Chapter 13
(S.T.A.R. Labs hangar)
"This isn't up for debate," Barry announced to the assembled heroes. "It's not even a close call. I turn myself over to the Dominators, they leave the rest of the world alone. It's simple."
"No, it's not simple," Felicity disagreed.
"Barry, it doesn't matter what you've done," Diggle said. "You can't do this."
"It's been an honor to know all of you," Barry continued. "To fight alongside of you. Now it's up to you to keep our home safe."
Ollie turned to Clark. "His speech sounds a lot like the one you gave us when you planned to leave Earth with the Kandorians years ago. Barry is practically you and Bart rolled into one guy."
Barry turned around and started walking away.
"Barry," Oliver called out, "I'm not letting you leave."
"No offense, Oliver, but you and what army?" Barry asked.
"This one," Kara answered.
Barry turned around and saw that Clark, Oliver, Ollie, Conner, Kara, Felicity, Nate, Amaya, Mick, Ray, Diggle, and Cisco all had stood up and formed into a group, indicating how much they supported him and would do anything to keep himself from sacrificing himself.
"Barry, you didn't bring us to this Earth so we could watch you surrender yourself into the mercy of the Dominators," Clark said. "You brought us here to help you and your fellow heroes defeat and send them back to where they belong. And that is what we're going to do."
"Look at it this way, Barry," Ollie added. "Let's say you hand yourself over to those Walking Dead assholes. Who's to say they won't keep their word and still take out a large chunk of the planet's population anyway? You turning yourself into a martyr would be pointless, am I right?"
"Listen, Red, I don't like you," Mick then said. "But when you've got a crew, you don't take a hit for the rest."
Barry chuckled. "That's actually pretty inspiring. I mean, up until the point that Mick compared us to a bunch of criminals, but..."
"According to the Dominators, we might as well be," Amaya pointed out.
"And maybe they're right," Nate added. "Maybe we do more harm than good, but this is our chance to find out."
"We're not letting you sacrifice yourself," Cisco said, as he walked up to Barry. "There's no way. I don't care if that's what it means to be a hero. You're not a hero to me. You're my friend."
Barry smiled faintly in response, relieved that Cisco had just address him as a 'friend' for the first time in over a week.
"Yo, guys," Jax announced, as he and Sara walked in. "You know that ship that landed in Central City?"
"It's opening up," Sara added.
"Here we go," Oliver said.
"Again," Ollie added.
"I'm reading reports of ships opening all over the world," Felicity announced, as she got up and looked up at the screen that showed a map of the city. "Oh, frak."
"Talk to me," Oliver said.
"Something from the Dominator's mothership just broke atmo, and not to get too technical, but it's really, really big and falling to Earth really, really fast," Felicity panicked.
"It's the meta-bomb," Barry said in realization, as he, Oliver, Ollie, and Clark also looked at the screen.
"Why would the uglies drop ships on us if they're just planning on blowing us up?" Felicity asked.
"Because the ships are here to keep us distracted and preoccupied while they complete their mission with the meta-bomb," Clark answered.
(Waverider)
Cisco and Sara were inside the time-ship as it flew across the sky.
"Too bad because we're gonna stop it," Cisco announced. He turned to Sara with an uncertain look. "We're gonna stop it, right?"
"Let's hope," was all Sara could say.
(S.T.A.R. Labs hangar)
"We have to keep the Dominators at bay," Barry said.
"This might help," Stein announced. Barry, Clark, Oliver, and Ollie turned to the professor, who was holding a small silver device with a red light in the center. "I've mass-produced a small device that, when placed on individual Dominators, will cause indescribable agony."
"Well, they're the ones who started this mess in the first place," Ollie pointed out.
"It's not the nicest invention, but this is war," Stein said, handing the device to Barry, who examined it.
Nice going," Barry complimented.
"The caveat, of course, is that if we activate the weapons before all the devices are placed on the Dominators, they'll know what we're up to," Stein warned.
"Well, we gotta do it fast," Oliver said.
"It's the only way I know how," Barry said, with determination.
"I'm gonna take care of that meta-bomb," Clark said.
"How?" Barry asked.
"He's gonna take it up, up, and away and destroy it in space," Ollie explained, knowing Clark all too well.
Clark nodded with a determined look his face. "It's time to end this once and for all."
(Waverider)
"Damn, that's big," Cisco noted, as he and Sara stared out the window with stunned expressions at the huge meta-bomb that was descending rapidly towards the ground. "I didn't think it was gonna be so big. What are we gonna do?"
"You got me," Sara said. "I only know how to stab, punch, or skewer things."
"What the..." Cisco exclaimed abruptly, noticing the meta-bomb rapidly moving back up all of a sudden. "Holy frak, it's going back up!"
"What? How is that possible?" Sara asked in shock, looking outside to see what was going on.
"Because of Superman! Yeah, baby!" Cisco cheered enthusiastically, noticing a red and blue figure underneath the huge bomb.
"What's he doing?" Sara wondered.
"If I'm right, he's gonna fly the bomb all the way up to outer space and destroy it there!" Cisco deduced with excitement. "Oh, my God, he just completed our job for us!"
(Outer Space)
Soaring as fast as he could, with extremely little effort, Superman pushed the meta-bomb higher and higher until he was well away from the Earth. Letting the meta-bomb go, he punched it with tremendous strength, sending the meta-bomb flying into the void of space. He then unleashed his heat vision at full power and speed, blasting the center of meta-bomb from an immense distance until it exploded into a massive ball of fire almost as bright as the sun itself a few seconds later sending powerful shockwaves through space.
Displaying a triumphant expression identical to the one he had after pushing Darkseid's planet Apokolips away from his Earth over five years ago, Superman turned around once he was certain the powerful explosion had settled and raced back down to Earth in a red and blue blur.
(Back on Earth)
The Flash, Green Arrow (Earth-1), Green Arrow (Earth-21), Spartan, Steel, Vixen, and Mick all stood on the rooftop of the S.T.A.R. Labs hangar, while Firestorm, Superboy, Supergirl, and The Atom flew in hovering behind them. Gathered on the opposite side of the rooftop were a horde of Dominators.
A moment later, the assembled heroes and Dominators rushed each other. Superboy and Supergirl unleashed their heat vision on the aliens, while Firestorm hurled fireballs down at them, The Atom fired energy beams, Mick fired his heat gun, Spartan fired bullets from his gun, the two Green Arrows fired their arrows, Steel started punching the extraterrestrial opponents in his metallic form, Vixen channeled the spirit of an elephant with her totem to enhance her strength and also started engaging the aliens, and The Flash sped around the rooftop planting Stein's nano-weapons on the Dominators.
Ollie nocked three arrows and fired them simultaneously, getting three Dominators each with an arrow.
"How many of these things have you gotten so far?" Ollie turned to his counterpart, curious.
"Five, you?" Oliver replied, before shooting another Dominator. "Make that six."
"I got nine," Ollie replied with a grin, right before he shot another three Dominators simultaneously. "Actually, make it twelve. Looks like I'm the better archer here, but we're still doing that shootout competition when this is over."
"Of course we are," Oliver said, as he and his counterpart continued shooting Dominators.
"Fry, you freaks!" Mick shouted, reveling in shooting down Dominators with his heat gun.
"Someone's definitely having a blast during this battle," Ollie quipped, glancing over at Mick.
Suddenly, over twenty or so Dominators were struck down simultaneously by heat vision from both Superboy and Supergirl as well as Firestorm's fireballs.
Spartan fired bullets from his gun at a Dominator who rushed at him. The Dominator easily gained the upper hand, grabbing and throwing Spartan to the ground. Before the Dominator could attack Spartan further, a red and blue blur flew past with a whoosh as Superman, having just returned from taking care of the meta-bomb in space, knocked the Dominator out.
"Are you all right?" Superman asked, descending in front of Spartan and extending his hand.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Spartan replied, taking Superman's hand as he got back to his feet and continued shooting at the Dominators.
Oliver shot a Dominator in the shoulder with an arrow before slugging the alien with his bow. The Dominator overpowered Oliver with its superior strength, knocking him off the rooftop with a punch leaving the emerald archer to fall towards the street below.
"Oh, my God!" Ollie shouted in horror, as he noticed what happened to his counterpart.
Superman swooped down in a blur, caught Oliver, swept back up, and landed safely on the rooftop. After briefly nodding to each other, the two heroes separated jumping back into the action.
(Inside the hangar)
"Good work planting Professor Stein's nano-weapons, but we've still got Dominators all over the country," Felicity announced, as she stood in front of a computer. "This looks like a job for Superman, Superboy, and Supergirl."
"Thanks, Felicity, I'm not the least bit insulted," Felicity heard Barry's voice respond sarcastically over the comms.
"Uh, sorry, I meant Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, and Flash," Felicity corrected herself. "This is totally a job for all four of you. That's what I meant. Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, and Flash."
(Outside)
Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, and The Flash raced throughout the world placing the small nano-weapons on the Dominators, while the rest of the heroes were still on the rooftop of the hangar engaging the extraterrestrial opponents.
"Still waiting on that signal!" Oliver heard Felicity's voice over the comms.
"Do it!" Oliver ordered.
Immediately after that, Felicity inside the hangar activated the nano-weapons as she pressing the red button on the main device, while on the rooftop the assembled heroes watched as all the Dominators started screaming and writhing in agony.
"It's working," Oliver noted.
"What about the superhero bomb?" Mick wondered.
"Superman already took care of it," Ollie said.
Just then, the Dominators got up and started running off, disappearing in yellow beams of light. The heroes stared at them with a mix of surprise, disbelief, and wariness.
"Okay, what the hell's going on now?" Ollie wondered.
"They're retreating," Steel noted, as his skin transformed to normal.
"It's not just them," Felicity said over the comms. "It's all around the world."
"We did it," Superman said, as everyone stood on the rooftop relived that the threat was over. "We won."
(Evening, S.T.A.R. Labs hangar)
Superman, The Flash, Green Arrow (Earth-1), Green Arrow (Earth-21), Superboy, Supergirl, The Atom, Firestorm, Steel, Vixen, White Canary, Mick, and Spartan all stood on stage in front of a large crowd of people as the new President, Susan Brayden, congratulated them for their victory over the Dominators.
"Many responsibilities have fallen to me since the President's passing at the beginning of this crisis," Brayden spoke from the podium. "Sobering, sad responsibilities. This is not one of them. Today, it is my distinct honor to bestow upon you a small acknowledgement of the great debt that the world owes to you all."
"Is it just me or is she really hot?" Mick asked Sara in a low voice.
"She's hot," the white-clad assassin agreed, after casting a brief glance at the President.
"Although your brave efforts must remain a secret," President Brayden continued, "know that meta-human or not, masked or not, each and every one of you is a hero."
Everyone from the crowd stood up as they gave their round of applause.
(A little later)
The heroes were enjoying a party as they celebrated their victory. Everyone, including the visitors from other Earths, had changed into civilian clothes.
After Felicity poured them each a glass of champagne, Barry, Clark, Oliver, and Ollie headed off to the side. Felicity then poured Kara a glass of champagne before Kara followed after the four men.
"It's like looking into a mirror," Felicity said, as she stared after Kara.
"I was thinking the exact same thing about Clark," Ray added, as she stared after the man in question. "Minus the glasses he's wearing. But you know what's funny? Kara really kind of looks like my cousin."
"Really? Because I was just thinking that Clark really looks like this one friend I had back in high school," Felicity said, as she and Ray exchanged glances.
"Hey, hey, guys," Kara said with a smile, as she approached Clark, Barry, Oliver, and Ollie.
"Hey," Barry replied.
"Have either of you ever saved the world before?" Kara asked.
"Mm-hmm, last year," Oliver answered, as he and Barry nodded.
"Too many times to count," Clark added.
"Oh, it doesn't get old, does it?" Kara asked.
"Nope, not at all," Ollie answered.
"It sure beats screwing up the world," Barry said, still not over his guilt for causing Flashpoint.
Clark placed a hand on Barry's shoulder. "This is something all my friends and family members have constantly told me over the years, but I'm gonna tell you the same thing. Don't be too hard on yourself. There's no way you could've known any of this would've happened."
"Clark is right," Kara agreed, looking at Barry. "You're being way too hard on yourself."
"That's what people usually tell me," Oliver said.
"Why am I not surprised?" Ollie remarked.
Kara turned to Oliver. "I'm sure they tell you that for good reason, but... back on my Earth, it's just me and my cousin. Between the two of us, we're more than powerful than..."
"Everybody who is not Kryptonian in this room combined," Barry finished.
"No, no, that's the point," Kara said. "That's what you've all proven here. Meta-human or not, superpowers or not, you are Earth's mightiest heroes."
"Um, I owe you and Clark each an apology," Oliver said. "Keeping the two of you at arm's length was the wrong move and, uh... well, the truth is that this Earth could probably use a Supergirl and a Superman."
"Well, that's funny, because I was just thinking that my Earth could use an Oliver Queen," Kara said.
"Me or him?" Ollie asked, pointing to himself and then to Oliver. "We do have different personalities after all."
"Um, an Oliver Queen who is a perfect mix of both of you would work," Kara replied, with a smile.
Clark turned to Oliver. "You have nothing to apologize for. You were only doing what you felt you needed to do. I mean, trust is not something that you suddenly give to a person right away. It has to be earned."
"You both have certainly earned my trust," Oliver said to Clark and Kara.
Kara turned to Clark. "You and my Kal would get along great. You're not that different from him. You just seem a little more... experienced."
"Sounds like a compliment," Clark said, with a faint smile. "You have several things in common with my cousin, although you clearly aren't as intense as she is."
"I can't help but wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing," Kara said, producing another smile.
Just then, Cisco came over with two small boxes. "Hey, Clark, Kara, I made you each of you something," he said as the two Kryptonians turned to him.
"What? Cisco," Kara said eagerly, as she and Clark walked towards him.
Cisco handed one box to Kara and the other to Clark. Curious, Clark and Kara opened their boxes to reveal a small silver device inside of each. They took the devices out and examined them.
"What is this?" Clark asked.
"Oh, they're inter-dimensional extrapolators," Cisco answered.
"Oh," Kara said, impressed.
"They create small breaches, so you guys can use them to cross over to our universe anytime you need to," Cisco explained.
"Oh, my God, that's amazing," Kara chuckled, excitedly.
"I also included communication functionality, so if you ever need any help, you can always contact the team," Cisco continued.
"Hey, skirt, call me," Mick said to Kara as he walked past, causing her to frown at him.
"Thank you, Cisco," Clark said. "Not that Oliver and I have plans to crossing over to any other parts of the Multiverse anytime in the near future."
Ollie turned to his counterpart. "What do you say, Grumpy Pants? Ready to settle this once and for all? The sooner, the better."
"Suit up," Oliver instructed. "Let's make it quick."
With that, he and Ollie started walking off.
Kara turned to Barry, Clark, and Cisco in confusion. "What are they going to do?"
"Oh, it's just a contest, nothing serious," Barry answered, knowingly. "I just hope they don't accidentally shoot each other while they're at it."
"Leave it up to Oliver to compete in an arrow shootout with another Green Arrow," Clark said.
Cisco turned to Barry. "Hey, man, I just want to apologize for the way I treated you this past week. I was so angry about Dante that I didn't care to consider the pain you must've been going through after what Zoom did to your father. I'm sorry.
Barry smiled faintly. "I don't blame you for being angry with me, Cisco. You were right. Even if I wasn't responsible for the timeline changes directly, I still caused them. We have great powers, but there are consequences to misusing them, which is a lesson I learned the hard way and one I hope you'll never have to learn. So we're good?"
"Yeah, we're good," Cisco answered, as he and Barry shook hands.
Clark and Kara watched them with smiles on their faces, happy for Barry and Cisco.
The old man with glasses from earlier, followed by two agents, walked into the hangar and was approached by Nate.
"Something tells me you weren't invited here," Nate said.
"Dr. Heywood," the old man replied, casually.
"Don't Dr. Heywood me, what the hell are you doing here?" Nate demanded.
"I like parties, and I'm here for the mop up," the old man answered.
"Cover up," Nate said, firmly. "But you can't cover this up."
"Agent Smith," Kara greeted the old man politely, as she and Clark approached him.
"You're the last person we expected to see here," Clark said. "My cousin and I were just having a discussion with the President about you."
"I was telling her on my Earth we have a Department of Extra-Normal Operations which deals specifically with aliens," Kara added. "She thought it was an excellent idea."
"You'll be happy to know that she agreed with the idea of reassigning you to Antarctica," Clark said, causing the old man's smug to be replaced by a look of disappointment. "Consider this your lesson in learning to be friendlier to visitors from other planets in the future."
With that, he and Kara walked away.
In a part of the hangar where no one else was around, Oliver and Ollie were back in their Green Arrow suits as they stood thirty feet opposite each other. The arrow shootout was going really well for Ollie, whose arrows had shattered the majority of Oliver's arrows into several pieces, much to the Earth-1 archer's surprise and Earth-21 archer's amusement. Oliver fired three arrows simultaneously, while Ollie fired three of his own in rapid succession shattering all of Oliver's arrows. Only one arrow left in his quiver, Ollie nocked it on his bow, while Oliver nocked another three arrows on his bow. Oliver fired his three arrows, while Ollie fired his single arrow in such a trajectory that it not only knocked all three of Oliver's arrows off-course but shattered them too.
"Impossible," Oliver said, stunned beyond words as he lowered his bow. "No one is that good."
"Hey, I may not have superpowers, but I'm pretty good at impossible when it comes to a bow and arrow," Ollie remarked, also lowering his bow. "So there we have it. Now that we've fought and shot arrows at each other, it looks like you're the Emerald Fighter and I'm the Emerald Archer."
"I guess that makes us even," Oliver said. "You win this one."
"Least you admit it," Ollie said, smirking.
The two of them walked towards the pile of Oliver's shattered arrows and Ollie's intact ones that were on the ground and started picking them up.
"How did you manage to shatter all three of my arrows with only one of yours?" Oliver asked, still in denial. It was a feat that even the likes of Yao Fei and Talia would be impressed with.
"All about precise timing, my guy," Ollie answered. "It's just as easy as deflecting a bullet fired from a gun."
"Wait, what?" Oliver asked in disbelief.
"I take it that's one you haven't aced with flying colors," Ollie chuckled.
"After what I just saw you do to nearly all of Oliver's arrows, I wouldn't be surprised if I also saw you deflect a bullet."
Oliver and Ollie looked up to see Barry walking towards them.
"Well, it's like riding a bike," Ollie remarked. "That's how easy it's gotten to me."
"Barry, how much of this shootout did you see?" Oliver asked.
"Enough to know that your counterpart makes you look like a complete amateur," Barry teased, only for Oliver to give him a stern look. He turned to Ollie. "Are you sure you're not a meta-human? That's some serious accuracy you have."
"Not that I know of," Ollie said. "My talent's all natural as far as I'm concerned."
"Here, let me speed up the process," Barry said, as he sped around the vicinity. A moment later, the ground was completely free of arrows. After that, Barry, Oliver, and Ollie left the area.
A/N: So there we have it. Ollie may have lost the hand-to-hand sparring match earlier in the story, but what he lacks in martial arts, he more than makes up for in archery skills. Therefore, out of the two Green Arrows, Oliver from Arrow is the superior fighter while Ollie from Smallville is the superior archer, perfectly balancing each other out.
Also, readers may have noticed that Conner was absent while Clark, Barry, Kara, Oliver, and Ollie were standing and talking during the victory party. The reason for that will be revealed in the next chapter, which will wrap up this fic but not the "Alternate Events" series as there is going to be a sequel that will take place almost a year later.
