The first sign that something was wrong was that there was no strategic planning to the heists. The second was when mid-heist they started to argue and fight - much to the amusement of the scarlet speedster they were meant to be fighting.

Feeling like he owed Snart one, Barry decided that maybe it was time he pulled out his old uniform and stand in Snart's place.

-----

"Who are you?" Lisa asked.

In front of them, was someone who must be no older than twenty-five, dressed with a form-fitting black and red mask and leatherwear. The mask allowed the view of the slicked hair, wide smirk and acidic green eyes.

"I'm an associate of your boss, he's asked me too 'take you under my wing' while he's gone because you sure need the help," Barry said, his hands casually resting in his pockets.

"He never talked about you," Lisa pointed out.

"Doesn't surprise me," Barry shrugged, "my whole identity has been a secret and to the fact that I haven't appeared in over five years as well."

"Who are you?" One of the Rogues asked.

"I'm the Seductive Demon," Barry said, his chest puffing out, "leader of the Sexy Villains and crime boss of Ohio and Paris."

"So, Lenny knew you through your past?" Lisa questioned.

"No," Barry stated before smirking, "he and I had a few run-ins a while back, stayed in touch since."

Lisa looked at him suspiciously while the Rogues mumbled to each other before deciding that, seen as the man was offering - as well as saying that he knew the boss personally -, they were going to give him a chance.

-----

Turns out that 'chance' was one of the best things that they could have done. Suddenly all their heists seemed to work - now, while the Seductive Demon never went with them, he always planned for anything that could happen - they were reaping more and more rewards. It seemed like The Flash was almost predictable to the man, just like how he was predictable to Snart.

Team Flash was getting more and more annoyed. Barry wasn't helping with that at all, he would disappear for hours at a time, often reappearing in a completely different mood than the one he left in - Cisco wondered whether he was dating someone, Barry very quickly put that idea down.

Iris, however, was the one to first figure it out. She started to look into the areas around the Rogues and Barry - she found links in how they worked to how Barry used to think when he was younger.

She worded her observation to Joe, he also agreed with what she was saying. So they called for a family meeting.

"Barry, we want to ask you about the Rogues. We thought that they were going downhill after Snart was gone - but then they suddenly shot up again, as well as behaving and thinking as you used to," Iris stated as Barry took a seat in front of them.

Barry's guard was instantly raised, while nothing on the outside suggested the change, the insides were taught and ready to act instantly.

"We want to know why you're helping them," Joe said, ever straight to the point.

"I couldn't let them fall just because Snart and Mick had left," Barry said, eyeing the two of them carefully, "it's temporary until Snart gets back."

"Could you not have locked them up somewhere even just while Snart's away?" Iris asked.

"Why would I lock them up? Its horrible, nasty and, honestly, a lot of them didn't mean to cause the trouble that they did. That's why Snart took them in the first place," Barry said, getting out of his seat as the other two did the same.

"I see that we won't be able to persuade you out of it," Joe sighed as he signalled for Barry to leave.

"You won't, not yet at least," Barry said over his shoulder as he left.

"I think we need to try Oliver..." Iris sighed to Joe.

"Once we do, there is no turning back," Joe said.

"But it needs to be done."

"It does."

-----

Oliver held a mug to his mouth as he listened to Iris on the phone.

"Oliver, can you talk to Barry for us? He's looking after the group of villains called the Rogues while their actually boss is gone," Iris said to Oliver, "he's making it so that The Flash is predictable to them as well as meaning that their heist that they do are working almost 100% of the time."

Oliver quickly put down the mug, briefly choking on the drink within it as he replied, his voice changing to that of the Green Arrow, "Barry's taken up the place as the boss of the Rogues instead of locking them up... What, because Captain Cold is not there to run them?"

"Yes, we want to see whether you can get through to him because we can't," Iris said, almost pleading him to help.

"I'll be down there tomorrow, make sure that you know where Barry is for me."

-----

"He's just through there..." Joe whispered to Oliver as they stared at a door in front of them. "I haven't informed Caitlin or Cisco that you are here... They keep telling me he's his own man and can make his own decisions... They don't want us to step in."

Oliver nodded as he stepped forwards and opened the door as Joe disappeared off to work again. It was a large warehouse, obviously a place that the Rogues used. In his hand, an arrow was half drawn in his bow - ready for the worst.

The room was scarce, a single light on, illuminating a blueprint covered table and computer. A single man hovering over the top of it. At the creak of the door, the man's head turned to face him before turning back to the blueprints.

"This is the wrong city, don't you think, Arrow?" The man questioned. The voice while different, still held an undertone of the one that he knew as Barry Allen.

He walked up to him, not lowering his weapon. "What you got there?" He asked, trying to see whether he could get a conversation going with him.

"I know what you're doing, Arrow and it's not going to work," Barry said, packing away the materials he was working with.

"Is it really going to end with a fight? After all this time?" Oliver asked.

"That answer depends on whether you leave through that door now or not," Barry said as he finally turned to stare Oliver in the eye.

"Then I guess we fight and you lose," Oliver said.

"Alright, one thing right and one thing wrong," Barry stated as a smirk appeared on his face. "You will be the one to lose."

Oliver had no time before the bow was out of his hand and a fist was straight into his chest, winding him. Then more and more punches and kicks rained down on him, stunning him partially. There was no time to recover as he felt pain in his shoulder, leg, arm and waist. Looking as he was thrown to the floor, he saw that they were arrows arranged in a lightning bolt format.

"Stay down and don't follow me. Star City needs it vigilante. Don't make me break its arms," Barry growled before he left to hope a lift on his own bike to the place where the Rogues were.

Oliver whispered through his comms, not getting up from the floor, "Felicity, call Joe to pick me up..."

"Why?" She asked through the comms.

"I've just had everything beaten out of me and four arrows are currently sticking out of me," Oliver sighed, gritting his teeth as pain flared through him.

"By who?" She asked, wanting to know who got the best of her friend. Especially when he was only meant to be talking with a friend.

"Barry," Oliver groaned as he added much to her amusement, "he didn't even use his powers."

Felicity could not stop laughing until she saw just how hurt Oliver got from it.

-----

Seeing Barry planning a heist was something he never thought that he would ever see. Then seeing him talk to his Rogues about the plan and how to go against The Flash just blew his mind.

"Lenny, why didn't you introduce your friend earlier?!" Lisa shouted when she noticed Snart at the door. Her eyes were shining as she waved both Snart and Mick over.

"He's brilliant!" Another of the Rogues shouted. "We haven't failed a heist yet!"

Snart turned towards Barry with an upturned eyebrow - he got a smirk back in his confusion - before he shrugged, addressing the Rogues, "see why I kept him a secret?" There was a subtle 'what are you up too?' Hidden among that, aimed at Barry.

-----

"Explain," Snart said, crossing his arms over once Barry had taken them to their spot in the forest that night.

"When I was younger, years before being the hero here, I went by the name Seductive Demon. He was Ohio and Paris' crime boss and the Leader of the Sexy Villains," Barry sighed, summarising it.

"And I'm meant to believe that?"

"Ask your Rogues," Barry smirked. "They certainly believe it. They also believe we know each other well thanks to the fact that I can find The Flash so predictable."

"Why would you make yourself predictable?" Snart questioned.

"Because for them to believe that we knew each other and for you to trust me with them, I had to have similar traits to you. Just so happens that everyone says you find me predictable, so I had to make it so that I could predict myself." Barry explained like it was the most obvious thing in the multi-verse.

"Why did you take them over and not lock them up?" Snart inquired.

"Because I didn't want them to fall, nor did I want them locked up without freedom - even if it was to be temporary," Barry sighed.

"There will be points now that you will have to join me at a range of different points, I hope you know that and what you got yourself into?" Snart stated.

"Obviously." Barry smirked, "oh, forgot to mention. My friends may or may not have figured it out as well as send the Green Arrow on me."

"And you're still standing?"

"He wasn't," Bassy smirked.

-----

"Lenny..." Lisa whined.

"Yes, Lisa!" Snart asked sighing as be stopped explaining the plan to the Rogues.

"Why is your friend coming?" Lisa asked, causing all the others to perk up and start asking as well.

Holding his hand up until they were silent, he answered, "I can bring him next time."

There was a call of cheers all around the room, triggering Snart to shake his head at what would now end up being his norm. He continued to explain his plan when the Rogues calmed.

-----

"Really, Snart?!" Barry asked, slightly wide-eyed, he stared at the man sat in his favourite chair.

"They begged me to bring you," Snart said as put down the mug of hot chocolate. "They were persistent that you were to come, so you need to come to the meeting tonight."

"And you trust me to know the whereabouts of it all?" Barry asked.

"Well, I apparently trusted the whole of the Rogues to you for over a year," Snart shrugged with a smirk.

Barry laughed, "guess so."

-----

Snart waited out the back of the warehouse, ticking down the time until the speedster was late.

"Hello, you ready?" Barry asked.

Snart raised an eyebrow up to the speedster. He wasn't late, he was early - he thought the speedster didn't know the meaning of early or on time.

"Come on," Snart nodded as he pushed himself off the wall. "After you."

Barry felt his familiar smirk appear over his face as he strolled into the warehouse.

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