146New Justice: Journey of the League
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Journey's End, Part 2
The last thing she remembered, Rae had been knocked unconscious by the backfiring bomb of Joker and Harley's, so why she was now walking on an unknown beach was beyond her. She wondered if this was a dream… or maybe the speed force again. She had the tendency to save Rae when in danger, the speed force that is.
Rae was just wondering why she naturally went to feminine pronouns when it came to the speed force when a familiar voice spoke behind her.
"Hello Rae," she paused as she turned, seeing the familiar green outfit with a hood over the head. Oliver Queen. Her Oliver Queen. He was standing right behind her and she hadn't even heard him. "It's been a long time." Oliver lowered his hood.
"Oliver?" Rae asked. "Am I dead?"
"If you were dead, you would be in the speed force," Oliver reasoned.
"I haven't ruled that out," Rae shrugged, and Oliver laughed.
"No, this place isn't as grand as the speed force," Oliver stated, and Rae raised an eyebrow at Oliver. "This is Purgatory – or, my own personal Purgatory. Modeled after Lian Yu – the island I was trapped on for so long. When your cousin killed me, I came here."
"Why?" Rae asked stepping forward, wondering where this was going.
"My mission wasn't done." Oliver explained. "My whole life… This island… becoming a member of the Justice League. My death and everything since, that was preparing me to become something else. To become someone else – to become the Spectre."
-New Justice-
In Wayne Manor, Tommy, Thea, Laurel, and JT were ready.
Malcolm Merlyn, Shellcase, Catwoman, and a group of former League of Assassin members came crashing in; Laurel instantly sending out a Canary Cry as JT started shooting. Thea and Tommy had arrows ready, but the fight quickly moved to hand-to-hand combat.
"You were ready?" Malcolm whispered as he fought with Tommy.
Catwoman had stayed back from the fight and had quickly knocked out one League of Assassin member without being noticed by her Alliance colleagues. Thea had seen though, and gave her a look as she nodded, the two fighting together as JT killed one of the former Assassins.
Malcolm and Shellcase managed to knocked over Laurel and Tommy to let one of the others start fighting them. The pair paused, however, hearing the screaming coming from the next room and Shellcase moved to blow off the door. He was sent back by a vibration by Sideways. Malcolm used an arrows though, to toss Sideways aside.
He was surprised when vines surrounded him, lifting him into the air and tying his feet and arms together; Karry's Caitlin turning around at that moment.
"These two are under my protection!" Caitlin stated. "No one messes with Mother Nature," she gave a smirk as Malcolm was thrown back out, vines blocking the open doorway now, to block it.
Malcolm went to stand up but was stopped by Tommy physically forcing an arrow to him.
"I thought you were dead once! I wouldn't blink to make that a reality," Tommy growled; Malcolm was able to look around and noticed most of the other League of Assassin members were now either dead or knocked out; Shellcase was being held by Laurel and JT, the latter of whom had a gun to Shellcase's head. Malcolm didn't know where Catwoman was.
It was a moment later the vines moved, releasing him a little.
"Well, now that this is over," Caitlin said having something in her arms. "I think daddy would like to see his baby…" Tommy gave a wide smile and JT moved over to point his gun at Malcolm, keeping the man at bay. Laurel kept a heel on Shellcase.
Tommy took the newborn.
"Let me see him. Please, let me see my grandson," Malcolm now implored.
"What grandson?" Caitlin asked. "This is a beautiful baby girl."
Malcolm seemed stunned – he had never looked at the gender of the baby in files he had seen and had just assumed it was a boy. He had never considered it being a girl.
"And she's your grand-nothing," Tommy glared at Malcom. "How's Sara?"
"Resting," Caitlin said, giving a nod to let Tommy go inside the room as Sideways exited.
"Sideways, help Black Canary and Red Hood get everyone to a jail," Tommy said and Sideways nodded. "And good job." Sideways gave a smile as he opened portals.
Thea had taken Catwoman to a side room though.
"Thanks for the sneaky exit," Catwoman said.
"Actually," Thea said and tossed a device at Catwoman, who caught it. Instantly, ropes appeared around Catwoman, tying her down.
"What?! You got to be kidding me!" Catwoman complained as Thea helped Catwoman onto the bed.
"Flash wants a word. On her terms this time," Thea said. "Get comfy. We're waiting for a while."
"Kinky…" Catwoman muttered, to a groan from Thea.
-New Justice-
Lyra had charged through the door of the Grant penthouse, with a former member of the League of Assassins in tow. Cat turned as she shoved her kids back, Joel standing up.
"Now you die!" Lyra called, pointing at Cat.
Ember gave a growl at that, and ran at super speed, picking up Lyra in her teeth and tossing her across the room, then turned to the stunned League of Assassins member and growled, her eyes glowing.
"Kryptonian," he muttered, as he turned to run but was blocked off by Jessica who used her Lantern-like meta power to trap him.
"Look at that," Cat said. Ember had run to Lyra, growling at the alien, who smartly remained down. "Rain was right. The dog was a good idea after all."
"Of course, she was mom," Carter said, proud of his seeing eye dog. He hadn't seen anything of what happened, aside from Jessica, but could easily deduce what had gone down.
-New Justice-
With the false message of Metropolis's destruction sent, it was Lillian Luthor's turn to attack the Kryptonian sanctuary, her Cyborgs and BIzzaro Superman with her. She had released the Kryptonite gas, weakening the Kryptonians protecting above, but due to their anti-Kryptonite devices, they weren't out of the fight yet.
"Lillian Luthor!" Kara Allen said, in almost a growl. The animals were already attacking, with Beppo leading the fight, throwing things from his spot in the clouds while shrieking his own little war cry. "Never changes, does she."
"I guess you have history," Kara Lane stated.
"Long story. Another time. Is that Jeremiah?" Kara Allen noticing the Cyborg Superman was her foster father. She remembered looking him up when she first came to New Justice to find her alternate but he had seemed out of the life here. Or never got into it. She guessed he had now.
Kara Allen didn't waste time though, jumping in to fight the cyborgs as Kara Lane went right for the leader herself, protected in her Lexosuit.
The two Kryptos were double-teaming the female Cyborg, dodging her fire, and letting out their own heat vision. Hex was with Chris, who was fighting Bizzaro Superman – the teen wasn't as powerful as the full clone, but with Hex it was evened out.
"Why?" Kara Lane asked Lillian as they fought. The two having their hands connected and pushing at each other as they flew. "Why go after me and my kind?"
"Your cousin killed my son!" Lillian spat as they fought.
"And your son killed my cousin's adopted parents," Kara pointed out as they fought. "Both are dead. There was no reason for you to attack us." This whole revenge-against-someone-long-dead thing was just insane to Kara. Then again, most villains were illogical in their thoughts.
Inside the Sanctuary, Frankie and Felicity were trying their hardest to break Lillian's control of the two cyborgs.
"Damn," Felicity was saying. "There are too many firewalls! It could take us all day to return control to their real brains."
"You're right," Frankie admitted. "Time they don't have." He paused at this. "We don't need to return control to the person underneath though, we just need Lillian to not have control." Frankie started typing, fast.
Felicity blinked, but then got it. "I know what you're doing. I'll get Cyborg Superman," Felicity stated.
As the two Kryptos – Karry Universe's and New Justice's – were fighting Cyborg, the half-robot suddenly stopped. Both Kryptos growled, not sure to believe the stop but then he moved and shot at Lillian Luthor, surprising everyone.
"That's for framing me for murder!" Cyborg's voice shouted.
"Frankie?" Kara Lane asked, but didn't have time to wait for the answer as Lillian was back in the fight, but Cyborg was now running to help Kara Lane and her Krypto joined, then Karry's Krypto ran to help his Kara.
"So, does this make up for everything I did two years ago?" Cyborg asked as she punched Lillian and then got blasted in return.
"We'll talk later," Kara Lane said, rolling her eyes as she dodged an attack. Frankie controlling this cyborg was weird, but it gave them the help they needed
Kara Allen was battling Cyborg Superman when he stopped moving.
"Jeremiah?" Kara asked, holding her fist up. It was true she had a mixed history with the man – and the clone that came after back on Karry – but overall, this was an alternate of her sister's father. Krypto growled, slowly remembering the man and how he tried to kill Nora and Alura Allen back when the twins were babies.
"DJ Smoak has control now!" Jeremiah's voice said, turning to where Chris was battling Bizzaro. "Might want to help him…" Jeremiah flew into the air and Kara followed along with Krypto. Bizzaro had Chris pinned down until Jeremiah grabbed him off and then somehow electrocuted him.
Kara Allen helped Chris to his feet; Hex had been thrown away and flew back down at this moment.
"I don't know how I did that…" Cyborg Superman said.
"Get Jeremiah away!" Kara Allen demanded, looking down at the now unconscious Bizzaro. She remembered her own earth's Bizzaro whose heart had failed due to a similar attack. She wondered if there was a defect in the heart of these creations.
She didn't have time to think of it though as Kara Allen ran to help Kara Lane.
"Go!" She said to the Cyborg, who gave a thumbs up and ran out. The two Karas gave a smirk at each other and nod. "Superboy?" Kara Lane yelled as the two tossed Lillian right at Superboy who punched her hard. Hex and the two Kryptos were next jumping at Lillian tearing apart her suit. The Kryptonite gas had worn off and everyone was back at full strength.
"I think this fight is over," Kara Lane said, putting a foot on Lillian Luthor. They had saved the Sanctuary.
-New Justice-
Mon and Winn knew when the Justice League alert went off they had seconds before they were attacked, and they were right: Toyman and Mik came through their apartment window, with their Kryptonian dog, Killer, and Blackfire.
"This time I am the one with the Kryptonian," Mik said, pushing a button on his control – the Kryptonian dog growling.
The bedroom door opened, where the others had been hiding, and Clarky came running out in his Flash Pup outfit growling back.
"I have one too!" Mon said with a nod as Clarky jumped on the older White German Shephard, the air fighting dog-to-dog as Mik ran at Mon, who punched back.
"Komand'r," Kori shouted to herself, just as Blackfire lit up her eyes to join in fighting. "Why are you hurting my friends?"
"Koriand'r?" Blackfire asked, turning to the girl. "You're… but… I did this for you."
"You hurt people!" Kori stated sadly. "You don't do that for me. Stop now." Blackfire seemed stunned as Kori went up to hug her; Emma pointed her sword at Blackfire though, who got the message as she brought Kori into a hug.
"My own son betrayed me!" Toyman was saying; he had some robotic flying monkeys with him. "Well, your Daxamite can't protect you right now."
"Oh," Winn said, realizing right away: his father thought he was just dating a Justice League member, not in the Justice League himself. "You don't realize? Well dad..." Winn held up his hands and froze his father and the monkeys. "I am Stopwatch."
Jace threw some lighting, destroying the frozen flying monkeys as Winn grabbed a vase and knocked his father over the head with it to knock him out. "Nice job," Jace said as Toyman unfroze once he was knocked out. "Can you do that to them?" Jace pointed at Mik and Killer, who were still fighting with Mon and Clarky.
"Unfortunately, my powers don't work on Kryptonians and Daxamites," Winn sighed, looking at the dog sadly – the dog who was forced to fight. Noticing the enhancements to the device to block being able to disconnect it like before. "We need to free the dog. Somehow."
"What about the thing in the Daxamite's hand?" Jace asked, and Winn gave him a look.
"The control device. Of course! We need to knock Mik out." Winn said. Mon was holding his own against Mik, but the two were evenly matched. "Jace?"
"On it," Jace said, running over and joining the fight. Winn noticed Emma was keeping her eyes on Blackfire, who seemed to have decided to quit now she had her sister back. Jace grabbed Mik's hand going for the device; Mon realized and dodged to grab the device. Mik put his hands on it to struggle with Mon over it. Jace tried to help Mon get the device.
At the same time Clarky used heat vision, knocking the opposing dog into the couch, and breaking it. The dog seeming knocked out from that and Clarky went to stand on top.
"No!" Mik cried, trying to push a button but Mon got it out of his hand and threw it at Winn, who barely caught it.
Jace punched the Daxamite and then Mon grabbed him by the throat.
"This is over!" Mon said.
"Brother – let me go!" Mik demanded. "I'll get on my ship and leave. You'll never hear from me again."
"We gave you that option already and you ignored it," Mon said, punching Mik to knock him out. "Now it's jail!"
"We better get the dog to Supergirl," Winn added.
"What do we do with her?" Emma asked of Blackfire.
Winn and Mon looking at each other.
"We let the Flash decide," Winn decided.
"Did you use my vase to knock your dad out?" Mon asked and Winn gave a look. "What I just bought that at an estate sale and was going to go to the store."
"It was an ugly vase," Winn reasoned as he grabbed his dad to bring him to prison.
-New Justice-
In Central-National, Adam was ready inside Red Tornado's lifeless head, controlling the robot from there, while the real Red Tornado occupied his newer body back at Watchtower.
"You know, even when small its cramped in here," Adam complained. The body didn't work wirelessly. There had to be a conscious in it. Adam being able to shrink down gave them an edge to use it without that.
"My body was not meant for handheld controls," Red Tornado reasoned on the coms. "I do believe your Karry Universe alternate created it just for AI control."
"This is true…" Adam stopped at that moment. "Oh. Someone took control."
Adam adjusted the view screen to see Kilgore had arrived.
"You made this too easy! I thought I would have to go to the ruins of Metropolis, but here you are," Kilgore said, forcing the robot towards him. "And you… wait, there's no mind inside the body. But how…?"
Kilgore was thrown, as if by magic, and Adam knew he was as up walked Nora, her eyes glowing as Stephanie swung down from a building.
"We were ready," Stephanie said, but then heard cars beeping. Turning around, all the cars on the road were turning on. "Crap…" The cars started to move towards them, and Nora used her power to keep them away. Kilgore had control of them.
"I don't have control anymore," Adam stated as the weapons started firing at Nora and Stephanie. "You need to knock him out!"
"Kind of hard, sweetie," Nora said, using her powers to try to keep the cars and Red Tornado's power away.
"I've got an idea. Use his powers against him. Dark Witch?" Stephanie said, running towards Kilgore, who sent a car at her to hit into her.
"Oh, got it," Nora said, getting it and using her powers to lift Stephanie up in the air at last minute. The car ran right into Kilgore at full speed. Knocking Kilgore back through a window of a building.
"Hey, I got control again," Adam said, taking back control of Red Tornado suit. "I'll go check on Kilgore." Adam flew towards the building, still in the suit, and saw the blood coming out of the twisted body. "Ah. He's definitely dead…"
"If you're free, we could use some help here," it was Donna on the coms. "There's more people here than we thought – and we haven't freed the Aquas yet."
"We're on our way!" Adam said. Stephanie already swinging away. "Can I give you a lift?"
"Please," Nora said as Adam used Red Tornado to lift her up and fly her to where the Aqaus were being held.
-New Justice-
Tantu was fighting with her cousin.
"You want the Totems, but why?" Tantu asked. "You know how dangerous they are! They aren't meant to be used like this. Not for evil reasons."
"Shut up!" Kuasa said, using her water to counteract Tantu's Totems – in the end a Totem was the only thing that could challenge another Totem which was why Nuarak and Kuasa were giving everyone else such a problem, with only Tantu to counteract their powers.
Donna was fighting the League of Assassin members, not holding back as she used the sword and lasso to injure and even kill them. Caitlin and Killer Frost were evenly matched, going at it with fire and ice. Meanwhile, Buddy was battling with Garth, trying to reach the Aquas.
"You know I am right," Tantu said as a patch of Earth hit into her and she was surrounded in vines. Nuraka was using his Earth Totem.
"Stop! No!" Kuasa yelled at her husband. "That's my cousin."
"She's our enemy," Nuraka countered. "She is defenseless. We can take her Totem..." Nuraka walked towards Tantu, going for the Totem, only to be stopped at the last moment by water hitting into him.
He spluttered, getting up from the floor where he'd been thrown, expecting the Aquas free, but he was surprised to see Kuasa had hit into him with her Totem.
"No one hurts my cousin!" Kuasa said, using powers to knock her husband out; Tantu being freed from the power of the Earth Totem too. Kuasa went and took the green Totem off her husband and then the blue one off her. "These don't belong to me. You're right. You were always right."
Tantu took the Totems slowly as Stephanie came in followed by Adam in Red Tornado and Nora. The battle was over, and it seemed everyone knew.
The few remaining members of the League of Assassins went to run, but Stephanie and Donna chased them, catching as many as they could, while Caitlin – now with help from Nora – got the upper hand on Killer Frost.
Adam in Red Tornado helped Buddy take down Garth, while Donna and Stephanie now moved to free Aqualad and Aquagirl from their bindings.
"Took you long enough," Aqualad said as he coughed up some blood.
"Well, the time was worth it," Donna said, hearing on the coms that everyone had won. The Injustice Alliance had been defeated.
-New Justice-
"Spectre?" Rae asked Oliver, confused on this notion. "Isn't that some lame James Bond villain?" She remembered something from Frankie about this; Oliver cocked his eyebrow.
"It's a long story," Oliver admitted. "Do you trust me Rae?" He moved the conversation along.
"Of course, yes," Rae said, without doubt.
"Good, because I used your injury to bring you here as we needed to talk, but soon I must return you. So, you need to listen to me," he put an arm on Rae.
"I'm listening," Rae nodded.
"Your friend Frankie was wrong." Oliver admitted. "The multiverse needs each other. – now more than ever, because a great danger is coming that could destroy everything and the friendships you have developed might be the only way the multiverse will survive."
Rae couldn't believe what she was hearing. A great threat that could take on the multiverse. What was Oliver on about?
"There is one thing you all have wrong, though." Oliver continued as Rae remained silent. "Not all worlds are created equal. Some worlds are stronger than other worlds." Rae was curious but let Oliver continue talking. "And there are seven worlds that are extra special – because on these seven worlds are people who might be the last hope of the multiverse. The Paragons."
"Paragons?" Rae asked.
-New Justice-
Kara Lane walked out of the room in Justice Hospital. A Caitlin besides her.
"Thanks," Kara said to the Caitlin. "Erm… which Earth are you from again?"
"Different Power," Caitlin answered – they had called out to the multiverse, asking for Caitlins to come and help with injuries and they had gotten a good response. Prime Caitlin had come, of course, along with Twin, Different Power, and Betrayal's Caitlin. And with Karry already here and their own, that added to six Caitlins. Others kept showing up too to help. It was becoming a fun Caitlin gathering.
"How's the dog?" It was Kara Allen who was with her husband, standing outside a room in the hospital. Her Krypto was next to her and Hex was on her shoulders
"We removed the device," Kara Lane said. "He'll heal. I'm concerned for his mental wellbeing though. He was forced to do horrible things by the Injustice Alliance and who knows what that salesmen had him do or did to him. His siblings –" Kara Lane was interrupted by a growl from Karry's Krypto.
"Salesmen?" Kara Allen asked, her eyes glowing for a moment.
"Yeah, that's how the Injustice Alliance got him. An alien smuggler who was selling Kryptonian dogs. We got some of his siblings. Maybe his kid," Kara Lane said, confused by the reaction as Krypto moaned.
"Erm, that's how Kara got Krypto," Barry filled in for Kara Lane. "He ran away from an intergalactic salesman."
"That means…" Kara Lane said, looking back at the room she had exited. Her Krypto and Beppo were guarding the other dog. "That dog in there is your Krypto's real alternate." Krypto gave another moan as Kara Allen went to comfort him.
"Your Krypto isn't the same as ours?" Barry paused at this "But they look identical! I thought…"
"Dogs don't have quite as many recognizable physical similarities as humans, so on a quick glance our Kryptos do appear the same, but the two have very difference traits when you get to know them – trust me, I am an expert in this. Besides, it's obvious your Krypto and even his mate, Powie were not the same as our Krypto and Misty, since Krypto and Misty were made using the artificial wombs in the Sanctuary, while yours were bred on Krypton or by breeders" Kara Lane stated, frankly. "Their similarities are only fur-deep," she mused. "But I am going to rehabilitate him – our other Krypto, I mean." Kara Allen gave a smile at this, having listened to her double's explanation on their Kryptos in silence. She whispered smoothly to her Krypto at this.
Kara Lane turned around at this.
"Caitlin!" Kara Lane called out.
"Yes?" Several Caitlins said from different places.
"My Caitlin – Wild Fire," Kara Lane said, thinking Rae might have a good point of calling people by their superhero name.
"Me," one Caitlin said, raising a hand.
"Update?" Kara Lane asked; with Rae unconscious she was in charge after all.
"Well, Bizzaro isn't dead," Caitlin informed her. "We put him into a coma though because he's in a lot of pain. I don't know what we will do with him." Caitlin gave took a breath. "Aquas will be fine – they just need to take a couple of weeks off to heal. The two Cyborgs are with my Prime counterpart, as she has experience with Cyborgs and removing parts – she's going to call in help from her own Cyborg – but it looks like Jeremiah will be able to return completely to human life, while our Victoria might not get rid of all the robot parts. Sara and the baby are resting fine. My Karry counterpart is still at the Wayne Manor with them. Everyone else only has minor injuries… except Rae."
Caitlin looked back to the room they were in front of. Rae was on the bed. Clarky was at the foot of the bed.
"What's wrong?" Kara Lane asked, nervous. She couldn't feel Rae in their bond which she'd ignored up until this point.
"We don't know," Caitlin admitted. "Physically, she has no injuries at all. Every wound from the blast healed. There's nothing wrong with her head… every test is normal. She just won't wake up. We even tried forcing her up with a drug Twin has access to and nothing. As far as we can tell, she's in a coma."
"What?!" Kara Lane asked.
"What are you feeling on the other end of your bond?" Barry asked Kara Lane concerned for his cousin.
"Nothing," Kara Lane sighed, and Barry shared a look with his Kara. That wasn't a good sign.
-New Justice-
"Paragons," Oliver confirmed.
"What exactly are Paragons though?" Rae asked, Oliver having not explained this.
"Special heroes," Oliver stated. "There are seven in total, but you'll learn more when the time comes. Our world is one of these special worlds with a special hero – Paragons. You are, in fact, one of these Paragons."
Rae took a step back at this.
"I can't tell which of the seven you are, but I know you are one. I don't know the other six earths or who the others are, but there is a good chance you know all or some of them." Oliver continued. "If the worst were to come, the seven paragons are the last hope of the multiverse. You're the last hope."
"What do I do?" Rae asked. "What do we do?"
"Continue doing what you're doing. Strengthen your friendships; find out more about the multiverse. And help strengthen the weak worlds," Oliver said.
"I don't understand," Rae said, shaking her head in confusion.
"You will," Oliver said. "You'll be called on a mission soon and this will all make sense. But this won't be the last time we see each other. We will be fighting side by side again soon, Flash. I look forward to that day, but now you must go back."
"Right," Rae nodded, still a little lost at this influx of information.
"Goodbye, my friend." Oliver smiled. "Until next time."
-New Justice-
Kara Lane, Kara Allen, Karry Barry, New Justice Caitlin, and one or two other Caitlins were in Rae's medical room, looking over her reading.
"There has to be something," Kara Lane was saying.
"Well my Karry alternate and myself have quite a bit of research on speed force comas…" Prime stated; Mutant Caitlin about to say something to this though when suddenly Rae jumped up, causing Clarky to jump and bark in complaint.
Rae had silver sparks around her as she sat up, and Clarky – who had hovered in front of Rae, ready to lick his mistress's face – paused and cocked his head at the look.
"Whoa, that was weird," Rae said a little too fast. "And I feel great. Like a bunch of energy... Wow. What did I get? This is…"
Barry whistled. "Rae your talking so fast only I can understand you," Barry said and moved forward, putting a hand on the vibrating Rae. "Slow down a little."
"I'll try. I will try…. Wow," Rae said shaking her head. "Where's the Injustice Alliance? I can take them all on right now!" Rae had her hands out in a fist and punched the air as Clarky barked happily now.
"Your plan worked," Kara Lane said, happy and relieved her Rae was up and talking. The bond was back too, and she could feel Rae's heighted emotions. "Every single one of them are in jail or dead – except Lillian's creations, which we have here. Kuasa and Blackfire switched sides last minutes. They are under guard at Home Base. And Thea has Catwoman at Wayne Manor."
"Oh yes I need a word with the cat," Rae said. "I'll go." At that, Rae ran out but then returned a moment later. "Am I seeing quadruple, or is there multiple Wild Fires here?"
"We called in help," Caitlin said.
"Good, good," Rae said. "Multiverse. Oliver said… no Oliver's dead. Strange dream… Was it a dream? I don't know. Paragons…. Dream… maybe…. You know, I can't tell. I'll get back to you. See you." Rae ran out again and Clarky ran after her, leaving everyone else lost for words.
"Even I didn't get that," Barry finally said after a moment of confusion.
"In hindsight, giving her that drug from Twin might have been a bad idea," Caitlin reasoned, knowing the drug they had given her to wake her up must have been the result of this extra energy. "She knows, this base isn't in the United States, right..?"
It was a former League of Assassins base after all and that League had been worldwide. The group looked at each other.
….
By the time Rae arrived in Gotham at Wayne Manor, having navigated running the ocean and figuring out where in the world she had been, she had run out of the extra energy from the drug. Clarky was behind her and gave moan as he was exhausted from trying to keep up with her.
"Sorry boy," Rae said, giving him a pet as she walked in.
"Ms. Garrick," it was Alfred who greeted her with a smile. "It's been too long."
"It has," Rae agreed with the man, speaking more normally now. "Where is everyone?"
"Over here," Alfred said and led Rae to another room, where yet another Caitlin was with Tommy, Laurel, and Sara, who was holding a baby. "Before you go and have a word with Ms. Kyle, I thought you would like to see…"
"Hey," Rae said coming up and Sara smiled at her.
"Want to hold?" Sara asked.
"Yes," Rae said, and Sara gave the baby over to Rae.
"Kathleen Queen meet your Aunty Rae," Sara said to the baby and Rae had to smile at the 'Aunty' comment.
"Hey there little girl," Rae said. "There was a lot of excitement around your birth, I know. Well, you might want to get used to it. You were born into an exciting family. But an amazing family." Rae paused as she looked. "Because you're a Justice League baby, little one. It means, no matter what, where your future leads, you'll always be one of us. And we never abandon one of our own."
Rae smiled as she handed the baby back to her mother.
"I got a cat to talk to," Rae said and then looked at Laurel, pausing. She was still unsure if what she experienced with Oliver was a dream or real.
"Something wrong?" Laurel asked, noticing Rae was looking at her.
"No," Rae said. "Just thinking of something an old friend said to me." Laurel raised an eyebrow but didn't get to question as Rae left the room and found Thea with a tied up Catwoman. "Red Arrow, you can go meet your niece."
Thea gave a nod and walked out as Rae sat down and Clarky jumped on the bed.
"This is how you thank me?" Catwoman said. "Going to send me to jail?"
"Oh, do calm down I just need a word," Rae said. "Because there is one bit of cleanup we need to talk about. Tomorrow I must tell the world why they got a message Metropolis blew up when it didn't, and during that I am going to mention what happened to all the Injustice Alliance members. Now, here is what I would like to say what happened to you..." Catwoman raised an eyebrow but remained quiet. "I would like to say Catwoman was killed by Black Canary." Catwoman cocked her head at this. "But here is the thing: if Catwoman were to ever be seen again, it would be very bad for me, which means it would be extra bad for you. Got it?"
"Forced retirement," Catwoman said. "Got it. You won't ever see me again."
Rae untied Catwoman and let her get up.
"You're getting this deal for two reasons," Rae said, making Catwoman pause. "One, because you warned us and probably saved millions of lives; and two, because it's what Bruce wanted. Don't ruin this chance."
"I won't," Catwoman said, and jumped out the window.
"You could have used the door," Rae pointed out as Clarky barked.
"That was nice of you," it was Alfred standing at the door.
"Well she did help us," Rae said. "And anyone who could betray a team they were on for the children we were protecting can't be all that bad."
"Children?" Alfred asked.
"Yeah. She was more upset at the thought of Kathleen being ripped away from Sara than Metropolis blowing up. Honestly, almost seemed motherly," Rae said with a shrug. "I got somewhere else to be. Going to the Batcave to use the zap tunnel." Alfred barely acknowledge the comment as Rae left; he seeming to be in thought.
-New Justice-
Rae and Clarky came into Home Base to see Kori there showing toys to her sister; Kuasa was leaning against a wall with Tantu nearby, with Buddy Baker was keeping her eyes on them. Emma was nearby Kori, Rae suspecting Emma had grown attached to the girl like a daughter. Jace was near Emma with an arm around her. Moira was there with Arthur on her lap.
"I think you two have a granddaughter and cousin to meet," Rae said to grandmother and grandson, opening a zap tunnel for them. Moira and Arthur gave a smile before leaving.
"Rae!" Kori yelled, running over to give Rae a hug and Rae smiled as she hugged Kori back. "I told my sister all about the island!", Kori had a big smile on her face. "She can come with me now."
"I'm sorry Kori, but she can't," Rae said, and Kori seemed confused.
"But… she stopped… she said sorry," Kori said.
"I know," Rae said kneeling down, so she was on the same level as Kori. "But that's not enough. When you do something wrong, even if you regret it afterward, you need to be punished. Your sister needs to pay for her crimes." Kori looked upset and had a tear in her eyes which Rae wiped away. "But if she does exactly what I say, maybe she'll get to the island sooner rather than later – and I'll make sure you can visit her." Kori gave a sad nod.
"You're not letting us go?" Kuasa asked, realizing this.
"No, I'm not," Rae said, standing up.
"Flash," Tantu said coming up. "Maybe you could…? I mean you let Nora stay."
"Dark Witch paid for her crimes," Rae pointed out. "She did the jail time."
"What about Catwoman?" Tantu whispered.
"There's a big difference between what Catwoman did and what these two did. Catwoman saved millions of lives by warning us – they chickened out at the last minute," Rae said, putting a hand on Tantu;s shoulder. "I get what you're feeling. I offered the Reverse Flash a chance to leave once, but right now I need these two."
Rae turned to Kuasa and Blackfire.
"I will talk on your behalf; get you a lesser sentence, but I need you two to go on record on everything the Injustice Alliance did. Every single, crime including framing Francisco Ramon for murder," Rae said.
"Who's Francisco Ramon?" Kuasa asked.
"Premo," Rae sighed.
"Oh yeah, that was us," Kuasa realized, with a nod.
"He's an innocent man suffering for your crimes," Rae pointed out, and Tantu realized the reason behind not letting them go was to get Frankie free. She couldn't argue with that. "You do this, and we'll see what type of deal I can get you. More than likely a couple of years in jail."
"I understand," Kuasa said, and Blackfire nodded as well.
"Good," Rae said taking a breath. It seemed now this was completely over, leaving Rae wondering about her new mystery.
-New Justice-
Selina Kyle, the now former Catwoman, walked into her apartment.
She knew the Flash meant what she said about Catwoman, and now had to figure out life without it. It was what Bruce wanted.
"Oh, Ms. Kyle, your friend is so nice," Selina's maid/nanny said making Selina pause until she saw Alfred sitting there with Helen on his lap.
"You can go," Selina said to the woman, who gave a nod and left.
"I've got to say," Alfred said once they were alone. "She has Master Bruce's eyes..." Alfred smiled as he bounced the girl.
"How did you figure it out?" Selina asked, folding her arms tightly.
"Flash mentioned you didn't like the idea of little Kathleen being ripped away from Mistress Sara. And it was a quick guess from there. With the time off Catwoman took before reemerging…" Alfred paused. "But what I can't figure out is why did you not come to me?"
"Bruce was dead," Selina said. "I didn't need…"
"Reminders," Alfred nodded. "Well, you two must come live at the manor. It's only right the last Wayne would be there."
"I thought the Queens now lived there?" Selina pointed out.
"They have the guest house and that will remain," Alfred said. "But I don't think they would hate the company – especially since you helped save their daughter." Alfred looked down at Helen. "Besides, I must train her the way I trained Master Bruce. To one day take over the company."
"Don't you have a daughter?" Selina asked, knowing Alfred himself was a father. The company did belong to him now after all.
"Julia will understand," Alfred said. "She never liked the idea of running a big business after all as I don't think she wants the company. Not her style." Alfred stood up and gave Helen over to her mom. "Think about it, Ms. Kyle. It would make me extremely happy to be a part of Helen's life. To tell her about her father. Things only I can. It is her birthright."
"I'll think about it, yeah," Selina nodded at this.
Alfred left after that without another word though, leaving Selina with a lot of think about.
-New Justice-
"Well that was a long day," Rae said that night as she came into the house. After talking to authorities over Kuasa and Blackfire's punishment, she had worked out a deal: Blackfire would be in a meta human/alien juvie facility for a few years, while Kuasa would serve a year or two longer in a low security jail. Since she wasn't meta human and didn't have the Totem anymore that helped. Both would have to testify against other alliance members and had already made their statements about Frankie.
Rae had also gotten a text from an unknown number saying "good job Flash" with a devil emoji – she had a feeling it was Lucifer.
She had also seen the multiverse off and thanked each for their help; Karry's Kara and Barry having stuck around until the very end.
"Well, we don't have the Injustice Alliance to deal with anymore," Kara agreed.
"I don't understand one thing," Chris said.
"What?" Rae asked.
"Why did Killer Frost do all this? Everyone else wanted something: Revenge, money… even Joker and Harley just wanted chaos. But Killer Frost got nothing out of it," Chris reasoned.
"We might never know," Kara said.
"She wanted glory," Rae said, making everyone pause. "She wanted to be the one to outsmart the Justice League."
"She nearly did," Chris said.
"She had a good plan. You want to rob a bank? Have a couple of members attack the mayor and leave the bank open. Do something big to take our eyes away from their real prize," Rae said thinking. "But she made one fatal flaw: the members of her alliance weren't loyal to her or the Alliance. There was no friendship, no family, in that. Not the way the Justice League is. It was doomed to fail because once you get into something as big as blowing up a city and not everyone was 100 percent on board, things come crashing down." Rae paused for a moment. "On that note, I expected Lois and the kids to still be here."
"How did you know I told them to come here?" Kara asked, having hid that information from Rae and not wanting Rae to think she thought the speedsters could fail in stopping the city from blowing up. Rae raised an eyebrow and leaned against the wall and Kara nodded, getting what Rae meant. Rae knew her too well.
"On another random question, are we supposed to have two Kryptos?" Rae asked pointing into the living room. Krypto was with Misty, while Clarky had run into there as well. Dizzy and Marble, Clarky's siblings, were nowhere to be found, but there was another white German Shephard laying on the couch looking miserable.
"It's the one the Injustice Alliance had," Kara said. "We removed the devices and he healed up enough; I thought we could bring him here to recover more. He doesn't seem to want to attack now but going to wait to integrate him into the normal Sanctuary population." Kara looked at the dog. "Although he is technically Karry's Krypto real alternate. We'll have to find another name for him."
"And a Powie," Rae mused, feeling sorry for the sad dog.
"But not today. I am tired," Chris said, heading up the stairs.
"Me too," Kara said. "You coming?"
"No," Rae said shaking her head. "I'm still wired from that drug a bit. I think I'll just change into pajamas." Rae ran out and came back in pajamas a moment later. "I'll stay down here and watch some TV with Cujo here." The white dog gave a growl.
"That was an awful name," Kara said and kissed Rae's cheek, going up the stairs. Krypto and Misty following up. Clarky had gone to a dog bed and fallen asleep.
Rae sat on the couch next to the white dog, more than enough room for them and turned on the TV, but she also grabbed her laptop.
"MIA?" Rae said, connecting to Home Base system. "Can you connect the multiverse system to my laptop and give me files to all the Earths we know?"
"Yes," MIA voice said, and Rae suddenly had a new file on the computer to open. She noticed the dogs' eyes on her.
"This stays between me and you Lassie," Rae said to a growl from the dog as Rae sped read through information on all the Earths, finishing in a matter of seconds. "Well… that didn't make sense to anything Oliver said. If he really said it and it wasn't a dream. But I did find one thing interesting… MIA connect my TV to the multiverse Netflix."
The TV changed to the Netflix app and Rae choose the earth known as Beautiful, finding the movie 'Beautiful: A Carole King Movie' and turning it on. She laughed and smiled when she saw an exact copy of her wife playing the piano and singing. "This will be good, Beethoven." The dog gave out a loud growl and Rae raised a hand. "Yeah I hated it the minute I said it, too. We'll find something else."
Rae sat back as she watched the movie still thinking about the warning from Oliver.
-New Justice/August of 2020-
Rafe's research in how to change his design for portals did not go fast.
It took a very long time from when he started in November of 2019, all the way until now – August 2020. In that time, the Justice League had been quiet for a few months, with no real big threats since the Injustice Alliance, while he and Caitlin had still been seeing each other; they being closer than ever.
He was working late into the night this time though, with Caitlin already gone when he finally thought he figured it out. He could finally make a portal.
Turning on the device, a shaky blue-green vortex formed. It wasn't bigger in size than a child, but he knew he had done it. He also knew he shouldn't go through it, but the temptation was great – he'd spent a lot of his life figuring out this and he had perfected it. It needed field testing.
"Dad would kill me for this," Rafe chuckled as he moved forward and ducked, moving through the portal, wondering what he'd find within. Not noticing as the portal closed behind him.
Post Chapter Note: Yes, there is a major time jump at the end there to August of 2020 while the rest of the chapter was November 2019. That brings New Justice back up into time with the rest of the Millma Verse and right after where the Karry section will end. Also, yes if you did not know we are planning a Crisis event and New Justice season 4 will have a lot to do with that. Paragons, Spectre and special missions…
Now, back to Karry Universe and the Second Chance Killer/Zoom plot!
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