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Dr. Bishop's Lab, Harvard University

November 1, 10:04 PM

"No Walter, you can't bring the cow".

Walter had a hurt expression on his face. "But Gene can only be taken care of by an individual who has an extensive knowledge in proper bovine care-taking etiquette and…"

Olivia stopped him. "I asked Astrid to look after the lab while we were away. You don't have to worry about a thing".

Walter beamed. "Excellent! Good ol' Astro will take great care of Gene!" With that, he dragged the cow back to the makeshift stable in the back of his lab.

"Any luck?" asked Olivia as Peter entered the room. He had just been on the phone with one of his many "special contacts".

"Well, we got ourselves a place to stay, courtesy of an old friend", Peter said. "Unfortunately we won't be able to stay long. Apparently the crime rate has gotten far worse than I remembered".

Olivia turned around. "You've been to Star City?"

"Back when I last went about eight years ago, it was called Starling City. The name recently got changed to commemorate the death of tech billionaire Ray Palmer. Don't know where the 'star' came from. Must have been his middle name. Anyways, what else do you want to know? It's a pretty standard city, bit smaller than Boston. The only major difference is that it holds the record for most mayor assassinations, but other than that, not really anything else that you haven't seen before".

Olivia smiled. "Thanks for getting everything ready to go. All we need to do now is wait for your father".

Peter craned his neck to find Walter dosing a butterfly with LSD. "Hey Walter, finish packing your stuff. We are about to hit the road".

Walter immediately looked up and exclaimed, "I LOVE road trips!"

Roughly fifteen minutes later, Olivia, Peter, and Walter all piled into Peter's SUV, and, with Peter at the wheel, headed off to Star City. The only one who was particularly unpleasant was Walter, who had been forced to sit in the back seat so that he couldn't make remarks about how pleasant the seat warmer was.

"How long till we get to Star City?" asked Olivia, who was in the passenger seat next to Peter.

"Well, assuming we don't hit any traffic, about any hour".

Olivia nodded. She turned around to check on Walter, only to find that the elder Bishop had already fallen asleep.

"WALTER!"

Walter sprung awake. "Are we there yet?"

"Not yet, Walter", Peter said. "Go back to sleep".

Olivia gave him a look. "I just woke him up".

"He didn't have the best sleep last night. Kind of happens when you fall asleep in the bathtub".

Olivia nodded again. She had gotten used to, and quite fond of, some of Walter's unusual habits. "How often does he do that?"

"Surprisingly, never before. The only explanation that I could come up with was that after last week's case, he became paranoid and thought microscopic parasites would be all over his bed".

Olivia let out a laugh; after that, silence. After a minute, she said, "I think it's great that you have been able to put up with you father. I understand that that could be difficult for you".

"My father is the least of my problems. You don't know what else I've had to deal with these past few years".

Olivia looked concerned. "Peter, is everything okay?"

Peter let out a deep sigh. "Look, I know that you care about me and I understand that. But I can deal with my problems on my own, all right? Besides, you wouldn't understand anyways".

Olivia's brow started to crease. "Of course I would understand! I've been through a lot too and if we both helped each other out, it would really…"

Peter cut her short. "You don't know anything about me! Where I come from, what I did. Like I said, you wouldn't understand".

Olivia started to say something back, but stopped herself. She knew how Peter felt. What he needed was some space. She sat back. It wasn't long before she too closed her eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

45 Minutes Later

Olivia awoke with a jolt. She looked up to see that the SUV was swerving near the edge of the road. She could see the Star City skyline in the distance.

"Peter, what's going on?"

"Don't know if a tire busted or we're having a gas leak, but something tells me that it's not good".

Walter had woken up as well, and was acting like…well, Walter.

"WALTER, WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU WAVING YOUR HANDS AROUND IN THE AIR?" Peter yelled has he turned around to see what his father had been doing. "WE ARE NOT ON A ROLLER COASTER!"

Before Walter could reply, Olivia yelled "LOOK OUT!" as the car ran off the road and into the neighboring forest. Peter immediately turned back around and slammed on the brakes as hard as he could.

At that very moment, the back wheels of the SUV exploded.

The car flew forward into the air. It hit a nearby tree, and the force of the impact propelled it towards a clearing in the forest. Peter remembered being flipped upside down.

Then, nothing.

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