When Alicia awoke that morning, she allowed herself to stretch. The other night she and Barry's date night had been interrupted by a robbery in progress. They had been out to a Mexican restaurant, enjoying the evening, when Cisco had called informing them. When Alicia awoke, she grabbed her iPhone, checking it for messages. When she opened her phone, she saw that she had over fifteen voicemails from Massie.

Alicia stretched and got out of bed. She looked at the time and saw that it was ten in the morning, Saturday, one of her days off from work. She decided to call her sister back as Barry walked in.

"Hey, gorgeous," Barry whispered, kissing her gently.

"Hey babe," Alicia said. "I'm sorry I got over fifteen messages from Massie." She hit send on the phone, returning Massie's call and putting it on speaker.

"Alicia!" Massie said.

"Massie, what's up?" asked Alicia.

"Oliver's back!" Massie said excitedly.

"Yeah, I didn't miss his televised performance while I was out with Barry last night," Alicia told her sister.

"Well we need you down here," said Massie.

"Why?" Alicia asked, already reaching for a clean shirt as Barry sped around her room, packing all that she would need.

"We've got a case out here. We-We-a criminal of ours escaped custody. You might recognize him as Count Vertigo," said Massie.

"Do you need me as the Angel or as Alicia Galloway?" Alicia asked, already hopping out of her pajama pants with Barry's help.

"Both," Massie replied.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming tell Ollie, Roy, Felicity, Dig and Laurel," Alicia said, taking her pajama top off with one hand along with her boyfriend's help, who clipped her bra on. He handed her a jacket and some pants, along with socks and her Converse.

"Alicia, if you cannot come, then this is something we can handle," Massie said.

"Barry and Dick can handle things out here," Alicia said. "I have faith that they can."

"Alright, I'll see you," Massie said.

Alicia hung up the phone and grabbed her phone charger. "Bar, babe, can you grab me my Angel suit?" she asked.

In a flash, Barry was out of the house back seconds later with Alicia's suit.

"Got it right here," Barry said with a smile, handing the bundle to Alicia.

"Baby, you have never been sexier," Alicia said with a grin.

Barry smiled. "I know," he said. "I hope everything goes well out there. Tell Ollie I say hello."

"Will do," Alicia said with a smile. She packed her suit away in her back and grabbed her purse, shoving her phone inside the bag. She strapped herself up and Barry opened her bedroom window, allowing her to fly out of the room.


Alicia landed in her mother's house within a total of five minutes, making sure to drop off her stuff in her old bedroom before coming downstairs, telling her mom she was going to be in town for just a few days. While she was happy Brickwell was put away, there was still a major problem for the Arrow team, and Alicia knew what that was.

"Well I'm happy you're home again even if it is only for a few days," Josephine said to her daughter.

"Yeah, I know Mom. I mean, Central City just keeps getting crazier and crazier," Alicia said.

"I'm assuming you are talking about your other job," Josephine said with a smile.

"Yeah, it feels good not having to come up with lame excuses as to how I can get here so quickly." Alicia smiled at her mother.

"I can imagine," her mother said. "So how's it with Barry?"

"Everything's great," Alicia said truthfully as she went towards the kitchen to make herself a cup of coffee. "I mean, he's not happy I am ditching him again for Starling, but he understands. He and my partner Dick can take care of anything out there, I'm sure. Besides, I'm here partially to help Massie and Arrow's team get a hold of Werner Zytle back into custody. He's back with his Vertigo, and if Starling City needs the Angel, they're gonna have her."

"And what did you tell your boss?" asked Josephine.

"I'm gonna have Barry tell him I'm working a case out here," said Alicia. "Which I am doing, by the way; I'm helping Massie, Roy and the Arrow with catching their bad guy, and I will be on my way home."

"Good," Josephine said as Massie came downstairs, dressed in a sweater and some sweatpants.

"Hey, sis," Massie said as she entered the kitchen.

"Hey." Alicia went over and embraced her sister. "Are we going to the Foundry?"

"Yes," Massie stated as she went over to the toaster oven, grabbing two whole wheat English muffins, some fig preserves and some butter. She and Alicia ate their breakfast in silence, before they got ready to head to the Arrow team's hideout. Alicia flew them both there, Massie grinning. Alicia smiled as they went in the direction of the Foundry. Alicia landed a couple blocks away and they walked into the nightclub, relieved that Thea wasn't there. They walked over to the staircase and went down to the basement. Alicia felt happy to see Oliver, relieved that he was still living and breathing.

"Back from the dead that quickly, Ollie?" Alicia asked with a smile.

Oliver turned around, smiling as he saw Alicia. "Hi, Alicia," he said, embracing her.

Alicia broke out of the hug, and noticed somebody there that she hadn't noticed upon walking in. It was Thea. "You told Thea?" she asked.

Oliver nodded.

Thea walked over to Massie and Alicia. "So, you two are the Angel and the Peacock?" Thea asked.

"Yeah, believe me it was really hard not to tell you," Massie said.

"Well I should have known, Mass," Thea said. "Your fighting-style, it's similar to mine."

"I was trained for two months by Malcolm Merlyn, Thea," Massie said, embracing her best friend.

"Well, I believe that the three of us – meaning myself, Oliver and Massie – have a ton of explaining," Alicia said.

"Yeah, you've got a ton of explaining to do," Thea said.


At Thea's condo, the four found themselves there well into the night, with Oliver and Massie needing to explain everything to Thea, from beginning to end.

"You know how many times I've wished that I could thank the Arrow for things he's done for this city?" Thea asked.

"Probably as many times as I've wished we could have this conversation," Oliver said to her.

"Did Mom know?" Thea asked.

"The night that she died, she told me that she'd known for a while," Oliver said with a thoughtful smile. "I was worried that you'd be angry."

Thea shrugged. "Only because you broke my window," she said. "Although I did kind of kick your ass."

"No you didn't," Oliver said with a shake of his head.

Thea turned to Alicia. "How long have you had your powers?" she asked.

"Since S.T.A.R Labs exploded," said Alicia. "My boyfriend was affected by it too. And even in Central City, my partner Dick Grayson is Nightwing."

"Well, Bruce will be thrilled to hear of his extra-curricular activities," said Oliver.

"Wait, Bruce Wayne is Batman? The vigilante in Gotham?" asked Alicia.

"Yeah," Massie said.

"Considering even though Wayne Enterprises and Queen Consolidated were competing brands, he's an old friend," Oliver said. "And I knew that he adopted someone, I just didn't realize it was Dick until I saw his fighting style the night we stopped Barry from making a further ass out of himself."

"Yeah; Dick's fighting style is rather specific," Alicia said. "Bruce has probably had been a good teacher."

"Yeah, like Thea had a good teacher," said Oliver.

Thea paused considerably. "You were looking for Malcolm that night during Christmas."

"We know about each other," Oliver said.

"Wait, Malcolm knows that you're the Arrow?" Thea asked, changing position on the couch and sitting up straighter.

Oliver unfolded his arms from his chest. "I am amazed that he didn't tell you."

"And why did you tell me – why did all three of you tell me all of a sudden?" Thea was confused.

That was the moment Malcolm decided to make his arrival. Alicia internally groaned; she knew that there was no way Malcolm was going to take any responsibility in his part for Sara's death. Now that Ras was after him, was hiding like the poisonous coward that he saw. He disgusted Alicia to no end. This was the man that set of the earthquake device that killed thousands in the Glades, including his own son Tommy. He was not what Alicia would even call a man; she would call Malcolm a bitch.

"Because Ras Al Ghul is coming for us," Oliver said simply. "All of us; you, me; Malcolm, and the only chance we have to survive is to work together; to trust each other."

"He's right," Malcolm said.

Thea just shook her head. "No," she said simply. "No. No he's not. I turned my back on everyone I know, including my own brother! You almost made Massie do the same with Alicia! Because you told me and Massie that there was no one that we could trust!"

"I agree!" Massie said. "I'm with Thea on this one! You nearly had me cut all ties off with my family; my mother, my brothers, my sister! All the things that matter in my life you nearly made me get rid of!"

"I was only trying to protect you both," stated Malcolm.

"By driving a wedge between me and Ollie?" Thea asked, exasperated.

"You manipulated us both!" Massie said angrily. She and Thea both stalked out of the room, frustrated. Massie knew that Malcolm was capable of manipulating people, but drugging his own daughter and using her to kill Sara? That was something Massie never thought Malcolm would do, let alone to his own daughter and his daughter's best friend.

"Thea!" Oliver called out to his sister.

"Let her go, Ollie," Alicia said. However, that was the moment Oliver's phone rang. It was Felicity, who had information on Werner Zytle. He turned to Alicia, who grabbed hold of Massie by the hand and ran towards the balcony, jumping off and flying towards the Foundry. She, Massie and Oliver all walked into the basement together.

"What do we got?" asked Oliver.

"Apparently the federal marshal guarding Werner Zytle just started shooting while Zytle waltzed off in public," Felicity informed him as they watched a clip from the news report from that morning. Suddenly, Laurel appeared on the screen and threw a punch at the marshal. "This is my favorite part," Felicity added into that.

"It's pretty convenient; guard decides to wig out and Zytle takes advantage," said Roy, hands in his pockets. Alicia shook her head at that.

"No it's planned. Those are effects of his Vertigo," Oliver said.

"Zytle was in full sets of restraints," Dig said. "How did he manage to dose a federal agent?"

"He didn't," Laurel informed them as she walked in. "One of the reporters did. What's wrong? Was my form off?"

"She's right," Alicia said, taking a seat at the desk next to Felicity. "She's right about the reporter." She watched as the blonde-dyed IT expert zoomed in on the camera feed to show a news reporter injecting the guard with the drug.

"We need a name and address on our clumsy reporter," said Felicity. "I'm on it."

"I think I can give you more than that," said Alicia as Laurel opened up a black gym bag.

"What do you think you're doing?" Oliver asked Laurel.

"I'm coming with you," Laurel said.

"No, you're not," Oliver told her.

"I just gave you your only lead!" Laurel said.

"Can I talk to you for a second alone?" Oliver asked as Alicia started to run the reporter through facial recognition.

"Got him!" Alicia said.

"You did? That was quick," said Felicity.

"I may not be as good as you or my brother Dominic, but, I am pretty good with computers myself. His name's Anthony Walker, he works over on Seventh and Belle," Alicia said. "I'm gonna go and get my suit."

"I'll suit up too," Massie said, going over to where she kept her Peacock gear. Roy went upstairs to get Oliver. Alicia ran up the stairs and broke into flight towards her mother's house. She pulled her Angel suit on quickly and grabbed her Nunchaku and her lipstick knife, attaching both to her side on her Angel belt, a Christmas present from Cisco. She flew to Anthony Walker's work address, beating Roy, Massie and Oliver there. When the boys and Massie arrived, Alicia broke the door down with one mighty kick.

"Anthony Walker?" Oliver said in his Arrow growl. "Where's Werner Zytle?"

The reporter was sitting there, his breath hitching as his body shook. "He-He's not here," the man stuttered. Alicia could see that he was scared.

"You helped him escape today," Oliver snarled.

"Zytle threatened my wife," Walker said, voice trembling. Slick sweat was on his forehead. "Said he'd get to her and kill her if I didn't do this."

"Do what?" Massie asked.

Walker opened up his jacket to reveal a bomb attached to his body. "Kill you," he said. He got up slowly. "I'm so sorry."

"Anthony," Alicia whispered. "Give me the detonator."

"He'll kill my wife," Anthony said shakily.

"We can protect her," Massie whispered. She really felt for him; the man was in a horrible position. "Promise; now hand me the detonator."

The man's hands were shaking badly as he looked up. "God forgive me," he whispered, before pressing the button. The bomb beeped, and Alicia grabbed hold of Oliver, Massie and Roy, and rushed them out of the building before it could blow. They landed on top of cars as glass shattered around them.

"Are you three okay?" Alicia asked.

"Yeah, yeah, we're good, Alicia," Massie said, getting up and onto her feet, brushing glass off of her suit.

"I'll work with Felicity tomorrow and see if we can get a location on Zytle," said Alicia.

"I'll hit the streets and see what I can find," Roy offered.

"No, Roy, you and Massie should be resting," Oliver said. "Are you having those dreams again about when you were high on Mirakuru?" he asked the kid in concern, the young man that he was starting to view as a son.

"I'm okay, Ollie," Roy said to his mentor, the man that had saved his life and protected him when nobody else in the world had given a damn about him. "I'm all right. I'm sleeping fine."

"Good," Oliver told him, patting Roy's shoulder. "Alicia, I think that you should go back to Central City and be with Barry."

"No, Ollie, I'm fine out here for a couple more days," Alicia said. "Besides, I-I just – S.T.A.R Labs isn't really the place that I want to be right now."

"Why?" Oliver asked her.

"I'll explain later," Alicia said. "Maybe before I go back home. Until then we need to focus on catching Zytle. I'll help in any way that I can right now."

Oliver nodded, feeling concerned as to why Alicia wouldn't want to be back in Central City; he'd talked to Roy, who explained that Alicia was now Barry's girlfriend. Why Alicia wouldn't want to be at S.T.A.R Labs with Barry, Caitlin and Cisco, Oliver had no idea. Either way, tonight, he wasn't pressing the issue.


The next evening, Alicia found herself downstairs in the Foundry, her hair tied back into a high ponytail in case she needed to suit up. She looked across the room at her suit, which was residing on a mannequin that Oliver had designed for her to keep her suit on when they teamed up. He'd created one for Barry too. Massie was sitting across from her, looking at her teal body suit and her black domino mask. The Foundry had several different stations. One station held the arrows and bow that Roy used. Another held the arrows and suit that Oliver used. One section contained Diggle's rifles and hand guns. Massie's equipment, including her Bo staffs, was attached to her mannequin. The way how everything was set up looked like home to the Arrow team members; Alicia and Barry both knew that they were welcome there any time. Alicia was about to pull out her cell phone and text her boyfriend to see how he was doing. She and Barry had had a Facetime date the other night, with Barry telling her that he, Caitlin and Dr. Wells were trying to track down Caitlin's fiancé, Ronnie, and Professor Martin Stein, believing that the two had somehow merged together into the Firestorm matrix. Apparently, Stein had been testing on himself while he was at S.T.A.R Labs, and somehow, his mind was inside Ronnie's body. It all just got crazier and crazier the more Alicia thought about it. Additionally, Alicia was informed by Joe and Dick that they were investigating Dr. Wells, and that they found some additional evidence in Barry's home, blood hidden behind wallpaper. That could be some potential evidence to get things to come to light.

Oliver then came down the stairs with Roy. "What happened?" Oliver asked.

"One of our trackers sent a signal from the docks," said Felicity. "Except, we do not have any tracking devices out in the field."

"Oh my God," whispered Alicia, going over to her suit and opening the case up.

"Alicia?" asked Massie, going over to her own suit.

"That means Laurel is out there," said Alicia, pulling her jacket off of the mannequin.

"Wait, you tagged Laurel with a tracker?" Roy asked.

"If she's gonna be reckless, I need to know what she's doing," Oliver said.

"Well if she's out there then she's doing something," said Massie. "I don't know what it is but we have to get to her."

"I ran the manifest on these shipping containers you see here," Dig said as Felicity pulled up security of the docks. "One of these leads to Zytle's old supplies."

"Looks like Vertigo's back in business," whispered Alicia.

"She's gonna get herself killed," Oliver said, walking over to his suit as he watched Alicia change. Massie was changing quickly into her own suit, pulling her gear on.

"We'll beat you there, we'll get her," said Massie.

"Okay, good luck, girls," Diggle said as he watched Alicia lift Massie onto her back, running out of the room. Alicia jumped and broke into flight towards the docks, the wind smacking her in the face. Within a few minutes she heard Oliver and Roy behind her on their motorcycles, following her. When Alicia got to the docks, she saw Laurel high on Vertigo, dizzy and pale, bleeding from the nose and mouth, bruising. Zytle was attacking not only Laurel's mind, but also her body.

"You wanna jump down and sing him a song, sis?" Alicia whispered, smiling at her sister.

Massie just grinned in response. "Hell yes, I do," she said. Alicia flew over Zytle, and Massie allowed her sonic scream to sound throughout the area, before she back flipped off of her sister's back. Massie landed down gracefully and ran in, shoving Zytle away.

"Leave her alone!" Massie yelled angrily as Alicia flew in, grabbing Zytle into a chokehold. However, Alicia wasn't expecting Zytle to grab a dart and shoot her in the wrist with Vertigo. Alicia gasped when she felt the prick of the needle, feeling the sweatiness, a sickness inside her as her brain started to form a hallucination in front of her. She felt something deck her in the face, and the image that she saw in front of her was of Barry, looking angry, disappointed.

"Alicia, you know I love you, BUT WHY WOULD YOU HIDE THE FUTURE ARTICLE FROM ME?!" the hallucination was yelling. "I DESERVE TO KNOW! I DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU!"

"You're not real," Alicia whispered. "You're not real. You're not my Barry." That was when her head became clear and she was able to get her head straight, shaking her head. She grabbed hold of Zytle again, pinning his arms down as Oliver and Roy came over.

"KEEP HOLDING HIM!" Roy yelled out to her.

Alicia held on to Zytle tighter, firmer, but Zytle started to kick her hard in the knee. When Alicia felt the bone in her knee snap, she was down on the ground. However, just when she fixed her broken kneecap, Zytle got away. She turned to Laurel, who was a bleeding, sweaty mess on the ground, crying out, "Help me! Help me!" Alicia walked over to her friend and lifted her up.

"She needs medical attention," Alicia said.

"Get her to the Foundry," Oliver said.

"Where will you all be?" she asked.

"Right behind you," Roy said as he watched Alicia break into flight with Laurel in her arms.


Alicia, Roy, Massie and Oliver all arrived at the Arrow team's hideout at the same time. Laurel was twitching violently in Alicia's arms, shaking, gasping for air.

"Start an IV," Alicia said to Felicity. She set Laurel down onto a cot with a pillow on it, holding her still as Felicity hung the IV bag; it had a cure mixed in for the Vertigo to flush the drug out of Laurel's system, along with fluids. Oliver and Roy stood by Laurel's head as they watched Laurel hallucinate that Sara was there. By the time the IV started to kick in, Laurel was passed out on the bed as Oliver injected her with a sedative. Alicia watched as Dig dampened a wash cloth, handing it over to Massie to wash Laurel's face.

Alicia let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God," she whispered as she took her mask off.

"Nice going back there," Massie whispered as she hugged her sister.

However, that was the moment Thea walked down into the basement. "Ollie," she said. "I'm sorry I just wanted to talk."

"Thea, go back upstairs," Oliver ordered. "Now!"

"Hey," Roy said. "Don't talk to her like that! You don't have the right to kick her out!"

"I'm not," Oliver insisted. "I'm protecting her."

"By telling her what to do?" demanded Massie. "Work with Malcolm Merlyn, let him get his hooks deeper?"

"She's my sister," Oliver said.

"She makes her own choices, Oliver," Roy said coldly.

"It's okay, we can talk later, it's just –" Thea began to say. "Is Laurel okay? She's part of this too?"

Oliver walked over to Thea. "She's going to be fine," he assured her. "I promise. Just. . . Please, go back upstairs."

Thea nodded and walked back upstairs into the club. Oliver turned to Massie and Roy.

"What the hell was that?" Oliver demanded.

"Oh, you think you're the only one that can stand up for Thea?" Massie asked.

"I'm trying to figure out why you and Roy are standing up to me," Oliver said.

"Alright, maybe we just need to throttle back," said Alicia.

"No, we need this. Oliver, you were gone, dead. At least we thought you were," Felicity said. "And we had to go on with our lives. And doing that meant not doing things your way!"

"Fine, I'm back now," Oliver said.

"That doesn't mean we can go back," said Massie.

"And you do not have the right to come down here and question everyone's choices!" Roy cut in.

There was a moment of silence before Oliver said, "Just let me know if there's any change in her condition," before changing and heading upstairs.


A few hours later, around seven in the morning, Alicia found Oliver upstairs in the bar, staring at the TVs and nursing a glass of vodka. She was changed into a sweatshirt, jeans and her Converse. Her hair was tied back into a messy bun, and her makeup was removed. She went behind the bar and pulled out a bottle of her favorite Tennessee whiskey, pouring it into a glass.

"Mind if I join you?" she asked him.

"It's a free country, I guess," Oliver said. "The first time that we went after Zytle, I said that this was my crusade. Doesn't seem to be the case anymore."

"You're right, it isn't," said Alicia. "It became Roy's, Dig's, Felicity's and Laurel's too, and my sister's."

"You know I get that I was gone," Oliver said.

"No, Ollie, you weren't gone. You were dead for weeks. Everyone was ready to hang it up. Your team, they realized that they were not just fighting for you, they were fighting for themselves too; that includes Roy, my sister; yes that includes Laurel," Alicia said.

"She's not a soldier," whispered Oliver.

"Neither were you when you first started. But nobody wins all by themselves or starts out perfect. That includes me and Barry. Barry and I – we've both made mistakes, but we've learned. Laurel, this was one slip up for her; she'll be better," said Alicia. "And you know that thing that you wanted me to talk about last night?"

"Yeah?" asked Oliver. "About you not wanting to be in S.T.A.R Labs or not being able to find peace there?"

"Yeah," whispered Alicia, feeling her tears welling in her eyes. "Yeah, it's just something I'm too terrified to say to Barry."

"Well what is it?" Oliver asked.

"I-I have reason to believe that the man in yellow, the man that killed Barry's mom when he was eleven, is Dr. Wells," Alicia whispered. "And then a few weeks after Christmas, I – Dick and I walked into some hidden room that Dr. Wells has in S.T.A.R Labs, and this AI thing told me that in the future, Barry and I get married. But attached was some future news article from 2024; it's a story about me and Barry vanishing. In it-it says that during some Crisis, Reverse Flash stabs me in-in the abdomen with some power dampener, and in the process killing Barry's son whom I am supposedly four-and-a-half months pregnant with, my baby boy." Alicia paused, feeling tears stinging in her eyes, allowing herself to cry freely. The nausea that she felt from the day that she read that article was slowly coming back, but she swallowed down the bile. "After leaving that room, I-I swore to myself that I was never going to bring it up to Barry, but every time I look at him, every time we make out or go on a date night, I feel like I'm hurting him. I don't know what to do, but I do know that if I tell him my suspicions of Dr. Wells it's gonna kill him!"

Oliver just looked at Alicia, not really knowing what he could say that could bring any comfort to her mind. "Alicia, there's no way of knowing if that is your future," he whispered. "But this is clearly eating you alive."

"Ollie, I-I can't tell Barry," Alicia whispered tearfully.

Oliver just embraced her tightly. "Well you should, Alicia. You should be honest. If you're hurting and you're allowing this to eat you up, then you need to talk to him about it."

Alicia nodded, brushing away her tears. She turned her head to the news, to see an image popping up on the screen of some explosion out in the badlands in Central City. Knowing Barry, he was probably involved with it.

"Barry," she whispered. "I have to head home."


A/N:

Okay, next up, we are going to get the chapter with one of my favorite Flash villains, General Eiling. I am currently writing chapter 31, which could take a while, considering I have a math test coming up next Wednesday, which I need to pass. Plus, tomorrow night I will be meeting Real Housewife Teresa Giudice at a book signing. By the looks of it, the sequel to this should be posted around Thanksgiving at the latest. The way how I write my fanfics is that I pre-write at least ten chapters before even creating the story itself; it works that way for me because I am so busy with my studies. Additionally, I have another crossover set in the Arrowverse that is based on Injustice Gods Among Us, one of my favorite videos games to play lately. I think Snowbarry shippers will enjoy it because I pair evil versions of Caitlin and Barry together on another Earth. If anyone wants to look at it I would appreciate it.