[ Cisco doesn't panic right away. When he hears Taako's voice, at first it is a relief. A reminder that this isn't really happening, that the two of them are camped out in a little room in the hospital, on a moon that is in another fucking universe than S.T.A.R. Labs. Seeing Taako also helps; he doesn't belong here, in this place. The mismatch keeps Cisco's head clear, for a little space of time.

But then Taako is waving his hands, gesturing like he's doing magic. Only... nothing changes. Nothing at all. The juddering, vibrating hologram speaks its recorded line in the same creepy voice as always, and they are still here. Cisco's heart is racing, but he's still hoping this is some stupid mix up. Or maybe... ]

Taako, you know I love your sense of humor, but this is a really, really, reeeaaally bad time to be pranking me. Just- get us outta here, please. Doesn't matter where. It can be somewhere totally shitty.

[ He glances over his shoulder, and the elevator is only two floors away. His breaths become a touch more frantic, a thin edge of panic in them, but he's keeping a handle on it, for now. ]