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"Thing we're gonna do to get Killer Frost to appear, get that massive spike in your adrenaline production that we need, is, Ramon is gonna use his vibes to shake you up on the cellular level, and let's see if we can't get your old friend Killer Frost to come out to play." Harry Wells spoke as he attached devices to Caitlin.
We were stood in the Speed Lab that day, trying to get Killer Frost to show.
"Are you sure this is gonna work?" I ask him, my arms crossed as I was nuzzled into Barry's side, Barry's arm around me.
"Well, I mean, like any hypothesis, you have to test itto get an answer." Harry says, "It's what we've all done since the fourth grade, known as the-" Harry pauses.
"Scientific method?" Barry finishes for him, due to his sudden pause.
"Right you are, Allen!" Harry points at him, "Of course."
"Ah, here he is." Harry points at Cisco when he walks in, stepping up the stairs, going to his monitor, "Okay, good. So get in position."
"Don't worry, I lowered the amps on this thing." Cisco told Caitlin, before standing a few feet away from her, facing her.
"Ramon, you set?" Barry asks.
"Yeah." Cisco nods, positioning himself.
Harry looks at Caitlin, "Snow, you ready?"
"I'm ready." Caitlin nods.
"Three, two, one, and-" Harry counts down.
Cisco blasts Caitlin with his energy from the vibe blast, it being at low power, nothing happening, causing Harry to speak up, "All right. Ramon, more power."
Cisco nods, as Harry counts down once more, "Set? Three, two, one-"
Cisco tries again, but stronger, the same reaction occurring, causing Harry to exhale, "All right, this isn't working.You know what, Ramon? Full power."
My head snaps towards Harry, my eyes wide, my arms crossed, my eyebrows furrowed as I stared at him in disbelief, pulling away from Barry, "Like hell he will."
"Wait, hold on, hold on." Barry turns towards Harry, "What do you mean, full power? We don't want to blast Caitlin across the speed lab."
"Well, you need to get a spike in her adrenaline." Harry reason's.
"Harry, she could get hurt." I shot back at him, gesturing towards Caitlin, Barry nodding in agreement.
"God, this is-" Harry walks over to Caitlin, "Look, this is gonna work, okay? Nothing has changed. All right? Snow's DNA tests, they confirm it. Her meta-DNA was not spliced by Noah's powers."
"You mean Melting Point's powers." Caitlin corrects him.
"Right, that's what I said." Harry nods, "Melting Point's powers."
Barry crosses his arms, shaking his head, "No, you didn't."
"I did say that." Harry stares at us.
I run a hand through my hair, "Harry, there's no dark matter in her system anyway. We're just trying to spike her heart rate. That's all."
"What do you mean, there's no dark matter?" Barry stares at me.
"Harry, you knew that." I keep eye contact with him, "We all did."
"We did?" He questions.
"We did." Barry nods.
"No, I know. I just, I think I just, you know, forget." Harry stammers, "I forgot."
"You forgot?" Barry repeats.
"Harry Wells never forgets." I stare at him, "Is there something going on that we don't know about?"
"Harry, are you okay?" Caitlin asks.
Cisco sighs, "No. He's not."
After Cisco admitting this to us, we were lead into the cortex, where Harry had begun explaining what was wrong with him.
"Harry, you're-" Caitlin quietly trails off.
"Losing my intelligence? Yes." Harry turns and faces us, "The injection of dark matter from the Thinking Cap apparently overwhelmed my synapses. Instead of making my brain faster, it's slowing it down."
"Why didn't you tell us this sooner?" Barry questions, looking at him.
"How long until-" I began to ask.
"No way of knowing." Harry shook his head, looking down, "I mean, there are days I can think clearly and other days I- I can't."
"The good news is, um, from what I can see, the regression seems to be reversible." Cisco spoke up.
"Okay, great." Caitlin nods, "I'll start working on it full-time."
"No, you won't." Harry stops her, "I did this to myself, and I-I thought "Oh, you know what? "Use that Thinking Cap, and then I can outthink Devoe and then stop Devoe." I was wrong. Allen was right- I should've listened to her- but I didn't. I didn't. And now here we are."
"Okay, well, we're gonna fix this." Barry assures him.
"You and I both know there's a ticking clock and I can't help anyone like this." Harry stares at him.
"Yes, you can." Barry tries.
"How?" Harry asks, referring to how his knowledge was the only way he can help our team.
Barry sighs, not knowing what to say, clearing his throat, coming up with something, "Look, guys. Ralph, Caitlin's powers, now this. Devoe knew how to break us apart, but I mean, we're all still here. We're a family. That's how we're gonna beat Devoe."
"All right, Allen." Harry nods, shooting him a weak genuine smile, "All right."
I shot them all a look, my gaze stopping at Harry, my fists curled up at my sides, before turning, walking right out the cortex.
"Hey, babe, wait up-" I heard Barry's distant voice behind me, a frustrated sigh leaving my lips as I kept walking, slowly down just the slightest bit so he could catch up, "What's up?"
"Nothing-" I shook my head, continuing to walk down the hall, him at my side.
"I know you better than that." Barry grabs my arm, stopping me, turning me so I faced him, as I avoided eye contact, his stare burning into me, "Is this because of Harry?"
I go silent, keeping my stare away from him.
"Zee?" Barry calls out my name, awaiting an answer.
"." I looked up at him, slight anger threaded in my tone, "I'm supposed to be Team Leader. You and I- leading this team- I'm supposed to be guiding you guys away from this- I should be keeping you away from things like this. And now Harry's losing all of his intelligence because I didn't stop him from using that damn Thinking Cap-"
"Zee-" Barry trails off, his eyes burning into mine, concern flashing behind his eyes, placing a hand on my shoulder, "This isn't your fault."
"Yes- yes it is." I exhale sharply, breaking eye contact, "If I would've just- stopped him when I had the chance- if I would've just- made sure he never even got to try the stupid thing- he wouldn't be losing all his knowledge-"