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Barry was sitting in his lab rummaging through his paperwork, feeling helpless without his powers. He didn't know how he could be a hero and save central city without them, and he didn't know what to do. There was only one person Barry could ask for advice about this. Oliver Queen. Barry took his phone out and called up Oliver, it rang and rang and rang until Oliver finally picked up.
"Hello?" Oliver asked
"Hey Ollie, it's Barry….. I kinda need your help with something"
"What is it Barry" There was a hint of irritation in his voice.
"Well, I lost my powers and...I don't know what to do"
"Zoom stole your speed?"
"Not exactly...I gave it to him.." Barry said hesitantly.
"Barry, why the hell would you give your speed away to a crazy psychopath?" Oliver asked, confused.
"I had to, okay! He threatened Wally and.." Barry sighed "I just had to, and now I'm powerless. I'm just another useless CSI, how am I supposed to protect Central City without my powers.."
"Barry, you don't have to have superpowers to be hero, you can't be dependent on your powers for everything, you need to learn how to be a hero with or without your powers. Look at me for example, I don't have any powers but that doesn't stop me from protecting my city"
"But I'm not like you Oliver, I can't fight or shoot arrows or anything like that, I don't think I can do this"
"I'll train you" Oliver said "Meet me tomorrow at one o'clock, at the warehouse we trained in last year"
"Don't shoot me in the back again" Barry joked "I don't heal fast anymore"
Oliver just chuckled and hung up. He was going to have to be one hell of a teacher to get Barry good at fighting.
Barry arrived at the warehouse around two o'clock, he was later than usual. "Sorry I'm late" he said. "I'm still trying to get use to having get everywhere by car"
"So, are you ready then? You better be considering you're an hour late"
"Yeah, I'm ready, so what are we going to do? Punching bags? Or like the salmon ladder because I can not do the salmon ladder let me just tell you, it's like a -"
"We, are going to fight" Oliver interrupted.
"Like fight each other? Oh no way I am not fighting you Oliver I can barely get a good punch on a punching bag let alone the green arrow"
"I have to see what I'm dealing with, I'll push you to your breaking point. We stop whenever you surrender. I'm warning you this is not going to be easy"
"Are you actually going to try, or….because I can't fight,like at all" Barry said nervously.
"Don't worry, I'll stop when you surrender" Oliver said as he was walking into the warehouse.
"You didn't answer my question Ollie, I don't want to die or anything!" Barry said following Oliver.
"Calm down, I'm not going to kill you" Oliver said, emphasizing on kill. "Okay Barry, come at me whenever you're ready" Oliver said with his hands up.
Barry charged at Oliver full speed, which wasn't very fast, he put his fist out ready to deliver a punch straight to Oliver's face but instead he found himself being flipped in Oliver's arms then falling to the floor with a loud thump. "Oww" Barry said as he rolled over to his back.
Oliver knelt down on top of Barry with one hand around his neck and the other on his chest holding him down. Barry had both hands on Oliver's arm trying to pull his hand away, Oliver loosened his grip a bit. "Had enough?" he asked. "Not even close" Barry choked shoving Oliver's hand away and quickly getting up. Barry threw a strong punch towards Oliver but it was easily blocked. Barry attempted again and again but Oliver never failed to dodge his punches. Oliver grabbed Barry by the shirt and tossed him to the floor like a ragdoll. Barry was on all fours struggling to get up when Oliver kicked him back to the floor. "Surrender?" Oliver asked.
Barry got up from the floor shook away the pain. "I'll take that as a no" Oliver said, getting ready to throw another punch. Oliver punched Barry straight across the face as hard as he could, sending Barry sprawling to the floor holding his face with pain. Oliver walked over to Barry grabbed him by the shirt and punched him back to floor. Barry fell to the floor limp and lifeless, not even attempting to get up.
Oliver looked at him with concern before asking "You okay, Barry?" Barry didn't respond he just lay there like a corpse. Oliver crouched down next to him and turned Barry over to his back, he looked terrible, pale and half conscious. "Hey Barry, don't pass out, stay with me" Oliver said as he was shaking his shoulder. Barry slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room then back at Oliver. "Oliver?" he asked with confusion. "You nearly passed out….. we're done for today" Oliver said helping Barry up.
"Wait Ollie, I didn't surrender though?" Barry said following Oliver out
"Yeah, but you passed out, I consider than as physically surrendering. I said I'd push you to your limit, and I did, I'm not trying to do any major damage" Oliver said firmly, not even turning around. Oliver reached into his duffel bag and got out a bottle of water. "Here, you need to drink something so you stay hydrated" Oliver said, throwing the bottle to Barry.
Barry chugged the bottle down finishing it in seconds. "So, do you wanna go to Big Belly Burger and grab something to eat? I'm starving!" Barry said after finishing the water.
"Sure, we can discuss what you need to work on while we're at it, and you have a lot to learn before you get out and start fighting metas again" Oliver said.
They left the warehouse, Barry leaning on Oliver for support, slightly limping. Oliver felt a hint of guilt for beating Barry up until he was out cold, but he reminded himself that Barry never surrendered, an it was for his own good.
