The Deadly Siren (Completed)

Failure Is An Orphan

"Well it's interesting that you say that, sir, since it's your company that's denying the Robertson family's claim", Iris said into the phone, "Yes, of course I have the contract right in front of me", I looked down the hallway in anticipation. Thankfully, Barry sped over to us with the insurance contract and handed it to Iris, "And it says that animal attacks do not fall under Acts of God, and that includes gorillas", she told the man before smiling at me, "The Citizen looks forward to your statement", she said and hung up. 

We both smiled and high-fived each other at our success getting another story, "Thanks, babe", I told Barry, "Are you ready for this?", I asked him excited as Iris walked into the cortex before us. He smiled at me, "Hell yeah, we just gotta find Nora. It's her big day after all. You don't think she's too busy, do you?", he asked. We got our answer as we walked into the cortex to see Nora bossing the team around, "Okay, people, think! We haven't seen Cicada since the roof top fight which means the only way to track him down is to figure out who his next meta-human target's gonna be", she started as I saw Sherloque hitting his head against the board next to him and Caitlyn looked at me, her eyes begging for help. 

Nora looked at everyone, "Have we double checked every bank robbery, every lab break-in?", she asked them Sherloque turned to her frustrated, "Yes, yes! We have looked at all of that, all right? And all of the criminals that are in custody are simply mere mortals", he told her. She shrugged, "How about the one's on the street?", she asked them. Caitlyn shook her head, "Frost says that no new metas have shown up since Norvok went into WITSEC", she said. Nora nodded, "Are the satellites tracking for dark matter or meta-gene bursts of Element X?", she asked as Barry and I looked at each other, trying to hold in a laugh at our daughter's intensity. I was very proud at how she was taking charge with finding Cicada but it seemed like the rest of the team was ready to strangle her.

Cisco stood up from the computer he was at, "Yes, yes, and yes! They're scanning for everything", he told her before turning to Barry and I, "Congratulations, you created a menace", he said with a sarcastic smile. Sherloque nodded, "Your daughter, so energetic", he said. Barry nodded and smiled, "This is pretty impressive", he said looking around as the two men glared at him, "Um, and I know with the cure working, we're all ready to put Cicada to rest but I'm sure he'll resurface soon", he said. 

Nora looked at her father, "And then you're gonna give him the chance to take the meta-human cure?", she asked. Barry nodded, "Exactly. Even Dwyer deserves a choice, we just need to convince him to do the right thing", he said. "Are you ready? This is going to be one of the biggest challenges of your career as a hero. Do you know what you're going to say?", she asked him, making everyone turn to him for his answer. He shrugged and looked at us, "Oh, um, yeah. I've--I've got some loose thoughts", he said, not sure how to respond. Sherloque rolled his eyes "Oh, great. Well that instills all of us with confidence, right? Loose thoughts? What are you going to say? 'Hey, most bloodthirsty enemy! Stop'", he said sarcastically. 

I looked at them, "Hey, it worked for Marlize. Maybe not so much for Savitar, but...", I said the last part a bit quieter. Barry nodded, "I will figure out what to say to him, all right. We got this", he told them. Nora smiled at us, "I know you do, Dad. I'll help you", she said then looked back at the team, "Which is why we need to try everything to try and find him. Okay?", she started rambling again. Barry looked at me and we silently came up with a plan to rescue our friends from our daughter. I pulled out my phone, "Oh, wow. Wow, this is crazy. There's something nuts going on at Jitters", I said, pretending there was an emergency.