I knew that it was a lot to ask Kara to help me save Mia, but the normal ways of helping were kind of off the table. She didn't exist in this world, so taking her to the hospital would be an issue and even though we were from the same world, I was in the body of someone from this world and I wasn't sure if my blood would cause some kind of weird problem due to being incompatible. I really couldn't take too many chances with my daughter's life in the balance. There may have not even been a good reason to tell Kara, but I was pretty sure that I could trust her because she reminded me a lot of the Kara I knew. Mia was starting to seize.
"What do you need me to do?" Kara asked.
"I need you to hold her in place." I explained. I knew that she was strong enough to keep her from moving. I then went and got the defibrillator out. I then applied it to Mia's chest. "Clear."
I did it a few times and I noticed that her breathing was starting to stabilize. I was pretty sure that what we were doing was working. I also helped my own breathing to slow down. She didn't immediately open her eyes but I could tell that everything seemed to be normal. I knew that it would be a lot to ask her not to fight in the rematch, but I knew that it wouldn't be good for her.
I watched as Mia started to awaken and the first thing that she did was grab Kara by the neck.
"What the fuck is happening?" She asked.
"The injuries that you received from the fight caused you to enter cardiac arrest and I asked for Kara to help restrain you." I explained.
"How did you know I was able to do that?" Kara asked me.
"I know that you may not trust me when I tell you this, but I know that you're an alien." I explained. "I know you have super-strength and the ability to fly."
"And how do you know this?" Kara questioned. I knew that it wasn't the easiest thing to explain. She looked like she might have been ready to fight, so I would have to be very delicate in my explanation. I also hoped that she would believe me. "And why you trust me enough to tell me your secret? I could the police with this."
"But you won't." I explained. "I knew that I could trust you because I am from another world. I knew a Kara in my world. She was one of my friends. Of course, she was older and had smaller…"
I then stopped myself because I knew it was inappropriate to talk about that.
"The point is that I know you're someone that I can trust." I remarked. "I'm sorry that this is how you had to figure out everything. I know you probably need to get home soon."
"I could probably stay a little bit longer." Kara stated.
"Why didn't tell us that she was an alien?" Courtney asked.
"This really isn't the time for this." I pointed out.
At that point, I noticed that I got a text message from Malcolm that he needed me to come home.
"So I need to get home." I announced. "I need someone to watch over Mia to make sure that she remains stable. The bad thing is this guy has all that he needs to mass produce the serum and we're going to need to stop him and I'm probably going to need your help too Kara."
"I'll do whatever I can." Kara responded.
I then headed home and I found that the Christmas tree was up and Mom and Malcolm were in the living room.
"What's going on?" I asked. "It's Christmas."
"Yes, but with how our last soiree went I don't think we're going to have a Christmas party this year." Mom explained "Your sister has locked herself in her room."
"I thought Thea would be at the office." I remarked. It was then that I remembered she wasn't the only sister who was living here.
"She is. Emiko has locked herself in her room and you and Thea are the only ones that she'll really talk to." Mom explained. It was pretty nice that we were still close even though we weren't related. You know I couldn't help but wonder how Thea would feel when she met her for the first time in my world.
I then went upstairs. I had a feeling that it was going to be awkward. I forgot to mention that I kind of shot Sin with an arrow. She had gotten a little bit too close. Sara would not be happy about that.
"Emiko?" I asked as I knocked on her door. "Sis, it's me."
"Are you alone?" She questioned through the door. "Is your mom or dad with you?"
"No. It's just me." I explained. She then opened the door and looked around and once she confirmed that I was alone, let me in.
"Sorry. I just really didn't want them to find out about this." She declared as she led me into the room.
"What exactly do you not want them to find out about?" I questioned with a bit of a blush. My blush was a bit justified in the fact that Sin was half-dressed…and she also had an arrow sticking out of her knee. "What happened to her?"
"The vigilante shot her with an arrow." Emiko explained as I blushed again.
"Why would she do that?" I inquired. You know it was going to be awkward to have to keep this from two sisters.
"Because I got to close to something that she was investigating." Sin winced. As far as I knew, she didn't know who I was. Sara had never told her in my world and I was pretty sure that that was true here too. It was also going to be very awkward to remove the arrow like I had to do with Roy.
"So I need to tell you that this is going to hurt." I remarked.
"I can handle it princess." Sin told me. Even when she was in a lot of pain, she was still as snarky as ever. I then pulled it out and she screamed as I did so.
"Cover it up and apply pressure." I explained. At that point, I took out my phone. "Iris, I need you to come to the mansion. A friend of mine has been shot with arrow…it's a long story. Look just bring the first aid kit to Emiko's room."
I then hung up and looked over to them.
"Sin, my bodyguard Iris is coming over. She has medical training from her time in the police academy. Look, I don't know what you two were up to but maybe the vigilante was just trying to keep you safe."
"By shooting her?" Emiko asked in disbelief.
"I'm just saying that maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to let this go." I stated. "Usually being around her is dangerous."
I had a feeling that they weren't going to stop and I also had a feeling that one of them was going to get dosed with Mirakuru. That was going to be frustrating, but I wasn't able to keep my eyes on them at all times. Roy had managed to get out of it mostly okay and I had a feeling that whoever got dosed with here would turn out okay as well.
I walked out of the room and I couldn't help but see someone familiar. I was pretty sure that it was my subconscious playing tricks on me but it looked so real, especially considering who it was.
"Felicity?" I asked. It wasn't the Felicity from here. It was my Felicity.
"Do you love me? Did you ever love me?" She asked.
"You're not here right now." I stated.
"Maybe I am and maybe I'm not." She remarked. "You shouldn't be doing this. You should be trying to get back. Everyone that you love misses you. I miss you."
"Livvy?" Thea interrupted. She looked at me like I was crazy. "Who are you talking to?"
I looked back and indeed no one was there. I wasn't sure why I was hallucinating, but I knew that it definitely wasn't a good thing.
I then went down to see Kara to check to see how Mia was doing.
"How long do I have to be hooked up to this thing?" My daughter asked.
"Until we can be sure that you aren't going to have another heart attack." I explained. I knew that it was likely from just being hit at exactly the right time, but I needed to be sure.
"You know you guys have taken on some pretty bad people." Kara commented. "The Dollmaker, the Huntress, Count Vertigo and you even took down the Dodger and Guillermo Barrera."
"We haven't really been keeping track." I stated.
"I have." Kara responded. "Part me wants to be a superhero myself and I know that I have the power to do that, but my parents would never let me do it. Do your parents know who you are?"
"My dad does." I explained. "My mom doesn't know and Courtney's stepdad knows about her."
"So do you wear green because trained in the jungle environment?" Kara asked.
"No, I wear green because it belonged to the person who trained me." I explained. "And it just happened to carry over to this universe."
"So we found Cyrus Gold." Courtney remarked. "Oh, that's the name of the guy who manhandled us last night. He's at the corner of Delgado and 5th right now. There are several things there. We need to go find him."
"Okay, but we're not going to engage until we find a good way to defeat him." I told her. I knew Courtney had the tendency to barge into places and that worried me sometimes.
At that time, I got a call from Tommy. I didn't know what he was calling about, but it really wasn't the best time.
"So I need your help." He remarked. I wished that he had told me what he needed help with? "I'm planning a proposal, but I don't really know how to do it."
I felt like I needed to express my concerns. I didn't think it was the right time to do this. I didn't want any upcoming developments to ruin their engagement.
"Are you sure it's a good time to do right now?" I questioned.
"I know that an engagement ring for Christmas is a little bit cliché, but I think we can go with a bit of a cliché." He stated.
"I mean Dinah has a problem." I pointed out. "She's been drinking a lot lately. I know that you see it, but I'm not sure if you know how to help her. I don't think it's a good time to get married. If you want my opinion, you should wait until she gets better to do this. I don't want anything to happen. I'm also kind of busy right now. I'm not saying that you shouldn't ask her to marry you. I just don't think it's the right time right now."
From there, Courtney and I went to the hotel to check things out. I knew that it was dangerous. It looked like it was pretty empty. We found the same poem as before.
"Solomon Grundy?" Courtney asked. At that time, I heard some footsteps. Courtney took out her staff and fired a blast…which seemed to not faze him at all.
"We need to run." I declared as I grabbed her hand. We didn't have a traditional exit, so I pulled us through the window. Thankfully, the staff was able to the two of us out of there quickly without much damage.
"So what do we do now? Should we call the police?" Courtney asked.
"No. The last time I did this, I tried that and it led to massive casualties, including Detective Hilton." I explained. "I am not going to put that on my conscience again. We're going to have to figure out how to stop this guy on our own."
At that point, I couldn't help but someone in the distance. I was pretty sure that they weren't there but it was Damien Darhk. I really didn't know why I was seeing a lot of ghosts from my past at the moment. It was kind of freaking me out a little.
There were a lot of things that I was worried about when it came to this. I was worried about someone that I cared about being infected with Mirakuru. I was worried about Mia having long-term health problems, even though I was pretty sure that she wouldn't. I was worried about whoever was behind it, be it Slade or someone else.
The next day, I went to answer the door to see Dinah was there.
"Hi." I greeted her. I couldn't help but wonder what she was doing there. "What are you doing here?"
"I actually came by to see your mom. I have a recipe that I thought she might want to try for Christmas dinner."
"Well come in." I instructed.
"I noticed on the drive up that your house wasn't infested with Christmas decorations." She commented.
"Well we didn't really feel like infesting this year everything that's been going on." I explained. As far as I knew, Tommy hadn't said anything to her yet. I hoped that she would take my advice. I wouldn't mind having her as a sister-in-law, but it wasn't the right time for it, especially since she didn't seem to know that she had a problem. "We're not having a party this year."
"That's such a shame because I had a really good time last year." She declared. I didn't really want her to be around any alcohol at the moment. "It was one of the best holidays that I've had in a really long time."
One thing that I hoped was her and Sara would get to spend some more time together. If I could both of them alive, maybe that would be able to happen. I knew that Sara not dying would change things, but it wouldn't be a bad thing if things changed for the better.
"Anyway, I should go and talk to your mom." She declared.
I then went to my other room to have some time to myself. I was a little afraid to be alone at the moment because I wasn't entirely sure who or what I would see. There weren't a lot of things that I was afraid of, but the unknown was one of them. If things weren't going to go the same as they had, I didn't really know what to do. Suddenly, my thoughts were interrupted by a phone call.
"Hello?" I answered.
"So I just wanted to tell you that I might be a little bit late coming into work tonight." Artemis told me. "My dad wants me to do something for him."
"Are you going to tell me what it is?" I asked her. I couldn't help but think it was a bit odd that she was calling me on my cell phone, but I gave my number to all of my employees in case I wasn't at the club. I did have to say that I was a little bit worried about her.
"He wants me to check out a location that he wants to put his new gym at." She explained. "If we decide on it, I'll tell you how much it's going to be to buy it."
"Okay." I declared. I couldn't believe that I was getting myself involved in this thing, but it did seem like my relationship with Artemis was improving, so I would do this to please her. After I hung up, I noticed that Thea was downstairs with a suitcase. I couldn't help but think it was a little odd. "Where are you going?"
"The board wants me to go to Central City to check out the particle accelerator. We're also going to try to partner with STAR Labs." She explained. "I'm going to take Linda with me."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" I questioned.
"I'll be back in time for Christmas. Don't worry." She promised. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stop her. I just really hoped that she wouldn't get hurt.
Later, I went into the club and found that Mia and Kara were still there. To be fair, neither of them really had anywhere to go.
"So how's Mia doing?" I asked as I descended the stairs.
"She seems to be okay. There are no known abnormalities. I want to go get some Big Belly Burger. I think it'll okay to take her out. Do you want anything?" Kara asked.
"Yeah two burgers and fries." I answered. Kara stared at me for a second.
"That's right. You eat a lot too." She remarked before the two of them left.
After they left, I decided to take some target practice. I fired my bow at a tennis ball when all of a sudden, it was caught by Darhk.
"Well fancy meeting you here. Has anyone told you that you look adorable lately?" He asked. I knew that he wasn't real but my subconscious really painted a really good image of him. Though to be clear, he probably did have the most personality of any of the villains that I had fought. He was still pretty insane, but also had a sense of humor and amusement and he also loved his family. Pretty much everyone I faced after him was a lot worse also. What I needed right now was how to figure out how to make the hallucination go away. "This is a nice place you got. You know you're a lot better at this club owner thing than you were at any other job."
"You're not real." I told him.
"Well if we're playing that game than neither are you." He pointed out. "You came to this world to fix things and all that you've done is made a lot of the same mistakes that you did the first time that you did it. I guess changing your sex hasn't really changed your personality. Except the whole Disney Channel thing, though I can't blame you for that. That Teen Beach Movie is actually pretty good."
If it wasn't for the fact that he was so threatening, I would find the idea of him watching Disney with his daughter kind of amusing.
"You're dead. You're not here." I told him.
"Well all I know is you're not going to be able to beat me again." He declared.
What ensued there was a bit of a fight between myself and Darhk, which again was only in my imagination, but it felt pretty real.
"You know that you're not going to be able to save this city." He taunted me. "You're still the same person you were before, only shorter."
I really didn't like it when people made fun of my height. At that point, I grabbed him and held him against the wall, only for him to vanish because he wasn't really there. I couldn't help but wonder if I had successfully defeated the hallucination of him. It would be so weird if I came across another version of him. I wouldn't have any doubts that there was a Darhk here and he might be even more dangerous than the one that I knew. I would just have to try to be ready for him whenever I came across him.
A few minutes later, I was sweeping up the mess when Mia and Kara, as well as Courtney and Iris all showed up. I immediately grabbed one of the burgers because I was pretty hungry.
"What happened here?" Mia asked.
"I've been hallucinating lately." I explained. "I don't know why but I've been seeing some people from my world. I don't know if it's just from the stress of facing this guy again or if it's something else, but I can't really talk to a psychiatrist about it." I told them.
"Maybe you shouldn't be fighting this guy if he's doing this to you." Iris suggested.
"I can't just let him get away with this." I declared. "It'll only get much worse from here if I don't do anything."
"Yeah, but can you really help us if you're not like yourself?" Courtney inquired. "Listen, Olivia, we love you but maybe it's not the best idea to do this if you're not a hundred percent. Maybe you should just let us handle this."
"I can't." I responded. "You don't know what to do and you could get killed." I pointed out. "Mia already almost died and this guy could be even more ruthless the next time."
I knew the worst thing in the world would be if any of them died because of me. I had felt so bad when my mother, Laurel, Samantha and Quentin were killed because of me and I really didn't want that to happen again. That was the thing that I wanted to change more than anything about this world. I would have to do whatever I could to make this world a better place than the one that I left…even though I was pretty sure it was better after I was gone.
There was one advantage that I had that I didn't have the first time and I wasn't talking about the fact that I couldn't be killed. I had someone that could probably fight him on a much more even playing field, even though I wasn't entirely sure if she could defeat him herself. I knew that we would have to take a quick trip to the clothing store to get the outfit and it wouldn't be anywhere near as good as the one that she had from before. I liked her outfit and not just because it was sexy. The main thing that I liked about it was it was a symbol that girls could be strong too.
I was sharpening some arrows when I noticed that Iris was behind me.
"Iris, can I ask your opinion. Do you really think that I can't do this right now?" I questioned.
"I think that you may not be your best, but I think you below your best is still a lot better than a lot of people." Iris commented. "I think that you have to realize that these hallucinations are only saying things that you think yourself. They're your own insecurities and you have to figure out how to get past them. You don't even have to get over them. You just have to figure out how to get them not to stand in your way. You are the strongest person that I know Olivia. There's nothing anyone can tell you, including your own subconscious that can convince me otherwise and you need to not let it convince you either."
That was another reason why I was so glad that Iris was my friend. She was always so good at giving you a pep talk whether you wanted it or not. I really hoped that she would be able to find her happiness with Barry in this world like she had in several of the others. I suppose if she didn't find happiness with Barry, that she could find it with someone else and whoever she ended up with would be a very happy person. I wouldn't even mind if she ended up leaving the team at some point if she could get that happiness. The most important part about loving someone was knowing when it was time to let them go.
"Whatever it is these ghosts are trying to tell you, you have to figure it out on your own." She added.
"We know where to find him." Mia replied. "He's been spotted at a looked gate in the Glades."
At that moment, I grabbed my bow before Courtney came over and grabbed my hand.
"What are you doing? You can't go out like this." She told me.
"Courtney. I need you to trust me right now. I also you need you to trust me enough to stay behind here." I replied. I knew that would be a bit of a hard sell, but it was for the best.
"You can't do this alone." Courtney argued.
"Oh, I'm not going to be alone." I stated as I looked at Kara. "I'm going to stop this guy. Please believe in me.
I then went gave her a kiss before I grabbed her shoulder causing her to fall unconscious suddenly.
"How do you know that I can do this?" Kara asked me.
"Because you're one of the strongest people I've ever met." I stated. "But you're not going to be wear that. We're going to have to get you something else that you can take back home."
After we stopped at the store, I noticed that I had a text from Artemis. It only said three words. "I'm in trouble." Something told me that I was going to have to save her. I had to admit that I wasn't expecting her to be the one who was dosed with Mirakuru.
I broke into the lab and I found that Artemis was there and she was tied to a chair. It was there that I saw Brother Blood in his mask.
"Where did you get the mirakuru? Who gave it to you?" I asked. I didn't expect him to tell me that Slade did it, but it was at least worth a try.
"It was a gift. A gift that I will use to save this city from this self. I can make more people like you. Don't think that I don't know about your ability to heal yourself. I thought you would have learned your lesson last time you met Brother Cyrus."
"I did." I answered. "This time I brought some help."
At that point, Kara flew in and threw Gold across the room. She was wearing as close to her costume as we could get. We couldn't get the S on it, but she still looked incredible. At that point, it was Blood who threw me across the room as I noticed that Artemis was bleeding from her eyes.
"Get up Dad." A voice interrupted me. I looked up to see that William was there. It was the younger version that I was more accustomed to.
"William?" I asked in surprise.
"You're going to be okay. Kara may be able to match this guy blow for blow, but your intellect is going to be the thing that defeats him. You're strong and you can do this." He told me.
"I'm sorry for leaving you." I stated.
"I don't care about that. You may be gone, but you're not forgotten. You're a hero and you can do anything. You saved the multiverse and you can save this world too. You just have to believe in yourself."
"Kill them." Blood declared. At that point, I shot the ceiling, causing it cave on him and crush him. Kara came out and the first that I did was look at Artemis. I knew that she wouldn't be dying because of me, but I still didn't want her to die. I started to perform CPR on her and I put up my hood. She slowly started to breathe and I couldn't help but be relieved. If you had told me that at the beginning of the year that I was relieved to be rescuing a girl who was bullying me at school…well I didn't know what I would say about it.
The next morning, I got a call from Artemis.
"Hey, I'm really sorry that I didn't come in last night." She told me. "I just want you to know that I really like this job and it won't happen again."
"I'm not going to fire you." I stated. "You don't need to worry about that. You can even have tonight off too. Please just get some rest."
At that point, I got another call.
"We just landed up in Central City. It's a lot nicer here." Thea told me.
"Well please be careful." I declared.
"You don't have to worry about anything Livvy. We'll be fine." Thea promised. I just hoped that she would be right.
I turned on the news to see that Sebastian was running for mayor. I wished that he just understood that he could actually be a good mayor without being evil, but I was pretty sure that he didn't. Maybe I would be able to stop him in a way that didn't cost him his life.
I then went outside the club where I found Kara.
"So thanks for the suit, but I don't think I'm going to be wearing it that much." She stated. "I'm pretty sure that my parents will know it's me."
"Kara, even if you don't become a hero now, I know you have what it takes to be one." I told her. "Also, I think it think that it could use a little bit personalization. Find what makes you you."
I then knew that I would have to talk to Courtney.
"I can't believe that you did that." She stated.
"I know and I'm sorry." I told her. "I shouldn't have done it. I should have let you come with me."
"Olivia, you asked me to trust you, but what you showed is that you didn't trust me. I'm not leaving the team, but I don't think that I can be your girlfriend anymore." She replied. I was shocked but I understood what she was saying. "I also think I need to take some time off, from both of my jobs."
With that she walked away.
So we got to see Supergirl for the first time but that's not the only thing that happened here. In addition to some old faces, Artemis got dosed with Mirakuru and Thea went to Central City. What kind of powers is she going to end up with? And finally Courtney broke up with Olivia. Please don't forget to review.