Chapter 4 of my Crisis and Ghost story is here and things will be getting interesting. There will be characters talking like this later (Hello there) because it will be from a memory, enjoy!
Earth-99:
Back in Gotham, Kate and Bruce had gone down to the Batcave and there stood a old, dusty Batsuit, Kate looked around to see that everything was covered in dust and spider webs.
"As you can see, I can barely walk in this," Bruce told Kate as he gestured over his exoskeleton. "Let alone, wear that again." Bruce told her as he pointed at the Batsuit, Kate turned and looked directly at Bruce.
"Do you understand how many people and worlds are going to die?" Kate asked, Bruce shook his head as he took a step forward.
"Well if they're anything like this world, then maybe it's for the best." Bruce told her as he looked up at his Batsuit, Kate couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"How can you even say that?" Kate asked as she was horrified with Bruce as he turned around to face her but before he could say anything, Kara and Alain arrived in their other suits.
"Because he killed Superman!" Kara shouted as she ran in, Kate turned and looked at her friends as she could see Kara holding a broken pair of glasses. "He's no Paragon of Anything!" Kara shouted, Alain stepped forward and looked at Kara then Kate.
"What did you do?" Kate asked, her fists had started to tighten as she looked at the man you had killed the Superman of Earth-99.
"Something that you couldn't do as I can see," Bruce bellowed as he pointed at Kara. "Strange visitor from another world, comes to Earth with powers and abilities beyond those of mortal man." Bruce told Kate then he turned to face Kara. "Clark. Clark always said yes with anything with a badge or a flag. He gave them too much power while my parents taught me a different lesson: life only makes sense if you force it too." And like that, Bruce punched Kara with all his might and sent her flying into the rock wall, Kate and Alain ran over to her while Bruce turned a dial on his right arm to reveal a green crystal. "A gift from the old hometown." Bruce smiled as he slowly started walking towards them, Alain got up and started fighting Bruce.
"Not everyone has the same views as you!" Alain shouted, he was about to punch Bruce but it got blocked then Bruce punched Alain into the main computer console.
"The Kate I knew didn't trust anyone, little alone a Kryptonian." Bruce wasn't happy that Kate was next to Kara whilst trying to think of a way to stop her being affected by the Kryptonite.
"I don't know what happened to you but it ends here and now!" Kate shouted as she helped Kara onto her feet, she did a hand signal to tell him to be ready.
"Yes. Let it end. Let it all end as this world or any world isn't worth saving." Bruce smirkled, Kate was about to step forward but then Bruce fell back and hit a computer: it came from Alain.
"If you really think that, then you have to try and kill one more person: me!" Alain shouted, he charged towards Bruce and they started fighting while Kate stayed with Kara to be her support.
"You lot are fools!" Bruce bellowed, it was about to punch Alain when the warrior backflipped and a white, green and black rifle flew out of his Mega Ulorder: it was the Gan Gun Catcher. Alain pulled the trigger and shot the Kryptonite off Bruce's arm, Kate caught it then closed it up. Bruce ran towards Kate but Alain jumped to the left and kicked Bruce in the ribs, causing him to lose his footing and he fell back onto a generator which electrocuted him.
"Is he…?" Kara asked, Alain used the Mega Ulorder to scan Bruce's life signs but it came back negative: Bruce Wayne was dead.
Earth-18:
Back in the mines, everyone was waiting to see Oliver's body rise but nothing as they had been waiting for an hour. Makoto was sitting in a corner whilst looking at the Deep Specter Eyecon, Mia walked over to him then sat next to him and started talking.
"What happened to back on the Waverider?" Mia asked, Makoto looked at the Eyecon as it started to glow purple and pink.
"I wish I knew," Makoto answered honestly, he put the Eyecon away just as the water exploded and out jumped Oliver as he started attacking John. "I got this!" Makoto shouted as he took out a cyan coloured Eyecon and activated it then inserted it into his Driver.
"Eye!" Makoto quickly pulled the handle out and pushed it back in as he jumped over Oliver. "Kaigan: Tutankhamun! Pyramid wa sankaku! Ōke no shikaku-!" Makoto transformed into Kamen Rider Specter Tutankhamun Damashii, he ran towards Oliver with the Gan Gun Hand in sickle mode then held him against a wall.
"Sara, now!" Makoto shouted, Sara ran over and stabbed a needle into Oliver's neck, causing him to become unconscious.
"You tranqued him?" Mia asked as she was confused, Makoto stepped back and walked over to Mia.
"No, only his body as he's still missing his soul." Makoto explained, Mia nodded then then everyone looked at the unconscious body of Oliver Queen.
Meanwhile:
Ray and Lena were hard at work making a Paragon detector, Ray noticed that Lena had spent the entire time being quiet which made Ray feel on edge.
"I don't mean to be rude but are you always quiet when working?" Ray asked with his charming smile, Lena looked up and at the fellow scientist.
"Sorry but I've got more important tasks to do then to chat." Lena answered, Lex was inside a containment field as Takeru and Clark had stopped him from killing multiple versions of Superman.
"It's just that Kara said that you love to chat when working, a bit like myself." Ray smiled as he got a wielder and started securing the components together.
"Me and Kara don't talk because of what she did to me." Lena told Ray, he looked up and could see that Lena had a tear rolling down her face.
"She hid her identity from you?" Ray spoke, Lena turned around and looked at Ray. "Kara told us everything and she felt terrible for it." Ray told her, Lena was about to talk when Takeru walked in and was holding two cups of coffee.
"Here, thought you might need the boost." Takeru smiled, Lena and Ray accepted the drink then Takeru sat down and looked at his Ore Ghost Eyecon.
"How did you get that if you don't mind me asking?" Lena asked, Takeru looked up as he showed his Ore Ghost Eyecon to Ray and Lena.
"I got it the day I first day, my eighteenth birthday and it contained my soul ever since," Takeru explained, Ray was impressed so Takeru handed it to Ray. "So as long as it doesn't get destroyed, I can't die." Takeru told the pair, Ray handed the Eyecon to Lena but then Takeru's chest glowed blue.
"And what about that light coming from you?" Lena asked, Takeru looked at Lena as she handed back his Eyecon. "What does that mean?" Takeru placed his hand on Lena's and it caused him to see the memories of Lena and Kara as friends up until they broke up as friends.
"You hate Kara but you don't understand why she hid the truth from you." Takeru spoke, Lena looked away from the pair but Takeru jumped in front of Lena. "Take my hand, I'm going to show you something." Takeru told her, Lena slowly took his hands and then they flew back to a memory of Kara's.
Kara's memory:
A faint golden glow appeared, Takeru and Lena appeared in Kara's apartment which surprised Lena. She looked at the calendar by the fridge to see that date was October 2017; the day that Supergirl saved Lena from a cargoplane.
"Why are we here?" Lena asked, Takeru stepped forward and placed a hand on Lena's shoulders.
"I brought you here because you're going to find out why Kara hid who she was from you." Takeru explained, Lena was confused then they heard the front door open: it was Kara and Alex.
"So Lena told you to drop her to save the chemicals but you didn't listen to her." Alex wanted to understand, Kara nodded as she removed her glasses and placed them on the table.
"Yeah and the thing is, I've started to care about Lena more than a friend should." Kara explained, Alex looked at her sister who was now blushing.
"Wait! Are you telling me that my sister, the mighty Kara Danvers, is interested in Lena Luthor?" Alex asked with a grin, Kara sat on the arm of the couch and nodded.
"Kara had feelings for me?" Lena asked as she was surprised, Takeru nodded then they kept watching.
"Yeah. Do you judge me for… for being in love with Lena?" Kara asked her sister, Alex shook her head. Lena walked towards Kara and went to put a hand on her shoulder but Lena's hand went through Kara.
"We're in Kara's memories, you can't touch anything." Takeru explained as he walked over to Lena and placed a hand on her shoulder. "There's one more memory that you might want to see and this one proves to you how much you mean to Kara." Takeru explained, he and Lena faded away to go to Kara's next memory.
Kara's memories:
Takeru and Lena appeared in another memory but this was later on from the cargo plane incident, they were in the DEO medical bay and Kara was talking with Alex.
"Now watch and listen to them." Takeru advised, Lena nodded then the pair listened to the conversation to find what Kara had to say.
"If you're concerned about your relationship with Lena, then tell her the truth." Alex told her sister, Kara didn't know what to say then she spoke.
"Trust me, I want to but I'm afraid," Kara told Alex as she sat down and in an office chair. "I'm more afraid of losing Lena more than anything else." Kara confessed which surprised Lena, she stepped forward and looked at Kara.
"Lena must be important if you were willing to give your life to Reign to prevent Lena's death." Alex smiled, Lena then remembered when this memory was from: it was from after they stopped two of the Worldkillers.
"You know, Alex, my life wouldn't be the only thing I'd give up for Lena," Kara started which surprised Alex, Lena stepped forward and listened to what Kara had to say next. "If I had a choice to either give up my powers and be with Lena or keep them and hide my secret until she finds out and hates me: I would give my powers up in heartbeat." Kara told Alex with a smile, Lena smiled as a tear rolled down her face as she couldn't believe what she had heard.
"Let's head back." Takeru told Lena, she nodded then in gold glow, the pair left Kara's memories and returned back to the real world.
Waverider:
Takeru and Lena had returned back from Kara's memories and they appeared back in the lab just as the Monitor walked in.
"How is progress on the device?" Monitor asked, Ray was about to answer when two Eyecons flew out of his pocket and transformed into the blank forms of both the Edison and Newton Damashis.
"Edison, Newton, can you two help Ray and Lena?" Takeru asked then both Edison and Newton nodded, they began to assist Ray and Lena in building the Paragon Detector just as Kara, Alain and Kate walked in.
"We have Takeru, Lena, Sara and Kara but we're missing three," Kate reminded everyone and the Monitor nodded. "Bruce Wayne wasn't the Paragon of anything so that was a wasted journey." Kate told the cosmic being, the Monitor smiled then looked at the four scientists.
"Everything is complete." Edison told the Monitor then he and Newton changed back into Eyecons and flew into Takeru's hand, the Paragon detector activated and started scanning for a Paragon. It wasn't long until the computer linked to the detector started beeping, they all looked at the screen to see a red beam pointing at the ship.
"That can't be correct, Bruce is dead." Alain pointed out, the Monitor smiled then looked at the group.
"The machine is actually correct," The Monitor told them then he looked at the two Riders who were standing alongside Kate and Kara. "That light is telling us where the Paragon of Courage is." The Monitor told them then he walked towards Kate and looked at her with a smile. "I didn't say the Paragon was on Earth-99 but it would lead you to it, that time has passed. You, Kate Kane, are the Paragon of Courage." The Monitor announced, everyone was amazed as they heard the news while Kate was surprised.
Later:
Kara was sitting in the loading bay alone, she was looking at a photo of her, Alex, Lena, Kelly, Nia as she thought about all the fun times she had had with them. Kara was too trapped in her thoughts that she didn't hear Lena walking towards her.
"Kara?" Lena asked, Kara didn't answer so Lena placed a hand on Kara's shoulder which made the Kryptonian jump. "Calm down, it's me." Lena promised as she bent down to pick up the photo and looked at it with a smile. "This was taken the night that I killed Lex but I could only think of spending time with the loves I loved." Lena smiled, Kara nodded as Lena handed back the photo.
"What do you want, Lena?" Kara asked as she slowly removed her glasses and looked at Lena. Lena knew that she had hurt Kara and betrayed her but there was one thing that Lena wanted most: she wanted to heal things with Kara.
"Takeru showed me some important memories that you had," Lena started as she sat on top of a crate. "In which you talked about me: the first one was from after you saved me from the cargo plane and the other one was from after we took down Purity and Pestilence." Lena explained, Kara smiled a little as she sat opposite Lena and the pair looked down at the floor.
"You heard everything I said those times?" Kara asked and Lena nodded, Kara didn't know what to say until Lena broke the silence.
"I didn't know you loved me, Kara. Why didn't you tell me?" Lena asked as she sat next to Kara as the Kryptonian started to cry.
"I didn't want to lose you because you're too important to me, Lena," Kara explained, Lena was about to place her hand on Kara's but she moved it away quickly. "When I saw you come into the bridge, those feelings I had for you came back but so did the pain." Kara was crying as she spoke, Lena then decided to speak and tell Kara something.
"Kara, I've got something to tell you too," Lena started as she handed the Super a tissue. "When Alex came to me and asked for help, I was thinking about stopping everything I wanted to do and go back to how I was." Lena told her, Kara looked at the Luthor to see that Lena was giving her a smile. "I want us to be friends again as I miss you more than anything else. I realised how important to me, Kara and if anything happened to you, I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Lena confessed, Kara was breathtaking by Lena's confession: she was willing to do whatever it takes to get Kara back in her life.
"Are you serious, Lena?" Kara asked as she was surprised, Lena nodded closer to her friend and held Kara's hand.
"Kara, if I had sacrificed anything, including Lex, to save you; I would do it in a heartbeat." Lena admitted as she stepped closer to Kara who was still wiping away tears from her eyes.
"I don't know what to say, Lena." Kara was confused as she didn't know what to say, Lena stepped forward and placed a hand on Kara's cheek.
"Do you trust me, Kara?" Lena asked with a hopeful smile, Kara placed her hand on top of Lena's and smiled back at her best friend.
"I'll always trust you, Lena with my life." Kara smiled and hearing that made Lena feel happy then two hugged each other as they were happy to be friends again.
That's the end of chapter 4 of my Crisis and Ghost crossover. What do you think of the development of the story? What do you think of the new Paragons being Takeru and Lena?
I also hope that you liked the Kara X Lena moments because while I'm trying to keep close to the original Crisis, I'm also going to be changing things a fair bit.
See you all next time!
