Running Towards the Reverse.

Enemy Of My Enemy

"We have to tell him, Barry."

"What if this is just a rouse, Ralph? He wants us all dead! He's made that very clear!"

"I think if we told him, he'd more than willing to help us find her. You don't see the way he looks at her during the tests. I truly believe he loves her."

"Yeah but he's probably just using her feelings for him against her, pretending to be in love with her, when really all he cares about is himself!"

I'm sitting on the bed provided for me while I'm being kept prisoner in S.T.A.R labs, reading.
Allen and Dibny are having a not so quite argument in hushed tones about Kymina. Why am a surrounded by idiots? I sighed as I turned the page, not really reading the book but listening to their conversation.

"You know, you two aren't being very subtle about her absence. So where is she, where's Mina?"

I looked up from my book leveling a questioning look at the pair of men before me.

"Why do you care? It's probably your fault she got captured in the first place, I'm even willing to bet you some how orchestrated her kidnapping."

I could tell by Dibny's expression my face had betrayed me, one of shock and disbelief.

"What do mean 'her kidnapping'?!? Where is she, Barry? Where's Kymina?"

I felt my rage and worry spike, the lightning inside me crackled. I got off the bed and moved towards the glass, rubbing my jaw. Allen shook his head, unwilling to believe I can care for anyone but myself.

"Who has her, Allen?"

Allen stood there with a firmly tight lipped smile on the subject. The tension in the room rising.

"The new Legion of Doom."

Dibny said awkwardly, apparently unable to take the tension between us.

I nod, shaking my head, with a sneering smile and a slight laugh.

"You think this funny? One of her rogues has her, along with who knows who else!"

"I take it she went alone thinking she could take on a group of villains by herself, only to be so over confident that she got herself captured, am I correct?"

They looked at each other, Barry's hatred for me showing in his eyes, his jaw clenching and Dibny's fear for his friend in his, his hand unconsciously going up and rubbing the back of his neck, quickly looking elsewhere as he realizes I'm watching them.
If only they knew the real reason why I will willingly help them. How angry they would be. How furious Kymina would be, but at least, she would be safe and out of harm's way.

"How long?"

They looked up at me in surprise.

"Excuse me?"

I sigh, slamming my fists against the glass in irritation.

"How long has she been missing?!"

"Almost a full day now."

I start slowly pacing, my folded arms across my chest.
They may have resorted to torture of some kind, demanding to know how to get in the facility. So who is the leader of those idiots, who... ah.
I stop close my eyes sighing, laughing slightly, with a slight smirk, and then I look up.

"Lex Luthor."

"I'm sorry did you just say, 'Lex Luthor'? As Superman and Supergirl's Lex Luthor?"

"Unless there's a doppelganger of him running around, than yes! So let me out of here!"

I slam my fists again against the glass in frustration.
Don't they understand what he could be doing to her right now?! How much pain she could be in?

They ignore me and turn around, making sure I can't eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Look, Luthor is probably torturing Mina somewhere right now. As much as I hate you, Barry, I love her, and I would do anything to get her back, to keep her safe."

Barry turns to look at me, panicked, anxious, and irritated as I was, I must have looked like a desperate man, which, in this case, I was.

"Say it."

I looked at him, remembering our time in Flashpoint, how I had mocked him, how I demand the very thing I wanted to hear come from his lips at that point in time. He was doing that exact same thing.
Great minds truly think alike, don't they, Allen?

I sighed.

"You know what I'm asking so please just let me out of here."

"I know, I just want to hear you say it."

I scoffed, shaking my head, chuckling a bit.
So this is how you want to play it, fine.

"Help me save her, Flash, help me save Kymina.... please."

I sneer the last bit at him, in hopes of showing how much I truly hated being under his thumb at the moment.

"Fine, but on one condition: you bring her back here. You bring her straight here, do I make myself clear."

"Like a shiny new bell"

"Wait."

I look over at the door, Detective West and Cisco had just arrived.
Looks like the fun is about to start.

"We need to make sure there is no way he'd kill us."

"Kymina would kill me ten times over if I even tired. Trust me you haven't seen her angry with me, it feels like a very small universe when she is."

The team looked at each other, then Barry walked up to the cell door and started the procedure to get the cell doors open.

When he finally is able to get the doors to stay open on their own, I walk through them. He hands me back my speedster ring as I smile.

"Now what's our next move, Flash?"