"Okay, so who wants to explain what first?" Joe asked, since Barry had removed his cowl after Icicle had left and he'd prevented Joe from calling in the cops, since there were too many loose ends to tie up.

"I guess I'll go first. When I got hit by the lightning bolt, it somehow activated a dormant metagene I have, which gave me superspeed." Barry said.

"And based on that suit, I'm guessing that you're the mysterious red blur that's been spotted running around the city helping people?" Wally asked as he helped Iris back into her chair.

"Yeah. And hopefully I'll be able to use this speed to figure out who or what killed my mom that night.' Barry said.

"Were you going to tell me about this?" Iris asked.

"Yes I was. Tonight after everyone else left, since the only people here who already knew were Cisco, Caitlin and my dad, my dad because it turns out I inherited the metagene from and he saw me run after visiting my mom's grave a few days ago and Cisco and Caitlin because they and Dr. Wells were helping me learn to control my speed before the accelerator exploded." Barry said.

"But you were planning on telling me." Iris said.

"Yes, when we were alone, in private, since you don't exactly go around advertising you have a secret identity." Barry said.

"Fair enough." Iris said.

"What about that human popsicle that just attacked us?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, that I have no idea about." Barry said.

"That was my dad, Thomas Snow, but I thought he died when I was a kid." Caitlin asked, looking at her mother.

"Caitlin, I wanted to tell you the truth, but I was literally forced to keep it a secret by the government." Carla said.

"Well, start talking." Caitlin said.

"You remember how your father had ALS?" Carla asked.

"Yeah, it's what killed him." Caitlin said.

"Except your father became desperate in trying to find a way to cure himself, using experimental cryogenic therapies in an attempt to freeze the progression of the disease and while he succeeded, he also created something worse. He created his own metagene that gave him ice based powers, but it also created a split personality, Icicle, who's a sociopath. I tried to find a cure for Icicle, but that was before I discovered that Icicle didn't want to be the only icy member of our family. He wanted to subject you to the same procedure that created him, so I had no other option but to contact the authorities, who took him into custody and promised to take him someplace where he'd never be able to hurt you and they also said that for national security reasons, I couldn't reveal any of this to you, so they faked your father's death and forced me to go along with it under the threat of going to prison myself if I refused to play along." Carla said and Caitlin could see nothing but truth in her mother's eyes.

"Wait, if Icicle never experimented on Caitlin, then how did she show the same powers as her?" Cisco now asked.

"Well, it's possible that Caitlin was born with a natural metagene and the shock at seeing her father alive combined with the trauma of his attack activated it, but that's only speculation." Carla said.

"But what was his objective and how did he find us? For that matter, how did he even escape from wherever the government had him locked up?" Barry now asked.

"I don't know. But my guess is that he wants to pick up where he left off before I had him locked up. He wants Caitlin to be his partner. Though now that she has ice powers of her own, he'll need a different approach." Carla said.

"I'll put an APB out on him, assuming the government doesn't interfere." Joe said.

"Joe, will you keep all this secret?" Barry asked him.

"Yeah, the less I know about all this, the better. But honestly, I get the feeling that you were given these powers for a reason Barry and I don't think that you getting them right before that explosion is a coincidence. Just be careful and make sure that you don't lose sight of who you are along the way and become as bad as the people you're trying to stop." Joe said.

"I promise." Barry said.

"And Joe, I'm gonna do everything I can to teach Barry how to use his powers, since he inherited them from me." Henry said.

"We'll talk about that later." Joe said.

"Henry might be able to teach Barry how to run, but he needs to know how to fight without his speed and since Iris is still recovering, I'd like to volunteer my services to train Barry in combat, including using his instincts, not just rushing in." Gabriella said.

"Appreciated." Barry said, since while he doubted it would be fun, he knew that it would likely be necessary.