"Cisco! Why isn't it working?" Iris asked hysterically as Kara and Barry's vitals continued to go haywire, and Mon-El and Iris held onto Cisco's shoulder as he prepared to vibe, yet nothing was happening.
"I'm not sure, it should have worked by now." Cisco said.
"What can we do?" Mon-El asked frantically, worried for Kara.
"We've just got to wait and hope they pull through it, whatever's happening to them." Cisco admitted.
"We can't just do nothing for them." J'onn argued.
"I can't help them, J'onn. We can't vibe to see what's happening with them and we can't wake them up. We've just got to wait this out, maybe go ask Music Meister to undo whatever he's done to them." Cisco argued.
"I'll head down and make him talk." Mon-El growled as Wally nodded.
"I'll help you."
"Be careful you two, we don't want you to end up like Barry and Kara." J'onn warned them.
"We will be, don't worry, we'll get them back." Wally said as the two of them headed down to the pipeline to go and make Music Meister tell them what was going on and how to fix the two heroes.
/
Darkness. That was all he could see as he felt himself coming back around. There was a gang war between Joe and Stein against Merlyn, because they'd told Mon-El and Iris to tell them about their love.
'Damn, we should have just dragged them home, told them to break it off.' Barry thought to himself as he could see a light above him. Trying to reach out towards the light, he saw a lot of white around him and he felt severe pain in his chest and his head.
"Oww." He moaned as he took in his surroundings, he was in a hospital bed. Looking around, he could see a few other beds dotted around with the curtains pulled around most of them, except for the one next to him.
"Kara…" Barry breathed, taking in the sight of his friend. She too had been shot as they rushed outside to see what was going on in the gang fighting, and she too had been rushed here it seemed. Her chest was rising steadily, so that was a good sign, Barry took.
"Hello?" Barry weakly called out, as a nurse headed over towards him, seeing he was trying to sit up.
"What are you doing? Lay back down this instant! You've been shot, you need to rest." The nurse chastised him. Looking at the nurse more, Barry realised that he knew her.
"Caitlin?"
"Who? My name is Nurse Frost." The Caitlin dream told him.
"Where am I?"
"You're in the Hospital, Mr Allen. You're lucky we were able to get to you and your friend in time. Others involved weren't as lucky, such as Mr Moran and his son, and the two Mr Foss's. They didn't make it I'm afraid."
Barry didn't say anything, a feeling of guilt and horror welling up inside of him, they weren't his friends, not really, but hearing that their fight had gotten them killed still felt like a punch to the gut.
"What about Kara?" He asked, glancing over to his friend.
"Ah yes, Miss Danvers will be alright, she's still unconscious, but like yourself, we got there in time, she should make a full recovery in time, but I expect you'll both remain here for a few weeks." Caitlin said. "Now if you excuse me, I have other patients to attend too."
Barry watched Caitlin walk away, with more questions than answers. How had they survived? How were they still in this dream world? Would Kara wake soon? How would they get back home, Iris and Mon-El must be going mad trying to awaken them.
Barry heard a groan to his side and looked over to see Kara slowly waking up.
"Kara?" Barry softly asked, as she turned to look at him.
"Barry? What happened? Where are we?"
"We're at the hospital. We're still in the dream world. I'm not sure what happened, there was gun fight, I think we're the only survivors. Joe, Stein, Merlyn, Mon-El, apparently they all died in the fight…I'm sorry." Barry said, as Kara's face fell. Of course she'd be upset that Mon-El died, even if it wasn't really him, he was the one who loved her, and it seemed she loved him too.
"How do we get back home?" Kara asked him anxiously.
"I'm not sure." Barry sadly admitted as he looked around the room once again. How were they going to get back home?
/
"Ah, Kid Flash, and Mon-El of Daxam, how generous of you to grace me with your presence, what can my humble self do for you?" Music Meister gloated as they reached his cell.
"What did you do to Barry and Kara? Their vitals went insane, restore them now or I will hurt you." Mon-El threatened him.
"Oh, so sorry, no can do I'm afraid. Like I've said before, this is a prison of their own making. I can get people there, sure, but getting them out? That's something you'll have to figure yourself." He smiled as Mon-El glared at him.
"Get them out and we'll let you go." Wally offered.
"So tempting, but I've said I can't and besides…" Music Meister stood up and walked to the cell door before suddenly appearing on the other side of it, between Mon-El and Wally. "I can leave whenever I want." He winked and vanished before Mon-El or Wally could grab him.
"Guys, he's gone!" Wally called into his comms as he raced back to the cortex, leaving Mon-El to hurry back himself.
"How?" Caitlin asked as Wally got back to the cortex.
"He told us he can't do anything to get them out, Mon-El threatened him and I offered him his freedom if he let them go, he said no can do again and then left his cell, said he could do it whenever he wanted and then he vanished into thin air, I've got no idea where he's gone and how we can get him back. But we need to do something, quick, we need to get them out of whatever's happening to them."
"We will do, Wally. First though, we need to locate Music Meister again and recapture him, and then we need to make him talk, however we can. Cisco, you also need to see if you can get your vibes working, we need a plan B if Music Meister truly can't do it, or if he remains persistent in refusing to help us with them." J'onn stated, radiating authority as the head of the DEO as he spoke.
/
"So, what do we do now?" Kara asked Barry as they waited for their release forms to be signed. They had spent the past few days in this hospital, but now they had no jobs to return too in this world, Millie had disappeared, so they couldn't keep an eye on this world's Iris, and they had no idea on how to get back to their world.
"I'm not sure, for now, I suggest we try find work in this world, and someplace to live. Who knows how long we'll be here for?" Barry frowned as Kara looked sad. "Hey come on now, I'm sure they're all trying to get us out of here on their side as well."
"I know, but what if we never wake up? What if we're trapped here forever?" Kara asked.
"Well if we are, don't worry, because I'll always be here for you." Barry smiled. "I'll always be your Superfriend." He teased as Kara blushed and gently batted his arm.
"Barry!"
"It was funny." He winked.
"What am I going to do with you?" Kara asked him.
"Well whatever happens, we'll figure it out together. We'll get out of here and get back to the others, however long it takes." Barry smiled at her.
"I know we will, working together, we can achieve anything." Kara agreed.
"So, where do we start looking?" Barry asked.
"Hmm, is there a Metropolis in this world?" Kara asked.
"I'm not sure, if it's our dream though, I guess there would be if you wanted it?" Barry asked.
"Let's try there first, it's a large city, easy enough to find shelter and work, and it should be somewhat familiar at least to me. I can show you around before too long." Kara told him.
"Yeah, but this world is decades before ours, it could look radically different in this time period."
"But if it's our dream, can't we just make it catch up to the real world?" Kara asked.
"I'm not sure, it could work, but is the 1930's vibe really that bad?" Barry questioned.
"No, the whole musical thing is actually beautiful." Kara admitted. "I just miss my world and the internet and potstickers."
"I miss my world and the internet too." Barry admitted. "Never tried a potsticker before though."
"Oh my Rao, you're missing out. We're finding some in this world and you're trying them, without a doubt." Kara said.
"Well lead on, Girl of Steel." Barry grinned.
"Follow my lead, Scarlet Speedster." Kara shot back as the two of them filled out their forms and left the hospital, ready to try and find their way in this world and hopefully, a way back to their world and their loved ones.