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Present, Central City, four months after Lex's arrest
"Look, man, this job could set us all for life." The thug pleaded with Mark Mardon, who shook his head.
"No. Forget it, I'm out, I'm not gonna risk that the government is gonna hunt us all down again." Mardon walked away as Kyle Nimbus sighed.
"Frankly, I don't blame him. After what Luthor did and how he convinced the public that we're dangerous, I think it's best if we all kept a low profile." Nimbus said.
"Then let's do low-key jobs until we get enough money to go to Mexico." The other thug said as Nimbus considered, looking reluctant before he sighed.
"Look, fine but I'm just gonna do it enough to make them want to get fresh air, if we drop a dead body, the government will be all over our asses again."
A.R.G.U.S.
In her office, Lyla was going over some files and autopsy reports as Diggle entered. "Is everything OK, Lyla?"
Lyla sighed and wiped her face before putting the file on the desk. "Six people are dead, Johnny. In the past four months, they either drowned or were frozen to death, all of them connected to Lex's operation. We need to find the killer fast and stop them, otherwise it's going to be manhunt on metahumans again."
"You think it's a metahuman out for revenge?" Diggle asked.
"Revenge killings, obviously. What I can't figure out is how did this meta track them down. I don't know who the killer is but he or she can control water and has cryogenic powers. And there was only one metahuman with cryogenic powers in Lex's confinement." Lyla said and Diggle nodded.
"Caitlin. But…"
"…she died, I know." Lyla nodded.
"You tried telling Barry or Cisco?" Diggle asked as she sighed.
"Do you honestly believe that they want anything to do with it?" Lyla challenged and Diggle was silent.
Elsewhere
A handsome blonde man with blue eyes was entering his car in a car park as he put his key into ignition before suddenly, the inside of the car was flooded with water and he was trying to get out but the windows were slowly freezing before he started to drown and then, a gunshot followed, shattering the window as the water poured away and the man went out from the car, coughing and gasping for air before looking at the person, who had saved him. "Mercy Graves."
"It appears Caitlin Snow has paid you a visit, Colonel Trevor. What I can't figure out is how she survived. Kane shot her himself and saw her shatter into thousands of pieces of ice." Mercy said.
"Ice melts, Graves." Steve Trevor shrugged as he got up to his feet. "Also, aren't you a wanted woman now?"
"Cleared of charges. I was just following orders. Caitlin Snow wants everyone, who had participated in the project, to pay. You gave us operatives, who helped us." Mercy said.
"I think it's best if you left town… before I call A.R.G.U.S." Steve warned.
"I'm offering you a helping hand. Snow wants revenge. We want to live. And just because the government stopped hunting these metas, doesn't mean that we're done with them." Mercy sneered. "You think that after how A.R.G.U.S. helped in the manhunt for metahumans, she will let anyone walk away with it? What if she goes after your friend, Miss Michaels, next? Or Diggle? What's the saying? 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'"
"You and I are not enemies, Graves. But if you don't leave now… that just might change." Steve warned and Mercy scoffed before walking away.
CCPD
"So, I think the fire may not have been accidental, Barry." Patty said as they were going over the reports in their office. "The fire was lit up by a different fuel than they use in the complex."
"The question is, who did it then?" Barry inquired.
"I think Joe will need to talk with the landlord again. Maybe we're looking at insurance fraud." Patty suggested.
Hub City
Felicity was in a bar, waiting as next to her sat a woman with long black hair in blue jacket and black shirt as she paled.
"Did… did you kill him?" Felicity asked.
"No." Caitlin said, wearing a wig. "I decided that he was not worth it. Trevor wasn't directly responsible for what happened, just a good soldier following orders. Besides, Graves saved him before I could drown him."
Felicity took a breath, not being able to hold it in her anymore. "Why are you doing this? You never told me how you survived. I saw Kane shoot you and you shattered into thousands of pieces."
"I know." Caitlin snapped before taking a breath, reliving it. "Back in 33.1… they did some experiments on me… my powers weren't like of any ordinary meta… my DNA wasn't affected by dark matter but… it had mutated." She closed her eyes and buried her nails into the table as Felicity knew that Caitlin was reliving the pain. "I felt myself shatter into pieces… but I didn't die. I don't know how to explain it… but I felt pieces of myself scattered all over the ground… then melting… going into the drain and it was like all my thoughts were scattered everywhere. And then all those pieces came back together, floating… with one cohesive singular thought. Making everyone pay for what they did to me."
Few months ago
She had no idea how… but she felt herself everywhere in the water. All her thoughts scattered around, disorganized as she was trying to put herself back together. All memories scattered… Barry… that was his name… or that Latino guy… they had a good laugh… all thoughts began to form before she finally felt cold… water… dirt on her bare skin…
A man was jogging down the waterfront before he noticed a naked, dirtied woman at the shore, unconscious as he approached her. "Ma'am? Are you alright?" He gently smacked her on her cheek but she didn't react, except for whispering one word.
"Help…"
The man panicked, pulling out his phone and dialing 9-1-1. "I need an ambulance at the waterfront, now!"
"The DNA tests say that she's Caitlin Snow from Central City… but…"
"What?"
"There are some… anomalies in her DNA. Consistent with metahuman gene, but the thing is that prior to and after the explosion of the particle accelerator, all her medical records have shown that she was human."
Caitlin woke up before clenching her fists as she remembered the torture she had to endure and anger filled her before suddenly, she felt herself melt into water that went down the drain on the floor…
For weeks, Caitlin was squatting in the sewers, naked and trying to learn to control her newfound power. The doctors said that her DNA had gone through further alterations, so maybe her water powers were results of Lex's experiments. She tried to focus and close her eyes before she felt her hand turn into water…
Felicity was in her apartment in Bludhaven, trying to move on from her past mistakes before she heard the sink in her bathroom pour water suddenly and she entered, confused as the water poured down on the floor and morph into legs, a body, and as soon as face formed, Felicity yelped and turned around. "Oh, my God, this is not happening! I must be dreaming! Or going crazy!"
"Felicity." Caitlin said.
"No. You're not her. You're dead. I saw them kill you. You're a shapeshifter." Felicity denied, shaking her head in disbelief.
Caitlin took a breath. "When Slade Wilson attacked us in S.T.A.R. Labs almost six years ago, you already said 'he' and you asked me and Cisco about how Barry was doing. And also, you and I saw Barry crash into a wall when he was trying to run backwards and I assured you that he healed quickly. It's me, Felicity."
Felicity took few shaky breaths before she found her voice but tried not to look at Caitlin, who was wet and naked before she threw at her a jacket. "Oh, my God… how?" She whispered, her voice breaking. "I watched you die."
Caitlin took a breath. "It's a long story."
"Caitlin, you can't be serious. This isn't you talking, this is Frost." Felicity protested.
"No." Caitlin shook her head, her voice full of anger. "It's not Frost, it's me. Some of them walked away, saying that they were just following orders and had no idea. This isn't justice. They all have to pay."
"Caitlin, I want to help you but I won't be an associate to murder. And I won't let you have blood on your hands." Felicity said.
"Didn't you want Chase to pay for Malone?" Caitlin reminded.
"That's not the same thing." Felicity shook her head.
"You can't honestly believe that you would let them walk away with what they did." Caitlin pointed out and Felicity looked hesitant but after a moment, she gave in, when the guilt over going behind Oliver's and Barry's back got the better of her.
Present, Hub City
"I can't do this anymore, Caitlin." Felicity swallowed before turning to Caitlin with pleading eyes. "I don't want to do this anymore. I said I'd help you get justice, not that I'd help you kill them. You're not a killer. You're still my friend and a good person—"
"The Caitlin you all remember is dead." Caitlin snapped. "I'm not Frost, I'm not Caitlin either. I'm the person, who'll make them all pay for what they did to all metas. They took everything else away from me. And when I find them all—"
"What are you going to do after you kill everyone behind 33.1? When is it going to stop? Barry and Cisco need you." Felicity pleaded.
"No." Caitlin shook her head. "Not… not like this. The girl they remember, she's dead."
"Let us help you. Please." Felicity insisted, trying to reach Caitlin, who sighed.
"I've come too far to walk away now." Caitlin turned to Felicity. "What do you have?"
Felicity sighed before showing her a file. "I found where Mercy's living. But please… promise me that you'll stop. I know I hurt you but I still care about you. You're my friend."
Caitlin sighed. "Just her. I'll take her down and then I'll disappear."
"What about Barry? What about Cisco?" Felicity pleaded.
"Considering what I've done, they're better off believing that I'm dead." Caitlin snapped before she got up with the file and Felicity sighed before picking up her phone and dialing a number and sighed in relief as her call was accepted.
"Lyla. I know that you want nothing to do with me but please, listen to me. Caitlin is alive. And I need your help before she does something she'll regret later."
Later
Mercy was loading her gun before Lyla approached her. "If you came here to recruit me, I just might consider it."
"No." Lyla shook her head. "Actually, I came here to make you change your mind about Caitlin Snow."
"She killed six of my colleagues. And I am going to end her, even if I have to suck her into a wet vac, if that's what it takes." Mercy said.
"I'm giving you a chance to save your own life." Lyla said as Steve Trevor approached her with a file.
"Consider this a permanent vacation from the U.S. government. New life, new identity in Europe. All for one thing. You're going to forget about Caitlin Snow. You and all your associates." Steve said.
"Thank you for the offer but I'm not interested." Mercy said.
"Not acceptable." Steve sneered before he looked behind Mercy and she turned around as J'onn J'onzz touched her head, probing her memory.
S.T.A.R. Labs
"Caitlin… is… alive." Barry repeated slowly as Felicity told him the news. "When. Were. You. Going. To. Tell me?"
"I've known for two months." Felicity confessed, looking remorseful. "I wanted to tell you so many times, Barry, I swear but I was afraid that you wouldn't listen to me or that… Caitlin… would—"
"That she would be too far gone?! Or that she would kill you?!" Barry exploded. "Damn it, Felicity, she's one of my best friends and do you know what knowing that she survived, would have meant for me?!"
"Barry. I'm sorry. I really am but I'm trying to make things right now before Caitlin goes too far—"
"She's already killed six people. Their blood is as much on your hands as on hers." Barry snapped. "If she's too far gone… I'll never forgive you."
He sped out from S.T.A.R. Labs…
…and entered the corridor in front of an apartment, when he noticed that the door was opened and Lyla and Caitlin were kneeling at Mercy's corpse lying on the floor, with multiple cuts across her chest and stomach.
"I didn't do it." Caitlin pleaded, with guilty eyes and Barry just watched in shock and horror at the scene.
"What the hell…"
Ten minutes earlier
Mercy was entering her apartment and opened the door before she turned around with her gun aiming at Caitlin's face. "Who are you?"
"You know exactly who I am." Caitlin sneered.
"They sent you to get it back." Mercy said, glaring at Caitlin but not recognizing her apparently, from the look in her eyes. "Didn't they?"
"She made you forget…" Caitlin whispered, realizing what had happened.
"What did you just say?" Mercy scowled, confused.
Caitlin considered. She came to kill Mercy because she would hunt her but considering that Mercy didn't even remember who Caitlin was, what was the point? After a few moments, she turned around, about to leave. "It's not worth it now."
Mercy turned around and aimed her gun elsewhere. "Who are you?"
"You took something from my people. I'm here to take it back." The man said.
"You're never gonna find it." Mercy sneered.
"Oh, we'll see about that." The man said.
Caitlin suddenly heard whishing sounds, like from a speedster before she entered and saw Mercy falling down on the ground, dead, with multiple cuts across her body as she faced a man around 30 years old, with knives. Caitlin looked in shock before the man rushed at her in superspeed. He wasn't as fast as Barry but fast enough to cut Caitlin multiple times across her body before she could blink but every time the blade touched Caitlin's flesh, it turned into water, leaving Caitlin uninjured as her wounds healed almost instantly, to the man's surprise. Caitlin's eyes turned blue as she turned into Killer Frost and she touched the man's arm and he hissed in pain as it froze briefly before he sped away. Caitlin then stared in shock at Mercy lying on the floor, dead as she knelt down before Lyla and Barry entered, looking at Caitlin in shock and horror.
"I didn't do it." Caitlin pleaded as she saw Barry's and Lyla's shocked looks.
"What the hell…" Barry whispered.
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