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Cadence sighed as she pulled to a stop at the top of the long, winding driveway. She studied the expansive mansion that she had grown up in and managed to completely forget about while she lived her life in Central City. It looked the same; the off-white coating—not eggshell, her mother reminded anyone that came over, but off-white—that shone in the glistening sun, the wrought iron fencing that raced around the property in a menacing warning, but covered in roses in twisting vines to radiating warmth as well. The large bay windows surrounding the front were what Cadence remembered the most; using it as a place to curl up with a book to read, her favorite spot in the winter as it was close enough to the fireplace to feel the heat but able to look out and watch as snowflakes fell. A fountain sat in the path of the driveway, wrapping the asphalt around it, spraying a fine mist through the air. Bushes holding Christmas lights that sat outside year round lined the pathway up to the front door. Despite staring up at the building she called home it felt as if she was visiting for the first time making her feel out of place.

As Cadence continued to sit in the driver's seat, leaning forward and resting her chin atop the wheel, arms hugging it, Brady snapped out of his seatbelt and blasted out of the back of the car leaving the door ajar as he raced towards the front door. Her eyes watched Brady as he ran to the front door of the house and leapt onto Kent as he and Maya stood on the front porch. For a few minute she watched as her son interacted with his grandparents without a care in the world. That had been the point; she wasn't so heartless that she would keep her parents from having a relationship with her grandson and vice-versa. That didn't mean she had to have a relationship with them, besides how many times had they called to ask her how she was doing?

Never.

They always wanted to hear about Brady.

Then again the phone worked both ways but Cadence wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of her calling them first if it didn't have to do with him. As far as she was concerned it was their responsibility to reach out and at least apologize for what they had done. They won't ever apologize because they won't admit they did anything wrong, Cadence reminded herself.

Finally, she pushed open the door, sliding her keys out of the ignition lest she wanted to turn tail and run. Instead, she took her time going to the trunk and taking out their bags before walking up the drive towards her parents.

"Cadey!" Kent said warmly as he smiled down at his daughter. Cadence raised an eyebrow but didn't otherwise reply with anything more than a light sigh which could be interpreted anyway. "It's good to see you, honey. How was the drive?"

"I hope you didn't run into too much traffic," Maya added, smiling warmly as well. "You know Metropolis; something small always backs it up for a few hours at a time." She reached out and placed her hand on Cadence's shoulder before ushering her into the house. "Come in, come in, I'm sure you're hungry."

"I am!" Brady declared, already charging into the house. Once he crossed the threshold, he took off his shoes and placed them by the door. He then turned back to Cadence and looked up at her, eyebrows furrowing together. "I'm kind of tired, too."

"You'll feel better once you get some food." Cadence reached out and ruffled his hair. "You know where the kitchen is, I'm sure Gramma and PaPa won't mind you raiding their refrigerator."

"Not at all," Kent replied. He motioned for Brady to go ahead and started walking after him. "Let's go see what we can rustle up, shall we?"

Cadence watched her father and son leave the room together, her eyes shifting back and forth between the two of them as they went. Their relationship was so simple and so spoiled, as it should be between grandparents and grandchildren. It should've been the same sort of relationship she had with them herself; actually they should have barely been looking her in the eye not warmly greeting her like normal parents always did instead of welcoming her with open arms.

"Is everything alright, sweetie?"

It wasn't until her mother spoke to her that Cadence realized there was a deep scowl on her face. It was everything she had wanted when she first moved out on her own with her baby in her arms and nothing but a small apartment to rent in a city she had never been to before. And they wanted to let her have that now? When she was about to tear them apart again because they didn't tell her that Harrison Wells was her real father?

Life had a funny way of throwing her curveballs and she didn't appreciate it.

"No, Mom," Cadence finally replied suddenly wishing she had stayed in Central City with Barry, Caitlin, and Cisco. "Everything's fine."

"Oh come on, Caitlin, you have to give me something about this guy."

"There's no guy, Cisco."

Cisco raised an eyebrow before an amused smile came to his lips. He turned away from his reflection in the pristine and unmarred silvery wall of Palmer Tech's elevator so that he could give his best friend an indignant stare. "Please, Caitlin, you're talking to the guy that singlehanded got you and Ronnie together—"

"—I seem to remember it was Ronnie that—"

"—and told him the ring to get you, and how to propose, and everything else that a best girl friend is supposed to do. But I'm not afraid to be in touch with my feminine side every now and then." He reached out a hand and placed it on Caitlin's shoulder. "I think I know when there's a guy so let's not beat around the bush here." He cleared his throat, allowing a stern expression to come to his face, completing the look as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Now, where'd you meet him?"

"Cisco…" Caitlin shook her head before reaching up and using the tip of her finger to delicately scratch her forehead. The same thing she always did when she was trying to stall for time, using the movement as a way to hide her face.

The elevator doors dinged open and Caitlin dropped her hand, rolling back her shoulders, before stepping out onto the floor, her heels clacking loudly. Cisco stepped out after her, his converse squeaking loudly in comparison. "You're not getting away from me, Miss. Snow."

"Dr. Snow," she corrected him over her shoulder with a playful smile.

"Your degree aside my curiosity still stands, Dr. Snow. You're not getting out of it yet." Cisco wagged his finger at her back before he hurried back to her side.

They stopped at a large bay window and took in the view of Starling City. It was as big of a hustling and bustling city as their home, but something about it appeared more…regal. Which made sense as some of the more wealthy people lived in Starling, but as far as they could see, the Glades—the poorer part of the city—rested nearby as well. A stark contrast to how the wealthier half lived. Nevertheless it was all a great view to him, allowing him to momentarily forget about Caitlin's mysterious boyfriend.

He hadn't been lying when he said he was the reason Caitlin and Ronnie had gotten together. He and the engineer had clicked almost instantly due to their love of classic movies and video games though they were opposites in many ways. Ronnie was the quintessential frat boy that managed to have every girl fall for him with a smile while Cisco was the nerdier one and he would admit he wondered why Ronnie was at STAR Labs in the first place when they first met but they then became inseparable. Caitlin had longed for Ronnie for a while, often talking to Cisco about it as they had become very close since meeting each other.

If he could see how much she had been lusting after him—she preferred longing but that was just so she could save face—then he would certainly be able to know when she was interested in someone else.

"This view is amazing," Caitlin said softly as the two moved away from the window and headed towards the office they had come to find. "I wish we could rebuild STAR Labs and use the upper floors again. Central City at night is beautiful."

"Yeah," Cisco agreed, shoving his hands into the pockets of his slacks. "But we can't do that or else Barry will be found out." He bobbed his head back and forth. "Which wouldn't be so bad but with the lynch mob that's constantly looking for Dr. Wells, it might not be a good idea." Caitlin nodded in agreement and the two continued to the office where they found Felicity Smoak bent over a table, picking up files as she went. She was already wearing her red overcoat, signaling she was about to leave for the day.

Sensing them approach she said, "Almost done here, Jerry. You should have gone home hours ago."

"Who's Jerry?" Caitlin asked in a light, conversational tone.

Cisco then looked around the office and his eyebrows rose. "This place is bigger than my apartment," he added.

"What are you doing here?" Felicity appeared pleasantly surprised, but bemused all at the same time.

"Well, we got warning that Digger Harkness was causing trouble back here in Starling," Caitlin said, hugging her purse to her side. She bobbed her head to the side. "And we thought that after you guys helped us in Central City, we could come by and help you." When Felicity didn't reply, she was quick to add, "and we have some saved up vacation time that we—"

Cisco got right to the point. "We want to see the Arrow Cave."

The harsh look Caitlin shot him wasn't lost on Cisco; he merely chose to annoy her. "Cisco!"

"I want to see the toys," he added.

"We don't ever call it that," Felicity said. Cisco waved a hand. Potato, Poh-tato, it didn't make a difference to him; he just wanted to see everything the Arrow had to work with. Even if he had to find it himself as it seemed that Felicity wasn't going to be of any help. She continued to hold the files to her chest and chew her lower lip, eyes darting back and forth between the two.

What was the big deal anyway? She had been so eager to help out Barry while she was in Central City, eager to see where they operated and everything and now she was sort of…aloof. Like she didn't want them around. Okay, yeah, they did sort of drop in unannounced but Starling City wasn't that inhospitable was it? He exchanged a glance with Caitlin and saw that she had the same expression on his face that he did.

Or maybe it can, he thought and turned back to Felicity, pressing his hands together. "Please, Felicity? I'm dying to see it!"

He looked up at Felicity and tried to hide his smile. But he couldn't help but unleash it when he saw Felicity's resolve cracking. Before he knew it, she was leading himself and Caitlin down the steps and into the Arrow Cave, where Oliver and Roy immediately turned towards them, their bodies tense to know who it was that had their footsteps echo off the walls around them. Cisco noticed Oliver's eyebrows rise before they lowered to nearly rest upon his lashes and he turned with a clenched jaw to Felicity, who walked to her chair with hunched shoulders, already knowing she was in trouble with the vigilante. Even as she sat in her seat, closing her eyes at her mistake, Cisco didn't care.

He was in the Arrow Cave! Screw Felicity telling him not to call it that, it's what it was. He was the nickname, he had to tell it like he saw it, and it was a Cave of Wonders. Roy cast a worried glance as Cisco and Caitlin looked around. Spotting something on a table out of the corner of his eye, Cisco hurried over and examined the miniature arrows that were arranged along the table.

He reached out a hand to pick one up and his shoulders hunched up to his ears when he heard the parental, "Don't touch that," growl from Oliver. Bringing his hand back, he shifted to the side and reached out towards another clump of arrows and received another growl of, "or that!"

Turning around, Cisco chewed his lower lip to face the Green Arrow, who sat near Felicity, hands gripped tight around the edge of the table he was holding onto and staring blankly, albeit angrily, at the wall across from them.

"That's a jettison arrow. It uses compressed CO2 to jettison high intense strength polymer cables," Cisco completed the sentence for him. He felt that he wanted to impress the Green Arrow in some ways, or at least show them they could help with the Captain Boomerang situation like they had in Central City.

"Yyep," Oliver replied.

Finally, Roy spoke up. "Since when did we start selling tickets to the Arrow Cave?" He didn't seem as impressed as Cisco would've thought either. Either that or they were under incredible amounts of stress they couldn't have known. These guys go after real criminals, Cisco, don't forget that, he reminded himself.

Oliver seemed to agree with Roy's statement for he rolled his head towards Felicity and fixed her with a hard stare while she widened her eyes innocently and pretended to become interested in the computer screen behind her. As they were distracted, Cisco moved over to where the suits were being held and Caitlin followed him.

"They don't seem very happy to see us," she murmured to him.

"Don't worry, I get the same feeling from my parents," Cisco said, his eyes moving over the suit. "You'll get used to it." He reached out and grabbed onto her hand. "But check out the suits, Cait." His smile widened as she grinned.

"Of course you'd get hot and bothered over the suits the most," she teased him. She elbowed him in the side before looking over it herself.

Hot and bothered. That was certainly the best words for it. He was sure this was the first time he was in love with an inanimate object. "I have so many ideas for improvements on them. I can't wait to get started." He moved over to Roy's and tapped the glass before pressing the palms together. "It's so awesome! And going with red was a smart move, it's so much better than Green."

Roy then smiled, suddenly entranced with their guests. "I like this guy."

Caitlin laughed and nudged Cisco once more before moving across the room, her head tilted to the side to study the workout contraption that was across from Felicity's desk. "What's this?" She asked the tech genius, who sighed as she leaned back in her seat.

"A distraction from work," she commented.

Caitlin looked confused for a second before clasping her hands together. "Where's Mr. Diggle?" She asked of the member of their team that was notably missing.

"He's running down a lead," Roy replied. He crossed his arms and legs. "Where're Barry and Cadence?"

"They should be here soon," Cisco said, continuing to look around the room. "I doubt they'd miss out on coming to Starling City. Especially not under these circumstances and what happened with Harkness back in Central City."

He sighed, thinking about how close they had come to being completely destroyed by the Suicide Squad and the Assassination Bureau. Breathtaker was still out there somewhere and that was always in the back of his mind. While Cadence had been gone in Metropolis he wondered what it would be that he could create that'd stop the metahuman from coming back and finishing the job.

It was one of the strongest fights they had had by that point and he was stronger and had a plethora of abilities none of them had been able to stop. If he was able to erase the minds of anyone that had witnessed what went down that day.

He'd come up with something even if it killed him.

"Would you look at this view!" Iris cried as she hurried across the large suite and practically catapulted herself into the window. She turned around to see Eddie's and Barry's reactions and saw the identical grimaces on their face. With a sigh, she turned away from the twinkling city lights and placed her hands on her hips. "C'mon guys don't let this room situation mess up our trip. It'll be fixed soon. How were we supposed to know they would mess up the reservations like that?"

"I don't know," Eddie replied. "But I certainly have no problems using my powers of authority to good use if you know what I mean."

"Me either," Barry agreed. Though he knew as a forensic scientist he wasn't going to get much use out of waving his badge around. It wasn't as flashy as the others. He cleared his throat before rubbing the back of his neck. "But you're right, the view is great. It's not anything we can get back in Central City." He nodded towards the building next to the hotel. "They've really got a head start with the Christmas decorations. Speak of which, I'm sure you two are going to be busy taking in the sights around the city, maybe catch an early dinner." He started to back towards the hotel room door making sure not to trip over his bag. "So I'll just get out of your hair."

He knew for sure, no one wanted him there. He didn't want to be there. How was he supposed to feel about 'accidentally' being put in the same one bedroom hotel suite as Eddie and Iris? Nauseous probably wasn't supposed to be it, but it was that along with wondering why whatever was up there seemed to enjoy picking on him so much.

"Thanks Barry," Eddie called to him with a nod.

"We'll see you later," Iris added before clapping her hands. "Let's go shopping tomorrow, maybe we can find something for Dad while we're out here."

"Sounds like a plan!"

He made it out of the hotel room just as his cell phone rang with a text message. He pulled his phone from his pocket and glanced at the screen, breath hitching in his throat as he briefly wondered what it could be that happened so soon after they arrived. Not that the destination trip to Starling was so bad, though Cadence and Eddie had gotten into a bit of a fight over the car they'd take there. Eddie wanted to drive, but Cadence didn't want to take a police car all the way up there—much to Brady's disappointment. Barry had contemplated running all the way to Starling City just to get away from it but knew he wouldn't be able to explain that. Finally they decided on Cadence's car and switching off driver's…when Iris wasn't constantly fiddling with the radio station.

Not that it wasn't all entertaining, he found himself laughing by the end of it.

"Did you see the size of the bathtubs?" Brady asked, eyes widening in excitement as he flew out of his and Cadence's hotel room. "Now I might actually want to take a bath!"

"I could only be so lucky, bud," Cadence remarked. She turned to Barry and raised an eyebrow. "Did you get Caitlin's SOS, too?" At Barry's nod, her upper lip curled for a moment and Barry could see her thought process as she turned her attention towards her son, then looked at Barry out of the corner of her eye. "Could you—?"

"No problem," Barry was quick to answer. He grabbed Brady around the waist and zipped to the Arrow Cave, depositing the boy with Cisco and Caitlin before zipping back to Cadence. Her hair settled around her face from his quick movement and she still stood in the same position she had been as he had left seconds before.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

With that, Cadence looped her arm around Barry's neck and he bent down and picked her up in his arms before racing off once more.

It appeared Starling City had as much of a nightlife as Central City.

Oliver gritted his teeth as he and Roy stood crouched behind a balcony overlooking the floor as Digger Harkness wreaked havoc on the guards and ARGUS members that were trying to take him down. But with each rotation of his boomerang, it managed to catch someone on the arm, across the chest, or across the face, catching them off guard and spraying blood on the nearby surfaces behind them. He gritted his teeth and turned towards Roy who was waiting for the word to go. Oliver then nodded and the two lifted themselves up and jumped over the balcony, landing hard on the ground below.

Gunfire immediately erupted and the two raced towards the source of the noise, coming to a stop when they found Harkness confidently walking towards them. Oliver and Roy lifted their bows and started to shoot. They only got one arrow off before Digger threw a boomerang. Oliver's arrow went wide and shot by Digger's head, barely skimming his cheek. Digger's boomerang shot forward and struck Roy's bow, knocking it out of his hands, causing it to skid across the floor as the boomerang struck the wall behind him and exploded in a spark of flame.

Roy's eyes widened and he reached down to his boots and pulled out his Eskrima Sticks, holding them tightly in his hands. Once Oliver saw that Roy was properly armed, he retightened his grip on his bow. Digger wasn't going to get away with this. He took a step forward along with Digger and the two raced towards each other. The Green Arrow ducked out of the way and the two swooped around to get the first strike on each other.

Roy came up on Digger's other side to make sure that whatever swing Oliver missed, he was there to block Digger from striking. Around and around the two Arrows went as they strike, ducked, bobbed, weaved, and attack Digger, who did a good job at keeping himself up to speed compared to what he was going against. The malice in his face showed in the strikes of precision he shot back towards Oliver and Roy.

Diggle and Layla—whom he had come to find when Digger had first arrived back in Starling City—brandished their pistols as they took cover from Digger's flying boomerangs. Oliver and Roy were doing a good job so far, but he was a shifty one and knew how to use his surroundings to his advantage. Finally, after swinging under one of Oliver's swipes of his bow, Diggle caught Roy off guard with a back kick that was placed directly in the center of his chest, knocking him back off his feet. Oliver, having watched Roy fall, opened himself to an attack by Diggle, who grinned as he threw two boomerangs directly towards him.

Oliver watched as the boomerangs came closer to him, his lower jaw dropping slightly when he noticed that he had opened himself to a vulnerable position. The boomerangs moved closer and just as he would have been hit, there was a flash of yellow light and the weapons were suddenly gone from sight. Barry came to a stop in the corner of the room, holding onto the boomerangs as took a few deep breaths to come back from his exertion. Diggle's, Layla's, Roy's, Oliver's, and Digger's eyes all turned towards Barry.

Distracted, Digger opened himself to an attack as there was a sudden rush of flame that shot from behind him and headed towards Diggle, immediately encircling him in a fiery whirlpool. Cadence stood on the other side of the room, her hands outstretched towards Digger. Gritting his teeth, Digger threw a smoke bomb that had enough force to knock back the flame and he ran off while the others were distracted.

Barry smirked and disappeared in a flash of light while Cadence disappeared in a burst of smoke.

Oliver shook his head.

He needed to say something about their help but the more important thing was that Digger had gotten away.

Cadence, Felicity, and Caitlin all watched, lifting and lowering their heads as Barry used his super speed to move up and down the salmon ladder at blazing speed. The sound of the metal bar falling into the rungs over and over make a light clanking sound as he did so.

"So…how many times does Oliver do this?" Caitlin asked her lower jaw dropping as she continued to watch Barry. No matter how many times they saw how quickly Barry moved, it was still astonishing.

"Every Wednesday or so," Felicity mumbled in reply, just as mesmerized. "There's a lot of sweating."

"I'll bet," Caitlin remarked.

"You think he might overdo it a little?" Cadence rested her chin in her hands as she watched Barry. She then leaned back in her seat as he dropped to the ground without having even broken a sweat, glancing at the bar that rested in his hands.

"I don't see what's so hard about that," he remarked, turning to hand it to Cisco, who had been waiting for his chance at the workout machine. He dropped into an empty seat, moving slowly across the room.

Cadence rolled her eyes lightly before crossing her arms over her chest to turn back to Barry. "Of course you don't, Tholly. You can do anything within a blink of an eye; it's not going to be that hard." Barry raised an eyebrow at her and she mimicked the movement before playfully sticking her tongue out at him, which he then mimicked. She then turned back to Cisco. "Don't hurt yourself," she warned him.

"Don't be such a mom, Mom," Brady called back to her, carefully standing a far distance off to the side so that he could watch Cisco's attempt.

"I just don't want anything to happen to the guy that made my suit." Her smile widened a little as she held onto the goggle that now sat around her neck, resting against her chest. "And put enough faith in me to come up with multiple superhero names for me."

"It's no problem," Cisco gasped as he leapt up onto the salon ladder, holding up his body weight with just his arms. Unlike Oliver, Roy, Barry and Cadence, who had to work out daily to keep themselves in top shape it wasn't in Cisco's job description. He grunted as he tried to pull himself up. "No…problem…at all." He gritted his teeth and sucked in as much air as he could muster.

Felicity smiled before sucked in a deep breath, tilting her head back. "You know…I don't think it was a good idea for you guys to come," she finally said. "Oliver…he doesn't really play well with others."

"That's not true," Cadence said then smiled innocently. "Oh, you meant fighting with other people?"

"Oh come on," Cisco started to shake as he tried, and failed, to pull himself up. He dropped back to the ground. "Oliver and Barry are in a league of their own and they worked well together the last time Oliver was in Central City."

"Yeah," Barry agreed with a wave of his hand. "I'm sure it's no problem."

"But it was, like, a onetime thing," Felicity continued.

Now Barry sighed loudly as he pulled himself up from his seat. He stretched his arms over his heat. "The guy was throwing around exploding boomerangs and if we couldn't stop him before, then Oliver needed some help." He paused and placed his gloved hands on his stomach. "I'm hungry. I need some sushi."

"Get me some!" Cadence called before he raced out of sight. She turned back to the salmon ladder and watched Brady dangle off the floor as he held tightly onto the bar. His legs gently swung back and forth and she watched as he looked down for a moment before letting go, crashing to the floor. Felicity and Caitlin reacted with shock and she just gave a patient sigh as he pulled himself off to his feet and dusted off his hands. "You know, a lot of people wondered if I ever worried about you becoming a mama's boy. But then you do things like that and I stop worrying."

Brady stuck his tongue out at her as he continued to dust off his palms.

The sound of a door closed and the girls turned to see Oliver, Roy, Diggle, and a woman neither Cadence nor Caitlin had ever seen before come into the Arrow Cave. Cadence took one look at Oliver's face and knew he was doing his best to conceal his fury. He looked at the woman, noticing how her eyes narrowed when she spotted Cadence, looked at Diggle, who held a similar expression on his face that Oliver held. Then her eyes landed on Roy and he gave a shadow of a smile and Cadence beat him to the start of the conversation.

"Looks to me like you needed saving from the Big Bad Wolf, Little Red," she called to him.

"So you're saying the Lumberjack had to come save me?"

She frowned, a little offended. "Who are you calling a lumberjack?"

"You said it, not me."

Clearing her throat, the woman that was with them spoke up, "I don't think we've met," she said to Cadence.

At the light sigh under Caitlin's breath, the fire metahuman realized it probably would have been a good idea to have changed out of her suit before the others had gotten back. "I'm Cadence; this is my son, Brady."

"Hi." Brady waved to her.

"So what happened?" Felicity asked. No one got a chance to respond before the wind blew one more, sending Felicity's papers all over the place and causing Caitlin to purse her lips as she moved her hair back behind her face. "Seriously?" she snapped towards him.

Barry, who had just sat down, flinched at the bit of anger that turned his way. "What? I'm just eating dinner."

"Secret Identity!" Caitlin now snapped towards him.

Yeah, like that makes a difference now, Cait, Cadence thought as she made a face. She turned towards her friend and said as much, causing the bioengineer to give her a disapproving look. Geez and I thought my motherly looks of warning were harsh. She actually felt herself backing down as if she had just been told off. Though judging by Caitlin's smile she may as well have been.

"Oh…" Barry looked down at the chopsticks that sat in his hand. "Well, it's okay. They're married!"

"We're not married," Diggle and Layla said in unison, with the same tone of contempt in their voices.

"Okay. Well, he told her about me."

"I keep secrets for a living, man. I don't tell anyone anything."

At least he had the smarts to look guilty, Cadence thought in amusement as she watched Barry go back to his sushi. She then noticed something. "Hey! What about my dinner?"

"I ate it on the way back, but don't worry, I got you some water." He tossed the plastic bottle to her, which she caught with one hand. At least he remembered that she had to stay hydrated or else she would then overheat. "By the way," he said to Layla. "I'm Barry Allen. Or the Flash if you prefer."

"Anyway!" Oliver said through gritted teeth. He turned back to the plastic baggie that Diggle had been holding. Watching as he dumped it out onto the counter in front of him and the rest of the Arrow team. "We need a location on Digger Harkness." He then pointed to Barry before turning his finger and beckoned towards him. "And I need to talk to Barry."

Though she hadn't been called Cadence followed along with them, knowing by extension she was potentially part of his problem. "Look, I appreciate your help, Barry. But things work differently here in Starling City, things are meaner…more dangerous."

"I've studied everything you've taught me," Barry insisted. "I don't go in blind; I study each and every scenario. You helped me out a lot when it came to these guys a few months ago, let me return the favor."

Sucking in a deep breath through his nose, Oliver glanced towards the ceiling for a long, tense moment. He was obviously running every scenario through his head of what would happen if Barry did help him out. Finally he let out a long sight and relented, immediately causing Barry to grin. "Okay, fine, but we're doing things my way this time. Now, the first thing we have to do is reassemble the evidence—" He barely got the last word out of his mouth before Barry zipped to the other side of the room and put together the boomerang that had exploded earlier that night.

"He does that a lot," Cadence remarked.

"I figured."

"These boomerangs weren't made by him," Cisco said after a moment of studying the boomerangs that sat in front of him. He thought for a moment. "Marcos."

"Who's Marcos?" Brady questioned.

Reaching out a hand, Cisco ran it along the side of the boomerang. "Do you see the grooves in the side of this? It's a collapsible node design. It's his signature, that's his giveaway."

Felicity turned and headed towards her computer. She typed loudly for a few moments before a mug shot came up on the screen. "It says here there's no known home address or place of employment. But he was arrested last year by an Officer Quentin Lance."

"Looks like that's where we're headed tomorrow," Oliver declared. "There' nothing we can do right now. We'll get some sleep and regroup tomorrow."

"Really?" Barry's shoulders slumped. "Because I was thinking we could—"

Oliver glared at him.

"Tomorrow's good."

A/N: Well, I realized that canon has made it so that Caitlin and Ronnie knew each other before they knew Cisco, but I wrote Flash Fire before we knew that so in this fic Cisco got them together. And that's that! Well, a chapter on Cisco and showcasing his relationship with Caitlin as well as a little more of his friendship with Cadence.

But finally the Arrow part of the crossover. This isn't going to take as long as it did in the last story, but I'm excited for it as I already have some pretty cool ideas. And brining in Arrow characters is always fun. Just because they're in Starling doesn't mean Barry's completely done with the Black Flash or that Captain Cold and Heat Wave won't be up to something.

Thanks for being so patient while waiting for my update, guys.

Thanks to Guest, Dragonfan47, and Alisha Winchester Collins for reviewing.

Cheers,

-Riles