September 1st - 2014
I'd slipped into Cisco's lab again, distracted though he was on trying to find a way to open a breach there was one side project I was concerned about and so kept sabotaging by making certain components DOA. I wanted to prevent the cold gun for as long as possible, Snart was powerful enough on his own without gaining that just yet, even if he does eventually become an anti-hero.
"I don't know what to tell you, Cisco, that super capacitor keeps shorting out whenever Barry does the whole lightning thing, which is often."
"Yes, but I need it to lower the molecular frequency, Something Barry mentioned, there was both a red and a yellow blur meaning there's another speedster, a murderer out there."
"I'll be fine, he'll be ready, and if not I'll back him up."
Still what I didn't know was that Cisco was working on another cold gun outside the lab, unfortunately his house got broken into last week and so it went missing as well which seriously put a damper on the relationship between Cisco and everybody else, well except me of course, I knew fate had to make it happen somehow. I'd immediately gone on high alert when a series of bank Robberies in Keystone City were being committed with some sort of ice gun, meaning either Mr Freeze was a long ways from Gotham or Snart had gotten a cold gun anyway, possibly with help from the former, finishing it. I'd gotten to work helping Cisco setup thermal tracking, with Barry deploying them throughout the city in a flash so Snart could be captured.
It didn't take more than a few hours before a moving source of temperature drops was detected heading in from keystone to central city. A van being chased by keystone city police, with the central city police working with them to set up a roadblock. I nodded to Barry who quickly grabbed my shoulder with the new trick of moving me with the speed force and I managed to channel it just enough to get there in the blink of an eye, exhausted but there. Honestly, as much as I like this trick, I wasn't really able to keep up as well as he could. Setting Barry down I burned off most of the remaining speed force energy charging at full speed using my enhanced strength to bring the van to a sudden and final stop body checking it like a football player.
Two men came out shooting assault rifles, so I yanked the now bent hood off what turned out to be an armored van and used it to get in close before crushing the guns much to the shock of all interested parties, Barry using his speed to try and deal with Snart. Realizing Snart was actually getting close and predicting Barry's movements, I decided to go in for a hulk style move and slammed my fists into the frame, lifting it up from the side and rocking it to throw him off balance. Of course, I got a blast of ice for my trouble, but it only held me for a moment before the kinetic energy of the muscle flex shattered the ice on my arms, leaving some minor ice burns which should regenerate shortly.
"Hey Frosty, did you steal that from Mr Freeze and just decide to ignore his look or are you planning on actually dropping the temps a bit, It's hot today." I shouted trying to get Snart's attention hoping to keep him busy as I charged the plasma barrier to negate the cold gun's attacks, worst case it'd maybe sap the barrier for a bit. Didn't stop him from trying though because he began firing a focused beam at the plasma barrier, my own energy just barely keeping up with the drain.
"Nice trick, won't do much though" Another more powerful blast erupted, freezing the plasma and turning it into a solid wall that i quickly smashed through, feeling heavily drained.
"One problem Snart, I'm not alone, remember?" He turned before the cold gun was quickly taken out of his hands by Barry, who'd just gotten done getting the area cleared and taking Snart's cohorts to jail.
"No cold gun, no partners, just us, what's your master plan now?"
"This" suddenly he shot off into the air using some sort of jetpack and escaping my grasp before I heard a beeping sound from the van which I quickly found was a bomb with a lot of explosives tied into it.
"Flash, we have to do something" I began trying to glitch it out, but every time I tried the timer dropped more quickly, forcing me to give up after a couple attempts. Suddenly it was gone with a flash of light as I just barely caught him picking it up and running with it, using his speed to kinetically launch it off the bridge and into the air before it detonated.
"Nice work!" Snart had managed to escape, but nobody was hurt and the truck's cargo was prevented from being stolen. The man was a genius alright, but I'd find him again, though he'd likely have to find another cold gun, so I'd be checking in with Bruce in case Victor Fries had some part in all this. On top of all that the cold gun might hold the key to dimensional control, if parts from it could be used to construct a device which could help isolate the frequencies and open a breach I might just be able to get home, maybe.
Of course, Barry left shortly after the debriefing, Cisco apologizing for working on the cold gun and having it locked deep inside a vault in S.T.A.R. Labs for now. Barry of course went home to see Iris. As it turns out, she never went out with Eddit as Barry's letter convinced her to wait for him, making that whole mess a non issue. I wasn't sure how that whole situation was going to play out but Joe and Iris were already aware of Barry's gifts after I'd sat everybody down for a talk, explaining to Barry that the whole secret identity thing and keeping it from your loved ones was a terrible cliché that often made things worse in the long run. Even if the detective wasn't fully on board with Barry going full superhero he appreciated the help the police had with dangerous criminals and lives saved.
