Just a little tribute to the Superhero Fight Club shorts. I highly recommend watching them - they're both on YouTube.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Arrow, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, or the Superhero Fight Club videos.

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Ray was beaming as he hung up his cell phone. He'd already been glad about Rip landing them in 2016 for some well-deserved shore leave, but now he was really excited about it. "Hey, guys!" he declared, practically bounding into the galley where many of his teammates were getting breakfast, "Oliver just called with the most awesome news!"

"You won the lottery and are moving away?" Mick guessed sarcastically (and maybe a bit hopefully), "And giving us half your winnings?"

Ray shook his head, letting Mick's remark slide off him. "Nope! Okay, where do I start…? Oh! Right! Rory, Stein, do you guys remember the awesome fight club thing last year?"

"Fight club?" Jax asked in confusion. Sara also perked up in interest.

"A bunch of heroes and their assorted enemies getting together to blow off steam in cage matches," Mick explained, "Snart and I actually got invited to kick hero ass by the heroes themselves. And then got to walk away free and clear. It was awesome."

"It started as a training-slash-bonding exercise between the Star City heroes," Stein continued, "But apparently Malcolm Merlyn showed up one day, and it got a little… out of hand, and then spiraled from there."

"Admit it, Silvertop, you were enjoying yourself." Mick leaned in towards the others conspiratorially. "The Professor likes violence more than he lets on." Then he paused in thought for a moment. "Hang on. I don't remember seeing you there, Haircut."

Ray scratched the back of his neck sheepishly. "I… may have missed the last one you and Snart went to, which was supposed to be my first. See, I had a hard time finding the place; I didn't know you could access it through the public elevator, and by the time I arrived, all the fun was over."

Stein stared at him in mild disbelief. "Didn't you own the building back then?"

"W-well, I… Yes. B-but that's not the point! The point is, they're holding another one tonight, and there's a special new guest. See, according to Oliver, Barry accidentally ran into another dimension, which we're calling Earth-4 for now, a while back, and met one of their local superheroes, an actual alien from another planet! Anyway, she and another alien buddy came here for a visit, and Oliver and Barry are planning to 'kidnap' her and bring her into the club. But since she has super-strength and invulnerability and a bunch of other powers, we're going to have to… up our game. So does anyone else want to join?"

"I'm in," Sara immediately volunteered, which was no surprise, "Sounds like fun."

"Me, too," Jax added, "I mean, I kinda have to, if Gray wants to play again."

"You assume I would want to participate?" Stein asked.

"Are you saying you don't?"

Stein shrugged. "Oh, I am most certainly participating. But you should know better than to make assumptions, Jefferson."

"It's not an assumption. Psychic link, remember? I picked up on your excitement the second Ray said there was another fight tonight."

"So who's in on the criminal side?" Mick asked Ray, interrupting the brewing argument.

Ray scratched his head. "Uh… Oliver said they would be running things a bit differently this time. It's not going to be cage matches, but everyone working together against this simulator created by Cisco and Felicity and a PalmerTech employee in the know. So the villains aren't invited this time. But since you're one of us now, Mick, you're still totally welcome!"

Mick grunted and ambled toward the exit. "I doubt your hero buddies would agree with you there. I'll pass this time."

"Really?" Jax called as he rounded the corner, "You're gonna pass up the chance to meet an actual alien?!" When he got no response from the arsonist, he shrugged. "His loss, I guess."

This'll be a two-shot, but I can't tell you when Chapter 2 will be up. I've also got a short-ish Halloween fic in the works - hopefully I'll be able to finish it in time to actually post it on Halloween.

Yes, Stein most certainly enjoyed the Fight Club violence, as anyone who's seen the first video will know.

How could Ray have not managed to find the entrance to the first Fight Club when it was obviously in a PalmerTech building, which he owned at the time?!

Lastly, it would make sense if the whole 'heroes inviting villains to their fight club' thing started with one villain inviting himself, with Malcolm as the most likely suspect.