Outside Star Labs

Night

"What is this?" Joe asked as he, Barry, and Oliver stood outside where a supply truck was parked.

"Argus transport. Lyla hooked me up," Oliver explained.

"I expected a bit…more," Barry admitted and Oliver shrugged.

"Where better to hide than in plain sight," Oliver noted and Barry nodded.

"Well, I'm a little disappointed this was the best you could do," Thawne said as he walked over and the other three men glared his way.

"Did you find a way to make sure The Metas can't get out?" Barry asked, glaring at Thawne as he smirked.

"Did you ever wonder how I was so much faster than you? Of course you did," Thawne said, not waiting for Barry to respond. "My wheelchair. I had a battery powering me, making me faster. By using that, I was able to create an energy dampener that will create a pulse powerful enough to nullify our friends' powers so you can get them to the airport without them causing any…unfortunate accidents."

"Alright, let's do this. Plane's gonna be here in two hours," Barry ordered.

Central City

Later

After dousing the Metas with knockout gas, they loaded them into the truck. With Barry keeping traffic from running into them, Joe, Oliver, Ronnie and Stein drove the truck, Oliver and Joe following from a motorcycle and police cruiser respectively. As they parked, Barry sped up and they all got out of their vehicles.

"Let's get this over with," Joe said disgruntled.

"For once we agree. Here they come," Oliver said, pointing up as the plane came into view.

Star Labs

Later

After making sure that the device would keep working, Barry, Oliver, Joe, Ronnie, and Stein returned to Star Labs. They walked into the cortex to see Caitlin and Henry looking over-

"Eddie!" Joe said as he rushed to his partner's side.

"Hey Joe," Eddie said weakly as Barry approached.

"Eddie, I'm so sorry, I looked everywhere for you," Barry said and Eddie smiled weakly.

"It's fine, although we clearly have a lot to talk about," Eddie said as he eyed the Flash suit Barry was still in and Barry winced.

"Yeah, we do" Barry agreed.

"But not right now. How is he?" Joe stepped in.

"His vitals are fine, he's just dehydrated," Henry assured him.

"The IV should help with that, but he should drink plenty of fluids and stay off his feet," Caitlin explained.

"But otherwise, he should be fine," Henry finished.

"Can I go home?" Eddie asked and the two doctors nodded.

"Just get plenty of rest," Caitlin told him and he nodded as Henry removed the IV from his wrist.

"I'll make sure he gets home and that Iris knows he needs to rest," Joe assured her as he helped Eddie to his feet.

The others watched as Joe helped Eddie out of the room. Once they were gone, Barry turned to Caitlin and Henry.

"How'd you find him?"

"They didn't," Barry, Ronnie, Oliver, and Stein turned as Thawne walked in. "I told them where to find him. As a…gesture of good will on my part."

"You have no good will," Ronnie spat and Thawne chuckled.

"Perhaps Ronnie, but I am the only chance you have of making sure this all goes according to plan," Thawne said mockingly as they glared at him. "Which, since the Accelerator is now empty, we can get started."

"Okay, so how fast would I fast to be going to create the worm hole?" Barry asked.

"At least Mach two," Thawne explained.

"You've never gone that fast," Caitlin said worriedly as she looked over at Barry.

"And what happens if Barry doesn't reach that speed?" Henry demanded.

"He'll die," Thawne said callously and Henry paled as Caitlin looked over at Barry, silently pleading with him not to do this.

"Let me worry about how fast I have to go," Barry told them stubbornly.

"Okay, if you're so much faster than Barry, why don't you do this yourself?" Oliver demanded and Thawne chuckled.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple Mr. Queen. When I killed Nora, I lost my speed. I only get it back in short bursts. Bursts which I cannot control. Which is why I need something else from you," Thawne said and Caitlin let out a humorless laugh.

"Of course, because you haven't asked for enough! Haven't taken enough. What else could we possibly have to give you!?" Caitlin demanded, shuttering with emotion as she glared at him.

"I need your help to build a time machine," Thawne said and they all stared in shock. "Due to my lack of control over my speed, I cannot run into the worm hole as Barry can. I've been storing the parts here since the accelerator explosion."

Not long after, Barry, Thawne, and Ronnie were in the work shop, Thawne and Ronnie going through parts as Barry watched, trying not to glare at Thawne. Ronnie spotted some tiles and picked them up.

"We've got a problem," Ronnie said and they looked over at him. "These tiles are made of Tungsten."

"I know, they have the highest melting point of any other element," Thawne said smugly.

"Yeah, but the dust it generates is flammable. The pressure it exerts from the worm hole-"

"Could cause a hole to be melted into the exterior, thus causing an explosion. You're right, I should have accounted for that," Thawne mentally scolded himself as he considered what to do next. "We need to cement the tiles with a cobalt resin. It'll prevent degradation in the extreme heat."

"Glad we're still good for something," Ronnie said bitterly.

"I never underestimated your contributions Ronnie. Or Cisco's. But I don't belong here, in these barbaric times," Thawne tried explaining.

"Is that what you told yourself when you shoved your hand into Cisco's chest?" Barry snarled and Thawne stared back impassively. "I can still see his face on that video. How you called him a son before you crushed his heart. That image is burned into my memory. Did you feel anything when you killed him or was he just another in the long line of people you've killed?!"

"Barry," Ronnie interrupted as Barry's heavy breathing filled the room. "Maybe you should take a walk."

"Yeah…maybe I should," Barry gave a jerky nod before turning and storming out.

"Ronnie-" Thawne began.

"Just don't talk," Ronnie interrupted him curtly. "Let's just get this done without speaking to each other as much as possible. You lied to us, used us as pawns, and then you killed Cisco. The only reason we're helping you is because it'll help us get Cisco back. So shut up and get to work."

Thawne was disappointed but nodded. He would be gone soon anyway, he reasoned, so what Ronnie, Caitlin or any of them thought about him made little difference. So he and Ronnie got to work in silence.

The device nullifying The Metas powers didn't go on the fritz like it did in the show because Thawne has more experience using the tech than Cisco does, plus he wants Barry on his side so he'll give him what he wants, making Thawne be extra careful that nothing goes wrong.