New Justice and Karry Prime: Crisis of the League
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As Time Goes By
"I can't believe we got the entire Sanctuary decorated and didn't do our house yet," Rae commented as she and Kara took out boxes of Christmas decorations; Kara having the lights out.
"This will take all day," Kara stated as she started untangling the lights.
"Sweetie… where have you been?" Rae laughed and Kara raised an eyebrow before Rae ran off. Kara blinked as Clarky gave a bark out and in mere seconds the house was decorated. Lighting was all over the house and the tree was up and ready. "All we need is to decorate the tree. The fun part."
"That is helpful," Kara chuckled. The box she has been looking through was now empty as they moved to the decoration box. Kara started looking around.
"What are you looking for?" Rae asked.
"The Speed Force portal," Kara said and Rae raised an eyebrow.
"She's not going to interrupt," Rae said with a laugh.
"I just thought…" Kara remarked, but was cut off as Chris entered the room.
"You know," Chris spoke, "why don't we have a pool?" The two women turned to look at the boy, confused. "We could easily fit one here."
"We have tanks, go swim in them," Kara remarked, speaking of the tanks that housed the marine life.
"My grandparents have a pool," Rae said. "I am sure they will welcome you there anytime. Or there's a creek outside town, you could swim in there. Now, help us decorate the tree, would you?" Rae tossed a Christmas ball at Chris who laughed as he caught it. "You seem distracted?" Rae noticed Kara didn't seem that into the decorating and had been on a short fuse today.
"There are Daxamites heading for us and Quex still somewhere," Kara sighed. "Christmas just seems…"
"Complicated," Chris filled in for his adopted mother.
"Well, can't let the enemies ruin the fun," Rae said, kissing Kara's cheek and smiling to Chris. "Trust me on that."
"Says the girl who hates her birthday," Chris pointed out as he continued putting decorations on the tree.
"That's different," Rae said, raising a finger to him. "Besides, I've been rethinking that for this year." Rae took out and ornament that had the House of El symbol it and held it up to Kara. "Put it in a place of honor."
Kara smiled as she took the ornament and went and put it in the center of the tree. She seemed to contemplate it for a long moment before she spoke. "It's just hard to believe, still…"
"Believe what?" Rae asked as she looked through the ornaments. It seemed that over the years Kara had collected a lot of Justice League ornaments. She had found the Flash symbol and went to put it next to the House of El symbol.
"That that man, that evil man, is biologically my grandfather's son," Kara stated.
"Oh, we're still on this," Rae said, having thought discussions about the Kryptonian and Daxamites were over.
"Yes, we are," Kara turned to frown at her wife for that remark.
-New Justice-
On Prime Earth, Seg and Nyssa were in their townhouse. Seg was sitting on the couch reading as Nyssa came in.
"What's that?" Nyssa asked, frowning at the papers in his hands.
"It's called a newspaper," Seg explained, closing the paper to turn in his seat to look at his wife. "It's fascinating. It's dedicated to daily news that the world needs to know. This one is from CatCo., Kara's old boss' place, but I also got one from the Daily Planet and the Metropolis Times."
"How quaint," Nyssa chuckled, moving over to sit next to her husband. "Oh, look at this," she stated, pointing to the front cover of CatCo's newspaper.
"Oh yes, Raymond Palmer is getting married," Seg stated cheerfully, looking at the photo on the cover and the caption that headed it. "Palmer Tech tycoon to marry sweetheart," Seg quoted.
"It's been long enough," Nyssa chuckled. "He and Caitlin already have a child together."
"A shapeshifting child," Seg pointed out. "Those darn Dominators and their meta bomb."
"At least Caitlin and Ray are used to powers," Nyssa stated thoughtfully.
"I'm just glad it's not like my barmy brother," Seg sighed. "Bonding for a second time after an eight-year affair."
"Oh, that was different though," Nyssa dismissed. "Besides, it's not an affair, Roc-El and Mage were just dating."
"But to re-bond? I mean really?" Seg sighed as Nyssa chuckled, leaning in to kiss her husband.
"You old timer, you," she stated, getting up, just as the doorbell rang.
"Oh blast, now who could that be?" Seg sighed, looking over to the door that led back to the entrance hall.
"Well, we'll never know if we don't answer the door," Nyssa stated, moving out to the entrance hall. "It's not like we have Kara's powers here… Oh, hello," she opened the door to see some familiar faces.
"Hello grandma," Kara Allen grinned at her grandma as Nyssa brought the girl into a hug, before moving on to hug both Barry and Colin, then bending down to kiss Skylar in Barry's arm and to pet both Polly and Powie. "What do we owe the pleasure?" Nyssa now asked, stepping aside to allow the group into the house.
"Well, we just wanted to see how you were settling in," Kara stated.
"And we brought Christmas decorations," Colin added, indicating the bags all three were holding.
"Crwis-mas!" Skylar stated, excitedly
"What-mas decorations?" Seg was the one to speak, appearing at the door now to smile at the family.
"Christmas," Barry stated. "It's a mass celebration. You decorate your house, you give out gifts, have dinner…"
"It's a bit like Thanksgiving, only more decorations and presents," Colin smirked.
"Presents!" Skylar added from Barry's arms, the man chuckling to kiss his daughter.
"You Earth people do like your winter holidays," Nyssa giggled as they moved back into the family room.
"Oh, you got the CatCo newspaper," Kara noticed the paper on the coffee table.
"And the Daily Planet, and the Metropolis Times…" Barry added, seeing the others and he put Skylar down; she instantly going over to Polly who was wagging her tail happily.
"I was just catching up on the local news and gossip," Seg dismissed.
"Including Raymond's engagement," Nyssa added, nodding to the CatCo paper.
"Ah yeah, Cat wanted that as headline news, apparently," Kara stated. "Ivy's been having some late nights with Ms. Grant, so I can sympathise."
"Oh, how is your little sister?" Nyssa asked, looking to Barry now, knowing Ivy was his younger half-sister.
"Eh, not bad. She got tired of living in the guest house, so she has one of the attic rooms at the beach house now," Barry stated, raising an eyebrow at his daughter who had managed to get onto Polly's back so she could ride around on the dog's back. Polly seemed to enjoy being a horse for the child, although Powie was keeping a close eye on the girls.
"Very good," Nyssa smiled. "You like to take in people, what with Colin here too."
"Well, Colin is Kal's clone," Kara dismissed as the boy raised an eyebrow.
"Back to this Christmas thing," Seg spoke up, eyes turning to him. "Why?"
"Why what?" Kara asked.
"Just… why?" Seg asked.
"Oh, it's a bit of fun," Nyssa dismissed. "Thinksgiving was nice, after all."
"Thanksgiving," Barry spoke up, correcting his grandmother-in-law.
"Yes, that," Nyssa waved him off.
"I think that's the seal of approval we needed," Kara laughed, nodding to Barry who suddenly vanished in a flash of speed, the three bags they had brought with them disappearing as, in seconds, the house was decorated – with fairy lights over the doorways, garland going up the stairs, and Barry had also acquired a six-foot fake Christmas tree, which was instantly decorated, save for the tree topper.
"I never get used to that," Seg breathed as he took a seat, Skye clapping at her dad's speed. Barry stopped before Kara and Nyssa now, holding the final ornament: the tree topper in the shape of the House of El symbol.
"Ah, that is nice," Nyssa commented on decoration.
"We commissioned them last year," Barry explained. "There was a big market in superhero logos, and since we own the rights to those in the JSA, we agreed." Barry paused as he suddenly started looking around.
"Did you forget something?" Nyssa asked.
"No, I was looking for the Speed Force portal. She always seems to interrupt these things," Barry said.
"She didn't interrupt Thanksgivings," Nyssa pointed out.
"Because Rae asked her not to and Rae is her favorite," Barry countered.
"I don't think you've got a Speed Force mission this time," Kara pointed out to her husband who shrugged, although remained wary. "Grandpa, want to put it on the tree?" Kara changed the topic back to Christmas as she turned to Seg, who smiled politely.
"I don't get all this," Seg waved it off.
"Oh, come on, Seg, it's nice. It's Earth custom," Nyssa pointed out.
"Well, the tree topper is nice," Seg commented, looking over it. "Why don't you put it on, Kara? You can fly, after all."
"I thought you had powers here?" Colin spoke up, confused by this statement.
"We never told you," Barry spoke at this as Kara lifted off to put the ornament on top of the tree, "because of their age and life-long exposure to the red sun of Krypton, your grandparents don't get the added benefits of being superheroes."
"But your yellow sun has done wonders for our age," Nyssa spoke up.
"Indeed. I don't creak so much these days," Seg chuckled.
"Well, that's something," Colin stated, now moving to the back doors to look out at the garden, "You know, you could get a small pool out there…"
"Colin, it's December," Kara pointed out with a groan, landing back on the floor as Polly and Skye followed Colin to the back door, the girl hugging onto the dog, still on Polly's back.
"And our swimming days are over," Nyssa dismissed.
"Besides, bits of me that used to ripple tend to wobble these days," Seg joked, to a chuckle from all.
"Speak for yourself, dear," Nyssa remarked, giving her husband a sly grin regardless.
"Maybe in the summer…" Colin mused.
"We have a pool back home, Col," Kara sighed.
"Not to mention a whole ocean on our doorstep," Barry added in, Colin giving a reluctant sigh at this.
"So, this Christmas," Nyssa spoke, bringing the conversation back on track yet again. "What exactly do we do for it?"
"You do nothing," Barry pointed out. "On Christmas Day – December 25th – you come to ours and we host a big party, like Thanksgiving. I'm making lasagne as well as turkey for the big day."
"But you cooked for Thanksgiving," Nyssa complained.
"Nyssa's one hell of a good cook," Seg added for his wife.
"We've got everything ordered," Kara dismissed her grandparents and noticed the disappointed look from Nyssa. "You can do New Years' if you want? We celebrate the coming of a new year," that seemed to cheer up her grandmother.
"Rao's Day," Nyssa grinned. "I can think up a menu for that. See if some family can come."
"How have you got everything ordered?" Seg, however, asked Barry curiously.
"They have Christmas being delivered in a big truck tomorrow," Colin laughed. "Massive tree, new ornaments, food… the whole shebang."
"Well, we have the money for it now," Barry dismissed. "What with owning STAR's shares in Palmer Tech, the Meta Animal Sanctuary, the logo rights… and more to come in when Monday's Daily Planet comes out."
"Oh? More news?" Seg asked, intrigued as he waved off the money side of things.
"Mars. It'll be open for business in January," Barry smirked. "Thanks to the atmospheric shell provided by Krypton two years ago the planet is habitable. We're sorting out scientists to go there and volunteers for Earth's first ever colony world."
"That is exciting," Nyssa smiled. "I'm extremely glad Krypton could help with that. It's a shame we never got Mars, but Ceres is doing wonders already."
"What do the Kryptonians call it?" Colin asked, knowing that it was only informally Ceres now for Earth continuity.
"Cerise Ten," Seg explained for his grandson.
"Why Ten?" Barry frowned at this.
"Tenth Colony world," Nyssa stated. "We're not very creative when it comes to new names."
"Well, Cerise is close enough to Ceres it hardly matters," Kara shrugged. "Besides, you are good at naming cities," Kara smirked at this, nodding to her grandpa.
"The City of Val-El," Seg couldn't help but grin at this. "Named after my own late grandfather," Seg added as Nyssa moved to put a hand on his shoulder. It was the highest Kryptonian honor to have a city named after you.
"The population is growing every day," Nyssa added. "Jor-El keeps us informed. Our Kara's daughter, Astra Da-Ver, is planning a move there soon."
"Wow, go Az," Kara chuckled at this.
"Along with Alura, of course. Our Kara wouldn't have agreed otherwise," Nyssa chuckled.
"Speaking of family, how is Uncle Jor doing?" Colin asked now, genuinely curious as he took a seat once more, Polly coming to his heel with Skye still on her back.
"Oh, not bad. Still trying to talk Quex down on his latest endeavour," Seg sighed at this.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about him," Kara spoke up as she picked up her daughter, who complained about 'polly-back rides' being over.
"I wish we could," Nyssa sighed at this.
"Now, now, Nyssa, he's part of the family," Seg pointed out.
"And been on the fringe of Fort Rozz imprisonment his whole life," Nyssa countered. "If it wasn't for Alura and now our Kara…"
"I didn't want to start an argument!" Kara interrupted, a little upset her grandparents seemed to be in a debate over Seg's eldest son.
"Argument?" Seg questioned, genuinely curious by this.
"We're just talking," Nyssa dismissed. "We have this debate at least once a week over Quex."
"Who exactly was his mother?" Barry spoke up now; he had been curious about this since Thanksgiving but didn't want to pry until now. "You said Lyta before, but what House was she in?"
"Zod," Seg sighed at this as both Barry and Kara paused. "She was Lyta-Zod."
"A Zod?" Kara asked, seeming concerned now.
"Yes," Seg confirmed. "Her House died with her though. She had no siblings and her parents had died a year before her. Tragic really."
"So, he's Quex-Zod…?" Kara muttered.
"No, he's Quex-El," Nyssa spoke up. "Quex may be the last biological Zod, but he was raised by us, so House Zod is considered gone."
"What exactly is the problem with the House of Zod?" Seg, however asked, catching on to the Zod of it all – since Zod had been mentioned the pair had been acting strange.
"On a lot of worlds in the multiverse, the Zods have proved… troublesome," Kara explained. "The memories I got from my Alien Earth double prove that enough. General Dru-Zod tried to take over the planet and was stopped by Kal's counterpart who was Superman," Kara sighed.
"Dru-Zod?" Nyssa and Seg chorused, looking at each other.
"Never heard of him," Seg shrugged at this.
"Looks like he doesn't exist on this world," Barry told Kara, although still concerned.
"Should we be worried about Quex?" Colin spoke up, voicing what Kara and Barry were both thinking about.
"No, he means no harm," Seg replied. "He's an adventurer."
"Didn't he pull Gal into his shenanigans?" Colin countered, remembering this from their Thanksgiving gathering.
"He's always getting Gal into trouble. There's a bit of resentment there between Jor, Lara and Kal, in fact, due to Kal being a Green Lantern and not wanting to take over as patriarch of House El – Gal doesn't exactly want the job, but there's no one else now."
"Family drama," Seg dismissed. "One of the positives of moving here, to not have to deal with all that. We're too old and we've done our time."
"Quite right," Nyssa smirked at this.
"Now, about this gathering on Christmas Day," Seg added, moving the conversation firmly away from Krypton talk. "Do we need to bring anything?"
-New Justice-
On New Justice, Kara, Rae, and Chris were still decorating the tree – although at normal speed now.
"You know, parents being good doesn't mean anything towards the kid. Hell, look at my Barry against multiverse of Barrys," Rae voiced as she took the Wonder Woman ornament out of the box. She was creating a Justice League section of the tree she was pretty proud of.
"The Barry comparison is getting old," Kara moaned as she took the Batman ornament out and helped Rae with her Justice League section. "It's just… my grandfather was so righteous. Such a great a man. It's a shame as his older brother, Roc-El, died when they were kids. He was forced into the head of the House. A big responsibility, a hero to the people."
"You have mentioned this," Rae said as she took out another Justice League ornament. "This is for the Canaries. You really have the entire set here!"
"I did," Kara said with a nod. "I wonder what my grandfather would think about his elder son, though? The man who would be king. The man who tried to take over the House of El and use it against everything El stood for."
"You could ask him," Rae said as they continued hanging ornaments.
"Think Amelia would be willing to summon his ghost?" Kara asked, wondering if a call into Karry was needed. Talking to her grandfather was tempting.
"I am sure you could convince her," Rae said. "But I was talking about a world where the two are still alive."
"Krypton is dead everywhere except…" Kara paused and looked at Rae. "Prime. My grandfather is still alive on Prime?"
"And grandmother. They live on Earth now," Rae said, glad Kara as caught on to this as she saw the look Kara was giving her. "I'll send Barry a text." Rae went and grabbed her cell phone and laughed. "Adam sending everyone selfies of him and Nora. The pair are on Themyscira."
"Is he going to marry her?" Chris asked coming out of the kitchen with a thing of jam and crackers.
"Probably," Rae said as she went to go text Barry.
-New Justice-
On Prime, Barry heard his cell phone bing and looked to the message.
"Oh, it's Rae," Barry smiled. "She just told her Kara that Seg and Nyssa are alive here."
"Oh, that's sweet," Nyssa said with a smile. "Our family is getting bigger."
"It was big enough before," Seg chuckled, not unkindly.
"What's she saying?" Kara asked, looking over Barry's shoulder now.
"She's wondering what Seg would think of your evil son, Quex," Barry muttered, making everyone look at him.
"How do they know Quex?" Seg asked.
"I'll… ask," Barry paused as he texted back; the whole room seemed to wait with bated breath as even Skye and the dogs remained quiet.
"Quex-Zod is leading an army of Kryptonians to try to enslave humanity and make Earth his New Krypton," Barry read off the phone and everyone was quiet for a moment.
"Clearly that version is not the same as my son," Seg said with a frown.
"Now it makes sense…" Barry muttered. "When we were taken by the Monitor, she mentioned an army of Kryptonians and then dismissed it. I never went back to question her."
"Quex may be a little questionable in his choices," Nyssa voiced. "But he would never do something like that."
"I'll tell Rae neither of you approve of their Quex," Barry nodded at this, before chuckling a moment later. "That pleased her Kara – she already rejected him to the House of El."
"Quite right too," Seg stated, folding his arms, and frowning now. "The shame that would bring to our House."
"Suddenly our Quex doesn't sound so bad," Nyssa voiced, Seg raising an eyebrow at his wife for this remark.
"I'll hold you on that next time we debate him," Seg chuckled.
-New Justice-
On Prime's Krypton, Kal-El's younger brother, Gal-El, entered the chamber, curious as to his summons.
"Ah, my favorite nephew!" The familiar form of Quex-El appeared from a side room as Gal rolled his eyes. "I'm glad you came! I can't do this without you. Well, I could, but you have higher rank than your own nephew, Ty-Ver…"
"Is this about the catacombs?" Gal asked, leaning against the wall, and folding his arms in exasperation. "Because mom and dad –"
"Forget about your parents," Quex dismissed. "You don't need them. And you're here with me. I'm good."
"We'll see," Gal muttered. "What is all this?" He waved to the pile of books on the desk, the drawn images scattered the floor.
"Research," Quex smirked. "Last time we went into the catacombs was out of naivety, this time I want to make sure we know everything."
"Everything like…?" Gal asked, frowning now as he picked up one of the books. "Wait, this comes from the Monastery, the Daughters of Night! You shouldn't have this."
"Oh, those old witches won't miss a few books," Quex dismissed. "They have too many if you ask me."
"What are you getting yourself into now?" Gal sighed, glancing at the other volumes.
"Mobius," Quex stated, taking the book from Gal's hands, and opening it to an earmarked page. The language written was in Old Kryptonese though, and Gal couldn't understand it as he looked up at his uncle. "The Trap," Quex continued. "Everything is moving as written."
"You have completely lost me, Uncle," Gal shook his head.
"Urgh, fine," Quex stated, throwing the book down. "Well, you know I spent some time with the Daughters of Night?"
"Yes," Quex stated, "much to everyone in the family's amusement. A Son of Night they called you."
"Well, they spoke of an ancient treasure buried in the depths of Krypton itself," Quex dismissed Gal's remark as he pointed to one of his crudely drawn images. "Well, that's what I thought it was, what I dragged you into last time. But, after the drama of last month, I snuck back into the monastery to grab some books and I realized how mistaken I was."
"Yeah, we shouldn't have gone down there to begin with. The idea of gold beyond all account…" Gal sighed.
"It's not gold," Quex spoke. "It's… well, it's a god."
"What…?" Gal opened his mouth at this.
"The God, Mobius," Quex explained, opening the book again to a new page and reading: "'At the beginning there was nothing, and then there was good and evil. Evil prevailed and God was locked up'," Quex read as Gal frowned. Quex kept on translating, "'But God set in motion key events to his eventual freedom – the planet he was trapped in would find great hardship, it eventually exists alone in a void, but free. It will face war which will only be won when the Alliance is formed, and powers are unlocked…'"
"I'm confused?" Gal muttered.
"The planet is Krypton," Quex sighed, as if this were obvious. "'exists in a void but free' – we know all other Kryptons in the multiverse died somehow. We're alone when it comes to the multiverse."
"Oh," Gal didn't know what else to say to this.
"'It will face a war which will only be won when the Alliance is formed' – that's Young Kara and her Bonded. They came here to help with the Harvesters, they gave Kryptonians powers. See, 'powers are unlocked'," Quex explained.
"'The Alliance will prove Evil's downfall when God is freed by a Believer. Two members of the same tribe, loyal to one another'," Quex continued. "That's you and me, Gal. Two members of the same tribe, two from the House of El."
"If you say so," Gal dismissed. "Wait, is that why you mentioned Ty?" he was a little protective of his first-born cousin.
"I'm sure I could convince him…" Quex started.
"Quex, no. You leave him out of this," Gal stated, annoyed now as Quex raised an eyebrow at this. "Anyway, who exactly wrote this book? What is it?" Gal tried to keep cool at this.
"The Book of Mobius. It's old," Quex stated, eyeing his nephew now. "It was written by the ancestors of the Daughters of Night."
"And you believe it tells the truth?" Gal reasoned. "That a god is locked up within this planet and we're meant to release him or her?"
"Yes!" Quex stated, glad Gal was getting it.
"And what about this?" Gal sighed, pointing to the line Quex hadn't transcribed for him.
"Oh yeah." Quex grinned. "This is a bit harder to decipher, but a rough translation reads: 'The true believer will be witness to the God's release and all the God does after'."
"That's all very convenient," Gal pointed out.
"There's a whole sect of the Daughter of Night who believe in this. I choose to believe it. Time has passed long enough that Mobius needs to be released," Quex stated. "Besides, the events are all unfolding as foretold."
"But… This god is called Mobius," Gal stated. "It doesn't sound that godly to me. Not like Rao."
"Look, kid. I need your help. I know you're resilient, I know what the rest of the family think of me and my endeavours, but this is when I can prove them all wrong – when we can all prove them wrong." Quex stated, earnestly. "Please tell me you're in."
"I…" Gal bit his lip at this. He liked his uncle Quex; he had been Gal's favorite uncle growing up, but as Gal got older, he did see how strange his uncle could get. But he didn't want to let his uncle down, despite what the rest of the family thought of him, and he sure as hell wasn't letting Quex manipulate Ty-Ver into helping him. "Okay, I'm in," Gal decided.
"Yes!" Quex patted Gal on the back at this. "And hey, if there's no God down there, then at least we'll have some fun. Like old times."
"Just… no being arrested like last time," Gal mused. "I don't think Cousin Kara has much patience left for us."
"Well, just give your cousin the puppy-dog eyes and she goes gooey for you, Gal. Come on, I've got some more research to show you," Quex stated happily.
And with that, Quex pulled out some more books as Gal sat down, about to get a crash course on everything Quex had learned.
Note: And there you have it. A little different to normal but fun regardless. Everything really is in motion.
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