AN: Hello everyone, I'm back, sorry I've been gone so long

Couch: Oliver Kara Sara

Loveseat: Roy Thea

Couch: William Samantha Sam Ruby

Couch: Agent Danvers Lena Felicity

Couch: Slade Dark archer black siren

Couch: Laurel Malcolm

Couch: Rene Curtis Dinah

Armchairs: John and Quentin (are in separate ones)

Couch: Cisco Caitlyn wally

Couch: Harry Joe Cecile

Loveseat: Barry Iris

Couch: J'onn Winn James

Couch: Clark Nyssa

Loveseat:

Couch: Stephen Amell, Melissa Amell

Couch: Caity Gustin, Grant Gustin

Couch: Colton Haynes, Jack Moore

Couch: Anna Hopkins, Emma Tremblay, Emily Bett Rickards

Couch: Chyler Leigh, Katie McGrath, Odette Annable

Couch: Manu Bennett, John Barrowman, Katie Cassidy

Couch: Ricky Gonzalez, Echo Kellum, Juliana Harkavy

Couch: David Ramsey, Paul Blackthorne

Couch: Carlos Valdes, Danielle Panabaker, Keiynan Lonsdale

Couch: Tom Cavanagh, Jesse Lamont Martin, Danielle Nicolet

Couch: Candice Patton, Jessica Parker Kennedy

Shipping sister so far:

Samantha

Thea

Alex

Sara

Felicity

Black Siren

Nyssa

Iris

Lena

All the people from earth 99999:

Oliver: Stephen Amell

Kara: Melissa Amell

Sara: Caity Gustin

Roy: Colton Haynes

Thea: Willa Holland

William: Jack Moore

Samantha: Anna Hopkins

Ruby: Emma Tremblay

Felicity: Emily Bett Rickards

Alex: Chyler Leigh

Lena: Katie McGrath

Sam: Odette Annable

Slade: Manu Bennett

Malcolm: John Barrowman

Laurel:Katie Cassidy

Rene: Ricky Gonzalez

Curtis: Echo Kellum

Dinah: Juliana Harkavy

Dig: David Ramsey

Quentin: Paul Blackthorne

Cisco: Carlo's Valdes

Caitlyn: Danielle Panabaker

Wally: Keiynan Lonsdale

Harry: Tom Cavanagh

Joe: Jesse Lamont Martin

Cecile: Danielle Nicolet

Barry: Grant Gustin

Iris: Candice Patton

Nora: Jessica Parker Kennedy

Nyssa: Katrina Law

Lena scowled as she watched updates scroll on her phone. "Well, so far, the venue looks clean." She looked up as Kara came out of the dressing rooms in another designer dress. "Nothing for you to worry about."

"That just makes me worry more," Kara sighed before turning and looking in the mirror, wincing and fiddling with her ear. "No . . . cherry red is not my color."

"You don't look that bad in red," Thea said.

"Caity looks really good in red," Grant said.

"We know!" several actors said at the same time (*cough cough* Devil's triad *Cough cough*).

"Besides, Melissa looks good in any color," Stephen said ignoring them.

"Mmm, maybe not," Lena admitted.

"That's why I keep telling her to wear green," Laurel poked her head out of another dressing room. "Stake her claim!"

All of the shipping sisters nod, and Kara blushes while putting her face in her hands.

"Oh, my God," Kara buried her face in her hands as Lena laughed. "Stop it!"

"Come on," Lena encouraged. "I know how important it is for you to bury my mother, but please, at least have some fun where you can."

"Fine, I'll try on the emerald," Kara sighed, heading back to the dressing rooms.

"Are you happy?" Kara asked.

"Yes," Lena said.

"Thank you!" Laurel grinned as she walked out of her dressing room, clad in a black dress with a slit in the skirt.

Everyone was really impressed, she looked really good.

"A lot of people loved my dress when I wore it," Katie C. said.

"Did she choose to wear black to "stake your claim" as you put it, for Malcolm," John said.

"No! The writer hadn't even thought of DarkSiren yet," Katie C. said.

"I ship it anyway!" Carlos said.

"Is that what it's called?" Laurel said.

"Oh, look," Kara tilted her head, poking at her shoulder. "Fishnets."

"Duh," Black Siren said.

"Stop stalling," Laurel gave her a small push, and Kara glared as she closed the door to her dressing room. Laurel snickered and walked out to where Lena was sitting and waiting. "What do you think?"

"I think you and Malcolm are going to look stunning together," Lena answered.

Katie C. facepalmed as John looked at her in triumph.

"She's not wrong," Malcolm said, making Laurel punch him on the arm.

Laurel faked a gag, making Lena snort. "I don't know who's going to have a more interesting night: Oliver and Kara, or the two of us."

"Depends on if Malcolm's complaining as much as you are," Lena said innocently.

"He was, for the first part of it," Laurel said.

"I did not! You complained way more than I did," Malcolm said.

"Me and Malcolm Merlyn," Laurel rolled her eyes, turning to see her reflection in the mirror. "That's just . . . no."

"Ouch! That makes me feel unwanted," Malcolm said.

"Oh, shut up, you know I don't feel that way now," Laurel said.

"How do you feel about me now?" Malcolm whispered.

"I'm not going to answer that, for the sake our younger selves, and fear of Alex and Thea gossiping," Laurel whispered.

"Which version?" Malcolm said.

"Does it matter?" Laurel said.

"Oh, please," Lena rolled her eyes. "There are probably worse men you could go with."

Laurel tilted her head back and forth. "Chase," she finally said before making a show of sticking out her tongue.

"No," Black Siren said, just shaking her head.

"No," Kara walked out of the dressing room, and Lena's eyebrows shot up when she saw her storm out in the emerald dress she had vehemently protested against . . . and now wore like a queen, she thought, seeing Laurel do a double take as well. "Do not even joke about that. We don't speak of that . . . jerk . . . person ever again."

"Jerk, person?" Oliver questioned.

"Okay, that is one of the worst insults I've ever heard her use," Alex said.

"Really?" Oliver said.

"Both of you stop," Kara said, pouting.

"When you pout like that it just proves it," Barry said.

"You look really good in green Kara," Oliver said, making her blush.

"Yeah, Melissa does look very good in green," Stephen said, making Melissa blush.

"Oh, my God, these two are the most precious cinnamon rolls ever," Sara said.

"Wow," Lena blinked, still surprised.

"You kill in that color," Laurel grinned, folding her arms. "You're getting that dress."

"Really?" Kara sighed, turning to look in the mirror, only to blink. "Oh," she tilted her head, considering how she looked. "Actually . . . "

"Haha, you agree with me," Thea teased.

"Us," Alex said.

"Oh yeah, us, that's right," Thea said.

"Rude," Alex said.

"Sorry, Alex!" Thea said.

"Told you," Laurel smirked smugly.

"Fine, emerald it is," Kara sighed, turning around, but there was a pleased look on her face, too. "Thank you, Lena."

"Of course," Lena waved a hand. "It's my fundraiser you could potentially get killed at. Might as well spoil you while I can."

"That is a huge downer," Thea said.

"I know, I shouldn't have said that," Lena said.

"Yeah, now she'll mope, do you really want to be the cause of that?" Alex asked.

"Thanks for reminding me," Kara drooped slightly, walking over to her purse and pulling out her phone.

"See, that's your fault," Alex said.

"Stop it, I know," Lena said. "Why are you all ganging up on me?"

"I dunno," Thea said.

"That is such a good reason," Lena said sarcastically.

"Hey," Laurel walked over, putting her hand on Kara's shoulder. "We're not going to let that happen, OK? We promised, and we're going to keep it."

"Samantha died keeping it," Kara mumbled.

"Not your fault," Samantha said.

"And Henshaw is going to pay for what he did," Laurel vowed. "You're not the only one hurting because of her death, Kara."

Kara blew out her breath, closing her eyes. "I want this to end," she said, her voice cracking. "And I want it to end now."

"The fundraiser's tonight, so it's sooner than you think," Lena stood, putting her hand on Kara's other shoulder. "Mother will get what she deserves, Kara. Hell, Oliver will probably deliver her head to you on a platter if you ask him to."

"I would," Oliver agreed.

Kara's lips quirked in a grin. "He probably would."

"Who wouldn't though?" Manu said.

"Very true," Katie said.

"Are you kidding?" Laurel snorted. "There's no probably, Kara. He just would."

Kara couldn't help but smile more. "I have the best boyfriend."

"Yes, you do," Lena chuckled, patting her on the back. "Go get changed, I'll pay for the dresses."

Oliver pulled out his phone when it chirped, keeping an eye on Dig and Rene getting suits fitted, Malcolm already returning from the changing rooms. "Those are the rest of the details," he said, holding up his phone. "The invites from L-Corp, and Felicity and Winn have made sure we actually exist."

"That would be interesting to explain," Rene quipped before thanking the man helping him.

"Yes, it would, although fun, it'd be a pain," Black Siren said.

"I remember what these parties were like in Star City," Malcolm wrinkled his nose.

"Ugh, I hated those," Oliver said.

"Oh, don't remind me," Oliver sighed. "Those were the worst."

"No need to repeat yourself," Thea said.

"You have better jokes than that Thea, come on," Oliver said.

"I really don't," Thea said.

"Was that because you usually had someplace to be?" Malcolm raised an eyebrow.

"No, I just hated them," Oliver snorted.

"That makes two of us."

"Man, how did we get here?" Dig wondered, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Blame Barry," Caity said.

"What!" Barry said.

"Yeah, it wasn't his idea to get hit by lightning," Grant said.

"It's still your fault," Kara said.

"Kara! Traitor!" Barry said.

"Originally it was just you, me, and Felicity, and now we're here with ten plus from Star City, metahumans, and you're now dating the most powerful person we've ever met."

"Typical Wednesday, huh, Hoss?" Rene smirked.

"And now it's Thursday," Willa said.

"What?" Thea asked.

"Don't worry, it's not important," Willa said.

"It won't be tonight," Oliver narrowed his eyes, draping the hanger bag with his suit over his arm.

"Mmm, corrupt woman with a black ops organization formerly working for the government?" Malcolm tilted his head back and forth. "You sure about that, Oliver?"

"He's right, huh, I'd never thought I'd say that," Dig said.

Oliver smirked. "Except this organization is going to stay ashes when we're through with it."

Lillian smirked when she saw the news report advertising her daughter's fundraiser at L-Corp. She knew the poor girl was expecting Cadmus to make a show of the event and turn the public against Supergirl.

There was a chorus of boo's as Lillian came on screen.

"Get off our screen!" Emily yelled.

Oh, she didn't need to be there to see that happen.

She turned when she heard the door open, and she raised an eyebrow when Henshaw walked in. "Was the package delivered?" she asked.

"Oh no, what did she do?" Oliver said.

"There is no way of knowing," Willa said.

"Wait, don't you already know what will happen?" Thea said.

"Okay, so there's one way of knowing," Willa said.

"But we won't tell you," Katie MG said.

"Yes," Henshaw nodded. "They have no way of knowing it's there."

"Good," Lillian's face split with her cruel smirk, turning back to the report. "Let's see you win this time, Supergirl."

"She will," Oliver said.

"Alpha Group, comms check," Winn called as he handed a Bluetooth device to Rene.

"Supergirl, check," Kara fiddled with hers.

"Green Arrow, check," Oliver looked around.

"Dark Archer, check," Malcolm pulled a set of gloves on, hiding his cybernetic hand.

"Black Siren, check," Laurel nodded.

"They really do look stunning," Danielle said.

"Spartan, check," Dig slid a gun into the inside of his suit jacket.

"Wild Dog, check," Rene finished as he put the Bluetooth in his ear.

"Beta Group?" Felicity looked up from her tablet.

"Deathstroke, check," Slade answered.

"al Ghul, check," Nyssa nodded.

"You don't have a code name, you poor thing," Cisco whispered.

"Cisco, no!" Caitlin said.

"Speedy, check," Thea double checked her arrows.

"Black Canary, check," Dinah snapped her staff to full length.

"That's everyone," Cisco nodded, adjusting his own Bluetooth as Iris, Quentin, and William watched on.

Kara watched J'onn, Alex, and Maggie put comms of their own on, and she jumped slightly when she felt a hand on her back. She smiled sheepishly at Oliver as he looked at her in concern. "You ready?" he asked.

"Probably not," Kara said.

"Yeah," Kara nodded slowly. "I am." She looked up at him, swallowing slightly. "But that terrifies me."

"Scared is good," Oliver nodded. "I'd be worried if you weren't. These guys have been the bane of your existence for so long. And we're about to go to war with them. You're allowed to be scared, Kara."

"Wow, amazing pep talk," Sara said, sarcastically.

"I know," Oliver said.

"Only I'm allowed to say that when someone says something sarcastic to me, Oliver," Thea said.

"Since when?" Oliver said.

"Since now," Thea said.

"Good," she took in a shaky breath. "Because I definitely am."

"Hey, guys," James called, and the group turned as he entered. "Cars are here."

Kara stiffened slightly, and Oliver nodded. "Thank you, James."

William shuffled forward, then hugged Kara around the waist. She blinked, surprised, then Oliver stumbled slightly when he hugged him next. "Don't let them kill you?" he asked.

"That won't happen," Oliver said.

"I can confirm, we are the main characters," Stephen said.

"Yeah," Melissa said. "We won't be killed. They wouldn't have a show without us."

Oliver chuckled. "We'll come back, buddy."

"You won't get rid of us that easily," Kara smiled.

Oliver looked around the D.E.O. at those willing to charge headfirst into battle, then nodded at those with him and Kara. "Let's go."

James led them out of the D.E.O., and Laurel frowned when Malcolm leaned down to her. "I'm getting the feeling Kara wasn't the first one to choose her dress?" he smirked.

"Haha, no, why would you think that," Laurel said, laughing.

"Well, I picked it, but she didn't," Melissa said.

"Um, hello, we helped!" Willa yelled, throwing a pillow at her.

"Why?" Melissa asked. "Just why, Willa."

"I don't know," Willa said.

"We did help," Caity said.

"Yeah, you went through like thirty other dresses before we helped you pick this one," Katie C. said.

Despite herself, Laurel grinned smugly. "Whatever gave you that idea?"

"It's way too easy to ship Malcolm and Laurel together," Cisco said.

"Yeah, really, no wonder they decided to put them together," Carlos said.

"Plus there would have been outrage from the fans," Caity said.

Malcolm chuckled and shook his head, the two of them following behind Oliver and Kara, Dig and Rene in the rear.

James, Dig, and Rene met up with Cat just outside of the venue. "About time," she raised an eyebrow.

"Cat Grant, ladies and gentlemen," Willa said.

"Can't be too careful," Oliver shook his head, placing his hand on the small of Kara's back.

"Aww," Thea said.

"Shut up," Oliver said.

"You obviously haven't met me, I never shut up," Thea said.

"I know," Oliver said, sighing.

Cat conceded the point, and playing the part of bodyguard perfectly, Dig gestured to the venue. "Shall we?"

Cat scoffed under her breath, but she was smirking slightly as she walked forward. Rene and Dig followed behind, with James behind them. Oliver held his arm out for Kara, and she took it with a smile, adjusting her glasses slightly. Malcolm offered his to Laurel, who sighed and took it as well. The two pairs followed after the others, showing their invites to the guards standing at the doors. Before they entered, Oliver turned to casually look around. If he had been anyone else, he would have seen nothing out of the ordinary.

"I can't tell if I was denying my feelings or if I really disliked you," Laurel said.

"You don't remember?" Malcolm said.

"I do not," Laurel said.

"How?" Malcolm said.

"I don't know," Laurel said.

Of course, that meant he saw the glint of an orange carabiner on the next building over. He turned back around, leading Kara inside, whispering, "Alpha, on site."

"Beta, on-site," Slade answered. "Good luck, kid."

"God help us," Quentin muttered, hearing confirmations come in.

"That's everyone," Iris looked up on the large monitor.

"Pulling up security cameras now," Felicity typed away at her computer. She blinked suddenly, then narrowed her eyes. "Someone's already in."

"Cadmus," Kara sighed.

"Cadmus?" Curtis asked.

"Don't copy Curtis," Thea said.

Suddenly there were like twenty pillows raining down on her pillow wall.

"My Pillows!" Thea yelled.

"Our pillows!" Willa said at the same time.

"How was that thing even up? It was made of pillows? And who threw all those pillows?" Caity asked Grant, who shrugged.

"You're so helpful, thank you," Caity said to Grant, who smiled.

Thea and Willa sat down pouting.

"Don't pout, it's not as cute when you do it," Alex said.

"Also, your pillows? We both used them," Willa said.

"Um, I have no answer to that, let's just watch," Thea said.

"Has to be," Winn sighed. "It can never be easy, can it?"

"Easy is boring," Felicity snorted.

"Come on, it would be nice, though."

"Can you kick 'em out?" Cisco interrupted.

"But then they'd know you're on to them," William said from behind them, making all five look back at him. "I mean, if they don't know that, you can track them, right?"

"Not bad, you have a smart kid Oliver," Slade said.

"Thank you?" William said, not quite sure what to say. Samantha nodded at him, telling him it was the right thing to say.

Felicity grinned. "Definitely Oliver's kid." She turned around, her fingers moving faster. "Oh, Cadmus, where are you hiding?"

Lillian leaned forward expectantly when she saw the group enter the venue. "There they are."

"There are more than we expected," Henshaw mused.

"Oh, there's nothing to fear from Cat Grant," Lillian rolled her eyes. Her gaze focused on one man, and she narrowed her eyes to slits, pointing. "But him, on the other hand . . . "

"Oh, you should definitely fear me," Dark Archer said.

"Don't get cocky, or I punch you," Black Siren said.

"Extreme, but okay," Dark Archer said.

"What do you expect from her?" Slade said.

Henshaw narrowed his eyes, seeing the black-haired man she pointed out, a stunning blonde in black on his arm. "He was another choice of targets."

Lillian raised a hand to the Bluetooth device in her ear. "The man in black with the woman in black," she said sharply. "Deal with him."

"I wonder how many people were wearing black at that party though?" Thea said.

"And what of him?" Henshaw pointed towards the man with the Kryptonian.

Lillian folded her arms. "We watch," she answered simply.

"Oh, I can smell it already," Cat wrinkled her nose as the group made their way to where Lena was speaking to a few men no one recognized. "Fresh checkbooks ready to make it look like their owners care."

Everyone laughed at that, while some people, mainly the rich, nodded.

"Hopefully, that makes you one that does," Lena smirked as she walked over.

"Haha, nice," Cisco said.

"Please," Cat rolled her eyes. "I named Supergirl. Of course, I care."

"She did?" Cisco asked.

"She did," Kara confirmed.

"If I remember right, you didn't like it at first," Alex said.

"Yeah, she almost got fired, because she argued with Cat about it," James said.

"Shush," Kara said.

"Yeah, we don't mention the first season, it's like it never happened," Chyler said.

Kara blushed bashfully, making Oliver chuckle. "Nice party, Lena."

"Thank you," Lena nodded. "Only the best to support National City's finest." She looked around, then lowered her voice. "Any trouble?"

"Overwatch?" Dig looked up. "Anything?"

"Someone else is in the security feed," Felicity answered. "Working on tracing the signal. It's taking a while, though."

"Cadmus is tough to hack," Winn added.

There was a snort. "They haven't met me."

"Best hacker in the world," Barry said.

"Wow," Cisco muttered.

"So they're watching," Rene scowled. "At least we know that."

"Keep working," Oliver ordered. "Beta team? Anything outside?"

"Nothing," Dinah scowled, folding her arms as she walked across the roof, Thea absently twirling her bow. "You'd think they'd have at least some vehicle if they were here."

"They probably do," Sara said.

"Watching via cameras doesn't mean they need people here to get their job done," Slade pointed out.

"There is no sign of Kryptonite?" Nyssa asked, just to clarify.

"Then what are they planning!?" Kara said.

"Zilch," Cisco answered, sounding confused.

"And that's the only weakness we have for Supergirl," J'onn said.

"Then what the hell are they planning?" Thea wondered.

"Good question," Oliver muttered, looking around. Kara, Cat, and James were still speaking with Lena, Dig and Rene keeping them in clear sight. Malcolm and Laurel were making rounds of the room, both of them flashing smiles he could obviously tell were forced. "If anyone stands out, say something."

Malcolm grimaced slightly as the last businessman he spoke to moved away. "I'd say everyone, but who doesn't at a gala like this?"

"Aww, not having fun like you used to?" Laurel quirked an eyebrow.

Malcolm sighed, looking around the room. "You try being in a room where everyone's pulling an act and you're an assas - ack!"

"Ha! That was fun," Laurel said.

"Hey! It was not fun," Malcolm said.

"No of course not," Laurel said, shaking her head. As soon as Malcolm turned around she nodded, and mouthed, "It was very fun."

Oliver turned around and raised an eyebrow when Malcolm yelped, and he smirked when he saw Malcolm cringe as Laurel smiled sweetly and lifted her heel from his toes. "You were saying?" she asked.

"Really?" Malcolm sneered.

Laughter came over the comms. "Next time, don't try and say you're an assassin, wizard."

"Magician," Malcolm narrowed his eyes.

"Same thing."

"Oh, I hate you."

"No, you don't."

"Your interaction are always the entire blooper reel," Willa teases Katie, Manu, and John.

Melissa, Stephen, and Chyler start loudly agreeing.

"Will the two of you stop being children?" Dinah complained.

"Never, it's been 20 years, I've almost given up," Laurel said.

"I don't think there's a chance of that," Laurel sighed, even as Malcolm grumbled under his breath, Slade still chuckling.

Kara giggled, walking towards the buffet table, only to sway on her feet slightly. She blinked, straightening herself, before frowning and looking around, peering over her glasses. She frowned further when she didn't see any Kryptonite at all. "That's weird," she mumbled before turning around to get some snacks.

"Kara, when that happens, you have to tell people!" Alex said.

"Sorry, Alex!" Kara said.

Lillian smirked, seeing the Kryptonian stagger. "So it begins."

"A drink, sir?" a waiter asked as he passed Malcolm by.

"No, thank you," Malcolm shook his head absently.

Laurel tilted her head, seeing there was only one flute of champagne left. "If I may?" she tilted her head with a smirk, reaching for it.

"Something bad's going to happen," Oliver said.

"How do you know?" Kara asked.

"I don't know," Oliver said. "I just do."

The waiter smiled and held the tray out, and Laurel took the drink. Malcolm raised an eyebrow as she turned back around. "The Laurel I knew originally turned into an alcoholic after my son died," Malcolm revealed to her, making Laurel tilt her head, listening. "She only drank club soda after that."

"I'm not that Laurel," she reminded him, sipping the champagne.

"I know you're not," Malcolm assured her. "Doesn't mean it's not weird."

Laurel made a show of looking around where they were. "Said while we're at a fundraiser gala held by a Luthor celebrating a Kryptonian, who Luthor's are supposed to hate."

"I know," Malcolm rolled his eyes, and Laurel's shoulders shook as she laughed slightly. "Spare me."

"No," Laurel said.

"No point in saying that," Malcolm said.

Kara shook her head at their antics, turning around -

She gasped, eyes wide, backing up in shock. The waitress looking at her gasped as well, hurrying to make sure she didn't spill her drinks. "I'm so sorry, ma'am," she apologized. "Is everything OK?"

"Yeah," Kara breathed, blinking rapidly. "Yeah, I'm . . . I'm fine," she nodded hastily. "You just looked extremely similar to someone I know."

"But... who?" Thea said.

"If you're sure, ma'am," the waitress nodded, and Kara watched her go, eyes wide.

She was certain that woman had just looked like Evelyn Sharpe.

"No, she didn't," Oliver said, worried.

"Felicity," Cisco groaned.

"Damn, these guys are good," Felicity gritted her teeth, hunched over as she worked.

"I don't get it," Quentin paced. "Cadmus is in the security cameras, but that's it, right? No soldiers, no Kryptonite?"

"But something's happening to Kara. Great, that's just great," Oliver said sarcastically.

"Still no sign of soldiers," Maggie confirmed.

"And nothing on satellites indicating Kryptonite," Winn gestured to his tablet.

"This makes no sense," Iris rubbed her forehead. "Is this some kind of trick? Get us paranoid, and catch us off guard?"

"That's not my mother's style," Lena said.

"No, that's not Cadmus," Winn shook his head. "That's not something they would do."

"Well, they've got to be doing something," Curtis snorted. "Why else would they be in the cameras?"

Oliver turned around when he heard Kara make another noise. He frowned, putting his hand on her arm. "You OK?" he asked.

"No," Kara said.

"Yeah," Kara gulped, nodding, tearing her eyes away from a waitress of Middle Eastern descent. "Fine."

"Dammit! Kara!" Alex yelled.

"Sorry," Kara said.

"You're sure?" he asked.

"Yeah," Kara nodded insistently. "I'm fine." Oliver gave her a look, and Kara sighed. "Is it just me, or does she look like Talia?"

Oliver did a double take, looking at the waitress again. "Slightly," he frowned. "I guess since you saw her the once, you might think that."

"OK," Kara relaxed. "Thanks."

Oliver watched her go speak with Lena again before frowning and doing another scan of the room. If he was being completely honest with himself, he wasn't reminded of Talia at all by that waitress.

"Well, that's just great," Thea said, sarcastically.

"I swear you feel the sarcasm in that sentence like, physically, it was weird," Roy said.

"Shut up Roy," Thea said.

Malcolm eyed the waitress as she passed as well before shaking his head. He didn't think she looked like Talia, either.

A glint from above made him look up, and he whistled lowly when he saw the chandelier in the center of the room. The manager passing by stopped and looked up. "Impressive, isn't it?" he asked.

"Damn," Rene said.

"Very," Malcolm nodded. "Crystal?"

"And silver," the manager confirmed. "Delivered last night. We just got it up in time for the fundraiser."

"Mmm," Malcolm nodded. "Looks good in here." The manager nodded and started to leave, then looked back. "Are you all right, ma'am?"

"Fine," Laurel answered, and blinking, Malcolm turned to see Laurel give the manager a smile. "Thank you."

Malcolm frowned, seeing she looked slightly pale. "You don't look like it."

"Probably just the crowd," Laurel looked around at how packed the venue was.

"I can handle it in here if you want to go?" Malcolm offered.

"No," she shook her head. "I'm staying."

"You don't look too hot, blondie," Rene frowned, walking up to where Kara was leaning on a table, chowing down on a few chocolates.

"Don't call me blondie," Kara warned.

"Yeah, you might get zapped. Don't worry, I'm just kidding," Alex said.

"No, no, nothing's wrong," Kara shook her head. "Just . . . nervous, I guess."

"I can get Oliver?" Rene offered.

"No," Kara shook her head. "I swear, Rene, I'm fine. Just . . . " She looked around, tensing slightly. "Getting some bad flashbacks."

Rene nodded slowly, then backed off, and Kara turned her back to where she had just been looking, taking deep breaths.

There was no way Digger Harkness was at this gala. How could he be? The man was dead!

Slade growled low in his throat, shaking his head. "It's been at least an hour," he looked around. "They could have pulled something already."

"You'd think they would have," Thea remarked.

"Cadmus is very bold in what they do," J'onn said. "I agree. This isn't like them."

"My mother always had a flare for the dramatics, what could she be planning?" Lena said.

"Seriously, they could have shut cameras down, which would have made our jobs much harder," Felicity chewed on a pen cap.

"They could have had soldiers under cover, or even barge in there," Quentin agreed.

"So why the hell aren't they doing anything?" Cisco reiterated.

"What, are they expecting Kara's just going to reveal herself or something?" Iris scoffed.

Laurel winced when she heard Iris say that. Malcolm looked at her but she shook her head and mouthed "I'm fine."

"Malcolm."

"What?" Malcolm sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"I just realized something."

"What?" he turned around, only to blink at what he saw.

Laurel had her hand raised towards one of the lights, and was tilting her head. She then turned to him and gave him a confused look. "I can see through my hand."

"There must have been something in that drink," Dark Archer said. Black Siren groaned, and put her head in her hands, Dark Archer snickered and put an arm around her.

John and Manu were laughing their asses off, while Katie glared at them.

"Wasn't this half the blooper reel?" Manu said.

"The other half was you and John screwing around," Katie said.

"And we know that, and we accept it," Manu said.

" . . . excuse me?" Malcolm blinked again.

"What did she just say?" Thea sounded like she was trying not to laugh.

"Don't laugh, it's not funny," Laurel said.

"I'm sorry, but it kind of was," Malcolm said.

Laurel sighed and dramatically flung herself on Malcolm.

"Is this because I said it was funny," Malcolm asked.

"Partly," Laurel said.

"You know what, I'm okay with that," Malcolm said, messing with her hair.

"No, really, I can see through my hand," Laurel insisted, frowning. "Should I be able to do that?"

"No," Malcolm shook his head, grabbing her arm and leading her off. When she started to stumble, he cursed. "Laurel's been drugged!"

"They're here," Dig growled, looking around, Rene on guard as well.

"That's impossible," Curtis straightened in his chair. "We've been keeping an eye on everything all night. Nothing's gone wrong."

"Well, then you weren't looking hard enough," Black Siren said.

There was a pause, then Malcolm cursed. "That waiter that offered me a drink. There was only one glass on the tray, and he specifically asked me."

"The drug was meant for you?" Nyssa asked, surprised.

"When Cadmus attacked Kara in the bar, I was unmasked," Malcolm reminded them, making Felicity's eyes widen. "They know my face."

"We should have thought of that," Felicity said.

"Which means they had to see you come in," Winn turned to the computer. "Felicity!"

"Working on it!" Felicity insisted.

"Work faster," Oliver ordered, watching Malcolm usher Laurel towards the door. "Who knows what can happen to the rest of - " Glass shattered suddenly, and Oliver spun around, only to see Kara stagger away from one of the tables. "Kara!" he ran towards her at once.

"What did she do?" Thea asked.

"Dropped her glass," Malcolm answered.

"But, why?" Thea said.

"We can't tell you," Laurel said.

Questions immediately started coming from all directions on comms, but he and Dig made it to Kara at the same time. "Kara?" Dig asked.

"You OK?" Oliver asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.

He was caught off guard when she shoved him away. "Keep him away," Kara whimpered, turning towards Dig, who blinked in shock. "He needs to stay away!"

"What the hell, Hoss?" Rene blinked as he and James ran up.

"Kid, what's going on?" Slade demanded.

"Kara just dropped her glass, and now she wants Oliver to stay away from her," Dig answered.

"Why the hell would she want that?" James frowned.

"We don't know, but it's a tragedy," Thea said.

"Not the time Thea," Oliver said.

"It's always the time for my ships!" Thea yelled.

"Crazed fangirl much," Oliver said.

"And what's wrong with that," Sara said, giving him the death glare.

"Yeah, Oliver, what's wrong with that?" Alex said, also giving him the death glare.

"Dig, help," Oliver said.

"Sorry man, I'm not getting in between that," Diggle said.

"That's what we thought," Alex said.

"Not Oliver," Kara shook her head, eyes wide as she looked up at Dig. "How can you say he's Oliver?"

Oliver blinked rapidly, still trying to keep up. "Kara, of course that's Oliver," Lena looked at her in confusion.

"Who else could he be?" Rene frowned.

Kara just gawked at him. "I'm not crazy!"

"No, just hallucinating, like a perfectly sane person," Alex said.

"Alex," Kara whined.

"I'm not saying you are, blondie!"

"Then why are you telling me that's not Prometheus?"

"Silver kryptonite," Clark realized.

"Oh! Why didn't I see it," Kara said.

"What's silver kryptonite?" Oliver asked.

"It makes me hallucinate," Kara said.

Oliver's jaw dropped, and even Rene took a few steps back.

"I'm sorry, did I hear that right?" Quentin shook his head. "Did Kara just call Oliver Prometheus?"

"That doesn't make any sense!" Curtis shook his head. "Why would Kara think Oliver is Prometheus?"

"She thought she saw Talia al Ghul earlier," Oliver added.

"Talia?" Nyssa repeated.

They were interrupted by a loud swear from Alex. "Whoa, cool it, Danvers," Cisco frowned.

"No! This is bad!" Alex said.

"She thought she saw her?" Alex demanded.

"I just said that!" Oliver growled.

"Like a hallucination?"

Pause. "I . . . suppose? Maybe. I don't think she'd answer if I asked her!"

"She said she kept getting flashbacks," Rene added.

"Danvers?" Maggie asked, sounding cautious. "You're scaring me."

"I'm scared!" Alex cried.

"Agent Schott, what types of Kryptonite are you scanning for?" J'onn demanded.

"Uh," Winn pulled up schematics. "The usual, of course!"

"And by the usual, do you mean green and red?"

"Yeah, you know that. Why are you - " Winn suddenly trailed off, and everyone looked at him when his face went dead white. "Uh oh."

"Uh oh?" Slade repeated.

"Uh oh is like their version of "guys" isn't it," Caity said.

"I think so," Katie said.

"I don't like 'uh oh,'" Felicity stammered.

"No, no, no, this is an uh oh you definitely won't like," Winn shook his head, spinning around.

"Explain why!" Iris demanded.

"Because there's one type of Kryptonite we didn't get enough of to add to the database to be able to scan for," Winn answered, swallowing.

"What kind of Kryptonite is that?" Cisco asked.

"Silver," J'onn answered grimly. "In a large enough quantity, it can cause Kryptonians to go into deep hallucinations. It made her cousin believe she was his worst enemy."

Malcolm cursed as well. "And guess what big addition was delivered to the venue just this morning and is hiding right in plain sight?"

Lena paled when she saw the large crystal and silver chandelier dangling in the center of the venue. "Oh, my God."

"That's a lot of silver Kryptonite," Felicity said.

"I hate to admit this, but it's clever," Thea said.

Oliver looked down at Kara's arms, his eyes widening when he saw her veins. "John."

He looked down as well and sighed, closing his eyes. "She's got silver in her veins."

"Get her out of there, now!" J'onn barked, and Dig hauled Kara to her feet. "If the hallucinations get bad enough, she'll target someone!"

Dig, Rene, and Oliver quickly hurried Kara down the hall, only for Kara to stop dead in her tracks. "Kara, come on!" Dig spun around, only to freeze. "Oh, no."

"Oh, it's not good when you say that twice!" Felicity groaned.

Oliver swallowed. "Too late, J'onn."

Kara's eyes were starting to glow, her gaze locked on him. "This is my city," she growled, whipping her glasses off. "You are not taking anyone!"

"Oliver, get down!" Dig yelled.

Oliver dove into the next corridor, barely avoiding getting hit with heat vision. He heard yells over the comms, wincing. He could barely make out the sounds of screaming from the venue behind him, and he closed his eyes. "Well, Cadmus got what they wanted," he hissed. "Kara just tried to fry me, with all of National City's elite in the other room."

Cisco groaned and said what surely had to be going through most of Team Arrow's minds. "Some Wednesday!"

"So it's not Thursday yet?" Willa said.

"That's all for that video, let's watch the next," Laurel said.

"I'm hungry," Kara said.

"How?" Laurel said.

"Me too," Barry said.

There was a chorus of agreements from anyone with super metabolism.

"Can we go get some donuts?'" Kara asked, pulling her pout.

"Fine," Laurel said giving into the pout.

"Yes," Kara said as everyone with super metabolism raced into the break room.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" They heard Kara yell from the break room.

She rushed back in and said, "Someone took all the donuts."

Yeah, it was us, sorry. Thea's voice came from the intercom.

"Come on!" Kara yelled.

I said we were sorry, we didn't know you were going to eat them. Thea said.

"Always assume I will eat all of your food!" Kara yelled.

Meanwhile

Moria and Nora were coming out of one of the storage rooms and were heading back to the viewing room.

"I hate you," Moira said.

"No you don't," Nora said.

"No I don't," Moira said.

They were almost there when they heard "Are two sleeping together?"

They turned around and saw Rebecca standing there.

"What the hell! How did you get out?!" Nora said.

"As soon as you left, I was able to break the lock," Rebecca said.

"We're not sleeping together," Moira said.

"Yeah, that's like me saying I don't hide Barry's flash ring to make him think he's going insane, it's a lie," Rebecca said.

"That's you?" Nora said.

"We're not sleeping together, we were gorging on pizza, and then we talked," Moira said.

"Okay, can you bring me back into the viewing room," Rebecca said.

"Why would I do that?" Moira said.

"I'll have Alura pout at you," Rebecca said.

"Oh, the pout doesn't work on me, because I can also pout. I also have an iron will," Moira said.

"I'll give you 50 dollars," Rebecca changed her tactics.

"Fine," Moira said.

"Where did you get 50 dollars?" Nora asked.

"Come on Alura," Rebecca said.

"Rebecca where did you get 50 dollars!?"

Alura came out and headed down the hall with them.

They headed in the viewing room. As soon as they got there Laurel stood up and said "Did you let her out!"

"No! She managed to get out herself," Moira said.

"We're going back," Laurel said.

"Okay, but I'm sorry I was such a jerk," Rebecca said, before bolting.

Nora and Moira sat down before Moira remembered something and ran out. Laurel followed Rebecca.

"Are we allowed to leave now?" Malcolm asked.

Laurel just yelled something incomprehensible at him.

"Okay, that sounded like, I hate you, so I'm gonna go anyway," Malcolm said following her.

Control room

Laurel came into the control room and promptly laid down on the couch that was in there.

Malcolm came in shortly after her and said "Hey, we left. Where's Laurel?"

Oliver pointed to the couch.

"Wow she is already asleep somehow," Malcolm said. "Also weren't there more of you?" He said scanning the room. He saw Alex, William, Ruby, Thea, and Slade.

"Of course there was wizard, they all have jobs though," Slade said.

"Magician," Malcolm said.

"Oh my God, it's been almost 20 years give it a rest!" Laurel yelled, apparently awake.

"Him first," Malcolm said pointing to Slade.

"Never," Slade said.

"Ugh! Never mind, it's useless!" Laurel yelled. "Let's go find Rebecca!"

Meanwhile

Rebecca was sitting in a storage room when her parents came in.

"Hey," Laurel said, nealing beside her.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I spoiled everything, and that I was such a jerk, I just, I've been having a hard time, and this made me happy," Rebecca said.

"Is it the nightmares again?" Laurel asked.

"Yeah, but they're different now, there are monsters now, and they scare me," Rebecca said, crying.

"I'm sorry you have to go through all that. Do you want to come back in the veiwing room, you can sit by us. You can't spoil anything though, we can't put this on them all at once," Laure said.

"Okay, I'll go with you," Rebecca said, standing up, taking her Mom's hand.

AN: I've been working on reformatting this for days, then I had to write through most of the last few weeks.

And I've been working on my collab with Empressoffandomzzz a LOT

Not to mention, my life is very busy