impossible | barry allen

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"Barry isn't too optimistic about the appeal hearing." I sigh as I walked with Cecile, to where I went everyday at 1:30, to meet Barry, "He knows we don't have any new evidence that he was framed."

"Don't lose hope, Zee, we still have a few days to prepare." Cecile gives me a hopeful smile.

"I know, but it's not like we've come up with any new ideas for clearing Barry's name." I shrug, "This is like mission impossible."

Cecile sighs, a confused expression falling over her features, "A bigger issue is we don't seem to have Barry."

"Mrs. Allen?" Warden Wolfe's voice catches our attention at the call of my name, Cecile and I turning, "Unfortunately, you won't be able to see your husband today. He was in an altercation."

"What? An altercation?" Cecile repeats.

"A prison yard fight." He replies.

"What?" My eyebrows furrow lightly in confusion, but also concern, "Is he okay?"

"Oh, he's fine, he's fine, he wasn't harmed and he wasn't at fault, but per Iron Heights protocol, everyone involved is in isolation for the week." Warden Wolfe nods towards me.

"And is he safe there?" I question, shoving my hands into my pockets.

"Oh, he couldn't be more safe." Warden assures me, "The important thing to know is, he's in good hands. You can rest easy at night."

"Thank you, Warden." I nod, shaking his hand as he walks away, my head turning toward Cecile, noticing the look on her face, "What's wrong?"

-

"Wolfe is trafficking meta-humans?" Joe repeats after Cecile and I explained what Cecile has heard from Warden Wolfe's thoughts while we were at the prison, "Is everybody crooked in this town?"

"Ah, he always did look smug in those Italian wool suits." Cisco exclaims, "Oh, my God, he's literally wolf in sheep's clothing."

"It's kind of the perfect partnership, I mean, Amunet deals in metas, and Wolfe has a prison full of them." Caitlin uses her hands to shrug.

"And him being the Warden, he can make some inmates disappear without raising any eyebrows." Joe stops, "I'm gonna go talk to Singh."

"And say what?" Iris looks at him, "Your pregnant girlfriend with gestational psychic powers told you?"

"Yeah, Joe, Singh's just gonna think that you're a father desperate to get his son out of prison." Cecile backs her up.

"Well, if we don't figure out something before midnight, that's exactly what I'm gonna say." Joe looks at Cisco, "Hey, where's Harry? He can help."

"He went to Earth Two, he's checking in on Jesse, so-" Cisco clicks his tongue.

"Okay, well, we're out of legal options, and Cisco can't breach Barry out of the meta-wing, so, how do we stop this? Because there's no way in hell we're just going to let Amunet take all those metas- let alone Barry." I question.

"Hey, guys, got your alert, sorry I'm late." Ralph walks right in, his hands shoves into his pockets.

"It's okay, Ralph." Caitlin nods.

"No, it's not okay." Ralph Dibny shook his head, "I ran into this old business partner of mine. This guy- he's just a big, fat creep. He's always sticking his nose in my business. And he's so shady. He's got these beady eyes and this crooked smile. Just a real two-faced rat from head to toe."

My eyes are wide, as we all just witnessed Ralph morph into the man he was talking about, "Oh god-"

"Freaky." Cecile exhales.