𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧

I was reading my favourite book and drinking hot chocolate peacefully in my appartement in Washington when in the next second I'm in Star Labs.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐝! 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲! 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞!" I yell running to the toilets as I hear Barry yell back "I'M SORRY!!!"

∙ ∙ ∙

After my encounter with the bowl he explained me the whole thing with Wells and the Meta Humans and talked to me about his plan involving Snart. So now we were walking in direction of "Saints and Sinners", crooks' favorite bar. I stop Barry, turning around before getting in.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬?"

"I don't really have a choice..."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧..."

"Well that's a risk I'm willing to take......You still in right?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐬......𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨."

We enter and see him at the bar.

"Give me another one. Ice cold." Yeah, it's definitely him..."Well, well, well. If it isn't the Scarlet Speedster.... and Mission impossible girl." He tells us turning around with a smirk.

"𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥? 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?" He only shrugs at me.

"We need to talk."

"𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧."

"You want anything? Beer? Food? Pickled eggs here are fantastic."

"No, I'm good."

"What about you sweetheart?" I raise an eyebrow at him before I turn to the bartender.

"𝐔𝐦...𝐮𝐡..𝐑𝐮𝐦....𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." She nods at me before I take my drink from her and lean against a table to face Barry and Snart.

"We need your help with a problem."

"Must be pretty desperate to come asking for my assistance, but I'll bite. What do you need?"

"Help transporting some people out of the city."

"How many?"

"𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞." I say trying to hide the most we can but he only gives me a look to say 'spit it out'.

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞...𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬."

"Powers, hmm? So you want me to what, freeze the problem? Protect you from them if anything goes wrong?" Barry starts noding when he keeps going. "First rule of business, always protect yourself."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭?" I tell him when he starts to leave, he stops before turning to us again.

"I'm not gonna help usher your enemies out of town." He tells us ignoring me but he knows I got a point.

"They're not just our enemies. They're yours too."

"I doubt it."

"They will destroy Central City."

"It's not my problem."

"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞."

"I do and it is." He tells me defensly.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝."

"It's a compelling argument. If I'm gonna help you out, I'll need something in return."He tells Barry.

"Like what?"

"This."

Barry looks at what he wrote on a paper while I stand a few feet away my arms crossed. He turns to me then to Snart.

"No. This is impossible. I can't do that."

"Then I can't help you."

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮.....𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞." I precise trying to get everyone happy about this situation.

"Let me think about it."

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." I say while I drag Barry out.

"Okay, what was on this paper anyway?" I tell him completely clueless about their reaction.

"That's something you should talk to him about." He tells me before speeding away. I go back in the bar with determination and take the small piece of paper before Snart can even react.

'Convince her to make a heist with me and my partners.'

I look at him speechless before I threw the small paper in a ball at him.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰!?!"

"At least I tried."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩."

"I don't."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞."

"Already heard that one before."

"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰?"

"It would be fun."

"𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞."

"You don't know that, you didn't try."

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬." I say more tired than angry.

"You still don't trust me."

"𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞." He only gives me a confused look.

"𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭....𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 "𝐣𝐨𝐛" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮......𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲."

"Me too princess." He smiles at me but I see he's a bit upset , I nod softly to him before walking away. Until his voice stops me.

"Feeling safe around me..."I turn to look at him, his eyes are fixed to the ground before they turn to me. ".....that's some kind of trust right?" I think about it for a moment before I reply.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭." And I walk out.

∙ ∙ ∙

Barry and I now needed to talk to Joe, to fill him in about the plan, and let me tell you, it's not going to be-

"Are you, OUt of YOUR mIND!?!".....easy.
"What do you mean you talked to Leonard Snart!?!"

"We asked him for help."

"Barry why would you do something so stupid?"

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧." I say starting to walk away but Joe grabs me.

"Oh, no no no, young lady you are in the wrong to. Why did you both do that?" I sigh like a kid and get back to Barry's side.

"Because, Joe, we have already tried everyone else."

"See what happens when you get back here?"

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭!?!"

"Look, you tried C.C.P.D. I tried Oliver. I even tried Ronnie and Dr. Stein. And the particle accelerator goes online in...?"

"Sixteen hours." Cisco says casually without even turning to us.

"Sixteen hours Joe. I'm not willing to let the metas die, and we can't let them escape either. So like it or not, Snart, with his cold-gun, is the only one that can stop them if Cisco's transportation does not hold."

"Then lucky for you, I figured out what it is you can get me. Hello detective. Nice to see you again." Snart comes in and we all turn to him.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞? 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡? 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦-"

"Is BAD! Yes. I know."

"Caitlin. Cisco. I thought about your proposal. You want my help, this is what I want. My fingerprints, dental records, DNA, criminal records, family tree. Everything there is in this world concerning Leonard Snart I want it destroyed. All of it. At C.C.P.D., online, everywhere."

"The brass on this dude. You really think we'd do that for you?"

"I'll do it. Lara your hacking skills are better than Cisco-"

"Thanks bro." Cisco cuts him sarcastically.

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩." I nod to him ignoring Cisco's ego.

"Thanks. If it's the only way, fine."

"You and me need to talk right now." Joe says to Barry and they go in another room. Which leaves us all in a not comforting atmosphere, Cisco and Caitlin are tensed while I'm nervous in front of Snart who can't stop smirking at me. I try to break the silence.

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩 𝐮𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐧." I say smiling, and chuckle nervously while Snart smirks a little wider and Cisco just give me a look to say 'no dude' and Caitlin raise her eyebrows at me.

"𝐍𝐨?.......𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲." Cisco only stares at Snart's back and start talking after a minute of silence.

"You are a very cold man Captain Cold." Cisco says before sipping in his drink.

"Unlike Lara here who's hot as Hell." That caused Cisco to spit all his drink, Caitlin to mutter a small "oh my god" and my eyes to open wider.

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭." I say while dragging him away while we hear Cisco cough. He keeps smirking at me and it annoys me so much.

"𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞." I say as I click on the elevator's button as I still hold him by the arm like a prisoner.

"I meant it you know."

"𝐇𝐮-𝐮𝐡." I keep my eyes fixed on the elevator's doors.

"Wanna get a drink sometime?"
"𝐍𝐨!" I say with a grimace looking at him in disbelief.

"What? Afraid you can't resist me?" he says leaning into me but I shove him in the elevator before he can do anything.

"𝐍𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬." I tell him with a smartass smile. He stops the elevator's doors before keeping the conversation going on.

"Me or you Princess?"

"𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬'."

"Liar. You love them, sweetheart."

"𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫." I say the last word narrowing my eyes at him mockingly.

"Ouuuuh. Kinky."

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐲𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰." I say while turning around and leaving.

∙ ∙ ∙

I had done my part of the job and was waiting for Barry to speed me out of the building which he did.

"I've deleted everything C.C.P.D. , A.R.G.U.S. and the FBI had on you and Lara sent a virus to erase every digital record of you online. And this is every single piece of physical evidence the police had."

"Good." Snart said and all physical evidence became gold....of course, almost forgot about her.

"I hear we are all going to be working together."

"That's right, sis. Partners."

"𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫..."

∙ ∙ ∙

"Please tell me this is a joke." Right.....everyone isn't really enthusiastic about the crossover over there.

"Oh. You were right, Lenny. She is very uptight."

"Don't laugh!" Oops....did I snort out loud?

"𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲."

"I am not uptight... You can't call me uptight."She corrects herself after Barry gave her a look.

"Look, guys, we need their help if we're gonna pull this off."

"Why are you wearing your mask? Snart already knows who you are."

"And I promise I wouldn't tell anyone. That includes my sister."

"Jerk."

"Train wreck."

"𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭..."

"Don't look so surprised, detective. I am a man of my word."

"𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭."

"Yeah, you better be, or I'll make sure you're on that damn plane too." And we all go our separate ways.

I'm now working in my office that actually looks like a teenager's room.....and I'm not working I'm thinking....

"That wasn't very helpful back there."

"𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧."

"You still don't trust me."

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨.......𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?....𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞?"

"I'm starting to." He replies with a smirk which makes me chuckle.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬."

"Don't thank me too soon." He tells me seriously and I give him a confused look. I was gonna ask him but we got interrupted.

"Hey, time to go."

∙ ∙ ∙

"Okay, so I retrofitted the cooling system with the wheelchair's power source to create an energy damper."

We were now in the underground parking of Star Labs. I was seated at the back of the truck with Lisa standing on my left and Snart decided to seat on my right.....really close.

"Which means what, exactly?"

"Basically, the back of this rig is flooded with so much power that it's affectively creating a transient pulse strong enough to disrupt the metahumans' powers."

"𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬." I finish noding, cool.

"Exactly. So, technically we need somebody with a Class A Commercial Driver's Licence to drive this though."

"I can drive it." Lisa says casually.

"What? I have a Class A CDL." She tells us when we all look at her.

"You do?"

"We can't all be doctors." I snort again while Snart smiles at his sister's remark. I adore this girl.

"All right, well, let's do this. Plane's gonna be here in two hours."

∙ ∙ ∙

"Ferris Air? I thought this place got shut down." Snart says when we get off our motorcycles.

"It did. One of their test pilots disappeared."

"So where is the plane? I want to get this over with."

"𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰."

"Look, Joe, I know you don't agree with this-"

"Save it, Barr. I just wanna get it done." Joe says and walks away.

"Family issues?" Snart says which earned him an elbow in the ribs from me.

"𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭."

"Your A.R.G.U.S. friends aren't very prompt. Maybe that's why they've never been able to catch me."

"Oh, there it is."

"Guys. Guys, we have a problem. The damper's fluctuating. The rig's losing power. I don't know why."

"Wait, can you do something?"

"I'm trying."

"Oh, god." Caitlin says looking at the sky.
"Mardon." Joe realise when the plane goes in flame before crashing away.

"Trip's canceled!"

"𝐎𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝."

"Take your last breath."

I don't have the time to react as Snart grips my arm and drags me to cover myself when gunfire starts.

"Such a shame, we were doing so well up until then." He tells me sarcastically while looking up for targets while I rest, sat against the car, when realisation hits me.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬." I whisper looking at the ground.

"Croft a little help over there."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐲!?!" I say after I punch his arm.

"Because that's who I am."

"𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧."

"I never said it was." He says before standing up, "Stay covered."

I get up too and go help Barry when he gets hit by Mardon's lightening and it pushes me to the ground by the same occasion.

"Finnish her, Simmons." I hear and I look up to see Simmons walking up to me as I'm still on the ground taking support only from my arms and hands. His eyes start to go red and I think it's the end before I hear that familiar cold-gun power up and shoot him.

"How about we call tonight a tie?"

"I'd power down if you don't want me to melt your face."

"Let's all go our separate ways. My name is Leonard Snart."

"I know who you are."

"Always pleased to meet a fan. Just remember who it was made sure you didn't get thrown on that plane bound for nowhere."

"You're just letting us go?" No, I can't let that happen. I try to sit up holding my right leg but it hurts and only gets me to groan. I see Lisa looking at me with a sad expression that says she's sorry.

"Why did you shoot that guy?" Snart hesitate before answering and looking back at me.

"He owed me money."

"What? You want a thank-you?"

"Who doesn't like a thank-you?"

"Thank you?"

"You....are so very welcome." Snart says before turning to Barry while Lisa comes to help me.

"Hey, I'm so sorry." She says while she gets me up.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"

"A little bit, you got hurt. And Cisco too."

"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞?" I tell her as I playfully push her by the shoulder with a smile/grimace as she let a small laugh leave her mouth.

"You're not mad at me."

"....𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰."

"But you're still disappointed."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞......𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡."

"He cares about you, you know. More than he would admit it. And more than he should. Unexpectedly."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨......𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡."

"He's working on it.....Goodbye Lara." She tells me and hugs me and I hug back.

"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚."

I see her go to Snart and get on his motorcycle. We made eye contact before he puts his glasses back on and leave as I make my way to Barry.

∙ ∙ ∙

I found Barry at the enter of the partical accelerator.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲....𝐮𝐦....𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝-"

"You have to go." He nods to me.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲...." I tell him sincerely.

"It's fine, we all have a job to do."

"𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐥." Yep, and that fucker his gonna suffer for not letting me help my friends.

"Then go, thanks for stopping by again." He tells me playfully.

"𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞." I tell him with a smile while I hug him.

"Goodbye Lara."

"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲."