Just Arrived
Hello! I'm sorry i have so long to update in so long! College is killing me! I have so many essays that i don't have time to use my imagination in order to write new chapters and stories...
Anyways, i hope you like this story is first try to write an Arrow fanfiction that isn't Felicity orgins or crossover story...
It's really an AU i couldn't decide which season to write so i put a little of Arrow season 2 and reference of The Flash season 4.
The songs i would suggest listening to while reading this chapter
NF- Wake Up
Alice Merton - Hit The Ground Running
Enjoy!
A girl drops out of a portal right in the in front of Verdant and she was full of blood and dirt. Her appearance caused Oliver and his team to worry how and why she was here.
Who was she?
"Oliver! Check her head, the left side!" Suddenly Felicity exclaimed once they managed to get her inside the Foundry and lay her on the metal table where all the medical stuff were happening.
"Oh! My God! Is that a…" Sara started to say in total shock but was cut off by Oliver's voice;
"Bullet wound."
"Is she dead?" John asked worried she didn't look more than probably 19 years old.
"No, she is still breathing but I don't know how to help her maybe we should call Caitlyn." Felicity said in worry and Oliver nodded as he took out his phone and started dialing Barry's number.
In a few seconds Caitlyn stood before them ready for surgery.
Caitlyn did the best she could but she was 100% sure that the girl before them would die.
"Guys, I found this in her pocket…maybe it could give us a clue of who she is." Caitlyn said in a sad tone as she opened the phone.
She enter to the photo gallery and they were welcomed by landscape photos and photos of a city, clouds, trees, sun and clouds and at times foods and family members.
"She has…had a talent for photography…could you find where are those photos from?" Oliver said in sadness to Felicity who nodded equally sad.
"Um…the photos are from Greece a town called Thessaloniki and Italy a town called Lecce." Felicity said a few minutes later in confusion they didn't know these places. Well they knew that Greece and Italy existed but those towns was the first time they heard of them.
"What else is on the phone?" John asked in worry.
"Look guys, this photo is of piece of paper, a coffee mug and a pen…it says on it "Script, coffee and corrections notes…the directors life…LOL" She is a director…well was." Caitlyn noted in shock as she read it out loud.
Then a next photo showed a handwritten poem.
"Guys listened to this; "Adults say we should be thankful that we live in a peaceful world. Where did they see peace? Children die because of wars. Children die because of in-school shootings. And yet the adults keep insisting, "You're lucky you have peace". So, I ask again, where did they see peace?" It's a poem." Felicity read out loud and Sara looked at the girl on the table in sadness.
"Was she hit by a school shooting?" Sara asked in worry but something in everyone's gut said it wasn't it…it was something else.
No one answered too afraid of being the truth as they continue scrolling through the girl's phone.
"Can you check her browser history?" Oliver asked in a tone that said an idea was forming in his head.
Felicity opened the Internet browser only to see a tuna salad recipe but as she checked the others windows they were opened they found a diary that was set in anonymous mode.
Felicity took upon herself to read it out loud the last entry;
"Tuesday 15th of May 2018;
So, this is it huh? I'm officially 19 years old…I don't feel different…I feel numb…but I guess now I'm suffering eleven years of depression not just ten…hahahaha…
Today in class Miss Alex was always saying to everyone that it was my birthday…and you know what I thought? Two weeks ago I was literarily thinking of killing myself…because what's the point?
I have no friends, my family doesn't care that much since they could be weeks in between their calls to check in with me and whenever I call them they rush to hang up…and they don't hear what I'm talking to them about…they ignore me both on the phone and face to face.
I wonder how long will it take them to realize I'm dead.
I bet weeks.
So…in 1st of May Emilia was in town yet she didn't call to meet…imagine I thought she was my best friend a year and seven months ago…I should have listen to Polly…then again Polly is a pathological liar but aren't I the same?
I lied for years of the bullying I got in school that it wasn't that bad. About the scars on my body, the bruises on my neck, the feeling of responsibility to take care of the house, my baby sister and to be the perfect little daughter because if I didn't mum would hit me and dad would yell at me or even hit me…or my sister. I had to protect her.
I lied about the fact I didn't like any boys because I wasn't ready yet but the real reason was that my first contact with one was to pin me to the wall and choke me because I spilled water on his best friend's book and then kick me repeatedly like I was ball
I lie and say I don't remember what I did when I go into black out rage and almost kill people but I do all of it…it comes back into flashbacks or nightmares…
What I mean about that is that I opened Ivan's head twice for just calling me "stupid", I almost suffocated Mike because he said "Now, that your dad is shot and he won't be cleared for duty you won't have money so I guess you have to become a hooker." I almost choked him with a ruler as I held him against the wall but I was stopped by Emilia telling me he was my dad's boss' son and if I harmed him more than I already had my dad will be laid off.
Then I tried to choke my own best friend because she called me a liar….when I told her that I knew kickboxing…I know stupid reason but I do…dad taught me and my sister since we were four up until we were 14 after that we grew taller and he grew older and hadn't had the same strength so we trained between us.
i slapped Katerina because she kept on putting her dirty feet on my chair like I was a couch while we were watching a movie…
I punched Luke because he was just laughing at me…while his friend Maria was calling me a "stupid bitch that doesn't belong in the town".
I almost sliced Fabian's throat with my Swiss knife because he smashed my head on my desk just because he could and broke my glasses…I kicked him in the balls and punched him. Then his friend Andrew knocked me out by throwing a ball at me…
I head butted Marcus because he put me in a headlock and then I kicked him in the back just because I said I liked a boy named Thomas…
I…shot dead…a guy that tried to rape Emilia's younger brother Gregory because he owed him money from playing poker and made Gregory promise not to tell anyone…I threw the gun in the sea afterwards…
I threw a desk against the wall aiming for the same boy that choked me because he tried to touch me in the school's bathrooms…and I managed to get away from him by running away after I smashed his head against the wall until he fainted…he found me during PE and tried to choke me again and I pushed him away before he could touch me and then grabbed Velma's desk and threw it with all the adrenaline I had in me…he ducked and got scratched in the eyebrow by the desk's leg but it was enough for me to run away out of the school building but he found me and this time he was holding a rusty mop handle and started hitting me with it…he hit me behind my neck as I tried to crawl away before…before he finally raped me.
I didn't dare to say to anyone what was going on during school…I suffered in silence for five years…I was fourteen when I finally told my mum and she didn't believe me…at fifteen I started drinking and I tried to committee suicide by jumping from my home's balcony it was three years after he raped me…I was twelve years old! TWELVE! Mum and dad instead of helping me they also started bullying me saying I was a nothing, that I deserved everything I got and will get…that I'm an emotionless bitch just because I was feeling numb and didn't react like normal people do…
That everything is in my head and I'm being a drama queen…
Would you laugh and smile when you still felt…him…inside you?
And because no one understood me I decided to erase everything that happened to me by ripping pages off diaries and burning them, scratching my own skin like if I bled enough the feeling of being violated would go away when the new skin would be created…spoiler alert it didn't.
Emilia didn't believe me either…when I finally told her…three years later…she asked me if I did something to deserve being bullied, raped, abused and suffering from depression, self destructive syndrome, anxiety and PTSD! Then she proceed to remind me that they were only name calling me nothing else…yeah…that is how much she knows…how much I allowed her to know…then she proceed to say that my parents were the best parents a child could ask because they were there and that my dad didn't slept with half the city nor my mother abandoned me and my sister and had two kids with my dad's best friend…
She wasn't there when the kids in class would cut my hair forcefully, slap me, throw my stuff from the window…tell me I was replaceable…
He said after he was done with me…when he was done raping…
"Why was I crying since I deserved it…"
Emilia can't and won't understand if those things haven't happened to her. In order to understand them she has to be forced to face the pain and shame and to be force to overcome them by herself because no one believes her…
And as if things weren't already fucked up she avoided me like plague after I told her! After I trusted her! After seven years of friendship! I guess it was all superficial…
She wouldn't return my calls for almost two years I would find excuses on her behalf for not calling me while I needed her. And when she would call me and start exchange news I would realize that I didn't need her to know what I wanted her two weeks ago or a month ago since I had managed to either deal with it or push it at the back of my head. Hell she has no idea that at 15 I tried to jump from the balcony of my house…to committee suicide.
And here is the funny thing, she called me a week after it and asked me what I had been up to…I told her I was fine…what was I supposed to tell her?
"Oh! I tried to kill myself! What did you have for lunch?"
Then the terrorist attack at Belgium happened and my family and I had friends who were close to the blast of the bomb and we were worried sick! Waiting for their names to either been dropped to the dead list, missing list or in critical condition list!
I called her the moment I heard the news on the radio at school while I was in art class…I was painting while listening to the radio with my headphones when they said;
"We are stopping the podcasting of songs in honor of the victims of the Belgium terrorist attack, 12 dead and many more still waiting for identification…"
I dropped my brush to the ground and I stepped back from my desk and crawled in a ball and started having a panic attack. My teacher didn't know what to do or say when I told her of the terrorist attack and the friends who lived near the place it took place…
Once I calmed down I need a friend to talk to so I called Emilia but she hanged up…I tried again hours later while I walked home from school and she didn't pick up!
Then I tried a third time when our friend Vasia was in the critical condition victim list and mum couldn't get through to check if Mr. and Mrs. Spiridakos and their daughter were okay! We sat before the TV screen listening like our lives depended on it! Yet she picked up and cut me off saying she was busy! FUCKING BUSY!
After that I attempted months later to call her and check up on her and she promised we will speak on the phone at 9 pm only to see a check in minutes after 9 pm that she was watching a movie at a friend's house. I was so tired of waiting for her to make time for me so I sent her a farewell text and she had the audacity to tell me that if she wanted to not to be a friend of mine she would have told me…BITCH ACTIONAS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!
Now a year and some months later decided to contact me…only to trick me…
Because of her I can't trust people to come near me and be my friends…I am alone…I have no friends because I'm too of afraid…
Fuck you for messing up my own life!
On a happier note; I'm living for Athens today at 5 am! I will finally visit the museum about Astronomy museum and the Art one that if you wear those special glasses it's like you are time traveling to that era! Isn't it cool? YES IT IS!
Best present I could get myself! Too bad I won't be on my own but with a Youth Exchange program I was part of last year…it's its continuation so I know them…not that they like me…in their eyes I'm a grammar and syntax nazi… but at least I will have the exhibits to district me from being lonely…
Ha! Lonely is the short version to describe my life..
Anywho…happy birthday to me…I hope I become a better person and help people like me…or at least help them help themselves.
Go to go to class now…
End of entry:
Everyone in the Foundry stare at the computer screen in shock…
"The poor girl." Caitlyn commented in total shock.
"She is not poor, she is a survivor." Sara commented in defense as she looked at the unconscious girl and for the first time she noticed the scars.
"What do you think her name is?" Felicity asked out of the blue.
Oliver was just staring at the computer screen re-reading the section where the girl confessed what she had gone through and then looked at the girl before them. He only registered that they had one day difference when it came to birthdays and of course he was couple years older than she was.
"Are we not going to talk about the 2018 date?" John asked freaked out as he held his hands folded to his chest just like Oliver did.
"Maybe the date is messed up because of the whole portal thingy." Felicity tried to make sense of it. She had noticed it too.
Two days passed and Oliver had decided since her heartbeats were normal to put her in an actual bed and not the metal table in the Foundry. They would check on her every one hour hoping she will wake up and give explanation what has happened to her, how she end up here.
At night Sara would stay with her since her family still thought she was dead and they didn't know she was alive and back in Starling City.
"What if she doesn't wake up?" Felicity asked Sara and John one afternoon as they sat next to the poor girl.
It had been almost half a week and the girl was still unconscious yet stable.
"If she continues to be stable that means she is in a coma then we take her to the hospital and we make up a lie of why she is like that since the bullet wound has healed…pretty fast if you ask me." John said deep in thoughts as he watched the girl's steady breathing.
An hour later Sara's yell for them to come and see made everyone run to her. The girl's breathing had gotten stronger. A few minutes later the girl gasped as her eyes flattered open and looked around her as she sat up.
Her eyes were a brown green color that you might confuse them for a very dark hazel color yet you could see how wise her eyes looked if that was possible…
"Who are you? Where am i?" She asked confused in weird accent.
"You are safe, what do you remember last?" Oliver walked closer to her but she backed away from him in fear. He mentally cursed himself he had forgotten that she might be afraid of boys after what she went through.
As if Sara read Oliver's mind she cautiously walked towards the girl who seemed to accept Sara's presence.
"I...I'm sorry it's not you…it's me. Sorry." The girl apologized to Oliver who smiled and nodded understanding her situation.
"As my friend Oliver said, you are safe here. What do you remember last?" Sara asked kindly the girl.
"Terrorist. They broke into the museum and started shooting people…not that I'm surprised for the past…as long as I remember terrorist attacks are everyday occurrences…we learn how to duck from bullets before we learn how to walk and talk…" The girl answered to Sara and looked at everyone one by one her voice was normal as if she was talking about the weather.
It shocked everyone. As they recalled the mention of a terrorist attack in the girl's diary entry they read a few weeks ago.
"What do you mean?" Oliver asked the girl in a worry tone as he folded his arms to his chest. He wanted to understand better the political and life situation the girl came from. Or claimed to be from…
"Well, I mean ever since 2015 World War 3 is on full swing..sort of…in some places just like WW2 it only hit hard Europe not US or Australia or at least that is what we are told…which is false if you ask my opinion." The girl said without missing a beat and she looked at Oliver whose face was shocked. Everyone was shocked.
"But it's 2012." Felicity voiced in shock.
"What? No! It's 2018." The girl argued back as she tried to stand up but she felt pain and sat back down holding her head as she whined.
"What happened to me?" The girl asked Sara and Oliver in worry.
"You got shot." Sara said in sympathetic tone and the girl's eyes widen in shock before them then suddenly she went into panic mode.
And Sara instantly rush to her side and instructed her to inhale and exhale. Once she had calmed down and she was given a bottle of water by Felicity she started explaining the reason why she panicked. She had remembered what had happened to her before she woke up here.
"I….i remember now….i offered myself so they would leave Beatrice alone…they wanted to take a hostage and I thought since I was daughter of a Chief Master Sergeant I would matter more than Beatrice…they tried to take me away as a hostage but inside the museum one of the guards shot my captor and told me to run but I had no time…another one grabbed me and put his gun to my head threaten that if anyone dare to move a muscle I would get shot." The girl told them without moving a muscle as she looked behind Oliver as memories flashed before her eyes. Yet her voice sounded detached.
No one dared to stop her.
"Then asked my name and my faith…I told him that my name was Andrea Vorelis-Skorpiti and I was an Eastern Orthodox Christian. I told them that my mum's family comes from Eastern Thracy and my dad's family from a village in the mountain Olympus and that I wasn't afraid of them because my dad's family were the vigilantes that free the country in 1820s and fought bravely to free Thessaloniki in World War 1 in the mountains in Russia while his own family hadn't even been born. I told him also that I wasn't afraid of them. Then I asked if they planned to do what they did in Egypt three years ago…killed every Christian in a public execution forcing the entire world to see it. He got angry with my courage and punched me but I only laughed and told he I could see that he was afraid in his own language which shocked him…I lived five years in island where people his faith and mine lived in peace and my friend Angela was one of them, she taught me their language before she left to Germany leaving me alone. I knew that what he believed in was nothing like the faith Angela believed in and I wanted him to understand it. I wasn't afraid of him while I should have been." Andrea said to them with the same detached tone.
"What happened next?" Sara asked in worry she had a bad feeling where this story was going. No one dared yet again to say anything else. They were shocked.
"He put his gun to my forehead and asked for my last words. I looked at Beatrice and said; "Don't tell my parents I offered myself, it's not your fault." I didn't want them to hurt her or anyone else…I knew for a fact none of them would do the same thing I did. Beatrice and the rest of the group might have been my high school classmates for three years they didn't give a damn about me or knew me. Last thing I hear is the gunshot and the feeling of the bullet penetrating my skull." Andrea said to them with finally a little emotion in her voice, it was a sad emotion, as she touched her forehead in shock.
"Why then you offered yourself?" Oliver asked in true awe. The girl before him had gone through so much more than he did in Lian Yu and Russia or Hong Kong.
"I don't know. I guess I'm one of those people who sacrifice themselves for others while knowing in their back of their head that none of the people they are saving would do the same thing for them if the time came." Andrea said to Oliver as she met his gaze and Oliver saw the true sorrow in her eyes.
"How did I end up here though instead of…you know…dying?" Andrea asked after a small silence allowing Andrea to collect her thoughts and the team Arrow to digest what they learnt.
"There was this portal that opened and you dropped out of it." Felicity explained shortly and Andrea looked at them shocked.
"How is it possible? What?" She asked confused at Felicity.
She looked at them one by one asking for answers.
Oliver sighed and asked from Felicity to started explaining to Andrea the Multiuniverse theory. And like that Andrea was told the world of around her…
Time Skip; A Few Days Later:
Andrea smiled thankful to Caitlyn once she was done checking her up and gave her the shockingly good news.
"It seems you healed completely! No brain damage nothing! How is it possible I don't know but I do have a suspicion that is why I took some blood, hair, nail, spit and pee samples. I will study them at Star Labs and we will soon know why. Also, allow me to say how glad I am you survived and didn't die!" Caitlyn said with a cheery tone as she smiled to the girl before her.
"Thank you for operating on me and not allowing me to die, Caitlyn." Andrea said thankful to her.
Andrea had started adjusting to the life with Oliver and his team. Felicity had suggested that Andrea would live with her and Sara at Felicity's apartment. Andrea had a plan to make Sara and Felicity friends and Felicity to stop being jealous of Sara's and Oliver's relationship.
She was catching up on the news and social media of this dimension and at the same time she was trying to feel comfortable around Oliver, John, Barry, Cisco, Joe, Wally, Iris and HR who she met them during her check-ups with Caitlyn.
She was making a lot of progress since she could talk to Oliver and John and the rest of the guys without getting panic attacks….but that to happen she needed a twenty days of adjustment period.
Andrea was so happy to have people she knew that could be herself around along with her PTSD and depression with no shame.
She discussed at nights with Sara whenever she would wake up from nightmares about her life and Sara's life before and after the Gambit.
She even managed to get through the thick wall of insecurity Felicity had put up and she found out that Felicity was also suffered anxiety and depression during her teen years and now she was taking medication to keep her in check.
She discussed with John, who was the only one who pressed for more information, about the war in 2018 and through that John and Andrea bonded because Andrea told him how she felt when her friend Vasia died after the terrorist attack and Mr. and Mrs. Spiridakos' daughter was hit in her hand by the debris of the explosion that got from the window of her room during the explosion and she was getting ready for school…she had lost her hand at the tender age of six and had to learn how to use a mechanical one. She told him how she felt when she had volunteered to help save immigrants from sinking boats along with her dad and his co-workers and saw her dad trying to save a small girl from dying but couldn't and she died in his arms…he saw how shocked he was.
She told him how guilty she felt watching all those people wanting to go to other countries to find peace and a second chance at life yet the governments were refusing to allow them to enter their countries and they were forced to stay in a country they didn't want and couldn't offer them as much help as they needed.
She told John about the fight she had tried to stop from breaking out between a doctor and a soldier over the border situation and the media attention. She told him about the tear gas attacks in the boarders that didn't just affected immigrants but also the people who were there trying to keep the peace and help calm down the spirits.
She told him how she felt when the tear gas hit her and fellow doctors who were trying to help other tear gas victims.
She told him how angry she felt at her classmates who spoke badly about the immigrants and didn't want them in their city and country.
He understood unlike Felicity or Sara.
Unknowingly to Andrea Oliver had overheard many of her stories she told to John and he was trying to make sense of Andrea.
Was she a foe or a victim?
Could he trust her?
Could he tell her that he was the Arrow?
All these questions surfaced when he realized that she didn't questioned why she was in such surroundings when she came around the first time.
He asked Felicity if Andrea asked her or Sara about why she was in the Foundry but both girls shook their heads saying that she hadn't.
Then when his birthday came up Barry and Felicity surprised him with a birthday party and that was when Andrea asked him the question he's been dreading;
"Are you the Hood guy?"
"Yes, you have a problem with that?" Oliver asked tensed.
"Why would I have a problem? Don't forget that my ancestors were vigilantes, my dad was the first generation that decided not to be one. I won't tell your secret since I can tell that all these people knows except your mum, stepfather and your sister know about your hobby. You can trust me…and even if I did plan to out you…where would I do that? Remember I know nothing of this town besides you and your friends." Andrea told him sincerely and Oliver nodded calmer now as he offered her a smile.
"Oh! Oliver, have you tried to talk with Felicity lately? I know what happened to the Foundry and with Slade." Andrea asked him with a knowing glint in her eyes.
"Why?" Oliver asked confused.
"Just check in with her, she seems kinda out of it." Andrea told him before patting his shoulder in a friendly manner and walked back inside the party.
"So, what is your story?" Moira Queen asked her in a suspicious look but Andrea seemed unfazed and smiled welcoming to her.
She was reminded of all the wives of higher rang Army officers in Army balls and parties that used to look her with a half glare since she was always escorting her dad since her mum couldn't because of her chronic illness with her legs.
"I'm Felicity's cousin." Andrea lied with a smile saying the lie she and Felicity agreed upon.
"From where?" Moira pressed on.
"Greece, Mrs. Queen. From her mum's side of the family, her mum is my aunt and godmother. Her parents moved to Las Vegas before she was born, they were my mum's cousins…well her dad became cousin by marriage." Andrea rambled as a way to sale the lie to Moira by proving the stereotypical belief that Greeks have big families is true.
"Oh! And how do you know my son?" Moira continued the interrogation.
"I met him when I was visiting my cousin in the IT Department of your company. I was waiting on her to go for lunch when he showed up." Andrea lied easily and Moira nodded satisfied before leaving the poor girl alone.
Andrea let out a sigh of relief as she briefly exchanged a nod with Felicity who looked her way while she was talking with Sara and Roy.
Andrea looked around the room suddenly realizing that she didn't belong here, not just the party but the dimension too.
So, she discreetly she made her way out of the Queen Manor and walked to a busy and yelled for a taxi and requested to go to Verdant. The taxi driver looked at her from the bottom to her upper part confused since who goes to a club dressed in washed up black jeans and a Bastille T-shirt and a black jean jacket and Converse?
"I have a shift, sir and I'm late. I thought I would make it in time if I walked instead of waiting for the bus…I lost the first one." She explained herself….well she lied.
Lying came easy to her since she was a small girl she didn't know if it was good or not, lying helped her survive sometimes more than truth.
The taxi driver nodded without saying a word smiling to Andrea and he started the engine again and asking questions to Andrea.
"So, you are studying here?" The driver asked her and Andrea smiled politely.
"No, I'm from Greece and that is where I study I'm taking a gap year because my cousin's mum is sick and needs help so I came here to help around…I work at Verdant as a way for an income to live on, my cousin's income go to my aunt's hospital bill." Andrea lied flawlessly.
"Oh! I'm sorry to hear that! You are long way from home! How do you like Starling City? I bet is way different from Greece." The taxi driver commented and Andrea chuckled.
"Yes it is. I'm used to moving though, my dad is the Army in Greece so I'm used to changes, I moved eight times in past eighteen years." Andrea said the truth for the first time.
"Wow! You speak English really well though." The driver said with a smile.
"It helps having family members in Australia, London, Belgium, US and Sweden. It's the only common language we all know and can fluently speak it when we have our family reunions." Andrea said yet again the truth as she smiled with a nostalgic face.
"I'm impressed!" The driver commented with a raised eyebrow.
"So, what are you studying in Greece?" The driver asked her and Andrea smiled.
"I just finished my first year in a Filmmaking school…it took me awhile to finish it….if I might say so." Andrea admitted and the driver asked why.
"Because I took a nine months break and I served in the Army for those nine months…I was a Specialist for your ranking under my dad, he is a Chief Master Sergeant." Andrea said yet again the truth and the guy looked impressed yet again.
"Any siblings?" The driver asked her and Andrea smiled.
"A younger sister she is sixteen and she graduated High School earlier to join Evelpidon Military Academy she is a genius with computers but her heart was set in this school ever since she visited a War Museum when she was eight. She started training with dad and then a Track Team Coach, she is a 2 degree black belt in karate and she pretty good in Judo and kickboxing she has strong kicks and punches. And she was one of the top 5 best nationwide sharpshooters. She made our family proud when the acceptance letter came in. She is the younger student since 1828 when the Academy was founded. I'm the black sheep of the family that the Army wasn't her thing." Andrea rambled as she went down the memory lane once she realized she will never see her sister again.
She will never see her graduate from the Academy.
"You sister sounds badass. But don't doubt yourself your purpose has yet to come, young lady." The driver told Andrea wisely as he smiled to her.
After a minute the car came into a halt and Andrea realized they had arrived at Verdant. She paid the driver and said goodnight to him before exiting his car.
She waited for the driver to leave before she sneaked in the Foundry, she smiled at the punching bag before her as she climbed down the stairs. She found Felicity's training clothes under her computer desk and got dressed after a few minutes she found herself zipping the boxing gloves on and started punching.
Oliver realized that Andrea was nowhere to be and started searching for her only to find her in the Foundry punching and kicking his punching bag.
He watched her as she did a twirling double kick and he knew that moment that Andrea knew kickboxing and he wanted to train her because she had potential. Plus it was a way for them to bond as friends.
"I'm impressed!" Oliver said with a smile scaring Andrea as she twirled and Judo flipped him to the ground in a matter of seconds.
"OH! Sorry Oliver! Your voice sounded like my dad's for a moment!" Andrea apologized quickly as she helped him up and Oliver looked at her confused with raised eyebrows.
"Who taught you to fight like that?" Oliver asked her.
"My parents. They taught me and my younger sister since we were four years old…also I served for nine months in the Army under my dad and my sixteen year old sister makes headlines in our family for being the younger and only female to join Evelpidon Military Academy after our great grandpa from our dad's side." Andrea said with a shrug as she drank some water while Oliver blinked at her.
"WOW! And you thought to share that now? You served?" Oliver said awestricken and she nodded with a weird out look.
"Is it because I'm a woman? Do I need t remind you it was 2018 from where I come from in the middle of a world war? We need the man and woman power!" Andrea reminded Oliver who nodded as he rubbed his face tiredly.
"Sorry, I'm tired and my brain doesn't work." Oliver apologized and Andrea nodded.
"I know otherwise I wouldn't have pinned you to the ground. You are a better fighter than me. Sara had Felicity tape you and John train so I can see it…they claimed you liked to "keep in shape" but the video was the last puzzle piece for me to confirm my theory that you are the Hood." Andrea admitted to Oliver who laughed.
"So, what's the story between you, Sara and her sister? I heard Sara fight with her mum on the phone about her sister on Wednesday about a family dinner." Andrea asked Oliver who sighed and started explaining to her.
Time Skip: A few hours later:
Andrea was laying awake in her bed facing the ceiling and she was thinking of her family and life prior to her meeting Team Arrow.
She missed someone…Kevin to be exact. A classmate of hers.
She had a crush on him but after what happened to her when she was 12 years old she refused to allow herself to get close to guys…the biggest step she had done was to become friend with John, Barry, Cisco, HR and now she was trying to be friends with Oliver.
Andrea seat up from her bed and walked to the living room and opened the TV and stare at the news as she reminisced on how Kevin was the first boy she allowed to herself to get attached to just because he praised her on her essays' presentations and always smiled at her or made sure to greet her when she was walking in the classroom.
He was always smiling and doing weird things and funny voices when she was around that made her laugh. She remembered how he refused to let her leave the couch she was sitting on just because he sat next her, he put his arms around her and held her as he continue talking to his friend Eddie.
Andrea hadn't felt panicked by his touch and she continued reading her e-book. Second time he put her arms around her when they were at a studio where they watched some digital technicians making CGI effects and one of them had started a conversations with Andrea about some movies and their CGI effects. The guy instantly had stopped talking for a second and watched Kevin's hand and him. Kevin looked at him for a second before lighting a cigarette and continued his debate with Katherine, another classmate, about Dali's paintings.
As Andrea continue talking with the guy Kevin seemed to hold her closer to him to the point Andrea could smell his armpits…she untangled herself from him and went to the bathroom where she had a panic attack…not because of Kevin but because she allowed herself to be touched by a guy after a long time.
Then Kevin was with his family in Olympion Beach where her and her friend Maria, a fellow rape and abuse survivor she met through theater class her aunt had signed her up after learning that her niece was raped as a way for Andrea to destruct herself from the pain. They were walking along the beach discussing how Maria was days away from having to attend trail after reporting her cousin, her rapist, and she wanted Andrea as her support system during this period and Andrea had arranged a two-day-get-together with her as a way for Maria to relax before the trail.
When Kevin saw her sitting with Maria and throwing rocks in the sea he wanted to say hi to her so he ran to them just when Andrea was answering Maria question about how would she feel if Andrea's rapist was at the stand and Kevin heard the conversation in shock.
Flashback:
"Andrea? Is that true?" Kevin has asked shocked as he stood behind Maria.
The girls looked at him in shock.
"Ke…Kevin? What are you doing here? How much did you hear?" Andrea asked embarrassed.
"Enough to know that you should report the bastard who raped you! Andrea you are a smart woman, don't let him try it with other girls." Kevin answered as he walked up to her and Andrea moved subconsciously away from him but Kevin grabbed her hand and held gentle giving a sympathetic look to Andrea.
"Are you okay? When did this happen?" Kevin asked her as Andrea refused to look at him and looked at Maria's apologetic face.
"Twelve. I'm nineteen now. It's too late do report him." Andrea said in a low voice and looked at shore in same.
"What?" Kevin exclaimed in horror.
"I was twelve when he did it." Andrea admitted and in seconds Kevin was hugging her then turned to Maria and hugged her too.
"You girls are strong! Give them hell!" Kevin told both with encouraging smile and Maria nodded shyly while Andrea stayed in shock staring at him.
"Now, I have to go, family is waiting and all that." Kevin said quickly before rushing away from them towards the tavern he was in before spotting Andrea and Maria and rushing to say hi to them.
"What just happened?" Maria asked shocked as Andrea watching Kevin walk away unsure how to answer her friend.
End of Flashback.
Then Andrea smiled as she touched her lips and remembered what happened after that meeting;
Flashback:
It was Thursday and Andrea had a free day from college and she was cleaning her apartment when she heard a doorbell. Thinking it was Dionysia and Maria with food since it was girls afternoon in and Dionysia's turn to cook a traditional dish and dessert from her home region for Maria and Andrea to try she mindlessly yelled at them to grab the key under the mat and walk in.
She finished watering the plants in the terrace as she walked inside only to see Kevin standing in her living room with an awkward look on his face and his hands in his pockets of his jeans.
"Kevin!" She exclaimed caught off guard as she looked around the house for her friends.
"I was calling you but you didn't answer, I wanted to apologize for what I did on Saturday at the beach." Kevin apologized and walked closer to her and Andrea let out a tired shy as she nodded and took her planting gloves off and walked to the kitchen to wash her hands.
"It's okay." She murmured embarrassed but Kevin shook his head no as he walked behind her.
"No, it's now okay! It wasn't my place to jump in! I'm so sorry! Let me make it up to you!" Kevin pleaded Andrea as he stood behind her and as she turned around they were face to face.
"How?" She asked hypnotized by how close Kevin was, she had a full blown crush on him by now.
"Like this!" Kevin said shortly and cupped her face and kissed him passionately.
Suddenly, two voices were heard behind them;
"Fucking finally!"
And Andrea moved away from Kevin to see Dionysia and Maria holding grocery bags and smiling like it was Christmas as Kevin laughed and kissed Andrea's cheek and hugged her.
Andrea was shocked but happy.
Happy for the first time in a long while…if she only knew that in about a week from then her life would change so much! She will die!
End of Flashback:
"Andrea?" Felicity sleepy voice made the girl jump and look at Felicity's sleepy form.
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing up? It's 6 am." Felicity asked as she yawned and opened the blinders making Andrea realize that she had stayed all night up remembering.
"Shit! I forgot to sleep while catching up on the news at night and I guess I zoned out. Morning! I'm going to bed now." Andrea said quickly as she kissed Felicity's cheek and walked towards her room.
She fell asleep dreaming of Kevin.
Only if she knew that Caitlyn had spent days studying Andrea's DNA and she was beyond baffled with what she was seeing.
"It can't be right!" Caitlyn murmured confused as she stared at her computer screen.
The screen showed Andrea's photo dressed in 1900s attire smiling at the camera while holding a baby boy. Then another screen showed her DNA chain and if you knew enough about Metahumans you could see her DNA was clearly lashed with Dark Matter.
"So, Andrea is a Metahuman…but how?" Caitlyn spoke to herself confused.
While many dimensions away Kevin was calling Andrea for the nth time. He looked worried and sleepless as he watched the TV screen that delivered the news of the terrorist attack in Athens. And it showed Andrea being held at gun point but then the footage was cut.
Every victim's story about what went down in the museum was the same from everyone…one minute the girl was in the arms of the enemy the next everyone blinked and the girl had disappeared and no one seemed to remember an Andrea Vorelis-Skorpiti…all except Kevin.
And he was worried sick!
Back in Starling City Andrea was sleeping when she saw a dream of her walking to the same beach she was with Maria and this time she saw Kevin there throwing rocks in the sea.
Dream:
"Why you left? Why you left me behind? Why did you offer yourself to them? What about me? Come back! Open a portal and come back!" Kevin pleaded her as he cupped her face as he cried.
"What?" Andrea asked confused but she woke up before Kevin could speak.
Dream End:
"A portal?" She wondered in the light of the noon.
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