Chapter Sumary: Prompt by H: "Do one where kara is captured by cadmus and Oliver goes full on hood to rescue her" and prompt by jul9xa: "What a great chapter!
I have an idea, what about some kind of drama? I mean a break-up or a quarrel, and then an understanding and a forgiveness.
Life can't be so easy;)"
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26. The Difference
He had enough of waiting.
Or was he being dramatic?
Oliver was feeling really lost as he paced from one side to the other on his bunker. His team was already gone and he was left with Barry there, after they defeated one more threat, a lunatic meta human that made Oliver ask for Barry's help.
- Are you ok? – Barry asked as he saw Oliver behave in a weird way. He had never seen Oliver that way.
- I'm just worried… Have you talked to Kara?
- Kara… Supergirl? No… Not lately. Why do you ask? – Barry smiled with a knowing look, earning a talk anything and I will shoot you again look from Oliver.
- We chat sometimes…
- Do you? – Barry crossed his arms, smiling widely.
- Barry! – It was a warning tone.
Barry's smile vanished in seconds. He looked unsure to Oliver, full of questions but afraid of asking them.
- Ok man… Please go on…
- She tried to reach for you for some advice; through her device… and no one answered…I was with mine and saw it beeping. She asked me if it was ok for her to talk to me and she did…
- You gave Supergirl some advice?
- Barry, I swear to God…
- Ok, sorry… What happened next?
- We kept talking. I don't know but something about her brings me peace, it's easy to talk to her… I think it's the whole another Earth away thing but… She kind of helped see some things clearly as well… Especially about my break up with Felicity…
Barry looked at Oliver but kept quiet.
- I didn't say anything! – Barry tried to hold back his smile and looked innocently at Oliver.
- But now… It has been 1 month since our last chat. I'm worried.
- Since our devices won't open breaches, Cisco's idea, not mine – He added, noticing the look in Oliver's face – it was for safety… And it only works for communicating; we can go to Star Labs and ask for his help.
- Hum… - Oliver said as he thought about the idea.
- I would totally help you on this man, but I have a huge problem in my hands right now…Just know that… If things get too ugly, don't hesitate in call for help, whatever happens!
- Ok. – Oliver said as Barry grabbed his arm and in a second they were at the cortex of Star Labs. – BARRY! – Oliver said as he almost threw up.
- My bad… It's urgent! We cannot waste time.
Once Barry and Oliver found Cisco, they explained the situation and Cisco opened a breach.
- In 48 hours I'm going after you, and if things are bad there, I will bring reinforcement. – Cisco warned
- Thank you Cisco – Oliver smiled at him and stepped into the breach.
Once the portal closed, Barry and Cisco looked at each other.
- He thanked me and smiled… He has a crush on her! – Cisco said.
- Totally! – Barry agreed with him.
On Earth 38, Oliver reached the main room of the DEO, only to find Alex and J'onn arguing over something. Alex jumped in scare as she saw Oliver coming in.
- You almost gave me a heart attack.
- I'm sorry… What is going on?
- What are you doing here? – J'onn asked with his arms crossed.
- J'onn relax, he is a friend of Kara…
- I know who he is. Again, - J'onn looked at Oliver – What are you doing here?
- I'm worried about Kara and came to see if everything's ok. Were you guys arguing?
- YES!
- NO!
Alex and J'onn looked at Oliver that looked really confused at them.
- I want to go to Cadmus and blow that place down. They have Kara hostage! – Alex said in a desperate voice
- And I want to wait for orders of the government.
- I'm sorry, but if you wait for the government to do something, you are wasting your time… No matter what Earth are you in! – Oliver said as he took a few steps forward, ignoring J'onn's annoyed look.
- Thank you – Alex said as she smiled at Oliver and looked back at J'onn – It's Kara, we cannot just wait. She's been gone for over a month and now we finally know where she is…
- Where is it? – Oliver said as he looked serious at them – I came prepared for war.
- Mr. Queen we…
- We appreciate your help – Alex interrupted J'onn – And we are going.
Alex grabbed Oliver by his arm and showed on the big screen the location of the new Cadmus headquarters.
- Agent Danvers…
- I'm not going to wait J'onn… Not anymore. You can tell the government it was my decision! I don't care! – Alex said as she gathered her stuff.
Oliver grabbed his bow and arrow since he was already on his Green Arrow suit and looked at J'onn with the same expression Alex had.
- You can tell a visitor from another Earth helped!
They turned their backs and walked away, both extremely pissed off.
Oliver worked so hard to be better not even as a human being but as a vigilante. He knew he had a dark past, he knew he terrorized criminals in the past, tortured them… He saw no other way right now. A lunatic place took one of the most caring, sweet and loving people he knew as hostage and intended to hurt this person. He wasn't going to allow that. And he was even more pissed that her organization took so long to find her. If it was for him, he would not rest or sleep until he found her.
Once they got to Cadmus headquarters, Oliver kicked the door open without ceremony, shooting arrows at anyone he saw trying to stop them. Alex was ready to shoot but looked worried at Oliver. He just looked so mad, so pissed.
Maybe he had a thing for her sister and was really worried and mad about everything? She had a feeling it was something like that. Oliver was caught by surprise and broke into a fight with two guards as Alex was fighting with another guy.
- I'm with zero patience today! – Oliver shot an arrow on both guards, on the shoulder.
They yelled and fell to the ground, bleeding. Oliver walked to both of them, stepping on the hand of one of them.
- WHERE IS SUPERGIRL?
- I…I don't…
- WHERE IS SHE? Tell me or you going to have a broken hand. And if you don't answer me even then, I'll break your bones, one by one until you faint! CHOSE NOW!
Oliver pressed his boots on the hand of the guy. The other tried to grab his ankle; he turned around and shot him right in the tights. The guy dropped back to the ground and Oliver resumed stepping into the other guy's hand.
- CHOSE!
- Ok..Ok… She's on the third floor… In a cell full of kryptonite!
Oliver pressed even more his boots and a loud crack was heard. He turned around and stopped the other guy from shooting him, by shooting an arrow through his eye.
- Oliver… - Alex said as he looked at her.
- This is real; it's kill or be killed!
- I know… I… It's Kara… She will die…
- Not today!
Oliver and Alex ran towards the third floor. Once there, Oliver ran to Kara's cell. She was bleeding, weak and a mess. He looked around and saw a table full of buttons. He took a safe distance, warning Alex to be where she was and shoot an exploding arrow there, making the whole thing blow up. The cell opened and Alex ran there, grabbing Kara into her arms the exact moment that Lillian Luthor showed up.
- You won't go anywhere!
- Get out of my way or the next to be exploded will be you – Oliver said as he aimed an arrow to her
- You wouldn't dare! I have no idea who you are, but you look like one of those heroes Supergirl loves so much…
- You have no idea what I am capable of. Get out of my way!
Lillian Luthor laughed. Kara woke up, slowly and looked surprised at Oliver.
- Oliver? What…
- Long story short: I was worried about you… I came to help. And now I'm going to blow this woman up if she tries to stop us… - Oliver said in his most serious voice.
- Oliver, no… Don't do it.
- Kara, now it's not the time to argue about morals… - He looked at Lillian – One last time: GET OUT OF MY WAY! Alex, get Kara out of here…
- No. You won't go anywhere – Lillian pointed a gun at Alex and was about to shoot her when Oliver shot an arrow through her heart.
Lillian looked shocked as she dropped dead on the ground. Kara closed her eyes in scare as she hugged Alex.
- Let's get out of here!
- Oliver…
- LET'S GO!
They all ran out of there, Oliver stopping a few more guards on the way out.
Back at the DEO, Kara was brought urgently to the med bay and Alex argued once again with J'onn about Oliver that heard his name and approached them.
- What were you expecting me to do? Let her kill Alex? She was going to. She had the gun pointed at her; she had her finger on the trigger.
- I know that…and thank you for saving my life – Alex said…
- But that doesn't change the fact that you killed… - Kara said as she entered the room, still feeling a bit weak.
- Kara! You need to rest…
- I need to talk to Oliver, Alex. Please.
Alex nodded with her head and left the room with J'onn. Oliver crossed his arms and looked at Kara.
- I'm so pissed…
- For saving you? Your sister?
- For taking a life, Oliver! How could you!
- If it wasn't her, it would be your sister.
- You don't know that…
- Kara! – Oliver took a few steps closer to her – I was right in front of her. She was ready to pull the trigger.
- We don't know that Oliver... Maybe if we convinced her…
- Alex told me about all the times you tried that. Unfortunately, some people are beyond saving. I tried that once Kara, I was disappointed as well…
- I'm not disappointed…
- Yes, you are! I can see in your eyes, the disappointment. And I'm sorry to be the one who caused this to you… But I had no choice. Talking wasn't going to stop her from hurting you, or killing Alex. And I know you would feel guilty about it. Do you want to know why? Because I did the same, thinking there was another way so I could stop a criminal. And I chose to try that. The guy killed an important member of my team and I kept asking myself if I had acted differently, if she would be alive now… So yes, I did that. You don't want the guilt on your shoulders, Supergirl, believe me!
Oliver took a deep breath trying to calm down. He looked at the floor thinking about all of that. Kara was precious, a ray of sunshine, but she had to understand sooner or later that the whole world was not like her bright city or like she thought the world was.
- I… I have to go!
Kara stormed out of the room, leaving Oliver alone.
How dare he? She thought.
She believed he was a great vigilante, a good person. And the last part, he was but the first… How could he take another's life like that? She knew her sister was in danger, but she truly believed if they tried a bit more, they could talk Lillian down… She did it before so many times…
Alex found Kara in the corridor and stopped her, hugging her.
- I'm so glad you are ok! – Kara said with relief in her voice
- Thanks to Oliver, I am…
- Alex, he killed Lillian…
- Listen… I know you are against it… - Alex said as she walked with Kara and they sat down on a chair.
- It's just wrong…
- I know it… But in life or death situations Kara, we need to be ok with it…that is why it's called self-defense. If it wasn't for that, I would be the one gone now. Lillian wasn't going to back down. She was determined to kill you Kara. You don't remember and never saw how you looked like when we found you. You looked like you were dead… I was so afraid…
- I know it's just… I didn't want to believe she was so far gone…She's Lena's mom…how can a mom be so terrible to her daughter and to other people… I just refuse to believe humans can be so cruel and so terrible to each other like that…
- But they are… Sadly, they are… And also, you have to understand that Oliver is not from around. You once told me that Barry told a bit about him… How he lived in darkness, how his city was a dangerous place to live, how violence was all around him and how he managed to survive… I saw him in action. He tortured a guard for information about you; he almost broke every bone and his body. He not even flinched. I think he is used to this; I think this is all he knows… We don't know that much about him but all I know is that he came all this way, worried you had disappeared and was the first to tell J'onn we were going after you. He helped me fight for you and I don't think this is random… So I wanted to give you an advice: to go easy on him… Try to know more and understand more, because we don't know what he has been through. And all of that response to what happened today; it doesn't come from nowhere…
- He told me about how he didn't want me to live with guilt. Because he tried another way with a criminal on his Earth and he killed his friend.
- I knew it. – Alex said with a knowing look. – All of this comes from experience. And I know you don't feel comfortable with this… But sometimes there is no other way.
- I… I will talk to him later. – Kara smiled at her sister – Thanks for this… - Kara got up and they hugged.
Kara spent a few hours thinking to herself and alone at the training room until she decided to go after Oliver. She found him in the balcony, alone, as he looked at the city in a thoughtful way.
- Hey… - Kara whispered as she approached him cautiously.
- Hey!
- Listen… I'm sorry…
- It's ok – Oliver said in a serious tone.
They kept in silence for a few minutes until Oliver couldn't take it anymore and turned to look at her.
- I get it.
- What?
- I get it. Your worries and your beliefs… I get it. I respect it. I just can't always live like that, not on my city, not on my Earth… And I won't apologize for keeping your sister from getting killed.
- Oliver about that… Thank you… I mean, even if I have a hard time agreeing with it… You did save her…
- Kara I did it so you wouldn't have to. If she killed your sister you would want to go after her and take her life, believe me. The pain of losing a brother, someone you love…it's unbearable.
- I'm sorry I'm just… - Kara took a deep breath and looked at Oliver – I know there is evil in the world. I just believe that there is good inside of everyone and sometimes we just have to reach it. She was the mother of my best friend. It was hard for me to accept that my friend is so caring and good and has a monster as a mom. I wanted her to have a chance, to repair things in their family, to have a chance of having a happy family. I had hopes that someday she would regret it all and pay for what she did, by the law, and then maybe reconnect with her daughter…
- I admire you for that Kara – Oliver smiled at her, surprising Kara – Even after everything that woman did, you wished her nothing but good things. You hoped she could change; you tried to help her… But we can't win all the times. We can't change people all the times. I tried so hard at first… I was a bit like you, always wanting to believe the best in people… Until the day it was too late. Until the day my mom got killed, my best friend… When I almost lost my own life… And then I saw it, I understood.
- Alex told me a few things she noticed… About you… And made me see things in another perspective…
- She barely knows me…
- She is really good at reading people and understanding people from different perspectives. – Kara smiled – The thing is… She told me you live in another reality, in another Earth… and maybe things were not easy for you in your city… So maybe I should try to judge less and understand and support a bit more… So I'm doing it now… Starting with an apology for judging you.
- It's ok… I'm used to it. – Oliver said as he looked into Kara's eyes – And to be honest, I usually don't care if people think the worst of me as long as they are safe… I was just hoping you could understand a bit…
- I'm trying to – Kara smiled and approached her lips to his left cheek, giving him a small kiss. – And thanks again… Someone needs my help
She smiled and left flying as Oliver kept looking at her.
It was a start.
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NOTES:
Spoiler Alert: Prompt by victor17: "I have an idea. "What if Oliver and Kara were turned into baby's, kids or Teenagers you can choose" or only one of them turned and the other will have to take care of him/her until the effects pass"
Ok. Oliver will be his jerk teen self and Kara will have to take care of him...On her Earth... I also added 2 Legends into the mix.
I love this one ^^