Cisco quickly ran into his workshop, finding all the lights off, and completely quiet, "Harry?" He slowly walked in to find Harry was sitting alone in the dark, the thinking cap placed in front of him, "What are you doing?"
"Help," he whispered and Cisco glanced down at the cap.
He looked back at Harry, knowing what he was asking for, "No," he whispered back, stepping towards him, "You are not frying away what's left of you."
Harry stood, slamming his fists into the metal table, as Cisco stared at him shocked, "Help!" He roared, "Help...Please."
Cisco stared at him tensely before reluctantly picking up the cap, and placed it atop Harry's head. Harry breathed heavily as Cisco hesitated to turn it on. And when he did, the cap glowed, but Harry continued to stare at Cisco in a lost daze.
"See? Nothing," Cisco said before he reached to take the cap off, but Harry stopped him.
"Ramon," he muttered and Cisco stared at him surprised, "Where DeVoe first fell in love with Marlize. Tell Barry and Kara to go there. You'll find him there. Okay?"
"Okay," Cisco softly said.
"And one more thing," Harry said, before he abruptly hugged Cisco, knowing in just a few moments, his mind would be lost.
Their hug was tight, as painful tears stung their eyes. Harry didn't want to forget, and Cisco didn't want to loose his friend.
The two broke their hug, right as the helmet began to power down. Harry stumbled back into his seat before Cisco turned the cap off. He placed it back on the table as Harry just stared off into nothing, a lost daze.
"Stars...so little. Emma and Nora shouldn't be here."
Cisco bent down to reach his level, placing a hand on his shoulder, "I won't lose anyone else today. I won't," he whispered he turned and left the workshop———
———Barry and Supergirl walked down the stairs of the DeVoe Household in DeVoe's mind, when they heard Cisco's voice boom through, "Harry had an idea. Go to Oxford."
"Oxford?" Barry questioned.
"The hamlet of Boars Hill. The place where we fell in love."
"Alright, we're on our way," Barry said before they both sped off.
Soon enough, they found themselves in a damped little forest. Barry speed to a stop while Supergirl landed next to him, having had flown there. They both looked at the same thing. A blanket on the ground, with some plates on it. A basket with wine. And nearby was an old fashioned car parked, it's doors open while a romantic song played from inside.
"There's a blanket, some wine...there's a song playing on a car radio," Barry said.
"Our first dance."
"And DeVoe?"
"He's not here," Supergirl said before she softly huffed, "Where to next?" But by their silence, the two knew their friends didn't know.
"Rookie?"
Barry and Supergirl looked back in the direction of their name, at that familiar voice. They froze when seeing Ralph Dibny appearing from the shadows of a tree. He was damped like the forest, in a loosened men's suit, staring at the two in shock.
Just like they did him. They both blinked a couple times, not sure what they were seeing was real or if it was just a cruel joke being played on them.
"Allen?" Ralph questioned as they all slowly, but hesitantly approached each other, "Kara? What are you doing here?"
"Ralph? Is that really you?" Barry questioned, the both of the heroes breathing heavily, their eyes lighting up once realizing it was Ralph. It was really Ralph.
Barry and Ralph quickly hugged, hugging each other tightly, the both of them thinking they'd never see each other again, "I thought I lost you. I'm so sorry, man. I—" but Barry had no words to how relieved he was. He just chuckled happily.
"I missed you too, Barry," Ralph said as Supergirl stared at the two with delight in her eyes.
"Barry...did you just say, Ralph?"
"Yeah, guys, yeah, it's Ralph," Barry said as the two broke their hug, "He's alive."
Ralph looked at Supergirl, and she smiled at him. The two then hugged as well, but when they did, Ralph started sobbing, panicked as Barry's expression softened with a confused thought.
Supergirl seemed to have the same one because she parted from Ralph, staring up at him intently, "Wait, Ralph, how are you even here?"
"How are you here?" Ralph asked, his voice wavering, "Did DeVoe— Did he get you? Are we dead?"
"No, no, he didn't," Supergirl quickly said, shaking her head.
"Cecile is using her telepathy to get our consciousnesses inside DeVoe's mind," Barry shortly explained.
"That's trippy," Ralph muttered and Supergirl softly smiled, "Why?"
"We need to find the good part of him so we can stop the bad from starting the Enlightenment," Barry told him.
"Have you seen him?" Supergirl asked.
"A good DeVoe?" Ralph questioned, almost shaking in emotional pain, "No. Just the evil, floating chair variety. He visits me all the time."
"What?" Supergirl asked and he looked down at her, "He knows you're here?"
"Why would he need to—"
"In this place I do as I please, Mr. and Mrs. Allen," the three spun around to find The Thinker was floating just in the distance. They stared at him tensely as he continued, "I must say, the fact that you thought I wouldn't have calculated you and your team making this feeable attempt is somewhat insulting. There will be not defeating the big bad this year, Mr. and Mrs. Allen. See, you are in my mind now. And there's no escape," he then pressed a button on his chair, causing a large blast to be shot towards them. But Barry sped Ralph out of the way and Supergirl flew out of the way right on time, before anything could hit them———
———The connection was lost again in the Speed Lab when Cecile gasped out of her connection again, panic driving in her eyes meanwhile, Iris and Mon-El were still behind the computers.
"Kara? Kara!"
"Barry!"
"He's-He's coming for us," Cecile stammered and they all looked at her, "He's coming for us. I heard his thoughts. He's coming. He's coming...here."
"We need to leave," Marlize said as she quickly stepped down the steps of the platform.
"And go where?" Joe asked and Marlize stared at him, thinking of a place———
———Barry and Supergirl stopped at the edge of the forest with Ralph still with them, glancing back at them to make sure The Thinker wasn't following, "Okay, what do— what are we doing?" Ralph asked.
"We're getting you out of here," Barry told him.
"We still need to find the good DeVoe, though," Supergirl added.
"How?" Ralph asked and Barry sighed.
"He's gonna be someplace that means something to him. Before he became who he is now," he said, and Ralph's eyes glossed over with an idea.
"You mean, like when he was a simple history professor?" He asked and the two stared at him with a soft smile———
———Meanwhile, Harry was out of his mind, drawing the symbols Barry once did on a board, muttering to himself, right when a breach opened up next to him, "Stars are raining—"
Cisco quickly jumped out of the breach, grabbing Harry, and pushing him into the breach, "Gotta go! Come on!"
The two jumped out of the breach, into the Speed Lab, where everyone else was gathered together in between Barry, Supergirl, and Cecile.
But suddenly, a pocket dimension appeared up in the tunnel leading up to the track, and then closed, someone walking down the tunnel, "Good!" Everyone spun around to see it was DeVoe, a cocky smile on him, "We are gathered here today to worship in song. I suggest, Kumbaya—" but his hand got shocked by a red force field, surrounding the entire group. He looked annoyed before looking at his wife, who stood right in front of him, "Ah."
"A force field," Cisco muttered under his breath, "Ah. Force field, sucker."
"I should never have let you build this chair without my oversight. It was my first miscalculation," DeVoe said.
"You've made many miscalculations," Mon said, and DeVoe looked his way, almost chuckling at the irony.
"Really?" He asked, but Mon-El continued to stare at him sternly, "Have you ever pondered why I never pursued Supergirl and The Flash? Never needed his speed or mind? Her strength or abilities? Anyone? His connection to the Speed Force. Access to all of time— Past, present, future. True knowledge. And with Supergirl's indestructible strength..." he then smiled as they all stared at him taken back. Mon-El narrowed his eyes at him, while DeVoe kept his attention on the alien, "And I can thank you for that, Mister El."
"What?" Mon asked, not sure in what delusion was he to be thanked.
"Well...if you never convinced your dear friends...I wouldn't ever have gained such power, so thank you," DeVoe said and Mon-El stared at him shocked, realizing why DeVoe hadn't pursued him either.
"That's what it is," he muttered, "That's why you needed me from the beginning. Why you didn't start your plan until after I arrived. You needed me to convince Barry and Kara to go inside your mind, because now you have everything you need."
DeVoe smirked, "You've become quicker in the past year, Mister El. Though I do suppose that has something to do with actually being gone for seven years in the 31st century," he said before glancing over at Iris, who was standing near Mon-El, "Poor, poor Iris—"
"Don't talk to her," Mon said, his tone almost angrily.
"If only you were quick to figure it out sooner because now that you have placed them inside my mind, I'll have it all," DeVoe said.
"You'll have to find us first," Marlize said before she pressed onto her tablet, and the group disappeared before DeVoe's eyes.
They reappeared inside a location only Barry had ever been inside. It was a large futuristic room, glowing blue and white, with computers everywhere. Cisco immediately knew what it was by the flashes of vibes he's gotten before, "DeVoe's lair?!" He snapped as everyone glanced around them, "Are you crazy?"
"Can he find us in this pocket dimension?" Joe asked as Marlize rushed over to a computer.
"I've bought us some time," she said as Harry wandered around.
"Time...rhyme...fly...side..." he muttered.
Mon-El glanced back at him for a moment until he looked back at Cecile with Iris by his side, "Cecile...we need you to try and link up with Kara and Barry again."
"I'll try," she whispered and Iris sent her a smile———
———Barry and Supergirl zoomed into DeVoe's classroom with Ralph, before they looked out into the room, finding it completely dark. Except for a obnoxiously shining light, glanced onto the platform where DeVoe would teach. A body was slumped down in the chair behind the desk, where the light was consistently on, making it obvious that the heroes needed to see it.
The three made their way down the ramp of the classroom, heading up onto the platform, finding the body was Clifford DeVoe, "Professor DeVoe?" Supergirl asked, thinking he was unconscious, until she saw the blood. The blood that soaked the Professor's clothes, the blood that came from a stabbing.
"Kara? Kara, can you hear me?"
"Yeah," Supergirl whispered, "Yeah, Iris, I can hear you."
"What's wrong?"
"Good DeVoe, we found him," Supergirl said, as Barry and Ralph stepped up next to her, seeing what she saw.
"He's dead," Barry said.
Supergirl sighed before she ducked her head down, almost feeling defeated, while Ralph had his eyes on her, wishing there was something he could do. But there wasn't.
"I don't suppose you have another plan, do you?" Ralph asked.
"No, man. I mean, I— this was it," Barry said.
"Now—Now the world belongs to the Thinker," Ralph said and Supergirl shook in fear, "Allen, Danvers, listen to me," and they looked over at him, "I'm stuck here, but you'll not. You should go. Be with your family for whatever time is left."
"No," Barry sternly said, "No..."
"Barry, you are going to forget who your wife is while her memory will be perfectly intact," Ralph said as Supergirl stared at the two nervously, "You need to go back. Spend as much time as you can together. You don't have long."
Now the fear became real, and Supergirl became deathly afraid. Tears stung her eyes as Barry sternly looked at Ralph, "First of all, it's our family, and we're not leaving you behind. There's gotta be another way," Barry said before he looked back at Professor DeVoe, but when he did, that's when he glanced over at Supergirl, finding her eyes sparkling in tears. He knew she was afraid, he was too. So he held her hand, trying to comfort her as Ralph looked at the dead body.
"Allen, you said the only way to save the world is by finding the good that's left in DeVoe. It's right here. With a hole in its chest," Ralph said, his tone so dull, so helpless.
But from that, an idea purged him, causing him to look at Ralph again, "It's not the only good left in him," he said and Ralph looked at him confused. Even more confused when he and Supergirl were suddenly zoomed off by Barry.
In just seconds, they found themselves on the streets of Central City. Once stopped, they found that Barry had his cowl on, and Ralph looked at him curiously, along with Supergirl, "Why the brakes? Are we there?" Ralph asked.
"Almost," Flash said, staring out down the street.
Supergirl and Ralph did as well, seeing that in the very far distance, there was a small portal, "Is that what I think it is?" Supergirl asked.
"That's the Hellmouth?" Ralph asked.
"That's the nexus of DeVoe's mind," Flash said and Ralph looked at him, along with Supergirl, "Marlize said we can take control of him if the good in DeVoe passes through it."
"Allen, we know that's not possible anymore," Ralph said.
"Why do you think he's keeping you alive?" Flash asked and Ralph crinkled up his face in thought as Supergirl realized what her husband had, "I couldn't figure it out, but think about it. If you get out, you take back control of this body, because it's yours. That's why he won't let you leave. Once you get out, DeVoe will cease to exist. All you have to do is make it through that portal, and you'll regain control," and Ralph looked back out at the nexus, "Remember who you are, Ralph. A hero."
Ralph looked back at Supergirl and The Flash, staring down at the heroine for a moment before he closed his eyes. Supergirl smiled as she watched him stretch himself into the Elongated Man suit.
He looked down at her with a stern look as she continued to smile, proud and happily, "Let's go get control," he said.
"Or how about I kill you?" And the three turned to find DeVoe was walking right for them. Not The Thinker, but the fully meta-human ability DeVoe.
"A second time, if necessary," they then saw another DeVoe was coming for them at a different direction.
"Third time is the charm," and another one coming for them directly in front of them.
All of it just reminded Supergirl of Danton Black aka Multiplex. She stood her ground, clenching her fist as she glared at the DeVoe coming for her.
She flew right for him as The Flash zoomed off at his DeVoe, and The Elongated Man walked up to his———
———82.3% on the permeation grid when suddenly an alarm began blaring. Marlize quickly turned her attention from the grid, walking up to a different computer, "What was that?" Iris asked.
"My husband," Marlize answered, pressing a few buttons on the screen as Cisco watched her, "He's getting close," and just with one more button, a wave of something washed over everyone, leaving them all confused.
"Please tell me someone else felt that," Cisco said.
"Apologies," Marlize said as Harry walked by, covering his ears with his fingers, "I had to force an emergency shift to another pocket dimension. It can be unnerving."
"Nerving, serving, curving," Harry loudly muttered as Cisco quickly ran up to him.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, it's okay," he told him, trying to calm him down.
But right then, Cecile opened her eyes wide again, yelling out in pain, "What's wrong?" Joe asked as Caitlin noticed the fluid bag was empty.
"No more labor suppression," she said before looking at Cecile, "How you feeling, Cecile?"
"Like— Like I don't know if I can do this," Cecile softly said, almost on the verge of sobbing from the pain.
"You shouldn't have to. You should be able to have our baby just like any other parent, in a hospital, in a regular bed, not with all this," Joe said before he angrily stepped towards Marlize, who looked at him, "Hey, look what you've done...to our friend, my son, my daughter, my daughter-in-law, the love of my life, everybody in this damn city."
"Dad—"
"How could you ever think that this would be better for humanity?" Joe asked.
"Joe!" Mon said rather loudly as he stepped towards him, "You remember what you told Kara when Barry came out of the Speed Force? Because I do. You said, Strength without faith, means nothing. We need to have faith that we can get through this...together."
Joe slowly nodded, walking away as Mon-El crossed his arms, looking at Marlize as Iris did as well, standing with him, "How long until he finds us?" She asked.
"Minutes, maybe less," Marlize said.
She then looked back at the screen to find the grid was now at 83.7%. They were running out of time, while also running for their lives———
———Inside DeVoe's mind, the three heroes tried to fight off their DeVoe's, but it seemed no matter what they did, nothing worked.
The Flash swung a punch, but his DeVoe backed up, causing the hero to miss. He quickly spun around, throwing another punch, but his DeVoe blocked it, even though his back was to The Flash. And soon enough, The Flash was thrown across the ground, crashing against a pillar of a building.
Elongated Man threw many punches at his DeVoe, his fists stretched out huge, but his DeVoe dodged every attack made for him. So eventually, Elongated Man was thrown back, crashing against the pillar of a building as well.
Supergirl threw every fighting technique she had at her DeVoe, but at every turn, he dodged it, with a smirk on him, knowing he was better than her. And it pissed the heroine off. She threw a punch, but he caught her fist, before throwing her to the side. He then grabbed her cape, and yanked her towards the boys.
"Crap in a hat," Elongated Man said as they sat up against the pillar, "I can't hit him—"
Supergirl was thrown right at them at that moment, and The Flash quickly caught her from crashing right into them, sitting her in between the boys. She huffed in frustration as The Flash said, "They can read our minds."
"Then we do this Dibny-style," Elongated Man said and the two looked at him confused, "We don't think."
"What?" Flash asked.
"Just fill your mind with something else. Something you love," Elongated Man said right as The Flash saw a DeVoe walking right towards them.
"Ralph," he muttered before Elongated Man got up, walking up to him.
He punched DeVoe right in the jaw as he yelled, "Shrimp buffet!" He glanced back at Supergirl and The Flash, a smile on him, before turned back to the DeVoe.
The Flash chuckled in amusement as he laced his fingers with Supergirl's. She looked down at their intertwined hands before looking at him, finding a smile on him, while love sparkled in his eyes, "It's you and me, Kara," he said before kissing her hand.
He then looked towards him, finding a DeVoe coming for them. Yellow electricity sparked in his eyes before he sped after the DeVoe, leaving Supergirl alone for a moment.
While The Flash took care of his DeVoe, Supergirl got to her feet, eyeing down a DeVoe in the distance, "Alright, Barry," she muttered before she sped right towards the DeVoe, sending a steel punch right to his face. He stumbled back a bit before looking at the heroine surprised. She then grabbed her cape, yanked it towards the DeVoe, wrapping it around him. She swung the DeVoe around, before yanking him into the sky. She smirked to herself as Elongated Man continued to punch out his DeVoe behind her.
"Shrimp platter! Shrimp cocktail! Um...beignets de crevettes!"
Supergirl suddenly tensed up when multiple upon multiple DeVoes walked out from different directions, beginning to surround them. The Flash sped up next to his wife as Elongated Man quickly ran up to them as well.
"Once again, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, your best will not be good enough."
"What's the plan, now?" Elongated Man asked and the couple looked at him, "I'm running out of shrimp entrees."
The three then looked back onto the street, to see it was completely filled up by multiple DeVoes, "Well, you're only gonna need one," he said as Supergirl breathed heavily———
——— 92.6% on the permeation grid as Joe and Caitlin tried to keep Cecile calm with her very multiple contractions, "They're coming every five minutes," Joe said as he rubbed Cecile's back.
"The stars are raining," Harry muttered, continuing to wander around.
Cecile suddenly yelled out in pain, her eyes widening as Caitlin and Joe watched her in concern, "Cecile, please just focus on not having a baby," Caitlin said.
"Stars are raining, draining, painting," Harry muttered, having stopped in place, right by Cisco, Iris, and Mon-El. The three stared at him oddly, but Cisco and Mon-El stared at him sternly the most. Remembering those exact words. From seven months ago.
"He sounds just like Barry when he came out of the Speed Force," Cisco said.
"He is?" Iris asked, seeing as she was not there when Barry was in his Beautiful Mind.
"Yeah," Mon muttered.
"I mean...he's saying the exact same words," Cisco said, causing Mon-El and Iris to stare at Harry curiously.
Suddenly, the alarm blared again, right before a pocket dimension opened up nearby, DeVoe walking out of it. Everyone tensed up. Mon-El stepped closer to Iris, as in to protect her, as Marlize ran for the computer——
But DeVoe harshly waved his hands, a wave of energy hitting everyone, causing them all to drop to the ground. Mon-El quickly looked up once he hit the ground, looking over to see Iris was laying near him, unconscious. Fear filled his eyes, before he turned to face DeVoe, but a blue substance filled his body. Along with everyone else. Causing them to become perfectly still.
DeVoe began to walk towards Cecile, her being the link to Barry and Kara, but suddenly stopped when he sensed something. He turned to his left, finding Joe standing, a gun in hand, pointing it right at DeVoe.
"You should mind where you point your weapon, Detective West," DeVoe said, stepping towards him.
Joe's hands began to shake terribly, and he was horribly reminded of Grodd when his gun hand began to make its way next to his own head, against his will. Cecile watched, fear in her widened eyes, shaking terribly.
But Joe grumbled under his breath, attempting to fight DeVoe's compulsion. Which to DeVoe's surprised, happened, that never occurring before. Joe's hands shook, removing the gun away from his head, pointing it right back to DeVoe, "Stay away from my girls!" He yelled.
Angered, DeVoe lifted up his hand, causing a blue substance to cover Joe, lifting him up off the ground, slamming him into the wall behind him.
"Joe!" Cecile gasped, trying to keep her breath and fright as quiet as she could, watching the man she loved try to fight DeVoe off again. But The Thinker wouldn't let that happen twice. He motioned his hand down and Joe crashed to the ground, becoming unconscious.
Cecile watched in horror at the scene, but even more horror filled her when DeVoe suddenly faced her. And while of this happened, Mon-El watched, stuck to the ground, his heart beating fast, the fear of what DeVoe was going to do———
——— The DeVoe's approached the pillar where the three heroes crash before, clearly trying to find them, but they couldn't. They were suddenly missing. Until Elongated Man suddenly poked his head out from behind the pillar, "Hey, attack of the clones," he said and they all stopped, looking at him, "Come and get me."
They began making their way towards him all while, Elongated Man stretched out his hand around the back of the pillar, reaching over to where The Flash and Supergirl were hiding.
The Flash grabbed Elongated Man's hand, and waited until the perfect moment before yanking Elongated Man around, using him to knock down dozens and dozens of DeVoes.
Supergirl watched in almost amusement as The Flash used his speed to spin him and Elongated Man around, hitting the DeVoes as they went, "Hang on!" Flash told him as Elongated Man screamed out, in fear. Or excitement. Probably both.
When the group of DeVoes were down, The Flash pulled Elongated Man up to his feet as Supergirl ran up to them. Their stretchy friend had a huge grin across his face, the rush still coursing through his blood, "That was awesome," he said and Supergirl smiled. Until they saw more DeVoes heading their way, causing the smiles to drop.
Supergirl flew right at them, holding out her fist, causing each one of the DeVoes she hit to be knocked down like bowling pins. While she took care of them, The Flash grabbed Elongated Man, zooming them down the street towards the nexus, punching their way through the DeVoes. And once she was done, Supergirl zoomed through the sky, catching up with them———
———Cecile shook terribly as DeVoe circled around her, cold, calculated, all while Mon-El gritted his teeth. DeVoe fluttered his fingers at her, causing a blue substance to fill her body, harshly flipping her to her back.
Mon-El fumed in rage as Cecile stared up at DeVoe, terrified. She gasped as she suddenly could feel her throat tightening up, DeVoe's hand tightened up.
"Now it ends," DeVoe softly said, Cecile's eyes widening in fear, as she placed a hand on her belly.
"No!" Mon yelled, trying so hard to get himself out of DeVoe's grip.
DeVoe stared down at Cecile emotionless as tears formed in her eyes, gasping for sir, but it felt like someone was smushing down on her throat.
"DEVOE!"
DeVoe ignored the alien, seeing his mission to be rid of Barry and Kara's link was almost dead, until——
Sudden burn marks crashed into him. Blue heat vision. He yelled out in pain, as Cecile gasped, feeling the oxygen enter her throat once again. DeVoe looked back to see an awake Supergirl, her eyes powering down back into her blue glimmering eyes. But inside those eyes, was rage. Rage she's probably never felt before, or been seen inside those eyes.
He stared at her almost terrified, trying to ignore the burning feeling in his back, "Stay the hell away from my mother-in-law!" She roared.
She sped towards him, grabbing him by his coat collar, and pinned him against the wall. She was expecting him to fight her, but when he didn't, she was confused. But her rage still outweighed the confusion.
She dropped him to the ground, hovering over him, as he stared up at her terrified. Why isn't he fighting back?
She couldn't figure it out until she glanced back at Barry. The cap was off his head, and he had stood up on the chair. He slowly got up, with a stern expression. He stepped down, slowly walking up to her and DeVoe. Supergirl looked back at DeVoe, finding he was groaning under his breath. His body twitched a bit as everyone was released from his grip. They all quickly stood up as DeVoe yelled out.
Supergirl and Barry just stared at him sternly, almost emotionless, while he stared up at them flabbergasted, "How...did you beat me?!" He yelled.
"I didn't," Barry shook his head, "We did."
Everyone stood behind the two, as Marlize stepped towards her husband, bending down, as a tear dropped down her cheek, "Their emotional attachment to Mister Dibny have made them stronger than you would ever be, Clifford," she said before shaking her head, standing up straight, "But then, you wouldn't understand."
"No! This is not my will!" DeVoe yelled as Supergirl and Barry stared down at him, almost pathetically.
Suddenly, his anger flushed out, and tilted his head a bit, a dorky smile on him, "Not anymore," he said, but he sounded like Ralph, "It's mine."
His face then shook obnoxiously, stretching back into Ralph Dibny, causing a soft smile to appear on Supergirl's lips, as he muttered, "Whoa."
Barry smiled before he pulled Ralph up to his feet as everyone else looked at each other happily. Mon-El looked back to smile at Iris, just to find...she wasn't there. His expression dropped, confusion and worry filling him, "Iris?" He questioned. His eyes then spotted her, her still on the ground, still unconscious, "Iris!"
He sped over to her as everyone turned back to them, seeing Iris still hadn't woken from DeVoe's blast. Mon-El pulled Iris into his arms, panic driving him, as he was deathly reminded of what happened with Savitar.
"Hey, hey, Iris..."
"Iris, hey...Iris, wake up. Please..."
"Iris. Wake up. Come on...you gotta...Iris...Iris——!"
He quickly blinked out of that memory as all eyes were on them. Supergirl could hear Iris's heartbeat, so she knew she wasn't dead, but worry still struck her to why she hadn't woken up yet.
"Iris," Mon shook her, his heat racing, his breathing heavy from the panic he felt, "Iris, come on. It's okay, wake up. Talk to me, Iris. Wake up, Iris——"
Suddenly, Iris's eyes shot open, a small gasp leaving her mouth and everyone sighed relief. No one more than Mon-El. Iris breathed heavily, glancing around her, very confused as how one second she was hit by the wave, and the next she was in Mon-El's arms. She looked up at him, finding his grey eyes piercing into her, "DeVoe—"
"It's over," he softly told her, "He's gone. It's over," he then pulled her up, holding her tightly and she closed her eyes, feeling his warmth against her. She tried to not let that feeling consume her, but it was hard not to, "You're okay. You're okay..."
The rest of them were pulled away when the computers started beeping. They looked over to find the permeation grid was still rising at 99.6%. Marlize quickly ran over to the computer as Mon-El got to his feet, placing Iris on her feet as well.
"Numbers are still rising," Marlize said as everyone slowly walked up behind her, nerves consuming them, "Clifford's meta-abilities are no longer controlling each satellite. If I can just override their last command. Come on," she quickly began to type away at the computer.
Supergirl stared at the screen nervously, her breath hitched up, the optimism in her itching away as the worry of loosing the man she loved again was so close to a possibility. She intertwined her fingers with Barry's again, the both of them gripping tightly.
All while, Iris and Mon-El, without realizing they were doing it at first, held each other, the tiny moment of Marlize overriding it feeling like forever.
99.8%
99.7%
99.6%
99.5%
99.4%
99.3%
99.2%
99.1%
99.0%
The entire group let out a huge sigh of relief as they watched the permeation grid drop down all the way back to 0.0%. Supergirl almost gasped before she and Barry hugged.
Mon-El and Iris smiled happily before looking at each other, but realized how close they were. They awkwardly split away from each other, but looked at each other with warm smiles.