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CCPD
Singh looked around the precinct as he approached Barry, Patty and Joe. "Where is Thawne?"
"He took some personal time." Joe lied.
"Yeah, uh, Eddie's been going through some stuff, captain." Barry added.
"Some family drama." Patty added, clutching her hip, the wound still not fully healed.
"Yeah, aren't we all?" Singh said dryly. "You got anything on these gold store robberies? Perps hit two more in the last week and we still got nothing."
"We're working on it." Joe said.
"We're just waiting on some final results from the lab." Barry added.
"Yeah, well, pick up the pace. And see if somebody can contact the Flash, maybe he can help speed things up." Singh said as they raised their brows. "You know what I mean. Get going."
He left as Patty turned to Barry. "You got something?"
Barry shook his head. "No. I mean, I've looked everywhere."
"Keep looking." Joe ordered.
"Of course, yeah." Barry nodded.
Barry was in his lab working on some reports as Iris entered. "Hey."
"Hey." Barry looked at her before putting on his jacket. "Uh, I'm heading out right now. What's up?"
"Something happened. And I'm not supposed to say anything, but I couldn't keep quiet." Iris said.
"What happened?" Barry asked.
"The Man in Yellow, he took Eddie right in front of me." Iris said.
"Oh, my God." Barry tried to act shocked as he placed his hand on Iris's shoulder but she stepped back, clearly uncomfortable. "Are you OK?"
Iris shook her head. "No. No, not at all."
Barry wiped his face. "No, I—"
"The Flash was there. He told me to go home and not to talk to anyone because he would fix it, but he hasn't. I think the police should be out searching for Eddie." Iris said.
Barry shook his head as he picked his bag from the locker. "No, Iris, I—"
"My Dad needs to know the truth." She continued.
"Uh... I think that... the Flash is right." Barry said. "Joe and the cops, they're no match for the Man in Yellow, Iris. They would just get hurt."
Iris stared at him. "So you think the Flash is out there, right now, searching for Eddie?" She asked, skeptical.
"I'm sure he's doing everything he can to find him." Barry assured.
"Yeah, well, I'm finding it pretty hard to trust the Flash right now." Iris sneered.
"Well then, trust me. OK?" Barry saw how disappointed she was. "Look, I'm so sorry about all of this. I… Everything is gonna be OK. I have to go." He left as Iris stared.
"Is everything OK?" Patty asked as Barry entered her car.
Barry sighed. "Iris. She's quite pissed about me not looking into Eddie."
"We're gonna find him." Patty promised. "We have to." She drove to S.T.A.R. Labs.
S.T.A.R. Labs
"Hey." Barry and Patty then noticed Cisco working on some cameras as they entered the Cortex. "You planning on keeping all those cameras Wells used to spy on us?"
"What are you, a stalker?" Patty shook her head.
"First rule of mechanical engineering, dude. Never waste good tech." Cisco said as they chuckled before the computer bleeped. "Central City Gold Reserve's under attack."
"Gold?" Barry asked.
"That's the case Singh wanted us to work on." Patty realized.
"I'll be right back." Barry sped off.
Central City
An armored assailant with a machine gun shot at the guards before the Flash showed up. "You picked a bad day for this, pal." Suddenly, flashes of doctors experimenting appeared in front of him as the Flash got a massive headache and he fell down, groaning. The thief seemed to stagger on his feet before he ran away.
The Flash stared, puzzled at what happened. "What was that?"
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
"Your eye movement is normal. No signs of neurological damage." Caitlin said, flashing Barry's pupils with her flashlight.
"Do you think the thief might have been a metahuman who put the whammy on you or something?" Cisco wondered.
"Hey, look, I don't know. When Rainbow Raider got in my head, all I felt was anger." Barry said. "But this was not that. This was... just overwhelming fear."
Cisco examined the footage as he saw the thief staggering on his feet at the same time Barry was dazed. "Huh. Looks like when you went down, the thief got disoriented too."
"Maybe we both got whammied." Barry realized.
"Then you know how it feels." They turned and were shocked to see that Iris had entered. "Hi, Barry. Or should I say the Flash?"
"Hey. What happened?" Patty asked as she entered before she saw on the monitors Barry in the treadmill room with Iris. "What is Iris—"
"She knows." Cisco said as Patty widened her eyes.
"What? How?" Patty demanded.
"How did you find out?" Barry asked.
"When I touched the Flash... the other night, I felt a jolt of electricity." Iris said. "The only other time I have ever felt anything like that was when you were in a coma... after the accident." She scoffed. "I can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner."
"I can only imagine how angry you are." Barry said.
"I'm not angry, Barry. I'm just disappointed." Iris corrected as Barry nodded, pacing.
"How does Patty know? How long has she known?" Iris asked.
Barry sighed. "Since I woke up. She put it all together."
Iris wiped her face. "Does Eddie know?"
Barry sighed again. "Yes, he does."
"Is that why he got kidnapped?" Iris inquired.
Barry shook his head. "No, I don't know why Wells took Eddie. I—"
"Dr. Wells is the Man in Yellow?" Iris demanded, staring in disbelief.
Barry sighed as she wiped her face. "Everything he's been doing... helping me... it was all a lie. Wells killed my mom."
"Is he gonna kill Eddie?" Iris asked, her voice breaking and eyes getting wet.
"No, he's not. I'm gonna get Eddie back, I swear."
Iris scoffed. "Yeah, the Flash said the same thing."
"Look, Iris, you have to believe me. There were so many times I wanted to tell you." Barry pleaded. "But then everything started getting crazy. And I thought maybe Joe was right—"
"Wait, wait, wait." Iris interrupted him. "You're telling me that my dad knew and he told you not to tell me?"
"He was trying to protect you. We all were." Barry explained.
"Yeah, well, maybe it's time you guys stopped." Iris sneered, getting up before she glared at Patty too.
"Iris—"
"Stop." Iris glared. "I thought we were friends, Patty."
"We are." Patty pleaded.
"Yeah, right now I'm having a hard time believing you." Iris sneered, walking off as Patty sighed.
Later, CCPN
Later at night, Iris was going over the old articles about the death of Barry's mother as Joe entered. "I heard you talked to Barry." Iris ignored him. "So this is what my cold-shoulder treatment feels like." He sat across her. "Look. Baby, the way I went about things, maybe… No, I was wrong. I was just trying to keep you safe."
Iris stared at him. "You know, that excuse is getting really old. First, it was the police academy, and then it was dating Eddie, and now this."
"Sweetheart, you know what the Man in Yellow is capable of. He killed cops. He killed Mason Bridge." Joe said.
Iris stared in shock. "Wells killed Mason?" Joe nodded. "And you're covering that up?"
Joe shook his head. "No. No. No, no, no. If the world finds out about Wells, they find out about Barry. I'm trying to keep him safe."
"Did you ever stop to think that looping me in would keep me safe?" Iris demanded angrily. "That if I knew what was going on out there, I could prepare for it? Maybe I could've helped you and Barry put the bad guys away instead of being in the way."
"Believe me, I ask myself that question every single day." Joe said. "Every time you post something about the Flash on your blog—"
"Dad, it's not just about Barry being the Flash!" Iris exploded as she shot up from her chair. "You know what? If any of you had been honest with me, maybe Eddie would still be here. He wouldn't have gotten involved in this if I hadn't been dating him."
"What are you saying?" Joe asked.
"What I am saying is that what happened to Eddie is your fault." Iris snapped.
"Iris, that's not fair." Joe shot back with a father-like tone that never left any tone for Iris to argue. "Let's say if we had told you that Barry was the Flash. Then what? I mean, what difference would it have made?"
"Dad—"
"Do you even know what Wells is capable of?" Joe demanded as Iris shut up. "He's faster than Barry, he can run through walls and he could put his hand right through your chest and there's no place in this city where he wouldn't have found you or Eddie." He straightened himself, pointing at Iris. "Even if we had told you Barry's secret, what could you have done that would've prevented Wells from kidnapping Eddie?"
Iris opened her mouth and closed it several times but no sound came out as Joe snorted. "That's what I thought." He sighed, wiping his face. "Look, baby, you have every right to be angry at us for not telling you about Barry being the Flash. But don't blame us for something that we had no control over, if we probably would've made no difference if we had tried things differently."
Joe's phone then went off as Singh called.
S.T.A.R. Labs
"I just got a call from Joe. The Central City Gold Reserve is about to transport $300 million in gold bars to their Coast City vault." Barry said as they entered the Cortex.
"According to Singh, the masked guy is gonna try to score his mark with it." Patty said.
"OK, but we still don't know if he's responsible for those weird images you saw." Caitlin said.
"How are they transporting the gold?" Cisco wondered as Barry and Patty chuckled.
Central City
An ice cream truck drove down the road before it hit a landmine and skidded.
"Whoa, the truck just got hit by a landmine." Cisco said.
"Is Joe OK?" Barry asked as he sped towards the scene.
"We don't know yet." Caitlin said.
The armored thief shot down the guards before Joe shot at him as the thief staggered back.
"Freeze! Drop your weapon!" Joe shouted but the thief kept on nearing him. "Don't make me do this."
The Flash sped in, knocking out the thief before turning to Joe. "You OK?"
"Yeah. You?" Joe turned to the Flash.
"I didn't want you to have to shoot him again. And I'm having a pretty bad day." The Flash said.
"So is this guy. Let's see what Goldfinger has to say for himself." Joe lifted the thief's mask before he and Barry stared in shock at seeing his face.
"General Eiling?" The Flash demanded.
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
Eiling was locked up in a cell in the Pipeline but he was staring like a zombie, as if he was in some kind of a trance, with ruffled hair and a need of shaving.
"What is wrong with him?" Barry wondered.
Caitlin shook her head, not knowing. "I pulled a bullet out of his shoulder…"
"Which should hurt like hell." Joe noted.
"…and it didn't even seem like he felt it." Caitlin finished. "I did a complete body scan, and otherwise, General Eiling is perfectly healthy."
"Then why is he just just standing there like some kind of a robot?" Patty wondered.
"I just got off the phone with A.R.G.U.S. Officially, Eiling is on administrative leave." Cisco said as he entered.
"Unofficially...?" Joe inquired.
"I spoke with Diggle's wife, Lyla, and she said Eiling's been missing for the past three months, and A.R.G.U.S. is covering up for it." Cisco said.
"Around the same time you and Ronnie saved Professor Stein and got him away from Eiling, that makes sense." Patty realized.
"I'm sure they're covering that up too." Barry said.
"So where has he been since then?" Joe wondered before turning to Eiling. "General Eiling, why were you trying to rob the gold reserve?"
Eiling just stared.
"Maybe he's in some kind of a trance?" Caitlin asked.
"General? Do you remember me?" Barry asked.
"Flash." Eiling said but his voice was… deeper. Rougher.
"Wait, how does he know you're the Flash?" Patty wondered.
"I don't know." Barry looked puzzled as he turned to Eiling again. "General—"
"Eiling not here. Eiling... bad." He said, like a three-year old.
"Maybe ifs some kind of psychotic break presenting itself as dissociative identity disorder?" Caitlin wondered.
"Caitlin." Eiling said as she blinked. "Caitlin... good."
"Oh, uh, thank you?" Caitlin said, uncomfortable.
"Mm. Forget multiple personalities. You guys have seen 'The Exorcist', right?" Cisco mused.
"You and your movies." Joe shook his head.
"I'm not sure if it's demonic possession." Patty said.
Joe turned to Barry. "Keep talking to him. He seems to respond to you."
"Uh, why is Eiling bad?" Barry asked.
"Eiling... hurt me. I hurt... Eiling." "Eiling" said.
"OK. Uh, so if you're not Eiling, then who are you?" Barry inquired.
"I... am… Grodd. Fear me." Grodd said as Barry, Joe and Patty looked confused, while Cisco and Caitlin looked alarmed.
"Who or what is Grodd?" Patty wondered.
In the Cortex, Cisco and Caitlin showed them a footage of a caged gorilla.
"Oh. Grodd is a gorilla." Barry realized.
"Five years ago, Eiling and Wells were working on a project to expand soldiers' cognitive abilities during battle." Cisco explained.
"What we didn't realize is that Eiling was trying to create soldiers with psychic abilities." Caitlin added.
"What do you mean, psychic?" Joe asked with a confused look.
"Eiling was trying to create these super-soldiers with telepathic and telekinetic capabilities." Cisco explained.
"But when Wells found out about the terrible experiments that Eiling was doing, he shut down the project." Caitlin said.
"So our psycho-killer has a soft spot for animals. That's sweet." Joe drawled.
"What happened with Grodd?" Patty asked.
"We… don't know." Caitlin said hesitantly. "After the particle accelerator exploded, I went down to check on him and his cage was empty."
"So he could've been affected by the same energy that hit Barry." Joe realized.
"Not a metahuman. A meta-gorilla." Patty said, shuddering from the thought.
"When the dark matter hit Grodd, all the drugs and serums that Eiling injected him with could've activated. Maybe the accelerator explosion created a meta-gorilla. I think we know what happens when a super-intelligent ape, who's pissed off at humans escapes captivity." Cisco said, enthusiastic.
"Please, don't tell me that apes are gonna conquer the world." Patty groaned.
"Cisco's right. About the first part." Caitlin said, showing them the brain scan on the monitors. "This is the first brain scan that I did on Grodd."
"Whoa. His primary motor cortex and Broca's area are lit up like a Christmas tree." Barry noted.
"From Eiling's experiments." Caitlin said as she showed another brain scan. "And this is the brain scan that I just did on Eiling. His brain is lit up in the exact same way."
"So Grodd and Eiling are connected somehow." Joe deduced.
"I think that somehow Grodd is transmitting neural signals to Eiling's primary motor cortex. Mind control. Telepathy. Who knows what Grodd is capable of now?" Caitlin wondered.
"What do we think Grodd wants? Revenge?" Barry inquired.
"Wells rescuing Grodd and that gorilla showing up at the same time we're looking for Wells is quite convenient." Patty noted.
"Grodd and Wells did have a special bond." Caitlin nodded.
"It wouldn't surprise me if Wells was using Grodd to distract us." Joe said.
"We find Grodd, we find Wells." Patty listed. "We find Wells…"
"…we find Eddie." Iris said upon entering. "And I'm gonna help."
"Know anything about gorillas?" Caitlin asked.
Iris smirked. "I just might." She approached the computer. "There have been reports of some sort of animal down in the sewers."
"Mm. Alligators." Cisco mused as everyone stared at him. "C.H.U.D.'s. R.O.U.S.'s." He closed his eyes, annoyed. "Am I the only one who watches movies around here?"
"Uh, a few months ago, two sewer workers went missing. The search party reported hearing strange, animal-like noises down in the tunnels." Iris read.
"Do you know where exactly did they go missing?" Patty asked.
"Uh, 5th Avenue and 10th Street." Iris read.
"There's an access point to the sewers about two blocks east of that intersection." Cisco said as he sat down.
"I'll start there." Barry said.
"Not alone. We're coming with you." Patty said, turning to Joe.
"Huh. Wading through miles of rats, roaches, and human excrement? Count me out." Cisco shook his head as they shot him a look and he glowered. "Count me in."
"It's your monkey." Joe reminded.
Later, Central City
Barry, Patty, Joe and Cisco were walking down the sewers with flashlights and placing flares. "Cisco, take the rest of these flares, light them, drop them as we go. It's our path back." Joe ordered. "Give me that banana." Cisco handed him a banana as Joe took a breath. "OK. Stay close."
"Definitely." Barry said.
"I'm not going anywhere." Cisco said.
"We got your back." Patty said.
"I can't believe I'm down here looking for a supernatural gorilla. I'm terrified of regular gorillas." Joe muttered before they heard something.
"Did you hear that?" Patty asked.
Joe noticed some rats on pipes. "Oh. Oh."
They continued walking down the sewers before Cisco saw some scribbled writing on the walls. "Whoa. Hey, hey, guys. Look at this. Incredible. Looks like we're in the right place."
"Uh, what exactly are we looking at?" Patty wondered.
"Grodd. He's evolving." Barry realized as he saw some more coherent words written and drawings, which apparently described how Eiling had treated Grodd, when he had been caged.
"He's getting smarter." Patty realized.
"Getting smarter. Great." Joe grumbled.
They neared the end of the tunnel before they heard growl as they turned around.
"If I hadn't seen Jurassic Park, I wouldn't be nearly as frightened right now." Cisco muttered as clanging echoed throughout the sewers.
A dreadful idea occurred to Joe suddenly. "So if he's getting smarter, you think he might be getting bigger too?"
"I have a bad feeling about this." Patty muttered.
The noise got louder as they paled. "That must have been a truck passing over, right?" Joe asked before they saw a shadow around the corner, causing for Cisco's helmet with the flashlight to fall as he panicked.
Barry fired from his tranq gun into the darkness but he then groaned in pain, seeing visions of Grodd being experimented on as he fell down.
"Barry!" Patty cried out before Grodd showed up, knocking Barry and Patty away.
Joe fired from his shotgun as Cisco neared Barry and Patty. She had recovered as she measured Barry's pulse.
"We gotta get out of here." Joe ordered.
"Barry's knocked out." Patty said. Grodd then showed up from above, grabbing Joe.
"Joe!" Patty and Cisco cried out.
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
"You're experiencing a spike of activity in your primary motor cortex." Caitlin said as she showed Barry his brain scan. "It's the same thing we saw in Eiling. The images you saw were some kind of psychic attack by Grodd."
Iris sighed, folding her arms and her eyes getting wet. "First, Eddie gets taken by the Man in Yellow, and now my dad—"
"We're gonna save both of them. I promise you." Barry assured her.
"Hold up." Cisco stopped him as Barry turned to him. "I put a tracker in the tranq dart you shot Grodd with. As soon as it activates—"
"Cisco, I can't wait for that. I will search every inch of that sewer if I have to." Barry said.
"But what if you can't find them? You can't beat him, Barry." Patty pointed out.
Caitlin nodded. "Patty's right. What happens if Grodd takes over your mind the same way he did with Eiling?"
Barry sighed. "Can you guys build me something? Some kind of tech so he can't get into my head?"
Cisco shook his head. "I don't know. Maybe if Dr. Wells were here."
"I don't understand." They turned to Iris. "Every day you guys figure out a way to help people. All of the Flash's powers and all of this equipment and you can't save Eddie and my dad?" She left, hurt.
"We'll figure something out. Fast." Barry said before following Iris into the corridor. "Iris."
"I can't get that sound out of my head. My dad screaming." She turned around to face Barry. "Why did he insist on going down there with you? He is always preaching about being safe but not once does he think about running into danger himself."
"Iris—"
"No, Barry, he's just a regular cop. And Patty too? How many times she also got hurt? They're not some metahumans with super powers. They're not you." Iris exploded.
"You're right, he's not me. And this isn't his fault. None of this is his fault." Barry said. "Look, yes, maybe Joe told me not to tell you that I was the Flash but I didn't have to listen. I could've told you. A hundred times I could've told you, and I didn't." Iris shook her head, looking at him in disappointment. "Yes, I should've, so you're right to be mad. But don't be mad at your dad. Be mad at me."
"OK." Iris nodded. "OK, explain to me how the person I thought I knew better than anyone has been keeping secrets from me. Big life-changing secrets." Barry wiped her face. "You were supposed to be my best friend, Barry!"
Barry sighed. "I ask myself that every day. Sometimes I wish I had told you. But what difference would it have made?"
"What difference?" Iris scoffed. "You, the Flash… do you have any idea how many lives you've changed? And all those times I've been in danger and you helped me… maybe things had been different. Maybe we wouldn't be in this mess right now!"
"Or maybe it wouldn't have made any difference at all." Barry said as Iris looked hurt.
"Barry—"
"Iris. I understand that you're angry at me. You have every right to be angry at me. But don't blame me for something I probably couldn't have changed at all." Barry said, his tone losing patience as Iris looked hurt as he sighed. "I'm gonna check on Patty, Cisco and Caitlin."
Central City
"You know they're gonna find me." Eddie said, restrained to the chair as Thawne entered. "And you, you're not as smart as you think you are."
"Oh, really? Because I'm a genius where I come from. Imagine how smart that makes me here." Thawne said smugly.
"Because you're from the future?" Eddie snorted and Thawne nodded. "With a name like 'Eobard', I guess you'd have to be."
Thawne shook his head. "Oh, no. Eobard is a distinguished name for a distinguished member of a distinguished family."
"Depressing to think all of my descendants are as crazy as you." Eddie glared.
Thawne laughed. "No, no, no. The Thawne bloodline is chock full of influential politicians, scientists, captains of industry. Failures, such as yourself…" He jumped down, chuckling at Eddie. "…are just the exception."
"And what exactly makes me such a failure?" Eddie demanded.
Thawne sighed. "Tough question, Eddie. Where to start? Oh, how about your career as a police detective? It's spectacularly uneventful." He patted Eddie on his shoulder.
"Yeah, well, we'll see." Eddie snorted.
Thawne shook his head. "No, we have seen. I have seen. I am from the future. And you are the only Thawne to be all but forgotten by history. A waste of a life, a waste of a man and..." He laughed as he approached his device. "Oh, no. You don't even get the girl. I mean, once I'm done here."
"What are you talking about?" Eddie demanded.
Thawne showed him the holographic news article about the Flash vanishing in the Crisis. "Observe, if you will, the byline." Eddie looked closely to see 'Iris West-Allen' on the byline, then changing to 'Iris West', then 'Julie Greer'. "Barry marries Iris and not you. That is, once I'm going to eliminate one more obstacle. That is… Patty Spivot. She was supposed to be just for a short time around. But… once I take her out of the equation."
Eddie glared, trying to free himself from the chair. "Stay the hell away from Patty. If you hurt her—"
Thawne neared his face inches away to Eddie's. "You'll do nothing. Because you can do… nothing."
S.T.A.R. Labs
Cisco showed Barry the headset that he had built. "An anti-telepathy strip. It uses magnetic resonance to neutralize any foreign neurological stimulus."
"Is it going to protect Barry from being mind-controlled?" Patty wondered.
"That's the hope. But we have no way of knowing if it actually works." Caitlin said.
"It'll work." Barry assured before the computer pinged.
"The tracker just came online." Cisco said.
"Did you find Grodd?" Patty asked.
"Yeah." Cisco nodded.
Barry put on his suit before nearing Iris, holding her shoulders. "Iris, I promise, I'm gonna do whatever I can to get Joe and Eddie back."
Iris nodded. "Be careful, Barry."
Barry nodded as he sped off.
Central City
"Barry, what's your ETA?" Cisco called out.
Barry stopped at the sewer entrance. "All right, I'm in position."
"Wait for my signal." Cisco said.
Steams burst from the pipes in the sewers as Grodd roared and ran off.
"Hit it." Cisco said.
Barry ran through the city, trying to deliver a supersonic punch as he entered the sewers but Grodd grabbed Barry's fist and threw him away.
"It didn't work." Patty realized.
"Oh. Here we go." Barry panicked before realizing that Grodd was trying to attack him psychically as Grodd glared. "It's OK, Cisco. The headset's working."
"Yes. OK, uh, try some speed punches on him." Cisco suggested.
Barry sped around Grodd, pummeling him but it had no effect. "This isn't working!"
Grodd grabbed Barry by his throat and threw him through a wall as Barry ended on the subway railroad, while the impact destroyed the headset as it fell off Barry's head.
"Barry!" Patty exclaimed.
"Barry!" Cisco called out.
Barry got up and groaned as Grodd attacked him psychically again.
"Human… weak." Grodd said.
S.T.A.R. Labs
"Barry's brain activity is off the charts. It's way worse than last time." Caitlin said.
"What's happening?" Iris demanded.
"Grodd's attacking psychically. He's paralyzed." Caitlin said.
"Come on. There's a service train coming." Cisco said.
"Can you stop it?" Patty asked.
"I can't stop the train." Cisco said.
"You have to get out of there now." Caitlin ordered but Barry couldn't listen.
Patty neared the mic. "Barry. Listen to me. Focus on my voice. You're stronger than this. You're stronger than anyone I know. Don't let Wells or Grodd beat you. I believe in you. Barry. Please. Get up and fight."
Barry panted out, remembering the times he had been happy with Patty as he got up. "Patty." He got away from the track and waited until it drove off before Grodd lunged at him but another train in the opposite direction rammed him.
Barry sighed in relief before nearing Joe. "Joe."
"Barry." Joe sobbed. "Please, get me out of here."
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
Barry opened the Pipeline, facing Eiling, who was in his cell. "Mr. Allen. How nice of you to visit. Exactly how long do you intend to keep me prisoner?"
Barry opened the door to the cell. "Your brain scan's normal which means Grodd is no longer controlling you. This prison is for metahumans, so you're free to go." Eiling went out. "You will get what's coming to you eventually." Barry added as Eiling turned to him, unfazed.
"I'm not ashamed of my actions, Mr. Allen. You've seen what these metahumans are capable of. Soon your prison won't be enough." Eiling said.
"Not all metahumans are dangerous." Barry said.
Eiling laughed. "You're afraid that I know you're the Flash?" Barry shifted uneasily as Eiling snorted. "Don't get your tights in a twist. I've known for months. If I wanted to come after you, I'd have done it by now."
"But you think you're gonna need me." Barry pointed out as Eiling was about to leave before turning to him again.
"Harrison Wells turned me over to that beast. He used me like a damn puppet. So like it or not, we have a common enemy, you and I. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a gorilla to hunt." Eiling said before walking away.
"Maybe it's a good thing we didn't catch Grodd." Caitlin said as they were in the treadmill. "Where would we put him? I mean, the pipeline isn't exactly equipped to hold a super-intelligent, telepathic gorilla."
"Joe mentioned that Grodd called Wells 'father'." Barry said.
"You think Wells sent Grodd after us?" Patty asked and he nodded. "Why?"
"For the same reason why he didn't kill Joe. I think Joe was right. Everything Grodd did, it was just to distract us." Barry said, putting his hands together before turning to Cisco, who looked worried. "What's going on? You OK?"
"Just thinking about this headset. It wasn't strong enough. You could've been killed out there, man." Cisco sat down.
"No, dude, your tech worked. And it proved that we don't need Wells." Barry assured. "The four of us took on Grodd and rescued Joe. Together, we can do anything."
"Actually, it was the five of us." Caitlin pointed out.
Barry went out before facing Iris, who looked awkward.
"Iris—"
"No." Iris shook her head. "I… I owe you an apology, Barry. I… I shouldn't have taken it out on you. Earlier. I was wrong."
"Iris, I get that you're mad I didn't tell you. But don't blame me for something that I probably couldn't have changed at all." Barry said. "For what it's worth… I still want to be your friend."
"Me too." Iris nodded as he held her shoulder.
"I promise you, I'm gonna find Eddie and I'm gonna stop Wells." Barry promised.
Central City
"So now what?" Eddie asked as Thawne finished building his device.
"Now... I have the key." Thawne said as he climbed up the ladder and opened a hatch to the particle accelerator.
"The key to what?" Eddie wondered.
Thawne inserted some energy cylinder into some slot as the lights in the particle accelerator turned on. "Time to go home."
To an extent, Iris had a right to be angry that Barry had not told her that he is the Flash and that part I understand but her blaming Barry for Eddie being kidnapped by Thawne or Joe by Grodd was stupid and dumb and it's one of the examples, when she unjustifiedly treats Barry badly, which is why WestAllen is an awful pairing, plus, it's not just Barry she treats badly, she later treats Cisco, Caitlin, the Wellses, Joe and Ralph like her lackeys and calls herself the leader of Team Flash, which is stupid, since she had shown no qualities that would make her fit as a leader, plus she has no place in S.T.A.R. Labs, because since when she possesses tech skills almost on Cisco's or Felicity's level or any degree of fighting training, because her fighting Marlize DeVoe was stupid on so many levels.
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