Hey everyone. And we go on with Giant Beebo, and other changes in the timeline.
Chapter 26
"Is that... what I think it is?" Thor exclaimed stunned.
"Holy crap!" Peter exclaimed mortified.
"Is that a… a giant teddy bear talking?" Clint added, bewildered. "I miss the Multiverse already."
"How the hell did Beebo get here?" Sara exclaimed, confused and stunned.
"Isn't the more pressing question why is there a giant Beebo walking down the street?" Rene pointed out.
"Well, this wouldn't be the first time." said young Lance.
"Because it's common to see a city attacked by a giant teddy bear?" Clint said, completely bewildered.
"Uh…" said Sara with confusion. "It's a long story!"
"That's right." Barry replied. "Wally told us about the time you guys used those totems to turn yourselves into a giant Beebo to fight a time demon!"
"I guess it's not a long story." Sara admitted, nodding.
"Could that be what's happening here?" Supergirl wondered, dazed.
"Our universe really looks like the Twilight Zone?" Peter Parker continued with dismay.
"I think I'm gonna have a heart attack!" Clint resumed completely upset. "Demons who turn into evil stuffed animals?"
"Like in Demonic Toys?" Peter suggested, still stunned.
"Excuse me, could we focus on how to destroy this gigantic thing that invades this city?" Strange suggested, shocked by the appearance of the giant Beebo.
"Whatever this thing, we have to take care of it!" Thor declared.
Sara immediately contacted the Legends
"Ava, Nate, you there? I need a twenty on Behrad and his totem."
At the Waverider, Ava Sharpe came to answer her in anguish.
"Sara, are you okay? Ray called us to tell us you were on some special mission."
Beside was Nate Heywood who added:
"But he's a little flimsy with the deets, so what's the haps, Cap?"
Sara didn't know how to explain everything that had just happened during the Crisis, and the changes it had brought to their world. But the most urgent thing was to neutralize the giant Beebo.
"Yeah, we've been busy saving the Multiverse." she stammered.
"You got shanghaied into another crossover, didn't you?" Nate assumed.
Sara watched the other heroes interact with Strange and the two Avengers in the bunker, before confirming:
"Hmm, yeah, kind of."
"Whoa, whoa. Did they kidnap you?" Ava asked, raising an eyebrow.
"This is a classic crossover move. We tell 'em we're too busy, they commit a felony." Nate exclaimed.
"I'm sure it's still a problem with the Avengers!" Ava said, nodding her head.
"Guys, Beebo is rampaging through Star City." Sara said hastily. "Does Behrad have his totem?"
"Beebo?" Ava wondered. "That doesn't make any sense. You would need all six totems to make that happen, and Behrad's definitely still on the ship."
"All right, I gotta go." the young Lance replied, realizing that the presence of the giant Beebo wasn't linked to a totem.
"Wait, do you need help?" Nate offered.
"No, stay in DC. I don't want any more of my people getting roped into this mess."
"Well, here's the thing. One of us is kind of already there." Ava said.
"Who?"
Mick Rory alias Heatwave, also a member of Legends, was in a library for a book signing of his new erotic novel under the name Rebecca Silver. Women lined up to get a signature for her book.
"And who should I make this out to?" the ex-criminal asked, jovially.
"Doris," the woman in front of him replied cheerfully. "I'm such a huge fan, Rebecca. I mean, what should I call you?"
"Rebecca's fine." Mick replied, smiling and signing the first page of the copy of his book. «To Doris. Thanks for the passion, love…»
But a fierce growl echoed outside the bookstore. Mick looked up to see a crowd of people fleeing screaming in terror. And the ground began to shake, creating small earthquakes.
Frowning, Mick walked towards the entrance, and looked horrified when he saw a huge ball of bluish hair that could only be a giant Beebo. He had always hated this stuffed animal.
"Fur ball!" he cried, eyes wide in amazement.
Beebo continued to rampage through the streets, as Supergirl, Atom, Flash, Spider-Man and Thor stood in his way, trying to find a way to stop him.
"Oh, man, I can't believe Nate's gonna miss seeing Beebo." Ray scolded enthusiastically. "He's gonna be so jealous!"
"It's… really a giant stuffed animal?" cried Spider-Man in a shocked voice. "Come on, did we fight Thanos and the Anti-Monitor, and then go face off against a giant teddy bear?"
"What's the plan?" Flash asked, as shocked as the others.
Then, to the heroes' surprise, Atom took out his smartphone and took a picture of himself right in front of the giant stuffed animal.
"Smile, Beebo." he exclaimed ecstatically.
"Really, man?" Spider-Man continued.
"What? Are you…" Supergirl added in amazement.
"Oh, sorry, you guys don't wanna be in it?" Atom said as if nothing had happened. "Oh, bad timing!"
"Hey man, we have a giant teddy bear ravaging a city!" Spider-Man exclaimed. "We should focus on that!"
"Yeah sorry!" Ray stammered.
In Arrow's bunker, the other heroes were still shocked by the appearance of the stuffed monster that kept advancing through the city.
"Is this seriously happening right now?" Diggle exclaimed, dazed.
"It looks like," Strange replied, as amazed as everyone else.
"Well, maybe it's a good thing." Sara replied, nodding.
"Guess we could all use the distraction." Dinah added.
"Right, compartmentalize," agreed Dig. "Focus on the work, good idea."
"As a distraction, I think I would have preferred Godzilla or an army of aliens rather than a giant teddy bear!" Clint retorted, shocked by the appearance of the giant Beebo. (He turned to Sara and Team Arrow.) "Is that really the way it is in your universe, guys? Fighting teddy bear the size of the Statue of Liberty?"
"Sort of," Sara replied awkwardly.
"Oh God, this new universe sucks!"
As the heroes mulled over a way to defeat giant Beebo, a flying device came straight into Star City. Everyone recognized him as the Quinjet of the Avengers. He passed just over Beebo. Then two figures came flying straight over the city. War Machine and Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon who became the new Captain America.
Everyone looked stunned, before remembering that the Avengers were part of their new universe.
"I'm gonna need some time to get used to it," Supergirl said as she saw the two new heroes fly towards them.
"Seriously, a giant teddy bear in a city?" Sam cried, landing on the floor.
"This is new, even for Star City," War Machine said. (Addressing all the heroes.) "Thor. Supergirl. Flash. Atom. Spider-Man."
"Hi guys," Flash said still amazed by the heroes' presence in their new world.
"This is a mess, even for Star City," Sam said.
"Guys," Flash interjected anxiously, feeling tiny in front of the massive plush giant. "Guys, Beebo's still on the warpath. Any suggestions on how we take him down?"
At Arrow's bunker, as all the heroes gathered watched the screen monitors, Sara noticed a black vehicle parked very close to the heroes outside.
"Hey, what is that?"
"That's a utility truck. Why?" said Diggle.
"Are you guys ready to do a tag team trip up?" Sara announced.
"Yeah. What do you have in mind?" Flash said, confused.
"All right, Supergirl, Thor, Atom, War Machine and Wilson, keep him contained. Flash, use those cables to your left. Spider-Man, use your webs to slow it down."
"All right, got it!" said the five heroes, each having a role to play.
Spider-Man leapt up with his webs, and hovered around the giant Beebo, using his spider web to tie up his feet. Supergirl, Atom, Thor, War Machine, and Sam flew around Beebo's head, distracting him with their assets. The Girl of Steel attacked him with her heat vision, Thor used his hammer and ax to throw lightning at him, Atom attacked him with his repulsors, War Machine attacked him with the weapons of his Iron-Man armor, and Sam didn't stop shooting him with his guns.
"BEEBO WANTS CUDDLES!"growled the plush giant.
"Did this thing really just speak?" exclaimed the Falcon, flying around him.
"Focus, Sam," War Machine retorted.
Flash whirled around his feet at super speed, wearing out the cable of the work truck.
"Is this actually happening?" exclaimed Dinah. (Then she turned to Clint.) "Is it?"
"Hey, this is your city, guys! Not mine!" the Avengers' archer exclaimed, raising his arms innocently. "In my world, we have never fought against a giant teddy bear!"
"Is this what all the crossovers are like?" Rene asked.
"Yes and not exactly!" Sara nodded, smiling.
"Thank god, I'm fine," Clint replied, relieved.
"I don't think I'd ever see teddy bears the same way again," Strange retorted, dumbfounded at the sight of the teddy giant.
" I'm never letting my child watch that show again." Diggle said, crossing his arms with a grave expression.
"Fortunately my kids don't play with that!" Clint said, shocked.
Once the giant was tied up, Flash stretched the cable as long as he could.
"Done!"
"All right, now get him moving." Sara said.
It was then that Mick arrived on the battlefield, brandishing his gun straight at the giant creature.
"Die, fur ball!" he roared fiercely.
"Mick?" Sara asked, dumbfounded.
"That blue bastard ruined my book signing!" he growled angrily and fired at Beebo.
As Heatwave pulled at the giant plush, Supergirl, Atom, and Thor joined Flash on the ground. Spider-Man stretched his web as far as he could to slow Beebo.
"I would never see toys like this again for the rest of my life!" he declared, pulling with his web.
Supergirl, Thor, and Atom grabbed the cable behind Flash and started shooting with it. Mick went to join the troop behind the supersonic.
"The bigger they are…" said Flash.
"The harder they," added Supergirl, pulling on the cable.
But as everyone pulled the cable, Beebo kept moving, and the cable only went through him, as if the giant plush was immaterial. Spider-Man pulled his web, which also passed through Beebo's gigantic body.
"Oh man, what the fucking…?" exclaimed the young Avenger.
In the air, War Machine and Sam kept firing at Beebo, but their attacks were ineffective. Stunned, Thor hurled Mjolnir and Stormbreaker straight at the creature who only passed through him without causing him any damage.
"I don't understand," the God of Thunder muttered, dumbfounded.
"What the hell?" Sara wondered, dumbfounded.
"So this thing can't be killed?" Clint replied stunned. "This is great!"
Atom looked at the sensors on his suit and noticed something strange.
"Guys, something's off. I'm not reading any known elements, nothing off the periodic table."
"So this Beebo is intangible? Where can it come from?" Strange asked in Arrow's bunker, thoughtful.
At that moment, Batwoman arrived with her grappling hook, on the roof of a building in Star City.
"I don't think the rules apply to 50-foot talking plush toy." she said, looking up at the towering Beebo.
"Oh, Batwoman is on our Earth too?" Spider-Man exclaimed, delighted. "This is so cool!"
"What were you saying?" asked Supergirl, who had caught sight of her Gotham friend.
Beebo walked right past the building where Batwoman was, who continued to stare at the thing with a look of amazement.
"It's… unnatural."
"Alien?" Sara guessed.
"Hey!" Supergirl said, offended.
"Or magic?" Flash assumed. "Sara, don't you and the Legends deal with that kind of stuff all the time?"
"Magic," Strange nodded, thinking. "That's all it can be! This thing, this… Beebo doesn't really exist! It's a simple magical fabrication!"
"Maybe it's just here to keep us talking." Batwoman said.
"A diversion," Clint agreed.
"Yes, a diversion," replied Sara, having finally understood.
"But for what?" Flash wondered.
"A diversion for what?" Thor added, confused.
"I know what I'd do." Mick replied.
Elsewhere, a Star City bank was being robbed. A bandit wearing a magician's costume grabbed the wads of cash, utterly ecstatic.
"It is finally time for Sargon the Sorcerer to claim his reward!" he exclaimed, holding up his booty ecstatically.
As he raved about his booty, yellow lightning flashed out of nowhere. Then Flash and White Canary stood right in front of him, blocking his way. A golden circle appeared and Strange came straight ahead with a mischievous smile.
"Sargon the Sorcerer?" he exclaimed, laughing. "We don't know each other yet. Doctor Strange. Master of the Mystic Arts. Congratulations for your creation. It was very brilliant, I admit it! Too bad for you, Your sleight of hand wasn't enough to distract us. You didn't know who you were really dealing with!"
"Come on, man, Beebo?" Flash wondered. "Is nothing sacred?"
"You know, it's a smart move." White Canary said, amused too. "Distracting all the fuzz with giant fuzz, but someone should have told you. Beebo, he's off limits."
And at his words, she slammed a punch in the face of the bandit magician who collapsed to the ground.
Strange smirked in amusement at the sight of the wizard falling to the ground.
"For a so-called Sorcerer, you aren't very impressive. I'm almost disappointed!"
Immediately, the giant Beebo collapsed to the ground and turned into a large pile of goo.
"Got him again." Atom said happily.
"Never again," Thor grumbled in disgust.
"Do you think we'll have to… repackage all this?" Sam asked War Machine.
Spider-Man bounces and lands near Supergirl and the other heroes.
"It was nice to be here, Spider-Man!" the Girl of Steel said gently to him.
"I hope this doesn't become a habit," the young Avenger replied.
"Since we're on the same Earth, it might happen again," Supergirl nodded.
"I'm gonna need some time to get used to this new world," Spider-Man sighed.
Supergirl patted him on the shoulder compassionately. Then her gaze fell on someone. A person she thought she would never see again. Thor looked at what was left of Beebo, when he saw what Kara was seeing. And he couldn't believe that I see.
"My God!"
Natasha Romanoff arrived towards the troop of heroes, in her black outfit, with her long red hair… Very much alive, to the amazement of those who considered her dead. Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow who had died on Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone to reverse what Thanos had destroyed. How could she still be alive?
Even Spider-Man looked stunned.
"What the…?"
"Nat?" Supergirl whispered, shocked.
"Romanoff?" cried Thor, eyes wide in amazement.
Not noticing the shock effect of the heroes, Natasha came up to them, with a big amused smile.
"Seriously, I really missed Beebozilla? It could have been fun! (She addressed all the heroes, who were in shock.) Hey guys!"
Dazed, Supergirl and Thor came towards her, while Spider-Man was frozen in astonishment.
"It's always a pleasure to see you, Supers!" Natasha said, still smiling.
Then to her surprise, Supergirl hugged her in a big hug.
"'Kay. Uh?" the Avenger woman exclaimed very confused. "Good morning to you too, Supergirl!"
Supergirl pulled back from her and looked at her in shock and amazement.
"Nat… are you… are you alive?"
Natasha raised her eyebrows in amusement. She looked like Alex who had looked at Kara like she was crazy earlier today.
"I have been alive since birth," she replied. "What's wrong?"
And then it was Thor who came to hug her, still to her surprise.
"Thanks, this is… very nice," stammered Natasha more and more confused. "Good morning to you too, Thor!"
Then he withdrew, looking at her with the same expression as Kara.
"My God, it's… it's…"
Natasha stopped smiling and looked at the two heroes curiously.
"Why are you looking at me like I'm a ghost? What's wrong with you two?"
Supergirl and Thor looked at each other, both confused and stunned. So in their new universe, Natasha Romanoff was alive in this new timeline.
"How is that possible?" asked Girl of Steel, shocked and dazed.
But Thor looked at her with a look as lost and bewildered as she was.
"I've no idea! In this new timeline, something had to be changed so that she was here…"
"Hey," Natasha called out to them. "I'm always in front of you guys! And now you're freaking me out! Why are you looking at me like I'm a ghost?"
But Supergirl and Thor could only look at her with incomprehension and amazement.
"Black Widow is back? Oh My God!" Spider-Man asked in a low voice.
At Arrow's bunker, Team Arrow was reunited with Ray, Mick and Clint celebrating their new Earth.
Rene opened a bottle of champagne.
"So how normal was that for everyone? And don't say very."
"Oh, well, with this new Earth, just may be." Ray replied as he poured her champagne.
"Well, dear God, I hope not." Diggle added.
"Same," Clint replied as he was being served champagne. "If I pulled out of the Avengers, it wasn't to face teddy bears the size of Godzilla! Gods, robots and aliens… That's enough for me! I still can't believe the Supers and you guys are in the same world now."
Then Rene went to serve Mick who was wary of the bottle.
"What is that?"
"Alcohol." replied Rene.
Finally, the former criminal agreed to allow himself to be served champagne. Immediately, his glass full, he swallowed it.
"Mm. Rory, huh? We had a Rory once on our team." said Rene smiling.
'We did,' Diggle admitted.
The elevator opened and Nash Wells arrived at the bunker. They all looked at him curiously.
"What's this?" said Diggle, frowning.
"Nash Wells, the asshole who caused this whole Crisis," Clint replied, sipping his glass of champagne.
"Was there a memo that went out on how to infiltrate our secret bunker?" Rene suggested, eyeing the newcomer with disdain.
"Why are you here?" Ray asked.
Clint stood up and eyed Wells contemptuously.
"You got a lot of nerve coming in here after what you did!"
Ignoring the archer, Nash came over to Team Arrow brandishing his arm, revealing one of his tech armbands.
"I'm here to warn you." he explained. (He showed them his armband.) "You see this? This gauntlet is primed to detect antimatter of which there has been a massive surge in the Star City area"
"You arrived too late, dude, we took care of it!" Clint muttered, sipping his glass. "You came for nothing, then get the hell out of here before I shoot an arrow at your forehead!"
"Did you really?" Nash said sarcastically. (He unveiled his blinking armband.) "My readings say different. This thing ain't over. As a matter of fact, it's just beginning."
Thank you for reading and reviewing
And this is it, as you read it, Black Widow is back, alive and fine. There will be an explanation for her presence and that is related to the fact that Cassie Lang has rejuvenated.
