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"We got a 10-31 in progress. Shiny Diamond, 18th and Olive." The radio called out as Joe and Eddie were chasing a car.
"That's a few blocks from here." Eddie said.
"Has every crook in Central City gone crazy?" Joe grumbled as he pulled out his phone. "This is the third attempted robbery tonight. Barry, we got another one."
The Flash sped into the car. "Hello."
"18th and Olive." Joe said.
"Got it." The Flash nodded before Joe noticed the other man next to the Flash.
"Who's this?" Joe asked.
"Oh. Indecent exposure. Powell Park." The Flash said.
"That ain't something you should be showing people." Joe said uncomfortably, eying the man carefully.
"They're getting away, guys." Eddie said as he kept chasing the car in front of them.
"They're not getting away." The Flash assured.
"Let's get these bozos up ahead of us first and then we'll worry about the idiots at the Shiny Diamond." Joe said.
"All right." The Flash nodded.
"We're gonna run out of room, though." Joe eyed the back of the car.
"I'll take care of that." The Flash assured before he sped out.
"What do you think he meant by that?" Eddie asked before he noticed that the Flash had put Joe into the thieves' car on the driver's seat, while the driver was on the passenger seat of Eddie's car as he chuckled. "Oh, that's what he meant."
"I think we lost them." The other thief said.
"Oh, no, you didn't." Joe said, pointing his gun at him. "And by the way, you're under arrest."
The thieves in the jewelry were about to leave before Patty entered with her gun ready, alongside with Joe and Eddie. "Not so fast." Patty said.
The Flash sped in, disarming the thieves. "You guys missing these?"
"On the ground. On the ground." Eddie ordered.
The thieves fell on their knees as Joe, the Flash and Patty laughed.
"So, uh, I'm just curious but, um, have you guys have not heard of me, or what?" The Flash quipped as he high-fived with Patty and Joe before turning to Eddie, who was apparently uncomfortable, still getting used to it. "Nice work, detective."
Later, Hudson University
The following morning, Joe, Eddie, Patty and Barry entered the crime scene.
"Victim's name is Lindsay Kang. Engineering professor at Hudson University." Eddie said as Lindsay's body was put in the bag. "Just got tenure."
"I remember her. She was a good person." Patty said.
"You studied here, didn't you?" Joe asked.
"With triple major." Patty nodded.
"Hey, so her whole body is covered in these puncture wounds you see on her face." Barry said. "Bite marks, maybe."
"Or stings." Patty noted, examining the wounds.
"Whatever it was, she must have gone into anaphylaxis." Barry said.
"Damn." Joe muttered.
"Yeah." Barry nodded.
"We should do a toxicology, run some tests in the lab to determine the cause of death." Patty suggested.
"They can do it faster at S.T.A.R. Labs." Joe said.
"Well, yeah, but I mean, it's just..." Barry shifted uncomfortably.
"It's just what?" Joe asked as they followed him.
"It's kind of weird being there right now." Barry said.
"Barry, you know we have to play it cool with Wells." Joe reminded. "If he finds out we suspect him—"
"I know. I get it. I just think that we should tell Cisco and Caitlin." Barry said as Joe sighed.
"Barry's right, we might need their help." Patty said.
"The more people who know, the more chance Wells is gonna find out we're onto him." Joe said. "What if one of them slips up or panics? Or what if—"
"What?" Barry blinked.
"What if they're not on our side?" Joe pointed out.
"Joe, you're not suggesting…" Patty trailed off as she and Barry stared at Joe.
"No, absolutely not." Barry shook his head. "They're not involved in whatever he's planning."
"I mean, Wells is their boss, their mentor. They've been with him for a long time. I've seen plenty of people make the wrong choice for loyalty." Joe pointed out and they both sighed, realizing he had a point. "Please, do not include them until we can be sure."
"OK."
"All right." Barry and Patty nodded.
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
"Death by apitoxin." Caitlin said.
"Honeybee venom." Wells said.
"Bees. Why did it have to be bees?" Cisco muttered as they were watching the documentary about bees. "Y'all, I don't do bees. Ain't nobody got time for bees."
"When a honeybee stings, the stingers are torn from their abdomen and they die." Wells said.
"We found no stingers in the body or dead bees in the car." Patty said.
"A honeybee can only deposit 0.1 milligrams of apitoxin when it releases its stinger." Caitlin said.
"And yet Ms. Kang was found with enough venom in her system to kill a herd of elephants." Wells noted. "It appears not only is a metahuman controlling these bees but also increasing their toxicity."
"Bees use pheromones to communicate. Is it possible our meta is controlling them through secretion?" Patty asked.
"Anyone wanna join me in getting a beekeeper suit?" Cisco asked.
"I'm pretty sure I can outrun a bee." Barry assured.
"Just don't run into a lake." They turned around to notice that Felicity had entered. "The bees will wait for you to come up for air. Then they'll sting you. Discovery Channel. Turns out there's a lot to discover."
"Felicity, what are you doing here?" Barry asked, confused.
"Can you guys come outside for a sec?" Felicity said, pointing to the door as they raised their brows.
They were outside S.T.A.R. Labs looking at the sky, just staring, which had taken a few minutes by that point.
"What exactly are we waiting for, Ms. Smoak?" Wells asked before Felicity pointed up to the sky as they saw some black spot.
"Up there." Felicity said.
"Is that a bird?" Caitlin asked.
"It's a plane." Cisco said, looking closely.
"No, it looks like a man." Patty said as the spot revealed itself to be a man in a metal suit, who landed on the ground, cracking it.
"It's my boyfriend." Felicity said as the man took off his helmet, smiling.
"Hi. I'm Ray." Ray smiled.
"So he seems a little tall for you." Barry noted as Ray was in the lab, with Caitlin examining him.
"Barry Allen, are you jealous?" Felicity whispered teasingly.
"No, no. I'm not jealous. I just... I really wish you would have called before flying in." Barry said.
"Oh, no. He flew. I drove." Felicity shook her head.
"Felicity, seriously, you guys kind of picked up a bit of a bad timing for coming to visit." Patty said.
"Why? What's going on?" Felicity asked, confused.
Ray went out before Barry and Patty could explain as he took a breath. "Ah. My ears popped, so that's something."
"You're lucky you didn't break your neck. What is it with billionaires being superheroes?" Caitlin muttered as Cisco was examining the suit.
"So have you picked a name yet?" Cisco asked.
"I'm kind of partial to the Atom." Ray did a gesture and imitated a flying sound.
"Are you married to that, or...?" Cisco frowned.
"Your A.T.O.M. suit. Quite the technological achievement, Mr. Palmer. I'm impressed." Wells noted.
"And he is never impressed." Caitlin said.
"Well, thank you. But I can't quite seem to keep it up." Ray said hesitantly.
"He means the suit." Felicity said upon noticing the look on Caitlin's face.
"Yeah, I mean the suit." Ray said as Felicity neared him, holding him by his arm and Barry wiped his face and Patty suppressed a smile, noticing the unintentional innuendo. "I can attest that everything else works fine. There's nothing we need to fix in that area."
"The sex is great." Ray chuckled awkwardly.
"God, there's two of them." Caitlin said.
"I know from Felicity that you have been very helpful with Barry and the Flash suit. And I was hoping to get another set of eyes on my..." Ray paused as Felicity held him tightly.
"Problem?" She asked.
"...problem." Ray nodded as Wells nodded too.
"Any friend of the Arrow's is the friend of—"
"Hell, yes." Cisco said, enthusiastic.
"Uh, guys, we kind of have a lot going on already." Barry said, not wanting to deal with Ray and Felicity, considering the newest case and Wells.
"We've got a metahuman killer controlling a whole swarm of bees." Patty said.
"Cool." Ray smiled before noticing the look Felicity shot at him. "I mean, awful."
"I'm sure Caitlin and I will provide ample support." Wells assured.
"And I will be happy to sit this one out." Cisco said, much to their surprise.
"You...?" Barry paused.
"Ray, why don't you stay here and work on your suit, while I go with Barry and Patty to Jitters for some java?" Felicity asked.
"Sounds like a plan." Ray nodded.
"Yeah, I could use a coffee." Patty nodded as they left, while Wells eyed them in suspicion.
Later, CC Jitters
"You know I left Starling City to get away from the mood and brood." Felicity said as she, Barry and Patty picked their mugs of coffee from the counter. "But it looks like it followed me here."
Barry sighed. "I know. I'm sorry. It's like we said before, now is not the best time."
"Barry, I have been through enough with you to know when you're holding something back." Felicity said as they sat down. "Is this because I told Ray your secret? Because he is trustworthy, Barry. He wants to help people, like you." She assured.
"Yeah, I know." Barry nodded.
"Look, we have no doubt that Ray can be trusted, Felicity but really, you guys picked kind of a bad timing and we don't want to put you in danger." Patty said.
"In danger of what?" Felicity asked, confused.
"Barry, Patty, hey." Eddie said as he approached them.
"Eddie, hey. Uh, you remember Felicity." Barry said as Eddie turned to her.
"Of course." Eddie nodded.
"Hey." Felicity smiled.
"Great to see you."
"Yeah."
Felicity noticed how on edge Eddie was. "What is wrong with you? Is everyone in Central City in a bad mood? I thought Central City was supposed to be the fun one."
"It's just, um..." Eddie glanced at her uncomfortably as they realized what did he mean. "It's not—"
"Felicity knows." Patty said.
"Wow. So everyone but Iris." Eddie grumbled, annoyed.
"It feels that way." Barry shrugged, drinking his coffee.
"How do you lie to everyone you care about?" Eddie demanded.
"I ask myself that every day." Patty muttered.
"For starters, don't think of it as lying. Think of it as protecting her from getting hurt. With a fib." Felicity said.
"But Iris can tell I'm hiding something." Eddie said with a pleading look. "And it's putting this distance between us."
"I have an idea. Why don't we all go to dinner tonight? A little wine and dine is sure to bridge the gap." Felicity suggested, smiling. "Come on, we all had fun last time."
"Sure. Why not?" Eddie chuckled.
"A triple date? Well…" Patty shrugged.
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
"So you put solid oxide fuel cells into the belt?" Cisco asked as he and Ray were examining the suit, while they were in the lab, where they had the trap for the Reverse-Flash.
"Yeah, that's the only place to hide the hardware." Ray nodded.
"Hmm. Well, they should be generating enough energy to power the suit." Cisco mused. "It could be the operating temperature. I mean, you're essentially..."
"…overheating the system, yeah, I figured." Ray nodded.
"But if we insulate them with a ceramic compound…" Cisco mused.
"…we may improve the operating efficiency." Ray smiled, impressed. "You really are quite clever, Cisco."
Suddenly, Cisco got a strange Déjà vu.
"Some would say I'm the reverse." Wells said as Cisco turned around, shocked to see him on his feet. "You're incredibly clever, Cisco." He then plunged his hand into Cisco's chest as he fell down, dead.
"How do you turn this thing on?" Ray asked before he noticed Cisco staring. "Cisco? You OK?"
"Yeah." Cisco nodded, quickly recovering. "I haven't been getting enough sleep, so..."
"Cisco, we need you up here." Caitlin called out as the alarm went off and they entered the Cortex. "Killer bees are at it again."
"Get ahold of Barry." Wells said.
CC Jitters
"Another bee attack. Folston Tech." Barry said, looking at the alert on his phone.
"I'll see where Joe is." Eddie nodded as he and Patty ran out.
"'Bee' careful." Felicity quipped.
"For real?" Barry shot her a look.
"Bad pun, sorry. Just don't die." Felicity said as Barry ran off.
Folston Tech
The Flash entered and saw a dead man in suit on the chair in an office, with stings on his face. "I'm too late."
"Where are the bees?" Cisco asked.
"I don't know. There's no sign of them." The Flash said, looking around before he saw a swarm of bees fly out of the man's mouth. "I found them." He sped off as the bees started to follow him. "Uh, how do I get out of here?"
"Take the northeast crossways. The quickest way out of the building." Cisco said.
Barry followed his instructions but ended up at a dead end as the bees cornered him. "Guys, they're everywhere! I'm surrounded!"
Patty drove in before she saw the Flash get out with the swarm of bees surrounding him before they flew away. "Oh, God. Barry!" She exclaimed, running towards him, shaking him. "Barry, come on, wake up." Patty pulled out her phone and dialed Cisco's number, while she administered chest compressions. "Cisco! Barry's got no pulse!"
"Step away from him!" Cisco ordered.
"Why?" Patty demanded as she stopped.
"We need to jumpstart his heart. There's a defibrillator in the suit." Cisco said, running towards the computer as Patty stepped back.
A moment later, Joe drove in and panicked upon seeing unconscious Barry. "Oh, God, Barr…"
Suddenly, Barry jolted twice before he gasped for air.
Patty and Joe sighed in relief as she helped Barry get up. "Oh, God, Barry. You OK?" Barry nodded as she hugged him tightly. "Don't ever scare me like that again."
S.T.A.R. Labs
"That is it for the defibrillator. It is completely fried." Cisco said as he examined it.
"You're lucky to be alive, Mr. Allen." Wells said.
"I was very specific that you not die." Felicity glared at Barry.
"Yeah, it's a pretty big thing for her." Ray said.
"Cisco, what happened out there?" Barry demanded. "I followed your directions exactly."
"I'm sorry. I led you the wrong way. The schematics that we had, they, um, weren't up to date." Cisco said.
"They weren't up to date? What do you mean? That's never happened before." Barry said, confused.
"And what? You think Cisco was trying to get you killed?" Felicity joked.
"No. Why would he do that? That doesn't make any sense." Barry said, uncomfortable as Patty shivered.
"I know. That's why I was joking." Felicity assured.
"Barry, it's our job to protect you, and today we failed." Wells said as they turned to him. "But that will just serve as a warning for all of us to be more vigilant in the future."
"Good news. The apitoxin is out of your body. Your levels are back to normal." Caitlin said.
"Terrific." Barry said, quickly putting on his suit. "Patty, Ray, Felicity, we're gonna be late for dinner."
"Are you sure that's wise, Barry?" Wells asked.
"You just died." Caitlin said.
"I think we should postpone the dinner." Patty said.
"Yeah. We could totally cancel." Ray nodded.
"I'm fine. Alive. Hungry. All right?" Barry said as he walked off. "Let's go."
Later
Ray opened the door to the restaurant, letting Barry, Felicity and Patty in as Iris and Eddie were waiting at the table.
"Oh. Thank you." Felicity smiled before turning to Eddie and Iris. "Hey, guys. Wow, Iris, check you out."
"Hi, Felicity." Iris smiled, hugging her before pulling away.
"Guys, this is Ray Palmer." Felicity introduced him as Ray offered his hand.
"Hi. Nice to meet you." Ray said, shaking his hand with Eddie.
"Lovely to meet you."
"Mr. Palmer, your table is ready." The waiter said.
"Great. Shall we?" Ray said.
"Yes." Felicity smiled, holding his arm.
"Hey, how did he get a reservation here? We've been trying for months." Iris asked Barry.
"I don't know." Barry shrugged as Iris chuckled.
"Here's your table, sir." The waiter said as they noticed that the entire restaurant, save for the staff, was empty.
"I thought it'd be nice if it was quiet, so I bought out the entire restaurant." Ray said before noticing everyone staring at him. "Too much?"
"Just a tad, sweetie." Felicity said nervously.
"So how did you two meet?" Eddie asked Ray as they sat at the table.
"Work." Felicity said.
"Well, actually, I bought the company where Felicity was employed and so, she was forced to join me at Palmer Tech." Ray said.
"It's not as creepy as it sounds." Felicity added immediately.
"So you two work closely together." Iris noted as Felicity nodded. "Interesting. I guess you guys share all your thoughts and feelings and..." She glanced at Eddie, who shifted uneasily.
"Yeah, I share everything with Felicity." Ray chuckled.
"It's nice that you guys have that level of communication." Iris said as Eddie tried to keep a straight face.
"Oh, well, no, not "every" everything." Felicity said. "I mean, sometimes it's good to just shut up, heh."
"I get that." Eddie nodded. "Some things are better left unspoken."
"And there are things one is better off not knowing." Patty added, trying to stop the argument from escalating.
"Really?" Iris raised her brows. "I don't find that to be true." Eddie pouted, shivering nervously as Barry and Patty were trying to find a way to defuse the tense atmosphere before seeing the waiter.
"Finally. I'm starving." Patty sighed in relief.
"Our first course on the tasting menu is a quail-egg frittata. Bon appétit." The waiter offered.
"Barry, I gotta admit, I envy you spending so much time at S.T.A.R. Labs. Harrison Wells is like a personal hero of mine." Ray said. "I mean, it's amazing just actually being in the same room with him."
"I guess…" Patty said, her and Barry trying to suppress the shudders.
"Yeah." Barry smiled before getting up. "I'll be right back. Just excuse me."
"OK." Ray nodded.
"I… probably should check in on him." Patty said, as she got up.
"And I… have to pee." Felicity said, following Patty and Barry.
"Hey. You guys have been acting strange ever since Ray and I got to Central City." Felicity said. "What is going on? Don't say it's a bad time. Oliver might be joining the League of Assassins, Laurel is Black Canary, and Thea is training with Malcolm, so I know about bad times."
Barry and Patty stared.
"Look, Felicity…" Patty took a breath. "We and Joe recently found out that… Wells isn't who he said that he is."
Felicity looked completely confused.
"He..." Barry swallowed. "He is the man that killed my mother."
Felicity looked completely floored, staring in disbelief. "Oh, my God. But he's been helping you."
"Get faster, stronger. I know." Barry nodded, wiping his face.
"Why?" Felicity demanded.
"I wish we knew, Felicity, we just don't know who to trust anymore." Patty said.
"So you think Cisco and Caitlin are helping him? That's impossible." Felicity said incredulously.
"Is it?" Barry raised his brows.
"They were trying to save you today. They did save you." Felicity reminded.
"Wells has also saved me many times. I thought that Wells was a great man. And we were so wrong about him." Barry said, frustrated. "What if we're wrong about everything else too?"
"Hey, guys." Ray entered before Felicity could say anything. "Uh, things are getting a little intense in here." He chuckled.
They returned to the table but noticed that Eddie and Iris had left before Barry's and Patty's phones went off as they picked them up.
"Uh, emergency at S.T.A.R. Labs." Barry said.
"Go." Felicity said as Barry sped off, while Patty ran out.
S.T.A.R. Labs
Cisco was using a fire extinguisher and Caitlin was using Ray's blaster to take out the bee as it neared Wells, who was about to get up before Barry sped in, trapping it in a vial.
"Thank you." Wells said as Barry handed the bee to Cisco.
"Let's see what makes this bee so poisonous. Ugh." Cisco said as he went to the microscope.
"You saved my life." Wells said and Barry was resisting the urge to glower.
"That is one odd-looking bee." Caitlin noted.
Cisco zoomed onto the bee, noticing that it was a robot. "That's because it isn't a bee at all. It's a robot."
"No way." Caitlin said as they looked at the bee closely.
"Unbelievable. This bot's got a 360-degree vision system." Cisco said as he, Barry, Patty, Caitlin, Wells, Felicity and Ray were examining the bee at the computer. "I mean, we're talking multiple microcameras, all coming from various angles at the same time. Which means..."
"…it can see all around the room at once. That is amazing."
"Amazing." Ray and Cisco said in unison.
"Creepy." Patty said.
"It's also next-gen hardware that's nowhere near the market." Wells added.
"So we're not dealing with a metahuman." Felicity realized.
"It's just a mad scientist." Barry said.
"Cisco, you said that the second victim, Bill Carlisle was a robotics engineer. Let's cross-reference his previous employers with those of Lindsay Kang's." Wells said.
"Allow me. Mama's been away from the keyboard for far too long." Felicity sat at the computer as Patty shook her head.
"Felicity, you do realize this isn't your turf, right?" Patty noted.
"Sorry." Felicity pulled away awkwardly.
"It's OK." Cisco assured before he pulled out Kang's and Carlisle's profiles.
"They both worked at Mercury Labs." Barry said.
"Let's call Joe. I think it's time we paid a visit to an old friend." Wells said.
Later, Mercury Labs
"Twice in one year, Harrison. You really are vying for comeback scientist of the year." McGee said as she entered.
"Always a pleasure, Christina." Wells smiled.
"To what do I owe this visit? Did you find my tachyon prototype, or are you here to blackmail me for another one?" McGee asked.
"Do you have another one?" Wells asked, curiosity all over his face.
"Two of your former employees, Bill Carlisle and Lindsay Kang, were murdered recently." Patty said as Joe handed McGee the photos.
McGee gapped, shocked. "My God. I wasn't aware."
"Stung to death by robotic bees." Wells said.
"You're looking for Brie Larvan." McGee said after a moment, handing Joe back the photo.
"Brie Larvan?" Barry repeated.
"A quite brilliant roboticist who once developed miniature mechanical bees for agricultural use. Kang and Carlisle warned me that Brie was weaponizing the bees for military use, so I terminated her." McGee said.
"Well, it seems that you would be on her hit list too, doctor." Joe said.
"You've got to let us keep you safe." Wells said.
"I'm all too familiar with your inability to protect things, Harrison." McGee sneered as she sat down. "I can take care of myself. Good day, gentlemen. Detective Spivot."
"Thank you." Joe nodded as they left.
Later, CC Jitters
"Where is Ray?" Barry asked as he and Patty sat across Felicity.
"He's working on his suit with Cisco." Felicity said.
"He seems like a nice guy." Patty noted.
"He is a nice guy. Just like Cisco and Caitlin. Girl." Felicity said.
"Why did you want to meet?" Patty asked.
"I know that you're in a tricky situation, but that's when you need your friends to have your back. And how can they if you won't let them?" Felicity asked.
"It's not that simple." Barry said. "What if Joe is right and I tell them and it backfires?"
"Felicity, it's not that Wells is their boss, he's also someone they look up to, their mentor and hero." Patty said.
"And my hero." Barry sighed, frustrated. "Look, it... we just don't know what to do."
Felicity took a breath. "When I first met Oliver... before I knew he was the Arrow, he would... he would ask me to do weird things for him. Like decrypt a bullet-ridden computer or hack some company. And when I would ask him why, he would come up with these ridiculous excuses. And I always knew he was lying, but I would help him anyway. You know why?" Barry and Patty listened. "Because I knew Oliver was a good person with a good heart. Cisco and Caitlin, they're no different."
Suddenly, Patty's phone went off as she answered the call. "Yeah? Wait, Cisco, slow down." She hung up. "Barry, we gotta go."
"What?" Barry asked.
"The bees. They're heading towards Mercury Labs." Patty said as they got up and walked out.
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
"How do we stop them?" Barry asked as he was putting on his suit.
"She's gotta be remotely piloting those bees from somewhere." Wells said.
"We need to stop this bug-eyed glasses woman." Cisco said.
"And her mini-bandits." Ray added before he and Cisco looked at each other, smiling. "Bug-Eyed Bandit."
"Got it. She's in an abandoned greenhouse." Felicity said, tracing the signal.
"Barry, you have to take out Brie. It's the only way to stop those nano-drones." Wells said.
"What about Dr. McGee?" Barry demanded.
"The defibrillator in your suit is broken." Caitlin said.
"You go anywhere near Mercury Labs, you're done." Patty realized.
"The bees can't penetrate my suit." Ray noted. "I'll go."
"Whoa. We haven't tested out the new power system yet." Cisco said.
"We'll do it now." Ray said.
"I'm following you." Cisco nodded.
"I'm driving." Caitlin nodded.
"And I'm kissing you." Felicity kissed Ray.
"Felicity, see if you can trace Brie's signal and shut the bees down somehow. I'll take her in." Patty said.
Central City
"Found her." Ray said, flying in his Atom suit and seeing the bees trying to penetrate the window to McGee's office at Mercury Labs.
"Felicity, can you jam their frequency?" Cisco asked.
"I already tried, but I might be able to redirect them onto a new target." Felicity said.
"Ray, get ready for incoming."
"We have the technology." Ray said, flying up and blasting the bees before they started following him.
The Flash sped into Brie's lair. "It's over, Brie." She turned around from her computers. "I know you're trying to kill Dr. McGee. You think that she betrayed you. I can imagine how that feels."
A few moments later, Patty entered, aiming her gun. "Call off the bees. Now."
"You think you understand the sting of betrayal? I'll show you what it means to be stung." Brie sneered as the bees flew out, chasing the Flash and Patty and surrounding them before they were pushed into a corner.
"Barry, I hacked into the bees' frequency. I'm controlling them." Felicity said, typing away.
"OK, Cisco. Now what?" Ray called out as the bees were chasing him.
"Ray, get to the ocean. If the bots follow you into water, their electronics will fry." Cisco said.
"Got it." Ray said before realizing something. "Wait, but so will my suit." He dove into the river as the bees followed him and malfunctioned before Ray flew out, his suit malfunctioning too. "Cisco, I'm fried. I'm losing propulsion control."
"Can you see the van?" Cisco asked.
"Yeah." Ray nodded.
"We'll catch you." Cisco said.
"You will?" Ray asked.
"We will?" Caitlin asked at the same time.
"We will." Cisco nodded as he opened the back door.
"All right." Ray said.
"Keep it steady!" Cisco shouted.
Ray flew in as his suit stopped working and crashed before he took off his helmet.
"The Atom lives." Cisco quipped as he and Ray high-fived, laughing.
"Felicity, right now would be a good time to do something!" The Flash exclaimed.
"Stay away from my friends." Felicity sneered as the bees were inches away from Barry and Patty.
"Felicity! Hurry!" Patty panicked.
"Got it." Felicity said as the bees stopped working and fell down, while she shot up from her seat. "Boom! Drop the mic!"
Patty aimed her gun at Brie, who raised her hands in surrender. "Brie Larvan, you're under arrest for the murder of Lindsay Kang and Bill Carlisle." She cuffed Brie, who glowered.
Ray, Caitlin and Cisco went out from the van before Cisco saw one of the bees fly out from Ray's suit, nearing them. Cisco got in its way as it stung him and then Ray and Caitlin turned to him in worry as Cisco was panting out.
"Are you OK?" Ray asked before Cisco slumped to the ground.
"Cisco!" Caitlin cried out as she knelt down, applying chest compressions. "Come on, please. Wake up."
"Cisco has been stung. He's going into shock." Ray called out.
"I'm on my way." Barry said as he neared them. "Hold on, back up. I'm gonna try something." He charged his hands and used them as defibrillators, trying to revive Cisco by shocking him.
Cisco suddenly gasped for air as he got up.
"Cisco." Barry said as Cisco held his hand.
"Either my fear of bees is over, or it just got a lot worse." Cisco said.
"Thank God you're OK." Caitlin sighed in relief.
"I've never had anybody take a bee for me." Ray quipped. "Thank you."
"You're welcome, bro." Cisco chuckled.
"What is it with you guys getting stung by bees?" Patty said as they all laughed.
Later, CCPD
"Dr. McGee." Barry noticed McGee come into his lab.
"May I come in?" McGee asked.
"Yeah, of course. What can I do for you?" Barry asked.
"I wanted to apologize. I should have listened to you when you warned me about Brie." McGee said. "Perhaps next time I will take the CCPD's offer of protection."
"After we lost your tachyon prototype, I can understand why you were hesitant to trust us." Barry assured.
"Thank you." McGee nodded, about to leave before Barry got up.
"Can I ask you something?" Barry asked as she turned around. "I couldn't help but notice some tension between you and Dr. Wells."
"That's all in the past." McGee shook her head.
"Do you mind if I ask what happened between you two?" Barry asked.
McGee took a breath. "I ask myself that same question all the time. Fifteen years ago, Harrison and I were thick as thieves. We were promising young scientists in Starling City. He was such a kind man. Then everything changed after Tess died."
"They were gonna get married." Barry nodded.
"I understand how grief can affect someone, but this was more than that. It was like after that day..." Her face turned grim. "...Harrison Wells became a completely different person." Barry nodded. "Good day." She smiled before walking away.
"Bye." Barry said as Patty and Joe entered.
"Doctor." Patty greeted.
"How's Cisco?" Joe asked.
"Happy to be alive. And sad that Ray is leaving." Barry said, sitting down. "It was a really brave thing he did, risking his life. Selfless."
"Yeah, definitely was." Joe nodded.
Later at night, Cisco and Caitlin entered Barry's lab. "All right, all right. Who's ready for some..." Cisco made a high-pitch singing voice. "...karaoke?"
Then he and Caitlin stopped upon noticing Barry's, Patty's and Joe's faces.
"We are not going to karaoke, are we?" Caitlin realized.
"No. Um..." Barry pointed at the evidence board. "This is everything we know about my mother's murder and the Reverse-Flash. I've been gathering information on him for a long time." He pulled the board to reveal more evidence. "And this is everything we know about Dr. Wells."
"I don't understand. What do Dr. Wells and the Reverse-Flash have to do with each other?" Caitlin said, her and Cisco confused.
"Um..." Barry looked at Joe and Patty awkwardly.
"They're one and the same person." Patty said.
"That's impossible." Caitlin shook her head in denial.
Barry took few steps towards her. "Look, Caitlin, it took me a long time to believe it too but it's him."
"Dr. Wells is a speedster? He's paralyzed." Caitlin said, sceptical.
"Is he, though?" Joe raised his brows.
"And why would he kill Barry's mother? It doesn't make any sense." Caitlin turned to Cisco, who was just staring. "Cisco? Say something."
Cisco spoke up, clearly uncomfortable. "I've been having these dreams. Mostly at night but sometimes during the day. But they don't really feel like dreams. They... they feel real."
"What happens in the dream?" Barry asked.
Cisco shuddered, clearly uncomfortable. "Dr. Wells is the Reverse-Flash. And he kills me." He revealed, much to everyone's shock.
Anyone else finds it stupid how Felicity tries to take over the computers at S.T.A.R. Labs due to how possessive and annoying she is? Another example is in the second crossover, where she doesn't let Cisco near her computers in Team Arrow's lair.
So, what do you guys think?
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