And here begins the Flash portion of "Crisis!" It's all episode stuff here, so no real original content except for some added characters/thought processes.

Enjoy chapter sixteen!

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"So this craphole's Earth-X," Sara grumbled.

"Wells was right," Oliver looked around, already horrified by the fact they were in a prison camp.

"He usually is," Barry nodded.

"It's hard to believe a place like this actually exists, on any Earth," Alex swallowed.

"I wish I shared your sentiment," Stein sighed. "But in all my travels to distant times, one thing which sadly remains constant is men's ability to feel hatred for other men."

Jax watched Nazis march prisoners past them, and he squinted. "Stars and triangles?"

"Badges used to identify purported crimes these people have, quote on quote, 'committed' to land in here."

Barry grimaced, tugging at the collar around his neck, and Thea looked around at the prisoners surrounding them. She saw one man with short hair, then looked at the badge he wore. "What's the pink triangle for?" she asked him. "What did you do?"

He looked down at the triangle, then looked back up at her. "I loved the wrong person."

Alex gulped and looked down at that, able to guess what the prisoner meant. "We got to get out of these things," Sara looked down at her cuffs. "Transmute us out."

"With pleasure," Stein nodded, turning to Jax, and the two clasped hands.

Except there was no burst of flames signaling the merging of Firestorm. Jax and Stein looked at each other in confusion, then Barry shook his head. "I can't vibrate through them, either."

Slade sighed. "Power dampening collars."

"Which means we'll probably scream ourselves hoarse before we do something," Laurel sighed.

"Not even activated," Malcolm shook his head, peering at Alex's Wolf Howl. "They would have cut the power somehow."

"So why are we wearing them, then?" Thea looked around at those without powers.

"Doesn't matter," Sara sighed, looking around. "There's too many guards here anyways."

"They're gonna kill my sister!" Alex protested.

"No, they're not," Oliver shook his head. "We're gonna get back to our Earth before then."

"How?" Jax looked around. "We don't even know how we got here."

"No, we don't," Oliver conceded. "We're gonna figure it out, then we're gonna find a way to get out of this place, and we're gonna get back to the people we love."

Malcolm and Slade nodded in agreement, and Barry sighed. "I hope everyone else is OK."

***

Cisco jerked slightly when he heard a banging sound nearby, and he groaned. "What?"

"Rip Van Ramon awakens!" Harry announced dramatically from the next cell over, continuing to bounce his ball against the wall.

Cisco turned his head, then frowned, realizing his face was against glass. He backed up slightly, frowning when he saw where he was. "This doesn't look like a wedding."

He heard a muffled Canary Cry from a few cells over, then heard James call from above. "You missed quite a bit, Cisco!"

"All you need to know," Harry continued bouncing his ball, "is that you are locked in one of your fabulous anti-metahuman cells with the rest of us, and we can't escape."

"Of course we can't," Cisco grumbled, slumping against the wall. "That's what I designed them for, genius!"

"Good command of the obvious," Harry snorted.

"Boys," Caitlin warned.

"Is that a ball?" Cisco narrowed his eyes.

"Why?" Harry asked. "Is it bothering you?"

"Yes." Harry smirked and kept at it, trying to bounce it even louder. "God!" Cisco groaned, backing up and kicking the neighboring wall. "Hey!"

Dinah groaned, putting her hands on her hips. "Are they gonna do that the whole time we're in here?"

"Probably," Caitlin admitted.

"They're acting like geeky versions of Slade and Malcolm," James snorted. "They'll be at it the entire time for sure."

"It hurts! Cut it out!"

"Cut what out?"

"Oh, my God," Dinah closed her eyes, leaning her forehead against the glass. "They totally are."

James sighed, leaning against the glass as Harry and Cisco continued to bicker. "Told you so."

***

Kara's eyes were way too heavy as she started to come to. She winced when she found herself staring into a bright red bulb, then heard a whirring sound approach. "S.T.A.R. Labs," Harry sighed, and Kara blinked, realizing the red light was completely blanketing her. She shot upright, only to panic when she found herself strapped down to a hospital bed, and she was now in a blue gown instead of her suit. "You know," Harry continued, rolling over in a wheelchair as Kara continued to struggle, trying to get free. "I, uh . . . I built this place with my own hands and called it home for fifteen years. And do you know what?" Kara frowned at Harry, then abruptly realized Harry didn't need a wheelchair at all, and he certainly hadn't been on Earth-1 for fifteen years. The man with Wells's face stood up and took off the glasses, sneering as he walked over. "I hated every minute of it."

"Where are my friends?" Kara demanded, feeling her heart rate skyrocket.

"Your friends," Thawne smirked. "They're on Earth-X. I wouldn't worry about your 'friends' too much because they're not going to be alive much longer."

Kara swallowed as Thawne turned away, and she turned back to her restraints, yanking and pulling. With every failed attempt, her heart rate got worse and worse. A dark chuckle made her whip around. "Oh, honey," Overgirl crooned as she walked up. "It's because of the red sunlight. And trust me, it'll make you weaker than you can possibly imagine."

Kara swallowed hard, closing her eyes. Rao, the last time she had been in a lab like this, helpless and without powers . . . it had been when Cadmus had had her for three weeks. She opened her eyes when she heard Overgirl make a pained noise, and she turned to see Overgirl stagger back slightly, blinking. Thawne held up his hand, raising an eyebrow. Overgirl took a few breaths, then held up her hand back, signaling she was all right. "You did all this just – " Kara swallowed. "Just to get me? Do you know how many innocent people you killed?!"

"Their lives to save mine?" Overgirl smirked arrogantly. "Well, they should feel honored!" Kara gaped at her in disbelief, then tried to force her way out of the restraints again. When they didn't give, she collapsed back on the sheets, panting and screwing her eyes shut as Overgirl laughed at her weakness. This wasn't Cadmus . . . it wasn't green Kryptonite. No, this was much worse. These were Nazis and red sunlight. Oh, what she would do to have a rescue like before. "It's a strange sensation, isn't it?" Overgirl asked, sitting on a table nearby like she was a queen. "Feeling vulnerable?"

Kara just swallowed hard, looking at her. "And it's just gonna get worse," Thawne smirked, walking up, and Kara gulped when she saw the surgical scissors he twirled. "Because this red sunlight? It's softening you up, until pretty soon, I'm gonna crack you open like a walnut." The blood drained from Kara's face at that, and Thawne continued. "Then I'm gonna take your healthy heart. I'm gonna put it in her." Kara turned to see Overgirl smirk at her. "Which means we should probably get you going," Thawne added to Overgirl.

"Good," she sat back up. "That'll give me time to talk to . . . " She smiled darkly. "Myself."

Kara tried hard to keep her breathing together in front of the two, instead opting to roll so she wasn't looking at either of them, but found herself glaring into a bright red light instead. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath.

Yes, this took the cake for the worst lab she had ever been in, and she hadn't even been here for very long!

***

High above in the vents, Iris and Lena backed away from the grating to where Felicity and Winn were. "Did you hear that?" Iris whispered. "Everyone else is on Earth-X."

"And Kara only has a few hours before they go full Mengele on her," Felicity swallowed.

"If she doesn't have a panic attack first," Lena shook her head. "I don't know how she's kept her composure this long already. She doesn't have fond memories of being in a lab, guys."

"Then we gotta stop them," Winn said decisively.

"Got any ideas?" Felicity looked around.

"It's not my Earth!"

"It's your hero on the line!"

"No, really? I had no idea, thanks!"

"Hey!" Lena hissed, making both turn to her. "I'm all for team tech and all that, but we need to stop the meaner, Nazi versions of Kara's boyfriend and overprotective brothers, and then there's those two with superpowers, and we can't do that when you're arguing!"

Winn swallowed hard. "Sorry."

"I'm scared for her, too," Lena assured him, putting a hand on his arm. "We'll figure something out."

"I might have," Iris whispered, looking up. "We might not even have to stop them. We just need to get to the pipeline and get Cisco. He could turn off all the power to the building and breach us out of here."

"Do you know how to get to the pipeline from here?" Felicity asked.

Iris looked around, then blinked. "I think so," she started to smile.

"Lead the way, McClane," Felicity grinned.

Iris hurried past Felicity and Winn, Lena behind her, and the two others brought up the rear, heading for the pipeline.

***

Probably one of the more boring chapters in this book, but action should pick up quicker after this.

Hoping to get another chapter out tonight before I get a lot more sleep than I did last night. See you guys then!