Author's Note: Hello, all, and welcome to another chapter of Out Of Place! I hope you had the day you deserve and that this makes it better! I've been trying to upload this chapter for awhile, but it's hasn't been showing this chapter. If it keeps sending you updates about thus story, I'm sorry; I'm just trying ti let you read it! I'm excited for summer so that I can hopefully write more. School's made it hard to find a good time to sit and write and think, but once it's out of the way, I should be able to devote more time to this, which I'm glad for. That said, none of these characters except Lilith belong to me. I hope you enjoy the lastest installment of Out Of Place!

Chapter 21

Oliver stood patiently by the elevator. He wasn't surprised at all by Kara's dramatic entrance, but he could feel William jerk in shock underneath his hand, prompting him to let go of his son's shoulder.

Kara touched down lightly only seconds after whooshing into the room. If it had been full of objects and not people, Oliver thought everything would've fallen.

She walked from where she had landed, next to the girl and woman with dark hair, and hugged Felicity.

"Oh, my gosh, you guys, it's been too long!" Kara exclaimed. She let go of Felicity and flashed a blinding smile as she moved to the next newcomer.

She gasped when she saw William. "Are you William?" she asked. When the awestruck boy nodded, she high-fived him as gently as she could. "Hi, I'm Supergirl. Well, also Kara Danvers. You know what, you can just call me Kara. Nice to meet you," she explained in one breath. "I'm friends with your father. Speaking of which, Oliver! Hey!"

Oliver smiled at Kara's familiarity with William and accepted the bone-crushing hug she gave him. He was never sure if her hugs were so tight because of her personality, powers, or a lingering bitterness she had towards his earlier hostility towards her. If it was the latter, he was glad it only manifested itself in tight hugs.

He really did regret his earlier, outward distrust of the alien when they first met. He was also thankful that she had forgiven him easily. Her current excitement proved that everything had been forgiven.

"Nice to see you again, Kara," he greeted her. She smiled at the trio, then turned and stepped back, just in front of the girl and woman he didn't know.

"Oliver, Felicity, and William, I'd like to introduce you to Lena Luthor and Lilith. Lena is a billionaire on our earth with a crazy-high IQ, and she's one of my best friends," Kara introduced the woman with a bright smile, and Lena blushed slightly at Kara's complimentary tone. "Lena, this is Oliver, Felicity, and William."

Oliver stepped forward to shake Lena's hand. "Hi, Oliver Queen. Nice to meet you," he said cordially, and he nodded at her. Lena dipped her head in return.

"Likewise, Mr. Queen," she responded in a similar fashion. Normally, Oliver would have told a fellow adult they could call him by his first name, but he could tell it was a very intentional choice by Lena. It was her way of letting him know she was still a little wary of him, but she was going to give him a chance.

Felicity jumped in. "Hiii, I'm Felicity Smoak. It's great to finally have another female billionaire around," she commented lightly. Felicity definitely wasn't trying to show off to Lena, she just ... didn't know what else to say. Besides, it could prove to be a good bonding point between them, reasoned Felicity. She was intrigued by Lena's quiet yet already apparent authority and elegance. As far as she could guess, Lena had been through a lot of stuff and had the hard exterior to prove it.

At least, Felicity hoped that that was what it was, and that Lena didn't just disapprove of them already.

"It's my pleasure, Felicity," Lena dipped her head again as she shook Felicity's hand. Felicity nodded and smiled, noting the way she used her first name and Oliver's last name.

Kara bouncee lightly on her toes in an excited, almost child-like manner. "And Lilith is my daughter," she said happily and proudly.

Oliver tried to hide his shock, but he couldn't help letting out a small, choking cough. Felicity merely smiled, unsure of what else to do. She was sure there was a reasonable explanation, but Kara having a daughter - a teenage daughter, specifically - was hard to comprehend. William merely smiled at Lilith, who grinned back. Both of them had been under the assumption they would be surrounded by adults the entire week, but seeing another kid, even as many years apart as they were, was refreshing.

Lilith walked forward a few paces and waved from beside Kara at Felicity and Oliver. She figured it was a little surreal for them to hear that she was Kara's daughter, so she forwent the more traditional handshake in favor of a happier, more casual greeting. Oliver nodded in response, and Felicity waved back, still a little dazed.

A little farther back, Lena coughed politely. Kara jumped. "Ah, Lilith is also Lena's daughter," she said, more hesitantly. She was trying to introduce Lilith to William, Oliver, and Felicity as slowly as possible, and them knowing that she was also Lena's daughter only made things more confusing.

Barry entered the conversation for the first time in a while. "Look, guys, believe me, I know it's confusing and hard to believe, but how 'bout we just go to the main room and let Kara explain?" he asked, glancing around at the room's occupants for confirmation.

Oliver was the only one who answered Barry. "That sounds good," he replied smoothly. He couldn't help letting his gaze drift over to Lilith. She was shuffling her feet, a trait that was Kara all over, but she still had an unnerving amount of Lena's features. She snapped her wide blue eyes up suddenly and made direct eye contact with Oliver. He smiled at her and directed his gaze elsewhere, but he felt a slight shiver rnn down his back, a slight discomfort that his brain made known.

Lilith felt a frown tug at her lips. Oliver's slight shiver did not go unnoticed by her, and as the group headed fown the hallway, she couldn't help but recall what Cisco said when he first saw her. "'It's you!'" What did that mean? And why was he so panicked to see her? Now that she thought about it, Caitlin had also seemed rather uncomfortable when she first saw Lilith...

She brushed it out of her mind. Adults always had something going on that they thought was important, even if it was inconsequential to kids. Surely that's just what it was. Lilith was so deep in thought that when Kara placed a motherly hand on her shoulder, she flinched ever so slightly. Even she hadn't noticed her movement.

Kara definitely had, though, and a ghost of confusion brushed itself across her features. She took a closer look at her daughter and noticed with concern that Lilith seemed a little out of it: distracted, a little panicked...

Kara almost drifted over to Lena to ask her about it and confirm Lilith's apparent uneasiness until she saw that Lilith had fixed a resolute smile on her face. Kara shrugged it off. Lilith probably just remembered something important, or was concentrating on hearing something in the distance, or something of the like.

The large group arrived in the market lab. Barry set himself up by his suit stand. He didn't want to impose on an explanation he wasn't really a part of. Felicity, with a slight grin, took Cisco's chair. She had looked around the room and hadn't seen him, and if he was in the speed lab or anywhere else, then she would relish the slight annoyance he would have at his chair being stolen.

Oliver and William stood behind Felicity until Oliver nodded at his son, and the boy knew he had permission to sit in the chair across from Felicity. He couldn't help spinning himself around just once; a grin split across his face. Oliver rolled his eyes fondly, and Felicity wore a grin that matched his.

Inside one of the labs, Caitlin came out of her science-induced haze and blinked in surprise at the amount of people in the room. When had Team Arrow gotten there? She stood up from her uncomfortable chair and lightly brushed a hand on Alex's shoulder. The agent started, but understanding dawned in her gaze as she saw the newcomers. She nodded at Caitlin and shook her head at her own unobservance.

"Thanks," Alex murmured lightly towards Caitlin, and she dipped her head tiredly in acknowledgement. The pair walked out of the lab and lightly stepped into the main room.

Felicity sat straighter in her chair as she noticed Caitlin. "Caitlin! Hey!" she exclaimed, her tone friendly. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise as she saw Alex right behind her. "...And Alex! What a surprise! Nice to see you both!" she greeted the tired agent with a grin.

Alex nodded politely and walked quickly across the room to briefly shake Oliver and Felicity's hands and to give a high-five to William before stepping back to stand with Lena and let Caitlin say hi. William, for his part, was intrigued by Alex. Her uniform seemed military- or government-issued, but he didn't recognize where from. Caitlin hugged Felicity, Oliver, and William, then opted to merely stand next to Felicity.

Kara took a breath and glanced at Lilith, eho was standing slightly behind herself, Lena, and Alex. "So... anyway..," she started awkwardly, then forged on. "As you know, Lilith's is Lena's and my daughter."

Lilith fidgeted slightly behind Kara. She had heard this explanation multiple times before, but that didn't make it any easier to hear.

Lena side-eyed her. She knew that having to hear about how a murderous psychopath created Lilith couldn't have been easy for her.

Kara continued. "Lena's adoptive mother, Lillian Luthor, is head of an organization we call Cadmus on our Earth. It's an extremist anti-alien group. Anyway, Lillian was trying to find a way to, ah, hurt Lena and I, specifically, so she used strands of our DNA to genetically engineer Lilith." The hero paused to give the trio in front of her to absorb the information.

Oliver managed to mask his expression, but he already had multiple questions. Felicity let her jaw drop, but she quickly snapped it shut and nodded sharply to encourage Kara to continue. William made a curious expression and looked at Lilith, then at Oliver, then back at Kara.

Lilith felt the gaze of what felt like an impossible number of people on her, and she decided to just sort or listen to what was going on in the background. She heard Cisco and Harry arguing about what Kara'e suit components could be made of. A little farther, she could hear birds chirping, and cars rolling down the road next to S.T.A.R. Labs. She decided to press her hearing just a little farther to distract herself even more. She closed her eyes and reached. Now she could hear rain.

Meanwhile, Kara kept explaining. "So, Lilith didn't always have powers, so we didn't know about her. Then Lillian intentionally exposed her to a harmful, alien substance, which helped to activate her powers, and the DEO became aware of another kryptonian's existence. We raided Lillian's house and found Lilith. Lillian told us the whole truth later that night..." Kara trailed off, briefly allowing herself to remember how she had found Lilith's body, cold to the touch and surrounded by kryptonite in Lillian's basement of evil. At first, she had merely been concerned about who she thought was a human. When they found out the truth later, Kara had to resist the fear she had inexplicably felt when she realized it was, indeed, her daughter that had been seemingly so lifeless. It was terrifying even though it had been over by the time she knew.

Kara shook her head slightly and recollected her thoughts. "Then we realized who Lilith was, and that Lillian engineered her to have stronger powers then me. More on that soon. Anyway, Lena and I took her in, and now she's, like, a hero-in-training on our Earth," Kara glanced at Lena, who nodded encouragingly. This was a difficult story to tell, but Kara was doing a good job. Kara took a breath and turned back to her captive audience. "The reason we're here is because her powers aren't adding up with her our initial or secondary scans."

Felicity nodded thoughtfully. She had questions, of course, but at least now understood a little more.

"Did I miss anything?" Kara asked Lilith jokingly. When she didn't receive an immediate response, Kara turned around. She was just in time to see her daughter crumple to the floor.