𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

Central City has been pretty busy, just like me. Cisco filled me in with everything that happened when I was away, about Eddie and Ronnie. I wish I had been there to help. But I did got the fucker I was assigned to take down so not everything is bad...in a way. So now that I'm back on my free time I can spend it with my friends, finally.

We were at Star Labs, they explained me this weird thing about breaches all around the city and the one just in the lab so we are trying to......well I don't really know, let's see what this is all about...

"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Barry tells me.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥.....𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧....𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬."

"I still can't believe what I'm looking at?"

"𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧?" I'm so bad with names, and this story is already complicated enough...

"Jay, The Flash." I look at Barry with an eyebrow raised.

"From another earth." He explains me.

"𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.....𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧.....𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?"

"Fifty-two breaches in Central City and the biggest one just happens to be in our basement."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞-𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?" I ask and they nod at me. "𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰....."

"Jay."

"𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝." I state while I try to get all the informations in and they nod again. "𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭."

"We need a name for it."

"𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨?"

"It's not a pet, Cisco."

"No, it's a wormhole." Stein states as he comes in.

"Professor Stein, what are you doing? Your blood pressure is 147 over 82. You could pass out again." Caitlin tells him worried.

"It's merely a few points above the 140 average for someone my age." He tells Caitlin. I smile at his stubbornness. "Besides, I have some ideas I would like to contribute to this discussion, Dr. Snow."

"And I want to hear them. This isn't just a wormhole. It's my way home."

"Back to Earth-2."

"Jay, you really think that we can use this as some kind of bridge from your world to ours?"

"Zoom uses the breaches. Why can't we?"

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭."

"Well, we don't know how. And how could you dr-" Cisco doesn't finish his sentence as I take a flask out of my biker vest.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠?" I play dumb teasing Cisco.

"You know it's not even Ten right?" Caitlin says disapprovingly.

"𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞?" I smile at her with a brow raised as I drink my rum.

"Right, I forgot who I was talking to." She let's go as I smile at her.

"Anyway, everything I put through this just bounces back." Cisco tells us.

"If Zoom's using these breaches to transport people from Earth-2, maybe it takes a Speedster." Barry says before racing over.

"He's not gonna..."

"Yeah, he is."

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐨𝐧𝐞." I say before Barry tries and ends up on the ground at my feet.

"Maybe I'm not fast enough." He shrugs to me with a goofy smile as I smile too rolling my eyes getting him up.

"I don't believe your speed is the entirety of the issue Barry. It might be the breach's stability."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟. 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞."

"They're right. We need to think of the breach as a door. And on Earth-2 there's another door. And in between we have a hallway. But the hallway's constantly shifting, twisting, collapsing upon itself."

"And the doors keep moving with it."

"𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲."

"And then I can jump through it."

"𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧."

"Exactly. It would serve as a kind of cannon. A speed cannon."

"Mmm.....we should hang out more."

"All right. No more tests today. All of you are leaving now. As am I. Cherish the gift of youth as I will go cherish my much-needed nap. Clarissa's already on her way to pick me up." Stein says as I giggle to his remark and turn towards my friends.

"𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞?" I ask them excited.

∙ ∙ ∙

"All right. Four Flashes." Barry says as he comes to our table with our orders.

"Mmm-hmm."

"Be careful, apparently they are super caffeinated. First I had a day named after me, now I have a drink."

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨, 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?"

"Mmm-hmm. I'll drink to that." Cisco says.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡." I respond as we cling our drinks.

"Hey,you guys think Professor Stein is okay right? I mean Clarissa would call if there was anything wrong?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡." I nod to her.

"All right. I'm just going to call and check in. I'll be back." Caitlin says as she gets up and walks away.

"I don't see that call going well." Barry state and we all laugh.

"Young lady, these repeated intrusions are interrupting what should be a speedy recov-.....Oh" Cisco starts imitating as I laugh before a girl bumps in him. "I'm so sorry."

"Don't apologise." Oh....my god. "You can bump into me any day, Cisco."

"Huh. Lisa Snart."

"𝐇𝐞𝐲! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥?" I smile friendly at her and she smiles back as Cisco glares to me. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?" I ask but he just ignore me.

"You here to double-cross us again or are you and your big bro holding coffee shops now?"

"I need your help." Wait, what? I frown my eyebrows because that's unlikely. Cisco scoffs at her reply.

"In your dreams, Sister Cold. You know I could call the Flash, he'd be here in, like, two seconds. Probably one."

"Call him."

"𝐎𝐡! 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨, 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡......𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦." I tease with a smile turning to Barry who only narrow his eyes at me.

"Oh! Okay, Imma call him. Mmm-hmm........You really want me to call the Flash?"

"I need his help too. My brother's been kidnapped." There is a brief silence of seriousness before the only thing you can hear is me bursting out laughing. I mean, come on....seriously?

∙ ∙ ∙

Yes. Seriously...... apparently it wasn't a joke. So we are now back to Star Labs to get more details on this.

"All right, so you really want us to just believe that Captain Cold was kidnapped?" Yes thank you, I'm not the only one to think it kinda sounds weird.

"I saw it happen." Lisa tells us defensly.

"Hmm."

"Last night, Lenny, me and Mick were knocking over the cashier's cage at Central City Racetrack."

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞." I mutter to myself with a sigh but they heard me. They never take vacations don't they?

"Does it physically pain your family not to rob people?" Caitlin ask her in disbelief.

"I never finished the job."

"𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨?"

"Well, after Mick torched through the side entrance, I looked back for Lenny, and saw him getting thrown into the back of a van."

"And why didn't you and Mick follow?"

"I would have. Someone hit me from behind and knocked me out. When I came to, Lenny was gone and Mick already made off with the cash."

"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞." God their coordination as a team is even worst than ours.

"How do we know this isn't some kind of a trap?" Caitlin ask still suspicious.

"If Lenny wanted Flash dead, he would have let Mardon, Simmons and Bivolo take that honor, remember?" I hate remembering this, I really thought it was the end for me...

"Yeah, I remember."

"Good. Then you'll also recall that you owe Lenny a favor for saving your life. Time to make good on that debt, Flash."

"I do not like her." Caitlin says.

"Yeah, but she makes a point." Oooooh how cute. "What? We should at least hear her out. Right?" Cisco tells us.

"𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞." I tell them as I nod reassuringly to Lisa.

"Even if I wanted to help, how are we supposed to find him?"

"Not a problem. See, when I rebuilt the cold gun, I didn't have time to place a tracker on it."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲...." Annoying Cisco is always a pleasure.

"SO, I devised a method of locating it by borrowing some military technology. See, the gun works the same as thermal imaging, only instead of infrared heat signatures, it's looking for ultraviolet cold signatures. Whoa, look at that."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?"

"The gun's UV thermal reading was last picked up at 5th and Hoyt. Eight minutes ago."

"All right. Let's see if you're a liar. Lara, I'm gonna need you on this one."

"𝐎𝐡! 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍! 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲!?!" I yell in disbelief with my hands in the air as Lisa just shrugs unapologetically at me. I turn to Barry with pleading eyes but it doesn't seem to work.

"You know we have more chances with you."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭?" What is he talking about?

"Come on Lara......we all know he has a sweet spot for you." Lisa tells me with a teasing smile.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚-"

"Don't play dumb, we all saw it." Cisco tells me with a smile.

I look in disbelief to each one of them with my mouth open before I tell them "𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮.....𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮." I narrow my eyes at them before Barry speeds us away.

∙ ∙ ∙

"Snart." Barry and I said in unison as we see him.

"Barry, Croft."

"Are you okay?"

"Peachy." Okay......that's weird.

"𝐔𝐮𝐮𝐮𝐮𝐮𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮." That sounded weirder than I thought.

"That's not necessary. You can speed along now." He tells us casually.

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐮𝐦, 𝐢𝐟....𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬-" I start as I take a step closer but he cuts me off.

"No one makes me do anything." I narrow my eyes at him, like he would admit it if it ever happens anyway.

"Then why does your sister think you've been kidnapped?" Barry asks but we hear someone come in. Snart takes the opportunity to freeze Barry's legs.

"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝-!" I whisper-yell at him but he cuts me off again.

"Hide." He tells me before he adds mouthing 'Now'. And I do as he says and get a clear view in the shadow of the scene in front of me.

"What's taking so long?"

"I got held up."

"Always the excuse with you..........Well, look at that. I didn't think you had it in you, son." My eyes go wide as I mouth to myself 'what the fuck'. Seriously this shit never stops.

"Thanks, Dad."

"Come on. We're behind schedule."

"You know what they say. 'Live fast, die young'." Leonard says as he follows his dad after giving me a quick glance. I move out of my post and get in front of Barry.

"𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎!?!" I call him in the com worried.

"𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯?"

"Snart hit me with his cold gun!"

"𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵."

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸." Cisco informs us as I see the ice melting from the suit.

"What's happening?"

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦....𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨."

"𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬." I sigh relieved with my hands on Barry's arms to check everything is fine.

"Yeah. It worked. But Snart's gone. And Lisa has a lot of explaining to do."

∙ ∙ ∙

"So, your brother was not kidnapped. He was pulling a job."

"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫." I tell Lisa sadly. When I did my research on Snart on the first case I did some digging on his father too and honestly, this guy gives me the creep.

"What?...No, Lenny would never do that." She tells us confused.

"Oh, just like he would never try and kill The Flash with his cold gun." Caitlin doesn't believe her.

"Are you sure it was my dad?"

"That's him." Barry confirms with the files on the screen.

"Lewis Snart. Convicted of larceny, armed robbery, aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon..."

"You have to believe me. Lenny would never work with him....He's a bad guy." She tells us looking at me for help, and I guess there is more to what we see on first hand. Maybe a sensitive subject...

"You and your entire family are criminals. Why should we trust anything you say?"

"𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭-" I tried not to make Lisa uncomfortable about telling us private thing, I saw it coming but my intervention doesn't work as Lisa shows us a scar she has on her right shoulder. "....𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫." I finish in a whisper.

"I didn't get this scar being a criminal. I got it being a daughter." She tells us before walking out. I try to reach her but Cisco stops me.

"Let me go. I got this." I let him but I still follow and stop at the doors to hear their conversation.

∙ ∙ ∙

"I see you found my hiding spot. This is usually where I come to, you know, get away."

"First time my father came after me, I was seven. Second time, I was eight. That's when I learned that a bottle hurts worse than a fist.....He used to say he was trying to teach us lessons. I must have been a slow learner because the lessons never stopped."

"I'm sorry, Lisa."

"What about you Lara?" Oh.... spotted. "Come one get out."

"𝐇𝐞𝐲.....𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠."

"It's okay. I knew you were there." She tells me with a smile as I come closer and hold her hand. "Lenny practically raised me you know....If it weren't for him, I would have turned out a lot worse...........I know. How could I be any worse?" She says with a chuckle.

"I didn't say that." Cisco says with a laugh.

"You didn't have too...But believe me there is worse."

"𝐇𝐞𝐲...𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡....𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮." I reassured her with a smile.

"Look, he may be a jerk brother, but he's the only jerk brother I've got...He protected me. Now it's my turn. If he's with my dad he is in serious trouble.......Please. You've gotta find out what going on." She tells us.

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞." I say and I hug her as she hugs me back. " 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

"Thank you."

∙ ∙ ∙

I went with Barry to 'Saints and Sinners" again, we had 99% of chances he would be here, and let's say we got lucky. We saw him eating at a booth were we came and sat too, Barry in front of him as I was sitting next to Barry.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐭." I say as I pick some fries from his plate.

"Back from the dead so soon Barry. Pass me the salt." He tells him ignoring me.

"Don't spill, it's bad luck." He replies as Snart only responds by putting back the salt down in the wrong way, spilling it on purpose. Barry sighs as I try to hide my smile at his antics but it's very hard.

"Why are you working with Lewis?" He asks him getting to business as Leonard already seems to dislike the topic of the conversation.

"𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦." I tell him softly. I know he's not gonna open up to us as Lisa did. He never shows a lot of emotions.

"Things are....complicated....with family. As you know with your own parents, hmm?"

"𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦." I tell him emotionless before I keep going when none of them talk anymore but just look at me. Barry with a sad look and Snart like I was a mystery he never found to solve. "𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮." I tell him more softly again.

"Don't waste your time trying to save people who don't want to be saved." He sure is a piece of work, man. He's like an oyster.......a big, fat ass oyster...and a rude one.

"Yeah, well, maybe it's not just about you, right? I'm betting, whatever you two are up to, innocent people are gonna get hurt." Barry fires back.

"Don't worry. I remember our deal. You leave me alone, I make sure no one dies."

"All right. You're a criminal, Snart. But you live by a code. It sounds to me like Lewis doesn't. Like he won't care if people die. That's why I can't leave this alone."

"Then everyone will know who The Flash is under that mask."

"I don't care. I will take you down anyway. Both of you."

"We'll see about that." Snart replies as Barry's phone starts ringing.

"It's Joe, I have to go."

"Go, I'll see you later." I tell him as he gets up. He hesitates looking back and forth between us before leaving as I take his sit in front of Snart.

"If you want more fries get your own plate." I have a small smile as he tells me that with a small smirk. But I quickly talk about more serious things.

"𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚....𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫."

"You already knew I took care of her, remember our last conversations?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"

"That's none of your business Lara, he's not one of your missions. Why don't you take your free time for something useful instead of being in my way for change."

"𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞."

"I'm not in trouble."

"𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭."

"Thanks for dinner." He tells me getting up.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠!" This guy is unbelievable, I know I already said that but I can't find any other word. He only gets a small velvet black box out of his pocket and puts it down in front of me.

"I know I'm late but, Happy birthday." He tells me.

"How did you-" I start as I turn to him but he's already gone.

I frown at the box for a good minute before I finally open it and see a beautiful green emerald little jewel as a medallion (......right.......my eyes) with a soft gold chain. It's the prettiest necklace I've ever seen but...

"𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭..."

∙ ∙ ∙

I followed Snart without him noticing , to a warehouse as it was dark outside. He went in by the principal doors as I found my way in the air vent as silently as possible and stop when I heard voices.

"We make our move at nine o'clock." I recognize Lewis' voice. "That's when the cleaning crews go in, and the daytime shift leaves. Now we'll go up in the service elevator to the 27th floor. They got a two-man team of armed guards working on the 27thto the 29th floor. But if we time it perfectly with their shift change, we should be able to get in and out."

"And if the timing doesn't work out?" Snart asks his father like he knew were this was going.

"Then those guards don't make it home."

"But if we start on the top floor, there's a service elevator that will-" Snart tries to reason his father to keep innocent people alive and to make the plan better because it doesn't seem to be a good one.

"Son. You and I both know that there's casualties in this line of work." Lewis says as he tries to reach for his son but Leonard just steps away. "Rutenberg, you're the tech guy. Did you find a solution for the vault hallway?"

"Not yet. That Draycon Systems keypad's gonna be a problem." Lol.... amateurs.

"Fine. How about you? You gonna disappoint me too, or is that freeze gun of yours gonna look after the power source for the laser grid?" Freeze gun? Is he serious right now? Don't insult our Star labs inventions asshole.

"It's a cold gun." Thank you. "And yes. But I have a better way to get past the lasers." Of course he would, he's the best at what he does. I have to admit it.

"That gun is the only reason you're here, so shut up before I make you-" Rutenberg starts before Lewis uses some kind of device and he starts being in pain.

"Ow. Ow, my....My Head! Oh My Head!!! Ow! Aaaaaaah !!! It feels like it's gonna-" He screams before I watch in horror as his head explodes in front of me.

"Nobody talks to my son that way. Nobody."

I can't breath, I start hyperventilating, I have to get away. I start leaving when I hit myself in the