Short on Time

Chapter 96

"Okay we've got eyes on Cape Canaveral, Space X, and the Xichang Space Center," Cisco said.

"And Blackhawk Island," Barry said as he ran in.

"That's every launch pad south of the 39th parallel," I said.

"Good man," Cisco cheered.

"Okay, are we sure that DeVoe is gonna launch the machine from an airfield?" Iris asked.

"If he's shooting five satellites into synchronous orbit, that's the latitude he needs," I told her.

"And whether or not he's still moping around about his wife ditching him, he's gonna resurface," Cisco added.

"And he's gonna do it soon," Barry said.

"When he does, I whoosh. You whoosh. She bangs. She blinds," Cisco said.

"If I can get there in time. I mean, I'm still not fast enough to make it to DeVoe's pocket dimension," Barry said.

"That's why we split up. Yeah. Each one of us stakes out a different launch pad," Cisco said.

"You're serious?" I asked Cisco.

"I mean you've seen DeVoe in action," Barry added.

"Yeah, the guy's a one man Legion of Doom. So, send the Super Friends," Cisco said.

I gave him a look, "we are not the Justice League."

"Okay, but we're not at full super strength right now. I mean Joe's got the baby on the way and Caitlin's looking for Killer Frost. Harry's-" Barry said, and then Harry announced his arrival and problems.

"This chair came out of nowhere."

"So hey, Allen. West. Clancy," Harry said.

"Allen," I reminded him.

"Right, Mrs. Allen. Ramon," Harry said.

"Cisco," Cisco supplied.

"Cisco Ramon. Guys. Check this out. Okay? Somebody has been blogging about the Thinker. About DeVoe and the bus metas, all of it, okay. And if we find this blogger, we can stop the Thinker," Harry said.

I gave Iris a look that said she needs to help Barry, "Hey, buddy. Hey, buddy. That's that's my blog," Iris told him.

"Look at the byline. It's not written by Iris West-Allen, okay? It's written by Anonymous Central City Citizen. Mic drop," Harry said.

"Hold on to that mic," I told him.

"It's imaginary. I asked you to proofread this for me, remember?" Iris told Harry.

"You asked me to proofread this when? This morning. That's when. When you said, Harry will you proofread, will you proofread," Harry said nervously and then ran into another chair.

"Yeah," Iris said awkwardly as I grabbed Harry's arm.

"You look just like my oldest," Harry said.

"Let's start by finding him a room with less chairs," Cisco suggested.

~*~

"I got a tip about Fallout, but it's been scrambled by Kilgore's code," Barry said.

"Hmm, not anymore. Consider it unscrambled," Cisco announced.

"Devoe," I sighed.

"Where's ARGUS keeping Borman?" Barry asked. "Do we know?"

"I-I can't ping Lyla, but I can try Dig," Iris said.

"I'll just go get him," Barry said running off.