This chapter is the concluding epilogue of the story and The Darhk War series. It's been a long ride but I'm afraid it ends here now. Thank you to all for your support and following my series and I hope you have enjoyed it until its end.

Disclaimer: I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.

Henry was readjusting his tie as he was looking into the mirror, tears filling his eyes. He still could not believe how things had gone down recently.

Twenty years ago, Gotham General

"You don't have to do this." Sara said, when she had offered to give Henry some closure.

"No. I…" Henry took a breath. "I need to. You were right. This is the only way I can truly let go."

Henry entered the hospital room, where was a bald woman attached to some medical devices. He had not found himself be able to promise her he would look after their family, since he didn't trust himself with this responsibility. He sat down across Mary and held her hand gently as she opened her eyes weakly.

"Hey." Henry smiled.

"Hey, Henry…" Mary whispered. "Maybe it's just my eyes but… you look older."

Henry took a breath. "Yeah. I guess worry can take away few of your years." He sighed. He knew it would not change anything in the end but he knew this was his chance to let go of his guilt. "Look, earlier… when you asked me to be a good father… I just… I guess I was caught off-guard."

"I know it's a great responsibility but I know you can do it. Because you have a good heart. And I know you'll in the end do right by our little girl." Mary smiled.

"Maybe." Henry said. "I know I might screw it up but…" He took a breath. "I promise you. I'm gonna do as best as I can for Ashley. For our family."

"I know you will. You have a good heart… even if you don't want to admit it to yourself." Mary smiled before slowly closing her eyes as the meds took effect again. "I know you'll do right by your family. Because I believe in you."

"I know this may be the last time we can talk so… I guess… it's goodbye, is it?" Henry asked, barely able to keep his tears at bay.

"It's not 'goodbye'. I'll see you on the other side one day." Mary smiled. Henry sighed in relief, like if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulder as she drifted away into sleep again.

Henry sighed in relief. At least he was sure his girlfriend had died not thinking he believed that he was unworthy of their daughter.

Henry then left as Sara held his hand. "Are you alright?"

Henry nodded. "Let's go home." He turned to her. "Is it ever going to get any easier?"

"Give it time." Sara assured.

Present

Henry walked down, met by his father, sister and nephew as they hugged him.

"I'm proud of you." Nicole smiled.

"Even despite what I had done?" Henry asked, just to be sure.

"Everyone stumbles, when they're uncertain. That's why we have family there for each other." Ethan assured as they entered a car, with Nicole and her son driving with Ethan, while Henry and Sara were driving with Mia.

"Ever imagined having a family? I mean, your own kids?" Henry asked as Sara smiled.

"Honestly, the thought crossed my mind a couple of times, when I was with Ollie." Sara said.

"So what do you think? Suburbs, a beach house, or countryside? Two kids, a girl and a boy?" Henry asked.

"Or how about one rebellious teenage girl living under your roof." Mia joked.

"Preferably without causing trouble, sneaking out or trashing the house." Sara cracked as they laughed. "Mia, if you start making pranks, you're in huge trouble."

Mia smirked, amused by the idea, while Henry shook his head at Sara's and Mia's antics.

Later, Hall of Justice

Just the previous day, they had fought to save the entire multiverse and now they had to bury two of the greatest people they had met.

Oliver, Laurel, Sara, Henry and his family, Roy, Thea, Lyla, Cisco, Caitlin, Ralph, Allegra, Harry, Jesse, Jay, Patty, Iris, Eddie, Wally, Ray, Snart, Mick, Lisa, Barbara, J'onn, Clark, Lois, James, Winn, Mon-El, Imra, Nia, Lena, Eliza and Jeremiah had attended the funeral, with the members of Justice League and Captain Singh as well.

"When I first met Barry, we didn't get off the right foot." Oliver cleared his throat. "But I knew somewhere in my gut that he was a good man deep down, highly driven by getting justice for his father and would always try to do things the right way, even if there might not be. He would try to see the best in people, even when it might not have been in them." He took a deep breath. "Barry would go beyond and above and to great lengths to do right by everyone. He saved countless of lives over and over again, even though there were some he couldn't save without paying a high price."

Oliver then wiped his eyes, sniffing. "In a lot of ways, Barry had been like a brother to me. When I was in a dark place, Barry helped me find my way to the light. He reminded me that it was my humanity that helped me keep going even through my darkest days. He could inspire the light and bring the best even in the worst of people." He glanced at Snart, Mick and Lisa. "Wherever Barry is…" He looked up into the sky. "Today you've brought the best in everyone here."

They all mourned for Barry for few respectful moments before J'onn took Oliver's place, as he cleared his throat.

"In many ways, Kara was to me like another daughter." J'onn said. "She was naïve sometimes, full of hope and fierce and emotional." He smiled fondly as his eyes got wet. "She'd try to stand for goodness and justice and try to stand by her values but thanks to Barry, she did realize that sometimes you need to compromise your beliefs to do what's necessary to save lives. Barry helped Kara learn that the world works in shades of grey and that we can't always take the high road.

Kara did struggle sometimes with this darkness. It cost her family…" He remembered Alex. "It cost her friends…" He glanced at Lena, remembering their short fallout. "It cost her love…" He glanced at Mon-El. "But Barry helped her pull back from that edge. Kara is an embodiment of the best of both humans and aliens. And if someone like them could stop the god of evil, imagine what all of us can achieve if we work together.

We need to remember what it took to win, as we restore what we had lost. This wasn't a victory won by a single species or army. If we can put down our grievances long enough to stop even the gods themselves, then nothing can stop us from reaching new heights. It may take some time but we need to restore everything that we've lost. Our homes, our worlds, all of this and more. Together, we can build a future greater than any single one of us could ever imagine. A future paid for by the lives of those that fought and died besides us."

The atmosphere turned solemn again for a moment, all of them remembering the people they had lost in the past, such as Oliver and Thea losing their parents, Cisco losing Dante, Henry losing his family and so on.

"A future many are not going to live to see. And while we still have many challenges ahead of us, if there's one thing we've learned, when we stand together, we can face anything head-on. And we will honor those who died to make sure we live to see that future." J'onn finished and there was not one dry eye at the memorial, when he finished his speech.

Tommy was packing his things as he turned to Oliver. "How's Rachel, did she—"

"Turn into dust?" Oliver asked, referring to Tommy's former lover. "Yeah. I guess you have a lot of catching up to do."

Oliver then saw the duffel bag. "Where are you going?"

"A lot of things have changed, Ollie." Tommy said.

"You want to find yourself in this new world?" Oliver asked and Tommy nodded as they shook hands. "Tommy, no matter what happens, you'll always be my brother."

"You too." Tommy said as he and Oliver were in companionship-like embrace before Tommy entered his car and drove off.

CCPN

Iris had finished an article about the Flash and Supergirl dying to save the universe and considered. There was a time she would have wanted to write 'Iris West-Allen' on the byline but realizing that they were better off as friends, she wrote 'Iris West', realizing nothing was set in stone. Eddie may be part of the Speed Force now, but he would see her, when he could After years, finally, she was happy.

Aruba

Oliver and Laurel were on a beach, staring at the sunset. "Things have changed, have they?"

"Nothing is ever going to be the same." Laurel said as Samantha picked William into the air, while Oliver's and Laurel's daughter Ashley ran to the water.

"Mom! Dad! Let's swim!" Ashley called out.

"Duty calls." Laurel smiled, dropping her robe as she ran to her daughter in bikini, with Oliver in his swimwear right behind her.

Elsewhere

"And so it marks the end of another age of heroes." Doctor Fate said as he was with Mar Novu in space.

"Have you told them that it's not over yet?" Novu asked.

"Why tell them? Sometimes, unexpected miracles can be great rewards." Doctor Fate said ominously as Novu's lips curved into a smile.

Metropolis

Clark just stared into the stars until he saw one of them fall and narrowed his eyes. There was something familiar about the star... his eyes narrowed. There was something familiar about it. It almost reminded him of, when Kara had arrived and when he found her, making him wonder…

S.T.A.R. Labs

Cisco was in his workshop, mourning for Barry as he touched the emblem on Barry's suit and then he got a vibe and dropped the emblem in shock, unable to believe it. "Oh, my God…"

Elsewhere

A family, a husband and wife with a young son and daughter walked down the woods.

"I saw that star fly right here." The daughter said.

"Honey, you can't keep running off like that." The mother said.

The son then pointed as he rushed to the crater. "Mom, Dad, it's right there!"

They followed the boy and stopped as they were at the crater, where in its center was a brown-haired man and a blonde woman, both of them naked and covered in dirt, curled into a fetal position as they stirred slowly, groaning.

"Oh, my God… they're still alive! Call an ambulance, now!"

Barry's and Kara's eyes slowly opened, gasping for air.

Not sure if the eulogy scene was fine, since this isn't my forte but I thought it would be fitting for Oliver to give a eulogy to Barry and J'onn an eulogy to Kara. The eulogy is inspired by epilogue to Mass Effect 3 video game.

The final scene is a cliffhanger reference to The Flash: Rebirth comic book, where Barry was trapped in the Speed Force after Crisis on Infinite Earths, instead of actually dying and as for Kara, I know she actually died in Crisis but Kara returning with Barry somehow probably wouldn't be that far off the stretch and Thawne is trapped in the Speed Force again, frankly, considering that he may not actually die, the Speed Force comes as the next best thing to stop him.

Well, this concludes this story and The Darhk War series. It's been a wild ride and asides from Crisis on Earth-X story in this, that I admit I myself am not proud of and made the mistake of listening to suggestions of some others and learned my lesson rarely to listen to fan-service, I have enjoyed writing every story in the series.

I originally planned just five stories but my disappointment with some issues in Arrowverse led me to write more and more stories until the ideas grew bigger and led to this. I would've added Crisis on Infinite Earths in this series, if not for my disappointment with the clusterfuck the actual crossover was but at least it gave me a chance to apply my ideas for my scrapped Crisis story into this one and I imagine comic book like Crisis story already happening here without Barry and Kara dying.

I might write in the future my own spin on an Arrowverse version of Crisis on Infinite Earths but I'd like to see how the others are going to handle it first.

Thank you to everyone, who has followed and favorited this story and series in general but this is officially the end of The Darhk War series, although if someone decides to try and continue it, or write their own stories occurring at some earlier points of the series, PM and discuss with me first.

It's been a long ride with the series but this is the end and I do plan on still writing Oliver/E-1 Laurel and Oliver/E-2 Laurel outside this series but after my disappointment with the Arrow finale, sometimes it gets hard for me to write Arrow stories in general.

So, I would like to say 'goodbye' to this series and see you next time with my other stories.

Thank you to you all for faithfully following this story and series in general but this is officially the end of The Darhk War series.

See you next time when I write my next Arrowverse story.

Please review and let me know if you have enjoyed the story to its end.

With regards

Bl4ckHunter