Heroes of Central City

The Nuclear Man

Jitters

Barry, Caitlyn, and Cisco headed up to the top floor of Jitters.

"Hey where's Dakota?" Caitlyn asked. "She hasn't been around the lab much."

"Her and Cooper have been spending a lot of time at the cemetery. Ever since the whole Clay Parker thing it kind of resurfaced the pain." Barry explained.

Cemetery

Dakota sat on the ground in front of the tombstone. She patted her lap, "Get comfy Coop."

Cooper laid almost his entire body in her lap. Dakota just stared at the grave not thinking of anything.

Jitters

"She would've killed Parker if I hadn't stopped her. You should've seen her, there was this fire in her eyes I've never seen. Pure hatred. Pure rage. Like something had completely taken over." Barry explained.

"Scary." Cisco grunted.

Cemetery

"I should've killed him when I had the chance. I shouldn't have hesitated like that." Dakota murmured to herself.

"I'm sorry." A person said coming to a stop in front of a tombstone close to hers.

Dakota looked up to see it was Agent Matthew Scott, "You have family here?"

Matt nodded, "I'm sorry about your parents. I heard what happened with Clay."

Kota smiled and gave the flower to Cooper, "Wanna do the honors Coop?"

Cooper took the flower in his mouth and laid it on the grave before climbing off.

"Um what did you mean by 'I should've killed him when I had the chance'?" Matt asked.

"You really don't want to know." Dakota replied standing up. "I have to get to work. I'll see you around."

"Hey do you want to coffee sometime? Or lunch?" Matt wondered.

Dakota smirked, "Like a date?"

"Um...yeah..." Matt shifted nervously.

Dakota put his hands on his shoulders, "Matt. Can I call you Matty?" He nodded slowly. "I have a boyfriend. I'm sorry. But I hope we can be friends. Because I like you. And you helped me out."

Matty smiled, "I can live with that. I'll see you around."

STAR Labs

Dakota and Cooper headed into Cortex, "Sorry I'm late!"

"You've been hanging around Barry too much. You're picking up his habits." Wells commented.

"I was at the cemetery...again." Dakota replied.

"No worries." Wells smiled at her which is new.

"So we have to catch Ronnie. Or Martin Stein in his body." Dakota pointed out. "Caitlyn are you going to be on board with what needs to be done?"

"How do we find him?" Caitlyn asked.

"Stein is a genius. And if he is in control of Ronnie's body then he'll be trying to figure out what's happening to him." Dakota explained. "Barry and I don't even know what he looks like."

Wells pulled up a picture of him, "Martin Stein."

"That's him?" Barry raised an eyebrow and Wells nodded. "I've seen him before. On the train the day the particle accelerator exploded." 

Stein Residence

"Of course I heard of STAR Labs." Clarissa replied. "That's all he talked about."

"We're actually helping the CCPD look into your husband's disappearance." Dakota murmured. "Has he ever tried to contact you?"

"No..." She lowered her head.

Barry pulled out a picture of Ronnie, "Have you ever seen this man before?"

"Is he important somehow?" She asked.

"He's a person of interest in your husband's disappearance." Dakota replied. "I don't mean to pressure you but it's really important."

"He does seem familiar. I've been getting this feeling I'm being watched. Sometimes I still do. I've definitely seen him." Clarissa responded handing the picture back.

They left the house and headed back towards the van.

"Clarissa said she felt like she was being watched." Barry pointed out.

"Stake out! Yes!" Dakota cheered. "Me and you Barry."

Barry raised an eyebrow, "Seriously?! You're excited for a stake out?!"

"Have you met me?"