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Savitar had no idea, none at all, how he'd managed to claw his way back into reality. It wasn't like with the speed force. Some sort of trap where for an eternity he was barely aware, and then suddenly he was and he could control people from within it thanks to that stone. No, this had been actual death. A bullet from Iris West. Nothingness.

And then here he was. It had been at least half a year, maybe longer. He'd ended up in the same warehouse he'd spent so long planning in but nothing he'd left behind was there.

Certainly not his destroyed armor.

He had no real ideas on what to do here, no plans. What could he do? He was way past his element here, and there wasn't even the chance of any memory updates from Barry. After all, they're nowhere near the original timeline.

So for a long while, he just sat in the warehouse. Trying to get his bearings. And when that failed, he sped off, running through the town. Trying to see what was the same and what was different.

Well aware this was just going to get the attention of Team Flash. Well, so be it. He was supposed to be dead anyway.

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thisismadfreaky

Another day, another meta alert at STAR Labs, it was nothing new at this point in his life. Sometimes, Cisco longed for the days when things were still simple, before there were too many betrayals to count on one hand. But he knows that's just the nostalgia talking and, despite a lot of very awful things that have happened in the last few years, he wouldn't be where he is or have the people he has in his life now if not for all the bad, too.

"Guys? Got something downtown, it was picked up on Church Street, but..." An over-annoyed and slightly dramatic sigh is huffed out as he recognizes a familiar pattern in the way the dot moves on the screen. "Barry, is that you?"

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scarletspeedster1

Barry was out doing patrol already. He was on the other side of the city near Holly Blvd when Cisco came over his comm asking if it was him on Church. "No, I'm at Holly and Chambers. Give me directions, I'll catch it." Barry replied as he turned to head back towards Church St following the directions Cisco gave him.

After everything that had happened the last few years, specifically the past few months Barry was glad to just have some normalcy again. Standard patrol looking for other Meta's to stop or help or both.

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snowandfrost

Caitlin looks over Cisco’s shoulder, her brows furrowing at the pattern in which the meta was appearing in. It can’t be.

“...guys, I think I know who that is.”

There is a slight tremor in her voice but luckily, Frost doesn’t think that it is necessary to make an appearance just yet. She looks at the energy signatures and the direction that it had originated from. It can’t be. She shakes Cisco’s shoulder and tugs him in the direction of where their gear lay waiting. If it is who she thinks it is, then Barry would need Vibe and Frost with him.

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vivifier

He runs and runs and runs. He's not looking for solid information, really. He doesn't need to know if Iris married Barry, if Devoe is terrorizing the town, not any of it. He just runs, occasionally stopping to see where he's at or ...okay, he may take a peek at Joe or Iris.

Just to see.

Whatever it is he sees, it obviously doesn't make him very happy. Because back to running he goes. Faster and faster. Like he's trying to break apart, but it just doesn't happen.

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thisismadfreaky

"What do you mean?" He glances over his shoulder and up at Caitlin. "Who--?" But he cuts himself short as she tugs him along, rising easily to his feet to follow her.

"Uh, Barry, we're gonna help you this one, buddy!" he calls over the comms as he grabs his gear, still giving Caitlin a quizzical look. What. The. Hell. Woman?!

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scarletspeedster1

Barry is so confused. It's rare they need to help, it actually makes him stop a moment to listen to them better. "Guys?! Who is it? Who are we up against?" It's then he sees the streak of lightning, it crosses right in front of him. "No..it can't be...." And he's off running as fast as he can after it. Not now. Not again. He can't go through this heartache again. HR died, if Savitar was back then it meant he died for nothing. No. It had to be someone new. It just had to be.

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snowandfrost

Caitlin takes a deep breath as she puts in the comm and grabs her Frost suit, changing behind a screen.

"Cisco, I know that pattern. I've seen it before. Up close. Personal. I'm hoping it's not him. That it isn't...Savitar." A shudder goes through her body that had nothing to do with her meaner roommate. "Which means if it is him, we shouldn't take any chances and we shouldn't let Barry face him by himself."

It took all of them last time. Not just Barry to defeat Savitar. She tugs the jacket in place and lets the change happen.

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vivifier

He ends up back at the warehouses, well aware that someone's following him. Barry, obviously. He has no idea what's brought him back, but if nothing else he has to assume it's something to do with Team Flash. Either they've done something or someone else has. Either way, he has no intention of being anyone's pawn.

He heads outward again, towards the waterfront. His lightning sparks wildly, and by the time he gets there he finally has to skid to a stop to keep it from doing any actual damage to him.

After all. No armor.

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thisismadfreaky

As he suits up himself, Cisco listens to Caitlin's explanation and he feels something in his chest tighten. "No, way," be shakes his head, securing his goggles on his face. "We handled that, he's gone ." Not that it means much when time travel is always hanging around, nevermind a number of other things that come flying their way any given day.

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scarletspeedster1

Barry skids to a stop just behind Savitar and stares in shock. "What? How are you here?" Barry asks his voice shaking a little bit. How was this version of himself back in front of him? He was on the defensive in that he was tense and ready, but he was also confused because the man before him just seemed....defeated and broken like.

"Are...are you okay?" Curse his bleeding heart sometimes, but he was never one to let someone suffer if he could help.

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snowandfrost

"Apparently, not as gone as you think," comes Frost's comment when the change is complete. "Now are we breaching there or are we sliding over?"

When she realizes that she knows that running pattern, Frost feels the hurt and anger from before bubble up. Good. She could use that on the battle field. As Felicity said, she could easily hulk out, but she had the rest of Team Flash to reel her in; not that she couldn't keep her cool. She could hear Flash talk to Savitar, asking how he got here, asking if he's okay.

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vivifier

"Am I okay?" Look, he's just going to laugh a strange hoarse laugh. "Are you kidding?" He glowers at Flash, moving to start running once again. Like he said: he's not going to be anyone's pawn, and he's starting to think that vague idea that this was Team Flash's doing wasn't so wrong.

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thisismadfreaky

"Guess not." Sometimes, seeing her all frosted out was still weird. Especially the easy slide she was gaining between the two parts of her like this. Better that she's gaining some more control, at least. "Breach is faster."

Without another word, he opens one to where he knows the two speedsters are and tugs Frost along with him right through it. The trip dumps the pair of them into the warehouse district seconds later. It just so happens that Cisco ends up stepping out right in front of Savitar, so there's suddenly a hand on the speedster's shoulder, "Where ya goin', there, buddy?" There might be some bitterness hidden in there somewhere. The guy had really screwed with the whole lot of them last time, okay, it was not really the best reunion.