New Justice: Crisis of the League
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For the Girl Who Has Everything
Kara listened as Rae and Chris laughed in the kitchen, the two bonding over their shared interest in food – especially lately with Chris' food blog and Rae's cooking.
"I know this summer we'll have Leona," Chris was saying, "but I was wondering if before I head to college, we could hit some places in Europe together?"
"Are we not the Flash and Superboy?" Rae countered back to that.
"Good point," Chris said with a smile.
"Mind running these over to the Grants?" Rae said, piling the containers of food she had prepared. She could sense Kara needed to chat.
"Sure thing," Chris said, taking the containers and running out fast.
Rae turned to Kara as she took one of the rolls she had made.
"So?" Rae asked as she ate the roll, waiting for Kara to let out what was on her mind. Rae had sensed it for a while; Kara's mind turning as she worked.
"Quex," Kara said. "He's been way too quiet since I told him off. I expected all hell breaking loose after that."
"All hell breaking loose would have been easy," Rae pointed out, taking a glass full of soda, and drinking from it. "Cause when it comes down to it," Rae continued after she swallowed, "we work good when the threat is right in front of us – when we have something that we can run at or hit at. When things go quiet though, the villains are planning, and we can only react to what they have planned."
"Well, I'm starting to think maybe I reacted too impulsively. Maybe I should have let him think I was falling for it to keep an eye on him," Kara mused. "But let the animals know he is not to be trusted."
"Kara, don't," Rae sighed. "Don't start doubting yourself. You made a choice. Now you have to go with the choice made. Don't start rethinking. You made your move. Let Quex make his."
"Sounds like we're playing a game of chess," Kara raised an eyebrow.
"Because we are," Rae said with a nod, grabbing another roll off the table.
"At least the Daxamites are not here yet and we have defenses on high for that," Kara said.
"About that…" but before Rae could finish a blue portal opened. "…would be my cue," Rae changed tact, grabbing a couple more rolls as Clarky jumped into the portal. Rae summoned her outfit and put her helmet on as she entered the portal.
"Always great timing," Kara groaned, rolling her eyes as she went to take some of the food Rae didn't give to the Grants. That was when she heard barking.
"What is going on?" Kara got up and moved outside, to the side of the house where both Dragon and Krypto were barking intensely. "Boys what…?" Kara never finished the sentence as a giant parasite jumped onto her and she fell to the floor.
-New Justice-
Not knowing what had just happened to her wife, Rae grinned as she saw Prime Earth's Barry.
"For you," Rae said, tossing a roll at Barry who caught it. "Homemade."
"Thanks," Barry said, taking a bite. "Oh, these are nice!"
"Thanks," Rae smirked, turning to the Speed Force who she finally acknowledged. "I'd offer you one, but I don't think you eat…?" Rae said to Speed Force Nora.
"That would be correct," Speed Force Nora said. "Now, I have a job for you on a world you know…. Well, Prime Barry knows better. You call it Twin Earth," Barry cocked his head at that. "My Barry of that world…. is a bit of a reluctant hero. He helps when something big happens but overall he is more interested exploring the world with his wife."
"Yeah, what is up with him?" Barry asked, knowing of Twin Earth's Barry, and always curious as to why the man never really wanted to help out unless forced.
"He was too young," the Speed Force explained. "Damn that Eobard – he threw one of my own lightning bolts right at Barry that night. Well, it was either let Barry die or make him a speedster... I choose to make him a speedster but his mind, well, it couldn't take the power that young. It wiped his memories. A clean slate. That would have seemed nice but most Barrys are inspired to do good by their mother's death, as you do, Barry," she nodded to the Barry present. "Others do by what they learned when they were young. When Twin Barry woke with no connection to anything, he started experimenting with the powers. His dad wanted him to stop using them while his sister tried to get Barry to use them to solve their mother's murder. Barry rebelled against both of them and choose to do with his life as he wanted. The moment he could, he left and didn't come back."
The Speed Force paused at this while Rae and Prime Barry glanced to one another.
"It worked for the most part," the Speed Force continued, "as it got him to Kayla, and the two are a good team when they want to be, but for this Crisis I need an extra speedster, someone to take some of the heat and to take the fall if need be. I thought of making Barry's sister, Bailey, a speedster. You remember Gender Earth's version who the Monitor also took to give his wonderful warning," the Speed Force nodded to the two, who nodded back. "But your female alternate is not as good as you. The bigger problem is Eobard killed himself with that Accelerator explosion. With no revenge, I fear the only thing making Bailey a speedster would accomplish is more fights between her and Barry, which was a no-go. So, I made someone else a speedster. He is genetically alright, not as good as you two, but he will do for what he needs to do. He will need guidance and training."
"I guess that's where we come in," Barry said, as the portal opened for them.
"Indeed. And Barry, remember, not all alternates are the same," the Speed Force stated cryptically.
Barry gave a nod and frown, as he and Clarky ran through the portal first.
"And, Rae," the Speed Force said stopping Rae. "Should you be needed elsewhere, you should go. I can always send someone else to complete this if needed." Rae raised an eyebrow at this but shrugged and walked through the portal.
-New Justice-
Back on New Justice, Chris had found Kara on the floor with a large creature on her, the dogs running around her and barking at it. Chris had tried to pull the large thing off, but that had not worked. So, he did the only other logical thing: he picked her up and brought her to the Justice Hospital, having MIA contact the rest of the League.
"Well, whatever this is it's connected to her body's system and her brain," Caitlin said, having done some scans. "Pulling it off would send her into shock."
"Yeah, I tried that," Chris said. "I tried all the dumb stuff. I'm here for the smart people stuff. What is it?"
"Maybe I can magic it off?" Nora said, looking at Kara on the bed. She holding onto a ring on her finger. "The Amazonians have given me copies of their spell books and SuperEarth's Constantine, formerly Karry's Constantine, led me to John's stock here on this Earth. There might be something."
"Go," Sara said – she had been called in to take lead with Rae gone and Kara being unconscious.
"We know what this is," Adam called, running up with Winn, Jess, and Rafe.
"When did we get a fourth nerd?" Sara asked, giving some a chuckle as Caitlin put a hand on Rafe. "What is it?"
"Black Mercy," Adam explained. "It's an alien parasite. Diana fell to this once and Clark used the same device Jade and Jon used to get into Jessica's brain to get her out a few years ago. See, it's creating the perfect life for Kara in her mind while it slowly kills her."
"How did this get into the Sanctuary?" Chris asked, shocked by this.
"We have the answer there too." Jess said. "Well, took the answer from Dragon's mouth. There was blood there, Kryptonian blood. He must of bite the Kryptonian who brought it."
"Quex," multiple people said it together.
"The point is, Kara has to reject the perfect life," Jess added. "Someone needs to go into her mind and give her a jolt of reality."
"I will," Chris said.
"Might not be that easy," Adam responded. "See, from the Justice League reports, the only reason why Clark was able to get through to Diana was because Diana's perfect life took place on Themyscira. A male on Themyscira getting in without anyone noticing was enough and Clark reasonings was able to get through to Diana head. But I don't know if you would be enough, alone, Chris."
"Rae would be," Winn finished, making eyes go to him. "She's bonded to Kara. No one can deny that bond."
"Rae is not on this Earth and we don't know when she will come back," Chris groaned.
"So, we don't wait," Sara said. "Nerds; get Premo and Gypsy on the line. They are being drafted."
-New Justice-
On Twin Earth, Rae, Clarky, and Barry came out of the portal on a street.
"This time our outfits might be more an eyesore than a help," Barry said as they ducked into an alley, both ready to unsummon their outfits and Rae going to take the outfit off Clarky. Then, there was a flash of lightning. A speedster running pass them and into garbage cans, knocking them over and landing in a pile of garbage bags. "Well… that feels familiar."
"Trust the Speed Force's timing," Rae chuckled as she moved forward. "You okay?" Rae moved one of the garbage bags and Clarky another.
"Yeah," a voice said, and Barry paused at the voice as Rae held out a hand and helped the speedster up. Barry was stunned when he saw the face. "Who are you two?"
"We're speedsters, like you," Rae said, not noticing Barry seemed frozen in place.
"Like the Flash?" The man asked.
"Yes," Rae said. "But we're not from around here. We're from different Earths in the multiverse. See there is…"
"Parallel realities separated by different vibrations," the man filled in, and noticed the raised eyebrow. "I'm a scientist."
"Makes sense. Makes this easy. We were sent to help you," Rae said. "I'm Rae. This is Barry and that's my dog Clarky." Clarky gave a bark out.
"I'm…" the man started.
"Hunter," Barry said quietly, surprising this world's Hunter and Rae, who turned to look at him. "Hunter Zolomon." Barry ran forward and pinned Hunter against a wall, much to the man's surprise "I don't know what the Speed Force is thinking but I should…!" Barry started.
Barry sentence wasn't finished as he was pushed off Hunter with force, Rae now holding him back as she demanded, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"He's Zoom!" Barry said, pointing at Hunter, ignoring Rae's interruption. "The one who destroyed hundreds of worlds in the multiverse! The one who killed my father right before my eyes. I held him as he died. I trusted my Hunter and he betrayed me. You don't know what that's like."
Rae paused and looked to the left of her and then the right.
"You do remembered who you're talking to, right?" Rae asked as she looked around. "Because if we're going to do parallels here, remember my Earth's Barry? The Reverse Flash, killer of 28 people I loved dearly."
Barry took a breath.
"Sorry, I did forget," Barry said, with a nod, now glaring at the surprised Hunter "But that's different…"
"How exactly?" Rae asked.
"Your Barry was an anomaly," Barry said. "The one that was bad. The Speed Force showed me that when we first met. On most worlds we're heroes, but you know your Karry alternate? The Monitor might have led to her death, but it was him who did the deed." Barry pointed at Hunter again. The man unsure what was going on now.
"But he's not him. He can be the good guy here," Rae pointed out, just as a blue portal opened, turning everyone's attention to the source. "What now?" Rae mumbled as a familiar face came out. "Premo?"
"We need you Rae," New Justice's Frankie said. "The Justice League needs you."
"Kind of in the middle of something for the Speed Force," Rae said. "Kara's got the League –"
"Kara's out of commission," Frankie said, making Rae turn completely around to face him. "She needs you."
"Right. Barry, I'm going to have to go," Rae said, remembering the Speed Force's warning. "Don't kill Hunter. Clarky, stay here and make sure they play nice. He's our mission Barry, and remember what happened to Lantern Earth when we failed? He doesn't have to be his alternates."
"Go," Barry dismissed, not wanting to see a Kara in danger.
"Premo, take me to my wife," Rae said and Frankie opened a portal. Rae and Frankie moving through but Clarky following orders and staying with Barry.
Clarky giving a bark as Barry stepped towards Hunter, as if reminding Barry to play nice.
"What… what are you going to do?" Hunter asked, seeming afraid.
"I'm not going to hurt you. I was sent here to train you, so I'll train you," Barry sighed as Clarky gave Barry a small bark. "Yeah, I know Clarky, I'll play nice."
-New Justice-
Rae came out of the portal into the Justice Hospital, seeing Sara first and giving her third in command of the Justice League a nod that Sara knew meant Rae was in charge again. Rae moved to the door and saw her wife with a large creature on top of her, Chris nearby.
"Wild Fire, report?" Rae said, getting right into leadership mode.
"It's Black Mercy," Caitlin said.
"Sounds familiar," Rae said.
"Same thing used on Diana back in the day," Adam spoke up. "It's sent Kara into a fantasy world and we need to get you into her head to get her out."
"Get me into her head?" Rae asked. "We don't have a Full Kryptonian Bond…"
"But we do have a device that was used three years ago to get into Jessica's head," Adam added. "We never returned that device to the Fortress of Solitude after we used it on her. We have it here. You can go into Kara's mind and get her out."
"Who managed to put it onto her?" Rae asked, looking over Kara, but guessing the answer.
"Quex," the present League chorused as Rae groaned.
"How did Quex even get away? Krypto and Dragon are always on alert," Rae mused.
"Dogs got distracted by Black Mercy," Christ explained. "They were barking and growling at it but didn't want to use their powers for fear of harming Kara."
"Where are the dogs?" Rae asked, looking around for them.
"They let us take the blood from their teeth and then ran off," Winn said.
"With their mistress in danger," Rae muttered. "The only reason why they do that is because they are defending their home." The understanding went over everyone, that the dogs were back at the Sanctuary, protecting the place. "Sara, take Laurel, Nora, and any League members not necessary for this and search the Sanctuary. If there is one Kryptonian not the House of El inside I want him or her."
"Got it," Sara said, calling out for members to join them.
"Nerds and Wild Fire, you're the only ones I need to do this," Rae said.
"What about me?" Chris asked.
"If I remember correctly, two people can use this device to go into Kara's mind," Rae said, making a last-minute decision. "You're coming with me." Chris gave a small smile at this.
-New Justice-
On Twin Earth, Prime Barry had brought Hunter Zoloman to the wasteland, showing him the basics on how to run and stop – Hunter seemed not to get it and Barry couldn't blame him. He wasn't being a good teacher as he just couldn't get over the hate every time he saw the man. Barry wished Rae had stayed and he had left instead.
"Take a break," Barry called out, wondering what was going on with Rae as he pet Clarky, the dog whining a little at being absent from his mistress.
That was when a portal opened. Barry was hopeful that Rae had finished whatever she needed to do in record time and came back but was surprised when out of the portal came a Rachel Garrick – but it was not New Justice's Rachel Garrick.
This Rachel was dressed in armor with a helmet over her head and a sword on her hip. She took the helmet off to reveal the familiar face of Rae.
"Amazonian right?" Barry asked, frowning as he remembered this Rae from the Monitor warning.
"That would be me," Rachel said. "That Speed Force is very demanding."
"The Speed Force sent you?" Barry asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Apparently your partner in these missions had a family emergency," Rachel said and Barry almost chuckled at the wording. "I have been sent as a replacement. What are we doing?"
"Training him on how to use speed," Barry said, pointing at Hunter. The man was exhausted and laying on the floor.
"He does not look like much," Rachel said, sitting on the floor with Barry and giving Clarky a pet; the dog seemed to like having an alternate of his mistress as he put his head on her lap. "What has you so angry?" Barry raised an eyebrow. "I know how anger looks. I see it in the mirror when my Barry is around."
"I'd like the full story too," Hunter said, moving over and seeming bold to ask as well.
"Fine," Barry said. "I knew you once. Well, not you but…" he waved at Hunter at this, "he came from another world with the goal of stealing my speed. Before that though, he played some mind games with me and my team and only when he was discovered did he let his full colors show. He was pure evil. He took my speed, although I got it back, and then he killed my father in front of my eyes, then went ahead to try and destroy the multiverse. He was partially successful – I was only able to stop him by creating a time duplicate and even getting help from the Speed Force herself," Barry explained.
"Wow," Hunter paused. "But I'm not…"
"You, shut up," Rachel said.
"But…" Hunter said but stopped when Rachel pointed her sword at him. "I miss the other one. She seemed nicer."
"I get it," Rachel said, ignoring Hunter but surprising Barry. "On my Earth your mom and dad abandoned me. Threw me away as if I was not their blood. If it weren't for the Amazonians who knew what would happen to me, I would be very different. When I came back, all I wanted from them was something from my dad and biological mom. Something to remember them by, but your alternate tried to be family again. He wanted me to train him in speed and I just couldn't forgive the family. I know he had nothing to do with it but… well, forgiveness is not easy and not always necessary."
"So, your Barry is still running around untrained?" Barry frowned at this.
"I would not know how to train him anyway. I run and it works," Rachel said and Barry had to laugh at that. It was true of most. "But he got trained. He went to another world. Something with a K that was a weird name."
"Karry," Barry suggested.
"That's the one," Rachel said, snapping her fingers and pointing at Barry. "They found out his connection to the Speed Force was faulty or something and made a machine to help him. He's getting there now."
"Someone else trained him," Barry mused and then jumped up, surprising the group. "The Speed Force said he needs to be trained… she never said we needed to train him! There's someone else who can." Barry ran off, making Clarky turn his head and bark.
"Should we follow him?" Hunter asked.
"I think so," Rachel said, standing up and running; Clarky right behind her and Hunter deciding to try to keep up.
-New Justice-
On New Justice, Rae and Chris had gone under the machine that would allow them to connect to Kara. Now they had appeared in a room in an unusual looking house.
"Where are we?" Chris asked, glancing around.
"I recognize this place from a visit to Kryptonite Earth," Rae said – a while ago, the earth called Kryptonite had called them asking for Kryptonian DNA samples as their Argo city had survived and was making a New Krypton on Earth's moon. They were looking for Kryptonian animals to bring back from the dead, using DNA samples from New Justice to begin with. Kara had been curious, so she and Rae had hand delivered the samples and gone to see the city. When they got back to their Earth, they used their tech to see if Argo survived here as well, but they found no trace or sign of it.
"Well?" Chris asked, Rae having fallen into silence.
"It's the House of El's ancestral home," Rae stated.
"We're on Krypton?" Chris asked.
"We're in Kara's mind and who knows what her perfect world is," Rae dismissed, the two creeping nearby and looking into a sitting room. Rae put a hand on Chris to stop him from running in. She wanted some information; Kara was there and so was a version of her. There was Chris but there was also Clark. Lois was present as well with Jason and Ellen, along with Alura and Kara's dad Zor, but also one Rae knew as Astra. "Seems Kara's perfect world is having everyone."
"How?" Chris asked.
"Does a perfect world have to make sense?" Rae whispered, and Chris gave a nod to that. "Come on," the two stepped into a room and all the eyes turned to them. "Kara, it's time to come home," Rae spoke.
"Who are you?" Kara said, standing up.
"I'm your wife," Rae said.
"And I'm Chris," Chris said.
"My wife and Chris are right here," Kara said, pointing at the ones already here, as that Rae and Chris also stood.
"They are shapeshifters," it was Clark.
"They are here to confuse you," it was Lois. The Black Mercy was trying to keep its hold on Kara, trying to make her believe the fantasy with the truth in front of her eyes. It was the only chance it had to survive. To keep Kara here.
"They must be killed," the other Chris said, and it was in a split second the alternate attacked, and Chris took the fight, joined by Clark and the others. He was outnumbered and outmanned, but he was fighting well on his own.
"Kara," Rae said as Kara turned to the fighting. She paused seeming unsure and Rae concentrated on their bond. "Kara there is something between us you cannot deny. That the Black Mercy cannot block. And you know I speak the truth." Rae stepped forward. "So, listen to some truth. Astra is dead. Died long before Krypton blew up." The two had never shared memories before but Rae was inside Kara's mind. The bond seemed stronger and, on a wall, projected was the memory of Kara and Rae floating over Homebase as Kara told Rae the story. "You wear her bracelet every day," Rae projected Kara's own pain Rae had felt through the bond about her aunt's death back at her.
The Astra fighting Chris disappeared letting Chris get the upper hand. "Krypton blew up with your mom and dad on it. There's no trace of it anywhere in our universe. They are dead. This place is dead. It went up in a giant explosion. Krypton blowing up is like a constant of the multiverse on everywhere but Prime, and on our Earth only the Sanctuary is a reminder of it," Rae said, using the bond to give Kara her own sadness at her planet's loss.
As Kara felt it Alura and Zor disappeared and the place suddenly changed to the Sanctuary.
"Stop," Kara said.
"I can't Kara," Rae said. "You have to remember the pain. The real pain. Clark."
"No," Kara said tears in her eyes.
"Clark," Rae said, concentrating on a memory burnt into her mind no matter long she had spent in the Speed Force. Her memory appearing before them – the younger Rae crying over Clark as he died, begging him not to leave her alone. Her own pain of the loss and the pain she felt from Kara. "He died in my arms Kara. A very long time ago. He is gone."
The other Clark disappeared, leaving only the people who were alive in the real-world fighting Chris.
"She's trying to confuse you," the other Rae said. "I'm the real Rae."
"No, I'm the real Rae," Rae said. "And you know that." Rae sent her love through the bond as she took Kara's hand. "The Justice League needs you Kara. Earth needs you. I need you. Our daughter, Leona, needs you. Chris, our son, needs you." At that the other Chris got a hit in on the real Chris, turning both heads.
Kara ran fast before Chris could be hit again and got in front of him. Blocking the attack.
"Stay away from my son," Kara said throwing him back. "You're not real. This world is not real!"
-New Justice-
Back on Twin, Prime Barry had easily found the boat his alternate and Kayla lived on. He knew it well from the Hitchhiking Kayla, who liked to spend time on this boat too.
"A boat?" Rachel asked as she got on with Clarky, Hunter taking deep breath as he finally showed up.
"You know you need captain permission to come aboard," it was a voice from below and up the stairs came Kayla Allen. "Get under here before someone sees you."
The living area of the boat was a lot roomier than Barry expected – it was actually nice, and Barry noticed something he hadn't expected.
"Is that an artificial womb?" Barry asked, recognizing it from New Justice where Leona was being grown inside it. There was a baby almost ready to come out.
"Well, when we went to Karry we realized we wanted kids, but do you think I would really carry them?" Kayla pointed out.
"Wouldn't be very fun if she did," it was Twin Barry coming out of a room.
"Well, if she's anything like Kara, mood swings would be the worst," Prime Barry pointed out, remembering when his Kara had been pregnant with Skye – she'd spent a lot of time crying for no reason or shouting everyone down. It had been fun, or hell depending on if you weren't the person being shouted at. His Twin double chuckled at this.
"So, what's up for the multiverse?" Twin Barry asked, glancing at all three of them now.
"Might want to sit down. I got to tell you of the Crisis," Prime Barry started.
"You mean that thing where the multiverse is in danger, red skies and speedsters dying?" Twin Barry asked, surprising Prime Barry – and even Rachel.
"We get the Hitchhiking Kayla here a lot, she's done some stuff for Crisis," Kayla stated to a shrug.
"Oh," Prime Barry paused at this, wondering if he should ask that Kayla and Mutant Cisco what their part in preparing for Crisis had been. "Well, anyway, the Speed Force sent Rachel and me here for a mission to help out; our mission here was about training a new speedster. Hunter here. But I think it wasn't about us training him, but getting you to."
"Little Debbie is about to be born and Kayla and I have new jobs," Twin Barry pointed out. "To start once Debbie is 6 months old. We can't."
"What type of job gives you 6 months off?" Rachel spoke up at this.
"Leading museum tours and handyman was all well and good to make money but our hearts were in exploring," Kayla said. "Cat Grant thinks we would make a great nature and adventure blogger for CatCo Online. Good money. Good time. And we get to bring our daughter with us."
Prime Barry paused at this. "Becoming the Wild Thornberries aside, look at it this way: If you train Hunter here, he can take the small stuff so you two are not needed as much as heroes," Prime Barry reasoned, knowing being heroes wasn't that big a deal for them.
"Wild Thornberries?" Kayla frowned at Prime Barry at this.
"A cartoon," Twin Barry waved this aside, "but you know he makes a good point," Twin Barry voiced, turning to his wife. "I know you sometimes like being by Kara's side and I help when I can but training him would give us some leeway."
"And we got a lot of time before we start our adventures," Kayla said.
"Okay," Twin Barry said. "Hunter, I'll train you to run, fight, throw lightning, phase… name the Speed Force trick and I know it. Only rule is you do what I say when I say it."
"Deal," Hunter said, holding out a hand and Twin Barry took it. Clarky gave a happy bark as the blue portal opened.
"Please tell me we're not being joined by others from the multiverse?" Kayla asked.
"No. That would be for us," Prime Barry said, grabbing Rachel and pushing through as Clarky jumped in. Prime Barry gave a wave to the Twin speedsters and Kryptonian before jumping in.
-New Justice-
Prime Barry was surprised when the Speed Force appeared, looking like Kara instead of his mom, but he figured it had something to do with Amazonian Rachel being here instead of New Justice Rae. He knew Rachel didn't like her extended biological family.
"Good job you two," the Speed Force Kara said. "I knew Amazonian Rachel would spark the right answer in you."
"How is New Justice Rae and Kara?" Barry asked and Clark gave a low moan.
"I'll send you to New Justice if you want," Speed Force said, and Clarky gave a bark out.
"Yes," Barry agreed with the dog as a portal opened.
"I'd like to go home," Rachel said, holding up a hand. The Speed Force nodded at her as a second portal appeared for Rachel.
"Thanks for the help Rae," Barry said, before correcting himself, "Rachel," as he and Clarky took the portal to New Justice.
-New Justice-
On New Justice, Rae sat up on the bed.
"That took longer than we thought it would," Adam said, and Rae gave him an eye roll.
"Sara," Rae said, noticing she was back. "So?"
"We found two Kryptonians in the Sanctuary," Sara said, and Kara looked up. Chris had easily taken the Black Mercy off Kara now, throwing it into a corner before going to hug Kara, who kept an arm around him. "They were hiding out in one of the employee areas. One was mauled very badly by Krypto or Dragon. I mean who can tell those two apart? He died but the female is alive with minor injuries and an eye poked out."
"Where is she?" Rae asked.
"We gave her a little yellow sun to heal the injuries so she would not die and then put red sun light blocks on her. Brought her to Alcatraz ourselves," Sara said.
"Alcatraz? We don't send aliens to Alcatraz. How many times do I have to say that?" Rae groaned as a portal opened and Clarky jumped out and right to Rae, who put an arm around her dog as Barry came out.
"Well, where else can we…?" Sara asked in reply but was cut off by an alarm.
"Uh oh… alert from Alcatraz," Winn spoke up.
"Jax-Ur escaped," Jess said and eyes went to him. "That was the Kryptonian."
"Barry, you're with me," Rae said. "You too Clarky. Premo, you still here? Open up a portal to Alcatraz."
Frankie had been hanging around and opened a portal for them. Barry didn't question as he, Rae, and Clarky went through it.
-New Justice-
Appearing at Alcatraz, Rae was right into business.
"What happened?" Rae asked the warden – she had already put on her goggles and helmet, while Barry has summoned his outfit in transit.
"The power blockers malfunctioned," the warden explained, unfazed by two Flashes appearing. "Officer Thawne was with her when she escaped."
"Officer Thawne?" Rae asked, blinking as a man with blonde hair and scars came up to them.
"That's me," the man breathed.
"And… you're alive?" Barry asked.
"Only just," he chuckled at this. "But I have a way of getting out of tricky situations. Thaddeus Thawne at your service."
"Tell me exactly what happened?" Rae asked.
"I was going to put her in a cell and suddenly her powers were back. She broke the cuffs and flew off," Thaddeus said and Rae tilted her head. There was something about this man – he seemed familiar. She also thought he was holding something back. He wasn't telling the full truth but without proof she couldn't do anything but take his word.
"Well… thanks," Rae instead said and signaled for Barry to follow her as they left the prison.
"So, everything go okay on Twin?" Rae asked once they were out of the prison and looking over the island.
"Turns out I just needed to get Twin Barry to train Hunter," Barry explained. "It was kind of easy," Rae gave a smile at that. "If you need time to deal with whatever mess is going on here, I can take missions alone for a while. Or bring Amazonian Rachel with me – she was the inspiration I needed."
"No," Rae said shaking her head. "I'm in with the Speed Force missions. Besides, this isn't my test. Kara is the one who has to deal with this." Barry put an arm around Rae and Rae gave him a hug. "Until next time. Let's send you home."
-New Justice-
Kara was sitting in their living room when Rae got back. She had left soon after Rae had gone to to check out Alcatraz. Chris was with her, but Rae told him to go – the boy looked like he was about to argue but then nodded with the look Rae gave him and left.
"Seems things become a mess without me," Rae joked.
"I couldn't agree more," Kara said.
"Kara, I was joking," Rae said. "Things happen. I got stuck in the Speed Force, remember?"
"I need you back Rae. I can't do this without you," Kara muttered, and Rae could feel the self-doubt and sadness.
"Yes, you can," Rae said, sitting down and taking Kara's hand.
"Why, when you got your perfect world, you came out so happy and peaceful? I feel like I went through a blender," Kara said.
"It was different," Rae said, putting an arm around Kara. "The Speed Force was not trying to be cruel; she was trying to help me both mentally and physically. That thing just wanted to kill you. Besides, my perfect life was possible. Yours was, sadly, just a dream. You had to re-live all the pain in your life, but not in a good way. Cry. Hold me. Do what you need to and then use the pain Quex cause to kick his ass when he comes back. Come out of this with a fire in your heart."
Kara put her head on her wife's chest, letting Rae hold her as she cried.
"I did give one more order before giving control of the League back to you completely," Rae said after a while and Kara looked up. "An equipment malfunction can happen at any prison and with Kryptonians it can be deadly. We need a better prison made for them."
"You didn't…?" Kara said.
"I ordered the nerds to install MIA in Fort Rozz and claim the prison for Earth," Rae said. "Sent a statement about it to CatCo, the Daily Planet, and the world governments. The governments will supply the guards, Rafe will install portals for them to get to work. The prison will be considered Justice League, though."
"It's a good idea," Kara said with a nod, not being able to argue that they needed a better place for prisoners.
"And now I am going to go make waffles for dinner," Rae said with a smile.
"Really?" Kara asked.
"Would I ever lie about waffles and bacon?" Rae asked back taking Kara's hand and leading her to the kitchen.
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