AN: Hey, enjoy
Couch: Oliver Kara Sara
Loveseat: Roy Thea
Couch: William Samantha Sam Ruby
Couch: Alex Lena Felicity
Couch: Slade Dark archer black siren
Loveseat: Laurel Malcolm
Couch: Rene Curtis Dinah
Armchairs: John and Quentin (are in separate ones)
Couch: Cisco Caitlyn wally
Couch: Harry Joe Cecile
Loveseat: Barry Iris
Couch: J'onn Winn James
Couch: Clark Nyssa
Loveseat: Moira Nora
Couch: Stephen Amell, Melissa Amell
Couch: Caity Grant, Grant Gustin
Couch: Colton Hayes, Jack Moore
Couch: Anna Hopkins, Emma Tremblay, Emily Bett Rickards
Couch: Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Odette Annable
Couch: Manu Bennett, John Barrowman, Katie Cassidy
Couch: Ricky Gonzalez, Echo Kellum, Juliana Harkavy
Couch: David Ramsey, Paul Blackthorne
Couch: Carlos Valdes, Danellie Packbaker, Keiynan Lonsdale
Couch: Tom Cavanagh, Jesse Lamont Martin, Danielle Nicolet
Couch: Candice Patton, Jessica Parker Kennedy
Shipping sister so far:
Samantha
Thea
Alex
Sara
Felicity
Black Siren
Nyssa
Iris
Lena
All the people from earth 99999:
Oliver: Stephen Amell
Kara: Melissa Amell
Sara: Caity Grant
Roy: Colton Hayes
Thea: Willa Holland
William: Jack Moore
Samantha: Anna Hopkins
Ruby: Emme Tremblay
Felicity: Emily Bett Rickards
Alex: Chyler Leigh
Lena: Katie McGrath
Sam: Odette Annable
Slade: Manu Bennett
Malcolm: John Barrowman
Laurel:Katie Cassidy
Rene: Ricky Gonzalez
Curtis: Echo Kellum
Dinah: Juliana Harkavy
Dig: David Ramsey
Quentin: Paul Blackthorne
Cisco: Carlo's Valdes
Caitlyn: Danellie Packbaker
Wally: Keiynan Lonsdale
Harry: Tom Cavanagh
Joe: Jesse Lamont Martin
Cecile: Danielle Nicolet
Barry: Grant Gustin
Iris: Candice Patton
Nora: Jessica Parker Kennedy
"Have you two got anything?" J'onn asked Winn and Felicity as he walked into the control room with Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel behind him.
"With our luck, probably not," Sara said.
A pillow hit her in the face and Thea said from behind her pillow wall "Don't be gloomy."
"Oh we're on this scene, I hate this scene," Caity groans.
Grant covered her mouth and said "Shhh it'll be worse for them."
" Nothing on any of the guests," Felicity shook her head. "I mean, nothing relating them to Cadmus. So unless Lillian walks up to one of them beforehand, hands them a stick of Kryptonite and says 'get close to this one blonde reporter,' and they do it, they're not a threat."
"I doubt my mother would do that," Lena said to Felicity.
"She might be desperate enough to do it now," Sara said.
"You think of the weirdest way to say stuff," Thea said to Felicity.
"I know," Felicity said.
"It looks like there are some places that Kryptonite could be hidden while looking at these blueprints," Winn said thoughtfully, pulling them up on the larger screen. "It'll be easy to aim sensors at the venue and do a scan for it, though."
"Then how is she planning to kill me, she must know we have sensors," Kara said.
"So what the hell would Cadmus be able to attempt there?" Slade narrowed his eye.
Something on Winn's computer blared, making everyone turn to him. "Agent Schott!" J'onn growled.
"OK, that was police radios going haywire," Winn pounced on his keyboard, typing rapidly. "Reports of a gun being fired . . . just the one shot," he frowned. "That's odd."
"Looks like it's time for you guys to find out," Samantha said.
"Any casualties?" Malcolm asked.
"It sounds like just one," Winn answered.
"Why just one gunshot?" Felicity wondered.
Kara jerked upright suddenly, making Oliver stop. "Kara?" She narrowed her eyes, an intense look of concentration on her face. "What is it?"
"I'll be able to hear it," Kara said.
Kara closed her eyes, straining her hearing to all it was worth. She had heard the gunshot, heard all the 911 calls . . . but there was something else . . . something . . .
"Mom! Mom!"
Samantha looked down tears falling on to her lap asshe silently cried. She hated that sound, the sound of her son crying. She hated that sound no matter what it was about, but knowing he was crying because of her death made it extra cruel. In her eye's she had failed in her biggest job as a parent, be there, and put your kid first.
Her eyes flew open, and she gasped, hand covering her mouth. "Kara!" Oliver pulled her off to the side before pedestrians bumped into them. "What is it?"
"Get back to the D.E.O.," she swallowed, looking around. "I need to go."
"Go," Oliver nodded at once, understanding this was a Supergirl job. "I'll meet you there."
Kara nodded, running into an alley nearby. Oliver turned back the way they had come, pulling out his phone, when he heard several people gasp. He turned around, reaching for the knife he had in his jacket, but smiled when he saw Kara, in full Supergirl regalia, fly out of the alley and off into the city. "That's my girl," he said smugly, turning and walking on.
"Aww," Thea and Alex said.
"Stop," Kara whined.
"Did you just whine?" Moira asked.
"Maybe, don't judge me, I'm not the one braiding someone's hair while their heads in my lap, how do you even do that," Kara said.
"Oh, she's been done with my hair for a while," Nora said.
"Then why is your head still in her lap," Iris said.
"Cause we're best friends that's why," Moira said. "That doesn't change the fact that you whined."
"At least she didn't pout at you, that pout is deadly no matter which one of them it is," Willa said.
"Yeah, it killed John, also Willa, are you behind the pillow wall with Thea?" Katie C. asked.
"Yes, I am," Willa said.
"Why?" Katie C. asked.
"She was throwing pillows, and I wanted to do that too," Willa said.
"But-" Katie said before a pillow hit her in the face.
"Who threw that," Katie asked.
"She did," Two voices said together.
"Since I can't figure out which one of you threw it, I'll kill both of you," Katie muttered.
"Please, don't," John said.
"John, have I ever mentioned, I hate you sometimes," Katie said.
"Yeah, more than a few times," Manu said.
"Willa! Pillow!" Katie said ducking as two pillows hit Manu and John.
"Yeah that was the mature way to handle that," John said.
"Of course it was, I'm very mature," Katie said.
"Yeah, we both are," Willa said sticking her tongue out.
"You both tell yourselves that," Manu said.
"Um, we will," Katie said.
"Cause we are," Willa said.
Kara made it to the scene far before any police cruisers did. She landed in the street, running up to the sidewalk, desperately hoping what she had heard was wrong.
When she saw William crying and holding Samantha's body, Samantha deadly still, blood staining her clothes and William's hands, her heart shattered.
She swallowed and walked up, crouching by William. "William," she whispered, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"She's not dead," he sniffed, shaking his head. "She can't be!"
William was hugging his mother again and Samantha started crying again and Sam put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
"William," Kara insisted as gently as she could.
"She's not!"
"I'm sorry," she whispered, her voice choking slightly. William let out a sob, burying his head in Samantha's hair, and Kara rubbed his back slightly, chewing her lip. "I can stay until Maggie gets here," she said quietly to him. "But then I've got to take her to the D.E.O. You don't exist on this Earth, William. Maggie can bring you back."
Everyone was a little upset as they watched him cry.
William couldn't do anything but sniff and nod, and Kara hugged him, allowing him to cry into her shoulder.
Maggie cursed when her phone rang as she drove her cruiser through National City, pulling it out angrily. "What?" she barked.
"Oh, I miss Floriana," Chyler said.
"Who?" Kara asked.
"Chyler, we can't, they haven't gotten there yet," Katie MG said.
Chyler nodded and said "Sorry."
"Kara just left a few seconds ago," Oliver's voice told her, and Maggie straightened. "She seemed worried. What's going on?"
"Reports of a single gunshot fired, one casualty," Maggie answered, stepping on the accelerator more. "I'm about thirty seconds out. Thanks for telling me she's there."
"No problem."
Maggie hung up, pulling up to the correct address, swallowing when she realized it was the same ice cream shop they had hung out at just a few days ago. She hurried out of her car, hand on her gun, and stopped dead at the sight in front of her, eyes wide.
Kara looked up at Maggie miserably, her arms tight around William, who was sobbing . . . and around Samantha, her clothes soaked in blood. "Holy shit," she finally uttered.
"Pretty much everyone's thoughts," Winn said.
Everyone nodded when he said that.
Kara made to stand up, but William shook his head desperately, and she sank back to the ground. "Maggie," she whispered, and the cop hurried over as other cars started to arrive. "I've got to get her out of here, but William . . . "
"Don't," William shook his head, clinging to Kara's arm like it was a lifeline. "Please don't!"
Kara deflated slightly. "Sorry," she apologized to Maggie.
William got up and hugged Kara when he realized she was going to stay with him.
"Thank you," William whispered.
"You're welcome," Kara said.
"Go," Maggie told her. "Just tell J'onn or Alex they'll need to get to the precinct with a good cover story."
Kara nodded, then shifted slightly. "William, hold on tightly," she ordered. William nodded, wrapping her arms around her neck, and Kara stood, one arm around William's waist, the other supporting Samantha. Maggie backed up slightly, watching her take off.
"Whoa!" Cisco jerked back from the balcony when a blur of red and blue flew over his head. "Whoa! Hello! Girl of Steel inbound!"
"Must've been the 911 call," Iris turned. "Where's she heading?"
"One of the back rooms," Alex frowned, running in that direction. "Supergirl!"
"She's back?" Winn perked up as they ran past the control hub.
"Yeah, she's back, but she didn't stop to chat!" Alex ran on, knowing she had a pack of Earth-1 vigilantes behind her. "Kara!" she shouted, heading towards one of the rooms with an open door. "What's going – "
She froze in the doorway, gasping and putting a hand over her mouth. "Alex?" Nyssa asked, only to stop short when she saw what was going on.
"Oh, God," Quentin closed his eyes.
Kara turned to them, tears in her eyes as she gently placed Samantha's body down on the table in the middle of the room, William clinging to her desperately. "I couldn't leave her for the police to find her," she explained quietly, putting her arms around William. "William didn't want me to leave."
"Well neither of them exsist on that earth so it's probably good you didn't leave him," Black Siren said.
"Oh, no," James swallowed hard as the rest of the group filed in.
"Samantha," Thea breathed in disbelief, walking over as if in a trance.
"I heard the shot, and I heard the 911 calls," Kara said miserably, one hand over her mouth. "And then I heard William, and . . . " She shook her head. "I couldn't tell Oliver, not until I was sure. He should be on his way back here."
"I'll go let him know," Dig said quietly, backing out of the room.
"A warning would probably be nice before I just head in there," Oliver said to Dig.
"I'll call Detective Sawyer, tell her what to say," J'onn added. "Alex?"
"I'm sorry, William," Alex rubbed William's back softly. He didn't respond as everyone else slowly trickled out of the room.
Kara made to leave as well, but William lunged for her hand. "No," he shook his head stubbornly.
"William," Kara began.
"Please, don't go," William insisted, starting to sniffle again. "Please."
Kara closed her eyes. "OK," she agreed quietly, pulling out a few chairs for them to sit in. As soon as they were sitting, William pulled his chair as close to Kara as he could get, and Kara swallowed hard as she wrapped her arms around the poor boy as he curled into her for comfort. "OK."
"Thank you," Samantha said.
Kara smiled and said "It's no big deal."
"You are the only one who thinks that," Oliver said.
Oliver walked into the D.E.O. right when J'onn stormed into the command hub, practically snarling. "I want every satellite scanning for Cadmus activity, now!"
"Oh no, you are really pissed that is not good," Winn said.
"Yes, sir!" Winn dove for his chair, Felicity, Curtis, and Cisco doing the same thing.
"The shooting was Cadmus related?" Oliver asked as Dig walked up to him.
"Cadmus did the shooting," Dig answered, a somber look on his face. "We know that for sure."
"How?" Oliver asked. When Dig hesitated, Oliver paused. "John . . . "
"Because of who they killed," Dig finally answered. "It was Samantha, Oliver. The shot killed her immediately."
Oliver froze, eyes wide. "Samantha?" he asked quietly, almost inaudibly. When Dig nodded, Oliver closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. "That's why Kara didn't say anything about what she heard."
"She said she needed to be sure before she told you," Dig nodded. "She's pretty shaken up about it, too."
"And William?" Oliver looked up, face pale. "John, is he OK?"
"He's fine, he's not hurt," Dig assured him, and Oliver sagged in relief. "But man, he's in bad shape. He's basically attached himself to Kara. Neither of them have left her yet."
Oliver swallowed. "Where are they?"
Everyone was just silently watching this, it was emotional for everyone.
Kara and William were still sitting the same way when there was a quiet knock on the door. Kara looked up and over, her eyes immediately tearing up again when she saw Oliver silently walk in, shutting the door behind him. "Oh, my God," he whispered in disbelief, looking at Samantha.
"I didn't even hear a thing before the shot," Kara swallowed, shaking slightly. "And then I heard William crying, and I thought I knew what I was going to find, but I didn't want to say it . . . not until I saw it."
"I hate Cadmus," Alex said.
"They're not even real on our earth and we hate them," John said.
"Not helping the moment," Manu said.
"Neither of you are, so shut up," Katie said.
"You don't need to explain," Oliver squeezed her shoulder before pulling up another chair in front of them. He looked down at his son, who looked back at him with red eyes, and sighed. "I'm going to say I'm sorry, even though I know that won't cut it at all."
"She promised we were all going to make it before she . . . " William swallowed. "She promised right before. She lied."
"William, your mom didn't plan on dying in front of you," Oliver shook his head. "She didn't lie to you. She intended on making it out of this alive. She wouldn't have left you if she had a say in this."
"This is my fault," Kara whispered.
"Super puppy takes that back, it's not your fault," Sara said.
"Yeah I don't blame you, Kara," Samantha said.
"It's not your fault," William said.
"You call her super Puppy?" Stephen asked.
"Yeah," Sara said.
"We call Mel Angel Puppy," Willa said.
"We should use that," Thea said.
"No! She can't do that! Stephen!" Willa whined.
"Oh no, I'm not getting involved with this," Stephen said.
"Seven YEARS, Stephen!" Willa said.
"You don't get to use that on both of us," Caity said.
"Yeah, I can. I just did," Willa said.
Both of them looked at her. "What?" William blinked.
"Kara," Oliver sighed.
"No, you're all here because of me," Kara shook her head, rubbing at tear tracks on her face. "If you guys hadn't come – "
"Then you would be dead," Oliver said bluntly, making Kara wince. "And do you have any idea how much that would have hurt to learn?" Kara ducked her head, and Oliver reached over, cupping her face. "Kara, look at me." She slowly lifted her head, and Oliver stroked her cheek with his thumb. "We are here because we chose to be here," he told her. "Nothing you could have said would have stopped me or my team from coming. I tried to convince Samantha and William to go back to Earth-1 when they came, but Samantha put her foot down. We were all here for you, in any way we could be. Do not blame yourself for an element you couldn't control."
"You couldn't have known it was going to happen, either," William told her, sniffing. "It happened way too fast." He ducked his head down, rubbing his nose. "She wasn't breathing when I got to her."
"I could almost hear when her heart stopped," Kara swallowed, looking down at her hands. "I'm used to being able to hear things, to stop these things from happening the moment before they do." She tucked her hair behind her ear, putting her hand over her mouth. "And all Cadmus seems to be doing is throwing it in my face that I can't!"
"Even the invincible can have moments where they fall, Kara," Oliver told her gently. "You're not a god. You don't have to be perfect, even though everyone else out there may expect you to be. You're allowed to have moments where you're vulnerable. You're allowed to have moments like this, where something like this affects you."
"I know this is super serious, but you should be a motivational speaker dad," Moira said.
"No," Oliver said.
"I mean it, dad," Moria said.
"Be quiet," Oliver said.
"I know," Kara sighed, leaning into his hand, and Oliver moved his chair to be on her other side, allowing her to rest her head on his shoulder. "Sometimes I just damn my human heart."
"Nothing's wrong with being human," William frowned up at her. "What's wrong with an alien having a human side?"
"Absolutely nothing," Alex said.
Everyone nodded when she said that.
"You should listen to him," Oliver told Kara with a smile, giving her a small squeeze. "You are the strongest, kindest person I know. Don't let Cadmus take that away from you. Don't let them stop you from fighting." Kara closed her eyes, sniffing. "You hear me?" he asked quietly. "Keep fighting."
Kara just nodded, and Oliver kissed the top of her head as she buried her head into his shoulder, William hurrying to hug her as best as he could.
Everyone turned to watch Oliver and Kara walk into the command hub, both of them with the same anger on their faces. William was on Kara's other side, looking both nervous and eager at the same time. "We know Cadmus did this," Kara said with no expression in her voice, making Alex and Winn exchange wary glances. Kara like this was either very good for them . . . or very bad. "Do we know exactly who did this?"
"Very bad," Alex said.
"I couldn't hack security in the area," Winn shook his head. "Cadmus is very good."
"I sense a but coming," Oliver folded his arms.
"But," Winn nodded, gesturing to the blonde by him.
"They're not as good as me," Felicity smirked, tapping a key.
Everyone looked up at the large screen as the footage came on, and Curtis blinked. "Whoa. Wait a minute. Is that – ?"
"That's you," Dinah frowned at J'onn.
"That is the original Hank Henshaw," J'onn narrowed his eyes. "I was originally a refugee, one that was eventually found by the D.E.O. back when it was anti-alien. Hank Henshaw ordered me dead on sight. One of his men, Jeremiah Danvers, took the time to know me. He had taken in an alien refugee of his own. He sacrificed himself to save me, even when it meant betraying his boss. The last thing he told me before I believed him dead was to look out for his girls." He nodded to Alex and Kara. "And I have done my best to keep that promise."
"Believed him dead?" Rene repeated.
"Your father is still alive?" Nyssa asked Alex.
"He's Cadmus," she said shortly.
"Ouch," Dinah cringed sympathetically.
"And Henshaw was found by Cadmus as well," J'onn nodded. "They turned him into a cyborg, one they call Cyborg Superman."
"Dude, that is a horrible name," Cisco wrinkled his nose.
"It is, I do not, approve," Cisco said.
"He's as strong as me," Kara shook her head. "Aptly named."
"He's definitely the shooter," Winn announced. "Hank Henshaw killed Samantha."
Kara nodded slowly. "Cadmus should know better. Their problem is with me. But they chose to kill someone innocent. I want Cadmus gone," she said bluntly. "With or without everyone in this room, Cadmus is just going to be a name in history by the time I finish with them. And they will end after this fundraiser." She looked around the room. "And I'm going to do it, with or without everyone in this room."
"I'll be right at your side," Oliver promised.
"So will I," Alex nodded.
"We're not going anywhere," Laurel nodded.
"Earth-1 stands with the Girl of Steel," Iris smiled.
"For Mom," William nodded to Kara.
"For Samantha," Kara agreed, squeezing his shoulder, then looked up at the large screen. "Let's get to work."
"Okay I think that we have time for a few more," Laurel said.
Nora was whispering in Moira's ear when Moira blanched and whispered "I don't, want to do that, not right now, we just watched someone die." Nora whispered again and Moira whispered "I don't really care if this is the first time we've seen each other in months."
Nora got a determined look on her face and whispered again Moira, heard her, blanched, covered her face with her hands, and then got up out of her seat dragged Nora to the door and stammered "Um, yeah, we, um we'll be back in like 20 to 30 minutes."
"Fine you'll miss some of it though, and they're already gone," Laurel said
"What was that?" Oliver said.
"I have no idea, I've been trying to figure those two out for years," Laurel said.
"They do seem kind of weird," Thea said.
"Let's just watch," Laurel said.
AN: I know what they're doing, I might add it in the next chapter I haven't decided yet I would love to hear so feedback on if you want to know, or what you think.
Also, is Samantha slowly falling into a depression? Yeah, that is happening, sorry, when I'm depressed I tend to write characters like that.
Also, this chapter isn't much, sorry, but most of them were just trying hard not to cry, so, there is my reasoning