Chapter 17.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
First off, I have decided to include DCAU Batman, Oliver and A.C into the final showdown simply because they are just too awesome.
I have also decided to end the Discovery arc next chapter, so both the final showdown and ending will happen next chapter.
This chapter will cover the battle against Yeldabaoth, the escape from the Mycelia Network and a showdown against Gabriel Lorca, followed by reunions while the final showdown will happen next chapter. So yeah, this will be a long chapter.
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 you see in this fic. I only own Jason Stark and any other OC's and worlds you see in this fic.
On with the show.
SupergodzillaSailorCosmos: Thanks for the review. I will make a list of universes. No Scarlet King is from the SCP Foundation Mythos actually. The Great Darkness is a Marvel villain who has fought the Greek Gods. You will find out his identity in Chapter 19.
OmniUIShaggyOverexagerated: Thanks for the review. Yes it is quite a lot of fandoms. Yes the Infinite Darkness and the Scarlet King are separate entities. The Infinite Darkness is Marvel while the Scarlet King is SCP Foundation Mythos.
Aragorn II Elessar: Thanks for the review. Glad you loved all the heroes exchanging stories. Yes Smallville takes place on Earth-21 in my series and yes Clark and Bart were from Earth-21 as well. Glad you loved Blaze telling the backstories. I found Season 12 of BBT to be the best. Yes DCAU Batman, Oliver and A.C will be involved in the final showdown. Mulan will get a cameo at the end of this arc.
Jason's POV.
Following the arrival of Pangloss, we had come up with a plan needed to distract Yeldabaoth and then escape from this place.
But Pangloss informed us that Yeldabaoth was too powerful to be soled and that two of us would have to distract him.
Blaze had volunteered, being the second most powerful.
"Are you sure?" I asked him.
"Yeah I can hold him off with Pangloss's help" Blaze replied.
I nodded.
"What about the rest of us?" Stammets asked.
"You will need to evade the minions of Yeldabaoth. There is a pocket nexus that operates on thought. It will send its user to any world in any dimension" Pangloss replied.
"Where is this nexus?" A.C asked.
"It is at the other side of this realm. But you should be careful trying to avoid the minions of Yeldabaoth. They are massive flesh abominations" Pangloss warned.
Well shit.
But I felt confident that Bruce, A.C, Stammets, Oliver and I could make it out of this place alive.
"So when do we get started?" I asked.
"In 2 minutes. I have managed to create a phaser for you Paul Stammets, a compound bow and set of arrows for you Oliver Queen, and a sword for you Jason Stark" Pangloss informed us, making said weapons appear out of thin air.
"Sweet dude. You should be invited to parties" Oliver said as he took the bow and arrows.
I took my sword and strapped it to my back while Stammets armed himself with his phaser.
"A.C what about you?" I asked.
A.C chuckled.
"Oh I don't need weapons" he replied.
Somehow I didn't doubt he would mow his way across this pocket dimension with nothing but his fists.
A loud roar shook the place.
"Yeldabaoth is here. We must move quickly" Pangloss said.
Stammets drew his phaser while Oliver notched at arrow and I unsheathed my sword.
Blaze cracked his neck and Bruce drew a Batarang.
Pangloss just rubbed his hands eagerly.
Blaze suddenly transformed into Ghost Rider and cackled evilly while his chain became what he called a 'hellfire chain'.
"Let's kick some ass" I said with a smirk.
"Blaze with me. The rest of you, make it to the nexus" Pangloss said.
We all nodded.
As soon as we exited the room, we came face to face with one of the ugliest things I have ever seen.
It was like a giant ball of writhing flesh, tissue and organs.
Bruce threw a Batarang which delivered an electrical shock that caused the creature to drop dead.
"Well that was easy" Oliver commented.
A little bit too easy.
We all continued our way onwards where we encountered two others.
A.C ran forward and grabbed one of the flesh creatures, pummelling it with his fists.
Stammets shot the other one down with his phaser.
Soon we continued on where I heard a gunshot fired.
Oliver spun around and completely shattered the bullet with his arrow.
"Did you just shatter the bullet?" I asked in disbelief.
Not even Clint could do something like that.
"Yep" Oliver replied with a smirk.
"Yep now I've seen everything" I sighed.
I had no idea where the bullet was fired from though.
We continued where several people in black robes tried to stop us but we dealt with one as I slashed down another that was sneaking up on me.
We made it to a large room where there were two flesh creatures.
A.C and Bruce charged first as I somersaulted over everyone and slashed one in half.
Stammets fired off his phaser, taking out the final one.
"Where is this nexus?" A.C asked.
"I sense it is through that door" Bruce said pointing to one that was on the other side of the room.
"Let's go!" I shouted.
We raced towards the door and Bruce kicked it down.
On the other side, were about two dozen people garbed in black robes and hoods that obscured there faces.
"Well guys. I wish you all a lucky Christmas bonus" Oliver quipped as he fired an arrow that split into 3 that took down four enemies.
Bruce threw a Batarang that knocked down two others as several enemies started chanting.
I slashed down that was close to me and ducked under a knife attack, kicking him in the face.
A.C was getting pummelled backwards as Stammets fired off his phaser to help him.
I decided to pull a trick that Nyssa had taught me.
I kicked up my sword into the air and flipped, kicking the sword where it impaled the chanting enemies.
"Bullseye" I quipped.
Bruce kicked an enemy that was busy beating A.C.
"Thanks Bruce. I had that covered though" A.C said.
"Oh please A.C. Bruce had to save your scaly butt from getting killed" I said.
"I would have gotten out of it" A.C tried to defend himself.
"Oh really, was that before or after they packed you into a thousand little tin cans?" Oliver teased.
A.C just glared at him.
"Enough, let's move" Bruce snapped.
Looks like no matter what Earth it is, Batman still takes no nonsense.
Except for that one Earth that had a version of Batman who laughed.
I just called him "Laughable Batman".
We kicked another door down and entered what I recognized as the Bridge of this ship.
There, Pangloss and Blaze were fighting the biggest and most ugly thing ever.
It put those flesh creatures we just fought to shame.
I guessed this was Yeldabaoth.
"A little help here!" Pangloss yelled.
We all moved into action with Bruce throwing a Batarang, Oliver firing an arrow, Stammets firing his phaser and A.C and I just charging straight into the fight.
I slashed with my sword, as Yeldabaoth howled in pain.
A.C threw a titanic punch straight at his face and the creature stumble back before sending A.C flying with a telekinetic shove.
Oliver fired an arrow which struck the creature in the eye and it howled in pain.
Bruce hurled a Batarang which delivered a powerful electric shock, stunning the creature.
Stammets fired his phaser over and over at the creature.
A.C tried to attack but Yeldabaoth head-butted him back.
Suddenly, Yeldabaoth stumbled back, muttering the words "No, no, no, no" over and over again.
A cloud of pure darkness swooped into the place.
"Yeldabaoth! I gave you no right to come here!" the darkness bellowed.
"I'm so sorry Scarlet King" the entity whimpered.
I paled so much I probably would have become the wall if I had paled any further.
Blaze whipped his fiery chain into the darkness, but it did absolutely nothing.
"RUN!" Pangloss shouted.
"What about you and Blaze?!" I shouted back.
"I have something that can hold him off. Then let's go" Pangloss said.
He chanted several times as a massive glowing ball erupted.
Yeldabaoth howled in pain while the Scarlet King just looked pissed.
"Now run!" Pangloss shouted as he and Blaze joined us.
We all ran as fast as we could, A.C was way ahead of us due to his Atlantian physiology.
"How does this thing work again?" Oliver asked.
"It works by thought. So I guess that means wherever you want to go just think about it" Stammets said.
"Blaze and I won't join you. We have separate job to do. We must recruit demonic heroes such as Trigon and Etrigan to aid us in helping you combat the Crisis" Pangloss said regretfully before he vanished with Blaze.
I frowned in confusion but then turned to face the nexus.
I thought about the current location of my friends.
The nexus shifted to show Burnham fighting against several armoured guards.
"Let's go!" I said and dived through the nexus with A.C following me.
I tumbled through the other side, landing inside the ship where everything was burning and there were tons of dead bodies lying everywhere.
"Oh shit" I summed up everything.
A.C, Oliver, and Bruce landed behind me.
"Where's Stammets?" I asked.
"He went back to his ship. Said something about powering up a spore drive" Oliver said.
I saw Lorca firing off his phaser as he turned to face me.
"Jason Stark" he snarled.
"Corecto mundo motherfucker" I smirked.
"Let's finish this" Lorca snarled, drawing a knife.
"Bruce, A.C, you guys deal with those clowns. Oliver, you're with me" I said.
Bruce and A.C charged at several guards who had turned to face them.
Oliver and I charged to attack Lorca.
He slashed with his knife and I dodged, kneeing him in the ribs.
Oliver tried to flip-kick Lorca, but he grabbed Oliver by the leg and slammed his head to the floor multiple times, dazing him.
I punched Lorca in the abdomen and head-butted him causing Lorca to stagger back.
Bruce flip-kicked one guard down with ease and began fighting two others.
A.C grabbed one guard and punched him so hard, he flew into a wall and it cracked.
Oliver got up and fired an arrow at Lorca that struck him in the shoulder.
I threw a series of punches at Lorca's face, causing it to bleed.
Lorca managed to stab me in the side and I jumped back.
I heard a noise and spun around to see a warship arriving.
"I've got it" Oliver said.
He notched an arrow to his bow and took aim.
He then loosed the arrow at a warship and even though it was probably a light year away, it hit the ship and exploded.
I was stunned.
He would put just about any archer I knew to shame.
Lorca growled at that and cut my face with his knife.
I flipped and kicked him in the chest, sending him backwards.
Lorca retaliated by slashing wildly with the knife but I dodged all of his hits.
A.C charged at Lorca and tackled him to the ground, punching him over and over again in the face.
Lorca stabbed A.C and pushed him off of him.
Oliver tried to kick Lorca but was punched away.
Another difference between Earth-1 Oliver and this Oliver: This Oliver lacked in hand to hand skill.
Bruce threw a Batarang that delivered a powerful electrical shock.
Lorca yelled in pain and sunk to one knee, causing me to kick him in the face, sending him backwards.
"You'll pay for that" Lorca snarled and got to his feet.
He then took out a device and threw it at us.
It landed and exploded as all of us were thrown back from the blast.
I screamed as I felt shrapnel enter my body and rip flesh.
When I looked down, my legs were bloody and injured.
I staggered to my feet with help from Oliver.
Bruce charged Lorca and traded a brutal series of punches and kicks with him.
However it was clear that Bruce held the upper hand.
He flip-kicked Lorca away and he rolled.
I saw a bright flash of light as Burnham and some Asian woman vanished via Transporter.
A.C was covered in several burns but he still moved fast and landed in a brutal punch.
A loud crack was heard as Lorca's nose was broken.
"It's over" Bruce snarled.
"Who are you?" Lorca gasped out.
"I'm Batman" Bruce replied.
A.C and Oliver grabbed Lorca by the legs and dragged him towards where a bright star was underneath the ship.
"Well, so long and thanks for all the fish" Oliver said and he and A.C hurled Lorca into the star where he disintegrated into nothingness.
He was finally dead.
But then the ship started exploding.
"Oh hell" I cursed.
Right before the explosion could consume us, a bright, golden light caught Bruce, A.C, Oliver and I as we vanished.
When we reappeared, we were back on the Discovery.
I felt slightly dizzy at that point.
"Jump us out of here!" I heard Tilly shout.
The ship went into jump mode and everything went all reality bending.
I then passed out from the pain in my leg.
When I woke up, I was in Sick Bay.
There was still a pain in my leg, but it didn't feel as bad as before.
It took a while, but my eyes managed to adjust to the surroundings.
First thing I noticed was that Stammets was talking to Cassilda, Frank Castle, Shang Chi and John Constantine.
"What the…" I trailed off.
"Jay, thank god you're awake" Stammets said in relief.
"What's going on? Cassie, what are you guys even doing here?" I asked in confusion.
So many things were confusing at this point.
"Well Novu sent us here to help you fight. Turns out that this being named Nemesis and Typhoid Mary along with another warrior called Saracon are coming to kill you" Shang Chi said grimly.
That was even more confusing.
Who the heck was Nemesis?
"Constantine. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Ah well mate. I found a way to restore your friend Conrad James from his coma" Constantine explained.
My eyes widened.
"How did you do that?" I asked in shock.
Constantine shrugged.
"I made a deal with my old friend Lucifer Morningstar to do so. That and my doppelganger on another Earth who also happens to look like John Wick owed me a favour" Constantine explained.
I sighed in relief.
Finally we could cure my friend and bring him back.
I missed him a lot. That and it sucked not having a speedster on the team.
"Who is Nemesis?" I asked.
So Shang Chi explained that Jenna had absorbed an evil spirit called Nemesis into her and the spirit had taken over, and allied with the Anti-Monitor.
And this is just fucking great.
"How long until they get here?" I asked.
"About two hours. Your friends Bruce, Oliver and A.C are waiting for the signal. We tracked them to the planet Quos, which is the home planet of the Klingons. Oh and speaking of Klingons, they are amassing there troops to destroy the Discovery" Cassilda said.
This so sucked.
"Well then we better get the hell ready" I said with determination.
Cassilda smiled and kissed my forehead.
It was time to kick ass once and for all.
And Chapter 17 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
So I hope I handled the fight scenes well. I originally planned to keep Lorca around for next chapter but he was a bastard who deserved to die, so I decided to kill him off in this chapter.
Oliver shooting the ship was epic to write as I'm sure we can all agree that while Arrowverse Oliver is the better H2H fighter, Smallville Oliver easily outclasses him in terms of archery.
And Blaze and Pangloss have gone to recruit other demonic characters including Lucifer and Trigon to help them.
For those of you who don't know who Saracon is: he is from the Arrowverse comic; Arrow: The Dark Archer and is the son of Malcolm Merlyn.
Fanfiction author Aragorn II Elessar did a phenomenal job using him in his fic, The Devil of Star City so I thought I would use him in this. So those who remember the final chapter of A Legend Never Dies would know that Saracon was recruited by the Anti-Monitor into his team.
Also the version of Constantine that Arrowverse Constantine mentioned was the Constantine that appeared in the 2005 film and was played by Keanu Reeves who also plays John Wick. Just thought I would make a reference to that film.
Lucifer won't show up until his arc later in the story though.
Now next chapter will cover the final showdown of the Discovery arc and will be written in third person POV, so I hope you are all excited.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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