Chapter 10:
Caitlin calmed down just enough after her sessions with Oliver and joined Iris and Brianna. They had a few tests run over them.
"So, Star Labs used to be a lot more active," Brianna said.
"It's not what it used to be," Caitlin responded. "I guess that's what happens when an accident like this happened. And on that night there was a skeleton crew of a handful of people. Most of them either vanished in the explosion or were hospitalized because of what happened."
Iris leaned back a little bit. She had these fantastic powers, but she wondered if anyone else other than those three had powers. She had not been as fine-tuned with science as Brianna.
"The scope of the explosion," Brianna responded. "More than a few people must have gotten those powers."
"And that's something we're going to have to work with."
Tess rolled into the room.
"You are all free to go whenever you want," Tess said. "Although, I would like you to come back in a couple of days for more testing. Even you Caitlin."
"Even after I wanted to kill you?" Caitlin asked.
Tess offered a wry smile to Caitlin.
"You weren't yourself," Tess responded. "Well, you were, but you were confused. I have a feeling you won't be the first person who would want to kill me over it."
Tess just hoped at the end of the day, they would understand. Deep down, she regretted the necessity. If it was not for her guest in the basement, Tess might not have gone through with it. But, it was the only way. All of the paradoxes, all of the shifts, all of the world changes, all she just wanted a stabilized timeline. Easier said than done she supposed, but she had to try.
"Isabel and Ruve will be in touch soon enough," Oliver said. "I believe despite the accident, Star Labs is a worthwhile investment. And it can be built again to be better than ever."
"You're in the minority opinion, I fear," Tess said. "So, I'll be seeing you soon, Mr. Queen."
"Yes, call me if you need anything," Oliver said. "The same thing goes for all of you."
The paths out of Central City had gotten slightly better. At the very least, there were not as many difficulties coming in and out of the city as there was when the Particle Accelerator came off.
Tess watched Oliver leave. Oh, he was certainly something. Iris and Brianna would have been in those comas for nine months had he not intervened. One step closer to achieving her goals. The end might just justify the means.
"You certainly are something, Mr. Queen," Tess mused.
Brianna and Iris would be back, as would Caitlin. Maybe not today, but in a few hours. This allowed the scientist to roll down and run some studies. To see the full damage of the Fallout in Central City and what they had to deal with. Not to mention attempting to test the full scope of her powers.
One step at a time, Tess mused, one step at a time. It was a sprint not a marathon after all.
Oliver stepped onto the shores of Amazons, joined by Black Siren and Nora Darhk. Nora wanted to learn more about her mystical abilities and when Donna mentioned the libraries on this island, Nora had no choice but to step in and see what was going on.
She had been spell bound by the beauty. Nora whistled.
"So, this is what it looks like," Black Siren said.
"Does it exist in your world?" Oliver asked.
"Only as a militant misandrist dictatorship," Black Siren darkly replied. "Who hate men, and also any woman who lives among men. They are considered a gender traitor."
Still, the Amazons lined up. Two of the in particular rushed over and greeted Oliver with warm smiles and a few kisses as well.
"Artemis, Phillipus, it's good to see you," Oliver replied.
"As it is you as well," Artemis said. "Your journey was safe?"
"Yes," Oliver said. "This is Nora, she wants to study on the island. She's coming into some really powerful mystical abilities and she would like to learn about them."
"A pleasure to meet you," Nora said.
"Likewise," Artemis said. "And Laurel...it's good to see you again."
"Actually, not the Laurel you know," Black Siren responded as she greeted these Amazons. "I'm from another Earth."
"Yes, that's right, Princess Diana mentioned it to us previously," Phillipus said. "Well, it is a pleasure to meet you as well."
Black Siren thought it was a pleasure to meet them as well. Much more pleasant than the Amazons from her world, that was for sure. Those eyes locked onto Oliver and sized him up like a particularly juicy slab of beef. Another thing different from her world. Because the Amazons back on Earth-2 would never look at a man.
"Let me know if you need anything," Nora said.
"It's fine, go off and explore," Oliver said. "Artemis and Philipus, would you show Nora the way?"
"It would be our pleasure," Artemis said.
Nora kissed Oliver goodbye. Artemis did the same and Phillipus followed. Black Siren just smiled and looked over Oliver. She wanted to explore the island.
"Think you can stay out of trouble while I go meet with the Queen?" Oliver asked Black Siren.
A shifty grin pressed over the face of Laurel-2. Oliver just raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, I will," Laurel-2 said. "Have fun with your meeting."
Laurel-2 had been very impressed that Oliver attracted some of the fiercest female warriors like a moth to a flame. She watched Oliver slip past them. All of them bow before respect to a man. Something which most certainly would not happen with the Amazons on her Earth.
Any woman who treated a man as a human being with actual problems would be executed for hearsay by those Amazons. She did not know how they got that attitude, but nothing good.
Boy, things were much better on this Earth. Laurel-2 pulled herself out of those thoughts and endeavored to enjoy as much of the island as possible on her journey.
"The problem we've been working on is nearly complete."
Hippolyta took Oliver by the hand. Diana and Donna walked closely behind him with smiles on their face. The two Amazon sisters obviously would compete for Oliver's attention when they had the change. Right now, Hippolyta showed why she was Queen.
"I'm impressed," Oliver said. "The gateway will do as it intended."
"Get you to the island and back to the mainland without a journey," Hippolyta said. "It's in an abandoned wing of the Queen Consolidated building. Moira suggested it to me, so no one could stumble upon it by accident."
"And no one would stumble upon this area of the island by accident either," Diana chimed in.
"It's a very private and secluded place," Donna said. "Only a select few Amazons know about it. Mostly the Royal family and the most trusted advisors."
All of which Oliver had been sleeping with right now. Oliver could see that this was pretty secure. He trusted Hippolyt a to take every single step to secure the gate and make sure it was here.
"Let me take you through the gate," Hippolyta said.
She took Oliver by the hand and they stepped through the gate. A small bright pulse of light engulfed their bodies and they appeared at the bottom floor of the building. The only way to access this part of the building had been through a service elevator to the side. Only Moira, Thea, and Oliver had access to the elevator, although obvious they could key anyone in.
"Perfect," Oliver said.
"And it didn't set our clothes on fire this time," Hippolyta said. "That was a flaw in the first version of the gate."
"Well, you tested it well," Oliver said.
The two disappeared back to the other side of the gate. Donna and Diana smiled.
"It will make movement back and forth easier," Diana said. "Although, there's just something fulfilling about taking the journey from and to the island in a more conventional way."
Donna responded by snorting. Of course, Diana would say that. Of course the perfect Amazon would say that, she always had to make everyone look over.
"This will allow some of the other women to get some more enhanced training," Diana said.
"Good, I'm sure they would appreciate it," Oliver said.
Once Star Labs was secured for Oliver's full use, he would arrange for another gateway to be created to get the women in Central City to and from the island.
"We have some other things we've been working on that we want to show you," Donna said.
The suggestive smile on Donna's face indicated that this trio of Amazons had more on their mind than showing Oliver what they had been working on. Still, Oliver humored them. Hippolyta led the way, with Diana and Donna following. Oliver brought up the rear, not a bad position to be given the company he kept.
"I've been working forever to forge this bow and create the bottomless quiver!" Donna excitedly told Oliver. "You'll never run out of arrows as long as you have the willpower to fight."
"Tell me more."
Black Siren moved out to the middle of the field. On the other side of the battle field, the Princess of the Amazons stood in front of her. Diana just smiled and Laurel-2 just threw her head back. Always one to shoot for the stars and never pick the easy opponent.
"Let's do this," Black Siren said.
"Ready when you are."
Black Siren wore her choker collar which blocked out her powers. She wanted to test hand to hand with the Amazon Warrior and not use her power. She rushed towards Diana and Diana blocked the punch. Two more had been blocked very effortlessly by the Amazon Princess.
Diana flipped over the Black Siren's hand. Black Siren gave a primal scream of frustration and snapped off a kick towards Diana. Diana blocked the kick. The second pair of kicks had been thrown very sloppily. Diana grabbed Black Siren and flipped the woman onto her back.
"Up and again!"
Black Siren dove at Diana. Diana expertly took her down. Her inability to get a shot in on Diana stirred some emotions of anger in the Black Siren. Black Siren tried to take Diana down. Diana blocked the attack and twisted Black Siren down to the ground. She pinned Black Siren in an unbreakable headlock and pushed her down onto the ground.
"Your anger is immense," Diana said. "What's the cause of it?"
Black Siren managed to break free, only because Diana loosened the grip. Two more punches before Diana knocked Black Siren down onto her back. Diana stood above Black Siren with her foot pressed down onto the woman's chest. Black Siren flopped around like a fish on dry land.
"It's my father."
Diana knew she would have some deep rooted trauma.
"He got killed by a drunk driver. And I can't blame the asshole who ran him down, but rather the blame's mine because I was such a brat. He was only on that road that night because of me."
"You couldn't know what would have happened."
"And then, my boyfriend, my Earth's Oliver, was killed at sea," Laurel-2 said. "If I had only gone with him on the ship, if I hadn't been so terrified of being out on the open water at the time, things might have been different. I could have saved him."
Laurel-2 calmed down and she leisurely threw more punches at Diana. Diana casually deflected them all and Laurel-2 made an attempt not to lose it.
"My life has just been a series of bad choices, one after another. I'm no angel."
"We all make bad choices," Diana said. "I've made them before."
"Yeah, you, really?" Laurel-2 asked. "No offense, but you're perfect."
"If that's the worst you can say about me, you're going to have to try harder," Diana said. "Inaccurate though. Sit down for a minute. I'll tell you the story of how I ended up on Lian Yu where I met Oliver. I was young, stupid, irrational, impulsive, wanting to prove myself, and I allowed Circe to manipulate me."
Black Siren relaxed and sat down as Diana shared her story with another woman.
A bright vortex opened from the skies. A buxom blonde woman with short hair and blue eyes appeared. She wore one piece white suit with a blue cape, gloves, and boots. Her legs had been exposed and she had quite the curvy ass. Of course, those two magnificent assets paled in comparison to the massive chest this woman boasted of. Displayed in the huge cleavage window in the midst of her costume.
"Looks like I picked your trail up."
Power Girl arrived from Earth-2 and picked up the trail of Black Siren. Zoom might have dropped off of the grid. His second in command loomed so close.
Time to find out and bring her in.
The Shameless Smut Commences In the Next Chapter.