Chapter 11
"This is insane." Rene declared after he heard the whole story.
First metahumans, then magic, then aliens and now this. Rene was about done with the craziness. Curtis next to him was shaking with excitement. He hadn't said anything because Oliver had given him the dreadful look, but he not so very secretly found it all extremely exciting. Dinah, on the other hand, didn't have an opinion of her own. She was thoughtful, but whatever she was thinking she preferred to keep it to herself.
"It's not really. Once you get used to working with team Flash, then everything is possible." Oliver told him. Then the archer turned to Barry, who was sitting with his arms crossed in front of his chest as he was examining everyone's expressions and gave him a small smile. "I'm proud of you."
As fast as Barry was, he was still not fast enough to see this coming. His eyes froze on Diggle, as they were leaving Rene. Barry heard Felicity choke a little with her own spit. The speedster narrowed his eyes thinking if he had heard correctly and slowly turned his gaze on Oliver.
"Did you just...?"
"Yea, he did." Felicity confirmed her voice betraying how in awe she was with this development.
"Do you think it's a side effect from the worlds merging?" Rene questioned.
"I don't know." Curtis spoke quietly. "But I think I like it."
Oliver licked his lips and raised his hands to calm the people around him. "Hey, relax. It's not that big of a deal."
"Yes, it is." Felicity answered quickly.
"Yes. I don't think you've ever said anything so nice to me." Barry continued staring at him oddly.
Rene nodded his head. "Or to any of us."
The archer sighed and then shook his head. He questioned if he should have said anything in the first place. "Look. I'm just proud of the way you handled this." He said to Barry honestly. "When you first-"
The speedster stopped him. "I've learned so much since then, Oliver. You taught me as well."
Oliver nodded his head. Barry was right. It has been over three years since he trained the Flash for the first time. The archer sometimes forgets that Barry is not the same inexperienced new hero anymore.
"It's good you chose STAR labs as our base of operation. It's a big place, has a lot of equipment. It's beyond government reach and Central City is closer. The only thing we have to do is chose a meeting date and call the Legends."
"I was thinking we could meet on the weekends." Barry offered.
Oliver nodded his head thinking about it. He found it logical. "I agree. Besides, no matter what has happened to the world we can't stop protecting our own cities. I'm still the Mayor and all the rest of us have jobs."
"So when we get together, someone has to stay behind to keep the city safe." Dinah concluded. "And we're meeting on weekends because no one will question why we were out of town and we won't have our day jobs."
Barry nodded. This was exactly what they were going to do. They needed to be discreet about their operation, but it needed to be efficient as well. Barry also wanted to talk about the positions in the new team, but without the Legends here Barry would have to wait. It was then that his cell phone rang. Barry saw the number he had saved under Winn's name. Dread went through him, as he looked at the phone. He was certain that Winn wasn't calling for a good reason. The speedster had hoped that they had more time to prepare before bad things started happening. It seems like he didn't get his wish.
"It's Winn. Kara's friend I told you about that works at the D.E.O." he told the rest of them and answered the phone. "Hello, Winn. You are on speaker."
"Hi, Barry...and everyone, I guess." Winn's voice sounded uneasy. "Look, we have a problem."
"What is it?" the Flash asked worriedly.
"We think that Kara was attacked by a metahuman. She was fine and then suddenly it was like she snapped and started acting all angry."
Barry and Oliver exchanged looks. The description sounded too familiar to what happened to Barry when he was whammied by Roy Bivolo.
"We have a weird guy on tape that we think did this to her." Winn continued.
"Can you send the image on my phone?" Barry asked.
"Just did." Came the answer.
Barry's phone rang, the sound of a message having been received. Oliver leaned close to him, as the speedster checked the photo. Both men shivered at the familiar image of Roy Bivolo sitting in front of Kara's desk. Barry gulped and looked at the archer. Oliver glanced at him. He was wearing what Barry came to know as the we-are-screwed look. Barry knew the powers behind Bivolo's glance. He had gone mad, not being able to control not only his anger but his actions as well. Oliver was too aware of the damage someone under Bivolo's power can do. The archer was lucky the first time because Barry was inexperienced, otherwise, Oliver wouldn't stand a chance at stopping him. They both worried what Kara was going to do. It wouldn't be easy stopping her. When they were training against the Dominators she had wiped the floor with them. Barry took a deep breath.
"That's Roy Bivolo and you were right, he is a metahuman. He causes people to get angry and affects the part of their brain that stops them from making irrational decisions." He told Winn. "I'm coming over and I'm bringing some other people with me. And I will call Cisco to bring the device that can reverse the effects."
"Oh, so you know how to reverse it. That's great." Winn let out a relieved sigh.
"It has happened to me before. So, see you in a few." Barry disconnected the call and turned to team Arrow. "I guess we'll have that meeting sooner."
"Barry." Felicity caught the speedster's attention. "None of us can stop Supergirl. And you can't carry all of us to National City."
Barry shook his head. "You're right. Felicity, you call Cisco and tell him to bring the device for Roy Bivolo to where we will be at the D.E.O. I'm bringing Oliver and Dinah with me. The rest of you stay here."
"Barry, you are forgetting that I can't fight Supergirl." The emerald archer reminded him.
"No, but you have the most tactical mind. And you need to meet with J'onn."
"And what about me? I've never fought Supergirl before. Is there even a possibility to win?" Dinah questioned.
"I'll tell you later." Was the only thing Barry said to the Black Canary.
Oliver felt the familiar touch on his back, whenever the Flash sped him anywhere, and then his vision blurred. Strong wind hit his face as the speedster carried them through the streets at a slow pace because he didn't want their suits to catch fire. Oliver's eyes watered and then as soon as it had started, they stopped. Oliver took a few moments to orientate to his new surroundings. Dinah gasped on the other side of the Flash, having never traveled with the speedster before. She looked around, her mind trying to cope with what just happened to her.
"Welcome to the D.E.O. Thank you for coming." a dark skin man said.
The Flash lowered his mask. Dinah thought he was crazy for reviling his identity to a stranger. She was about to scold him when Barry spoke.
"J'onn these are a few of my friends, the Green Arrow and Black Canary. Guys this is J'onn. He is in charge of the D.E.O...and he is also a Martian."
"Nice to meet you." J'onn said to the other two visitors.
J'onn wasn't upset that the Flash had reviled that he was an alien to his friends. He understood that if they were to work together, they needed to trust each other. And that wouldn't be possible with secrets between then.
Oliver lowered his hood and took off his mask as well. "Oliver Queen." He offered his hand.
J'onn took it and the two men shook hands. Oliver turned and looked at Black Canary. She sighed and took off her mask too. "Dinah Drake."
"Nice to meet you, Dinah. This is agent Danvers, agent Schott and Mon-El. Now, let's talk about this metahuman."
#
Iris West was looking through the various articles Ethan had brought her and those she could find on the internet. The young intern was confused and overwhelmed – not that Iris could blame the boy. Ethan didn't know what they were looking for and to be honest, Iris wasn't sure either. For now, she was reading every big story she could find. Iris was certain about one thing. The world was different for sure. She read stories she never had before, about Supergirl and her cousin Superman and aliens. She also read about Kryptonians attacking National City and about Slaver's Moon. She and Ethan had been reading for hours. Finally, she asked him to take a break. Then she started to compare notes of the information they had at STAR labs. Iris frowned when she didn't find anything about the Dominators. She knew that Cisco had made a very detailed file about their encounter with the aliens. So why couldn't she find it? Iris couldn't make any connection. She was squishing her mind trying to figure out why all the people remembered their world as the same and only they knew the truth. Why were they spared the amnesia? What made them different than the others? Then suddenly her eyes widened. She had figured it out. Iris couldn't believe that she had figured it out. But honestly, it was so simple. The pen fell from her fingers and rolled from her desk to the ground.
"Oh, my God." She whispered.
#
Mon-El was standing behind Winn with Alex by his side, while Winn was trying to locate Kara. The three other superheroes were standing opposite them on the other side of the table. Aside from Barry, Mon-El didn't recognize either people standing by the scarlet speedster's sides.
"Do you have a way to overpower Supergirl?" the Green Arrow spoke bluntly.
Barry knew that it was pointless to confront Oliver about being rude to people, so he just gave the vigilante a pointed look and left it at that. Oliver saw the look but didn't make an attempt to react in any way.
"Well, we don't have any more kryptonite at the D.E.O. Last time, it got into the wrong hands and we didn't want anything similar to happen again, so we got rid of it." J'onn informed the three heroes.
"Why are we discussing this? We should go find her before she does something she might regret later." Mon-El objected.
"We need a plan." Flash and Green Arrow said at the same time.
"Are you stupid? Going after Kara without a plan is reckless. She is the most powerful individual between all of us. She's not stupid and thanks to what Bivolo did to her she has no control over her aggressive actions. Approaching her without a strategic plan is foolish." Oliver glared at him.
Mon-El put his hands on his hips and glared back at Oliver. "We're wasting time." He raised his voice. "I'm as strong as her. I can take her."
"Kara prefers to fight in the air." Flash cut in. "As far as I know none of us can fly except you J'onn."
J'onn nodded agreeing with the Flash. Mon-El gasped and looked at Alex for support. The older Danvers sister was quiet throughout the whole discussion. All she wanted was for her little sister to be herself again. Her sisterly instincts were screaming at her to take Mon-El's side. The agent part of her, though, agreed with the Green Arrow and Flash. Alex heard Oliver sigh.
"Look, I don't know why you brought me here Barry if I can't do anything to help."
The Flash quickly shook his head. "You know how to stage a battle better than any of us. Besides, even if you can't physically fight Kara, I still feel more comfortable having you by my side."
Underneath all the green he was wearing, Oliver actually blushed a little. "That's sweet."
Dinah rolled her eyes at the men by her side. "Yea, before we get besides the point, why am I here?" she directed the question at Barry.
Like he suddenly remembered something, Barry's eyes light up. "Dinah has a sonic scream." He told all of them.
"Like Silver Banshee." Winn exclaimed enthusiastically.
Barry nodded. "Yea. So on our first team up with Kara, we went up against Livewire and Silver Banshee and Banshee's sonic scream affected Kara. I saw her ears bleeding." Alex frowned at the thought of her sister hurt, or that they were discussing ways to hurt her. Barry saw that and continued. "It won't be enough to stop her, but it will surely disorient her and distract her."
Oliver by his side was nodding repeatedly. "That's great thinking. OK, I have a plan." The rest of them turned their full attention to the archer, Winn and Barry even going so far as leaning a little closer to the man. J'onn crossed his arms, Alex stayed unmoving and Mon-El refused to lose his frown. "If Kara is flying, J'onn you have to bring the battle to the ground somehow. Dinah and Flash will distract her in order of Mon-El to get closer and nock her out. I'm assuming that Kara is much more experienced in fighting than you." He looked pointing at the alien.
Mon-El refused to look at the Star City vigilante, but his frown changed and eventually, he groaned. "You're right." Mon-El didn't like to admit it, but Oliver had a point.
J'onn cleared his throat. "Kara, the minute she reaches the ground, is going to use her heat vision. It's her immediate defense. We might not be fast enough and I doubt Black Canary's sonic scream can protect her."
"I can create a speed mirage to confuse her." Barry said.
"A what?" five pairs of voices questioned at the same time.
All heads turned to the scarlet speedster. Oliver, even though he hadn't spoken because he was used to the speedster saying things he didn't understand, had turned too, looking at his friend oddly. Barry seeing the confusion in all of their faces smiled awkwardly and opened his mouth to explain quickly.
"When I run I can leave after images of myself. It basically looks like I'm in multiple places at once."
"That's cool." Winn said in awe.
Alex had to agree with him. Kara's friends turned out to be more fascinating that she had originally imagined. J'onn smiled.
"Ok. Let's go. Winn where is Kara?"
#
Supergirl was currently holding her boss above the CatCo rooftop. Snapper had long stopped crying, his eyes not having any more tears to shed. Kara was enjoying the view from the building feeling her anger coming and go. The superhero couldn't understand why she couldn't control her emotions like she used to, but being affected by the metahuman she didn't care. A part of her ascribed her loose of control to the fact that she had finally had enough. Her peaceful moment was interrupted when the Kryptonian heard the familiar whoosh of the Flash having arrived at the top of the roof.
"Let me talk to her first." The speedster said to his coms.
"Hello, Flash." Supergirl said without looking at him.
"Hello, Supergirl. What, uh, what are you doing up here?" the speedster approached the woman carefully like she was a wild animal he didn't want to scare.
"I'm enjoying this peaceful view." Kara still didn't look at him.
The Flash took a few more steps closer to her. "And why is Mr. Snapper with you?"
This time Supergirl spared him a quick glance. "I'm showing him what it's like to be me when I'm flying every day to save people."
Now Flash was a few meters away from the girl of steel. His green eyes canvassed his surroundings. He knew that J'onn was just underneath the roof waiting for his turn if things went south. And Black Canary with Mon-El were on the ground ready to execute their part of the plan. The scarlet speedster hoped that it wouldn't come to that. He hated fighting his friends, even if they were not themselves. That's why he had suggested that he talked to Kara first. Maybe he could convince her to come willingly at the D.E.O to cure her. Barry hadn't done anything to anger the Kryptonian, so he had the most chances to be successful.
"Listen, Supergirl. You know I'm your friend right? I mean we have teamed up many times and I haven't done anything bad to you. Have I?"
Barry decided to approach the matter little by little. He wanted Kara to understand that what he was saying was right and logical, not try and force the answer to her face. If he came out and said to her that she was affected and didn't know what she was doing, not only Kara wouldn't believe him, but she would attack him in a matter of seconds. The Flash having been affected by Roy Bivolo's powers before knew how that made you feel and think – or in their case, not think. So he needed to approach this just right.
Supergirl turned her body fully facing the scarlet speedster now. She wore a thoughtful look on her face. "Yes." She said.
The Flash licked his lips. That was progress. "So you know that I wouldn't do anything to hurt you."
Supergirl pressed her lips in a thin line as her eyes pierced through the speedster. "Where are you going with this Flash?" she asked impatiently.
Flash almost cursed out loud. That wasn't a good sign. He cleared his throat before speaking. "You remember how I told you that I was once affected by a metahuman that made me very angry and that I didn't have the mind to control my actions? That I did some bad things and that after I was cured I regretted them very much?"
Supergirl nodded her head. "Yes. So?"
The Flash licked his lips again. "Well, you have been affected as well. I saw Bivolo using his powers on you."
Snapper, who was quiet all his time, looked from Supergirl to the fastest man alive and back to her. Kara narrowed her eyes on the Flash.
"You are wrong." She said with a strong voice. "I'm not affected. I know what I'm doing."
"You think you know. That's what I thought too when I was under his spell. But, you don't want to frighten or hurt this man. I know that you are going to regret it when you are yourself again."
Supergirl started getting angry. Barry could see it in her stormy blue eyes. It wasn't working. It only made her angrier.
"You don't know what I feel." She yelled and unleashed her heat vision.
The Flash ran out of the way. Martian Manhunter flew from his spot and landed next to the speedster. "We have to go through with the plan. But what about Snapper?"
"Leave him to me." Barry reassured him.
With a nod, the alien flew straight at Supergirl. He fell on her and drifted her on the next building. From the force of his attack, Supergirl lost her grip on Snapper. The man started freefalling until the Flash caught him and running on the side of the building he brought the man down and set him on the cement far away from the fight. Flash checked the man at super speed for injuries and when he found none he sped back to Mon-El and Black Canary.
"What is going on up there?" he asked no one specifically.
"It's the "Wrath of the Titans" up there, I'm telling you." Winn's voice sounded in his ear.
"Barry, J'onn is not holding up very well. You need to go up there for back up." Oliver said through the com.
"On it." The Flash responded and then he sped off.
Supergirl and Martian Manhunter were going at it like Zeus and Kronos. Well, if one of them was a girl. Supergirl threw a punch and the Martian repelled it. J'onn hit Kara on the stomach. The force threw her on the wall cracking the cement through all the stories. Supergirl got even angrier. Every time she got hit or missed a punch her rage fueled. She screamed as she unleashed her heat vision on J'onn. J'onn hadn't recovered from Kara's previous blow and he wasn't quick enough to avoid her heat vision. The laser hit the Martian in the chest sending him crashing through the building, leaving him unconscious. Supergirl flew closer to finish him. Seeing this, the Flash sped in front of the hole J'onn created by the force Supergirl hit him. He couldn't let her pass him. J'onn was the only one who could bring Supergirl on the ground level. Determined he impaled his feel on the floor, his eyes never leaving Supergirl as she flew super fast towards him and sped his arms. Kara didn't stop in time and the force of the whirlwind threw her off course. Unfortunately for the scarlet speedster she recovered quickly and repulsed with her own freeze breath. Barry was forced to spin his arms faster. No matter how fast he went, though, Kara was still holding her own pretty well. Faster! Barry thought to himself. And he sped up the swing of his arms. The Flash didn't think he had ever sped his arms so fast before. The fires he had put out definitely didn't need so much power. Kara was still holding her own. So Flash went faster. A scream escaped his mouth as his arms went faster than he thought possible. The scream sounded strange to his ears. Flash heard the sound like it came from someone else. But the speedster knew it was his own.
"Can he do it?" Dinah questioned from the ground seeing the battle.
"I believe in you, Barry." Oliver said from the coms.
"I don't know if I can hold her off much longer." Barry struggled.
"You have to. Barry, keep going. You can do this." Oliver continued.
J'onn came to with a groan. He had hit his head when he went through the wall. It hurt like hell. J'onn brought his hand on his head when he heard the Flash scream. He turned his head and saw the man in the red suit push back Kara's freeze breath with his spinning arms. He would have stayed there admiring the man for his clever use of his speed if his tactical mind didn't speak first. He needed to help him. The Flash could hold Supergirl off for so long and the kid was struggling already.
J'onn flew through a broken window of the other side of the room and fell with force on Supergirl taking her with him on the ground. The two aliens created a small crater as they landed with force. Kara was the first one to get up, trying to stay on her feet.
"Dinah, now!" Oliver yelled.
That was the plan they had discussed after all. When Supergirl was on the ground, Dinah would use her Canary Cry to disorient her and make time for Mon-El to attack. But before Black Canary could use her powers, Mon-El ran to Supergirl and attacked.
"What are you doing?" she screamed at him.
The Daxamite didn't answer. Instead, he threw a punch at his girlfriend. Kara caught his fist and hit him on the jaw. Dinah felt a guilty satisfaction from this. The moron had ruined the plan. Now, what were they going to do? Kara and Mon-El fought, Kara clearly having the upper hand. J'onn got up and tried to help Mon-El, but Kara used her heat vision again. J'onn landed a few meters away. He was hurt. He couldn't get up. Every movement he made, it felt like he was getting hit by a lightning bolt.
"J'onn, stay down. You can't fight like this." Alex told him.
"I have to help." The Martian objected.
"You can't help like this. You are hurt." Oliver said. "Barry, how are you?"
The Flash had fallen on the dirty floor after J'onn had taken Supergirl with him. He was sweating through his suit and the cowl on his face felt melted on his head. He breathed heavily. It had taken a lot out of him to hold Kara off for so long.
"I'm fine. Not hurt, but I need a little rest before I go back out there." He told his partner.
"Dinah, can you use your powers?"
The Black Canary watched as Kara and Mon-El fought constantly changing positions. She bit her lip and groaned in frustration. "No. They are constantly changing positions. I could easily hit Mon-El instead."
To be completely honest, Dinah didn't mind hitting Mon-El with her sonic powers after he sabotaged their plan, but she knew that it wasn't the mature thing to do. Besides, they still needed the fool.
Kara and Mon-El exchanged fists some finding their target and others not.
"Please, Kara. I know you are in there. You know that this isn't you." He tried to get through to her.
"You don't know anything!" Kara yelled in return.
Her fist collided with his jaw and Mon-El went flying on top of a vehicle. Before he could get on his feet, Kara was already by his side and kicked him in the stomach. Mon-El groaned from the pain. Supergirl hit him on the face and this time his vision blurred. Kara raised her fist to hit him again, but unknown to her she had cleared her view for Dinah. The metahuman took this chance and used her scream on the Kryptonian. Supergirl fell to the ground holding her ears. As Barry had predicted, the Canary Cry had affected her just us Silver Banshee's sonic scream had. Kara's ears bled. There were few times when Supergirl had felt pain like this. The scream stopped and Kara felt disoriented. She stumbled on her feet, as she got up. Her eyes searched for Black Canary. She found her the moment the vigilante opened her mouth to unleash another scream. Kara screamed and used her heat vision before Dinah had the chance. The metahuman got hit right in the chest and fell down unconscious. Oliver screamed at the com, but he got no answer. Black Canary was down. J'onn was down as well, even though he insisted he could still fight. Flash was sort of down and so was Mon-El. Oliver felt desperate. This wasn't supposed to happen. He sighed and combed his short hair with his fingers.
"What are we going to do?" Alex whispered dreadfully by his side.
"Barry, how are you feeling?" he asked the speedster.
"I'm not fully charged, but I can go down now." He answered. "Mon-El, can you hold on a little longer?"
Been beaten to a pulp, Mon-El groaned. "I can try."
Mon-El couldn't see clearly. Just shadows. But he knew when Kara swung her fist to strike again. He raised his arm and stopped it from colliding with his face.
"Kara, please." He whispered.
He wasn't sure if his girlfriend heard him, but he had to say it. He had never fought so hard with Kara in the past. It was clear to him now that she had gone easy on him every time they trained. Mon-El had never felt so sore before. His entire body hurt.
"Hey, Supergirl!" Flash shouted from somewhere behind Supergirl, getting her attention.
Kara turned and saw the scarlet speedster staring at her from behind his mask. He had a determined look on his face, his back was straight and his shoulders back. Yellow electricity surrounded his red suit. Kara felt the power of his speed radiating from his body. In her state of mind, it only made her angrier.
"Want to have a go with me?" the Flash smirked at her.
And then Supergirl found herself surrounded by many Flashes. There were at least two dozen of them. Kara was confused. She had never seen Barry use this power. She hit one on the Flashes with her heat vision, but it went right through. She yelled in frustration.
"You can't catch me." The speedster's voice mocked her. "Not like this."
In her subconscious, Kara knew that Barry was trying to confuse her. That giving her more than one target, she would never hit the real him. And that made her mad. She screamed and unleashed her heat vision again only she turned in a circle this time, hitting all of the images of the scarlet speedster. Unfortunately for her, none of them were the real Flash.
"WHERE ARE YOU?" she screamed full of rage hitting every speed mirage that was in her way.
Mon-El groaned from the ground. His vision was beginning to blacken. Suddenly he found himself in another place. Flash was kneeling above him and J'onn was beside him, on the ground.
"Are you ok?" Barry asked.
"I can't move." Mon-El managed to say.
"Go back out there. Kara will be coming here as soon as you stopped to bring us here." J'onn motioned for Barry to leave.
"It's fine." The speedster reassured him. "I'm still maintaining the mirage as we speak. I'm running back and forth, it will keep her busy for a while, but I can't stop her just with that."
J'onn's mouth hung open after hearing the words that left Barry's mouth. He checked on Mon-El, but the boy was out cold. He raised his head and looked at the Flash.
"Ok. Take me with-"
"No." he interrupted him. "You can't come. You are badly injured."
Without leaving the Martian time to complain, Flash left and returned his full attention on Supergirl. He felt beyond tired already and he didn't know for how much longer he could maintain this speed mirage. He needed to act fast. He brought his hand at the com.
"Alex. How fast can Kara heal?"
The secret agent and bioengineer was confused at the speedster's question, but she answered anyway. "Pretty fast."
"Can she safer permanent damage?"
Now Alex was beyond confused. She glanced at Oliver, but the archer just shrugged his shoulders. Alex sighed and spoke to the microphone. "No. Only by kryptonite and even then, after it's removed she heals perfectly."
Flash nodded his head. "Thanks, that's all I needed to know."
"What are you going to do to her?" Alex asked afraid for her sister.
"Is Cisco there with the device to reverse the effects?" Barry asked instead.
"I'm here." Cisco answered.
Relaxed that he had everything he needed, the Flash prepared to make his move. Kara's rage was fueling as she couldn't hit his speed mirages. She yelled in frustration. And while she was occupied lashing out on a fake image of the Flash, Barry came behind her and vibrated his hand right through her skull knocking her out. If this was any other person, she would be dead right now. That's why Barry needed to know that Kara could recover from this. The Flash caught the Kryptonian on his arms and ran her to the D.E.O. Cisco had already set the device and was ready to use it. Barry settled Supergirl on the chair in front of the device. At their arrival, Alex rushed to her sister's side. She saw her lying on the chair helpless. Dread surged through her entire body. She raised her trembling hands and touched Kara's face.
"What did you do to her?" she whispered.
Barry sighed. "I vibrated my hand through her brain."
"WHAT?" Alex yelled looking the speedster in the eye.
"That's why I needed to know that she could recover. I never thought that I would do something like that. But everyone was down and I had to do something." Barry tried to defend himself.
Oliver put a hand on the speedster's shoulder. "You did what you had to." He consoled him.
No matter the archer's words, Barry still felt awful. He had never imagined that he would have to do something so cruel and to one of his friends no less. Bitter poison pierced his stomach. He couldn't watch Kara lying like this and knowing that he did this to her. Barry felt like he was going to faint. Oliver seeing him looking like he was about to die grabbed him by his shoulders and warded off.
"Why don't you go bring back the others?" He suggested. Barry was about to protest, so Oliver quickly cut him off. "They are wounded and need medical attention. Plus, we can't leave them for the citizens to discover."
Barry sighed but nodded. He knew that Oliver was right. So with a heavy heart, he sped off and went to bring back Dinah, J'onn and Mon-El, so that they could receive medical treatment.
Kara came to a few moments later. Alex released a big breath at the sight of her sister waking up and hugged her. Kara tried to move her hands, but she found she was unable to.
"Why am I handcuffed?" she demanded angrily.
"We had to, Kara." Winn spoke shyly.
Kara glared at him with rage and tried to break the handcuffs.
"Hey, look at me." Cisco yelled.
It worked. Kara turned her head to look at Cisco. At that moment the engineer pressed the button and bright colors started shining from the machine. Kara blinked and then looked around her.
"Oh, Rao." She whispered, holding her head as a terrible headache pierced her skull. "What have I done." She continued, her voice sounding horrified.
Alex came to her side and hugged her. "It wasn't your fault."
Barry was back again and the three wounded were being treated. "Is she ok?" he rushed to her side.
Kara raised her face from her sister's shoulder. Barry could see the tears in her eyes. It made in stomach hurt. "Barry, I'm so sorry." She cried.
"It wasn't your fault, Kara. I'm glad you are ok. I didn't want to hurt you."
The Kryptonian shook her head. "I'm glad you stopped me. Thank you for being here. I don't know what I would have done if you and the others hadn't come. Oh, my God. How are they? Mon-El, J'onn? I hurt them all. How is that woman?"
"They are all going to be fine." Alex reassured her. "They are all resting and so should you."
Kara shook her head, refusing, but Oliver gave her a pointed look. "You need to rest. When everyone is ok to be on their feet again we have to talk." He told her.
Kara nodded her head and walked to a crib in the medical room and lay down.