The Emerald-Steel Collection

71. The List Part 1

She felt tired.

Lately all she could felt was like the world was entirely on her shoulders, but she gave her best to help others, to be Supergirl.

She had her ups and downs before, wanting to have it all, but feeling like she couldn't.

She was tired of feeling like that.

Christmas was just around the corner, she loved this time of the year, but this time around, she felt like she could barely enjoy it with her loved ones. It felt like the whole world has gone crazy and everyone depended on her to fix things.

She flew around the city, trying to stay positive so she could do her best as she always did.

- Supergirl, you're getting closer! – She heard Alex's voice on her comms.

- Ok. I'm on my way.

She increased her speed, trying to focus on locating a rogue alien that decided it was a good idea to make dinosaurs appear all over National City. She loved dinosaurs since she was a kid, she has always thought they were the coolest creatures ever, but it wasn't that cool when lunatics turned toys into the real thing, terrorizing everyone. She just knew that night; she would have a lot to handle.

Kara looked around, confused. There was no one there. She kept trying to communicate with Alex or J'onn, but her comms started making an annoying noise, and she took them off.

- What...?

She saw a huge flash of light explode right in front of her, and out of nowhere, a familiar figure appeared, making her roll her eyes.

- Not you again! – She exhaled.

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- Green Arrow, can you hear me?

- Of course I can, Curtis, you won't stop talking about taking your husband out to buy a Christmas tree. This is not the time for it... - Oliver said, feeling annoyed.

- Oh, I'm sorry I thought the comms were off before...

- No they weren't!

- So... Ok, back to the mission... - Curtis could feel the hurt in Oliver's words, even if he tried his best to hide it, and tried to focus on his job: helping Green Arrow fight criminals in Star City.

- Thank you. – Oliver said as he followed Curtis instructions, with Diggle by his side.

- Are you ok? – Diggle asked, worried.

- I'll be if we can finish this and go home.

- Ok...

Oliver was clearly in a bad mood. Hearing Curtis talking about the holiday he currently disliked the most usually brought those feeling to the surface. He used to love Christmas, he would always help his family throw the best Christmas party ever on the Queen mansion. It was a tradition they had since he was a kid, but everything changed one year ago, when what was supposed to be the best day of his life, became the worst. Since then, Oliver focused on being the Green Arrow, focused on bringing criminals down, and Christmas became a hard subject to even talk about.

A few hours later, Oliver and Diggle were back on the bunker and Oliver felt ten times angrier than before.

- Oliver what's going on? And don't tell me is nothing cause I don't believe you.

- I'm sorry John; I don't want to talk about it.

- Oliver you let the guy get away.

- I know I messed up... I got distracted.

- You never got distracted!

- This time I got! I said I'm sorry. – Oliver took his mask and hood off, trying not to lose his mind.