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Chapter 22- Thanksgiving
Star City, Earth-1
Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade, Roy, Frank, Jessica and Luke returned to Earth-1 with Kodiak and Honor as their prisoners.
Team Arrow was delighted to see them all again. Rene was happy to see his other mentor well. Jessica, Elektra and Dinah renewed their friendship.
Luke and John too renewed their friendship and so did Matt and John.
Later- Kodiak and Silencer were interrogated by Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade, Frank and Laurel and after some torture, confessed about Diaz's crimes and everyone that was on his payroll and also gave evidence.
Oliver managed to get the evidence to the required authorities and half of the SCPD was put away along with DA Arnad. The Longbow Hunters were put on the Lian Yu prison that belonged to ARGUS by Lyla. They were kept in the cells with the same design and structure as the cell Chase had been out in.
Matt, Oliver and Frank found Slade all packed up and ready to leave.
"Going already?" Oliver asked.
"Yeah, kid", Slade said, "I am going to ask Adeline about Grant."
"Good luck, Slade", Oliver said sincerely.
"Yeah, good luck", Matt said sincerely too.
"Same from me", Frank said sincerely.
"Thank you", Slade said as he shook hands with the three of them.
"And remember", Frank said, "If we find out anything about Joe, we will tell you."
"Yeah, we will", Matt said.
"Thank you", Slade said again, "All of you. Until next time."
Slade then nodded and walked away as the three looked at him.
Central City, Thanksgiving Day
The Legends had arrived on the Waverider and everyone was gathered there to celebrate. Many of them were happy to renew their acquaintanceship.
"So, how's the Devil doing?" Sara asked Matt.
"The Devil is fine", Matt said, "But he would like to rest now."
"Well, all need rest", Sara said, "Even devils."
"I always need rest", Jessica commented.
"Our friend Mick does too", Sara said.
As if on cue, Mick spoke from behind, "Hey hot-ass, how you doing?"
"Speak of the Devil", Matt commented.
"Hi, asshole", Jessica said with a smirk.
"Hey", Barry greeted Oliver.
"Barry", Oliver greeted happily.
The two friends shared a hug.
"So how was your trip to Matt's Earth?" Barry asked, "I admit, didn't see much of it."
"Well", Oliver said, "It was an interesting trip. Pretty unpredictable world. And I heard you and Caitlin are dating."
"We are", Barry said.
"What happened between you and Iris?" Oliver asked.
"Well", Barry said, "I realized her treatment of me was actually horrible. She treated me like crap. I have too much self-respect to be in a relationship like that."
"I didn't know she was capable of that", Oliver muttered, "Well, good for you."
"And because of her, I became this selfish jackass for whom everything else was a second priority", Barry said, "So I feel very relieved now."
"I am happy for you and Caitlin", Oliver said.
"Thank you", Barry said, "Though I have nightmares of Iris some times."
"What kind of nightmares?" Oliver asked.
"Uhhhh", Barry said, "She uh, overreacts to our breakup, so uh, she steals Snart's cold gun and to get revenge on me, decides to hurt my friends, you and Matt."
"What the hell, Barry?" Oliver said, a little amused, "What kind of nightmare is that?"
"She then teams up with Fisk and Chase", Barry said, "But Felicity manages to take them all down somehow. And it always ends with Caitlin comforting me and Sara comforting Mick as Iris defiled his partner's legacy by using his gun."
After a few moments of silence, Oliver laughed so loudly Barry thought he was going crazy.
"What?" Barry asked, "It's not a joke."
"I know", Oliver said in between laughs, "But it's too damn funny!"
"So", Barry asked after Oliver was done laughing, "What about you? You dating someone?"
At that question, Oliver involuntarily glanced at Sara, who gave him a sweet smile before sipping her drink. Barry noticed that.
"My advice, Oliver", Barry said, "Go for it."
Laurel felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see it was Sara.
"Uh, hi", Laurel said awkwardly, "This must be weird for you."
"It is", Sara said, "But I just wanted to know. Are you anything like my sister?"
"Not much", Laurel said, "But I am trying to be a good person like she was."
"Well", Sara said, "I'm sure she would be proud of you."
"Matt", Cisco said as he walked up to him.
"Hey, Cisco", Matt said with a smile.
"I just wanted to say", Cisco said, "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Matt asked.
"I made the interdimensional extrapolator that allowed Chase to go to your Earth", Cisco said, "I mean, I could have outwitted him. But he threatened my family, and my mind just, it just couldn't work. I'm sorry."
"Don't be sorry, Cisco", Matt said in a forgiving tone as he put his hand on Cisco's shoulder, "You just wanted to save your family. Besides, Chase is gone. It's all in the past now."
After a few moments, Cisco gave a firm nod, accepting Matt's forgiveness.
"But still", Cisco said, "I will do something for you."
"Well", Matt said, "Oliver convinced me to bring my damaged suit here for repairs. And I heard you are the expert in that."
"Oh, totally", Cisco said, "I will do that."
"Hey, Matt."
Matt turned around to see Kara.
"Kara", Matt said happily, "It's good to see you again."
"It's good to see you too", Kara said happily.
"So how's life, Kara?" Barry asked as he walked up to her with Oliver.
"Not very good", Kara said, "But I will manage."
"Like you said, hardship is what makes us stronger", Oliver said, "It will do the same for you."
"It did that for me very recently", Matt said.
"Well, thank you", Kara said happily.
"Feeling the group hug again?" Barry asked.
"Every time Barry", Oliver mock grumbled as the four hugged.
"So", John asked Luke, "Forgot to ask, how's life?"
"No idea", Luke said, "Just run a nightclub from where I monitor criminal activities. I'm kinda like a 'Sheriff' now."
"Well, something good will probably come out of that", John said, "Hopefully."
Later- Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Roy, Frank, Jessica, Luke, Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, Wally, Laurel, John, Rene, Dinah, Curtis, Thea, Felicity, Kara, Sara, Mick, Ray, Jax, Stein, Nate, Amaya and Zari sat around a table.
"So", Sara asked, "Anyone thankful for anything?"
"Thankful for beer", Mick said, "And hot asses."
"Thankful for beer too", Jessica said, "And assholes to verbally spar with."
"Damn!" Rene commented.
"Thankful to be here", Kara said.
"Thankful for forgiveness", Cisco said, giving Matt a glance.
"Thankful to have everything I want", Barry said as he gave Caitlin a glance.
"Same", Caitlin said with a smile.
"Thankful to have mind off other things by having fun here", Luke said.
"Well", Oliver said, "Thankful for second chances."
"Thankful for my rebuilt life", Matt said with a smile.
"Same", Elektra said.
"So I guess everyone is thankful for something", Thea said, "I'm just thankful to have a happy life."
Oliver gave a smile on hearing that.
Everyone said what they were thankful for one by one.
"Well then", Sara toasted after everyone was done, "To all of us having fun once in a while."
"Cheers", everyone raised their glasses and drank.
A day later
Matt, Elektra, Jessica, Luke and Frank were prepared to go back.
"Hey, Matt", Cisco said, "Say hello to your new suit."
He then took off the cloth, revealing the new suit.
It was a darker shade of red than before, almost maroon, and very slightly less armored. But it looked like it would provide better movement. And on the center was fashioned- DD. The D on the left was a little over the D on the right and both overlapped.
Matt felt in and said, "Cisco, this is amazing. You're one hell of a genius."
"Well, thanks", Cisco said, "But that's not all."
Cisco then handed Matt his Billy Club, which now looked very different.
"You can disguise this as a blind man's cane in your civilian garb now", Cisco said, "And it can do more than just help you grapple or fight by throwing. You can now use it as a flail, nunchaku, eskrima, or manrikigusari-like weapon. Basically a long rope/chain weapon with two weights on its ends. It also has a retractable microphone, a miniature tape recorder and a chamber for firing projectiles."
"Whoa!" Matt couldn't describe how awed he was, "Cisco, this is….. I don't know what to say. Thank you. This is beyond amazing."
"It's the least I could do for you", Cisco said with a smile.
"Well, it was very nice of you", Matt said as the two shared a hug. He then put the suit and club inside his case.
And then- Matt hugged Barry, Cisco and Caitlin goodbye and finally faced Oliver.
"Like I said the last time", Matt said, "If you need us, we'll be there."
"We'll be there too if you need us", Oliver said with a smile.
And then Matt and Oliver gave each other a deep, brotherly hug before letting go. Oliver gave hugs to Elektra and Luke too but simply shook hands with Frank and Jessica.
This time, Cisco opened a breach for them.
Elektra, Frank, Jessica and Luke went through it. Matt faced Oliver, Barry, Cisco and Caitlin and nodded. When they nodded back, he went through the breach as Cisco closed it.
"Well", Barry said, "It was good seeing them again."
With a smile, Oliver said, "It sure was."
"Bye, Oliver", Barry said as he waved along with Cisco and Caitlin.
"Bye, Team Flash", Oliver said as he waved back.
Barry, Cisco and Caitlin then walked back into STAR Labs while Oliver started his journey back to Star City with his team.
And that was the end of this story.
I would like to thank Nicochan11 and Bl4ckHunter for the idea and some concepts of the 'Iris nightmare.'
I hope you liked this.
I think Matt got one hell of an upgrade. Getting his comic book suit and club.
The next story in this series will be my version of 'Crisis on Earth-X.' And unlike the actual crossover, my story won't have stupid, illogical fan-service moments and meaningless romantic subplots. Instead of before the midseason finales, it will take place 2 months after the season finales are done. And the wedding will be a SnowBarry wedding due to obvious reasons.
There's also another planned sequel which will be a Punisher/Deathstroke team-up story where they will try to find Joe.
Thank you to everyone who favorited, followed or reviewed this. Thank you to everyone who supported me in different ways when I wrote this.
It has been a pleasure.
Until next time.
Aragorn II Elessar
