Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 10:

Barry moved towards the office as quickly as possible, stopping at the last second to think about the situation. Oliver had told him not to run in blind. In the office he would be in an enclosed space with two killers, limiting his speed. He had no idea how quick Wilson was, how strong he was, or what sort of weapons he had on him.

Screw it. Sometimes you just had to act. They weren’t coming out which meant he had to go in if he had any chance of getting to Kara and helping her with that madman. Barry had no idea what effect that Staff of Horus would have on her and didn’t want to find out.

An explosion four floors down spurred him into action. Moving in he saw Harkness standing near a wall while Wilson sat at Felicity’s desk. Harkness was the first target. Barry ran directly into the man’s gut, causing him to crash back into the wall, nearly knocking him through it.

Wilson stood up and tossed the desk in front of him away.

“Now who are you? Oliver’s sidekick? I thought he would be here himself to protect the woman he loves.”

Wilson moved, quicker than Barry imagined the big man could, but still in slow motion compared to the Flash. Barry stepped aside, running around Wilson, pummeling the man with his fists, landing thirty shots to his side in two seconds. Wilson twisted, swinging his arm around, but Barry slid under, stepping in front of the man and hitting him in the jaw. The result was not as hoped when Barry felt his knuckles crack with no effect on the man.

“That’s not good.” he whispered to himself.

Barry jumped back to gain space, and saw the one eyed man grinning.

“You are fast but not strong. You are no match for me and your luck will run out. Go run to Queen and tell him my revenge is nearly complete. I will have Smoak and sweet Thea.”

“I think I will stay anyway. I’m sure he isn’t far away.” Wilson swung, Barry jumping to the side, frustrating the man. He noticed Harkness begin to stir and moved towards him, emptying his overcoat of six weapons.

Six boomerangs hit Wilson at high speed, four sticking into his chest and two in his abdomen. He barely flinched at the ones in his chest but the explosive devices in his abdomen went off, throwing Barry back and Wilson through the wall, falling 16 stories below to the street. Barry was near blackout until he felt a hand shaking him. Looking up he saw a familiar red hood, a black mask and a smile.

“You okay?”

“Never better. Pin Harkness to a wall for me?”

Speedy saw Harkness was standing and fired three arrows, one into his leg and the other two in his shoulders pinning him against the one wall left standing.

Flash did not wait around to see if Speedy would kill the man. He knew she didn’t have Oliver’s restraint and at this moment didn’t care. Civility went out the window once the men had attacked his friends, not to mention Slade Wilson was now on the street hopefully knocked out. Running down the wall, he momentarily stumbled when a shock wave came from the 12th floor making him lose his footing and fall. He was too far from the building to begin running and commenced free fall.

This was going to hurt.

Three stories from the ground, an arrow shot into the building and a green familiar figure grabbed him mid air and threw him over a shoulder, swinging and lowering to the ground. Barry landed, nearly fell to the ground and looked at his old friend.

“Felicity thought you were on your way back to Star City.” he told the Arrow, with a grin that showed he knew better. Oliver would never leave Felicity with Wilson out.

“Yeah, I put that bug she thinks I don’t know about on a bus to Star. I knew they would come here. Thea said Vandal Savage?”

“Yeah. I need to get up there.”

Another burst of energy lit up the twelfth.

“You should probably let them work this out. Does your manhood ever suffer from the number of times I have to swing in and rescue you?”

“If it’s a choice between my bruised ego or hitting the ground 16 stories from above then I can take the bruised ego. Besides how many times have you lost to him? I just took him out in less than three minutes.” Barry pointed out, looking at the crater on the ground.

Then Wilson stood up.

“Damn.”

“Thats just what I was thinking.” Oliver admitted. “This isn’t good.”

Wilson brushed off his black BDUs and pulled a mask from his back pocket, the two toned mask of Deathstroke.

“Any ideas?”

“This is your city Barry.”

“This is your psycho, hell bent on revenge for an eye he lost. Seriously why didn’t you put one in his other eye while you were at it?”

“Was kinda busy trying not to drown. The idea has merit though.”

Oliver fired, all concerns about killing out the window when it came to this man. He watched him kill his mother. He let him live twice but the man kept coming back, only this time for the two women left in his life that mattered to him.

Slade caught the arrow before it could reach the target. His grin lasted until Oliver pressed the detonator in his hand. The blast nearly took Wilson’s head off. By this time police had arrived and circled the group, to Barry’s relief all guns focused on the man who was trying to save his face.

“Barry, who the hell is Kara fighting? All I got is light and stuff burning. She isn’t responding but she is still fighting.” Cisco asked.

“Vandal Savage.” Barry told him.

“By herself?!” Cait nearly screamed. “Her vitals are off the charts, Barry!”

“I’m on my way.” Barry attempted to run up the building only to stop halfway up and run back down to avoid the crumbling side.

Wilson was up, his face destroyed, machete in hand. Police opened fire, striking him multiple times but he kept charging.

Oliver ran towards him, a stupid move in Barry’s mind, but Barry was more focused on the blonde above. Whatever was going on up there was an epic battle and Caitlin was freaking out.

Oliver engaged in hand to hand, while the man was struck with arrow after arrow from behind. Speedy had joined the fight.

Above on the twelfth floor Kara was in the fight of her life. Not even Non had been this brutal. The staff Savage recovered was capable of strong blasts as she found out a minute ago. She had taken the blast in the back to save her chest piece and it had nearly knocked her out. Her back felt on fire and she was pretty certain her suit was burned through where she was hit.

Savage prepared to fire once again, but Kara rolled over and met the blast with her heat vision. Savage’s confident face faltered as the blonde slowly stood up, her eyes locked onto the staff. She let the battle go, side stepping the blast and using his momentary off balanced stance to move in, hitting him in the face, with all her strength. She knew it would crush the head of a normal human but it was obvious he was no normal human. Kara wondered if he had taken whatever he gave to Deathstroke. Regardless he fell to the ground.

“Kara” she heard Barry’s worried voice in her earpiece.. “Do not touch that staff. Try to get it away from him, far away but do not grab it. Kick it or something but do not touch it.”

“Why not?” she moved for the staff, but Savage recovered quickly, striking her in the head with it.

“It can kill you. It takes special gloves to hold it.”

Savage struck Kara with a blast again from the staff. She fell backwards but jumped up immediately, sending a blast of heat vision right into the man’s eyes, blinding him. Moving in quickly she grabbed him by the throat and lifted him then slammed his body into the floor. Kara felt something give and the entire room collapsed, one of the support beams had been struck during one of their exchanges. She attempted to levitate, only to have four stories fall on top of her. Not having the strength or will, still in great pain from the blasts, she slid with the wreckage, looking for Savage’s body, not being able to find it. Once she hit the ground, darkness took over, while she was still conscious, the debris buried her, cutting off even her superior vision from the light.

“Kara are you okay? You are expending a lot of energy.” Cait asked.

“I’m good. I just need a moment of rest.”

“Kara, Savage is on top of the pile. He is looking towards Wilson and Oliver.” Cisco informed her.

“I need a little something here Cisco. If you can make it work now would be a good time.” Kara told him, hoping it was what she needed to stop the pain and burns she knew were all over her body.

“One solar charge coming right up.”

The darkness gave way slightly to a blinding light. She could feel the solar rays as if they were shot from the back of her chest plate through her body. Once the pain left, she felt the power. Lifting herself, shooting straight up into the sky, Kara saw Savage aiming his staff towards Oliver. Before she could react the man was surrounded in a whirlwind of red lightning. Kara could see Barry moving at unreal speeds in close proximity to the magician and then stop, throwing raw lighting into the man. Savage shook as if having a seizure, hit the ground unconscious and Superwoman moved towards the staff. Barry saw what she planned and took it, tossing it far from Savage quickly.

“Don’t touch it! Are you hurt? How the hell did he hurt you? Caitlin what is going on with her?”

“I just gave her a power up Barry. It was a one shot deal and those blasts from that damn staff took a lot out of her. Keep Savage down.”

“Where is Harkness?” Kara asked.

“Upstairs either dead or wishing he was.” the Flash answered. Barry took a look at Oliver and Speedy losing badly to a blind Slade Wilson whose sight was recovering quickly. Even with this disadvantage the man fought as if he was possessed. Oliver attempted to take him out with an arrow up close while Speedy fired into his had any effect on him.

Savage rose, reached out towards the staff which flew towards him. Kara flew in front of it, catching it before it could reach the magician. It immediately burned her hands.

“No human can use that against me. Not without your friend’s toy mitts.” Savage told her, amused.

“Good thing I’m not human then.” the heroine responded, forcing the staff towards him. She fired a blast with just a thought, barely missing him, but the force threw her back. Barry moved towards the staff again but a boomerang hit the ground before it, exploding and sending him flying towards Kara.

“This is Overwatch. Arrow, Speedy force Wilson to attack both of you in front. Barry now would be a good time to run away. About 5.3 miles away.” Felicity instructed. Somehow no one was surprised she had found a computer and cut into the feed.

“Kara needs help!”

“She has help coming. Go!” Felicity yelled.

“She is right Bar. I think I see some of Slade’s henchman moving towards the fray. Either that or some guys think its Halloween. I’m calling Joe to warn him. They are heading straight for the circle of police surrounding you guys.”

Barry took one look at Kara, who was now sitting up, bloodied and bruised but very angry, her eyes locked onto Savage. Harkness was limping out of the building remains, his shoulders bleeding no doubt and walking with a limp. He prepared to throw another boomerang despite his shoulder, possibly to side sling it, when his hand was shot. Barry wondered what officer made the shot, then saw Spartan running into the fray, gun in hand and firing. Harkness’s knee cap was hit and the man went to the ground permanently.

“Go Barry!” Kara yelled at him, her eyes still locked on an approaching Savage. Barry ran away not stopping until he was the perfect distance away then returned.

Kara for her part prepared to take another hit but would not let him know it bothered her. Trying to use the weapon sent pain through her body like none she had ever felt. Standing on shaky legs, she summoned all her powers prepared to evaporate the staff if she couldn’t steal it.

“You have spirit girl. You were a worthy foe.”

Savage fired the staff again, only to be met with Kara’s heat vision, burning hotter than ever. Cisco and Cait watched her vitals and saw the strain she was under. Even with the burst, Cisco’s solar lamp had given her she was close to burnout. She had to be. Cisco and Caitlin watching the video from Barry’s camera moments before knew she was a sight, face bloodied, uniform torn and eyes so bright they had everyone watching on scene covering their eyes.

Savage appeared to be gaining ground until he was hit by twin blasts of energy from the sky. The distraction was all Kara needed to force her blast into the man’s staff. She wasn’t even distracted when Barry blew by, the ground shaking as he landed a supersonic punch to the back of Slade Wilson’s head, cracking the man’s skull, while Oliver followed up with an arrow in Deathstroke’s other eyes and Speedy impaled him with a katana, much the way Wilson had impaled her own mother.

She wasn’t distracted when a man whose head and arms were literally on fire was burning Savage, standing next to a man dressed in some sort of robotic suit who fired blast after blast into the magician.

Kara’s eyes remained on the staff giving it as much heat as possible. Somewhere the police had turned to see Deathstroke’s little army being beaten back by a woman in white and a man who resembled Captain Cold, only this couldn’t be him because he was using his freeze gun to take out the legs of the foot soldiers while his female companion beat the hell out of those left standing. Barry moved towards Kara, ready to grab her and run if her vision should fail and Savage unleashed the staff again.

“Barry she is nearly depleted. She has to be! Get her out of there!” Caitlin screamed into Barry’s ears from S.T.A.R. labs.

Barry however, could not get close enough, the beams from Kara’s eyes growing brighter turning into one solid laser focused on the staff. Savage no longer able to stand the blasts of the ATOM and Firestorm fell back, his grip on the weapon loosening and Kara took over, destroying the staff. The explosion knocked all to the ground, even Firestorm and Ray.

Kara was the first to stand up, followed by Barry.

“How do we kill him?” Kara asked.

“He has to be killed by Kendra but she is indisposed at the moment. We have to figure out some way to contain him but I don’t have a clue.” the woman in white told her. She had a staff in her hands and was focused solely on Savage.

“He can’t die?” Kara asked.

“Not unless Kendra kills him.” Jax answered.

“Fine. If he can’t die I can make sure he doesn’t stay here.” Kara moved behind Savage locking her arms under his shoulders and her hands behind his head, preventing him from moving.

“Kara whatever you are thinking about doing…” Barry started, but Kara just gave him a bloody grin, bent her knees and shot up into the sky.

“Man, she can move. I don’t think we could keep up Grey.” Jax whispered to his partner in his head.

“What is she planning?” Ray asked Barry, who was joined by a limping Oliver and Thea. All were looking up at the spot Kara had just disappeared through the clouds, heroes and police wondering what was going on. Snart ignored the proceedings after a brief glance and began spraying a downed Wilson with ice, surrounding the beaten man in a glacier. He was barely breathing after the beating Flash, Arrow and Speedy had delivered.

“I thought she was joking.” Barry whispered.

“About what?” the Arrow saw nothing funny in this day. Felicity was nearly killed. Kara could still be killed, and if not for the arrival of old friends things could have gone very differently.

“She is going to throw him into space.” Barry explained, not quite believing it.

Kara shot up in the sky, her entire body screaming, but dedicated to her mission, ignoring the pain, drawing on reserves she had not used since Non. Savage was becoming more alert, but unless he had some ability to fly he was completely at her mercy.

“What do you think you are doing? You can’t kill me with a fall. I can’t die you ignorant child!”

“Cisco, tell me how high I can go before I reach the edge of the atmosphere.”

“Uh Kara are you sure…”

“Cisco tell me when I get there.”

Kara ignored the squirming trapped man in her arms, continuing up until the sky became darker. This led to unpleasant memories of being lost in space, unable to breathe, thinking she would die alone. The heroine had no plans to do that again.

“I had a coworker I used to dream of doing this to. Not a very nice thought but we all have a dark side right? I know you won’t die, but if you come back to Earth you are going to be ashes in the atmosphere.”

“You are there Kara! Another hundred feet and you are out of atmosphere. You are barely getting enough oxygen now. Cait is freaking out!”

Kara flipped Savage in the air and grabbed his throat.

“If I see you again, I will figure out a way to kill you, I promise. Enjoy eternal life. Trust me, it is cold up there.”

Kara threw the man with all her strength, watching his wide eyes retreat into the darkness at high speed until he stopped. She used her superior eyesight to make sure he had slipped the bonds of gravity. As soon as he had, his breathing stopped.

Vandal Savage may not be able to die but he would keep dying and being reborn until he could figure out a way back to Earth that didn’t involve burning up in the atmosphere and having his ashes spread across the planet by the four winds.

Kara began drifting back to Earth. She was tired, and wanted to sleep for a very long time…

She closed her eyes and never noticed the high speed her body began falling out of the sky.

On the ground the heroes had lost sight of her long ago. Barry’s heart was racing, his arm was shattered from the punch that caved in Slade Wilson’s head, a man who was still squirming under a block of ice. The police had tried to move in only to be stopped by A.R.G.U.S. helicopters, whose agents quickly took over the scene. Harkness was strapped to a stretcher, due to his inability to walk, with an arrow wound in one leg and a shattered knee cap courtesy of Spartan, on the other. Oliver took a moment and stuck a finger in one of Harkness’s shoulder wounds causing him to shriek. Felicity had opened up coms between Team Arrow, Flash, Kara and Ray’s suit. She was less than thrilled to see Sara back, even though she had always liked the woman. Still a feeling of unease settled in on her that she would have given more concern to if she was not so worried about her new EA who risked her life fighting a man who destroyed cities throughout history.

“Guy’s Kara is falling fast. I don’t think she is flying down either. She is dropping!” Cait yelled through the coms. Barry’s heart froze in his chest.

“On it.” Ray told the group, taking off, Jax following.

“Ray she has probably blown out her powers. You cannot just catch her at high speed or you will break every bone in her body.” Cait explained, forcing herself to remain calm.

“Copy that.”

“Jax we cannot touch her if she is without this strength she possesses. We could burn her.” Dr. Stein told his partner.

“You would rather she hit the ground? Ray could do more damage in that metal suit than we would.”

“Let him have first shot. Then we will try.”

“Cisco do you have her altitude?” Ray asked, scanning the sky for the blonde.

“Yeah she should be right there…”

Kara passed the two heroes, moving at such speed neither had a chance to catch her enough to even slow her down. Both Ray and Jax flew straight down after her, Ray not having as much speed as Firestorm.

Firestorm gained within ten feet of her, noticing that she was completely limp, passed out. He gently reached out and grabbed her boot, slowing her still rapid descent.

“Let go of her boot and try the other one. We have nearly burned through this one.” the Doctor pointed out.

Jax attempted to grab her other boot but she was falling too fast.

“We are losing her.” Stein unnecessarily pointed out.

“You think I don’t know that?!” Jax yelled.

“This is Ray. Jax is trying to keep up and I can’t. She is in a free fall. Any ideas?”

“I got her. I see her.” Jax when I grab her grab me. I don’t care how much you burn me, just make sure I land on the ground first.” the Flash instructed.

Barry watched Kara falling. She was finally in sight. He would run up the building and catch her, taking her momentum by falling back. It would jar her but as long as he backed back down the wall quickly he should take the brunt of it.

“Barry can you grab her with your arm shattered?” Run me on your back…” Oliver offered.

“Nope. Gotta go.”

Barry took off, running up the side of the apartment building Thea had been at., Once he was at the top, Kara nearly flew past him. He jumped away from the building and caught her, his body immediately falling backwards, her in his arms. If nothing else he would break her fall with his own body.

Thirty feet from the ground, he felt warm hands on his back, then hotter then burning, but he knew he would survive the fall. He may burn to death but it would be worth it.

Firestorm landed and sat them on the ground quickly, Barry’s back smoking and Kara’s boot nearly ash. Oliver picked Kara up from Barry’s chest and lay her next to her injured boyfriend.

The Flash rolled over, ignoring his shattered arm and burned back.

“Kara! Talk to me! Open your eyes!”

“Give it a second Barry. She hasn’t breathed in the last minute due to the fall.” Oliver explained. Felicity had arrived on the scene and Cait was pushing through the crowd of A.R.G.U.S. agents, police and heroes, surrounding the two on the ground.

Caitlin had an oxygen tank and placed a mask on Kara’s face immediately. She then began barking orders to police officers to find EMS workers. Barry’s arm needed to be splinted or it wouldn’t set right. Oliver and Thea were both bleeding, Thea holding onto her ribs. Dig began by setting Barry’s arm, and when it cracked the speedster never noticed, still nearly lying on top of Kara.

Everyone quieted down when Kara’s eyes fluttered open. She reached up to remove her oxygen mask, so Cait let her for a moment, wincing at her bloodshot eyes and bloody face. She knew the woman was most likely covered in other wounds and burns and would need days under a sun lamp. Joe had forced his way to Barry, a hand on his back and his eyes on Kara.

Kara took in the unfamiliar faces looking down on her in concern and then focused on the face that mattered, the one inches from hers.

“Did we win?” she whispered.

“Yeah, we won.” Barry told her with a relieved sob. “What did you do with him?”

Kara grinned.

“I threw him into space.” she laughed quietly and fell back asleep.

“Everyone give us room. I have to get her under solar lamps now.” Caitlin ordered.

Barry, his arm splinted by Dig, stood up with Dig’s help. Oliver gently lifted Kara and placed her in Barry’s arms and the two were gone, probably half way to S.T.A.R. labs already.

Caitlin hurried off to her car, Felicity right behind her. Cait hoped Cisco had done as she instructed and had the new and improved solar bed ready for the blonde heroine.

Once the two women left, Jax and Dr. Stein separated. Jax asked the question everyone wanted to know.

“Who the hell is she and how do we get one for our team?”

“You can’t.” Oliver told him. “She is one of a kind and she is taken. I suppose we should all head back to the Flash cave. When she is feeling better its probably time you all met Superwoman.”