Hi everyone.

Let me start by saying the obvious, I did not write this fic, it was originally written by Ellabee15 several years ago. I loved Ella's other fics, but some time ago when I went to go back and re-read them, I was shocked to find her entire account is now abandoned and every story has been purged and deleted, specifically stating that the account is abandoned and dead. I was a bit bummed out, as I loved reading her work, and to have them all gone so suddenly was a bit saddening.

I have however been able to back up a lot of her fics. And am able to begin reuploading some of them for people to enjoy. I have done so previously with the Daredevil/Arrow crossover "Devil obscured by Smoak" , and "Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune" and began reuploading "Winter Smoak" and others, and am now doing the same with "When Lightning Strikes"

I do hope you enjoy it, and I shall be uploading all the chapters soon. I did implement some changes with minor grammar corrections here and there.

Unlike some previous re-uploads, I did expand and add some more written parts here within the Thor-Odin scene (Expanding on some paragraphs, and re-working some to be more coherent, as some of it was just dialogue without any explanatory additions, and felt a bit empty in that scene)

Chapter 1

"YOU ARE AN OLD MAN AND A FOOL." Thor shouted.

He didn't know what had possessed him to insult his father thusly, his anger and emotions taking hold of his common sense, and the second he took in the shocked expression on Odin's face he regretted his words.

"Perhaps I was a fool." Odin's face hardened, he looked weary, regretful, "for believing you were ready."

"Father." Loki moved to speak on Thor's behalf, but Odin raised a hand, silencing him with a growl.

Gripping his staff, he activated the Bifrost.

"Thor Odinson. you have betrayed the express command of your king. Through your arrogance and stupidity, you've opened these peaceful realms and innocent lives to the horror and desolation of war!" Odin growled out as he strode towards Thor.

"You are unworthy of these realms!" Odin began as he tore off sections of Thor's breastplate. "You're unworthy of your title!"

Odin tore off Thor's cape as he continued. "You're unworthy... of the loved ones you have betrayed!"

Thor could only stare numbly, shocked at his father's actions as he met his gaze.

What was his father intending to do?

Odin reached out a hand and summoned Mjolnir. The rest of Thor's armor began disintegrating leaving him standing in the simple black leathers he wore underneath.

"I take from you your power and I cast you out." His father declared as he blasted him back through the Bifrost.

"Father." Thor reached out, but the power of the Bifrost was too strong. He was pulled back, falling, surrounded by the golden light of the teleportation machine. Then there was nothing but the vast emptiness of space above him. He landed on his back in a dark wooded area. Lying still he looked up. Even the stars here were different. He was alone.

Felicity made her way to the lair. She hoped Oliver was there. He'd seemed very upset after she'd dropped the Merlyn paternity bomb and she wanted to apologize for not telling him earlier. It was true she'd picked the worst possible time to tell him, but Moira had gotten into her head. She took a deep breath as she stood in front of the lair door. Oliver's words replaying in her head. "You're not going to lose me, Felicity."

Pushing the door open she was about to deliver a cheery greeting when a grunting noise made her pause. She was used to Oliver's exercise noises by now even if she wasn't used to the sight of him doing those exercises, so she knew something was off. Especially since there were two people making small…moaning sounds? The lair light as low, so it took her a few seconds of squinting to adjust to the gloom. What she saw made her cover her mouth to stifle a gasp. Oliver and Sara. Sara and Oliver. Together on the mats. Sweaty and naked. Shutting her eyes, she backed out, closing the door. They hadn't noticed her. Turning she ran. She ran to her car and turned it on, driving away as fast as she could. She needed to get away from them and their sweaty mat sex. She didn't even care where she was driving and Starling City blurred past as she tried to fight back tears.

She didn't know how long she'd been driving, but when she finally calmed down enough to look at her surroundings, she was way outside the city. In fact, she was driving through some kind of forest. She pulled over to the side of the road and finally let herself really cry.

"Get it together." She sobbed.

"It's not like…he was interested. He said he couldn't be with…" She stopped talking.

Oliver had said someone he could care about, but he clearly cared about Sara. He loved her and unlike Felicity, Sara could fight. She could take care of herself. Felicity stared out her windshield, trying to reign in her emotions when a strange light in the sky caught her attention. It looked like some kind of electrical storm. Shielding her eyes, she watched as a giant beam of light came shooting straight down from the clouds and struck a place not too far from where she was parked.

Blinking, she got out of the car. Granted, it was probably stupid to investigate strange lights in the sky in the middle of the night, but she hated mysteries and her curiosity won out over the more rational part of her brain. She began walking towards where the light had fallen. It was dark beneath the trees and Felicity wished she'd worn more sensible shoes or brought a flashlight. Stumbling over roots and fallen branches she slowly made her way forward.

"This is crazy." She muttered. "You're going to get lost, and they'll find you three days later wandering through the woods rambling about strange lights in the sky. And what happens if you actually find something…or someone." She paused.

"And I'm talking to myself; great."

Up ahead she could see a clearing that must be the crash site. The trees were splintered, broken. Some of them were smoking and hot to the touch. Felicity inched forward towards the end of the tree line.

"Maybe it's an asteroid and they'll name it after you?" She murmured.

Stepping over the trunk of a broken tree she moved into the clearing. The first thing she noticed was that, impossibly, the trees had been broken in a perfect circle.

The second was the man lying motionless in the center of the circle.