No matter how hard DeVoe tried, he just could not figure out what it was he was missing from the formula to make its effects permanent. He'd run countless simulations, but every one of them came back with a different error.
"Having trouble Clifford?" Eva asked.
"What do you want Eva?" DeVoe asked.
"I want to be able to help you, but we both know that I can't truly do that unless you get me out of here. So maybe instead of trying to multitask, you should direct that dark matter infused brain of yours to trying to find a way to get me out of here. Once you do that, then you can divert all of your attention to solving your problem and I can truly help you." Eva said.
"On that front, I have made progress, though it will require a few things on your end." DeVoe said.
"What do you need?" Eva asked.
"You built your ARCEM machine correct?" DeVoe asked.
"I did, but it's useless." Eva asked.
"Only because you didn't have the correct components to build it. I've determined that in order for the ARCEM to work properly, it requires the prismatic refractor of this universe. A version of it made in the mirrorverse will not be compatible." DeVoe said.
"Can you build one?" Eva asked.
"Of course, but that would take time, which is something that we are both running out of. Fortunately, didn't you already build one before you were trapped?" DeVoe asked.
"Of course. But I don't know where it is." Eva asked.
"Let me worry about that. Once I acquire the refractor, I will give it to you, since we've determined that you can safely bring items into the mirrorverse, but you cannot get out." DeVoe said.
"True. What else do we need?" Eva asked.
"There is only one component left that is really necessary and unfortunately, it will not be easy to acquire." DeVoe said.
"Why not?" Eva demanded.
"Because it does not exist yet and if I know Team Flash, they're doing everything they can to ensure that it never will." DeVoe said.
"I still don't follow." Eva said.
"I need a component capable of neutralizing the harmful effects that crossing over from the mirrorverse causes you." DeVoe said.
"Just capture Iris West and determine how she is able to do it." Eva said.
"Not a smart idea considering that she is always surrounded by superheroes and is more likely to blast first and trap me there with you. But there is another component that could work. The blood of another one of the Flash's enemies. Except unlike the rest of them, this one has yet to be born." DeVoe said.
"Who?" Eva asked.
"Dr. Ramsey Rosso. Or as I believe he will prefer to be called, Bloodwork." DeVoe said, unaware that Ralph had heard everything they'd said.
"Barry, can I talk to you for a second?" Caitlin asked.
"Sure, what's going on?" Barry asked as Caitlin pulled him aside.
"I got a call from Ramsey today." Caitlin said.
"Bloodwork." Barry said.
"Yeah, I'm not sure he's become Bloodwork yet, but I really hope not, since we're still dealing with DeVoe right now. That's why I'd like your permission to offer Ramsey a job here so we can keep an eye on him. I'll see if I can help him create a cure to HLH, but one that doesn't involve dark matter." Caitlin said.
"Do it. But make it clear to Ramsey that dark matter is a resource that only the people with the highest level of security have access to and while you are one of them, I know you'd never let him have access to it." Barry said.
"Thank you." Caitlin said with a grin, since Ramsey was an old friend of hers and she really did not want to have to lock him up again.
"What exactly are you working on?" Allegra asked Cisco as she entered his lab at the Nexus.
"Well, Caitlin's got a plan that will hopefully prevent Ramsey from ever becoming Bloodwork, but in the event that fails and he does become him, I am working on the RAM so that we have something that's actually capable of holding him if he should break bad again." Cisco said.
"Alone?" Allegra asked.
"No, not alone." Chester Runk said as he popped out from where he was working.
"Allegra, I'm not sure if you were ever formally introduced to Chester in the old reality, but he is actually the newest, part time member of Team Flash." Cisco said.
"And how exactly does he qualify?" Allegra asked.
"He managed to create a device that opened a black hole out of stuff he found at a junkyard." Cisco said.
"Yes and I am very excited to get to work for the Flash both officially and unofficially." Chester said excitedly.
"Wait, he knows?" Allegra asked.
"Yeah, your dad told him and your mom then threatened to trap him in the mirrorverse if he talked." Cisco said.
"Yeah, that's what I get threatened with instead of groundings. Well anyways, welcome to the team." Allegra said.
"Thank you." Chester said as he and Cisco got back to work.
