T H I R T Y - O N E:
A spider bite

A high pitch scream escaped Bibiana's mouth as she backed away. Her back was pressed against the wall with fear running through her veins. The heart of the hacker was beating very fast. Bibiana grabbed her phone and shakily called Barry.

"Barry?" Bibiana said, holding back a sob.

"What's wrong?" Barry immediately asked. "Never mind. I'm on my way."

The scarlet speedster was in Bibiana's apartment in no time. He rushed to the girl who was crying by the wall. Barry wrapped her in his arms before he decided to ask.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"There's a huge mother fricking spider in the living room," Bibiana said. Barry pulled away from Bibiana and looked at her.

"Out of all the metahumans we faced, the close to death experiences, and the dangerous situations we've been in," Barry said, rubbing his face. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You're scared of spiders."

"It's a huge mother fricking spider!" Bibiana repeated. Her heart was still beating quickly with tears running down her face. "Kill it before it invites it's huge mother fricking spider friends! Or it's weird insect friends!"

Barry walked into the living room and took in the mess. The girl really was afraid of the spider. The boy took in a deep breath before he cleaned the room. Once he was done, he noticed something moving. He got close to the object and saw a huge mother fricking spider. It was roughly the size of his pinky, it had more hair than Cisco, and it's eight beady eyes were looking at him.

"I can see why Bibiana is scared of you," Barry told the spider. He grabbed a paper and a cup. Quickly, he captured the spider in the cup and paper.

Out in the hallway, he released the spider and killed it. Barry reentered the apartment and went to where Bibiana was. Her face had dry tears and mascara stains. He helped her up and gave her a hug.

"It's gone," Barry whispered into her hair. "It's dead out in front of your neighbor's door."

"Thank you, Barry," Bibiana replied. They stayed like that for a few more minutes before Barry told her to go to sleep. It was nearly midnight when he had finally left.

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There was a knock on the door that woke Bibiana up. She slowly got out of bed and went to open the door. Once the door was unlocked and open, she let out a shriek. There was another huge mother fricking spider in front of her face. She took off running to her room where her phone was. But she was yanked back by someone.

Bibiana looked at who was holding her and saw her ex. The girl let out another scream, especially when the spider was shoved further up her face.

"Leave me alone!" Bibiana yelled as she tried to get out of their grip. She tried to shock her ex until she noticed the rubber gloves. "Fucking rubber!"

"Now, now," Bibiana's ex-said. They placed the spider on Bibiana's arm. "There's no need for cussing."

"THERE'S A FUCKING SPIDER ON MY FUCKUNG ARM!" Bibiana yelled. "THERE IS A FUCKING REASON TO CUSS! IT'S-A MOTHER FRICKING SPIDER!"

She tried to shake the spider off her arm but failed. There was a sound of a whimper as tears ran down Bibiana's face.

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"Has anyone seen Bibiana?" Dr. Wells asked, entering the cortex. Barry, Caitlin, and Cisco looked up and stared at Dr. Wells.

"She's probably sleeping in," Caitlin said, before returning to her work.

"Or she's getting coffee," Cisco said, continuing to design a new weapon. It didn't concern Bibiana's two closet friends that she was late. Bibiana was almost always late.

"Maybe she's still spooked by the spider she saw last night," Barry added. Caitlin and Cisco looked at Barry in panic. Spider and Bibiana didn't go well together.

"She saw a spider?" Cisco asked.

"What did she call the spider?" Caitlin added.

"A huge mother fricking spider," Barry said, he had a confused look on his face. He didn't understand what Bibiana called the spider mattered.

"Did she actually saying fricking or fucking?" Cisco asked. A huge mother fricking spider is the size of a pinky but a huge mother fucking spider is the size a palm.

"Fricking," Barry replied.

"We should probably check on her," Caitlin said. "She's probably spider proofing her apartment. And that takes about a week for her to finish with all her naps."

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Barry grabbed the spare key from on top of the doorframe before he headed to Bibiana's apartment door. He unlocked the wooden door with the apartment number and entered. Caitlin and Cisco followed, surprised where the key was hidden.

"She hides her key on someone else's doorframe?" Cisco asked. He didn't know a lot about Bibiana's apartment. The girl usually kept some of her secrets well hidden. Sometimes she would tell one person a part of her past or secret.

"She says it's better if someone would try to break into her neighbor's apartment instead of her own," Barry said. "Bibiana hates her neighbor."

"I would too," Cisco said. "That lady next door said I look like an ugly little girl and threw brunt pasta on my face."

"That lady's son also shot me with a Nerf gun and called me an ice witch," Caitlin said. Bibiana's neighbors weren't the best people. It was the main reason why she preferred them getting robbed.

"I haven't met her," Barry commented. They all explored Bibiana's apartment to see that she wasn't there. Which was odd since Bibiana was in love with her bed.

Caitlin soon started to call Bibiana's phone. Then they heard a phone ringing with Catlin's custom ringtone. All three of them rushed into Bibiana's room and started to look for the device. It was Barry who found it first with his speed. The phone that Bibiana loved so much was under her pillow.

"Bibiana never leaves without her phone," Cisco informed them. Barry picked up the phone and tried to unlock Bibiana's phone to get a clue. If anything had information or protection, it was Bibiana Ai Solace's phone.

"Does anyone know Bibiana's password?" Barry asked. The phone was passed around as they each tried to unlock it.

"Damn her and her technology skills!" Cisco cursed. The phone was heavily guarded with a password no one knew. They knew they wouldn't be able to hack it if Felicity was never able to do it.

"Guys, look at this," Caitlin said, she was in the living room. She had spotted something that they had missed. Cisco and Barry joined her and looked at the floor. There was a dead huge mother fricking spider.

"That's one huge mother fricking spider," Cisco said. They were all used to describing spiders and insects by the way Bibiana yelled at them.

"Look there," Barry said, pointing at the floor. There was a post-it note laying on the ground, next to a dent on the floor. They all gathered around it and looked at what it said.

LIV

"Bibiana loves Roman Numerals. LIV is fifty-four," Caitlin said. "What could it mean?"

"I'll hack the cameras," Cisco told them, leaving the apartment. He might be able to get a clue from the video fees.

"We're going to find you, Bibiana," Barry said before he called Joe. He needed the help from the CCPD to find her.

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Bibiana woke up. The last thing she remembered was a spider on her arm and being knocked out with a frying pan. Her first instinct was to try and rub the spot where she was knocked out, but her hands were tired behind a wooden chair. She tried to kick her legs but they were also tied.

The girl let out a frustrated sigh and did what she learned from her family. She got to her feet and fell back on the floor. The chair broke under the force and weight. Bibiana untied her hand and legs before she tried to run away.

Her purple electricity started to consume her body as she tried to find an exit. Knowing the location would help her figure out how far she would have to travel in her pure electricity form. It would also help but the person who kidnapped her in jail. Then a bucket of water was splashed onto her. Black clouded her sight before she blacked out. Electricity and water were not friends

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