Chapter 15.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will have S.W.O.R.D. meeting the crew of the USS Discovery and will enter the Mycelia Network phase while introducing some new characters as well.
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.
Supergodzillasaliorcosmos: Thanks for the review. Actually it will be the 2011 version of Thundercats that will show up along with the 2019 She-Ra.
Razy Riddle: Thanks for the review. Glad you liked the action. The Arrowverse heroes will be shocked but will get along with there Earth-96 counterparts well. Just like the MCU and EMH heroes will.
OmniUIShaggyOverexagerated: Thanks for the review. SCP Foundation Mythos characters are extremely powerful. Regular SCP's are already OP, but entities such as Jeser, Moloch, the Hanged King and the Scarlet King are in a whole other class. The Scarlet King could crush the entire Arrowverse, MCU, DCEU, Cthulhu Mythos and every other fandom without even trying.
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Jason's POV.
Following the whole framing, winding up on a spaceship and having dreams of another Earth, Fury had informed me that the Discovery was in Earth-2's universe and that we needed to meet with them in order to unveil the truth to everyone.
Ah! Me seeing everyone again.
Especially since everyone thinks that I destroyed the spore drive, this was gonna be fun.
Fury had opened a channel and informed Lorca the bastard that he was willing to provide assistance in getting back to Earth-1.
I had gathered with Hill, Monica, Talos and Soren in the middle of the cortex as we were beamed to the Discovery.
When we appeared, Lorca and Saru were standing there.
Saru looked really angry at seeing me while Lorca looked also angry but he looked like he was trying to mask it.
I flashed a world class smile at the two of them.
"What is he doing here?" Lorca asked his voice slightly angry.
"He's with me Captain" Fury said in a dark voice that left no room for argument.
Fury could definitely be scary if he wanted to.
"This is my Deputy Director Maria Hill and my top agents; Talos, Soren and Monica Rambeau" Fury introduced everyone.
"You ruined my spore drive and for that we nearly lost a battle against Klingons. I don't care it he's with you, he cant be here" Lorca ranted.
"Captain Lorca. Trust me on this one. You don't want to cross me. Because I know things that not even you know" Fury said coldly.
"Follow me to the Bridge and we can discuss what to do" Lorca said in a clipped voice.
I smirked as we began following him.
Just to piss Lorca and Saru off, I began whistling as we walked.
I imagined seeing steam rise out of Lorca's ears which was funny.
I received multiple glares on our way to the Bridge which didn't bother me as to quote Cap; "I can do this all day".
We made it to the Bridge where Beck and Snart were there.
They looked happy to see me as Beck gave me a colossal hug.
I had no idea where Burnham and Tilly were, but hopefully I would get to see them soon.
"Now Mr Fury, please explain why you brought this criminal and traitor onboard this ship?" Lorca asked.
Fury calmly walked to the bottom of the bridge and turned to face the entire crew.
"Because he is part of my crew now" he answered.
"I made the decision to kick him off" Lorca growled.
"I'm aware you've made a decision. But given how it is a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it" Fury said bluntly.
I resisted the urge to chuckle.
"We need to talk privately" Fury said.
Lorca didn't look happy but they moved away for a bit.
"Hey where's Stammets?" I asked.
"Uh yeah that's the thing. You know what, it's better for you to see for yourself" Beck said.
He motioned for me to follow him.
I received a few glares on my way out but I ignored them.
I then proceeded to follow Beck towards where I recognized as Sick Bay.
"What are we doing here?" I asked.
"Follow me" Beck replied.
I followed him towards where I saw Dr Culbart standing over a body lying on one of the beds.
That's when I noticed Stammets.
His eyes were milky white and he looked out of it.
"What the hell's up with him?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'll explain that" Beck said.
So he told me that there had been a battle against the Klingons which the Discovery won, then Stammets had made a jump but it had sent him into a coma like state and the Discovery had wound up in a Mirror Universe which I then said was Earth-2.
"Well shit" I said, scratching the back of my head.
This was very bad.
"What the hell do we do now?" I asked.
"We are currently trying to figure out a way to cure him of whatever this is" Beck replied.
I nodded.
I suddenly felt compelled to touch Stammets.
As in I needed to hold him or something.
I placed my hand on his forehead and imiadetley felt a searing hot pain.
It felt like I was touching a hot coal which was not very nice.
The world started spinning like I was dizzy.
"What the…" I trailed off before collapsing.
When I came to my senses again, I was still in Sick Bay.
Huh.
This was so very confusing.
But there were a few changes.
For one it seemed much darker and mistier.
And for another, Stammets wasn't anywhere to seen.
Nor were anyone else.
"Doc where are you?" I called out.
No one responded.
I got up and looked around.
Sick Bay was completely deserted.
There were no sounds which was quite strange.
I moved out of Sick Bay to find no one was there either.
"Beck, Snart anyone?" I called out.
No one replied.
"Okay, what the hell?" I muttered.
I went back into Sick Bay and grabbed a flashlight as it was incredibly dark in this place.
Whatever this place was.
I travelled across the ship which was incredibly dark and I could barely see anything, even with the flashlight.
I thought I heard footsteps coming, but they stopped every time I stopped walking.
I suddenly heard a female voice speak inside my head .
Jason Stark. The world is ahead.
There are many paths to tread.
Continue fighting until the stars are all alight.
Help me save the world's my hands have made.
And experience my power throughout the Hyperverse displayed.
Forgive me for what shall happen to you.
Beaware of the Scarlet King for he will destroy all of creation.
And the Brothers Death watch from above and know the outcome of all yet do not speak.
And then the voicefaded leaving me wondering who it was and what she meant.
I continued on my way towards the bridge, when I heard the footsteps that were much closer than before.
I spun around as fast as I could, and saw Stammets standing there.
"Stammets?" I asked in surprise.
"Jay. Not that it's not good to see you again, but what are you doing here?" Stammets asked me.
"I don't even know what here is" I replied honestly.
"You're in the Mycelia Network itself" Stammets replied.
That took me by surprise.
I had no idea this was the Mycelia Network.
"How did you get here? And what happened to you?" Stammets pressed.
So I told him about how Lorca framed me and sent assassins to attack me, how I was rescued by S.W.O.R.D., and how I arrived back on the Discovery, touched Stammets and arrived here.
"This is getting worse and worse. I need to show you something now" Stammets said.
"Follow me" Stammets said.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"You're not the only one trapped in here. This place is basically a collection zone for souls" Stammets revealed.
"Really? Who else is here?" I asked.
"You'll see" was all he said.
I followed him down a series of hallways and rooms until we reached a room that I recognized as somebody's quarters. Just didn't know whose.
When we got there, there were 3 other people there.
The first was someone who I recognized as Bruce Wayne aka Batman who was dressed in his full Batman outfit.
The remaining two were both blonde haired although one was dressed in an orange shirt, with trunks on.
The second man was dressed in a business suit and had a causal smile on his face.
"So Stammets who did you bring? Last time I recall we didn't give out tickets to this place to just about anyone" the blonde man in the business suit said.
"Relax; he's a friend of mine from the Discovery. His name is Jason Stark" Stammets replied.
"These are the others that are trapped here. This is Batman from Earth-1992" Stammets introduced Bruce who was looking at me with recognition on his face.
"Or Bruce Wayne" he replied.
We all looked at him.
"I know who you are Jason" Bruce said.
I narrowed my eyes.
How did he know who I was?
"How?" I asked.
"I was told to look out for you. By someone named the Monitor" Bruce said.
Novu, of course because who else.
"Moving on. This is Arthur Curry from another unknown Earth" Stammets said, gesturing to the blonde haired man in the trunks and orange shirt.
"Call me A.C bro" he replied with a smile.
"And finally, this is Oliver Queen, also from the same unknown Earth as A.C" Stammets said.
"What? You're Oliver Queen?" I asked in shock.
I wasn't nearly as surprised as I should have, considering the fact that there is a version of Oliver on Earth-96 who looks exactly like Clint.
"Yep" Oliver replied.
"Huh, this is the second version of Oliver who looks nothing like the version I know" I commented mostly to myself.
"Really? What's the version you know like?" Oliver asked.
"He's Grumpy Pants most of the time. He also happens to be my mentor and one of the people who taught me how to fight" I said proudly.
"Really well I can't wait to meet the guy" Oliver replied.
"So what the hell do we do now?" I asked.
"We need to figure out how to escape this place. And hopefully soon" Stammets said.
"We already tried that, and it didn't work, otherwise why would we still be here?" A.C asked.
He had a point there.
"Well we can't just sit here forever" I pointed out.
"No kidding" Oliver replied.
"Especially not with whatever that thing is out there" A.C voiced.
"What thing?" I asked.
"There is some type of creature or entity in this place. It snatches up souls that stray too far" Bruce revealed.
I involuntarily shivered.
Whatever this thing was, I really didn't want to meet it.
"And there's more. There is something else here as well. A being who's skull is on fire. He called himself the Spirit of Vengeance." Bruce said.
Great.
A mysterious entity that snatched up souls and did who knows what with them and now some Spirit of Vengeance dude.
This was exactly what I needed.
Suddenly a crash was heard outside the room.
"What was that?" I asked.
"A.C, Jason, follow me" Bruce said.
We silently moved out of the room and into a hallway where a man dressed in black outfit with a flaming skull was standing there.
"Sprit of Vengeance" Bruce growled.
So this guy was the Spirit of Vengeance huh? Interesting.
The creature looked at us and let out a roar.
Bruce drew a Batarang and charged to meet the Spirit.
The two engaged each other and it appeared that the two were evenly matched.
But then I noticed that the Spirit seemed to get more pissed off.
A.C raced to aid Bruce and I joined him.
I had no weapons on me, so I decided to use my fists.
I threw a punch which the Spirit blocked and replied by striking me in the ribs.
A.C tried to kick the Spirit but he caught A.C's leg and threw him aside.
"Guys we need to attack him at once" I said and moved to strike.
I punched, Bruce cut with his Batarang and A.C kicked the Spirit in the knee.
All of our attacks brought him to his knees as A.C pinned him in a head-lock.
The creature stopped struggling and the flaming head vanished, revealing a handsome, dark haired man.
"Who are you?" I asked in shock.
"The name's Johnny Blaze. I apologize for 'his' actions, he sometimes takes random control" Blaze apologized.
Okay Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde I see.
"Who's your crazy personality? And can you keep him under control?" I asked.
"The Ghost Rider. Whatever is in this place is affecting me. But I should be able to get him under control" Blaze said with an apologetic look.
"Okay then. Let's get back and figure out what's going on" I said.
And Chapter 15 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
BOOOM! I bet none of you were expecting anything in this chapter to happen.
First off, I hope you loved Fury telling Lorca off because that was fun to write.
So yes, Smallville Oliver Queen and A.C are here. I originally wasn't planning to introduce Smallville until some time later in this fic, but rewatching Discovery Season 1 got me thinking about how to use them here. By the way, I have never written Smallville and never watched the show other than a few clips, so if A.C and Oliver come across as OOC, I apologize.
Now for those wondering, the Bruce Wayne here is from the DC Animated Universe or DCAU for short. Obviously picture him being voiced by Kevin Conroy. I had always intended to use DCAU Batman in this arc as he is one of my faviroutes.
And now the big reveal of this chapter: Nicholas Cage's Ghost Rider being here. I was rewatching the 2012 film, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and imiadetley found myself jotting down ideas.
Cage's Ghost Rider will play a major role in this trilogy and will be one of the seven most important characters in this trilogy.
And it was the Queen Mother who spoke to Jason. Tell me what you think of it.
You will find out next chapter what the creature who snatches up souls is.
Next chapter will also involve conversations between the characters.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you think of this chapter.
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