𝐉𝐎𝐋𝐓 - caitlin snow

54. Snow-Allen

"Barry wants me to be backup for the charity softball event." Anna groaned, zipping up her jacket. "Just to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"And Sherloque wants us at Star Labs." Caitlin said.

"Ugh." Anna muttered, speed eating her food. "Can we take the car today?" She muttered, opening the door as Caitlin followed her out.

"Wait, no, I asked for everyone. Where is the little, uh..." Sherloque chuckled.

"Cisco is laying low at his parents' house while he heals up." Barry explained.

"Well, that's not very brave on his part. I will have a conversation with him next time I see him." Sherloque started writing on the board. "So, Team Flash. How will this handsome, master detective of all the multiverse, Sherloque Wells, pay off his debt to us and catch this homicidal maniac together? Well, we'll begin by asking ourselves a few obvious questions. How he became a meta-human?" Anna raised an eyebrow.

"Well, power manifestation varies. The particle accelerator-" Caitlin started.

"I don't think we're interrupting Sherloque, right? Sure, but you bring up a good point, Dr. Snow. What do we know so far about this Cicada?"

"Snow-Allen." Anna coughed.

"Well, we know that he's killed two people and almost a third." Iris suggested.

"Exactly right. If I could gently be a little more specific, not just people, right? Meta-humans."

"Also, Joe said he got the feeling that Cicada's a dad."

"Right. Cicada..." Sherloque wrote that down. "parent."

"His dagger dampens powers."

"Not just dampens the powers, right? He commands this dagger, right? It is like an extension of himself. So we know..." Sherloque trailed off.

"Maybe they acquired their powers at the same time."

"Yes, very good, Dr. Snow. So, acquired powers...together. So...there we are, Team Flash. Very simple. We unravel this puzzle, and we have a pathway to tracking Cicada." Sherloque underlined the words.

"Cool, or we just answer a much more basic question, like what's up with his weird mask?" Ralph asked.

"Well, the mask conceals his identity. That's what it's for." Sherloque said.

"Right. What I'm suggesting is, if we find out what the mask is for, we'll find out the man underneath much faster."

"37 times I have caught Cicada, right? And not once was this mask angle very useful, right?" He spoke french. "But you know what? The more hours I bill you, the less money I owe you. So, if you want to spend your hours pursuing the mask angle, well, then be my guest." He slurped loudly.

"Okay, great. Sounds like a plan." Iris said.

"We got to get going. Yeah, yes. Good stuff."

"I hope you score a touchdown." Sherloque called after them.

"It's softball." Barry fake chuckled.

"He's gonna fail." Anna muttered as Barry failed every catch.

"Wow, he really is slow." Cecile noted.