Chapter 10.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will cover my version of Episode 4 with some obvious modifications. And a surprise character will show up as well. It will also serve as a reference point for future events.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own Flash, Avengers, Star Trek or any characters and elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
ButtonPusherExtraordinare: Thanks for the review. Glad you can't wait for Dr Manhattan to show up. Yep on Anti-Monitor. No kidding on Manhattan. He will only show up at the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths though, otherwise it would be too easy for the heroes. Yes the other Watchmen will show up at some point and will team up with Rebecca Potts and Lex Luthor.
HeroWitch: Thanks for the review. Glad things are interesting. Dr Manhattan will appear at the end of the next arc.
the mysterious Mr.E: Thanks for the review. I think you meant Watchmen, but yes I am.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thanks for the review. Yep things got intense and will remain intense. I agree on Ray. 100 percent agree with you on IZombie. Actually it was the Oliver Queen of another Earth, he just happens to look like Clint. No kidding on Anti-Monitor.
Jason's POV.
Following my injury at the hands or claws of the Tardegrade, I had made a full recovery.
The only thing that showed I had been clawed open was a faint scar.
Now Lorca, who was still creepy from the last time I talked to him, had called me in for a new assignment.
Sounds fun. (Not really).
I had strapped a knife to my belt, just in case because you never know.
The ship was fricking massive, so I ended up getting lost a few times on my way to the captain's office.
I finally found the office though, thank god.
"Come in" I heard Lorca's voice speak.
I walked into the office and stood in front of his desk.
"Captain" I greeted neutrally.
"Ensign Stark. Please, take a seat" Lorca gestured to the empty seat in front of me.
I sat down and Lorca looked me dead in the eyes.
"I have a new assignment for you Ensign. I have already assigned Commander Burnham to study the Tardegrade in order to weaponize it for warfare against the Klingons. Your job is to help Commander Burnham study it" Lorca said.
Yeah I wasn't expecting this to happen.
But I wasn't going to obey orders, even if I didn't like the guy.
"Yes Captain" I replied.
"Dismissed" Lorca said.
I got up and walked out of the door.
I was beginning to get a headache.
Why the F was this my life?
I wasn't sure when I found the engineering lab, but it was soon.
Burnham and Stammets were both there, talking about something.
"Hey guys" I greeted.
"Hey man" Stammets replied.
"Michael, Lorca said, you and I are assigned to study the Tardegrade" I informed Burnham.
"Someone call Kevin Feige because we're about to start smashing the fourth wall!" a new voice said from behind me.
My eyes widened in horror as I recognized who it was.
"Oh dear god" I groaned.
I turned around to see a man, dressed in red and black leather.
He was the one person I never wanted to be around.
"Wade, what the hell are you doing here?" I demanded.
"Just checking in. I don't even exist in the MCU yet, so sad cause I'm so awesome" Wade said and tried to hug me.
"Get the hell off me" I snarled.
Burnham and Stammets both gave me a confused look.
"Don't ask, just don't ask" I groaned.
Deadpool turned his attention to them.
"How ya doing, Deadpool, hung out with Captain America but still managed to avoid becoming a Nazi"
Stammets shot me a horrified look.
Wade then turned his attention towards Burnham.
"Well, well look at what we have here. Oh la la" Wade said.
Burnham looked at Wade with a blank expression on her face.
"Ohhoo, tough crowd" Wade said, turning to attention to Stammets instead.
"How about you big boy?" he asked his eyes going up.
Yeah I'm going to admit, this was really funny.
I was resisting the urge to laugh at Stammet's face.
He looked half shocked, half flattered.
"And who might you be sweetheart?" Wade asked.
Stammets started backing off, trying to get away from Wade.
Let's just say, he wasn't very successful because Wade kept trying to get closer to Stammets.
"Don't run away from me Tinkerbell" Wade said.
I actually thought about letting Wade torment Stammets further but a voice that sounded suspiciously like Oliver told me to spare him of his suffering.
So I grabbed Stammets and Burnham and pulled them with me as fast
"How do you know that man?" Burnham asked me.
"You don't want to know" I replied.
"Okay I won't ask" Stammets replied.
"Commander Burnham, Commander Stammets, Ensign Stark, please report to my office" Lorca's voice boomed through the speakers.
"That's our cue" I said.
We walked towards Lorca's quarters which were a very long walk.
I constantly looked behind me, in case Wade was following us.
He wasn't though.
Lorca had explained to us that a human colony was under attack and we needed to warp to its location using the Tardegrade, despite Stammet's protests that it couldn't handle that big of a jump. Eventually we came to an agreement that Burnham and I would work on the Tardegrade.
Burnham nodded as we went in the direction of where the containment cell the Tardegrade was being held.
When we arrived, we found two other people there as well.
I recognized the first as Commander Landry.
We hadn't interacted much during the time I was here.
She was like Saru as in a sour chick.
Folks in the future need to lighten up.
The second was Beck.
"Hey Jay" Beck greeted.
"Hey Beck. Commander Landry" I greeted.
Laundry nodded stiffly at me.
Proving my point.
"What's up with the Tardegrade?" I asked, after noticing it going berserk in its cage.
"Its been acting like that ever since we got here" Beck replied.
The creature slammed itself against the glass causing it to shudder.
"We need to stabilize it" Landry said.
She picked up a syringe filled with blue liquid and opened the containment door.
That didn't quite end well for her.
The Tardegrade raised its claws and slashed her face.
It than proceeded to repeatedly ram its claws into Landry until she was dead, all in the span of 5 seconds.
"No! No! NOOOOO! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?" I yelled.
Everyone else looked horrified as well.
The creature grunted and moved back into its cell.
"NOT OKAY!" I exclaimed.
"Okay this is very bad!" Beck said, walking around in circles.
"What are we even supposed to do now?" he asked.
"Wait a minute; the creature was acting in self-defence. There's no need to harm it" Burnham said in some sort of realization.
Beck and I both looked at her like she was crazy.
"Okay, Burnham, go talk to Captain Lorca and tell him what happened. Beck and I will handle this thing" I said, sighing with exhaustion.
This was not how my day was supposed to go.
Beck created two copies of himself and they created whips of energy that restrained the Tardegrade.
I was so damn tired right now.
And boy did I miss my friends, back on Earth-1, my Earth and my team.
I also wondered about Conrad.
He had actually gotten worse since entering a coma.
He was now on the brink of death.
According to Novu, only a few beings in existence could save him, but most of them were killed by two dangerous entities. One he called an 'unknown enemy'. The second he called 'The Scarlet King'.
When I asked him who the Scarlet King was, Novu actually gave me a terrified look which said a lot.
He said that only two beings would be able to save Conrad; Lucifer Morningstar and 'The Unknown One who dwells at the edge of creation where no mortal has ever gone'.
So all in all, I was extremely worried.
But now the day went to hell when we nearly crashed into a star. A STAR!
So I was sent with Stammets to go fix the spores to make long range jumps.
A Few Days Later.
A few days later, and well Stammets and I still had made no progress which was quite frustrating.
God I wish Hank Pym or my dad were here, they would have figured it out in minutes.
Snart was with us, in order to monitor progress.
Stammets looked just as frustrated as I was, and Snart just looked bored.
"What are we supposed to do now? There's no way to use the Tardegrade" I snapped.
"What about teleporting it to the spore drive?" Beck asked as he entered.
"Beck you are a genius! Remind me to give you a cookie when this is done" I exclaimed as Stammets also seemed to realise what Beck meant.
"Yes thank you" Stammets said and rushed to one of the engineering panels.
I began typing commands into one of the control panels.
Good thing I had mastered them about a few days ago.
"Burnham get down to engineering now!" I said into my transponder.
"On my way" came the reply.
Snart stood by with his Cold Gun at the ready, in case the Tardegrade went apeshit on us.
Burnham came rushing down the staircase and into engineering.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Thanks to Beck over there, we figured out we need to teleport the Tardegrade into the spore drive so it can interface with it" I replied.
Beck was beaming from ear to ear like Christmas came early.
"Luitennet Snart, I need you to inform the Captain of what's going to happen" Stammets told him.
"You got it boss" Snart said and moved out of engineering.
We waited for the green light to proceed which was about 5 minutes.
"Commander Stammets, you are free to perform the experiment" Lorca said.
"Let's do this!" I said.
Stammets typed a few commands into his panel as Burnham took out her phaser.
"Standing by for transport in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" Stammets said and hit a button.
A gold light filled up the spore drive containment cell and the Tardegrade materialised inside the spore-drive.
The creature thrashed around briefly before calming down once it saw the spores.
It then began absorbing the spores at a blinding rate as the ship began moving.
"What the hell's going on?" I shouted over the noise.
"It's connecting to the ship's interface" Beck said astonished.
"Everyone, we're going to jump!" Stammets yelled just as we did jump.
I heard shots fired as soon as we stopped jumping.
"We need to get to the bridge now!" Beck said and the 4 of us, took off towards the bridge.
We were where I guessed was the human colony as several large Klingon ships were attacking it.
"Fire!" Lorca ordered and the Discovery fired at the Klingon ships.
Clearly the Klingons weren't expecting that to happen because the majority of them had forced a retreat.
"Ha! Take that suckers!" I said in victory as the Klingons had all retreated.
The crew all cheered in victory as well.
One of the hits completely destroyed a Klingon warship which was an added bonus.
"Yes!" I said, doing a 'Tiger Woods fist bump'.
"Well done everyone. Commander Stammets, Ensign Stark, shut off the spore-drive please" Lorca said calmly.
"On it Captain" I replied and the two of us raced out of the bridge and towards engineering.
The two of us raced to engineering and I imiadetley began hammering commands into the panel.
"Shutting off the spore-drive" I said.
"Done" Stammets responded as the drive deactivated.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good work man" I told Stammets.
"You too" Stammets said.
"You would sure give Ray Palmer a run for his money" I complemented him.
Stammets looked at me with a knowing look.
"You know Ray Palmer?" he asked me.
"I'll explain it to you once this is done" I told him.
Stammets nodded.
I breathed out a sigh of exhaustion and relief.
Two Days Later.
The victory over the Klingons had been bloody spectacular in my opinion.
Crew morale was at an all new high point which was great.
But turns out battling Klingons and having to deal with Deadpool all day makes one very hungry.
So I went to the cafeteria to grab a bite.
Nice thing about the future, they had a machine called a replicator which gave you any form of food or drink in existence which was neat.
So I had ordered a ham sandwich and a coke and sat down at one of the tables.
I was mid-way through my sandwich when someone sat down at my table.
It was Stammets.
I was slightly surprised but not really that surprised.
"Hey Stammets" I greeted.
"Jason" he replied which was new because he never called me Jason before.
"You want to tell me something" I said, looking at his face and recognizing it.
"I know about the Crisis" Stammets said.
I looked at him with shock.
"Did it happen in the future?" I asked him.
Stammets shook his head.
"No it didn't. But I was warned that I was supposed to help you when you arrived here" Stammets explained.
"Who warned you?" I asked thinking it was Novu.
"Someone named Jim Corrigan. He called himself the Spectre. He said that you are the only one who can defeat the Anti-Monitor" Stammets said.
"Jim Corrigan? Never heard of him" I said in confusion.
"He calls himself the Spectre. A god-level being" Stammets explained.
"And I'm the only one who can defeat the Anti-Monitor?" I asked for confirmation.
"Apparently" Stammets replied.
"He also mentioned something that you need to find the golden city. Oh and that you needed to help get some redemption for some quote 'Batman who crossed the line and killed'" Stammets revealed.
"The golden city? What is that? And Batman who crossed the line and killed?" I asked in confusion.
Yes I was aware of who Batman is, Novu did inform me about him.
"Yeah, ruled by someone known as the Queen Mother is all he said. And the Batman was from Earth-99. Apparently he chose to even kill his allies" Stammets said.
"And he mentioned that you also needed to seek out someone named Cloud Strife. Said that he would be valuable during the final days" Stammets said.
Yeah this is so confusing yet I also felt a sense of unease within me for some reason.
"What else did he say?" I asked.
"He said that you must beaware of the Scarlet King. He bares a deep hatred for Creation itself. Not even the Anti-Monitorcan defeat him. That's how powerful he is. And he said you must find the Queen Mother as she weeps forever from a broken heart"
"All right then, does that mean that you are gonna help me stop this Crisis?" I asked.
"Yep. Let's do this" Stammets said.
We shook hands and cemented our friendship.
And Chapter 10 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
So I hope you liked Wade "Deadpool" Wilson aka The Merc with a Mouth showing up to well…irritate everyone.
As for the Scarlet King, well he will actually be very important in the cosmic storyline and will be one if this trilogies 3 main bad guys. He is neither Marvel nor DC actually. And he could destroy the entire Multiverse with a mere thought.
And Stammets is the descendant of Ray Palmer as well. And he was contacted by Jim Corrigan aka Spectre to help Jason since Stammets is also one of my faviroute Star Trek characters.
Now for the major parts of the chapter:
The Batman who crossed the line was the Bruce Wayne who appeared in Part 2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Unlike Arrowverse Lex Luthor he will not be redeemed, as Liam Potts will get rid of him. Arrowverse Lex Luthor will be redeemed as the Queen Mother will open his eyes .
Cloud Strife is from the Final Fantasy series and will play an important part in Jason's war against the Anti-Monitor.
And the Queen Mother is the final OC I am adding to this trilogy. I originally wasn't going to add her, but a few conversations with Razy Riddle inspired me to do it. She will be extremely important to the series and hell she is probably more important than Jason and that's saying something. She will make her debut soon. She will be VERY IMPORTANT to saving exsistence. You will find out why she weeps forever from a broken heart.
Now, next chapter will cover Episode 5 with Jason involved of course.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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