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[ oliver's pov ]

"Babe, I made breakfast-" The sound of what was not Felicity Smoak's voice fills my ears, my eyes slowly opening, sunlights shining through the curtains, blinding me for a split second.

I slowly sat up, the comforter falling off my bare chest, as I looked around, confused as ever. This was not my bedroom.

"Honey-" The recognizable voice of Zee Allen sounds as she calls from downstairs, "It'll get cold."

My eyebrows furrow in confusion, as I got up, slipping on a grey t shirt, leaving the room and walking down the stairs slowly, my eyes squinting at the sight of a framed picture of Zee and I.

I start to mutter under my breath, eyeing everything around me, "What the hell-"

"Morning." Zee tiredly chirped, walking over to me, somehow even with her short height, wrapping an arm around my shoulders, holding a bowl in her hands, "Look- I made a decent breakfast today."

She had on an burnt orange sweater, the color bringing out the complexion of her skin. Her badge was attached to the waistband of her skinny jet black jeans, rips at her knees, her hair straight and slightly longer than the last time I had seen her, stood on her tippy toes due to her white slip on vans not giving her to push she needed to meet my height.

"Breakfast-?" I ask, looking at her perplexingly.

"Yes, breakfast." She smiles up at me, "I know you usually like your pancakes, waffles and sausage and all, but I didn't wanna just wake you up to a bowl of cereal because of how bad of a cook I am. Of course, you being a speedster, it'd take a snap of a finger for you to make a whole feast, but you were already sleeping in so I didn't wanna disturb you. But, then I realized this morning that the only thing I'm actually good at in the cooking department is cutting and putting stuff together, so I made açaí bowls for breakfast. There's granola and everything. And I mean- you did sleep in- or if you would've woken up on time, I would've made you make breakfast."

I slowly nod, not knowing what to say to her, my confusion increasing.

"I promise, they're really good." She laughs softly, pressing a short and sweet kiss to my lips, my eyes widening at the gesture.

I stare at her with wide eyes, stammering, "What if Barry walks in? What if- he could have seen that?"

"What?" She looks at me confused, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Where's Barry?" I ask her.

"Did you get enough sleep last night?" She asks me, patting my chest, walking over to the dinner table as I aimlessly follow her, "I know that we haven't caught Cicada, but Caitlin's immunity can help us. She's our secret weapon."

"Who's Cicada?" I immediately question.

"Our big bad." She answers obviously, concern flashing in her eyes once she sat down, setting down the bowl, "Barry, are you okay?"

"I'm Barry?" I gape at her.

"Yeah?" She stares at her, somewhat weirded out, patting the table surface for me to sit in the seat, as I did what she gestured, as she grabbed my hand, "Honey, hi. Talk to me."

I look at our hands, then look up at her, stammering, "I did not get enough sleep."

"Are you sure it's not my cooking?" The entire subject changes, a cautious look on her face, "All I did was throw stuff into a bowl and call it a day. Did I really do this wrong too?"

"No, no." I clear my throat, grabbing the bowl, sniffing the fruity smell, "This smells delicious."

"The last time you said something like that, you forced burnt pancakes down to make me happy." She lightly hits my arm, "You know what? I think that you call Captain Singh and you ask for a day off. I'm gonna have to head to the station soon, but with all the superhero-ing you've been doing, I think you've earned it."

"You think maybe I should go into Star Labs?" I ask her, looking at her, a small giggle leaving her lips, as I was quick to follow up, "What- what?"

"Only my husband would think working on Speed Force equations would be called a day off." She softly laughs, looking at me with eyes filled with pure truth, "I love you, Barry Allen."

"I love you," I continued to play the part, our eyes connected, trailing off, "Zee Allen."

Her attention is quickly diverted to her phone when it starts to repeatedly buzz, "Break in at Ivo Labs. Cisco's on comms."

"I'll meet you guys at Star Labs." She jumped up, running up the stairs.

I slowly stood up, staring at the stairs for a second, before turning, running right to the kitchen island, my hands gripping it quickly, my eyes widening at the sudden electricity running through my veins, "Whoa- that's a rush."

I turn, whooshing back to where I stood before, only to accidentally knock over two things off the small table, grabbing them quickly and setting them back down before they fell.

"Sorry, I polished it last night and left it on our dresser." Zee came running back down, tossing me a ring, before rushing out the front door.

I slowly slipped on the ring, it being some sorry of Flash ring I assumed, due to the red back and yellow lighting bolt on it.

I hesitantly push my fist into the air, the red suit flying out the ring, as I rush right into it, turning, eyeing myself in the full body mirror, "Oh, Barry, what have you done this time?"

I run out, barely making it to the destination, Cisco's voice filling my ears through the comms, "Barry, we got a break-in at Ivo Labs, two armed men going after diamonds, the ones they use for conductors."

"Hey, pump the brakes." Cisco told me, "You're gonna have to hang a U-ey, 'cause you passed Ivo by about 18 blocks."

I run back, stopping in from of the building, running inside, "Found it."

"Someone's excited to get to work." Cisco remarks, "It is too early for this."

The sound of alarms blaring and people screaming catches my attention when I run in, an armed man holding a gun to a security guard's head, the other quickly bagging the diamonds, "Forget it, Flash. We're leaving with the diamonds, or this guy dies."

"Hey, what are you doing there? Just hit the guy with the lightning punch." Cisco told me after I froze up, not knowing what to do.

I stammer, going with my usual lingo, "You have failed this city."

"Pretty sure that's not your line." Cisco says, as I start to run towards the men, only to run right into something, "Your adrenaline levels are off the charts. What's going on?"

The sound of gunfire makes me look up quick, many bullets heading in my direction, as everything suddenly went slow motion.

Everything has stopped, the bullets still in the air as I looked around.

I used this as my opportunity to run in circles and throw a lightning bolt, it going completely berserk, hitting the two men, the security guard running off, and then landing in some sort of metal box.

"Overkill much?" Cisco comments, "Cops are on the way. Why don't you just let them take over from here?"

-

"So he's fine, Caitlin?" Zee Allen said from next to me, holding my hand between both of hers.

"Mm-hmm." Caitlin nods, setting down the device she was just using to check me.

"Really? There are no anomalies? I don't I don't have a brain tumor? Nothing?" I blurt out, everything getting weirder and weirder by the second.

"Barry, you're in perfect shape." Caitlin reassures me.

"Literally-" Zee puts a hand on my stomach, where my abs began, "I mean, hi, these abs."

I laugh uncomfortably, "Maybe we could lay off the public displays of affection, just at work, you know?"

"Since when?" Ralph Dibny questioned, "You're always saying that touch is your love language."

"That's right, Ralph." Cisco comments.

"Just feel like we're being very insensitive to all of you." I come up with an excuse.

"Oh, man, we've talked about this." Cisco began, "I'm over Gypsy, okay? But I appreciate the thought." Cisco hugs me, "I'll be all right."

"I'm gonna go home-" I clear my throat, standing up when he pulls away, "Because I need to think."

"Think?" Zee quietly repeats in confusion as I nod, leaving the room, stepping into the hall.

I pause, turning around, seeing Zee, Caitlin and Ralph standing at the doorway, "What are you guys doing?"

"Following you into the hallway." Caitlin answered.

"'Cause something is definitely up." Ralph continued.

Cisco peaks his head through, "You need to talk about it?"

Zee stepped up, "Yeah, Barry, you haven't seemed like yourself all morning."

"I'm fine." I told them, "I just think that maybe I should go and talk with someone who might better understand what I'm going through."

"I'll be back." I turn, "I'm gonna go see Oliver Queen."

-

[ barry's pov ]

My eyes widen at the sight in front of me, when it wasn't my wife getting ready for work or trying to cook breakfast, "Dig, what are you doing here?"

"I'm kicking your butt." He laughs, "Now get up, come on."

I obey, getting up quick, looking around, "You guys redecorate the Bunker?"

"Oliver, you've been to ARGUS a million times." He grunts when throwing a punch at me, as I dodged it.

I block a punch, staring at him, "Oliver?"

He threw a few more punches at me, only for me to have him on the ground in seconds, everything running through my mind, a small scoff in surprise leaving my lips, "I'm Oliver Queen."

"Yeah, I'll say." Dig got up, dusting himself off.

"I'm the Green Arrow." I realize, my eyes wide with somewhat excitement as the inner fanboy in me fought to rise, my entire expression changing as I realize how bad this could be, "Holy crap."

I lift up my shirt, eyeing the sudden tattoo and scars I had on my body, "I've been hanging with a tough crowd, huh?"

"Yeah, you think?" Dig laughs quietly.

"Look, I need to make a call, just to Star Labs, just for some important Green Arrow business." I stammer, pulling down my shirt, walking over to him, "You know how it is."

"Later." He pats my back, walking to the monitor that continuously beeped.

I start to question, "What's that?"

"We've got Bratvas fighting Bertinelli's over in old Diaz weapons cache in the Glades." Dig looked at me, "I could really use some backup, Oliver."

I stammer, "Oh, man, I don't know if I'm feeling up for it. I think I just tweaked something."

"ARGUS rapid response is on another mission. We're the only ones that can make it in time." He told me.

"Okay, yeah, I'm in." I sigh, trying to prepare myself for what was going to happen.

"Good." He opens some sort of case, grabbing the suit, handing it to me, "Suit up."

"How do I put this-" I stare at the green leathered suit in my hands, turning quickly, Dig leaving the room, as I mindlessly follow him, "I forget, do- do I need help putting this on?"

-

"What are you doing?" John Diggle asks me through the comms when I zip line and knock a gunman out, "I thought you going to fire an incendiary arrow."

"So did I." I admit quietly, sighing, looking around, standing up quick, shooting two arrows, knocking two guys out of the field, throwing punches and single handedly taking everyone else out, the fanboy in me rising, "Did you freaking see that?"

John ran in, "Stop fooling around and get the driver."

I quickly turn, shooting an arrow at the tires of the van, the tires screeching, the van crashing and stopping, "Damn."

I turn, my eyes landing on John, someone definitely wasn't on our team ready to take him out, "Diggle!"

Suddenly, we were both whooshed out of there, as I already knew who had just saved our asses.

"No- no." John said, before turning once we came to a stop, throwing up in the first thing he saw.

"Oh, man." I said loudly, my eyes landing on Oliver, dressed in my suit, "Oh, I'm glad to see you."

"Uh-huh, yeah." He huffs, looking at me.

I comment, "Nice outfit."

-

"This can't be a coincidence. There there has to be a reason behind this, which means that someone is responsible." Oliver spoke as we were in the bunker, him speaking as I did the salmon ladder, "We need to know who- hey, can you can you not do that?"

I jump off, looking at him, a laugh leaving my lips, "Man, what a total "Freaky Friday." No, wait, we didn't switch bodies. It's more of a "Quantum Leap." Where's a mirror?"

Oliver blinks long and hard, then looks at me, spluttering, "Focus, just for a second, and take this seriously because the world thinks that you're Oliver Queen and that I'm Barry Allen, and I would really like to know why."

I nod, "Totally."

"Is that cool?" Oliver asks, swiping through things on the tablet he held, pulling it onto the big screen.

"Yes. I'm sorry." I nod, looking at the wedding photo of Oliver and Zee, then a article of me as Mayor, "Weird- hey, Mayor."

Oliver looks at me. "Just, if you could just- for 90 seconds of seriousness."

"You gotta admit, this is a little cool." I defend myself, looking back at the screen.

"I will find it a lot cooler when I wake up in my own bed tomorrow morning. Not to mention, when I'm kissing my own wife and not your-" Oliver realizes what had slipped out of his mouth, his lips pursing in regret.

My entire mood shifts, I thought of him in bed with Zee or even touching her angering me, my head snapping towards him, "You woke up in bed with Zee?"

"Mm-hmm." He hesitated.

"And you kissed her?" My jaw was clenched, staring at him.

"She kissed me-" He stepped away quickly, already regretting telling me this, "I barely- even kissed back."

My tone was moved into a rushed shout, "We have to fix this right now!"

-

"Let me get this straight." Sherloque spoke, as Oliver and I sat with the Med Lab with Team Flash, "You believe that you are not Barry Allen, but in fact, he is?"

"Barry, did you time travel again?" Caitlin asked.

"No, I didn't." I began to answer.

"She's talking to Barry." Sherloque told me.

I look at him with frustration burning in my eyes, speaking loud and clear, "I am Barry."

"Yeah, and I'm Wild Dog." Cisco says sarcastically.

"Easy, Wild Dog." Sherloque stops him.

My eyes were glued to Zee, as she stared at the two of us in complete bewilderment.

"Sarcasm." Cisco rolls his eyes.

Sherloque remarks, "It's not great sarcasm, Cisco."

Caitlin got up, grabbing some sort of device, walking over to me, my attention tearing away from Zee and to Caitlin, "Do you mind if I-"

I huff, "No, of course not."

Cisco stood by Oliver, scanning him also, Caitlin speaking, causing me to squeeze my eyes shut in frustration, "Oliver's brain scan is perfectly normal, no signs of hypnosis or psychic interference."

"Tachyon meters are clear." Cisco said, "No one's screwing with the Timeline."

"Guys, come on, seriously?" Zee finally spoke up, causing my eyes to snap open and look at her, as she gestures towards me, "I mean, there's no way that I could be married to Oliver Queen."

My heart aches once she gestured towards me, as her expression softens at the look on my face.

She clears her throat, snapping out of her, looking at Oliver, "Sorry, but, babe, you know he's not my type, right?"

"Zee," I gently call out to her, a mixture of hurt and disbelief threaded in my tone, "You really don't believe me?"

Her entire expression softens once more as she looked into my eyes from where she stood, not knowing what to tell me.

She had to believe me. With the way her expression softened, I could tell something sparked in her.

"We're telling the truth. Okay? We're telling the truth." Oliver stood up as I followed his lead, "Something is very, very wrong with reality."

I nod in agreement, "Yeah."

"All right, Team Flash meeting." Sherloque calls, pointing at Oliver, "Not you, Barry."

"That- I-" I stammer, stopping myself with every word, getting frustrated by the moment.

Everyone slowly left one by one, my eyes glued to Zee. She slowly trails behind everyone else, looking between Oliver and I.

She breaks eye contact, following everyone quickly.

"I swear- if you touch her-" I point at Oliver, my jaw clenched, practically starting to threaten him.

"I didn't touch her." Oliver puts his hands up in surrender.

"You thought about it." I shot back, turning away from him, huffing, running my hands through my hair.

Oliver starts to walk, finding his way into the Lounge as I followed him, "All right, well, if your team's not gonna help us, then we have to keep moving."

"They'll help us, okay? They'll help us." I assure him, as we came to a stop, my eyes landing on Zee, who was standing on the balcony alone, holding a drink, "We just gotta get we just gotta get Zee on board first."

"Good- fine, how- how are you going to convince her?" He asks me.

"I'm not, you are." I point at him.

"She's your wife." He argued.

"I know, man." I huff, "I know, I don't- I don't like this anymore than you do. You just gotta tell her how much you care about her. Tell her she's your lightning rod."

Oliver laughs, "I'm not- I'm not saying that."

"Just say it." I told him as he starts to walk away, "Trust me. It works every time-"

-

[ oliver's pov ]

"Mind if I join you?" I slowly walk up behind Zee, as she looked back at me.

She exhales through her nose, her voice quiet, tilting her head to the side, "Come on."

I step onto the balcony, grabbing the other glass, speaking before taking a sip of the alcohol, "This should help."

"I guess you forgot you can't get drunk?" She chuckles in disbelief, sipping her own drink, looking away.

"This day could not get any worse." I huff, setting down the glass.

"This day could not get any weirder." She corrects me, looking at me, setting down her drink, "You really think that you're Oliver?"

"Yeah." I told her honestly.

She sighs, looking at Barry, who's back was turned towards us as he was hunched over, leaning against the counter, looking back at us repeatedly; in overprotection.

"You know, Felicity called me when Oliver was in prison." She cleared her throat, looking up at me, "I know you and Oliver are really good friends, but, do you know how he ended up in Slabside?"

I stammer, "She- she called you?"

"He cut a deal, Barry, completely behind Felicity's back. He didn't even warn her." She stared at me dead in the eye, "The FBI just showed up and took him away."

"She said all that?" I quietly ask.

"She's hurting." She admitted, "Oliver's life, it's completely defined by anger, vengeance. And I can totally see why- because of all the pain- and loss he has gone through. I'm not trying to put any blame on him, because he's one of my friends. I've fought along side with him before- and when I needed him in the field- or off, he was there. But- I can't see you- being him."

"Are you not the least bit worried that reality might be broken?" I ask her, feeling slightly dizzy, "Don't you have to consider what we're telling you is the truth? Isn't it possible?"

"Yeah, yeah, it is, which is why I'm really sorry, Barry." She shamefully looks down.

"What did you- I thought I couldn't get drunk." I stumble, grabbing onto the railing.

"Nanites, courtesy of Ray Palmer." She told me, as I fell with a grunt, her catching me, "We need to get you to a safe place until we can figure out what happened. And right now- you're too focused on this to even take a breather."

Her voice ranges distant, as she sets me down, "I hope you can understand."

-

[ barry's pov ]

My eyes open, as I blinked a few times, adjusting to my sight. I look around, realizing that we were trapped in the pipeline, a sigh leaving my lips, "Oh, come on."

"Guys, come on!" I yelled, getting up, "Let us out of here! Come on."

"Why are we in your secret prison?" Oliver asked from where he was seated.

"It's not a prison. It's a Tesla conductor tube that dampens meta-powers." I explained, my eyes scanning the look on his face, "Okay, it's a prison. We just need to convince everybody that- we're not crazy!"

"How?" Oliver got up, "How do you suggest that we do that? Because everyone on Earth thinks that we're each other."

"That's it." I looked at him, "Maybe it's just Earth-1 that's been affected. If we can get an extrapolator, breach to Earth-38 and find Kara. If she remembers us, then maybe she can help fix whatever's happened."

"You skipped the part where you explain how we escape." Oliver looked at me.

I huff, leaning my back against the blue wall.

Oliver looked around the cell, "I spent the past seven months in a maximum security prison, and no matter how bad things got and they got bad. Every cell had a toilet."

I shot him a look, kicking my foot against one corner of the wall, a square popping open, a toilet seat moving right out, "You sure you can't hold it?"

I stare at him, realizing what he was implying, "Oh, you wanna back up the pipes-"

"And fry the dampener, yes." Oliver nods.

"That's a good idea." I pull off the top, "One problem, I'm not gonna be able to reach the valve with these on."

"You're gonna have to dislocate your thumb." Oliver instructs.

My tone ranged high, "Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy." Oliver said, "You need to dislocate your thumb. Just apply pressure to the joint."

I start to do what he says, but chicken out last second, "No, I'm gonna break my hand-"

"You're not gonna break your hand, because in this reality, your ligaments have been stretched and conditioned in the art of escape by Anatoly Knyazev." Oliver began to demand. "Now, man up, apply pressure to the joint, and dislocate your thumb."

I sigh, doing what he told me, the sound of cracking and crunching coming from my hand, a groan leaving my lips, slipping my hand out from the cuffs, "It worked."

"Yeah." Oliver nods as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

I put my hand through, pulling on some wires, pulling my hand out quick, "Okay, now just wait for it."

The pipe cracks, electricity zapping, Oliver looking up, "Dampener's down. Now what?"

"You're gonna have to phase us out of here." I told him.

"What?" He questioned.

"Phasing." I repeat, "That's when I vibrate at the frequency of air, causing all the cells in my body to get so excited I can pass through solid objects."

"Right, phasing." Oliver cleared his throat, putting his hands forward.

"Want any advice?" I ask.

"One second here, Barry, please." Oliver says, trying to concentrate.

"I'm just saying, it's not an easy move, and if you screw this up then you're gonna come out of the phase halfway through the glass." I explained.

Oliver looks back and starts to laugh, causing me to look at him in disbelief, "What? Why are you laughing?"

"I didn't realize-" Oliver laughs, "Your thumb looks ridiculous."

I look down at my hand, jumping lightly at the sight, "Oh, my God."

"I didn't realize that's how mine looked." Oliver laughed, phasing out of the cuffs.

"Well, look at that, you did it." I exclaimed, Oliver positioning himself to phase out the cell, as I quickly put my hand on his shoulder, "Don't leave me, man."

Oliver phased us out the cell, "Figured it out."

"All right, let's go." I jog into Cisco's workshop, Oliver following after me.

"Get the extrapolator and get out of here." Oliver told me, as start to look through everything to find one.

"I can't let you guys do that." Zee's voice instantly catches my attention, my head snapping back, my eyes landing on her short figure, holding the extrapolator in her hand.

"Zee-" I slowly stood up, taking a step closer to her, "Hear me out, please."

"Oliver- we may be friends but it's not going to stop me from putting you right back in that cell until we figure out what the hell is going on." She stared at me dead in the eye.

"Zee, please, I know how weird this is, but somewhere inside, you know we're telling the truth, that it's me, Barry." I told her, taking another step closer to her, now directly in front of her, "You've always listened and taken consideration of both sides. Now- I need you to listen- I need you to believe me."

She shook her head, starting to turn away from me. On instinct, I grab her hand, pulling towards me, picking her, turning towards Oliver.

"Oliver-" She kicks her legs, looking up at me, her eyes flashing crystal white for a split second.

I set her down, "Do you remember when you first found out about my parents?"

She stared up at me, her eyes fading from the crystal white, shifting back into her normal dark brown color, "You came over the day you got suspended for calling out Ivy Valentina in front of everyone, for being the reason a classmate of yours was too thin."

"Ivy was turning her into a damn rexy." Zee stared at me, her tone low, not breaking our eye contact, shocked that who she thought was Oliver Queen knew about this.

"When I saw that you found out- that you found the newspaper that I had kept for years since that night-" I went on, hoping that I was getting through to her due to the softening of her features, "I looked at you and I said, "My dad didn't do it." And then you said-"

She cuts me off, her eyes slightly holding a red tint, small tears at the rims of her eyes, "I believe you."

"You always have. No matter what we've been through today- you've always backed me. You believed me- when no one would- and whenever there was so much proof against me. And now I need you to believe me again." I spoke from my heart, "Zee, you're my lightning rod."

She blinks, taking in a shaky breath, grabbing my hand, placing the extrapolator in it, holding my hand in both of hers, "Hurry- before the others find out you guys broke out the cell."

I press a kiss to her forehead habitually, grabbing the bag and opening the breach, looking right at her, "We'll fix this, I promise."

She nods, swallowing, as Oliver and I jump through the breach, on the other side being a woman, holding a hammer.

I drop the bag I was holding, jumping back, "Wait, wait, wait."

"Who are you?" She asks, keeping her position.

"We come in peace." I quickly say, holding my hands out as if it would stop her.

"Whoa, Lois, wait, wait." Kara rushes over, "This is Barry and Oliver. They're friends."

"Wait." Oliver spoke, "So you know that I'm Oliver and he's Barry?"

Kara stutters in confusion, "Yeah, w- why wouldn't I?"

"Oh, man." We both huff in unison.

"Um, you guys, this is my cousin Clark." Kara introduced the man next to Lois, "I'm so glad you get to meet."

"Your cousin." I repeat, "That cousin? The super cousin?"

"Oh, please, call me Clark." He told us, "Uh, welcome to our farm."

I looked at Oliver, my eyebrows furrowing as I whisper to him, "Are you puffing out your chest?"

"Yes." Oliver admitted, whispering, keeping his gaze straight.

"Lois Lane, "Daily Planet." Lois introduces herself.

"Wait, why did you guys think I wouldn't recognize you?" Kara begs the question.

"Oh, uh-" Oliver lifts his hand, vibrating for a few seconds.

"Oh." Kara stares at it, "Well, that's new."

I nod, "We could use your help."

-

"Again." Oliver instructs after I shot another pain can with an arrow.

"Okay, come on, man." I complain, "I mean, I've been shooting paint cans all afternoon."

"Unless a paint can rewrote reality- and made us swap lives-" Oliver looked at me.

"I get it-" I try to stop him.

Oliver continues, "Then you need actual combat training, Barry."

"All right, fine." I said, "You know what? Why don't you go over there, run at me, and I'll try and hit you with an arrow."

"Right, okay." Oliver laughs lightly, "Where did you bury the remote control bows?"

"Dude." I chuckle, "Come on, I'm not you."

"Yeah, well, okay." Oliver runs a good distance, stopping, "Ready!"

I aim an arrow at him, a grin on my lips, "Here we go."

I let go, Oliver running, catching the arrow before it even lays an end on him, "Nice try."

Suddenly, two arrows land right in his back, a sound of pain coming from him, a burst of laughter leaving my lips, "Oh, I've been waiting four years for that, man. Oh, it's priceless."

"Hold on." I told him when he turns for me to get them out, grabbing my phone out, "Need to get a photo."

"What?" He snapped.

"Boom. I got it, don't worry. Hold on a second." I put  my phone away, pulling out the two arrows, laughing, "That's great."

"You think this is funny? Do you think my skills are a joke?" Oliver turned and faced me.

"Come on, man." I looked at him, the smile not leaving my lips, "I was a much better sport when you shot me."

"I shot you to teach you how to case an environment." Oliver stated, "You shot me to get a laugh."

"All right." I backed off.

"You know what? Fine, fine." Oliver continued, "Come at me. Try to get one hit in."

"Deck him, Barry!" Lois yells from where her, Kara and Clark stood.

"I'm not doing this." I looked at him, "This isn't how I train."

"Oh, you train? Really?" Oliver pushed, "I thought your powers just dropped out of the sky."

I shoot my head, "If you're trying to get a rise out of me, it's not gonna work."

"Need a peanut gallery? Can you not do anything without your wife in your ear?" Oliver pressed.

"Are you serious, man?" I scoff, "Felicity invented quarterbacking."

"I don't think that you can go more than nine hours without some sappy motivational speech." Oliver spat at me.

"I'm not doing this." I turn away, starting to walking away from him.

"Your team betrayed you." He shouted after me, "You needed them, and they weren't there."

"I'm not doing this." I yelled back, continuing to walk.

He starts to run towards me, as I instantly turned to my side and crouched down, as he hit my back, rolling onto the ground, grunting as he fell, staring at the sky in frustration.

I shook my head, "You know, if you really knew how to use my speed, I never could have laid a finger on you."

-

[ zee's pov ]

"So an evil copycat Gort is coming to klaatu barada kick-to our asses, and we can't let out Flash and Green Arrow to fight it?" Ralph questioned from the cortex, as I followed Sherloque right in there.

"Well, we could if they were still here." Sherloque exposed me, "Why don't you tell them, Zee Allen, what happened."

I open my mouth to speak, nothing coming out, my gaze shifting from all of them.

Ralph stared at my expression, already knowing what I did, "You let them out?"

"Hear me out, okay?" My hands slid into my back pockets, "When I talked to Oliver- I could feel something. I felt what I feel whenever I talk to my husband. Guys, I felt like I was really talking to Barry- my Barry- our Barry."

"I believe you." Cisco spoke up, crossing his arms, "It is weird out there. These red skies, Barry and Oliver that, and I vibed somebody in the Speed Lab."

"What?" Sherloque questioned.

"Yeah." Cisco nods, "Some guy with ridges on his head, these big muttonchops."

"Do you think that the red skies, this guy, these disparate events are somehow connected?" Sherloque asked.

"So- Barry and Oliver were mind-swapped by a guy with muttonchops?" Caitlin puts together in a questionable tone.

Ralph exhales, "Man, it's not even Tuesday."

The monitor starts to beep rapidly, as I slip through everyone, looking down at the screen, "It's AMAZO. He just entered city limits."

-

[ barry's pov ]

"Don't tell me you came to say sorry." I say, staring at Oliver as he walks onto the porch, as I was seated on railings.

"I try to avoid saying that word." Oliver looks at me.

"Look, man, I get it." I sigh, "You were just trying to help in your own Oliver way, trying to get a rise out of me so I'd fight like you."

"Yeah, it's more than that, Barry." Oliver began, "I've been doing this for a very long time. And nearly every time that I learn a lesson, it comes with a painful memory. Watched friends die. I've had to kill to survive."

"When I'm the Green Arrow, I channel those painful memories. I- I draw on a darkness every time I draw back my bow." He went on, "So to see you with all of my abilities, just laughing and joking around, it pissed me off, more than I would care to admit."

"Whenever I run, whatever I'm feeling inside, grief, guilt," I started, "I've gotta just let it go and focus on whatever I'm running toward: Zee, my friends, all the joy in my life."

"When I'm happy, I run faster, just like when you phased earlier." I start to realize, "You were having a good time."

Oliver pieces together, "You couldn't dislocate your thumb until you got angry."

"If you're gonna be the Green Arrow and I'm gonna be the Flash-" Oliver started.

I finish for him, "Maybe we need to start acting more like each other."

"Yes, finally, God." Kara walks outside by us, scoffing lightly, "Super hearing, sorry."

"But I've been sitting in there waiting for you guys to figure this out because I have a lot of thoughts, okay?" Kara told us.

"I should smile more." Oliver comments.

"Yeah, maybe you should." Kara looked at him with all seriousness, slight tease in her tone, "It might help."

"You guys have to act the parts." Kara said, "Come on, try it."

"What?" I looked at her.

Kara imitates Oliver's Green Arrow voice, "I'm the
Green Arrow."

She starts to laugh as I imitate in a lower tone, "Wear a mask."

Oliver starts to laugh, "I don't sound like that-"

The sound of whooshing and the whirl of a breach catches our attention, Cisco and Zee coming right through one.

"Zee?" Her name slips out of my mouth instantly, as Kara, Oliver and I walk over to them.

"Cisco?" Kara says, looking at the two.

"Hey, Supergirl, Barry- Oliver." Cisco greets, clearing his throat.

"Kara, oh my god- hi-" Zee gasps, completely forgetting the agenda, Kara letting out a bubbly laugh as they both share a tight hug.

A smile forms on my lips as I looked at Zee.

She looked absolutely gorgeous in this light, the sun hitting her features well, making the color of her tanned skin stand out, the sweater making her complexion shine, her eyes and hair lighter due to the sunlight.

"How is everything going?" Kara pulled away from Zee, as they started to talk amongst themselves, Cisco snapping his fingers.

"Zee? Hello?" He catches her attention, "Not right now?"

"Right-" She clears her throat, looking at everyone, her eyes landing on me.

"You believe us now?" I ask, looking at the two of them.

"Yeah, we all do." Cisco nods, "Sorry we locked you up."

"But if you feel like forgiving us and coming back to Earth-1, we've got a little bit of a sitch back home-"
Zee began, leaning her arm against Cisco's shoulder despite her height.

Cisco cuts her off, "Like a please, for the love of God, there's a killer robot destroying the city kind of sitch."

"We could use some help." Zee nods, shrugging lightly.

"Let's do it." Oliver nods towards me.

"You wanna tag along?" Kara asks Clark.

"If you don't, I will, Smallville." Lois smiles at him.

"Cool." Cisco nods, "Who are you?"

"A friend." Clark smiles, before pulling open his shirt, revealing his Superman suit right under it.

Zee's eyes widen at the suit, a fan girly gasp leaving her lips, "Wait, we're gonna work with Superman? That's so freaking cool-"

I lightly laugh at how adorable she looked, Cisco shooting her a look.

"Son of a breach, not now Zee-" Cisco turns and opens a breach.

"Right- right-" She clears her throat, "Not the time-"

Cisco shot her another look, "Just get in the breach-"

-

[ zee's pov ]

"Where the hell are Zee and Cisco?" Ralph asks, as Cisco and I ran into the cortex.

"We're right here." Cisco calls out, "And we brought the big guns."

Ralph, Caitlin, Cisco and I watched through the live surveillance footage, Barry, Kara, Oliver and Clark coming out right into the field through a breach.

Oliver came up first, hitting AMAZO with lightning. Clark threw punches, while Kara blasted him with her super breath, Barry circling around him on his motorcycle, then jumping off and shooting him with an arrow.

"What are they doing?" Caitlin asked, looking down at the screen.

"Trying to keep AMAZO off balance before it has time to replicate their abilities." I told her, my eyes glued to the screen.

Kara hits AMAZO with her heat vision, Barry looking up at the sky, his voice coming clear through the comms, "Finish him."

Clark came down from the sky, crushing AMAZO into the ground.

"No sign of movement." Clark went back over to them.

Oliver nods, "Nice work."

"We got lucky." Barry comments.

The screen in front of us shows AMAZO start to move up, causing Cisco to speak in warning, "Uh, guys, you might want to get out of the way."

AMAZO resurfaced, standing on the concrete, looking at everyone.

"What the hell is he doing?" Oliver asked.

"Exactly what we wanted to avoid." Kara answered.

Clark makes a move, trying to hit him, whether it was with his fist or his elbow, only for AMAZO to phase with every touch, "Well, that's not great."

AMAZO uses their abilities one by one to knock them all of their feet, my eyes widening instantly when Barry hits the ground, "Barry-"

"I'm okay-" He tells me through the comms, groaning quietly.

"AMAZO copied all of their powers, and now it's on the hunt for more." I looked at Cisco, "Cisco, there's got to be something you can do to stop it."

"How do you stop a T-3000 that kills for breakfast?" Cisco looked at me.

"It's a computer, right?" Sherloque sipped his tea, "So just turn it off."

"I hate it when you're right." Cisco huffs, pulling Caitlin along, "Let's go."

"It can phase." Oliver comments, as they moved back over to each other.

Clark questioned, "That's what that's called?"

"Well, we can't fight what we can't hit." Kara stared the obvious.

"I've got an idea." Barry told them, "Bring him back here."

"No problem." Oliver nods, preparing himself to run again, his hands gesturing towards Barry, "Move."

Barry rolls his eyes, taking a step back so Oliver could run, a small laugh leaving my lips, then realizing this isn't a situation where I should be laughing, clearing my throat.

Oliver runs off, Barry looking at Kara and Clark, "When he comes back, knock him down. He won't be able to phase and run at the same time."

Suddenly, the screen turns static, a sigh leaving my lips, pulling up static's on AMAZO, "Cameras are down."

"Guys, where are we at?" Barry questioned through the comms.

"I think we got it." Caitlin ran in with Cisco.

Cisco held a device in his hands, "We reverse-engineered AMAZO's operating system and whipped up a virus to wipe the CPU."

"Not so difficult." Sherloque shrugs, "Except it's a robot that has replicated their super strengths, and, thus, now it is impenetrable, so you cannot put the virus inside it. That's not great."

"Okay, so what do we do?" Ralph asks.

"Look, if AMAZO inherited all of their strengths, then maybe it inherited their weaknesses too." I suggest, putting a strand of my hair behind my ear, looking between everyone.

"Only we're not gonna weaken it, Zee. We're gonna send it straight to hell." Barry's voice was dangerously low, raspiness threaded in his tone, "Oliver, you're gonna have to counteract AMAZO's phasing while Supergirl and Superman hold it."

My breath was caught at my throat when Barry said those words to me, not knowing how to feel.

I mean, it was really hot. I got to admit, but it didn't sound like the man I fell in love with at all.

"Got it." Oliver replied, still keeping AMAZO busy.

"I'll only have one shot." Barry's voice was deep, "Now, bring me that virus, Cisco."

Cisco rushes, breaching over there, attaching the device to the arrow.

"Get ready." Oliver warned, seconds before.

"Don't miss." Cisco told Barry.

"I won't." Barry said, positioning himself, aiming directly at AMAZO as Oliver, Clark and Kara held him.

"Hurry up!" Oliver yelled, signaling that they wouldn't be able to hold him much longer.

"AMAZO, you have failed this city." Barry exclaimed, before letting go, shooting the arrow right into AMAZO's eyes, the entire robot blasting into pieces.

-

"AMAZO has been dismantled and every piece locked up in a Star Labs vault except for this one." Cisco held up a piece, "This is my souvenir."

"A round of applause, everybody." Sherloque clapped, "Felicitations, Flash. That's quite a performance you did out there."

"Well, I appreciate that, but still Oliver Queen." Oliver said, clearing his throat.

"And I am still Barry Allen." Barry spoke up, gesturing to himself.

"I don't know, guys." Kara shrugs lightly, "You took down AMAZO in one shot. Only the Green Arrow can do that. And, Oliver, you outran AMAZO, just like the Flash."

"Maybe we should stick with this whole body swap thing for a while." Ralph suggests, "Seems to be working okay."

"I don't know that anybody would be too worried if you two don't switch back." Sherloque gestured to the both of them."

"Absolutely not." I pointed at the both of them, "I'm pretty sure that the majority of us can agree that it'd be better for everything to go back to normal. We need to figure out who did this to Barry and Oliver and why and then we're gonna reverse it, okay?"

"Caitlin, any thoughts?" Oliver questioned.

"I haven't quite figured it out yet, but until I do, I am confident that Central City and Star City are in good hands." Caitlin nods, smiling at us genuinely.

"Speaking of "in good hands," I should probably get back to Metropolis and Lois." Clark spoke, "If anything were to happen, her entire world's unprotected."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Kara nods.

"Thank you for helping us, Clark." Barry thanked, "We couldn't have stopped AMAZO without you."

"Oh, not so sure about that." Clark smiles down at Kara, then starts to leave the cortex.

Sherloque stops him, holding a check, "Hello, uh, Clark. Help a genius out, would you? Look, I want to give you this check-"

Clark cuts him off, "I do this for free, the whole helping humanity thing."

"Oh, you think that I'm giving no, no, not for that." Sherloque shook this head, "This is a alimony check for my third wife. She also live on Earth-38, and I might be a little bit behind in the payment. If you could just do me the favor-"

"You want me to deliver this to your ex-wife?" Clark pieced together.

"To my ex-wife, my third ex-wife." Sherloque hands him the check.

"You're welcome." Clark moves past him, leaving the cortex.

"It's Superman," Sherloque looks back at us, "I can trust him, right?"

-

I stood out on the balcony alone that night, the cool breeze hitting my skin, leaning against the metal railing, rubbing my temples, a sigh leaving my lips, my eyes glued to the outside.

"Are you okay?" Barry Allen's voice catches me off guard, my head snapping up at the sound of his voice.

I look back, seeing him stood by the frame, leaning against it. I stood up straight, turning towards him, sighing in defeat, "I don't know."

"Talk to me." Barry's eyes connected with mine, showing he was ready to listen to everything I poured out.

"I mean, come on. Today has been absolutely insane. I would say it's impossible, but we live in Central City." I ran a hand through my hair.

"And who I thought was my husband- wasn't even my husband- because turns out my husband and one of his best friends swapped lives and-" I huff, face palming.

"Yeah, I know it's a lot to take in." Barry crosses his arms, looking down, as I sigh, a silence falling between us.

Although we were silent, we were enjoying each other's company. Neither of us moved from our spots.

My heart was beating rapidly for no reason, even if he was my husband and was standing a foot away from me in silence.

I was still getting the rushing feeling I got whenever I spoke to him or was even around him.

I broke the silence, looking up at him, "Do you know why I let you and Oliver go?"

Barry looked up at me, his eyebrows furrowing, signaling for me to continue.

"Whenever I talk to you- I get this feeling. It's this rush- that I only feel when I'm with you. When you talked to me earlier- I felt that feeling. When you brought up Ivy Valentina- and your parents. If you were really Oliver Queen, why would you know that?" I admit, "That feeling- I never felt that with Oliver. That's how I knew you were telling me the truth."

Barry weakly smiles at me, standing up straight.

"I realized wherever we end up, I'll always find you. I realized that you- have been and always will be the man that I'm in love with." I told him honestly.

Barry slowly walks over to me, his hand touching my forearm, slowly trailing down, grabbing my hand in his, "No matter what mask I wear, I'll always show you my true face."

"Barry-" My eyes connect with his, "Right before you shot AMAZO, you said something to me. I- that didn't sound like you at all."

Barry opens his mouth to say something, but I beat him to it, fear and guilt pouring within me, "And I know you were acting the part- because the Green Arrow is pulled from darkness, vengeance and grief- but- I- I-"

"It scared me, I guess." I stare deep within his eyes, "I don't want you to become something you're not- I don't want you to take notes and start using the darkness as strength after all of this is over- I don't want you to change."

I exhale, my voice falling quiet, small tears rimming my eyes, "I don't handle change well."

"As long as I have you, nothing can change me." Barry's free hand comes up, putting a strand of my hair behind my ear, "You bring me back. You have always kept me myself. Without you, I don't know where I'd be. I will always be the same person you love, and will always find a way back home- to you."

"You're the Green Arrow now." I whisper, looking up at him, "Just- please don't become Oliver Queen."

"I won't." Barry held the side of my face, "I promise."

My eyes close, embracing his touch, my cheek nuzzling into his hand.

I open my eyes, looking back at him, his stare still on me, as I lifted my head up, his hand remaining at the side of my face, him taking a step closer to close the distance between us.

It was as if we were having our first kiss all over again, but more cautious and hesitant.

It was ironic, considering we were married.

It was as if we were teenagers, having their first kiss at some sort of school dance.

I slowly leaned up, his head tilting to the side, his eyes glued to my lips.

My eyes connect with his again, my heart practically exploding in my chest with the look he gave me. My heart felt like it could melt right there, even if it had just exploded.

My question comes out as a whisper, "Why is it taking us so long to kiss if we're married?"

Barry takes this as his cue to close to distance between our lips, his lips pressing into mine in a soft kiss, holding me close.

I melt into the kiss, my hands resting on his chest.

He slowly pulls away after a few seconds, my arms wrapping around him tight, as I engulfed him into a hug.

He wraps his arms around me equally as tight, pressing a kiss to my head, holding me until we were interrupted.

Cisco's voice comes through the speaker, "Barry, we need you in the workshop."

I step away from him, gesturing for him to go, giving him a weak smile.

-

[ barry's pov ]

"So you think this person you saw has something to do with what's happened to Barry and Oliver?" Kara asked Cisco, her arms crossed.

"I mean, I saw him right after these two swapped capes." Cisco told us.

"You've been having trouble with your vibes lately, right?" I question, "Maybe it's that?"

"No. This was beyond me." Cisco looked at me, "It felt like something important."

"We need to see it." Oliver spoke up.

"Okay, hang on." Cisco nods slowly, as Oliver and I put our hands on his shoulders, Cisco bringing up into the vibe with him.

"My God, I can see everything." We saw a man exclaim, holding a book.

Another man looked at us, "Fascinating. I wouldn't have thought the men of this Earth had this capacity. But it won't avail you. None of you can stop what's been set into motion. You're best off giving up now, because nothing you can do can alter what's about to happen."

Cisco pulled out of the vibe instantly, turning away, leaning against his desk for support.

"Are you okay?" Kara instantly asked.

"No, not even close." Cisco grabbed a tissue, leaving the room.

"What did you see?" Kara asked.

Oliver speed draws the vibe into a piece of paper, holding it up, "This."

"I don't recognize him." Kara stares at the drawing.

"Doesn't matter. I know where to find him." Oliver points to the tower in the drawing.

"So what's our next move?" I ask, looking at me.

Oliver exhales, "We're going to Gotham City."


authors note:

ok, i double updated this week because of the elseworlds crossover and i just couldn't wait to right about barry being the green arrow.

like oh my lord, he is so hot as the green arrow. i don't know who i like him better as, the flash or green arrow.

there might be a possibility of an update or two this week, cause it's the elseworlds crossover so there's going to be three chapters for it. and man this was such a long chapter. so possibilities, everyone.

anyway, comment loads because i'm a thirsty bitch for comments. :)))

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