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Star Labs Hanger
Night
Some hours had passed with the majority of the team training against Kara. It was going well…for Kara, that is. Kara stood on the ground as the others were on their knees, panting with exhaustion as Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Wanda watched.
"She's very good," Clint noted impressed.
"Eh, she relies on her powers too much," Natasha shrugged. "Take away those powers and Kara is at a huge disadvantage."
"You sure you want me to keep going?" Kara asked.
"Yes!" Oliver said as he and the others got to their feet. "Just give us five minutes. Please."
"Barry," Cisco walked over to Barry, holding something in his hand.
Seeing it, Barry paled as he realized Cisco had listened to the recording from future Oliver.
"This is really Oliver, from the future," Cisco said and Barry nodded.
"Cisco, look-" Barry started.
"You told them, right?" Cisco demanded.
"I'm going to, but not right now. Cisco, we're facing an alien invasion. This is gonna be the toughest threat we've ever faced. And on top of that, you wanna tell them I messed with the timeline, changed their lives? You have to see how bad that is," Barry explained.
Cisco didn't want to admit it, but Barry was right. Telling them would compromise the team's trust in Barry in a time where it was needed the most. Still-
"They deserve to know," Cisco pointed out and Barry nodded.
"They do," Barry agreed. "I'll tell them once this is all over. But for now, I need you to keep this quiet. I know you're angry but if we were ever friends, I need you to do this for me. Please Cisco."
Before Cisco could respond, Oliver suddenly spoke up.
"Guys, Lyla just texted me. The Dominators have the president," Oliver said and was met with horrified looks as he looked up from his phone.
Barry didn't react, simply stared at Cisco, waiting to see what he would do. After several seconds, Cisco finally nodded and pocketed the recording. Barry gave him a grateful nod before turning to the others.
"Do you have a location?" Barry asked Oliver, who nodded.
"Argus thinks they know where The Dominators have set up shop."
"Okay," Barry said after a moment of thought. "Steve, Oliver, Nat, Clint, Sara, and Laurel, you guys are with me. The rest of you, stay here."
"The president's been kidnapped, I think we should all go," Kara argued and Thea, Wally, Jax, and Ray looked like they agreed.
"Which is what The Dominators will be expecting," Barry argued. "They'll be expecting a fight, but this isn't a battle, this is a rescue mission. The president could get caught in the crossfire. We need to get in, get the president, and get out. Oliver and Steve are used to these kinds of missions, Sara's a former assassin, Clint and Natasha are former spies, and Laurel…well, I honestly just don't completely trust her and don't plan on letting her out of my sight until I do."
"That's fair," Laurel shrugged.
"We may not like it, but Barry's got a point," Sam said and several others nodded after a moment.
"Stay on comms, if we need you we'll call you in for back up," Barry ordered.
Barry, Steve, Oliver, Clint, Natasha, Sara, and Laurel then turned and walk off as the others watched, wanting to go but, well, they had their orders.
Central City
Later
The group walked inside the seemingly abandoned building, looking around but seeing no Dominators insight.
"You sure this is the place Ollie?" Sara asked and Oliver nodded.
"Please!" The president suddenly ran out, his hands bound. "Get me out of here!"
"I have a bad feeling about this," Steve said, feeling like this was way too easy.
"You just had to say it, didn't you Cap?" Clint asked as they saw a Dominator appear on the railing. "Never should have let you watch Star Wars."
"Let the president go!" Oliver snarled as he, Clint, and Natasha aimed their weapons at the Dominator.
"We knew you would come."
The Dominator's mouth didn't move, but the words were heard loud and clear. Only not throughout the room, but within the very minds of the team.
"Please tell me you guys heard that," Clint pleaded.
"Yeah, we heard it," Sara muttered.
"And I thought my life was crazy before. Kind of wishing you'd left me in the pipeline Red," Laurel told Barry, who eyed the Dominator.
"You got what you want, we're here. That's what you wanted, right? You wanted us to come to you. Well it worked, so let the president go," Barry told the Dominator.
The Dominator pulled out a strange looking weapon and a green beam shot out at the president. Using his speed, Barry sped over and tackled the president out of the way. But then, The Dominator activated a strange device and Barry let go of the president, dropping to his knees with the others as they all cried out in pain. The Dominator fired again and Barry could only watch as the beam hit the president, who disintegrated into green mist.
"I swear to god, I am gonna kill these ET bastards!" Clint howled in pain.
Then, they all stopped. It was quiet in the room as they all stood up with a rather chilling, expressionless, blank look on their faces and in their eyes.
Star Labs
Same time
Wanda sat on the track in the speed lab, deep in thought. She understood why Barry spent so much time in here; it was a great place to think. Hearing footsteps, she looked up and saw Iris. Wanda sighed internally; she was in no mood for this. From what Barry and Cisco told her, Iris had a tendency for 'Queen Bee, high school bullshit' was what Clint had called it. Wanda was unsure of what that meant, but knew her father figure well enough to know she probably didn't have the patience for it.
"Can I help you Iris?" Wanda asked tiredly as she got to her feet.
"Yeah, you can get out of here once this is over," Iris snapped and Wanda raised an eyebrow.
"Or what?" Wanda challenged. "What will do if I don't?"
"This isn't your earth. You don't belong here," Iris argued.
"You don't seem to have a problem with HR being here," Wanda pointed out.
"HR didn't steal my boyfriend," Iris hissed and Wanda rolled her eyes.
"I didn't steal Barry. He asked me on a date, he kissed me. He told me he loved me, I didn't make him do any of that, Wanda said calmly.
"Oh please. You're just a distraction, once Barry remembers that he loves me, you'll be old news," Iris scoffed.
Wanda's eyes flashed and her hands began to glow. However, thankfully for Iris and for the hormone filled Wanda, who was prevented from doing something she would later regret, the building seemed to shake. Wanda stopped, the glow fading from her hands as she and Iris looked around in confusion.
"What was that?" Iris asked confused.
"Guys, wherever you are, we need you," Cisco's voice came over the intercom.
Wanda rushed out of the room, Iris trailing behind her. They met up with the others. Everyone was staring at the holographic screen Cisco had up, which showed security footage from outside Star Labs. Laurel was screaming, using her powers on the building as everyone else waited.
"Oh man, this is not good," Ray said pale.
"Why are their heads glowing?" Kara asked and they noticed Laurel, Clint, Sara and Natasha had a red-pink glow on their foreheads.
"The Dominators must be controlling them somehow," Stein realized.
"Okay, I'll see if I can figure out what's causing the red-glow thingy. For now though, I need you guys to go out there and distract them," Cisco ordered as he got to work.
Not long after, Sam, Wally, Mick, Ray, Firestorm, Ray, Wanda, Kara and Thea stepped out the front door to see their mind controlled friends waiting for them. Sara had out her batons as Natasha aimed her pistols at them and Oliver and Clint each had their bows trained on them. Barry, Steve, and Laurel simply stared them down with the expressionless, blank stare unnerving them.
"Guys, can't we talk about this?" Ray pleaded.
In response, Sara threw some shurikens at them while Oliver, Clint, and Natasha fired at them. Wanda waved her hands and a shield of red energy appeared, blocking the weapons and making them fall to the ground.
"Doesn't look like it," Sam said grimly.
"Looks like we're gonna have to fight," Mick said as he aimed his Heat Gun.
"Just until Cisco can figure out a way to stop whatever The Dominators are doing to control them," Kara added.
"So let's fight," Thea said as she aimed her bow.
Mick fired his Heat Gun but Barry raced over and knocked him off his feet. He tried to strike Mick but Wanda waved her hand. Barry flew back as Firestorm threw a fireball at Laurel but she screamed. Her Canary Cry met the fire blast in midair and caused an explosion of fire that forced to everyone to take cover.
As the smoke cleared, Ray felt an arrow hit him in the back of his armor and went down. He landed on the ground, hard, unable to move.
"A little held over here!" Ray shouted in alarm as she noticed Oliver stalking over to him.
Oliver held out his hand, stopping a red arrow inches from his shoulder. He threw it to the ground and looked over at Thea, who had another arrow notched ad aimed at him.
"Get away from him!" Thea snapped.
Oliver responded by whirling his bow and rushing at her.
Sam flew up into the sky, trying to avoid Clint's arrows as Wanda created a shield, blocking Natasha's bullets. As Kara flew up, Barry ran along the side of the building before he jumped off. He grabbed her cape and then pulled down. Kara yelped as she pulled down to the ground and Barry slammed her down onto the concrete. An indent made as she went through it. Kara stood up, shaking it off as she looked over at Barry.
"Barry, I don't want to fight you. Please, don't do this," Kara pleaded.
Barry simply tilted his head to one side, as if thinking on it. Then he rushed at her.
Inside Star Labs, the others were watching the footage horrified as Laura walked in.
"What is going on out there? The kids are terrified," Laura demanded.
"Barry, Oliver, Clint, Natasha, Steve, Laurel, and Sara went to go save the president but now they're crazy and going all 'Kill Bill' on everyone. You do have Kill Bill on your earth, right?" Cisco asked and Laura shot him a look that brought the phase 'if looks could kill' to mind.
"The Dominators have them under some sort of mind control," Caitlin explained.
"Well how do we break it?" Laura demanded.
"I'm trying to find the source of it. Once I do, I'll tell you," Cisco told her going back to work.
Outside, Thea was thrown on her back, her bow glittering to the ground. Thea looked up as her brother aimed an arrow at her heart. Before he could fire, Wally sped in, tackling Oliver and pushing him away. Oliver was thrown on the ground, a few feet from them.
"Thank Wally," Thea said as she got to her feet.
"Kid Flash," Wally corrected with a grin.
Oliver stood up and fired an arrow at Wally. Wally caught it but it exploded, sending him back.
Up in the air, an arrow hit Sam's wing and exploded. Sam crashed onto the ground where someone approached. Sam looked up just in time to see Steve punch him hard enough to knock him out.
Firestorm avoided Laurel's Canary Cry but was nicked in the shoulder by a shuriken from Sara.
"Please tell me you have a source for this?" Thea pleaded as she barely fended off her brother's strikes.
"We won't last much longer," Wanna agreed as she waved her hand and Natasha was sent flying back.
"Yahtzee! There's a weird signal coming from the Slat Mine," Cisco told them.
"Can you jam it?" Kara grunted, in a clash with Barry as he tried to push her back but she wouldn't budge.
"No, sorry," Cisco said in frustration.
"Okay, then we need to destroy the source. I can do it, but I'll need someone to handle Barry," Kara said as she pushed Barry but he slid away only a few feet, his feet planted firmly in the ground.
"Wanda, think you can handle your boyfriend?" Cisco asked.
"I can if Mick can cover me," Wanda said and the afore mentioned man laughed heartedly.
"I got your back Scarlet," Mick said, clicking his Heat Gun.
The plan made, Kara flew up into the air. Barry moved to follow her but was suddenly covered in red energy and thrown back. Barry got to his feet and saw Wanda make her way over, her hands glowing.
Seeing this, Clint aimed his bow at Wanda but, before he could fire, an orange blast hit near him and he had to jump back to avoid the flames.
"I don't think so Robin Hood," Mick said, smirking at him.
Wanda threw a blast of energy at Barry, which knocked him off his feet. Wanda then held up her hand, blocking the bullets that can at her from Natasha. Wanda then made a circular motion with her hand and Natasha went flying into the side of the building. She went down to the ground, out cold. Wanda then brought up her hands and Barry feet began sinking into the ground. Barry vibrated then and he jumped out, rushing at Wanda as she sent another wave of energy at him.
Oliver and Thea continued to trade blows with their bows as Firestorm brought down a ball of fire, which landed at the feet of the Lance sisters. The pair were sent flying back, landing on the ground, hard. But they got right back up again and Laurel sent another Canary Cry at him, which he just barely dodged.
"Skirt better hurry up, we can't keep this up!" Mick snapped as he used his Heat Gun to fend off Clint and Steve.
Central City
Same time
Kara burst into the building and, seeing the device that was most likely the cause of half her friends turning evil, she flew down towards it at fight speed. With a power punch, she hit it and it was destroyed with a wave of red energy.
Star Labs
Same time
Barry had Wanda in his grasp, holding her above the ground with one hand with the other vibrated close to her heart. However, before he could do anything, he looked away, completely disoriented before he looked back up and Wanda could tell he was Barry again.
"Wanda?" Barry asked until he saw what he was doing. "Oh my god."
He stopped vibrating his hand and let her go, helping her down to the ground.
"God I'm so sorry. Did I hurt you, are you alright?" Barry asked panicking.
"I'm fine, we both are," Wanda said as she put a hand on one side of his face. "It's alright Barry. It wasn't you."
Oliver knocked Thea to the ground but, before he could do anything, he stumbled back, blinking a little disoriented. Nearby, the red glow faded from Laurel and Sara's foreheads as the sisters blinked, confused.
"Speedy?" Olive asked as she got up.
"It's alright everyone. They're back. Kara did it," Thea said in relief.
"What is going on?" Laurel asked confused.
Clint and Steve looked around at the fire before them as Mick lowered his gun.
"Good to have you back," Mick said and Clint, realizing what had happened, growled.
"Change of plans Cap. I'm not kill them, I'm gonna murder them. Slowly and painfully," Clint said enraged at having been controlled again.
Later, everyone but Supergirl stood outside Star Labs as Barry raced up.
"Supergirl's scanning the city to make sure there aren't any more of the orbs that whammied us," Barry explained as he looked around at all them. "Look, I'm sorry. This was my call and it was wrong."
"No man, you made the right call," Sam quickly assured him.
"You were right, The Dominators wanted us all to come," Steve pointed out.
"If we'd all gone, it could have ended a lot worse," Oliver added.
"Look man, we're with you. Whatever you want us to do, we got your back," Jax said and Barry nodded in gratitude.
"So now what?" Sara asked.
"Oliver, call Lyla. Tell her these Dominators aren't here for peace," Barry ordered and Oliver nodded.
They began moving to head inside when, suddenly, out of nowhere, a yellow beam came down and struck Natasha, surrounding her. When it vanished, it took her with it.
"Nat!" Steve and Clint exclaimed in horror.
Suddenly, two more beams came down, striking and taking Clint and Sam.
"Everybody inside, go!" Barry exclaimed, grabbing Wanda and speeding inside.
As the others moved, Barry looked back and saw Steve get him with the beam. Barry sped over to try and get Steve but it was too late. The beam -and Steve- vanished leaving Barry staring at the sky, wondering where The Dominators had taken his friends.
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