NOTES: Hi guys. I know I'm almost a year late with this. SORRY for that.
A lot happened. I'm ok, I'm finally inspired again, I have been updating the Emerald-Steel collection and Infinite Crisis for those who reads them too.
Please know even if I sometimes take a LONG time to update, I'm always coming back to update something or write something new. I just need to be inspired and sometimes it takes a long time for that to happen. I'm working on this year Xmas story btw, it will be a Kara/Oliver one, I'm inspired thanks to a Xmas movie I saw recently, so I hope this lasts long enough for me to post it this year lol.
REMEMBER: This chapter is a continuation of chapter 71 of The Emerald Steel Collection. You can go here and read the 1st part:
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Part 1 is inspired on the Flash / Supergirl crossover Duet episode. Part 2 is inspired on Smallville's Lexmas episode from season 5.
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She opened her eyes slowly, feeling like she just had the best sleep of her life. Everything around her was bright, and a bit blurry. She squeezes her eyes shut and opened them again, seeing things more clear.
Where the hell was she? Cause it was definitely not home.
It was a huge bedroom with light blue walls and a huge bed she was in. She looked down and saw a hand on her stomach.
- What… ?
- Hey, good morning.
She heard a male voice and turned on the bed just to see Barry Allen hugging her, staring with puppy love eyes at her.
- Barry?
- Yes, who else would it be? – He smiled, giving her butterfly kisses on her neck.
- I don't know… - Sara was definitely confused.
She remembered she was with Legends in the present, trying to organize things so she could have the week off for the holidays and then it was all a blur. Suddenly she was in a strange place, not in her bed for sure, with Barry Allen.
- Did you have a bad dream again? – Barry whispered while caressing her belly – I told you, you will be a great mom.
- A mom? – Sara couldn't hide her shock. She was sure she was having some crazy hallucination. It had to be it.
- Yes, a mom. We are having a baby girl, remember? Are you feeling ok? I've read some books that says is normal to have a lot of feelings at once sometimes and hormones go crazy…
- I'm feeling great, just… I have a huge headache
Sara decided it was better to play along until she could figure it out what was happening to her. She was panicking on the inside, for sure, and she really wanted to run away because it was just crazy that she was having a kid with Barry. It was actually impossible because she remembered that the last time she saw him, they had a moment, something that never had happened before, she felt a rush inside of her chest and then she just told him she had to go.
Barry approached his face to hers, giving her a peck on the lips while caressing her face.
- I will make you some tea, it can help with that. I'll be right back.
She could only nod with her head, and smiled back at him, against her will.
Whatever was happening, Barry sure didn't lose his gentleman traits. She thought about that day she saw him, before running away to another century in the Wave Rider. He was helping her after she got hurt helping him on a mission. She usually took care of things herself, but he insisted on helping and she let him.
Flashes of white light appeared around her and she jumped out of the bed, ready to fight or do whatever she needed to keep her safe. A weird guy came out of nowhere, smiling at her. He had dark curls, hypnotic eyes and he was dressed in a black suit.
- Who the hell are you and what's happening? Did you bring me somewhere? – Sara was ready to fight the hell out of that guy.
- Calm down, Sara Lance…
- How do you know my name?
- I know everything… - He smiled – And I actually didn't bring you anywhere.
- What? – She looked confused at him – What's happening? Who are you?
- I am Music Meister. You see… You are kind of dreaming… I mean, what happens here can affect you out there, like if you die here, you die out there… you know?
- Hallucination? Again?
- No, the last time Dominators had you on their ship and made you have a shared hallucination… Not aliens involved this time, no one except me of course… - He sat on the bed and gestured for Sara to sit beside him – Don't worry, I mean no harm.
- I'm standing… And be more specific because I have no patience today to deal with more weird things. Where am I? How I'm pregnant and Barry is the father? I can't remember anything…
- You're actually not here… But in here, spoiler alert: you're married to Barry Allen and have an amazing life being a super hero by his side.
- I'm not actually here… You're making me even more confused. Stop being so cryptic and tell me what the hell is going on before I make you talk. Spoiler alert: it won't be pleasant.
- You had an accident and are in coma. Gideon is trying to save your life in the Wave Rider. To make the experience less suffering, I brought your subconscious here, but let me warn you, this is not just a regular dream, is a sneak peak of how your life could be.
Sara crossed her arms, holding herself back so she wouldn't strangle that weirdo until he told her how to come back.
- And yes, this, all of this, can come true… It depends on your choices… You'll know what I mean when the time comes. For now, enjoy your dream because things are messy in the real world. – He got up and bowed to her. – See you soon, Sara Lance… Allen.
Sara watched as he disappeared and turned around, looking at herself in the mirror. She saw a small bump on her belly and caressed with her hands.
Pregnant.
This was surreal. And she had to find out about whatever choice she had to make that would have an impact on the real world.
Meanwhile in the Waverider outside of Sara's mind, her body was in the med bay being taken care of by Gideon while her team waited nervously in the library.
- Why this is taking so long? Something is not right! – Zari walked from one side to the other, not eing able to just sit down still.
- She is in a coma, Zari. – Ray said – you know is not the first time things like this happens to her. Our captain is strong, she will once again get out of this.
- It was supposed to be me. – Zari said- Why did she have to take the bullet for me?
- Cause that's who Sara is. She puts the safety of her team before her own safety, you know that. – Nate said – Let's all just hope for the best, Gideon is awesome, she is always saving us…
- You're right… I'm sorry. I'm just nervous, the last time one of us took a bullet like that… You know…
- Yes. Professor Stein died. – Ray said almost in a whisper and the room went quiet again. – Gideon will save Sara. I know she will.
Inside Sara's mind everything got even more confusing than before. She was with Barry outside Jitters, looking around and noticing the beautiful Christmas decoration. She stared at Barry, who stared back at her with a mix of excitement and joy. He gave her the sweetest smile anyone could ever give.
- Do you want to tell our friends the big news? About our little Canary? – He caressed her belly gently, making her smile back at him.
She was still feeling weird about the whole situation, but deep down, it was like she knew this was the right thing, the perfect thing she never knew she was hoping for. She took a deep breath and smiled.
- Why not? I think… I think is time.
Barry held her hand with his nodding with his head as they walked inside, greeting everyone.
Sara stared at everyone she knew, but right now, it felt like she had just met them. Kara and Oliver were at the corner, talking to Cisco and Gipsy. Near the window, Curtis and Winn listened to Joe and Cecile talking about their amazing trip they did together a few weeks ago. Ray and Felicty danced together, Laurel, Dinah and Diggle played cards and laughed on a table, Alex, J'onn, Nia and Caitlin talked on another table. Mick, Nate and Zari were by the Christmas tree trying to guess al the gifts underneath it and laughing together.
Everything seemed to be perfect, Sara thought. After greeting everyone, both Sara and Barry asked for everyone's attention.
- Please don't tell us another end of the world is about to happen… - Cisco said – I'm still recovering from the last time.
- Don't worry Cisco, the world is not ending…again – Sara said trying to pass some sort of confidence even when she still felt weird with everything.
- We just have some great news to share with everyone…
- We are having a baby – Sara said.
- A baby girl – Barry smiled and everyone erupted in cheers and excited claps.
- I'm so happy for you guys! – Kara said as she hugged them both, everyone following her.
Sara kept hugging everyone and smiling at the sensation she was feeling. She wondered if that mysterious guy was telling the truth about this kind of future being a possibility for her. She had no idea about being a mom, married and all before, but now, living all of that, feeling the love coming from Barry and all her friends, she was beginning to believe she could actually want this life.
She started to remember that before whatever happened to her to make her stay in a coma, there was some flirty moments between her and Barry but she wasn't so sure about it, she always held back, tried to pretend it was all in her head. She remembered Barry asking something to her and that she hesitated and the next thing she remembered, she was in the past with Legends fighting someone.
Barry turned to Sara and held her by the waist, closer to him.
- I always tell Sara how much I love our story. We got to team up and save this world a few times and in a moment of heartbreak for me, and almost death for the hundred time for her, we ended up being really close. The video calls 'til late night was my favorite time of the day and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. And when we first kissed I knew. I knew it was her.
Sara's eyes were filled with tears. Happy tears.
She had no memory of all of those things, but hearing Barry saying those words just filled her hear with warmth.
- This is so cute, I want to squeeze you two – Nia said as she gave them both a hug.
There was a big white flash and suddenly, Sara was back home with Barry. She stared around confused but Barry just hugged her, bringing her closer to him. Sara felt her heart filling with warmth again and smiled. His hands were on her back, their foreheads touching as Barry started to conduct a slow dance. Sara's hands went to his neck as she stared deeply into his eyes.
- How did we ended up here? – She asked
- You know how… - Barry said
- No, I mean… You and I… A former assassin and one of the biggest heroes on Earth falling in love.
- I guess it was faith. The first time we teamed up, just the two of us, I loved that. I felt I could tell you everything. I used to fell my heart racing every time I was around you. Every little choice we made in life brought us to this moment, and for that I'm forever grateful to the universe.
- You really believe it was fate?
- Yes. Why? Don't you?
- No, I didn't mean it like that. I do believe in destiny… I just didn't believe that I deserved to be happy after everything I've done in my past… How could fate be gentle to me? I also believe in karma…
- Hey, stop it. – Barry said while one of his hands caressed the back of her neck and played with her hair – We all make mistakes in life, we all learn, become better… You shouldn't keep punishing yourself. I believe that, you should too.
- I can try… - Sara smiled while Barry approached his lips to hers.
- I love you – He whispered before slowly kissing her.
Sara just smiled between the kiss while they kept slow dancing alone in their living room.
Gideon's voice echoed throughout the entire ship in the real world, making all Legends run towards the med bay.
- What happened Gideon? – Mick asked, staring worried at Sara still unconscious.
- I think… I did my best mr Rory, her heart started to slam inside her chest and then everything changed… I…
- Is she…dead? – Nate asked, tears coming down his cheeks.
- I'm afraid…
Before Gideon could say anything else, Sara's eyes opened and she jumped from the chair, staring around confused and scared.
- What happened? – Sara asked, staring serious at her team.
- You got shot… You jumped in front of me and tooke a shot for me. YOU IDIOT! – Zari said, running towards Sara and hugging her strongly – DON'T EVER DO THIS AGAIN!
- I'm the captain, I'll keep my team safe, you liking it or not – Sara said as she hugged Zari back.
- I told you… - Nate said as he also ran to hug Sara, being followed by everyone in a huge group hug.
After a long time hugging everyone, crying and laughing at the same time, Sara remembered what happened inside her mind, the weird guy's words, what happened between Barry and her inside her mind and also before she went to the past with the Legends.
- Guys, I need to take care of something… - She said running towards her room, leaving everyone else confused.
Sara closed the door and sat on the bed as she grabbed her phone as started to read her messages one by one until she found what she was looking for.
- There you are… - She said, reading Barry's last message to her. – My answer is ok – She said while she typed and pressed the send button.
Sara smiled to herself, feeling really good about the decision she just had made.
- Ok team, time to go back home to present day! – Sara said coming out of her room and sitting on her chair, more than ready to get the hell out of the past.
Back to the present on Christmas eve, Sara was at her mom's place finishing getting ready. She stared at the mirror and smiling. She felt really good that night and almost dying for the 100th time gave her one more new perspective in life.
Once she got at Joe's place, everyone was already there, she smiled and greeted everyone, staring around looking for one particular gaze.
- Here she is! Nate told us what happened in the past. I'm so glad you are ok – Cisco smiled hugging her.
After everyone did the same, Sara turned to her side and saw Barry in front of her. He looked like he was really worried and just hugged her.
- I'm so, so glad you're ok – He whispered so that only her could hear. – Can I talk to you later?
- Sure. – She said, letting go of his arms.
- Kara was talking about this weird experience she and Oliver had with Music Meister… - Caitlin said
- Experience? – Sara asked, curious because that name was somehow familiar to her.
- Yes. We got trapped inside a Christmas movie…in our minds. – Oliver said – It will never not feel weird saying this out loud.
- He wanted to teach us a lesson… Apparently he loves doing that to people - Kara laughed.
Sara thought about that name…Why was it so familiar? And then she remembered her own experience inside her head and figured it was actually real, it all did happen. She went to the future and saw how her life could turn out to be if she did the right thing. She decided to keep quiet about that for a while and joined everyone to enjoy Christmas eve with her friends.
After everyone were gone, Joe went out with Cecile and it was just Barry and Sara helping him clean the house.
- You wanted to talk to me earlier…
- Yes. – Barry said as he left the napkin of the table and stood closer to Sara by the sink. – Listen… I'm sorry if I seemed like I was pressuring you or something… before…
- You weren't pressuring anything Barry, it was just an invitation for a party…I should apologize cause I overreacted. And to be honest, I don't know why.
- I had no idea you guys were stuck in the past until Cisco told us before the party. When I saw the Legends coming and not you, I was worried I somehow pushed you away… I know, it seems silly but…
- Is not silly, it's human. – Sara said as she turned to stare at him. – I just had a weird experience while I was in coma… it made me see things more clearly.
- Weird experience?
- Yes. I got a visit from Music Meister… First I thought it was just hallucination but then Kara told her story and I realized… it happened.
Barry looked at Sara extremely curious.
- And… what happened?
- I saw how my life could be in the future if I make the right choices in the present. I don't want to get into details, because God it was so weird but… Made me realize I couldn't be afraid of making choices you know? Because everything happens for a reason and I should focus on my future instead of letting myself be haunted by my past… I don't k now if that makes sense…
- It does. A lot. – Barry said. – As someone who has been in the future a few times, I know how weird it can be… I also know we can shape our future anyway we want to. We are working on it right now, as we speak.
- Yes, we can shape it anyway we want to. – Sara smiled and slowly stared at the ceiling.
Barry saw her smiling and followed her gaze.
- Mistletoe. – He said
Sara nodded with her head, taking a few steps closer to Barry until their noses almost touched.
- I'm glad you invited me here today and I should have said yes sooner.
- It's ok, I'm glad you came.
Their lips touched and started a slow kiss and Sara felt the same warmth she felt in the future, making her realize she had made the right choice after all.
