"Wait, so Iris, you're this Speedstress?" Joe asked his daughter.
"Yeah." Iris said.
"And Barry?" Joe asked, looking at him.
"Flash." Barry said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Joe asked.
"Same reason we had that fight about me joining the CCPD, you're ridiculously overprotective. You can't seem to understand that I'm not a little kid anymore. I'm an adult who can make her own choices. Not you." Iris said, right as the computers beeped.
"Perfect timing." Cisco said.
"Is it the man in yellow?" Barry asked.
"No, it appears to be some nut carrying a handheld snow machine." Cisco said.
"I'm on it. Stein, Ronnie, Firestorm up, something tells me we're gonna need the heat. Cisco, see if you can ID where the weapon came from." Barry said and they nodded as Barry sped off after suiting up with Ronnie and Stein merging into Firestorm and following him.
"I'm going to." Iris said as she made move to leave.
"No you're not young lady. We are finishing this conversation." Joe said as he grabbed her arm.
"No we're not. There's nothing to left to say that I want to hear, since it'll all just be a bunch of overprotective nonsense." Iris said as she yanked her arm away.
"Iris, I am your father and we are going to have this conversation." Joe said.
"If you 2 are going to do this, can you please take it to another room, since we need this room to monitor the situation and we'd much rather not be made to feel awkward." Cisco asked.
"We'll be in your workshop." Iris said and Cisco nodded as they left the cortex.
"So, say your piece quickly, since there's nothing you can say that'll stop me doing this." Iris said.
"I'll ground you if you do this." Joe said.
"A, I'm not a kid, you can't ground me anymore and B, you do realize I can sneak out without you even realizing it." Iris said.
"Iris, why do you need to put your life on the line like this?" Joe demanded.
"I could ask you the same question. Why do you put on that badge and constantly put your life on the line. You think I don't worry about you everytime you go out on patrol? I do, but I still have faith that you'll make it back. And now I've actually been given a gift that will let me help people to, but you don't have the same faith in me." Iris said.
"Iris." Joe said.
"No seriously dad, I have all the confidence in you to stay safe out there without hovering over you. Why can't you do the same for me?" Iris asked, leaving Joe speechless.
"That's what I thought. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go help Barry." Iris said as she sped off, leaving her father speechless.
When Speedstress arrived at the scene, she found Flash and Firestorm trying to deal with none other than Captain Cold himself, Leonard Snart.
"Where'd you get that thing?" Flash asked, since Cisco hadn't made the gun.
"I know a guy at Kord Industries who can make anything if you pay him the right amount and I needed something to slow you down." Cold said as he blasted the Flash with his gun, sending him flying backwards.
"Let's see which is stronger. The flame, or the frost." Firestorm said as he lobbed a fireball at Snart, which collided with Snart's cold ray, causing an explosion, giving both Speedstress an opening to run up to her boyfriend.
"You okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, it's just been awhile since I've been hit by that gun." Flash said.
"Maybe Snart should know what it's like to get hit by lightning?" Speedstress said.
"No, Thawne doesn't know I'm fast enough to do that and quite frankly, since we've never seen him do it, there's no guarantee he knows and I'd rather not reveal that ability to him yet." Flash said and Speedstress nodded in understanding, relieved they'd turned off their comms for their conversation.
"So, what do we do?" Speedstress asked.
"He can only target one of us at a time. I'll draw his fire, you take him out." Flash said as they watched Snart put out Firestorm.
"Copy that." Speedstress said as they went to work.
"Hey Snart, is that all you got?" Flash asked.
"Hardly." Snart said as he fired his cold gun at Flash, who just simply dodged and weaved his attacks, never once trying to go on the offense himself.
"Come on, what are you waiting for?" Snart asked.
"That would be me." Speedstress said with a grin as she speed punched Snart in the jaw before cuffing him and confiscating his weapon.
"The crook is apprehended." Firestorm said into his comms.
"CCPD is already on their way." Wells said over the comms.
"Then let's get gone." Flash said as he and Speedstress sped off and Firestorm flew after them.