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Barry stood at the crime scene and looked at all the clues. He was trying to figure out how Bibiana was kidnapped by Michelle. It could lead to a location if he looked hard enough.

Joe stood not far from him with a concerned look. The man cared for Bibiana but he was worried about Barry. The boy was out of it.

"What do you think, Joe?" Eddie asked. He was talking about the situation. The police were trying to find a civilian, not a hero.

"All we know is that Bibiana Solace was kidnapped by a Michelle Salvatore," Joe said. "We don't know how or where Bibiana was taken."

"Joe, look at this," Barry said. He had gone into the kitchen and was back into the living room. Barry told Joe to stand at a certain spot before he begun to explain.

"You see that dead spider?" Barry asked, pointing to the huge mother fricking spider.

"Yes," Joe answered. Confused is how he felt since he didn't know what a spider had to do with it.

"Bibiana hates spiders," Barry said. "She made me kill one the same night she disappeared. I didn't leave until midnight when Bibiana had finally fallen asleep."

"And?" Joe asked, hoping for more. They needed more so the police could do more.

"There are no signs of forced entry," Barry commented. "So Bibiana must've opened the door for Michelle. And when Bibiana is woken up, she doesn't pay attention to anything. But murdering everyone around her.

"So Bibiana opened the door. Michelle must've had a spider which is Bibiana's biggest fear," Barry said. "But the spider is dead right here which is a few feet away from the door. So Bibiana must've gotten away by that much before the spider was put on her."

"How do you know it was put on her?" Joe asked.

"I'm getting to that," Barry said. "I think Michelle went into the kitchen and grabbed a frying pan. Because Bibiana's frying pan is missing. So Bibiana was frozen for a few seconds before she threw the spider on the floor. Stomped on it, killing it. You can clearly see that the spider was squashed. Then rushed to the table and wrote Liv on the sticky note. Michelle must've returned and hit Bibiana with the frying pan, causing this dent."

Barry pointed to the dent on the mahogany wooden floor.

"So now we know how Bibiana was kidnapped," Joe said. "But where is she?"

"I was thinking about that," Barry said, packing up his kit. He had remembered about their previous missions. "When Bibiana does her pure electric move, she leaves a high voltage signature until she's back to normal."

"Tell your S.T.A.R. Labs friends," Joe said. Barry's phone started to ring. He answered it and heard Felicity's voice.

"There is a blackout at the bank," Felicity said. "And facial recognition picked up Bibiana and Michelle at the same bank."

"I'm on my way," Barry answered.

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Dark Electric leaned against the wall of the bank. The only light source was from the windows and her blue mask. She was leaving all the money robbing to Michelle since she already blew the fuse box. Her powers always have been to create, never to destroy.

Something that her old self never like to do, because she was scared. Scared that she would harm someone, but Dark Electric wasn't like that. She didn't care who she hurt as long as she stayed with Michelle.

The Flash entered the bank and took all the civilians out of the room. He went back inside and ran in front of the dark version of Bibiana. Barry looked at the bored face on her.

"Electric Strom, you need to snap out of it," The Flash said. "You are being controlled by Michelle using the Zhěngtǐ Biànhuà."

"My name is Dark Electric," Bibiana growled. Michelle gave her the name. It was a name Cisco wouldn't agree with. "And you're just mad that I left you for Michelle."

"You didn't leave," Barry commented. "Michelle kidnapped you with a spider!"

"Michelle knows I hate spiders," Bibiana growled. Barry looked her in the eye and saw that she was confused. His eyes also caught the sight of her biting her lip. Which she did when she was working or nervous. "She wouldn't do that."

"Let me help you, Bibiana," Barry whispered. He wanted to cry because he wanted to help his girlfriend. To bring her back to the person she once was. "Let me know what's going on."

"There are things about me that shouldn't be known. There are parts of me that have been . . . ruined way beyond repair!" Bibiana said with a sneer. "You may think that there is a way to save me from this void that is consuming me. That runs through my veins! But like they say, Allen. You can't fix what's already broken. Especially if it's been ruined for a long time."

"Bibiana. You can fight this," Barry said. "Come back to me. To Caitlin. To Cisco. To Dr. Wells. To Felicity. To Oliver. To Iris."

"You would've run back to Iris at any moment," Bibiana said, using something that she once knew.

"What do you mean?" Barry asked. He was confused.

"You don't get over love overnight," Bibiana said, her voice basically growling. "You still have feelings for her and you would've broken me if I stayed. I'm glad Michelle showed me the light."

"Bibi!" Michelle yelled.

"Speaking of my love," Bibiana said. She sent a volt of electricity at Barry, knocking him off his feet. The gun that usually laid untouched in her gun holster was in her hands. She shot him one time on his right leg. The girl couldn't let him follow them.

Barry sat up and saw that the two girls were gone. While he was talking to Bibiana, he knew he should've grabbed Michelle and put her in jail. But talking and seeing Bibiana again brought joy to him. It could've lasted longer if he did the right thing.

The pain started to get to him. Barry looked down at his bleeding leg and let out a groan.

"What happened?" Caitlin asked, over his headset.

"Bibiana shot me. She shot me," Barry answered in pain.

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Bibiana looked down at the necklace in her hand. It was the infinite necklace Barry gave her during Christmas. There was a ranging battle happening inside her. She could feel her electricity trying to kill her.

"Oh, my love," Michelle said happily, skipping into the room. The crazy girl was happy that she got her lover and enough money to take them to the place they always wanted to visit. Her eyes landed on the piece of jewelry in Bibiana's hand. Anger ran through her veins. "What are you doing with that!?"

"Chill, Mich," Bibiana lazily said. She tossed the necklace on the floor. "I love you, not him."

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"She was confused when I told Michelle kidnapped her," Barry said. He was explaining what went down in the bank after Caitlin got the bullet out of him. "I was getting through her before Michelle came."

"We're going to bring her back, Barry," Caitlin said. "I'm not going to lose another person I care about."

"How did the man in the story lose his control over the dragon?" Felicity asked Dr. Wells.

"That's if he did lose," Oliver added.

"Before he was killed, a young warrior challenged the man of chaos," Dr. Wells said. "The stone was given to the dragon before the two-man fought. After the battle, the warrior won and restored peace."

"How do you know all of this?" Cisco asked.

"Bibiana had warned me of a stone," Dr. Wells said. "She said that she was afraid of ever coming in contact with it. She had believed it was real from the stories her grandfather told her."

"It doesn't matter," Barry said. "All that matters is saving Bibiana."

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