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Chapter 14- Aftermath
"Thank you", Barry said gratefully to Leo, Ray, Logan and Ultron, "All of you."
"This world owes you a lot", Oliver said gratefully to them, "A debt that can never be repaid."
"Well, it's my world, too", Ray shrugged.
"Punching out Nazis is kind of our thing", Leo said with a nod.
"Your thing", Logan said, "My thing is clawing them. And no need to thank us. People like us, we always look out for each other."
"There have been many casualties in this", Ultron said as he looked at the body bag.
"I know", Matt said as he walked up to them with Bucky and Natasha.
"She was a good person", Bucky said about Earth-X Natasha.
"She died a hero", Natasha said.
"Yes", Ray said with a sigh as he moved to pick up the body bag, "She will be given a martyr's funeral on Earth-X."
Everyone nodded on hearing that.
Deciding to change the somber topic, Barry said, "Well, if you ever need us to do any punching over on Earth-X - just let us know."
"Will do", Ray said as he shook everyone's hands, "Take care."
"Take care, you all", Oliver said.
"Barry", Leo said as he walked up to him, "I need a hug."
"Okay", Barry said as the two hugged, a slightly awkward expression on Barry's face.
"Be good, Leo", Barry said as he walked away.
"Always", Leo said.
"And liberate your world", Bucky said.
"We sure will", Ultron said.
"You got this?" Oliver asked Cisco.
"Yeah", Cisco said as he stood up, "All right, fellas. You ready to go home?"
"Sure", Ray said before asking, "So, uh, how does this thing work?"
"Ah, it's a very complex two-part process. One, I open a breach. Two, you walk through it", Cisco explained sarcastically before tapping Ray on the shoulder.
"Cool", Ray said with a slightly embarrassed smile.
"The science behind the process is definitely very intriguing to humans", Ultron said.
As Ray and Logan made to walk off, Ray saw Leo was still standing.
"Leo?" Ray asked.
"I think I'm gonna stick around here for a little while", Leo said as he put his hand on Ray's heart, "I, um I won't stay here forever. I will come home to you. Promise."
"Okay", Ray said and the two kissed passionately.
As they parted, Leo said softly and sincerely, "I love you."
"I love you", Ray said sincerely.
Cisco then opened the breach. Ray exchanged a look with him and nodded before slowly walking through it, the body bag with Earth-X Natasha's body bag in his hand.
Logan looked at Leo and said with a smirk, "Have fun."
He then started walking through when Frank arrived and said, "It was nice to meet you, Logan."
"Same", Logan said, "It was nice to cut up some bastards with your help."
The two chuckled and shook hands before Logan walked through.
Ultron too walked through saying, "This world is nice."
Leo then sighed.
"Are you okay?" Oliver asked Felicity.
"No", Felicity said, "But I will be."
"I hope you will be", Oliver said as he gave her a comforting hug.
"I have finally thought of a name for the startup me and Curtis were going to open", Felicity said.
"What?" Oliver asked.
"Holt Enterprises", she said with a slight tear in her eye and Oliver nodded.
Later- Matt, Oliver, Frank, Elektra, Sara and Laurel stood in front of Slade and Nyssa.
"Thank you for your help, both of you", Oliver said gratefully.
"No problem, kid", Slade said, "Though I think I need to go."
"Me too", Nyssa said, "I have some work."
"It was good to see you", Sara said as the two hugged.
"You too", Nyssa said.
"I thought of you as just a monster", Sara said to Slade, "But you proved me wrong. You're not a bad person, Slade. I see that now."
"I don't really think I will ever be able to take back what I did", Slade said, "But I will try to redeem myself."
The two then shook hands.
"I hope you find what you're looking for, Slade", Oliver said sincerely.
"I hope so too. I will keep looking for both of my sons", Slade said.
"And if I get any info, I will inform you", Frank said to him.
"Yeah", Matt said.
"Thank you", Slade said as he shook their hands and then walked off with Nyssa.
As Matt and Elektra walked away, Matt asked her, "You all right?"
"Probably. What about you?" she asked.
"I think I will be", Matt said.
"Matthew, what's going on?" she asked.
"Well", Matt said as he reached into his pocket. Elektra was confused until Matt pulled out a diamond ring.
"I picked this up after we dealt with Fisk and Chase", Matt said as she kept staring, "But it just never felt like the right time. Now I realize though, after the Mandarin and this, it is never the right time."
Matt then grabbed her hand and getting down on one knee, said passionately, "Elektra Natchios. You are the love of my life, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"
"Yes", Elektra managed to say with some happy tears in her eyes.
Matt smiled as he put the ring on her finger and standing up, the two kissed deeply and embraced.
From the doorway, Oliver and Laurel smiled.
"Well, some people look happy", Laurel said with a smirk.
"Yeah", Oliver said, "Maybe we will be too one day."
"Yeah", Laurel said, "One day."
The two then shared a kiss.
"So", Caitlin said to Barry, "This was….. horrible."
"Yeah", Barry sighed, "It sure was. Though it has shown me, that we should always cherish what we have while we have them."
"Yeah", Caitlin said as the two kissed deeply.
"So, Grey", Jax said with a sad smile, "I will miss you."
"I will miss you too, Jefferson", Stein said, "All of you. This was the adventure of a lifetime."
The two hugged as Stein then looked at the others who also had sad smiles on their faces.
"Mick Rory will be missed", Stein said sincerely, "Continue to save the timeline in his name. And we will all continue living in his name."
Everyone hugged the now retired Professor who then walked off the ship. He looked back and nodded one last time and they did too.
He then walked away.
Inside, Jax said, "Grey is right. We should honor Mick."
"I have got a way", Leo said as he picked up Mick's Heat Gun and handed it to Jax, "I think he would want you to have it."
Jax took it from him and running its hands across its surface, looked up and nodded sincerely.
"Sorry, this wedding was a complete disaster", Barry said regretfully to Kara and Alex as he stood with them, Cisco and Caitlin.
"Well, we never know what might happen", Kara said with an awkward smile.
"Thank you for saving my sister", Alex said gratefully to them.
"No problem", Barry said.
He then hugged both the sisters and Cisco and Caitlin did the same before Cisco opened a breach.
Alex walked through it. Kara turned to them and said, "I'm sorry about what happened here. But I hope you and Caitlin remain happy. You're both lucky to have each other."
"Thank you", Barry and Caitlin said simultaneously before the trio waved and she waved back. She then walked through the breach and Cisco closed it.
For a moment there, Caitlin suddenly turned into Killer Frost and said to Barry, "If you don't keep Caitlin happy, I might freeze….something."
"Uh, okay", Barry said awkwardly as Killer Frost turned back to normal.
"Sorry about that", Caitlin said, "She gets all emotional for no reason at all sometimes."
"No problem", Barry said with a smile as the two shared a quick kiss.
"I think we better get going too", Bucky said as he arrived with the others.
"Well", Oliver said as he arrived, "Thank you for your help. And for saving everybody."
"No problem", Bucky said, "That's what we do."
"Well", Matt said, "This is goodbye. For now."
"Yeah, sure", Oliver said as the two hugged. He then hugged Elektra too.
"I'm happy for both of you", he said to Matt and Elektra.
"Thank you", the two said simultaneously.
And then there were quite a few hugs and goodbyes before Cisco opened another breach.
"You know", he said to Nuke, "I'm going to miss you a lot."
"Do not worry, Cisco", Nuke said, "Maybe one day, I'll be back."
And then all the heroes of Earth-199999 walked through the portal one by one as Matt, Elektra, Frank, Jessica and Luke stopped and waved. The heroes of Earth-1 waved back.
They then walked through the breach and Cisco closed it.
"Well", he said with a tired sigh, "That's a wrap for this."
And it's a wrap. I hope you enjoyed this story.
Now I am still thinking how the Punisher/Deathstroke team-up story will exactly go but I will publish it too sometime. I am very tempted to add Logan and Nuke into the mix. You know what people, you all tell me if you want them too in it or not. If you do, I will try to put them in the story in a sensible way.
I will also publish my sequel to 'The Devil and The Hood' later.
Thank you to mitchn for the idea about Killer Frost threatening to freeze off 'something.'
Thank you to everyone who favorited, followed or reviewed this. Thank you to everyone who supported me in different way while I wrote this.
It has been a pleasure.
Until next time.
Aragorn II Elessar.