"What is that?" Y/N asked as Cisco came running into the Cortex.

"Something that we should not be hearing," Cisco yelled as ran in front of his computers, Harry then joined him, both frantically typed away and pulled up camera footage on the screens in the room for everyone to see.

"That is Eliza Morris, she just finished serving a fifteen-year sentence at Iron Heights for producing bombs in the basement of her apartment complex, and she has a nuclear bomb with her right now in the warehouse district," Harry explained with a grave tone.

"Nuclear?" Y/N asked wide-eyed.

"Nuclear," Cisco confirmed with a flat tone. "One with quantum enhancement, double the damage, double the casualties..."

Barry stared at the screens in shock, "Could this be what Thawne was planning? Is this what Y/N's doppelganger was talking about?" he asked.

Everyone was at a loss for words, "Does it really matter?" Y/N asked. "Either way there is an enhanced nuclear bomb in the city, we need to stop it before it detonates," she said pulling on her mask.

"Vibe? Care to join us?" Barry asked, turning to Cisco.

"We're gonna need all the help we can get," Cisco replied as he ran to grab his suit.

--9:31 p.m.--

"Over there," Y/N said as she and Cisco approached the area, Barry coming in from behind.

"Cisco, stay back, you're the secret weapon if things go south," Barry instructed. "Y/N you are going to sneak into that truck and try to disarm the bomb while I distract her."

The trio all nodded before heading their separate ways to confront Eliza and her team.

"I'd stop right there before you do something that you're going to regret," Barry said stepping out of the shadows, Y/N by his side.

Eliza laughed, "The scarlet speedster...and his sidekick," she said turning to Y/N. "I'm not going to regret anything I do here today, but you two on the other hand, well...I can't say the same for you."

Y/N saw her chance and sped off, no one noticed that she had only gone a few yards, she now found herself laying right underneath of the bomb. She popped off a panel and saw that the bomb had a time detonator set for three minutes.

"See," Eliza mocked. "Even you're sidekick is afraid of me," she snickered.

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"Barry," Y/N said into the coms, "You need to get that remote in her hand and disarm this bomb, in three minutes it will detonate, and I might not be fast enough to stop it."

"No," Cisco replied. "She could still remote detonate it," he warned.

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"What are you playing at?" Barry asked Eliza harshly.

"The bomb in that truck," she said motioning behind her, "It's not just any nuclear bomb, it's been outfitted with a quantum frame, you can't stop it...nothing can..." Eliza explained.

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Y/N moved quickly to undo the wire cover and inspect which wires went where. Thinking she had found the trigger wire, the yellow one, she cut it. Although once she did the time dropped from 02:36 to 01:36.

"Cisco," Y/N whispered into her comms. "Please tell me you've got something."

"Sorry to disappoint," he replied. "This thing is futuristic, and we all know who built it. But what if I Vibe it away?"

"No," Y/N replied quickly. "Even if I do disarm this thing the force of you vibing this truck somewhere will set it off, the blunt force will activate the trigger," she explained.

"Besides, the timer just jumped down a minute," Y/N added.

"Oh shit," Cisco replied.

00:58

"Congratulations, you have just properly defined the meaning of the words oh shit," Y/N said as she frantically searched for a solution. "There must have been an override in case someone, like me, tried to disarm it. If I can find the reciprocal and defense quadrant, then I might be able to somehow fixate the ratio of electr-"

"Speak English," Cisco called out.

"Find the hollow wire and cut. Make the bomb not go boom," Y/N said rolling her eyes. "Oh what the hell," she said grabbing the black wire and cutting it as she shut her eyes tight.

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"Why?" Barry asked. "Why hurt all these people, do all this damage, for what reason?Why?" Barry repeatedly asked Eliza into the cold harsh night air.

"I think the better question is why not?" Eliza countered as she raised the remote detonator in her hand.

Barry took a cautious step forward, Cisco slowing coming towards them, "Eliza, listen to me, put the detonator down," Barry said putting his hands in the air. "We're not going to hurt you."

She chuckled, "Too slow, Flash," as she pushed the button on the detonator.

"NO!" Barry cried out as he sped to stop her, but he was too late.

--9:35 p.m.--

Y/N waited, clenching her eyes shut. "What? No boom? That means I-I did it?" she thought to herself, but she was wrong. Barry turned and what he saw had horrified him, the bomb had detonated...

"Barry, don't stop moving," Y/N instructed cautiously.

"What?" he asked turning around, "Why?"

"Because both of us moving at super speed right now is keeping this bomb from destroying Central City," Y/N said cautiouly crawling out from under the device and observing the police that had surrounded the scene, the first responders, the paramedics, all the innocent people that didn't deserve this.

"How are we doing this, keeping time frozen like this?" Barry asked.

Y/N shrugged as she jumped out of the truck and walked over to Barry, "It's called super speed stasis, were moving so fast that time has nearly stopped around us, we haven't stopped time, but we have managed to slow it down, as long as we stay like this all of these innocent people are safe."

"We weren't fast enough, we were too slow," Barry said with a grim voice, he too now saw all the people surrounding the scene. He slowly approached the truck that housed the bomb, the doors were swung open, the bomb now visible.

Y/N followed just behind him, "What are we gonna do?" she asked.

"I have no idea," Barry replied. "But I know someone who might," he said walking past her and over to Cisco.

"What the hell, why does my body feel all tingly?" he asked as Barry gripped his shoulders.

"Cisco," Barry said getting his attention. "You're moving with me...at super speed."

"I-I'm moving at super speed?" Cisco questioned nervously.

Barry nodded and led Cisco over to where Y/N was at the door of the truck.

"I-Is that the bomb that we're supposed to stop?" Cisco asked.

"Yes," Y/N answered flatly, she was still in shock of what was happening. "Barry and I are both moving so fast that we are in super speed stasis, we have quite literally brought time to a screeching halt," she explained.

"Flash-time..." Cisco said back. "We've entered Flash-time," he repeated.

Barry continued to listen and observe, "Please tell me that you have an idea that can fix this," Barry said.

Cisco shook his head, "I guess I could try and Vibe it away," he said bringing his hands up, but it was of no use. "I can't do it when time is moving this slow, I can't Vibe right now, breaches rely on space-time to open," he said turning to the two heroes, his face filled with horror as the reality of the situation sunk in.

"There has to be way," Barry said taking off his mask, Y/N soon did the same.

Cisco shook his head, "Game over..."

"The minute, no the second," Y/N corrected. "The second that we stop moving that bomb goes off and all of Central City goes with it..."

Cisco quickly turned to face both Barry and Y/N, "But you two can't keep moving this fast forever."

Barry nodded, "I agree, but we don't have any other choice, if we stop, a lot of innocent people are going to lose their lives. Even keeping you in 'Flash-time' with us is taking a lot of energy."

"Then take me out of it," Cisco said turning back to the bomb, "You two are going to need all the energy that you can get."

Barry nodded before releasing his grip on Cisco's shoulder, he now appeared frozen in time, and technically he was.

"Barr," Y/N practically whispered. He quickly turned to her, he could see that she was afraid, so was he. "What are we gonna do?" she choked out, she was at a loss for words.

He quickly enveloped her in his arms, his chin rested on top of her head,
"I don't know..."