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Star Labs
Afternoon
Everyone scrambled to dodge the ice blasts. Tony tried to fire an energy beam at Frost but she had gotten his arm, freezing the tech, he realized.
"Caitlin, I don't wanna have to do this," Cisco said as he raised his hands, preparing to fire a Vibe blast if needed.
"I know you don't, but I do," Frost said with a smirk as she prepared to fire another blast.
"Cait," Steve stepped in front of her, desperately wishing he had his shield at that moment. "You don't have to do this."
"You're right, but I want to," Frost smirked before firing at them.
Wally and Pietro sped the pair out of the way as Wanda waved her hand, sending Frost flying back. However, before she could hit the ground, Savitar grabbed her and sped out with her.
"Cait no!" Cisco cried out in horror.
Wally and Pietro sped after them, but Savitar was much faster than either of them. They searched their entire building, but Savitar and Frost were both gone.
Argus prison
Same time
Creed threw Logan off of him and grabbed him, slamming his head down onto the floor. Frank fired, getting Creed in the shoulder. This only seemed to irritate the feral man and he let go, rushing Frank with a snarl. However, Logan then jumped on Creed's back, hanging on for dear life as Creed tried to shake him off. Frank fired off three rounds; hitting Creed in the stomach but Creed still wouldn't go down. Having had enough, Logan drew one of his claws and, to the shock of the other inmates, made a cut through Creed's neck. There was a splatter of blood that marred Logan's face as Creed's head fell to the floor, followed quickly by his body. Logan got to his feet as Frank walked up to him.
"Let him come back from that," Logan said gruffly.
"Hope you've still got some fight in you, because this isn't over," Frank said as he noticed the other prisoners starting to surround them.
Logan and Frank were preparing to fight back when, suddenly, the glass above them shattered as Argus operatives glided down on iron cables as dozens of other operatives burst through the doors, all aiming their rifles at them.
"Anyone moves, you get a bullet in your head," Rick said, aiming his rifle at them.
Star Labs
Late afternoon
"Nothing?" Cisco asked as Wally and Pietro walked back in.
"No, it's like they just disappeared," Wally said in frustration.
"What I'd like to know is how Savitar could outrun you without his suit. Aren't you supposed to be faster than Barry?" Clint asked as he looked over at Wally, who shrugged.
"Savitar was in this Speed Force for who knows how long. He could have been absorbing its energy all that time," Tony suggested.
Steve suddenly slammed his hands on the computer, causing them all to jump as they looked over at him in alarm.
"It doesn't matter," Steve said in a calm but firm voice. "What matters is stopping Savitar and getting Caitlin back. I'm gonna keep looking for her, call me if you find anything new."
Steve then turned and stormed out, leaving the others staring after him in concern.
"I'm gonna go with him, make sure he's okay," Sam said before following after his best friend.
"Steve's right though, we gotta stop Savitar and find Caitlin," Cisco sighed.
"Well, first we need to get Barry out of prison," Clint said and they all looked over at him. "Barry locked himself up so we'd have a better chance of stopping Savitar. Well, that backfired."
"This isn't Barry's fault!" Wanda snapped defensively.
"Yes it is. It's his fault for putting himself in there and it's our fault for letting him," Clint said firmly. "Barry is our best chance to stop Savitar, so we get him out of there."
Bucky groaned as he came to, blinking his eyes. As he realized he was in the med bay, it all came back to him. Bucky sat up, or tried to, but was pulled back down. He looked over to see his robotic arm was attached to the rail of the bed he was in, like a magnet.
"It's just a precaution," Bucky looked over to see Natasha sitting in a chair next to him. "How do you feel?"
"Hr. Is he…" Bucky trailed off.
"Gone," Natasha said gently and Bucky closed his eyes, guilt spreading through him. "It wasn't your fault James."
"I pulled the trigger," Bucky said in self-loathing.
"Savitar had control of your mind, just like Hydra did," Natasha said gently as she got up, walking over to him. "It wasn't you."
"But I still killed him," Bucky said softly.
"And you'll have to learn how to live with that," Natasha said as she put a hand on the side of his face. "You have to be strong enough to move past it. You have to forgive yourself for your sins."
"You say that like it's easy," Bucky said and Natasha shook her head.
"It's the hardest thing in this world," Natasha said softly.
Steve was making his way towards the front of Star Labs when Sam caught up with him.
"I'm not in the mood for a lecture Sam," Steve said.
"No lecture. Like I said, I do what you do, just slower," Sam said casually as they reached the front door. "But you have to admit Cap; you almost lost it in there."
"I didn't mean to," Steve said as they stopped.
"We know. But you can't lose it like that. I know you're worried about Caitlin, we all are, but you can't let it get to you like that," Sam said before pausing, almost not asking the question that was on the tip of his tongue, but he had to know. "Do you love her?"
"I don't know," Steve said after a moment. "I don't have a lot to compare it to. The closest thing is Peggy, but we were together for such a short amount of time, I'm not sure if that was love or just infatuation. I know that every time I see her smile, my heart skips a beat. When she gets scared, I want to take he in my arms so she won't be scared anymore.. That the thought of something happening to her terrifies me more than anything else, in this world or any other."
"We're gonna get her back Steve," Sam said as he put a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"I know. Because I'm not sure what I'm gonna do if we don't," Steve admitted shakily.
Argus prison
Same time
Barry groaned as he came to. Note to self, electrocuting yourself should only be done in emergencies. And as a last resort.
"How you feeling kid?"
Barry looked over to see Logan sitting in a chair by his bedside.
"Pretty good, considering I just got electrocuted," Barry said as he sat up, looking around and realizing he was in some sort of med bay. "What happened to Frank and the other inmates?"
"Well, turns out before Alexei and your friend let everyone out of the cells, the guards managed to radio HQ for help. They got here just before things got real ugly, got Frank and their others back in their cells," Logan explained before summoning his claws and retracting them. "Obviously, they're having a little difficulty with me."
"Can I ask you something?" Barry asked.
"Why do my powers work with those collars?" Logan asked and Barry nodded. "I'm not a Meta, I'm a Mutant."
"What's the difference?" Barry asked confused.
"A Meta is created by dark matter. A mutant is bon due to a genetic defect in their DNA, giving us so called abilities. We're God's mistake," Logan said sardonically.
"Okay, help me out here. If you could get out any time you wanted, why stay here?" Barry asked confused and Logan was silent for a moment.
"Because I failed her," Logan said quietly.
"Her as in the woman you came here to help?" Barry asked and Logan nodded solemnly.
"I came here to help her and I failed her. Now she's dead," Logan said sadly.
"I'm sorry. What was her name?" Barry asked softly.
"Laurel, Laurel Lance," Logan said and Barry started. "What?"
"You came here for Black Siren?" Barry asked stunned and Logan nodded.
"Yeah. You know her?" Logan questioned.
"She's not dead," Barry said and Logan stared in shock. "She was locked up for a while, but she's free now. She assumed the life of this Earth's Laurel Lance. Last I heard; she was going to work at the DA's office in Star City."
"He lied to me. That son of a bitch!" Logan snarled, standing up and tipping his chair over.
"Who?" Barry asked, confused.
"Zoom. He told me she was dead!" Logan snarled.
"Well, if it helps, he's dead now," Barry said.
"Actually, that does help. Who did it?" Logan asked as he looked over at Barry.
"I did," Barry said and Logan stared at him incredulously.
"You killed Zoom?" Logan asked in disbelief and Barry shrugged.
"Killed him, summoned a Time Wraith to kill him, I don't really a see a difference," Barry said honestly as he looked at Logan. "So, Laurel is the one you came here to help? I gotta say I didn't see that coming. The woman you described, she seems so different to the Laurel I know."
"Because she was different," Logan sighed. "Earth-2 didn't really take kindly to Metahumans. They put her in cage, did experiments on her. Sometimes, when you cage the beast, the beast gets angry."
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