New Justice World: Rebuilding the League
Disclaimer: As always, I do not own Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, or any of the characters I use in my stories. This idea was completely mine though.
Note 1: This story is on an Earth in the Millma Verse first introduced in Karry Universe. Since I know that there are probably people here who do not read Karry Universe or Millma Verse, this first chapter is going to be mostly a summary of what's happened so far; a catch up for anyone reading who has not read Karry. The first real chapter will be up tomorrow.
Note 2: The Millma Verse, as mentioned above, is a giant shared fanfiction universe created by myself and my beta, Terrance Sigma. It has 21 worlds now. Please like the Facebook page, mentioned below, for all up to date information about the Milllma Verse (it's also being used as an Arrowverse fanpage which is fun).
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Previously on New Justice Earth…
My name is Rachel Joan Garrick and I am the fastest woman alive. My friends call me Rae, but the world though, they know me as The Flash. But this is not where my story starts. To understand my story, you need to understand my father's story: James 'Jay' Peter Garrick. The original Flash.
My father was originally born James Allen, alongside his identical twin brother Henry Allen. After a tricky divorce between my grandparents, my grandmother got full custody of my dad and changed both their last names to her maiden name Garrick. Now, before you get any ideas, I am not leading you through a Parent Trap story. My dad and uncle knew each other their whole lives, they just had different last names.
When my dad was in his early 20s, a misguided lab experiment connected him to the Speed-force. He became The Flash and became a hero to Central City, and our neighboring city National, which is right across the river – the two are practically one city these days.
Then, as the nursery rhyme says, came marriage and then came me. I never knew my mom, Joan, because the day I was born was the day she died. Well, she didn't die in childbirth before you say so – she was in a car accident, barely alive when she got to the hospital. The doctors cut me free to give me a chance at life, and I was born over two months premature. The doctors thought I would die, but having a natural connection to the Speed-force helped me survive. I was a speedster, and the Speed-force does not let its children die so easily. My connection to this force saved my life, but from then on, my dad was a single parent.
It didn't last long.
I was barely over a year old when my dad died as well. He sacrificed himself, not only to save the city, but to save the entire world. I was left a superpowered orphan, but not all was lost… Remember my dad's twin brother Henry? Well, he and his wife, Nora, were some of the only people who knew my dad's true self, and they took me in. They had a son too, Barry, who is a bit over five years older than me. I always thought he was like my big brother, but more about that later.
Uncle Henry and Aunt Nora have told me it wasn't easy to raise a little speedster. You would think I wouldn't be able to use my powers until I was older, but as my first steps were at super-speed, it was going to be difficult from the start. I said before I was born with a natural born connection to the speed-force, after all – I was born a natural speedster. I was phasing through object by the time I was two, and was not old enough to understand what I had, that I was asked to hide my powers. My aunt, uncle, and cousin had to make sacrifices to keep me safe. Some took it harder than others, but once again I'm getting ahead of myself.
When I was four, and getting the hang of my powers and when not to use them, the world changed: STAR Labs accidentally released the Metamorphosis virus. It was, and is, a Dark Matter virus that was released into our atmosphere and completely encompassed the world. The virus only affects pure humans, so meta humans like me and aliens like Superman, were safe. The virus wasn't exactly harmful though – in fact, for a lot of people it does nothing at all. For some though, it mutates DNA and makes someone a meta human. Others need an outside source, plus the virus, and it will make you a meta human. Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein became Firestorm like this, with the added effect of something called a Firestorm matric. No one knows how many people were affected by the Metamorphosis – we only know about the ones who became heroes or villains; sadly, a lot more villains than heroes, though. There could be hundreds or thousands of meta human all over the world, just hiding their powers and living a normal life for all I know.
Anyway, back to me, as I grew up, the pain of the city became obvious to me. They needed a hero. When I was 13 I planned on following in my father's footsteps, and that's when I met Francisco Ramon, otherwise known as Frankie. He's a meta human too. He can see into other worlds, create portals to them, and can shoot powerful vibrations from his hands. He says a magic user gave him the powers, but I personally believe it was the virus, and he's trying to make it sound cooler. He helped me create an outfit that was pretty much the same style as my fathers – a red jacket with a lightning bolt and dark pants, along with my father's token winged helmet. He made me a pair of goggles that have this cool tech in it that lets me see heat sources, like for bombs and other dangers. He became my tech guy, and I was the Flash.
I revealed myself to the world on Christmas Day, right before my 14th birthday. I took out The Trickster – one of my father's old enemies. Central and National had a new hero. A new Flash. My Aunt Nora was a little upset I choose to do this, but Uncle Henry understood, bringing my aunt around. This was my destiny.
Not long after that, I had my first encounter with the Justice League. Wonder Woman and Superman came after me, thinking I wasn't the real deal – they were angry I was using a dead man's name and outfit, but then they found out I was his daughter, they accepted me as the true, new, Flash. They told me following in my dad's speedy footsteps was honorable. Superman gave me a communications device, if ever I needed their help – telling me that they owed my dad, who never had the chance to be in the League. I guess that was where it really started for me. My need to keep the Justice League alive.
Over the next few years Superman became a mentor for me – he helped me become a true hero., and when I was 17 I got the best news ever: I had been accepted into the Justice League officially by unanimous vote. They wanted The Flash. I was to be the youngest member they ever knowingly let into the League.
It was a few years later I first encountered him. The man who would become the Reverse Flash. Dressed in blue, he challenged me, wanting the title of The Flash in my place. I kicked his ass. I regret that day, in hindsight. If I had known… You see, the League hadn't taken him seriously – they called him Kid Flash – while I just took pity on the man I thought I didn't know; I told him I would train him but he ran off, not wanting such a personal humility.
I forgot all about him for the next few years, until a few months ago when members of the Justice League started to die – starting with The Arrow, Speedy, and Arsenal. I found their bodies moments after death – I was supposed to help them on a mission and the rogue speedster had targeted them for this, so I could find them. Batman and Batgirl were murdered next; Nightwing as well. It didn't take long to figure out it was him – the Blue Flash, now going by Reverse Flash, claiming he was the reverse of everything I stood for, and that he would take all I loved.
We tried to outwit him, but every plan he saw through. Everything we did, he was one step ahead. He even targeted the League when not in their superhero personas. He got Captain Marvel when he was Billy Baton, Firestorm when he was separated and even Vixen before she could even call upon her powers. He somehow destroyed Red Tornado so much that we could not reactivate him. 30 members there were in my Justice League, and all were killed but me. The last one was Superman – he died in my arms.
I was lost. Almost ready to give up when Frankie came to me in Watchtower – yes, Frankie was still around. He is, in fact, my boyfriend, and we live together in an apartment in National. He was suggesting I time travel to the past, stop the Reverse Flash before he could kill Arrow's team, but I knew the dangers of time travel too well – besides, I had another idea. A better idea. I wanted to ask for help from another world, someone outside our way of thinking. Maybe they would know something that would help.
The problem was, Frankie has this thing about the worlds having to be separate, but then he told me of the connected worlds in our unique multiverse, and it didn't seem so bad. I convinced him to open a portal for me to one of these connected worlds – the one they call Karry Universe. I never did find out what a Karry was though…
Once there, The Flash of that world, who turned out to be my cousin Barry, and his wife, Superman's cousin, Supergirl, agreed to come back and help me. They brought their kids, Nora and Alura with them. I didn't understand why they brought their kids, or the reasoning for naming them after their respective mothers, but after hearing what happened to his mom I think they just wanted to see the kids with Aunt Nora.
That was when the identity of the Reverse Flash was revealed to me – because the Reverse Flash was my older cousin, Barry Allen. Apparently, he felt I ruined his life. I never really got more information than that because he tried to kill his counterpart's kids, but Karry Universe's Kara and Barry were not so easily scared away. They had an anti-speed formula I had never thought of – I had never needed to, being the only speedster on my world until Reverse Flash. Together with Frankie and myself, the two helped me take down Barry and locked him up in Alcatraz Prison, on Alcatraz Island – it was already specially modified for meta humans, so he was a perfect fit for that place.
The Reverse Flash was gone, but the League was still dead. I was losing hope, but the two didn't go back to their world so easily once my Barry was taken care of – they were going to help us more than even I expected. You see, on their world they also have a Justice League, one that they had formed themselves, and Barry gave a list of all the people in their League, to see if we had any similar on my Earth who weren't already dead.
Meanwhile, Kara went and found her doppelganger – Kara Lane, in this world. Lois Lane's foster daughter. It seemed Lois and Clark were a thing here too, who knew? Stranger still, Kara Lane was an old friend of Iris West – my Barry's ex-girlfriend and her old college roommate. Kara had rejected Barry back in college, but now she was single, a vet and in charge of the Kryptonian Wildlife Sanctuary – a preservation started by Clark and Oliver when the arc Krypton sent, with all the samples of plants and animals of their planet, crashed on Earth. They brought a small slice of Krypton back to life in Smallville, Kansas, under a red sunlight dome.
With Kara Lane, she also brought back Krypto, or Superdog, Clark's Kryptonian pet, and then-honorary member of the League, who I absolutely love. She also has this monkey, who I am calling Supermonkey, and I believe she mentioned something about a horse. She likes her animals, basically. Anyway, I added Kara to the League. It was an easy choice for me, even though she had not been out as a hero. She was powerful though, and if she's anything like her counterpart, she will be great.
Then I finally gave Frankie what he had wanted for a while. I added him to the League. That gives me three members of a brand new League – something I was desperate for. Something to start again, to prove the Reverse Flash, my Barry, couldn't take away my livelihood and passion.
Karry Universe wasn't done helping yet. They took Red Tornado back to their world in an attempt to fix him. I hope they can. It would be nice to have one of my old team mates back, especially if they can salvage his memories – he would be a great asset to my new members.
I am now the leader of the New Justice League. I have two members and some super-powered animals. I know it's not enough to protect the world, but there are heroes out there, people with abilities who want to use them for good. We will find them. I will find them.
We will rebuild the Justice League, because if I know one thing about my world, just one thing, it's this: The world needs The Justice League.
Post Chapter Note 1: Hope you liked this start! This is the only chapter that will be written in first person, though. Like I said, it was a catch-up chapter for people not reading my Karry universe story.
Poster Chapter Note 2: This story will be written a lot like my beta's story, Power Girl and the Flash with it being like a season of a TV show with a major plot of rebuilding the league and a villain in the works – not to mention a loose arc. I hope you enjoy my plans.
Episode One: 'An Amazonian Warrior' WILL BE UPLOADED TOMORROW.
List of dead Justice League members on New Justice Earth…
1. Red Tornado – Will be repaired by Karry Universe
2. Superman / Clark Kent
3. Wonder Woman / Diana Prince
4. Batman / Bruce Wayne
5. Batgirl / Barbra Gordon
6. Nightwing / Dick Grayson
7. Captain Marvel (Shazam) / Billy Baton (Originally Shazam was known as Captain Marvel but DC changed the name over the years but he went by Captain Marvel on this Earth)
8. The Arrow / Oliver Queen
9. Speedy / Thea Queen
10. Arsenal / Roy Harper
11. Hawkman / Carter Hall
12. Hawkgirl / Kendra Saunder
13. Stargirl / Courtney Whitmore
14. Vixen / Mari McCade
15. Green Lantern / Alan Scott
16. Green Lantern / John Stewart
17. Green Lantern / Hal Jordan
18. J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
19. Aquaman / Arthur Curry
20. Huntress / Helena Bertinelli
21. Artemis / Paula Bertinelli
22. Citizen Steel / Nate Heywood
23. Zatara / Giovanni Zatara
24. Martin Stein / Firestorm
25. Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm
26. Firehawk / Lorraine Riley
27. Valor / Mon-El
28. Constantine
29. Frost / Crystal Snow
Karry Master OUT!