AN: hi please read and review and I got team flash right before he was about to go into the speed force. I had major writers block with this particular chapter because of the torture scene which took the longest to write I couldn't get their reactions right.

Couch: Sara Oliver Kara

Loveseat:Roy Thea

Couch: William Ruby Samantha felicity

Couch: Alex Lena sam

Couch: slade Malcolm black siren

Loveseat: Zari Laurel

Couch: Rene Curtis Dinah

Arm chairs:John and Quentin (are in separate ones)

Couch:Cisco caitlyn wally

Couch:Harry Joe Cecile

Loveseat: Barry Iris

Couch:Jon Winn James

Now - Three Months Later

Thea walked into her brother's office and raised an eyebrow when she noticed him not paying attention to his computer at all. Instead, he was looking out the window, looking as distracted as her brother could get.

"Why you so distracted I wonder," Thea said.

"What's up?" she asked.

Oliver turned in his chair to look at her. "Two weeks," he told her.

"What?"

"Two weeks since Kara and I last spoke," he elaborated.

"See, you totally like her," Thea said.

Thea grinned. "Are you sure she's not your girlfriend?"

"Thea," he gave her a look.

"OK," she held up her hands innocently, sitting on the edge of his desk. "So it's been two weeks. What's the big deal about that?"

"Ever since Kara first got in contact with me, we've stayed that way," Oliver told her. "Every week, we update each other. What's going on with our teams, our enemy of the week, that kind of thing."

"My God, you're certain?"

"Really Thea," Oliver said.

"Thea!" he snapped, and she held up her hands. "Every week. Same day, usually, too. This is the second week she hasn't contacted me."

"Have you tried calling her back?" Thea suggested as Quentin walked in.

"First thing I did," he nodded.

"What was?" Quentin asked.

"Called Kara," Oliver answered.

"That's right, you said last week she didn't call," Quentin nodded, frowning. "Think something's up?"

"Probably," Kara said.

"I don't know," Oliver shook his head. "But after having kept up a routine that long, it makes me start to worry."

"Hmm." Quentin handed Oliver a file he'd brought with him. "Laurel's been asking about her, too. Maybe if you decide to go check Earth-38, you could take her with you. She's itching to get out of the house."

"Right, she's dead, hmm forgot," black siren said.

"Partly because Laurel Lance is supposed to be dead," Oliver winced, understanding.

"So's Malcolm," Thea nodded. While she and her father had been getting closer, it was still hard to refer to him as her father. That had been Robert Queen before everything with the Gambit had
happened. "And while he knows how to stay hidden . . . "

"Maybe," Oliver mused, taking the file. "Thanks, you two."

Another week went by.

"Something's wrong isn't it," Kara said.

When Oliver tried calling Kara again, he knew something was wrong.

"I expected you to be at the office, kid," Slade mused as he walked out of the elevator into the base. Oliver was at the computer, frowning and looking at his phone. He paused, narrowing his eye. "Something's happened."

Oliver put the phone on the table and pressed a button on it. The dial tone immediately hit. "That's Kara's number," he told Slade. "The last two weeks I've been trying to contact her, it rang before going to voicemail." He looked up at him.

"Something happened to her, and if something didn't, I need to know why she's not answering."

"Do you mind taking another?" Slade raised an eyebrow, walking up to him.

"You would do that for me," Kara said.

"You're sure?" Oliver asked.

"Kid, I owe that girl my life and the second chance she gave me," Slade gave him a look. "I'm sure."

Oliver nodded, then picked up his phone and tried another number.

"Hello?" Cisco's voice rang out.

"Hey, it's me," Cisco said.

"Cisco, I need you over here at the lair, now," Oliver said as Slade sat down in the chair opposite him. "It's urgent."

"Is everything OK?" Cisco asked, sounding much more alert.

"Well, that's what I'm hoping you'll be able to tell me before I get too worked up," Oliver glanced over at Slade.

"Be there in a sec."

Oliver hung up, then turned around as a breach opened. Cisco jumped out, lifting up his goggles.

"You seem to be able to do that whenever now," Barry said.

"Yeah I've been practicing," Cisco said.

"Hey, Oliver," he waved, then pointed at Slade nervously. "Um – "

"He's good," Oliver cut in before Cisco could say anything else.

"Right," Cisco nodded, walking up to him. "What's up?"

"I need you to vibe Kara," Oliver answered.

"Er . . . sure," Cisco blinked, surprised. "Is she OK?"

"That's what we need to know," Oliver said.

"That's what I'm hoping you can tell me," Oliver handed Cisco his phone.

"OK," Cisco nodded, taking his phone. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes –

"Wait!" Laurel yelled. She went over to a box and got four things out. She went over and covered William's and Ruby's eyes and ears.

"This is going to be bad isn't it," Alex said. Laurel nodded grimly.

Screaming. Why was Kara screaming? She shouldn't be capable of screaming like that!

"Oh God," Alex said.

Cisco opened his eyes to find himself in a darkened room, lit only by bars of glowing green. The scream came again, this time sounding much hoarser. He spun around and immediately clapped a hand over his mouth, eyes wide.

Everyone watched with wide eyes and cringed as they saw Kara on screen.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Alex muttered

"Keep her down!" a woman with her dark hair pulled tightly into a bun ordered sharply,

"Mom," Lena growled.

men in black clamping handcuffs down tighter on the thrashing blonde alien on the medical table. Cisco hurriedly moved around to see Kara with tears streaming down her face, sobbing as she tried to fight against the others.

Alex turned away she couldn't watch anymore, she was crying too. Oliver looked like he was going to break something, as did just about everyone else in the room. Those that didn't look like that were crying. Kara was sitting there in shock, wasn't even crying.

Cisco caught flickers of green glowing in her skin, and he turned around
to look at the matching green bars. Whatever this was, it was causing Kara this pain.

"I thought there was no more kryptonite on our earth," Jon growled.

"Does my darling daughter know who you are?" the woman crooned, and Cisco turned back around to see the woman lean in towards Kara, looking down at her with cold eyes. "That her best friend is an alien?"

"Leave Lena alone," Kara croaked.

The woman made a gesture, and one of the men in black holding a syringe of glowing green liquid stuck it in her, making Kara buck and scream again.

"Bitch," Thea muttered.

"My daughter should have nothing to do with you," the woman spat. "But, don't worry, Supergirl. As soon as we know everything we need to about you, you and your cousin will never bother her again." She waved her hand.

"Continue," he ordered. "Then bring her to me when she wakes up."
When she wakes up?! Cisco's eyes widened in horror. Then Kara started screaming again, pleading for them to release her, and when Cisco saw the blood covering her, he snapped out of the vibe.

"That was possibly the worst vibe I have ever experienced," Cisco said.

"Oh, my God!" Cisco gasped, taking off his goggles and bending over double, taking deep breaths.

Laurel let the kids take off the headphones and uncovered their eyes. She got grateful looks from their mothers.

"Cisco?" Oliver bent to help him straighten, Slade narrowing his eye. "Cisco, did you find her?"

Cisco swallowed. "I . . . I found her," he nodded miserably, looking up at Oliver. "I know why she's not answering."

Oliver tensed. "She's in trouble."

"It's bad," he nodded rapidly, Oliver closing his eyes. "Oliver, she was being tortured. I didn't,even know she could be hurt like that!"

"How badly?" Slade growled, standing up.

"It's bad," Cisco swallowed. "Like, bleeding over the table bad. And she was screaming the whole time, begging for them to stop."

"It is really bad, I thought I was going to be sick," Barry muttered

Oliver's eyes snapped open, and Cisco backed away from his suddenly tense form. "Grab your gear," he told Slade in a growl, the man nodding and heading for the elevator, then Oliver turned to Cisco.

"When they get here, open the breach," he told him. "We'll come back on our own."

Cisco could only nod as the doors closed behind Slade, Oliver grabbing his phone to make a few,more calls.

Thea tilted her head when she saw the Caller ID, then answered. "What's up, Ollie?"

"I need to talk to Malcolm," Oliver cut right to the chase.

"You're very blunt," Kara said.

Thea blinked. "OK." She turned and walked over to where Malcolm was checking something on his tablet. "It's Oliver."

Malcolm raised an eyebrow, taking the phone. "Oliver," he greeted.

"I need your help," Oliver said bluntly.

"See," Kara said.

"You know, the last time that happened, we all nearly got blown up," Malcolm frowned.

"OK, let me rephrase that. Kara needs your help."

That got his attention at once. "What?" Malcolm asked sharply, standing from his chair.

"Wow, she must matter a lot to that you," Thea said.

"You know we've kept in contact. When I hit the dial tone, I asked Cisco to vibe her. It's bad, Malcolm. I'm heading to Earth-38 tonight, and Slade's coming with me. Are you?"

"When?" was all Malcolm asked as he headed to his room to check his gear.

"For villains they are really dedicated to her, and I can see why," Barry said.

"Why,"Kara said.

"Look at you you're a super puppy, almost everyone that meets you wants to protect you," Barry said.

"As soon as I call Laurel and see if she's going to come."

"I'm on my way," Malcolm told him.

"Good."

Malcolm hung up and turned as Thea walked up. "What's going on?" Thea asked in concern.

"Kara," Malcolm said simply.

Thea's eyes widened, and she nodded. "Tell Ollie I'll help Quentin handle everything," she told him.

"Will do," Malcolm nodded, taking a deep breath. "It sounds bad."

"Just don't get yourself killed," Thea told him.

Malcolm smirked. "Oh, if anyone's getting killed, it'll be whoever's hurt her."

"Oh that's for sure," Thea said.

"Laurel."

"You would call me that, I don't deserve that," black siren muttered.

The Earth-2 metahuman looked up when Quentin walked up, a frown on his face. "What?" she asked, sitting up and setting down her magazine.

"It's Oliver," he handed his phone to her.

Laurel frowned and took the phone. "Oliver?"

"Are you up for a trip?" Oliver asked her.

"What for?" Laurel narrowed her eyes.

"Earth-38."

"Everyone's going to go aren't they," Barry whispered.

Laurel tried to think of why Oliver would want to go there when she remembered. "Kara?" she asked, looking up at Quentin.

"She's in trouble," Oliver answered, making Laurel's eyes widen.

"Yeah that surprised me," Laurel said.

"I'm leaving for Earth-38 tonight, and Slade and Malcolm are coming with me. What about you?"

"Always," Laurel whispered.

"Wait until I get there," Laurel immediately stood up, quickly taking off her jacket and hurrying to her room. "I'm coming with you, too."

"Thank you," Oliver said in relief. "If what Cisco told me is right, these guys deserve a good scream."

"Yeah they do," black siren muttered.

Laurel chuckled darkly. "It would be my pleasure."

"That's not creepy at all," Cisco said.

"What's this about Kara?" Quentin asked, following Laurel.

"Oliver said she's in trouble," Laurel answered. "I don't know details, but he sounded angry."

"Another week, not answering her phone," Quentin realized. "All right, looks like Thea and I will have our hands full. Be careful."

"We definitely will," Thea said.

Laurel laughed, finding her suit and putting it in a duffel bag. "If Kara's in as much trouble as it sounds like she is, it's not me you need to say that to," she told him, kissing his cheek before heading for the door.

"That's true isn't it," Quentin say's.

"No, probably not," Quentin admitted.

"They injected her with this glowing green liquid," Cisco was explaining to Oliver as he gathered his suit and weapons in a bag as well, Slade checking through the arsenal, his gear already by the table. "It hurt her so much, Oliver."

"Too much," Alex said.

"Probably Kryptonite," Oliver thought out loud, hearing the elevator doors arrive. "She said it could kill her."

"What could kill her?" Malcolm asked sharply as he walked out, a duffel over his shoulder as well.

"Damn you have some sharp hearing," Thea said.

"What was being used to torture Kara to the point she couldn't stop screaming," Oliver answered grimly.

Malcolm halted dead in his tracks, narrowing his eyes to slits. "You're kidding."

"You would think that, right," Malcolm said.

"Absolutely not," Cisco shook his head.

"Can we kill them?" Malcolm turned to Oliver.

"Please do," Alex said.

Malcolm nodded at her.

"I've never been a big fan of killing people, but I think this is warranted," Barry said.

"Whatever it takes to get Kara out of there," Oliver didn't even bother telling him no.

Malcolm smirked. "Good," he said, walking further into the lair. "And what about Laurel?"

"On her way," Oliver nodded. "Cisco, you said Kara said something about Lena?"

"Uh, yeah," Cisco nodded. "She's the other woman's daughter, the one who ordered her to be tortured further."

"My dear mother, ugh I hate her," Lena said.

"Kara mentioned Lena to me before she left," Oliver nodded. "She's our best shot at finding more out about Cadmus before we get there."

"Are you saying I'm connected to Cadmus," Lena said.

"In my defence I'd never met you before on there," Oliver said.

"She might even have a location," Slade added.

The doors opened again, and Laurel walked out, her eyes narrowed. "What happened to her?" she immediately asked.

"Someone's protective," Thea said.

"She's been taken by an organization on her Earth against aliens," Oliver answered, hoisting his duffel onto his shoulder. "My plan is to get her out and make sure she stays safe, and – if that's not the only Cadmus facility – burn the rest of it to the ground so they never hurt her again."

"Good," Laurel smirked. "I'll help with that."

"Agreed," Slade nodded.

"Guess you're stuck with us," Malcolm nodded as well.

"I made a run to S.T.A.R. Labs to get you the chips for your phones as well," Cisco handed a box to Slade, who opened it. "They should connect you to the networks on Earth-38 as well."

"Oooh that is some sexy ass tech," Cisco said quietly. Caitlyn nudged him a bit to get him to shut up.

"Nice," Laurel nodded, taking a chip to place in her phone.

"Thank you, Cisco," Oliver told him sincerely.

"Just make sure Kara's safe," Cisco nodded, raising his hands. "Here we go!"

Cisco opened another breach, and Oliver grabbed his bag, jumping through. Slade, Malcolm, and Laurel were right behind him.

They watched as the next video turned on in anticipation.

AN:that's it for this chapter.