The man clapped his hands, slowly coming into the light yo reveal his face. It was Oliver Queen. He had a smile on his face, not quite as genuine as it was taunting. He couldn't wipe it off, no matter how hard he tried. It was most likely there because the face his friend made, looked like he was just caught taking drugs. If you, dear reader, knew Sebastian or Marley at all, you would know that this description is not too far off from what they were doing.

  "H-how have you been standing there," Marley croaked. She was gradually setting Sebastian and herself to the ground.

  "Long enough to see you two singing," Oliver responded. A small chuckle followed.

  "I didn't know you could sing," Felicity emerged from the shadowy entryway. They really needed to put some automatic lights in. Curiosity filled her voice and eyes, proving to them she hadn't seen their private show. "Where did you learn to sing like that?"

  "What were we thinking," Sebastian whispered, just loud enough for Marley to hear. It had seemed like forever since Felicity waltzed in, demanding to know everything. Marley and he were standing on the opposite side of the control panel as Oliver and Felicity. You could cut the tension in the room with a knife.

  "High school glee club," Marley crumpled under the pressure. It wasn't like she could lie. That earned her a glare and a, 'Marley!' from Sebastian. She had forgotten how easily he could lie. Not Barry, but Sebastian.

  "Glee club," Felicity smiled in asking this question. "And I thought I was a nerd in high school!"

  "Wait, I thought you said her name was Kara," Oliver suspected something was off the moment he saw them singing.

  "Should we run," Marley asked, leaning closer to her boyfriend.

  "No," Sebastian stated. He eyed the quiver of arrows on Oliver's back, feeling almost a burning sensation where the last ones hit him. He didn't need to worry about her getting hurt because she was bullet proof. He, on the other hand, wasn't even punch proof.

  "Her name is Kara," Sebastian said with a tinge of nervousness in his voice.

  "Marley is my nickname," Marley tried. She wrapped her arms around him in defense.

  "I don't buy it. So how about you tell me the truth before I pry it out of you," Oliver took one step forward.

  "Alright, okay, we'll tell you," Marley said, forgetting about her bullet proofness.

  "Stand down," Felicity whispered to Oliver.

  As they told their lifes' stories, the other couple became very understanding. It was almost like the two of them had done things in their past that pushed them to be the people they are today. You've heard Barry's story, but I'd like to tell you some about Kara's.

  In high school she was going through a 'phase' as her earth parents called it. So, she needed to have some space to figure out who Kara Danvers was. In that time she had a different 'parent', whom she called mom. She thought Kara should be Marley, but this was probably just the teenage years talking.

  She abandoned her led lined glasses, gave herself a new name and personality. In the end she went back to her earth family, trying her best not to leave any way of contact back to her. The last thing she needed was someone from high school to call her up for a rendezvous. But that seems to be the fad these days; showing up unannounced to disturb her and Barry's personal life. 

  "Wow," Oliver said after they told him about their past life. He took a moment to take in all of this new information. "Glee club."

  "That's all that you take from what we just said," Kara asked, getting just a little angry. "We told you that I didn't wear my glasses, Barry tortured my glee club, and we both changed names. And yet you question the fact that we were singers?"

  "Yeah," Oliver nodded. "I used to be a billionaire playboy with long hair. Felicity was a goth who ran a secret online activist club."

  "Wait you were a goth," Sebastian smirked. Felicity's blood ran cold. No one was supposed to find out about that. She gave Oliver a single smack in the arm, not making eye contact with him.

  "the point is, we've all made mistakes in the past and we will forgive and forget," Oliver said in an unusually sincere way. "But we will never let go of the fact that you were in glee clubs!"

"Okay, okay," Sebastian broke the conversation. "It's getting late, Marles and I have work tomorrow, how about we all go home and get some well deserved rest?"

  Oliver and Felicity left the room, leaving the two (other) love birds to themselves. "Marles, you should get some sleep."

  "Actually, Miss Grant kicked me out of our hotel room. Probably so I don't distract her from writing her new big piece."

  Sebastian held his hand out. "Well then, you can join me."

-

  Morning time had finally arrived, meaning it was time to make coffee. Barry stepped down the stairs, trying his best not to wake everyone else. He made his way to the kitchen, only to find that there was no coffee left. 'Sorry Eddie and me's coffee maker broke', read a sticky note. It was written iris iris' hand writing. He shoved his face in his hand and groaned.

  He tiptoed upstairs, noticing the fact that Joe was at work and Kara was still asleep. He held onto a sticky note and wrote 'getting coffee, be back in a flash.' He placed this on Kara's forehead, knowing when she got to sleep, nobody could wake her up. He put on his red v-neck, sports jacket, and skinny jeans.

  Barry sped into the ally way behind Jitters. He walked like a normal person to the entrance, finding his way in line. He gave iris a wave from behind the counter, today she was working. She smiled back at him and continued her work. Rude. Not even a 'hi.' If Sebastian were around, she would be getting a verbal beat down.

  As the line inched forward, he noticed two men trying to get his attention. His face softened, seeing one of them was Blaine. He waved them over, in an attempt not to lose his spot in line.

  Blaine came over, and next to him was Kurt. "Well, if it isn't president gay face himself!" Sebastian couldn't resist saying a snarky comment. "What are you doing in Central City?"

  "I could ask you the same thing," Kurt defensively wrapped his arm around Blaine's.

  "As it just so happens, I live here. Your turn," he said in a very amused way. He was already at the front of the line and Blaine pointed to the bartista. "Oh, two Hot Flashes please," Barry mode was coming back at the sound of the please.

  "Please? I didn't think you had it in you," Kurt's attempts to get him riled up were not working. "Who's the other one for?"

  "My girlfriend," Barry smiled. "Why are you in Central City?"

  "It's our anniversary. Who's your girlfriend?"

  "Marley Rose."

  Kurt felt a tingling down his spine. He wanted so dearly to punch the boy, or cause some physical harm in some way. He in visioned this many times before, Sebastian doing something to piss him off, then himself punching him into the next city.

  Several screams were heard, as a masked man with a large knife walked in through the coffee shop. The crowd fell silent. He marched over to Barry. The young man stood still and wispered to him, "what do you want?"

  "Nothing, really," the distorted voice said. "I just need the money." The man pulled out two large blades and stabbed him, just under the heart. "A fast death is never fun." He removed the blades with a jolt of speed, and ran off.

  Barry fell to the floor, blood pouring out of his leg and chest. The next events that happened seemed like a big, fuzzy, blur to him. Blaine knelt down by his face shouting 'Sebastian', as Kurt pleaded people to call an ambulance.

  It was this point that he felt weak. Physically and emotionally. He hated feeling weak. All he wanted to do was tell people to call S.T.A.R Labs. But he couldn't open his mouth. Instead, everything started going dark. Voices faded off in a muffled sound. All he could hear was Blaine and Kurt yelling, "Sebastian! Sebastian stay with us!" Everything went black.

-

  "Your accuracy is improving," clock king said to a different man in a hoodie. "Keep this up and both Barry Allen and the Green Arrow will be dead."

  "I look forward to our new relationship," the hooded man said.

  "You and me, both."

-

  "Is he going to be okay," Blaine got up from his seat. He and Kurt had been at the hospital for nearly eight hours. Many times had they heard the flatline coming from Sebastian's room. Doctors rushing in and out, barley keeping him alive. Marley had come there too, only six hours after the other two. They were all on edge.

  'I never should have wished him to be hurt,' Kurt thought to himself. 'This is all my fault.'

  "He's in a stable condition for now, but he's being transferred," the doctor looked at them.

  "Transferred," Blaine asked. "Where?"

  "S.T.A.R Labs," the doctor said flipping through his pages. "His family signed the documents." He handed them a page with Joe's signature.

  Caitlin and Cisco entered Barry's room. They had him placed on a gurney. Cisco poked hid head out of the room to where Kara, Blaine, and Kurt were all standing. "Wanna give us a hand, Kara," he asked. The males looked at each other with confusion as Marley walked into the room. They pushed Sebastian out of his room, the female following behind.

  "Excuse me," Blaine tapped her on the shoulder. "Why is he being moved?"

  "We have the right technology to take care of him properly," she answered. "We had to go through all of this after the lightning bolt."

  The men were taken back by this news. Lightning? Clearly there was a lot Sebastian wasn't telling them. "Can we visit him," Kurt asked. Somehow he too was concerned.

  "Absolutely," she smiled at them.

  Marley, the man, and the woman walked away with Sebastian. Kurt looked at Blaine. "Lightning bolt? Like he was struck by lightning," he asked. "Did he say anything to you about getting struck by lightning?" Blaine shook his head. They were speechless. They looked down at the documents that the doctor handed to them. 'Barry Allen,' it read. Who was Barry Allen?

-

  Kara sat next to Barry, holding his hand. He was still asleep. She would have been more worried if she didn't know how he heals fast. They had been at S.T.A.R Labs for an hour. She was fighting off the need to fall asleep, herself. All of the machines hooked up to him, that's what kept her awake. The steady beeping was trying to lull her to sleep, but with every breath she was on edge to make sure the next one came after.

  Blaine and Kurt cautiously walked up to the gates that separate S.T.A.R Labs from the public. They noticed the sign that had the word 'danger' written multiple times across it. "Why would they bring him here," Kurt asked. "The signs clearly say danger."

  "I'm sure they know what they're doing," Blaine said reaching for the gate.

  "Like they knew what they were doing with the partical accelerator," Kurt muttered.

  They walked several yards to the main entrance, where revolving doors stood. You could see burn marks and paint that was rubbed away at, along the inside of the doors. As they made their way down the hallway, the tiles of the floor seemed to have worn down and had burn markings similar to the ones in the entrance. They found the elevator and pressed the button, leading to the floor that the cortex resides on.

  Upon entering the cortex, the Flash suit was hidden, and many different monitors and computers. A woman with blonde hair and glasses was roaming around, speaking with the woman and man from the hospital. The trifecta turned their heads to the two men, whom had just entered. The man with long, dark hair fumbled around with the controls, as if he were trying to hide something.

  "We're here to see Sebastian," Blaine said as he was losing feeling in his arm. Kurt was squeezing his arm.

  "Right, yeah," the woman shook her head. "I'm Dr. Snow, by the way."

  They both shook her hand. She guided them to the medical bay, where they found Marley sleeping in a chair next to the bed. She lifted her head, hearing them enter. She glanced at them, before staring back at Sebastian. She tried her best not to look worried about him. Needless to say, they caught onto her act.

  "That's a good poker face you've got there," Blaine pointed to her.

  She turned back at them when Sebastian opened his eyes. "Dejavu," he smiled.