Short on Time

Chapter 86

"Cecile's a telepath?" I asked in surprise.

"Well, that's way more important than getting Allen out of prison!" Harry said. "Not!" 

"Sick burn, Hare," Ralph said. 

"Please don't encourage him," I told Ralph.

"As a former prisoner, I can tell you-" Harry began.

"No, that was gorilla prison," Cisco said.

"Gorilla prison is worse. They throw their scat at you," Harry said and I wrinkled my nose.

"I did not need that mental image," I told Harry.

"I can tell you that Allen is sitting in his cell, suffering, while this guy, DeVoe, continues his plan unabated," Harry said.

"Harry, Cecile filed an appeal last week," Iris said.

"We have no new evidence, so that doesn't matter," Harry said.

"We have satellites on the DeVoes," Cisco offered.

"And they haven't made a move in weeks, so that doesn't matter!" Harry said.

"Well, Barry's in gen pop, so worst case, he can always phase out, or I can breach him out," Cisco said.

I gave Cisco a look, "and then he'd be a fugitive."

"And by the way, Ramon, why do we not have eyes on him in there?" Harry asked.

"Hey, it's a pain trying to get into an analog camera from here, no matter how hard I hack," Cisco said.

"Hack harder," Harry said. "We're nowhere. "This team is nowhere, and this is the team that got Barry out of a pantemporal speed prison, and we can't spring him from a county jail?"

"Harry, we are working just as hard as you, okay? And yes, it kills me to admit it, but we are at a roadblock, so Barry is just gonna have to hold on. I mean, I can't even imagine what he's going through," Iris said.

I smiled gently at all of them, "I visit him every day. Don't count Barry out yet, he can make the best of any situation."

~*~

"So, Barry asked you to ask us to get this guy out of prison?" Cisco asked.

"Barry had gotten close to this guy, who says he's innocent. It was a case of mistaken identity," Joe explained.

"Well, from what I could find out on CCPN's archives, Big Sir's case does sound a bit suspect," Iris said. "Fifteen years ago, he was found guilty of shooting a guard, but there was no apparent motive."

"Only one eyewitness?" I asked surprised.

"Studies have shown that lineup composition, verbal, and non-verbal cues, can all lead to unintended false identifications," Caitlin said.

"Look, this is all just fantastic, but we're not really gonna do this," Ralph said.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Yeah, I mean, um, we've already got a lot on our plate just trying to free one innocent man," Cisco agreed.

"Did you two just agree?" I asked annoyed.

"We all want Barry to be free, but I don't know that there's much else we can do right now. We kinda hit a wall," Iris said.

"Well, we're not gonna get through that wall while we're working on this," Cisco said.

"It's just one case," I said exasperated.

"Yean, and it's a case that we have to take. Allen has made one request of us since he's been incarcerated, and the request doesn't even involve himself. We have to take this case," Harry said.