I had never thought I could see Barry and Oliver uncomfortable in my world, but they were. I had got Felicity hacking into records and we were all up in the attack. It had been two days since I sent my little friends off. I wasn't sure what they could provide when it came to getting my sister back.
"I found her!" Felicity exclaimed. I turned to face her, "well it's more than one, and you might want to sit down." I looked at her, "it's you and your sister."
I laughed and then I didn't see her laughing, "you're joking?" I hoped. She shook her head, "well fuck." Then it clicked the first time I met her, 'you look like her.' I walked over to the cabinet and grabbed a few vials and a few ingredients that I needed and walked over to the pot and threw them together.
"What are you doing?" Oliver asked confused.
"Making a potion, for any good vanquish to work you need either blood or flesh especially for high level demons or warlocks," I said. "So I'm thinking, do the same potion for them for her but include blood."
I threw it together and it was working, I grabbed an athame and walked over to the pot, this was going to sting. I sliced the knife across the palm of my hand, I hissed as I began to bleed, I squeezed my hand into a fist and dripped blood into the pot. "Mum!" I called.
I looked and saw that there was enough blood, I grabbed a cloth and wrapped it around, mum entered the attic and she looked at me. "What's up?"
"I need your blood for the potion," I said. She walked over and cut herself and then dripped it into the bowl. "Can you stay up, I'm going to need you to help with a spell."
"Sure, what spell?"
"A blood to blood spell, we're about to even out the playing field," I said smiling a little. I pushed the potion aside letting it settle, it had to turn a blood red colour. I walked over to the book and flipped to the spell I wanted and looked at the ingredients. "Can you go and get me some rosemary, holly and cypress from the kitchen? Oh and Yarrow root."
"Why do spells require a lot of blood?" Barry asked.
"Magic is passed through generations so for some spells our blood is required," I said. As I looked at them I was glad I had sent Caitlin, Cisco and a not very happy Diggle back through to their earth. Mum came back up and handed me the ingredients, I placed them into the pot and grabbed the book I found in the tomb. I placed it in and sat with mum. I pricked my left finger and mum did the same, we squeezed it into the bowl. "Catalina Preston blood of our blood, we summon thee."
White swirls appeared in front of us and I was surprised to come face to face with someone who looked almost like me. "Oh blessed be," she said.
"Woah," Felicity gasped.
She was dressed in her clothes and she took a step towards us, "you look like me," I whispered.
"Our looks are passed down the line through generation to generation," she said. "On another note I am glad my child got to live and carried on our legacy. The Preston line of witches, the most powerful of them all." She looked behind us. "Are they witches too?"
"No, erm Barry is a meta human, Oliver is human and so is Felicity, they aren't from this Earth," I said. "It's a long story, they've been helping. Your sister kidnapped my sister." Her face dropped, "what's that face?"
"I had hoped my sister would have stayed asleep," she said. I looked at her confused, she sat down and everyone was listening. "Before I died and she ripped my baby from my arms, I managed to perform one last spell. The moment my child was safe, Katarina would fall into a deep sleep, I don't know what could have woken her."
"I've been doing a potion, I changed our strongest higher demon one to kill her by adding my blood and my mum's in," I said. She nodded and reached for the athame and cut herself. "It's over there."
She stood up and walked over and let her blood drip into the potion, "how can you bleed aren't you dead?" Felicity asked.
"I am but I also came back with all my powers and it is as if I was alive again," she said. "Don't try and figure it out, it would just hurt your head. Do you have a plan?"
A knock on the window stopped me from answering, I walked over and opened it, Clark, Mon-El and Kara flew in. Clark pulled me into his arms and kissed me softly. "I've missed you like crazy," he mumbled.
"Me too," I whispered. I stroked his face and smiled at him, "doesn't this bring back memories."
He chuckled, "I never snuck into the attic Libby," he said.
I heard a cough and Clark groaned, "hi Kara and Mon-El, nice to see you," I said. I grabbed Clark's hand and brought him over to the group, "Clark this is my ancestor Catalina Preston."
"Hello," he said. "I found where they are. Massive mansion near the caves, it's going to be a little more difficult than we originally thought."
"Why?"
"She has human guards, she controlled them somehow," Kara said. "We can't hurt the humans, so we have to figure out how to get them out and away from her control."
"I'm good at that," Oliver said. Felicity nodded in agreement, "how many humans do you think are protecting this place?"
"At least 150, front and back," Mon-El answered.
"I can take that front and Barry can take the back," Oliver said. "Felicity can do what she does best."
"Which is?" Catalina asked confused.
"I guide," she said. She was tapping away at the computer in front of her, "I've managed to hack into National City archives and found the building you were talking about, it looks like no planning permissions have been added. I should be able to guide you in, I've managed to get ahold of the security cameras and hack into them. I can lead you."
I looked at Felicity, "wow, you do this a lot?"
"Hack? Yeah it's a small hobby," she mused. "I've been doing this with Oliver for many years, I got your backs. I've saved his ass a few times, actually both of their asses." Oliver rolled his eyes and Felicity grinned a little harder.
"Right so we need a plan," I said.
"I'm not coming with you," mum said.
Everyone turned to look at her and I nodded, "what? She's your daughter, how can you not go after her?" Oliver asked shocked.
My mum orbed out the room and they all turned to me, "my mother lost her powers," I whispered. They all looked at me, "Kelly was 4 at the time and mum was pregnant with me, a demon attacked Kelly with some kind of potion, my mum jumped in front of her and she got hit with whatever this potion was. A few days later she tries to use her powers and they're gone. The potion took them away, we don't know how or why but she hasn't had them since. They weren't sure I was even going to get powers, she has orbing and healing but other than she's defenceless."
"Oh," Kara said surprised. "You never said."
Clark squeezed my hand comfortingly, "makes sense actually," Barry said. I looked at him confused, "when you were in the whatever, your mother had to have your father's help to move it. In the end they had to call Liberty's other self to deal with it. So it makes sense that she's weak."
"I hope one day that my mother can get her powers back but not to help when your children are in danger, it's the hardest thing in the world," I said. "My mum has had to step back so many times when all she wants to do is throw herself into danger."
My stomach began to churn as I thought about my sister being in danger, I looked over at Clark and he smiled sadly. "Right let's get with this battle plan," Clark said. Him and Oliver worked together and began to plan our attack, Catalina was just listening with interest.
"I want my sister out the way," I said.
"That can't be possible," Catalina said. "It's going to take both of your powers to be able to defeat my sister, yes the potion is good but it's not going to vanquish her." I stared at her. "Your sister is going to need to use the ultimate power."
"Wait, I thought that was us?" I asked confused.
"It is, but together you both possess a power and that will be what will kill my sister," she said. I frowned, I had never known of us having a special power. "It's your love."
"That's not a power," I said shaking my head.
"Not in the sense of a magical power," she said. "My sister's greatest fear is love, the moment she played in dark magic she stopped feeling love." I nodded and pressed my lips into a thin line, I didn't want my sister in danger.
"I'll be back in a sec," I said. I walked out the attic and to Kelly's old bedroom, "Liam!" I called. "Liam!" Blue swirls appeared and then Liam was right in front of me.
"Did you find her?" He asked.
"We're working on a plan, I need your advice as my guide not my future brother in law," I warned. He nodded. "We're working on a plan, they want me to leave Kelly to fight with her in the battle. I want Kelly out of harms way what do you think I should do?"
"How is Kelly meant to help defeat her?"
"Something to do with the power of love," I said rolling my eyes. "It sounds like complete and utter bullshit but I just want to get Kelly out of there and out of danger."
"As much as I want the same thing, Kelly is not going to leave," he said. I sighed, "she'll not leave you in a battle meant for the both of you. Look she has her force field and that can protect and you have your power of deflection."
"I don't know how to use it," I admitted. I had never admitted it to anyone, I always made out I had a clue about my powers but I could never figure out the power of deflection, I did it once and then never again. A part of me wondered whether I still had the power. "I used it once and I've never been able to do it again. I'd rather rely on freezing and blowing things up, and then maybe my awesome new fire power."
"Does anyone know?" Liam asked.
"No, I made out I can control all my powers," I admitted.
"Good, whatever you can't do Kelly should be able to back you up, so long as she still has her powers," Liam said.
"Why wouldn't she?"
"Evil magic can remove a witches power too Liberty," he said. "You have to be prepared for everything. If you need anything just yell."
I nodded, I left her room and went back upstairs, "are we ready?"
"Ready," Clark said. "Are you?"
I nodded, I walked over and put the potion into some vials, I had made up to 15 vials. I handed them one each, "you don't need to be a witch to throw a potion," I said. "Your arrows will work on the demons as well as the humans, if you hit a demon they'll burst into flames." I had the last lot to my potions in my hand. "Game on."
I held my hands out and Clark was quick to grab onto them and everyone held each other, "for those who haven't orbed, it may take a moment for your stomach to catch up," Catalina warned. I closed my eyes and thought of the outside of the house and we were orbing. I opened my eyes and came face to face with the building. I'm coming Kelly. I'm coming.
