inFAMOUS: The Conduit and The Meta Meet

Chapter 9: Cause and Paradox

At the Emily-Allen Foundation

The team was gathered in the cortex and Cisco had told the team about how long the cure would take.

Barry asks "We have to wait how long before we can use the meta-human cure?"

Cisco smiles and says "Not even that long."

Cecile says "Cisco."

Cisco says "It's gonna go by like that."

Cecile said "Cisco."

Cisco says "29 days."

Sherloque spits out his tea and Nora says "A month?"

Cisco says "I know, right? Just one, teeny, tiny, month until we stop Cicada's purge. You know, historically speaking, this is way faster than we've ever stopped a big bad so..."

Caitlin nods and Barry says "We can't wait that long. If he finds another meta or comes after us-- we have to speed this up somehow."

Caitlin says "We have to wait for the compound to fully synthesize or it won't be able to effectively neutralize the dark matter in the meta-human's pituitary gland. Without any way to expedite the exotic evolution--"

Cisco says "Barry, we're gonna have to wait."

Caitlin says "I think we have to wait."

Sheloque says "Unless... you took it into the Speed Force."

Delsin says "Hmm?"

Cecile says "You want him to go into the Speed Force for a month and then, what, come out the same day that he left?"

Sherloque says "Oh, no, no, I'm not saying you manipulate time. I'm saying you manipulate dark matter. So very simple. It's simple chemistry, right? When you are synthesizing a compound, you use a-- commodity, uh, substrate, uh--"

Caitlin says "A catalyst?"

Sherloque says "Catalyst, right. And the most efficient catalyst you can use when synthesizing a compound that negates dark matter is superluminal particles."

Nora says "Tachyons?"

Sherloque snapped his fingers and said, "Trés bien. Tachyons, and the place where tachyons are the most dense?"

Barry says "Speed Force."

Sherloque says "And voilà."

Caitlin says "That might actually work."

Cisco says "Yeah, it will. It'll be like nuking it in a pan-dimensional microwave. Nice work." as he looks at Sherloque at the end.

Sherloque says "I know."

Cecile asks "So how much time would this save?"

Caitlin says "From 29 days down to 60 minutes."

Cisco says "Yeah, it's gonna be faster."

Sherloque says "And also since Cicada has been quiet since your last encounter, maybe there's no time like the present."

Barry nods and Cecile says "Do it."

Barry says "But I promised Harry I would meet him soon."

Nora gets up and says "I can do it, Daddy."

Barry looked at Nora and said, "I'm sure, Harry would understand."

Nora looked down and said, "Dad, I can do this. Go talk to Uncle Harry. I can do this."

Barry says "It's fine. I can tell him I'll reschedule."