Karry Universe

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Note: Hello everyone I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Santa gave everyone what they wanted? You know the reindeer are Kryptonians…. Lol not really but wouldn't that be great to throw into the story at some time. Some kid (maybe even Jason and Ella) saying it. Maybe another Christmas chapter in the future. Okay Merry Christmas and I hope this chapter is a good late present. I think you will like it.

Vigilante Injustice

There was an armed robbery going on in the city. Normally Team SuperFlash would have left this to the police, especially with the twins now taking up a lot of time, but there was something unusual about this crime that Gideon had insisted that Barry go down and deal with it himself. He didn't want to worry Kara with it, but Caitlin had informed Kara of what was going down as the Flash left STAR Labs. Kara was keeping an eye on Barry's mind but was staying away with the twins

When he got to the bank, however, it was to find it was a false alarm – or at least not an emergency. Not anymore. A man in a full-blown suit and rain jacket stood over some tied up thugs, his face was obscured and he gave off an immediate air of arrogance that Barry didn't like.

"The Flash," The man said, Barry getting a glimpse at the man's features to be disturbed to find he had none! "I've been waiting for you. Was hoping Supergirl would be here to…"

"Who… what are you?" Barry asked, keeping his guard up unsure what to make of this man.

"They call me The Question," he said. "And I want to join your Justice League."

Did he just say he wants to join the Justice League? Kara suddenly asked Barry in her head, having been listening in.

Yeah, Barry confirmed, not sure what to say. They were very protective of their League and they wouldn't let just anyone join.

I'm on my way, Kara responded.

"Come with me," Barry decided, grabbing the man by the arm and dragging him from the scene of the crime. The CCPD would be on their way shortly.

-Superflash-

Laurel walked into the HQ where Curtis was sitting behind the computer. "What's the emergency?" Laurel asked, having gotten an urgent call from their tech genius and had left work to get here.

"I got an alert from Gideon," Curtis said clearly worried. "A hit has been put out on Oliver."

"Well… good luck with that," Laurel said with a sigh. An instant sore point. "No one knows where he is. He disappeared off the face of Earth, remember?"

"Um…." Curtis muttered, making Laurel pause. "Well, you see the hit has an address attached to it; Felicity old address in fact, and I looked into it and well… Oliver been back for a few days now."

Laurel gaped, not sure how to take that information. When he wasn't even in town, Olly could have easily put off not contacting them, or being the Arrow, to grief, but he had been back and hadn't contacted anyone…? What the hell had he been doing? How could he not come to see them? He could have at least let them know he was okay. Let Laurel know…

"And someone has taken the job," Curtis continued. "I can't find out who put out the hit, but the person who took the job is well… she's good! From what I can find out on the black net, she's a member of Brotherhood of the Fist – they're sort of like the League of Assassins, and not really known in America, but the work she has done overseas is almost legendary. Well anyway, she's called Lady Shiva."

"We got to protect Oliver," Laurel sighed knowing she could not let anyone hurt him. "Curtis, call in Thea and Paula. Tell them to get off work. I'm going to have a word with the man himself."

-Superflash-

Barry had taken this Question to a top of a building, meeting Supergirl and even Superdog when they got there. They had decided they weren't taking him to STAR or Watchtower, not wanting to give up any secret location to a literal unknown figure – besides from taking out the robbers, the superheroes knew nothing about this man. They were not revealing their identities or their places of work to this guy. They already had Cisco looking up anything he could.

"Why should we let you into our League?" Barry asked, glancing to Kara at this.

"You did see what I did back there, right?" the man spoke, his lack of face still disturbing the Flash.

"Childs play." Kara spoke up. "We already have people who can do that, people with much better skills than yours. You're not special. You have to give us a better reason to even ask the rest of the league." As she spoke she X Ray visioned the man, seeing the no-face was some sort of mask as she could see his features below. She informed Barry of this as the man stuttered in response.

"I need a team, people who would have my back as much as I will be there for them," Question started.

"True, the League is a team." Kara interrupted him, not liking where he was going with this. "We trust everyone in it with our lives and they trust us with theirs. You have given us no reason to exchange that trust to you."

"But… I took out those robbers for you," the Question pointed out again, as if this was literally the only thing he had ever done.

"I could have done that," Barry said. "And this our city. We prefer to know the people operating in it." It might seem strange to others, but the pair were very protective of Central and National. They protected the city, and the only other heroes and vigilante who worked with them were their friends. Anyone else coming out who they did not know could start to ruin the good reputation they had taken years to create with their friends and the law enforcement.

A growl from Krypto let the group know they were no longer alone.

Then a voice spoke up: "I know the feeling." Barry and Kara turned to see two others had joined them. The person in the red hood they recognized immediately as Roy Harper, but the man standing next to him they did not know. He had dark hair, a blue mask on his face and his outfit was mostly black but with blue outline around the neck and legs.

Roy? Kara asked Barry internally. He knows our identities, she didn't want to reveal their identities to this Question person – she didn't' trust the Question and could sense Barry felt the same way.

I got this, Barry thought back. "Arsenal," Barry said aloud, and nodded slightly towards the Question. Roy understood. No using real names. "Who's your friend?"

"Supergirl, Flash… this is Nightwing. Nightwing, meet Supergirl and the Flash," Roy said.

"It's about time we met,' Nightwing held out his hand. "I'm sorry I did not give you notice, but we followed a villain of ours here. You may have heard of him. The Penguin."

"Rumors, only," Kara confirmed.

"Well, I didn't feel right coming to your city without alerting you to our presence here first," Nightwing said as the Question muttered something like "see to it" behind them and quietly excused himself, but Kara and Krypto noticed.

Question's gone, Kara informed Barry.

Good, Barry thought to his wife before addressing Nightwing. "It's appreciated. Do you want us to help?"

Roy nudged his mentor and who sighed. "Normally I do not ask for help. Not from people like you or other vigilantes. I like to solve things on my own with my own team." Nightwing stated.

Sounds like someone else we know, Kara thought back, almost smiling. Oliver had been a lot like that. Not wanting their help, even with the League he only called in under the worst conditions. Hell, even with the worst conditions he would try to sort it out himself with only his team. Thea, Laurel, and Paula were more willing to accept their help though.

"This situation is different and I could really use people like you by my side." Nightwing said suddenly, and quickly. "I could really use your powers by my side because… because… well…" Nightwing took a breath "Penguin has my son."

Kara and Barry froze. Both feeling angered that someone would take a child. "Hate to interrupt," Caitlin's voice was heard over their coms. "But I think Nora and Alura are hungry and I can't find their bottles…" Kara had left their daughters with Caitlin and Cisco in the cave when she had rushed to join Barry interrogation of the Question.

"On my way," Kara said, hearing her daughters needed her. Take them to Watchtower. Barry agreed with the thought. "Don't worry Nightwing. We'll get your son back." Kara told the man, hand in a fist as she flew away, telling Krypto to stay with Barry.

-Superflash-

Laurel knocked on the apartment door until Oliver finally answered.

"Laurel?" Oliver said, not too surprised she was there. "You're back in Starling. How did the time traveling go?"

"Peachy, thanks for asking," Laurel said coldly, trying not to sound too angry at the man. "And you're back from… I don't know, hiding from everything in your life. Doing exactly what Felicity wouldn't want you to do. Giving up everything."

"Don't go there, Laurel," Oliver said, walking back into the apartment.

"Why not?" Laurel said, following him in. "You know Felicity would have been ashamed of what you did. You left everyone. You left Thea and Paula alone to take care of this city. You haven't even met Nora and Alura yet!"

"Who?" Oliver asked, turning around at the names.

"You didn't even know Kara was pregnant…" Laurel groaned, rolling her eyes and shocking Oliver. "Where the hell were… You went to the island, didn't you?" She realized; Oliver didn't deny it, because it was true. "Oliver, you cannot retreat every time something bad happens."

"You weren't there," Oliver said turning around. "Why didn't you stop it? You were time traveling. You could have gone back!"

"I tried," Laurel said. "Believe me, I tried, but I can't go back. The timeline is set… We could argue this until our throats are raw, but this is not why I am here." Laurel sighed, almost having forgotten why she came to Oliver. The threat looming over him. "Who have you pissed off now, Oliver?"

"Huh? Well, besides you and everyone else I let down?" Oliver asked, knowing he had let down all his friends and family when he left and that he had been away for too long. Time had slipped away from him and when he came back he had no idea who to contact anymore or if anyone would want to hear from him. If he even wanted to contact them, did he want back in the League? He was unsure. "Probably a lot of people… why?" He turned to look out of the window.

"Someone put a hit on you," Laurel folded her arms, making Oliver turn around to look at her. "I came here to bring you to the Canary Cave."

Laurel didn't even realize what she had said until Oliver raised an eyebrow and asked "Canary Cave?"

"You were gone a long time. Things change. Thea and Paula needed a leader." Laurel said determinedly, not sorry she had taken over for Oliver and he not upset that she had.

"They chose right," Oliver nodded to himself.

"Please Oliver… come back with me," Laurel said. "The person who has taken this job, is good. We don't want to lose you." It was the truth. None of the team wanted Oliver dead.

"I can take care of myself," Oliver shrugged, just as the window behind him exploded. Contrary to Oliver's words, Laurel was on step ahead, grabbing her friend and pulling him down to avoid the shower of glass as a figure landed in the room. Laurel looked up to see there was a woman, wearing black and red.

On instinct, Laurel jumped up, taking out her batons as she ran at the assailant. Hitting the woman who only just avoided the Canary's weapons with her own. "Lady Shiva I assume?" Laurel said, now dodging one of Shiva's attacks, as she ducked backwards and kicked out.

"You know who I am?" Lady Shiva growled as the two continued to fight.

"I've done my research and I will not let you hurt Olly," Laurel said, Shiva now kicking out as Laurel lost track of where Olly had gone anyway.

"You are trained well," Shiva responded. "But nothing will stop me from my job." Shiva pushed Laurel over, using the Canary's strength against her and was about to strike out more when an arrow struck her from behind. Oliver was behind her with his bow and arrow out – he had made the bow out of odds and ends while Laurel had Shiva distracted. It was a skill, after all.

Laurel reacted fast now, kicking Shiva to knock her over and jumping up herself. "Forget how to shoot?" Laurel asked Olly, noticing the arrow had barely hit the woman's shoulder blade. It had barely disable her.

"She moved," Oliver defended, as Lady Shiva seemed to take out throwing stars now, which the two barely dodged. "Run!"

Laurel nodded. She did not have her outfit, only weapons on her. Retreating was the best option. The pair started running, knowing Lady Shiva was behind them but once down on street level they were easily able to hop on Laurel's bike and drive away. Laurel only stopped when they got to the Palmer Tech building. It was home to the second 'Arrow Cave' and current Canary Cave since their third residence had had to be abandoned when Oliver left the mayoral race; it being located below his campaign office. The new-old place was however designed in the same manner as the third and since Thea now ran Palmer Tech for Kara and Barry, it made sense to keep the Canary cave there anyway.

Thea and Paula were already waiting in their outfits when they took the secret entrance into the HQ and Thea wasted no time heading over to Oliver, only to slap him when she got in range. "Don't do that to me again!" Thea demanded, clearly upset with Oliver. "I can't lose my family again." Regardless, she moved in to hug her brother, which he reciprocated awkwardly.

"I'm sorry. You'll never lose me again," Oliver said into the hug.

"This assassin is good. We just had an encounter with her," Laurel said when the sibling reunion was done, back into business mode. "We need plans and we need plans fast."

Oliver felt out of place planning with the girls, so as they talked, he looked around the familiar base. The cave was mostly the same and they clearly had a system going, although there were noticeable differences, including some pictures posted on the wall. Looking over them they were all of two babies with various people. A common theme of these images were that Barry, and Kara were with the babies in one form or another. The kids were definitely the Allens.

"We put them there to remind us what we're fighting for," Laurel said, moving over to Oliver. He hadn't noticed the planning was done. "The future. Them. And well they are amazingly cute."

"A cross between Kara and Barry. Was there any doubt?" Oliver had to chuckle, and Laurel laughed.

"Well we got a plan. Just wait here until it's over and we'll tell you when it's safe," Laurel said.

"I'm sorry? That's not much of a plan, Laurel. I want to help," Oliver said.

"You're the target, Olly," Laurel said.

"Which is why I can be helpful. I'll be the bait," Oliver said. "Unless you have a better idea?" Laurel sighed; that had been one of weak points of this plan. They needed to lure Shiva out somehow, and using Oliver was the easy solution, but dangerous.

"She'll know it's a trap," Laurel said but Oliver was determined. "Okay then, but we have a system now. You follow our lead." Oliver nodded, knowing he had been gone too long to just take back leadership. He was didn't know if he wanted it anyway, without Felicity…

-Superflash-

Barry had taken Nightwing to Watchtower while Krypto had flown Roy.

"Why did I have to be taken by the dog?" Roy asked as they arrived at the same time and Barry laughed, opening the door.

Once inside they were greeted to the sound of fighting and looking towards the training area to see Karen and Donna having a mock battle. Carter was on his laptop sitting on the floor nearby and Junior was next to him. Karen had been knocked onto the floor and Donna was heading toward her, but Karen used freeze breath.

"No fair!" Donna said, backing off as Karen jumped up.

"No one said I couldn't use freeze breath," Karen said with a smirk.

"Hey, maybe instead of mock battles we could try double-team strategies?" Carter suggested. "Team work." The group hadn't noticed Barry, Nightwing, Roy, and Krypto yet.

"Karen, Carter, Donna," Barry said out loud making them stop and look up. "Where's Diana?" Donna had been introduced to the rest of the League since her arrival. Junior barked and ran toward Krypto. Since he had come to this world he had been working to get close to his father; Krypto was still distant, but seemed to have grown kind of fond of his two puppies on this world. He didn't growl at them, and seemed to tolerate them.

"Gideon gave her an alert and she ran out," Karen said. "She said we could continue."

"Right, well I do need you to leave," Barry pointed out. "League stuff," he indicated Roy and Nightwing behind him. They weren't in the League, but if anything was 'League stuff', this was.

"Something going on," Karen said, perking up. "We can help."

"Karen, I know how you feel but you cannot start now. Not with this," Barry said reasonably, keeping his patience. "It's too important. A life is on the line. Please go and come back later. Show Donna some of our world. She hasn't seen much since coming from Themyscira."

Karen sighed but nodded. "Come on," Karen said, and told Krypto Junior to come. Junior carefully licked his father's snout before following his mistress out. Krypto didn't react.

Barry got on the hover pad along with Roy and Nightwing and headed it up to the meeting room. "Gideon." Barry called when they were at the meeting room, a large room with tables and monitors. "Connect to the labs."

"Where did Supergirl go?" Nightwing finally asked, taking a seat as Roy childishly span on his chair. "And who was the mini-Supergirl?"

"Karen," Barry stated without much more explanation. Nightwing shouldn't know too much yet.

"Man, I'm impressed," Roy said. "And no need to worry. Supergirl went…" Roy didn't even finish as on one of the large monitors Cisco and Caitlin face popped up and Kara, still in her Supergirl outfit, was in the background holding the twins.

"Hey," Kara said coming fully into view both twins in her arm. "They've been fed." Barry smiled at his daughters on the screen.

"You two are parents?" Nightwing said and Barry nodded. "Then I asked the right people to help me," Nightwing nodded to himself. Only another parent could truly understand what he was going through.

"How old are they?" Roy asked. "A week or two?"

"Close to three," Barry answered. "Now Cisco, any luck on the computers?"

"Sorry," Cisco said. "Myself and the Gideons are tracing everything but so far no luck."

Krypto, Kara thought to Barry and Barry knew what Kara wanted.

"Do you have anything with your son's scent on it?" Barry asked and Nightwing took out a little fabric mask.

"He likes to wear it," Nightwing said fondly, handing it over to Barry.

"Krypto. Find," Barry instructed, holding out the mask and Krypto took a good sniff at it before running out of the room.

"I'll go meet with him," Kara said, handing the babies over to Caitlin and kissing them both. "Mommy loves you. You be good girls for Aunty Caity and Uncle Cisco." Kara then left the lab.

"Why do I feel we're overpaid babysitters now?" Cisco chuckled, and Barry had to hold back a laugh.

"She had two babies close to three weeks ago?" Nightwing asked amazing, seeing how fit Kara looked and Barry smirked.

"Good genetics," Barry muttered "Gideon, ear pieces." The middle of the table moved and a panel rose with two ear pieces on display. "To keep in touch," Barry explained as Nightwing and Roy both took the earpieces. "Gideon, map of Central." A map of Central City appeared on the screen near Caitlin and Cisco. "Black out the heavily populated areas." The main areas of Central were blocked out. "These are the most likely places this Penguin could hold your son." He indicated the areas not black out. It was still a significant size of various locations.

"We should split up and search," Nightwing said.

"Supergirl and me are faster…"

"And Roy and I are looking as well. Sometimes speed is not everything, Barry Allen." Barry paused at the use of his real name and turned to look at Roy who held up his hands in defense. He had not told his mentor their real names. "Roy didn't tell me. I asked him to not tell you mine and in return he did not tell me yours. I am not an idiot though. I didn't realize before today, but after hearing and seeing everything – a Gideon that is clearly more advance than the public one we bought for our lair, a lab, and knowing you two just had two baby girls… it was an easy figure." Nightwing finally took off his mask to reveal his handsome, albeit older-than-he-appeared face, "to be fair, my name is Dick Grayson."

"Can't say I've ever heard of you," Barry said, shaking his hand regardless. "And I was going to say we're taking the most ground. I know speed isn't everything, but sometimes a clear head is. This is your son. If someone took my girls I would see red and not hold back until I got them. Of course, you two will look, but remember you have power on your side now. Don't do anything rash. Call us first."

Dick nodded, putting back on his mask. "Oh, and take the hoverpad down to the garage. We have some extra bikes in there." Dick was about to ask, but didn't get a chance as Barry ran out of the Tower.

"Bikes… cool," Roy said, getting on the hoverpad and trying to figure out how to work it before asking Gideon to bring them down to the garage.

-Superflash-

Team Canary was watching Oliver, each taking a post. "You think Oliver's rusty?" Thea asked in the com device from her place across the street, keeping an eye on Oliver through binoculars.

"I don't know," Laurel responded thoughtfully.

"He was the best," Paula added in. "But it's been a while since he's been active. Hell, almost a year."

"He was on his Island. Who knows what he did," Laurel added.

"And he can hear you," Oliver said, the girls nearly jumping and forgetting they had given him a com. Oliver though was trying not to chuckle at the girls' conversation.

"This is taking too long," Laurel said worriedly. "Something is wrong. Oliver has been in the open too long. Even suspecting a trap Lady Shiva should have gone for the bait. From what I got, it's not her nature to not finish a job no matter the danger. Unless…"

Laurel paused as she suddenly felt as though she was being watched herself and barely moved out of the way in time to avoid the throwing star that was thrown at her. Taking her batons out, she turned to face Lady Shiva for the second time that day. "I knew I would find you," Lady Shiva said. "I'll take care of pretty boy later. You're a worthy opponent."

"Worthy opponent… What are we in, a videogame?" Curtis said over the coms.

Laurel ignored Terrific as she used her Canary Cry which, surprisingly, did nothing. "I did some research. I figured the only person in this city with your abilities was the Black Canary… So, I prepared," Lady Shiva said, taking out her own weapons. Two katana swords.

"Ear plugs," Laurel realized, and the two stared at each other before breaking into battle – sword vs baton. Laurel was glad Cisco has long-since reinforced her batons as Shiva's swords looked like they could have sliced through an ordinary baton.

"I don't have a shot," Thea said from the opposite roof, trying to get a lock on where Laurel was. Each had taken a different position to keep eyes on Oliver not having expect Lady Shiva to go after Laurel instead.

"I can switch my positon and get a view," Paula said. "You're more experience at hand to hand. Go and help Laurel." Paula, while having been in training with both Thea and Laurel on advancing her hand-to-hand combat, was not up to a Lady Shiva-level. It was better for her to find a position to be an archer as back up. She was still a perfect shot.

Thea, not even responding, was already running out to get to Laurel's position as fast as she could. None of them noticed Oliver pulling on a green hoodie and grabbing a make-shift bow.

-Superflash-

Kara and Krypto were flying around but so far Krypto had no luck getting a scent or a trail. Barry was running around looking into possible hiding places. Dick and Roy were also on patrol. "Err, guys," Cisco's voice came over he coms. "The Penguin is in the city and that Question guy is fighting him."

"Give directions," Kara said instantly, fear building as she turned around. Krypto was already ahead of her. Barry did a turn and ran for where Cisco said battle was taking place.

Dick and Roy also had to turn but being on bikes were slower than the power duo, who got there first. They arrived at the top of a multistory carpark to see the Penguin, an odd-looking man with a powerful umbrella, and the Question literally going at it hand-to-hand. Barry had to admit the Question's skills on martial arts was good, but not close to what he had seen from his League members. And then there was the Penguin, who's umbrella seemed to be a machete and machine gun in one as he stabbed out at Question, who Penguin barely missed.

Gunfire sounded the change of use for Penguin's weapon as Kara and Krypto landed between the two sparring duos. Barry ran to Question's side, but he seemed to be in his own mindset as he dodged around the Flash to get to Penguin, who Barry noticed seemed to be older man, possibly in his sixties but there was anger in his eyes, a fire for battling Question as he moved away from Supergirl.

What's up with this guy? Kara asked, looking to Barry, but her distraction was too long as the Question lunged, pushing the villain off the edge of the carpark. Krypto flew after the villain and League-wannabe, who had gone over too.

"No!" Kara cried, as she and Barry followed Krypto, only to find the Question standing over the villain, Penguin seeming to have softened his fall, the umbrella now sticking from the villain's chest as blood gushed from his mouth. Question turned to face Supergirl and the Flash, but they ignored him as they went to Penguin's side. He was barely alive. "Tell me where's the kid is!" Kara demanded

"Hoisted by my own petard…" the Penguin barely muttered, giving a watery laugh before the life left him and his body went limp. Kara took a breath and then turned to the Question, anger on her face. Krypto, knowing his mistress' anger growled and jumped at the Question. "Why would you do that?" Kara shouted at the man, anger radiating off her, adding to Barry's own too.

"This is our city!" Barry added. "You come to our city seeking us to let you into our team and you do this?!"

"You were after him! I took care of him. I just proved myself." The Question said. "Can you get your dog off me?" Although not biting the man, Krypto was giving the Question hell.

"No!" Dick shouted when he arrived and saw the body on the floor. "No..."

"A kid's life is in danger and he was the only lead we had," Barry said, having winced at Nightwing's cry and trying to keep control himself. "You wanted into the Justice League but you acted as a lone wolf. The Justice League does not do this. We work together." Barry asked Kara mentally to get Krypto off Question and she did. Krypto backed off, but kept himself in attack position, growling as the man stood up. "Get out of my city before I decide to hand you over to the police!"

"I… I didn't know," the Question looked at the group before backing off. Barry and Kara looked at Roy and Dick. Roy was trying to comfort his mentor.

"We'll keep looking," Roy said.

"He has minions. Once they learn Penguin is dead they'll kill him and leave," Dick said emotionally. "He's dead already."

"Maybe not," Kara said. Krypto couldn't find Dick's son but maybe he can find where Penguin has been!

You're a genius, Barry thought back, calming down already.

"Superdog," Kara said, pointing at the body. "Track." Krypto barked, taking in Penguin's scent and then flying off. Kara and Barry immediately went after him.

"They are good," Dick said, feeling hope as the superpair rushed off after the dog. Getting on their bikes, the two rode off, taking direction from a shocked Cisco.

-Superflash-

Laurel wasn't fighting alone for long as Thea came in and joined the fray. "Your sidekick, Speedy?" Lady Shiva laughed, taking on both the ladies easily as an arrow flew past her. "And the third is around. Archers so cowardly!" This time the arrow hit her.

"Don't make fun of archers. We're far deadlier than you," Thea said, taking hit at the assassin. Lady Shiva down when another arrow hit her, this time in the gut, but this arrow was not from Paula. The direction of the arrow was wrong, and the arrow was not the type Paula used. Thea took the distraction to knock Lady Shiva out completely, and then the two looked to see where the arrow had come from, to see Oliver.

He was wearing a green hoodie and had the makeshift bow still in hand from earlier, but had an air of confidence around him in the makeshift outfit Laurel hadn't seen since before she'd left with Rip Hunter. He was still pointing the bow and arrow at the unconscious Lady Shiva. "Olly, put the arrow down," Thea now said looking at her brother. "It's over."

"She was going to kill me… and you. I won't let her ever get another chance!" Oliver growled, staring at Lady Shiva's unconscious form. "I won't let anyone else I love die."

"Oliver," Laurel said reasonably, realizing what Olly was thinking as she got between the Arrow and Lady Shiva. "We don't kill unless we have to. If you start killing again you go from a hero, a member of the Justice League to a simple hitman again. A man who belongs in jail as much as the people he takes out."Laurel held out her hand. "Please, put the bow down."

Oliver took a breath and then lower his bow and looked blankly to Laurel. Laurel smiled before turning to Thea. "Let's wrap her up and deliver her to the cops."

-Superflash-

Krypto lead them to an old hotel which the trio ran into to find a couple of clear minions, dressed in similar attire to the Penguin, and a small boy no older than four or five in chains. The arrival of the heroes surprised the minions who went into the attack.

I'll get the kid, Kara thought, not even flinching as she was hit, and headed for the scared boy.

Krypto was besides her, attacking any minions who tried to come at them as Kara threw the minion, standing in front of the boy. Kara then broke the chains as Dick and Roy showed. Roy threw arrows out, and Dick started to fight.

"Daddy!" the boy called, trying to run to Nightwing, but Kara stopped him.

"Robin, go with Supergirl." Nightwing instructed his son, but Robin didn't move, letting Kara pick him up and snuggled into her as Kara and Krypto flew out, not caring about the fight – the safety of Robin was all she could think about. She knew it would be over soon though, with Nightwing, Arsenal and the Flash to help.

With the last minion taken out, Dick turned to Barry. "Where did your wife take Robin?" he asked.

"To our doctor," Barry said, knowing Robin was already in Caitlin's capable hand.

"I want to be with him," Dick said and Barry nodded. They had taken them to the Tower because they did not want to bring too many people dressed in costumes to the labs anymore, not with how busy it was, but on this case, it was different. He'd take Dick to the Labs.

"I have to run you there," Barry said. "Roy, on Nightwing's bike there is a red button. Push that and then yours and the bike will follow you back to the Tower. It's all preprogrammed. I'll call Gideon to allow you in."

Roy nodded and a split second later the two were gone. "That's weird," Roy mumbled as he went to the bikes, wondering why he wasn't allowed to go where his mentor had been taken.

Barry had run Dick into the Labs. Kara was sitting with the twins and Barry took one, needing to hold his girls. Robin was on one of the medical beds and Caitlin was looking over him. "Daddy," the boy said upon seeing Nightwing, and Dick took hold of his son right away.

"Doctor?" Dick asked, sitting Robin on his lap as he sat down.

Caitlin knew what he wanted. "Besides some minor bruises, he's fine," Caitlin said with a smile, and Dick let out a sigh of relief.

"Your son is cute," Kara said. "We should get him and my niece and nephew together one day. They're around the same age, and Ja and Ella would love having a friend they can show off their powers to."

"Where's his mom?" Barry added as Dick gave Kara a look.

"She's gone," Dick said to Barry. "It's just me and Robin now." The super couple nodded, not wanting to ask further. "Your girls are adorable. And they have excellent parents. Thank you for everything."

"It's what we do," Barry said.

"I owe you," Dick said. "I know you have a large team behind you, but if I can ever lend you a hand, let me know."

The two nodded their agreement, knowing Dick would not accept if they said he owed them nothing. They knew people like Dick. "Out of curiosity," Kara said after a moment of silence, "how did you become Nightwing?"

Dick chuckled. "When I was a kid, my parents were murdered. I ended up in the foster system and had some anger problems until a martial arts teacher in Bludhaven became my foster mother. She put my anger into the arts and I learned. When I was a teenager I stopped a robbery and then it just grew."

There was a beep. "Call from Watchtower," Cisco called out, pushed a button and Roy ended up on the screen.

"Barry, Kara, this place is amazing!" Roy said. "Dick, you should get a good looking at the training room."

Barry laughed. "Well you two could have full access to it if you would join the League," Barry said.

"We trust you," Kara said with a smile. The two had decided to offer it to the two Vigilantes a while ago. They deserved it a mile over the Question stranger.

"I appreciate that but I cannot put my trust in a team when I don't know everyone," Dick said. "I would like to meet the others before I even consider joining." Barry and Kara nodded their understanding.

"What about you Roy?" Kara asked. "We've wanted you in it since the Brainiac battle. Both Jax and Paula joined after that."

"We know you have our back," Barry added.

Roy seemed unsure, looking at Dick. "Don't let me not joining stop you. You might be my protégé, but I know most of the people in this league are your friends." Dick stated. "Feel free to join them, but I expect you to still keep your promise to me and Bludhaven."

"Of course. Okay let's do this," Roy said with a smirk and Barry turned to Cisco who already had a new communicator into the computer and was waiting for one of them to send their codes, which Barry did.

-Superflash-

"Well, Lady Shiva will survive her arrow wound," Laurel said. They were back in the Canary Cave and she was filling the team in. "And has already been put into the highest-level security... As in the meta human wing." Thea and Paula laughed at that. "She's not going to be there long. All we have her on is attempted murder while five countries are already requesting her extradition on actual murder charges. Probably more will be requested soon."

"Who will get her?" Paula asked curious.

"Depends on who has the most claim," Laurel shrugged.

"Someone like that," Oliver said darkly from his position, "won't be in jail for long. She'll find a way out and when she does…"

"I don't think you'll have to worry about her," Curtis added from the computers. "The hit on your head is gone. It's been cancelled." Everyone looked at him in shock. "And unless she just wants revenge without a job, who knows if we'll see her again."

There was silence as Oliver took hold of his Justice League communicator. "Mine?" he asked and the girls nodded. Oliver looked at it a moment before turning it on. "I guess I'm back."

"The Arrow is home," Thea said with a smile.

"No, not The Arrow any more. I'm… The Green Arrow now," Oliver stated thoughtfully, and before anyone could comment, all of their communicator binged. "Hm, talk about timing," Olly now added, looking to the communicator. "New member request from Barry. It's…"

"Roy," Thea finished. The group looked at each other before everyone but Thea pushed 'yes'. Thea smirked and pushed 'no' making everyone look at her.

"What? The guy left us to fend for ourselves after Felicity died when he promised he'd come back to help. I've already forgiven you, Olly, but he's not exactly a relation…" she stated. Laurel and Paula smirked to one another, while Olly shook his head in bemusement.

-Superflash-

"Oh wow," Cisco said as he looked that computer. 'This is… I can't even…"

"What?" Caitlin, Kara, and Barry all said together, annoyed as Cisco seemed incapable of forming a sentence.

"Oliver's communicator was turned back on a second before I sent the request," Cisco said, causing all of them look at the computer to see the Arrow was now listed as 'available'. All of them had to stare.

"We'll contact Black Canary shortly," Kara stated, shock in her voice as Barry nodded to agree. They needed the details.

"Um… what about me?' Roy asked.

"Oh," Cisco said. "One 'no' from Speedy."

Roy had to smirk. "I think I can change that to a 'yes'. Dick I'm going to head to Starling for a bit. Barry, I'm keeping the bike until this is done," Dick smirked and Barry nodded. The communication between the labs and Tower was disconnected.

"Why don't I bring you for dinner and ice cream?" Dick said to his son, who cheered. He was still connected to his father leg, but seemed to be doing good, having just been kidnapped. Dick bid the group farewell before turning to leave.

"Daddy, I like them,' Robin said.

"Me too," Dick said not aware Kara could still hear them.

Barry's phone binged. "Hey, my dad wants to see us," Barry said turning to Kara. This is a weird address. Kara shrugged.

Alura needs a diaper change first, Kara thought back.

-Superflash-

Laurel was sitting in the Cave long after everyone had left. She had been thinking deeply since Oliver had come back. Taking out her communicator she spoke into it. "Gideon, are you there?" Laurel asked.

"I am always here, Black Canary," Gideon's voice spoke back. "How may I help you?"

"Just wanted to say… good job alerting us to the hit on Oliver. I didn't know Barry programed you for things like that," Laurel said, testing Gideon.

"I am sorry, I do not know what you mean," Gideon responded. "I did not alert you to a hit on Oliver. That is not what my creator has me on the lookout for. I am monitoring for crimes in progress to alert League members."

"You did not send the alert to the Canary Cave computers?' Laurel asked, moving over and typing into the computers. She was not a computer geek, but there was definitely a record of the message and it did appear to be from Gideon.

"I did not," Gideon said.

"Gideon, can you trace where the message came from?" Laurel asked.

"If you plug your communicator into the computer I can access the computer and then yes," Gideon said, and Laurel took the plug to connect it to the computer. It was a moment later as the computer was speeding too fast for Laurel to see and then paused. "I have traced the location the message orientated from and sent it to your communicator. Do you want me to alert anyone else?"

"No," Laurel said, unplugging her communicator from the computer and looking at the location. "I'll handle it. Thank you, Gideon."

"I was made to assist and help the Justice League. There is no need to thank me." Gideon said before the communication was ended. Laurel didn't respond as she was already heading out.

-Superflash-

Barry and Kara met Henry outside the address. Aura and Nora were in their stroller and Henry went to kiss them. "Any reason why we're bringing our daughters to a…?" Kara paused, unsure where they were.

"A bar," Henry said with a smirk. "The Oasis." Henry turned around. "And it's mine."

"What?" Barry and Kara said together.

"Okay, I want it to be mine and I want it to be called The Oasis," Henry said opening the door and letting them in. "The place closed down a year ago, and owner is finally selling. It's a great location. The bar needs a little work on it. Redecorating too, but everything is good. I had people look into it. Now all I need is the final deal, but there's one problem…"

"And that would be?' Barry asked, biting his lip now.

"Money," Henry confessed.

Should have known, Barry thought to Kara with an internal laugh. "How much do you need?"

"I don't want it from you, Bar. I applied for a loan from the bank, but they won't loan to me. Not without someone co-signing, anyway."

"Henry, we can just give you the money," Kara said as Nora cried out and Kara rocked the stroller to calm her. "And you could have just come to the penthouse to ask us, too." Kara sighed. They did not need to see the bar to help Henry. They would have regardless.

"Thank you, Kara, but I don't want the money from you. I want to survive on my own. All I want is your signatures. The bank will give me a loan with you co-signing," Henry said with a small smile.

Why won't anyone just accept the money?" Kara asked Barry, who shrugged.

Let's just give him what he wants. Barry thought back, deciding not to argue this. "Okay dad, we'll sign, but is there anything else we can do to help you with this? We know a thing or two about running a business."

Henry shook his head. "I want to try on my own, but if I need you I know who to call… although there might be one thing." Barry and Kara waited for Henry to continue. "Your Karry Karaoke Videos are popular. I was thinking of setting up a Karaoke lounge. If you could sing every once a while…. draw in a crowd… that would be nice."

Barry laughed. "You got a deal dad," Barry said. "Now we've had a long day. We got to go home." Nora cried out again and Barry went to hold her as the group left the old bar.

-Superflash-

Laurel stood in the location Gideon had given her. It was the same place where the Legends had to go meet Rip for the first time, the same place she had crashed the invite. She didn't need a rock this time to know the Waverider was standing there, invisible. Laurel sighed, moving cautiously over and meeting resistance soon enough. Knowing the Waverider well, she found a door and headed inside.

"Ms. Lance is now on board," the familiar voice of Gideon announced Laurel's presence as she paused on the threshold of the console room, seeing Rip and Miranda beyond

"Thank you, Gideon. Ms. Lance," Rip said nodding to Laurel. "I knew you'd come."

"You put the hit on Olly?" Laurel asked, not even believing what she was asking, or that she was back on the time ship.

"I cannot possibly tell you that." Rip smirked.

"Then why were you waiting for me?" Laurel sighed. "Gideon overwrite order one-two-two, voice recognition Dinah Laurel Lance – The Black Canary," Laurel instructed, wondering if Barry's backup for Gideon would still be in this version of Gideon, so far into the future, but not known to future programmers. He had hardcoded all Gideons so that a member of the League could overwrite them anyway, in case someone was using his creation for evil means.

"Yes, Black Canary. How may I help you?" Gideon asked to the surprise of Rip. Even he had not known about the overwrite.

"Did Rip put a hit on Oliver?" Laurel asked.

"Yes, he did," Gideon said.

"Thank you. Gideon return to normal programing," Laurel said, and the overwrite was cancelled.

"Rip," Miranda said. She had not known why they had spent so much time in this time period. She had just figured Rip was missing his former team mates, considering he had given an order for Gideon to alert him when Laurel was on board. "Why would you do that?"

"And before you answer, this better be good," Laurel said taking out of her batons and holding it up to Rip's chin.

Rip was not afraid though. "Oliver was taking too long," Rip confessed. "He needed a push because the Green Arrow was needed." Laurel did not react to Rip knowing Oliver's new name. He was a time traveler after all and they had met a future version of the Green Arrow on their adventures. "The Justice League needed him, so I put a hit on him and then alerted you once it was taken. I knew you and your team could protect him and I knew getting him in the middle would get him back in the game." Rip took a step near Laurel, lowing her baton. "I couldn't give you Felicity back but I could give you Oliver and it was a job. I had to clean up a mess. Oliver needed to return."

Laurel lowered her weapon completely. "Your lucky Lady Shiva didn't hurt him," Laurel said warningly

"Lady Shiva" Rip paused. "She took the job?" Laurel nodded. "How's Oliver's arm?"

"His arm? Fine?" Laurel said confused.

"And Lady Shiva?" Miranda now asked.

"In jail," Laurel said.

"Well, seems you did well. Have a good evening Ms. Lance," Rip said and Laurel gave him a strange look, folded her arms, but didn't leave.

"Lady Shiva was meant to cut off his arm, wasn't she?" Laurel asked, recalling the future Olly she had met and putting the information together.

"Yes, but not for a few years and he's meant to kill her," Rip said with a sigh, not arguing that Laurel wasn't leaving yet. "Maybe next time. Gideon, timelines. Does Green Arrow still lose his arm?"

'Yes, Rip," Gideon said. "But it's now a year from now."

"Oh. Not good Rip," Miranda said as Laurel gaped.

"Better than what Oliver's future was before I interfered," Rip said looking to his wife. "Okay, his timeline has sped up. That's all, but if his timeline has sped up, Kara and Barry's has to be too." Miranda gave him a look now. "I don't mean their personal or superhero lives. I mean their business. STAR Co."

"STAR Co. makes the arm that replaces Oliver arm." Gideon informed the group. "The same technology that eventually makes the superhero Cyborg, and recreates Red Tornado as a hero. But not for another two years now."

"Oliver needs that arm early. If he doesn't get it…" Laurel voice worriedly, knowing she shouldn't know too much about her friend's future, but not caring right now.

"I know, but they have STAR labs and Palmer Tech already. Two of their main holds," Miranda said thoughtfully. "But not the piece of the puzzle needed for this particular problem."

"Wayne Industries," Rip said with a nod as Laurel looked between the two. "It's CEO Bruce Wayne will die in about a month's time. Kara and Barry are already trying to make deals with the company to get the last piece of the puzzle. The technology there will let them make the arm, but the company will still go on for a year until it finally goes bankrupt, but if it goes bankrupt with Wayne's death…"

"Then Barry and Kara get the technology early," Miranda finish. "That shouldn't be hard, but there is one other thing. STAR Co.'s biggest competitor. L Corp…."

"Still going by Luther Corp at the moment," Rip said, looking information up in the data banks. "Lex has been in jail for about a year. His sister is already transforming the company. The name change will take place around the same time as Bruce's death."

"L Corp is supposed to buy some of Wayne Industries' interest too. Can we be sure if we speed this up Lena Luther will be ready to expand the company?"

"I don't know," Rip muttered. "If she's not, STAR Co.'s main competition is left in the dust. We'll have to make sure she has the extra finances. Keep the timeline as similar to what we know as we can."

Miranda nodded. "There is one other thing you should know," Gideon spoke up. "Oliver now has a kid in the future."

"What?" Miranda and Rip said together. Laurel had heard enough though. She turned on her heel as she left the Waverider. She already knew too much; if she found out more towards Oliver's unknown child…

"Who's the mother?" Rip asked, unawares Laurel had finally left.

"Unconfirmed," Gideon said.

"Well, it's still close enough to the timeline we know," Rip said, having an idea in his mind who the mother could be. "The timeline changed when Felicity died. We knew this. This is probably just a part of the new timeline." Rip took a breath. "We have work to do."

"Miss. Lance has left," Gideon spoke up.

"Good. She's needed in Starling…" Miranda muttered as she moved around to more controls. She and Rip definitely had work to do.

Post Chapter Note 1: I hope you liked the appearance of The Question, Lady Shiva, Nightwing and even a Penguin cameo! I hope I did them justice not knowing the characters that well. Oh, and a surprise appearance from the Hunters! Jonas is still about of course, he just wasn't in the room with his parents and Laurel in this.

Post Chapter Note 2: There was no room for this in the chapter, but Robin's full name is Robin John Blake Grayson, in honor of the Nolan-Batman movies. Not seen, but know this information, at least. Nightwing is still the same Dick Grayson, obviously.

Post Chapter Note 3: (Important! Please read!) Due to Christmas just gone, New Year's still to come and my Beta needing to focus his attention on completing his Power Girl story, he cannot beta this story as frequently. Because of this, I will only be updating Karry once a week, on a Monday, until he is done. Hopefully this will only be for a maximum of two weeks, but on the plus side, we'll soon see the payout for his story and he can start work on his SuperEarth sequel! Thanks.

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