Hello everyone! Firstly I want to thank you all so much for reading this and enjoying it! It means so much to me and I'm so happy that you all like it! I love all your reviews as well and it warms my heart to open my phone in the morning and find new ones.

This chapter is a little different today, because I have divided it into perspectives for the battle. If this were a TV show and not a fanfiction, all I would have to do is change camera angles and the action would speak for itself, but unfortunately I cannot do that, so I thought I would try something different; the literary equivalent of a camera switch - a change in perspective. I hope you love it as much as I loved writing it, because it was a blast, if a little stressful making sure all the details were right.
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'Cause they will run you down, down til the dark
Yes and they will run you down, down til you fall
And they will run you down, down til you go
Yeah so you can't crawl no more

And way down we go
Way down we go
Say way down we go
'Cause they will run you down, down til you fall
Way down we go

Kaleo

Kara's first reflex was to chase down Rhea as she allowed her army to absorb her safely, but she knew she had to stick to the plan, for Barry, for Iris. So, she followed Barry and Wally and went after Savitar. Alex was backing up J'onn, aiming at things with her favourite gun, so Kara tried not to worry about her too much and just focus on the task. That was hard enough with her sister, but it was downright impossible with Mon-El. She saw him melt into one of Cisco's portals but she didn't see where he ended up because Savitar threw something at her. She dodged it, but realised it was a metal storage crate flying straight for their friends. Kara altered course and caught it, throwing it right back at the villain, but he avoided being hit and the crate landed loudly, echoing around the building. She followed him by air, shooting lasers at him, but he was fast enough to dodge most of them. An arrow appeared in front of them and Barry launched it forwards at Savitar. It exploded against him and he faltered, but he just kept running: attacking and speeding away over and over again.

She changed tack, twisting up through the ceiling and then throwing herself down towards the wall where she knew Savitar would be. She collided with him and they barrelled back through the concrete, landing in another section of the building. They broke apart and he bounced across the ground, somehow landing on his feet and running back into action. He kicked her, hard, and she flew back through the hole in the wall and crashed through a line of soldiers. She landed on the other side, and when she looked up, Queen Rhea was standing over her triumphantly, kryptonite sword in hand.

The second Barry had seen Savitar, he'd leapt into action. He saw Wally and Kara following suit, but he barely registered it, so intent on revenge was he. Revenge for something that hadn't happened yet: for something he wouldn't let happen. Savitar struck, hitting him back and he skidded against the floor, but it didn't slow him down much, not with Wally there to grip his arm and pull him forward. Kara's lasers nearly grazed him and he spun out of the way, deftly avoiding both them and another of Savitar's attacks.

An arrow moved toward him and he grinned, "Thanks Oliver." He lifted it from the air and threw it further, accelerating it into Savitar's shoulder. The villain slowed slightly, which gave Kara enough time to gather herself, and before he could object, she'd smashed Savitar through the wall. Wally followed, and one of Cisco's portals appeared. He hurled himself through it, temporarily disappearing, and Barry sidestepped it and sped through the hole, but he wasn't quick enough to stop Kara from being kicked back through, and he dove out of the way of the woman of steel as she tore through the air. Wally appeared behind Savitar, and the portal blinked out of existence as he punched him hard enough to push him back toward Barry. Barry followed it up from his side with a few hits of his own, and they continued that way, locked in a battle of speed and rage.

Wally looked at Cisco and both men nodded. He took off running after Barry and Cisco took up position next to Felicity, Winn and Julian – he would fend off whatever came near them. In the meantime, he could help from where he was. While the other tech geeks helped in earpieces, he opened up a portal next to Mon-El, who ran through it and fell out of a new one in the ceiling, taking down six of Rhea's men in a flurry of movement. A stray solider broke away from the group and ran towards them.

"Um Cisco? Uh… there's a guy!" Winn yelled nervously and Cisco smiled.

"Yeah. I got him." He opened a portal right in front of the man and he vanished into it.

"Where did he go?" Felicity asked, and then very suddenly, "Oliver to your left!"

"He's riiiight…" A portal appeared by the supporting posts and the man charged through them and smacked headfirst into a pole and slid to the floor, unconscious, "There."

"Nice!" Winn said, then, "No, not you James. I mean, yes! You! But also, Cisco."

Cisco looked up to see familiar blurs and then concrete exploded outwards and four blurs became two. He opened a portal in front of Wally and then they became one. Barry ducked as Kara flew backwards, smashing her way across the warehouse painfully and landing hard against a metal support.

He shook his head, "I'm sure she's got it handled," and spun back to the battle. Rene and Curtis were backed into a corner, a cluster of sentries bearing down on them. He opened a portal behind them and they stepped through it, rematerializing on the other side, forcing the soldiers into the corner they'd just been trapped in.

Rene, Curtis and Diggle had started out together, but in the melee they'd gotten separated.

Rene ducked under the swing of a staff and moved backwards out of its way. Another solider turned on him and he was forced back another step. He became dimly aware of someone to his right and realised that both he and Curtis were being backed into a corner.

They fought back, parrying and thrusting and kicking and shooting, but they were no match for the superior strength and technology of their opponents. Just when he'd given up hope of succeeding, a portal appeared behind them and Curtis dragged him through. They materialized on the other side of the guards and suddenly they had the upper hand, forcing them into the corner they'd just escaped.

Oliver's instincts were the sharpest of the group, so he was the first to move, but he wasn't even close to the fastest, so despite his rapid response, Barry, Wally, Kara and Mon-El were way ahead of him. His hands touched an arrow as Barry launched himself at Savitar. He pulled it from the quiver as Wally and Kara followed. The arrow was perched on the now and aimed by the time Mon-El had reached the first guard. He glanced to his left – Felicity was safe. He checked his right – everyone was moving as one against the army which had risen in force at the appearance of Savitar. Queen Rhea had slunk away, disappearing into the wings of the warehouse, but she wasn't gone; he could see her there, observing the carnage she had helped created. He would get to her later. He took out three guards with carefully placed arrows, but more just pulled up to replace them. The speedsters were trailing their usual lightshows across the walls and ceiling and he zeroed in on a red streak that could only be Barry.

He shot an arrow towards where he knew the scarlet speedster would be and Barry caught it deftly, flinging it forwards into Savitar where it exploded against his back. The hulking metal man was barely fazed, however, and the running battle continued.

Oliver had already turned his attention back to the battle at hand, and five more arrows landed themselves in guards' arms, legs and shoulders. Something blasted a nearby guard into the one ahead of him and he looked over to see Alex Danvers with a massive grin on her face, gun in hand.

One by one, inch by inch, they were taking them down. Mon-El crashed down beside him from overhead, taking down another six. Kara sailed backwards through the air in front of them and Mon-El moved as if to follow her, but there were too many guards and he was already weak. He faltered slightly and Oliver pulled an arrow but Felicity yelled in his ear, "Oliver to your left!" And he saw James Olsen go down under a sharp blow.

Guardian needed his help more; he was on the ground, surrounded, and Oliver changed targets, pulling up and hitting one. The man went down, giving James enough time to get the upper hand and push upwards through their weight. He was back on his feet but still outnumbered and using his shield to deflect the dangerous shots from their guns. Oliver jumped forward, kicking one down and taking his staff. He and Guardian stood side by side, and soon Diggle was behind them, all three facing outwards towards their foes.

Diggle rolled his eyes, "Aliens, psychopaths and Superspeedsters – almost makes me wish for Malcolm Merlyn again." He slammed his fist into the nearest enemy and he dropped like a stone. he punched and shot his way through the mob, ducking and weaving to avoid gunfire and swinging rods crackling with some kind of electricity.

Some soldiers clattered unceremoniously to the ground in front of him and he looked up to see Mon-El shaking himself off. Something hit Diggle from the side and he went down. A group of soldiers bore down on him and he couldn't get out from under them. He braced himself for the inevitable death blow, but it never came, because Supergirl was thrown backwards and smashed into the line of guards in front of him and all of them went down as one. He stood uncertainly and saw Oliver leaping to Guardian's aid. He carved a path through the army and arrived at his friends, adopting the back flank and taking position.

"Duck! Shield! 3 o'clock!" Winn's voice tinned sharply in his ear and James smacked the end of his shield into the combatant to his 5 o'clock.

"That's my five o'clock!"

"It wasn't when I yelled, when I yelled it was your 3!"

"Fair enough," He deflected the blast of a gun and took a knee behind his shield, "How do I defeat these guys? It's hard enough just defending myself from these alien weapons!"

"Julian says go for the legs."

"Why don't you put Julian on the comms," James joked and kicked out at the nearest shin.

"Very funny, why don't you – Oh! Nice!"

"What?"

"No, not you James. I mean, yes! You! But also, Cisco."

"Right. Any help here?"

"Uh, yeah, don't get hit with those laser blasts."

"Great," James tried not to roll his eyes in the middle of battle, "Anything helpful?"

"8 o'clock!" Winn said sharply, but the staff had already hit James in the knee and he dropped to all fours, "I think Rhea's soldiers took Julian's advice."

"Yes, thank you Winn." He said, tugging his shield down on top of him to lessen the blows. He was taking a licking from the aliens, until one of them slumped onto him with an arrow in his side. He used their surprise to push back and stood up, but there were still too many, and Oliver emerged at his side, shooting arrows into the mob.

Alex was shooting her alien gun at anything that moved and trying very hard to avoid hitting their friends. She kept looking up to find Kara, but they were moving too quickly to get any idea of what was going on.

"Alex, on your 2!"

She leapt sideways, avoiding the laser blast and landing heavily on her shoulder. J'onn flew across, taking out the man who shot at her and she stood up, out of breath.

"Thanks!"

"No problem. Where's Mon-El?"

They both stared at where he'd just been, but he had vanished, "I don't know. He was just there!"

Without warning, Mon-El fell purposefully through a portal onto a group of guards in behind the two of them and Alex flinched as yet another sentry ran at her. She dove out of the way and rolled up, defending herself from the accompanying blow. J'onn kept phasing in and out, avoiding laser blasts and flying down to punch people. Mon-El stood up and nodded at them both, exhaustion on his face, and in his brief distracted state, one of the soldiers got the upper hand and caught him off guard. Alex moved to help but J'onn was hit with a stray round and she turned and shot into the crowd.

Mon-El supersped towards his mother, but she let herself be protected, seemingly evaporating into the horde of soldiers, and he almost immediately went from offensive to defensive. The men weren't pulling their punches, and despite his notable advantages, he was tired and weakening.

He felt Kara, Barry and Wally superspeed in the opposite direction and watched as Oliver shot with expert precision into the mass of soldiers. He noticed a group of men sneaking up behind J'onn and Alex and he ran in their direction. A glowing purple oval, the kind he recognised, came into being in front of him and he sped up. Then he was falling, and he landed heavily on top of four men, taking them out immediately. He had landed on his injured side and he felt the pain spreading to his fingertips, but stood up and beat down the remaining two men. Alex glanced back and nodded at him in thanks and he slowly stood up, trying not to collapse or throw up, and nodded back. Something smacked him against the wall and he dropped back to his knees. He looked up and saw Kara flying through the air. She skidded across the floor and only stopped when she hit a metal support. In front of his mother.

"You have got to be kidding me." He said bitterly, and in his distracted agitation, the guard hit him again.

Kara felt her energy dissipating. The sword in front of her ebbed and glowed and she struggled to rise.

"Save your energy Kryptonian. I wouldn't want to have to kill you now when my son isn't paying attention." Rhea gestured at the battle behind them and held her sword to Kara's throat.

Kara saw Mon-El shoved violently into the wall. He reared up shakily and fought off the man but a second soldier came up behind him and hit him brutally in the side. Mon-El ended up on all fours and when he looked up, the first thing he saw was her.

"You've got to be kidding me." She heard him say and she nearly laughed. Oliver saw her and pulled an arrow, but she shook her head.

"Help Mon-El!"

"I'm fine," Mon-El choked slightly, spitting out a mouthful of blood, "help her!"

"No, I'm okay, Oliver, help him!"

Oliver squinted briefly between them but very quickly made his decision and one of the guards on top of Mon-El suddenly had an arrow in his abdomen. He ran over and kicked the other into the wall and helped Mon-El up while defending them both against another group of guards.

"Why me? Why not her?" Mon-El wheezed.

"Because I don't particularly feel like dying today. And if something happens to you, Kara will kill me."

"Was that a joke?" Mon-El asked curiously – in the few hours he'd known Oliver Queen, he didn't learn much about the man, but he did know that he wasn't exactly a comedian.

"Partly," Oliver acknowledged and both of them jumped towards Kara, but Rhea tutted at them.

"Ah, ah, ah, I don't think so!" She said, "If you two take one more step, I will cut off your girlfriend's head."

Kara realised something and tried to ignore the sharp glowing green at her throat, "You said the prince wasn't worthy of being admired. You said that if you found out your Dad was alive that you would run, because he wasn't a good man. I'm sorry Mon-El I should have noticed, I should have..."

"It's fine, Kara, I don't blame you for hating me, I lied for months," Mon-El said, raising his hands in surrender to his mother, but he refused to take his eyes off Supergirl.

"No, that's just it, I don't hate you–" She was cut off by a warning jab with the sword and she closed her mouth. Mon-El froze, worried his half-step forward had been noticed, but his mother was just angry.

"Enough, Kryptonian." Rhea said coldly.

"What do you want, Mother?" Mon-El asked.

"Come home."

"This is my home." Mon-El said and supersped forward. Rhea reacted, pulling the sword back to lodge it into Kara's jugular, but it didn't get there.

The sword didn't make it into Kara at all. Rhea realised too late to pull back that she'd made a mistake, but the damage was done. The blade surged forward and Mon-El shoved Kara out of the way. She hit the floor as the knife plunged in his direction and he stayed where he was.

He looked down at himself, down at the weapon that now found itself buried in his chest and found he had no regrets. Rhea screamed, the sound of a mother, of someone who knew they'd made a mistake, of a murderer.

The entire battle slowed until everyone except for Barry, Wally and Savitar, who were nowhere to be found, stopped and watched the tragedy taking place.

"Mon-El?" Kara's voice was barely audible, smaller than he'd ever heard it, and then she picked herself up off the floor and saw what he'd done, "MON-EL!?"