Chapter 2

Oliver was at the bunker training alone. He liked to punch things while he thought about everything that was going on in his crazy life. It was a relief, he had to admit, that Prometheus was finally locked in A.R.G.U.S. While he talked to Kara and Sara about whether or not he would help Kara's friend, Diggle called his wife, warning her about Prometheus. It did not take long for one of her guards to come and throw that bastard inside a black car and storm away. All they had left to deal with was the Vigilante, but for now, he could take a break from this problem.

As he was lost in his own thoughts, considering going to Kara's Earth and help her since it would be a nice change of the atmosphere for a while, he heard the computer of the bunker making a noise. A red sign popped in the screen and he got a bit closer, reading the alert. Cisco and Felicity worked on upgrading their system so it would warn them about emergencies and things that only Team Arrow could deal with. Apparently, someone was breaking into Star City General Hospital.

Oliver wasted no time and called Diggle. Felicity came into the bunker a few minutes later, warning the rest of the team with her cellphone.

- My phone started going crazy with an emergency alarm. It's connected to our system. You can thank me later – She said as she sat in front of the computer. – It looks like is our buddy, Vigilante.

- What is he doing at the hospital?

- Just a second – Felicity started hacking the Hospital system – Ok, apparently there is a target of his there. Some guy named Eric Somers. It can be related to Martin Somers, ally of the Chinese Triad.

- Vigilante must be there to kill him… It's our chance to catch him! – Curtis said as he entered the bunker followed by Dinah, Diggle and Reneé.

There was a whoosh of air and Kara came in super speed, bringing Sara with her.

- That was fun – Sara laughed as she let go of Kara's arms.

- Are you ok? – Diggle asked her, still startled to see super speed with his bare eyes. He would never get used to it. – I always feel like vomiting when Barry does that and bring us along…

- Diggle, I'm captain of a time ship. I'm beyond used to this kind of stuff.

Oliver looked annoyed at them, as he cleared up his throat, getting everyone's attention back to him.

- There's no time to explain, so suit up. We have one more bad guy to catch before the day is over. Let's go!

Sara jumped behind Oliver on his bike as Kara followed them in the air. Curtis and Dinah were on the minivan with Diggle and Reneé was on his bike as they went to Star City General Hospital. As they were coming closer to the building, Kara landed and used her x ray vision on the building.

- I can see someone moving suspiciously on the 8th floor. It's empty. Only a tall guy in front of the door, it must be guarding someone. And I can see some other guy, it looks like he is with a huge gun on his hands. He is hidden.

- Wow, that's cool – Curtis said looking at Kara in awe

- Ok. Let's prevent this guy from running away today. Diggle and Dinah stay at the entrance to make sure he doesn't run away. Curtis you cover the emergency entry and Reneé you cover the garage. Sara and I will deal with him and Kara, give us back up.

- Ok, backup! – Kara repeated excitedly. She loved to be on the field helping other heroes. She felt like a kid in the candy store with her favorite sweet.

They all spread around as Oliver asked them to. Kara flew right to the 8th floor, entering through an open window as she was sure no one was coming. She looked at the elevator doors opening and saw Sara and Oliver coming out of it. The three of them proceeded with caution until they saw him. The man that guarded one of the rooms was on the ground, dead. Oliver kicked the door opened as Vigilante shoot him but Kara flew right in front of him, making the bullet hit her and drop smashed on the ground. Vigilante stood still for a few seconds since he was not expecting something like that. Sara came right behind them as she fought the guy, taking his gun away from him and throwing it on the floor. Kara stepped on it, smashing it.

- You have no choice but to surrender – Oliver said as he grabbed one of his arrows, using his bow to aim at the Vigilante.

- Oh, but I have a choice – He said as he grabbed Sara by her neck

Sara managed to let go of him, twisting his arm as he tried to punch Kara. She opened her palm, blocking his moves and a loud crack was heard with a loud scream.

- You broke my hand! HOW?! – He screamed in agony – It looks like your hand is made of steel or something…

- Nice to meet you – Kara said as she watched Oliver use his bow to throw an arrow that released a strong wire that tied itself around him. She got closer to the immobilized guy on the floor as she smiled at him – I'm the girl of steel. – And with that, she punched him on the face, making him pass out.

- Hey Supergirl, what do you think about time travel? You are such a badass, it would fit perfectly in my team – She blinked at Kara, teasing her as they high fived each other, making Kara laugh.

Oliver walked to the Vigilante and grabbed him, throwing the guy over his shoulder.

- And now we go back, to finally find out who this guy is – Oliver said as he tapped into his comm – Nice work team, Vigilante was caught.

Back in the bunker, Vigilante woke up and Oliver took his mask just to find out he is Dorian Chase, Adrian Chase's brother and a guy that was once before arrested for working with the mob. Dorian told them he had no idea about his brother becoming a psychopath since he decided to stop crime in Star City.

- Stop crime by becoming a criminal? It makes no sense… - Kara said as she looked at him, intrigued.

- There is no other way to erase crime around here, lady!

- There's always another way – She said as she stepped away from him.

Oliver decided to bring him to A.R.G.U.S as well, given his abilities, he would break free of any regular prison and Lyla once again sent her guards to take Dorian away. The rest of the team went home leaving only Kara, Sara and Oliver at the bunker.

- Well, If you guys don't mind, I will pay Barry a quick visit since I came all this way. – Kara said looking at Oliver and Sara.

- Do you remember the way to my place? I can wait here if you want…

- Yes, I remember. You don't have to wait, but thanks – Kara smiled at Sara as she took flight to Star City.

It did not take long for her to reach Star Labs. She remembered how to get there from Star City since the last time she came in this Earth to help them and she was really excited to see her friends once again. She decided to walk instead of flying directly there so she wouldn't scare them.

The place was empty and she found it weird. Maybe there was no one else at the lab? Maybe they all went home? She looked around cautiously as she saw Barry sitting in front of the computer of the cortex, with a worried expression on his face.

- Hey, Barry? – She called him as she laughed at his surprised expression.

- Kara, hey! – He got up, hugging her strongly – What a nice surprise!

- Is nice to see you too! – She smiled as she let go of his embrace – Are you ok? I saw you with this worried look on your face…

- No, I mean… Yes… I just discovered some things about our enemy. It's all messed up and I have no idea what to do… And you? How things on your Earth?

- Well, I don't know what you are going through, if you don't want to talk about it is ok, but one thing I know. You always find a way, so I'm sure you will find a way to deal with whatever you are dealing with. Just have faith! – She smiled as she grabbed his hand, squeezing it slightly – And if you ever need help, I'm here for you my friend.

- Thanks Kara, I really appreciate it… And I hope you're right.

- Things are fine with me. We just won a massive alien invasion on my Earth…

- Dominators again?

- No… Daxamites. Their Queen wanted to transform my Earth into her old planet that got destroyed along with mine. It's a long story. But my cousin helped us and we won.

- I'm glad to hear it. And… What brings you to this Earth?

- I came to look for Oliver's help. My friend became a vigilante in my city, but he is really new at this. I thought since Oliver is a vigilante for so long, and has all of this experience, he could help him…

- Good luck with that – He joked and smiled, looking at Kara with an apologetic expression that made Kara feel really lost.

- Why? – She laughed nervously.

Barry sat at one of the chair of the cortex, pointing Kara to sit in one besides him.

- Oliver has rough methods of training.

- I remember when you told me he shot you.

- Yes. It hurt. It still hurts sometimes, when it rains… - He said thoughtful as he turned his attention back to Kara – The thing is… Oliver's great, but he is scary. He doesn't know the meaning of the word limits and he goes heavy on whoever he tries to help. I know this is for other's own good, but not everyone can handle it. So tell your friend to be patient… And strong, because it will be worth it later.

- He's kind of stubborn as well, isn't he? He got really mad at me when I arrived.

- Why?

- I helped them with a crazy guy that tried to shoot him from behind…

- Don't worry… It's Oliver's way of saying thanks. He does that to me all the time. I save his life, he gets grumpy. But is temporary, later he says a proper thanks. You'll get used to it, you'll see.

- I kind of figure it out… - Kara said as she laughed with Barry.

- Oliver has been through a lot. I found out the hard way that he has some trust issues. When I met him I found out he was the Arrow because he was dying and Felicity needed my help to save his life. The first thing he did when he woke up was to strangle me. – Barry gave a small laugh as he saw Kara's shocked eyes at him – It was really hard for him to let me help. But later, I understood why. When I became the Flash I could see why. Because sometimes, people use you, and try do to evil stuff by getting closer to you. So is really hard to trust people for him.

- Wow… That's… Awful.

- I know. So jut have patience with him… Once he feels he can fully trust someone it gets better.

- Thanks for the advice – Kara smiled at Barry, things making more sense to her now, thanks to his explanation. - Hey, what do you think of getting some pizza? I'm really hungry. – She said with a glow of excitement in her eyes.

- Seems like you've read my mind, I'm starving. Let's see who gets there faster? – He said feeling suddenly excited. Kara always managed to lift his spirits even when he was feeling down. – Follow me, Girl of Steel.

- Right after you Scarlet Speedster. – She said as she took off running right after him.

Back at Star City, Oliver and Sara trained together as Kara was still not back from Central City. Oliver looked at Sara in a funny way, wondering if he should say anything about what he noticed or if he should stay with his mouth shut. Sara noticed Oliver's looks at her.

- What now? – She arched an eyebrow to him, with her hands on her waist.

- Were you hitting on Supergirl earlier? – Oliver asked as he gave her a funny smile.

- So what if I was? – Sara laughed as she went to grab her things. – Are you jealous? – She teased him while smiling.

- Don't be ridiculous… - Oliver said feeling really annoyed as he turned around and started jumping up on the salmon ladder.

Oliver had no clue where Sara took that idea from. Why he would be jealous of Sara hitting on Kara? He had no idea if Kara was into girls as Sara was to care, and he knew that if she wasn't, Sara would be really embarrassed later, so it would give him a good laugh since she was loving to mock him.

Kara came back a few hours later. Oliver was hitting a dummy as Sara was jumping up on a salmon ladder. Kara could easily understand why those two were such great fighters. They never stopped training between their battles. Their focus, their way of dealing things, planning and dealing with a large team of heroes, with no help at all from the government, that's why Kara learned to trust them so much to train her friend James.

- Two arrests in one single day… It must be a new record or something – Sara joked

- We had a great help for this to happen… - He looked at Kara giving her a brief smile – Even if I wasn't that cool with it at first, I'm sorry by the way… Thank you for all your help.

- There's no need to thank me, Oliver. It feels really good to help friends.

- Speaking of that… - Sara said as dropped on the floor graciously – I'll help your friend even if Ollie here doesn't come along. It would be fun to get to know another universe after traveling through time for so long – She smiled as she stood beside Kara

- That's the thing – Oliver said looking back at Kara – I gave it a lot of thought, and I decided to help you. But we have to wait until tomorrow, I'll have to talk to Thea about covering for me at the City Hall while I'm gone.

- Right, you are the Mayor… - Kara said smiling as she scratched her forehead. – I totally forgot about it…

- Thea can handle things here, don't worry. – Oliver smiled back at her as she nodded with her head.

- Thanks Oliver. And Sara – She looked at the blonde and back at Oliver

Sara went to the bunker's locker room to change her clothes, leaving Kara and Oliver alone at the training center. Kara couldn't help but notice some looks and feeling a certain vibe since she came in. She was mortified of asking it, but she had to know.

- Something's bothering you? – Oliver asked as he noticed Kara's body language changing. She looked really nervous and embarrassed.

Kara looked nervously at Oliver, kind of scared of asking. She took a deep breath and threw the caution out of the window.

- Does Sara likes girls? – She asked – Because I noticed some of her looks at me, it felt like she was flirting or something…

Oliver looked at her giving a small laugh.

- Well, this is Sara being Sara. She's not that subtle by the way. – He looked at Kara with worry as he took one step closer to her – Are you ok with that? If you want, you can stay with Thea and me…

- Thank you Oliver, but it's ok. I don't have a problem with that. My sister came out recently, I got to meet her ex… I'm beyond ok – Kara smiled – I wanted to be sure of it so I wouldn't hurt her feelings. She is an amazing person and I feel like we could be great friends, I just… I didn't want to make things awkward for her or anything like that.

- Oh, don't worry. Sara is like a free spirit, she likes to enjoy life and she kind of flirts a lot as I've noticed. I think you should introduce your sister to her.

- You know this is not a bad idea? – Kara said as they laughed together.

Kara felt a familiar feeling inside her. It was amazing how being like that, talking about life in general, being so carefree, how it all felt so like home. But even so, she could feel a bit of nervousness that she once thought it was related to the subject, then she realized it was not. She had no idea why she felt so nervous when talking alone with Oliver. Her talk with Barry eased things and she got to understand a bit more about his behavior towards people wanting to help him, but she still felt like a school girl around him. It could be for a lot of reasons, one of them being the fact that Oliver was kind of the leader of his team of heroes on this Earth, always knowing what to do and what to say. She felt inspired by it. It had to be it, she thought to herself.