Unknown Location - Barry Allen
The name of the island they found us on is Lian Yu. It's Mandarin for purgatory. We've been stranded here for 5 years and have dreamt of rescue every cold black night since then. For 5 years, we have had only one thought, one goal: survive. Survive and one day return home.
The island held many dangers. To live, we had to make ourselves more than what we were, to forge ourselves into a weapon. I am returning not the boy who was shipwrecked but as the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city.
My name is Barry Allen, and her name?
Her name is Sara Lance
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I see it. A ship in the distance just like he said. This is our chance to get home. We have to act fast, or we lose it forever. I wish it could have been all three of us returning, but we can only have so many miracles.
"Bear?" I look over to see the one person who's been by my side all of this time. My person, the one who completes me, "Is that?" I see tears running down her eyes as I nod.
"We're going home," I say as I grab my bow. We run over to the cliff as I help her up, being careful to not bump her stomach..
"I swear to god Allen, if you miss, I'm revoking your boyfriend rights," she snaps as I roll my eyes with a smirk.
"I never miss," I set my mark, pull, and release. About two seconds later, the wood pile goes up in flames. I feel her wrap her arms around my neck, as we stand there for a few seconds in total silence.
We're going home
Starling City
Barry Allen is alive along with Sara Lance. The Starling City residents were found by fishermen in the North China Sea five days ago. Five years after they were missing and presumed dead following the accident at sea which claimed The Queen's Gambit. Allen was a regular tabloid presence and a fixture at the Starling City club scene. Shortly before his disappearance, he was with Oliver Queen, who was acquitted of assault charges stemming from a highly publicized drunken altercation with paparazzi. Queen was the son of Starling City billionaire Robert who was also on board, but now both are officially confirmed as deceased.
Upon arrival to Starling General, Barry and Sara refused to be separated, and if they were, Barry made threats. Very terrifying threats, in the opinion of the doctors, so they kept them in the same room.
Barry is currently looking out the window as Sara is on the bed sleeping as Henry, Tommy, and Quinten are in the hallway getting updates from the doctor, "32% of his body is covered in scar tissue. Second-degree burns on his back and arms. X-rays show at least 20 fractures that never properly healed."
"And Sara?" Quinten asks with a shaky breath.
"It's about the same with her," the doctor says as Quinten has a shocked look on his face, "She has about 23% scar tissue and seventeen unhealed fractures."
"Have they said anything about what happened?" Tommy asks, horrified about the experiences his brother and friend had on that damned island .
"No. He's barely said anything," he says as they look over to a noticeably larger Barry through the window, "Gentlemen, I'd like you to prepare yourself. The Barry and Sara you lost, might not be the one that they found," the three nod as Henry slowly opens the door
Barry turns around at the sudden noise and tears up, "Dad?" He must be dreaming, how is his dad out of prison? But yet again, Detective Lance is here and he's still in his jumpsuit.
Henry smiles at his long lost son, "Hey slugger," Henry says softly as the two hug. Barry looks over and sees Tommy leaning against the door.
"Hey kid," Tommy says with a relieved smile as Barry walks over and hugs his pseudo brother, "I missed you so much," Tommy says with tears threatening to pour out of his eyes.
Barry tugs on his brother, "You were with me the whole time," Barry reassures as he feels Tommy tighten the hug.
The three men see Quinten walk over to Sara, who is still sleeping. Quinten sits down on the chair next to the bed and grabs her hand, "I don't really want to wake her. She needs her rest," he says, being the loving father that he is.
"I uh, have to go to the Queen's," Barry says softly, "They need closure on what happened to Oliver and Uncle Robert."
Tomy gulps, "What happened to them?" Tommy asks as Barry shakes his head sadly.
"If you come over with Sara and I, you'll find out," Barry says nervously as he turns towards his dad, "and how are you out of jail? I thought there was no evidence?"
Henry takes a deep breath"Well I'm here on technicality," Henry tells his son as he nods, "Malcolm and Quinten pulled some strings, but I'm back tomorrow," Henry says as Barry hugs his dad again with a smile, happy to be home.
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Barry and Sara walk hand in hand up to the Queen doorstep as Tommy trails behind them with his hands in his coat. Barry nervously knocks on the door as Moira opens the door with a sad smile, "Hey kids," she says as the two hug the older woman.
"Um, you need closure," Sara says, answering the unsaid question, "We're here to give it, if you'll let us," Sara says gently. Barry and Sara have an agreement that they would spare the fact that Oliver's status is unknown after year three, and Robert shot himself in front of them, so they're giving a version of what happened.
As the four make their way to the center room, where Barry and Sara stand as Tommy and Moira sit down, "Is Thea awake?" Barry asks softly as Moira shakes her head, "I'll tell her some other time then."
Everyone is kind of just staring at each other, "So, when the raft went down, were there any survivors?" Tommy asks, breaking the silence.
"No," Sara says as Barry shakes his head, "We looked for Ollie, but we couldn't find him," Sara says with a tear, "Sorry we couldn't save him," she sobs as Barry pulls her into his chest
Moira nods, broken that she killed her own son. She killed him because of Malcolm Merlyn, and she knew she couldn't take it out on Barry and Sara, but she has no one else to blame, but she will.
"You two should be ashamed of yourselves," Moira says as Tommy looks at her as if she's the crazy lady next door, "You failed to save the most important people to me. As far as I'm concerned, you are no longer welcome in this house."
Barry wipes his tears as Sara tries to muffle her sobs into Barry's chest as they start to leave. They hear running footsteps, "Hey, don't listen to her, she's just grieving," the two see Thea running down the stairs.
"She's had time to grieve for five years," Barry says sadly, facing the harsh reality of their lies.
"This was the truth," Sara cries, "We could've done more to help them, but we couldn't."
"For what it's worth I know you guys did whatever you could to save them," Tommy says, Thea nodding in agreement as Tommy wraps a protective arm around Barry as the three walk out.
"Hey, I know someone's been dying to see you two," Tommy says, trying to lighten the mood as the two future vigilantes look at him, "But I kinda wanna keep it on the DL, if you know what I mean," he smiles, hoping Sara will catch on.
"Oh shit!" Sara says in realization, "I have to talk to Laurel," Sara says as she runs out to the car as Barry and Tommy try to run and follow her in the dark as they finally reach the car.
Sara scares the living shit out of Barry and Tommy as she speeds over to Laurel's apartment. Barry would rather be on the island for another five years if they meant he could avoid Sara's driving at all costs.
"So, not too bad for five years of hiatus, don't ya think?" Sara says confidently as she places her hand on the hood of the car with a smirk as Tommy rushes out of the car and hurls his dinner on the side of the building.
"I am never letting you drive me again, Sara Lance," Tommy groans in pain as Barry agreeingly nods.
"Oh, come on, Barr, back me up here!" Sara says as her boyfriend shakes his head.
"No thanks. You're a very emotional woman, and if I say the wrong thing, I'm sleeping in our special rock garden that you made just for me," Barry says with a hint of sarcasm as Sara rolls her eyes
"You're not wrong," she mumbles as the three head up to Laurel's apartment. As they walk in the three jump when the thunder roars and rain starts pouring down, putting Barry in a trance.
2007
"The storm's a category two. The captain's recommending, we head back," The crew member tells Robert as he nods
"All right. Inform the crew," he responds as he walks over to the group room, seeing the three kids playing poker, "Hey kids, we're gonna head back. This storm's been a little much."
"Alright," the three of them mumble, not able to fully comprehend what's going on because they're so locked into the game.
2012
Before they could knock on the door, it slammed open, "Sara," Laurel breathes out as she wraps her little sister in a tight hug, "I told you that yachts suck," she cries as Sara laughs.
"I missed you," Sara says into her sister's shoulder as they hug tighter.
"I missed you too, but you're ok now," Laurel says as they release each other. She walks over to Barry, "Hey Bear," she says, broken that Oliver's not there as they hug.
"I tried to save him," Barry whispers loud enough that only she could hear, "I looked everywhere, I'm so sorry," he cries as Laurel feels him crying on her shoulder
"You did everything you could," Laurel says comforting him, "I know you did," she says with her own tears.
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As Barry and Sara walk back to the Merlyn Manor, they get deep in conversation, "Do we even know if he made it?" Sara asks as she links her fingers through Barry's.
"I don't know," Barry says truthfully, "I saw him in Home Kong, but other than that, we don't know anything," Barry says
"Maybe he got picked up by another organization," Sara theorizes, "I mean, we got taken in by The League, maybe he could've been picked up by any of those Chinese Cults, ARGUS, or even The Bratva," she theorizes.
"Well, we don't know," Barry says, "So I know where we're gonna set up," Barry says, changing the subject.
"Me too," Sara says, "The old Queen Warehouse right?" She asks as Barry nods, "The League won't come for us right?"
"They shouldn't," Barry says, "We were released like two months ago to return to the city so we could rid it of evil. Ra's even let us keep our gear, thank god," Barry says as they reach the front door, "God, I really need to move out," he mumbles.
"Let's start hunting tomorrow," Sara says with a smile as Barry nods as they head to bed.
2007
"Read 'em and weep boys," Sara says as she throws down her royal flush as Barry and Oliver roll their eyes.
Oliver playfully points at Sara, "Bart, your girlfriend is doing that thing where she's cheating again."
Sara and Barry blush, "Hey, I'm not cheating, I'm just better than your dumbass," Sara says as Oliver still has that shit eating grin on his face. Sara's eyes go wide as she realizes she didn't deny they were dating, "And he is NOT my boyfriend!"
"Not yet," Oliver mumbles as Barry chuckles.
"What was that?" Sara asks. If looks could kill, Oliver would be in an urn.
"Nothing!" Oliver says quickly. If he's learned anything from dating Laurel, it's that you never mess with the Lance sisters when they get annoyed or pissed.
Thunder roars, "Did you hear th-" before Sara could finish her sentence, they see the cards slide off the table.
Barry lunges for Sara, grabbing a hold of her waist, as he was met with the cold water of the Pacific Ocean. Barry manages to swim himself and Sara to the surface as he sees a life raft floating idle, "We gotta get to the raft!" Barry yells as the two swim over to the floating lifeline.
Barry pulls himself in with whatever strength he has left, and he helps Sara in the raft
"Where's Ollie and Rob?" Barry asks as Sara shakes her head. Without thinking, Barry grabs a collapsible lifejacket, and tries to jump back in the water before getting pulled back by Sara.
"Barry," Sara says, grabbing a hold of his waist, tears in her own eyes, "Barry, he's gone, and I can't lose you now," Sara says, tears down her eyes.
2012
"OLLIE!" Barry yells as he tumbles around on the ground, having a nightmare.
In the middle of the night, Sara is woken up by whimpers and constant rolls on the ground, "What the," her eyes widen when she sees Barry rolling on the floor with his hands on his head, "Barr," Sara whispers as she gets out of bed. She forgot that she can't wake him up, but remembered as soon as she did, "Oh for fucks sake," Sara mumbles as she prepares for the judo flip.
Sara is flipped over, and Barry comes to, his eyes widening in horror as he moves all the way to the back window and huddles into a ball, "I'm sorry," he cries, "I'm so sorry."
Sara crawls over to him and wraps her arms around him as she cradles Barry in her arms, "Shh, it's ok. It's ok, I'm here," Sara says softly as Barry trembles in her arms.
BA & SL
In the morning, Barry runs into Malcom, "Barry it's so good to see you alive," he says as they hug, "Sorry I wasn't at General yesterday, I was stuck in a meeting," Malcom says as Barry smiles
"It's no big deal," Barry says, "It would've been kind of awkward since my dad was there anyways."
Malcom lets out a chuckle, "So where are you and Sara off to this morning?"
"Oh, uh we're going apartment hunting," Barry says as he scratches his neck.
Malcom smiles, "I knew it was only a matter of time before you moved out," he says proudly, "So what are you gonna do for work?"
"I don't know," Barry says honestly, "Maybe open a business or night club with Tommy."
"Good idea," Malcom says as he pats Barry on the shoulder as Sara comes down, "I gotta catch a meeting. I'll see you soon," Barry nods as Malcom walks out.
"So, are you ready?" Sara asks as she glides down the stairs. Barry allows himself to take in her beauty – black skinny jeans with a rip in the left knee wearing an oversized white sweater that hangs loosely on her shoulders as she slips on her tan boots, "You're catching flies, babe," Sara says, snapping Barry out of his trance.
He blushes in embarrassment, "Sorry. Over the past three years, I've only seen you with League gear on or nothing at all, so this is a nice change," Barry says with a chuckle
"Bartholomew Henry Allen, you did not just say that!" Sara giggles as she playfully punches his shoulder as Barry wraps an arm around her shoulder, which Sara grabs his hand immediately.
"You know you love it," he whispers as they walk out the door.
She stops them and plants a kiss on his lips, "I do."
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"So, how'd you like it?" Barry asks Sara as they take their table at Big Belly Burger.
"I loved it," Sara says excitedly, "The loft was amazing! The windows, the two wings and all of the hidden gems of it," she smiles as they get their food.
Barry takes one of her fries as he nods, "I really think we could build our life there, well at least to start out with each other. Again."
"And especially if we're gonna cure the city," Sara whispers as they trail off, "So, did you buy back the Steel Factory?"
Barry shakes his head, "No, sorry. It was already sold to some guy named Anatoly Knyezev," Barry says as Sara furrows her eyebrows.
"That name seems very familiar," she says as Barry shrugs.
"We won't know until we get in contact with him, which is kind of hard to do since we don't really have a tech specialist," Barry says as Sara hushes him
"Let's continue this conversation somewhere we won't be filmed and photographed," Sara says as she nods her head over to the herd of paparazzi a hundred yards away as Barry nods
They pay the bill and slip out the back entrance. Before they could get to the car, however, they were shot at by masked men. Before they could react, they were shot with a tranq dart.
2007
Barry and Sara are on the life raft, floating in the middle of the ocean, "Here, drink," Barry says as he forces the water bottle to Sara, who takes it with urge.
"Ollie's out there, I know it," Barry says, and unknown to the two, Ollie is in fact out there. On the other side of the land that is between them
2012
"Mr. Allen!" The kidnapper says as he rips the bag off of Barry's head as he looks around, seeing that Sara is already awake, slowly working on her zip cuffs, "Mr. Allen?!"
"What?!" Barry snaps, "What do you want?" He demands as he is met with a punch to the face.
"NO!" Sara yells as Barry looks over and sees that she's barely holding it together. He can tell by that squint in her eyes that she's about to burst out laughing.
"I ask the questions, you give me the answers," the kidnapper says, "Did the Queens survive the accident?" Barry stays silent, as he winces in pain as he gets tased, "Did they make it to the island? Did they tell you anything?" He asks as he tases Barry again, who is starting to get really annoyed and impatient.
"Yes he did," Barry says roughly as he gets his cuffs off, keeping them held in his hand, so they don't hit the floor.
"What did they tell you, Mr. Allen?" Barry looks at Sara, and they both reach a mutual understanding.
Barry nods at Sara, "He told me that we're gonna kill you," Barry grits through his teeth, activating assassin mode.
The kidnapper laughs, "You're delusional! You guys are zip cuffed to that chair," he says as he laughs with his companions.
Barry and Sara show their hands, "Not anymore dumbass," Sara says as they spring to attack before the kidnappers could get a shot off.
Barry flips his chair, breaking it over a kidnapper as he stabs them in the chest with one of the broken legs. He sees that he's about to get shot at, so he uses the guy he just stabbed as a human shield as he charges forward to the armed man and takes him out.
As he looks up, he sees Sara take down her two as they see a guy making a run for it, "Go get the car started!" Barry yells as he throws the keys to her, running after the man.
Barry runs through the building, jumping over tables, running through the walls. Once he gets to the roof, he jumps over a beam and rolls down the roof as he jumps in front of the runner, quickly disarming him, putting him in a chokehold, back to the ground, "You killed that man!" Barry yells.
"You don't have to do this," the runner pleads.
"Yes, I do," Barry says, "Nobody can know our secret," he says as he breaks the man's neck as he sees Sara pull up. Barry jumps in, and they take off towards the Merlyn Mansion.
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"So that's what happened?" Quinten asks carefully as Barry and Sara nod, "Two dudes in black ninja gear single-handedly took down five armed kidnappers. I mean, who are they?"
"We don't know," Barry says, shaking his head, "They just left."
"Three days back, and you're already on someone's target list," Quinten mumbles, "Are you sure you're ok?" He asks his daughter
"Daddy, I was on an island for five years, I know how to handle myself," Sara says as Quinten nods.
"Thank you gentlemen, we'll be in touch," Malcom says as he shakes Lance and Hill's hands as they leave the manor.
"Is it me or is Lance being a lot nicer to us than he was five years ago?" Barry asks as he looks to Tommy as they walk out
Tommy shrugs, "Maybe because you brought his dead daughter home," he says simply, "If you really think about it, I think you'd be able to get away with anything now that he owes you a part of his soul."
Sara rolls her eyes as Barry scoffs, "Doubt it," Barry says under his breath, "Watch us throw a massive party, he'll go back to hating my ass," he says as Sara leans into him gently.
"Fair point," Tommy says as he pats Barry's shoulder as they get into the car.
"So, what have you been doing during these past five years?" Sara asks Tommy as she links her fingers with Barry's.
"Not watching you two be all over each other," Tommy says with a smile as Barry and Sara blush, "Kidding, but not really. Seriously though, I'm happy you two finally sorted your shit out," Tommy says as the couple smiles at each other, "And for the past five years, well, I took a tech class in college and then hacked the FBI on a dare," Tommy says as Barry and Sara roll their eyes, but Tommy's face doesn't waver.
"Uh uh, Tommy you did not," Sara says as Tommy gives them a look as if saying 'oh but I did.' Sara's eyes get wide, "What the FUCK Tommy, that's awesome!" Sara says as she punches his shoulder playfully.
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"I know! Surprised I'm not dead yet, but happy to still be alive," he smiles as they arrive at their destination.
"We'll see you later Tommy," Barry says as he and Sara get out of the car, "Just, don't die," Barry says as Tommy rolls his eyes
"I'd do anything to get away from your sorry ass," Tommy says as the two chuckle.
Sara pulls Barry to the door as the car drives away, "Are they in here?" Barry asks as Sara scans her fingerprint and nods.
"I'm shocked that Merlyn's a hacker now," Sara says as they walk in, "We could bring him into the fold when we need tech support," she says as Barry is wandering around, taking in all of the features of their headquarters.
"How the hell did you get ARGUS to get us a base?" Barry asks as he runs his hands over his League of Assassins gear.
"I saved one of the top agent's husband's life during our League days," Sara says with a shrug, "I called in, asked a favor, and boom! We have a base."
Barry circles around Sara and wraps his arms around her waist as he rests his chin on her shoulder, "You're awesome, you know that right?"
"Of course, I'm awesome, I'm Sara Lance," she says as she spins around, and pulls his collar down so she can kiss him.
As the two former assassins pull away, Barry breaks the silence, "So who are we going after first?"
Sara gives Barry a smirk, "I kind of want to find some stuck-up bald guy who thinks he can hide behind money," Sara says as Barry stifles a chuckle, "OH! And I want him to be short!"
"You are getting way too worked up about this babe," Barry says as Sara shrugs with that smirk on her face, "Don't worry though, I got the perfect guy," he says as he goes over to the state-of-the-art monitor set up and gets to looking, "His name is Adam Hunt," Barry says as he stares at the screen in hate, "his crimes go deeper than fraud and theft, but he's been able to bully, bribe, or kill anyone who's gotten into his way. He hasn't met us yet," Barry says as Sara grabs her sword and throws it into the wall.
"Let's go break this son of a bitch," She snarls as she removes her sweater to change into her gear as Barry does the same
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"You remind Grell that I put him on the bench, I can take him off," Hunt says as he points to his bodyguard, "I will turn him into a cautionary tale."
"Yes, Mr. Hunt," he replies sharply
"And this attorney Laurel Lance, you said she wasn't gonna be a problem anymore. I told you to fix that situation!" He yells as they keep walking, "Why are you still here?" He snaps as the man leaves all of a sudden, two arrows fly past Hunt.
"Get in the car!" Hunt's bodyguard yells as he fires shots into the ceiling.
"Hey. You missed," Phantom says with his voice modifier as he fires arrows into the bodyguards.
The Canary walks up to Hunt and grabs him by the collar, "What? What? Just... just tell me what you want!" He pleads
"You're gonna transfer $40 million into Starling City bank account 1141 by 10 P.M. tomorrow night," The Canary says with her modulated voice.
"Or what?" He scoffs
"Or we're gonna take it," Phantom grunts, "and you won't like how."
"If I see you again, you're dead!" He yells as the hooded figures vanish
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"So, I know you guys said no public gatherings, but I'm throwing a party for you guys tomorrow!" Tommy says excitedly to Barry and Sara.
"Tommy, Barry and I were planning to move into the loft tomorrow," Sara says as Tommy waves it off.
"You can move in the morning. Tomorrow's gonna be great!" He says as he walks off, leaving no time for Sara to protest
"Great," Sara says with an eye roll, "Just when I thought we were gonna get out of the arena of loud noises, we go back in."
Barry can tell that she's worried, "Hey, if you don't feel comfortable there, we can stay home and watch a movie," he says as he grabs her hand, "Maybe The Goonies?"
Sara smiles, "You remember," she says as Barry matches her grin
"Of course, I do," Barry says as he shrugs, "That movie is our favorite, how could I not remember?"
"Hey, you guysss," Sara says with the Sloth voice as she and Barry laugh together
He wraps his arms around her waist as she wraps her arms around his neck, "I love you so much," Barry whispers as he leans down to kiss her
"I love you too," Sara says as she shoves her tongue down Barry's throat, "I need you. Now," she says as Barry grins.
"We only have a couch?" Barry says unsurely
"Babe, we've done this on a military cot in the middle of nowhere, we'll be fine," she says, growing impatient.
"Ok, ok, let's go!" Barry says as he signals Sara to get on his back as she gladly jumps up in a fit of giggles.
As soon as the two get inside, Sara rushes off Barry and slams him into the door as she smashes her lips to his as Barry grunts, "Damn, I forgot how aggressive you get when you're horny," Barry mumbles as Sara punches his chest with a lot of force, "OW!"
"Shut up," Sara says as she continues her attack on his lips, knowing that Barry is totally right about her aggressiveness as she unbuttons his flannel, pushing it off his chest.
"Since you're being so mean, I could just stop," Barry says as Sara pushes back, tearing off her jumper.
"You wouldn't dare," she says while she stares into her eyes
"No, because I'm not a dumbass," Barry says as he grabs her thighs as she jumps up to wrap her legs around his waist as he walks towards the couch.
BA & SL
Barry and Sara were awakened by a constant knocking on the door. Sara wakes up and rubs her eyes, seeing Barry underneath her and her bra on the railing, "SHIT!"
Barry snaps up, "I'm awake!" He yells as Sara runs across the room fully nude, "That's a sight that I will never get tired of seeing," he says with a grin as Sara throws him his shirt.
"Movers are here," she says, ignoring his comment as Barry scrambles for his clothes.
After they get their clothes back on in ten seconds, they open the door to let the movers in with all of their stuff.
"That was a close one," Sara mumbles as Barry grins.
"If I get to see you run naked across our house every day, I don't know what else could be better than that, so stop being so negative about this," Barry mumbles back as Sara elbows him in the side, then slaps his ass, "OW!" He yells as Sara shrugs and walks off, "Yup she's definitely horny again," Barry says to himself.
"I heard that!" Sara yells with a giggle
"That was the point babe," Barry says with a grin as the movers move the last piece of furniture into the loft.
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"Ugh, why do we have to go to this stupid party again?" Sara grumbles as she glides down the stairs struggling to zip up her maroon cocktail dress, "Barr?" She asks as Barry comes out behind her with his suit and chalk red shirt, "Zip me up?"
"I forget that you actually have to start wearing nice things again," Barry says as Sara turns around and glares at him, "THAT'S A GOOD THING!" He recovers as Sara smiles, "I just meant that we never had to worry about presenting ourselves to the public, but since we're pretty much celebrities in Starling, we kinda have to present ourselves well."
"True, now ZIP ME UP!" She giggles as Barry zips her dress up, "Thanks baby," she says as Barry wraps his arms around her waist as he kisses her neck.
"Alright, let's go!" Barry says as he grabs Sara's hand and leads them to their car. They're extremely lucky that no one knows where they live except their parents, Laurel, and Tommy because they had a relatively peaceful getaway.
9:00 p.m.
Barry and Sara arrive fashionably late (as always) and as soon as they step inside, they're met by Tommy shoving shots into their hands, "It's about time you two showed up!"
"Gee, thanks Tom," Sara says bitterly as Barry chuckles at her bitterness
"She's mad because she can't get her beauty sleep," Barry mumbles as Sara hits his arm, "OW!" He yells as he clutches his arm. Hey, Sara hits hard, so don't blame him.
Barry reaches down to his watch and starts the timer. Sara nods at Barry as Tommy leads the two former castaways to the middle of the crowd as We Are The Champions starts blaring through the speakers as Barry and Sara accept hugs and high-fives left and right.
Tommy has three shots in his hands when he turns to the two, "Man and woman of the hour!" Tommy yells happily as he hands Barry and Sara each a shot as they down it.
Barry takes a swig of the shot, still getting used to the music as he smashes the glass, trying to keep up the act of adopted playboy, "I missed tequila!" He yells out as the crowd cheers.
Sara narrows her eyes, hoping that she's not seeing things because Thea should most definitely not be here right now, "Back in a second," Sara whispers to Barry as she bobs and weaves through the crowd to get to Thea.
Thea catches Sara's eye as she smiles, "Hey Sara! This party is sick," Sara rolls her eyes at the younger Queen before pulling her away by her arm, "Wait, what are you doing?"
"You shouldn't be here," Sara says slowly, "You're seventeen, and I don't want you making the same mistakes that I did," she says. Yeah the island whipped her into shape, but the fact was, she doesn't want Thea to go through an island type situation for her to change.
Sara turns on her heel and sees Barry checking his phone, before looking up, seeing him shake his head.
Showtime.
Tommy takes notice of Barry's look on his face, "Bear, you okay man?" He asks, clapping a hand on his brother's shoulder.
Barry shakes his head, "Just that I asked someone to do something for me, and they didn't."
Tommy lets out a little laugh, "You're a former castaway, they probably just forgot that you exist," Tommy says, getting a laugh out of Barry and Sara.
Sara wraps an arm around Barry's waist, "Hey babe, I forgot something in the car, can you come with me to get it?" Sara easily lies as Barry nods, exiting the building.
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Barry and Sara make their way into the elevator in their gear. Barry flicks his wrist, causing his bow to materialize as Sara fiddles with her cowl with her bow staff. The two look at each other and nod, understanding that they are now Phantom and The Canar, "Lights," Sara mutters as Barry presses a button on his gauntlet, cutting the power in Hunt's office.
With a ding, the elevator doors open and all hell breaks loose.
Barry starts firing arrows left and right while Sara throws her bow staff straight through two of Hunt's cronies, "Drop!" Phantom yells as Canary drops a split second before an arrow goes straight through the skull of Hunt's personal guard.
Barry throws his bow like a frisbee, knocking the last thug in the room on his ass before drop kicking him in the face. Sara picks up Barry's bow and gives it to him, "There's more past those doors," she mutters, getting a nod out of her boyfriend.
Barry picks up the guy that he knocked down before throwing him though the glass doors while Hunt's hired gun pumps him full of bullets. Phantom shoots a guy in the heart before twisting his body to pummel the guy right next to him while Sara twists her bo staff around her body to play whack-a-mole with the remaining two guards.
Phantom fires an arrow, intentionally missing Hunt, "You missed," Hunt says smugly.
Phantom scoffs, "Really?" Just then, Canary is hurled towards Phantom as the two are knocked down as Hunt quickly runs out of the room.
Barry and Sara look at each other, knowing exactly how they're gonna handle this. Phantom pushes a button on his bow, folding it back into itself before pulling his katana out. Just before they reach the final target, they get sprayed by bullets. Phantom throws his katana and it goes directly through the hand of the gunman as Canary throws her staff, going straight through the eye of the thug.
Sara turns around, and sees Barry laying on the ground, not moving, "Shit," Sara mutters.
She snaps her head towards the stairs to see Quinten and the SCPD converging onto them. Sara takes Barry's bow, ties a bolo arrow around him before dragging him out of the window, grappling down back to the party..
BA & SL
Quinten leads his men in the middle of the party as Sara and Barry, who is now awake, make their way towards Tommy, "SCPD, party's over kids!" Quinten yells before laying his eyes on Tommy, "Mr. Merlyn," Quinten says dryly, "Imagine my shock at finding you here, did you roofie anyone special tonight?" Tommy takes a step back in shock, not expecting Quinten to think so lowly of him, especially now.
"Detective!" Barry says pointedly, causing Tommy to turn around, "It's a private party," he says. Quinten looks over to his daughter as she crosses her arms, clearly not impressed by her father's words towards her future pseudo brother-in-law.
Quinten takes a breath, "Yeah, well there was an incident in Adam Hunt's building tonight, you know anything about that?" Quinten accuses.
"Who's Adam Hunt?" Barry and Sara say at the same time, totally spooking Tommy.
Quinten scoffs, "He's a millionaire bottom feeder, and I'm kind of surprised you aren't friends."
Barry looks at Sara, silently asking for permission as she slowly nods, "If you haven't noticed, your daughter and I have been out of town for a while," he says as Tommy proudly smiles at his little brother.
Quinten rolls his eyes, "Find the hoods, and Sara, get home now," Quinnten mutters.
Sara rolls her eyes, "Barry's my home," she whispers as she silently walks to the podium, "It's way too quiet in here. this is a party!" She yells as the crowd cheers.
Barry looks at Tommy, "Hey, man, can we get out of here?" Barry asks as Tommy nods, the three friends leaving the party.
2007
Oliver is huddled together on the side of the raft as Robert scooches over to them, "There's not enough for all of us," Robert whispers to him.
Barry, through closed eyes, says, "Save your strength Dad."
Barry feels Sara tighten her grip, desperately trying to pull him closer, clearly traumatized by the situation.
"You can survive this, make it home, make it better," Robert says as Oliver just listens to him ramble on, "I love you. Right my wrongs, but you gotta love through this first."
Oliver opens his eyes a little bit, "Live through what?" He mumbles, clearly exhausted. Robert scooches back over next to Hackett before pulling a gun on him, and shooting him dead.
Robert looks at his son, "Survive," and what follows traumatizes Oliver. His dad shoots himself.
Barry and Sara hear the gunshot, and jump in the raft. Barry to Sara and takes her in his arms as she silently cries into his chest.
2012
Barry, Sara, Laurel, and Tommy are at Barry and Sara's new place, "I have to say it's good to have you two back home," Laurel says with some happiness, some sadness.
Sara takes note of her sister's sadness, "Hey," Sara says, reaching out for Laurel's hand, "He's gonna come home. It's only a matter of time," Sara assures, knowing that if Ollie was out there, he has a plan to come home.
Outside of the apartment on an adjacent rooftop, a man shifts his bow between his hands, watching the four friends like a hawk, protecting them as if he's been there his whole life.