Episode 27 - Flash Fanfiction - 16 Again

Chapter 7

Snart, who had been wearing his anti-telepathic communicator had watched as Astrid followed Amunet out of the bar. He had waited for a little while before he got to his feet, ensuring that it would be safe to emerge from his spot. He nudged Sara and Mick who had also been wearing their own anti-telepathic gear. The three of them had feigned falling unconscious as they knew that it would lead them to Amunet's base.

"Should we wake up the princess' friends?" Mick asked them.

"No, we don't have enough time!" Sara said.

The three of them went to leave, when Barry's voice stopped them. "The three of you were going to leave without us? That's not cool! We're a team!" he woke up Harry, Cisco and Caitlin as he spoke.

"Look, we're wasting time when Amunet has Sutherland." Leonard said.

"I know where her base is," Caitlin said, looking at Sara. "But it's heavily fortified. We will need a plan."

"Plans never go to plan. Let's just storm the base." Mick said.

"And risk Sutherland's life in the process? No, Mick. You know our motto..." Leonard replied.

"Since when do you care about Astrid's life?" Cisco snapped, "If it weren't for the two of you, she wouldn't have come here in the first place."

"And I'm guessing that if it weren't for you abandoning her by the bar... you could have breached her back to safety, instead of trying to play the hero." Captain Cold snapped back.

Cisco glared at him and raised up his hand ready to shoot a blast in his direction.

"Now, now... We need to work together," Sara replied, "While I do agree with Leonard in this situation... Fighting is not getting her back. Let's just come up with a plan... and then see how things turn out."

"I'll run in and rescue her quickly." Barry said.

"But then we are still left with Amunet. We need to stop her indefinitely, or she will just break out of prison and start again." Sara said.

"We can always lock her in the pipeline." Caitlin said, "Please tell me we're not going to kill her."

"Then we're stuck with a psychopathic meta-human who could convince Frost to free her at any time." Harry replied.

"Frost can be trusted to keep her in there! She wont betray us!" Caitlin snapped.

"Caitlin's right. Frost's proved her worth many times." Barry said.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Right now, we get Astrid out of there as fast as possible." Sara said.

Astrid was brought to an abandoned hotel building filled with meta-humans at every post. Fortifying the hotel was a large high fence which looked like the perfect barrier to keep out intruders.

It was the perfect place to create an army. "Now, dear. You will grow to love it here." Amunet told her.
"I doubt that." Astrid said under her breath. "You know that people will be looking for me."
"That's when you will make them all believe that you have died. Your friends included."

Amunet led her to her own room, and locked her alone, inside. The room was just as fortified but complete with its own toilet, bed and sink. It was like her own prison cell, only in better condition and more privacy. She sat down on the bed and the pain from her back from her tattoo began to hurt all the more. So she stood back up and looked around her surroundings.

She banged on the window, it was made from impenetrable glass. There was no smashing it. She banged on the door, willing for someone to open it. But no one came.