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"Here's what we know about the cryoatomizer." Caitlin began, "Tannhauser originally developed it to combat land fires caused by droughts."

"So the cryoatomizer can disperse cold air particles into the atmosphere that triggers rainfall." Caitlin explained, "However, if Cicada can replace the cold particles with the cure prototypes she stole from Cisco-"

Cisco adds in, "Which doesn't cure so much as it kills."

"She could infect the entire city." Caitlin sighed.

I cross my arms, "And every meta-human in it."

This earned silence from all of us.

"Not great but this dark cloud does have a silver lining." Sherloque spoke up, "Which is if Cicada had everything that she needs to carry out her plan would've already done so."

"He's right." Ralph points out, "She must be missing something or else we'd be done."

"Yeah, but not for long." Barry says, "She's not gonna waste any time- whatever it is that she needs, she's out there looking for it right now."

"Then we move immediately." I inhale sharply, "We get the cure to everyone who needs it as soon as possible."

Ralph looks at me, "So- we just up and release some game-changing wonder drug?"

"We tested it- we know it works." Barry shrugs gently, on my side, "People need a choice now more than ever."

"The question is-" I looked at Caitlin and Cisco, "Do we have enough of the cure?"

"Not nearly enough." Cisco confesses, sighing deeply.

Nora questioned next, "Caitlin, how fast can you make more?"

"Guess we'll find out." Caitlin exhales deeply, walking away from us, getting to work right away.

"Okay, okay, good." Cecile nods, "Now we just need to find someplace to distribute it."

"Well, what about CCPD?" Joe suggests, "It's public. Everybody feels safe going there."

Ralph clears his throat, "Yeah, but- gathering that many metas in one place is gonna make it one big target, right?"

"Cicada has the virus and the atomizer." My arms drop to my sides, "That makes every meta everywhere a target."

"Well, how about this-" Joe spoke, "You guys make up as much of the cure as you can and Cecile and I will talk to Singh."

Barry and I nod for everyone, as they left the room.

"I'm going to warn Renee." Sherloque told us, leaving the room after Cecile and Joe.

"All right, let's track Cicada." Barry crosses his arms, "Get ready to face her when we find her."

"Let's take it one step at a time." Cisco starts to walk out the room, calling out, "Follow me-"

We follow him into his workshop, Nora instantly questioning, "Is that the satellite core?"

"That's right." Cisco demonstrated, "The reflective panels on the mirror gun aren't the only thing we got from the satellite- we also have the core and, of course, the dagger."

"So, they're all composed of the exact same alloy and contain- the same dark matter levels?" Barry questions for confirmation.

Cisco grabbed the Mirror Gun, "Yup."

"So, if the Mirror Gun works on the core, then it should work on Cicada's dagger, right?" I cross my arms once more, watching as he stood in front of me, holding the gun and facing the satellite.

"Only one way to know for sure." Cisco positioned himself, then looked back at us, "You might wanna step back. I mean, you don't know what this gun's gonna do-"

"I mean, we shouldn't be firing this in such a small space but what's life if you don't pull down your shorts and slide on the icery once in awhile?" Cisco held the gun steady when we all took a few steps back, "Here we go!"

He fired the gun, as whatever was fired covered the entire satellite and then looked like it had done nothing.

Ralph stares and was the first to speak, "Is something supposed to happen or-"

Suddenly, the satellite disappeared, as we all shocked, Ralph begging the question first, "Where did it go?"

"It doesn't matter." Cisco scoffed in relief, Ralph following him where the satellite once was, "This thing works-"

"It works!" Barry softly cheered, wrapping an arm around me, "We can finally destroy Cicada's dagger. If we do that, we have our powers-"

Nora took a few steps forward, her voice low and strange, "And we can stop her."

I blink, processing her tone, "Nora- are you okay?"

"Yeah, Mom-" Nora turned, "Why?"

Barry stares at her and pulled me closer into his side, "Nora, earlier today you had red lightning like Thawne's. We want to make sure you're okay to get out there."

"I'm fine, okay?" Nora assured us, "Caitlin ran every test in the book- my lightning's back to its normal color. And besides, Thawne's Speed Force is fueled by negative emotions, and right now- I feel pretty dang positive."

I softly smile, "If you say so-"

"We're your parents." Barry's rests his cheek on my head, "It's our job to worry."

Nora walked over to the desk, "The only one that should be worrying is Cicada II."

I looked up at Barry, as we exchanged looks.

I was hesitant and cautious about this, and so was he.

-

Cicada had shown up at CCU while Sherloque and Renee were there, but the minute everyone got there, Cicada had disappeared.

We were now on the crime scene, Barry and Nora by the bench on the ground where the attack happened, as Cisco, Ralph and I jogged up the steps and over to them.

Barry stood up, "Hey, you find anything?"

"Confirmation that She-cada hasn't stolen everything she needs." Cisco puts his hands in his pockets, "So- we have some time."

"Finally some good news." Barry sighs, as Nora stood up also.

"Except what she did steal was a Quantum Tunnel Converter." I mentioned, "The first working prototype of its kind."

Ralph looks at Nora, "Yeah, that's the same face Cisco made when he heard."

"The converter can transform dark matter energy to practical energy." Barry looked at me.

"Cicada's gonna use her dagger to superpower the atomizer." Nora exhales deeply.

"If she wants to connect it to the atomizer, the last piece she'll need is a hyper-conduit, and those are pretty hard to come by, to say the least." Cisco told us, "She'll be lucky to locate one in the CC area at all."

"Well, we better find it first." Ralph spoke up, slipping his hands into his pockets.

"We'll get to it." Cisco nods towards us, him and Ralph leaving us alone.