𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐜𝐞

"I want this locked up all the way to the end of the block!"

I arrive at the crime scene with at least 5 police cars around the truck that's on the road. I find my way to Joe and Eddie talking together at the back of the vehicle.

"Guys are pros." Eddie finish when I get in sight.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲."

"Hey Lara." Joe respond.

"𝐒𝐨?"

"Everything's still here. Including what I think they're after."

"𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬?" I keep on when we start walking.

"The Kahndaq Dynasty diamond."

"𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲."

"It is. It was on it's way to Central City Museum for exhibition."

"Right. Iris was trying to talk me into going."
Oh Oh...*awkward*
"I'm not much of a museum guy, but when she really wants to do something......I'm just gonna walk away now."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." I whisper to him wincing with a little apologetic smile, while he walks away at the same time Barry comes over.

"Sorry, captain, I was at the hospital... visiting a friend."

"There's nothing missing. It looks like someone interrupted the robbery." Joe starts when we start walking back to the truck.

"𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝?" I tease with a smile which earned me a glare from Barry and an elbow in the ribs from Joe that made me make a small uncontrollable sound I tried to stop.

"Guard says there was three of them." the captain informs Barry.

"Actually, it was four. I mean that's how many I would bring if I were doing a robbery of this nature."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲?" I still tease.

"That's definitely a four-guy truck."

"𝐇𝐮-𝐮𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞." I say with an eyebrow raised, a small smile and my hands intertwined at my front.

" A driver, two more to cover the guards and...somebody used liquid nitrogen to open this door, so four bad guys."

"Thank you, Mr. Allen, for your brilliant insight." the captain says mockingly walking away.

"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠." I tease again.

"Ha-ha." Barry respond which makes me smile wider.

"Did you see anything that can help us catch these guys?" Joe says going back on the subject.

"Yeah. One of them lost his mask. I saw his face."

∙ ∙ ∙

Back at the CCPD office I walk side by side with Joe on my right and Barry on my left while "the streak" his looking for our so called "bad guy" who's supposed to be a pro but who's dumb enough to let his mask fall off but hey.....that's only my opinion.

" So look at these mug shots of Central City's most wanted. See if you can find our gu-"

"That's him." Barry says pointing at a picture.

"Damn. Leonard Snart."

"Leonard? That's almost as bad as Bartholomew."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫."

"Hey!"

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞!"

"Snart ain't sexy either." Joe says back which makes me snort. I take the mug shots catalog from his hands to see his face more closely...well he's not that bad looking you gotta give him that.

"𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞?" I ask because I actually have zero idea on who that guy is and by the reaction of Joe he must be hard to put in jail.

"Snart's father was a cop. A bad cop. Took his anger out on his kids, till he went to prison."

"Snart's dad is in prison too? We should start a club."

"He show up, like, every six months. He cases a job for weeks before he makes his move. Then he does the job, gets away."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬.....𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦."

"That's before the Streak was around." Barry says with a goofy smile.

"Did you just refer to yourself in the third person?"

"𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫, 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡."

"No I referred to the Streak. Which I'm pretty sure I can top. I've been thinking of a new name."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫."

"What do you think about the Fla-"

"Coffee break! Thought I would bring Central City's finest java over to Central City's finest." Iris says coming over to us.

"Thanks, I'm off caffeine." Joe says walking away.

"𝐎𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞." I say giving an apologetic smile and a pat on the shoulder to Iris.
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞!" I add walking away.

∙ ∙ ∙

I went to Star Labs to get the most informations I could about that Snart guy because I thought I would be more at peace there but.....

"But what if you put the hammer in an elevator?"

"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰."
This discussion takes end when we turn our heads to see Barry and another girl walk in.

" And this is where my team monitors the police bands for criminal activity. We can track anything that's happening in the city. Check this out. We've got our own satellite."

" I know. I've hacked into it from time to time." the blond girl says proudly with a smile.

I chuckle to that and say "𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨." looking back at my screen.

"What?"

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?" I respond looking up.

"You serious?"

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝."

"Rude. Both of you."

"𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬."

"It is, of course, so wonderful to see you again, Felicity."

"𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧." I say sending a glare in Barry's direction.

"Oh, right I'm sorry. Um, Felicity Lara Croft. Lara Felicity Smoak."

"Oh, like in the video game?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫." I respond giving a look of approval to Barry while he blushes.
The discussion keeps going on about the Arrow and ends up in the training room with Barry showing off before he crashes in the back of the room when my phone starts ringing.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩?" I answer.

" Meet me and Eddie in front of the Central City's Museum we are in my car." Joe says.

"𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬." I say before I hung up.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐨, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤." I say starting to step outside before Cisco calls.

"It will still go up!"

"𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲." I say just showing my head at the door before leaving.

"How could you possibly know that!?!"

"𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨!!!"

∙ ∙ ∙

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞! 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬." I say in a sing song getting in the back of the car and giving the box of donuts to Joe.

"Ah thanks pumpkin."

"Ah, I don't get it. Why would Snart come here?"

"Snart's been deterred before but once he goes after something..."

"....𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐭." I finish proudly in a sing song again. Joe turns around and gives me a curious look.

"Nope, Ever. But how do you know that?"

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤." I respond casually.

"Joe, I want you to know that I'm really serious about Iris."
Oh here we go again.
" She's an amazing woman. And I can really see myself-"

"Did I ever tell you about that wild night I had my last day of college?"

"I don't think so. No."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐧𝐨. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞." I wince.

"Not even after we kicked back a few beers after work?"

"We've never done that."

"𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬." I really do....

" Oh right. Those are things I do with my friends. And since we've never done those things, we ain't friends. So there's absolutely no reason I need to know about your dating life."

Ouch.....harsh.

"I just don't want my personal relationship with your daughter to affect our....working relationship."

"It ain't about you, Eddie. It's about her. So as long as we don't talk about you and her, we will be cool."

"........𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?"I try, to ease the tension.

"Here."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬."
Well.......*awkward 2.0*

"Maybe we should just listen to the radio." Eddie says and start the radio when the song "When a man loves a woman" by Percy Sledge's is playing on it. So He changes the station to get "Let's get it on" by Marvin Gaye on an other one........

"Quiet is good."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝." I sigh rolling my eyes.

∙ ∙ ∙

After a few hours Eddie left to go to a double date with Barry, Iris and Felicity. And after a few moments Joe received a call from the museum so we got in there to speak with the caller.

"You said to call if there was anything suspicious."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?" I press him.

"This guy went through the tour twice. Nobody does that." He says before we stop and look below us to see...

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦."

"This is Detective West, I have a visual on Leonard Snart at the museum. Request immediate back up!" Joe says in the comm when we start running off.
We are running after him before he stops. Joe calls him and we both point are guns to him when we hear a siren of a police car in the distance. We don't have the time to react before Snart turns around and shoot a kind of white flame of his gun on the ground that makes ice and makes the car lose it's trajectory and goes straight on us. We thankfully got the time to duck and roll on the ground to not get hurt and keep our pursuit through the opera.

Joe is right behind me when I hear his special gun readying itself to shoot again while Barry appears in front of me but we are both projected a few steps back when he gets shot.
We all get shield behind poles to not get shot.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?" I ask worried.

"It burns." He says wincing.

He almost gets shot again but runs away.

"Time for test run." I hear Snart say.
"Let's see how fast you are." He adds before starting to shoot at innocent people, witnesses of the scene.
Unfortunately, Barry isn't fast enough and Snart kills one of the security agents.

"No!"

I see Snart walking away so I follow him.

"Lara no!" Joe try to stop me.

I stop in a corridor with him almost at the end of it with an emergency exit.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲! 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩!"I tell, pointing my gun at him.
He doesn't even turn around and keeps walking so I shoot just to the side of his head and the bullet goes straight to the wall. He stops and directly turns around and gets his weapon ready.

"Don't test me girl."

"𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧!" He tilts his head intrigued when I use his words.

"𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲?"

"You won't shoot."

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭?"

We both shoot at the same time but I don't get freeze thanks to Joe who tackles me to the ground while Snart only got a scratch on his arm before leaving in a hurry.

"𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦!"

"Maybe but he had you too.....You okay?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡.......𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲?"

"Probably already at Star Labs. Go, I'll deal with ....this." He says gesturing to the place.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." I say getting up putting a hand on his shoulder before jogging away.

∙ ∙ ∙

It's a cold gun, build by Cisco, Barry is upset because of what happened, Felicity explained to me when I arrived.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐧𝐨.....𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠."

"Which means?"

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝."

"I'll talk to him."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲."

I went to look at my researches on Snart. He has a sister and his mother died when he was young......and he didn't had the best childhood.....kinda have the worst dad ever too. I kinda feel sad for him, I sympathize for him. I don't have time to think more about that when Joe sends me a text to join him at the Train station so I do.

∙ ∙ ∙

I arrive at the same time then him to hear him and Eddie.

" We got Snart."

"Wait here for backup, Croft with me!" I nod readying my gun in hands.

"Wait for backup? No way!"

"That's an order!" He tells him before we race to find Snart. I see him in the distance I try to get to him but Joe beats me. We face him but he doesn't get the time to shoot us thanks to Eddie and goes running again.

"I'm your partner, not your assistant."
But we don't get him as he gets in the train and the Streak his right behind.

"𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐢𝐭."

Joe and Eddie walk away but I don't pay attention when I get a phone call from Cisco.

"Lara we need your help."

"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?"

"You're the best poker face I know."

∙ ∙ ∙

Cisco explained me his plan on the phone, I hope it works. I have the "gun" in hand and point it to Snart.

"𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭!"

He turns around to look at us , his gun still in Barry's direction.

"𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫."

"I was wandering who you were talking to." he says looking back at Barry.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲!" I say agressively which make him look at my angry serious face.

"𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈'𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐩!"

"Your hands may not be shaking like your other friends here but last time we saw each other you missed your shot. You never killed anyone." If only you knew.....

"There's a first time for everything, Captain Cold." Cisco tells him confidently, which makes him smirk.

"You won't shoot me sweetheart."

I power the thing up before saying mockingly "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭?"
He pauses for a second before he responds.

"You win, kid." He turns to look at me before he adds seductively with another smirk " See you around."

"Hey. Leave the diamond." Cisco tells him.

"Don't push your luck." Snart says still walking away without turning.

" Couldn't shoot him if I wanted to. This is actually the Star Labs vacuum cleaner." Cisco chuckles and adds "With a lot of LEDs."

I actually laugh at that.

"Let's get you warm."Felicity says worried.

"Thank you." Barry tells Cisco.

∙ ∙ ∙

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠." I tell Joe when I stop at his office.

"Damn, already?" He says disappointed.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲." I say chuckling.

"Another mission?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐩."

"Where?"

"𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬."

"Oh! Wow!......Cool!" He says playfully.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡!" I say laughing.

"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 ......𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." I add gesturing around.

" You bet!" We both laugh.

" I'm gonna miss you."

"𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐞."

We hug and I start to go away before....

"𝐇𝐞𝐲! 𝐔𝐦......𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭..."

"We will still track him."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 , 𝐛𝐮𝐭-"

"I will give you updates." He says with a smile.

"......𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬."

"Why are you so attached to that case?"

"𝐔𝐦....𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭.......𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞...𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰..."

"Huh."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?"

"You think He's hot."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐉𝐨𝐞!"

"No?"

"𝐍𝐎!"

"You sure?"

"𝐘𝐄𝐒! 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄?"

"......Okay......but you still like him though?"

"𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐁𝐲𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐞!" I say waving and walking away, while I still hear him laughing.