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And this, people, is gonna be a very important chapter so hope everyone enjoys what I have in store.
Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review. Oh yes, the war is here and the creatures probably are. Let's just say they were weaker trolls and Barry did get stronger and faster in Season 3. Season 1/2 Barry would definitely have no effect on them though. Glad I fit the Oliver part well and yes, they will need a lot of help. You will see on the black suit. Oh yes, I imagined Orlando Bloom's Legolas too. Yes, Loki would be a huge nightmare. Let's just say Frigga is imprisoned in a special cell somewhere because of how powerful she is. Oh yes, Lex is definitely among my favorites too. Yes, so far Lex is trying to be good and while I love Jonathan, I wasn't a fan of him being so judgmental about Lex either. Lex and Lionel are like Tommy and Malcolm, the difference being Lex becomes much worse than his father instead of dying. No kidding. Oh yes, whoever thought Eisenberg's version could follow that needs to have a meteor thrown on them. Preferably by Thor, Superman or Hulk. Agreed on Chloe. As much as I love her, she had her bad moments, that being one of them. Pete actually hates Lionel as he made Jonathan convince Pete's parents to give up their factory to him and established his plant there, where weird stuff happens. It just carried on to Lex. Oh yes, they really surprised with Whitney by showing his good side. I ended up liking him for sure. Yes, I know Evangeline Lilly was an extra in Smallville up till Season 3 and I even noticed her at times. Agreed on Martha too. Oh this is the least helpless version of Martha you will ever see anywhere, comics included. Yes, Jonathan is a nice and honest man, though his stubbornness and judgmental nature around Lex are his biggest flaws. No kidding on Kryptonite. Still better than Flash though. Why does he get beaten by slow metas every week even after stuff like Flashtime and stopping the Earth temporarily? No idea. How far are you on Smallville now? Anyway, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 23- Honor Thy Fathers
Sif and the Valkyries flew towards Asgard at full speed on their Pegasus while the now recovered Kara and J'onn flew alongside them at full speed.
Asgard
One of the horned giants put a red cape around Loki as another bowed and held out the crown while Thor watched.
On the ship, Ollie, Carter and Faraday made their way towards Asgard as well.
Asgard
Loki stood up as the other giant put the crown on his horned helmet, crowning him King of Asgard as he gave Thor a smug smile.
Balder and the other Asgardians rode on their chariots drawn by goats. Bill flew alongside them as Barry stood behind Balder on his chariot.
Asgard
Thor was dragged out by the horned giants as he looked down at all the horned giants and Frost Giants standing guard over the Asgardian prisoners. Loki smirked as he looked at the ax on the stump.
"Congratulations."
They turned around to see an awakened Lex approach as he applauded with a smirk of his own.
"Lex Luthor", Loki greeted as he looked at him. "For a mortal, you have a very far-reaching mind."
"Why don't we make a deal then?" Lex asked. "When your forces capture Earth, I can rule as your representative, and we can accomplish wonders together. My old friend rejected his destiny for too long. I wanted him to help me better the world. He didn't. Maybe you can."
Loki walked towards him and leaned forwards until their faces were almost inches apart. He gave a smirk. Then he spoke.
"No."
Lex's smirk vanished as Loki walked off. "You think I don't know what you're up to? Your mind may be far-reaching, but it is still below me."
At the Bifrost, several horned giants and Frost Giants stood guard.
That was when a portal opened behind them.
"More rebel warriors to crush!" One of the Frost Giants roared.
Out of the portal flew Beta Ray Bill with a roar. "FOR KORBIN!"
A huge lightning bolt hit the Frost Giant and he toppled on several horned giants.
He then faced the other opponents and snarled. "You want to crush something? Try me!"
Before they could charge, Balder cried out. "Have at thee, giant."
He and other Asgardians rode out of the portal as Balder leapt on one Frost Giant and took it down while the other two rammed their chariots into the other Frost Giant. Barry leapt to the ground and charging lightning, hit a horned giant, sending it flying off and crashing into several more.
Balder, Bill, Barry and the other Asgardians then faced their opponents as some Asgardians appeared on the opponents' side too.
"By Loki's decree. Those who do not bow before him will be executed", the leader of the opposing Asgardians said. "Surrender!"
"Traitors!" Balder spat out. "We will never bow to Loki."
That was when those Asgardians were hit by Heat Vision and taken down. They looked up to see Kara and J'onn flying in along with Sif and the Valkyries on their Pegasus.
J'onn rammed into a Frost Giant, sending it to the ground.
"For Asgard!" Sif yelled as she flew at a Frost Giant and sliced his face.
Another Valkyrie flew at another Frost Giant but he cut down her Pegasus, knocking her out as she started falling but Bill flew and caught her, gently putting her down. A Frost Giant loomed over him and raising his sword, brought it down on him but he used Stormbreaker to defend.
Two more Frost Giants arrived as J'onn rammed into one, taking him down. Another raised his sword but a beam of energy destroyed it.
They turned to see a ship approach, piloted by Faraday. Ollie and Carter were on it. The ship rammed into all the opponents, sending them falling off the edge.
The remaining Frost Giant and horned giant were hit by flaming arrows from Ollie's enchanted bow, taking them both down. He leapt out of the ship and with a flip, fired at another Frost Giant, taking it down while Carter flew and hit a horned giant, taking it down too.
The two landed on the ground with Faraday as J'onn flew next to them and ran with them. "Good to see you two!"
"Yeah, I bet!" Ollie said as he let loose another arrow. "The three of us had already snuck half way to the palace when you guys set off the alarm! Way to ruin it."
"Perhaps, we should win this fight before starting another", Carter suggested to him as they all leapt away to avoid the baton of a Frost Giant. Carter then flew at his face and hit him with his mace.
Kara fired Heat Vision, taking down more opponents before firing her superbreath at some opponents, sending them flying off as Barry hurled lightning bolts, taking down more.
J'onn phased into a horned giant and crushed his heart, taking him down as he flew out while Bill threw Stormbreaker at the remaining three Frost Giants, taking them out too.
The opponents were all down at last.
"Well, that was fun", Kara said.
"We're in Asgard", J'onn said as they all stood together. "The Norn Stones pulled us through."
"The light Elf Faraday informed us that Thor's half-brother Loki is attempting to conquer each of the Nine Realms", Carter said. "Although I suspect we stalled his plans on Earth."
"So the Masters of Evil work for Loki?" Kara asked.
"No, the Enchantress and Lex Luthor", Carter shook his head. "We must assume they are carrying out Loki's plan. And he was using the Masters to further his goals."
"Amora, the Enchantress", Sif snarled as she walked to them with Balder, Faraday and the other Asgardians. "I should have known that Witch would be involved in this! I will enjoy making her pay!"
Turning to Balder she said. "Come Balder the Brave. Let us teach Loki and his lackeys the error of their ways!"
Ollie stepped in the way with raised hands. "Whoa, whoa, we're not going to just sit on the sidelines, beautiful!"
"Loki has somehow tapped into the Odin force itself", Sif informed them all. "He is too powerful for any mortal to fight."
"First, not all of us are mortals", Kara said as she walked in front of Sif. "Second, didn't we just take on like a hundred giants and warriors?"
"Look, Sif", J'onn started as she looked at him. "Thor is our teammate and friend and Earth is just as much in the firing line as Asgard. We're in this together."
Sif looked at him and after a few seconds, nodded.
"Hey, speaking of together", Ollie said as all looked at him. "Has anyone seen me? I mean- the other me?"
Niflheim
"I can smell death on you two, Kal-El and Oliver Queen", Hela, Daughter of Loki and Goddess of Death said to Clark's specter and Oliver from her throne as her wolf Fenris circled and sniffed them. "Your time in the land of the living, is long past."
The two listened as she said. "Nilfheim is nothing to fear. I can create a paradise for both of you. Well-deserved rewards."
Oliver and Clark closed their eyes in consideration when the former heard a familiar voice call out. "Don't listen to her, son."
Oliver turned to see Robert Queen facing him.
"Dad?" he called out.
Putting a hand on Oliver's shoulder, Robert said. "You're not going to die down here, son."
"Dad, I'm sorry", Oliver said sorrowfully as guilt over his biggest failure sprang to the surface again. "You asked me to right your wrongs. But I couldn't stop the Undertaking. Half of the Glades was leveled. My best friend died. I failed you."
"You didn't fail me, son", Robert said forcefully. "You fought to honor me. Because that's what you do. What you have always done. I told you to survive. And you did."
He looked at his son determinedly and putting a hand on his shoulder said. "I know I thrust a huge burden on you, and I am very sorry. But you are not what you think you are. You are a hero. You beat the island. You beat Malcolm. You Slade. You beat Ra's al Ghul. You beat Darhk. You helped beat aliens. So fight, son."
He ordered. "Return to the world of the living and fight back."
Oliver lowered his head in consideration as Robert said. "You have faced a lot of trials, son, and come out the stronger because of them."
While this went on, Clark also heard a very familiar voice call out to him. "Clark?"
He turned around to see Jonathan Kent walking towards him. His hair were a little longer than when he had been alive.
"Dad?" Clark called out in disbelief as Jonathan stopped in front of him. "Are you real?"
"I never stopped watching over you, Clark", Jonathan assured.
"Then you must be disappointed in me", Clark said sorrowfully. "I haven't grown into the man you raised me to be."
"No you haven't", Jonathan said as Clark looked disappointed in himself until Jonathan grasped his shoulders. "You've grown into so much more than that. And I'm so proud of you."
He then turned around as Clark said. "The man in Davis needed me. But I couldn't save him. He was consumed by the monster that is Doomsday. I failed!"
Turning around, Jonathan counseled. "We're all confronted with trials, son. But the true measure of a man, is how he chooses to react in the face of those trials."
"You never had that problem", Clark said.
"Come on Clark, I was far from perfect", Jonathan said as he paced around Clark. "I let all the anger build up until my heart gave out. It was my fury, Clark that drove me to want to murder another man. But instead, it killed me."
Turning to Jonathan, Clark asked. "Lionel?"
When Jonathan nodded, Clark said. "But dad, you were just trying to protect me."
"We can't make excuses for the dark stains on our heart forever", Jonathan said.
"I don't even know how I got here", Clark said.
"We all make sacrifices, son and every time we do, we lose a little something in the process", Jonathan said as he grasped Clark's shoulders. "You've sacrificed more than almost anybody."
Walking around, he said. "It'd be easy to let resentment build up, but it's gotta come out somewhere."
"I feel like every time I do something right, I do something wrong", Clark said as he looked at Jonathan sorrowfully. "Sometimes I think it would be easier if you were here."
"Not a day goes by, Clark when I don't regret not being able to be right here for you", Jonathan said as he looked at his son. "I would do anything, give anything to be able to get a second chance to get it right."
Standing next to Clark he said. "You got that second chance, son. You are a great hero, but now you could be the greatest hero the world has ever known."
"How?" Clark asked.
"Clark", Jonathan said as he put a hand on his shoulder. "Let Jor-El guide you as well, not just me."
Then a light appeared around Clark as Jor-El's voice said. "You have always had the power within you, my son."
And then several projections appeared before Clark as he looked at them all.
He saw Lex accidentally hitting him with his car as they both fell into the water. He then swam and rescued Lex.
He turned to see standing in front of a bus, letting it crash into him to protect a man sleeping at the bus stop.
He saw himself saving Eric Summers while being struck by a lightning bolt.
He then saw Lana's car trapped in a tornado as he actually flew inside the tornado to save her.
Then he turned to see him use Heat Vision to destroy a bullet his mind-controlled father shot at Lex.
He saw Virgil Swann talking to him about his origins.
He then saw him step behind Lana to take a bullet from Adam Knight meant for her.
Then he saw himself running from the football field during the game off to a corner to disarm Mikail of his knife, saving Chloe in the process.
He then saw himself battling Zod in Lex's body as both flew in the air.
He turned as he then noticed himself jumping down a building to save Lana, and then speed a boy out of a meteor's way, shielding him from the flames before seeing himself shielding Shelby from the truck exploding.
Then he saw himself saving Chloe from falling off and disarming a launched nuke, before seeing himself catch a falling car.
Then he saw himself saving wearing the Superman suit and flying for the first time, before saving a plane, followed by saving Kara as she escaped the Phantom Zone. That was followed by tackling Graviton away.
The last thing he saw was himself tackling Doomsday into the geothermal plant as the explosions buried him under.
"These were my trials", Clark said as he looked around at them all.
"New trials are upon you, my son", Jor-El's voice said. "Today, you are reborn. Seize your destiny."
At the same time, Robert told Oliver. "You are a good man, son. Better than I ever was. Half of wat you went through would have broken anyone else. But not you. Not you."
Several projections appeared around Oliver as well as he looked at them all.
He saw himself using the move Slade taught him for the first time to take down a soldier.
Then he looked as he saw himself shooting Fyers to save Shado.
That was followed by him grabbing Sara's hand and leading her away from Ivo's men along with Slade and Shado.
Then he watched as he saw himself watching Robert's video message to him, followed by him stabbing Kovar in front of Anatoly.
That was followed by him finally ending Kovar on Lian Yu.
Then Oliver saw as he lit up the logs on flames and then took off his hood in front of the fishermen.
Then he saw himself snapping the neck of one of the men who had kidnapped him and Tommy, followed by throwing a fletchette at the device behind Adam Hunt to take away his embezzled money.
Then Oliver saw himself fighting and stabbing Blanks, followed by his fight in the hallway in Bludhaven to save Walter, and then he saw himself in a chokehold by Malcolm before he picked up an arrow and stabbed it through himself, taking Malcolm down too in the process.
That was followed by him killing the Count.
He then saw as he wore his mask for the first time.
As the projections continued, he saw himself leading the other heroes of the city against Slade's Mirakuru army in the tunnel, followed by his fight with Slade as he fired arrows that shot into ropes to restrain him.
Then he saw his talk with Barry after the speedster had woken up in which he encouraged him to be a hero.
Then he saw his desperate fight on the cliff with Ra's al Ghul, followed by him talking Malcolm down from killing Brick.
That was followed by him shooting Thawne from behind with a nanite arrow, taking down the mad speedster.
Then he saw his final fight against Ra's as he stabbed the leader through his chest.
After that, he saw himself giving the entire city a video message as the Green Arrow.
Then he was standing side to side with Barry as they took down Vandal Savage with his own staff.
That was followed by him stabbing Darhk with an arrow.
Then he saw himself knock out Tobias Church, followed by him restraining Vigilante.
And then Oliver looked at himself defeating Slade in the Dream World, followed by helping in the fight against Dominators.
And the final thing he saw was himself as Mayor giving a speech to Star City.
At the same time, Clark heard Jor-El say. "A new journey has begun for you, Kal-El."
"My strength is accepting it all, accepting you", Clark said.
"You honor me", Jor-El said. "A father's pride cannot be measured in words but know that l am proud of you, son."
"You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that", Clark smiled.
"We have been down a long road together, Kal-El one paved with difficult trials", Jor-El said. "Those trials are behind you now. New ones await. Any father can only hope that he is one day humbled by the feats of his son. But it is your soul, Kal-El, of which I am most proud. You, and you alone, possess the courage the determination and the compassion that will be required of you to lift the darkness from the Earth and all other Realms."
Clark looked around as Jor-El said. "I ask you to remember one thing. Your abilities may be of my blood but it is your time in Smallville with Jonathan and Martha Kent and all the people there that made you a hero, Kal-El."
Clark then turned around to see Jonathan holding his suit in his arms, and behind him were several people Clark had loved and lost. Even Lionel was there.
"Go be the 'Warrior Angel', Clark", Ryan James said excitedly.
"You're a hero, Clark. And you always will be", Whitney Fordman said.
"Save the world, 'Naman'", Kyla Willowbrook encouraged.
"Write a whole new destiny for yourself, Kal-El", Virgil Swann said.
"Make the world a better place. Not just for people like me, but for everyone", Alicia Baker said with a smile.
"Continue to do what you do best, Clark", James Olsen said.
"Take care of Kara", Astra In-Ze requested.
"Do what you were sent to do, Kal-El", Raya urged.
"Be the bridge between all worlds, my son", Lara-El encouraged.
"Stop my son at all costs, Kal-El", Lionel said to him.
And then Jonathan walked towards him, holding out his suit, and said. "Always hold on to Smallville."
Clark accepted the suit and with a tearful smile, nodded at all of them.
Oliver saw Robert holding out his dropped bow to him as several of his loved ones appeared behind him too.
"Continue to survive", Yao-Fei said.
"I see the person you are now. And he is one of the best men I know", Shado said.
"Go kick Loki's ass, Oliver", Akio Yamashiro said excitedly.
"You're not a monster. You have conquered your darkness", Taiana said.
"Keep saving more lives", Maseo Yamashiro encouraged.
"I was wrong about you. You are a hero, Oliver. And you always will be", Tommy Merlyn said.
"You have grown into a good man, Oliver. And I could not be more proud", Moira Queen said proudly.
"Never give up, no matter what the odds", Laurel Lance urged him.
And then Robert walked towards him, holding out his bow, and said. "Oliver Queen, you have not failed this city."
Oliver accepted the bow and looking at everyone gratefully, gave them a nod.
Next to him, Clark's specter holding the suit faded and the suit appeared on the comatose Clark, covering his entire body as his eyes opened and he flew up into the air, generating a shockwave as he did so.
"Our work isn't done", Clark declared to Hela.
"Lex and his forces are still on the loose", Oliver said too.
"Loki's pawns", Hela said in amusement. "I play along with my father's games because it amuses me. I even let your loved ones interfere because it was rather amusing. But I know, once my father is done with Thor, he will betray me. So bitter. So much hate for Odin."
"Thor is in trouble", Oliver said with concern in his voice as he shared a look with Clark.
"We have to help him!" Clark said to Hela. "You need to send us to him right now."
"You two wish to return to battle", Hela noted. "Then you two must offer me something in return."
"What do you want?" Oliver growled.
"If I send you two to confront Loki, and death shall claim you both in the battle. Then your mortal spirit belongs to me."
Oliver and Clark shared determined looks again as Hela added. "Forever."
I thought this was the best place to end the chapter. Hope you enjoyed my little tributes to both Arrowverse Oliver Queen and Smallville Clark Kent.
Hela didn't interfere because she found it amusing instead of emotional or inspiring and her job is to prevent the spirits from escaping. She doesn't care what they do within Niflheim.
As for Jor-El, it was his spirit talking the same way his AI does.
I'm sure all this worked on an emotional level though.
Hope you all enjoyed and see you all next time with the final battle at last.
