impossible | barry allen

112

"It's not permanent, is it? They wouldn't have given you your ID back if it was for good." Caitlin lightly shrugs from beside me.

We were all at Star Labs the next day, Barry Allen telling us about how he had been assigned a leave of absence due to the incident with Devoe.

I was dressed in a pair of lightly ripped jeans, a black tank top tucked into them, boots on my feet and one of Barry's button ups, leaving it unbuttoned, my hair straight as per usual. I was seated in a chair, looking at Barry, Caitlin and Iris standing by me.

"I mean, he said it was indefinite." He sighs.

"I mean, maybe this is for the best, Barry." Iris shrugs, "I mean, you need to prove that DeVoe is still alive. And you can do that now as The Flash."

"Yeah, maybe." Barry nods, "How are we doing with him, by the way?"

"We know that we still have four bus metas left to find." Caitlin began.

"And that DeVoe has absorbed the powers of Killgore, Hazard, Black Bison, Brainstorm, and Dwarfstar." I listed, continuing.

"Fallout is safe with Tracy." Caitlin adds.

"But the Weeper is M.I.A." I finish, leaning onto my elbows, them resting on the desk.

"Then DeVoe must have him." Barry shoves his hands into his pockets.

"Well, that just leaves Ralph." I look up, "Ralph is safe with us."

"But the other four metas aren't." Barry says, "Devoe will absolutely kill them and take their powers."

"But why does he need their powers? I can't figure out his end game." Iris puts a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"I don't know." Barry admits, "I just know that these last four metas are the key. That's why we need to find them."

"And find them we will." Ralph Dibny spike, walking in with a cardboard box, Cisco Ramon following after him.

"Where have you guys been?" Caitlin questions.

"A little home away from home, otherwise known as the bus depot." Ralph sets down the box, "But I showed Cisco here an old P.I. trick I learned from my mentor, Columbo. Lost and found box from meta bus 405."

"Question for the room, how did I get stuck doing the buddy system thing with Ralph?" Cisco looks at us.

"It's the best way to keep Ralph safe, Cisco." I run a hand through my hair.

"Yeah, it's the best way to keep Ralph safe, Cisco." Cisco mocks me, "Well, clearly you've never had to stay over at an apartment that uses neon beer signs for lamps and the kitchen sink for a shower." Cisco looks at Ralph, "Ralph, I love you. But you sleep on a futon."

"Futon's not that bad." Caitlin shrugs lightly.

"It is when it's damp." Cisco shot back.

"Why is it damp?" Iris asks.

"I sweat a lot when I sleep." Ralph admits.

"Oh- ew." I clear my throat, swallowing a gag.

"Oh, hey, my retainer." Ralph grabs it from the box, propping it onto his mouth, "Been looking for this."

"Oh- I might throw up." I cover my mouth, blinking long and hard, Caitlin rubbing my back.

"What? It's been a while since I've had this one in my mouth." Ralph laughs at his own sentence.

"I wish I still had the ability to step on you right now-" I mumble.