𝐉𝐎𝐋𝐓 - caitlin snow

39. Always The Warden

"Wolfe is trafficking meta-humans? Is everybody crooked in this town?" Joe questioned.

"It's always the warden." Anna noted.

"Ah, he always did look smug in those Italian wool suits. Oh, my God, he's literally wolf in sheep's clothing." Cisco gasped.

"It's kind of the perfect partnership, I mean, Amunet deals in metas, and Wolfe has a prison full of them." Caitlin added.

"And him being the Warden, he can make some inmates disappear without raising any eyebrows. I'm gonna go talk to Singh." Joe turned to leave.

"And say what? Your pregnant girlfriend with gestational psychic powers told you?" Iris asked.

"Yeah, Joe, Singh's just gonna think that you're a father desperate to get his son out of prison." Cecile added.

"Well, if we don't figure out something before midnight, that's exactly what I'm gonna say. Hey, where's Harry? He can help." Joe questioned.

"He went to Earth Two, he's checking in on Jesse, so..." Cisco clicked his tongue.

"Great."

"Okay, well, we're out of legal options, and Cisco can't breach Barry out of the meta-wing, so, how do we stop this?"

"Hey, guys, got your alert, sorry I'm late." Ralph ran in.

"It's okay, Ralph."

"No, it's not okay. I ran into this old business partner of mine. This guy He's just a big, fat creep. He's always sticking his nose in my business." Ralph explained as his stomach grew bigger.

"Oh, my." Cecile notes.

"And he's so shady. He's got these beady eyes and this crooked smile." Ralph said, accent starting to change. "Just a real two-faced rat from head to toe."

"Well..."

"Freaky."

"What?" Ralph questioned. His body has changed from its regular self and into a different man. "He's a two-faced rat, he is. What's wrong with my voice? Do you hear that?"

"Um..." Cisco clicked a computer button, turning on the live cameras.

Ralph pointed to himself on the screen. "That's him right there. That's him, do you see him? That's him. That's him, that's him, that's him, Right there, there he there...That's me, that's me. What is happening?" Ralph panicked.

"You somehow willed your body to shape shift into Earl's appearance. Seems like your cells can do a lot more than just elongate." Caitlin explained.

"Amazing." Anna noted.

"Ugh, brilliant. How do you undo it? Undo this? That? This?" Ralph panicked again.

"Control Z?" Cisco suggested.

"Control..." Ralph trailed off as he grunted, shaking as his face returned to normal.

Iris gasped. "Guys, I think I just figured out how to stop Warden Wolfe. If Ralph could shape shift into Braveheart here, then he could easily shape shift into Wolfe and meet Amunet before midnight."

"And call off the whole deal before it ever even happens." Cecile added.

"Right." Iris said as they looked to Ralph.

"Angala What now?" Ralph asked in confusion.

Ralph grunted as he tried to shift into the Warden, failing miserably. Anna dug her hands into her face.

"This is impossible. We might as well just gift wrap Barry, hand him to Amunet, and call it a day." Ralph confesses.

"No, Ralph, this is not impossible. Your polymerized cells are linked to your thoughts. You should be able to change into anyone you can think of, just like when you squeezed your belly into abs." Caitlin explained.