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Resistance base, 2039
Night
"Seems like Ray and I were almost finished before we died." Cisco looked from the blueprints to the near completed device in front of him.
"Can you finish it?" Conner demanded.
"Give me a couple hours; I'll be on my way home." Cisco promised.
Star Labs, 2016
Night
"So they hold Metahumans down here? That's…pretty cruel. Even by League of assassins standards." Sara said as she and Oliver walked down into the pipeline.
"I don't exactly like it either but what's the alternative? Send Metahumans to prison, where they can break out? Until jails have the technology and manpower to hold Metahumans, this is the best we can do." Oliver said regretfully.
Sara nodded, not fully agreeing but not wishing to argue. Sara ran her hands across the wall and accidentally pushed down. As she did, one of the cells lifted up, revealing the prisoner. Sara gasped and Oliver followed her gaze. Oliver stepped back, feeling like he was about to be sick.
"Well, I guess you two are alive…on this earth." Laurel smiled sadistically.
"I see…this is quite a conundrum," Martin muttered as Barry played the footage of Cisco getting sucked into the breached, "do you have any idea what might have caused this?"
"We think that Cisco trying to get a clear image of the vibe might have caused him to unintentionally open a breach." Caitlin explained.
At that moment, Oliver and Sara stormed into the room. Without warning, Oliver crabbed Barry by his shirt and slammed his back against one of the consoles. Barry cried out, more from surprise than pain, as Joe pulled out a gun and aimed it at Oliver. However, Diggle took out his own gun while Nyssa notched an arrow, both taking aim at Joe.
"Were you ever gonna tell us, huh?" Oliver growled.
"About what?" Barry said bewildered.
"About Black Siren." Sara snarled and Team Flash understood what was happening.
"Who's Black Siren?" Roy asked, wondering what was going on.
"Laurel, from Earth-2. AKA one of the Metahumans they are keeping prisoner here." Sara said angrily and Team Arrow was stunned for a moment before it turned into anger.
"Are you kidding me? You didn't think we had a right to know that?" Diggle demanded roughly.
"She's not Laurel from your earth." Caitlin reminded them.
"We had a right to know." Nyssa said in an icy voice.
"Laurel, no matter which version of her it is, should not be down there. None of those people should." Oliver growled.
"We have nowhere else to put them where they won't be a danger to anyone." Joe protested and was met with scoffs.
"That is bullshit. Barry owns Star Labs; he can give Iron Heights the tech they need to create cells capable of doing just that." Diggle said angrily.
"I never thought you would do something that would make me not trust you. I was wrong." Oliver let go of Barry and stormed off.
Resistance base, 2039
Later
"And that part should go here." Cisco muttered as he put the part on the almost time machine.
"Wait, shouldn't it go a little to the left?" Natasha asked and Cisco paused.
"You're right. You must get your brains from your mom's side of the family." Cisco said and Natasha laughed.
"We got trouble!" Conner shouted as he suddenly burst into the room. "They found us. They must have followed us when I brought Cisco here."
"The time machine isn't ready!" Cisco shouted panicked.
"Nat, help him get it ready. The others and I will stall them. Cisco, get back to your own time, make sure this future never happens!" Conner shouted before rushing out.
"Come on, let's get to work. We don't have a lot of time!" Cisco shouted and they got to work.
Star Labs, 2016
Later
"He's right, we should have told them." Barry said glumly.
"Don't say that Barry. We've done the best we can." Joe told him but Barry shook his head.
"No. we criticize Oliver for his methods, but we are not saints, we are just as bad. We tell ourselves we're better, but we're not. We have our own personal prison, we answer to no one. At least Oliver's prison on Lian Yu is under Argus jurisdiction. Something has to change." Barry said as he turned and started walking away.
"Barry, where are you going?" Caitlin called after him.
"To do the right thing." Barry called back before speeding off.
Iron Heights prison, 2016
Later
Hugo Strange, warden of Iron Heights, was at his desk, packing up for the night when he sensed he wasn't alone. He looked up and saw his guest.
"Well well, what does the Flash want with me?" Strange raised his eyebrow.
"I'd like to make a deal Mr. Strange. Regarding the Metahumans in this city." Flash told him, his voice echoing.
Resistance base, 2039
Later
"John!" Lian shouted as a beam struck John through the chest, knocking him down as he bled out.
"Don't lose your head!" Conner pulled her back. "I know it hurts, but we can't forget what we're doing. Our job is to hold them back long enough for Cisco to go back to his own time so none of this ever happens!"
"Okay," Cisco said as he and Natasha finished setting up the time machine, "now let's turn it on."
Natasha flipped the switch and it lit up, creating a light and whirling motions. Cisco smiled. It was time for him to go home.
The army of robots, each as tall as any human man, walked down the hall. An arrow hit the ground in front of them before exploding. The robots scattered before resuming their fire. Lian was hit in the shoulder crying out as she fell to the ground. Dustan jumped up, firing at them as Conner dragged their cousin out of the line of fire. Suddenly, a beam struck Dustan, punching a hole clean through his chest, where his heart was. Conner watched in horror as his little brother fell to the floor, dead.
"And that's my ticket home," Cisco said as he stared at the breach in front of him and Natasha, "well; it's been nice knowing ya Nat."
"Don't tell anyone about me or my friends. Otherwise, we may never be born." Natasha advised and Cisco nodded.
"Well, here goes nothing!" Cisco shouted before he jumped through the blue portal, disappearing into it.
Natasha turned off the device just as the door burst open. She whirled around just as Conner and Lian fell into the floor. Seeing Cisco gone, Conner fired an explosive arrow at the time machine, destroying it.
Star Labs, 2016
Later
"What the hell is going on?" Roy demanded as everyone rushed into the room to see a breach open.
"I don't know, it just opened up." Caitlin said worriedly.
Archer's drew their bows while Joe and Diggle drew their guns. They all waited until Cisco jumped out of the breach. He rolled onto the floor as the blue portal vanished behind him. Everyone lowered their weapons as Caitlin rushed over to Cisco.
"Oh my god, Cisco are you okay?" Caitlin asked as she checked him for injuries.
"No." Cisco deadpanned as he sat up.
"Where were you?" Wally asked as they all ran down to meet him.
"The future. Guys, I have so much I need to warn you about." Cisco told them grimly.
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