Hey Everyone! As promised I'm back and writing again. So after having read all the reviews for my story and having seen how many of them are seemingly from the same guy on a guest account I've decided to throw all those out and decide on how the shipping should continue my own way. In retrospect I probably should have used a poll to having users vote but hindsight is 20/20.
Over the past week as I decided how I wanted the story to progress, I got some great advice from various readers who told me to follow what I want instead of what others tell me to do. So as a result I will not be making any changes to the romantic direction of the story and the story will continue to be a SuperArrow, Oliver/Kara story.
I know this will disappoint several of my readers especially those who wanted Oliver/Sam and I do apologize to you but don't fret. Over my break, an idea came to me regarding another Arrow/Supergirl crossover storyline and if there is support for it, the story will be Oliver/Sam. The prompt is currently listed on my profile page.
Now onto the story, with the Earth X crossover done and completed, the story can now return back to the main storyline of Supergirl
Chapter 11: In Search of Lost Time
Earth 1 – S.T.A.R. Labs
Oliver hated dimensional travel. It always felt weird to him stepping through a wormhole and emerging in another earth. However this time the weird feeling in his stomach was due instead to his worry about returning to his home earth. Since adopting Evelyn and having William return to him, Oliver had zero plans to ever return to Earth 1. However William's return and Kara's insistence made the trip was now unavoidable.
Before the two had set off, Kara had sent off a message asking Barry to assemble all of the heroes of Earth 1 together at the old hanger bay they had used as their headquarters in the fight against the Dominators though she hadn't told them why.
As the breach opened to reveal Earth 1, Kara stepped out with Oliver hanging behind her. As Oliver hung to the back, he noticed that the only people present at the moment was Sara and Ray along with Barry, Iris, Cisco, Diggle and Felicity. Kara immediately became the center of attention as he rushed and gave a hug to her speedster friend. For several seconds all attention was on her until Sara's eyes darted towards him and she gave an audible gasp.
In that moment all attention was drawn away from Kara as all eyes faced Oliver and silence fell over the room as everyone's face displayed their shock. Sara broke from her hug with Kara and slowly began walking towards her oldest friend. As soon as they both closed the gap, she raised her hand to his face and stroked it in her hand as if trying to discern if it was true that Oliver Queen stood before her. Once she felt the warmth of his face, her eyes began tearing up and her mouth formed into a smile.
She pulled him into a tight hug, one Oliver returned. "I knew it. I knew it. I knew you weren't dead."
"I missed you Sara." Oliver whispered into her ear as he felt tears falling down his own face. Sara was one of the few people in his life that Oliver felt could truly understand him and having her back again in his arms made him feel all warm inside.
"Kara…" Barry began but at a loss for words. "How?"
Kara smiled as she watched Oliver reunite with his oldest friend. Kara had known that Oliver and Sara shared a close bond. From what Barry had told her, the two of them shared a complicated and painful past but one that had instilled in each other an unbreakable bond.
Eventually the two leaders broke from their hug and turned to face the others with tears glistening on the faces. Oliver used his finger to wipe them away. "I think I have some explaining to do."
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While the heroes present had insisted Oliver tell them the story immediately, Oliver had requested that they all wait until Cisco and Barry could bring all the other members of their teams together before explaining the story since he really didn't want to say it twice.
Eventually everyone had arrived and after the initial shock had ended, Oliver told his story, starting with the riot at Slabside and how Slade had pulled him from the rubble and saved his life. And about his decision to leave this earth… and William behind.
"But why didn't you come back to us?" Diggle asked. "Man even after everything that happened, you're our friend and we could have helped you."
Oliver sighed. "Your immunity was given because of my incarceration. If I showed up alive and free, the FBI would have arrested all of you. I couldn't take that risk so I decided that I should make my new home some place where my mistakes wouldn't put you all at risk."
"You should have come to me." Sara said. "You would have been safe aboard the Waverider."
Oliver smiled. "The Waverider was your mission, not mine. I didn't belong there. I needed somewhere free of my past and Earth 38 was the best place that I thought to disappear in."
"And yet Kara found you." Barry commented. "Not the best place to hide if you wanted to be invisible."
Oliver chuckled. "Maybe on some level I wanted someone to find us."
"Us?" Iris asked a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Oliver realized his slip-up. "I didn't go to Earth 38 alone. There was another who came with me. She also sought redemption for her past mistakes and so I took her under my wing and we both went to Earth 38 together."
"She?" Felicity asked, a hint of jealousy in her voice though it quickly dissipated.
Oliver took and deep breath and Kara gripped his hand in a show of support. "Yeah, the person who came with me to Earth 38… was Evelyn Sharp."
At that moment, Oliver's former team became shocked. "What?!" They all said in unison.
"You took that crazy traitorous bitch with you to another Earth?" Rene boomed standing up from his chair.
"Hey!" Oliver barked back at Rene with a surprising amount of bite, enough to make the former vigilante slide back into his chair like a child having been caught break curfew. "You call her that again and you and I will have a serious problem!"
Kara took the moment to interject. "What Oliver is trying to say is that Evelyn isn't the same person who betrayed the team. From what Oliver has told me, she suffered greatly because of her betrayal and her guilt was destroying her. Since Oliver took her in, she'd become a better person. When Nazi survivors from Earth X attacked, she helped up repel the invaders and she saved several lives."
As Oliver scanned the room eyeing his former teammates, he could see that there was still some suspicion but he couldn't blame them entirely. They hadn't seen Evelyn's development over the past few months. They only knew the arrogant girl who had betrayed them to Prometheus. He just hoped they would come around before they got a chance to encounter her again. She had suffered enough and Oliver didn't want her to doubt her own goodness again.
"You've told us about Evelyn but what about William? Cisco told us that he stole an extrapolator to Earth 38. We were going to try and find him before you all called us here." Iris asked.
"William is ok." Oliver answered. "He found his way to me and right now he's resting. Like Kara and myself, he's had a long day." Oliver's answer seemed to calm Diggle, Barry and Iris. "But I wanted to thank you all for protecting him. William has suffered enough and him having people with him to help him through his grief… you have no idea what that means to me."
As the group of heroes all present smiled at Oliver's confession, the door to the outside opened and in came three familiar faces, Thea, Roy and Nyssa. As soon as Thea saw her brother's face, she dropped her bag and bolted from her spot running into her brother's arms wrapping herself tightly as if she would never let go of him.
Thea tried to sound out her words but her crying left her words unintelligible in Oliver's ears though he knew what she was saying. Oliver gave her some kind words telling her he was here as he stroked her back. "Could you give us a minute?" Oliver asked and the heroes all allowed Oliver to take his sister and his former sidekick into another room.
Barry sighed loudly. "Wow. This was certainly not what I expected when I woke up today."
"True, but to be fair, who could have predicted this?" Iris joked.
"True but with how many times I've died and come back you'd think we'd be used to it by now." Sara offered.
"At least this revival didn't involve anything weird like aliens or magic pools or any other weird shit." Diggle commented.
"Except the whole bit about Oliver making a whole new like for himself on another earth, one where aliens exist." Dinah joked him causing the others to chuckle a bit.
"Man, I'm just glad he's back." Rene said. "We could really use some support here… No offense hoss."
Diggle smiled. "None taken. Oliver was always the best leader we all had and it's impossible to replace him." Diggle's smiled disappeared. "But I don't think he's coming back.
The members of Oliver's team stopped smiling as well. "Why not?" Curtis asked. "Oliver's back now and we could use the extra manpower."
"But he's still a fugitive." Diggle reminded them.
"That's never stopped us before." Felicity argued. "We've made fake IDs in the past, we could easily make one for Oliver so that he could live a normal life here…"
"No, Diggle's fight." Dinah admitted. "As much as we might all want Oliver to return, even if he did, he's too recognizable to create a fake ID for and we can't ask him to spend the rest of his life living underground. That's not fair to him or William."
Diggle nodded. "He may not be able to live a normal life here, but on Earth 38, maybe he can make a good life for himself and William there instead."
"Don't forget Evelyn." Barry added. "According to Oliver, she's living there now too."
"Yeah that's gonna take a while to get used to." Curtis said as the group dispersed.
"Same here hoss." Rene replied.
As the recruits dispersed, Diggle and Felicity stayed together and Diggle could tell something was on her mind. "What's bothering you?" He asked.
"This whole thing with Evelyn." She admitted. "I know Oliver says that she's redeemed herself but he doesn't exactly have a good track record with determining if people really are redeemed."
"You talking about Black Siren?" Diggle asked.
"No one's seen her in months and she's not exactly on the side of angels." Felicity commented.
"Maybe not but Oliver's spent the past few months with this girl and Supergirl is vouching for her as well. Maybe she has redeemed herself." Diggle wondered aloud.
"You didn't hear what that arrogant bitch said on Lian Yu. She hardly sounded like someone who was capable of redemption." Felicity replied.
"Look the idea that Evelyn isn't an enemy again is weird for me too." Diggle admitted. "But she is a kid and kids make terrible mistakes all the time."
"I'm not so sure." Felicity answered.
"To be honest, the all boils down to Oliver. I trust Oliver and if he trusts Evelyn, then I'm willing to as well." Diggle remarked.
Felicity wasn't entirely convinced but she nodded her head. She knew that Oliver deserved her trust on this matter no matter how much she disagreed.
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While Oliver wasn't keen to repeat the story, he was more than willing to do so for Thea and Roy since he was very happy to see them again. As he told the story of his survival, Evelyn recruitment and his escape to Earth 38, he answered whatever questioned they had and at the end of it, he was surprised when Thea pulled him in for another hug. To her, it didn't matter that Oliver had hidden his survival from her again. She was just happy that he was alive.
"Oliver, I… I know wont be able to stay on this earth anymore." Thea said.
"I know. I'm sorry." Oliver said softly.
"Don't be." Thea smiled. "Wherever you are is home to me, whether it be on one earth or another… I want to come with you back to Earth 38."
Oliver was shocked by this request. "Thea… I can't ask you to do that… To give up our home, our city…"
"Oliver, wherever you are is home to me." Thea smiled as tears slid down her face. "And I want to make a new home with you."
"I wont ask you to do that…" Oliver began.
"Then it's a good thing you aren't asking. I'm asking to come with you." Thea said matter of fact.
"What about Roy?" Oliver aked.
"If she's willing, I'll come with you. There's nothing for me left on this Earth expect for Thea and I don't want to lose her again." Roy admitted as he watched Thea's face beam in happiness and the new that he wanted to come with her.
Oliver put his hand on Roy's shoulder. "You're a good man Roy Harper, the best I know."
"Thank you." Roy said smiling.
As the trio walked out into the main hall once again, the eyes of all the heroes fell on Oliver once more.
"Kara, I think we've done what we came here to do. I appreciate everyone coming out here but I think it's time I returned home. I have a family waiting for me there after all." Oliver said.
Kara moved to prepared the extrapolator for dimensional travel. As she did, she noticed Sara Lance come up and envelope Oliver in a deep hug. As Kara watched the two old friends embrace each other, she felt a tang of jealousy at Sara's close relationship with Oliver. From Kara's own observations, she had seen that out of all the heroes, Oliver was perhaps closest with Sara and that the feeling was mutual for her. Oliver had always been an enigma to her. Unlike her or Barry, he didn't' wear his heart on his sleeve and kept any emotions he did feel buried deep under his stoicism and seriousness. But watching him with Sara, it was clear that they both felt more comfortable around each other than other, comfortable enough to share their feelings. She just hoped one day she could have such a relationship with him.
As Kara opened up the portal, she turned to Diggle and Felicity. "I'm going with Oliver. I've lost him too many times to let him go to another earth without family beside him."
Both Diggle and Felicity smiled at the younger Queens' decision and gave her and Roy a group hug before allowing them to head for the other earth.
Finally, the group together again, Kara took the lead and Oliver, Thea and Roy followed behind her back to Earth 38.
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Queen Residence, Earth 38
Arriving back at his home with both Roy and Thea in tow was a nice change. Having his sister and her boyfriend back in his life was a great thing in Oliver's mind. He was also happy that there wasn't any drama to worry about back on Earth 1. God knows he'd had enough of that.
After he returned back to Earth 38, his phone buzzed from Alex letting him know that William had been discharged as was home along with Evelyn.
Once Oliver arrived back at his home, he opened the door and led his sister and her boyfriend into the room. Both of them took a moment to scan Oliver's new digs until their eyes fell upon William laying down on the couch and Evelyn at the dining room table doing homework. Both of their eyes darted up as Oliver and company entered the room.
"Dad!" William exclaimed trying to sit up.
"Take it easy son." Oliver requested still worried for his boy. "You still haven't fully recovered yet."
Thea immediately booked over to William's spot on the couch and gave him a big hug. "It's so good to see you William."
"Good to see you too Aunt Thea." William said returning the hug to his beloved aunt.
Once Thea broke the hug, she finally noticed the bandages on his arms and head. "What the hell happened to you?" She asked.
Oliver and William looked at each other as if pondering what to say. Oliver then decided. "He was injured during a bombing by Earth X Nazis. I managed to get him to our allies at the DEO for treatment. Alex, his physician, says the he'll make a full recovery."
Thea let loose a breath she didn't know she was holding. She then gave her nephew another hug. However then hers and Roy's eyes then turned to Evelyn who was hovering in the background but hadn't said a single word.
Evelyn could feel her blood chill as the eyes of everyone fell upon her. Both Oliver and William tried to look inviting but her attention was dragged to Thea. Out of everyone in the room, Evelyn had known the Thea the best aside from Oliver. Unlike Oliver, her eyes were filled with mistrust and suspicion and Evelyn knew exactly why. Thea had seen the monster Evelyn had become on Lian Yu and she knew that her trust would be hard to gain. However she was intent on proving it. Roy, thankfully didn't know her so his face showed more curiosity than distrust. After all, he hadn't ever known her.
"Roy, Thea, this is Evelyn." Oliver said trying to break the silence. "Thea, you might remember her…"
"I do." Thea said in a disturbingly calm tone.
Evelyn crossed her arms in front of herself as if trying to hide herself in a shell. Oliver broke from William and embrace her in a hug before planting a kiss on her head. "Evelyn why don't you take William done and help him get set up in the guest room? My sister, Roy and I need to talk."
"Ok." She said softly so that only he could hear it. "Come on William, lets go get you set up."
As soon as the two were out of earshot, Thea spoke. "You two have gotten close."
"That an accusation?" Oliver asked.
"Just stating a fact." Thea said. "How did this come to be anyway?"
Oliver sat the two of them down and explained how on his way to STAR labs, he encountered Evelyn and helped her recover. Then he explained how after some explanations, the two of them forgave each other and how they decided to stick together in order to start a new life on a new earth and how she was essentially his surrogate daughter now.
"Wow…" Roy said. "That's some heavy stuff."
"No arguments here." Thea agreed. Her face now showed regret. "I guess… I guess I can understand why you two are so close."
"She's not the same person who tried to kill us on Lian Yu. She's become a better person." Oliver explained.
"Just looking at her she seemed scared and full of guilt. Hardly someone who you'd guess was an traitor." Roy remarked.
"She was absolutely terrified of me and what she thought I would do to her when we first met a few months ago. She's pushed herself so hard trying to make up for the mistakes of her past. We both knew there was a possibility that we would encounter our old teams again and I could tell the prospect of that terrified her." Oliver said. "Even after all the good she's done, she fears that it will never be enough for her to feel any sense of redemption in the eyes of her peers. Thea, I know you have a lot of reasons not to trust her but I'm asking you as your brother to please give her the benefit of the doubt."
Thea took a moment to think before she started talking again. "I trust you Oliver. It wont be easy for me to fully trust her again but I will give it a shot. If you believe that she deserves a second chance, then I'll give her one."
"And I will as well." Roy said. "If she's in the field with you then I'd like to get the chance to know her in case we all get back at the vigilante act again."
Oliver let out a small laugh. "The Green Arrow, Arsenal, Speedy and Artemis. A Team Arrow where everyone uses arrows. That's a first."
Oliver's joke caused all three of the heroes to burst out laughing. Finally then tension had been eased and for Oliver, it was starting to feel like home again. In the following hours, Oliver helped get Thea and Roy situated in an apartment near his home. He loved having his sister and Roy around but with William in the guest room, there wasn't any room left for them and he definitely wasn't going to force them to crash together on his couch. Thankfully Alex and the DEO were very helpful. However Alex made Oliver promise to bring them both over to game night next time they had one.
After the two had started getting furnishing for their new place, Oliver got a call that dragged him away.
"Mr Queen, this is Principal Coburn." A woman Oliver knew from Evelyn's school answered.
"Yes, what is it?" Oliver asked.
"Have you seen or spoken to Ms Arias today? Her daughter is in my office as she's waiting on a pickup. I tried to call her mother but her phone is going straight to voicemail." Coburn said.
"I haven't spoken to Sam today and I wasn't scheduled to pick her up. But I can be there in the few minutes and then I'll take her home." Oliver said.
"Thank you Mr. Queen." She said as she hung up.
"Whose Sam?" Thea asked.
"The parent of one of Evelyn's friends." Oliver said. Apparently she didn't pick up her daughter today which is unusual. I'm gonna go pick her up and take her home. Can you handle things from here?"
"We're all good." Roy said giving his mentor a thumbs up.
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Davis High School
Once Oliver arrived on the school grounds, he made his way to principals office where he say Ruby sitting on the chair looking distraught. "Ruby." He said.
She immediately bolted from the chair and wrapped her arms around his torso. "Hey you're ok. I'm here now."
"Where's my mom?" She asked close to tears.
"I don't know sweetie but I'll find out." Oliver said trying to calm her. "Why you go wait in the car? I need to speak with the principal for a moment."
She nodded and left the office and went into the car. Oliver then turned to the principal. "Did Sam drop off Ruby for school today?"
"No she didn't." Coburn answered. "Her friend Lena Luthor dropped her off but I couldn't get through to her. I hoped that I would at least reach you."
"I know Sam dropped her off and picked her up on Friday last week but I haven't heard from her since then." Oliver said.
"I've noticed that Lena or you have been responsible for pickup and drop-off this week. But haven't seen her since Friday. Could she simply be very busy working?" Coburn wondered.
"It's possible." Oliver wondered. "Her boss runs a tight ship and she's missed pickups before because of work. Let's just hope this was a miscommunication and that Sam's just been too busy." However deep down Oliver doubted those words. He knew Sam was having blackouts and he worried that they were getting more serious.
"Perhaps you can look into this. Your daughter tells me you work in specialized security for Edge Global? Maybe you can help find her." Coburn recommended.
"Not Edge Global anymore. L-Corp hired me after Morgan Edge's death." Oliver admitted. "But I'll see what I can do."
"Thank you." Coburn said as Oliver exited the office and went to his car where Ruby was waiting in the front seat.
He opened the door and hoped in starting up the car. "Hey sweetie. I'm gonna find your mom."
"You taking me home?" Ruby asked.
"Not to your place. I'm not leaving you alone. You're going to stay with me at my place with Evelyn. Plus you'll also get to meet my son."
This got Ruby's attention. "You've got a son? I didn't know that."
"I didn't either for a while but now he's a part of my life and he's finally back home." Oliver said truthfully.
"Where was he?" Ruby asked.
"Uh… He was at boarding school but I decided to bring him back. He'll be starting at Davis with you and Evelyn next week." Oliver thought of quickly.
After the drive home where Oliver had to answer several questions about William and how he fit into his life here, they arrived home. Evelyn's mood jumped when she saw her old friend and that they would be staying together for a while. While Evelyn set up the air mattress, Oliver cooked dinner and then called the girls and William up after sending a text to Thea and Roy asking them to come as well.
The girls were the first up as they practically jumped onto the table and served themselves up Oliver's latest delicious creation. Thea and Roy arrived shortly thereafter and took their own seats at the table after introducing themselves to Ruby. William was the last to come up. By now he had taken off most of his bandages and the swelling had gone down considerably however he was still moving slow.
"Ah William. Good to see you up." Oliver said holding out a fully filled plate. "You hungry?"
William initially wanted to refuse and just go back to sleep however just as he was about to say those words, Ruby turned around and smiled at him introducing herself. Oliver quickly noticed how Williams mouth hung slightly open and it reminded him how Diggle looked the first time he say Barry's superspeed.
"Sure dad." William said standing straighter his eyes never leaving the new girl. "I could use some dinner."
As Oliver watches his son stumble through introducing himself to Ruby, Oliver smiled as he watched his son brighten up.
As dinner neared a close, Oliver left the table in order to make a call. "Lena."
"Oliver, this isn't exactly the best time. I'm busy at the moment." Lena answered talking fast.
"I'm sorry but this couldn't wait." Oliver answered. "Sam didn't pick up Ruby at school."
"Oh my God!"Lena exclaimed panic in her voice. "Oh God I completely forget I was supposed to pick her up for Sam. Is she ok?"
"She's fine. She's over at my place right now for dinner." Oliver said calming her down. "But you were supposed to pick her up?"
"Yes… She's uh… she been very busy at work and she asked me to help her lighten the load." Lena fumbled through an explanation one Oliver wasn't entirely buying.
"Really? Because I haven't seen her all week and I've never seen her miss a whole week of drop off and pick up." Oliver tested.
"Well she and I got pretty busy…" Lena continued. "We're uh… working on a major product for L-Corp and she's been working so hard trying to get it finalized."
"Well I was just worried since her school couldn't get a hold of her today." Oliver said as his mind went through his next course of action. "So are you and Sam together in the office?"
"Uh no… we're uh… working somewhere more secure. You know confidential information and all that." Lena chuckled nervously.
"Well it's good to know she's ok." Oliver said. "Alright got to go. Goodbye."
"Goodbye." Lena said hanging up.
Oliver then decided on his next plan of action. Lena was clearly hiding something in regards to Sam and Oliver wanted to know what that was. With Lena out of the office and an updated list of hacking tools from Felicity in his belt, Oliver's next mission was to break into L-Corp and discover is Lena knew anything about Sam.
As he reentered the kitchen, he saw that only Thea and Roy were left cleaning the dishes. "You don't have to do that."
"We're guests and our mom raised us to respect our hosts." Thea said.
"Except when we got drunk and filled our best friend's pool up with beer." Oliver joked.
"I still can't believe you and Tommy found enough beer to do that." Thea smiled.
"Wait that story was real? I thought you made that up." Roy asked.
Oliver smiled. "It was real. Moments from a different time." Oliver's smiled faltered. "Anyway I have to head out. There's some important work that I need to do."
"Important work as in Green Arrow work?" Thea whispered.
"One of my friends has been experiencing blackouts and not the kind caused by booze." Oliver clarified. "I think her boss might know something about her disappearance but I wont know until I check out her place."
"You gonna go full Hood on her?" Thea wondered.
"I don't think I will. Her boss's name is Lena Luthor and aside from potentially hiding the truth in regards to what happened with my friend, she hasn't done anything remotely criminal." Oliver explained. "And I could use some backup."
Both Roy and Thea smiled at the request. "I'll go." Roy offered. "I still have my old suit and it'll be good to be back in the field again."
"Meanwhile I'll stay here and keep the kids occupied." Thea offered.
"Make sure they're in bed by ten." Oliver ordered.
"Ten? Seriously?" Thea joked.
"You'll understand when you're a mother." Oliver smiled.
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L-Corp
Sneaking into Lena's office was easy with grapping arrows. All the security was downstairs and with Lena out of the office, no one would be coming in unexpectedly.
Once the were in the officer, Oliver plugged his USB into her computer and in true Felicity form, the computer was unlocked and the system was there's. "Alright I'm gonna take a peek at Lena's files. Maybe they're something in here that will tell us what happened to Samantha." Oliver whispered.
Roy whispered as well. "Hopefully she figures no ones going sniffing around her computer. You know when this is done I'd like the chance to get to meet Supergirl's team."
"Maybe after we're done I'll take you and Thea by the DEO. I'm sure they'd all love to meet you guys."
The computer started beeping. "We've got something. Looks like Lena was trying to permanently delete a security footage from the office. Let see what she was trying to hide."
"Nobody makes those decisions but me!" Sam yelled clearly distraught.
"Sam, your blackouts are coinciding with something. I just to ask a few…"
"Silence!" Sam ordered her face now devoid of her previous hysteria and now showing only anger. She walked over to Lena but in that moment, she seemed to snap out of her blackout andshe looked around her face filled with confusion.
"Sam did you just have a blackout?" Lena asked as Sam sat down at the desk. "You don't remember anything you said?"
"No." She whispered.
"Sam honey it's ok. I know what's wrong with you. I'm gonna make you better."
The footage ended.
"What the hell just happened?" Roy whispered.
"I don't know." Oliver answered. "But Lena does. Whatever's been happening to Sam, she knows what's going on. We have to find her."
"Take a look." Roy said pointing towards the screen. "Looks like she wanted to permanently erase another file."
Oliver opened the file. "This one is a file from when the company was owned by her brother. It makes mention of a facility designed to contain and study 'powered individuals.'" Oliver read.
"Meta humans." Roy said.
"And aliens as well I'd imagine given her brother's anti alien history." Oliver sad as he removed the USB. "Let's go check out this facility.
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L-Corps Hidden Facility
Arriving at the facility, Oliver was surprised to find that the facility's security was entirely automated which made it much easy to sneak in. Firing their hacking arrows at the motion sensor controller and the cameras, the security of the facility looped and allowed Oliver and Roy the window to sneak into the facility.
Once they arrived at the central facility, they made their way into the rafters and observed the facility from above. They discovered that the facility was mostly a single lab. In what Oliver guessed was some kind of containment cell was Sam sitting on a chair and on the outside of the cell was Lena and the two were clearly in the middle of a very heat discussion.
"I told you this before if I had hurt people I would know." Sam explained as Oliver and Roy listened.
"What's the play?" Roy asked.
"Wait and see." Oliver answered.
"You're right. You would remember." Lena answered coldly. "On some deep level you would feel what you had done." She touched the screen of her tablet and a news feed opened up.
"When you look at this do you remember what it was like? Attacking Morgan Edge? What I would've given to see that up close." Lena said smiling as if she was goading Sam to respond.
"No? No recollection?" Lena asked as she touched her screen again. "Supergirl? I mean that one's difficult to forget. Having your fist connect with something so solid, so powerful."
Oliver didn't like what Lena was doing one bit but as much as he wanted to jump him and save her, his instincts told him to wait.
"This is insane." Sam mumbled to herself.
"How did it feel to obliterate?" Lena asked once again. "You tore those men apart. You ripped the limbs from their bodies and you dragged them across the beach." Lean accused her voice getting more emotional.
"Why are you doing this?" Sam cried. "I just want to go home to my daughter."
"Like I'd let someone like you near Ruby!" Lena shot back.
"How dare you!" Sam whispered.
Lena didn't stop. "What did it feel like? Living in that house day in and day out, pretending to be her mother? Watching her sleep, so vulnerable. Knowing any minute you could rip her apart wit your bare hands. You're not a mother, you're a monster and I will make sure you never see Ruby again!"
"Enough!" Sam screamed pounding her fists onto the shield wall. When they couldn't break it, her eyes turned red and she started shooting heat vision from her eyes just like Kara. She screamed as she blasted across the entire room trying to break free.
Lena then touched something on her pad and Sam screamed in agony as she buckled over and passed out. Oliver decided that he was done waiting. He and Roy jumped down from the rafters and landed right next to Lena scaring the life out of her.
As she screamed in fear, Oliver rushed over to the cell while Roy stayed close to Lena, bow raised. As he saw Sam on the ground, he could see her veins will green much like how the evil Supergirl looked when his kryptonite arrow made contact with her.
"She's Kryptonian." Oliver said masking his voice with the emulator as he turned to Lena.
"You're the vigilante, the one who killed Morgan Edge." Lena gasped. "What are you doing here?"
"I came here looking for Sam. She had gone missing." Oliver answered. "Now why is she in a cell?"
Lena backed up holding her tablet tightly to her chest. "How do you know Sam? How did you know we were here?"
Oliver tried to placate her but the voice modulator wasn't exactly helping. "I'm not your enemy here. I just came here to find her."
"How do I know I can trust you?" Lena asked as she continued to back away as Oliver neared her.
Oliver turned to Roy and the two gave each other a nod. Oliver knew there was only one way he could get Lena to trust him. She needed to see a familiar and trustworthy face. He turned off his voice modulator and removed his hood and mask. "Because I'm a friend."
Lena's eyes became wide. "Oliver? You're… you're the hood vigilante?"
"It's a long story, one I'll gladly tell you later but suffice to say I'm not here to hurt you or Sam." Oliver answered and his response seemed to calm Lena down. She took a deep breath and stepped closer to her friend.
"Ok." Lena nodded. "When Sam came to me recently about the blackouts, I put her here for testing. I discovered her body is undergoing some kind of metamorphosis. She's literally transforming into Reign."
"Reign?" Roy asked.
"Kryptonian Worldkiller." Oliver answered. " The same one who nearly killed Supergirl last Christmas. I'm guessing all of her blackouts correspond with Reign attacks."
"You're correct." Lena answered.
"Then why all the hostility? If Sam can't remember her blackouts then why grill her about them?" Oliver asked a hint of accusation in his voice.
"Sam's been in denial about who she is." Lena explained. "I hoped that forcing to her to revert to Reign would be enough evidence to convince her of who she's becoming."
"Bitter pill to swallow especially for Sam." Oliver answered.
Just then Lena and Oliver heard Sam stir as the kryptonite had run through her system and she regained consciousness. Oliver then watched as Lena reluctantly played the security footage for Sam and Sam's eyes were glued to the screen and Sam's reaction made Oliver's heart break inside.
"No… Oh my God! Stop! Stop! Make it stop!" Sam screamed as she tried frantically to turn the tape off.
Lena turned it off and Sam broke down crying. "I needed you to see it for yourself."
Sam turned to face Lena, her eyes filled with tears. "All those people…"
Lena turned off the cell's force field and walked inside. "It wasn't your fault. You weren't in control." She then moved to sit next to Sam. "When you transformed, I was finally able to get a sample of Reign's DNA. Now we have knowledge and knowledge is power. We're gonna get you through this." Lena said as she turned her glance towards Oliver and Roy.
Sam also turned to see Oliver. "Oliver?" She asked her eyes still filled with tears.
Oliver placed down his bow and walked inside the cell. "We're all here for you. We'll get you through this together."
Several minutes later, Sam made a call to Ruby telling her that she was staying at the hospital and that she was contagious. Oliver had promised to continue to look out for her but Sam made him promise not to tell her where Ruby was, for Ruby's safety.
Once Sam was back in the bed and asleep, Oliver and Lena prepped themselves for a conversation they both knew needed to happen. "So what happens now?"
"I think it might be a good idea to inform Supergirl. She's Kryptonian so she might be able to provide us knowledge and the resources of the DEO to aid us in curing her." Oliver recommended.
"I don't. Even if Supergirl is a member of the DEO, that organization doesn't officially exist and I'm worried about what they might do to Sam." Lena argued.
"You think they might forget about curing her and will just try and kill her?" Oliver guessed.
"Exactly." Lena said. "Sam is my friend and I don't want to lose her. I think I can cure her. Control or eliminate the Reign portion of her mind and body."
Lena noticed Oliver's hesitation. "I can see you're not fully on board."
"I've worked with Supergirl in the past. Don't ask me to explain it will take too long but suffice to say I don't exactly feel too good about lying to her about this." Oliver admitted. "How about a deal? I'll keep your secret for the time being. But if we don't make any progress in three weeks, we call Supergirl in. I trust her and I believe she'd be willing to help us cure Sam."
Lena took a moment to mull it over. "Alright I agree. My time in National City has taught me to trust Supergirl, and I trust you."
"Then let's get to work." Oliver said.
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And that's a wrap! Another chapter completed and the Supergirl storyline building up for the next episode. This next chapter might take a bit longer to write since I've got plans for Oliver to be heavily involved in that episode's plot but I feel that you all will definitely like what's coming next.
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