AN: Ever had a moment when your brain says, "Go listen to Shakira on a loop."

So, anyway, I decided, I don't care if I'm on hiatus, I'm gonna write, but I won't pressure myself to finish.

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Slade Wilson/Oliver Queen

They made quite the quartet, walking to the meeting place in Kasnia – Slade and Malcolm were both in leather jackets while Oliver was wearing one of his suits, Kara balancing them all out in an orange sleeveless blouse, black dress pants, black flats, and emerald stud earrings, her arrow pendant still around her neck.

"I like the color choice," Sam said to Kara, who blushed, and mumbled something as she hid her face in Oliver's shoulder.

"Halloween was a few weeks ago," Malcolm couldn't help but tell her.

Laurel groaned, "Why am I not surprised?"

"Shut up," Kara countered without skipping a beat.

Twin snorts came from Kara's other side, and Malcolm scowled, looking past her. "You two shut up."

"Make us," Slade countered back.

"They're back," Thea said teasingly.

"I really missed this," Kara giggled.

"It's definitely entertaining to witness," Oliver admitted before turning to Slade. "So where's your point of contact?" "I don't know," Slade scowled. "His name's Nylander. Foreign associate of mine from back in the service days. He's a bit of a jackass and never on time."

"He's not that bad," a voice behind him said, and the four turned to see a man with shoulder-length hair appear, grinning at Slade. "Ha ha!" he walked forward, and Slade smirked, walking forward to greet him. "Slade Wilson, the Terminator!"

"I really hate that name now," Alex said, making everyone from the future nod, as they thought of Slade's Earth-X counterpart.

"Terminator?" Kara mouthed at Oliver.

"Never heard that one before," Oliver shook his head.

"I haven't heard that name in a while," Slade remarked, accepting Nylander's hug. "See you're running later than usual."

"Yeah, I was with a girl," Nylander nodded. Slade raised an eyebrow, and without turning, he heard Oliver and Malcolm close in closer to Kara. "Forget about it," Nylander waved it off, grinning. "Look at you! Mirakuru did you wonders, huh?" Slade narrowed his eye, and Nylander raised an eyebrow. "Oh, what? You're not sensitive about that skit, are you? You were quite the madman, I hear."

"I'm gonna shoot him," Ollie said.

"I get first dibs," Alex said.

"What? No you don't. I'm his best friend," Ollie said.

"I'm his wife," Alex pointed out.

"Still don't get why that means you get to shoot him first," Ollie muttered.

"Easy," Oliver whispered when Kara's fingers curled into a fist. "Slade can handle this."

Kara took a deep breath, relaxing her hand. "You promised me something," Slade told him. "Did you bring it, or did I waste my time traveling seven thousand miles for you to screw with me?"

Nylander nodded, reaching under his jacket and pulling out a file. "Truth be told, I'm glad you got your marbles back," he told him before looking past him. "So who's the muscle?"

"Kara. Obviously."

Oliver and Malcolm exchanged looks, Oliver shaking his head slightly as Malcolm smirked. Slade turned back to them and raised an eyebrow, and both shrugged back at him. "They're friends of mine," Slade turned back, flipping open the file and looking through its contents. "Don't worry about them."

Kara snorted and quickly coughed, covering her mouth to hide her growing grin. "And what about her?" Nylander tilted her head, grinning. "She's a pretty one."

Oliver narrowed his eyes, as the smile faded from Kara's face, but Slade snapped the file shut and leveled an iron glare at him. "You screw with her, then you will have to worry about a sword in your back." Nylander held up his hands in surrender, and Slade held up the file.

"Thanks," Agent Danver said to Deathstroke, who smiled lightly at her, as he looked down at their entertwined hands.

Slade and Alex looked at each other with smiles on their face, as Slade put his arm around her.

"This should work. Thank you."

"That's it?" Nylander asked. "Just thank you? No extravagant dinner, no pints?"

"Maybe next time," Slade smirked. "When my son isn't rotting in a third-world prison."

He walked back to join the others when Nylander called back to him. "He's lucky to have you as a father!"

Slade looked back at him. "My son wouldn't be in this mess if anybody else was his father."

"Just be careful, Kamrat," Nylander warned. "Your boy was snooping around some private-op mercenaries. Not so nice guys."

Slade just smirked. "Under certain circumstances, I'm not so nice a guy."

"Certain?" Malcolm said.

"Shut it wizard," Slade said.

"Magician," Malcom said.

"Shut up!"

"Never!"

Malcolm smirked as Slade walked off, the three of them following behind him. "Slade?" Oliver began.

"Mmm?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Sword aside, if he implies something about Kara again, I will punch him."

"Go dad!" They heard Moira's voice, making some people jump, forgetting that they had... access to portable intercoms. None of them were really sure what that was, but they knew it was annoying.

Felicity Smoak

"Eh," Felicity tilted her head, looking at Watson's board. "Not so big into decoration, are you?"

"I'm less enthusiastic for people wasting my time," Watson gave her a look.

"OK," Felicity bit her lip, hurrying to sit down.

"You were seeing Oliver Queen for a while, weren't you?" Watson asked her.

"Still able to, actually," Felicity pointed to her glasses. "These prescription glasses are still working wonders." She laughed nervously when Watson gave her a blank look. "It was just a little FBI interrogation humor, you know?"

"Count on Felicity to try and break the tension in an FBI investigation," Curtis said fondly, making Felicity blush.

"You're Mr. Queen's alibi for certain evening where the Green Arrow was active," Watson told her.

"If you say so."

"My point is, are you prepared to testify under oath under the pains and penalties of perjury in support of those alibis?"

"Yeah, absolutely," Felicity nodded. "One hundred percent. Super ready."

"Speaking of super," Watson leaned forward. "There have been rumors around the city of a new vigilante . . . shall we say, flying about?" Felicity bit her lip, already knowing where this was going. "Several of her appearances have often been during the Green Arrow's most dangerous adventures. And then yesterday, she appeared and ensured no one was killed in a sniper attack. The exact same so-called hero that has been around Star City for three months now, going on four."

"Well, if she's saving people, that would make her a hero," Felicity smiled nervously.

"Maybe, maybe not," Watson shrugged. "It's not her 'heroics' I'm concerned about. Did you know, Miss Smoak, that this Supergirl appeared around the same time Mr. Queen appeared with a new girlfriend?"

There was silence for a moment, then Felicity burst out laughing. "Kara?" she asked, giggling through her nerves. "You think Kara is Supergirl?" She kept giggling. "That . . . wow."

"What's so funny about that?" Watson tilted her head.

"Have you met Kara?" Felicity grinned. "She doesn't look anything like Supergirl, and she's way too clumsy to be her."

"Thank you," Kara said to Felicity sarcastically, making her blush.

"I think that if she leaves her hair down and takes those glasses of hers off and put her in the suit, she looks remarkably similar to Supergirl," Watson retorted, making the smile off Felicity's face. "I also find it very intriguing that prior to her appearances with Mr. Queen, Miss Danvers has barely been seen around Star City. Almost as if she didn't exist before then." She leaned forward, tapping her fingers on her desk. "Because I haven't been able to find her and ask her in for questioning since I saw her in Mr. Queen's office."

Felicity was wondering how to possibly get out of this one when her phone suddenly chimed. She pulled it out and checked the message from Curtis: Located where Dinah's ex is making bullets. Watson raised an eyebrow. "Everything all right?"

Felicity looked up. "Mmmhmm," she nodded, turning the screen off. "Yeah, I'm just late for a . . . coffee date, so I'd like to – "

"Go?" Watson guessed.

"Go," Felicity finished. Watson just made a small gesture to the door, and Felicity nodded, standing up and hurrying out.

Oh, she was not going to have fun telling this to Alex.

Kara Danvers/Oliver Queen

"I call this play Liberty Watch," Slade said back at the place the four of them were staying. "A famous American mayor comes to small, war-torn Kasnia to fight for the release of a man who has been wrongfully accused."

"That's clever," Malcolm remarked, flipping through files curiously.

"And diplomatic," Kara nodded at Oliver. "Except I can't be the only one thinking – "

"I don't think that they're gonna free your son just because I give them a photo op," Oliver finished.

"Yeah, that," Kara pointed at Oliver.

"Well, the photo op is just to gain entry," Slade walked over to a table nearby. "Of course they'll need a reason to release him." He opened a briefcase he had on the table, spinning it to show Oliver its contents. "And here are fifty thousand."

"Do I wanna know where you got that money?" Joe said.

Dark Archer snorted and said, "Probably not."

"I don't think we ever did find out where he got that money," Malcolm said.

"And you don't need to," Slade said.

Kara's eyebrows shot up, and she turned to Malcolm, opening her mouth to ask a question when Malcolm slashed a hand across his throat. Kara shut her mouth obediently as Oliver nodded. "Assuming this works, where do we meet?"

"When you pick up Joe, go straight to the airport," Slade answered, picking up another stack of papers. "Here is an alien passport for him, and tickets for all of you to London."

"Wait," Kara frowned. "You're not even gonna see him? After all this?"

"I'm with Kara on that one," Malcolm frowned as well. "Really?"

Slade sighed and turned to Oliver. "I need you to promise me that you won't tell him I helped."

"No," Oliver said bluntly. "I'm not gonna lie to your son."

"It's better this way," Slade evaded.

"For him or for you?" Malcolm countered, making the Australian glare at him.

"Honestly, It's scary to see those two argue. They bounce off each other so well," Oliver said.

"What, are you afraid that he's gonna see you as Deathstroke and not the man you were?"

"As who we know you are now?" Kara added.

"I gave up my right to be his father when I stepped out of the light into the shadows and became this monster," Slade argued.

"If you're a monster, then why did you not only help Oliver rescue everyone from Lian Yu, and why were you the first to step up and help not only rescue me, but also protect me when Cadmus wanted to kill me?" Kara fired right back. "Joe will forgive you the way that William forgave Oliver."

Slade sighed. "Kara, Joe knew that I was coming to look for him, so he contacted his mother, and she sent me a message to stay away. Kid, you got your second chance, and I'm happy for you. Some fathers aren't that lucky."

"All right, how about this," Malcolm held up a hand, pacing. "Oliver goes in, alone, but the three of us stay away, out of sight of them, but we can see when they leave. Kara can overhear what goes on inside, so we're there just in case. Worst case scenario is Oliver can't make the deal and Kara punches her way through and get him."

"I can do that," Kara nodded.

"Let's avoid that if we can," Oliver frowned.

"That's why it's worst case," Malcolm reminded him. "Next to worst is I do the punching and Kara just speeds him out. Best case scenario is Oliver can make the deal, and all of us can at least see him get to safety. Maybe you don't have to meet him, but I'd give anything to even just look at Tommy again."

"Seconded," Kara pointed at Malcolm.

Oliver gave Slade a pointed look, signaling he agreed as well. When Slade sighed and nodded, Oliver clapped him on the shoulder and took the papers from him. "Sounds like a plan," he said, snapping the case shut.

They were about to start another when they heard a crash, and Laurel and Alex looked up suspisiously.

"What was that?" Agent Danvers said.

"Well, there's about a 50% chance it was our kids," Laurel said.

"That seems a bit high," Agent Danvers said.

"Normally I would agree, but it's not just Becca and Rose. Alura and Moira are there. And so are Will and Ruby. So that honestly seems a bit low," Ollie said.

"I love being a mother. But I like it a lot less when my child is causing chaos," Alex said as she, Laurel, Ollie, Slade and Malcolm got up.

"We will be right back, feel free to eat all the food," Laurel pointed that towards Kara who blushed.