A/N: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I am so so so so so so so so so so so SO sorry this is late. A lot of stuff happened in the past two weeks, including being unable to access a computer for five days and a mild case of the dreaded writer's block (dun dun dun!). Anyways, this chapter is pretty short, but I figured you guys were probably getting a little anxious.
As usual, thou dost not telleth the whole truth.
Uh, what?
Thou hast discovered a new obsession, which violates thy New Year's revolution. Verily, thou hast violated thy resolution in eight days. Thou art a failure.
Okay, so maybe I started watching Supernatural and became totally obsessed, but that's not the only reason! Seesh, Ranger.
MY heart delighteth in your discomfort. And Supernatural.
Naturally.

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: Aw, thank you so much! It makes me so happy to hear that people are enjoying this. And I'm glad you think I'm doing a good job of balancing canon and Percy's involvement. :)

Turtlepower12: Oh good. I'm glad that little part was confusing. I like doing that to people. :)

Hope4All: Yes, Leo and Jason are coming. There will also be a few other people who will remain nameless...for now. But they should be coming in the next few chapters. :)

RosettaQueen20: Oh, you'll see. I've got so much planned! Mwah ha ha ha! :)

Alex Focker: Perhaps. I don't know, we'll see where that goes. I haven't fully decided on the extent of Percy's involvement with Savitar yet. :)

IcyFox17: Yeah, I love making up all these silly scenarios that happen at Camp Half-Blood and throwing references to inside jokes we already know exist from the books. And you're right, that does sound kind of weird, but I get it. YOU HEAR THAT, RANGER?! Thanks for the cookies! :)

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Oceangirl: Nah, you'll see. And I actually have been planning to do a Ranger's Apprentice/PJO crossover for a while, so expect to see one of those. :)

Guest: Oh, okay. Thanks for clearing that up. I was so confused. And don't worry, you're not the only one who thinks about food a lot. I mean, take me for example. I could really go for pizza right now and I literally just ate. To be honest, I couldn't really remember if they told Team Flash about their pasts either. Heroes/Villains and this storyline tend to run together in my mind. But yeah, I'm not really a huge fan of Heroes/Villains myself. :)

the Bass Beast: Oh, you will find out soon, my friend. And trust me, I'm super excited to bring Leo and Jason in too. Plus, you will get that dramatic cat death scene, just maybe not in this chapter. :)

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I followed Wally up to the Cortex hesitantly. I wasn't really sure I wanted to be there for whatever kind of confrontation Wally was looking for. Cisco and I exchanged nervous glances as we walked. HR trailed us happily, humming "I Want You Back" under his breath.

As soon as Wally stormed into the Cortex, Barry noticed. Iris spun around in her swivel chair (wheeee) to face her brother. Well, I say that like Wally's presence wasn't obvious. Let me clarify: it was. Wally had become the literal elephant in the room. Well, not literal, but - you know what I mean.

"Wally-" Barry sighed. "Why does no one listen to me?"

"You're so full of it," Wally accused, voice low and steady.

I looked around with a confused expression (apparently, Cisco thought I looked ridiculous, because he snapped a picture). "What are you talking about, Daffodil?"

Wally ignored me and kept talking to Barry. "Railing at me for not telling everyone about Savitar. What about what you're not telling everyone, Barry?

"What are you-"

"Cisco vibed me into the future," Wally interrupted. "I saw what happened. Tell my sister why you asked her to marry you."

There was an awkward pause. I frowned, wondering what Wally could possibly be talking about. Then I leaned backward slightly as an idea occurred to me. But not even Barry could be that stupid, right? "Go on," Wally continued, "tell her the real reason, Barry."

Iris swiveled slightly to face her fiance. "What's he talking about?"

"Yeah," I cut in. "Please tell me you didn't do something so stupid, it's worthy of yours truly."

Barry chuckled dryly, sending Wally and I a death glare as he did. Then he reluctantly faced Iris again. "The night that Savitar kills you, you didn't have a ring on your finger." Apparently, Barry could be that stupid.

Iris's head tilted back as she realized what he was implying. "We weren't engaged yet." Barry couldn't quite meet her eyes. "And you thought that if we were-"

"That it might change the future," Barry finished. His eyes darted furtively up to Iris's face and back down.

Iris didn't even grace him with a reply. She just stood, slowly and carefully, and then walked out of the Cortex. Barry immediately stood and followed her, running into Wally harder than necessary on the way out. I heard him calling after Iris on his way.

Caitlin bit her lower lip and wandered into the med bay, Julian following her. I turned to talk to Wally.

"So…" I started. "That was rude."

"Yeah, I know, right?" Wally growled, eyes trained on the doorway Barry had disappeared through.

"Oh no," I shook my head, "not him. You."

Wally stared at me like I had turned into a dolphin. "What do you mean?"

"Dude, so maybe he proposed to save her, but the guy is hopelessly in love. You know that, right? Trust me, he's been watching her with those puppy dog eyes for years."

"He shouldn't have needed another reason."

"Now, look-" I cut myself off when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. "Woah, what is that?"

Caitlin was holding a little piece of something that glowed blue. Really, it was no wonder it caught my eye. I mean, you know how I feel about blue.

Julian looked up, a grim expression on his face. "A piece of the Philosopher's Stone."

I nodded. "Oh." Then I remembered that was the thing Team Flash had thrown into the Speed Force to keep Savitar from escaping. "Oh."

Cisco cleared his throat. "We'd better get Barry back here."


Barry turned the fragment over in his hand, examining it thoroughly. He looked up at Caitlin and finally asked, "How long have you had this?"

I watched Caitlin expectantly, my mouth full of chow mein. What? Barry was taking forever and I was hungry, so I ordered Chinese. Sue me.

"Ever since you threw the box into the Speed Force." Barry sighed. "It's such a small piece; I didn't think it would really matter."

"Why would you keep it though?" Cisco wondered.

"I thought I could use it to get rid of my powers."

I choked on my kung pow chicken. "You're what?"

Caitlin frowned. "My powers."

"Since when do you have powers?" I demanded.

"Since Flashpoint," Cisco responded.

"You mean the whole time I've been here, she has powers and no one thought to, oh I don't know...tell me?" They all nodded unapologetically. "You know, sometimes I really hate you guys. Carry on," I said with a wave of my hand.

HR smiled. "Now that is a really great song. 'Carry On My Wayward Son' by Oklahoma? Amazing."

"Kansas," Cisco corrected, touching his forehead to the desk. "That song was written by Kansas."

"Whatever, guys," Barry interrupted. "Can you get rid of them?"

Caitlin looked at her feet. "I don't know. I haven't figured out how to use it yet."

"It could be that her...you know, Killer Frost side might have been clouding her judgement," Julian finally spoke up.

"No Julian," Caitlin contradicted sadly. "It was me. I'm...I'm really sorry, guys."

"Right now, I think we just need to figure out where Savitar is," Cisco interjected.

I swallowed and turned to face Julian. "What a wonderful idea."

Everyone else turned to stare at Julian expectantly.

"No," he said flatly.

"One more time," Barry pleaded.

"No." About half the room gave him puppy dog eyes. I didn't, though. I wasn't really comfortable with making puppy dog eyes at the guy. I mean, come on! I just met the guy like, a week ago. "No, no." Julian insisted. "You want to summon Savitar again? I'm not a human Ouija (A/N: Since this always confused me, pronounce as wee-jee, or something along those lines.) board."

"It's the last time," Barry bargained. "And just long enough to see if we can track his location."

I raised an eyebrow. "Uh, dude, are you sure you can do that?"

Barry didn't get a chance to reply as Julian continued, "No. No." Julian stormed out of the Cortex and presumably into one of the bajillion rooms in STAR Labs. Caitlin followed. I had a feeling she would end up convincing him to say yes, somehow. Those seemed to have a...special bond, if you know what I mean (wink wink).

I kept eating my food for a few minutes, but it was awkwardly silent. Everyone else seemed to be perfectly happy with standing around and keeping their mouths shut, but I really wasn't.

"So," I started, "anyone remember those cats we have locked up in the basement?"

No one answered.

"Well, I figured out how we can kill them.

Julian walked into the room, Caitlin trailing him. "Fine," he said to the room at large. "I'll do it."