The pain was real and it was driving him nuts. Every single part of his body burned like hell, his new scars itched like crazy. He felt confused, he felt lost. He opened his eyes slowly, his eyes taking his surroundings little by little. He tried to sit down but felt a pair of soft hands on his shoulders, a really strong pair of hands keeping him from doing it. He lifted his face a little bit and saw a pair of deep blue eyes staring at him, full of worry. He closed his eyes and opened again, this time, he could see properly: Kara Danvers, the Supergirl from another Earth, in her suit, staring at him. What the hell she was doing on his Earth, how did she find him and where the hell he was?

- Oliver? – She said searching his eyes, trying to find something she was not sure what it was. – Are you ok now?

- I... - He looked around, not recognizing the place – Where am I?

- You are in my apartment... I brought you here after I found you passed out on the street.

- What? – He looked around, sitting on the bed this time and Kara let him, not even thinking about stopping him.

- You don't remember coming here? At all? – She looked worried at him.

Oliver looked around and closed his eyes again. He started remembering little by little everything that happened. He was hoping it was all a bad dream when he first woke up, but sadly it wasn't. Prometheus had tortured him, he tore Oliver apart inside and out, then Oliver was left on the ground, bleeding and hurting everywhere. He never felt so alone in his life, and so terrified cause Prometheus made him see who he was for real, what he was: a monster. He couldn't be around his family, his friends, it was too dangerous.

- I... - He took a deep breath, still feeling the pain. – I do... I remember something...

He opened his eyes again, noticing Kara looking at him terrified. She had never seen so many scars on a single body. A piece of his skin by his chest seemed burned, it was deep red and dark around something that looked like a tattoo. Some of his scars seemed old, but the number of new ones were scary. Kara couldn't take her eyes of all of them, not quite sure what to think. She felt worry, panic, and fear. Oliver was used to people look at his scars like that, and he knew he might be worse than he ever was on his life. Kara was the first person looking at him at this condition and she was a ray of sunshine usually, so he thought it was not possible for her to react like she was right now.

- Oliver... - She said in a weak voice, almost crying just looking at him – What... What happened?

- I'm sorry – He said looking down to the bed – I... I needed to go away. I never mention to come here; I didn't even know where here is... I just... - He got up abruptly, scaring Kara. – Sorry – He looked at her and then walked to the window, looking at the rain outside. It was really dark and pouring hard.

- How did you get here? – She kept looking at him not knowing if she should run, hug him or cry. She decided to stay still.

- I stole one of Cisco's extrapolators... Ended up here by accident, I never even thought about where I wanted to go.

- Ok...

- I needed to be away from everyone, to disappear... I can't be around everyone... Is dangerous... For them. – He turned to Kara and looked serious at her.

Kara couldn't look away. A billion of questions popped into her head and she felt worried by the minute. Last time she saw him and the other heroes, they were fine, celebrating a victory, she knew Oliver loved his friends and was loved by them. What could have happened to make him run away? She stood up and walked to him. Oliver took a step behind, fear all over his face.

- Oliver, I'm not going to hurt you, we are friends...

- I'm not worried about it. I'm worry about what I could do...

- How so? – She crossed her arms feeling curious.

- Kara, you need to be away from me – He said in a dark serious voice that made the hair of her neck stand. – And I need to leave.

- Oliver is raining like crazy and is late... You spent almost a whole day out. I found you yesterday. I can't let you go now, not until you recover...

- KARA! – He said abruptly, scaring the hell out of her – I...Need...To...Leave. I'm not asking again...

- I need to know what happened...

- I can't be around anyone Kara, that's why I left, I LEFT EVERYONE I LOVE! I'm dangerous. I won't say it again Kara, and I mean it. LET ME GO!

Kara stood still just looking at him as he stormed out in a hurry. She stared at the door, feeling dizzy and lost. She had no idea what was going on with Oliver, he was scarier than the first time she saw him. He had plenty bruises, a look of deep hurt in his eyes, a desperation and sadness in his voice she couldn't even try to understand. But she knew pain. She suffered a lot in her life to recognize it. She also recognized that Oliver was trying hard to push her away by scaring her. The way he told her he was dangerous, she could notice.

He ended up on her Earth for a reason, she found him for a reason. She wouldn't let him be alone, in an unknown place. She stormed out after him in super speed and found him just a block away from her place. The rain was heavier now and she got soaked in a matter of seconds. She flew right in front of him and held him by his arm.

- I won't let you leave Oliver, I'm sorry. I won't let you alone here, you have no idea how dangerous is for you to be here right now, with everything that is going on now...

- Kara...

- HEY! – She said starting to feel a bit angry. Oliver could be worse than her when it came to stubbornness. – You will come with me, even if I have to knock you out and hold you myself or tie you up until you tell me what's going on and what happened to you.

- Why do you care?

- Because you are my friend Oliver. I know I just saw you once, but you are a hero, Barry trusts you and is your friend, so I am as well, because he is my friend and I trust his judgment. – She took a deep breath – I can see you are hurting; I know this look... I've been there... I just want to help. Please, let me?

Oliver was about to reply when 5 Cadmus agents shows up out of nowhere.

- Supergirl, we finally found you. Our boss wants you again, and this time, you won't escape.

Kara looked at them and anger took over her. What they wanted with her this time? She would not be tortured again and have her powers taken from her so they could use on some crazy thing they planned.

- Not this time! – She say flying high as she dodged a bullet.

Oliver snapped as he ran to 3 guys at once, fighting them at the same time. He made them drop their guns as he kicked and punched them, swirling around them, his body full on fight mode. It was like he couldn't control anything he did. Kara fought the other 2 and was impressed by Oliver's skills to deal with 3 people at once. She knocked the agents down and went to help Oliver, but it was not necessary. He fought like a warrior with such an amazing technique she never saw before. It was like he was some kind of ninja. Kara felt hypnotized by his moves. She thought he was feeling weak when he found him, but that situation woken something inside him, something dark, a rage she never knew it was possible to exist. Oliver he broke the right arm of one of them, pressed his foot on the knee of another, also breaking it and punching the third right in the nose, making him pass out. Suddenly, they were all on the floor.

- Oliver? – Kara approached walking slowly to him – I'll call my sister to come here and deal with them. You will come with me now.

Oliver felt really tired out of sudden. He looked at Kara in a serious and thoughtful way and felt everything spinning, passing out again.

- It seems like we are creating a habit here... - Kara whispered as she took Oliver in his arms and flew him back to her apartment.

Once home, Kara put Oliver on her couch as she got a towel to put around him. She tried to dry him the best she could.

- I need to put you back in bed, but there is no way you will lay there as soaked as you are. But, I can't just take your pants off... It would be... - She talked to herself as she tried to figure out what to do. It did not take long for her to think of something.

She used super speed to take his pants off and grabbed some old pants Clark left behind when he last visited. Once dry and dressed, she grabbed Oliver on her arms and brought him to her bed. She used super speed to dry herself and changed to her favorite pajama. She sat beside him on her bed, noticing his bruises as she brought her face closer to his.

- What happened to you Oliver? – She whispered as she caressed his face slightly with her finger. She felt curious about his bruises, she couldn't help it.

It was clear to her that Oliver fainted from exhaustion. His body couldn't take any more stress and by the look of him, he had plenty of that already. He looked so hurt, so broken. She desperately wanted to do something to help but, as long as he kept his mouth shut and tried to push her away, she could do nothing. She let her thoughts wander as she looked at him properly. She blushed as she noticed his torso, chest and abs. He had a beautiful body she couldn't deny it, she never seen that many muscles on a single person before by the way. Then she looked closer at his bruises and scars and it made her shiver. She looked back at his face, noticing how beautiful he was. She thought he was a very scary man the first time she saw him. It was impressive that a human vigilante trained a speedster like Barry, and once she saw all the heroes from Earth 1 training and fighting, she understood how. She was impressed with everyone and she wanted to be accepted on their team, she thought it was so cool and fun, to have a huge team of heroes fighting together to save the world. And even if he benched her and she got angry with him, she understood his actions. He had issues, trust issues. He was on defensive mode the whole time, and then she learned why when he apologized to her. That moment, the way he looked at her, made her blush. That moment meant to her that she was accepted there, Cisco even talked to her as if she was part of the team. For sure, she had her team on her Earth, but that was totally different. And it felt amazing.

Now, he seemed different. He seemed darker than before, she could see something really terrible happened to him, to make him want to go away from everyone and think that he could badly harm other people. She felt curious, she felt desperate to do something. She just had no idea what.

Her face was still close to his as she noticed Oliver opening his eyes slowly. He just looked at her, still feeling dizzy as Kara felt like she was hypnotized. She looked deep in his eyes and gave him a shy smile. Suddenly Oliver felt something different inside him, in his stomach. That smile, that bright smile gave him sudden chills. He felt desperation, the last time he felt that way, everything went south, and little by little all the cold he was feeling before, all the sadness, the pain, everything came back and he felt like drowning. His breath became erratic, his chest hurt, it felt hard to breathe.

- Promise me you won't run away again and will tell me what happened? – She whispered – I'm done taking you from the streets mister. – She joked but got no laugh from him.

Oliver got up and sat down on the bed, making Kara sit straight as well out of sudden. He looked at her, his face closer to hers. He touched her face slightly and held her chin with the tip of his fingers.

- You don't have to take care of me, just leave me – He said serious as he looked deep in her eyes – I don't deserve it, if you only knew... You would never want to look me in the face again.

- Let me be the one to decide. – She said getting serious as well. She took his hand out of her chin and strongly held it with hers.

- So... - Oliver brought his hand to himself as he crossed his arms on his chest – I guess is time for you to know the ugly truth...

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