I appreciate everyone waiting for me to finish the first chapter for my requested MCU story. I apologize for the wait but I hope it was worth it for the update I will present today. This one takes place during episode 3x13 so get ready for it!
Just so everyone knows, I will not be inserting Oliver directly into the events and recopying and pasting the episode text but rather I will be focusing on scenes where Oliver's presence throws a monkey wrench in the story of Season 3.
Enjoy the story!
Chapter 8: Both Sides Now
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Queen Residence
Oliver couldn't believe his eyes. He knew there was a chance that Kara would find him on Earth 38 but he believed that no one was looking for him. Even without her super suit, Kara was instantly recognizable with her trademark glasses and cute, geeky clothing.
In the second that Oliver had to register Kara's arrival, he immediately adopted a neutral expression and thought back to his training with Yao Fei. Take slow breaths and breath normally. Oliver knew Kara had super hearing, he just hoped that he could get his heart under control before it gave him away to Kara. He felt bad about doing this but for her safety and Evelyn's she needed to stay away from him and she would only do that if she believed that her Oliver was dead.
Once the shock wore off, Kara enveloped Oliver in a bear hug tightening her grip around his shoulders. "Oliver! You're alive! I knew you weren't dead!"
Oliver quickly removed Kara's arms from his shoulders her facing still beaming with happiness. He still wasn't a big fan of physical shows of affection. "My Rao, how are you still alive? Everyone thought you died in that prison riot."
"I'm sorry miss. Who are you?" Oliver asked feeling his heart shatter when he saw the changed expression on Kara's face.
Kara was confused. She tried to keep up her smile but she felt her face beginning to fall. "Oliver it's me, Kara. You're friend. Don't you remember me?"
Oliver shook his head as he continued his act. "I'm sorry ma'am but I believe you have me mistaken for someone else."
Kara shook her head in denial. "Oliver is this some kind of joke? Did Barry put you up to this because it's not funny!"
"I don't know who you're talking about." Oliver retorted. "I don't know this Barry and I don't know you! I've not a criminal and I'm certainly not dead!"
Kara confused expression turned to worry as she saw the new scar on his face. "Oliver what happened to you?!" She asked walking up to him and trying to inspect the wound though Oliver broke contact with her before she could grab him and walked deeper into the house.
"What are you doing here anyway? How did you know where I live?" Oliver asked trying hard to stay in character though his heart kept telling him to give up.
"You know I'm a reporter! I knew you were alive when some hooded archer took down Dr Psycho! Catco and the DEO helped me find your house." Kara explained hoping to talk some sense into her formerly deceased friend.
"Wait a minute, have you been stalking us?" Oliver demanded, feigning an accusatory tone.
Kara was aghast. That was the last thing she expected to hear. "Oliver… Everyone misses you, Sara, Thea, William. They all want you back."
"You told your other friends that I'm this Oliver?" Oliver asked real worry evident in his voice.
"They don't know yet!" Kara placated trying to hold back tears. "I just wanted to check up on you before I told them."
"So you admit you have been stalking me!" Oliver accused trying to get her to leave but nothing seemed to work. He knew if she didn't leave soon, she would eventually learn the truth.
"Oliver…" Kara whispered tears forming in her eye. "It's me, it's Kara." Kara then ripped open her shirt showing the Supergirl outfit underneath. "It's me, Supergirl."
Oliver feigned a look of shock at the revelation. Kara in turn saw the look and bought it. She pulled her shirt together wrapping her arms around her torso crying silently. "Why can't you recognize me Oliver?"
"Because I'm not this Oliver!" Oliver lied as his heart shattered once again.
"Stop it! Stop it!" Kara cried, tears streaming down her face. "What are you? A ghost sent to torment me?"
Oliver sighed and was about to answer when the door to the house opened and Evelyn stepped in. "Dad I've got a lot of work to do so can we make dinner quick…"
She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Kara and Oliver in the middle of the room and tension in the air.
"Uh… Were we expecting guests?" Evelyn asked worried.
"No. Kara here was just leaving." Oliver said colder than he intended.
Kara quickly collected herself as she buttoned her shirt and headed out the door. Once they were both outside, Kara turned to him her eyes still tear stained but her voice more even. "You're right. You're not our Oliver."
Oliver sighed. "That settles it. Oliver Queen is dead." He walked back inside and let the down shut taking a deep breath and holding back his own tears. Kara looked so upset at his lies but Oliver knew it was for the best. Adrian Chase was a monster but he was right about one thing. People got hurt when they were around Oliver and he definitely didn't want Kara to be hurt because he was around.
Composing himself, Oliver walked over to Evelyn's room and saw that the door was shut. Through the door he could hear her typing on her computer, then he heard her groan and throw something, probably her pencil at the door. "Evelyn, dinner will be ready in a few minutes."
"I'm not hungry Oliver. I don't feel so good" Evelyn said through the door.
"You should still come out and have something." Oliver insisted. "You'll feel better once you eat."
"I'm not hungry!" Evelyn opened the door. "Leave me alone! I'm busy!" She screamed and slammed the door in his face.
Oliver was irritated now. He wanted so much to just charge in there and give her a piece of his mind but he knew that would be pointless. Evelyn was dealing with something and he clearly had no idea what it was.
Oliver sighed and abandoned his goal to get Evelyn food and instead walked into his study and pulled out a book he had bought his first week in National City. A book on the psychology on teenage girls.
Oliver spent almost an hour on the book. Meanwhile Evelyn never came out of her room. Oliver was also not having much luck. The book was terrifying to him. Oliver knew teenage girls were difficult to raise but he never knew how much stress and pain they might have to endure in life. Eventually Oliver put the book down. He knew he wasn't going to find the solution to his problem in the book so he instead decided to call the one person who might have the answer, Sam.
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Davis High School
Sam was at her daughter's school picking her up from practice. She had plans to take the two of them to the ice skating rink for some fun and relaxation at Lena's insistence.
As she was waiting for Ruby to come out, she heard her phone ring and internally groaned. It was her first day off in weeks and the last thing she needed was work emergencies that others could handle. However when she saw the caller ID, she smiled and answered it. "Hey Ollie." She said in a sing song voice.
"Ollie?" Oliver asked with a tone of amusement in his voice.
Sam then got nervous. "I'm sorry was that too personal? Nicknames are something I'm just used to and Ollie seemed…"
"It's ok Sam." Oliver chuckled. "It's just the last person who called me that was my sister and an old friend Sara."
"Alright just checking." Sam sighed in relief. "So what's going on? You need me to pick up Evelyn today?"
"No she's home safe and sound but I do need something from you and it does involve Evelyn." Oliver answered.
"Name it." Sam offered.
"Evelyn's been acting weird lately and I was hoping you could help. I'm a guy so I don't understand half of what Evelyn could be going through. You've done such a good job raising Ruby I just wondered if perhaps you could give me some advice on how to handle this." Oliver began.
Sam put her full focus on the conversation. "Tell me everything you know about what might have started this."
"I think it started after the dance. She won't speak about what happened at the dance and when I tried to prod her about it she exploded, started screaming at me and ran to her room. Did Ruby tell you anything about the dance involving Evelyn that could help me here?"
"She didn't really say much about Evelyn. She's been pretty enamored with her new boyfriend." Sam admitted. "But I'll ask her about it today after I pick her up and I'll text you what I learned. Anything else about Evelyn I should know?"
"She's also pale and looks really thin. Plus she's not eating and I think she throws up what she eats." Oliver added.
Sam sighed at this. She indeed had a good idea about what was going on. "Has she been super focused on anything but school work? Has she also been working out more?"
"Yes to both." Oliver answered.
"It sounds like something Ruby went through." Sam answered. "Two years ago Ruby was being bullied by some alpha bitch at her school She kept insulting her weight and Ruby tried to diet, exercise and throw up her food in order to lose weight. I was eventually able to get through to her and get her to stop trying to hurt herself. She got better over time after that."
"Any advice for me?" Oliver asked hopefully. "Evelyn's suffered enough in life and I want to
Sam took a breath. "Be patient. She'll come around to you. You just need to let her know that when she's ready, she can open up to you. Whatever this is that's bothering her will come out when she's ready."
"Thanks Sam." Oliver smiled. "I appreciate this."
"No problem." Sam said as she shut off her phone as Ruby came running to the car.
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DEO Headquarters
"Purity is down, Reign and Pestilence to go. And it is only a Wednesday" Alex smiled at their successful day.
"It has been a good morning so far." J'onn admitted.
"Yes and bonus points. The DEO techs found this in the Worldkiller's home. It is a Kyrptonian Cache Crystal, as you know used to store sensitive information." Winn explained as they all sat in the lab observing the spoils of their mission.
"I've seen crystals like this in the Fortress of Solitude." Kara explained. "It contains elements of the fortress itself."
"Yes but this crystal has a very different home." Winn elaborated.
"We might be able to pinpoint the location of the Worldkiller's headquarters if we analyze it." Kara offered.
Alex smiled. "First round is on me. Winn, get your chicken wings.
"And I will eat a necessary amount of chicken wings as befits my stature." Winn joked
As the two agents continued celebrating their upcoming victory, Kara still looked despondent and sad. A small tear slid down her face and she attempted to cover it up before anyone saw it thought Mon-El did.
"Hey are you ok?" He asked. "You took a couple of serious blows back there."
"Hey you know I analyzed the frequency of the Worldkiller's sound waves and it is it designed specifically to hurt Kryptonians." Winn explained turning to his computer and pulling up the data.
"Luckly the inhibitors in the cell seem to be working on her." J'onn gestured in the direction of the cells.
"You know you do seem a bit off." Alex admitted. "Maybe we should run some test. Guy?"
"Oh yeah." Winn said as everyone but Kara and Alex left the lab.
"It's not the sonic blast that's bothering me." Kara admitted. "It's Oliver Queen."
Alex was surprised. "You found him?"
"Yeah, looked just like him, talked like him, hell he was even brooding just like him." Kara recounted. "But no matter what I did her didn't recognize me."
"Winn said it was possible we could have an Earth 38 doppelganger of Oliver living here." Alex offered. "Maybe that's all this was, just another version of Oliver on this earth."
"But I was so sure!" Kara interjected. "I was so sure that this was Oliver and that somehow he had survived and come here!"
"But why would he Kara?" Alex asked. "If Oliver wanted to stay off the radar, why would he come to the one place in the multiverse where someone he knew could identify them?"
"I don't know." Kara admitted. "But I miss him. After the Earth X invasion, we were getting closer. I was even going to invite him to come here and spend time on this Earth."
"You were?" Alex asked with a comedic tone. "Is it just me or did you have a bit of crush on him?"
"No!" Kara denied her face flushed red.
"Ha! You so did!" Alex laughed. "You're blushing. You so liked him!"
Kara sighed and gave up. "Ok maybe I did. But in all honesty I did want to get to know him better."
"From what I heard about his girlfriend I don't think she would've like him jumping to another earth to visit some superhero girl." Alex added.
"You mean Felicity?" Kara asked. "They'd broken up months ago."
"When?" Alex asked.
"During the West-Allen wedding." Kara answered. "But you and Sara were so drunk that night you missed Felicity telling Oliver that she didn't want to marry him."
"No kidding!" Alex exclaimed. "I missed that?"
"And so much more." Kara laughed as Alex's phone went off.
"I've got to take this." Alex said as she left.
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Alex Danver's Apartment
Over the past few days since the two women had rekindled their relationship, Alex had been on cloud nine. Having Maggie back in her life despite everything that had happened felt good. However they had been one things gnawing at the back of her mind, having children. Alex knew that having children was a killing point in her relationship with Maggie but she hoped that with time, Maggie would be willing to see things her way and being willing to join her in being mothers to a child. In pursuit of that goal, Alex had actually asked Maggie if she stance on having children had changed. Maggie hadn't said no but instead asked for time to consider her answer. Despite the fact that she didn't get a yes, Alex still believed that she would. However worrying about what her answer would be had occupied her mind during the entire mission to apprehend Purity and even when she and Kara had been discussing the Oliver debacle.
However finally the moment of truth arrived. While Kara was busy juggling her Oliver-not Oliver encounter and debating how to interrogate Purity, Alex had gotten a text from Maggie telling her that she was ready to talk and to meet her at her apartment.
When she arrived however, the answer she was met with was not the one she expected.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked her mind running in circles.
Maggie sighed trying to avoid crying. "Alex, I thought about it. I've been thinking about it since we ended it months ago. Alex, I love you but my mind hasn't changed regarding children. I don't want kids."
"Maggie, how can you say that?" Alex asked still in disbelief even after hearing this multiple times.
"Alex, you want kids and you've always wanted kids." Maggie admitted. "But it's not something we can compromise on. Either one of us capitulates or we cant do this."
Alex shook her head in disbelief. She was so happy to have Maggie back in her life, the idea that Maggie would be so willing to throw their relationship away again was distressing. "Maggie… I don't understand why you don't want kids. You'd be a great parent. You're a cop, a kind soul and one of the most progressive thinkers I know. You changed my mind regarding aliens on Earth. Why is it that you cant even have considered raising kids."
"Because of my dad!" Maggie screamed causing a look of confusion on Alex's face. "Growing up my dad and I were so close to each other. The idea that anything could separate us never even came up. When he discovered my sexuality, he treated me like some kind of monster."
"I know about your past Maggie. I met your father." Alex tried to interject.
"But you didn't know all of it." Maggie continued. "My aunt wasn't much better than my dad. She didn't care too much about me being a lesbian but she wasn't exactly prime parenthood material. She spent most of her days either asleep or drunk. I had to be responsible enough to take care of myself while I lived with her."
"Maggie… I wish I'd known before. I'm sorry but you're nothing like your father or your aunt." Alex begged.
"But that's the only kind of child raising I know." Maggie yelled. "No one in my neighborhood raised a finger to defend me and they all shunned me for who I am. Now imagine a person like me trying to raise a child. All I'll end up doing is ruining that kid's life and I don't want to do that to them… or to you."
"Maggie, what are you saying?" Alex asked, tears in her eyes.
"Alex, I love you, I'll always love you. But you want to be a mother and you'll be a damn good one. But I know deep down that I'm not cut out to be a mother and you deserve someone better." Maggie cried.
"Maggie I don't want someone better, you're my someone better." Alex cried as well putting her hands on her ex-fiancé's shoulder.
Maggie gently brushed them off. "I wish I was. Goodbye Alex." Maggie said somberly as she walked out of the apartment trying to block the heart wrenching sounds of Alex begging for her to come back.
With Maggie gone once again, Alex was left alone and she was distraught. For several minutes, she'd slid to the floor and begun crying her eyes out at the loss of the women she wanted to be a life long partner with.
Eventually her attention was drawn to her phone. It was Kara and she wanted to speak with her about the new worldkiller they captured, Julia.
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Ice Rink
A few hours after Kara's departure, Oliver had gotten a panicked phone call from Ruby Arias. She had been hyperventilating through the call but he got the impression that Sam was gone and missing. Oliver had secretly worried that perhaps someone had kidnapped Sam and was going to use her as leverage while he drove over to the Ice Rink.
Once he arrived, he was surprised to see Lena Luthor exiting her car and frantically running to the rink. "Lena?"
As Lean turned to Oliver, he could tell that she had a worried expression on her face. "Oliver, what are you doing here?"
"Ruby called me frantically. She said her mom was gone." Oliver explained as they made their way inside.
"She told me the same thing." Lena said. "Oh god I can't believe this is happening again."
"Again?" Oliver asked as they neared the door.
"Lena sighed and began to explain. "For the past few weeks Sam has been having blackouts not at all associated with drinking. She'll be having a normal day then blackout and lose hours at a time without even a hint about what she has been doing."
"Any idea about what's causing it?" Oliver asked.
"Not a clue." Lena sighed as they entered the rink and saw Ruby sitting on a bench crying.
"Ruby? Ruby, are you ok?" Lena asked as she moved to the girl.
"I'm fine." Ruby said in a tone that implied the opposite.
"Sweetheart what happened?" Oliver asked.
"I turned around and she was gone." Ruby explained.
They trio took a seat at a table. "Honey I'm so sorry. Your mom's just… She's going through a lot. It's gonna be ok." Lena tried to explain.
"It's not ok." Ruby fired back still sounding like she would break down any minute. "She was so excited to hang out today. And then she just disappeared. It's a few months ago. She was planning on going on this big trip and something wonderful was going to happen. But when she got back, she pretended like she'd never even gone."
"She didn't remember?" Oliver asked.
"They're something wrong." Ruby let tears fall down her face. Oliver slid next to her and gave her a tissue to wipe them. "I don't know what but there's something. It's like sometimes she's a completely different person."
Lena took Ruby's hands in hers. "Ruby I know this is scary. But something you should know about me is when there's a problem, I always find the answer."
Ruby gave a half smile. "Do you know what's been happening?"
Lena turned to Oliver as if silently asking for his advice. Oliver knew what he would want. If he were in the same spot, he would trust Evelyn or William with the truth and would want them to know what was going on in case they had to prepare for the worst. Thus, Oliver gave Lena a silent nod.
"Ruby… Your mother is… sick." Lena tried but seeing Ruby's eyes go wide she almost lost her nerve.
Oliver wrapped an arm around Ruby and gave it a small squeeze. "Keep going." Oliver asked.
"Your mom has been losing chunks of time." Lena continued. "She'll be doing one thing and then she'll disappear and forget whatever she did during the interim."
"So like some kind of amnesia?" Ruby asked.
"Of a sort." Lena continued as she took Ruby outside and led her to her car. "We know she's suffering the memory lapses but as of now we don't know what's triggering them. We've been running tests for a few days now. Once we have a better understanding of what's causing them, we can find ways to stop them."
"Ok." Ruby smiled slightly as she entered the back of Lena's car. Once Lena shut the door, she turned to face Oliver who had a solemn expression on his face.
"What?" Lena asked.
"I have a lead for you to try and work." Oliver suggested. "In my travels a few years ago I discovered a drug called Vitura. It's a drug that makes the user extremely susceptible to suggestion." Oliver explained remembering the time when Thea was drugged with the same compound and make to kill Sara Lance. "The user has no memory of what they do under the drug's power. Sound's like what Sam's been dealing with."
"I'll add it to the impressive list of possible suspects." Lena sighed. "Thanks for coming Oliver. I'll make sure Ruby gets home safely."
Oliver said his goodbyes to both girls and hopped in his own car and sighed as he turned on the engine. The idea of dealing with another Vitura usage was not appealing to him. Thea had gone through incredible amounts of self-hatred after learning she killed Sara. If Sam had been brainwashed and killed someone, the same thing was bound to happen. He just wished he could help Sam before the worst came, as Oliver feared it would.
Oliver's phone went off and a text came in, this time from Evelyn. Wondering what his adoptive daughter wanted, he opened the phone and upon reading the text immediately put the car in drive and burst home.
"Daddy, we need to talk. There's something I've been hiding from you."
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Queen Residence
Oliver had raced home at top speed. Evelyn had been moody and unresponsive for days now but finally she was willing to speak. Once Oliver arrived back, he jumped out of the car and rushed into the living room seeing Evelyn sitting on the couch with her head facing the ground. Hearing the door open, she turned her attention to Oliver and moved to give him space on the couch.
"I got your text Evelyn. You said you wanted to talk?" Oliver sat down giving her some space.
Evelyn shuffled her feet in nervousness. "I… It's stupid Ollie. I… I shouldn't have said anything."
"Hey, hey." Oliver tried to calm her. "It's clearly something that bothering you and that makes it anything but stupid."
Evelyn still didn't speak. "Evelyn, I know I can't ever replace your mother or your father but I want to be there to help you. I didn't take you along with me to another Earth on a whim. I knew you deserved a second chance at a happy life and I want to help you get it. And that means I'm here for you whenever you need me."
Evelyn gave a half-hearted smile and sniffled. She rubbed her eyes with her sleeves and began. "You remember the dance?"
"I vaguely remember you bolting off to your room the second you got home." Oliver answered.
"When I was at the dance, Carter and I were having a fun time. Ruby and Luke were also having a blast. " Evelyn explained her story. "Carter and I were having fun after a round on the dance floor. We started kissing… and then he… he tried to put his hand up my skirt."
Oliver's fist clench tightly in anger. "But then I pulled his hands off and told him to stop. He got angry and I told him to get lost. I saw him a few minutes later making out with Stephanie Harrison. Ruby and I left the dance shortly after."
Oliver sighed. "Honey I'm so sorry. The boy is not worth you…"
"That's not even the worst of it!" Evelyn screamed as tears fell down her cheek. "The worst part is he saw some of the scars left from Lian Yu. Not only did Carter tell everyone at the school that I tried to have sex with him but now they're also calling me a cutter now!"
Evelyn just broke down crying right there. She let her head fall as tears fell down her face. Oliver put his arm around her and pulled her in for a hug letting the girl cry on his shoulder. "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?" Oliver asked.
Evelyn stayed with her head on his shoulder. "After everything that happened on Lian Yu, I thought I was strong enough to handle this on my own. You were so busy with everything that I didn't want to bug you. You've done so much for me. I didn't want to be a burden."
Oliver pulled her off his shoulder and faced her in the eye. "Evelyn, you are not a burden. You are my family now and you will never be a burden to me. I'm your father now so that means I'm always going to be here for you whenever you need me whether it be for big or small things."
Evelyn smiled her first real smile in the longest time and allowed herself to fall into another hug.
"Evelyn, promise me something." Oliver asked.
"Anything." She replied.
"If ever you feel overwhelmed again or you just need my advice on something, never feel like you're going to be a burden on me. I want to be able to help you whenever you need it." Oliver requested.
"I will." Evelyn promised and Oliver could hear the sincerity in her voice. She then slid off his shoulder to grab her backpack and pulled a sheet of paper out of it for Oliver to read. "In the spirit of opening up to you more, I have something for you. The school is going to be having parent-teacher conferences in a few days. If you want to go you can."
"I would love to." Oliver smiled as the pair snuggled up closer to each other.
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Alien Bar
Following Purity's escape and Alex's recovery, the two Danvers sisters had gotten together at the bar for a drink and some chicken wings to finally clear the air. The pair had been quiet for several minutes before Kara broke the silence. "Are we ok?"
"We are ok." Alex assured taking a drink of her scotch.
"Do you want to tell me what's going on?" Kara asked.
"Maggie and I have a discussion after we captured Purity the first time. We talked and she still hasn't changed her mind. Maggie still doesn't want to be a mother. So she decided that we should end this once and for all." Alex explained avoiding crying.
"Alex…" Kara said softly.
"You know I have two speed dials on this phone, yours and Maggie. Even when we split up I didn't delete it. I figured that maybe she'd come around and discover that she would be a great mom and we could have the family that I'd always wanted."
Alex paused before beginning again. "You know now every time I look at this phone, I want to call her and tell her that I want her to come back, that I'd be fine not being a mother anymore if it meant being with her. But then another part of me tells me to delete her. That if I gave up my dream for her then I'd come to resent her for taking that part of me away. But I can't do either, because I'm scared and weak."
"No, that's not true." Kara corrected.
"No but it is, it is." Alex corrected back. "I mean all this time I've been waiting for Maggie to come back to me, to tell me that she wants to be a mom and that she was wrong for leaving me over it. I keep willing myself to get over it but I can't. And that's why I lost hope and why I couldn't believe in you or in Julia. And I'm sorry Kara."
Kara smiled and gave her sister a tight squeeze on her hand. "You know I didn't think I would get through the heartbreak. But you know what? I'm getting through it. And you are far stronger than me."
"See, you're always hopeful." Alex smiled.
"So are you." Kara retorted. "You were hopeful when you made the decision to want something more, to be a mom no matter how hard the decision was to stand by it."
Alex sighed as Kara continued. "And you know what, I thing you're right. I think there is someone out there for you and I think you will be a mom. I think you'll be a very good mom too."
Alex continued to smile. "I'm happy you are the way you are. And you know what when I have a daughter or a son, I'm sure my kid will love you too. You know with your powers and your amazing wisdom, they'll probably think you're a queen"
Kara smiled and laughed. "What I wouldn't give to be a Queen."
The two girls shared a laugh before Kara's mind suddenly ran into overdrive and she stopped laughing with Alex looking at her with a worried look. "You ok Kara?"
"I never said Queen." Kara whispered with her hand on her mouth in shock.
Alex became confused. "What?"
Kara didn't answer. She bolted from her chair and rushed out of the bar blasting into the air.
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Queen Residence
In the hours after his talk with Evelyn, she had passed out from exhaustion on the couch and Oliver and softly moved her to her bed somehow without disturbing her. As he was about to go down himself, Oliver heard a slight whooshing sound outside and turning around he wasn't surprised to see Kara Danvers, in her Supergirl attire standing in his backyard. Oliver sighed and exited the house.
"I thought we finished our discussion miss." Oliver built up his internal shields.
"I know who are. I know you're Oliver from Earth 1. I know you're the Green Arrow." Kara admitted not a hint of doubt in her mind.
"Oh really?" Oliver challenged. "And what had made you come to this conclusion?"
"During our conversation." Kara started. "You said Oliver Queen was dead. A name I never mentioned."
Oliver tried to deny it or come up with some kind of retort but as he saw her face he knew she had caught him in a lie and there was no way out of it. "What do you want with me Kara?" Oliver gave up.
"How are you even alive Oliver?" Kara asked. "Everyone assumed that you had been vaporized."
"That was the plan." Oliver admitted causing Kara a degree of confusion. "When the riot began, several inmates tried to kill me. Slade managed to rescue me and get me out before the prison exploded. We both knew that if I was revealed to have survived the explosion, everyone would still come after me so we decided to let me die so that I could start over once again."
"Why not tell your friends and family that you were still alive?" Kara asked.
Oliver sighed. "If they knew I was alive, it would jeopardize their immunity. But they're something else. Over the past few years I've come to understand that people who come near me are likely to end up dead. William, Felicity, Diggle, Sara, Thea, they'll all be safer now that I'm no longer alive. They don't have to worry about me mucking them up any further."
Kara had a sad look on her face as she internally wondered what kind of hell Oliver went through to come up with that conclusion. "What about your daughter? How does she fit in? Barry told me you had a son that you didn't know about for years. Was she the same case?"
"No. It's… complicated, me and Evelyn. But I knew she deserved a second chance to when I went into hiding, I decided to take her with me, give both of us the chance to live a new life." Oliver paraphrased hoping she wouldn't pry.
Oliver crossed his arms and sighed deeply. "I know you must still have a thousand questions."
"I do." Kara admitted. "But right now I'm just happy you're still alive." Kara smiled as she closed the distance between the two of them and she pulled him in for a hug burying her head into his shoulder. And this time, Oliver returned her hug in earnest.
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West-Allen Residence, Earth 1
"Tonight's story covers the continued chaos in Star City following former Mayor Oliver Queen's confession as the Green Arrow. Since Mr. Queen admitting to being the Green Arrow and was imprisoned by the FBI and later died in their custody, crime in Star City has reached a height never before seen in the city's history. Many people blame former FBI Samandra Watson's investigation that revealed Oliver Queen's vigilante life as the catalyst for the city's descent into anarchy. Despite the FBI's efforts to clean up the city, many criminal factions have come in to fill the void left by Ricardo Diaz and the ensuring power grab has turned the formerly peaceful city into a warzone. Councilwoman Pollard, a previous opponent of the vigilantism of the Green Arrow instead has this to say.
"Previously I believed that this city needed to end its vigilantism and return to normal police practices. However the truth is this city would have been destroyed several times over if not for Oliver Queen, the Green Arrow. Without him, this city is vulnerable." Pollard spoke.
"While there have been confirmed sightings of another Emerald Archer in Star City, with Oliver Queen dead, many fear that this replacement will not be able to confront the crime that this city is dealing with without the original Green Arrow alive anymore."
William had been watching the news every night after coming home from school. It hardly did him any favors but it was better than standing around watching Iris and Barry walk around on egg shells either for him or their new daughter from the future, whatever that meant.
As William pulled then headphones off, he heard voices coming from the living room. He slid open the door and peaked.
"I'm sorry repeat that for me." Iris asked.
"Kara says she thinks Oliver is still alive!" Barry almost yelled.
"Shhh!" Iris shushed him. "If William hears you! The last thing we need is to unnecessarily raise his expectations once again."
"But she's certain Iris! If Oliver's alive on Earth 38 then we have to go see! If he's alive he can come home now." Barry replied.
"Barry, Oliver's dead!" Iris shot back. "We were all there for his funeral. He's gone Barry. Besides even if he was alive, he cant ever come back. He'd either be a wanted criminal or a dead man. Besides we've got plenty to keep out attention here. Our daughter's major screw up? We'll be busy fixing that for the foreseeable future."
Barry sighed. "Guess you're right. I'm sorry."
"I know you miss him. But Oliver's gone now and we have to move on. He'd want us to." Iris offered.
"I know." Barry nodded. "Doesn't make it any easier."
"Come on it's late. Let's go to bed." Iris took her husband into their room and shut the door.
William was in shock. His dad was alive? William somehow knew his dad was still alive. He could feel it. William knew he had no choice. He had to go to Earth 38 and find out for himself if Oliver was still alive. Waiting a hour until he guessed that the West-Allens were asleep, William packed up a go bag and slipped out of the apartment, took a taxi to S.T.A.R. Labs and snuck into Cisco's lab.
Looking around, he finally found what he was looking for. A breach device with voice activation, something Cisco showed him the last time he visited Team Flash headquarters. He put the device near his face and uttered a command. "Earth 38."
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Earth-X, Nazi Science Base
The New Reich was destroyed but some Nazi resistance still remained under hardened fanatic Sturmbannführer Quentin Lance. He had been holding out for months but the Freedom fighters had been slowly diminishing the last of his loyal soldiers. He knew that his earth had fallen but he would be damned if his regime didn't get one last act of vengeance.
"Sturmbannführer Lance." One of his soldiers announced. "It is done. The Gateway is finished."
Sturmbannführer Lance nodded. "Do we have the target's location?"
"The data recovered during the fight with the Kryptonian girl has given us the location we need. We locked the device on her quantum signature. We have found her home Earth. A place they call Earth 38. Another weak and pathetic world devoid of a pure government." The soldier explained.
"Then prepare a;; our forces to move out." Sturmbannführer Lance ordered. "The New Reich may have fallen but we will have our revenge on the one who stole our victory."
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This episode had a lot of plot holes most notoriously being Alex's oddly ruthless behavior during the Julia interrogations. The episode initially pegs it as Julia is warping Alex's mind but instead we get the half assed explanation that Alex misses Maggie and has become bitter as a result. My hope with adding a second Alex and Maggie breakup, the episode actually begins to make sense with the annoying continuity that the show gave up.
Another thing I wanted to fix through this chapter was Maggie's explanation about why she doesn't want to have kids. Like other plot holes, the only explanation we get is that Maggie just wants to be the 'cool aunt.' While it is true that many people don't want kids in their future, for Maggie I felt like there might have been some underlying issues with her not wanting kids. Maggie was raised in a family that decided because she made a life choice that they didn't agree with, they kicked out. For many children who get kicked out of their home, they develop negative personality traits like being slow to trust like Maggie has most likely had only that role model to follow when it comes to child rearing and this affects their desire to be parents and their confidence in their ability to be parents. Maggie was no doubt hurt deeply by her parents and as a result developed this fear that she would make the same mistakes as her parents and end up pushing her kids away.
Once again, I apologize for the delay but I hope this chapter makes up for it.