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Barry had hurry back to S.T.A.R labs along with an unconscious Shippo that he found in a broken down building. He didn't know what happened but it looked like a battle had started inside and when he followed the damaged it looked like whatever knocked Shippo out met up with Snart because of the shatter frozen figure in the alley. When he got to the lab he placed Shippo on one of the med beds and Caitlin was checking on both of their wounds.
"It's still numb." Barry winced as he touched it.
"It's presenting itself like third-degree frostbite." Caitlin said
"I thought he had hyper-healing?" Felicity said
"It's been slowed." Caitlin said and then showed him the screen of the results. "If your cells weren't regenerating at the rate they are your blood vessels wouldn't frozen solid. And the nerve damage would've been permanent. You're lucky to be alive."
"And Shippos?" Felicity asked
"It looks like he has a few deep burses and cuts that look like claw marks. But all of his cuts have five scratch patterns, no animal has that kind of paw print other than an ape or monkey. Are you sure there wasn't again sign of an animal at the scene?" Caitlin said and then looked at Barry with her last sentence.
"No nothing. It was weird." Barry said
"And there was no sign of Kagome there since she was with him when they left." Harrison said "Have you tried calling her?"
"Three times. She still hasn't picked up." Cisco said
"If Kagome was there she wouldn't have left Shippo behind." Felicity said "Something must have happened."
She knew that she should tell them what Kagome does but it was her secret to tell and she knew Barry would freak out if he knew.
"Hopefully she's somewhere talking with Sesshomaru or something." She said
"I hope you're right. As for Snart, he wasn't another metahuman." Barry said as he paced around. "He has some kind of gun. It froze things. It slowed me down. Enough that I wasn't able to save someone."
"According to his records, Snart didn't even finish high school." Felicity said as she checked the records on her tablet. "So how did he build a handheld, high-tech snow machine?"
"S.T.A.R labs built the cold gun." Harrison said with annoyance and a little anger
"Dr. Wells and Caitlin had nothing to do with this." Cisco said with guilt "I build the gun."
"You did?" Barry said and was a little hurt. "Why?"
"Because speed and cold are opposites." Cisco explained "Temperature is measured by how quickly the atoms of something are oscillating. The Faster they are, the hotter it is. When things are cold, they're slower on the atomic level. When there's no movement at all, it's called…"
"Absolute zero." Barry muttered
"Yeah. I designed a compact cryo-engine to achieve absolute zero." Cisco said "I build it to stop you and Kagome. Though with Kagome's other ability I'm not that sure if it would stop her…but it might make the guns' power stronger. I didn't know who you two were then, Barry. I mean, what if one of you had turned to out to be some psycho, like Martin or Nimbus?"
"But we didn't, did we?" Barry said with anger
Caitlin had tried reason to him about what Cisco did it but Barry didn't want to hear it and told them that he thought they were friends and that he trusted them. Cisco said that they were but Barry pointed out that if they were then he would have told him about the gun sooner. Seeing now that it was too late they both had to deal with the life that was lost. Then all the sudden Shippo started to stir from his sleep and he groaned from the headache that he had.
"Man, your guys' voices are enough to wake the dead." Shippo groaned and went to sit up.
"Shippo you should lay back down you're very hurt." Caitlin said
"I'm good. I've been through worst. And I have to agree with Barry on this one." He said "You guys are a team. You're supposed to trust one another with stuff like this. No matter if it was a bad idea or not. It will always come back to haunt you if you don't." Then he got up to stand and everyone, but Felicity, were surprise that he could. "Now if you don't mind. I have to meet up with Kagome."
"Where was Kagome?" Barry asked
"Off delivering the package to Sesshomaru. I got a little side-tracked when this thug tried to beat me up and rob me." Shippo lied but he said it with ease. "I was a bit off my game today. Don't worry it won't happen again. See ya."
Everyone looked at him weird when he left. But one thing for sure is that they were all (minus Felicity) thinking the same thing. He was hiding something.
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Kagome started to wake up from her sleep and didn't know where she was. She remembered fighting the tiger demon and she got wounded. When she looked down at her chest she blushed deep red when she saw that she was half naked. Her right shoulder and chest were wrapped in bandages and she was only in her underwear. She looked around and her eyes lit up when she saw her bodysuit folded on top of a dresser. When she put it on she noticed the large claw marks she shrugged it off since it was better than walking around half naked. Right when she was going to leave she heard voices outside her room. She opened the door and quietly walked out of the room and on to the catwalk where she could see who's talking. When she got a good look at the three guys she recognized one and he was the guy from that bar she met a couple of nights ago.
"We're going back tonight." Leonard said
"Back where?" Goon one asked
"To the museum. That diamond isn't gonna steal itself." Leonard said
"Super-gun freeze your brain, Snart?" Goon two said "The museum will be crawling with police and the Streak."
"With this girl by our side she could help stop the Streak with her powers. I've seen it with my own eyes, he won't stand a chance." Leonard said with a smirk and then lifted his gun. "Also this too can stop the Streak. It hurt him. And I know his real weakness, so we go. Unless you want out."
Kagome glared at him. He actually thought that she will help take down her cousin, yeah right. Then to her surprised Goon one pulled out a gun and pointed it at Leonard's head.
"We both want out. Alive." Goon one said
Leonard stop in his track but wasn't at all fazed or scared. Actually right now he was smirking as if it was funny.
"So you thought I hadn't made a plan." Leonard said "At least I taught you something. So, what are you waiting for? Shoot me."
'Is this guy nuts?' She thought
His attitude and posture reminded her way too much of Sesshomaru. He wasn't afraid, showed no emotion and was so sure of himself. It made her wonder if this guy was a demon or did he just know how to act.
"You better put a bullet in my brain right now because if you don't…if I ever see either one of again…" Leonard said
"You don't get it, do you?" Goon one cut him off "This blur is out there. Central City ain't your playground anymore."
With that said the goons had left. Then Leonard lifted his gun with a smirked and caressed it a little.
"Sure it is." He said
Then looked up and made eye to eye contact with Kagome.
"Hello princess. I see that you're finally awake. I suppose that you heard everything, right?" He said
"Every word." She said and then started walking down the stairs. "So you're a thief with a superpower gun."
"A thief with a superpower gun that happened to save your life twice and that means…that you owe me two favors." He said "Also I know your identity…if that's why you tried to hide your face from whatever that thing was."
When she reached the bottom she walked up to him and stood right in front of him while never taking her eyes off of him.
"Thank you for saving me but I had it all handle." She said
"Not from where I was standing princess." He smirked
"I thought I told you that that's not my name." She glared "It's Kagome."
She had to fight off a blush when he continued smirking at her. He was really good looking and since she hasn't been intimate with a man in a really long time her sex hormones were almost taking over. As if he knew somehow his smirk widen and he lean down and whispered in her ear.
"Oh I know what your name is, Ka-go-me." He whispered huskily
She couldn't stop the shiver that went through her body when he did that. Then he circled around her while placing a hand on her hip, tracing her waist line when he moved.
"You see Kagome when I see something that I like, I steal it. Making it all mine. When I saw you at the bar I really did like what I saw. So much that I went back there again and again hoping to see you there. Also seeing you in my dreams." He said and then nip one of her ears a little when he was behind her.
This time she did blushed and shivered against his touch.
"So since you couldn't find me you were going to steal me one way or another. And then what happen at the alley it just made it easier for you." She said "A little obsesses, don't you think?"
"You have no idea." He said walked in front of her and he traced his hand over her chest. Touching over where that bandage where. "Then when I saw your powers, I just wanted you more. I was thinking we can be partners Kagome. We can own this whole world if we want. Just you and me."
"As tempting as that sounds, Leonard,…" She said and purred out his name. "…but sadly I don't play for the Villain team and I'm not going to help you. But…since you know my identity and saw what I was fighting, which I need both to be kept a secret for a while, I won't stop you." Then she pulled out of his touch even though her body was disagreeing with her. "I let you go and you can cross that off as one of your favors."
"That's a shame. But if you ever change your mind I'll be waiting." He said
She smirked and was about to walk away until she forgot one thing.
"By the way wouldn't happen to know where my mask, goggles and jacket are do you?" She asked
He went over to a desk filled with papers, maps and weapons and tossed her, her mask and googles.
"The jacket you had on took more damage than your skintight suit so I threw out. Hope you didn't mind." He said
"Aw, that was my favorite jacket." She pouted
So after thanking him again she left the warehouse and sped off to Toshio crops to explain what had happened.
