The Only One To Thaw The Ice

Everyone And None

I'm sorry for taking so long, idk how this one turned out, please lemme know how you like it...

Diamond

The first thing Gaige noticed when she entered was that someone had erased the names on the board.

"Good, you're here, perhaps now we can start a search for Blackthorn? It is better to strike first than to wait for him," Stein announced them.

"How do we even try to find him?" Caitlin asked.

"Gaige knows more than any of us about him, she probably could do it," Cisco suggested.

"What do we hope to gain by catching him? Or what do we do when we catch him?" Barry questioned.

"Could someone please explain what's going on?" Joe sighed.

"You didn't tell them?" Gaige looked at each of them in turn.

"We thought maybe you're the best to explain, as Cisco said, you know more about this than any of us," Caitlin glanced at the others.

After the situation was explained, the three just sat in silence, unsure of what to say or even what to think.

"Why don't we start or whatever, the sooner we do, the sooner it's over," Leonard sighed.

"Well, there's nothing really to go on, guys, there's nothing really to track him on, I wouldn't know the first thing in finding him, it's not like I was best friends with the guy," Gaige exhaled.

"Maybe the chemicals he's using are traceable, you can't just get amnesia agents anywhere, you'd have to buy them somehow," Cisco started.

"His drugs are homemade, and they do a lot more than just memory loss if I remember correctly, it's been awhile. He uses basic chemicals, so he would need access to a pharmacy, he's not one for getting drugs off the street," Diamond relayed.

"How would you know that?" Eddie asked.

"Well, I was one of his first test subjects, he talked a lot in the beginning, about the formula, not what the drugs were precisely but just enough that they weren't from off the street, he talked about other things too but they aren't important," she answered uncomfortably.

"Why is he coming back now? He already had you by the sounds of it," Iris questioned.

"Very good question, I don't have the faintest idea," Diamond shrugged trying to brush off the feeling of danger that she had created.

Gaige sat down at the computer.

A little help?

This is a horrible idea, dear, we should start running.

What? Why? That wouldn't help my friends...

Yes it would, you would relay that you don't care about them, so he'll leave them alone, the only reason he's interested in them is because of you, he will chase you. We just need to run faster.

You think that will work?

No, I know so.

I tried so hard not to be that person anymore though...

Would you prefer them to suffer?

She looked up from the computer, they were more than her friends, they were her family, could she stay knowing she would hurt them?

Run, that's brilliant...

Go back to who you used to be.

But I was horrible...that wouldn't benefit me...I would just cause a lot of trouble...