Chapter 36
"Thanks for letting me shadow you Iris." Thea said as she entered the Central City office of Danvers Daily News.
"My pleasure. After all, we're all part of Team Danvers now." Iris said.
"And you're sure you're not disappointed that Kara's the big boss now instead of you?" Thea teased, since even though she'd been overseas when Iris had opened the Central City Citizen, she'd heard about it.
"Honestly, the only thing that's changed is that now I report to Kara and she handles more of the major decisions. Though that does mean that she gets first dibs on the best stories like that one regarding the ASA." Iris said.
"Yeah, you're not bitter about that at all." Thea said with a chuckle.
"Anyways, I was kind of surprised you wanted to get into journalism. I thought you'd prefer a career path where if people piss you off, you can handle it the same way your brother does." Iris said.
"Ollie doesn't do that to everyone who pisses him off. Just the people who deserve it." Thea said and Iris just chuckled.
"Relax, I'm messing with you, but still." Iris said.
"Yeah, I can't say I saw myself going into this line of work, but then again, I don't think anyone in my family could've seen us taking the career paths we did." Thea said.
"That is true. Never thought I'd see the day that Oliver Queen ran for mayor." Iris said and Thea laughed.
"Tell me about it. But he did a good job before Diaz got him impeached." Thea said.
"True. Anyways, you sure that you want to be a newspaper editor?" Iris asked.
"Actually, part of the reason I was hoping to talk to Kara was because I was hoping that maybe instead of the Star City branch being another newspaper, maybe it could be a news station for TV." Thea said and Iris actually looked intrigued.
"Not a bad idea. I'm surprised Kara didn't think of that herself, since let's face it, more people watch TV a lot more often than they read the paper." Iris said.
"Plus, I may have a personal reason for it to." Thea said.
"Really, and what might that be?" Iris asked.
"You and Kara are probably the only reporters I trust." Thea said.
"Really, why?" Iris asked.
"One of Ollie's ex-girlfriends was a reporter, Susan Williams. And before you get started, this was after the island. In fact, it was the year Prometheus came into our lives." Thea said.
"What happened?" Iris asked.
"She played about Quentin being hired as Deputy Mayor and then she actually manipulated Oliver into dating her, just so she could get evidence and expose him as the Green Arrow. I mean, she came to her senses and ditched the story in the end, but still." Thea said.
"Okay, I understand why you hate her." Iris said.
"Yeah. So honestly, I kind of want to beat her at her own game. I know that sounds childish, but." Thea said.
"No, I get it, if a woman did that to Wally or Barry, I'd probably do something similar. But, in the meantime, why don't we get started so that in the bizarre event Kara says no, which I can't imagine she would, since opening a TV station would only increase our profits, but if she does say no, we should make sure you're prepared to run a newspaper." Iris said and Thea nodded.
"Jefferson, we weren't expecting you here." Barry said as Jefferson Pierce entered the Nexus.
"Jen's visiting Khalil and I thought I'd tag along. Damn, your new base of operations is a lot nicer than mine." Jefferson said and Barry smiled.
"Your base is nice, it's homey." Barry said.
"Maybe, but I wish we had the room to train that you do." Jefferson said.
"Anyways, what brings you here?" Barry asked.
"I'm here because I need your help." Jefferson asked.
"With what?" Barry asked.
"Do you remember when we showed you that briefcase from the ASA?" Jefferson asked.
"You mean the one that exposed their operations, yeah, why?" Barry asked.
"Because it revealed that the government's metahuman operation didn't start here in the states, it started in Markovia." Jefferson said.
"What are you talking about?" Barry asked.
"On my old earth, there was war brewing between the ASA and Markovia." Jefferson said.
"Why?" Barry asked.
"Because both sides had metahumans in pods and were trying to develop a serum to allow them to stabilize and weaponize their metas. We saved Freeland's metas, but Markovia." Jefferson said.
"Okay, it's clear we should talk with the rest of my team." Barry said and Jefferson nodded in agreement.
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