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Len felt like he couldn't breathe. Zoom had Barry. Last he had heard from Barry about Zoom was that Zoom had broken his back. Now Zoom had Barry, and he could do so much worse. He looked at Rip and said “Take us back”. “I was planning on taking the team back anyway, but I hadn't planned on staying, but it looks like you may need my help” Rip replied.
Len looked around at all of the legends who all murmured agreements to helping Len get Barry back. Which wasn't really a surprise seeing as some of them had been pretty good friends with him. He smiled though, with the help of the Legends and the rest of the Flash team, Zoom didn't stand a chance.
“Strap in everyone!” Rip yelled the team giving them a bit of time to strap in before jumping into the time vortex. Len appreciated the ship keeping them safe and less nauseous than being unprotected and just jumping through a random portal did. Yet like jumping through the random portal it was short. They were out of the time vortex and were circling S.T.A.R Labs. Len looked at the building and smiled he had fond memories of the place it was where he first asked Barry out.
*FLASHBACK*
“Hey Scarlet, can I talk to you for a second?” Len looked at the speedster who looked at him with a confused look, that did nothing to help the butterflies in his stomach. He shouldn't even have them he was one of the best, if not the best thief in central city, he didn't get nervous on jobs so why should he get nervous now? As he led Barry away from the Cortex he calmed himself down a bit, he could do this. “So what'd you want to talk about Len?”
Barry asked, Len’s eyebrow raised a little at the nickname, up until this point all Barry had called him was either ‘Snart’ or ‘Cold’. Barry looked at him and said “Hey if you're allowed to call me Scarlet I'm allowed to call you Len”.
Len smiled a bit at this before getting down to business, “Listen, uh- Scarlet, I was wondering, if you'd like to go out this Saturday for dinner?” He expected the whole ‘I don't swing that way’ shtick, he hadn't even checked if Barry was gay or not, which was unlike him, but Barry did that to him. “Sure what time and where?” Barry asked. For a moment he stood there speechless. “Um, you know what I mean by date right?” He asked, thinking that Barry has mistaken this as a date between friends. “Yep, we go out eat dinner, we decide if this is going to work and if the night goes my way I get a goodnight kiss from Captain Cold,” Barry said with a smile.
Len was rendered speechless again, had Barry just said he wanted a goodnight kiss from him? He guessed he had stood there and stared for too long because Barry waved a hand in front of his face. “You ok?” Barry asked him. Len snapped out of his speechlessness and told him a time and a place, although he was still amazed he had made it this far. “Great see you then!” Barry said before walking back towards the cortex. Len just stood there for a second, happy that he had a date with the one and only Flash.
*END FLASHBACK*
The ship touched down in the middle of the parking lot. When the hatch opened standing next to the ship were 8, very worn out looking people. As they walked out of the ship he looked at each of their faces, some were happier than others to see them. Well everyone except Joe seemed happy to see them. That was only because he knew about Barry and his relationship, and was nervous about Len hurting Barry. Which he would never do, but he understood why Joe would be nervous about it.
“We know Barry was taken” Kendra was the first to speak. He noticed how Cisco looked at Kendra longingly, before shaking his head and turning his head a bit to look at Lisa who, Len noticed had her hand on his arm. He gave her the kind of warm look, that he usually saw on Barry's face, when he looked at Len. He made a mental reminder to threaten Cisco that if he hurt his sister, the Cold Gun would be turned on its creator. Although really he was happy his sister had found such a good guy.
“Good, then we don't have to catch you up to speed” Iris replied to Kendra’s comment about already knowing about Barry. “Then I assume you're here to help, so let's stop staring dramatically at each other and work on getting my son back” Joe said. Everyone silently moved into the building. After a few minutes they were standing in various positions in the Cortex. “So first things first, do you know where he is?” Len asked. He decided to put his emotions on the back burner, it wouldn't help Barry if he was an emotional wreck, no he'd treat this like a job until he got Barry back, then he'd shelter him in one of his safe houses for a week, because he didn't want to let Barry out of his sight. “We assume on Earth-2 at the same place he held Joe” Caitlin replied. He looked over at Joe, he'd been held by Zoom? That made some things a lot easier.
“I'll need you to describe the inside of the place you were held in, it'll make it easier, knowing what we’re up against.” Len said. So Joe described the place he was held in and the mysterious masked man named Jay Garrick. Which wasn't really important, it was just another person they'd have to rescue from Zoom, because no one deserved to be held prisoner by that monster. “What kind of cage will Barry be in?” Len asked. These were important details, because if they were going to stage a rescue mission they needed to be prepared. After that question was answered by Harry he continued to ask more. This was only the beginning of his planning, soon after more questions, they began to formulate a plan. One thought ran through his head as the plan really started to come together “Don't worry Scarlet, we’re coming to save you.”