Chaos on Earth-2

by TrueHorror88

He did it to save his new home. His family, to save his daughter and the woman he loves. But instead Seth Fury was flung into Earth-2 and became Zoom's prisoner. Now aiming to use everything in his powers to find his way back to his Earth and reunite with the ones he loves, he fights. But it won't be easy. How will Earth-2 fare against a true demon? A mutant? A Lethal Protector.

19. Chapter 19: Darkness in Central City

And now another bedtime story for you wonderful people in the world.

Once again, very, very sorry for the long wait. Everything's still a bit crazy in these times.

I hope you all are safe and healthy wherever you might be in this wide world, and once again, please be cause with human contact.

But even in these hard times, it appears that good memories can still be forged by the blessings of life. The Flash star, Danielle Panabaker have welcomed her first child into the world. Thousands of good wishes for her and her husband's new-born child.

Now for this story:

This is the first chapter of the two-part story of Seth's adventure on Earth-2, a pretty long chapter, I might add.

There's gonna be characters from other Arrowverse TV shows, with different personas from their canon personas.

Also, this chapter is R-rated, featuring scenes of violence, crude language, mentions of human trafficking and sex trafficking, and forced scenarios. The people involved are different and random characters from the Arrowverse's TV shows and experience is taken from a Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show.

There's also a scene with short smut at the end.

Read at your own discretion.

Everything put in the story is only made for entertainment purposes, inspired by various TV shows I have watched.

I hope you guys are going to enjoy this chapter.

So without further ado…

ENJOY!

Chapter 19: Darkness in Central City

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The sounds of rocks being crushed from a metallic strike, causing a metal clanging to follow. Both sounds in unison were echoing and bouncing off the immense walls of Ascension Cliffs as they continued. Past the Woodlands, this place was rich with massive rocks and perfect for training.

But Seth Fury was using it for more than just training purposes. He was striking it viciously to try and get deeper into it, punching through the rocky surface with his symbiote-enveloped arms after turning them into adamantium.

And though this place the foundation to Zoom's hideout, he chose a spot very far from it to ensure that he wouldn't be interrupted by any of his henchmen or the speedster himself.

While he does have an alternative goal, he also has some frustrations to work out. As he continued to plow through the rocks, his dissatisfaction continues to grow.

His last fight against the flying woman Kendra Munoz Saunders left him with various questions. The fight was strange, and he thought that he'd gotten weaker because Hawkgirl was able to scratch his arms despite the fact that he turned both of his arms into adamantium.

Withdrawing his hands from the rocky wall, he looked at his own hands, flexing them and feeling every bone crackle with each motion. "What the hell happened there…"

"Something on your mind, partner?" Venom asked from within, he had felt the uneasiness his host has been harboring for a while now.

Knowing full well that his thoughts and feelings didn't go unnoticed by his symbiotic partner, the mutant stated. "What did you think about Kendra Saunders? That flying chick or whatever."

"Think we should have killed her." Venom stated, agreeing with the thoughts in the back of his host's mind. "But what was strange, was her sudden increase in strength."

"Yeah, her eyes glow red and she gains the strength of The Hulk." Seth rubbed his eyes with his clawed hand. "Something about her is different than other metahumans here."

Mentally raising an eyebrow, Venom asked. "What if she's not a metahuman?" Seth perked his head up. "As if that's something unlikely? We've faced beings who're not mutants or other powered beings, like artificially enhanced beings."

"Or something of a supernatural nature." Seth gulped in fear, the Y-incision scar on his chest itching with pain at the distant memory of the Ghost Rider. The demon bounty hunter was not a human or a mutant, but undoubtedly strong and able to use hellfire at any point he desires so. "Kendra's nothing like the Ghost Rider, but I'm sure she's not a meta."

"Yeah. But we hope we don't see that flying poultry anytime soon again." Venom growled his response, their last encounter with her almost costed Ruby her life.

"Agreed." He felt something hit his eyes via a shine and looked to the ground again. Smiling, he saw what he was looking for. "Back to work." Bending down on a knee he moved his finger between what he found. "You noticed how Iris just rushed out of the house before?"

Venom mentally nodded and used his tendrils to help his host move around in their findings. "She didn't say anything to us and just rushed out before we could say anything. Not just that, she looked horrified."

It's been a while since they heard from the detective and her husband while they were back in the household. While all of them were worried, they couldn't get anything done by just worrying all the time. Seth had the girls stay at home and just train, strengthening their own powers while he had to take care of something for himself at Ascension's Cliffs.

"I'm worried about her." He said sadly despite the fact he was finished with what he had to do. "It's the first time Iris has acted like this." Seth reached into his partner's pocket dimension and pulled out a filthy pouch. "Something she's not telling us, and I really don't like that." He admitted and took the findings and poured it into his filthy bag. "She's not the only one."

From their last conversation, Seth noticed that Iris was shrouded with instant realization when he inquired about the mutual friend between Mera and Kendra, the same one who's been sending out metahumans after him. She was hiding something alright.

Since she was a detective, maybe she's come across this person somewhere in her career. The possibility was high.

But another question was bugging the elemental. He didn't know whether this group had good intentions or not. Aside from Mera, he only knew that this person had various metahumans on her call. And she could very well be another villainous group like Zoom's trying to get his guards down before striking him down or otherwise.

Pouring the last into the filthy bag, he said. "Time to get back, I guess." He got up on his feet and walked. Stopping abruptly, he felt Atlantean-model phone vibrate in his pocket. Reaching into it, he pulled out the flip phone and opened it, seeing that it was Iris calling him. "The heck? Now she's up for a chat?"

Pressing the button, he accepted the call before placing it to his ear. "What's up, Detective West?"

…

…

Worry began to take over as he didn't hear a single word coming from the other end of the phone. Hearing a faint gulp, he asked in concern. "Iris? What's wrong?!" Seth raised his voice.

Another few moments of silence passed but he did register the sound of air being inhaled slowly. "Seth…" He noticed her pause and worry began to solidify within his core. "…Can you come to precinct soon?"

"Yeah, I'm in the Woodlands right now. But I can swing over there and be there in ten minutes." Seth announced and he enlarged the lower half of his body with the symbiotic mass, said mass crawled up his body and adapted to the rest of his body.

"Please. It's important. Come quick." Iris said before hanging up.

Using his enlarged finger of his large clawed hand he closed the flip phone and let the phone sink into his pocket dimension. "Something's wrong." Venom and Seth said in unison before leaping into the air, his arms shooting out and unleashing tendrils. They wrapped around the largest branches they could find and pulled on them, sending his body flying through the woods.

"We're coming." The anti-hero announced in haste when stepping on a branch. Combing wind and lightning around his entire body, he shot into the air again with greater speed, passing by seven trees in a single leap before swinging or leaping off more trees that met his path.

Something was happening with his friend and he would make sure that he would help her.

X

(CCPD)

The entire room with desks were filled with rushing officers and detectives. All of them in frenzy as to what have surfaced to their ears, the latest charred victim who met Blackfire's hands. They were worried and indecisive as well.

Either stand before Blackfire and meet a fate worse than death or get away while the opportunity was before them.

But not all of them were indecisive.

Detective Iris West was sitting by her desk. Sitting in her chair with a heavy expression on her face. It was already heavy and heartbroken when she arrived at the scene that was the leftovers of his latest victim. But now… her worry and the burden on her shoulders had skyrocketed and felt unbearable.

She had just asked Seth Fury, The Demon King of Central City, Venom. A hero from another universe to come and aid her and this city's second greatest problem…

Blackfire.

She gulped and looked to her desk again. Her eyes locking onto the framed photo of both her and Fred Chyre, the disciple wearing her police officer uniform and her mentor having a gaped mouth from laughing loudly. It was a picture that the two took together the day Iris officially graduated from the police academy and became a police officer.

Iris placed her hand over her mouth, covering the exit point of her heavy sigh. Her hand slid over the side of her face and to the front of her forehead. "I'm sorry, Chyre…. But I have to do this… if not… more like her are gonna end up on the streets."

The image of that charcoal-charred burnt body was still itched into her mind. It had been a while since Blackfire had left corpses like that, indicating that he was not in the city during that period. But it appears that he may have returned and left a body in his aftermath.

The coroner was still struggling to find match to the body, but hopefully he could so the family could be informed.

"Please… someone…" she looked down at the ground, her facial features paling with the quick drainage of colors. "Tell me I'm not just risking a good man's life right now."

Feeling a hand on her shoulder, she looked up and saw Barry looking down to her in concern. "Hey, are you okay, Iris?"

"I called Seth." she revealed to her husband who must have dashed over to her in a haste, his breath coming out in a series of panting. Barry crouched down beside her and wrapped his hand around her intertwined hands "I don't know what I'm doing right now, Barry. If I'm doing the right thing right now, or if I'm just leading Seth into a deathtrap? If I'm wrong, then I will-"

"We will." Barry interrupted her and squeezed her hands with his single one. Iris looked confused at him. "We're in this together, Iris. Through thick and thin, danger or whatnot, we're in this together. We're both asking Seth… because we both know that he's probably the only one in this city who can stop this monster once and for all."

Iris giggled. "Think you just outdid yourself, better than what you said in your vows." They both chuckled and "You really think, he's gonna be okay with this? Even if it meant hurting any and all chances he has for reuniting with his family again?"

"On that… we're gonna need to ask him." Barry admitted and gave his wife a comforting squeeze. "But we won't know without asking him first, so we gotta cross that bridge first."

"Yeah." Iris turned to her husband. "I love you."

"I love you too." Barry smiled.

This was a tough time for everyone. For families that have suffered from his actions. For families that are still suffering from his actions. For families that might be the next ones to suffer from his actions. One evil is still running wild in their home, but now another evil had come back to the battlefield. An evil that has risen in the shadows of their home of Central City, becoming strong enough to consider them a threat against The Crimson Comet and the evil menacing speedster Zoom's true rival.

Blackfire has returned.

These two evils menaces in their home are enough for them all to feel unease and worry about what might happen next… to either themselves or the ones closest to them. They're every action leads to the citizens, police officers even, to think of what might be the best and safest countermeasure against them.

Now Iris only had two…. Both phone calls and both done and called to the respective people. And both on their way here to the precinct.

X

DING

The elevator doors chimed when reaching the precinct lobby floor. The moment they opened, Seth stepped out of the lift with long strides. His strides came to an end as he was shocked to see what was happening. It felt familiar because he had seen a similar sight in the Central City he sacrificed his life for. Tried to, anyway.

He widened his eyes when seeing dozens… if not more… of middle-aged couples standing around in the lobby. Men fighting back tears with eyes closed to slits and punching the walls around them. Women crying and covering their faces with their bare hands, tissues proving useless against the flood coming out of their eyes. Some of them crying, others raging.

"What do you mean, "They're still under investigation"?!"

Seth snapped his head around to one of the reception desks, the source of that booming male voice with a darkening rage in every word becoming clear to him as he saw that it was a tall dark-skinned man and a dark-skinned woman beside him.

The dark-skinned man was clenching both of his hands and slamming them into the desk, glaring at the receptionist who shook at the display of anger. "I better hear something that's not some bull about this still being under investigation."

"Mr. Pierce, please calm down." The receptionist said.

"Come again?!" Jefferson Pierce said in shock of the worker's words. "You better watch what you're saying now man, otherwise I will knock the silly lights out of you."

The woman beside her gently pushed him back and looked to the receptionist. "I'm sorry to tell you this, Mister: but our daughters were just kidnapped by the same monster that's been doing the same to the other parents here." Lynn Stewart's words caused the other couples to experience more sadness and even more tears fell from their eyes. "And just like always, CCPD is not even moving a finger to get them back. We come to Central City for a trip, and we lose half of our family in an instant."

"Ma'am, please remain calm." The receptionist tried to calm them down.

Jefferson raised his hand, pointing a finger at the reception, "I swear, if I-"

"Hey, pal." Seth stepped over to him, gaining the attention of the couple and the receptionist. The third one shocked to see the elemental again in their precinct. "How about you calm down a bit?"

"Why? You don't look like any cop?" Jefferson told the man.

"Doesn't make a fucking difference if I'm a cop or not." Seth started, "But right now, you and your wife are causing all these other parents to cry and feel worse than they already do. Not sure about the situation here, but I'm guessing you're all in the same boat." The couple looked at him tensely. "So either calm down, let the cops work and see if they can help find your daughters, or find a room or go outside, vent out and come back again." He spoke coldly.

"A friend of mine is a cop here and she's gonna do everything in her power to find your daughters again. But you're only upsetting the other parents around you. Don't cause them more pain with your words, they tend to cut deeper than a knife." Seth continued, his eyes looking passively at the married couple, both freezing in their spot. "You know their pain and feel the same, don't intensify theirs."

Jefferson and Lynn shared a look. They both knew that the stranger was right. Right now, in this very moment, in this very situation, their pain that bursts out of them and laying their already angered words… are only succeeding adding more to the already painfully breaking hearts of the other parents in this very lobby.

Like their daughters, Jinnifer and Anissa were abducted, the other parents are also feeling this same unbearably pain that makes them feel like failures and not worthy of being called parents.

Because of that… monster…

Lynn swallowed the gathering of spit heavily. "Jeff, he's right." She aimed to her husband. "We can't just lose our cool like this. It's not fair to the other parents here."

"Yeah, I guess so." Jefferson breathed out reluctantly. "Fine, maybe we need some fresh air actually." His wife agreed and the two turned around, about to walk off to the elevators to step outside. But he stopped and turned to the strange man again. "For a young man, you sure look like you know what we're going through."

"Like I said, I have no idea what's going on here, pal." Seth faced him and honestly said. "But I'm a parent myself, I know what's it's like to not be with your child or lose them."

"Bit of advice, man." Jefferson scoffed. "Take your kid and get the hell out of this city. It's pretty damn close to Hell right now." He turned around and walked hand in hand with his wife to the elevators.

"Close to Hell…" Seth muttered and looked around. He turned to the male receptionist again. "Detective West? Where is she?"

"In the next room, by her desk." He informed while expressing his gratitude with a small bow of his head.

Seth nodded his own gratitude before walking into the room himself.

Instantly finding the couple by the detective's desk, he called out. "Guys?" The married couple looked up and saw Seth rushing through the group of storming officers and detectives and reached his friends. His worry and concern clearly displayed on his face like a uniquely formed mask. "What's going on here? It's like you guys are preparing for a war or something. And what's the deal with all the parents here?"

"Might as well be a war." Barry looked to his wife and nodded his consent.

She nodded back, agreeing with him and raised herself from her chair. The married couple faced the mutant with heavy expressions on their faces, both still unsure whether to ask of his aid. "Seth, we have something important to ask of you." The detective slowly said.

"You have my full attention." The mutant assured them.

Iris opened her mouth, about to speak.

"Iris! Barry!"

However, their conversation came to a stop when the sound of a familiar voice reached the natives' ears. Though the voice was familiar to them, to the mutant's ears it was strange and unfamiliar. The married couple looked past the mutant, who also turned towards the same direction, seeing that it was a man.

The married couple widened their eyes at the sight of him. Seth took in his features, registering his slim build of 6 feet covered by a stylish and expensive black tuxedo suit. His hair was dark brown to the point where it could be considered black, his eyes are dark green. Though he appeared to be a slim man, the mutant noticed that the sleeves of his suit, along with the part covering his torso, appeared to be straining against his body, indicating that he had been training his physical attributes a great deal.

Barry formed a shocked expression, followed by a glare and he said. "Bruce? What are you doing here?"

Seth looked to his friends after looking the stranger over. "You know this guy?"

"He's an old friend of ours from Gotham City." Iris looked like she was struggling to not sneer. "Bruce Wayne, well-known billionaire, philanthropist and owner of Wayne Enterprises." With a sigh, the detective gestured to the mutant and introduced. "Bruce, this is a friend of ours, Dr. Seth Fury."

Bruce Wayne faced the doctor and outstretched his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, Dr. Fury. Just call me Bruce."

Shaking his hand after grabbing it, Seth said. "Likewise, and call me Seth. I'm not formal enough to call myself Doctor."

Bruce nodded his consent and turned back to his friends, seeing that both were shooting him suspicious glares. "Guys, wanna tone down on the glaring daggers, please? They're starting to hurt. Feel em poking right now."

"Drop the jokes, Bruce." Barry said in angered tone, the mutant widening his eyes in shock as this would be first time that this Barry have become enraged. "Why have you come to Central City?"

"Last time you came here, it was to make an arrangement between your Crows and this department. Not one of our best moments, sure, but it still had some problems, for us." Iris stated and Bruce gulped. "What are you doing here?"

"You guys know why I'm here." Their faces paled at Bruce's words. "Blackfire's back and he left another victim. Here. In Central City, your home, Iris." With a gesture to the rest of the area with the desks and the panicking officers. "And your fellow officers are running around like chickens who've lost their heads. They don't know what to do now that that monster's back."

"And what exactly do you think you can do?" Barry asked. "Bruce, you might be a playboy with billions of dollars in your pockets, but what can you exactly do in this situation?"

Bruce bit his lower lip, not answering the question. Iris narrowed her eyes and drew her own conclusions, before asking with clenching hands. "What did you do, Bruce?"

"Looks like bad blood between them." Venom noted, surprised by the West-Allens' surprising spike of anger.

"No kidding." Seth was comparing the two to the ones he knows. "They're fuming right now. Last time I saw this, was when Barry met Reverse-Flash again and when Iris found out about Barry keeping his Flash identity secret from her." Those times were possibly the biggest times those two had experienced such anger. And the rage on their doppelgangers' faces were so close to that.

Inhaling sharply, Bruce revealed slowly. "I did… what I had to do, Iris. For the sake of your city."

DING

DING

To the surprise of the entire police department and the others there, the sounds of both elevators chiming after one another echoed in the building. All detectives and officers, singular mutant doctor and his friends, turned to the elevators.

Following the rich playboy from Gotham City, they all walked into the lobby to see what was going on.

Both elevator doors opened immediately, showing a bunch of armored men and women in black tactical suits, fully equipped with vests and armed with firearms and other weapons on their belts. Their black boots tramping on the ground as they walked deeper into the lobby.

Seth noticed something. Once they stepped out of the elevators, they immediately walked into a formation. "Some formal group we have here…" he deduced. "Agency, maybe?" The elemental saw that all their vests are wearing an insignia of sorts when they were within his eyesight.

An ascending bird with three lines under it, each one bended in the middle with their ends pointing upwards.

Shifting his eyes up again, he saw that a man in the same tactical wear as the others stepping forward. The big white letters on his vest, "Crows" showing itself to everyone in the lobby. He looked to be a war veteran with dark green eyes and dark hair.

Behind him three young women stepped close to him, all of them suited in the same tactical suits and equipped with firearms like the others. One was a young woman with short dark brown hair with red tips. The other one was a dark-skinned woman with long black hair pulled into a ponytail. The two of them stood in a formal stance while the third one, a young woman with pale skin and long blonde hair, looked around curiously with bored expression.

"Three lieutenants?" Venom wondered within his host's mind.

"Second-in-commands, lieutenants, senior members of this group, could be anything." Seth thought back while keeping his facial features. He could see that the third one of the young women was eyeing everyone in the lobby suspiciously, her eyes falling on him a few times. "But, the four of them are definitely the highest-ranking members in their group."

Iris gritted her teeth in anger and faced Bruce. "Really, Bruce? You brought the Crows here to our city?"

"Iris, I had to." Bruce defensively said, trying to reason with his old friend. "You know, full well that you and your police force have been unable to take care of Blackfire, your men are too scared. Even Captain Mendez agrees with that. He wasn't the one to tell us this, but you know it's true. I'm sorry for doing this behind your backs, guys. But it's for your city." He directed to both his friends.

The mutant was curious about this "Blackfire" person now. He's never heard of that name on the other Earth, meaning that this person is an original born in this universe.

Commander Jacob Kane looked to the detective after hearing his apology. Chuckling hollowly, he said. "Mr. Wayne, you shouldn't be apologizing. Unlike its own native officers, you actually wanna save this city, which you informed of us of this situation."

Barry glared at the commander. "Hate to break it to you, Commander Kane, but you and your Crows' help usually involves in innocent people being interrogated for no reasons." His own hands clenched.

The dark-skinned woman stepped forward and said. "What we did last time, was following protocols. We don't leave in any stones unturned, even though it might be, at times, rough for your citizens." Agent Sophie Moore sound like she was correcting the forensic scientist.

"Such fragile posh people you have here in Central City." Julia Pennyworth said with a british accent, mocking the lobby full of the city natives.

Seth noticed that a lot of the officers and detectives didn't like that, their hands immediately grabbing their firearms, almost like they were going to ventilate the foul-mouthed British woman.

Kate Kane sighed and told her colleagues. "Julia, Sophie. Drop it. We're here to help them, not mock them. Learn the difference." They stepped back, accepting Kate's instructions.

This time, Seth couldn't hold back and turned to his friends. "Okay, I thought I was only one with a bad mouth and foul attitude in this city, but these guys are giving me a run for my money here." The new group heard his loud words, and they narrowed their eyes at his insults. "Iris, Barry, who are these guys? Gotham City's Circus clowns? Or comedians?"

"Close enough." Iris quipped with a smirk before saying. "They're a security organization in Gotham City, calling themselves Crows Security."

"A security organization? You mean, like a security firm?" Seth asked.

Barry was the one to nod his agreement. "Yeah. They only offer their service to the wealthy in their city. It's like telling the ones without money, that they're not worth their protection."

"And that they can screw off." Seth added his thoughts, his words loud enough that the entire group of fifteen Crows agents and their commander could hear him clear as day. The mutant chuckled briefly, the three lieutenants and the commander got confused eyes, as did their client Bruce Wayne.

Facing the married couple again, Seth said. "Iris, Barry…" They gave him their full attention. "Why exactly are you guys pissed?" The Crows looked confused, as does the native officers and the married couple themselves. "You're CCPD, you deal with metahumans and other troublemakers daily. I mean, you guys seen Zoom's group of metas in here before, sure it had you guys were shaking, but you still fought back." Pointing a thumb back to the Crows, not even looking at them which angered them. "And a group of good-for-nothing glorified bodyguards walks and acts like they own the place, and they got you shaking? Come on, you're better than that, aren't you?"

Iris and Barry were surprised to hear him say that. All the officers and other workers in this very building have witnessed him take up his powers against them, after what they all had their guns trained on Evelyn and Ruby. It felt like a lifetime ago, but they remembered he looked ready to tear into all the officers.

It was before he returned to his form as Venom, but he still wore an expression that was like a beast from hell. A demonic warrior… before receiving its crown and ascending to become the king of demons…

The detective chuckled. "Guess it's kinda of silly being worried about them, considering what we have to face every day. Zoom's group makes them all look like whiny babies with an attitude." Her words got her colleagues to laugh and got the Crows to narrow their eyes on them.

Her husband nodded his agreement. "Yeah, you're right, Iris. It's pretty dumb to be afraid and worried about them."

"Yeah, and besides…" Seth turned around and faced the Crows agents. "I'm guessing their jurisdiction is this Gotham City, so if they do decide to rough up our citizens, I'm guessing that CCPD has a perfectly good reason for throwing them behind bars."

To hear the guy who stood before them and wouldn't allow a single one of them to shoot defenseless young girls, was definitely surprising to say the least. Especially to hear him say that in front of a large group of armed agents.

Barry couldn't help but a chuckle. "You are nothing like the guys from this world, Seth." he thought in appreciation.

The commander didn't like what he was saying. "Son." Seth turned his passive eyes to him, forming a smirk when seeing the clear sheer of annoyance on his face. "You do realize that you just complimented the very people who are too scare to even do something against the other monster of this city, not to mention insulting the very people who're here to help you with your problems." He stepped close enough to Seth's form, a sneer forming on his face.

Kate got worried her father was gonna do something stupid. "Dad, calm down."

"You might wanna listen to your daughter, old man." Seth said. "And I might not know the entire situation going on here, but I ain't scared of a group of bodyguards who only give a crap about those with big fat and deep pockets. They're usually the people I insult." He smirked. "And tell me what kind of problems do you exactly intend to take care of?"

"Blackfire…" Commander Kane started with another sneer. The name bringing confusion and shock to the mutant's face. "And… Venom."

Iris snapped her eyes open as did her partner and her husband. The detective stepped forward and said. "Why exactly do you have Venom on your hit-list, exactly?"

Bruce then stepped close and added, "Uncle Jacob, what's the meaning of this? I asked for your help only to take care of Blackfire?"

"Yeah. Venom looks like a demon, sure, but he's a hero who saved this very precinct and been saving this entire city ever since The Flash disappeared." Barry defensively said. "He doesn't deserve to have a target on his back because you fools can't see a hero, even if they were right in front of you."

"You don't have any rights or good reasons to go after Venom." Floyd Lawton exclaimed.

Seth smiled when hearing the three of them defend him so heatedly. It showed their genuine feelings of care and the friendship they feel towards him. He was happy.

And then… he was shocked.

"Yeah, he's a hero!"

"You mess with the Demon King; you mess with us and the entire Central City!"

"You go after him, we're gonna throw you all into jail, goddamn it!"

"He's Central City's hero, bastards!"

"Piss off to Gotham City, glorified bodyguards!"

The mutant didn't expect his eyes and ears to take in the words coming from the gatherings of other police officers, even various citizens. A few of the officers knew that the demon's real identity, knowing that Seth Fury was the unorthodox doctor and demonic king of this world. He was willing to take on their bullets, even did so once and have been given glares from them any and all times he's ever set foot in this precinct.

And now… he was being defended right now by those same officers.

"One day, you're considered a menace. The next, you're the appraised hero of a city in another universe." Venom chuckled within his host's mind.

"Yeah looks like…" Seth agreed and kept himself from smiling. "It means that we can't let them down and go against their expectations, partner." He got a growl of agreement.

"Venom might have a fan club in this precinct…" Jacob Kane got their attention. "But we can't allow someone with Blackfire's sword to run wild. It might not have been what we hired to do, but we'll gladly help this city with its two problems." He swiftly took out of his gun and raised it to the mutant's head.

Eyes widening around them, even the eyes of his subordinates who stood behind Jacob Kane.

"Maybe, I should take care of this one too? Sounds like a problem." Jacob admitted and was curious and shocked at the lack of reaction from the mutant's side.

Iris and her partner, as well as various officers drew their guns, pointing them at the commander of Crows. "Don't even think about it, Kane!" Iris exclaimed.

Julia smiled mischievously. "Finally, some fun!" She took out her gun from her holster, pointing them at the police officers.

Sophie remained strong with a passive expression and drew out her own gun. "Lower your weapons, now!"

"Guys, calm down!" Kate Kane shouted to both parts and focused her next words to her father. "Dad, holster your weapon! He's a civilian!"

"What can I say?" Jacob narrowed his eyes on Seth, who still remained unsurprised by the gun pointing at his head. "I see a problem; I take care of it. Plain and simple." He couldn't contain his boiling rage now. This young man before him was openly insulting the very security organization that he and his wife have founded together.

He wouldn't let that slide… This man's words were nothing short of poison in its most impure and lethal form.

Chuckling as he wasn't surprised by the commander's action, Seth raised his hand. Jacob watched him carefully, seeing that his hand was reaching the side of the gun. Thinking that the young man is gonna try to swipe it out of his hand, he tightened his hold around the pistol grip.

Jacob widened his eyes when Seth reached for the hammer with his fingers. Pinching it, he pulls it down for the commander, loudly cocking the firearm for him before retracting his hand. His subordinates widened their eyes and looked shocked, as does the native officers of this city.

"If you're not prepared to cock a pointed gun," Seth spoke coldly. "then don't pretend you actually have the guts to actually fire that gun at anyone, old man. It's like showing you're nothing more than bark and no bite." His words shocked the commander and his employees greatly.

And they're from Gotham.

"PUT THAT GUN DOWN, RIGHT NOW!"

This time everyone in the lobby snapped their heads to the other elevator. Shock fell over them all like rain pouring down on them from above. Iris and Barry smiled happily at them, as did most of the other citizens of this city. Commander Kane and his agents frowned annoyingly at the sight.

Seth didn't know whether to smile or frown, or even speak at the sight.

He was only beside one person, but he still stood tall and proud as though he was leading an army of thousands of armed soldiers. With a deadly glare on his face, he walked closer and closer. The golden medals on his uniform shaking and bouncing off his green uniform. Grey hair cut according to the standard military cut. He had his blue eyes pointing directly into the commander of the Crows.

Standing between the two men, the military general ordered the Gotham commander. "Remove your firearm from that young man's head right now, Jacob."

"What are you doing here, Eiling?" Jacob didn't listen to the general, keeping his firearm pressed against the doctor's head.

General Wade Eiling gave him a cold glare. "I got a call from an old friend of mine. She asked if I could come and help her out, seeing as an annoying pest have returned to our home." He glanced at the relaxing Detective West. "She didn't tell me that there would be two kinds of them, though."

Jacob narrowed his eyes, close to slits. "Still playing pet to the CCPD? How you've fallen, brother."

"Brother?" Seth thought shockingly. "General Wade Eiling and this guy-"

"Are brothers?" Venom continued his host's shocked thoughts.

"Better be what I am now than become a bodyguard for the fat and wealthy, like you Jacob." Wade shot back.

Seth noticed that the officers around them lowered their firearms slightly, as though the presence of the general was enough for them to calm down and let him take over this ship of chaos.

The person who arrived with her general stepped forward and took off her green military cap. It was perfectly matching with her green military uniform around her body. Her long crimson-red hair pulled into a ponytail and she perked her head up, facing the commander who kept his gun on Seth's head. "I believe my general asked you to remove that gun from that man's head." Her fingers began to shine with a purplish glow.

Once again, Seth's eyes widened at the sight of that familiar face. "Bette?" He thought to himself in growing shock of that voice that unmistakably that of the metahuman, Plastique, Bette Sans Souci in his new home universe.

What was even more shocking was the fact that she was standing right beside General Wade Eiling.

The Crows Commander looked to her and scoffed before turning back to his half-brother. "Still keeping freaks in your ranks, Wade? Must be a desperate time for the army."

"A mere bodyguard like you can't understand the will of those who've been granting more powers and chooses to do something with them, in the name of their country and the safety of their home." Wade defensively said before raising his hand and placing it on the barrel of the gun in his brother's hand. "Now, as my lieutenant just pointed out, remove that gun from that young man's head."

Letting out another, Jacob yanked his gun out of his brother's grip and holstered his weapon again before turning around, his agents holstering their own weapons in response to their commander's action. "Would be a waste of ammo anyway."

Feeling a vein pop on his forehead, Seth smirked villainously. "Can I get my words back then? I pretty much wasted them on you and your circus folk." All the Gotham natives looked at him with a glare, ready to tear into him and riddle him with bullets.

Chuckling for a few moments to himself, General Wade Eiling turned to the young mutant and said. "Iris did say you had a foul-mouth. But she didn't say anything about you having no respect for authority."

"I decide who gets my respect." Seth casually stated. "And Iris didn't say anything about her knowing an army general." He threw a glance at the detective in question, who chuckled sheepishly under his gaze.

"I'm an old friend of her mentor, Fred Chyre." Wade informed before looking to the group of talking Crows. "Just so you know, brother." He got Jacob's attention. "When I saw you in here, all your people pointing their guns at the officers of my city… didn't bring me much confident, much less trusting you to work without harming my city. So, as an insurance, I have contacted some of my men to supervise every move of your agents during your mission here. Everyone except for Kate and you are gonna be under watch."

"The army is being assigned babysitting jobs? That's sounds below their paygrade." Seth joked.

Wade remained expressionless and said. "If the Crows were to be trusted while roaming in my city, then it wouldn't be necessary. But after last time, it's impossible to trust them." Jacob walked to his group again.

Sophie looked to her boss and asked. "Commander, you okay?"

Jacob didn't answer and waved Agent Moore, Agent Pennyworth and his daughter closer and ordered them. "The man that I had my gun on before? I want the three of you to keep an eye on him, follow him if you have to."

Julia raised an eyebrow. "Why's that, Commander? That posh gent stuck a nerve?"

"No." Kate knew what was going through her father's mind and announced his thoughts for him. "How many guys at our age wouldn't be afraid of a gun pointed at them? Cocked or not, that's enough to scare anyone to pissing themselves and he still chuckled like it was nothing. He's not normal."

"A metahuman, maybe?" Sophie suggested.

"Maybe. But I want to know more about him. So check up on him. Do whatever it takes." Jacob ordered them while walking into the elevator with his three high-ranking agents, all three of them nodding their consent and following their commander.

Sighing his relief when registering their leave, Wade looked around and saw the distress on the various couples' faces. It was increased from the display that Crows Security just did. Turning to his lieutenant, he asked. "Lieutenant Sans Souci?"

Sighing herself, she told him. "General, you can call me Bette." It was something that she's told him various times in the past… or a few hours ago…. Minutes ago.

"You know me better than that." Wade chuckled. "Have the others in front of the building bring up the supplies that we brought and have it distributed to the parents around the lobby. After what they just saw, they're bound to feel uneasy. Some food in their stomachs would be good well for them."

"Considerate as always, General." Bette chuckled; Seth looked like he was astonished by the marvels of parallel universes once more". "But as you wish, sir." She saluted with a formal stance before walking to the elevator to take care of her assignment.

"I should really consider giving her harsher training, might keep her mouth shut every now and then." Wade said to himself before turning back to the young mutant. "Young man, you certainly have a mountain-sized amount of courage to not even flinch at gunpoint."

Seeing as this guy did try to help him, Seth decided to be polite. "Well, not the first time I've been at gunpoint."

"That sounds believable." The general admitted before looking to Iris and Barry who walked to her. "Mr. Allen, Detective West. What kind of trouble have you brought me this time?"

"Honestly, General, we didn't know about Crows showing up now." Iris explained.

"Well, my brother tends to show up at horrible times. But he only gives out his worst kind of help, regrettably enough." Wade said with another sigh.

"So he's like herpes?" Venom suggested. Seth tilted his head in thoughts before nodding his head in agreement with that statement.

"But we're glad that you came, Eiling. We have one massive problem now." Barry grimly said. His face paling like he was witnessing a horrible nightmare rewind in his head.

Seth saw the expression on his face. "Blackfire…" he thought. It was a name he's never come across ever since he took up arms as Venom in this world. It was strange that a name like this was able to bring such tear to a specific group of victims, parents. "I have a bad feeling…"

"I know that." Eiling told the forensic scientist. "But before that…" he turned to Seth and held out his hand. "Name's Wade Eiling. Military General Wade Eiling."

"A pleasure meeting you General. Seth Fury." He introduced himself and shook hands with the general.

"And an honor meeting you, son." The general said honestly.

"An honor?" Seth noted. "Bit much for someone like me."

"It was someone like you that jumped in front of a defenseless girl without hesitation, even though it meant being riddled with bullets." The general smiled happily and the mutant widened his eyes. "Iris kept me updated on your adventures as both a doctor… and Venom." He said in a whisper at the end.

Seth widened his eyes again and turned his attention to the detective. "He knows about me? And you told him?"

"You can trust Eiling, Seth. he's a good guy and a friend of mine and another friend of my mentor." Iris explained, this time her face souring at her own words.

Wade saw her expression falling and nodded. "Think it's time for us to get back to work." He looked to the mutant. "Come with us, Seth. it's time for you to know everything."

That serious expression on the general's face was just like the serious expression on the General Eiling he knew on his Earth. But unlike the one he knew; Seth know that this Wade Eiling was a person fighting for the side of good.

Otherwise, Iris wouldn't trust him.

X

"What?!" Lindy screamed in shock. Tony Woodward and Marcus Bishop wondered why everyone in this place was so quick to scream, both of them covering their ears after hearing their boss scream like a vengeful banshee.

Having been the one to inform her friend, Mera was the first one to place her hands on her ears. As the scream died, she removed her hands from her ears and said. "Lind, you could give Black Siren a run for her money with your scream."

"How else should I react to what you just said?!" Lindy slammed her fists into her desk. In response to her bursting emotions, her hair, eyes and skin began to ripple into different colors. "Blackfire's back again." She and her group have received news of what the police had found…

… the finding of a completely charcoaled young skeleton…

"Thea might be dead!" Lindy screamed with fear and horror taking over her.

"Not necessarily." Kendra announced and explained when seeing their confused looks. "First, Blackfire's known for leaving his victims in that state. It might not have been a recent victim, it might have been one that's been around for weeks or even longer, maybe. It doesn't mean he's back."

"Yeah, Kendra's right." Marcus agreed with her logic.

"And secondly, we've seen photos of the corpse that the cops found." Kendra continued. "Not just that, we've all seen Thea in real life, she's much taller than that corpse. it couldn't possibly be Thea."

"Kendra's right." Mera agreed with the flying woman. Even though they were working together now and talking on better terms, the fight with Seth and almost killing Ruby still had the Atlantean distrusting Kendra. "Not to mention, Blackfire wouldn't honestly kill her now. Strategically speaking, what would he gain out of that, Lind?"

The technopath understood her logic and placed herself down in her chair again. She ran her hands over her forehead, all the way to the roots of her hair and then down her shifting hair. "I just don't know what to do now. I won't let Thea be captive to that animal any longer."

"We know that, boss." Tony sighed and stated steadfastly. "But I think we don't have to do anything now."

"What do you mean?" Lindy directed to her friend with the organic steel transformation. "You think we shouldn't get help?"

"What you thinking, brother?" Marcus followed up.

"I'm thinking that help will come to us." His words brought up question marks over his friends' heads. "Knowing Iris, she will probably ask her new roommate. The only one of the four who can help, anyway."

"You mean…" Kendra trailed off… her friend Mera smiling happily when reaching the same conclusion.

"Yeah. My money's on Iris making the call." Tony started. "And I'm betting my own life that her money's on the Demon King."

X

(CCPD)

Following Iris and Barry, General Wade Eiling and Seth were led into an interrogation room deeper inside the precinct. After they were led into the room, the three natives of this city walked out of the room and the mutant was left alone.

Leaning against the wall, he formed a curious expression and spoke to himself. "What's going on here?"

"We both know what's going on here." Venom growled his words.

"Yeah, they've been keeping something from us." Seth sighed. "Iris… Barry… Joe… Jesse, too most likely… Mera… all of them have been keeping things from us. But who the hell is this "Blackfire"? And how are they able to scare the entire precinct to not move and force another city's security organization to intervene like this?"

"Do you think he's an equal to Zoom?"

"Or maybe he's worse." Seth suggested unsurely. "I trust Iris and Barry, even Mera, but why the heck didn't any of them tell me about this? Are they…? Don't they trust us? The heck." He gritted his teeth, the image of the dozens of crying parents burned into his memory and he didn't like it. "What happened to those parents back there?"

All of these unanswered questions were bugging him, crawling around on the sides of his brain like ants and biting into the mass itself. Trying to dig tunnels through it and create pathways for more burning and infernal questions to dig into his mind after the torrent current of confusion have crashed down on him from the outside world.

"Someone explain what's going on here." Seth breathed out in anger of not knowing what's going on in this city. He was protecting it while he searches for a breach to get back home, defending it against Zoom. Against one evil.

But how he was able to protect it without knowing of the other evils roaming freely in the shadows of this city?

He was brought out of his trance when the door opened and he saw Iris, Barry and General Eiling walking through the door. With the guys walking off to the sides of the door, the detective was the last one to enter the room and locked the door after closing it.

Turning around to look at Seth, who saw her hold a folder close to her chest, her face still sorrow and paled. "Seth…"

"Iris." He stopped her, even though she trailed off for some reason. "I want to know what's going on here. And whatever it is, why haven't you said anything about it before?"

"Seth…" Iris shared a meaningful look with both her husband and the friend of her late mentor. Both nodded to her, telling her to proceed onwards. The detective appreciated their trust in her and letting her speak. "… Before I explain everything… I need to know something."

"What?" Seth stepped forward, stopping when reaching the edge of the table.

"Seth… I have to know if you want to know this." Iris tightened her hold on the folder, her hands and arms shaking vibrantly. "The moment you say yes… you can't take it back. It's not something you can take back. You have to be prepared for this. No take backs."

Steeling his conviction, he told her. "Iris, you and Barry, even Eiling here, know what I face out there in the city when I go out as Venom. I fight metas in a city I'm trying to protect, a city I don't even call home. So whatever problem this city faces, I will gladly take up my sword and fight like it's gonna be my last."

"Even though it's not a problem you've started or even knew about… even if it's been around longer than you've been here, Seth?" Barry asked in concern.

Nodding, Seth said determinedly. "The city's problems became my own the moment I set foot in it. Venom or Seth Fury, I will do whatever it takes to protect this city as it is my own. I swore to myself that I would protect it while I am still here. And I intend to keep that promise."

"I can see why you two speak so highly of him." The general admitted. If possible, he might consider scouting the mutant for the army.

Inhaling sharply, the detective said. "There's something we never told you about." Seth listened closely. "I didn't want you to know about this, because…" she inhaled sharply again before starting over. "My mentor, Fred Chyre, was a gifted detective. He a senior detective, one of the eldest, actually. In his officer days, he was considered a wild card and that remained true even he became a detective."

"He was a bit of a role model for all the officers here, especially those who sought to become detectives themselves." The general chortled and added. "Good man to the core, but in a poker game, he's the lousy cheater."

"Heard the same about you." Barry said with a chuckle. "But Chyre was one of the best guys on the force. He was friendly to all in the precinct. When someone was working overnight, he would buy coffees and Big Belly Burgers for them so they didn't end up falling asleep during important work."

"Sounds like a good guy." Seth admitted.

"He was." Iris said agreeingly.

"Any kids? Wife?" Seth asked.

"Never one to settle down, that fool." Eiling stated with a joke.

"But… He was truly a good man and would rarely get angry at anyone or anything…" Iris's eyes shook. "But he snapped when hearing of what Blackfire have done."

"I've been hearing that name for a while now today." Seth said. "But who is Blackfire, exactly? I've never heard of that name before."

"A man… who considers himself Zoom's true rival in this city." Iris's words caused the mutant's eyes to widen in shock. "My mentor, Fred Chyre heard of his operations within Central City and he snapped. Suddenly, he decides to drop everything, procedure and protocol alike, and goes after him single-handedly."

Seth looked passive, but inwardly he was shocked and kept it inside of him. His shock came out when he asked. "What kind of operations did Blackfire run?"

"Not did." She placed the folder on the table and pushed it to the mutant's front across the table. "Kind of operation he does run." Iris corrected him and his worry intensified at an extraordinary rate.

Turning his eyes downwards, the elemental reached for the folder and opened it. He saw a criminal profile as the first thing. A photo clipped to the upper right corner of the file, displaying of a man with combed dirty blonde hair and a pair of dark green eyes. On the photo itself showed that the man wearing a confident expression, almost to the point he was cocky and uncaring that he posed for a criminal photo.

He looked over the photo a few times before shifting his eyes to the title beside the photo. Narrowing them on the title, he read the words typed in big black letters.

"Eric Frye…" The name read before he turned to the nickname lower on the profile. "…Blackfire…"

While the cocky expression on his face made the mutant grow concerned, his focus was then aimed at the list of crimes. Talking out loud, he listed them off. "Petty theft. Petty theft. Assault. These are pretty small crimes for a guy who's able to scare everyone in a police precinct, much less for someone who proclaims himself as Zoom's rival." He noted after seeing that the cycle continued, the same types of crimes committed over and over again.

"Read the next ones." Iris told him.

Raising an eyebrow, he returned his attention to the list of crimes again. The next one caught his attention. "Alleged murder of a police officer." Seth saw the date of said crime when typed into the profile. "That's a pretty big gap from what his crimes were before. Talk about going from small to big in a short time."

Barry knew that he was smarter than that, likely able to deduce it himself. But time was of essence. "Seth, something happened, that's why the gap is different. You know what it is, cause it happened on your Earth too."

Catching on the scientist's words, he announced. "The Particle Accelerator explosion."

"Yeah." Eiling was the one to speak. "We don't know the details, but somehow, Eric Frye was affected by the Particle Accelerator explosion and we know for certain that he turned into a metahuman after exposure to dark matter."

"Let me guess." Seth looked at them. "Guy who's able to project black flames?" He joked. His smile faltered when seeing their serious face and the hesitation plastered on their faces like a second skin. "Guys what's wrong?"

"We don't know what his powers are to be exact." Iris revealed to his shock.

"How come? If he's Zoom's rival, then you must have some idea as to what his powers. If not, at least witnesses who've seen it once." Seth said.

"Seth you don't understand." Iris said with another sorrow expression. "There have been people who've seen his powers… but they've all died at Blackfire's hands."

"…Dead men tell no tales…" Seth deduced. "But what the hell does this have to do with those parents out there before? The ones in distress and tears. What happened to them?"

Iris pointed a finger to the profile again. "Read the last crime on his profile again. Then you will immediately understand, Seth." her finger was shaking as it's pointing at the

Hearing her steadfastness, Seth turned back to the profile and looked at the list of the crimes this Eric Frye have committed again. His eyes running over the ones he's already seen before, running them down the list. When reaching the bottom of it-

…

…

His eyes expanded once more… and he took on a darkening look at the sight of the crime. Possibly the biggest crime he's seen this man do. And he couldn't keep himself clutching the table… like it was the throat of a disgusting monster that deserved to be exterminated through nothing but sheer brute force… at the hands of the Lethal Protector.

Seth took in the word again, and all of it finally everything fell in place and he understood those parents' distraught after a single meaningful look at the word.

"Human and Sex Trafficking."

Gulping heavily, Iris explained. "The entire precinct knows that Blackfire deals in human trafficking. He's been targeting a single group."

"Late teens, right? Teenage girls." Seth deduced, the detective gaining a surprised face. "The parents out there, they appeared to be in their late thirties, maybe early forties. The state they were in, it could only have happened because of something terrible happened to their loved ones… their children, specifically."

"Forgot that you're an agent." Iris said. "He's been kidnapping girls from families around the city. From families that comes to it for vacations or other reasons. His men do it all, but they kidnap them from either from cars, the streets, even their houses."

The darkness over his eyes grew stronger. "You're telling me, he's profiting off orphans and others who can't live a good life? And that his customers are sick enough to enjoying these kids' suffering?"

"Yeah." Iris said, disgusted herself of this fact. "I think the girls are the only ones who've seen his powers." Fighting back the feeling of vomit trying to crawl up her windpipe. "They're corpses found around the city, in the streets… charcoaled right down to the point… where they're nothing but burnt skeletons."

"Either it's fire powers… or something else that can burn through flesh…" Seth said, the natives never seen such pure darkness fall over his eyes. "They…They're kids. The kidnapped girls?"

Seeing that Iris was not able to bring herself to answer, Eiling answered in her stead. "It would appear so-"

PUNCH

CRACK

The three natives gasped and took in a quick intake of air. They had to. It was the only obvious reaction to have when seeing the mutant punch his right fist into the table, embedding the entire fist through the wooden top and cracking the area he impacted. Upon closer notice, the natives saw that his entire arm was enveloped with the black symbiotic mass, the white-spine extension wrapped around it entirely and dug into the back of his hand.

Following the black mass around his right arm, the natives looked to the upper part of his body. It wasn't just his right arm that was enveloped by the mass, it was also the right side of his face. Splitting exactly in the middle between his normal face and the face of his demonic alter-ego. Even the skull extension appeared over the right side of his face, his right eye red as a blood moon.

Turning his blue and red eyes to the natives again, he spoke. "The heck is wrong with this city?" His morphed voice sent shivers down their spines. "Children are being put through hell… And this city's defense… CCPD… are too scared to even move."

"Because of what Blackfire sent us." Iris brought his attention back to her. "When we learnt that Fred Chyre went after Blackfire himself, it was too late. He… killed my mentor and sent his ashes to the present… in an envelope of all things." She said. Seth widened his eyes. "Because of that very thing he did to the best man in the history of the police force… the man who vowed to take him down once and for all and end the horrors of his operations…he met a horrible fate."

The symbiote retracted into the mutant's body, while the host himself removed his hand from the hole in the table. Seth inhaled and said. "Sounds like this guy's gonna have a lot coming to him."

"No argument, Seth." Iris said. She felt like the darkness clouding her friend's eyes was the first sign of his doubt manifesting. Barricading his will and conviction, blocking anything that drove him to take up arms right now. Like his determination was falling to pieces right now in this very moment.

It was a frightening sight for them to see. The Demon King losing his desire to battle.

"So how do I take him down?"

"What?" Iris said with her head snapping up to meet his eyes.

"What did you just say?" Barry had to know himself.

"What did you just say, son?" Eiling asked shockingly.

"I said, "So do I take him down?"" Seth repeated instantly.

"Seth. are you sure? Why would you agree to do it?" Iris asked distraughtly. "There's a chance you could paint a big target on your back. It might be worse than Zoom." She then asked heavily. "There's a chance you might not return home because of this. Is that a risk you really wanna take? You might not be able to see your daughter and your girlfriend again." She had to ask him, hoping that her words would make him comprehend this mission and the consequences of accepting it.

"Nothing new." Seth said, and their shock was amplified. "I always run the risk of never being able to return home to my family every day, Iris. I accept that risk and continue onwards without hesitation, fighting the fights and get back home. If it means, protecting the innocents and making sure they don't experience more horror, then I'm on the frontlines."

They admired his will and conviction, like it was gathering of elements roaring of all kinds inside of a demonic king. A will that might even transcend universes.

"Besides…" Seth got their attention again. "If I were to turn my back on those parents' anguish, it would be no different than turning my back on their poor kids who needs help…" he clenched his adamantium hands. "I couldn't possibly face my own family, let alone my own child who's not much older than these kids. I will fight Blackfire and protect them all, ridding them of this nightmare!" he raised his voice.

All of sudden, they heard the general chuckling lightly before beginning to laugh loudly. "Barry, Iris." He got his friends' attention. "You really undersold this young man's conviction. I like it." Eiling admitted and then looked to the mutant. "I won't be able to do much, but I can have my soldiers keep the Crows off your back in the meantime."

"Thanks, general." Seth said before looking to Iris. "So how do I take care of this pathetic asshole?"

"I have an idea." The general said. "I have some files on someone who might know how to help you, I can bring them to the West-Allen house later, if you're going there afterwards."

"I think I will. The girls back there might need a heads up on this." Seth said.

"Yeah, they're gonna be worried." Iris admitted.

Giving the mutant a look-over, General Wade Eiling confessed. "Dr. Fury, I have to say, I am actually surprised that you didn't know about Blackfire before now."

"Why's that?" He wondered what he hadn't heard about before now.

Throwing a look to his friends, the general asked. "You two really haven't said anything?" they nodded and Eiling told Seth. "Dr. Fury… The sword that you're wielding, might be different in colors and appears to be bigger, but it is without a doubt… the sword that Blackfire himself wielded."

Seth widened his eyes and instantly enveloped his right hand with the symbiote. The mass expanded and revealed the sword sliding out of the mass and into his hand. He held up the sword before placing it on the table. "You're saying this was this bastard's weapon?"

"Yeah, exactly." Barry said. "I was the one examining it after we got it from Blackfire."

"How'd you get it?"

Iris explained. "Blackfire never walks around with his sword himself, he has his men carry it around for him in a case. It wasn't as big as it is in your hands, but it's definitely the same sword. But we had a raid squad ready when we got word of his sword being held at a spot. We managed to scare off his men, making them run off from their hideout without the sword. It was a perfect chance to confiscate it."

"But to ensure we didn't end up getting a surprise visit by Blackfire himself, we made a deal with the Crows." Seth listened as Iris continued. "We get some of their crates and spread the news that they dropped his sword in the bottom of the Antarctic ocean, making sure that this bastard is gonna think his weapon is gone forever."

Looking curiously, he asked. "What did the Crows get out of this deal?"

With a disheartened sigh, the detective said. "Central City Police and Mayor Snart both agreed that to do everything in their power to keep Blackfire's troubles within our city alone. Still shocked that those birds wanted to help us like this."

"And you kept his sword hidden right inside of your evidence room." Seth deduced. "Gotta admit it was a smart plan."

"Yeah, indeed. But if Eiling wasn't there, Commander Kane wouldn't have even considered cooperating." Barry gratefully said.

"My half-brother has a Gotham definition of "helping", and can be quite unwilling to help, but I know how to work his buttons." Eiling boasted with a mischievous smile before getting a serious expression. "Also, Seth." The mutant's attention returned to him. "Seeing that you are ready to fight this fight, you should know something else; Blackfire is not here in Central City."

"What?!" Venom voiced his booming shock in his host's mind.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Seth voiced his own booming shock outside of his mind and to the natives. "How else I am supposed to take him down?"

"I have all the details on my files which I will bring to Iris and Barry's house in an hour, an hour and half tops." The general assured him. "We'll sort everything we have there, come up with a plan of attack at the house." He continued.

"Alright. And hopefully, you guys can clear everything up for me." Seth said with a small groan.

"We will. Trust us, Seth." Iris asked of him.

"Always, Iris. I'll be the one to take care of Blackfire." He told them confidently.

Hopefully, it wasn't overconfidence as it tends to bite one back.

X

(West-Allen Household)

After bidding their words of departure to the general, who assured his quick return to them, Seth and the married couple returned to the house. When getting there, they were met with the girls who were panting from excessive training.

Seth was proud of that and told them so. But he then brought on the bad news and told them of what had happened.

He was unsurprised that Ruby didn't know anything about this, seeing as she and him was from same universe. But he was shocked when hearing that Evelyn and Jesse heard about this monster. Seeing as these two are natives of this world, he shouldn't be surprised.

However, he didn't like that they all kept his from him.

"Am I really the only one who didn't know about his guy in this city?" And he spoke of his feelings on the matter while standing before the window.

"Sorry, we didn't tell you before, Seth." Evelyn told him sadly.

Turning his head to the young metahuman, he said kindly. "Don't worry about this, Evie. Just shocked by this." He returned his sights to the window again. "Anything else, I should know about this world?"

"No." Iris assured him with a chuckle.

"Still can't believe that Blackfire struck again." Jesse gulped at the disbelief of this situation. "Those parents… I can't imagine what they're going through…"

"I don't think no one wants to even think of that." Ruby said in agreement. With worry on her face, she looked to the mutant again. "Seth, are you really certain about fighting this fight? It might end badly."

"That's a risk I'm willing to take." He told her. "Barry, Iris. You know something more than I do, right? About what Eiling has on his files."

"Kinda, yeah." Barry said. "We'll tell all about it, when the General comes."

Seth turned around, facing them entirely with his eyes focused on the married couple. "Zoom's rival, Blackfire, have been around in this city for a long time. Since the Particle Accelerator explosion he became a big-shot… Why didn't you two ever tell me about this sooner, guys?"

"I was worried, Seth."

"We were worried." Barry corrected his wife, he wasn't gonna let his wife think she was the only one responsible for asking of his help.

Iris smiled gratefully. "Yeah. We were worried, that you'd do this Seth at the drop of a hat. And… You're a friend, Seth, a good man despite what others think. We didn't want you to put your life on the line of a problem of this world. You've already done so much for us and this world. You have a child back home, a sister, a girlfriend, a daughter… your own family, we didn't want you to risk never seeing them again."

"I really appreciate you guys thinking of me like that, I really do, guys." Seth sincerely told them. "But this is your home too. After everything you two have done for me, I couldn't possibly ignore what's going on in your home. I wouldn't be able to call myself your friend. I'll continue protecting your home against both Zoom and Blackfire for as long as I am here." He smiled and stated. "What's important to my friends, is important to me."

"We don't know how to thank you for this." Barry said.

"I'll be the gun you're pointing, then I'll be the one pulling the trigger and killing off Blackfire's operations." Seth told them before looking to the window again. "You feel something out there, too?"

"We're being watched. Less stealthily than Mera's friend." Venom noted, feeling more than one presence out there.

"Forget about that person for now, Venom." Seth told his partner. "Right now, we have a mission and our objective is to take down this guy and help those girls in his clutches. And we're not gonna stop until we've drawn this bastard out of his hide."

"This vile insect is gonna die in a calamity that surpasses his worst nightmares. He will… perish!" Venom roared.

"We will become his worst nightmare, Venom." Seth thought darkly. "And drown his existence in a sea of flames, a hailstorm of icicles and the catastrophes of this world will pale in comparison to his fate." The man who had tormented this city from the dark, just like Zoom have been speeding around and slaughtering innocents with his claws, will die at the hands of the demonic elemental called the Demon King.

KNOCK

KNOCK

They all heard the knocking coming from the other side of the front door. Barry walked to it and opened the door. "General, you're here." The forensic scientist noted and stepped aside to let him in. Seth and Iris saw him holding a folder under his left arm.

It's been awhile since he visited his friends and had to take in the interior of the house with his eyes. "Gotta admit; this house is still nice." He looked to the couch, seeing three young girls. "I assume these are the three troublemakers living here, Iris?"

"Yeah. Trust me, they're worse than you'd think." Iris joked and the three girls unitedly stuck out their tongues in retaliation.

Eiling chuckled at their childish behavior before looking to Seth. He took the file folder out of his armpit and into his other free hand, holding it out to him. "I think you can get hold of this one, someone who might be able to aid you on your quest."

"Not exactly Adventure Times, but thanks." Seth took the file. "Who is it?"

"Before you know that Seth, I think they already know about you." Barry stated.

"What now?" He groaned with annoyance while holding the unopened folder.

Iris answered. "Mera said that she was sent out because of her friend, the one who's been keeping an eye on you and the rest of us. We think we know who this person is." Seth listened. "You didn't know about it before now, but there's been rumors circulating around our informants on the streets about a second group of metahumans. A group that operates on their own with no allegiance to others. It's like they don't fight for either good or bad."

"A group that operates on their own… It's the same one that's been sending metas after me and watching over me." The elemental sighed. "Now you're saying that I have to find them and ask them of their help. Great."

"I doubt you have to ask for that." Iris said. "Whoever their leader is, they've been sending metas after you, one of them almost killing Ruby hadn't it been for you, so they might just give you their help as an apology."

"Whoever their leader is?" He inquired confusedly and opened the folder and saw another criminal profile. But unlike the one of Blackfire which he saw back at the precinct, this one didn't have a photo and no text under "real name."

It did have a nickname.

"Eye Sight."

"Eye Sight?" Seth said. "Is this the leader of the group?"

Iris nodded. "Our informants have never met her before, but from what they've gathered it's the name she goes by. She always has two metahumans near her, two very strong ones. We only know one of them."

"Marcus Bishop, a former soldier of mine from Freeland." Wade stated and Seth flipped the page, turning to the next one. It was showing a photo of the former soldier himself, a dark-skinned man with black hair and black goatee. He was wearing an army soldier uniform on the photo. "One of the finest men I have ever enlisted in the army. I hate he felt like he had to leave before."

"Why'd he leave?" Ruby asked curiously.

"He paid a visit to his family's gravestones here in the city the day of the Particle Accelerator explosion." Eiling said. "While leaving from the cemetery, he was somehow still exposed by the dark matter and he got powers from it. Gaining the ability to control and emit vibrations at will. I think he left the army because he was sure that he wouldn't be welcome with him being a metahuman now." He clenched his hands. "I really wish he didn't think that."

"He can be trusted?" Jesse wondered.

"One of the finest men I have met." Eiling recited. "He can be trusted. He's also a good judge of character. Whoever Eye Sight might be, Marcus wouldn't be trusting them so easily if they have ill intentions."

"I don't know about that." Seth closed the folder and placed it on the table. "Her group's been sending people after me and keeping their eyes on me for a while now, which is really annoying." He admitted. "It's like i have two groups of metas that I have to look out for now."

"Dr. Fury." Eiling said. "For this to work and we can finally get rid of Blackfire-"

"I have to put my emotions aside and have their help." Seth fully knew what this meant. "Where's their base of operations, I will go and talk with them face to face. Hopefully, Mera's there too and I can have her stay her to watch over you guys." Barry walked into the other room to retrieve something.

"She should be. Close friends always stay… close by, right?" Evelyn said.

"Guess so." Seth agreed.

"Seth, there's a place you might be able to meet up with the group." Barry got their attention as he returned to the living room with a computer. Sitting on the couch and opening it, he began typing and revealed a map of the city, three spots on the map shining brightly red. "Remember the two bars you went to before?"

The mutant nodded. "Yeah, two Saint and Sinners bars. One, where I had to meet up with Killer Frost for more info on Evie." He saw the three girls snickering, recalling that they knew of him kissing the frosty doppelganger of his girlfriend. With an eyeroll, he continued. "The second one, was where I brought Ruby with me and talked with some of the metas there, finding out about Zoom using breaches to send his metas off to my world."

"And I was almost blown to pieces at that spot because of Kentucky Flying Chicken." Ruby gave a mock pout.

"Such a shame." Jesse joked.

Ruby glared at her. "I can still snap your neck." Jesse whimpered.

Evelyn looked between the two with curious eyes. "Take your arguments upstairs, would ya?" Surprisingly, both shook their heads in defiance.

"Yeah, and there's a third Saint and Sinners bar, one much further from the other two." Barry said as he continued typing on the computer. "Actually, pretty close to the outskirts of the city. For a while, I've been keeping an eye on it via an algorithm that takes in strange occurrences. And lately, my program's been picking up strange vibrations that appears out of nowhere, but only lasts for a short moment."

"Gotta be that Marcus guy." Seth noted. "But what kind of clientele do they serve there, exactly? Iris mentioned this third one before but didn't say anything about it before."

"Usually humans, or some metahumans, who doesn't want part of the war with Zoom there." Iris informed. "You still have the address, so it'd be quick to find it."

"Yeah." Seth nodded. He looked to the window again. "But with three people on my tail, it's gonna be a bit annoying."

"Who's out there?" Ruby asked.

"Probably three of those Crows. Their boss might not be my biggest fan after I humiliated him back at the precinct."

Jesse gave a half-smile. "He's saying it so casual it's actually scary." She shivered slightly at her own thoughts.

"But I guess I have my mission then." Seth cracked his fists and looked to the girls. "You three stay here and make sure you don't trouble Iris and Barry, okay?"

"Yeah."

"Whatever."

"Will do."

Evelyn, Ruby and Jesse agreed to his words instantly. He smiled and straightened his clothes before walking to the front door. "Guess, I'm off then."

"Seth."

He stopped and looked back to see Evelyn and Ruby looking at him worriedly. Giving them an assuring smile, he told them. "If you girls think I'm gonna be taken care of so easily, then you're really underestimating me. I'll come back again, don't worry." He told them kindly.

"Be careful." Ruby told him.

"You're probably the only hero in in this city, worth having hope for." Evelyn said.

"Thanks, girls. I have to save these girls and get rid of Blackfire now." Seth told them. "Time to work." He pushed the door open and stepped out of the house.

"Good luck, Seth." Barry said.

"Don't die." Iris muttered.

X

It's been a while since Seth had to shake off someone who's tailing him, and this time he had to his invisibility capabilities to get away from them. But he was right. The ones following him, as suspected, are the three lieutenants of Crows Security.

He managed to lead them down the wrong alleyway once, and it gave him the opportunity once to use his symbiotic partner's help to crawl up the side of a wall and leap on the roofs to run away. When he landed down again, he stood before the bar. Seeing that it looked like the bar he invaded back on his home universe when he had to stop the East Street Skulls from trafficking the girls they've kidnapped.

"Reminds you of simpler times, doesn't it?"

"Wouldn't say that. Not much in our life, aside from our moments with family, is simple." Venom said with a mental chuckle.

"Yeah." He looked to the ground and saw broken fragments of a mirror. "Hello?" He said jokingly at his own reflection before bending down on a knee before the broken pieces. He ruffled through them and found a long shard, the size of a palm-size hair comb. "Might be useful." The mutant walked to the entrance door with the shard tightly clutched in his hand.

Seth reached the door and pushed it open. He was immediately surprised by the low-key music playing when he stepped into the bar. He saw that there weren't a lot of people in the bar.

A jukebox playing in the far-left side of the bar, playing some harmonious music that was quite pleasant and seemed joyous for anyone to drink to. In the middle of the bar, a pool table was occupied by a woman and a man, each of them holding a beer and laughing before taking turns in the game. A few biker-like men and women were seated in the booths on the right side of the bar, some of them arm-wrestling against one another with piles of money on the end of their table. They were trying to settle a bet. The bar counter was occupied with nothing but air on the seats and the bar tender with his back to turned to the entrance door.

"Peachy…" he said and walked forward to the bar counter. But he missed the bar with JC and Stan back home.

X

CHIME

CHIME

Lindy, Mera, Kendra, Marcus and Tony snapped their heads to the computer that kept chiming loudly for some reason. The technopath looked worried and rushed to the computer. She was worried that her program had picked up more of the corpses of Blackfire's victims found on the street.

"What's going on, Lind?" Mera said worriedly, her hand clutched around her trident in case of a brewing battle.

"Oh no…" Lindy muttered in shock of what her screen picked up.

"Boss, what is it?" Marcus worriedly called out to her.

"Take a look." She turned around and faced the wall. Placing her hand on the desk, a faint red light shone underneath the palm of her hand with an almost inaudible whirring tone that followed as her biometrics were scanned. Her friends watched the wall, like nanites shifting around on the wall surface with swarming nanites. A moment later, they retracted into the wall again and revealed a very large screen that filled the entire wall. The screen showed a static front before changing to what Lindy found.

"Oh my God!" Kendra gasped.

"So he finally came…" Mera trailed off with a smile.

"So soon." Tony muttered.

"Yeah, a big shock." Marcus admitted.

Lindy gulped. "What's he's gonna do?" she asked.

The screen showed what was going on in the bar. Showing people arm-wrestling one another to win a bet, a couple playing pool with alcoholic beverages in their hands with smiles on their faces, the bartender cleaning glasses with a washcloth… and the man who is the Demon King walking towards the bar.

Mera's smile widened. "Seth's taking action."

"What makes you think of that?" Lindy directed to her Atlantean friend. "For all you know, he's here to get revenge for us sending Kendra after him?"

Kendra looked shocked at that, she thought about it before when seeing him appear on the screen. The thought of that man donning his demonic persona to bring down his sword on her throat like a guillotine. She was almost responsible for killing an innocent girl, hadn't it been for Seth himself.

"If he wanted that, he would have done so earlier." Mera surprisingly said. "He's the kind of guy who gets pissed when someone innocent is hurt or in danger, which he's proven. But now I think he knows more about this situation and wants to take on Blackfire."

"And you really think he'd work with us?" Lindy wondered.

"Yeah. Seth's a good guy." Mera said adamantly. "The safety and well-being of the girls in Blackfire's clutches are the only thing that matters to him right now. If that means working with the people who were out for him, he'd do it in a heartbeat, even it meant regretting it later." She faced her friends again. "I mean, he's been working with me whenever we meet."

"True." Marcus said. "But is it okay for me and Tony to go and meet him?"

"Why?" Kendra asked. "Wouldn't it better if it were someone like Mera or someone here he's met?"

The Atlantean looked at the flying woman and bluntly said. "Don't tell me you're suggesting yourself wanna meet him? Cause that'd go well."

"It would be better if it's us because me and Marcus are unknown to him." Tony answered the flyer. "He won't know about us. It'd be the best way to get a feel on him."

"Tony's right." Marcus nodded. "The guy might actually just come here to kill us, but he could also be here to do some good. But we can't take the chance that Mera's wrong." The Atlantean gave the vibrokinetic narrowed eyes. "No offense, Mrs. Curry."

"Some taken." Mera said. "But yeah, if you guys wanna get a feel on him, then sure just go. Chances are, he's gonna know what you're trying to do. Seth's no fool so be prepared, boys."

"I just hope he's not one for paybacks." Lindy slumped down in her chair.

X

Pulling the nearest bar stool back, Seth took a seat by the bar counter and tapped the wooden tabletop silently. "Operating out of a bar? Sounds like Oliver Queen's idea."

"Wasn't that under a bar?" Venom recalled and asked.

"Shut up." Seth told his friend within him and watched as the bartender turned around to face him. The mutant got wide-eyed at the sight of that familiar face. It a familiar bald pale man with a pair of eyes that he found crazy in the past. Now, they appeared to be kind and caring as they were pointed at the mutant. He might be wearing a white shirt and a black tie around the collar with a vest on top of the shirt. His sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

Kyle Nimbus smiled and put a coaster on the counter, right in front of Seth and asked. "What it'll be, my friend?"

"U-um…" He was shocked to hear such a friendly tone from a man who he fought on another Earth, especially since that man was very much out to kill him and others.

The bartender turned concerned and asked. "You okay there, friend? You look like you've seen a ghost."

Shaking himself, he apologized. "I'm sorry, bit new to this place."

"Well, if there's anything you need, feel free to ask and I will help to the best of my abilities." Kyle stated politely.

"Thanks, but for now, I'm just waiting. And a whiskey would be help with the waiting, make it a neat and it will be worth killing time." Seth said his order.

"Sure thing." Kyle turned around and began to pour the drink into the nearest clean glass.

Venom felt the same as his host. It was certainly weird to be served by a man with the same face as one that tried to kill them in the past. "Strange world." He noted, shocked by the difference of this world still. "What do you think of this world, Seth?"

"Thanks." Seth thanked the bartender for handing him his order. Taking it in his hand and swirling it around in the glass, he replied to his partner. "Parts of me like it, actually. Even though, it's a different world, some things are still the same. Iris is still willing to be on the frontlines to see the action. Barry is geek here, but still there for Iris through anything and against anything. Evelyn and the others are cool too."

"What about the bad parts, then?"

Hearing the question from his partner, Seth sipped on his drink and mentally answered. "Pretty obvious, isn't it?" He turned his eyes downwards to the alcoholic drink in the tumbler glass. "You and I, we're forced to fight against metahumans who have the same faces as our friends." He felt like listing it off for both his own sake and his partner's.

"Ronnie wasn't our favorite person for a long time, but he was still one of the two people who protected Olivia when we couldn't find her in that world." He recalled how bravely Firestorm fought against him suddenly in the past. Shooting arrays of fireballs at him, in both his real form and his demonic persona. "Not our favorite person, sure… but he was definitely a hero who was willing to sacrifice his own life for the entire city back in our world. Wonder what happened to him and Stein?"

"You think they could have survived that? Separating in the eye of a singularity is no small task, Seth."

"I know… chances of either of them surviving that are pretty slim." Seth admitted. It was miracle that he even survived that black hole. Even with all of his elements, something else must have saved him from being obliterated in that whirling mass of energy.

Shaking his head, he continued his listing. "Reverb has Cisco's face, but not his soul. A rip-off with nothing but cold darkness inside of him. Nothing like the Cisco Ramon we know… I don't like that." Cisco was the kind of guy who could be trusted. He may have made decisions in the past that some might consider outrageous like making a cold gun as a countermeasure against a speedster who turned out to be the hero of the city. "His mistakes turned out to be the better for our home."

"Yeah." Venom agreed.

"And then there's Caitlin…Killer Frost, I should say…" Seth thought. "A truly colder and more merciless version of the woman who gave me the will to live and fight on." He continued drinking from his glass. "I've seen her already a few times, I've seen her kill right before my own eyes, but I still can't believe it. A Caitlin Snow out in the world… who's cold as ice itself."

"When we met Catlin for the first time, she didn't even smile once. She was pretty cold herself back then." The symbiote reminded his partner.

"Yeah…" He couldn't resist the smile forming on his face as he reminded the first time he ever laid eyes on Caitlin Snow on that earth, on the woman who managed to shed his lifeless self and he once again returned to be the one who was compassionate and kind.

The time he first saw Caitlin Snow… his mind went blank. Straightened brown-hair that was so beautiful you couldn't help but look at it with care. Those cold-as-icicle dark-brown eyes that looked like the finest orbs ever to be found, their beauty so amazing that not even diamonds dared to be compared to them. Back then, her face was wielding stoic façade, not a single sign of a smile cracked. Back then it was a shame for someone so beautiful.

But the journey from there was worth it… as he managed to be the one to genuinely make her smile.

His heart melted when seeing that smile… it would melt when seeing that smile… it still melts when seeing that smile or even remembering the smile and the way Caitlin's face lights up the world.

"We're getting back to them all…Frankie, Magenta and Caitlin… We're getting back to them all."

The thoughts and memories of his friends and family was enough to reignite his infernal will and desire to return home. Within his core, his will took on the form of a blazing inferno that his elements could never even come close to take on.

"Yo."

Seth was brought out of his reverie when hearing a gruff voice call out to him. He turned around and saw a dark-skinned man with black hair and black goatee walk up to him. He was familiar to him as he saw a photo of that person before. Even though he wasn't wearing a standard military uniform, and now wearing a black jacket over a grey shirt and dark-blue pants, he would easily be able to recognize Marcus Bishop.

"Don't tell me I'm taking your seat or something?" Seth joked, he wanted to see if this man was trying to play some game to lower the mutant's guard or something else.

"Nah, just haven't seen you before, is all." Marcus said and took a seat in the chair beside the mutant. "Me and my friend are bit of regulars here, so kind of a surprise to see a new face."

"Yeah, he's right."

Now Seth looked to the side and saw another familiar face appearing beside Marcus. Much like the one he knew, and killed, the man was wearing a brown tank top on his upper body and his lower body clad in army pants. Tony Woodward looked at mutant's wide eyes. "What's wrong? Did Nimbus put something extra in your drink?"

"I would never do that, Woodward." Kyle offendedly called out.

Tony chuckled and looked to the mutant again. "Definitely a new face for sure."

Seth was about to reply but he looked to the right without moving his head. His right eye caught sight of a three hair colors. One that's short haired with red tips. A second one with long curly black hair. The third one with long blonde hair.

Scoffing he pointed to the seat beside while looking to Tony. "Tony mind taking a seat here."

"Sure." Tony replied immediately when hearing that his words didn't come as a question but rather as an order. Also because, the metahuman didn't even introduce himself yet. He took a seat on the chair and asked the mutant, Marcus looking at him as the question was stated. "Why so adamant about me sitting here?"

"Can we drop the act now, guys?" the two metahumans looked confused. Making eye contact with Marcus, he stated. "I know you're Marcus Bishop." The man looked worried. "General Wade Eiling spoke very highly of you."

"The general did?" Seth nodded to Marcus' question. "Can't believe he's still talking about me like this."

"He regrets losing you because you thought you'd be unwelcomed because of your powers manifesting." He honestly told the vibrokinetic metahuman.

Chuckling, Tony said. "Guess Mera was right. You instantly figured out our plan."

"Yeah, got some information on Marcus here." He said. "You… Let's just say I already know a fair amount about you." Tony looked confused and was about to answer, but then Seth beat him to it. "But that's a story for later. Right now… there's bigger fish to fry."

"Blackfire?" Marcus whispered.

"I want to take down that bastard and I have to work with you, despite the fact your boss been sending metas after me for a while now." He groaned. "But now, let's take care of this." He slid his right hand towards Tony. Unclenching his fist, he revealed a shard of a mirror placed in his palm. "I have three annoying people I need to shake off."

Tony and Marcus focused on the reflection on the mirror shard. Their eyes expanded at the familiar faces of the top three lieutenants of Crows Security of Gotham City. "Why're there Crows here?"

"Not to mention their three lieutenants." Marcus added after Tony, both of them in distress from the sight of them.

"I may have pissed off their boss and he's definitely not gonna accept my friend quest on Facebook." Seth casually said, the two wondering how he was so calm about that fact. "Pretty persistent those three. Know how I can get rid of them."

He didn't want to state his question, but Marcus couldn't help himself. "Why not just kill them?" The former soldier knows that the mutant had no problem with killing, so he couldn't help but bring it up.

"They're doing their job, that's not a bad thing." Seth stated immediately. "Then again, they start harming innocents then I will put them in their place. But like I said, bigger problems on the horizon, gotta take care of them first."

"Yeah." Tony agreed.

Seth then said. "Your boss and the rest are in the back, underground or something near this bar?"

"Yeah. Our base is connected to this bar." Marcus said.

"But what's the plan with getting those birdies out of here?" Tony asked.

"You guys trust me?" Seth asked them. They nodded. "Best way to get rid of people tailing you? Give them something else to focus on."

X

Kate Kane and her colleagues from Crow Security took a seat in a nearby booth. They had gotten this mission to tail the man that insulted their boss, but she didn't like it one bit. It was merely because her father was pissed at this guy and wanted revenge or something because of it. Probably his pride is hurt because of it.

Normally she would be happy to take on any mission her father gives her. Any chance to hone her skills, she would take it. But with the people she's paired up with, it would prove to be a challenge.

She watched as Julia Pennyworth got a carefree expression and looked around with interest, most likely intrigued to be in a bar in the outskirts of this city. The blonde agent took out the menu card on the end of the table and began to read through the menu options, her eyes focusing on the variety of alcoholic beverages. "My oh my, the pleasures of living on the far ends of CC."

Kate then turned her eyes to Sophie Moore. Unlike their colleague who was free-spirited on every given mission, she was cold-hearted on all of them. In Gotham, cold-hearted officers and agents alike was the way to get higher up the food chain. She didn't even mind pulling out her gun and cocking it as though a gunfight was to be expected. "Is the target still within eyesight?" she directed to Kate.

Shifting her eyes to the guy who insulted their boss, seeing him converse with two other men, Kate informed her colleague. "He's still sitting by the bar, talking with two other men, both of them unknown."

Julia chuckled and leant over to Kate's side, basically leaning up against her which got her to growl her annoyance. She managed to look at the man herself and said. "Oh, the posh wanker is already making friends. Nice. He doesn't look friendly and he's already doing better than us, nice job, lad."

Sophie rolled her eyes. "Complementing our target already, Pennyworth? You're so hopeless."

"Wanna try something new? It's a bother if you keep saying the same things over and over. Bit of a broken record, love." Julia gave a mock pout.

"Calm down, guys." Kate stopped them with a sigh. "And Sophie, stop calling him a target. He may have confronted the Commander, but he's not someone we have to take out. We don't have a shoot-to-kill order on him, so we don't have any reason, legal or not, to hurt him."

"Whatever." Sophie said casually.

Groaning again, Kate saw the bartender walk towards their table. Kyle looked at them kindly and asked. "Anything on the menu that's worth a taste?"

"No." Sophie sneered.

Kyle raised an eyebrow in confusion and shock. Kate kicked her leg under the table and looked to the bartender. "Sorry for her, she's not friendly. But I'd like some water, please."

Julia pointed a drink item on the menu and said. "And I'd like this one, just with vodka and nothing else. I like it neat."

"Of course. Just a moment, ladies." Kyle politely said and walked away to prepare their drinks.

Kate leant to the side again and looked to the man they're following. She narrowed her eyes when seeing that the two men beside him were gone, having walked awhile they were talking to the bartender. "Our guy's alone now, his companions have left him."

"Poor lad, all by his lonesome." Julia joked.

"I'm curious about this guy." Kate admitted out loud.

Giving her colleague a strange look, Sophie coldly said. "Why? He's a nobody."

"Well, Mr. Nobody is a doctor who doesn't even flinch when a gun is pressed to his head and he doesn't appear to give a crap about confronting authority figures way above his paygrade." Kate said with interlocked fingers. "There's more to him than we know."

"How'd you know the bloke's a doctor? He already become your mate, eh?" Julia pushed her elbow against Kate's arm.

Shaking her head, Kate elaborated. "Nah, my cousin Bruce told me about him briefly after we departed from CCPD. He's a friend of the detective whose mentor was killed by Blackfire."

"Fred Chyre." Sophie stated the name. "Renowned and famous detective on the force, well-respected by the entire precinct and a model officer, often thought to become the next police captain on the force. He caught whiff of Blackfire's operations somehow and tried to take care of it himself but it turned against him and got him killed."

"Bollocks." Julia rubbed her forehead.

"Here you go." Kyle Nimbus announced his presence and brought them their drinks. "Enjoy." He finished off before walking away again.

"Thank ya, mate." Julia was the one to thank the bartender before sipping on her vodka drink.

Kate saw that while they were talking more people had come into the bar. More people were seated in the other booths and more had gathered around the pool table. More people were seated at the bar, ordering drinks at this very moment. People had also formed a group and gathered around the jukebox, assumingly to decide the next song to be played.

However, despite this being happy hour and a bar, Kate looked uneasy. "Something's wrong." She noted when seeing that a lot of them were sharing looks and nods as though silent agreements were being sealed. "There's so many people now."

Having swallowed the last of her drink, Julia looked around as well. "Knees up, ladies. I think we're about to have our hands full."

"What'd you mean?" Sophie asked, her hands under the table so others won't see her cocking her gun.

"So many people showing up so quickly, means that we're about to be botched." The British agent said and pushed her glass to the side. "Keep an eye on our target, Kane. I think he's onto us."

"Think he's been that for a while." Kate said when seeing the man get up from his chair. "He's on the move." The three agents got out of the booth.

X

"They're about to follow us." Venom informed his host at the actions of the three Crows lieutenants.

Walking along the bar counter with his left hand on it, Seth said in a whisper. "Thanks." He looked to the bartender who gave a knowing look. "Take over from here, Kyle?"

"You got it. The door will be opened by Tony and Marcus." Kyle put a glass down after nodding his confirmation. Seth nodded his own thanks and walked calmly towards an empty side of the bar, in the far right side.

Kyle nodded towards one of his friends at the jukebox. He made eye contact with the bartender, sharing a brief nod.

Then it began…

His biker friend downed his drink in a single gulp and slammed his tumbler into the back of another biker's skull. While blood ran down the back of his head he screamed in pain before clenching his fist and slamming it into his friend's face, sending him down to the ground with a roll.

"You think you're gonna get away with that, bastard?! What a joke!"

"Then bring it on!" His friend on the ground shot up to his feet again before charging his friend again, pushing into the group of couples at the pool table.

One of the women didn't like that in the least and took hold of her beer bottle before slamming it into the guy's head, shattering it in half. "Asshole!" She kicked the guy away before aiming her bottle at the others. "Anyone wanna take a shot at me, then come on!"

Another woman by the pool table grabbed her cue stick and swung into the bottle-wielding woman's back, the impact breaking it in half instantly while pushing the woman aside. "You ruined my shot!" she screamed in anger.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

All the costumers chanted and began to fight against one another. People slamming their beer bottles and their glasses into the faces of anyone near them. Some grabbed hold of their target before slamming their heads into anything nearby, either the jukebox or the arcade game machines, cracking the screen. Others began beating whoever was near them with their own fists and feet. A lot of them were thrown on the ground or against other tables before being the target of raining fists.

Kate and her colleagues had to push people away from them to even get some breathing room within this mass of fighting people.

"What the heck?!" Kate screamed and pushed people away as best as she could without injuring anyone of this city.

"Well you're right, Pennyworth." Sophie hated to admit it. "But we're pretty botched." She added as she had to push away people with her left hand, her right hand lowered to keep her firearm concealed from out of anyone's eyes.

"Nice timing for you to finally agree with me, Moore!" Julia sarcastically called out while pushing people away in rapid succession. The british agent managed to look above the heads of the fighting people. Shocked at who she didn't find, she said. "Guys, our target's gone."

""What?!"" Kate and Sophie let out their own shock at the same time.

At the bar, Kyle looked calm as ever as people began to rumble through his bar and start fighting. He withdrew another cloth and placed it over his shoulder when seeing a woman slam a guy's head into the counter. Blood shot out of his mouth and onto the wooden top, making the bartender groan with annoyance. "Come on, guys. I just cleaned it."

"Sorry, Nimbus." The woman used her sleeve to wipe the blood away before pushing the guy away. "Think Venom got his way out of here?"

"Oh yeah, he did." Kyle said in a confident tone. "But remember to cause a lot more mayhem than this, the Crows are not going after our hero."

"Heck yeah, they aren't." She smirked before returning to barfight erupting behind her.

X

Seth followed Tony Woodward and Marcus Bishop down a wide staircase. They managed to open the secret panel in the back that only they and Kyle Nimbus knew about whilst the other costumers continued distracting the Crows lieutenants with their brawl.

The mutant looked around the staircase, seeing that the walls are pitch-black and the railings are of wood. Nothing on the walls or anything like decorations. The only thing attached to them, in the upper parts of the walls, are circular 360-degree video security cameras.

Turning to the two metahumans, he asked, "So I guess it's finally time for me to meet your boss."

"Yeah." Tony replied. "She's been looking forward to this."

"He's lying. And he's scared." Venom noted, chuckling at the metahuman's poor attempt to lie.

"Yeah I know." Seth sighed and said. "Sorry Tony, but I'd rather have it if neither of you lie to me now." He could hear them gulp again. "Let's be clear about something, boys." He managed to get them both to stop and turn to him. "I know your boss sent that flying woman of yours after me a while back, and I'm not exactly keen on making friends with her either. But I am willing put my feelings aside to work with her to take care of Blackfire and save the girls in his clutches."

"So you know about the situation?" Marcus asked.

"Sort of. Filled out most of the blanks, only a few still in need of being filled." Seth answered before they continued walking down the stairs. "Hopefully your boss will fill those for me."

"She will." Tony sounded assuring. "We know that you don't trust her so well after she's been sending some of our friends after you, but she's been nothing but a gigantic help to those of us who lost ourselves after the Particle Accelerator explosion."

"He's right. She's been helping us after that explosion." Marcus pitched in. "Gave us a home when we thought we didn't."

"Sounds like Xavier." Venom thought.

Seth didn't reply for a few moments before saying. "Yeah… Let's hope she really is like the old man. But that kind-hearted man was a man of his degree." He looked to the guys again. "I'll give her a chance and see if she's worth your trust. If not, then I will cross that bridge when I get to it."

"It won't come to that." Marcus stated before stopping in front of a door.

As they came to a stop, Seth looked around and saw that there are two more doors. One further down the hallway to the left and one at the end of the hallway. "What's in the other rooms?"

"One's a room for us to sleep with multiple beds. Pretty much, a shared room." Tony said.

"The one at the end of the hallway is a lab. But none of us here are scientists so it's rarely used." Marcus explained.

"A laboratory?" Seth muttered in interest before looking to the door before them. "Guess this is where I'm meeting your boss."

"Yeah." Tony nodded before knocking on the door. "Boss, we're here!" He called out.

"Come in, guys!"

Tony twisted the doorknob and opened the door, opening it widely so the two others could walk in. Seth looked around and saw the present company after the door was closed behind him. Aside from himself and the two metahumans, he found Mera looking at him with a smile. Returning that smile with one of his own, he looked to the middle of the room.

Sitting behind an array of computer screens, was a woman. Instantly assuming she was the leader, the mutant saw her gulp. Her skin is pale and her hair is long raven-black. Shaking eyes dark green as a forest in the darkened night. He could see her hands clench against the armrests of her chair. Her eyes looked to be ground zero for a violent earthquake with the level of shaking going through them.

"Pleasure to meet you, Seth." The woman shakily greeted him.

Seth opened his mouth to speak. But his partner growled with a note. "Seth's she's here!" Feeling Venom mentally turn his eyes to the side, he followed the same direction and widened his eyes at the fearing form of Kendra Munoz-Saunders.

"The heck is she doing here?!" Seth let out his anger and wrapped both arms around with the black symbiotic mass, flexing his claws.

Tony stepped backwards, his arms turning into metal and Marcus emitting vibrational rings around his palms. Both ready to strike but then Mera raised her hand to them. "Guys stop!" They gulped with reluctant nods and watched as the Atlantean looked to the mutant. "Seth calm down!"

"Give me a reason, a pretty big and good one." Seth said and the black mass on his right arm expanded and flowed down his hand. "Cause I'm pretty sure I said didn't want to see her again." The mass retracted and revealed his large crystal sword.

"Seth!" Mera stepped forward to him. "It's okay. You can trust her now."

"Mera." Seth nodded his head backwards to the two metahumans. "I don't know about much about Tony, I know a small amount about Tony, so I can't say I trust them completely now." Continuing, he looked to the woman behind the monitors. "Don't know much about your friend here, aside from the fact she's been watching me for a long time along with sending metahumans on my ass." He looked back to the Atlantean. "I know you, Mera and I trust you completely." He drifted his eyes to the flyer. "Her, I really can't say I trust."

Kendra placed her hand on the Atlantean's left shoulder. The flying woman stepped in front of Mera and looked at Seth, seeing the distrust brimming in his blue eyes. She gulped as she ran her eyes down the crystalline length of the blade that belonged to Blackfire. Shallowing the heavy amounts of spit residing in her mouth, she looked to the mutant again.

"I know whatever I say won't make you trust me anytime soon, Seth. But I understand that and I know I deserve that." Kendra honestly said with her hands raised. "I almost… I almost… I almost took the life of an innocent girl. Because I lost the man I love… I went berserk and would have hurt innocent people. If not for you, Seth." She inhaled deeply before stating. "I can't thank you enough for that. It meant a lot."

The mutant didn't say anything, merely letting the flyer speak her feelings and letting them sink in. Even without the aid of partner, he could see that the woman was talking honestly. More than that, she regretted ever taking flight and trying to take out the three metas under Zoom's rule as it almost led to blowing up the hero of this city and an innocent.

He saw a familiar heartbroken expression on her face. One that he has seen in his own reflection in the past.

The unbearable pain of having to bear the broken pieces of one's heart after one's loved one have died.

A pain that impossible for one to bear alone.

Seth exhaled before spinning his sword around in his hand and laid it against his back, tendrils shooting out of his back and wrapping it around the blade like a scabbard. With both arms free he crossed them over his chest. "Doesn't mean I'm willing to trust you, but I'm willing to give you a chance to earn that trust. And bit of advice from someone who knows your pain?"

"Yeah?" Kendra accepted worriedly, her friends around them watching them with careful eyes. Mera didn't look worried as she knew Seth better than the others here. The two metahumans deactivated their powers.

"Don't let that anger, that rage… don't let it dictate you like it did before. The moment you do that, you'll become someone you don't recognize." Seth exhaled. "Worse is, you'll become someone your loved one won't recognize."

"Thanks… and I'm sorry for what I almost did." Kendra smiled.

The mutant said. "Like I said, not willing to trust or forgive you anytime soon. But you can work towards it, earn it."

"She's not the only one to give apologies." Seth and the others looked to Lindy. "My name is Lindy."

"She's lying." Venom quickly noted as Lindy continued.

"And I'm sorry for sending people after you like I did before." She apologized.

"She's telling the truth." Venom noted.

Seth casually shrugged. "While I don't like it in the least, you just wanted a feeling of me, I guess." He blinked and when opening them again, he saw Lindy have bright blue eyes now. He looked confused before saying. "Uh… Uh…fuck… back on track. You guys know why I'm here?"

"Yeah." Lindy nodded. "Blackfire." Her hair began to change colors, shifting from long black hair to short red hair. "You're willing to work with us?"

Deciding to ignore the obvious sight of her hair changing length and color, the mutant retracted the sword into his body and took a seat on a chair on the other side of Lindy's desk. "I am. But there is something I don't understand. Why isn't Blackfire, this Eric Frye in Central City? I heard he wasn't, but no one told me why yet?"

"I can answer that." Lindy donned a relaxed expression before retaking her seat in her chair again. "It's because of his deal with Zoom, something I highly doubt CCPD know about."

"What deal?" Seth inquired in confusion.

"Before getting to that, I have to explain a bit before that." The hacker stared. "Zoom has always been unopposed by anyone with evil intents. But then he caught wind of Blackfire's operations, found out about him being a metahuman and they met each other." Seth leaned forward, slouching with his elbows landing on his thighs as he listened to the story. "Zoom felt like he was the only real alpha bad in this city and he challenged Blackfire to a fight."

Seth raised an eyebrow. "Some newcomer in Evil Co. suddenly wants to fight the reigning bad guy? Especially a speedster? That's ridiculously dumb."

"But it somehow happened, and no matter how many times they fought, it always ended up in a draw between those two." Lindy revealed to the shocked Seth. She knew why he was shocked. Zoom was a speedster, but also a monster who had no quarrels with taking the lives of innocents and would do so in a speedy manner. His power was devastatingly strong and able to take out anyone who stands as his opponents.

Yet, he still somehow managed to end up in a draw with another metahuman. Meaning that Blackfire was that much of a threat.

"Despite how much they fought against each other, which were a lot of fights, they decided that their fighting record should stay remained a tie and then came to an agreement that turned out to be beneficial to them both." Lindy continued, her eyes blinking into brown eyes and her hair changing into curly blonde hair. "Zoom would let Frye continue his vile operations in Central City if Blackfire keeps himself out of the city's limits. Per their deal, Eric Frye keeps himself in Keystone City, which we found out about through our surveillance."

Tony then continued, having an idea of what was about to be said next. "Strange thing is, he came back again about six months after that deal was made with Zoom. We're not entirely sure why." He purposely threw his eyes towards his boss.

Following the look, Seth asked Lindy directly. "You know why he returned, don't you?"

"Yeah. It's because of a friend of mine back then asked for my help." Lindy got a sad expression. "He was an old detective on the force and had heard about Frye's operations and wanted to stop them."

Widening his eyes, he deduced. "Are you talking about Fred Chyre?"

"Yeah." Lindy and her friends got wide eyes as well from the shock. "How'd you know that?"

"The couple I'm living at now told me about him. Iris West is one of them and she was a disciple to Chyre when joining the force." The mutant explained. "Probably the greatest guy on the force to have existed from the sounds of it."

"You wouldn't be wrong." Marcus chuckled.

"He's helped everyone here." Lindy pointed to their surroundings. "This place and the bar were not used by anyone, and Chyre told me about it. After I started gathering my friends here to me, he caught up to me and we talked about this group of ours. Telling him that we are nothing like Zoom and that we could be trusted."

Suddenly, her eyes pointed downwards, and her fists clenched. "But… one day he stormed into this place and demanded to know about Blackfire's work, everything we had… and we gave it to him… and he decided to go after Blackfire himself."

"And lost…his life…" Kendra said through gritted teeth, her hair cascading down her face and covering it like a curtain. Masking her saddened facial expression.

"Sorry for your loss." Seth told them sincerely. His partner could feel the emotions of sadness flowing from them. The loss of this well-respected good man was hard on them all. Having played a part in their life after the Particle Accelerator explosion, he might as well have been their family.

"Thanks." Lindy wiped their tear away but then she continued. "But that's not all."

"What do you mean?" Seth inquired with narrowed eyes.

Lindy had sadness growing in her eyes. "Chyre helped the entire group here, and it was larger before. But after Frye killed Chyre… some of our members decided to try and take revenge." Closing her eyes, she placed her hand on screen, Seth looking confused and curious at that, making a mental note of inspecting that later.

The mutant then saw nanites run over the wall behind Lindy. Like he has seen on Matt's suits, the nanites adapted to the wall, forming a large monitor with multiple screens. Each of the screens were displaying a mug shot of a person. "These are some of our friends that tried avenge Chyre." Lindy revealed as Seth took in the screens.

He recognized some of the faces. One of them was Jake Simmons, a metahuman with the powers similar to Cyclops's Optic Blasts. The metahuman's beams, however, were the cause of plasma generation. The other faces were the two atmokinetic brothers Clyde and Mark Mardon. The others didn't have photos of them but had names. Their nicknames at least.

"Razorsharp. Tar Pit. Vigilante. Perenna. Rebecca Jones." Seth ran his eyes over their listed powers. Respectively, he read their powers out loud. "Malleability. Tar generation and pyrokinesis. Accelerated healing factor. Telepathy with advanced capabilities. Hydrokinesis. These are some powerful fighters, I gotta admit. They all went after Blackfire?"

"Yeah." Lindy turned around in her chair and looked at her group of fallen friends. "Eight of some of the strongest metahumans in our group… all fallen at the hands of one maniac of a metahuman." Her hair changing length again. Her eyes brimming with tears.

"What kind of powers does him have?" Seth asked. "CCPD doesn't know, do you guys?"

"No." Mera shook her head before Lindy could answer. "The only ones who've seen his powers in use… are our fallen friends and Chyre."

"Yeah, but it's possibly pyrokinesis or maybe incredibly powerful UV rays he can emit somehow." Seth stated.

"How do you think that?" Came the question from Lindy when snapping around to face him.

Temporarily shocked by her change of hair again, Seth answered sheepishly. "Heard from Detective West that Chyre's ashes were sent in an envelope to the precinct. But it could be anything, a lot of things in this world can reduce a man to ashes. Not to mention that list grows bigger with the addition of metahuman powers." Clapping his hands abruptly, he stated. "Sorry for dragging you guys down that horrible memory lane. But back to the matter at hand, what's the plan?"

Leaning forward again, Lindy interlocked her hands and revealed the plan. "Our plan is to gradually bring Blackfire's attention to us. We take out the places he uses for his operations one by one, save each and every girl at every place. Once we have taken out one, we bring down the next one and the next one again… till all of them are down… cutting off Blackfire's sources of profit and which will force him out of Keystone City and right back into this frying pan of a city. But we do it with a period between each attack."

"Sounds like a good plan. Bringing the snake out of its hide." Seth smiled and then asked. "How long it's gonna take to find his profit income sources?" He hated himself for saying that.

"I need an hour or two to find them, just all I need." Lindy assured the mutant.

"Good, in the meantime…" he pointed backwards at the door. "Mind if I use your lab?"

Lindy shared looks of confusion with her friends before saying. "No, go ahead. But why?"

"Gonna make cocktails." He surprisingly stated and walked to the door. "Always a good idea to go out and fight drunk." Seth stepped out into the hall and closed the door.

Kendra looked narrowed eyes. "He's not serious, is he?"

"Don't know." Lindy faced Mera. "He's not actually serious, right?"

Mera surprised them with a shrug. "Honestly, hearing him say he's gonna go fight drunk doesn't sound all too crazy, compared to all the things I've seen him do ever since meeting him." The Atlantean continued before walking to the door herself. "But I'm gonna check on him just in case."

"Sure thing." Lindy accepted. "We have some work to do now, anyway." She noted as her Atlantean friend walked through the door. "I'm surprised how well that went. Much better than what I thought."

"I have half-expected him to cut off Kendra's head." Tony admitted before looking to Kendra. "No offense, Hawkgirl."

"None taken, pal." Kendra grabbed her right forearm with her left hand. "I wouldn't have blamed him for actually attacking me. Not after what I did."

"You went berserk because you lost Carter." Marcus said. "Don't go beating yourself up like this, Kendra."

"I will try…" Kendra trailed off.

"Now, it's time for us…" she placed her hands on the computer screens again, her technopathic powers brimming and connecting with hundreds of camera lens throughout the city. Screens popping up on the screens in front of her and behind her on the wall, displaying different perspectives as each camera lens are placed differently.

Eye Sight sighed and her eyes ran over the screens with rapid speed. "Time to work."

X

Mera walked through the hallway and stood before the lab entry door. She couldn't help but smile as the situation she hoped for have finally become a reality. Seth Fury, the mutant being from another set of universes, came to work with her and her friends to take down Eric Frye once and for all.

It was time for that to happen, and she was immensely happy about it.

But she was curious about why Lindy didn't reveal her part in this fight… why she didn't reveal Thea.

Putting her hand on the doorknob, and twisting it, she unlocked the door and walked through it. When it was fully opened, she looked inside and got a wide-eyed expression as she registered Seth.

Seth is crouching on the table, black tendrils shooting out of his back and grabbing various items off the shelves, while his left hand is tilting a test tube vial and pouring its liquid contents into the flask in his right hand. Stopping the flow of the tube, a tendril grabbed the test tube and placed it in a vial holder.

Slowly spinning the flask in his right hand, he used two tendrils two grab two other flasks with chemical contents and bring them to him. Halting the spinning of the flask in his hand, he let the tendrils pour down the flasks' contents into his first one for a short moment before stopping their individual flow and spinning again.

He watched as the color took on a dark-yellow shade. Smiling at the result, he said out loud. "Gonna need the centrifuge now." Seth used his tendrils to start up the centrifuge on the other side of the lab. As they did so, he asked. "Still standing there, Mera?"

The Atlantean chuckled while closing the door. "How I'm not surprised by this, is a mystery to even me." She admitted.

Jumping off the table, he turned to her. "Well, guess you're used to the crazy that is me." His tendrils placed the flask's contents in small vials and placed them in the centrifuge. "There's somethings I have to ask you, Mera."

"What's that?" Mera's focus were shifting as she looked at him but also at the tendrils that started the centrifuge.

"What does this have to do with you, exactly?" Seth asked and she tilted her head. "I know that Lindy here is a group that's neither good nor bad, but she's been operating this place like a haven for metahumans like the others here. But how do you fit in this puzzle?"

"It's because of Lindy." Mera smiled. "She and I were friends before the Particle Accelerator explosion, she already knew about me being able to control my powers, so I taught her how to use hers. Bit hectic with hers."

"I've noticed." Seth admitted as the machine began to start, spinning the wheel around. "What's the deal with her powers? She just keeps shifting her eye colors and hair color, length. Maybe her skin color too?" Mera looked downwards, avoiding his eyes. Gaping with realization, he stated it for her. "I was right, she can't control it, can she?"

"Yeah." Mera confessed and said. "And I guess you could say I'm the lieutenant of this group, some of the boys have been doing that actually. They just want me here to help them along, plus if Lindy's powers get out of control again, I can help with that."

"So that's your story in this mess. Friends before powers and friends after powers." Seth smirked. "I like that." He stepped closer to her before leaning against a table behind him. "I want to ask another serious question, Mera. What's the deal with Kendra? Is she even a metahuman?"

"What makes you ask that?" Came the question from the Atlantean.

Raising his arm to her, Seth turned it into adamantium and said. "The metal my body can turn into, is a metal called adamantium. I injected it into my body a while back on my Earth. It's a metal said to be incredible difficult to even destroy. And yet somehow, Birdbrain was able hurt my metal skin. With her claws none the less. What's the deal with that?"

"It's that berserk state she gets into." Mera said and Seth remembered that. "Mera isn't a metahuman, true. She and her boyfriend Carter were a pair of famous explorers. A lot of them even considered them treasure hunters as they kept discovering rare places that was undiscovered until they came along. They came across a tomb by the name of Nabu's Tomb, The two went inside and when they come out again, they're both with new armor, new equipment, new weapons and brand-new wings on their backs. Kendra didn't say anything about what happened in there, but she just began to get stronger and stronger. Even stronger when she's berserk. Last time she went berserk, she almost tore off Tony's arm with her claws alone." The Atlantean didn't want that memory to resurface, but it did and it made her grimace.

"And he can turn into metal, right?" He asked knowingly.

"Yeah." Mera nodded.

"Talking about little old me?" Tony announced his presence after walking through the door.

Mera chuckled. "Yeah, talking about how you almost lost your arm to Kendra that one time she went berserk."

Tony shivered. "Please don't remind me of that. I still feel like my arm is being torn off." He ran his right hand down the length of his left arm. "If Carter hadn't been there, I would have lost an arm and died from blood loss." He nodded to the centrifuge. "What's going on here? What're you making?"

"Cocktails, told you already man." Seth stated.

With a chuckle, Tony said. "I don't know if I should believe you or not, but I wanted to talk with you." He directed to the mutant. "Mera told us about you staying at Iris West's house." He nodded to the metahuman, confirming what had been told. "Is she still good?"

While Seth widened his eyes, Mera rolled her eyes and said. "Don't tell me you're still crushing on her, Tony. She's married, damn it."

"I'm not! I'm just curious." Tony defensively said, but it sounded sort of weak to the others.

"Huh? Iris attracts the same type of weirdos no matter what Earth it is." Venom said, his voice full of surprise.

"Must be a multiversal common factor." Seth joked his response. "But yeah, she's doing well." Tony sighed in relief. Seeing that, he couldn't help but ask curiously. "But why are you asking, Tony? You know Iris?" He had a feeling that he knew the reason to that.

Feeling like he could trust Seth, he revealed. "She and Allen, and me, we all went to the same elementary school back when we were kids. I used to trick and give Allen a lot of problems from there, even we became high schoolers. But it became too much once, and I was sent to juvie for a while. There, I told them I only teased and played around with Barry because I wanted to get closer to Iris, but he was… sort of in the way. I got out of juvie, but it didn't change much with me and Iris, she only kept her eyes on Allen."

"So after high school, I enlisted in the army. Trying to become a good man. I was away for one tour and came back home. Back then… I also applied for the police academy around the same time Iris did. But she… and Allen were together back then, and were pretty serious about it. When she applied for a position here at CCPD, I applied to Keystone Police. I honestly didn't want to see them getting all lovey-dovey back there."

"Yeah, I know that feeling." Seth recalled the feelings that erupted when seeing Caitlin kiss her former fiancé Ronnie Raymond after he and Martin separated. That was probably the worst feeling he's ever felt.

"Ironically, you're thinking that despite you had a poison-laced spear rammed through your heart."

"Shut up!" Seth roared in his thoughts.

"But then the craziest thing happens." Seth and Mera listened as Tony continued his life's story. "I was stood up on a date with someone from work and I was on my way home. As I walk home, I pass by Keystone Ironworks and I see a bunch of punks, teenage boys, hold another kid above a vat of molten scrap metal. Real psychos. I went into the place and scared them off and managed to pull the kid up from there. But all hell was loose when the Particle Accelerator exploded, releasing dark matter and dozing Keystone as well. The blast wave caused a tremor and it pushed me off the bridge and into the vat." He chuckled. "Thought I was dead but instead the vat falls over and I walk out of it…" He clenched his hand, turning it into metal. "And I could do this ever since."

"At least you're using it for some good." Seth stated.

Tony narrowed his eyes and pointed at him and asked. "I don't know why, but I think you've met me before, haven't you?"

"Universes close to each other have somewhat of a common factor: Doppelgangers." Mera and Tony looked at him with intrigue. "They're people like you in that mirror-world, identical to you guys in everything but personality, maybe. And I met your doppelganger, Tony Woodward."

"I'm guessing he wasn't your best friend or anything." Tony sheepishly said.

"Your doppelganger was a criminal that would have killed my friends and family, including my girlfriend." Seth stated before continuing bluntly. "So I had to be the one to kill him."

Tony gulped with shock at his coldly straightforward tone. His eyes also spoke volumes, giving a cold tundra-like gaze. Even his words were shot like needles gliding through the wind and hitting him. "Seriously?" Mera asked. "You had to kill him?"

"Yeah." Seth remembered the entire situation back then. "While we were under attack by another metahuman, the leader of our group released Tony Woodward from our underground prison and he attacked the opposing metahuman. According to The Flash of that world, Tony died after a direct hit of a lightning blast to his chest. But it was a feint so he could find a way out, cause I found him trying to punch his way out of a thick door. I knew that he was going to kill anyone in his path, including my girlfriend so I took him out."

"Oh…" Tony felt awkward now. "Well, for what it's worth, I'm sorry for what that person did. And trust me, I'm not him."

Seth relieved him with a calm and assuring smile. "I know that, Tony. Don't worry."

Though he felt calmer and more assured by the mutant's words, he couldn't help the immense wave of awkwardness inside him and it caused him to blurt out. "I think I left the stove on, so I'm just gonna check that." He snappily turned around and made a beeline for the door.

"Think you just scared him straight." Mera joked after the metahuman walked out of the door. Seth shrugged unsurely. Recalling his spoken words, she turned to face him and asked. "About these doppelgangers…"

"Yeah." He walked to the centrifuge to check on the serum.

Mera then sheepishly asked. "Would that mean there's a version of me on that Earth too?"

"Maybe." Seth elaborated. "I don't think I've seen a Mera Curry on my Earth. There's a fifty-fifty chance to whether she's there or not. I haven't checked, I think I might in the future or something when I get back."

An idea popped up in her head at his own words. "Does this doppelganger-thing have anything to do with Killer Frost?" Seth snapped his head to her in shock. "Something you should know, we've been surveilling you ever since you appeared in the precinct as Venom. Tony even filmed you… negotiating with Killer Frost." She teasingly said.

Seth's face faltered. "Great, Tony's a pervert. Thanks for that."

"But seriously? Is there something between you two? She's with Deathstorm but you jumped in front of her and protected her from my attack." She remembered the sight of him jumping in front of the frosty metahuman and took on her water-converted lightning attack from her trident. The words he said, she could remember.

"Instincts… Bad habits… Whatever you call it… dictates our actions."

"Why did you save her? You two couldn't have something going on, you haven't been here that long." Mera said, but she did recall that he was her prisoner for six months… that could have been something that led to something else. But she doubted it…didn't she?

"Her name's Caitlin Snow, her real name." Seth revealed, something that Mera didn't know and her eyes widened in shock. "I saved her because… on my Earth… Caitlin Snow is the woman I love and the mother to my daughter." The Atlantean gaped her mouth. "That's why… I didn't want her to be hurt. Even though I know she's nothing like the good, warm and caring woman I know… I didn't want that evil, cold and cruel icicle to be hurt still."

"That actually explains a lot." Mera admitted. "I had a feeling it was something deep, glad I was right." She chuckled.

"Yup." Seth said before saying. "But what about that Lindy girl here?"

"What do you mean? Regarding what?" Mera wondered.

"There's something more to this than losing Chyre and losing her friends right when they tried to get revenge." Seth deduced; his words didn't come out as a question but as a statement instead. "I know a personal vendetta when I see one. It was blazing in her eyes. I know that." The centrifuge chimed, indicating that its task had been completed.

"I can explain that."

Once again, the two turned to the door and saw Lindy and the others entering the room. As Seth took the vials out of the machine, the woman explained. "I should explain something about me Seth. Aside from shapeshifting-"

"Partial shapeshifting." Seth cut her off while checking the color of the vials, seeing that they were a clearer yellow color now. "Your powers are only limited to your eye color, hair color and length, and maybe skin color, right? AKA only partial."

Lindy looked to Mera, thinking that her friend was the one to reveal her powers, who corrected the technopath. "He figured it out on his own. I didn't have to say anything."

"Alright." Lindy knew that she had to come clean and reveal everything. "Aside from partial shapeshifting, I can speak with machines and I can ask them to break down firewalls for me. Makes it easier for a hacker like me to break into other's privacy." She giggled.

Stopping his work, the mutant then reared his head back and said. "Wait? You're a technopath?!" His shock was loudly emitted, causing the natives to get wide-eyed. "Damn, I've never met one of those before on my Earth, or any of them. Pretty cool." He admitted.

"Thanks… I guess." Lindy admitted with a sheepish tone and continued. "You wanted to know why this was personal to me… it's because of what Blackfire and the men on his payroll did. They kidnapped someone important to me… as payback for sending metahumans after him."

"They think you sent your friends after him as revenge?" The mutant wondered while taking the contents of on vial and pouring it into the barrel of an injection gun.

"Yeah." Lindy gulped in fear. "To show that he wasn't a fan of my interruptions, he kidnapped my dear friend… Thea… She was brought into her operations… as leverage and entertainment for his loyal customers."

CRACK

The natives watched as the mutant cracked and bended the metal table with his bare right hand. His eyes covered by a darkness that removed all life from his face. "I can't wait to find that bastard and tear his entire body limb from limb." He looked to the natives. "Do you have a photo of Thea?"

Lindy nodded and reached into her pocket. Producing a small photo, he handed it to the mutant and let him look at it face of the young woman. She was a brunette, curly long brown hair, and her eyes are light green. In the photo, she was wearing a red hoodie and a wide bubbly smile.

"That's Thea." Lindy replied with a saddened tone.

"Mind if I keep this for a while?" Seth asked them, they looked confused at his question. "Direct me to the place where she's hold up at, I'll get every girl out of there and make sure they're back home again."

"Thanks. Just a little while, and then we have the entire list of Blackfire's places in the palm of our hand." The technopath stated surely. "It's still good to have you with us here, Seth. Can't thank you enough for that."

"Admit it's better than sending metas after my ass, right?" The mutant retorted and the technopath gave her a dry look. Seth looked to the corner and his face fell at the sight. "Who's that in the corner?"

The natives looked to the corner… but to their confusion, they couldn't find anyone there.

"Ow!" Lindy screamed when feeling something puncture the side of her neck. Mixed with the sudden feeling of her neck being pierced, she felt something else slither into her, a liquid. She felt the object yanked out of her neck and instantly put her hand on the side of her neck.

She and the other natives looked to it and saw that it was a black tendril that was holding an injection gun. The tendril retracted to the mutant's body, who smirked as their eyes placed themselves on him. "Why did you do that?!" Lindy screamed.

"What did you give her?!" Kendra screamed after with arms stretched out.

Marcus and Tony looked to their boss's body. Mera followed the direction of their eyes and saw her friend's skin, eyes and hair color remained the same. "Lind?" she got the technopath's attention. "You're not changing now."

"What?" Lindy looked at her body. She ran her eyes up and down her arms. And they remained the same skin-color. She was shocked, flabbergasted, startled, amazed, astonished and stunned, and even a whole world of other words that would be perfect to describe her current feelings.

Whenever she would experience something, be it pain, joy or any other emotions, her features would change. Eyes changing like traffic lights. Hair changing into new lengths and color like a wave of colors that washes over her head. Skin color would rapidly change, like her skin was morphing. And now, right after she was in slight pain by a needle, she found herself not changing for some reason.

Lindy snapped her eyes to the mutant again. "What did you do to me?"

"No offense, but the entire changing was beginning to be a pain, you know." Seth bluntly admits before holding up the injection gun. "It's a serum my girlfriend created on my Earth for a metahuman with a similar power, Everyman who could change anyone as long as he touched someone. He used this power to frame innocents by robbing banks and other places while wearing their faces."

"Was this guy's name's Hannibal Bates?" Marcus asks and the mutant responds with a nod. "Hah! Old Bates is a criminal there! He deserves it."

Giving Lindy a confused look, she explains to the mutant. "Bates' an old friend with the same powers, and he used to trick everyone here. Right now, he's still on our side and in our group, but he's mostly focuses on free-lance work."

"Yeah, but like I said, he was a criminal who did a lot of bad and we had to stop him." Seth continued. "The serum my girlfriend made was designed to temporarily take away his shapeshifting powers for a short period, allowing us the time to throw his ass into a containment cell. But he was roped into an evil bastard's plan, got him killed." He chose to keep the fact that he was his decapitator to himself.

"Shit." Tony let out.

Seth then continued. "I injected a milder version of the serum we used on Bates in Lindy. Instead of taking away her powers, I gave it a sedative's properties. So upon injection it, not only does it calm down your powers it also calms down your nerves, which causes your powers to not shift so suddenly and so frequently."

"What does that mean?" Lindy asks.

Putting the gun on the table, Seth says. "Think of your hair, and then think length and color."

Lindy inhaled, following his instructions, and thinks of a color. Green she settles on. And her friends saw her blonde hair instantly turn to green and grew longer, down to the middle of her back. "Wow…" The technopath let out after looking at her hair, seeing that her powers responded to her thoughts.

"How did you do that?" The former explorer directs to the mutant.

"Like I said, I'd make a cocktail." He quips. "Just one that allows our technopath the ability to use her powers whenever she wants. I made more for you to use later, but don't become dependent on them. You need to control them yourself without them."

"I would say thanks," Lind rubs her neck. "but considering you jammed a big needle into my neck, I'm not going to."

"Well, I never expect a thanks, so that's alright with me." Seth mused.

CHIME

A chiming sound came from the speakers attached the ceiling. Lindy turned around and looked at the panel on the wall. Walking to it, she placed her hand on it and closed her eyes. Inside of her mind, she spoke with the machine, asking it why the speakers began to chime as they did.

Her eyes snapped open and she announced. "The algorithm's done. I got the locations of them all."

"Good." Seth said with clenched hands. "What's the name of the first one in the city?"

"Viking Motel." Lindy stated. "We'll get you the address for it."

"Then I will be off." He turned to walk to the door. "Btw, there's another batch of the serum in case Lindy needs more of it. But she's gotta learn how to use her powers herself without a drug helping her."

"But Seth…" Mera got his attention. "From our friends last effort, we found out that each room has an armored guard there, watching and making… making sure that the costumers are getting what they've paid for." She looked disgusted with herself.

He couldn't handle anymore of the fuel that was kept being thrown into the flames that was his hate. Seth was barely able to contain his anger. "…Gonna be bloody…" He muttered to himself and then said. "I'll take of them all. But Mera, I need something from you." The Atlantean listened. "This guy killed Iris West's mentor a while back, I won't have him killing his prodigy as well. So please go to their house and protect them all."

"I will." Mera couldn't but smile. Even as he was prepared to fight the second worst metahuman of this city by dismantling his operations one by one, he still managed to find time to care about the people who've shown him kindness while residing on his Earth. "You can count on me."

"Need an extra hand?" Kendra offered.

But Seth stopped and turned to her. "No offense, Kendra, but I said you had to work for forgiveness. Work's a walk, not a sprint. And I'm fairly certain, Ruby might throw a car in your face if she ." He walked out of the lab.

"That's pretty harsh." Marcus admitted, thinking that it was pretty blunt for him to say that to her.

While sending Seth the address to the Viking Motel on her phone, Mera disagreed with that. "No, it sounds pretty accurate for a kid raised in a Nazi organization."

""What?"" Lindy and Kendra unitedly exclaims.

X

(West-Allen Household)

After Seth walked out of the bar, Mera immediately made her way to the West-Allen Household to keep her promise to the Demon King, to her friend, Seth Fury. When getting there, the Atlantean walked into the household and saw them all wearing faces with nothing but worry whilst sitting around in the living room.

Slamming the bottom of her trident against the wooden floor, Mera calls out. "Guys!"

Garnering their attention, they all widened their eyes when seeing Mera standing there inside of the house, in her suit. "Mera? What are you doing here?" Iris asked concerningly and got up from her seat.

"Is Seth…" Evelyn didn't want to ask, fearing that it might be the worst case scenario.

But she shook her head and relieved them of their worries. "No, he's alright. He's going out after Blackfire's places right now."

"Alone?" Ruby asked with clenching hands.

Seeing her curl her fingers into fists, Mera notes. "He is, Ruby, and don't even think about going after Seth." the former assassin looks to her. "I know Seth means a lot to you all. In the short time he's been taking care of you, he's been more than just a friend and a temporary guardian for you and the other girls. But he wants to do this alone."

"I still can't help but feel bad about this." Iris admits with her hands running over her face. "Seth's fighting for a problem that's been kept from him this entire time."

"For a reason." Barry says and holds his wife's hand, hoping that he can relieve her of her sadness and self-hate.

At those words, Mera asks the married couple. "Why didn't you guys ever tell him about Blackfire before? Iris, I know he killed your mentor, so you'd have a good reason for telling him and asking for his help."

Jesse nods. "I wondered about that, too." She and the other girls faces the detective.

While she tightens the hold on her husband's hand that was intertwined with hers, Iris didn't see any way for her to not explain her reasons. "I didn't want his friends and family on his Earth to lose any hope and chance of ever seeing Seth again. I couldn't…. I don't think I could handle that kind of pain." Her hands shake and her face pales.

"Wanna hear my opinion?" The Atlantean got her attention. "One way or another, Seth would have known about Blackfire and he would have gone through Heaven and Hell to take him down and his operations. He would not hesitate to fight."

"You really think that?" Evelyn asked.

"Yeah, I do." Mera instantly replied. "You guys know better than me, that's he's the type of guy who'd jump in front of a bullet to defend an innocent girl even though he couldn't heal himself." She shifted her gaze to the three young girls at the couch. "Just a guess, but he knows that the girls are late teens, like you three and his own daughter, too."

"You think he thought like that?" Barry asked.

"Like I said, just a guess. But he's pretty serious about protecting innocents even at the expense of his own life." Mera explained. "But all we can do now is trust him."

"Speaking of…" Iris asks. "Why are you here and not with Seth?"

"He's serious about going at this alone, so me and Eye Sight let him do that." The Atlantean revealed.

"Eye Sight's the name of your friend with metas on call, right?" Ruby asked and received a nod as confirmation. "Why does every meta in this universe have ridiculous names like that?"

"Hey, I got the coolest name." Evelyn pushed the former assassin.

"Sorta." Ruby smirked and pushed her back. The pushing went back and forth between the two.

Jesse pushed the two herself and loudly said. "You two remember that Seth did tell us to behave, right?"

"Wait." Iris remembered something important as she directed her eyes to the Atlantean. "If Seth's going after them now, then he might see the Johns there, right?"

"Yeah, most likely." Mera admitted and watched as the detective reached into her pocket and withdrew her phone. "You want them alive, right?"

"Yeah, I do." Iris puts the phone to her ear and hears the connection waiting to establish. When it did, the detective explained everything to the elemental.

X

"You want me to what?!" Seth exclaimed into the phone while sitting crouched on the side of a building. The building he found was directly in front of the Viking Motel, the primary profit income of Blackfire's operation.

It looked like the typical run-down motels he has seen in his home universe. Two-stories block construction type of motel. One section in the middle with two on both left and right. With Lindy's information it was easy to find the place.

And from Seth's vantage point, it was easy to see the lit lights and lamps in all the rooms. As well as all the cars parked in the motel lot.

It only increased the inferno in his core and caused him to clench the wall with his fingers digging into the surface, easily penetrating the brick wall with his adamantium fingers. "I'm telling you Iris, none of these bastards deserves to be taken alive. So why do you want me to not kill them?"

"We can put them behind bars for life, if we have them." Iris reasoned. "Trust me, I want those Johns to die horribly too. But for them to really be punished, it means letting them rot in prison. You killing them is gonna be the same as giving them the easy way out."

"I get that…" He sighed heavily. "But it's gonna take a lot of me to not just tear them limb from limb."

"Well…" Seth could feel the detective's sheepishness through the phone. "…from what Mera said, there's armed guards in each room. They're probably on Blackfire's payroll… and I'm guessing they don't deserve a prison cell or anything like that."

Raising an eyebrow, Seth smirks. "Guess a grave is gonna have to suffice for them." While keeping one hand on the wall, he let his symbiotic mass slither out of his other arm and draw out his sword. "Johns and Janes get roughed up and left hanging, I take care of the armed guards and rescue the girls… How does that plan sound, Iris?"

"Perfect. Thanks Seth… on behalf of the entire city… I want to thank you." Iris told him.

"Buy Big Belly Burger for me, I didn't get any dinner yet." Seth joked before hanging up. Craning his neck, he licked his teeth. "Let's take care of this."

"Bloody and messy, just the way these pathetic excuses of men should be…" Venom salivated at the thoughts of tearing into these armed guards. "They're nothing but snacks…"

"Rile up, partner. You're having buffet tonight." Seth smirked evilly and tightened his hold on the wall, the brick pieces falling off. He couldn't contain his everlasting infernal feelings. These people were profiting off the lives of innocents, of their torment!

Just for their sick minds… they were gonna be punished by the Demon King… by the Lethal Protector himself…

Black smoke and white mist emitted from his body. Ground intensified his muscles and wind gathered around him. Water seeped out of his fingers and other places on his body and lightning sparked around his black tendrils. Adamantium fingers tightens their hold on the handle of the large crystal sword.

"Let's go!"

WHISTLE

Before Seth could even leap off the wall, he looked downwards to the direction of the sudden whistle. His eyes narrowed at the sight of both Tony Woodward and Marcus Bishop in the alleyway he was looking down at.

"The heck…" He trailed off and detached himself from the wall and let himself fall. Spinning around in the air, he landed in a silent crouch before straightening himself again, standing to his full height before the two metahumans of this world.

Noticing that Tony is wearing a black tactical tank top and black army pants, and Marcus wearing a full-on military black tactical suit, the elemental asks them confusedly. "What brings the two of you here?"

"Think you already know that." Marcus stated and had both hands on the collar of his suit.

Seth didn't say anything, and Tony says. "This place is the same place our friends fought Blackfire. They died trying to take him down and trying to take down this place. We won't let their deaths be in vain."

"So we're gonna help you. And you can't stop us." Marcus adamantly states.

"Fine." Seth surprised them with his words. "It might go a bit easier with you guys here." He faces the motel once more. "We have to leave the Johns for the police, but we can rough them up, only take care of the guards and make sure the girls are safe."

"How do we transport them?" Tony asked.

"I'll contact Iris afterwards and have her send transport cars." The mutant informed. "But now…" He points a finger to the motel. "We have to take care of this. You two take the ground floor, I take the first floor."

"Yeah."

"Let's go."

Smiling at the two metahumans instant obedience, he announced while his form was enveloped by the symbiote.

"Time to work."

X

The poor girl didn't know how to feel right now. The lights were dimmed as she was seated on the bed, sitting in a short dress that she was forced to wear by the guard in the room. The young girl kept her eyes forward, looking at the window in front of her, seeing the shadowy silhouette of a large man standing there through the transparent curtains. Meaning that the sick John on the other side can see both her and the armed guard standing in the corner of the room.

A single tear ran down her left cheek as she had to endure another night of this hell. It was no use begging for mercy as neither the men or the guard would listen to her pleas, or the pleas of the dozens of other girls here.

All she wanted was to go home to her family again.

But none of them were willing to fight back, fear overtaking them all and making them compliant. Some of the guards and costumers alike, found it amusing to use drugs to make the girls even more compliant. Everyone in this motel who were under Blackfire's rule…

… All girls… new and old… they all knew what their fate would be if they are unable to satisfy their costumer's needs… or if they were to try and escape…

… Blackfire made an example of that not even a month ago… to "motivate" … his merchandise…

She didn't want to be one of those girls… but she didn't want to stay another night in this hellhole and forced to endure another experience like this.

The poor girl didn't have a choice.

And her hellish night would begin again… the moment she saw the doorknob twist and turn from the other side of the door. Opening she saw a man grab the doorknob while pushing it open slightly. The latest John formed a sick smile at the sight of the poor girl, not even noticing her tears, while he closed the door.

He walked over till he stood in front of the crying poor girl. The John had already his hand in his filthy pocket, pulling out a small rolled wad of cash and placed it on the nightstand table. Having now paid the agreed amount, he was gonna get what he had paid for and enjoy it thoroughly tonight.

Tears began to flow down from both the young girl's eyes. Whilst watching the filthy large man began unfastening his belt… she prayed.

"Someone…" The tears slid off the edges of her face and landed on the backsides of her hands. "…help us..."

SMASH

Her night came to an abrupt stop when a series of black tendrils smashed through the door and window with ease and ensnared just the John but also the armed guard. Both were pulled out of the room, screaming their heads off.

The young girl tightened her hold on herself, her arms wrapped around herself with the fingers clenching tightly. She cringed at the sound of screaming continuing, registering it as the armed guard screaming.

CRUNCH

She shook at the sound of a loud and audible crunch, putting an end to the armed guard's banshee-like wailing. The poor girl began to shiver as though her skin was touched by a vicious blizzard. Shaking violently at the sound of a metallic clinging, she found herself unable to move and looked fearful.

Hearing the shattering of glasses from applied pressure, she turned her eyes to the door. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head like frogs. The young girl saw the unmistakable form of Venom at the doorstep. Somehow, his form had shrunk down to a normal human size but still have the features that made him who he is.

The pitch-black form on his body. White veins spread all around his body. Bended bone spikes that with the form and size of small white spines digging into his torso. Long white spine extensions spiraled around both his arms and digging into the back of his hands. A white skull-like extension over his face. Crimson red eyes in his eye sockets pointing at her.

His fang-like teeth redden with fresh and dripping blood. With a gulp, after seeing the blood running off his fangs, she asks. "Venom?"

Nodding his head, the mutant stepped into the room, he looked to the girl. "Are you okay, honey?" She nodded while he looked around. Finding a blanket, he took it in his claws before walking to the girl. Spreading it, he wrapped it around the shivering girl's form. She relaxed as the blanket was ensnared around her.

"Not too tight, is it?" She shook her head, assuring the mutant. "Good. We will come back… but we have to get the rest of the girls here. Me and my friends will help you all."

"You're gonna get us home?" Her question came as a shock to the mutant. The level of shock in her voice was like she had just heard an unbelievable lie right now. "You mean it?"

"Yeah, we will." He assured her. "But you have to wait here while we help the others. So wait here for a little while, okay?" He asked of her kindly. "We will come back, we promise you that."

She smiled and said. "Thank you." Her eyes streaming tears of gratitude.

Smiling to her, despite showing his blood-streaked fangs, he got up to his full height. Whilst straightening up, his form began to enlarge. Pitch-black muscles growing and bulging as he grew to his real full size. Looking down to the girl, he said. "Cover your ears, sweetie. It's not gonna be pleasant… for them to feel."

"Thank you." She complied and covered her ears.

Smiling to the girl, the mutant formed a dark expression as he turns to the other wall. He knows what's on the other side and… he's gonna end it.

Turning his entire body to adamantium, he charges into the wall. His massive weight, force, his metal skin, easily able to crash through the flimsy wall. His sudden appearance in the other room forced the man to remove himself from on top of the young girl.

Venom growled and grabbed him with one hand before throwing him out of the window, his hand extended and tearing off on contact with the railing. Quickly freezing the tendril to the man before falling to the ground. Effectively leaving the man hanging by the railing with a frozen tendril.

Bullets began to hit his back and Venom snapped his head back, seeing the young dark-skinned girl on the bed cowering and the armed guard shooting at the mutant. Flexing his claws, he sparked lightning around each digit. The guard stopped shooting and it unfortunately led to Seth wrapping one hand around his body. Temporarily shocking the guard before his pain was ended by a quick and vicious bite, his head permanently removed from its place on his body.

"Venom!" The demon looked to the dark-skinned girl who had tears in her eyes. "My sister's here to, please find her!" Anissa Pierce pleaded.

"Stay here, we'll find her!" He announced before lashing out his arm, splitting it into dozens of tendrils that dug into the wall. With a pull of his arm, his tendrils pulled the wall off its roots and was thrown out of the room and into parking lot.

Jumping into the other room, Seth saw another dark-skinned girl on the bed and a guy holding her wrist. Both looked to him, and Venom growled before slamming an adamantium fist into the client's stomach. The strike to his guts caused him to double over, hands holding his stomach as its contents were threatening to slither up his air canals.

Wrapping on tendril around the client's body, Venom shifts his gaze to the guard in the corner, seeing him shaking at the sight of him and not able to steady his weapon in his hands. Snarling at the guard, he lashed out his other arm and pierced his body with five adamantium tendrils. The light in his eyes faded as his vital organs were hit simultaneously. Yanking out his bloodied tendrils, he swung his other hand backwards towards the window. The screams of the client echoed through the room as his body was thrown into the open air.

But like before, Seth froze the tendril to the railing and left him hanging. "Bit of a bother to let the live."

"Tell us about it." Venom agreed sarcastically.

"Jinnifer!"

"Anissa!"

Swinging his head back to the bed and the hole he made, he saw the girl from the last room embrace the younger girl. Instantly deducing what's going on, Seth told them. "Girls stay here. You're sisters, right? Keep each other safe."

"We will." Anissa said while holding her sister close. "Thank you." She whispered.

"We will be back. Our friends are handling the other floor as we speak." He assured them before charging into the next room.

X

The bullets coming at him didn't even make a dent as they came into contact with Tony Woodward's iron skin. They merely bounced off his skin and clattered at the ground. The guard continued to fire bullets but it didn't make any progress whatsoever. Especially as he had to make sure his bullets didn't accidently hit the client who was in the metahuman's hand.

"Who the fuck are you?" The guard screamed at the metahuman.

Making sure that the young girl was still on the bed, and that his body was covering her to take on the bullets, Tony announced smugly. "Name's Girder." With ease, he threw the client out the window before tackling the guard. Crushing his weapon into pieces as they both crashed through the wall.

Like a cushion, Girder's heavy steel body landed on the guard as they landed on the floor. Perking his head up, he saw the guard in that room and a client trying to run away. "No you don't!" the metahuman shouted in protest and threw a lamp into his head. The lamp shattered and the client fell down to the ground at the loss of consciousness.

Hearing a cracking sound following the echoing soft of flesh hitting metal, Tony saw the guard stagger backwards with a hand holding his other hand. Smirking, the metahuman reeled a hand back before thrusting it into the guard's face. The forceful impact was strong enough to cause his head to twist violently. The snap of his head brought the guard's dead body down to the ground.

Tony looked to the girl on the bed. He had seen her poster before on the streets and her photo on chat rooms that Lindy hacked into before. "It's alright, Wendy. We're here to help you." He assured Wendy Hernandez calmly.

"You know me?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah, me and my friends saw the posts your Mom's been putting up." Deactivating his powers, he told her in a soft tone. "Just stay put here, while we stop the rest of them." Wendy nodded while he turned into metal again and stood before the wall.

"Wonder how Marcus is doing?" He briefly wondered as he began to punch his way through the wall.

X

Grabbing the head of a John, Marcus slammed him into the wall beside the bed. He repeated this action a few times once he was sure that he had lost consciousness. Hearing the sound of a cocking firearm, the metahuman rolled his eyes with a scoff.

Turning around to the guard, who threatened. "Make a move, I ventilate you!"

"Bruh, you ain't even got the skills to do that." Marcus said casually and held up a hand.

"Beat it!" The guard pulled the trigger and unleashed a hail of bullets at him. The two girls remained on the bed and closed their eyes, afraid of seeing their savior be riddled with bullets.

"Didn't ya hear what I said, huh?"

The guard widened his eyes as did the girls whom reopened their eyes to the shocking sight. The metahuman was still holding up one hand, but in his palm was a rippling circle of energy that kept the bullets suspended in front of it. "Bruh, you ain't even the skills to take me down. But you look ready for a Shakedown." He smirked and thrusted his hand forward, launching the guard's own bullets back at him. Adding more to the bullets' velocity with his vibrational powers, it allowed them passage through his bulletproof vest.

The guard's lifeless body fell to the floor, blood pumping and coming out the holes in his torso. Shakedown faces the crying girls. "What's your names, girlies?"

"I'm A-Allegra." The first one introduced herself shakily.

"Esperanza." The second one pointed to herself.

"You two sisters?" Marcus wondered of the two, seeing they appeared to be quite similar in various features.

Allegra shook her head and buried her head in Esperanza's shoulder, hiding her head under the other girl's hair. As she did that, Esperanza stated. "No, we're cousins."

Dropping his head at his own failure to figure out the reason behind their similarities, he exclaimed dramatically. "Damn. Should go back to high school, I guess." His joke helped making the girls snicker despite the tears in their eyes. "You two stay here, we're getting you all out of here after taking care of the guards."

"You and who else?" Allegra asked.

Smirking he looked to the wall. "Me, Girder and Venom!" he thrusted his palms forward, slamming them into the wall and sending out a destructive vibrational blast that tore down the wall. "And we're not leaving till all of you are saved!"

Slamming both hands into the ground of the next, he unleashed a vibrational blast through the ground, pushing the client and the guard to the ground. Quickly charging to their side, he slammed his palms into the torsos, blasting them unconscious with two powerful vibrational blasts. Leaving them both with broken ribs.

SHATTER

Marcus heard the shattering sound of glass breaking and twisted his head to that direction of it. His eyes looking out the window of his current room and saw Venom standing on the railing on second floor on the other side of the motel, each hand clutched around the heads of two clients. Each one assumingly unconscious before thrown into the middle of the parking lot.

SHATTER

Correction, thrown on top of two cars.

"Yeah, those two dummies might just die from that." Shakedown admitted sheepishly and continued his rampage.

X

As does Venom.

While standing the railing, he roared loudly before digging his claws into a wall. Strengthening his bones with the earth element and adamantium, Venom tore the wall off and threw it away like trash before looking into the room. He found a client getting up from the bed with a crying girl.

Seeing red, he quickly took out his crystal sword of his arm before jumping into the room. Igniting a flame around his left hand, he slammed the client off the bed and into a wall, his body embedded into the surface. Venom turned to the guard and saw him aim his machine gun at him.

White mist erupts around his left arm and he quickly forms a long ice shield that he thrusts in front of him, letting it take on the storm of lead bullets that came his way. Stepping forward, one step at a time, he spun his sword around before striking down the guard with his sword.

His sword piercing through his front of his torso and all the way through his heart and spine and embedding the blade into the wall behind the guard. Releasing his hold on the handle, he looked to the girl who had wide eyes. Shifting his eyes to the dead guy, he asked the girl. "Too much?"

"Kinda…" She said with the blanket pulled close to her shivering body. "Thanks, Venom."

"You're welcome." He looked around and saw Tony walking to the hole the mutant just made. "Woodward, how'd it go?"

"Finished with the other floor, me and Marcus." The metahuman stated. "You?"

Holding up a clawed finger, he lashed out both arms, shooting them out into tendrils that dug through the wall and into the other. Screams of separate voices pierced through the wall. Both the girl in the bed and Tony saw Venom pull both arms back.

Dragging both the guard and the client out of the next room, through the wall after tearing two large holes in it. Hurling the client into the ground, knocking him out, he brought the guard to his face. Enlarging his mouth like a serpent, Venom severed the link between body and mind as he chowed down on the fleshy brain container.

"Done." He said after swallowing the meat. "Let's get the girls out of here and out in the parking lot. We'll get CCPD to send transport." Tony nodded and escorted some of the girls to the parking lot. Venom used his tendrils to gently place one of the girls in the parking lot. Essentially using his tendrils as a make-shift elevator.

Before repeating it with the other, he looked to all the girls down at the parking lot. Narrowing his eyes at the growing group, he found that someone wasn't there and asked the young girl beside him. "Do you know everyone here?"

"Kinda…"

Retracting his suit back inside of his body, he asked. "What's your name, sweetie?" She didn't answer, mouth gaped at the true form of the man who bears the name The Demon King. Seth chuckled as he deduced the grounds for her shocked expression. "Not what you expected, is it?"

"Expected a humongous guy who can eat a cow in one bite." She vividly admitted and he chuckled. "But my name is Ruby Arias."

Seth couldn't help but clench at the girl's first name for some reason. But he inhaled and locked his anger within himself as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out the photo of Thea and showed it to the young girl. "Her name's Thea. I got info about her being here, but I haven't found her yet."

Ruby looked at the photo over a few times and then widened her eyes with recognition. "That's the girl in the farthest room on this floor. To the left section." She pointed towards that room. Gulping she added. "Be careful… I think she's had it worse than everyone else here."

"Thanks Erica." He gratefully said while his arms enveloped with the symbiotic mass. Wrapping them around the girl, he extended his arms and placed her down in the parking lot. Retracting his arms back to him, he walked towards the farthest room to check on Thea.

Unlike the other rooms where he had to burst in to take down the guards and the clients, that one ended up with two guards running out and shooting at him before. The clients ran out before, but Seth managed to hurl a bookshelf after them and they went down for the count. The guards pleaded to mercy but still met a fate that was befitting for those who guard those receives joy from the torment of others.

Slaughtered and their lives were reduced to nothing but fodder for the elemental demon's ravenous hunger.

"They didn't deserve to have such an easy way out."

"Now they served as your dinner, pal. Even scum has a purpose, after meeting us of course." Seth evilly said and continued walking towards the room. When reaching the door, he reached for the doorknob. But before he did so, before placing his hand around the knob, he leant his head closer to the door. The mutant placed his ear to the door and listened.

However… unlike the other rooms where he was witness to the tears falling from the eyes of agonizing young girls who wanted salvation from this hellish torture. The sound of their crying could emit and be heard through wooden doors…

But this one… he didn't hear any crying… it was without sound for some reason.

This got him worried and he stretched out his hand to the doorknob. Wrapping his hand around it, he twisted it and opened the door. Stepping inside the room, Seth was momentarily baffled of the state of the room. Or rather that it was still intact despite his and the metahumans' rampage.

"Strange that it was untou…" He stopped muttering when seeing that the bed was ruffled and messy. His ears perked up at the distinct sound of crying and huffing. It wasn't the only thing he registered, he also noticed the panting and soft groaning.

It was a weak voice that had him place his sword on his back, tendrils wrapping around it like a scabbard. Shifting his gaze to the bed, he didn't find anyone there. Not even under the comforter. Walking around the bed with slow steps, he sought to find the source.

"Please…"

He stopped himself at the heartbroken voice that pleads. Seth looked to the floor beside the bed. There he saw the top of brown hair from a lowered head. She was sitting on the floor, as she continued pleading.

"Please… No more…"

Even though she couldn't see him, he decided to hold up his hands. "It's okay. I'm not here to hurt you."

"Why wouldn't you?" She voiced her disbelief. "The others… they have." The almost inaudible sound of her cascading tears reached the mutant's ears. "Why should you be any different?"

Taking small mouse steps towards to her, Seth reached the end of the bed. But before he could see her face, Thea began to shuffle away from her in her position on the ground. Seeing that the poor girl was only in tattered clothes, the mutant did take notice of bruises on her legs and her left arm and left shoulder.

"What did they do to her?"

"Nothing good." Seth reached into his pocket and pulled out the photo of her from Lindy. "Thea, right?" Thea pointed her light-green eyes to him, shock mixed in her wetting eyeball. "I'm not like the others…" Holding out his hand, he held something for her eyes. "Otherwise, Lindy wouldn't have sent me."

"Lindy?" Thea asked confusedly at the name, unknowingly confirming an array of thoughts in the mutant's mind. The girl looked to the photo and got a shock, one that seemed out of this world. A shock transcending the ones known in the realm of mortals… like she was seeing a whole other life… of a whole other person.

Now her hair was straightened into long brown hair… but on the photo, she had long curly brown hair. Now her light green eyes were full of disbelief and despair… but on the photo, her eyes had no end of happiness and sparking life of hope. Now she didn't dare to even form a smile… but on the photo her smile was wide and bubbly.

Compared to who she is, it's a life that Thea is unfamiliar with on every single level ever to ever think of.

"…There's only one person who has that photo…" Thea trailed off.

The mutant took a seat on the bed and said. "I don't know what's her real name, I know it's not Lindy for sure." He turned his head downwards to look at her head. "But I'm sure you know who it is, right?"

"Yeah…" Thea points her eyes upwards to look at the seated young man, appearing to around the age of her late older brother. She sees him looking around in search for something. "What are you looking for?"

"Found it." He mutters and takes hold of something. Pulling it to him, Thea sees that it's a comforter that he holds out to her. "You're cold." Seth states to her. "You're shivering."

Thea looks skeptically at him, having doubts about his sincerity and kindness. The other men she have met in this very room haven't even given an impression of being nice, or even having the capability of that. But all of a sudden, a stranger with a photo that a friend took comes to her and gives her a comforter as she is shivering.

He wasn't like the others.

"Thanks…" She mutters to him and takes the comforter in her hand and wraps it around her cold body. "It's warm…" Seth smiles and Thea looks at him with a curious expression and asks. "Why are you helping us?"

"I hate it when innocents are in torment." Seth reveals and Thea expands her eyes. "Your friend, Lindy told me about this and I offered my help." He gets up on his feet and dusts off his pants before holding out his hand. "How about we get you and the other home, Thea?"

"Blackfire will come for us again… and we won't let us go again." Thea tightens the hold on her comforter. "He will kill us."

Seth assures her. "Don't think about him, Thea." The young girl looks confusedly at him. "I will take care of him. Trust me."

Parts of her didn't know whether or not to believe his words. Most of the men in here have not proven themselves to do anything but bring torment to all the young women who've been forced to endure this hellish experience. But the remaining parts of her registers the fact that he's here and he's offering her a chance to go back home to family.

But to believe that he was going to take of Zoom's rival… She couldn't believe that.

She slowly raises herself to her full height, her legs shaking and sore and almost losing her balance. But she manages to look at him and pleads. "Please… get me home…"

"I will, I promise." He gets to his own full height as well. Seth opens his mouth to speak further but had to stop as Thea closed her eyes and her body gave out, falling forward. He quickly catches her in his arms and lifts her up in a bridal carry. "Let's get you home, kiddo." He walks towards to the door and steps closer to the railing.

Looking down, he sees Marcus and Tony escort the last girls to the parking lot, the place of gathering for all the girls here in the Viking motel. All the girls and the two metahumans looks up to the railing and sees Seth standing there with Thea.

The mutant steps onto the railing with one foot before jumping off. While falling his body, except for his head, gets envelops by the symbiote and tendrils shoot out to the ground. With their strength, they gently lower him and Thea down to the parking lot.

As they retract, Seth walks to the gathering and says. "Found Thea."

"Thank goodness." Marcus reveals happily with a sigh of relief.

"Lindy's gonna be happy to hear this." Tony smiles cheerfully.

Walking to Erica, he places Thea near her and says. "Erica, mind keeping an eye on her, I need to call a friend of mine to get transport here."

"I will." Eric nods. "Thanks for helping us all." She tearfully thanked him.

"Don't mention it." He gets on his feet and turns around. He pulls out his phone and calls Iris. Seth ends up speaking for only a few short moments and walks to under the staircase on the right side.

"All right, I'll have a group of transport vehicles coming to the Viking Motel." Iris informs.

"Thanks, Iris. And bring ambulances, too. These girls need all the help they can get right now." Seth informs the detective.

"Of course, they're getting everything they need. I promise." Iris assures him and then gratefully says. "And Seth… the city thanks you for this."

"Keep them, I ain't done yet." Seth says before hanging up. He looks to the group of girls and tells his partner. "We did good."

"Yeah…"

Noticing the lack of responses from his roommate, he asks. "What's wrong?"

Venom mentally sighs. "Why's there a trash container there, behind you?"

Seth perks his head up and turns around to find a large trash container here, made of green metal and two conjoined black plastic lids. "What kind of place like this would have any need for a trash container?" Curiosity took over and he wakes to the container.

Standing before him, his nostrils flares up at the smell, finding it strange and familiar for some reason. But he can't wrap his finger around what it exactly is. He reaches for a lid and opens it.

Suddenly, his nostrils are assault-

…

…

X

"Hope Seth finally called her." Tony states while handing out more comforters and blankets for the girls.

"He must have, but when your old crush comes, don't act all freaky and lose your cool, alright?" Marcus teases his friend and laughs, some of the girls joining in.

Tony's face reddens and he defensively says. "I'm not going to lose my cool when I see Iris! Get your head out of the gutter, Bishop! Besides, before the cops come, I'll stay away!"

"Haha!" The vibrokinetic chortles and says. "As soon as you remember she's married, Woodward." The red blush on Tony's face intensifies, making the metahuman look like traffic light that's turned red. His face must look like a ripe tomato as almost all the girls began to laugh at him.

"Guess… it's better than what they've experienced so far to have continued…" Tony stated in his mind in relief of their laughter.

"Aren't you guys a barrel of laughter?"

Both Tony and Marcus snapped their eyes to the other side of the parking lot. They were shocked to see the familiar face of one of Zoom's men. Like his current employer, the face of the man was smug as he walked towards the two metas and the gathering of girls. He was wearing a black tuxedo and black pants, a white shirt under his coat.

A sick smirk formed on his mouth as Evan McCulloch looked at them. His hand raising and pointing the small handheld gun in his hand. A gun with four panels at the end of the barrel, the panels and the end of the gun equipped with mirrors that points at the group. "Guess you two didn't know that you have pay to get in here."

"What the heck?" Shakedown let out.

"Why are you here, Mirror Master?" Girder exclaimed at the criminal.

Mirror Master shrugs his shoulder. "Not much. But when Blackfire hires one to guard this place, then you can't say no, can you?" He points his weapon at the girls, pulling a bit on the trigger and the gun emits a whirring sound as it charges. "And I'm not supposed to let those girls go."

"So Blackfire hires one of Zoom's goons to protect this hellhole?" Marcus grits his teeth, both he and Tony standing in front of the girls. The vibrokinetic metahuman forming vibrational rings in his palms.

"I knew that Blackfire is scum, but this is worse." Tony's veins pop over his forehead and flexes his arms, both limbs turning into metal.

"Well, even scum pays good money." Evan McCulloch sickened the stomach and minds of them all with his causal words. "So how about you let me do my job an- AAAARGGGHH"

The girls and the two metahuman gasped and stepped back in shock at the sound of Mirror Master's piercing scream of pain. But they were just as shocked by the small pieces of his smashed Mirror Gun falling to the ground… after a large crystal sword was hurled through the air and destroyed his signature weapon, cutting the backside of his hand in the process.

Evan McCulloch staggered backwards with his left hand holding onto the bleeding backside of his right hand. He stopped screaming but kept his mouth shut as pain continued to erupt. Feeling the blood seeping out of his open wound, he looked to the weapon. "That can't be… Blackfire's sword was stolen. And it's not the same."

Tony felt stupid for forgetting him. "Didn't you hear, McCulloch?"

"The King of Central City have taken that sword as his own." Marcus followed up.

"What…" Mirror Master, the two metahumans and the girls looked to the side and saw the mutant walk to them. His body emitting lightning, fire and ice, adamantium claws forming on his hands, wind blowing away pieces of asphalt from his path, water boiling inside of him like his own blood, and earth pulsating in his muscles as the black symbiotic mass spread over his entire body. "…did you say?"

"What?" Evan felt himself shaking at the cold… lifeless words that came out of Seth's mouth. Tony and Marcus deactivated their powers, but only because they saw the mutant's eyes looking deadly towards the wielder of the Mirror Gun. "What did you say?" even though he just heard it, the criminal didn't realize that he had just recited the mutant's own question.

"You're working for that Blackfire asshole, right?" His question came out like poison he had to spit out. The mass had reached his throat and stopped there.

"So what-"

Once again, Blackfire's words were cut short when an array of tendrils wrapped around his throat and his wrists. Seth walked to him with his feet cracking the ground with each step he's taking. "Girls… look away." They followed the mutant's commands and looked the other way.

The moment they did, Seth's entire head was engulfed by the symbiote along with his body enlarging to the full height as Venom. A tendril wrapped itself around the mouth of the criminal, keeping him from letting out any screams as he stood before him now.

"You speak of scum. Yet, you refrained from speaking of yourself." Venom sneered with his hand wrapping around his throat, increasing the hold on his airpipe with the addition of the tendril already there. "Big mistake!" He shouted before tilting his head to the side, his maw opening up and revealing his immensely big mouth with jaws of sharp shark-like fangs.

And no matter how much the criminal was trying to struggle his way out the holds… it was impossible. Not nigh impossible… just simply and utterly impossible for him to try and escape the Demon King's claws…

… much less his fangs… that ensnared his head in an instant…

CRUNCH

And separated his head from the rest of the criminal's anatomy.

But the two metahumans watched as the mutant expanded his maw to newer limits and began eating away the remaining of his headless physical structure. Both Tony and Marcus placed their hands over their mouth, they felt themselves gag in disgust at the sight of the elemental mutant chowing down on Blackfire's hired hand.

As the last piece of Mirror Master was devoured Venom turns his head to the two metahumans. Blood and pieces of human flesh stuck on his fangs as he stated. "Wait for CCPD to come… We're going now."

"What?" Tony asked as the mutant walked to the exit of the parking lot.

"What are you going to do?" Marcus asks.

Stopping, he informs them in an angered sneer. "We're going solo. Protect these girls, no matter what." Venom lashed out his hand, shooting out a tendril that attaches itself to the side of a building. Pulling on it, he launched himself from the ground and swung, landing onto the side before crawling like an animal on the wall.

Tony kept his mouth covered, afraid for his stomach contents to slither up his airpipe. "What was that about?"

Marcus didn't answer and looked to the other side, the same direction that Seth came from before. "He must have seen something there…"

That much was obvious… but the question was…

Exactly what?

X

Seth quickly found his way back to the third Saint and Sinners bar, the bar that Eye Sight's using as a cover for her operations. He walks towards the entrance with cold and passive eyes, not a single emotion on his face.

"Ready for this?" He mutters to his partner within.

"Always." Venom lets out a growl as his response.

"Hands up!"

The mutant let out an annoyed groan when hearing that voice. He really didn't wanna deal with those birds again. Turning his head around, he was met with three guns pointing at him, each one wielded by a high-ranking Crows Security lieutenant.

"You're harder than expected." Sophie Moore stated in anger at him.

"Well, you gotta give the lad credits for doping us before. Smart trick, getting the bartender's help like that." Julia Pennyworth stated with a bit of praise.

"Dr. Fury, you're under arrest for obstructing justice and interfering with the operations of Crows Security." Kate Kane stated with her firearm raised and pointed at his head.

But just like when it was their commander pointing a gun to his head, the doctor didn't appear to be the least bit frightened. He merely looked at annoyed. "Sorry, lieutenants, but I'm gonna have to ask you all three to walk away. I'm busy."

"Oh, we're gonna walk away, alright…" Sophie Moore unequipped the pair of handcuffs from her belt. "But you're coming with us."

"As our prisoner, of course." Julia added with a smirk.

"You know, there's a reason why I wasn't scared of your commander's gun and not afraid of yours." Seth turned his entire body around to face them. "It's gonna take a lot more than three guns to scare me… and I really don't have time for this shit." He walks closer to Moore who cocked her gun. "And I don't give a crap about your commander's fragile ego, that I might have hurt with my words." He was right in front of her gun now. "So, I'm gonna say again. Piss off!"

Kate scoffed. "Dr. Fury, cooperate and don't give us reasons to use our firearms."

"Sorry, Kane. But I have more important business than what you and your colleagues have right now." Seth said.

Julia chuckled. "Guess we got our answer then."

"Yeah." Seth shifted his eyes to Sophie, his emotionless glare giving her shivers. "We did."

With fast actions, he grabbed hold of the agent's gun, yanking it out of the shocked agent's grip. While she was still in shock, the mutant grabbed hold of her collar. With a twist, he tightens his hold before spinning around and throwing her into Julia's body.

Kate watches her two colleagues colliding on the ground. She was too shocked by that quick takedown and felt her own gun be slammed out of her hand. Snapping her head forward, she saw Seth lower his foot to the ground again.

The British lieutenant jumped on her feet after pushing off Moore and charged for the mutant. Having lost her gun, she clenched her fists and readied herself for a close-range fight.

"I really don't have time for this." Seth growled and dodged the fists coming for him. Gritting his teeth, he used his left hand and grabbed both her hands together. Julia was shocked and then was forced to cough violently when the mutant lunged his knee into her stomach. Bile came out of her mouth and he pushed her down to the ground with his other hand.

"Julia!" Sophie exclaimed when seeing her colleague drop down to the ground. She was on her feet now and looked around for her gun. But her search was cut short when the mutant appeared before her and slammed his fist into her stomach. Twisting his fist in her stomach, she lost consciousness.

Once again, Kate Kane saw a colleague of hers fall to the ground after a nigh-instant takedown. Her eyes snapped to the doctor who fought them and saw him walk towards her. "What are you?"

"Bit of advice, Lieutenant Kane:" Seth walked towards her with slow step. "To really take down an unknown force, research him thoroughly and learn of his fighting style. And something else, number and rank, doesn't mean anything against someone who's used to take down great numbers of various ranks on his own."

PUNCH

Before Kate Kane got another chance to respond as Seth delivered a fist into her guts. Leaning to her ear, he spoke. "Sorry, but I promised myself and a lot of innocent lives that I would protect this place, and I intend to keep that promise. You guys have to take a nap for now." He spoke softly and removed his hand from her stomach.

He watched as the Crows Lieutenant falls to her knees before falling to land flat on her stomach upon collision with the ground.

Seth gave them a lookover before turning around to walk towards to the bar again. It was time for another talk with Eye Sight.

X

Having passed through the bar, the mutant walked with haste in his steps as he reached the door to Eye Sight's office. Seth pushed it open and walked into the room. He was met with both the shocked eyes of Eye Sight but also Kendra Saunders.

Seeing him walk past her like she's a ghost, the flyer shoots off a question. "Seth, what are you doing here?"

Lindy looks to him in shock and confusion as well from her chair. "Tony just called me and said that you want to go solo or something. What's that about?"

He didn't answer. Instead, he rushes around the desk and then stands before the technopath. Locking his blue eyes onto her red ones, he asks bluntly. "Did you know?"

"Know what?" She asks in confusion.

Shifting his left eye to the flyer, seeing that she was there, he leans his head down to only whisper in her ear. Kendra is only able to see her friend's eyes widen to new limits, taking on the sizes of saucers at this very moment.

Tears gathered in the corners of Lindy's eyes after the mutant pulled away from her, having told her of what he learnt from his mission at the Viking Motel. "Seth… I didn't know Blackfire did that."

"She's telling the truth."

Even though his partner did inform him, Seth already knew that Lindy was telling the truth. "The other names… give them to me… now."

The technopath widened her eyes again. "You mean-"

"Now." He steadfastly repeated, confirming her thoughts in the process.

With a gulp, she felt his cold-blue lifeless eyes pierce into her soul, almost giving it an experience that akin to the combined aftermaths of all of his elements and the onslaught of his fangs and fists. It scared to her core. In this very moment she thought she was looking into the blood-red eyes of his demonic persona.

Reaching out to the screen, she pressed her hand on the screen and gave the computer the order to print out the other names. The computer listened and a moment later, a piece of paper was printed out on the mini printer beside the monitors.

"There." Lindy nodded to the paper.

Seth nodded and took the paper in his hands before folding it to put it in his pocket. "Thanks…" He trailed off before walking to the exit.

Before he got out of the room, the technopath got up on her feet and exclaimed. "Seth!" The elemental stopped. "Why are you going at this alone? I thought you weren't like Zoom?"

Turning his head to look at her with one eye, the mutant stated adamantly. "I never said I couldn't be like him." His quick words caused them both to shiver in shock.

Like his mere sentence was the very cold touch of Death himself.

He turned again and walked out of the room.

Kendra looked to Lindy who wears a hauntedly expression. "Lind, what did he say?"

"Something horrible." Lindy clenched her hands. "Blackfire did something worse, something far worse than anything we ever thought." No matter how many times she's done it now, she couldn't keep herself from gulping. "And Seth has seen it, and he's royally pissed."

X

(Ascension Cliffs, Zoom's Hideout)

Hours has passed and the midnight darkness over Central City have thickened like a dark cloak of shadows. The Woodlands were no exception, the entire forest touched by the dark skies of the late dusky time of the day.

Even the evil speedster's hideout hidden within Ascension Cliffs were not spared by the darkness coming from outside, instantly casting the entire hideout in shadows.

But the shadows did nothing to dim the bright blue lightning that crackles around Zoom's body. Along with the lamps hanging from the ceiling his lightning was a light source in the hideout. A light source that allowed his henchmen to see in this place. Killer Frost and Deathstorm were seated together on an old table. Black Siren was leaning against a cell door.

The only ones not there are Reverb and Rupture, both of them scouting and seeing the statuses of Blackfire's operations, per Zoom's orders. After learning that the man boasting to be his rival have returned, the menacing speedster felt unease creep into him.

Zoom never liked Eric Frye. He always boasted about him being his rival because of a few fights that ended in a tie between them. The other metahuman's powers proved to be incredibly difficult to fight, even for the evil speedster himself. But moreover, his operations were not his favorite things in this city. Because of their deal, his operations limits Zoom's fields of terror.

And he had to let Eric Frye use some of his henchmen, mainly Mirror Master.

Growling, he walked around and watched his prisoner with the iron mask writhe in anger.

Killer Frost turned her eyes to Black Siren. "You doing good, Siren?"

"Not really." She sighed. "Blackfire's back in the city and he's still going strong with his operations. The one thing I hate about him."

Neither of the female metahumans were big fans of Blackfire's dehumanizing operations. But they didn't dare to try and fight back.

Deathstorm looks to his girlfriend. "Babe don't worry. We're not letting him do anything to us."

Despite knowing that it was an attempt to calm down his ice-cold other half, the crier had to laugh. "Last time, you fought him, Zoom had to speed in and save your burning weak ass."

Igniting a flame around his hand, the blazing metahuman glared at the cryer. "Wanna say that again, Siren?!"

"ENOUGH!" Zoom ordered after snapping his head around to face his henchmen. All of them lowered their powers. Facing the frosty metahuman, he orders. "Killer Frost. Keep a leash around your boyfriend."

"Will try." She obliged. "But I am the more cool-headed in this relationship."

"Hey." Deathstorm mock protested and she merely gave a teasing smirk.

Zoom growled and looked to the cryer. "Reverb and Rupture haven't returned yet?"

"No. And I'm not exactly their babysitter, I don't keep track of them." Laurel quipped.

Their conversation came to an end when they saw a darkly colored swirling breach appear in front of the entrance to the hideout. Turning to it, they watched as the two brothers, Reverb and Rupture, walked out of the breach. As the breach faded, the others took in the brothers' facial expressions.

Rupture's face was covered by his mask, so no one could see his expression. However, they are able to take in the facial expression on his brother's, whose eyes were the only part of him that was concealed. His mouth was frowned into a sour frown.

Narrowing his pitch-black eyes on the brothers, Zoom took in everything about their posture and expressions.

WHOOSH

The blue lightning erupted from his body like an eruption from a volcano as he sped to standing before the two brothers. Both stiffened like a pair of boards at the sudden appearance of their leader. Zoom growls. "What… did you find out?"

"Nothing good." Dante Ramon said before correcting. "But also nothing bad."

Killer Frost stepped forward. "What do you mean, you two?"

Reverb stated with a smirk. "Frost, your boyfriend really did it now."

"I didn't do anything." Deathstorm assured them, mostly Zoom who gave him a soulless glare.

Letting out a hollow chuckle, Reverb corrected. "Oh, I'm sorry. I meant her other boyfriend, the one with actual brains."

A spark of realization ignited in Killer Frost's eyes and she said. "Seth…"

Black Siren leant off the cell door and walked to them. "What did Venom do?"

The vibing metahuman reached into his jacket and pulled out a tablet. Closing his jacket with one hand, he turned the tablet around with his other hand to point the screen to the gathering of their colleagues.

Deathstorm, Killer Frost, Black Siren and Zoom had no other choice than to see what Venom had done…

…

…

And the henchmen were left breathless by what they saw him do.

Everyone… except for Zoom who chuckled evilly at the brother's findings, smirking behind his mask as an interesting opportunity revealed itself. One that would lead to the mutual destruction of two nuisances.

Grabbing hold of the tablet with one claw, uncaringly pulling it with a yank from the vibing metahuman's hands. He growled at his subordinates, forcing them to step away from him.

WHOOSH

Within the next passing moment, he sped away like a bullet launched at its highest velocity.

Killer Frost formed a gaped mouth, unable to find any words to describe her current feelings and thoughts. Does Seth even know what he just did? What he did… was nothing short of a declaration of war against a metahuman who might be on par with Zoom himself.

Knowing the thoughts in her mind, as they are the same in hers, Black Siren addresses Killer Frost. "Whatever's happening next… happens because of him." She admitted honestly, those words were hard to utter. The opponent now… is different than Zoom.

"I…" Killer Frost's words failed her and got stuck halfway through her mouth. "What is he thinking? Does he even know who he just pissed off?"

"Yeah, he does." Black Siren seemed sure of her words. "Otherwise he wouldn't do something this stupid."

Those words didn't ease the frosty metahuman's mind. For the first time since meeting Seth Fury, Killer Frost began to fear for his life.

X

(West-Allen Household, Porch)

The evil metahuman group under Zoom's rule wasn't the only ones to see what Seth have done and were also riddled with chaotic worry and concern, and meteoric confusion that fell down on them with destructive force.

Iris and Barry quickly took a trip to the local hospital and had brought the girls with them as well Mera. All six of them learnt of what had happened at the Viking Motel and the detective obliged to the mutant's instructions, sending out an array of ambulances and police cars and other forms of transport to the place.

Being the disciple of the assigned detective on the case, Iris oversaw the entire operation and had all the girls driven to Central City General Hospital. All of them only had mild bruises on them. A few of them also had residual traces of drugs in their systems, but nothing harmful at the current moment.

She was relieved that Seth had saved many girls from one base. It was the true marks of a protector.

But her relief took a sour turn down south, right down to Hell because of the news that instantly hit the news channels back at the hospital. She wasn't the only one there. Ruby, Evelyn and Jesse were all at the hospital and watched the same news with their Atlantean bodyguard.

All of them were confused, whether it was a good thing or bad thing that Seth just did.

They were outside the house, right on the porch itself but hesitated to go inside.

Barry took off his glasses, his confusion's like a second layer of skin on his face. "Why did he do it?" He looked to Mera. "Did your friend entice him to do this?"

Mera shook her head, already knowing what the plan was. "No, this wasn't part of Eye Sight's plan, not even close to do it. Viking Motel was part of the plan, but only that one for now."

"So what Seth's been doing now, was his own idea." Ruby stated.

"Yeah." Evelyn clenched her shaking hands. "What does this mean?"

"He's gonna fight a one-man war." Jesse stated surely.

"I can't believe he would do this." Iris ran a hand through her hair, shocked and frustrated and scared of his decision to actually have done this, especially alone. "He knows what this means, right?"

"He does." Mera said and rubbed the detective's back.

"I hope so." Iris was still shocked by this and walked to the door. She reached for the handle and wrapped her fingers around the knob. Whilst she reached her door keys, she twisted the knob. To her surprise, she registered that the front door was open.

But she had closed it before.

Concernedly she took out firearm from its holster and held it up high. Her action got the others' attention, and they knew what this meant. Ruby clenched her hands, readying a fighting stance when meeting the thief. Jesse mimicked the assassin's stance with a boxer stance. Evelyn's marks formed and her entire body shined with a mix of her light and darkness.

Barry walked closer to the door, standing on the other side of his wife. "I open, you look inside."

"I will." Iris nodded and had both hands around her gun. In the corner of her eye, she saw Mera hold her trident out with both hands. Nodding her confirmation to her husband, he reached for the door handle.

Like his wife did, he wrapped his fingers around it and then pushed the door open.

In a flash, Iris shot through the threshold and into her home. Her hands swinging out the gun and pointing them into the living room and Mera jumped in quickly, her trident pointing in the same direction. Barry followed his wife and the girls followed him.

All prepared to fight… but… then registered who was standing there in the middle of the room with a glass of scotch in his hand.

"Seriously, is it a new trend to just point weapons at me tonight?" Seth stated hollowly to the group of natives that looked at him with wide eyes. He sipped on his drink before the questions rapidly came flying.

"Seth, the hell?!" Iris shouted.

"Why did you do that?!" Mera shouted, slamming her trident into the ground, the pongs of it embedded into the ground.

"Why would you even think of doing that, you imbecile?!" Barry fired off after, shocking the mutant as it was the first time the scientist had ever insulted him.

"What were you thinking?!" Jesse stated her question.

"Are you completely insane?!" Ruby shouted, mentally happy that he was safe.

"You're absolutely crazy to do that, Seth!" Unlike the others, Evelyn let out a statement rather than a question.

Seth turned his eyes to them after having finished the rest of his drink. Putting the glass on the table, he said. "I did what I had to do."

Iris rushed to stand before him. "What are you talking about?! Seth, you know what you did?" The mutant turned his passive eyes to her. "Tell me you know what you did!" She couldn't stop herself and grabbed hold of his collar, pulling him from the chair. "Why did you do it?!" The detective then announced what they all knew.

"Why did you destroy all of Blackfire's motels like that and why did you write that on the ground?!"

"Seth, we know you wanted to save all the girls at all the hotels, but what you did was crazy!" Mera then rushed to the detective's side. "You… You didn't follow the plan!"

Seth's eyes grew colder and colder. "Had you two seen what I found… I don't regret anything I have done. Innocent lives were freed, I don't regret it." He gently pushed Iris's hands from his collar and said. "There's another name you guys don't know me by."

"Oh, and what's that?" Iris asked, still frustrated by his actions. They were good, but what he wrote on the ground… it would spell only disaster.

Ruby widened her eyes realization. "Lethal Protector…"

"And that's why I did what I did."

X

(Keystone City)

The pillows were thrown away and onto the floor. The sound of them hitting the flooring drowned in the sounds of the blaring music. Even the comforters were thrown off the bed as the three people enjoyed themselves. Covers were tussling and moans escaped the mouths of the two endowed women and the singular man in the bed. The entire bed shook as they intensified their actions. The vibrations affecting the bedside table, shaking the seven big wads of cash on it. Bottles of various expensive drinks scattered around the floor and shelves, liquid dripping down on the floor.

Their clothes, long since, made their home on the rug.

A man with combed dirty blonde hair trailed his lips down the neck of the long-haired blonde woman beside him, placing kisses along her clear flawless skin. He smirked when feeling the brunette on the other side kissing his neck.

Turning his head around, placing his dark-green eyes on her, he grasped the brunette's neck with a vice-like grip. Pulling her to him, he smashed his lips on top of hers and initiated a make-out session with her. Their tongues quickly fighting for supremacy in the constructed arena of their mouths.

Wrapping one arm around her waist, the man twisted himself around and placed the brunette on top of him. With the brunette on top of him, sitting right on top of his groin area, the man behind many notorious actions had clear and unobstructed view of her and her colleague's flawless bodies.

Shifting his eyes between the two, he smirked and announced to the brunette in mock care. "Your pretty friend shouldn't be alone, should she? Give her some love, would ya?"

Giggling teasingly, the brunette gave a nod before cupping her blonde friend's hollow cheeks. Knowing fully well what her colleague's plan is, the blonde let herself be pulled into her embrace. They shared a sloppy kiss, their tongues visibly fighting as their mouths remained open.

The man watched with delight and found it enticing that the women needed very little instructions as they instantly began to run their hands over each other's fine bodies. Reaching over to both women with both hands, he placed a hand on both women's rears. He squeezed their shapely bottoms at the same time, both moaning into each other's mouths.

His hands travelling up their backs, making their curvaceous bodies shiver and shiver with anticipation. They came to stop at the women's upper backs. With a smirk and a fair amount of pressure, he gently pushed the women closer to each other, their bodies colliding and pushing against each other.

The man twisted his lower half, reminding the brunette of his friend downstairs. His thrust got the woman to dislodge from her colleague and let out a gasp of shock. She gasped again as her blonde colleague turned her attention to the brunette's chest.

Licking his lips, the man contemplated paying more money. This show alone was worth all seven thousand he just paid.

WHOOSH

But alas, the sparking flash of blue lightning put an end to their shenanigans.

The women screamed and fell out of the bed at the sight of Zoom. They managed to pull the covers off to cover their nude bodies before the fall.

The man whoever didn't scream, he merely sighed as though the worst kind of nuisance arrived at his doorstep. Perking up till a sitting, Eric Frye formed a smirk. "Normally, I would be the one to meet you, Zoom. Not the other way around."

"Still interested in small things, huh?" Zoom growled.

"Take a look." Blackfire gestured to the scared women sitting on the floor. "What's not to be interested in?" he rhetorically said with a smirk. "Don't tell me you want Mirror Master back?"

"He's dead." The pitch-black speedster informed.

With a chuckle, Eric said. "Guess he wasn't worth the money then. Since he's supposed to kill anyone who interferes with one of my hotels." Sighing, he inquired of his rival. "Now, why are you here? Want me to introduce you to some fine ladies? Everyone needs to blow off some steam."

"No…" Zoom raised his right hand, holding up a tablet. "I have news for you. About your operation." The speedster threw the tablet to the bed.

"What? Did the cops take out one of my hotels?" Blackfire didn't look at the tablet and laughed.

"Not the cops." Zoom shocked him with his words. "And not one of them." This got Eric's attention and he took the tablet in his hand and pressed the screen, turning it on. "One person took out… all of your hotels this night"

"Who?" Blackfire read what was on the screen and got angry, veins popping all over his face while a dark aura emitted from his body.

"Venom." Zoom revealed.

Getting up from the bed, Eric threw the tablet to the bed. The light from the screen clear as day… and the words in the footage obvious for anyone to understand… as they were written in flames…and on the grounds of one of his hotels.

"YOU'RE NEXT, BLACKFIRE"

Blackfire growled and smoke came out of his hands. "This… Venom? Heard of him… the so-called… Demon King. This guy… just took out my entire income, huh?" His dark-green eyes locked with his rival's black ones. "Gonna have to pay another visit to Central City, then."

"Fine…" Zoom said as though he was reluctant about it. But inwardly, this was what he aimed for.

He quickly put on his pants and his coat and sighed. "It's a shame…" Eric Frye faced the girls, his left hand raised up. "…but I'm gonna have to get a refund, ladies. I have a challenger back in Central City I have to face."

Flexing his hand… an abyssal… black… flame erupted around his digits…

Clenching his hand, the flames of darkness wrapped around his hand. Swiping it towards the girls who began to cry… he projected a blast of flames at them…

Neither of them managed to scream… as they were engulfed in ominous flames.

Blackfire smiled. "Love that color…"

To be continued…

And that's the first part of the two-part story of Seth's Earth-2 adventures, folks.

The mutant elemental saved the girls from the Viking Motel thanks to the aid of Girder and Shakedown. Btw, the motel is not from Arrowverse storylines, not from any of the TV shows. It comes from the incredible Marvel TV show, done by Freeform, Marvel's Cloak and Dagger. This show was the inspiration behind this chapter and the one to follow.

History repeats itself for the mutant. Like he protected and took down East Street Skulls' operation on Earth-1, he saved the innocents from Blackfire's hellish operations. He had to ask of Eye Sight's help in this battle, but for the innocents it was worth it. But he found something in a trash container, something that turned his rage into something that not even an inferno could compare itself to.

That inferno forced him to take a risky and drastic action, he charged for the remaining hotels and motels under Blackfire's control. Destroying the motels, capturing the Janes and Johns of everyone there, serving Venom snacks in forms of guards and get the girls out of harm's way.

The Lethal Protector took on an even more drastic and dangerous as he publicly challenged Blackfire to a fight.

Zoom saw this and smirked and brought this to the attention of the man who brags about being his one true rival, interrupting the mastermind behind Central City's sex trafficking operation from thoroughly enjoying himself in the company of lovely escorts.

With the destruction of his income sources, Blackfire brought down his black flames on the two escorts out of rage and watched them burn in agony…

As he sets his sights on the elemental in Central City.

So stay tuned and until next time peeps.