In Time | The Flash

Chapter Twelve | Trillium

"Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn."

- Gustav Klimt

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CHAPTER TWELVE

>>> Trillium's P.O.V. <<<

"What the hell happened in there?" I ask, as soon as Aspen and Barry hop into the back of the patrol car a block away from Torres' apartment.

Aspen shakes her head. "Maria Marcus, Frank Torres' girlfriend, she has a son. He lives with them. How could a man do all he did and make it back in time to have his girlfriend's child not know anything about it? How could he kidnap a child when he has a child in the room next door?"

Joe sighs, driving the patrol car away and back towards the station. "You see the best in people. Some people can do extreme evil, even with loved ones that close by."

Aspen crosses her arms. "I don't know...just doesn't feel right."

"The patrol car that interviewed your mother came back," Julian adds, rolling his eyes. "That woman is almost as bad as mine."

"What did she do?"

"Threatened to sue the CCPD for malicious prosecution if we didn't leave her alone since she had no idea where your daughter was. I say we rule her out as a suspect."

I scoff, leaning back in my seat. "Worth a try."

"Let's just see what Cait and Cisco found before we jump to any conclusions about Torres' innocence or guilt," Barry suggests, bringing the conversation back to its origin. "Joe, can you meet us there once you get the task force working at the station?"

Joe nods as he continues to drive. "I'll wrap up here and head over as soon as I can. You keep working on the slightly illegal angle. Maybe even try the Meta angle."

Barry nods, turning to Aspen. "I can run us all there a lot faster than we could drive."

Aspen nods, and in a flash, Barry has her out of the car and miles away. Moments later, he's back. "You two up for a ride?"

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When we all get to S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco meets us in the Cortex, Caitlin right behind him. He pulls up the specs that Aspen and Barry got when they were in Torres' apartment. He points to the screen, showing us an outline of the apartment building and everything inside. I see heat signatures of bodies, cold spots, and a vague outline of everything inside.

"So, we have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?" Cisco asks, sarcastically. "No takers? Okay, bad news it is. Bad news is that I didn't find any heat signatures that could be children, not in any place that he would've kept them secret. I don't think he has them in his apartment."

I roll my eyes, leaning against the door frame of the Cortex. "Great. What's the good news?"

Cisco laughs dryly, and Caitlin continues. "The good news is that we think we have an idea where they might be, but you're not going to like it."

"At all."

Aspen steps closer, asking, "Where?"

Caitlin pulls up a visual of the underside of the apartment. It seems to be hollow underneath the structure. "Does anyone remember what Central City was famous for in the Civil War era?"