I will drink to that tonight," Alicia said. "Finally, tonight I get to celebrate my birthday like a normal person."

"That reminds me, I actually got you something." Dick walked out of the pipeline and came back with a new pair of Nunchaku for Alicia that matched her new suit. "I had these custom made."

"They're perfect," Alicia said. "Now let's go; I'm up for a ton of Cabernet."

"Actually, since Joe is injured I am staying here to monitor him. That's why I bought a bottle of Cab so that we can at least drink here," said Caitlin.

"Perfect," Alicia said. It wasn't how she pictured spending her twenty-sixth birthday, but she knew that after tonight, she would not have it any other way, especially when Barry had given her the crystal pendant that she had been eyeing since January.

A/N:

Okay, so Gorilla Grodd's chapter is complete! I feel like this chapter was the hardest for me to write, but it was worth it now that I completed it. I turned twenty yesterday, so this feels like another birthday gift to myself.

Flashraven: Alright, so, next chapter, we are getting the battle with Reverse Flash which I am really excited to get started on. I just wanted to get this chapter up because tomorrow I have an abnormal psych test that I am studying for, which should be a breeze, because psychology is my favorite subject in school. I just did blog posts for Flash and Arrow this week because I couldn't find the time to film, but for this week I will have videos up. I will also be doing a birthday haul video once I buy things for my birthday, because I got two big presents, some smaller things, and a ton of money to spend, because I wanted to buy more for myself. I will probably have my birthday haul up in November depending on when it is that I buy everything that I want and what I want to spend. Two more chapters left and this story is done!