Chapter 16 - Elseworlds: Hour Two

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3rd Person POV

Oliver speeds forwards and rescues Dig midair, putting him on the ground

Barry shoots an arrow at the bad guy, pinning him to a support beam

"Son of a bitch." Dig groans

"Is that any way to greet your friends?" Kara asks from next to Mack

"All I know is that whenever the four of you show up, it usually means we have one huge problem." Dig says, standing up

***

After the group debriefed him and Curtis in ARGUS...

"So you're you." Dig says, pointing at Oliver then Barry

"And you're you." Curtis says, pointing at Barry then Oliver

"An immortal Egyptian, aliens, parallel Earth Nazis." Dig says. "I have no idea why I'm even surprised at this point."

"I'm still trying to figure out if this is more like Freaky Friday or Quantum Leap." Curtis says

"No. If this were like Quantum Leap, I'd only look like myself in the mirror." Barry says with a smile

"Yep. You are definitely not Oliver Queen." Curtis says

"We think that the red skies and these lightning strikes have to be related to whatever happened to Barry and Oliver somehow." Kara says

"We need you to solve this somehow while we're in Gotham." Oliver says

"No problem." Curtis says. "I mean, A.R.G.U.S. has all the best analytic toys, but what we really need is a pattern recognition algorithm, and, unfortunately, Felicity isn't..."

"I called Felicity." Oliver says

"Wait, wait." Dig says. "You called Felicity?"

"Yeah." Oliver answers

"Okay. Right. Well, I guess that makes sense because technically, you are her husband." Dig says. "I'm confused."

"I've been summoned?" Felicity says, walking in

Oliver gives Barry a look

"Yes. Thank you for coming." Barry says

"Of course." Felicity says. "I mean, things might be fraught between us, Oliver. That doesn't mean I'm not gonna show up."

"They are? They are?" Barry asks, looking at Oliver who gives him a look. "They are. Yeah, which is... Sad."

"So, um, this lightning thing." Curtis tells Felicity. "Um, could you help me out with that? Can I kind of show you kind of what I'm thinking?"

"Yeah." Felicity says

Felicity and Curtis leave the room

"Okay. So why didn't you tell Felicity?" Dig asks

"Well, because we tried to tell everybody at S.T.A.R. Labs, and it didn't really go over so well." Barry says

"Felicity and I have enough problems as it is without introducing body swapping. We thought we'd just let her think everything's normal and that Barry and I are solving another problem." Oliver says

"If you find out how this lightning thing relates to whatever it is that we're dealing with here, can you please tell us?" Kara asks

"Copy that." Dig answers. "Hey. This thing isn't gonna be permanent, is it?"

"I hope not." Oliver and Barry say at the same time

"Jinx." Barry says

Oliver looks at Dig

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