Chapter Six
Sorry this took so long, guys. It's been a long week, with a lot of homework and a lot of music to work on, not to mention Easter today. Might not be an exactly wonderful chapter, but hey, an update's an update!
The teams get caught up on what's going on, share what they're dealing with, and a deal is made.
Enjoy chapter six!
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When the door to the medbay opened again, everyone turned expectantly, and Cisco whooped when Barry stepped out first, closely followed by a shyly smiling Kara. "Now that looks more like you, Supergirl!"
Kara blushed as Iris hurried forward to hug her. "Thanks for saving me."
"Hey, just let me know whenever you need me to take him on again," Cisco gave her double thumbs up as Kara accepted Iris's hug.
"Actually, the three of us get first dibs on the bastard," Sara smirked, gesturing between herself, Oliver, and Barry.
"So it really was that easy?" Winn blinked.
"Yeah, it really was that easy," Kara giggled as Thea and Felicity hugged her at the same time.
"Why do you get first dibs?" Dig frowned.
"Because of a Daxamite prophecy that started a war and recently made Kara's ex try to kill her," Oliver deadpanned.
"Oh, prophecies," Thea groaned, closing her eyes and throwing her head back in annoyance. "I hate prophecies."
"I mentioned," Oliver said dryly. "Is that going to stop you from helping?"
"Hell no."
"So, Daxamites?" Jax looked around. "That's who we're up against?"
"Yep," Kara nodded.
"More aliens to fight, and another Earth?" Ray grinned. "Awesome!"
"Aliens who which want a friend of ours dead," Stein scowled. "I don't think that qualifies as 'awesome.'"
"Oh," Ray winced. "Right. Not so awesome."
"Thanks for the enthusiasm, though, Ray," Kara sighed, rubbing the back of her neck.
"So, what's this prophecy?" Amaya asked.
"Uh, do you want the dramatic version or the simple version?"
"There's a dramatic version?" Wally blinked.
Kara simply turned the projection back on. Nate tilted his head, looking it over, before nodding. "So basically you, Oliver, Sara, and Barry kick the Daxamites' asses."
"Uh, yeah, that's the best simple version I can think of," Kara scratched the back of her head. "They thought I would kill them, so they tried to kill me before that happened."
"Huh."
"You are remarkably calm about this," Cisco raised an eyebrow.
"Man, we're time travelers currently hunting pieces of the spear used to pierce the side of Jesus Christ," Nate snorted. "Trust me, this is not the weirdest thing we've heard of."
Several stunned looks were sent their way. "Excuse me, the what?" Winn squeaked.
"Yeah," Sara sighed. "Also known as the Spear of Destiny, which can rewrite reality itself."
"Um . . . " Cisco tilted his head. "Good?"
Jax snorted loudly. "Not in the hands of the other psychos searching for our pieces."
"Plural?" Caitlin's eyebrows shot up.
Uneasy looks were exchanged among the Legends, and Sara sighed. "Barry, Oliver, and Thea may want to sit down for this."
"Sara," Oliver narrowed his eyes.
She closed her eyes. "Eobard Thawne, Malcolm Merlyn, and Damien Darhk."
Kara flinched as the entire room erupted in chaos. "That jerk?" Iris spat as Barry blanched.
"What the hell?!" Thea yelled, face quickly turning red.
"Oliver killed Darhk last year!" Felicity protested.
Kara winced as all the shouting escalated in volume, quickly reaching up and covering her ears. Alex frowned, looking around, then reached up, put two fingers in her mouth, and let out an ear-piercing whistle. Kara yelped at that, stumbling backwards, and Oliver, the only one who hadn't been yelling, quickly grabbed a chair and put it behind her. Kara fell back into it, and she looked up at him gratefully. "OK, one, I don't think shouting ever did anything to help," Alex looked around. "Two, it's definitely not going to help my sister. And three . . . for the three of us who have no idea who any of these guys are . . . who the hell are these guys?"
"Uh, well, Eobard Thawne is the speedster who killed my mother when I was a kid, and he was also responsible for me becoming the Flash," Barry answered with a sigh.
"Malcolm Merlyn is my father, who was responsible for destroying the Glades in the then Starling City, killing my brother in the process, was responsible for the bomb that took down the boat that put Oliver on Lian Yu, drugged me to kill Sara, and a whole lot more I can't talk about right now," Thea ground out, pacing anxiously.
"And Damien Darhk . . . " Oliver grit his teeth. "He was a pain in our ass last year, and to top it off, he killed a valuable member of our team."
"My sister," Sara said quietly.
"I'm sorry, Sara," Kara gave her a weak smile. "That can't be easy."
"It's not," she shook her head. "I can't tell you how many times I've thought about killing him recently."
"So bad, bad, and bad," Winn ticked off. "Wow."
"Yes, it's bad," Sara nodded. "But right now, they have two pieces of the Spear, and we have the other two back on the Waverider, which Rip is watching. They can't do anything to reality without our pieces, so as long as we keep them away from them, we can help."
"And we're going to," Ray made sure to emphasize.
"So, Daxamites and a legion of bad guys," Kara looked between Barry and Oliver. "What about you two?" When she got incredulous looks from them, Kara sighed. "Guys, I'm in no condition to jump back over to my universe and instantly take on the Daxamites. Would that be nice? Yes, but it's not realistic right now. That doesn't mean I can't help here. So really, what are we up against?"
Oliver sighed. "Well, recently, we just put our guy in an A.R.G.U.S. prison, so there's not much on that front."
Barry just swallowed, leaning on the console. "Well, any help against our guy would be greatly appreciated," he admitted. "And you might be who we need."
"Absolutely," Kara perked up. "What's going on?"
"Cisco said it was a speedster called Savitar?" Dig tilted his head.
"Yeah," Barry nodded, looking like someone had just killed his puppy. "And, uh . . . " He took a deep breath. "I accidentally traveled to the future at Christmastime – "
"Barry!" Sara groaned.
"It was an accident!" Barry protested. "It really was, Sara! And if I knew what I would see there, I never would have gone there!"
He looked close to tears at this point. "Barry?" Kara leaned forward, reaching over for his hand. "What happened?"
Barry swallowed. "I saw Savitar kill Iris, and I was too slow to save her."
"What?!" Felicity squeaked, eyes wide.
"Oh, dear God," Stein closed his eyes.
Barry suddenly found himself the victim of a fierce Kryptonian hug, and he grunted when he was nearly knocked over. "That must have been horrible," Kara whispered.
"I still get nightmares," Barry admitted, hugging her back.
"And what's awful is that Savitar seems to know every single move we make," Iris added, accepting the hug she got from Felicity.
"Time traveler?" Nate suggested.
"We don't know," Barry shook his head. "All we know is that there's someone in the suit of armor that's definitely not a god. Jesse Wells from Earth-2 was able to stab him, and it hurt him."
"So he's just calling himself a god?" Mick frowned.
"Yes," Cisco nodded.
"Come on, Sara, we gotta be able to do something about this," Jax looked at her, eyes wide.
Sara closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Well, this isn't the past, like Flashpoint was," she paced. "How long have we got?"
"May 23rd," Barry answered.
"So a while still." Sara held out her arms and let them drop. "All right, well . . . let's take down a god."
Barry nearly collapsed in relief. "Thank you, Sara," he said gratefully, Kara giving him one last squeeze.
"But," Sara held up a finger. Barry froze, eyes wide, but Sara just smirked. "You've got to help us with Thawne in return."
Barry snorted loudly. "Oh, that's a deal for sure."
"So that's Savitar, the three villains who don't stop being pains in our asses, and the Daxamites," Oliver counted off.
"The Legion of Doom," Ray and Nate corrected at the same time.
Oliver closed his eyes. "Seriously?"
"Just say the legion, and they'll take it," Sara sighed. "It's better than saying Thawne, Merlyn, and Darhk."
"Look, you said your pieces of this spear are still on the Waverider?" Oliver looked at Sara.
"Yeah," Sara nodded.
"How easily could these guys get them?"
"Not easily, especially if we took the Waverider back into the timestream and just brought the jumpship back," Sara answered.
"Then right now, Savitar is our priority," Oliver nodded. "We've got to find out who he is under that suit, and once we know who he is, we can figure out a way to make a plan without him finding out. And the first part of that plan is how fast is he?"
"Faster than me," Barry said bitterly.
Jax whistled lowly. "That's fast," Dig winced.
"There's you and Wally, and Kara has superspeed, too," Sara folded her arms. "What about this Jesse Wells?"
"She's a speedster, too," Barry nodded.
"Harry might be able to help," Wally added.
"Another version of Wells?" Stein frowned.
"Yeah," Barry nodded. "HR's from Earth-19, Harry's from Earth-2."
"How many versions of him do you know?" Amaya asked in surprise.
"Technically, I've only really interacted with two," Barry shrugged. "The original Wells I met was actually Thawne disguised as Wells, so if he counts, then three."
"And several more were examined before they chose me," HR nodded, twirling one of his drumsticks.
"Fifty Shades of Wells?" Felicity mused before blanching.
"OK!" Cisco said loudly, spinning around as around the room, multiple people winced. "On that note, I'll go contact our Earth-2 friends."
"And then back to the bunker so we can get our gear," Dig added. "Sounds like we'll need it."
"I'll show you what we've got," Barry told the others.
Oliver, Kara, and Sara followed him out of the room as Cisco grabbed his goggles again. As Cisco jumped through a breach he created, Felicity ran to where Iris was looking over one of the consoles, Ray joining them. Winn heard Alex sigh and turned to her, seeing her rub her forehead. "Well, that was a lot to take in at once," he remarked.
"Yeah," Alex agreed, dropping down into a chair. "I mean, I didn't completely expect everyone to charge back to our Earth all weapons blazing, but still . . . a god of speed and a legion of supervillains?"
"Hey, they're all willing to help us," Winn shrugged. "If we help them in return, is that really so bad?"
Alex sighed, putting her head in her hand. "No," she admitted. "I just want to kick Mon-El's ass as soon as possible."
"So do we." Both Winn and Alex jumped, and they turned around, only to see Thea smile sheepishly. "Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing the part where that jackass was mentioned."
"No, it's fine," Alex shook her head, standing up. "I just need to go find something to punch."
Thea watched her go, then turned back to Winn as he sighed. "She'll probably imagine it's him and break something," he said.
"That bad, huh?" Thea leaned against the console.
"It's just . . . " Winn leaned his head back, spinning around in his chair. "Mon-El spent so much time 'proving' that he was different from Kara's view on Daxamites. To find out he was playing her, and all of us, so well for so long . . . " He let out a frustrated noise. "It stings a little."
"A little?" Thea repeated. Winn gave her a dirty look, but Thea brushed it off. "You know that guy Oliver mentioned, the one we just dealt with?" Winn nodded, and Thea smirked dryly. "He played us, too. Oliver's the mayor of Star City, and our guy, Prometheus? Adrian Chase, the District Attorney."
"The what?" Winn did a double take.
"Yeah," Thea nodded grimly. "Back in Oliver's . . . grimmer days, one of his victims was Chase's father. It made him want to make Oliver suffer in return. He only just recently put Chase behind bars, but last Christmas, one of Oliver's team members betrayed him and turned to Chase."
"Really?"
"Yeah," Thea nodded. "Chase is a real son of a bitch, who put Ollie through the ringer, but Ollie got through it. None of us like traitors, and this Mon-El guy is someone I really don't think Oliver would mind killing."
"Your brother is a really cheery guy," Winn frowned.
"He's been through hell," Thea said simply. "Doesn't make you a cheery person."
Winn conceded the point. "So, Kara told me a bit about everyone . . . what can you tell me about Team Arrow?"
Thea grinned.
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Alex didn't find a punching bag, but she did find what seemed to be a training track the speedsters used. After checking to make sure no one was using it, she took off her jacket and started running. If she couldn't punch out her frustrations, she could try and run it off.
She made it a few laps before she heard someone – or two someones, it sounded like – enter the room. Frowning, she turned out of the track the next time she ran through it, and she paused, seeing Caitlin and Amaya standing there. "I saw you turn this way," Amaya offered a water bottle. "I thought you might need this."
"Thanks," Alex sighed, taking it from her. "I couldn't find anything to punch that wouldn't break my hand."
"That would be bad," Caitlin chuckled.
"Thank you again for helping with Kara," Alex smiled faintly. "I was a bit of a bitch at first."
"Hey, your sister was in trouble," Caitlin held up her hands. "You could have shot me. It's just good to know there's a fellow doctor here."
"Yeah, well," Alex shrugged. "It's a good thing to be when your sister's an alien."
"I guess you'll be the one helping me make sure everyone here stays in one piece," Caitlin said dryly. "And alive."
"That would be preferable," Alex nodded. "It was just a little overwhelming to see how many people were back there and ready to help."
"Everyone but Barry had only just met Kara when she came to help with the Dominators," Amaya told her with a smile. "She only knew one person here, but she came all the same. She was a huge help. Nathaniel said earlier, she probably took out half of them in the final battle. We owe her for that."
"Prophecy or not, Barry would probably punch Mon-El anyway," Caitlin smirked.
"Well," Alex smiled faintly. "Sara did say they get first dibs."
"And Sara is going to enjoy claiming it," Amaya smiled back. "It doesn't matter if you, Kara, and Winn are from another Earth. Kara was on our side when she fought with us. We're a team. We protect our own. So that's what we're going to do."
Alex nodded gratefully. "That means a lot." She screwed the lid of her water bottle back on, reaching over and picking up her jacket. "So . . . a god of speed, huh?"
"Not entirely the strangest thing we've dealt with," Caitlin shook her head as they walked out of the area.
"What is?"
Caitlin tilted her head back and forth. "Maybe Grodd . . . he's a telepathic gorilla."
"A what?" Amaya blinked.
"Or this one pain Barry keeps dealing with," Caitlin thought out loud. "Half-man, half-shark. King Shark."
"King Shark?" Alex repeated. When Caitlin nodded, she guffawed. "King Shark . . . that's almost adorable."
"Tell that to the speedster who almost gets chomped in half every time he turns up."
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Bit of an awkward place to stop, but the next chapter's going to have Barry telling Oliver, Kara, and Sara more about Savitar, and an important player starts noticing something's up . . . guess who. ;)
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