Chapter 9
Ray, Amaya and Mick were walking on the third floor of the Nazi headquarters. They took a while to get there since they found many guards along the way, trying to stop them from moving forward. Once they got rid of the guards, they kept walking to the fourth floor. As they passed some dark rooms, Mick stopped abruptly, looking shocked.
- Hey Mick, keep going! We need to find Stein and Nate... - Ray said as he looked where Mick was looking.
- What? – Amaya said as she took a step closer.
- Snart! – Mick said as he entered the room, being followed by the others.
Leonard Snart was on the floor, with black pants and a white, but really dirty, tank top. He looked terrible. It looked like he had been beaten up and starved. Mick took a few steps towards him, not even thinking about looking around to see if it was safe.
- Mick, he can be a Nazi and...
- You idiot! – Mick said as he turned around, looking angry at Ray – Do you think he would be locked up in those conditions if he was a damn Nazi?
Ray looked at Mick in shock, not knowing what to say. Mick was really pissed about seeing Snart in that situation and was not even trying to hide his anger.
- He must be fighting with the Freedom Fighters. – Amaya said as she looked closer. Her intuition never failed her before, and she was damn sure about this.
Amaya looked deeply to Snart, sensing something really sad and heartbreaking from him. He was definitely suffering, God knows for how long, she thought.
- Oh... That makes sense – Ray said as he looked embarrassed at Mick – I'm sorry... But Mick, this is not our Snart...
Mick took a deep breath, trying not to hit Ray in the face, because he was surely asking for it. He was not the smartest guy in the world, he knew it, but it was not that hard to understand what was going on here. It was true; it was not the Snart they knew. Snart they knew was dead and wasn't coming back. Once they met a version of Snart, from before this entire hero team thing, but he returned to his time so things could happen as they did. Mick felt back then that he wanted nothing more than to save his friend, change things, but even he knew what mess this would cause, so he buried his grieve and moved on with life. Now, seeing this Snart who was probably a hero because in this Earth things seemed reversed, in this state it was like seeing his old pal suffering. He couldn't care less which Snart that was, he didn't deserve this.
- I know it! But it doesn't matter. I won't let a clone of my friend being locked up, especially if he is also fighting Nazis! Step aside; I'm going to melt the locks...
- No wait... You can harm him in the process – Amaya said as she held Mick's hand – Let me do it! Trust me! – She smiled as she looked deep into his eyes.
Mick looked at Amaya, caressing her hand for a few seconds before giving her space to do whatever she was going to do. He felt something really weird inside and let her hand go, it was something he never felt before and it started messing with his head again just as it messed him back then when Amaya first joined them. She was the only one he fully trusted in the whole team, so he had a feeling she would succeed. A brief smile appeared in his face as he watched Amaya channeling her totem and summoning the strength of an African elephant. She grabbed the bars of his cage and tore them apart, creating a huge hole. Snart jumped in scare as he tried to see who it was.
- No...I've done nothing... - He said as he covered his face.
Ray looked at the scene and a great sadness came over him. He never thought he would see any version of Snart afraid of anything and here he was, a Snart deep with fear for his life, with many bruises and looking weak. Mick ran to Snart as he helped Snart stand.
- We are not disgusting Nazis. We will help you!
Ray also never had seen Mick like this, so caring and worried. It was like he was letting his true self come to the surface and he couldn't help but smile.
- What are you smiling for, haircut? – Mick said coming back to his old self as he looked mad at Ray.
- Nothing – Ray said as he rushed to help Mick.
- Who... How... Mick's dead... - Snart said as he looked scared and confused at Mick
- We can explain later. We are not from around and will help you, that's all you need to know for now! – Mick said as they carried Snart out of the room. – Can you stand?
- Yes...
- Do you have any weapon here?
- I have my cold gun; they took from me. One of the guards has it.
- Let's take it back then, and teach those Nazis not to mess with us! – Mick said as they looked for the guard with Snart's gun.
It did not take long for them to find him. He was walking around threatening another prisoner that was being carried in, wearing a jacket really similar to what Snart used to wear. The bastard probably took it as well, Mick thought. He was going to pay!
- This gun doesn't belong to you! – Mick said as he took his heat gun and burned the guard's feet and arms.
The guy let the gun drop and Ray took it before it hit the floor. Amaya closed her eyes and summoned a gorilla, knocking the guard down with a single punch.
- Thank you! – Snart smiled as he lowered himself and took his jacket back. He kicked the guard's face before going with the others to the top floor.
- Let's bring this building down! – Mick said smiling to himself.
Earth 38
Alex and Cisco arrived at the D.E.O bringing with them Overgirl, each one of them holding one of her arms.
- Oh my God, Supergirl? – An agent asked with wide eyes as Alex interrupted him.
- No, this is not Supergirl! Hurry; lock her up in our safest cells. She has the same abilities as Kara, but she is a Nazi.
- What? – J'onn asked as they arrived, full of worries as he looked to Kara's doppelganger. – What happened?
- Take us there! – Alex said as Cisco followed her, carrying Overgirl.
J'onn brought them to a special cell, built for contain Kryptonians, in any case Kara was affected by red kryptonite again. They kept it locked and it was a secret location only him, Alex and Winn knew and had access to.
- Kara and Oliver took Overgirl down with the kryptonite they got from Cadmus. Now we all are in Earth X helping save a friend. Their world is terrible J'onn... We could see what it was going to be like if Nazi had won here, and it's terrible. People are suffering... We need to go back.
- Wait...
- I have to! I can't let them down. Kara is there fighting as well...
- I wasn't going to stop you Alex – J'onn said as he hugged her. He could feel she needed it – I'm going with you!
- Yes! – Cisco said overly excited as he looked embarrassed at J'onn and Alex – Sorry, got carried away...
J'onn reassured Alex that Overgirl was not going to harm anyone never again. Alex felt a bit more relieved as Cisco opened the breach back to Earth X. J'onn turned into his green Martian form and they stepped in the wormhole.
Earth X
- Here... - Oliver said as they brought Dark Arrow's tied body to Barry – Are you sure you can take him to Argus on our Earth?
- Yes, I am! I'll bring him directly to Lyla! – He smiled at Oliver as he held dark Oliver with one hand – Nice job taking him out! I'll pick evil Sara upstairs and bring her too.
- Good idea, since she is trained by a league of assassins... - Oliver said as he thanked Barry again.
- Now there is only a few more guards... And him... - Kara looked serious at Oliver as Barry ran fast, opening a breach back to Earth 1.
Oliver and Kara were left alone in a corridor of the Nazi headquarters. All of the others were scattered through the building, all of their fighting noises being heard. That was for sure the craziest day both of them ever had in their lives. And they were both so exhausted. Kara felt like she would fall asleep as soon as she could find time to sit on a chair. She was not physically tired, but mentally. It was so much for her to worry, all of those people on that Earth, having Overgirl creating chaos everywhere and Kara feeling not being able to take her down. It was really exhausting. And she could imagine it was the same for Oliver, having to deal with an evil version of him. She couldn't wait for it all to be over so they could relax even for a little bit. Oliver looked deep into Kara's eyes as he could see what she was thinking, like he understood her looks at him. He briefly smiled as he couldn't hold back anymore. He just suffered a heavy emotional charge and needed to feel her embrace. He held one of her hands and brought her closer to him while she wrapped her arms around his waist. Oliver kissed her forehead, his fingers tangling in her hair as he felt his heart jump into his chest.
- Our friends need us! – He said in a whisper.
- So let's take a deep breath and help them... - She said as her face came closer to him, giving a small peck on his lips.
They took a deep breath together and opened their eyes. Oliver smiled feeling a lot better and they kept on walking, Kara floating this time as they found more guards on their way, knocking them down easily.
The word about an attack on Nazi headquarters of Earth X spread really quick and a bunch of guards invaded the place. Half of Overgirl's team was battling others on streets while others hid themselves as the news about her, Dark Oliver and Dark Flash being defeated by Freedom Fighters and heroes from another universe spread quickly as well. People that hid against Nazis where coming out on streets to fight, inspired by Ray and the others and It was like a light of hope was shining on their direction and they could believe it was possible for things to be better, so they fought with everything they had. It was like a domino effect and suddenly TV news was reporting a true revolution all over the world, where people were coming out of the shadows to fight.
The Ray, Mick, Snart and Constantine reached the streets to help people to fight while the others remained inside to try to take Hitler and his guards down. Alex, J'onn and Cisco came back from Earth 38 and ran towards the others, on the last floor. There were more guards trying to invade the place.
- This is like never ending... - Alex said as she used her special gun against the masked guards.
- I've had enough of this! – Cisco used his powers against them, blasting them all away against the walls as J'onn used his telepathic powers against their minds while he flew, knocking half of them down.
- I'm sensing great danger. Last room of the floor, go! – He shouted as he knocked down the rest of the guards standing in the corridor.
As soon as they reached the room, they saw Ray – atom, Nate, Stein, Jackson looking startled at Hitler as he held a remote control in his hands.
- The moment The Ray left to your universe I knew this day would come... - Hitler said as he looked at Alex, J'onn and Cisco. – I told your friends here one slam movement and we all blow up. I don't mind dying... Can't say the same about you, given your faces right now!
The room was in completely silence. Hitler looked at them, his thumb almost pressing the button. Nobody could move and the rest of the team was scattered around the building, knocking down agents. Stein and Jackson looked at each other. They were really close, so if only they could reach their hands a bit they could become Firestorm and it would give room for them to take Hitler away from that remote. Jackson looked at Stein and nodded with his head.
It all happened so fast, they barely could understand what happened. Stein and Jackson reached for each other hands and when they were barely touching, Hitler turned his back and shot at them. Stein moved fast, in front of Jackson and took the bullet for him. It went right through his abs. Oliver and Kara arrived just in time. Kara used her heat vision to melt his gun while Oliver reached to his side, elbowing one guard that entered the room right after him on his nose. With a quick move, he took the gun from his hand and shot Hitler on the heart. He took a few more steps towards Hitler and shot him in the head this time. Jackson hugged Stein, desperate as Ray and Nate ran to him to try to help. Amaya looked at the others feeling desperate as Sara ran towards Cisco.
- Take him to Star Labs. Now.
- I'll do my best to save him – Killer Frost turned into Caitlin quickly and ran towards Jackson and Stein.
- Hurry! – Cisco said as he grabbed Stein and with his free hand opened a breach.
- I'll go with them – Wally said as he grabbed the three of them and ran fast through the breach.
Jackson stood on the floor, in shock, looking to the floor with his hands fully blooded.
- I... What...
- Hey, Jax... - Kara helped him get up and hugged him strongly. – It's ok... Caitlin will save him... Hey... - She caressed his head as she felt him crying desperately in her shoulders.
She looked at everyone, telling them with her eyes that she got this. She kept hugging him as he cried.
- It's my fault... Why I had to...
- This is not your fault! – Sara said as she walked to Kara and Jax, caressing his back. – Never again say a thing like that, no one blames you... That soon of a bitch is rooting in hell now...
Sara smiled at Kara as she nodded with her head. Kara let Jax go and Sara brought Jax in her arms.
- Let's get back to the headquarters. He needs to calm down – Sara said as she looked at the others
- While you help Jax, we need to think about what we will do now... - Kara looked at everyone else – We came here to let people know that they still have hope to live in a better world, and now it's over for Nazis. People need to know it. Know that we won't let the bad guys take over anymore. – She walked to Ray and held his hand with hers – We need to let people know you guys will protect this Earth and let people know they have a shot at happiness.
Ray's eyes were teary and he hugged Kara as strong as he could.
- Thank you. Thank all of you. I know your friend is in danger and this is not a good moment, but we are thankful for your help!
- We need to have faith that everything will be ok – Amaya said as she looked at the door.
Mick and Constantine came in, Mick with a vicious smile on his face.
- The bastards are down! – He looked at the ground and saw Hitler's body – Oh; you took down the biggest bastard! Nice!
- He shot Stein! – Amaya said as she felt tears coming down her eyes.
- Where is the old man? – Mick said looking around and feeling confused.
- They took him to Star Labs. Caitlin is trying to save him...
- She better...
- She will do her best Mick! – Amaya said as Mick left the room abruptly.
Amaya looked at the others and went after Mick. He stood with his back against the wall at the end of the corridor.
- Mick... We all are worried... But we need to believe everything will be ok
- The old man... - Mick started as he looked to the ground, thoughtful. – He was annoying like hell sometimes... But he got my back when I thought I was nuts. He operated my brain, you know? – He looked at Amaya, surprisingly smiling. Amaya smiled back at him as she kept listening. – I told him once if he told anyone I cared about the team I would kill him...
- Mick...
- The old man is team... Is... Family. Family protects each other!
Mick stepped away of the wall and mentioned to walk away. Amaya reached for his arms, asking him to wait. He stood still, looking confused at her. He started feeling all those weird stuff he felt before and it annoyed a bit of him, but he just waited. Something in Amaya's eyes was different.
- I care about you! Just so you know it.
Mick felt warmth in his heart for the first time in his life. People never really cared about him and he made sure to keep them away for safety, his safety. It was not wise to let yourself feel for others, he thought. But then, Amaya got closer, giving him a small peck on his lips before walking back to the room and he just stood looking startled. Suddenly, something awake inside of him, he took his fire gun and walked back inside the room, towards Hitler's body.
- Son of a bitch! – He said as he burned his body with his guns until there was nothing left but ashes. – He doesn't get to have the chance of having a funeral or anything!
Everyone followed Ray back to the Freedom Fighters Headquarters to plan what they would do so they could spread the word about what happened and end the Nazi domination once and for all. While they waited for news on Stein, it was the best they could do, Oliver thought, as they all got in and went straight to the computers room. Felicity came running and hugging everyone. They told her about Stein and what they were going to do. Felicity felt shocked about the news, but tried to think about something to help, and then she got an idea.
- Let's do this and honor Stein at the same time. – Kara said as she heard the whole idea and smiled to the others.
- I just hope they can save Grey... But yeah, let's do this! – Jackson said as they all pressed their hands together, like a team and repeated "for Stein" out loud.
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