A/N: This is a crossover between my Superwoman. Woman of Steel/Justice League fanfic series and the Arrow/Flash/Supergirl/Legends TV universe. Not long after the 'Invasion' crossover episode. Keep in mind that I stop watching Arrow before season 5, and have gotten really behind on Flash. So, don't expect a lot on current season specific stuff.
Warning: Doctor Who and Star Trek level persuado science.
(If anyone has a problem with a Gender-bent Superman. Let me know (nicely) and if I have time I can rework it into a more canon Superman-Justice League/Arrow crossover at some point.)
Elseworlds. Arrow verse
Earth-21
Central City.
Like all S.T.A.R labs facility around the world, the Central City building was massive. A maze of twisting and turning large white corridors that gleamed in bright lights. Many young researchers over time, had been so thankful for being assigned there. Not only had it been that first S.T.A.R labs facility ever built, it was also one of the smallest. Making the seemingly endless maze of corridors that all these facilities seem to possess, that much easier to travel.
The same could be said about one young research assistant, as she made her way around the winding corridors. Dodging the slower scientist that walk around her and the odd piece of equipment, all the while fighting to keep her grip on the pile of files pressed against her chest.
She glanced down at the heap of files to make sure her grip was still secure. When she looked back up, she almost slammed into the back on someone standing in the middle of the corridor. She stepped to the side to go around him, only to find another person standing there. Taking a step back she looked around, taking in the crowd of people gathering in the corridor. Frowning the young assistant twisted to look between the bodies, trying to see what had caused the hold up.
Her jaw dropped.
His silver chassis gleamed, in the bright lighting. Red lights glowed from the middle of the chest, and from the single jewel like eye. His footsteps sounded like dull thuds that carried down the hallway.
Cyborg made his way down the corridor, his dark human eye was blank and expressionless. He still wasn't comfortable in any S.T.A.R labs building, no matter which one it was. They seemed to be a continual reminder of what had happened to him, and the role one of their scientist had had on it.
His own father.
A softer footstep came up behind him. As Wonder Woman stepped close, she made no move to touch him. Simply offering her nonverbal support.
Thankfully no one stopped them, or attempted to talk to them. The group of scientists instead parted easily to allow them through, still staring as the duo made their way past them and continued down the hall.
A single middle-aged man approached the pair as a while, his glasses gleaming into the light as he smiled brightly at the pair.
"You're here," He said in lieu of greeting them, "Thank you for coming. I'm Doctor Greenway. I'm sorry to call you out on such a bad night."
He was referring to the massive storm front that hit multiple Cities. It was so bad that the League was keeping an eye out for any potential floods.
"The Justice League is ready to help no matter the weather." Cyborg stated as they fall into step with each other. "You said in the message that it urgent."
"Yes, well…" The scientist replied, "We weren't sure what it was. The team thought it better to be safe than sorry. Plus, we have been informed that you possess, much more powerful scanners and sensors then anything Star Labs can provide."
With that minimal explanation the scientist speed ahead, in a rush to get back to his lab.
"You didn't have to come," Cyborg said over his shoulder to Diana, once the man was far enough away. "Green Lantern is half a galaxy away, Aquaman is somewhere beyond the reach of my communicators. Martian Manhunter is off on some solo mission…"
"Your point," Wonder Woman interrupted before he could list the entire League.
"My point is there could have been more important things for you to do, then to accompany me on such a simple task," Cyborg explained, his voice was emotionless.
"I know how you feel about Star Labs Victor," Diana remarked softly stepping closer, "I know you don't like being here. I would not make you face that alone."
He cast a look at her, over his metal shoulder. His express was flat without emotion, but Diana thought she could see gratitude in his single dark eye. He was thankful that she had come with him.
When they finally caught up with the Doctor Greenway, he led them into a large room. It was massive and rounded, the walls tall and white. The ceiling was glass, showing off the impressive storm that was raging outside. But no one was looking up, the attention of every person was focused on the centre of the room.
"What is that," Diana breathed taking a step up to a protective railing. Her blue eyes wide in shock.
Beyond the railing in the centre of the room, as a twisting turning mass of energy. It was constantly turning in on itself, seemly creating a hole into something.
"It's some kind of portal," A nearby scientist explained, as a group of people in lab coats worked on computers and equipment.
"It's a breach," Cyborg stated his red eye glowing brightly, as the stone the centre of his forehead gleamed.
"You know what it is?" A scientist asked excitedly, "What caused it?"
Cyborg shock his head, "I've never seen anything like this before, but my onboard computer is telling me. It's a breach, a rift."
"Too where," Was asked in the same excited tone.
"Too everywhere," Was all Cyborg replied, before anyone could ask any more questions. He turned to the head scientist. "When did this appear?"
"About a year and a half ago," Doctor Greenway admitted, at Diana and Victor's shocked look he continued. "It was small then, and keep appearing and disappearing. We were able to stabilise it, and keep it secure."
"Secure," Wonder Woman's tone was a matched by narrowing eyes, "You don't even know what it is."
"We know it's a breach," Was the defensive reply, "We stabilised it, and it hasn't changed since."
"It would have closed and healed on its own," Cyborg stated stilling staring at the writhing mass. "Instead of letting that happen, you've kept open a doorway into existence!"
"I'm started to understand why you don't like it here," Wonder Woman whispered to her companion, "These people are playing as if they were the Gods."
The room flared brightly, as if in response to those comments. The lighting crashing outside the room.
Everyone save Cyborg and Wonder Woman jumped at the sudden brilliance, it faded quickly into darkness and the room seemed to follow. The screens on the equipment went black, and the lighting flickered before the room went dark.
The portal seemed to glow in the centre of the room.
"Just wait," Greenway called, "The generator should kick in." He picked up a wall phone, only to slam it back down when greeted with silence. He look around the still dark room. "Somethings wrong."
"You can say that again," Cyborg called, staring at the still glowing portal. Which had increased in size dramatical.
"The containments down!" Someone screamed, as it continued to grow.
"Everyone out!" Diana ordered, even as the scientist fled the room. She turned to Cyborg. "What do we do?"
"I'm going to try and shut it down." He replied, stepping forward. He raised his hand towards the rift, as advanced Alien computers within worked to shut down the breach. It seemed to fight him, shrinking then growing, before it shrunk down smaller then before.
It was too soon to breathe a sigh of relief though.
As something lashed out and struck him, right before the portal winked out of existence. Cyborg stumbled for a moment, before collapsing forward to his knees grasping his head. His armour's red glow seemed to brighten, as a yell erupted from deep within Victor's throat.
"Victor!" Diana called in concern starting forward. When a sound erupted from Victor's suit, something she had never heard it make before. A high-pitched whining sound, that continued upward before hitting pitches unable to be heard.
The portal flashed into existence again, this time larger and spun with red energy flaring amongst the blue. Its pull was incredible, as everything in the room not nailed down started flying. Wonder Woman's lasso flicked out, wrapping around the still unresponsive Cyborg just as he started moving towards the portal.
She managed to brace herself against the ground, fighting the pull with her considerable strength. The force causing her feet to dig into the concrete flooring. Fighting against the tug on Victor and herself, she thought maybe her chance lay in waiting it out. It might have worked, if the wasn't for another flare of light from Cyborg, and a second portal opened next to the original.
"Oh Hera," She breathed and attempted to brace herself even better. It wasn't enough as her feet started sliding across the ground. Diana pushed off the ground, pulling against the portals grasp with her power of flight. It was unknown if it would have been enough, when large chunk of concrete pulled loose in the chaos collided with her in the air.
Victor entered the portal first and then she went tumbling in after.
She hit the ground on the other side rolling to a stop, and for a moment the was nothing but silence.
"Victor!" She called pushing herself up. She spotted her young friend not too far off, and rushed to his side. He seemed to be coming out of what state he had been in, as he blinked up at her with a slightly dazed dark eye.
"Diana," He said, as if reaffirming that he did recognise her and was wondering why she was there. The memory of what had just happened came back fast, as suddenly he started looking around. "We fall through the breach."
"Yes," Wonder Woman confirmed. "It did something to your suit, and a second portal opened."
"A malfunction," Cyborg explained, closing his eyes as he examined his internal logs. "The energy of the breach effected the comm link I have set up with the League, and the Boomtube network I can use. The second portal most have opened on your comm unit."
"With the League," Wonder Woman repeated, "The portals might affect everyone with the comm units."
"Everyone within range," Cyborg answered flatly, "Yes."
#SC#
Metropolis
Icy water dripped off the end of her nose, the tips of her fingers and the edge of her cape.
All around bright flood light attempted to cut through the murky hazy of the torrents of rain.
"Thanks for the help Superwoman," A man in a security guard uniform stepping up next to her, his clear plastic raincoat as saturated as her own uniform. He however looked more uncomfortable in the rain then she did. "Hell, of a night for it."
Superwoman turned look down over the rail, feeling a droplet of water run along her suits high collar. In the courtyard below a large prison bus, was busy unloading prisoners. Guards moved around them professional, and efficiently despite the bad weather.
Some of the prisoners she recognised.
Her white hair slicked by the rain, seemly unaffected by the icy weather. Killer Frost glared at the guards around her, her wrists pulled together by two glowing cuffs. The standard power negating cuffs used at Striker's Island.
Behind her, a simple metal bed was wheeled out. The thing laying on it, had once been a man. But now all she could see was a metal being. He looked like a metal skeleton.
And he was the reason she was there tonight.
"Star Labs is done with Metallo," The guard stated. "They've given him to us for…. well storage I guess."
Without he's Kryptonite heart Metallo was completely inactive. Unlike the rest of Striker's Island prisoners.
"And the Kryptonite?" Superwoman asked, glancing to the guard beside her. He pointed back to the courtyard, just as a man came out of the bus carrying a small lead lined brief case.
"You can have it, after they finished processing the prisoners," The guard said shooting her a smile, "Like was agreed upon."
She nodded back at him in response.
The guard tilted his head back, blinking up into the rain.
"What about your friend?" He asked, waiting the dark shape circling the island from above.
The roar of engines sounded over the pounding rain, and Superwoman watched as the Batwing made another circuit overhead.
"He's not really a… people person," She said after a moment pause.
"Right," Was the guards only response.
"Bringing one out!" Someone called, as the large metal doors below opened.
Four guards came out, walking a slight blond woman between them. And this was one of the reasons Batman was there. Harley Quinn brightened at the sight of the other prisoners. "Hiya Frosty!" She called, as Killer Frost rolled her silver eyes. "I'm goin' home. Ah home sweet home. I do hope Mr. J's waitin' for me."
"Can I go inside now," Killer Frost kissed at one of the guards.
Suddenly a piercing screaming came from the comm unit her ear, wincing at the unnatural loud noise Superwoman clamped a hand over her ear.
"What the…." Was all she got out, before all hell broke loose.
The mass of energy that spun into existence besides her, was large and glowing a brilliant blue. It seemed more like a blackhole than anything else. As the railing, she was standing on lurched, she grabbed hold of the guard beside her. Another guard start to slide past, and she snatched him up. Flying backwards and away from the twisting portal.
Haley Quinn was used to mayhem, so she was quick to take advantage of the chaos around her. Her flip kick took out one of her guards and separated her from the others.
"Yoink!" she called pulling the metal brief case free of the stunned guards hands, before using it to hit him over the head.
Killer Frost was fighting against the pull of the portal, sliding on the rain slickened ground. When she stumbled over Metallo's fallen body.
"WEEEEEEEE…" The wild yell called her attention just as Harley's flying body slammed to her. Knocking Killer Frost and Metallo towards the portal. "Hiya Frosty!"
Was the last call before the three of them disappeared into the portal.
Superwoman was busy, snatching guards and prisoners before securing them away from the portal. The warped portal flickered once then twice before disappearing. Before the sound of another portal opening, this time in the air above them.
Bruce! She thought in fear before rocketing up to help.
The Batwing was already half engulfed by the time she reached it, having opened basically on top of the plane. She grabbed hold of the wing, spotting Batman fighting his control through rain slicked cockpit glass.
The plane bucked once then twice, fighting the pull. But the portal seemed to twist around them. Superwoman meet Batman's eyes a split second before they were both swallowed into the swirling mass.
It was like diving through a froze lake. But after diving in she was staring back at the surface again.
Her grip on the Batwing never relaxed as she glided the plane down to an empty rocking patch below. Batman waved her off, as the Batwing touched down and Superwoman drifted back. The loud growling of the engine cut off behind, as she looked around.
The star filled night sky above her was strange, given the violent down pour just moments ago. Her hair was still a wet tangled mess, and her cape still dripped on the bone-dry rocks below her.
She looked around, scanning the distance. Metropolis still sat across the water, but it didn't look the same. More than half its buildings where missing, another's still only half complete. Realising where they were standing, she turned a slow circle to look.
The island they were on was Striker's, but there was no prison on it.
"Where are we?" Batman asked as he came besides her.
"I have no idea," She replied honestly.
#SC#
Star City
The street was awash with rivers of water. The rain had lessened from a blinding downpour, to more of a cleansing shower. From a secluded rooftop, Star City presented a watery view.
Two figures stood under shelter against a brick wall. Watching the rain wash over their home city.
Black Canary turned to her male companion with a smile. "Beautiful night," She said brightly, raising a hand to let the rain run over her black glove.
"For a massive storm front, yeah I guess." Green Arrow replied. Pushing his hood back to look up at the heavy clouds above. "Meant to be like this for a couple of days."
Black Canary grinned up at Green Arrow, before stepping out into the rain. She let her head drop back, as her long pale blond hair hang down her back. She opened her arms and spun slowly. Her fishnet clad legs splashing in the rain. Her laugh was so bright and happy, that Green Arrow could help but echo it.
His hand grasped her hips, and pulled her close and into a fast spin.
"What are you doing Pretty Bird?" He asked with a grin. She just smiled back at him reaching up to link her hands behind his head. The met in the middle in a soft kiss, that tasted like rain.
The sudden opening of the swirling portal took them both by surprise.
"Dinah!" Green Arrow yelled as he grasped hold of the blonde's arm, just as they were both pulled through the portal.
They were falling on the other side.
Thankfully both had been doing their jobs for so long, it was almost second nature. Green Arrow grabbed hold of a rappelling arrow and fired it over them, even as Black Canary wrapped her arms around his neck to hold on.
The swung to safety of low building's rooftop.
"What the hell was that," Green Arrow exclaimed looking up at the empty sky they had fallen from.
"Better question," Black Canary called from the edge of the roof, "Where the hell are we?"
He followed her gaze with wide eyes. It was Star City but it wasn't. A large section of it was in ruins. The Queen Industries building wasn't even there.
"Oh this isn't good," Green Arrow muttered.
#SC#
Central City
Running in the rain was a strange experience. Moving so fast that the droplets appeared to hang motionless mid-air. There were so many of them it was impossible to miss them, as they stuck his body and exploded into smaller droplets.
The sudden appearance of the portal in his path was shocking. He had a split second to be thankful that the weather had made the streets deserted. He turned sharply sending water flying as his boot skidded. But he was already caught in its pull.
His feet left the ground, as he was pulled violently through the air. The moment the Flash disappeared into the portal, it winked out of existence.
Rain continued to splash the street in the following silence.
Flash hit the ground of the other side before rolling to a stop. He lay there a moment frowning up at the clear night sky. He climbed to his feet finally, and looked around in a stunned silence. He was in Central City, or at least he thought it was. It was not at the same as he knew it. Buildings were missing, and other were in its place.
"Flash to Cyborg?" He put a hand to his ear, trying to see if he could get in contact with anyone. He got nothing but silence in return, but he tried again. "Flash to Batman… Come on Bats. Flash to anybody."
"Come one guys," He sighed dropping his hands, "Where are you? Better question…. Where am I?!"
#SC#
Killer Frost was wondering whether she was going to shattered her teeth from the force of her clenching. Harley Quinn gave no sign of noticing her companion annoyance, or that are she simply didn't care. As she chatted away, without point or end in sight.
She wondered briefly why she didn't just impale the clown on an icy spike and be done with it. When the sudden tug of their load reminded her. She looked down at Metallo's limp body, as she and her annoying companion had been dragging him away from where ever that portal had dumped them.
Finally having enough, she dropped her hold on his leg and crossed her arms.
"Why am I even bothering with him or you," She huffed, glaring at the blonde who seemed to wilt under the glare. Not long enough it seemed, as she suddenly brightened.
"It's not very nice frosty!" Harley chided waving a finger at her. Killer Frost was tempted to freeze it off.
"We don't know where we are!" She snarled back instead, "Where that portal thing dumped us, or if Superwoman and the Bat are after us."
"Don't worry," Harley replied dropping down beside the metal body they'd been dragging. She tapped a nail on Metallo's skull. "Tin man just needs a heart."
A/N: Please tell what you thought. I'm a bit iffy about this story given how much distance I've put between me and the Arrow TV universe. So if I know people are enjoying it, I know it's worth it.
I picked Earth 21 for Superwoman's world, because it wasn't an obvious one. The Multiverse map of the new 52 universe just lists it as, "A planet where hope and optimism drive human integrity and mankind still strives to reach the stars." I figured it sounded blank enough. Not to mention on the graph it near to Earth 11, which is in fact the Gender Reverse world.
Fun DC fact: Earth-Prime is our Universe in pre-Flashpoint. It was then called Earth-33. Not sure if that changed back in DC Rebirth. In the new 52 Earth-33 sit exact opposite of Earth-0 (main DC universe) on the axis of creation, according to the multiverse map. Right near Earth-21 :P.
Superwoman. Last Daughter of Krypton. Has not been abandoned. In fact, I am still working on it. I am in the process of rewriting it. Check out my AO3 account jessss82, for the new version of it. I will move it back to when I have caught up with the original version.