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Barry and Wanda's loft
Morning
Wanda opened her eyes, blinking as she tried to figure out what had awakened her. Hearing something coming from the kitchen, she looked over at Barry's side of the bed and saw it was empty. Throwing the covers off her, Wanda managed to get to her feet and made her way to the kitchen. Barry was putting a smorgasbord of food together when he noticed her.
"Hey, I was gonna serve you breakfast in bed," Barry said as he set the food on the table instead. "Figured we'd have a bite to eat before we headed in today."
"I love you," Wanda said, kissing him before sitting down. "I do not deserve you."
"The guy who goes insane and is planning on wiping out the multiverse?" Barry asked grimly and Wanda looked at him.
"Barry, that's not you, its him," Wanda told him as she took his hand.
"He is me though. The worst part of me, the part of me that I've kept locked away all my life," Barry yanked his hand out and tuned away, wrestling with himself. "Even now, I can feel that darkness in me. that-that desire to lash out, make people hurt the way I hurt."
"But you don't," Wanda said as she got up.
"Until one day you get hurt, or Joe goes up against someone he can't handle. One day, as long as I have the Red Death in me, something will push me over the edge and drive me to Savitar's insanity," Barry said tormented.
"Then we do something about it," Wanda said as she walked over, took his face in her hands. "We can figure it out, have Cisco figure out a cure. You're not alone Barry, we can fix this. But right now, we need to focus on Savitar. Once we stop him, once we get Caitlin back…then we'll worry about that."
Star Labs
Later
"So, Alexei's still breathing?" Laura asked as she talked with Clint over the phone.
"Yeah, sorry if that disappoints you," Clint said apologetically.
"Don't. Death is too good for him after everything he's done. Besides, you know what they say about revenge," Laura pointed out.
"Dig two graves, one for your enemy and one for yourself," Clint quoted. "Kiss the kids for me; I'll talk to you tonight. I love you."
"I love you to," Laura said before Clint hung up.
"Hey kid," Clint said as he spotted Roy walking down the hall. "Sleep well?"
"No," Roy said blankly and Clint nodded.
"I get it. Its never easy after that," Clint said, knowing Roy must have suffered nightmares from what he had done under Savitar's control.
"Do they ever go away?" Roy asked softly.
"The nightmares? No, but they don't come so often. And they get easier to deal with," Clint told him and Roy nodded.
"The wife?" Roy said as he noticed the cell phone in Clint's hand.
"Lyla sent her and the kids to an Argus safehouse until we deal with Savitar," Clint said by way of explanation.
"I know. It's what he said you'd do," Roy said and Clint tensed. "He doesn't seem to know where they are or plan to go after them, if that helps."
Clint nodded, still not completely reassured. It was unnerving how much Savitar was able to predict their next move. Clearly, Natasha had taught Barry too well in the art of thinking ahead and anticipating your enemy's next move.
"Everyone, head to the cortex. Team meeting in five minutes," Cisco's voice came over the intercom.
"Well, that's our cue," Clint said and Roy nodded.
The pair then entered the cortex to find Barry, Wally, The rest of The Avengers, and Logan already there.
"Good, you're all here," Cisco said as typed something in and brought up a picture of Snart and the men making off with the Prism. "Just to catch you all up, Savitar has Leonard Snart under his control and used him to break into Dayton Optical Systems and steal the Prism, which can cause a nuclear reaction. Savitar is going to use the Prism to power a machine that will merge the Multiverse and create what I am calling Earth Prime."
"Unfortunately, doing this will probably end up wiping out billions upon billions of lives from existence. Harry and Jesse on Earth-2, Jay on Earth-3, Kara and her friends on Earth-38, even Rhodey and T'Challa back home," Barry said, not even realizing he'd referred to Earth-66 as 'home'.
"Not to mention all of us," Tony muttered.
"And that's only if it works as Savitar intends. If it doesn't, he'll probably end up nuking the city," Natasha pointed out.
"Well this just gets better and better," Sam muttered.
"We need to find Savitar and stop him before he gets that machine online," Steve said firmly.
"Well, that's the tricky part. No way is Savitar gonna slip up and let us catch him, Snart, or Caitlin on a traffic cam," Clint pointed out.
"We need someone who knows how Snart operates. Even if he's brainwashed, he probably still operates the same, which could let us find him. Since Mick is off with the Legends, that leaves his sister Lisa," Barry noted.
"Any idea where we can find her?" Logan inquired.
Barry simply looked over at Cisco and others followed his gaze, making Cisco slightly uncomfortable.
"I might have an idea on where to start," Cisco admitted uncomfortably.
Keystone City
Late morning
Lisa Snart, code name Golden Glider, was on her motorcycle, riding away from a hoard of police cruisers that were pursuing her. She rounded a corner and pulled to a stop, seeing the police blockade trapping her. She swore, pulling out her Gold Gun when, suddenly, she vanished in a red blur, leaving the cops staring in confusion at her now empty motorcycle.
On a rooftop Lisa yanked herself out of the Flash's arms.
"I had that under control," Lisa snapped.
"Clearly," Barry said dryly, thinking he had been spending too much time with Natasha and Clint.
"Besides, since when do you help criminals Flash? Especially when you're so far from Central City?" Lisa asked suspiciously.
"I need your help Lisa. It involves your brother," Barry said and Lisa tensed.
"Lenny's dead," Lisa said coldly.
"You're right, he is. But a time traveling psychopath went back in time, brainwashed your brother, and brought him back here to do his dirty work," Barry said and Lisa stared at him blankly.
"What?" Lisa asked and Barry sighed.
"Time Travel, it exists alright? A man who calls himself Savitar went back in time and is controlling Leonard's mind, brought him back here to do his dirty work. I need your help to find them. You know how your brother operates. Can you tell me any possible locations He might be in?" Barry said and Lisa eyed him wearily.
"Why should I believe anything you say?" Lisa demanded.
"We saved your life once," Barry pointed out.
"Because it's what you do. Doesn't mean I should trust you, considering you've tried to put me in jail," Lisa argued.
Barry could admit that she had a point. Barry had tried to put her jail, and his story did sound pretty crazy. After a moment, he came to a decision. It might be a decision he'd come to regret, but it was the only way he could be sure she'd trust him.
"You can trust me Lisa. Because I'm choosing to trust you," Barry reached up and, to Lisa's shock, lowered his cowl so Lisa could see his face. "My name is Barry."
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