You and I Collide
Chapter 1: A House of Many Ways
A/N: I started writing this nearly two years ago and I finally finished it today. There are 10 chapters and 5 epilogues.
I'll post a new chapter every Wednesday.
I haven't watched any of the CW shows since the Dominators crossover event. All of this takes place after LOT season 2
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"Something, we have no idea what, has destabilized the multiverse." Cisco explained, his friends and allies surrounded him as he spoke both in person and on screen.
"What does that mean exactly?" Sara's asked her voice tinny over the shaky connection with the Waverider.
"It means," Wells interrupted. "That the Earths are colliding with each other. Basically there are open doorways connecting the Earths, allowing anyone and everyone to pass through, as well as generating dangerous energy."
"A lot of bad guys have come through, but luckily so have a lot of allies." Cisco continued referring to Team Supergirl as Cisco had started calling them upon their arrival. There was also Jay Garrick, Lisa Snart, Jesse Quick, and a man named John Stewart, sporting a very impressive ring. Several other heroes had come through as well, all of whom were out doing what they could to help while listening in to the meeting on Team Flash's frequency.
"Why is this only happening in Central City though?" Felicity asked through the monitor. They were thirty minutes out from Central on her company's private jet.
"Our best guess is that whatever set this off did so in its own Central City and now it's the anchor point for the portals." Wells answered.
"All of that is important, there's no doubt." Rip began drawing everyone's attention. "However, we may not be of much help."
"Why not?" the questioned came from Leonard, standing in the background beside Mick.
"If what Cisco and Dr. Wells is saying is true, which I've no doubt it is, our time jump could cause even more damage. Think of it this way," Rip continued. "Time and space are parallel entities. If we time jump now, right in the middle of everything that's happening we may inadvertently cross the two and cause a catastrophic meltdown."
Everyone looked horrified. "I vote we don't do that." Ray spoke up first.
"I second that." Nate added.
"Is there anyway we can get there without doing all that?" Sara asked. There was no way she was going to let her friends fight a battle like this without her, no matter how much help they had.
"Possibly." Rip replied turning back to the screen. "Give us an hour, your time, if you don't hear or see any sign of us, assume we couldn't get through."
"Alright," Barry spoke up. "Good luck then."
Rip nodded in reply before cutting off the feed.
"Well, what's the plan?" Sara asked. When the screens were dark.
"We need to modify the parts we took from the vanishing point the last time we were there during the spear of destiny debacle. The metal from the oculus, thanks to the explosion, is infused with the energy that comprised a protective barrier that kept it from interfering with the time ships docked in the Vanishing Point. We may be able to harness that energy to protect the ship while we jump and prevent it from ripping through the already damaged dimensional fabric."
"What do we need to do?" Stein asked.
"I can talk you through it Professor." Gideon spoke up prompting them all to get to work.
While the scientists did what they could, Sara made her way to the cargo hold, Leonard, Mick and Amaya on her tail. "We need a plan for when we get there." Leonard said. "If I've learned anything being on this team it's that nothing is ever that simple."
"I was just thinking the same thing." Sara replied. "There's no guarantee we'll be able to meet up with the others as soon as we get there. We have to be prepared to fight our way through the streets."
"We should pick a meeting point in case we're ambushed." Amaya began. "We've all been to Central City, pick a location and a backup location just in case, and we'll meet there in the event that we're all separated."
"Obviously Star Labs would be the ideal meeting place." Sara said. "But just in case-"
"-Our old safe house on Grant Street." Mick interrupted. "There's a weapons stash, communication devices and supplies."
Leonard silently agreed.
"Alright, then it's settled. We'll let everyone know when their finished working." Sara told them and with that they went about preparing for a fight.
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"Time travel, that's awesome." Hal Jordan's voice sounded over the comms.
"I know right." Cisco and Felicity responded in unison.
"Alright, since we can't guarantee they'll make it we can't sit around and wait." Barry began.
"First things first, we have to consider that a lot of the people coming through aren't the same people we've had dealings with before." Joe added.
"Exactly," Wells added. "Where Snart on your Earth is a former criminal, on mine he's the mayor of Central City."
"Trippy." Cisco muttered.
Lisa looked all too amused. "Nobody tells him that. I get that honor." she insisted much to everyone's amusement.
"Right, so we need a way to identify these people by their Earth." Joe continued.
"Which is something I've had one of my head scientists working on back on my Earth. She's been using the concept that we all vibrate differently to distinguish between each other." Wells explained.
"And how exactly does that work?" Caitlin asked.
"Using her thesis research on Einstein-Rosen Bridges, coupled with what we were able to tell her about our travels between our Earth and this one, she found the source dimension." Jesse replied. "She's figured out that depending on how far your own Earth is from the source, or Earth Prime as she's been calling it, determines the frequency at which your particles vibrate."
"The further you are the faster they vibrate." Wells added. "Of course by that logic, this isn't Earth One and our Earth isn't Earth Two, but you get the point."
"So we need to talk to your scientist." Alex spoke up. "Can you get back to your Earth and bring her here?"
"It's going to be a little tricky with all the extra meta's running around but I think we can manage it." Wells replied.
"We'll run it like any other retrieval operation." Hank stepped up, taking charge. "We'll put together a team and send them after her. One of you," he gestured to Wells and Jesse. "Are going to have to be a part of the team to point her out and explain our presence to anyone who's suspicious of us."
"I'll go." Wells volunteered, and Hank assembled a team. In the end Supergirl, Vibe, Wells, Alex and Kid Flash were sent, leaving the others to spread themselves out accordingly.
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Earth-2 Central City was in utter chaos. Metas were running rampant through the streets, destroying whatever they could get their hands on. It took some doing not to draw attention to themselves, but they eventually made it to Star Labs, which from the looks of it was one of the most secure, untouched places in the city through all of this.
"Dr. Wells!" a voice called out, drawing their attention to the opposite connecting hallway. They turned to find Henry Hewitt jogging toward them. "Please tell me your our Wells." he continued.
"I wish I could say the one and only-"
"-So do I." Cisco muttered.
"-But I met 26 other versions of myself last year alone...so…" Wells replied glaring at Cisco.
"Right, well, so far the security measures have kept everyone out, and security is hopeful that they'll stay. Mayor Snart is considering relocating the police, fire and other emergency services here for base procedure."
"Tell him he's more than welcome, but his wife is going to have to come with us." Wells explained leading the way through the halls.
Hewitt followed after. "You better hurry then. Detective West showed up under orders from Mayor Snart to escort his wife to an Anti-Meta bunker. She was putting up a fight about going when I left them, but you know how persuasive Iris can be."
Wells cursed, picking up his pace. They rounded the corner, stopping short at a locked lab door. Wells quickly punched in the code and rushed in to find Iris yelling through an opaque partition.
"My orders were very clear, Doc. We have to go."
"I'm not going anywhere Iris. This is the safest place in the city and exactly where I belong." an all too familiar voice responded. Cisco, Kara and Alex stared wide eyed as Sara Lance stepped out from behind the partition looking nothing like the trained assassin they knew so well. She was dressed more like Caitlin than the woman who wore combat boots like a badge of honor; in a black pencil skirt and white blouse, stiletto heels and her long blonde hair pulled back with a platinum clip shaped like a bird. "So you tell Leo that..." she stopped short having caught sight of the newest arrivals.
"Harry, thank god." she said, walking up to him. They shared a brief hug like old friends before she continued. "Where have you been? Where's Jesse?"
"On the other Earth, you remember the one I told you about?" he replied. She nodded.
"We've gathered a team of metas and vigilantes to work on the breach problem," he gestured to the group behind him. "This is Cisco Ramon, Kid Flash, Agent Alex Danvers, and Supergirl. This is Dr. Sara Lance-Snart." he turned back to Sara. "There's just one problem with the operation. There are so many other Earth doppelgangers that-"
"-You can't tell them apart." Sara finished.
"Right, did you make any headway on-"
"-Building a viable scanner to detect vibration frequencies? Yes, I have a prototype, but it still needs tested and fine tuned."
"Cisco and I can help you with that, but we need to get back to "Earth One". For whatever reason a vast majority of the metas are congregating there so we've set up our base of operations at that Star Labs."
"Alright," Sara said jumping into action. "I'll need help with the equipment." she turned from the group and started gathering what she needed, completely ignoring Iris as she flailed a bit with the sudden change of course.
"Sara, you can't go to another Earth." she exclaimed.
"Why not? Because my husband said so?" Sara snapped.
"Oooooo." Kara and Alex replied under their breath.
"No, because the Mayor of Central City gave me, a lowly detective, very strict orders to make sure that his wife gets to safety." Iris replied.
"Okay, first of all there's no safer place than Star Labs so essentially I'll be going from one veritable fortress to another-"
"Are you kidding me? Dr. Wells just said the metas are gathering there. How is that safe?"
"Iris I'm going. Nothing you say or do will change that." Sara insisted as she moved around the lab gathering equipment and documents.
"And what am I supposed to tell Mayor Snart?" Iris asked.
"The truth. Also inform him that if he disciplines or fires you for this he will be sleeping in his office for the foreseeable future." Sara told her with an air of finality that Iris didn't argue with.
"Fine, just be careful." she rolled her eyes. Sara smiled triumphantly and moved to finish gathering up everything she needed, Cisco and Alex underfoot to help.
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"There's a spike in energy readings over the city." Caitlin said out loud, prompting Caitlin to look up from where she was working. She came to stand beside him at one of the computer banks a smile on her face as she looked over the screen. Without warning she flipped on the coms.
"Guys, we just picked up The Waverider's energy trail. Looks like the Legends made it after all." she explained.
"Good, we can use all the help we can get out here." Hank replied.
"Yeah, we're completely outnumbered, dollface." Harley Quinn (of Earth-52) added her voice followed by a succession of gunshots.
"They may still be of no help." Felicity added.
"What do you mean?" Caitlin asked.
"I'm getting reports on the police scanner of a large aircraft crash landing in the warehouse district and then promptly disappearing."
"I'll try to break away and check on them." Jesse answered. "But I'm pretty well bogged down here. I don't think I'm going to be able to."
"Can anyone else help her out?" Caitlin asked.
"On your six." Static (of Earth-15) called out, his voice surrounded by the buzz of electricity.
"Thanks V." Jesse called before zooming off across the city. "I can see the Legends in the empty lot!" she called out as she neared the crash sight.
The Legends were spread out through the area. Snart and Rory firing at metas from behind an overturned truck. Firestorm was in the air, dodging blasts and sending their own right back. Nate was providing cover for Amaya who was assessing an unconscious Rip Hunter and Ray Palmer was firing blasts of energy from the ground, watching Firestorm's back.
"Jesse, your body cam footage is fuzzy," Caitlin told her. "I only count seven legends, do you see Sara anywhere?"
As if on cue, said woman stumbled into the open, looking disoriented. She ducked in time to miss an enemy strike but didn't see the second one coming from behind. Luckily, Jesse saw it, zipping in in time cover her back.
Sara simply nodded her thanks before turning to the next closest enemy and engaging them.