Author's Note:
Welcome to the first book in my series. If you haven't already I recommend going back and reading Prologue which sets up my series and introduces my main charachter Chloe, you will probably be a little confused if you don't read Prologue. If you have already read Prologue I thank you and hope you enjoyed it and that's why you're here.
If you haven't already figured this out my OFC lives in the Arrowverse, and though in Prologue (which you really should read before continuing on) we glimpsed some Arroverse characters and storylines we did not officially enter the any of the main continuums. This chapter is where Chloe truly jumps into the continuum and meets some of the main characters in the Arrowverse though she won't be joining the cast of the show she is introduced to this chapter. When I post the next chapter the story will jump into a crossover category which I will post about in an author's note before I move it.
As always I welcome feedback and constructive criticism I want to know what you think, I also welcome requests for specific storylines within my main continuity.
And now on with the show.
The sound of a cell phone rang through the air as a foot stomped out a cigarette.
"Oliver"
"John"
"It's been a dog's age, mate."
"More than. Do you remember that favor you owe me?"
"I hardly expect you to let me forget about that."
"How quickly can you get to Star City? I need your help."
"Not very I'm afraid, but I do know just the person who can."
As I was riding the highway into Star I recalled the conversation from that morning which had led me here.
I climbed out of the bed. "Hello to you too, John," I said lowly, slipping into one of Dion's shirts as I walked into the hall. Gently closing the door behind me, "Do you have any idea what time it is here in Gotham?" I practically growled.
"No. I need you for a job." John said.
I closed my eyes groaning, "and you can't go yourself because?"
"I'm busy, love. And if the rumors are true you have nothing better to do."
I sighed and resigned to my fate, I responded, "Where am I going?"
"Star City, love. I owe a favor to Oliver Queen, and you're going to fill it."
I could feel the shift as I started to feel my emotions as the last vestiges of Dion's power left my system.
There was something hanging in the air as I entered Star, a presence that set my heart racing. There was something here that was dangerous.
I pulled into the alley behind some building rolling up to Oliver Queen in this ridiculous green getup. I pulled off my helmet as I climbed off the bike, "Oliver Queen I presume, or do you prefer the Green Arrow?"
"Just Oliver is fine."
"Chloe Kane," I offered as he led me through the back door and onto an elevator. As the doors opened I could see four people lingering around the room a fifth strapped to a table. The air was permeated with the overwhelming mix of pheromones from multiple alphas so much so that it was practically naseauting, it was practically impossible to detect the sweeter smell of an omega.
"Thea, Felicity, Laurel, and Diggle" said Oliver pointing to each in turn and gesturing to me "Guys, Chloe Kane." Then moving us passed them, he gestured at the woman on the table, "this is Sara."
"So you're going to perform some kind of exorcism on my sister?" the Alpha called Laurel said, holding up a truly pathetic copy of John's business cards that I briefly eyed in disgust.
I moved to examine Sara closer, twisting a tendril of my power through her before responding, "Absolutely not, an exorcism is a removal of demonic possession. Your sister is currently an empty shell." I went on explaining, "What your sister needs is a retitutionem, a restoration of her soul to her body."
"And this is something you can do?" The Alpha Thea asked, voicing the uncertainty of everyone else in the room.
"Yes"
"I'm sure we have a lot of work to do to prepare. I assume you brought a list?" Oliver said before anyone could start any lines of questioning.
Casually twisting my fingers in the air I pulled a small scroll from my pocket dimension. "Sorry, I didn't have time to translate that from its original aramaic" I said holding it out, I smirked lightly at the barely disguised looks of shock in their eyes at my casual magic use. Felicity, the lone Omega, unfurled the small scroll looking back up as if disturbed it was actually untranslated. I mean really what did they expect with how short notice this all was for me.
Oliver carried Sara placing her in the center of the sigil that had been so carefully painted on the ground. Four lit candles having been placed in the cardinal points around the sigil.
The elevator doors opened signaling the arrival of an Alpha about my father's age that I had been told was Sara and Laurel's father, Quentin Lance. He walked up the stairs joining us on the center platform saying to Laurel, "I'm her father too."
Diggle looked towards me in askance, "I hate to be the one to say this, but what if something goes wrong?"
"It won't," I said confident in my abilities, "But well if things go wrong, we'll all be too dead to care."
Holding out a small cauldron, "I think I got everything in here that you wanted," Felicity said, while looking vaguely disgusted with the contents.
"Ah, Thank you." I said grabbing the cauldron, I held it up for all to see. "Now, I've only got enough juice to send myself and two of you to the other realm and back," I said knowing that I could probably take more but preferred to hedge my bets towards survival, and making sure I would have the power to fix anything that actually did go wrong. Thea tried to offer herself up for the task which I quickly shut down as not likely to work considering the circumstances. Oliver drew Laurel towards Sara with some pretty words about trust as I settled the cauldron at the edge of the sigil above Sara's head. Oliver and Laurel joined hands above Sara's body "Oh, there's, uh, one more thing. Whatever's locked her soul away, is not going to give it up without a fight. So be ready." I told them. "Alright then." I began flicking a flame from the tips of my finger in a show of casual magic. "On with the show," I said with a small smile as I bent to light the contents of the cauldron in flames.
I held out my hands above the flame and started chanting. "Pelako Ameso yobe eleggua. imbone ukuchila panshita. De domino vestro, alquis." I could feel the magic building hear things rattling around the room. "Et stabit de domino vestro audite vocem meam. Anchor, anchor, Candones helosi et vos eleutis phugori," I paused as the magic reached its crescendo "De cruinne-ce agus akasha seall me do solas!"
I stumbled bending slightly at the waist to catch my breath, "Well I've had worse hangovers." I huffed. I straightened, pushing back against the feeling of longing that overtook me nowadays without a pack to ground me.
"So what are we supposed to do now?" Oliver asked, looking around at the unfamiliar place.
"Help!" voice called.
"Laurel, no!" I cried as she tried to run towards the voice.
Within moments we ran right back into the room we had just exited, "This is new." Oliver says.
I close my eyes briefly. "Well, new, is why I'm here isn't."
"Help!" came the voice again.
"No, no, no, no." I said managing to intercept Laurel's attempt to run towards the voice again know exactly how stupid it would be to be lost or seperated while here.
"Well, I'm not gonna just stand here," she exclaimed, gesturing wildly.
"We need a tour guide." I said, pulling out some random trinket. I set it on the ground chanting, "Axis mundi, produco tuus vires." It started spinning slowly rising from the ground. It finally stopped spinning indicating which way we needed to go. I grabbed it from the air, "This way, unless you want to be trapped here for all eternity" I said looking back towards Oliver and Laurel. They followed me out of the room.
"This is what locked away Sara's soul?" Laurel said as we entered the room containing the manifestation of Sara's purgatory.
"How the human mind perceives it, anyway." I said.
"Help!" Sara cried.
Oliver quickly dispatched the two guards in the room allowing Laurel to run forwards reaching out to Sara. Another guard entered the room. "Help Laurel" I said to Oliver, speaking quickly, "It'll take both of you to get her out. I'll handle him."
Turning to the new guy, I grabbed a fallen sword off the ground and lunged, we clashed swords. One, two, three lunges until finally we were pulled back to our bodies. I stepped back, taking a quick breath, as I shook off the remnants of the spell.
I leaned against the work table behind me as the Lances reunited.
As Oliver guided me to the elevator, "Thanks Chloe, I owe you one."
"As I recall I owed John, who owed you, with this two debts are cleared."
Oliver chuckled, "How about any time, anywhere you need me, I'll be there."
"I suppose I could take you up on that." Having an Alpha like him as a friend can't hurt. "You know there's something hanging in the air here in Star." I said figuring a little warning might not be misplaced.
"That is probably our current problem - Damian Darhk." I looked at him with piercing eyes that asked the question if he was serious. "Ohh, you've heard of him." he said reading the look in my eye.
"Look if there is any truth to the stories about him then you truly want to get very far from whatever he is planning."
"Any helpful advice?"
"Yep find someplace else to live."
I stood beside my bike and called John giving him the full run down including the bit about Damian Darhk's presence in Star City. Hanging up on John I hopped on my bike but before I could leave I sensed a presence coming up to me. I turned to see Sara, "Hey," she said as she walked closer, "I know we haven't really been introduced, but I'm Sara and I wanted to thank you for … well, you know, saving my soul."
I could smell her clearer now that there weren't five other alpha scents around, hers was a light earthy smell, like a forest after rain. I chuckled lightly, "You're welcome, Sara. It's Chloe, by the way."
Hopping back on my bike as she went back inside, I quickly made my way out of town, abandoning my early plans of staying for the night to rest before driving back. I knew that staying in town was a horrible idea. And with nothing to distract me my emotions, my longing crept back in. I longed for the stability of a pack which didn't exist anymore, but I knew something that would give me an escape and I knew exactly where I could get it.
