021. the war's about to begin.

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     Therefore I Am: Billie Eilish

"Huh. You really weren't lying about bench pressing two hundred." Oliver says as I lift the weight in his apartment.

"Shouldn't you be saving the world?" I set the weight back before sitting up.

"Forgot some things."

"Uh-huh. That's code for I wanted to check up on you."

"I'd actually have to care about you."

"Point taken." I fix my shirt before looking at the inside of my wrists, then flexing my fingers.

The hair then sticks up on the back of my neck and I reach my hand up. I grab the glass of water as it slips from Oliver's hand.

"Still got it." Oliver nods. "Good."

"You're not funny." I stand up and set the glass of water on the table.

"Miles told me about you and Clark."

"I'm just waiting for him to tell all of Smallville." I pick up the old newspaper with my picture in the black suit and the hateful headline.

"Give me that." Oliver takes the paper from me and rips it up.

"I tried to kill a man."

"You weren't yourself."

"No, I was." I bite the inside of my cheek. "I think the suit just finally brought it out in me."

"Brought what out?" Oliver questions.

"The anger, the rage, the hatred. Something I've been fighting all my life. But when I put that suit on..." I pause. "It all went away."

"Did it? Or did it make you think it did?"

"Either way, for the first time in a long time, I felt okay. I felt like I didn't have to carry the world anymore. It was finally someone else's turn to take over."

"But that feeling didn't last long. And you know why? Because no one else can step into your shoes. No one else can take over. You're meant to be here, doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing. You're meant to wear that badge and you're meant to protect the city."

"I don't wanna see my badge for a while." I shake my head. "I can't do it. I need to step back from being Detective Brady and just be Brianna right now."

"And what about Ghost?" Oliver tilts his head.

"I don't know." I rasp out. "I don't know." I murmur before walking towards the exit.

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