Arrow
The team had just carried an unconscious Curtis into the bunker and set him down on the med table as Oliver and John began administering medical aid.
"Looks like internal bleeding. Possibly broken ribs. Hemothorax. We have to relieve the pressure. Laurel." John said and Laurel simply did what she was told.
"Felicity, we need you at your station. We have to stop Rubicon." Oliver said and Felicity nodded before heading over to the computers.
"How is he?" Laurel asked when Oliver joined her in front of the suits.
"Well, he's stable. John said the next 30 minutes should tell us Whether or not he'll make it? Yeah." Oliver said.
"Hey, can I ask you something? I know it might not be the best time. Back at the loft." Laurel said.
"Yeah?" Oliver asked.
"Darhk's magic, it worked on you. I thought." Laurel began.
"You thought I found a way to stop it." Oliver finished and Laurel nodded.
"That was before he grew so powerful. It was the- the hope you had in me was able to counteract his magic." Oliver explained.
"And now my hope's not enough." Laurel said and considering her hope was shrinking by the minute, that meant that Oliver was running on nothing as he nodded.
"So where are we?" Oliver asked Felicity.
"Um, good news, bad news time. Good news is is that Darhk hasn't launched the nukes yet. I think his hacker's still trying to break our failsafes." Felicity said.
"Ok, and the bad news?" Oliver asked.
"Well, the bad news is that with Rubicon offline, there is nothing for me to hack into." Felicity said.
"Right, but your laptop has to have a GPS- - yeah. - I'm sure that you've already started to try and do it." Oliver said.
"Yeah." Felicity said as Lyla joined them in the bunker.
"I thought you'd shut Rubicon down." Lyla asked.
"Felicity is working on locating the laptop." Oliver said.
"Where's Sara?" John asked.
"She's fine. She's in an Argus bunker in Coast City." Lyla assured him.
"With Darhk's anti-nuke bunker destLaureled, why is he moving forward with Genesis?" Lyla then asked.
"Machin killed his wife." Oliver said, as if that explained everything.
"Well, his daughter still lives in this world. He must know that." Felicity said.
"He knows, he just- he doesn't care. He's lost all hope." Oliver said.
"Yeah, just like all of us." John said.
"I thought he was the cynic." Laurel said.
"John's not wrong." Oliver said.
"We are not finished yet." Laurel reminded him.
"The key word being "yet." I got a 20 on the laptop. Downtown, abandoned office building." Felicity said.
"We're on it. Let's move." Oliver said as they moved out.
"Overwatch, there's no one here." Black Canary said as they searched the building.
"That's impossible. You're right on top of the GPS signal." Overwatch said on the comms.
"She's right." Spartan said as he pulled a blinking light.
"Oh, my God." Black Canary said as she pointed out a monitor with a map of the world on it.
"Overwatch." Green Arrow said.
"I see it." Overwatch said as they watched in horror as they watched every nuke on the planet launch.
"Just over 15,000 ballistic missiles, and they all just launched." Felicity said as the team entered the bunker.
"How much time do we have?" Laurel asked.
"Two hours. Maybe less." Felicity said as Lyla entered the room while on the phone.
"Confirmed. 15,434 birds in the air. We need to set defense condition one and get the president down to the PEOC." Lyla said as she hung up.
"Felicity." Oliver began.
"He's got me completely locked out." Felicity said.
"Ok, how many missiles are there?" Thea asked.
"DOD's working on it, but the targets are worldwide." Lyla said.
"You said that we have two hours." Lyla said to Felicity.
"The world has two hours, but I'm tracking a Minuteman ICBM heading straight for Star City. It just launched out of Warren Air Force Base in Colorado." Felicity said.
"Ok, well, that's close." Laurel said.
"Which means we only have 45 minutes." Felicity said darkly.
Flash
"So, where exactly is my father?" Barry asked Thea as they returned to the house.
"I took him back to his cabin in the mountains. Figured he'd be safer there." Thea said and Barry nodded.
"Thank you for that Thea. I owe you one." Barry said.
"Don't mention it. I watched my mother get killed right in front of me and I didn't want you to have to deal with that sort of pain either." Thea said.
"Barry, Thea, there you guys are. Where's Henry?" Iris asked.
"Safe. Thanks to Thea." Barry said as he hugged Iris.
"So, you guys are speedsters." Wally said, looking at Barry and Thea.
"Yeah. In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm the Flash." Barry said.
"Wow. And Thea?" Wally asked.
"I usually work my brother's team in Star City, they call me Speedy." Thea said.
"Cool name. So, I'm guessing that means you work with the Green Arrow?" Wally asked.
"It does, and I will be happy to answer any questions you have about that later, but right now, we need to figure out what Zoom's plan is." Thea said and they all nodded in agreement at that as Barry noticed as streak of blue lightning run by.
"Zoom." Barry said as he sped after him.
"So, you managed to surprise me with a new speedster. Congrats. But this isn't over Flash. Like I said, there's always more to take." Jay said.
"You're gonna stay away from them." Barry said.
"That's completely up to you." Jay said.
"What?" Barry asked, confused.
"- When we first met, I told you that Zoom needed to be the best. You just didn't realize I was talking about myself." Jay said.
"Is that what this is about?" Barry asked.
"A race, Barry, between you and me to see who's the fastest. You win: this is over, and you get to be the hero." Jay said.
"I'm not racing you." Barry said.
"Then I'll find your father and take him from you, right in front of your eyes. And then I'll take Joe. And then maybe Iris. Think about it, Flash. All I want to know is who's the fastest man alive on either world. - I'll be waiting." Jay said as he sped away.