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the showdown

STAR Labs
Cortex

Cisco stared at Barry's suit sternly before he slowly looked back at Barry and Kara. "She took H.R.?" Cisco asked.

"Mm-hmm," Barry hummed before Cisco started to pace while Caitlin, Julian and Mon watched him.

"Can she do that? I mean, I though this whole trial by combat thing had rules," Caitlin said.

"Which apparently we broke when we tried to get the drop on her," Barry said.

"Well, that wasn't very clever, was it?" Julian said and Kara gave him a look. "A deal's a deal. It should be honored."

Cisco stopped pacing and looked at Julian, pointing to him. "You know what? You're right, Julian. A deal is a deal," Cisco said before he looked back at Barry and Kara. "And our deal was that I would train so that I could fight Gypsy, but I guess you three wanted to go behind my back and try to sub in?"

"We didn't go...we just thought maybe you could use some help," Kara said.

"Yeah? What happened to, Cisco, you can beat her?" Cisco asked.

"You can," Kara said.

"I believe in you," Cisco said.

"I do," Barry said.

"Trust your instincts," Cisco said but both Kara and Barry hesitated, not saying anything and Cisco sighed annoyed. "Well, right now, my instincts are telling me I should be writing my last will and testament, so please excuse me."

Cisco walked off annoyed while Kara and Barry frowned. "Cisco, come on-" Barry started.

"Should I go talk to him?" Caitlin asked.

"No, I... I got it," Barry said before he walked off after Cisco and Kara crossed her arms.

"Looks like I'm not the only one who has to work on their interpersonal skills," Julian said and all Mon, Caitlin and Kara gave him a look.

STAR Labs
Cisco's Workshop

When Barry walked in, Cisco looked back at him in annoyance. "Oh, hey. I'd be careful if I were you. Last thing we want is for me to touch a button and blow your head off, right?" Cisco said before he started to mock a laugh. "Cause I don't know what I'm doing, right?"

"You know I don't think that," Barry said.

"Yeah, well, you have a very, very strange way of showing it," Cisco said as Barry walked over to the lego scene.

"You're right, man. I'm sorry. I don't know. I just...guess this whole not getting faster thing, it just has me rattled. I was always able to do it before, you know? I mean, against Reverse Flash and then against Zoom, but...Savitar's on a whole other level. And knowing what he'll do to Iris if we fail?" Barry explained and then he looked to Cisco who was frowning.

"I'm afraid just...thinking what's gonna happen to H.R. if I don't beat Gypsy," Cisco said before he looked up at him. "But you, you're the hero. I mean, how do you handle all this pressure all the time?"

"By just leaning on all of you guys. You know, I mean, you're always in my corner, helping me face my fears. And it is okay to be afraid. Trust me. And when you are, I'll be there in your corner," Barry explained but then Julian walked in, ruining the motivation speech.

"Yes, lovely little speech, Allen," Julian said and Barry rolled his eyes. "But what Mr. Ramon needs to defeat his inter-dimensional adversary is a practical stratagem. Lucky for you, I found one."