Sammieathome: After an encounter with a strange new enemy team arrow find themselves in a parallel universe where Tommy is alive and some relationships are not what they're used to in their world. (Before S3).
I will admit I did do it as if season 3 had started so I could use meta humans :P sorry!
And just like that the world around them faded, disappearing in a wave of colours and lights. They felt weightless, as if the world no longer existed and then suddenly they all crashed down onto it hard, with a loud thud. The man was the first to his feet as he ran off running into the building opposite them, none of the group could get to their feet, their heads pounding and hearts racing.
"What the hell was that Barry?" Oliver asked.
"He's a Meta human, he can travel through... time and space."
"Please tell me we are NOT somewhere in space?" Diggle asked finally able to sit up.
"I don't know... I mean we could be anywhere." Barry said finally getting to his feet. Oliver, Roy and Diggle pulled themselves up too whilst Felicity was sat up staring out into the street from the alley they appeared to have landed in. They all followed her line of sight and almost died at what they saw.
Tommy was entering a club, laughing and joking with a lady with black hair with purple streaks, she was wearing and black and purple corseted dress, he smiled brightly as the press started to snap photos and then he stepped back the press going wild for the woman.
"Tommy..." Oliver stuttered out and suddenly Felicity was on her feet.
"That's... That's me." The group all span around staring at her in disbelief. "I had a Goth phase at university... I never... I never met Tommy then."
"Wait that's you?" Roy asked staring between the two, not believing his eyes.
"Yep and I... have no idea what's going off."
"It's probably best to keep it that way. This seems like some kind of parallel universe what with Tommy being alive." Barry said stepping closer. "So Dig and Felicity both appear to be okay in their outfits but... We're sort of out of place." He gestured between himself, Oliver and Roy all in their suits.
"Look." Felicity said gesturing back to her other self and Tommy. It was then they realised the building was a club, and it was a Halloween party. "The guy went in there right?"
"Yes."
"So should we like follow?" She asked.
"Okay but you have got to be careful, god only knows what will happen if we run into ourselves in there."
"Death and destruction according to Doctor Who." Felicity said.
"Felicity..." Oliver looked directly at her and she shrugged lightly.
"I mean now you 2 look like the odd ones not dressed up." Roy added.
"I don't need any costume." Diggle replied with an easy smile and a shake of his head.
"Guys come on we need to get home." Oliver grumbled heading to the club.
Felicity was sat at the bar, her skirt hiked up, and the top 2 buttons of her blouse undone showing a little cleavage and her glasses perched on the end of her nose. They'd been searching the club for over an hour to no avail, her feet hurt and she was frustrated at Oliver's constant need to be near her but still not be with her.
"Hello beautiful." A familiar voice cut through her mind and she blinked turning to stare at the guy. It was Oliver, but not hers, this guy was wearing a sports jersey and baseball cap. His eyes sparkled with a lot more life, he still had a sadness but it was for something else to the crucible her Oliver had been through.
"Oliver." It slipped out before she had a chance and he nodded.
"I guess I should have known everyone would recognise me in this costume." He teased looking her up and down appreciatively. "I like the naughty librarian look... especially on you." She froze sipping her mocktail not used to this kind of Oliver.
"Seriously that's what you're going for?" He shrugged playfully as the barman handed him a beer.
"So who are you? And how'd you manage to get invited to one of the top clubs in Starling?"
"I'm F-" she shook her head. "I'm Megan."
"Just Megan huh?" She nodded. "Are you new here? Most women would be running from me at this point." She frowned.
"Yes and why? Why would they run from," she gestured him up and down and around his face, "that." He smiled then.
"You really don't know?" He asked sitting beside her, his shoulders slumping.
"Nope." She said feeling genuinely curious about this world.
"Well I..." He hesitated and naturally she placed her hand over his.
"It's okay, you can tell me. I'm just an IT girl." He glanced up then his eyes looking sad.
"IT girl..." He whispered it a smile appearing on his lips as he looked like his mind was wandering back somewhere else.
"Yep, not like I'm going to go tell anyone." She shrugged finally moving her hand from his.
"I was a terrible teenager, cheated on my girlfriend at the time with her sister, and both are at this party." Felicity didn't need to look around to know he meant Laurel and Sara. "But when I was young, I did something really stupid. I went to Vegas for a weekend, ended up marrying a girl and getting her pregnant." Felicity's eyes widened, this was so different from her Oliver.
"Oh."
"Yes, we were filing for divorce, when she found out and she got thrust into the limelight. Oliver Queens new squeeze, gold digger after my money." He sighed shaking his head. "I'm surprised you don't know her, Felicity Smoak, the well known entrepreneur she started her own tech company." She swallowed thickly as she thought back to the Goth looking her.
"Oh wow, so you two are married with kids?" He swallowed thickly then shaking his head.
"We stayed married, decided to give it ago, but she... She lost the baby." Felicity felt a pang in her chest. "She had completely cleaned me up in all those months; she changed my whole life around."
"So what happened between you two? I thought I saw her with Tommy..." She froze the words just slipping out, and he eyed her curiously.
"After she lost the baby, she started throwing herself into work she was working at QC then whilst building her own company. I hardly saw her, she pushed me away and I let her."
"I'm sorry she did that."
"No it was my fault I wasn't exactly emotionally available after that, but I did something stupid after a year of hardly speaking, not living together, moving back with my parents, I got drunk and I kissed a girl." Felicity could feel the obvious regret bouncing off him. "She found out, and we had a very heated argument where she... It doesn't matter. She left; she filed for divorce and disappeared out of Starling till recently. Now her company is as big as QC and she's only been doing it for 4 years, she and Tommy are... I don't even know but me... I'm a mess." She tilted her head staring at him.
"I don't believe that. Why didn't you fight for her?"
"Because she deserves better." Felicity couldn't help but laugh.
"Sorry but what she deserves is someone who makes her happy. You both lost a baby and she didn't grieve, I can see it as plain as day that you love her and if the way she keeps staring at us every 5 minutes I'd say she never lost her feelings for you either." Oliver's head snapped around then locking instantly with Felicity in the crowd. She blushed looking away quickly.
"You, you really think so?"
"I think someone needs to lock the pair of you in a room, talking is the key to everything." She shrugged. "But then what do I know, I have to deal with a very stubborn guy."
"He must be a lucky guy." Oliver replied softly.
"Ha, if only he'd actually take a chance with me."
"Maybe you guys need to talk-"
"Or maybe I just need to jump him." She shrugged and he laughed.
"I like you Megan you remind me very much of Felicity back then." She smiled then shaking her head.
"Is Starling good?"
"It has one of the lowest crime rates, the Merlyns, Tommy's parents they... They cleaned up the roughest parts with the help of my parents so yes, it's good." Felicity shook her head because of course this Starling would be amazing, no crime to fight, Tommy alive and an Oliver who actually talks.
"What about your sister?" Oliver stopped drinking and gave her a pointed look.
"I don't have a sister." Oh crap, if Tommy's mom was still alive then Merlyn didn't cheat with Moira and so Thea didn't exist.
"Oh god I mean do you have any, sisters, siblings? You know any other family..." She rambled and he chuckled again.
"No just me." Just then there was a rough cough beside her and she jumped to see her Oliver there. She could see him eyeing up the pair from where he stood.
"Excuse me, but we need to go." He was using the voice modulator.
"Oh really? I was just talking to Megan here, are you her guy?" Oliver asked and her Oliver froze.
"Errrmmm."
"No." Felicity said standing up. "We're… friends."
"Ah I see." He said staring at the arrows and bow, the entire costume before turning back to Felicity. "Well lovely meeting you Megan." He held out his hand and she shook it before he brought it up to his lips and kissed it softly. She felt Oliver tense beside her, could hear his leather moving from where he tightened his fist.
"You too Oliver and remember what I said."
"I will." With that he stood up smiled and then strode over to where his Felicity stood. Her Oliver grabbed her arm.
"Felicity come on, we found the meta human, he's in the basement."
"I'm coming." She said following his lead.
"Did you enjoy your chat with that guy?" He said through gritted teeth.
"You mean you, the other you?" Oliver said nothing as he led her down some stairs. "You're starting to sound almost jealous Oliver." He stopped dead then when they reached the bottom of the basement stairs; he turned to look at her his features hidden in the darkness of his hood and the dimly lit basement but his piercing blue eyes looked straight at her the intensity of them making her heart stutter in her chest. "We need to get home." She said cutting him off.
"Don't you want to stay here with him?" She could tell full well he was comparing himself to that guy, that guy who wasn't like her Oliver, who hadn't been through what he had, wasn't the man she had feelings for. She stood a little straighter, looking him dead in the eyes.
"I prefer our home, our world, our universe, our Oliver." She watched as he blinked the air between them suddenly becoming thick again and he finally turned away from her.
"We need to hurry up; we don't want to stay here much longer." And with that she followed him even further, unable to stop smiling at the way his voice had soften and she really wouldn't trade anything for her Oliver.
