The Flash (TV Series)

Armageddon, Part 1 (2021)

Danielle Nicolet: Cecile Horton

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• Barry Allen : We found this at the train collision site.

  Cecile Horton : I thought Kramer had you working on the Mercury heist instead?

  Barry Allen : Uh, yeah, I am.

  Cecile Horton : You are, but you think that it's related to the Calvert train collision?

  Barry Allen : I will know in a minute. While working evidence from the Mercury Labs heist, I found charred marks on the guard's weapons, marks exactly like those.

  [getting a rest result] 

  Barry Allen : Yeah, I was right. Heat signature's the same as the burn marks on the weapons at Mercury Labs. Laser burns delivered with pinpoint precision, Jack's trademark.

  Cecile Horton : Okay, okay. Even if it is the Royal Flush Gang behind all of this, why? Why would they go through all the trouble of causing a massive railway collision when they haven't even stolen anything yet?

  Barry Allen : I asked myself that, too. Then I found out what was being carried in this case. A bleeding-edge beryllium core, which is a highly unstable power source.

  Cecile Horton : And that's what caused the trains to explode.

  Barry Allen : No. A beryllium-based detonation would've leveled a surrounding ten-mile radius.

  Cecile Horton : [with a short gasp as he opens the case]  The core wasn't in the case when the trains collided.

  Barry Allen : Which means the real question is why is the Royal Flush Gang changing their M.O. to become tech thieves?

• Cecile Horton : [after a brief power loss at Iron Heights]  Barry, what happened?

  The Flash : I got in the inmates back in their cells before anyone got hurt, but we've got a bigger problem. Looks like the Royal Flush Gang just leveled up, too.

• Cecile Horton : So what do we do?

  Ray Palmer : Well, he took our best shots like they were nothing.

  Barry Allen : We need to be ready.

  Chester P. Runk : For what?

  Barry Allen : The fight of our lives.

• Barry Allen : Korber, what's going on?

  Officer Daisy Korber : Iron Heights just lost power for three seconds, during which every cell door unlocked and opened. Now they've got a thousand inmates roaming the facility.

  Cecile Horton : Barry, if they get out...

  Barry Allen : Yeah, I know.

• Cecile Horton : You gotta go easy on yourself.

  Chester P. Runk : How? The day I'm having? I feel like I might as well just gamble my per diem away at the craps table with Grandma Runk. I mean, Tech Con's paying in cryptocurrency this year, which barely feels like real money, even though it totally is.

  Barry Allen : [a thought strikes him]  What if the Royal Flush Gang didn't change their M.O.? Chester, can we find out if any Star City casinos also take cryptocurrency?

  Chester P. Runk : Yeah.

  [going to a keyboard] 

  Chester P. Runk : Hot damn. Turns out they all do, 'cause they'll happily take your money however they can. And check this out. These casinos have over 50 mil in their digital coffers.

  Caitlin Snow : So, what exactly would the Royal Flush Gang need to pull off a heist like this?

  Chester P. Runk : A computer with a next-level microchip... a massive power source to run it... and an expert in cyber espionage to execute the hack.

  Cecile Horton : They didn't change their M.O. They just leveled up. Okay, how do we stop 'em?

  Chester P. Runk : Uh, the second the hack starts, I can trace it and ping the location.

  Barry Allen : And I'll be ready.

• Barry Allen : Turns out the Royal Flush Gang kidnapped a prisoner named Jared Haywood. Had any luck trackin' 'em down?

  Caitlin Snow : Not yet.

  Barry Allen : What about the Mercury Labs chip?

  Cecile Horton : Well, Chester's still trying to figure out why the Royal Flush Gang would need it.

  Barry Allen : Okay.

  Chester P. Runk : [coming in]  Not anymore. Turns out that chip's so cutting-edge, it has, like, a thousand different applications, so... sorry. I blew it. Seems to be my thing today.

  Cecile Horton : Hey, what's going on, Chester? I'm sensing a whole lot of sadness.

  Caitlin Snow : Yeah, aren't you supposed to still be with Ray?

  Chester P. Runk : I have resigned as Ray's liaison. Turns out I messed that up, too. Now I'm, like, dead to him.

• Ray Palmer : Barry, you know you're not destined to destroy the world, right?

  Barry Allen : Yeah, I know, but the visions Despero showed me seemed so real. And he said "our world".

  Cecile Horton : But what does that even mean?

  Barry Allen : I don't know, yet.

  Chester P. Runk : What if he's mind-punking you? Like how he made you and Ray see an illusion during your fight.

  Caitlin Snow : I don't think he was. Every test I've run on Barry shows that he's completely fine, mentally and physically.

  Cecile Horton : Well, I scanned the residual feelings that Despero left behind inside your mind, and there was no doubt Despero was telling the truth. He really did see those things.

  Barry Allen : Which means everyone's in danger.

  Cecile Horton : No. No, there is no way that you're the bad guy in this situation. What we need to do right now is find out the truth.

  Barry Allen : I have a bad feeling it's gonna find us once Despero gets back from wherever Ray sent him.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, well, uh, the tech inside his belt was so complex, uh, I could barely recognize the navigation system. So instead of sending him to a specific location, I tried a random setting. Who knows where he went?

  Barry Allen : Or when he's coming back.