Ok. As with the previous two, the characters and places in this fanfic aren't mine. They belong to DC Comics. I'm using them in this fanfic because I like Young Justice. Secondly, I don't care for some of the DC heroes that much, so there will be some occasional bashing of different ones in an attempt to keep this story light. Special thanks to Reina Grayson for helping me edit this. Anyway, I hope you like the story. Email any and all comments (even burns) to Silver_Howler1_99
Daughters of the Tigress
By Silver Wolf1
Chapter One
Semi-Retired...
Life was perfect as far as Artemis was concerned. She had a great job, a wonderfully annoying husband, and three incredible kids. Yet when she received a call saying her oldest daughter, Kara, had been in an accident; the blonde, former archer for the covert team to the Justice League instantly went into panic mode. After leaving a note for Wally, she quickly drove to the local hospital in Palo Alto. As she pulled into a parking spot, she noticed a woman in scarlet colored corset top with black accents and knee length skirt.
"Excuse me, are you Artemis West?" the woman asked with a slight British accent as the blonde got out of her car.
"Who wants to know?" Artemis asked a little leery.
"My name is Michelle Vandegrin," the woman said calmly, "I'm the one that brought Kara here."
"Is she ok?" Artemis asked with a slight ting of panic in her voice.
"That depends on which Kara you're asking about," Michelle said handing the blonde a black flashlight, "I think you know what this is."
Artemis gave her a puzzled look for a brief second before she noticed a dial on the end of the flashlight.
"Where did you get this?" the blonde asked looking at the woman.
"This may sound hard to believe," Michelle started to explain, "But I got this from a young girl named Kara West in a dimension where you died the day you were to get married."
Artemis's eyes widened as she looked down at the flashlight in her hands before asking, "A-a-another dimension?"
"Ask your husband about the Multiverse theory," Michelle said with shrug, "That should help explain somethings about what I'm going to tell you." Artemis held the flashlight to her chest as she looked at the woman and listened. "As I said, my name is Michelle. I'm from a realm that watches over every Earth in the Multiverse," the woman explained, "The only time I step in is when one of them is about to be destroyed. Unfortunately, I was too late in trying to save the Earth that the owner and creator of that flashlight called home. I have already taken precautions to make sure that what happened there never happens to this world."
"I-I believe you." Artemis stammered as she tried not to cry.
"You do?" Michelle asked a little surprised. Artemis nodded as she tightened her grip on the flashlight.
Michelle let out a sigh then said, "Well that's a relief. Anyway, I brought that world's Kara here because of something that happened. I don't know how, but from the time you entered your coma in this world till you woke up, you were her mother. Now, I am going to warn you, I had to alter two things about her."
"What things?" Artemis asked glancing towards the building then back.
"Her birthday and her name, yet everything else is the same about her. And she knows what all has happened and where she is." Michelle replied before her left armed twitched, "I have to return to my realm for a while. I will return as soon as I can. If you have any questions before I get back, get ahold of a man named Lance Pendragon. He can help you contact me."
"Ok, but where do I find him?" Artemis asked a little puzzled.
"Ask your friend, Zatanna." Michelle said before fading out.
Artemis stood there for a few seconds before looking at the hospital. 'Is it possible?' she thought. Not wasting another moment, she quickly made her way inside and asked where the girl was. After getting the room number, she walked down the hall and carefully stepped inside.
Tears filled the blonde's eyes as she saw the young girl she thought was a dream lying on the bed asleep. Never taking her eyes of the girl, she slowly walked over and sat in the chair next to the bed. 'She could easily pass as Kara's twin,' she thought placing the flashlight on the nightstand.
"So what test does the doctor want to run now?" the young girl asked before opening her eyes. She looked over at the blonde and froze as her eyes widened.
"Hello sweetie," Artemis said smiling, "I've missed you."
"I missed you too, mom." the young girl said as she reached over and took her mother's hand in hers.
Artemis leaned over and kissed the girl's forehead lightly before saying, "Regardless of what Earth you're from; you are, and always will be, my little girl."
"And you're my mom," the girl said giving her mother's hand a squeeze, "I take it you talked to Michelle."
"To an extent," Artemis replied, "She really couldn't go into a lot of detail before she had to leave."
"I can fill you in if you want." the girl said.
"As soon as you tell me what your name is now," Artemis said pulling chair closer, "Because I knew you as Kara in the other world."
"I go by Karen now," the girl stated, "The rest of my name is the same. Do I really have a twin here?"
"You do, and her name is Kara Danielle West," Artemis answered, "So what happened?"
"A three front attack," Karen said as her smile disappeared and her eyes seemed to sadden as the memories returned, "Darkseid, Savage, and something called Brainiac attacked all at once. The League was overwhelmed and Brainiac destroyed the planet. I was the only one Michelle could save."
"And Michelle has made certain that the same thing can't happen here," Artemis said brushing the girls hair back from her face, "So how bad are you really hurt?"
"I'm not actually," Karen said smiling a little, "I tried to shove a kid out from in front of a car and got hit."
"And no one would believe you can take a hit," Artemis finished for her before the door burst open. They looked over to see Wally standing there with a redheaded version of Karen.
"I came as fast as I cou…" he started to say till he saw Karen, "Uh Artemis, what's going on?"
"You're going to want to sit down for this." Artemis said with a slight laugh.
"Would it be ok if I explained this?" Karen asked as the speedster sat in a chair.
"Go right ahead." Artemis said as Kara slowly walked over to her mother while never taking her eyes off of her doppelganger.
Karen looked at the speedster and smiled before saying, "Multiverse problem."
"How big of a problem?" he asked.
"What's a multiverse?" Kara asked quietly.
Karen shifted her gaze to her 'twin' and said, "Think of it like bubble wrap, with each bubble a different version of Earth. On one, Superman became Batman instead of the man of steel. On another, he is a master criminal, and so on. The bubble that was my earth, popped. The person that was supposed to be dimensional guardian couldn't save it and brought me here."
"Ok, but why here?" Wally asked.
"Remember me telling you about that dream I had while I was in that coma?" Artemis asked.
"I do, mom." Kara spoke up.
"Well it turns out that it wasn't a dream," Artemis said a little nervously, "Michelle, Karen's dimensional guardian, isn't sure how but I was able to enter that world as myself. Sounds a little crazy, huh?"
"I believe it." he said without a moment's thought.
"You do?" she asked.
"Babe, your stepsister can use magic; your best friends include a Martian, a Kryptonian clone, and an Atlantean;" he said looking at her, "I can crack the sound barrier like it was nothing, and our daughter can manipulate light as needed. What's not to believe?"
"My meta gene was spliced together with others, so I have Wonder Woman's strength, Superman's flight and x-ray vision, also, I have an IQ of about 157, and built a working Sonic Screwdriver and laser sword that has a built in flashlight and a collapsible two handed broadsword," Karen said looking at him.
"Wow," Kara said looking at her multiverse twin, "That is so cool."
"Thanks." Karen said smiling.
"Kara Danielle, I'd like you to meet Karen Amelia." Artemis said taking care of the introductions.
"So how will THIS be explained," Wally stated quietly as he hugged Artemis after the 'twins' started talking.
"Don't know, but we'll figure it out." Artemis remarked and with that, they stayed in the room till Karen was Okayed to leave.