I finally got my religion paper done at 6:15 this morning, and as such, I got to sleep in, and only had one class for the day. After a long nap, I felt like celebrating. Thus, here we are!

Team Tech tries to stand strong, and Oliver and Malcolm find someone on Earth-X neither expected.

Enjoy!

***

The dark of the cortex, the only light coming from a few flashing lights, made Thawne more intimidating as Iris, Felicity, Lena, and Winn were held by Nazis, watched over by the Magician. Thawne was walking around, tapping on a tablet, when Black Arrow approached, looking extremely annoyed. "Report," he ordered.

"Good news," Thawne answered, not looking up. "The Wellenreiter's made the transition to this Earth."

"Kara is all that matters," Black Arrow narrowed his eyes.

Thawne finally looked up. "That red sunlight we're flooding her with? That's burning off. So pretty soon, her cells will be so desaturated, we cannot perform the surgery."

"Fix it," Black Arrow looked at him.

Thawne sighed. "I can't."

Black Arrow scowled. "This is your city. This is your facility. So turn the power back on!"

"I can't," Thawne walked up to him, showing him the tablet he was working on, everything flashing red. "Because the system has been encrypted."

"By who?" Black Arrow narrowed his eyes.

Thawne turned, smirking, and found the terrified gaze of Felicity. "By Miss Smoak."

***

Oliver paced the floor of the base, and Malcolm had to use every technique the League had taught him to not say something snarky about him being impatient. When Oliver finally stopped, his back to the other Nazi officers, the Sturmbannführer looked up and asked, "Is there anything else I can help you with?"

"No, that'll be all," Oliver shook his head.

"Very well," the Sturmbannführer nodded, turning away, then paused. "Before I go, I have something for you, mein Führer, General Merlyn." Both turned around, raising eyebrows, and he explained. "A gift, to celebrate your return." Oliver nodded, wondering what he could possibly have, and the Sturmbannführer turned and shouted, "Guard!"

One of the doors to the facility opened, and Oliver frowned when he heard the sound of a woman thrashing. He heard Malcolm sharply inhale as quietly as he could next to him, and he barely refrained from gasping himself when he saw who was deposited on the ground in front of him.

"Well, I know how much the New Reichsmen enjoy executing rule breakers, and this one has broken many of them," the Sturmbannführer explained while Oliver and Malcolm stared down at the Earth-X doppelgänger of Maggie Sawyer, who was looking up at them defiantly. "We discovered this . . . filth . . . handing her rations to the work camp children. Strictly against camp rules, of course."

"Those children were starving," Maggie held her head high, even though her voice sounded very hoarse.

The Sturmbannführer scoffed, turning and handing Oliver a pistol. He stepped forward, looking her over, internally admiring Maggie's confidence, even when she was locked away in a Nazi prison camp. "Do you know why I chose her, mein Führer?" the Sturmbannführer asked.

"Get to the point," Malcolm ordered, staring Maggie down as well.

The Sturmbannführer huffed. "The General's adoptive sister was caught with . . . her, which pleased her to no end. I believe she would be pleased to hear that the ex-fiancée of her doppelgänger's sister was finally put down."

Oliver bit down on his tongue so he wouldn't say anything he regretted, lifting the gun and aiming it at Maggie. He saw Malcolm tense out of the corner of his eye, saw Maggie swallow hard but not look away.

It gave him the courage to turn, aim at the Sturmbannführer, and pull the trigger.

Except no bullets came out, and Oliver looked down at the gun in his hand as the Sturmbannführer laughed coldly. "Did you really think I would hand you a loaded weapon before verifying who you are?"

Oliver narrowed his eyes, then used the gun to nail the Sturmbannführer with an uppercut. As the Nazis around them reacted, Malcolm leapt into action, drawing the knife he had concealed under his coat, launching it into the throat of an incoming soldier. He yanked it out and did a somersault on the ground, hiding behind one of the consoles, grabbing the fallen soldier's gun and returning fire.

Oliver was out in the open, but he remedied that quickly by grabbing a charging soldier and using him as a human shield, returning fire with a gun that was loaded this time. He stood protectively in front of Maggie as she curled up on the ground, trying to find cover. As the Sturmbannführer hurried out of the room, Malcolm threw his knife into the heart of a soldier approaching Maggie from behind. She turned around in shock as the soldier gurgled, and Malcolm ran out, grabbing his knife and protecting her as Oliver took care of the other soldiers in the room.

Oliver looked around to make sure no more soldiers were coming, then turned when he heard Malcolm speak. "Hey, hey, hey, you're OK."

Maggie tried to scramble away, but Oliver crouched in front of her, too. "No, no, no, you're fine," he assured her. "You're fine." Maggie glared at him, clearly not believing him, so Oliver handed her the gun he had in his hands. "Just take this and go."

Maggie looked from the gun to the two men, then asked, "Why are you doing this?"

"It's the strong's duty to protect the weak," Oliver answered. "Take it and go."

Maggie took a deep breath, then stood and ran for the door. Oliver and Malcolm stood up, watching her leave, then Malcolm let out his breath in a whoosh. "God, that was horrible."

"Agreed," Oliver headed for the control panel. "I'm just glad Alex didn't see that."

"Yeah, me, too," Malcolm wiped his knife on the sleeve of his coat. "And I want out of these uniforms."

"You and me both," Oliver muttered in agreement, finding the lever to turn off the metahuman dampeners. He pulled it down, listening to them power down, then looked up. "Clear!"

Not a second later, Barry sped into the room with Laurel, setting her down. "How did it – " Barry began, only to blink in surprise when he saw all the knocked-out – or dead – Nazis. "Oh."

"It went," Malcolm deadpanned.

Laurel looked at him in concern, walking up and putting a hand on his cheek. "Are you OK?"

"No," Malcolm said honestly. "I'm ready to get out of here."

She hugged him sympathetically, Malcolm returning it. "Me, too," she whispered.

Oliver turned back to the console, only to narrow his eyes. "Guys, we have a problem," he said, making them turn. "The gateway control's been damaged."

"We can't turn it on?" Barry asked in disbelief.

"We can't turn it on here," Oliver nodded. "But there should be a manual override at the platform."

Barry sighed, but Laurel smirked. "Guess that means we're fighting our way through."

"Guess that's my therapy for the day," Malcolm smirked. "Punching Nazis."

Oliver chuckled. "Welcome back, Malcolm."

***

"What do you mean?" Leo hissed from where he was out by the van. "Call it back!"

"Too late," Schott told him. "It's been programmed. There's no changing course now."

"You said we'd have an hour!"

"Yeah, well, I changed my mind."

"The team hasn't gone through the breach yet!"

"That team has nothing to do with us or saving our planet, and everyone who can threaten it is on the other side of that breach! They are not coming back through!"

"General!" Leo snapped.

"Leo, enough!" Schott all but yelled. "I'm not risking any more time. We are blowing it up!"

Leo heard the line go dead, then he seethed and hurried off. "Guys, we have a problem."

***

"I don't like that word involved with our current situation," Slade hissed as he and Sara led the way towards the complex, with Alex, Thea, and Firestorm behind them.

"You shouldn't," Leo agreed.

"What kind of problem?" Sara asked.

"A weapon is heading to blow up the facility."

Thea growled. "Yeah, I definitely don't like that."

"A weapon?" Alex repeated. "You mean a missile?"

" . . . not exactly."

***

Black Arrow turned away from Thawne, and Felicity swallowed hard when ice cold green eyes bored into her. "Felicity Smoak," he said softly. "Turn the power back on."

"He said," Thawne narrowed his eyes, then left the archer's side in a flash of red lightning.

Iris, Lena, and Winn jumped when Felicity vanished, then Iris screamed when they saw Thawne holding Felicity against the doorframe of the medbay. "Felicity!" Winn shouted, the Nazis having to hold the three of them back.

"Turn the power back on," Thawne repeated as Felicity coughed.

"Sorry, Eobard," she rasped, then frowned. "Eobard?"

"Eobard," he corrected.

"Eobard. My God, the future sounds weird!"

Thawne narrowed his eyes. "That's funny," he told her quietly. "Sometimes, we think we're more clever than we are. Because where I come from, the history books are filled with stories of this Age of Heroes: Green Arrow, Supergirl, the Flash, Black Canary. And yet no one . . . " His hand started vibrating, and Felicity's eyes widened in terror when Thawne's eyes glowed red with the Speed Force, his voice deepening. "No one has ever heard of Felicity Smoak."

"No!" Lena screamed as Thawne moved to shove his hand in her chest.

"Stop!" Winn and Lena nearly got whiplash from turning around, and Black Arrow and the Magician turned as well to see Kara stumble into the cortex, the Terminator behind her. "Stop," she repeated, swaying and nearly collapsing against the console. She would have if the Terminator hadn't grabbed her by the arm again, keeping her upright as Kara reached for the back of one of her shoulders. She winced when her fingers came away red, and she swallowed, looking up into the eyes of the doppelgänger of the man she loved. "You came here for me, so just take me, please. Please don't hurt anyone else."

"Kara," Winn's voice cracked as Thawne turned to her, his vibrating hand just inches from Felicity's chest.

She just looked at Felicity. "Give them the code."

"If I do, they'll kill you," Felicity whispered, tears in her voice.

"They're dead no matter what they do, you know that," Kara stated confidently, making Black Arrow, the Magician, and Thawne scowl, but Lena sank her teeth into her lip, knowing that none of the Earth-Xers were going to be safe when the group on Earth-X returned. "But none of you are gonna die because of me."

Thawne turned expectantly back to Felicity, who swallowed and looked down. "Latte, Ada, Jonas, 1-1-9-0-0," she whispered.

Iris closed her eyes in defeat, and Kara sighed in relief as the light dimmed in Thawne's eyes. "Latte," he repeated, stopping his vibrating. "Cute."

He dropped Felicity, and Winn hurried to help her when she slid down the doorframe, her body shaking with sobs. He smirked as he passed Kara, the Terminator now holding both her arms. He picked up the tablet and typed in the code, waiting. A few seconds later, power returned to the facility.

Black Arrow smirked victoriously as all four tech members looked in terror at Kara. "Kara," Winn whispered.

"You tried," she tried to smile bravely.

"What are best friends for?" he tried to smile back.

"Let's go," the Magician ordered, grabbing Felicity's arm.

"Wait," Black Arrow held up a hand, stopping him. "Take her," he pointed at Lena, who blinked, "to the others." He narrowed his eyes. "After what her doppelgänger did to my wife, I don't want to see her again."

"What did I do?" Lena blinked.

Black Arrow growled, but Kara gasped softly in realization. "Cadmus," she breathed, eyes widening. "Project Cadmus existed on Earth-X."

"And you were their leader," Black Arrow nodded at Lena, who went entirely pale at the thought. "Get her out of my sight."

"With pleasure," the Magician smirked, shoving Felicity at one of the other Nazis, taking Lena by the arm instead, taking her towards the pipeline.

***

Cisco heard the sound of footsteps approaching the pipeline and sighed. "That doesn't sound like backup."

A familiar voice shouting, however, made James stand up straight from where he'd been leaning against the wall. "That's Lena," he said in horror.

"What?" Dinah demanded as Harry and Caitlin got to their feet.

Sure enough, when the door to the pipeline opened, they saw the Magician tug a thrashing Lena towards one of the empty cells. "I'm actually a bit surprised he didn't kill you on the spot," he grinned as he opened the one next to Harry, beneath James. He shoved her inside, making her stumble into the opposing wall. "He rather enjoyed it last time."

"The others are gonna come for us," Lena spat, rushing back to the door. The Magician just smirked, shutting it, and Lena banged her hand on the glass. "You're not gonna win!"

"Miss Luthor," the Magician smirked cruelly. "We won the moment Miss Danvers conceded to surgery."

"She did what?" James yelled as the Magician left the pipeline.

"What's going on?" Caitlin demanded. "What's happening out there?"

"Lena?" Harry prompted, not saying anything.

Lena closed her eyes, leaning her forehead on the glass. "Everyone that went to find the Earth-Xers are trapped on Earth-X," she said slowly, trying to keep her temper contained. "Earth-X Kara is dying of too much solar radiation, and the only cure is to take out Kara's heart and put it in hers."

"What?!" Dinah's jaw dropped.

"And she agreed to it?" Cisco asked in disbelief.

"She did after Felicity cut the power and Thawne threatened to shove his vibrating hand in her chest," Lena closed her eyes.

Harry closed his eyes as well, banging his head back against the wall. "And here we are, trapped and unable to do anything."

"Great," James growled, pacing restlessly. "Just great!"

"Preach it," Dinah grumbled.

Lena finally leaned against the wall, running a hand over her face. Right now, there were only two hopes they had. One was that the team on Earth-X somehow managed a miracle and was able to return before Kara's heart was carved out of her chest. The other was that J'onn and the rest of the Legends arrived in time to stop the Nazis.

Right now, neither was looking good for Kara.

***

Poor Felicity. And Lena. And mostly Kara. But at least Kara's right - they pretty much are dead no matter what happens.

I think next chapter should be the end of the Flash portion!