Research paper had to be eight pages. Guess who pulled off nine? :D And you know what I did to celebrate? Seven-hour power nap, because that paper took an all-nighter to do. :P Guess that officially makes me a college student now! XD

And what better way to celebrate finishing the hardest paper of all time by finishing this book? This is the last chapter before the epilogue, and I promise complete and utter Kariver fluff . . . and the last few wanted lines of "Zari" make an appearance, too, because Nate Heywood is a national treasure thanks to that episode. :)

Enjoy, guys!

***

She could hear something . . . and it sounded familiar . . .

"Cisco."

"Mmm?"

"Why the hell is this playing?"

"It's how Barry woke up! I played his favorite song!"

"And how did you find out this was her favorite song?"

"Well, Barry said she sang a killer version of it in the musical world!"

"They were in a what?"

And then there was the death grip on one . . . no, both of her hands . . . one grip tinier than the other. She instinctively tried to squeeze, only managing to do it slightly.

But the person holding her right hand immediately shot upright. "Kara?" Oliver's voice immediately flooded her senses. "Kara, can you hear me?"

"See?" Cisco's voice crowed. "Told you!"

"Kara?" William's voice came from her other side.

"Come on, Kara, open your eyes," Oliver whispered.

She felt Oliver's lips on her forehead, and she struggled to open her eyes. Immediately, she was hit with bright glares, and she groaned in pain, instinctively flinging an arm over her eyes. "Turn them down!" Oliver shouted. The light diminished significantly, and Kara blinked the light out of her eyes and turned her head slightly. Her blue orbs found Oliver's terrified emerald ones. The moment their eyes met, he relaxed significantly. "Oh, thank God," he said in relief.

"Welcome back, little one," Slade smiled from where he, Malcolm, Laurel, and Thea stood behind Oliver.

"Kara!" William grinned, lunging to hug her.

"Whoa!" Kara grunted, but laughed, wrapping her arm around William as he clung to her. "Hey, there, buddy! Thanks for snapping me out of it . . . " She paused, seeing everyone around her was no longer in their suits. "How long was I out?" she asked worriedly.

"Four days," Alex answered, walking over to check her vitals. "Clark woke up two days ago and nearly went into a frenzy when he found out you were still out cold. He did an interview with Miss Grant, though, since you couldn't do it. The media's been eating up Cadmus's defeat like kids in a candy store."

"And President Marsdin has given the order to wipe Cadmus out completely," J'onn added.

"It's over?" Kara whispered, tears in her eyes.

"It's over," Oliver confirmed, smiling widely. "You won't need to worry about them ever again."

"Oh, thank Rao," Kara closed her eyes, flopping back onto the bed. A moment later, she frowned. "Is this Moon River?"

"Yeah!" Cisco poked his head in through the doorway. "It was just on a whim, but I figured, worth a shot!"

"You're awesome, Cisco," Kara said drowsily, burrowing back into her pillow.

"You'd think after four days, you'd want to be up and moving, blondie," Rene joked, but he had a fond smile on his face.

"Someone punch him," Kara mumbled.

That sent everyone into fits of laughter. "Go back to sleep, angel," Oliver told her, running his hand over her hair. "We're not going anywhere."

Kara nuzzled into his hand slightly, feeling William squeeze her other hand as she nodded off again.

***

When she opened her eyes the next time, activity in the D.E.O. had significantly decreased. She found herself looking to William's side of her bed, and she couldn't help but smile, seeing he had fallen asleep with his head on the side of the bed. She gently reached up to run her hand through his hair, then felt a hand take her other one. She turned her head and smiled softly at the man who looked like he hadn't even moved since she'd last seen him. "Hi," she whispered.

"Hey yourself," Oliver smiled softly. "How're you feeling?"

Kara tilted her head from side to side. "My face feels like it could peel off," she answered. "But that was probably because my head was tilted towards the Kryptonite."

Oliver shook his head. "I never want any of that near you again."

"Ditto."

Oliver looked down at their entwined hands, then took a deep breath. "You flatlined three times," he told her quietly, making Kara's eyes widened. "Spaced far apart enough that we didn't know if you were going to make it." He shook his head. "I think William might have cried himself hoarse."

"Oh, Rao," Kara breathed in horror, looking over at the boy. "And just after Samantha . . . "

"You scared us so much," Oliver choked out, and Kara quickly turned back around, feeling him squeeze her hand harder. "Kara, we were all afraid you'd taken in too much Kryptonite, that you couldn't come back from it."

"Of course I would," she immediately assured him, releasing his hand to cup his cheek. "How could I not when I had my boys to come back to?" Oliver smiled widely at her words, and Kara attempted to sit up. He reached over to help elevate the bed, and when he did, Kara reached over to kiss him fiercely. He responded at once, cupping her face with both hands, resting his forehead against hers. "Thank you," she whispered. "And I love you . . . so much."

"I made you a promise," Oliver smiled. "I told you I'd come if you needed me to."

"You killed the devil incarnate," Kara shook her head. "That was above and beyond what I expected."

"Well," Oliver shrugged like it was nothing. "She deserved it."

Kara giggled. "Still . . . just let me say thank you?"

"I guess," he chuckled, bending down and kissing the top of her head. "As long as you don't scare me like that again."

"I make no promises for the guys that will probably try to make that happen."

Oliver conceded the point, smoothing Kara's hair back and watching her drift off again. He settled back in his chair, holding Kara's hand loosely in his, then caught movement out of the corner of his eye. He straightened slightly, only to relax when he saw Slade and Malcolm move to cover both sides of the doorway to the medbay. With a smile on his face, he sat back to relax and keep an eye on his girlfriend.

***

"Why did I make you agree to this?" Alex couldn't help but ask J'onn a few days later as Oliver and Kara walked by.

"Why did you even try to make me?" J'onn responded.

"What's going on?" Kara asked, leading Oliver over, only to stop and burst out laughing when she saw what they and Clark were watching.

Cisco was in her pod, pretending he was flying it, Felicity and Curtis grinning widely as Iris snapped photos, the rest of the Earth-1 gang laughing as well. "I'm givin' her all she's got, Cap'n!" he shouted, and even Oliver face palmed, unable to keep from grinning. "The ship can't take much more of this!"

"The pod's shut down, Cisco!" Kara called.

He yelped and hastily tried to get out. "Sorry!" he called, eyes wide. "Sorry! I knew it was yours, but . . . well . . . "

"Hey, you helped save my life," Kara shook her head. "It's cool."

"Oh, good," Cisco relaxed as Iris walked over, giggling as she swiped through her photos. "I thought you might kill me."

"No," Wally smirked, checking Iris's photos. "If anyone's gonna kill you, it'll be Harry."

He pouted at her. "Thanks, Iris."

"Hey," Clark smiled at Kara.

"Hey," she grinned back before hugging him.

"Oh, it's good to see you up," he smiled. "You had everyone worried."

"Yeah, why were you up so quickly?" she pouted.

"I wasn't attacked with Kryptonite nearly ever day the past month," Clark pointed out. Kara stuck her tongue out at him, which made him laugh. "I need to return to Metropolis, but damn, it was good to be here when Cadmus fell." He kissed her temple and whispered, "And don't let that man go for anything."

"I won't," Kara smiled shyly, kissing his cheek.

"Needless to say, if you hurt her, I'll kill you," Clark added cheerfully to Oliver, holding out his hand.

"You'd probably beat the line," Oliver conceded, shaking his hand. "Good to meet you."

Clark nodded, then took off, flying out of the D.E.O. "I still can't believe there's two of you," Dig told Kara.

"Man, you gotta get used to it at some point," Rene gave him a look.

"Oh, now I don't know what to do," Kara sighed, almost pouting. "I don't have Cadmus to worry about now."

"I've got a suggestion," Lena smirked.

***

"And keep them coming, M'gann!" Kara smiled as the entire group crowded the alien bar.

"You got it," M'gann smiled, nodding.

"Now this was a team-up," Cisco said in immense satisfaction as shots were passed around.

"Cadmus was way smarter than the Dominators," Felicity agreed.

"Oh, I never want to run into those again," Thea grimaced.

"Never met them, and I don't think I want to," Laurel frowned.

"You don't," Oliver snorted. "Mind control sucks."

"You weren't under it!" came three protests around the table.

"Oh, it doesn't get much better than this!" Winn sighed with a smile.

"I kind of don't want to leave," Iris admitted.

"But no rest for the wicked," Dinah sighed.

"Which means no rest for us," Curtis nodded.

"Well, for what you've done to help us with Cadmus, you are all welcome to return to our Earth if you ever need to," J'onn told them.

"Good," Alex grinned. "More company for girls nights!"

"And it's fair to say you're all invited to the wedding," Maggie added with a grin.

"How could we refuse?" Oliver smiled.

"Carefully," Malcolm suggested cheekily, only to choke into his glass.

Everyone looked from Malcolm to Laurel, who was swirling her shot around, watching him choke as she lowered her hand from where she'd hit him on the back of the head. "Watch it," she warned, making Oliver, Kara, Slade, and Thea go into hysterics.

"Shut up!" Malcolm groaned.

"Make us!" Slade practically cackled.

"Yeah? Maybe I will!"

"I'm going to miss this," Kara admitted with a smile.

"Well, I'm certain we'll be seeing you quite often in Star City now," Dig said with a smirk.

"I should hope so," Oliver raised an eyebrow at her.

"As long as I see you often here in National City," Kara compromised.

"We'll work it out," he promised, making her smile.

"Mmm!" Cisco perked up suddenly, holding up a finger as he put his shot down. "That reminds me!" He looked through his jacket pockets before holding up a small box and sliding it across the table. "So you don't need to call me every time you want to hop universes."

Oliver's eyes lit up as he took the box and opened it up, revealing another one of the interdimensional extrapolators. "Thank you, Cisco," he smiled, Kara squealing in delight.

"Of course, man," Cisco waved it off. "You got the girl, only right I help you get the chance to see her when you can."

"Bad guys out of the way, the heroes get their happy ending," James tilted his head back and forth. "Bit fairytale."

"Only a bit of time before someone else tries to get in our way," Oliver nodded.

"Well, they can try," Kara grinned smugly at him. "We're unmatchable, the two of us."

Oliver chuckled, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "That we are."

"Well," Alex raised her shot, smirking. "To us completely decimating the devil incarnate."

"To all the lovebirds around the table," Thea teased, making Winn and Felicity laugh.

Oliver rolled his eyes fondly, but Kara smiled at him. "To life being happy," she offered.

Oliver smiled and nodded, remembering what he had told Barry after the Dominator invasion. "To life being full," he offered his own toast.

"Cheers," Dig nodded.

The members of Team Supergirl (Kara, Alex, Maggie, Winn, James, Lena, and J'onn), Team Arrow (Oliver, Thea, Dig, Slade, Malcolm, Laurel, Felicity, Curtis, Rene, Dinah, Nyssa, and Quentin), and Team Flash (Iris, Cisco, and Wally) all clinked their glasses together, drinking at the same time. "You know, Felicity, I'm gonna need to correct you on something," Kara looked up at her. When she tilted her head in confusion, Kara gestured around the table. "This is the best team-up ever."

Murmurs of agreement came from around the table, and Kara leaned into Oliver as he kissed the top of her head. He couldn't agree more. He had come to this universe expecting to help a friend, arguably his closest besides Barry and his team. Now he was coming away with allies from another universe, and said friend was now a girlfriend he loved to death, and his son wasn't that far behind him.

Yes, he decided, leaning down to kiss Kara. Definitely the best team-up ever.

***

Because who doesn't love sugary sappiness at the end when they completely deserve it? <3

The epilogue will be up in just a few minutes. :)