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Laurel yawned as she slowly woke up and went take a shower before she went downstairs, seeing the girl and Annabelle at the couch as to her surprise, the girl started to speak in English as Annabelle had in her hand a book.

"This is good." She said.

"Now, French." Annabelle asked.

"C'est une bonne chose."

"Japanese."

"Kore wa yoidesu." She replied.

"Wait, I thought you didn't know English." Laurel demanded.

"I thought so too." Annabelle stared. "I went here to check in on how you were doing. I asked her if she was alright and she said she didn't remember anything before the hospital. At first, she told me how you saved her and then, out of the sudden, she said in English that your Ollie is long gone."

Laurel narrowed her eyes. "What?"

"He's with you. But not with you as you. With someone else. Someone better and they both gave you a second chance after the man used you." The girl explained.

Laurel neared the girl, glaring. "How the hell do you know all that? Who are you?"

The girl didn't seem to be afraid of Laurel as it seemed that she was about to unleash her Siren Cry on her. "Your Ollie saved you before he was killed. And then they used you…"

"Not another word, I swear to God." Laurel glared as Annabelle got up, raising her hands.

"OK, I think we all should calm down."

Laurel neared the girl dangerously close. "Who the hell are you and why were you on my truck?"

"My name is Aracely." The girl said calmly.

"That's not answering my question." Laurel snapped. "Who was that creep in the hospital and why was he after you?"

"I don't know. I swear I don't remember." Aracely said as Laurel groaned.

"Get on the road, find some place to settle down, out of this metahuman mess. Is it too much to ask for?"

"What is metahuman?" Aracely asked, confused.

Annabelle cleared her throat. "Were you in Central… wait, you said you don't remember. Well, three years ago, in Central City, there was an accident with a particle accelerator they tried to turn on. There was an explosion and it gave many people special powers. A lot of them use them for some awful stuff, like that fire man that attacked you the other night. We call people with these powers "metahumans". For example, there's one hero in Central City, who runs really fast. He may be the fastest man alive. We call him the Flash."

"That's awesome!" Aracely said, excited.

Laurel chuckled. "Well, fastest man alive on this Earth, maybe." She said to herself.

"You're not from this Earth." Aracely said, turning to her as Laurel looked startled as Annabelle stared.

"What?"

"How…" Laurel widened her eyes in disbelief.

"El asesino te usó." Aracely said as Annabelle widened her eyes, turning to Laurel.

"What did she mean by that?" Annabelle demanded. Laurel may not have studied Spanish but she was hoping that Aracely wasn't implying… "She said, "The assassin used you.""

Laurel neared the girl, glaring. "I don't know how are you doing this but get the hell out of my head! My thoughts are my private thing!"

Aracely was unfazed by her anger. "They believe in you. Your other you and him." She said as Laurel stopped herself, remembering what her counterpart had told her before realizing what was she about to do as Annabelle stared.

"OK, what is she talking about?"

Laurel sighed. "You would not understand. And you probably would not believe me."

"She is from somewhere else." Aracely explained. "She is not she from here."

Annabelle laughed. "OK, I think you're odder than I had thought."

Laurel paled though. That girl definitely was not normal. She could kill her in case Aracely would somehow compromise her but… no, Laurel made a promise… and she was trying to be better… she was only lucky that Annabelle was not taking Aracely seriously. Laurel managed to convincingly laugh though.

Laurel went out for some fresh air, in a coat, trying to process before she saw a man in a hood following a woman in an alley and she realized what was going to happen. She used to indifferent to this, since she herself had gone down this path many times but now… her conscience seemed to rise up and her humanity return as she didn't want to see someone getting hurt…

The man neared the woman, with a hood on, pulling out a knife as she turned around, startled. "Money. Jewels. Now."

"Please, don't hurt me." The woman begged, sobbing.

Suddenly, he was yanked into the shadows by a woman in black dress as she pinned him to the wall as the woman ran away. The man tried to stab Laurel, as her face was covered in shadows but she dodged and used her Siren Cry to knock him on the ground before she neared him and grabbed him. "You're gonna leave town, do you hear me? And if you don't… pray to God I won't find you. Because if I will, I'll break your bones in way they'll never heal. And I'll tear flesh off your body, piece by piece, in ways that will make you feel pain like you can't even imagine. And I'm gonna make you wish you were dead. Did you understand?" The man nodded fearfully. "Good. Now leave town and if I see your ugly mug ever again, you'll know what it means to suffer."

She let him go as the man ran away. Laurel stared in consideration if she didn't go too far… her counterpart believed that she could be better… but… it's not easy.

Laurel kept walking down the street, blending in with people as they all looked… content, oblivious, happy… normal. Then she stopped herself as she saw a church. She was never a religious person but… right now she could use some guidance. Laurel entered the confessional before a priest entered.

"May I ask what's troubling you, my child?"

Laurel sighed. "Father, I…" She stopped herself. All she could think of was Quentin but… her real father was gone. "I'm not sure where to even begin. Or why I came. I… I guess I'm trying to figure myself out and… I was hoping that some religious advice might help. I myself am not a religious person but I'm not so sure of anything anymore. I… I'm not a good person. I've done very horrible things. And honestly, there's a part of me that still wants to do them. But… someone gave me another chance. My…" Laurel paused, not sure how to put this. "My twin sister. She looks like me but… she's been down a better path than I have been. And I hurt her. And… I hurt the man that we both loved from the deep of our hearts. But they both forgave me and gave me a chance to start over. And I need to understand why. Why did they forgive me, after all the things that I've done? And… I'm just not sure what to do."

"What's your name, child?" The priest asked.

"Laurel." She replied.

"Well, it starts with a confession, Laurel. So, why don't you tell me what have you done wrong?"

Laurel took a breath. There was a long list and if she confessed all of them, on this Earth… and on Earth-2… at best, he would think that she's crazy, at worst…

"Father… you would not believe half the things I would like to make up for and… this is beyond even your understanding."

"You don't know that until you try." The priest pleaded as Laurel sighed.

"OK. But don't say I didn't warn you."

And for hours, Laurel started to talk about losing her father, her mother and her friends abusing her, Oliver rescuing her as they fell in love with each other. She left out names, so that it would not be too suspicious and coincidental. She did admit she was in Central City as the priest stopped.

"You are one of them? One of… the special ones?"

Laurel sighed. "Yes. And… I've done bad things, father. Part of me still wants to. I… even helped kidnap my… sister and the man we both loved and I helped someone hurt them. A lot. He almost got them killed but eventually… I ended up in prison but my sister let me go. She said that I'm not a bad person. That I'm just lost."

"Are you?" The priest asked. "Are you truly just lost or do you believe that you are evil?"

Laurel sighed. "I don't know who I am anymore, father. I'm trying to be better but… it's too easy to…"

"To go down the road you don't want to?" The priest asked as Laurel nodded.

"I just need to understand why did I get this second chance, when I'm not even sure I deserve it." Laurel admitted.

The priest spoke up after a pause. "You believe you're a monster?"

Laurel sighed. "It's all I know how to be."

"Then perhaps you should surround yourself by someone who can stop you. And if you think you're not a good person, then surround yourself by people, who can force you to be better. By people, who believe in you."

Laurel considered. Well, there was Officer Layton and Doctor Meland. And maybe the girl, Aracely. And Annabelle. "I'm not sure if it's that simple, father."

"No." The priest said. "It never is, my child. But it's worth trying."

"I'm not looking for redemption, father." Laurel said.

"But you said you didn't want go down that path you did, any longer, either." The priest pointed out. "Maybe that's why your sister has faith in you."

"Someone once told me that people as dark as I am infect lives of everyone around us. That everything I touch, dies." Laurel remembered Adrian Chase. "That because I'm a killer, everyone around me is fated to suffer, as price for my sins."

"You can't take such burden on yourself, my child. You didn't hurt…"

"I may as well have." Laurel sighed. "If it wasn't for me, it all could have been…"

"Dwelling on maybes is no way to live." The priest pointed out. "Just consider that all of this doubt… these troubles… perhaps you're being tested."

"I shouldn't be." Laurel snapped. "I'm not a strong person. When push comes to shove, I make the wrong choice, every time. And good people pay the price for it. And I don't want to hurt more people like that anymore."

"If that's the case, why did you come here instead of just running?" The priest pointed out and Laurel could not answer that question.

Laurel left the church, with more questions on her mind, rather than answers. As she went down the street, she saw a familiar car outside…

"Layton?"

Laurel rushed into the building as she saw Layton looking at some cylinder device. "Layton!"

"Laurel!" Layton screamed as she neared him.

"What the…" She saw the timer as it was showing two minutes and counting down.

"I got a tip on a bomb. It could blast out an entire block!" Layton panicked as he was trying to disarm it. "Laurel, you need to get out of here!"

"You just said that it could take out an entire block, I'll never get out in time!" Laurel snapped as the countdown was nearing zero and Laurel groaned. "Ah, screw it!" She yanked out a handful of wires as Layton covered his face and screamed before opening his eyes nervously.

"It… it didn't go off. How… what did you…"

Laurel showed him the wires she had ripped out of the bomb as she shrugged. "We were about to die anyway."

For a moment they stared at each other before starting to laugh hysterically.

Maybe this hero gig was not as bad as she had thought. And if it didn't work… well, Mexico was always next door.

Later, Four Seasons Hotel

"OK, show me your cards." Annabelle said as Aracely put her cards on the table as Annabelle stared. "What? Again? How did you do that?"

"I don't know." Aracely said before they saw news report on TV.

"Reports are coming in about mysterious blonde woman in black suit that the city calls Houston's own Black Canary, just as there are similarities between her and the notorious vigilante in Star City. The official name has not been chosen for this unknown vigilante but a lot of appraisal has come from a lot of citizens…"

On the TV was a photo of a woman in black suit in the shadows, just as Laurel entered the apartment.

"Laurel!" Aracely exclaimed as Annabelle widened her eyes in disbelief, looking back and forth between Laurel and the photo on TV as she put the two and two together.

"You're…"

Laurel froze. Looks like she wasn't going to lay low for long. She should have known that letting that teenage girl in was a mistake.

Elsewhere, a man exited a bus as he saw a sign "WELCOME TO HOUSTON" as he looked at photo of Laurel. "Black Siren… you'll be an interesting prey."

Author's Note:

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