Oh, why did this have to be so difficult to write? Ugh . . . original content galore, so I hope everyone enjoys because I am not entirely sure how I did with this. I just know I have some really epic last lines in this.

Evelyn is in safe hands now, Kara has a meeting with people she would rather not see, and a certain trio of vigilantes are very persistent.

***

Oliver opened the door to the loft he knew Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel were using, and almost immediately swerved to the side to avoid the knife aimed right at his eye. It stuck in the doorframe behind him, and Oliver sighed, reaching out and taking the knife. "Guess I should've knocked first."

"You think?" Malcolm's retort was the first to come as he lowered the knife he had just picked up.

"A little warning would have been nice," Laurel agreed as Oliver handed her the knife back.

"I figured unannounced would be better for this," Oliver shook his head.

Laurel frowned in confusion, but Oliver stepped to the side, and Evelyn smiled shyly as she stepped into view. Laurel's face drained of color, the knife clattering to the floor. "Siren?" Slade frowned, unable to see from where he was.

Laurel just burst forward, and Evelyn moved at the same time, both women hugging each other tightly. "Oh, my God," Laurel gasped in relief. "You're OK!"

"I'm fine," Evelyn nodded, clinging tightly to Laurel as the other two moved into her line of sight. "I'm OK."

"Guess it's a good thing I knocked and not you," Oliver scratched the back of his head.

"I forgive you because it's Evelyn," Laurel declared, pulling back to look Evelyn over for any injuries. "Why were you in Corto Maltese?"

"Getting the money," Evelyn said like it was obvious.

"We already had someone from City Hall in the process of retrieving it," Oliver told her, closing the door as Laurel led Evelyn inside.

Evelyn blushed sheepishly. "Oops?"

Oliver sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Evelyn . . . "

"I thought it would be a good peace offering if you still weren't sure about me," Evelyn mumbled, plopping down on the couch, bringing her legs up to her chest. "I figured, show I was ready to turn myself around."

"Crystal Sparrow, though?" Oliver couldn't help but grin.

Evelyn blushed redder. "I figured one of you would make the connection."

"Clever," Oliver told her, sitting down across from her. "But security footage showed exactly who you are, even with the wig."

Evelyn swallowed hard, ducking her head. "I'm sorry," she whispered.

"Hey, you got to the money before someone else affiliated with Cayden did," Oliver hastened to tell her. "That is good."

"And not that I'm not happy that you're safe," Slade walked forward to stand behind Oliver, "but also very reckless. You have a target on your back because of Vincent. Dinah and her team have to know you're back in the city by now."

Evelyn's face froze. "Oh, God."

"Well, she'll have to get through me first," Laurel scowled.

"Make it two," Malcolm held up a hand.

"It's pretty safe to say there's at least five people she'll have to get through," Oliver told Evelyn. "And one of them is my fiancée, who I would quite frankly like to see her try and get through since she doesn't have any Kryptonite."

Evelyn giggled, then quickly put a hand over her mouth to stop laughing. "Besides," Laurel leaned forward and smirked. "It's been proven that my scream is better than hers."

Malcolm grimaced, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Did you really have to put it like that, Siren?"

"Get your mind out of the gutter, Malcolm," Laurel retorted without even looking at him.

Oliver heard Slade sigh behind him and bit back a smirk. "The point, Evelyn, is that you're safe with us," he told the dark-haired girl, bringing her attention back to him.

Evelyn swallowed, then smiled shyly. "Thank you, Oliver." She looked around at everyone. "All of you," she added.

"Any time," Laurel smiled.

***

Kara walked across the roof of one of the buildings in Star City, her eyes locked on where she could see Oliver with her surrogate siblings and Evelyn. When Oliver had asked her to cover the night shift for Star City that evening in place of Slade and Laurel and had given the reason why, she had jumped at the opportunity. Laurel was the one who believed in Evelyn first, and now that she was in Star City and wanted to stay, she was the best person for Evelyn to stay with.

Footsteps approached from behind, and Kara closed her eyes, not sure whether to be annoyed that the trio wasn't bothering to hide their footsteps or to be happy they didn't try to hide them. "Can I help you?" she asked sarcastically.

"Where's Evelyn?" Dinah asked bluntly.

Kara raised an eyebrow, counting down from five before turning around to face the other team. "Hi, Supergirl, nice to see you, Supergirl," she folded her arms. "Can you help us out, Supergirl?"

"Didn't think you'd be in the mood for small talk," Rene told her.

"Then what makes you think I'm in the mood for telling you anything?" Kara countered.

"So you know where she is?" Dinah smirked triumphantly. Kara hummed noncommittedly, tilting her head to look up at the night sky. "Kara!"

"I'm sorry," Kara blinked innocently, looking at her. "What were you demanding?"

"Star City needs that money," Curtis told her.

"I know," Kara nodded. "I'm the mayor's fiancée. I know he's been nagged night and day about getting it back. I know how important that money is to the city, so don't use that on me."

"Evelyn has it," Dinah scowled. "We need to know where she is."

"And you think you can get it from her?" Kara raised an eyebrow. "Through what means?"

"Any means necessary," Dinah answered confidently.

Kara's other eyebrow joined the first, and she snorted. "Because that makes me so much more likely to help you."

"You think talking to her is just going to make her magically give it to you?" Rene frowned.

"Oh, but it's Supergirl, Rene," Dinah scoffed. "She thinks appealing to someone's better angels will always make things magically better."

Kara rolled her eyes. "You really want me to punch you in the face, don't you, Dinah?"

"Kara," Curtis sighed.

"Say I knew where she was," Kara took a step forward and folded her arms. "What would you do when you were done getting the money's location from her? Or would you even do that, Dinah? Would you kill her? A teenage girl who kept throwing her lots in with the wrong people just because she was trying to find the lesser of evils? That money could be lost forever."

"Lost forever," Rene frowned. "Like Vincent Sobel. Where was Supergirl when he needed saving?"

Kara flinched, gritting her teeth. That still struck a chord with her, because she knew Vincent had been changing into a better person, too. "Trying to recover a thermobaric bomb to save the city," she answered. "You walked into a trap, didn't you? Maybe if you had come with us, strength in numbers, Vincent could still be alive."

"Don't you dare say his name!" Dinah snapped.

"Or what are you going to do?" Kara challenged. "Punch me? Try and kill me? Go on, Dinah, give it your best shot." Dinah bared her teeth in a snarl but didn't make a move forward. "Are we done here?" Kara asked, looking around.

"We can hack you," Curtis warned.

"Oh, OK," Kara smiled sarcastically. "You go on ahead and do that. You won't mind all of us raging at you when you do so, do you? That's . . . that's actually funny because the last time people on the same side got hacked, the team split apart."

"For good reason," Rene growled. "That was done without our permission! That broke our trust!"

"And it turns out one of you broke Oliver's first," Kara's glare turned to him. "How about that?"

"Rene has already been punished enough for that mistake," Dinah glowered. "You know, it's just too bad he doesn't look like Evelyn Sharp, Kara, because if he did, you would probably forgive him for murder just because he pulls an innocent teenager act."

Kara narrowed her eyes to slits. "I'd choose your next words very carefully, Dinah," she warned softly. "You know I can wipe the floor with all three of you if I wanted to."

"We're not actually about to fight about this, are we?" Curtis looked between Dinah and Rene. "Like, physically fight? Against Supergirl?"

"You tell me, Curtis," Kara looked at him. "You walked up to me first."

"Well, better you than Oliver, right?" Rene asked, walking towards her. "Because you do prefer words, huh? Words over fighting . . . because that's how Oliver always solves his problems."

"Watch it," Kara warned, bristling angrily.

"That doesn't make him a hero," Rene narrowed his eyes. "That makes him a thug. A superhero and a thug. How about that, Girl of Steel? How's he gonna feel about that? How betrayed is William gonna feel when he finds out a goody two shoes like you is going to marry someone who would rather punch and fight his way out of a problem?" Kara swiftly turned on her heel and stormed towards the edge of the roof, not wanting to hear any further. She didn't need this crap right now, not when she had more important things to worry about than self-righteous former team members. "Don't turn your back on me!" Rene shouted.

The moment she felt Rene put a hand on her shoulder, Kara turned around and held Rene by the throat, lifting him up off the ground. "Hey!" Dinah yelled, moving forward and opening her mouth.

Kara shifted so Rene was placed between herself and Dinah, stopping the meta in her tracks. "You seem to have forgotten what I did to Prometheus when he threatened the lives of Oliver's family and friends on Lian Yu, Rene," she said quietly, eyes boring into his as he clawed at her arm. "I didn't kill him, but I beat him black and blue, and I broke his bones into pieces they were never meant to be in. That was back when Oliver was just a friend, when all of you were just people I knew by association or name. Now Oliver is the love of my life, William is going to be my son, and you think you can talk about them like that and expect me to suddenly up and change my feelings?" She tightened her grip for a split second, then dropped Rene unceremoniously. "Don't follow me again," she said coldly.

"Just so you know, we are gonna find her," Dinah snarled as Kara continued to the edge of the roof. "And when we do, you'd better hope to God you're not there, too!"

Kara looked back at Dinah, then burst out laughing. She laughed harder at the outraged look on Dinah's face, then took off into the sky. That was actually really funny.

***

Curtis watched Kara fly off, then glared at Rene. "You are completely suicidal," he declared.

"Yeah, but it worked," Rene coughed, rubbing his throat. "I got the audio chip on her."

"And now we have a seriously pissed off Kryptonian to worry about. That was not smart."

"But if they get the drop on Evelyn, so will we," Dinah pointed out.

Curtis stared between them. "So we're going to ignore the pissed off Kryptonian thing?"

"Like she would actually hurt us," Dinah rolled her eyes. "She's too self-righteous for that."

Curtis swallowed hard. "I don't think I want to find that out."

***

Kara swooped in through the window with a declaration of, "What absolute self-righteous jerks."

Five incredulous glances looked at her. "That face needs to be fixed," Malcolm declared, pointing at her. "You look like you just swallowed a lemon."

"More like encountered three and was ready to pound them into pulpy messes because I wasn't patient enough to make lemonade," Kara countered, plopping down onto the loveseat by Oliver and throwing her head back with a dramatic groan.

Oliver frowned, scooting closer to her and slipping his hand under her head so her head rested on his palm. "What happened, angel?" he asked, gently kneading her scalp.

Kara sighed, scooting closer to him. "They found me while I was on patrol and asked if I knew where Evelyn was. Speaking of which, when I'm done being mad at them and not turning to goo because of what Oliver's doing, I'm hugging you if you don't mind."

Evelyn blushed. "I don't."

"On my to-do list, then," Kara mumbled, closing her eyes.

Slade chuckled. "Stay awake, little one."

"Trying."

"So I should stop?" Oliver raised an eyebrow.

"I'll punch you if you do."

"Like he actually would," Laurel snorted.

Kara conceded the point with a nod. "They were basically trying to rile me up and get me to see their side of why I should tell them where Evelyn was."

"You didn't, did you?" Evelyn asked nervously.

"No," Kara shook her head. "Good news, I didn't tell them anything. Bad news, I think they hate me now."

"Wonderful," Malcolm rolled his eyes. "They officially hate all of us now."

"Well, what else is new?" Laurel huffed.

"Look, I don't want to cause any more problems with them," Evelyn put her face in her hands, and when the sound muffled, Kara lifted her head up and straightened; most of them missed Slade stiffening behind her. "Dinah wants me dead, and Curtis and Rene can't seem to see past me betraying the team and joining up with the likes of Cayden and the Bratva and a criminal drug ring – " Kara almost jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Slade look down at her, and she opened her mouth to ask what was wrong when Slade shook his head and held a finger to his lips. Frowning in confusion, she nodded and turned back around as Evelyn continued. "I'll just tell you where the money is," Evelyn held up her hands. "Then I'll get out of your hair."

"And if you go in the wind, that's a better chance of the others finding you," Laurel shook her head. "That's not an option."

"Unfortunately, we may be running low on them," Slade spoke up, and Kara blinked when she felt his fingers on her shoulder.

Evelyn's face turned the color of sour milk and Malcolm let out a nasty swear. Oliver inhaled sharply, and Kara quickly twisted to see Slade hold up a slim electronic chip between his fingers. "Was that on me?" she demanded, eyes wide. When Slade nodded grimly, Kara narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth. "Rene."

"Would you like the pleasure, little one?" Slade raised an eyebrow.

"Rao, yes," she ground out, standing up.

Slade tossed the bug into the air, and Kara's heat vision shot out, incinerating it to dust. "OK, we're getting you out of here," Laurel told Evelyn, standing up.

"But the money," Evelyn began.

"You can tell us the location," Oliver told her. "That doesn't mean we have to get it."

"What?" Evelyn blinked.

"Alex, J'onn, the Legionnaires, any of them can hop over," Kara nodded. "Dig and Felicity, too."

"No, someone from your Earth," Oliver told her. "John and Felicity can come with us."

"Where are we going?" Evelyn asked nervously.

"Those three obviously think violence is the way to handle this," Oliver answered, standing up and looking around. "I want to know just how far they want to go. They heard on that bug that Evelyn is going to tell us where the money is."

"But will that be enough for them, or do they want the person who killed Vincent?" Malcolm seethed.

Evelyn whimpered when Oliver nodded grimly. "Hey," Kara walked over to Evelyn, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You are in the best hands possible. We're not gonna let anything happen to you."

"Text Thea and tell her to get that place from Quentin," Oliver ordered Malcolm, who nodded and pulled out his phone. "The rest of you, suit up. We're moving out."

***

Feedback sizzled through the speakers, and Curtis hastily turned the volume down. "You know, for a superpowered Kryptonian and a few really experienced former supervillains, that sure took them a while," he said. "Even though they found it eventually."

"Oliver and Kara were willing to burn Vince, but they'll take that murdering bitch at her word?" Dinah growled. "Doesn't Kara have super hearing to tell when someone like Evelyn is lying?"

"You were right, D," Rene scowled. "Kara fell for the act. The city's not getting its money back that way when its most powerful superhero is fooled by something like that."

"It's up to us," Curtis nodded.

"Not even we knew where Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel stayed low," Dinah looked at Curtis. "Did you get the bug's last location before it was destroyed?"

"I did," Curtis confirmed.

Dinah nodded. "Then let's suit up."

***

Dig and Felicity were waiting as the group hurried to the van they were driving. "Your gear's in back," Dig told Oliver.

"Thanks," he nodded, climbing in.

"This is where I hid the money," Evelyn told Felicity, handing her a Post-It note.

"I'll send this to Alex," Felicity nodded. "Quentin and Thea are heading to the cabin right now."

"Oh, wonderful," Malcolm sighed as he and Laurel climbed in on either side of Evelyn, Slade and Kara behind them. "At least we'll have nice scenery for whatever showdown's about to take place."

Dig snorted loudly as he started the van back up, pulling out onto the road. "We can always count on you to be the pessimist, Malcolm."

"What kind of charm would he have without it?" Laurel drawled.

Malcolm raised an eyebrow at her. "That's cold, Siren."

"Warmer than our love lives, according to you," she retorted.

Slade closed his eye, pinching the bridge of his nose. "How far are we going?" he asked, ignoring Kara's snickers from beside him.

"Six miles," Felicity answered. "Head west."

Dig nodded, then something caught his eye in the side mirror. "Are your seat belts on?" he asked.

"Why?" Malcolm frowned.

Dig sharply turned, and Evelyn yelped, clinging to the belt she had indeed put on. Laurel crashed to the ground, cursing when she smacked her arm against the seats in front of her. "What the hell?" she shouted.

"I warned you!" Dig shot her a quick look, checking in the rearview mirror to see how the others had fared. Oliver had clung to the side of the van at the last minute, and Slade had grabbed Kara before either of them had hit the side. "We got a tail," he answered Malcolm's earlier question.

"You could have said that!" the archer snapped, reaching up to buckle in.

"That answers the question of what they're actually after," Kara huffed.

"And it's not the money," Laurel grumbled, getting back in her seat and grabbing her seatbelt.

Oliver looked out the back to see Dig had stopped a similar black van by crossing paths with a semi, the truck now blocking the road from the other trio of vigilantes. "Well, they're in our dust now," he said.

"Bug's gone, thankfully," Kara sighed.

"Can you keep them back there?" Oliver asked.

Dig smirked. "You forgot what you hired me for six years ago."

***

"Well, it's like you said, wizard," Slade looked around as Dig parked the van. "Nice scenery."

"Magician!" Malcolm glowered at him.

Quentin and Thea were waiting by the door as the group approached. "Glad you got here safe," Quentin looked over all of them.

"Had to lose a tail, but yeah, we made it," Dig nodded.

"I just got a message from Alex," Thea held up her phone. "She, Mon-El, and Brainy, for some reason, just breached over and are heading to the location Evelyn gave."

"Good," Evelyn sighed in relief.

"OK, I wasn't exactly expecting you to need this, you know?" Quentin told Oliver as he unlocked the cabin, letting everyone in. "I understand Kara left her extrapolator back on her Earth in case her team needed her, but what about yours?"

"Got it with me," Oliver nodded.

"So why haven't you just taken Evelyn to Earth-38?" Thea frowned.

"Because something tells me those three are going to do something drastic," Oliver answered as Evelyn sat down on the first piece of furniture she saw, Laurel sitting next to her immediately. "They think they're in the right. They need to be shown they're in the wrong. We wait for Alex and Mon-El to get the money, then we get back to Star City. Dinah, Rene, and Curtis want Evelyn dead. That's not going to happen."

"It won't, Oliver," Dig shook his head. "But it feels like we're baiting them."

"They're in over their heads," Slade pointed out. "They see one way to doing this and one way only. We just don't know how far they'll go to see that through."

***

"That's it!" Dinah erupted, causing Rene and Curtis to turn to her. "I am not sitting here on the side of the road like trash while they let that murderer go free!"

"Guys, we're gonna find them," Curtis assured her.

"How?" Rene asked with a frown. "Kara incinerated our bug, and our only chance was following them to wherever they were going."

Curtis took a deep breath. "I think I know a way . . . but it's gonna hurt John."

"You say that like it's a deal breaker," Rene scowled. "That guy's the whole reason I got shot, Hoss!"

"Curtis, this is not the time to be worrying about John's feelings," Dinah told him.

"No, I mean really hurt Joh," Curtis said. "Physically."

Dinah stared long and hard at him. "Find them. Whatever it takes."

Curtis nodded in response.

***

Felicity's tablet beeped, and she tapped on it. "That's Brainy," she said. "They found the money."

"How much?" Oliver asked.

"All of it," she smiled.

"With three and a half hours to spare," Thea smiled in relief.

"Thank God," Evelyn slumped forward, rubbing her face.

Felicity did a double take, then her face turned red. "Oh, they did not!"

"What?" Kara frowned, taking a step forward.

"That is also Brainy, saying he just blocked a hack that would disable John's implant and broadcast our location," Felicity growled, standing up and pacing angrily.

Malcolm gritted his teeth as Dig looked at his arm in a mixture of horror and disgust. "Curtis."

"Do they know where we are?" Oliver asked.

"Brainy says no," Felicity looked up.

"Oliver," Slade turned to him, "they were willing to disable him, hurt him, to get to Evelyn. That says exactly how far they're willing to go. We have our answer."

"I agree," Oliver nodded curtly, taking his extrapolator out of his suit. "Quentin, Thea, get back to Star City, meet up with Kara's team and get the money to City Hall. Let's get Evelyn to National City."

"They could still ping any of our electronics," Thea pointed out.

"And it didn't take us long to get here," Felicity pointed out.

Oliver gritted his teeth. "They may not even think about an extrapolator. They see any of us leave in a vehicle, they'll think one of us has Evelyn."

"And with that, the key to the money," Kara sighed, closing her eyes.

***

"You're gonna turn right in a mile," Curtis directed Dinah's driving. "Dirt road."

"You got us back on track, Mr. T," Rene clapped him on the shoulder. Even if Dig's chip hadn't proved useful, it had been easy to pick up Quentin's and Thea's cell phones, both which were always turned on in case City Hall needed them. "I pity those fools now."

"Do they know that we know where they are?" Dinah asked.

"Probably," Curtis answered, then nodded. "Here's the turn."

Dinah nodded, turning onto the road. "Listen, Evelyn may not be a meta, but she's manipulative, and she's got that cry of hers which most likely none of those idiots thought to turn off," she said. "Now, I know the people protecting her were our friends, but if you hold back – if any of us hold back our punches here, we are the ones who are gonna get hurt, and Evelyn and the city's money will both be gone. Understood?"

Both men nodded as Dinah drove the rest of the way in silence, the air thick with tension and anticipation.

***

"Can I just say these three are really getting on my last nerves now?" Kara pinched the bridge of her nose.

"They did that a long time ago for me," Laurel said darkly.

"Then we stop this wild goose chase, and for good this time," Malcolm looked at Oliver. "They're not gonna stop unless we stop them."

"I don't think they will, either," Oliver nodded.

"Are you gonna fight your old team?" Thea's eyes bugged wide.

"They're annoying me, but I don't know if I want to," Kara admitted.

"They're not worth wasting your time," Slade told her. "So don't fight them."

"You're saying that?" Laurel raised an eyebrow at him. "You?"

"I'm saying Kara shouldn't fight them," Slade answered. "I'm looking around this room, and it comes to my attention . . . there are three people in here they've never really fought at all, not even in training because they kept their distance. The only one similar they've fought was a doppelgänger."

Malcolm blinked slowly, then started to smirk. "How observant of you."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Quentin did a double take, his gaze swinging wildly between Slade, a surprised-looking Diggle, a gaping Felicity, a wide-eyed Kara, and a smirking Malcolm. "Wait a minute, are you saying – ?"

"Well," Laurel's lips curled in a smirk. "I do owe those three for what happened outside the theater."

"How do you feel about a rematch?" Slade raised an eyebrow.

"That depends," Laurel smoothly stood and walked over to him. "I'd prefer it be an even fight this time."

"Oh, trust me," Malcolm chuckled. "It'll be even."

"So Ollie's not fighting his old team?" Thea asked to clarify.

"Oliver, John, and Kara won't," Malcolm shook his head.

Slade nodded in agreement, he, Malcolm, and Laurel turning to look at Thea. "Your father, Siren, and I will."

***

I'm pretty sure people saw this coming . . . but who's looking forward to seeing Dinah, Curtis, and Rene against Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel?

You can probably guess how that's gonna go. Keep an eye out for part three!