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Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. Oh yes, the Dominators better give up now. Don't blame you. Yes, Dig is done. Glad you got a laugh there. You got some points there. Thanks a lot and so glad you still find that story amazing. I'm gonna add more fandoms (Marvel and DC related as well as other ones) in the near future. Maybe the final story in that series will have the same effect. I'd say if you're only counting Seasons 1, 2 and 5, Arrowverse Oliver is better. In those Seasons, he actually got good development. Of course there were some missteps, like swearing not to kill and the BS confession, but he still got nice development in these Seasons. But once you add the other Seasons, his quality falls because of terrible writing. While I prefer Amell's Oliver, Hartley's version has the advantage of being a badass throughout the series. Amell's Oliver got emasculated by Felicity and/or the team in all the Seasons that weren't these 3, though he did retaliate in Season 6 at least to an extent. Sad thing he needed Adrian Chase of all people to make him retaliate. Okay, the poker thing is hilarious. Thanks a lot for that. As for your idea, what do you think about Smallville Ollie and Slade? Or Smallville Ollie and Frank? Well, I do love your idea. Thanks a lot for that. It can get a mention in next chapter hopefully. Thor dual-wielding isn't impossible. Yes, Thor will share some. Thanks for recommending 'Hospital Chief' too. Will check it out when I get the time. Things are going well. Thank you. Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 14- Flashpoint
"I was really excited about the two of you meeting", Barry said as he introduced Oliver to Thor and Kara and vice versa. "Oliver is the first person who trained me."
"Really?" Kara asked and Barry nodded.
"You trained him well, Oliver", Thor complimented him. "He did come up with some good strategies against Livewire and Banshee on our Earth."
"Thanks", Barry said, almost blushing at being praised by a God.
"That's because I didn't hold back", Oliver replied to Thor. "I shot him."
"He did shoot me", Barry admitted.
"Ouch!" Kara commented.
"Being rough in training is common in Asgard too", Thor said. "I was once made to walk on a few stars as punishment."
"What?" Oliver, Barry and Kara said simultaneously as they looked at him.
"So…not a thing on Krypton", Thor said awkwardly and then chuckled weirdly.
"Point is, you lot can't hold back either", Oliver said to Thor, Kara and Bill as he walked up to them along with Ollie.
"Are you sure?" asked Kara, "I just met these people."
"These people", Oliver started. "Need to understand the gravity of the situation. So don't hold back. Especially against me."
"Well, if you wanna commit suicide and take 'em all with you, not a bad way to go", Ollie commented as Oliver glowered in his direction.
Barry then looked to them and asked awkwardly. "So which of you guys are willing to be, for a lack of better word, practice dummy for this?"
"Well, I don't like the comparison but I'm willing to do it", Kara shrugged.
"Maybe you can even give them a 'chance'", Thor said and she chuckled a bit.
"What are we going to do during that time then?" Bill asked.
"Well", Ollie said as he put an arm around Bill. "Bill, you ever played poker?"
"I do not think I have heard the term", Bill said.
"I learnt it on Midgard. We can teach you together", Thor said to him.
"You can do it alone", Oliver said to Thor before turning to Ollie. "You and me, sparring match in five minutes."
"Oh, a challenge finally!" Ollie said. "You wanna see who's the better Green Arrow or something?"
"Just want to see how good your hand-to-hand skills are", Oliver said before adding. "Archery too later."
"Oh I need to see the fight", Barry said excitedly.
"I'll do it. You don't get to knock the snot out of a grumpy version of yourself every day", Ollie shrugged.
"You may wanna rephrase 'knock the snot'", Barry warned him as Oliver walked off.
"He does not seem to like us very much", Bill noted.
"He's like that with everyone in the start. He'll warm up to you guys eventually", Barry promised.
"I hope so. He does seem like a focused warrior, which is something I like in people", Thor said as he regarded the retreating Oliver.
"Anyone shocked by how different we are?" Ollie asked. "Because I am."
"You're not the only one", Kara told him.
Few minutes later
Barry came to talk to Ray and Cisco went away with an excuse, disappointing Barry a little.
"Hey, Barry", Ray greeted.
"Where's Snart?" Barry asked, noting that the former Rogue turned Legend was absent from the line-up currently.
Ray's face immediately turned to one of healed but remembered grief. "Man, I'm sorry, Barry. I forgot that we never told you."
"What happened?" Barry asked, immediately realizing why Snart was not here.
"He sacrificed himself", Ray revealed and Barry actually felt a pang of grief in his heart to his own shock. "Saved us all. He died a hero."
"A Legend", Barry corrected and Ray nodded as he lowered his head.
Barry then noticed Iris talking to Wally. "Wally, what are you doing here? You can't just show up and think you're gonna train with everyone else."
"Why not?" Wally asked.
"Because we need to test you more", Iris protested.
"H.R. said that my results were great", Wally said. "He said I'm good to go."
"I don't care what H. R. said. You are not ready…"
"You are the leader of your team, are you not?"
Barry turned to see Thor and Ollie standing next to him.
"Yeah. Why?" Barry asked.
"If you're the leader, then super kiddo there should be asking you to let him in, not that lady over there", Ollie pointed out.
Thor put a hand on his shoulder and said. "Everyone here chose you as leader, Barry, so you need to make leadership decisions instead of evading them."
Barry lowered his head in consideration and after a few seconds, walked to Iris and Wally. Wally was about to speed off in anger and disappointment when Barry called out. "Wait!"
"Barry, what is it?" Iris asked.
"You both have a point", Barry said before looking over at Wally. "Wally, you're part of the superhero community now, so you can stay. But you're not experienced in this at all. So you're only staying as backup. Unless you're absolutely needed, you won't do anything. Is that okay with you?"
"It is perfectly okay. Thanks a lot, man", Wally said happily as he tapped Barry's shoulder and walked inside.
"Barry-" Iris began.
"Iris, you had good intentions, but I am the team leader", Barry said as she looked at him incredulously. "I am the one who is supposed to make decisions like this, not you. This wasn't your call to make."
"I'm your girlfriend. Every decision should be made by the both of us", Iris said and Barry sighed. This one statement was making him realize there was something off about Iris.
"This is not a relationship decision. It's one about leadership", Barry said as she stared in stunned shock. "My word, and only mine, is final!"
And with that, he walked off while Iris just stared with a dropped jaw. Barry was the last person she had expected would talk to her in this way.
"Nice to see you've finally grown the backbone leaders require in 'em", Ollie quipped as Barry chuckled a bit.
"That was a good start", Thor said too, impressed.
"Thanks guys", Barry said with a flattered smile.
Few minutes later
"Barry!" Jax said as he walked up to him with Stein, "Before we start training, there's something you need to see here."
"A message that we would be better if we could share with you in private", Stein said.
"All right", Oliver said. "I'll step away."
"No, no", Barry said. "It's fine. You can stay."
"All right", Stein agreed. "But no one else."
"All right", Barry said as he looked at the others who were suiting up. "Let's make it quick."
The four then walked into a private room to talk.
Unbeknownst to them, Thor and Kara had heard them and could not help but feel uneasy at whatever secret Stein and Jax had. Though they decided to not eavesdrop as it was probably none of their business.
Stein then made them hear the message from Future Barry- "A war is coming, Captain Hunter, and at some point you're gonna be called back to Central City to fight it. So you need to know that while you and your team have been in the temporal zone, I made a choice that affected the timeline. As you know, whenever you alter the past, those changes affect the present and get compunded in the future. When you return, you will be in the new timeline I created, where everyone's past and future has been affected, including yours. When you come back, don't trust anything or anyone. Not even me."
"Where did you get that from?" asked Barry.
"We found it in a secret room in the Waverider", Jax said. "It was sent by you. 40 years from now."
"40 years from now?" asked Oliver. "Barry, what the hell does this mean?"
"It means I screwed things up when I changed the past", said Barry.
"What did you do?" asked Stein.
"I went back in time", said Barry in a shame-filled voice. "And I saved my mom. I created a timeline where she's alive. It's called Flashpoint. I lived in it for a few months, until I realized that I made a big mistake, and I tried to reset the timeline, put things back to how they were supposed to be, but-"
"But it didn't work", concluded Jax.
"No", said Barry with eyes downcast.
"Wow, Barry", said Oliver in confusion. "That's-"
"So what's changed since you did this?" asked Stein.
"Cisco's brother is dead", said Barry with guilt in his voice. "Caitlin has powers. Diggle has a son now instead of a daughter."
"What?" Oliver asked in a shocked tone. "John had a daughter?"
"I didn't just screw up my life, man", said Barry. "I screwed up everybody's lives and, apparently, everybody's lives in the future. It felt like when these aliens got here, that finally something had happened that I didn't cause, and maybe I could make up for everything I'd done to everybody, but -"
"I think we should be on the up and up with everybody", said Jax. "We got to tell 'em."
"We're going up against a bunch of aliens", said Oliver. "And you want to tell people that their lives might have been affected by time travel? One sci-fi problem at a time."
Jax then gave up the idea.
"You made a mistake, Barry", said Oliver, his voice being a mix of disappointment and understanding. "That's part of the job. But we can't deal with it today."
He then walked off with Jax following. Barry saw the look of disappointment Stein was giving him and walked off too.
Later, everyone was trying to fight Kara but they were not having any luck.
Mick fired his Heat Gun but it didn't affect her and she put him on the ground with the lightest of punches.
John fired shots at her but she wasn't affected and put him down very easily.
Thea fired an arrow notched with explosive tips at her but the minor explosions didn't bother her at all.
She descended and Thea tried to use her martial arts moves on her but Kara felt like she was being touched by children. She sent her flying off with a light punch.
Sara tried to fight her but in spite of the fact that her skills were leagues above Thea, she couldn't affect her. Sara's swords were useless too. She was also defeated easily.
Then Ray in his Atom suit fired some blasts at her but she still wasn't affected. Ray shrunk, sneaked up behind her, grew back and tried to attack but she grabbed him and threw him on the ground with everyone else.
As they got up, Thea said. "She really is a badass."
"You got that right", Thor said from where he and Bill were sitting on a table, when Bill showed his cards.
"No Bill, you're not supposed to do that", Thor groaned as Bill looked flabbergasted while the others chuckled a bit at that.
"But it was my turn!" Bill said, not understanding.
"I didn't raise my bet!" Thor explained as Bill nodded slowly, not sure if he understood or not, while the others chuckled a bit more.
"So what's your story, huh? I know there are other differences between us besides our look and personalities, such you having a sister while I've always been an only-child for one thing," Ollie said, as he and Oliver, who was also in his Green Arrow suit, were blocking each other's hits with their bows and ducking under each other's kicks in what seemed to be an evenly matched battle. "Your date of birth wouldn't happen to still be May 16th 1980 by any chance, would it?"
"Actually, it's May 16th 1985," Oliver replied, ducking under another kick his counterpart threw.
"1985? So you're five years younger than me," Ollie said, a little surprised as he honestly thought he would be the younger one if anything. "Are your parents' names Robert and Laura Queen like mine?"
"My father's name was Robert, but my mother's was Moira," Oliver said, right before managing to kick his counterpart in the stomach, knocking Ollie back a little.
"At least our mothers' names rhyme even if they're not the same," Ollie noted, as he continued to smack his bow against Oliver's bow. "I noticed you use the word 'was' for both of them. I take it your parents are dead too?"
"They are," Oliver answered.
"What happened?" Ollie asked. "My parents were killed in a plane crash when I was nine. Is that different for you?"
"My father died in a shipwreck. As for my mother, don't wanna talk about it", Oliver said grimly and Ollie knew he was holding something back.
"Oh," Ollie said. "Were you stranded on an island in the south Pacific for 2 years and honed your archery there to be Green Arrow?"
"I was on an island, but in the North China Sea," Oliver replied. "I was on Lian Yu for almost five years."
"Lian Yu? Never heard of it," Ollie said. "Either that or this Lian Yu place doesn't exist in my Universe."
"It's Mandarian for 'purgatory'," Oliver said, as he and Ollie tried to kick each other simultaneously causing their boots to clash for a quick moment before they backed off and took fighting stances again.
"And you were on your island for five years?" Ollie said, as he lashed out his other foot, only for Oliver to easily block the kick before the two switched back to attacking each other with their bows. "Jeez, I was stranded on my island for only two years and it wasn't a cartoon or anything. I see why you're a hardass."
"You lighten up too much," Oliver countered, before striking Ollie in the face twice, first with his bow and then with his elbow, knocking Ollie to the ground. "Not just when it comes to your attitude, but also your fighting skills."
"Don't talk just yet, Grumpy Pants," Ollie said, wiping his face as he got back to his feet. "That was just the first round after all."
"You're very skilled, I'll give you that," Oliver said. "But there are clearly certain moves that I have and you lack, which means there's room for improvement on your part."
With that, the Green Arrows started engaging each other again, clashing their bows as Ollie tried to kick in a spin motion but Oliver ducked and elbowed his face in a rotatory motion. The fight continued.
"What?" Thor asked, a stunned expression on his face. Bill had all the highest ranked cards. "How did you do that?"
"You taught me", Bill shrugged.
"How could you do so well in such a short while?" Thor asked with a dropped jaw while the others were laughing.
"Maybe I have a talent", Bill said and chuckled himself.
"Its okay, Thor. You don't have to be the best at everything", Kara said gently.
"Where's my brother?" Thea suddenly asked as she looked around. "And the other one?"
"They're sparring", Bill said and all had curious looks on their faces.
"Let's see who comes out on top there", Sara smirked.
Oliver staggered back on receiving a kick to the face from Ollie before ducking to avoid another and then elbowed him in a spin motion, staggering him back. Before he could recover, Oliver sent him to the ground with a flip kick.
Ollie groaned having lost the latest round against Oliver. The emerald archers each had some small bruises on their faces. They had been sparring for a little over an hour now and Oliver had won almost all rounds, though Ollie hadn't done too bad.
"Okay, I can't stand to say it but you clearly have the edge in fighting skills," Ollie admitted, getting back to his feet.
"For someone who obviously haven't endured a lot of the same experiences as myself, you aren't that bad yourself," Oliver said.
"But I guarantee you that I'd kick your ass in an arrow shootout," Ollie said, confidently.
"We'll save that one for after the Dominators are taken care of," Oliver said.
"Sure thing, I won't forget," Ollie said.
"Neither will I," Oliver said.
The two headed back over to the main area of the hangar, where the other heroes were taking a break from training against Supergirl.
"I take it both of you are done kicking each other's asses?" Thea asked her brother.
"So who won?" Barry asked, although he had a feeling he already knew the answer.
"Who do you think won, Barry?" Oliver said.
"I'm pretty sure you won, Oliver," Sara said.
"You're right, he did win," Ollie admitted. "I ultimately drew the short straw since I only managed to win very few rounds against my namesake."
"You didn't do too bad against my brother," Thea said. "A lot of people don't win any rounds against him at all. What's next? You two are gonna compete in an arrow shootout now?"
"Maybe later," Oliver said. "Right now, we join the rest of you and continue training."
"We're taking a break now for 5 minutes. When we're done, you can join, Oliver", Barry said and he nodded.
As they all walked around, minding their own business, Cisco walked up to Barry.
"Hey", he said.
"Hey", Barry replied.
"You know what this is?" Cisco asked Barry as he held the message, "This is really you. Like future you."
"Come on man", said Barry trying to reason. "Look-"
"You told 'em, right?" Cisco cut him off.
"I'm gonna tell them all when this is finished", said Barry.
"When this is finished?" asked Cisco angrily. "Even though you're about to lead them through an alien war? Even after Flashpoint? After everything you've messed up? All the lives you've changed? You still don't think you should tell them?"
"Tell us what?" asked Sara. Cisco had spoken the last line loudly enough for everyone to hear.
Oliver saw what Cisco was holding and said in his head, 'Damn it!'
Barry turned to face everyone and said. "Jax and Professor Stein found a message from me in the future saying that, right now, I can't be trusted."
"And why would future you say that?" asked Sara.
"I think because", said Barry. "I went back in time and changed the timeline, and now things here are different than before I left, including some of your lives."
"Some of our lives?" asked Kara, "Like who?"
"No one who is from another Earth", said Barry to the relief of Thor, Kara, Bill and Ollie.
He then said to the others. "But I have seen changes in the lives of those who live on this Earth- Cisco. Caitlin. Wally. Dig."
"Me?" asked John. "Why? What happened?"
"Hey", said Oliver as he walked up to him. "Apparently, you had a daughter."
"I had a daughter, Barry?" asked John, turning to Barry.
"Baby John was Baby Sara", admitted Barry, his face clearly showing shame.
"So let me just get this right?" asked John, outrage in his voice. "You just erased a daughter from my life?"
"Yeah", said Barry, almost in a whisper.
"But you can't just go back and change things like that, Barry", said Sara.
"I know", said Barry.
"Do you know how hard it is for me to not alter events to?" asked Sara. "To bring my sister back. But I don't, because I know the implications."
"All those aberrations, the ones we've spent the last eight months trying to correct", said Ray angrily. "You thought it was okay for you to travel through time and create one of your own?"
"That is enough!" said Oliver, "All of you! You all are acting like saints who have never made a mistake."
"I have made mistakes in the past too. Including one related to time travel", Thor said as all shot him stunned looks. "So have you all. So why are you all trying to criticize him for it?"
"Barry did this just sometime after his father was murdered by Zoom", pointed out Oliver as Thor, Kara and Ollie shot him looks of sympathy, knowing exactly how losing parents felt. "He was under high emotional stress. He just wanted to see his parents alive. Haven't the three of you made mistakes under high emotional stress? Things that you regret."
The three winced as they remembered actions they had carried out or almost carried out based on pure emotion.
"Maybe you lot should take a look at yourselves before jumping on others, people", Ollie said to them.
"Guys!" said Felicity, interrupting them. "Guys, its Lyla. The Dominators have abducted the President. She needs us now!"
"All right", said Barry turning to the others. "I will sit this one out, obviously. You guys go. You have Supergirl. She's just as fast as I am. Get the President. We can talk about this later."
As everyone started walking away, Barry walked up to Thor and Kara and asked. "You still trust me, right?"
"I'll always trust you", she assured him. "But it might take more to convince them."
"I am not liking the way they are behaving", Thor said, looking at the others, especially the Legends. "They are time-travelers, right?"
Barry nodded as Thor said. "Then they don't have the high ground."
"Hey!" Oliver snapped angrily. "This is crazy! Everyone is going, including Barry. I'm not going without him."
"First time I agree with ya", Ollie said to Oliver. "Coolio!"
"Then you two be here", said John. Oliver was beyond annoyed by John's attitude.
"Oliver, its okay", said Kara as she walked up to him. "I can go with them. You stay here with Barry."
"Actually, I feel some should stay behind", Thor said as all looked at him in shock.
"What do you mean?" Kara asked.
"This is a rescue mission, not a battle. All of us are not required", Thor said. "Besides, it can be a trap."
"He does raise a point", Sara agreed.
"I'm staying put then", Ollie said.
"Maybe you should stay too", Bill said to Thor.
"Why do you say that, friend Bill?" Thor asked.
"If it is a trap, then it is best if the most powerful of us stay here", Bill said and Thor nodded, understanding the reasoning.
"All right", Thor said.
"If you need us, call", Barry said. Kara and Bill nodded while the others gave no response.
"Be careful", Thor said to Kara as they shared a quick kiss.
"I will", she said as they held hands, looking at each other, and then she walked off as Thor looked after her with a sigh.
"She seems…different from last time we met", Barry noted as he walked next to Thor.
"Tragedy happened between your two visits, Barry. It has affected us all deeply", Thor said in a regretful voice as they looked at Kara, Bill, Dig, Thea, Sara, Ray, Jax, Stein and Mick walking out of the hangar.
"What happened?" Barry asked.
"James and Kara's aunt are dead while her cousin has been beaten into a coma by an enemy of ours", Thor said and Barry looked horrified as he looked at Thor.
"I'm sorry", Barry said in sympathy, not knowing what else to say.
"Thank you", Thor said. Oliver heard the entire exchange too and sighed with a lowered head. Losing people you cared about deeply was always traumatizing. He could feel his sympathy going out to both Thor and Kara.
But right now, he needed to deal with one person with no sympathy at all. He noted as Barry and Felicity walked off in different directions.
Cisco made to follow Felicity when Oliver called out. "Cisco!"
Cisco turned to him. "Yeah man."
"Why did you do that?" Oliver demanded angrily, glaring at Cisco, with Thor and Ollie joining as he shrank down under their glares.
"They deserved to know", Cisco defended himself meekly as both scoffed.
"If you had any sense, Cisco Ramon, you would let Barry tell them after this was over", Thor said to Cisco in a slightly threatening tone.
"You did not do this for them", Oliver agreed.
"We're in the middle of an alien invasion. We're supposed to trust the leader during such crisis. Or it all goes haywire dude", Ollie said too.
"You guys think I don't have a right to be angry?" asked Cisco angrily. "He killed my brother!"
"I can understand why you're angry", said Oliver. "But Barry did not intentionally kill your brother. He did not know it will happen and its not like he found his parents' lives more precious than your brother's. Do you realize your actions have possibly doomed us all?"
"You compromised their trust in him when they need to trust him most. Not following always leads to disaster", Thor said, remembering barging into Jotunheim. "You should be ashamed of yourself."
Thor, Oliver and Ollie then walked away while Cisco looked down, his eyes filled with shame as he realized what he had done.
Big fight will be its own chapter.
Hope you all liked Barry laying down the law with Iris. Of course he isn't gonna see her for who she is and break up with her in one go. That's just unrealistic. But this way, I have laid the seeds for Barry eventually seeing Iris for who she truly is. Hope you all enjoyed that.
Cisco got exactly what he deserved here.
Once again, thank you to Cer1992 as Oliver/Ollie interactions were taken/inspired from his fic.
And before we go, I'd like to say- For the first time in this decade, I agree with the results of the Oscars. For the first time in this decade, movies that actually deserved to win have won. Parasite, 1917 and Joaquin Phoenix for Joker were all highly deserving of what they got. So my faith in Oscars is restored to an extent. Thank you, Academy, for not supporting preachy politics this time!
Hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.
