The Flash ~ Girls Night Out ~ Part One

***

About to get married, and still working on figuring out who his new big bad was. That was a pretty good summary of his life, Barry mused as he watched Cisco type on a keyboard, Harry on Cisco's other side. At least they had a name to work with this time, and it was a name he had heard before: DeVoe.

"Hey, you guys wanna see something really cool?"

Barry didn't look up when the new recruit to Team Flash, Ralph Dibny, spoke. "Uh . . . sure," he said. "Go for it."

"Stretch, Ralph, stretch," Ralph mumbled.

The sound of stretching made the three of them looked up, in time to see Ralph's head disappear around the track, his entire body stretched thin. "That pretty cool," Cisco admitted.

"Mmmhmm," Harry nodded.

"OK, look," Barry sighed. "Are you sure we can't find this DeVoe guy? I mean, we were warned. We had a heads-up that someday, someone named DeVoe would be one of my greatest foes."

"And the other thing to think about is, do you know how many people there are in this state alone with the name DeVoe?" Cisco raised an eyebrow.

"No," Barry admitted.

"Thousands," Harry told him. "And we still don't have an age."

"Unless one of your greatest foes is the three-month-old William DeVoe who lives four blocks from here?" Cisco suggested, reading off the monitor.

Barry snorted in amusement. "I don't think one of my greatest enemies is a

"Ehhh," Harry tilted his head side to side.

"Evil killer baby?" Cisco mused.

"Could happen," Harry agreed.

"You're right," Barry admitted.

There was a loud knock on the door, and the three looked up to see Felicity standing there in pink and black, a bunch of balloons in her hand, along with a sparkling bag. "Hey!" she grinned.

"Ho!" Harry smiled.

"Yo!" Cisco waved.

"Felicity!" Barry cheered, going over to hug her. Felicity giggled, setting her stuff down to receive it. "How'd you get in here?"

"I literally walked in here," Felicity admonished. "You have – you have security, you have alarms, you have on your door. You guys might wanna consider anything at all!"

"You came prepared," Barry noted.

"Well, yeah," Felicity grinned. "Team Arrow to Team Bride, you know. Very excited for that bachelorette party."

"Yep, getting inebriated with same gender to celebrate an archaic institution?" Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Priceless," Cisco agreed.

"I mean, you only get married once, so . . . " Felicity shrugged, then paused. "Well, actually, pretty much everyone gets divorced these days. 55% to be exact. I mean, that's just statistics – " She paused at Barry's deer in the headlights look, then saw Harry past him making a slashing motion across his throat. "But not – not you and Iris!" her eyes widened in horror. "That would just – that would never happen to you guys." She looked off to the side and paused, seeing a super stretched out body, and squeaked. "Whose feet are those?"

"That's Ralph Dibny," Barry sighed, heading back to the others.

Felicity peered around the corner to see how far he had stretched, then shook her head. "I'm gonna – I'm gonna go meet up with the ladies."

Barry gave her a thumbs up, and Harry saluted her as she picked up her things. "That," she whispered in disbelief, pulling out her phone to warn Kara and Oliver.

***

Kara dropped her bag on the bed, sighing and rubbing the back of her neck. She paused when her phone beeped, and she pulled it out, taking a look at the text she just got. "Oh," she blinked. "Got a warning from Felicity. Apparently Barry's got a new teammate that caught her off guard."

"Great," Oliver sighed as he closed the door to their hotel room, dropping the key cards on the bedside table. "Why did I agree to this?"

"Because it'll look bad on you when the second groomsman doesn't show up to the bachelor party," Kara smirked.

"Last I heard, Wally isn't going to be there," Oliver pointed out.

"You're going to it," Kara gave him a look. "I'm going for Iris, you're going for Barry, OK? Think of it this way, this can be our way of saying thank you for what happened with Cadmus. Iris and Cisco were both there to support us, and Iris is the bride, Cisco's the best man."

"Fine," Oliver sighed, and Kara squealed, giving him a hug. "If that's what it takes to get you to hug me, I'll complain more often," he joked, giving her a hug as well.

"You just need to ask, Oliver," Kara grinned, opening her bag and sorting through the clothes she had. "OK, I'm gonna head to S.T.A.R. Labs and meet up with the girls. I'll be back to get ready for dinner."

"Be careful," Oliver kissed her.

"It's a bachelorette party," Kara reminded him, taking off her glasses and opening her shirt to reveal her suit underneath. "What could possibly go wrong?"

***

In the cortex, Caitlin finished typing and sat back, looking on the monitor at the copy of a plane ticket she had to leave Central City that night. She took a deep breath, reminding herself that this was for the best –

"Well, here you are!" Caitlin quickly exited out and turned around as Iris and Felicity walked up, both smiling widely. "OK, are you ready for the ladies' night to end all ladies' nights?" Felicity grinned, putting her bag and balloons down.

"And by that, she means a quiet, low-key dinner at a very classy restaurant," Iris rolled her eyes fondly.

"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean," Felicity nodded. "Super low-key, super quiet."

A gasp from the other entrance made the three spin. "Are those boas?" Kara asked in delight, pointing at the bag Felicity had brought.

"Yes!" Felicity nodded, grinning. "Want one?"

"Uh, yes please!" Kara grinned, running up. "Oh, this is gonna be awesome!"

"Hey, Kara," Iris grinned, giving her a hug. "Thanks for coming!"

"Oh, please," Kara smiled. "Like I would miss this! Hey, Caitlin!"

"Hey, Kara," Caitlin gave her a small wave.

"Ooo, what have we got?" Kara went to Felicity's side, peering into the bag. "Oh, dibs on pink!"

"Really?" Felicity blinked. "I thought you'd want blue."

"Pink goes better with the dress I brought," Kara shrugged. "Classy restaurant, right?"

"Yep," Iris nodded.