"Iris, what are you doing?" Joe asked as he saw his daughter looking through some files.
"Looking into something regarding a topic I know you don't want to talk about." Iris said.
"And that is?" Joe asked.
"Mom." Iris said.
"What about her?" Joe asked.
"I've been doing some digging and I found something. Or rather, I didn't find something." Iris said.
"What?" Joe asked.
"There's no record of mom's death anywhere. No death certificate or anything." Iris said, looking at her father pointedly.
"Ok, the truth is that your mother isn't dead. I told you she was because she wasn't the mother I told she was. She just did so many things wrong. What I told you was the type of mother you thought you had because that was the mother you deserved." Joe said.
"Dad, I get it. But, if want to make it up to me." Iris said.
"What?" Joe asked.
"I still have my application for the police academy. You can let me enlist without trying to talk me out of it." Iris said, since even though she had been a pretty good reporter back on Earth One, her true desire was to help people like her father and her boyfriend and now she had a bargaining chip to get her father to agree with her on being a cop.
"Iris." Joe said.
"Dad, I made a mistake letting you convince me to withdraw my application. You want to keep me safe, that's fine, but you can't keep controlling my life or career." Iris said.
"Iris." Joe said.
"Dad I am serious. I'm an adult. I should be able to choose my own career." Iris said.
"As long as you live under my roof, you will play by my rules." Joe said.
"Than maybe I shouldn't keep living under your roof." Iris said, since it was getting harder for her to hide the blasting in and out of the house at superspeed at all hours of the night from her dad.
"Iris." Joe said.
"I need some air. Don't wait for me." Iris said as she walked out the door and once she was sure she was out of sight, she ran, needing to clear her head.
"How's the Firestorm cure coming?" Dr. Wells asked Caitlin.
"Slowly. Professor Stein and Lily should be here soon to help, but in the meantime, I'd like permission to bring in a colleague from Star City on this." Caitlin said.
"Who?" Wells asked.
"A biochemist at Merlyn Global. Sara Merlyn actually." Caitlin said.
"The wife of the CEO of Merlyn Global?" Wells asked.
"We did our graduate studies together at Hudson University. She's also a very skilled physicist. One of Professor Stein's students actually." Caitlin said.
"Really, well then, I'm sure she can be trusted to help her professor." Wells said.
"Who can be trusted to help me?" Professor Stein asked as he and Lily entered the cortex.
"Sara Merlyn." Caitlin said and Stein smiled.
"Yes, or as I knew her, Sara Lance. She was one of my favorite students. Pity I was unable to attend her wedding." Stein said.
"I want to ask her to help with the cure." Caitlin said.
"Of course. She was always a rather bright student." Stein said.
"Wow dad, what about me?" Lily asked.
"Relax Lily. I just say that because Sara was my student and you went to extreme lengths to make sure you weren't. Something about not wanting people to think that I was giving you special treatment because you were my daughter." Stein said and Lily nodded as Iris entered the lab.
"Iris, what are you doing here?" Caitlin asked.
"Cisco said he had something to show me." Iris said as she noticed Lily.
"Hi, I'm Lily Stein." Lily said.
"Iris West." Iris said.
"Lily is here to help with Professor Stein and Ronnie's fire problem." Caitlin said.
"Dr. Snow, I believe that if Lily is going to be a regular presence here than there shouldn't be any secrets, especially since she already knows that her father is Firestorm." Wells said.
"So, what is the secret you're keeping from me?" Lily asked as Iris just grinned as she sped around Lily in a circle.
"You're Speedstress." Lily said.
"I am and I'm here is because Cisco said he was done with my suit." Iris said as Cisco entered the cortex.
"I am and if you'll come with me, you can come take it for a spin." Cisco said and Iris nodded eagerly as she followed him to a mannequin covered by a tarp.
"Please don't tell me the tarp is my supersuit because if you do, I will speed punch you." Iris said and Cisco chuckled.
"Relax and voila!" Cisco shouted as he pulled off the tarp to reveal a sleek looking supersuit that was made up of black pants, a black jacket with a patch of white going down the chest area and a black mask.
"What do you think?" Cisco shouted.
"It looks cool, but are you sure it'll be handle my speed. Last thing I need is end up running so fast that my clothes burn off. Something tells me that won't be good superhero press." Iris said.
"Relax, it's made out of vulcanized teflon, completely heat and abrasive resistant." Cisco assured her.
"Good, then let's take this baby out for a spin." Iris said as her eyes cracked with lightning as she sped off, changing into her new suit and was gone.