"You ready?" signed Hartley.
Claudia nodded.
Yes, said Grodd.
Claudia peered round the wall of her room where she could just see Eobard, Zoom and the metahuman she imagined Cisco would have named Firework. She counted down from three on her fingers and Hartley put on his sound wave gloves. When she reached one Hartley distracted the three of them while Claudia focused her power on Zoom and threw him against the wall. He was about to run at her when she strengthened her forcefield, leaving him trapped.
Behind you, cautioned Grodd.
Without even looking Claudia slammed a wall of energy into Eobard, which winded him and threw him across the room.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Eobard, which Grodd relayed to Claudia.
Claudia mock-frowned. "Let's see. You kidnapped me, threatened my brother and oh yeah – you're evil!"
Hartley got the signal working, said Grodd.
Claudia kept up the forcefield holding Zoom, but turned to Eobard. "Tell me where we are."
Eobard said nothing.
Claudia raised her left hand to throw more energy at him.
"Beneath S.T.A.R. labs," he signed, too afraid to speak.
Claudia switched on her watch. "Hello. It's over. I'm ok. Eobard said we're somewhere underneath S.T.A.R. labs."
…..
Jem ran into the underground room, where he saw his sister and a flood of relief hit him so strongly he nearly fell over. His hands almost moved of their own accord, telling Claudia how much he missed her and how worried he had been.
"It's alright," was all she said. That's when he noticed she was different, older.
Barry, Cisco and Caitlin entered the room as well. Eobard was slumped against the wall, as if he didn't dare move, and Claudia seemed to be holding a man in a black flash suit in some sort of mystical choke-hold.
"What happened?" breathed Barry.
"These two were plotting to kill me and Hartley," said Claudia.
"How did you-?" signed Jem.
Claudia smiled. "Right, yes. We have a lot of explaining to do."
"We?" asked Caitlin.
"I'll explain everything as soon as you get these two to the Pipeline."
…..
"But you, Grodd and Hartley defeated them all by yourselves," repeated Jem in fascination.
"Like I already said three times, yes!" laughed Claudia.
"Here's my concern," said Caitlin. "Not only are your powers getting stronger, but you seem to be developing new ones as well. Telekinesis, forcefields, all kinds. We need to run more tests and see if this could happen to other metas as well."
Claudia stood up. "That's fine, but right now I think we all need a cup of coffee. Anybody for Jitters?"
THE END