Ch - 46 Imprisonment?

After Barry left, Cisco decided to simulate his hypothesis. He programmed the parameters just right, but each simulation resulted in failure.

As the trio—Cisco, Caitlin, and Swayam—were performing another simulation after some further alterations, they received a call from Barry. He informed them about Iris's kidnapping by Tony and requested their help to find her whereabouts.

It wasn't until night that they got a clue about where Tony might have taken Iris. It was none other than Carmichael Elementary School, where Barry, Iris, and Tony had attended.

Barry didn't want to take any risks with Iris's life. When he got Iris and Tony's location, he immediately contacted his team. After dropping the idea of confronting Tony on his own, he requested Swayam's backup and rushed to Carmichael Elementary School.

When Swayam received Barry's call and was requested for help, he had been searching throughout Central City for any clue or lead on Iris and Tony's whereabouts. He was on the opposite side of the city from Carmichael Elementary School, but he still told Barry he was on his way and that Barry should handle the situation until he arrived.

As Swayam rushed through the city to get to Carmichael Elementary School as soon as possible, Cisco updated him about Barry's confrontation with Tony and mentioned that Barry's vitals showed he was hurt. Cisco urged Swayam to get there as soon as possible.

Just as Swayam approached the school, Cisco updated him that Barry was 5.3 miles away and about to attempt the maneuver they had theorized. Barry managed to land a supersonic punch on Tony's steel body, knocking him down.

When Swayam entered the school, he saw Tony getting up. Before he could approach and stop Tony, Iris, seeing Tony not in his metallic form, managed to land a punch on his jaw, knocking him unconscious.

Seeing that Barry was injured from landing the supersonic punch, Swayam approached him and Iris in his superhero suit, thanking Iris in a changed voice, thanks to Cisco's voice-changing device.

After thanking her, he checked Barry's injuries, which were manageable. He then approached the unconscious Tony, lifted him, and carried him on his shoulder back to S.T.A.R. Labs, also managing to acquire Tony's metahuman ability.

***

When Tony regained consciousness, he was already placed inside the Pipeline, the metahuman prison. He panicked, but Barry, wanting to confront his childhood bully, talked to Tony face-to-face without wearing his mask, easily giving away his secret identity.

After speaking with Tony, Caitlin and Cisco closed the metahuman prison door. Just as Barry was feeling great for capturing and imprisoning Tony, Swayam, who was firmly against Barry revealing his face, crossed his arms and questioned Barry, "Don't you think what you just did was stupid? Barry, although Tony isn't a good individual, do you think he deserves life imprisonment? After what you did, we can't ever give him his freedom again."

After Barry's excitement cooled down, he realized what he had done was a terrible idea, but nothing could be done about it now. He was conflicted about what to do next.

Seeing the conflicted look on Barry's face, Swayam placed his hand on Barry's shoulder and told him, "Don't let your emotions cloud your judgment, Barry. If you had just listened to me and not revealed your identity to Tony, we could have at least tried to reason with him and made him see what is right and wrong. Now, I'm not sure he would even listen to reason." After saying this, Swayam tapped Barry's shoulder, gave him some time to think, and left.