Snart, who had been wearing his anti-telepathic communicator had watched as Astrid followed Amunet out of the bar. He had waited for a little while before he got to his feet, ensuring that it would be safe to emerge from his spot. He nudged Sara and Mick who had also been wearing their own anti-telepathic gear. The three of them had feigned falling unconscious as they knew that it would lead them to Amunet's base.
"Should we wake up the princess' friends?" Mick asked them.
"No, we don't have enough time!" Sara said.
The three of them went to leave, when Barry's voice stopped them. "The three of you were going to leave without us? That's not cool! We're a team!" he woke up Harry, Cisco and Caitlin as he spoke.
"Look, we're wasting time when Amunet has Sutherland." Leonard said.
"I know where her base is," Caitlin said, looking at Sara. "But it's heavily fortified. We will need a plan."
"Plans never go to plan. Let's just storm the base." Mick said.
"And risk Sutherland's life in the process? No, Mick. You know our motto…" Leonard replied.
"Since when do you care about Astrid's life?" Cisco snapped, "If it weren't for the two of you, she wouldn't have come here in the first place."
"And I'm guessing that if it weren't for you abandoning her by the bar… you could have breached her back to safety, instead of trying to play the hero." Captain Cold snapped back.
Cisco glared at him and raised up his hand ready to shoot a blast in his direction.
"Now, now… We need to work together," Sara replied, "While I do agree with Leonard in this situation… Fighting is not getting her back. Let's just come up with a plan… and then see how things turn out."
"I'll run in and rescue her quickly." Barry said.
"But then we are still left with Amunet. We need to stop her indefinitely, or she will just break out of prison and start again." Sara said.
"We can always lock her in the pipeline." Caitlin said, "Please tell me we're not going to kill her."
"Then we're stuck with a psychopathic meta-human who could convince Frost to free her at any time." Harry replied.
"Frost can be trusted! To keep her in there. She wont betray us!" Caitlin snapped.
"Caitlin's right. Frost's proved her worth many times." Barry said.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Right now, we get Astrid out of there as fast as possible." Sara said.
Astrid was brought to an abandoned hotel building filled with meta-humans at every post. Fortifying the hotel was a large high fence which looked like the perfect barrier to keep out intruders.
It was the perfect place to create an army. "Now, dear. You will grow to love it here." Amunet told her.
"I doubt that." Astrid said under her breath. "You know that people will be looking for me."
"That's when you will make them all believe that you have died. Your friends included."
Amunet led her to her own room, and locked her alone, inside. The room was just as fortified but complete with its own toilet, bed and sink. It was like her own prison cell, only in better condition and more privacy. She sat down on the bed and the pain from her back from her tattoo began to hurt all the more. So she stood back up and looked around her surroundings.
She banged on the window, it was made from impenetrable glass. There was no smashing it. She banged on the door, willing for someone to open it. But no one came.
Barry ran through the gates that surrounded the old abandoned hotel, carrying a box of power dampening cuffs, immediately setting off the alarms. It was the perfect distraction, which allowed Cisco to breach the rest of the group inside the grounds.
As Barry fended off a large crowd of meta-humans, knocking them unconscious and cuffing them in place. He noticed his friends emerge from the breach. They ran towards the hotel.
His distraction was paying off. But as he stood to watch his friends, he was shot by a bullet which hit him in the back, bringing him to the floor. Caitlin heard the sound of the gunshot and looked over. Seeing Barry brought to the floor, she immediately ushered the rest of the group into the hotel and ran over to him. As she ran over to him, she turned into Frost and threw an ice blast at the shooter.
Frost examined the bullet in Barry's back. "This is going to leave you temporary out of the fight, Barry… and it's going to hurt… but it's better than the alternative!" she said.
She placed her hand over his wound, making him grimace in pain as she froze the wound, numbing his body. Frost allowed Caitlin to take over, who panicked at first, but seeing the man that she loved in this much pain, she overcame her fear and tried to calm him down.
"Barry, I need to dislodge the bullet, or it's going to kill you. You need to remain still!" She said. She looked around but couldn't find anything to use. Barry was growing weak. "Caitlin, you're going to have to do it fast." He told her as he kissed the back of her hand to give her courage.
"Okay. I'll do it." she said. She groaned, going against every medical rule that she had ever known, as she stuck her fingers into his wound, digging for the bullet. She gasped, as she felt it go a little deeper, any closer and it would kill him. She managed to pull it out with her finger and thumb and threw it to the floor. "Okay, It's out!" she said.
"Thanks, Cait! I didn't feel a thing. Remind me to thank Frost for the help later! But we need to go and join the others." Barry replied. Caitlin helped him get to his feet but he was really struggling. "Barry, we're not leaving until you've healed!" she decided.
"Alright, this is a pretty big hotel!" Cisco declared, "We're going to have to split up."
The group were standing in the entrance way, behind a wall so they wouldn't be caught.
"Harry and I will look for Amunet," Sara said. "At least with his thermo-gun we can do twice the damage and while there's only two of us we have less of a chance of being detected."
"And leave me with these guys? Why can't I go with you, Sara?" Cisco asked her.
"Because, I'd think you'd want to find Astrid and breach her the hell out of here asap. And at least with Mick and Leonard's help you have extra firepower! Now, stop arguing and go!"
While Cisco was glad to be able to go looking for Astrid, he had no interest whatsoever working with Captain Cold and Heatwave. He noticed that the two of them had already run up ahead and had begun taking out meta's. He followed out after them, reluctantly, and begun blasting their foes unconscious.
"It's about time you showed up, nerd!" Mick gruffed as he intimidated his enemies with his large flame gun. "Let's just get this over with. Where's Captain Cold's gun?" he asked, noticing that Leonard was using his fists to fight.
"That metal woman bent it…" Snart snapped back, "After this, you'll be making me a new one! A better one!"
"What? No! You took my girlfriend to a bar and got her kidnapped… not to mentioned you kidnapped us too!" Vibe called out angrily as he sent another blast. They had taken out all of their foes at that point.
"Stop fighting the pair of you! Let's go save the princess!" Mick gruffed as he led them up the stairs.
"Your building me another gun!" Leonard said spitefully as he bypassed Cisco, who grumbled and followed all the same.
Sara and DR Wells found Amunet standing in the kitchen surrounded by metal utensils. The moment the two of them entered the room, they had knives and forks immediately flung in their direction. Harry ducked behind the counter and aimed his weapon at Amunet.
"Who would bring a gun to a knife fight?" Amunet asked him. She flicked her wrist, willing for the gun to come to her, only it didn't. It confused her.
"I should tell you this weapon isn't made from any materials that you have on your earth!" Harry said, just as Sara jumped out from behind her, knocking her to the ground.
Unfortunately, Sara was stabbed in the back and the legs with a couple of knives that charged her way. Leaving Harry left to fight with his thermo-gun.
"Caitlin. I've healed enough to run. Most of these meta-humans are all innocent! We need to get them to safety. We can't just leave them here." Barry said.
"Alright, can you open the gates? We'll get them out of here!" Caitlin told him.
As Barry went to open the gates, Caitlin spoke calmly with Amunet's followers, appealing to them. She removed their cuffs, giving them all the benefit of the doubt, though she and Barry were ready to fight back if needed.
Fortunately, for Barry and Caitlin, they were afraid and wanting to go home so they agreed and left them in peace.