I'm pleased everyone really liked the first chapter so far. Just so everyone is aware this will be a slow burn Kara/Oliver story so that I have plently of time to build up their soon to be relationship. So here comes the next chapter.
Chapter 2: Journey to Earth 38
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Slabside Maximum Security Prison Grounds
The first thing Oliver registered as he became conscious again was an immense pain in his lower torso. Groaning as he tried to move, a young man no older than 15 came to his side immediately. As Oliver's vision became clearer he saw that he was no longer in the prison and that he was laying on a military cot next to a SUV and in the distance Oliver could smell smoke and hear a great deal of commotion. Looking at the boy he could swear that the boy looked familiar but he couldn't tell how that was so.
"Easy mate." The boy said with a very distinct Australian accent. "You survived one spectacular fight. Dad! He's awake!"
From the corner of Oliver's field of view came a face Oliver was not expecting, Slade Wilson. "Hey kid." Slade said kneeling down to Oliver's level.
"Slade." Oliver coughed out. "What happened?"
"Long story kid I'll tell you on the road." Slade answered. "Didn't want to risk moving you till much till you regained consciousness."
Slade then turned to the young boy. "Grant, can you help get Oliver into the car?"
Grant nodded as both he and Slade moved to opposite ends of the cot and grabbed the handles. In one clean motion the two men now suspended Oliver's cot as they walked Oliver into the open doors of the SUV. Both men then jumped inside with Oliver.
"Where are you taking me?" Oliver asked.
"To someone who owes me a favor." Slade answered from the driver's seat. "I may have patched up that hole in your gut but that stitching isn't going to hold forever. Don't worry. Grant can fill you in on the way."
"Grant? Your son Grant?" Oliver asked falling into another round of coughing fits this time coughing up blood.
"Yeah same one kid." Slade answered as he powered up the car and began driving away from the prison. "Grant, make sure to keep him stimulated. Last thing we need is Oliver passing out again before we get him to help."
"You got it dad." Grant answered in a serious tone.
"What the hell happened?" Oliver asked starting to feel weak. "How'd you know where I was?"
Grant answered. "My dad and I felt like we owed you for giving us this chance to have a new chance at life. So when he heard about your arrest he kept his ear to the ground for any info about you. We just learned that someone wanted you dead and put a bounty on your head. Neither of us were willing to let you die so we decided to come and protect you."
Oliver groaned as he tried to sit up unsuccessfully. "What about the prison? They'll know I broke out now."
"Somehow I don't think they will." Slade replied. "Show him."
Grant helped lift Oliver up to a sitting position so that he could look out the rear view window of the car. What Oliver saw answered his question clearly. Slabside Maximum Security was a ruin. From Oliver's position it looked like the entire prison was on fire.
Suddenly Oliver felt weak and fell back on the cot slipping closer and closer to unconsciousness.
"Oliver!" Both men cried.
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A.R.G.U.S. HQ, Star City
The team was relaxing in A.R.G.U.S. after a long patrol night. With Diaz's arrest and Anatoly and Laurel's disappearance as well as the roundup of hundreds of corrupt city officials, Star City's criminal element was relatively silent. Today's list included three purse-snatchers, one jewelry store heist and two attempted rapes. For Star City, that was a quite night. With most of the city already asleep now, the team had decided to call it quits early tonight and prep to head home.
At the moment, the team was wither changing out of their vigilante gear and back into civilian clothes or they were showering at the moment. All expect for Felicity who had been emailing Jean Loring after her last visit with Oliver. Diggle remembered hearing Felicity getting more and more furious as the night went on after her last call with Jean. According to her, Oliver was losing hope for any chance to get out of prison legally and he seemed reigned to his fate. Felicity clearly didn't take that well. Despite everyone else preparing to go home Felicity was still hard at work on her computer like she had been all day today and the previous several days as well.
Diggle saw the stress was starting to really impact his old friend so he walked up to her as she was working and sat down on a chair next to her. "You know you aren't going to be able to help Oliver if you push yourself too hard. I think we've done enough for today. Perhaps you should come with me to pick up William from the West-Allens."
"No, not yet. I'm close to a breakthrough. Well I'm not close to breakthrough. But I can feel that I'm close to solving something that could lead to a breakthrough. Felicity began rambling.
Diggle saw right through her words however. "Felicity, you've done everything you can tonight. Take a break, we can tackle this problem again tomorrow."
"Diggle's got a point." Curtis added. "So far we've done everything we can to help Jean Loring with her case to get Oliver released. Until she tells us something that she need there's nothing we can do."
"Well I don't think she's doing enough." Felicity bit back. "They're plenty of legal precedents to view so that we can find something that gets Oliver freed."
Dinah moved to take a seat next to Felicity. "Felicity you need to take a moment for yourself. Trust me on this. If you let yourself get obsessed by something, it will consume you."
Felicity let out a sniffle and Rene handed her a handkerchief. "I'm sorry. I just feel like I'm the only one whose doing anything to free Oliver from jail, a jail filled with people who want him dead."
"We all want Oliver freed." Rene added. "But aside from storming that facility, rescuing him and going to ground, there's nothing much we can do by help Jean Loring whenever she comes around. Come on now, let's all relax a bit before we all head home."
Felicity took a deep breath and brought herself able to bring forward a small smile. "John I've got a nice cold tea in the common area, can you go get it for me?"
Diggle smiled. "Not a problem." Diggle left the command room and went towards the team's common room with Dinah hot on his six.
"You now Oliver would be proud of you, taking up the mantle of Green Arrow for him." Dinah commented. "And for your and Barry's help in taking care of Wlliam.
"When it comes to kids Oliver would do the same for me and mine. And in regards to the crime fighting, we've been lucky. No supervillians just an array of low level criminals."
"What about Diaz?" Dinah retorted. "After all the trouble he caused us, you were the one who too him down. Doesn't that count for something?"
"Oliver's the one who made the deal that protected all of us. He's the one who deserved the proper credit for giving us the chance to take Diaz down for good." Diggle replied.
Dinah nodded staying silent for a moment. "Do you think we even stand a chance of getting Oliver out of prison without all of us having to on the lamb afterwards? Watson made it clear our immunity was based on Oliver's imprisonment,"
"I have to hope they're a chance. Not just for me but for William as well. After some things I said nearly cost Oliver his connection with his son." Diggle said somberly.
Dinah meanwhile had a look of utter confusion on her face. She knew that Oliver and Diggle had some fight before he had gone to work for A.R.G.U.S. but she never knew it was that bad. "What happened John? What do you mean?"
Diggle sighed. "Shortly after Thea left, Oliver and I had a disagreement over the Hood and who should be wearing it. Eventually I realized that my issue wasn't with the Hood but with Oliver himself. I believed that if I had been the one in charge of the Team rather than Oliver who was busy being a father, the mayor and the Green Arrow, then Diaz never would have risen to power and our position would haven been better." Diggle leaned against the wall and brought his hand up to his face pinching his temple. "I brought up that with Oliver and he in turn brought up me hiding my drug problem from the team as well. Eventually things got so heated that he and I said some things that we regretted as soon as they were said and shortly after than we started fighting till Felicity got us to stop."
"But that's not the worst of it was it?" Dinah asked subconsciously already knowing the answer.
"Yeah." Diggle said quietly. "Apparently Oliver took my advice about me saying that he had spread himself so thin to mean that I thought he should distance himself from everyone else around him. From what Felicity says, until the trial ended, Oliver and William's relationship hit a very low point."
Dinah's face was now in shock. "Oh…"
"Yeah… I hope that explains why I'm hell-bent on believing that we can get Oliver out of prison." Diggle answered.
"You weren't the only one to screw up Oliver's life." Dinah admitted. "I made the choice to fight Oliver and you after I lost Vince to Laurel. I didn't want to admit it but I know now that I let my vengeance get the best of me that day and it cost me Oliver's hard won trust."
Diggle smiled. "We all screwed up this year. All we can do now is make amends and move forward. Best thing for all of us."
"Agreed there." Dinah smiled back.
Just then Diggle and Dinah turned to see Lyla running up to them with a somber look on her face. Diggle noticed his wife's look and brought her in for a hug. "Lyla what's wrong?" Diggle asked looking her in the eye.
Lyla broke from the hug and spoke. "I just got a call from my staff. Apparently there was some kind of riot at Slabside Prison and Oliver was caught in the middle somehow. But that's not the worst of it. A series of massive explosions went off around the building and a third of the prison is rubble now with about a hundred plus guard and prisoner casualties."
"And Oliver?" Diggle asked hopefully.
"A few guard reported that he was stuck in a section of the prison where a bomb went off. They looked but all they found were the remains of several people. They believe Oliver is among them." Lyla answered. "I wanted to tell you all before you saw it on the news."
Both Diggle and Dinah were in shock. Dinah had her hand over her mouth, her eyes filling with tears. Diggle hugging his wife as he let the news be processed in his mind. "We have to tell the team." Diggle finally managed to choke out.
Dinah and Lyla silently nodded as they returned to the team's room. After a lengthy pause for Diggle to compose himself, he finally managed to tell everyone the truth. And it broke everyone. It had hurt badly to hear it, but to say it to his team meant admitting a hard truth, that Oliver Queen was truly gone and that this time there would be no coming back. Oliver had been his confidant, his leader and most importantly his brother and now there was a giant hole left over where Oliver had once been, a hole Diggle was sure would go unfilled.
Dinah finally let the truth sink in as she leaned against the wall and slid down to the floor crying. Despite everything that had happened between her and Oliver, she hadn't lied to him when she said she respected him more than he could know. Oliver was a great hero and leader to her. Even when she had disagreed with him, all of his actions were motivated by a desire to save the city. Even after she had gone off the deep end on her path of vengeance, Oliver still was willing to have faith in her again. As the tears fell down her face, she wished that she had more time with Oliver to show him that she truly could be a worthy Black Canary and now she would never get that chance.
Rene got mad. He started throwing things around getting madder by the minute as tears of sadness slid down his face. After only a few seconds of rage, his body ran out of it and he collapsed down in a chair muttering various curses and sentences of disbelief. Like Dinah, Rene had come to respect Oliver especially for all the work he did in making sure that he and Zoe got the chance to be a family again. Oliver had even gone to jail to keep his family intact. Rene wouldn't admit this to anyone but he had felt a tremendous amount of guilt over it. Rene had many nights wondered how much history could have been changed if he had revealed the truth to Oliver rather than let himself get blackmailed by Watson. But he also knew that with Oliver now gone, he wouldn't want Rene to wallow in grief. Tonight Rene would grieve but going forward he would be a good father to Zoe and would work hard to make sure that he got the chance to live up to the faith Oliver had given him.
Curtis had seen Felicity break down as soon as the news was revealed and he moved quickly to comfort her. Despite the Team's breakup he and Felicity had been very close and he knew that despite their breakup, Felicity still very much loved him. Curtis himself had grown to admire Oliver especially when Oliver finally relented and allowed him in the field. Oliver had been tough on him but it was now that he understood why. Thinking back to Oliver's words to him shortly before Laurel died about how the vigilante life wasn't easy, Curtis understood now why that was true. Oliver had known Curtis would need help in the field and so he made sure that he was ready to truly be a hero without always having to rely on others. Curtis vowed to make sure that he lived up to the man Oliver believed he could be, the man Oliver wouldn't get the chance to see.
Felicity meanwhile couldn't even begin to contemplate what had happened. One minute she was working on exploiting some legal loophole to get Oliver released and the next she was hearing about his death. It didn't feel fair to her. They may not have been together anymore but that didn't stop how she felt about him, Oliver was her love and now he was gone. Her mind wandered back to the last time they were together as a couple, the West-Allen wedding in Central City. Felicity wondered if they could have still been together if she hadn't loudly said that she didn't want to marry him then. Maybe if she hadn't made that mistake she believed they could still be together and maybe he would still be alive.
"Oh God." Diggle whispered getting the attention of everyone there. "What are we going to tell William? And Thea?"
Eventually the team finally got Thea on the phone and made sure to tell her the truth as well, that Oliver was truly gone. At that moment, Thea felt truly alone. Oliver had been the last of her family that was still alive and now he was gone too. As she let the truth sink in, her mind travelled to different places, ideas for getting revenge on those who killed Oliver, if they were even alive as well as old memories that they shared together. Thea's mind finally went back to the day that he came home from Lian Yu and how happy she had been to see her brother once more. She silently wished that he might one day walk through her door to tell her that he was alive again but after so many loses, she knew the truth, her family was gone and Oliver was dead.
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Central City Rooftops
Oliver and Slade sat on a rooftop that looked right into the West-Allen home. Oliver watched from a distance as William was playing video games with Cisco and Wally and clearly winning.
"Do you want to go get him?" Slade asked. "A boy should be with his father."
Oliver sighed and continued to watch his son. As much as Oliver wanted to run in there and hug his son till the end of time, he knew he couldn't risk that anymore. Regardless whether or not the prison had him declared dead or missing didn't matter. Oliver believed that all he had done to William was make his life miserable. First he had gotten him kidnapped by Darhk, then he lost his mother to Adrian Chase and finally lost Oliver himself to prison. "No." Oliver answered.
Slade looked at Oliver like he was crazy. "Why the bloody hell not?"
Oliver took a deep breath. "All I've ever done to William is complicate his life. Before he had a mom who loved him and not a care in the world and now…"
"Now he has a dad who loves him." Slade retorted.
"At the expense of his mother." Oliver replied back. "I shouldn't have ever gotten involved in his life. All I've done is make it worse."
"That's not true kid." Slade replied. "William will be a good, strong man because of you."
"Maybe, but even you know that William is safer without me around him around me anymore. Barry, Iris, Diggle, Lyla, the team, they'll all be there for him when he needs help." Oliver tried to compose himself. "When we were on Lian Yu, you told me about your sons and you said that sometimes being a parent is about sacrificing your happiness for them. There's nothing I want more than to run over to him and pull him into my embrace but doing that puts a target on his back. Something I'm not willing to live with."
Slade could see that convincing Oliver would be impossible. "Come on kid, let's go."
Both men got off the rooftops and went back down to ground level where Slade's SUV and another one were now parked. Slade then handed Oliver a set of car keys.
"Here. In the car is a new identity and several thousand in cash. Enough to start over in a new place. Maybe Japan with Tatsu or Russia with Anatoly.
Oliver was dumbstruck. "Thank you Slade. I owe you."
"No you don't kid." Slade answered. "We're family and we protect family above all else."
The two brothers hugged it out before separating and heading for their cars.
"Good luck Slade." Oliver smiled.
"Good luck kid." Slade smiled back
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Central City, West-Allen Residence
Diggle had made sure to tell Barry and all of Team Flash before arriving at the West-Allen home. Naturally they were all devastated. Oliver was the natural leader during all of their team ups and losing him was going to hurt everyone.
Once Barry, Iris, Thea and Diggle were all in the apartment, they called William over.
"William I…" Thea began. "There was an incident at Sladside. I'm so sorry but the incident… Oliver didn't make it… I'm so sorry he's gone.
William tried to hold it together as he heard the news but within seconds he was crying for his lost father. Both Barry and Iris along with Diggle and Thea felt their hearts break as they tried to comfort William in his time of need.
"We got you William." Iris whispered. "We got you. It'll be ok."
But no matter what they said, William just kept crying and none of them blamed him. First he lost his mother and now his father. Life had decided to play an endless stream of misery for him and it felt unfair to all of them.
Eventually William calmed down and returned to his room to contemplate what would happen next.
"What's going to happen to him?" Barry asked.
"I'm not entirely sure." Diggle answered. "With Oliver… gone, it may be time to remove him from protective custody and give him a chance at a normal life again."
Barry and Iris looked at each other silently and nodded. "Then could he possibly stay here with us?" Iris asked.
"Come again?" Diggle asked.
"Look even if Star City is clear of all of Oliver's enemies, he may never be truly safe but here in Central City, at least he might have the chance for a normal life again." Barry answered. "Plus we've come to enjoy having him around."
Thea and Diggle smiled. "I think Oliver would have wanted his best friend to help take care of his son. But we'll all be there for him as well, myself and the team." She said.
"We'd have it no other way." Iris replied.
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Temporal Zone, Waverider
When the Legends had heard Barry's transmission for Sara, the team immediately gave her a wide berth. They all knew that the two heroes had a strong connection to each other and that Sara would need her time to grieve properly.
This last year had been hell for Sara. First they lost Stein, then Rip, then her father and now Oliver. Ava had taken time off from the Bureau to comfort her girlfriend. Ava had never met Oliver but she knew his reputation and she had to admire how much of an impact he had on this world. In fact, if it wasn't for him, she might never have had the chance to meet Sara.
For the past two hours the pair had been in their quarters with Ava just running her hand through Sara's hair letting her know that she was there whenever she wanted to talk. Eventually Sara relented and told Ava all the gritty details of what happened to her and Oliver both on the Island and after it. Ava had been there the whole time just listening and being there for Sara and she appreciated it.
Eventually Sara asked Ava to give her to room and she left. Sara stood up and faced the main computer. "Gideon, pull up images from my personal file December 2007.
"Of course Captain Lance." Gideon answered. "And may I say, I'm sorry for your loss Captain."
"Thank you Gideon." Sara whispered.
On the screen came many images of her, Oliver and Laurel at the Queen Christmas Party over a decade ago. Sara silently ran her fingers over the picture of a happier Ollie enjoying the presence of his two best friends and lovers.
Despite the complicated relationship between the two, Sara had to admit that she still loved Oliver. She was with Ava now and had no intention of leaving but a part of her hear would always belong to Ollie no matter what.
Sara let a silent tear fall. "Make sure to say hi to Laurel in Heaven for me Ollie. Tell her I love her and that I miss her." She whispered.
Suddenly Sara was pulled out of her memories by Gideon's voice. "I sincerely apologize Captain for the interruption but we have a problem."
Sara stifled her tears. "What is it? An aberration?"
"I'm not sure Captain." Gideon replied.
Sara was shocked. Very rarely did things ever confuse Gideon. "Captain after Mr. Queen's death I ran a scan of the timeline to see if everything was in order. Somehow Mr. Queen's death date is still listed November 16, 2072."
Now Sara was confused. "How is that possible? History should have recorded Oliver's death as today."
"I'm already looking into the issue Captain." Gideon answered. "When I have an answer I will inform you."
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National City, Earth 38
The day was quiet in National City. With Reign missing and the other two world killer's identities still unknown, there was little reason for Supergirl to be flying over the city 24/7. So instead she decided to hang out with her sister at the DEO discussing the last episode of The Crown that had aired.
At least that was the plan until they received a dimensional vortex open in the main floor. Agents surrounded the portal, guns raised until a familiar red streak exited the portal. Once the portal closed and the agents saw who it was, the dispersed aside from Kara and Alex.
Kara smiled as she made her way to the scarlet speedster giving him a hug. "Barry! It's so good to see you again! Please don't tell me that they're another Nazi invasion happening. I can only deal with that once a year." Kara rambled smiling until she noticed Barry's stoic expression. In many ways it reminded her of Oliver, always stoic and silent as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders.
"Barry are you ok?" Kara asked.
"Kara's right you don't look so good." Alex said as well.
"Well, we've all had a pretty bad day." Barry said without a hint of happiness in his voice.
At this point Kara and Alex were worried. Barry was always the one they said was most opposite of Oliver. While Oliver was stoic, silent and cynical, Barry was always smiling, loud and optimistic. Clearly something bad had to happen to turn Barry into a mirror version of the Green Arrow.
Barry took a moment before speaking. "A month ago Oliver allowed himself to be arrested in order to give his team immunity from prosecution."
"Prosecution form what?" Kara asked.
"From his 'crimes' as the Green Arrow." Barry replied with a hint of bitterness.
"What the hell does that mean?" Alex asked.
"Unlike Oliver, you and I are loved by our city, both the government and the people. Oliver meanwhile is reviled by his city. The FBI wanted him behind bars and so they've been investigating him all year. And they got it. But that's not the worst."
"What could be worse?" Kara asked.
"The prison Oliver was at, there was a riot and an explosion. The people there believe that Oliver perished in the explosion. He's gone Kara, for good this time." Barry finished.
By then both women were in shock. Alex had only met Oliver during the Earth X attack and she had admired his leadership abilities. She also knew that he was the inspiration behind several of the heroes of Earth 1. Losing him had to be a major blow for all of them.
Kara meanwhile started feeling terrible. She and Oliver had gotten to know each other a bit better after the Earth X invasion and she was starting to understand more about him. From what Barry had told her before, Oliver had gone through a lot of trauma earlier and that had pushed him to become the hero that he was although Barry didn't know too many details about Oliver's past. Apparently he had played that card close to the vest. Kara wished she had more time to get to know him. Unlike other people in her life, she truly felt that Oliver would have been one of a small list of people who could have understood what she had endured losing her whole planet and she might have been able to understand what he suffered. But now he was gone. The best she could do now was honor his memory.
"Will there be a memorial?" Kara asked. "I'd like to pay my respects."
"In two weeks." Barry answered.
"We'll both be there for him." Alex replied.
Kara nodded. "He deserves a heroes send off."
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Central City Outskirts
Oliver drove his SUV that Slade gave him down the road at the edge of the city at the dead of night. Despite Slade's suggestions about where to go, Oliver wondered if anywhere on this Earth would be safe from those who wanted him dead. At this point Oliver just wanted to find some place on Earth where he could live out his life and possibly make amends for his mistakes without putting his family in danger.
Oliver was at least glad for one thing. The world truly thought that Oliver Queen was dead this time. The media had reported that he had supposedly perished in an explosion that killed half the prison population at Sladside. However Oliver knew that he still had to be careful. If his former enemies learned he was still alive, his family would be put in danger and that was something he wouldn't allow.
As Oliver drove at the outskirts of the city, his plan was to find a motel and stay there for a day before moving on to another city until he knew what his final plan was.
As he neared the motel he saw what looked to be a young woman walking on the side of the road. The young woman raised out her arm as if asking for a ride that she knew wouldn't come. However as Oliver passed her, his headlights illuminated her body and in that split second, Oliver knew who she was. That previously unrecognizable woman on the side of the road was no one more than Evelyn Sharp, formerly known as Artemis and a former member of the Team.
Acting on instinct, Oliver hit the breaks of the car hard and swerved over to the side of the road. He bolted out of the car and turned to face his former teammate.
In that instant, they both recognized each other though for Oliver, she looked incredibly different than last time. Her previously straight hair was now frazzled and unkempt, he face was covered in dirt and a new scar marked her cheek. Her clothing was nearly unrecognizable but Oliver was sure that it was the same uniform she wore back on Lian Yu. However the suit was heavily damaged with frayed edges and burn marks littering the once pristine clothing.
Once she registered who was standing before her, her face became pale and filled with fear. She immediately bolted in the opposite direction running as fast as her small legs could carry her.
Oliver immediately went after her as well. He hadn't seen Evelyn since Lian Yu and he had always assumed that she perished on the Island but to see her alive and in that condition, all previous feelings of betrayal and anger went out the window. Now all she looked like was a scared teenage girl that needed help.
Despite Oliver's injury he was still able to catch Evelyn rather fast especially since Evelyn was limping considerably and was clearly in pain. Eventually he got a grip on her but as she tried to pull away she fell flat on the ground putting up her arms in a vain attempt to protect herself.
"Oliver please, please don't kill me!" She cried tears cascading down her cheeks.
"Hey, hey." Oliver said kneeling to her level. "I don't want to hurt you. I just want to help you."
Evelyn lowered her arms slightly so that she could see Oliver's face. By this point she was shaking like a leaf and the fear was still present in her eyes. "You're, you're not?"
"Of course not Evelyn. All I want to do is help you?" Oliver said offering up his hand to her. "Please trust me that the last thing I want to do is hurt you."
Evelyn still looked frightened though. Oliver continued trying to get through to her. "Evelyn, you're hurt and I can help you but you need to trust me. I've always held out hope for you but I need you to trust me now. All I want to do is help you."
Oliver's words finally struck a cord with her. While she was still shaking, she took Oliver's and allowed herself to be pulled back to a standing position by him. However the speed of her standing up left her feeling nauseous. Add that on with her debilitating injuries and exhaustion, it wasn't a surprise when she passed out less than a second after standing up.
Oliver caught her before she fell back to the ground and help her in his arms. "Oh Evelyn, what's happened to you?
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