distance ? barry allen [1]

42. plot twist after plot twist

"Uh-uh," Cisco shook his head, staring at the ceiling, "What the hell was that?"

"Is someone here?" Barry called our hesitantly, "Hello?"

"Good evening, Barry Allen," The voice spoke again as a large, holographic face took the place of the news article.

The four of them stared at the image in shock- and a little bit in fear.

"Uh....h-hi," Barry stuttered out, "You know who I am?"

"Of course," The voice responded, "Barry Allen, director of Central City Police, CSI Division."

"Director?" Barry raised his eyebrows. 

"I guess you get a promotion," Cisco huffed out.

"Also known as The Flash," the voice went on, "Founding member of-"

"What are you?" Barry interrupted before it could finish its sentence. 

"I am Gideon," She told them, "An interactive artificial consciousness."

Cisco breathed out a laugh, "AI. Sick."

"You know Dr. Wells?" Barry questioned.

"Yes."

Barry glanced between the three of them, Caitlin and Cisco shrugging, Spencer not knowing what to do.

"Do you know who he really is?" He asked again.

"I don't understand the question."

"I-I mean, what is he doing here? W-why did he come here?"

"To kill you," Gideon responded, without any hesitation.

They all leaned back in surprise.

"She doesn't sugarcoat things," Spencer commented with a frown.

"Wells is in the building," Cisco suddenly announced, holding up his phone and interrupting their shock.

"What? How do you know that?" Caitlin frantically asked.

"I put a tracker on his wheelchair," He explained, "Which, if we're wrong about him and he is paralyzed, I'm going to hell for that one."

Spencer leaned over Cisco's shoulder and widened her eyes, "He's in the cortex. Ask questions fast."

"Why did he kill Nora Allen?" Barry choked out hastily.

"Because he was angry." Gideon stated simply.

"About what?"

"That you escaped."

"He's on B level," Cisco informed them, "He's coming this way."

Barry took a quick breath, "What does he want from me?"

"For you to be The Flash."

"Maybe that's why Wells let the particle accelerator explode, so that you could become The Flash," Caitlin suggested.

"Why? I mean, for what reason?" Barry muttered, his eyebrows strung together.

"Guys, we got to go," Spencer sighed, "He's almost here."

"Hurry," Cisco reiterated.

"All right." Barry nodded, heading for the door.

"Wait a second. Wait," Cisco stopped them, moving closer to the hologram, "What if HAL over there tells Wells that we were in here?"

"That would be bad," Spencer nodded, obviously.

"If I can get into its operating system, maybe I can disable its memory core," Cisco told them, passing his tracker over to Caitlin.