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Couch: Sara Oliver Kara
Loveseat:Roy Thea
Couch: William Ruby Samantha felicity
Couch: Alex Lena sam
Couch: slade Malcolm black siren
Loveseat: Zari Laurel
Couch: Rene Curtis Dinah
Arm chairs:John and Quentin (are in separate ones)
Everyone came in and got situated and the video started up
The echo reverberated back to where the team was fleeing.
Felicity immediately gasped, skidding to a stop. "Please tell me that wasn't what I thought it was!"
"Gunshot," John swallowed nervously. "That's exactly what it was."
"Oliver didn't bring a gun with him," Nyssa said uneasily.
"Yeah I don't use guns very often," Oliver said.
"Kara doesn't need a gun," Thea shook her head, looking sick as well.
"Chase had one?" Quentin asked incredulously.
Slade had his head tilted to the side, and he frowned. "If the island was exploding, we would hear it from where we are," he told them.
"So no exploding island?" Felicity looked around. "No dead Adrian Chase?"
Malcolm opened his mouth to say something when Slade suddenly held up his hand. "What?" he immediately reached for an arrow, Nyssa for her sword.
"What's happening," Thea said.
A moment later, there was a howl, and a black blur smashed just past Black Siren. "What the hell?" she scooted back.
A moment later, Kara landed on the ground and stormed up to the quivering form of Chase on the ground.
"That was for what you did to Oliver," she spat, kicking Chase. He flew a good few yards before he hit the ground again, crying out in pain.
"Damn remind me not to piss you off god,"Rene said.
The shipping sisters were texting like crazy because she admitted it was for Oliver.
She fired her heat vision into his unburned leg, making him yell. "That is for taking his friends," she continued, prowling towards
him, Thea's jaw hanging open as she watched, even Slade stunned speechless as Supergirl went on a rampage.
"You know when Slade's speechless it's bad," Thea said.
"That – " She stomped on one of his hands, and the cracking of bones filled the air, making Samantha gag and turn away. "Is for taking his family." She leaned down in close to Chase's face.
"And this is for William."
"Thank you," Samantha said. Kara smiled and nodded at her.
She slugged him hard, knocking him out. A stunned silence hovered over the group, only broken by Kara's ragged breaths. A moment later, she stood up, taking a deep breath, closing her eyes.
"Oliver is bringing Chase's boat around," she finally said. "William's with him."
"We heard the gunshot," Slade told her. "Is everyone alright, little one?"
Kara opened her eyes. "Fine," she nodded. "No one was hurt." She looked down at the unconscious pile in front of her and curled her lip. "Except him."
"What happened?" Black Siren frowned.
Flashback
Chase lifted the gun to his temple. Kara left his side in a blur of blue and red. The crack of a gunshot rang out a split second later. Oliver gasped and pulled William closer as Kara grabbed Chase's wrist and swerved his arm,
sending the shot wide. In the next second, she snapped his wrist, making Chase cry out in pain.
"Kara!" Oliver shouted. She looked up at him, and Oliver pointed to the island. "Get him away from here, knock him out," he ordered. "But don't kill him!"
Kara curled her lip and nodded curtly, grabbing Chase in a choke hold and flying of , oliver hurrying to grab the wheel and direct it back towards the island, William sliding to sit on the floor of the boat in shock.
"You just barely succeeded in not killing him he looked bad," Sara said.
"Gotta love super speed," Kara chuckled darkly. "Got me to the boat before Chase, helped me make sure he didn't kill himself." She tilted her head. "Not that it's not tempting. And usually, I have a no kill policy," she added. "Not a word, Malcolm."
Everyone bursts out laughing because they needed a break from the stress and that was one of them.
Everyone turned to the Dark Archer, who held up his hands. "I'm not gonna piss you off," he told her. "Not a word."
"I agree with my on-screen self," Malcolm said.
"The supply ship's not that far away," Slade told Kara. "Think you can haul him a bit further?"
"Oh, it's no trouble at all," Kara smirked, walking forward. "Oliver also said he was going to get in contact with a woman named Lyla? I remember him mentioning her before. Who is she?"
"Oh, God," John closed his eyes. "My wife . . . and she is going to kill me."
"That sucks for you Dig seriously," Roy said
With the threat of Chase now practically extinct thanks to Kara, Slade went a much slower pace as they hiked to the ARGUS supply ship.
"But he was OK?" Samantha was asking Kara, a panicked tone in her voice.
"Samantha, I promise," Kara put a hand on her shoulder, her other hand dragging Chase by his ankle.
"You seem to be doing the most uncomfortable thing for Chase," Thea said.
"William is absolutely fine. I'm sorry, though, that Chase outed Oliver as his father."
Samantha slumped slightly. "I knew I couldn't hide it forever. It was wishful thinking."
"Take it from me, family isn't always perfect, but it's still family," Kara patted her shoulder.
"Maybe having William around Oliver may do some good. And maybe both ways. Oliver barely knows him, but his face when Chase started taunting him about William . . . " Kara shook her head. "I'm not saying you need to, like, move in together," she said. "Just let them get to know
each other."
"Do you try and fix everyone's relationship," Oliver said. Kara just smiled.
Samantha nodded. "I owe Oliver that," she told her. "Thank you for going after him."
"She saved him, too," Quentin said, making them turn to him. "Chase escaped, Kara flew to find William. He tries to kill himself, Kara knocked him off. She didn't do that, we'd all be dead. She saved every single one of us."
Kara opened her mouth, then frowned when Chase started to stir again. She sighed and kicked him in the head, knocking him out again. "Do I need to worry about repeatedly doing this?" she pointed at Chase.
"No," Malcolm snorted.
"I, for once, agree with Malcolm please keep doing that it's funny," Thea said.
"You are the weirdest group I've ever interacted with," Kara decided. "And I work for a Green Martian."
"Those are real," Curtis said.
"Yep, maybe I'll introduce you sometime," Kara said.
"Whoa, wait," Curtis stopped. "Martians are real?"
"Yes, both green and white," Kara nodded. "The green ones are the nice ones. J'onn is the last of his kind. The White Martians wiped them out. M'gann's a nice one, though," she mused out loud.
"You're just saying that like it's normal," Sara said.
"Well it's sort of normal," Kara said.
"J'onn is lucky to have her."
Everyone stared at her. "You are the weirdest person I've ever interacted with," John finally said faintly.
"Yeah I can see that," Alex said.
"Rude,"Kara said.
The sound of a boat's motor grew louder, and Slade smiled. "I believe that's your son, Samantha."
She ran ahead, the others jogging after her. They were barely out of the trees before they heard her,cry William's name, heard a faint cry in return. When they made it out of the trees, they saw Oliver bring Chase's boat to the dock by the supply ship, William scrambling to get off of it and
reach his mother.
Thea smiled in relief. "Finally, May doesn't end with Star City destroyed or someone dying."
"You point that out like you're having coffee with someone," Roy said.
"Does it usually happen like that for you?" Kara asked curiously.
"And mostly on Wednesdays," she rolled her eyes.
"That's true," Thea said.
"Huh," Kara tilted her head. "My bad guys seem to favor Mondays."
"Weird, huh," Kara said.
She shook her head, then tossed Chase over her shoulder like he weighed nothing. "Shall we?"
Thea shook her head as Kara headed for the dock. "She is something else," she told Malcolm as they followed.
"Yes, she is," Malcolm agreed, looking at her. "When we get back to Star City, can we . . . talk?",he finally asked lamely.
Thea looked at him, then smirked. "Drinks are on you."
Malcolm chuckled. "Fine."
"Ha I made you cave," Thea said.
Lyla arrived with ARGUS agents an hour or two later, with fresh supplies for everyone. She gathered Chase and Talia to take back to headquarters, but Quentin asked her to leave Black Siren to him. Lyla had been reluctant to do that, and when she noticed Slade out of his cell, she nearly
threw him back in as well.
"Yeah that seems like Lyla," Dog said.
It was when Oliver and Kara shared the parts Slade and Black Siren played in rescuing Oliver's family and friends that Lyla finally agreed to leave Black Siren in Quentin's care. She also made it very clear that if Slade put one toe out of place, he would be going back to Lian Yu whether he
liked it or not.
Slade had just snorted. "You'd have to get in line behind this one," he pointed to Kara, who took a sudden interest in her boots.
"You threatened him," Thea said.
"You've seen what I can do, you know I can carry through on it," Kara said.
"True," Thea said,
"You threatened Slade Wilson and got away with it?" Thea asked incredulously. When kara blushed, she turned to Oliver. "Marry her."
"Gof Thea!" Oliver yelled.
"I ship that," Thea yelled.
Kara blushed even more at that while Oliver just cleared his throat. "OK, back to Star City," he told them. "And, uh . . . sincerely hope there's no spare criminal we need to stop when we get there."
"And I'll just head back to my Earth," Kara nodded, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"No," Oliver told her simply. "I'm buying you a drink before that." Rene coughed into his arm something that sounded suspiciously like "date!" which made Felicity give him a sharp look,
"What is this," Oliver said.
"You two would look really cute together, everyone ships it," Thea said.
which led to Malcolm and Slade both snickering. "Because if it wasn't for you, nearly everyone on this boat would be dead," he told her, making Kara bite her lip and look up at him.
"I owe you, big time. I can at least buy you a drink before you leave."
Kara sighed. "Fine," she acquiesced, looking down at her suit. "But I am not going back in this."
"Uh, leave that to me," Thea leaned forward with a smirk.
"Yay, makeover,"Thea said.
They both looked at her, then Kara cleared her throat. "OK," she nodded. "One drink." She made a face. "Even if I can't get drunk."
"Are you serious," Felicity said.
She nodded and said "alien metabolism."
"What?" came the indignant cries from most of Team Arrow.
"Cheers," Oliver held his beer out to Kara.
"Cheers," she smiled, clinking her club soda against his.
"Do you ever drink anything other than club soda," Thea said.
"No, it seems like a waste of money to by something that doesn't get me drunk," Kara said
They drank together, and Oliver swirled his drink around before speaking again. "You were the,last person on my mind when I was thinking of who to call," he told her. "And now, when it's all said and done, I can't believe I didn't think of you sooner."
"Well now you're coming if this happens still," Oliver said.
"You've had Barry and Sara and everyone else long before you even met me," Kara shook her head. "It's natural, Oliver."
"Not to mention, you're just intimidating," Oliver added.
"Wait seriously," Kara said. Oliver just nodded.
Kara raised an eyebrow. "Pot, meet kettle."
"I'm not the one that can fly," Oliver counted off on his fingers. "Is invincible to bullets, shoot lasers from my eyes, freeze anything when I breathe out, can keep up with the Flash, can lift who knows how much – "
"You can do all that," Malcolm said. She nodded and he just shook his head
"OK, OK, I see your point," Kara sighed. "I get it."
"That was partly my fault," Oliver admitted. "I asked you not to hold back when I first met you. And when you didn't, I got unnerved."
"Oh I definitely held back, if I hadn't your all be dead," Kara said.
"I thought you didn't get unnerved," she smirked.
"I said nothing," Oliver muttered, making Kara giggle as she took another drink.
"But we all heard it," Thea said.
"Shut up," Oliver said.
"But that was what I needed. I needed someone Chase wouldn't expect. I needed someone I knew would have my back. Nyssa was probably the only person other than you I could have trusted the most, and even then, I've been on the wrong end of her bow before. Malcolm was my very first enemy
when I returned from the island. Slade and I were once brothers before Shado's death and the mirakuru tore us apart. And Harkness . . . " He shrugged. "And honestly, Kara, I think you were the right one all along. From what Thea told me, Malcolm would have been blown up if not for
you. There might not have been a chance for Black Siren otherwise. Even Slade feels he owes you for the benefit of the doubt you gave him."
"Your world is so much different than mine, Oliver," Kara told him. "I fight aliens, and I'm a hero. The world sees me that way. Here, you're a vigilante, making your mark with a bow and arrow. I told my sister once that I didn't think I would ever find someone admired more than my cousin." She put her hand on his arm. "You were so strong today," she told him softly. "You had every opportunity to kill Chase. If it was my family he had threatened, I might have considered it. You may still see yourself as a vigilante, Oliver. You're a hero to me."
"This is really cute," Sara said.
Oliver smiled. "Pot, meet kettle." Kara blushed a bit, playing more with her drink. "So, what actually happened in National City before you came here?" he asked.
Kara paled knowing that she would have to listen to it all again.
Kara froze for a split second before continuing to stir her drink. Had Oliver not been so observant, he wouldn't have noticed. "Alien invasion," she shrugged. "Nothing unusual."
"Really Kara,"Alex said.
"Kara."
She hung her head. "I don't know what Barry told you about me when we first met, but the reason I'm on Earth is because I was sent by my parents to protect my cousin," she told him, concentrating on her drink. "We left just as Krypton died. Our planet's gone. We're all that's left now. But Krypton had a sister planet, Daxam. And after we stopped another alien attack last year, a pod similar to mine crashed. It held Mon-El, a Daxamite. I treated him so horribly at first," she groaned. "I didn't stop to consider that he was in the exact same situation I had been in before. A whole new world, no idea where I was, no idea how to fit in. So I helped him. And gradually, I
fell in love with him."
"So what changed?" Oliver asked.
"His parents found him," Kara answered. "Turns out he was the prince of Daxam and never told me."
"Mhm ouch,"Thea said.
He snorted. "That couldn't have gone well."
"No, it didn't," Kara shook her head. "His mother, Rhea, accused me of not only taking her planet and people from her, but also her son. And in the end, she decided to take Earth from me. So I challenged her to single combat. If I won, she would leave and never return. If she won, I would stand by and let her have the planet. But when I started to get the upper hand, Rhea had the Daxamites start to invade."
She stopped abruptly, and Oliver put his beer down, reaching out to put his hand on her arm.
"Aw," Thea said quietly.
"What happened?" he asked quietly.
Kara took a deep breath. "My friend and I, we came up with a back-up plan, a plan that was for a worst-case scenario. Her mother is the head of an anti-alien organization on my Earth, called Cadmus. She had a device that could send Kryptonite into the atmosphere. It would have killed my cousin and I immediately. Lena switched it out so that, instead of Kryptonite, it sent lead into the air."
"Lead?" Oliver repeated. "It hurts Daxamites?"
"Yes," Kara nodded, closing her eyes. "And she gave me the trigger to use it. I had a choice: I could either let Earth be invaded, or kill several Daxamites to save it." She sniffed. "But if I sent the lead into the air – "
"Mon-El," Oliver realized.
"He told me to do it," Kara swallowed. "So I did. Rhea crumbled, right in front of him, and then he started choking." She wiped furiously at her eyes. "I barely got him to his pod in time. I sent him away from Earth, and I have no idea if he's even alive or not." She sighed, taking a long
"Wow that really sucks,"Sara said.
drink from her glass. "It's just, I hate it when I lose people," she told Oliver. "Even one life lost takes its toll. I keep thinking what could I have done differently, how could I have changed this? I didn't want that to happen to you."
Oliver looked down at his beer. "Last year, the team lost someone," he revealed, making Kara turn to him. "A wonderful woman. One of the kindest you'd have ever met. Her name was Laurel Lance."
Quentin shook his head in sadness.
Kara's eyes widened. "Lance? As in – ?"
"Sara's sister," Oliver nodded. "Quentin's oldest daughter. She was known as the Black Canary. And a man named Damien Darhk used one of my arrows to murder her. The worst part was that, right before she died, she told me she loved me." He shook his head.
"She did?" Sara said surprised, she hadn't known laurel had done that.
"I never got to say it back."
He turned to Kara, seeing the horror in her eyes. "Our jobs are not easy," he told her. "At the end of the day, we save who we can and have to live with our mistakes. Sometimes, we might even be able to forgive ourselves for them. But the least we can do is keep fighting, because if we don't,
who will?"
Kara nodded thoughtfully. "Were your campaign speeches that inspiring?"
"Yeah, hoss seriously damn," Rene said.
Oliver snorted. "God, I've made enough speeches like that already." She giggled, taking another drink, and Oliver finished his beer, tossing a few bills on the counter. "I probably shouldn't hold you any longer."
"I would come whenever you need me, Oliver," Kara smiled, taking the bag with her suit and following him to the door. "You know that."
The shipping sisters were texting yet again.
"I do," Oliver nodded. "Now more than ever."
"Likewise."
Kara took a deep breath, then turned to face the three teammates she had.
"Thank you for standing with Oliver," she told them sincerely. "Even if it did nearly cost you your life and if you fake betrayed him twice."
"Of course you heard that," Slade sighed.
"You are ridiculous how did you hear about that," Slade said.
"Thank you, Kara," Malcolm was the first to walk forward. "I've got a chance with my daughter now."
"Don't waste it," Kara advised, shaking his hand.
Malcolm shook his head and silently said "I won't."
"Not this time," Malcolm vowed, making Thea smile.
Kara smiled at him, moving on to Nyssa. "I'm sorry you had to face your sister," she apologized.
"Talia had it coming," Nyssa admitted. "I had a score to settle with her. But I would have stood with Oliver no matter what."
"He's lucky to have you as an ally," Kara told her. "I hope it stays that way."
"As do I," Nyssa nodded. "Safe travels, Kara."
She nodded, then moved in front of Slade, folding her arms. "The last time I actually spoke face to face with you, I threatened to kill you if you betrayed Oliver. You did just that."
"Wow straight to that," Slade said.
"It was a fake," Slade reminded her.
"Which I knew," Kara nodded. "And if I hadn't stopped Chase, you would have died attempting to save everyone on the island." She held out her hand. "Oliver made the right decision in letting you out."
Slade shook her hand. "It was an honor, little one," he told her.
"Good luck finding your son." Slade nodded his thanks,
"Thank you," Slade said quietly
and Kara turned to face Samantha.
"Good luck with your move here," she told the woman.
Samantha gave her a large hug. "Thank you for saving my son," she whispered.
Kara smiled brightly at her. "Once in a while, everybody lives."
"Girl seriously,"Curtis said. She just nodded.
"Oh, you did not just pull a Doctor Who!" Curtis blurted, eyes wide.
"You have that here, too?" Kara grinned. Oliver coughed pointedly, and she shook her head. "Not important. Right."
"You're ridiculous you know that right," Alex said.
"Yeah I do,"Kara said.
She turned back to Samantha. "When I heard about William, that clinched it for me. I would have done anything if it was my family, too." Samantha smiled gratefully, and kara made a show of turning around and slipping on her glasses before turning to look at William.
"What do you think?" she asked playfully.
"Does pretty much nothing," Lena said.
Kara started pouting and said "yes it does."
"No it doesn't," Alex and Lena said.
"I still know you're Supergirl," William told her bluntly.
Kara pouted. "But if you didn't know I was?"
William shrugged. "But I do."
Kara pouted more.
Kara sighed, mocking disappointment. "Oh, take the fun out of it, why don't you?" That got laughs from everyone, and Kara bent down, taking off her glasses. "You were very brave on Lian Yu," she told him softly. "I would be proud to call you my son." William smiled at her, and Kara offered a hug. He took it, and Kara squeezed him tightly. "I wish you the best, William."
"Thank you," William smiled at her.
Kara smiled back, then took a deep breath and turned to Oliver. "I don't want a call like that in a long time," she warned.
"Another alien invasion?" Oliver suggested.
"Foreshadowing?" Thea said.
"That would be an entirely different story."
Oliver smiled fondly, giving her a hug. "I'm going to miss you, Kara."
"I'll miss you, too," she told him. "But, remember – "
"You got him to give you a hug, that's impressive," Thea said.
"Just one call away," Oliver rolled his eyes playfully. "Yes, I remember. As long as you remember that, too." Kara nodded, walking away slightly and pulling out her extrapolator. Before she activated it, Oliver turned to her.
"One more thing." She turned back, pushing her glasses further
up her nose. "I owe you," he told her. "I don't care what you say. If you say I don't, you're wrong. One wrong move, and Chase would have taken everything from me. It's because of you that everyone walked away relatively unscathed. I want you to know that, Kara. I won't forget that."
"I don't know if I will need to take you up on that," Kara admitted
Kara smiled, her cheeks pink. "I'll keep that in mind," she promised. "Good luck to you. And everyone," she addressed the room.
They all waved, and Kara turned, pressing the button on her extrapolator. The familiar breach opened, and Kara took a deep breath before walking through, back to Earth-38. There was silence in the room, then Nyssa asked quietly,
"We will more than likely never see her again, will we?"
"Unless, you know, aliens invade again," Felicity bit her lip.
"It'll be less likely that she calls that favor in," Malcolm looked at Oliver.
"She's strong," Oliver turned around. "But even the invincible can fall."
"Do you not have faith in me Oliver," Kara said with a smirk on her face.
"Not what I said," Oliver answered
Kara walked right back into her apartment, and she watched the breach close behind her. She exhaled, dropping the bag with her suit onto her couch, slipping the extrapolator into the side. She took a moment to look out over National City, relishing in the familiar environment.
It had been wonderful to see Oliver again, but home was home. A moment later, she walked over to her home phone, wincing when she saw how many messages she had.
"Oh I'm gonna be pissed," Alex said.
She picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number and waited.
Her sister answered immediately.
"Kara?" Alex cried. "Where have you been?"
"Hey, Alex," Kara took a deep breath, smiling despite Alex's angry tone. "You're not going to believe the adventure I just had."
"How do you smile at that," Thea said. Kara shrugged and they waited for the next one to come on.
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