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Oliver drummed his fingers on the table as everyone waited for Laurel's doppelganger to come in. Things would be confusing in Star City with Black Siren posing as Laurel Lance and now a Laurel from another Earth there. Not to mention Tommy, his mom and his Dad as well.
"I am here."
Oliver looked up and nodded as Laurel took one of the empty seats on the table. William had been sent away for a while. Detective Lance, thankfully, did not ask many questions. Now, Oliver, Thea, Felicity, Doppelganger Tommy, Doppelganger Moira, Doppelganger Robert and Doppelganger Laurel sat around the table, all wondering where to start.
"I will start," Oliver said, standing up in his true Mayor fashion. "I am Oliver Queen. I am assuming all of you know me."
Tommy snorted at Oliver's words, shaking his head fondly. Oliver hid a smirk as he continued. "You all are from different Earths. I am assuming that. This is Earth-1. Do you know which Earth are you from?"
Everybody nodded, except Laurel. "I did not even know that different Earth existed."
Oliver nodded. "No problem. We will get Cisco to work on it. Now, who would like to start?"
Everybody looked at each other. Where to start, what to explain?
"I will begin," Tommy finally said, looking at everyone. "But, let me just say, I can be very, very boring."
Thea chuckled fondly. God, she missed Tommy!
"My name is Tommy Merlyn. I am the son of Malcolm Merlyn, God knows why. I am from Earth-29."
Oliver nodded, gesturing Tommy to continue.
"I guess I will start from where I became the Arrow. Well, I went on Queen' Gambit, instead of Oliver."
Oliver's eyes widened. "What about Sara?"
Tommy looked at his best friend. "She was there. You, or rather, my Oliver form my Earth, had to leave at the last moment because Laurel called you. You-I mean, he asked me to go so that Sara was not caught. The gambit sank, I was marooned on an island called..."
"Lian yu." Moira completed. Everyone looked at her. She looked up with apologetic eyes. "That is my story as well. Except, my Oliver or Sara did not go. It was just me and my husband."
Robert gently pressed his temples. "What happened to my...counterpart? On both of your earths?"
"I am from Earth 16," Moira said, taking deep breaths. "Robert...made it to the island. Two years we tried to escape and trained with Yao Fei. On our third year there, Edward Fyers caught up to us and..."
Moira closed her eyes, refusing to finish. Everybody was silent. Tommy shook his head and said, "Mr Queen in my world was shot on the island as well. Fyers' men caught up with us at the end of the first year."
Robert nodded gravely. Oliver found himself smiling sadly at the memory. "My dad didn't even make it to the island."
Everyone looked at Oliver, who refused to meet anyone's eyes. Thea gently slipped an arm around her brother, rubbing his back. "He had a gun, he killed the captain and then shot himself so that I could live."
Everyone's eyes widened at that. Robert, however, nodded gravely. "I would have done the same for my son. But he never survived the cold. It was too much for him."
Oliver looked up to see his dad's doppelganger. This was so real. Why was he being tortured this way?
"What about you Laurel?"
Everyone's eyes snapped to Felicity who had asked this question. The said woman looked up and shook her head. "My story is different. The Gambit never did take off and there was no sinking. On my Earth, as you call it, I had a perfect life. I wasn't really close to Oliver Queen, I just knew him as Tommy's friend."
Everybody's eyes widened at that. That was new.
"Tommy, my Tommy that is," she said, looking at the Tommy in front of her, "He was serious about us. He proposed, we were supposed to get married, when the Undertaking happened five years ago."
Everybody froze. Of course, it was the wretched Undertaking. Robert looked away guiltily, thinking about his involvement in the operation. Moira and Tommy began thinking about the wretched Undertaking. Oliver and Felicity shared a look as Laurel continued.
"He died trying to save me. After the Undertaking, Malcolm Merlyn accepted he was behind the earthquake. Crime worsened and I decided to train and become a vigilante in order to reduce the crime in the city. Oliver in my world helped me as much as he could. I have been doing this for about two years now."
Oliver nodded. "All right. You don't have to tell us anything else. Except, how did you all get here?"
Everyone looked up. Felicity decided to take over the conversation. "We saw a beam of light right where you all were found. We believe it was some kind of inter-dimensional portal. Can you tell us what was going on before you were transported here? Tommy?"
Tommy nodded. "Um, yeah. I was kind of helping Flash, you know him?"
Felicity nodded.
"Yeah, well my wife works with him..."
"Your wife?" Laurel asked, confused.
Tommy looked at the woman apologetically. "In my world, Laurel kind of hates me cause she blamed me for her sister's death even though she was not really dead. So I am not romantically involved with her. My wife is Caitlin Snow."
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Everyone turned to look at Felicity. Her eyes were literally popping out.
"You and Caitlin? How did you meet? What, did our Caitlin know our Tommy? Did anyone know about this? This is amazing! I mean, not really 'amazing' amazing. But just surprising. And now I am babbling. Perfect."
As Felicity stopped talking, everyone looked at her. Her cheeks began to glow as she tried to hide behind Oliver of all people. Thea tried to hide her laughter through coughing. It was Robert who finally spoke up.
"No matter which Earth, Felicity Smoak, you never change."
Felicity looked up and smiled. "Felicity Smoak-Queen Actually. I should really stop talking!"
As another round of silence began, everybody was too shocked to continue the conversation. It was finally Moira who broke the silence.
"Damien Darhk."
Oliver looked at her with confused eyes.
"I was fighting Damien Darhk," Moira explained, "As he suddenly opened some kind of portal. I was going to attack him when I fell through it and reached here."
"I was fighting with Supergirl," Laurel said and everybody sat up straight. "You have her here right?"
"Actually, no." Thea finally spoke up. "She comes here often though, from her Earth."
Laurel nodded. "Anyways, I was fighting with her when I was it with some kind of extraterrestrial weapon and then I found myself here."
Everyone turned to Robert, who chuckled lightly. "I have the most boring story, I am afraid. I was just getting ready when a portal opened in my lair and I was thrown here."
"That is actually very interesting," Felicity spoke up. "This means that someone was actually trying to gather all of you here."
"But why?" Thea looked confusingly at Oliver. Oliver shook his head.
"We will think about it tomorrow," Oliver said, standing up. "We all need to rest. I believe my place would be a good idea."
So, introductions over. We get to real plot the next day. What do you think? Some scenes you want to see? Tell me in the review!
