Chapter Summary:Prompt by EmilieGrme: Hello, I prefer the story where Kara and Oliver do not get along at first and end up falling in love with each other because it's more like what's going on in reality.
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45. Strangers when we met
- TELL ME WHERE YOUR BOSS IS HIDDEN!
The guy lying on the floor looked terrified at the green hooded figure in front of him. He has heard of the crazy vigilante that used to kill criminals around the city, but to face him was another story.
- I… I already told you, I don't know!
- YOU'RE LYING!
Oliver was losing his patience. He wasn't a fan of going all vicious against criminals, but he knew he had no other choice. They never talked if they didn't feel fear, real fear. Oliver grabbed one of his arrows and using his bow, pointed it at the guy.
- I'M NOT ASKING AGAIN!
- I…
Oliver let the arrow go, it was supposed to hit the guy's leg, but something stopped it from happening. Someone stopped it. He was trying to figure it out how the blonde woman managed to grab that arrow before it could hit the guy.
- Who the hell are you? – He said.
- I'm Supergirl! And you better keep those arrows to yourself!
- I was interrogating him.
- No, you were torturing him! This is not the right way…
- Don't you tell me what to do, you don't know me!
Oliver was about to pick up another arrow, but she moved fast, grabbing his bow.
- Don't you dare keep torturing him!
- Give the bow back or…
- Or what? Will you make me give it to you? – She laughed, finding that really funny – I really want to see you try that…
Oliver tried to go for his bow but she deflected him with her super speed. He looked really mad at her. She offered his bow back and when he was about to grab it, she used her heat vision on the floor, next to his foot.
- Try to torture someone again and I'll stop you for good!
- Oh nice, a meta human… I better call The Flash…
- Oh, do you know The Flash? And by the way, I'm not a meta… You must be the Green Arrow he told me about when visiting my Earth.
- Your… Earth? – Oliver asked, looking confused and then, rolling his eyes. – Of course you are…
- I'm an alien, from another Earth… And you're no hero! You're just as bad as them!
There was a whoosh of air and a yellow streak of light and seconds later, The Flash was standing in front of them.
- Good, you two met! – Barry said smiling, but his smiled faded away the second he noticed the vibe between Kara and Oliver.
- There's nothing good in that! – Oliver said, looking annoyed at Barry – What is she doing here? Besides getting in my way of getting some answers!
- In your way? I stopped you from torturing a person. – Kara said, crossing her arms.
- I was questioning!
- What a difference!
- ENOUGH! – Barry said looking from Kara to Oliver – Enough you two. I was really hoping to introduce you guys; you're both my friends…
- I'm sorry, but I don't work with annoying people… or alien… I'm lost…
- And I don't work with violent guys who think torturing people is some kind of heroism! I'll fly after more threats; I'll see you later! – She looked at Barry and flew away.
- Seriously? – Barry looked at Oliver, still not believing what he just saw.
- Seriously! – Oliver said, storming away in his bike.
Later, at Star Labs, team Flash was having a small gathering. It was Harry's idea to have a small celebration and plan their next move on their mission at the same time, this way they could work and not get so tired. He felt like the whole team needed some relaxing. Oliver and Diggle were around, since they were helping and talked in a corner. Diggle went to grab more drinks when Barry approached him, being followed by Kara and Alex, her sister.
- Hey Oliver… - Barry said in an unsure voice that let Oliver a bit confused – This is my friend Kara Danvers and her sister Alex. They're here to help as well.
- Nice to meet you! – He shook their hands one by one, smiling politely at them.
He stared at Kara, feeling something weird. It was like he knew her from somewhere, but had no idea how. She blushed as soon as she noticed Oliver was staring at her, and he thought it was a cute reaction. She adjusted her glasses on her face and Oliver looked at his drink, thinking she was really cute, wondering where Barry had found her.
Kara was really excited of meeting Barry's friends after the experience she had earlier. The blonde one wouldn't stop staring at her and she noticed it, feeling her cheeks burn. She thought he was really handsome but decided to keep her thoughts to herself, it was better if she avoided any distractions on this earth. She met Caitlin, Cisco, Diggle, Harry, iris, and spent a while talking to them about a lot of things when Barry asked for them to gather around him, so he could finally explain the mission.
Oliver looked curious at Kara and Alex, wondering how they could help a bunch of heroes and people with powers. It was until Barry started talking about the plan and Savitar, it all made sense.
- I have some information about a person that knows where he is hiding. He's hurt and not coming after us for a while, this is our shot! – Barry said.
- So all we have to do is look for this person and get that information! – Caitlin smiled – Killer Frost can help!
- I'm glad we can count with her, Caitlin! I will also need Green Arrow, Alex and Supergirl on this…
- Supergirl? – Oliver looked annoyed at Kara.
- Green Arrow? – Kara looked at Oliver, not believing that nice guy was that violent jerk. – Barry, why didn't you tell me Oliver is the Green Arrow?
- I forgot! I'm sorry… We need to suit up; can we talk about this later?
- Sure… - Kara said looking at the floor, trying to keep herself calm.
They all got ready and divided to find the guy Barry talked about.
- It's really necessary all of us to come for information? – Oliver asked as he drove his bike, with Killer Frost riding with him, holding his waist.
- You do know you can always stay behind, right? – Kara answered as she flew in the same direction Barry and the others went.
- Guys, c'mon! – Barry said as he stopped abruptly, holding Alex in his arms.
- You can fight later, let's find this guy! – Alex said letting go of Barry.
- I'm going to look around – Kara said, flying around the streets they were in.
Kara needed to be far away from Oliver as possible, she thought while she flew. She couldn't believe Barry were friends with him. She heard about crazy lunatic vigilantes before, but she had no idea they were this bad. Kara heard something and used to her super speed to get to the source of the noise. A girl was cornered on a dark alley, completely terrified while a huge guy harassed her.
- HEY YOU! – Kara said, approaching the scene slowly. She heard more noise and turned her head, finding Oliver right there. – For Rao, what are you doing here?
- I was patrolling the perimeter and heard her scream.
- Lower your arrow, I have this handled! – She said turning around again and blowing the guy away from the girl. – Hey, you're safe now! – She said as she helped the girl, hugging her.
- Ok… - Oliver just stared at the guy while he fell down.
- I'm going to bring her to a hospital; you stay here with this jerk. And don't hurt him; just keep an eye on him.
- Ok boss! – Oliver satirized
- I'm not your boss!
- You sure talk like you were… - He exhaled, annoyed, approaching the guy on the floor.
Kara came back a few minutes later just in time to witness Oliver beating the crap out of the same guy she asked him not to hurt. She couldn't believe it.
- You're incapable of keeping your violence to yourself, aren't you? – Kara said running towards the guy, taking him away from Oliver's hands – I asked you not to hurt him.
- He was talking to me about Savitar… He didn't want to initially, but I made him talk. I'm getting information.
- Ask as a normal person!
- He would never tell me! You just don't understand how this Earth works, not everything is rainbow and sunshine like in your perfect world!
- How do you know how my world is? You're too stuck in your own darkness to see ten steps ahead of you!
Oliver and Kara looked pissed at each other. Oliver kept looking at her in silence, taking deep breaths while trying to have some self control. How dare she, he asked himself, talk about his darkness like that.
- Guys? – Alex asked in her comm – I don't think you're aware your comms are on…
Kara and Oliver kept staring at each other in silence. Kara was furious at Oliver.
- I'm sorry; I can't work with people who only know how to talk to someone by beating the crap out of them! – Kara said, still looking at Oliver like she could throw him in the Phantom Zone, she thought and then looked startled at the ground, ignoring Oliver. – Hey, that's… Barry, I have an idea.
- What is it? – Barry asked
- Let's throw Savitar into the Phantom Zone on my Earth. It's a prison on space for really dangerous people. My cousin knows how to do it.
- It's an awesome idea! Dangerous, but it can work – Alex commented.
- We can draw him to your Earth and maybe your cousin can help us there? – Barry asked feeling a bit more excited about the whole thing – By the way… How did you think of that?
- It's not important – Kara said, smiling as she looked at Oliver again while he kept staring confused at her.
- I got some information about him by the way – Oliver said.
- You ripped the information from the guy along with his blood… - Kara commented turning her back to Oliver.
- At least it got us results!
- Not worth the cost, Oliver! – Kara said flying back to where the others stood waiting.
Barry looked at Alex, turning his comm off. He couldn't believe this. He hoped for Kara and Oliver to be friends, not mortal enemies and he had no idea how to turn the situation around. He looked hopeless at Alex, which looked worried at him.
- There's literally a monster after us, threatening us… And those two can't stop fighting.
- I know… I mean, I understand Kara, she doesn't like extreme violence and Oliver doesn't seem to cooperate…
- Listen, I know Oliver. He's not a bad person… He's just… He has been through a lot. I don't agree sometimes, but I understand where his behavior comes from.
- But that's the thing; Kara suffered a lot as well. It's not an excuse to behave like that, like Oliver does… I believe he's a good person, but… I stand with Kara on this. Even if I don't like them fighting…
- I just want them to get along…At least, try to understand each other. – Barry said as he scratched his head.
- We need to do something, then. – Alex mentioned as she thought for a while. Suddenly, a smile appeared on her face.
Kara flew back to Star Labs after flying around for a while. Every time she was upset or sad, she did that and felt better instantly. It wasn't working this time, and she knew the reason. As soon as she got back to the lab, she went straight for the med bay and found Caitlin there, looking at some of her studies.
- It's everything ok? You seem pretty upset.
- It's Oliver! – Kara looked at her, still pissed – Why does he have to be such a jerk?
- Well, I have no answer for that since I don't know him that much… - Caitlin said as she looked at Kara. – But I'm sure everything will be ok… It might take some time for it, but…
- I doubt that… Any news on that source?
- No. It was a dead end. Oliver is sharing with the others what he got from his source… And with your idea, they were thinking about a better plan now.
Kara nodded with her head. She was distracted with her thoughts when she heard Alex's voice on the speaker, asking for everyone to go fast to the cells of the lab.
- A prisoner escaped, we need everyone's help!
Kara used her super speed and Caitlin just stood looking at her, smiling. As soon as Kara arrived, she saw only Oliver looking around the cell. She felt someone pushing her from behind, really fast and before she could even understand what was going on, she was locked inside a cell with Oliver Queen.
- Guys? What is this? – Oliver asked, punching the glass with no success.
- C'mon, let us go! – Kara said, trying to user her super strength, also with no success.
- Sorry guys. You have some issues to solve! This cell is anti meta human, so Kara, your powers won't work and Oliver, well… you just can't get out unless we let you – Barry said crossing his arms.
- You'll stay there until you solve this nonsense between you two.
- But what about Savitar? – Kara asked looking incredulously at her sister.
- Exactly. Before doing anything else you need to work this out, before you end up hurting someone… Or yourselves! – Barry said, turning his back and closing the huge gate of the particle accelerator.
Kara and Oliver looked at each other. Kara walked to a corner of the cell and sat there, her back against the wall. Oliver had his face to the glass of the cell, on the other side.
It felt like an eternity for the both of them. Oliver took a few deep breaths, trying to think about the situation. He knew this was going to be an impossible situation, Kara was too stubborn for her own good and he was ten times worse.
- Nicely done! – Kara said, crossing her arms, looking at Oliver's back.
He turned around slowly and looked annoyed at her.
- Nicely done? You are as guiltier as I am!
- Here you are, trying to justify your terrible actions once more…
- Kara, for God's sake, STOP! You don't understand, you're not from around. Specially, you don't know about my life…
Kara got up and walked until she was inches from him.
- You think you have reasons to use extreme violence, and terrify people. You think you're right in torturing other people to get what you want; you think can justify your actions because of the place you live or what you've gone through… This is not heroism! You're misguided! A hero, a true hero inspires people. We do justice the right way, we do not get to decide who lives and who dies, and we are not Gods! We can be better than that, we can fight for the right thing the right way, or we are not better than the guys we fight with.
Oliver kept staring at Kara while she spoke word by word. It was weird but something inside of him told him to be quiet for now, he could also see Kara was beyond pissed.
- You talk about life experiences… Let me tell you something, then: my home planet exploded! I lost my family, my friends, my entire world. They sent me in a pod to Earth, to save me, and I got stuck in the phantom zone for 24 years. 24 years thinking I was going to live my whole life alone, stuck in space. Do you know what this can do to someone? Do you have any idea what is like to feel alone, knowing everything you knew and loved just vanished? – Her eyes were in tears as she spoke. She hated remembering everything – When I got to Earth, the worst criminals of the space came along. I faced every single one of them and I still could feel compassion, I still felt the need of doing the right thing, doing justice the right way. Do you know why? Because it's the right thing to do. I still have hope people can be good, that deep inside everyone has some good inside. I believe in second chances and that criminals need to pay for their crimes, but still have a second chance on this world. We can do some good and inspire people to be better, if we don't even try, what kind of heroes are we? I also think there's good inside of you, that there's a good person in there. You're just too blind by your anger to see it!
Kara turned away from Oliver, cleaning her tears with her hand. She felt relieved, knowing she had to explode, all her feelings were consuming her little by little, and she didn't like it. Oliver just stood there, quietly, looking at Kara. He didn't expect all of that, it took him by surprise. And he had no words left to share.
Alex and Barry let them go a few hours later, noticing the change on the vibe around them, wondering themselves if their plan worked. Oliver and Kara left in silence, leaving Alex and Barry wondering.
Oliver decided to go back to Star City for the night, since he couldn't sleep, thinking about everything that Kara has told him. He had no idea her life was so full of sadness and terrifying moments. He had no idea she lost it all and felt so alone. Even so, she managed to be a bright person, full of smiles and positive thinking and he wondered how she managed it. He got up from bed, suited up and went to patrol the streets. He was lost in his thoughts and it took a long time for his to notice he was being watched from above. As soon as he looked up, he saw Supergirl flying, looking at him.
- I didn't see you there!
- I'm keeping an eye on you!
Oliver was about to say something when they heard screams. Oliver took off in his bike and Kara flew towards the noise. When she landed, she found a guy trying to stab another guy. The hooded men, all in black, looked at Kara, scared and threatened to kill his victim. Oliver was about to aim his arrow with his bow at the guy when Kara looked at him, asking with her eyes for him to let her try.
- You don't have to do this… - Kara said as she looked back at the hooded guy. – It's not too late; you can just let him go…
- Why would I do that? He owes me money!
- If you kill him, you'll be the rest of your life locked up in prison. Your life will be over. You can be better than this!
- You should mind your own business.
- I'm giving you a chance to save yourself! You don't want me to fight you, believe me!
The guy lowered his hands and Kara took advantage to take the knife from his hands.
- What the... – The guy tried to talk, but Oliver shoot him with a trick arrow that spread wires around him, trapping him.
- I told you… - Kara said – And now I'm bringing you to the police!
It took her a few minutes to bring the guy to the cops and come back. Oliver was standing on the same spot he was before. She just nodded at him, not knowing what to say to him.
- I thought about what you told me… - Oliver said as he approached her. – It turns out you're right!
- I don't want to be right, Oliver. I just want you to see that there's other ways of solving things… I know it's hard, but it's not impossible.
- Truce?
He reached his hands for her. Kara was taken by surprise. She was hoping he would argue and be mad at her once again, but he was surprisingly calm. Kara reached for his hand, shaking it.
The next day, the all gathered to deal with their Savitar problem. Kara just hoped their plan could work, since they didn't have a plan b. Kara was back on her Earth, with Alex, waiting.
- Rao, please, let this work! – She whispered, getting ready.
She had a crystal on her hands, courtesy of Clark. He told her he wanted nothing more to help, but Lois was about to give birth, so he trusted her she could manage to help Barry. Kara appreciated the trust her cousin had in her, but she was a bit nervous. The Phantom Zone was the place she spent 24 years of her life stuck in, suffering. Nothing could go wrong or things could end up pretty badly, she thought. She saw the breaching opening and got ready.
She saw the huge monster coming through after Barry that ran as fast as he could. Savitar was as fast as Barry, and Alex tried to aim her special gun without hitting Barry by accident. She hit Savitar's head and he stopped abruptly. Kara smiled, knowing it was time. She held the crystal on her hand, pointing to Savitar and a blindly white light appeared. Savitar started being sucked into the crystal; it took all the strength Kara had to avoid dropping the crystal to the ground. In a few seconds, Savitar was gone for good.
Alex and Kara went back to Earth 1 with Barry, Oliver and Caitlin to celebrate that night. Barry was beyond happy and couldn't believe it was finally over. They were in a nice bar in Central City. He walked by Caitlin, taking her with him to the dance floor.
- I might suck at this…
- Its ok, I teach you! – Barry smiled, pulling her next to him and guiding her.
Alex looked at that scene, smiling.
- I'm going to grab something to drink on the bar… - She said leaving Kara and Oliver alone at the table.
Kara and Oliver looked at each other. He had a lot of things on his mind and felt like he needed to talk with her pretty badly.
- Listen, I need to apologize! – Kara spoke before he could say anything.
Now it was Oliver's turn to be surprised. He just kept staring at her.
- I still don't agree with your methods, but I shouldn't have judge you so fast.
- It's ok… I'm used to it!
- No it's not ok! Sometimes, some of my experiences make me see only black and white… This is not how the world works. I understand it better now.
- I should apologize as well…
Oliver said as he got up, offering his arm to her. Kara got up, reaching for his arm and they walked outside the bar. As soon as Alex came back, she saw them going outside and smiled to herself.
- It's a progress! – She said, drinking a sip of her beer.
Oliver and Kara walked outside the bar and stopped on the street. Oliver looked at Kara and scratched his head.
- Life is still hard. I still have to deal with a lot; I still have to make decisions every day. It's not easy, but it's not an excuse. I know violence and darkness because it was what helped survive… Barry mentioned I had a thought life, right?
- Yes…
- I spent five years away, everyone thought I was dead. My father's boat shipwrecked on an island called Lian Yu, and my dad killed himself in front of me to save himself. Since then, I have been doing a lot of things to survive. It changed me. I had to torture, to kill or I would be killed, I had to do ugly things to be able to be back to my family… I honestly thought I would never be back. It left me scars, but on the inside they are way worse. Since then, I have been losing loved ones, dear friends, team mates… It broke me, all of it. I tried many ways, none of them worked. So, this is me telling you why I had lost all hope. But they seemed gone to me. When you told me all of that, it made me realize not everything was black and white. And I hope you can forgive me for being a jerk.
Oliver smiled, making Kara give him a tiny smile.
- I'm sorry for all of that, Oliver…
- Also…
He kept going on, making Kara look at him with curiosity in her eyes.
- You intimidated me at first… I thought it was all easy for you, because you had powers, that your life was easy… I'm sorry for judging without knowing you…
- I did the same to you…It's ok, we all make mistakes.
- And for me it was easier fighting you than being close to you. So, sorry for that.
Kara stared at him for a while, taking a few steps closer and bringing her lips closer to his. She kissed him slowly, taking him by surprise once more. He didn't take long to give into the kiss, reaching back for her. She opened her eyes, her forehead touching his.
- For me it was easier too. I felt something and got scared…
- I'm glad we're good now… - He smiled, kissing her this time around.
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NOTES:
Spoiler Alert:Prompt by Only reviewer: How about Oliver and Kara get stuck in a lift (elevator).