Just Stumbling Around [Open to Tommy before the hospital, OTA in the hospital]

[queenleftbehind]

Something was wrong. Something more than the usual 'It's Thursday' madness. Something more than even the madness of being kidnapped, brought to Lian Yu, and having the man who'd killed her mother help save her life. The island was rigged, or at least their part of it was, but Sam had been adamant about going back for William and Thea wasn't just going to leave her on her own. So she ran off after Sam and the next thing she knew, she was being thrown to the ground.

Time passed. She wasn't sure how long, but when she opened her eyes, she wasn't on the ground anymore. At least, she wasn't on the dirt ground. Instead, she was on some kind of sidewalk. One half of her face felt like she had a wicked case of rug burn and she couldn't push herself up with one of her wrists, but it was her head that was the problem. The world was spinning and it wasn't stopping.

But she was a Queen and that meant being tough, so she got to her feet and started down the street. Maybe if she could find a phone or someone with a phone, she could call for help. She was so focused on her plan that she almost didn't notice when someone she didn't recognize handed her a phone. Except...it meant she could call for help.

I must have a concussion. I woke up and this voice calling herself - itself? - Gideon said I couldn't leave the perimeter. I don't... I think...

I'm not entirely sure what's real and what isn't. I hit my head and this is feeling a little too surreal, even for me. So this is Thea Queen. I'm heading to the nearest hospital and if anyone knows who I am, you can meet me there. I hope.

Except, I don't think that I know where the nearest hospital is. Nothing here looks quite right. Can someo--

She dropped the phone when a street sign jumped out in front of her and her legs decided they were done with carrying her. Explosion. She remembered some kind of explosion, which explained why her clothes were singed. Lian Yu. That sounded right if only because she was sure that the island had to be cursed. Nothing good seemed to happen on it. She leaned against the pole of the sign and blinked heavily. Maybe just a nap before she continued on to the hospital.

* * *
She hated hospitals. She'd never really cared for them before Ollie came back, but now they meant pain. They meant that either she was hurt or someone else she cared about was. Hurt or worse. And now... Well, a part of her was wondering if this was some 'I'm about to die' dream, because it seemed that Tommy was alive and well, but she didn't know about anyone else.

She wrote a quick post to let everyone know she was safe and then closed her eyes. She couldn't really sleep - the nurses wouldn't let her - but she could take a minute to come to terms with what was going on. And she'd thought her life was weird before this.

Back when she had to deal with the death of her parents, the supposed resurrection of her brother, the actual resurrection of Sara, not to mention her own issues with coming back from near death. And that was before you got Barry and all that into the mix. Yeah, okay. Maybe this wasn't as strange as it could have been.

Her eyes snapped open when she heard steps near the door. She didn't want the nurses to think she'd fallen asleep and have them poke her awake. Her lips parted in a surprised expression when she saw who was at the door. Not a nurse.

* * *
Hey, everyone. I'm sorry if I worried anyone. I'm safe in the hospital. The docs say that I had a concussion and a sprained wrist, but other than that, everything's okay. I'm still trying to catch up from almost being exploded, so let me run through the facts.

1. Time is screwed up. I know this because of Tommy.
2. Gideon. Doesn't she/it belong to uhh... [Well. Can't exactly say that you know who the Legends are, now, can you?]
3. Anyone know how we're supposed to get home, yet?

Comments

Before and After

[thebettermerlyn]

"Shit!" Tommy cursed as he ran from his apartment in building one. He had arrived a couple of days ago but was holed up until he could figure what the fuck was going on. He hadn't expected to see Thea looking so much different than he had remembered seeing her. Who the hell was he kidding? everything was different. How could it not be?

He found her by the pole. "Thea? Speedy can you hear me?" He asked the question but didn't expect an answer before gently scooping her up and racing to the hospital.

He went from the waiting room to look in the window of her room. The last thing he wanted to do is freak her out, so he stayed away until she seemed calmer. He rapped on the door once.

"Hey Speedy," He said softly, giving her a small small.

[queenleftbehind]

Thea paled noticeably when he walked into the room. She'd seen him before that, of course she'd seen him, but she knew better to answer hallucinations. And that was what he had to be. Unless it was another case like Laurel. For all she knew there could be a dozen Tommys alive and well in the various Earths. But they wouldn't be her... What even was he? Brother? Friend?

It hadn't really mattered. He was hers. And he was dead and had been for almost four years. But now here he was and she was awake enough to know that she wasn't hallucinating. And he wasn't dead.

"Tommy?" She reached a hand out, almost afraid that if he touched her, he'd disappear like some kind of phantom.

[thebettermerlyn]

"Hey Speedy," Tommy said softly. He reached the bed and took her hand gently. He almost was afraid he was going to break her. He sat on the edge of the bed, holding her hand.

"Are you okay? You scared the shit out of me."

[queenleftbehind]

"I scared the..." Thea started before her mouth just refused to work any longer. Flabbergasted, that was the word to use. She was absolutely flabbergasted that he was not only here but was the one asking if she was okay. So maybe she'd been in a bit of an explosion. He'd been dead. Was. Would be.

She vaguely remembered hearing something about time travel or parallel worlds or something, but she'd been so disoriented, it could have been a dream. Except that here he was, holding her hand. Not a dream.

"How..." She shook her head and regretted it. "What's going on?"

at the hospital

[havingprecision]

Oliver had been neck deep in the fight, taking on dinosaurs and gangsters and directing the battle that wound up involving a cannon of all things. He hadn't regsitered the call from his sister until after, when the smoke had cleared and the chaos died down.

Everything was dropped in that instant.
So Thea can see her brother in the doorway. Battered, armed, and in utter shock.

"Thea? Thea what happened?"

[queenleftbehind]

Thea smiled weakly at him. Of course he would be battered and armed. Being in a world that wasn't quite right - at all right - had to be playing havoc with his instincts. That or he was just plain getting himself into trouble again.

"I kind of got caught in an explosion." How to tell him that she didn't know if Sam had made it? If William had. Or anyone else, for that matter. She was pretty sure if she hadn't been blasted to wherever this was, she wouldn't have been around to answer either of those questions.

"I'm okay, mostly. Tommy found me and brought me here. The doctors say I have a concussion and a sprained wrist."

[havingprecision]

"An explosion? What? I didn't hear any sort of explosion." A concerned frown as his weapons are set aside and he moves to the side of her bed and slide his rough hand into hers. "What happened?"