Space and time tore open as tens of thousands of fighters, thousands of battleships, and a metallic spherical object beyond comprehension came through. The Dyson sphere contained an anti-matter star inside it allowing it to collect 400 yottawatts or four hundred million billion billion watts of energy. The Dyson sphere extended 1 AU or 100 million miles from its anti-matter star. The surface area of the Dyson sphere was equivalent to 550 million times the surface area of Earth. The Dyson sphere was completely solid and heavily armored on the outside with countless ion cannons, trenches, fighter hangers, and city structures. All of the anti-matter ships were shielded to avoid matter particles from impacting them. Inside the Dyson sphere's crust was an entire civilization of quadrillions of diverse alien species from the anti-matter universe. They all answered to their leader: The Anti-Monitor.
On a city structure that resembled a metallic fortress in space, the Anti-Monitor sat on his throne. He eyed the Earth he was targeting with telescopic vision. His head was bald, his face deathly pale, his eyes glowed blue, and his skin looked ancient with heavy wrinkles. He wore similar armor to the Monitor. This was a being as old as the universe itself. Unlike his brother, he had no reason to hide his ancient appearance from suspicious and skeptical humans.
"Let's end this game, brother. Come to me," the Anti-Monitor said softly. He then made a motion with his hand.
An anti-matter torpedo fired from one of his battleships. The torpedo, like all of the ships, was shielded from matter particles hitting it. The torpedo quickly accelerated to lightspeed straight for Earth. The Monitor waited patiently as the torpedo finally hit the Earth. As the torpedo entered the planet's atmosphere, its shield continued to protect it until it hit the surface. Once it impacted, the torpedo went straight to the planet's core and detonated in a matter/anti-matter explosion. The atmosphere instantly became super-hot frying the entire surface, the crust liquified, and the planet became a molten sphere. Within an instant, Earth 9 was gone.
The Anti-Monitor watched passively for any reaction to the mass genocide he had caused. When there was nothing, the Anti-Monitor sighed. His massive fleet then created a portal in space-time where it disappeared to another universe.
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Rise of Supergirl
Earth-38
Metropolis
One particular night, a raving lunatic held a sign and shouted at people. "The end of the world is licking at our heels. Soon we will be nothing but dust twisting and writhing in space. Repent, you sinful fucks! Not even Supergirl will save you!"
"Oh really?" Supergirl smirked as she landed near him.
"Yeah," he said super-seriously.
"Well, a broken clock is right twice a day," Karina mocked.
"I don't get it," the protestor said to her.
"You don't have to," Karina rolled her eyes. A dragon then descended upon them and started firing fireballs at the people on the streets.
The dragon landed and fired on Karina and the protestor. Karina used her cape to shield the protestor "You're doing the Lord's work. Go bring the good news somewhere else," Karina ordered him.
The dragon snarled at Karina. Without hesitation, she fired heat vision at Spike, the dragon, blasting him to chared pieces. Karina then received a signal from the DEO and immediately took off towards the DEO. As she landed, she met up with Brainiac 5.
"The dragon was on the no-kill list," Brainiac 5 scolded her.
"How was I supposed to know?" Karina threw up her hands.
"We'll just have to clone it," Brainiac 5 allowed.
Brainiac 5 and Karina met up with Alex and eyed the viewing screen. "One of my units on Earth-9 sent out a distress signal before it was destroyed. It's safe to assume that Earth-9 is no more," Brainiac 5 said.
"My God. What are we dealing with?" Alex asked.
"Unknown, the Earths are destroyed faster than we can determine the method," Brainiac 5 said.
"So, no warning system," Alex realized. "What stops our Earth from being destroyed?"
"If you are destroyed, you won't be able to reset the timeline," Karina pointed out.
Brainiac 5 smirked at that. "You assume my real self is actually on Earth?"
"Cut the crap. What's our plan?" Alex asked.
"I believe these mass genocides have a purpose. It is to lure someone out, in this case, the Monitor and his forces. The Monitor can go from one universe to the next making him a very difficult target to destroy," Brainiac 5 said.
"Why Earth?" Karina asked.
"There must be something of significant symbolic value to this planet," Brainiac 5 figured. "What we need is a planetary shield capable of withstanding the Anti-Monitor's attack."
"Wait, I thought the Anti-Monitor destroyed entire universes with an anti-matter wave," Alex said.
"That's impossible," Karina doubted.
"That is a fair descriptor. That would be unfeasible, unthinkable, absurd, outlandish, whatever you choose to call it," Brainiac 5 said condescendingly.
"Our universe is nearly 93 billion light-years across and is expanding faster than the speed of light. There is no energy in all of creation that could destroy all matter within the universe or reach every corner of it. Even if there was an energy powerful enough, it would never reach us. Even if it did reach us, it would be instantaneous without warning," Brainiac 5 continued.
"So, Kara was just fucking with me. Good to know she can still joke around during a major...," Alex sighed.
"Crisis," Hank finished for her suddenly appearing in the DEO.
"Excellent timing," Brainiac 5 complimented.
"I know, right?" Hank smiled. "The Monitor is testing me to see if I'm ready for this."
"Because it's all about you, isn't it?" Alex scolded.
"Actually, it's all about me," Brainiac 5 smirked.
Earth-2
Metropolis
In Metropolis, citizens worked around the clock to build a massive tower around the already existing World-Trade Center skyscraper. Other towers were being constructed around the world with the same diligence. Supergirl (wearing pants) and Brainiac 5 oversaw the construction.
"Program Myriad so that minorities, non-Christians, and sexual deviants are given lower-level tasks," Kara ordered him.
"Everyone is controlled by me via Myriad. It will make no difference," Brainiac 5 said.
"It will be written for all time that men stood against a tyrant and prevailed. They will know who it was that secured victory and I want only desirable groups of people to take credit for it," Kara argued.
"This would be an inefficient use of human resources," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Am I in command or not?" Kara asked him.
"Very well," Brainiac 5 allowed and programed Myriad to do as Kara asked. Immediately, the people in the cities began to reorganize their taskings.
The two watched passively as the towers became active giving Earth-2 a powerful shield. "The shield will not be able to stand up to the Anti-Monitor's fleet."
"It will give us time to escape in case the Anti-Monitor only fires a warning shot," Kara replied.
Earth-38
Argo City
On the asteroid city of Argo, Lois mocked Clark as he changed his hybrid son's diapers. "Superman, champion of Earth, who faced off against Doomsday, defeated General Zod and foiled Lex Luthor has finally met his match: a dirty diaper. What do you think?"
"I think the delivery was fine but the writing is ripped off from Smallville and is also a bit cliche," Clark said honestly.
"Is it front-page news?" Lois asked.
"No, no it's not," Clark shook his head.
"If only the citizens of Earth could see Kal-El struggling with diapers," Lois mocked.
"I will remind you, Miss Lane, I have no powers here," Clark said having used all of his reserves foolishly.
"Don't be blaming this on the red sun, honey," Lois countered.
"That would make sense if we had a red sun. We're a floating asteroid in interstellar space. There is no sun," Clark reminded her as he put the baby down in his crib.
The two made out for a little while as Brainiac 5 casually took the baby and then portaled himself away. "Wait, where's the baby?" Lois wondered.
Earth-38
Gotham City
Several heavily armed Rabbit men decided this was the night to conduct a bank robbery. Batwoman suddenly landed on the bank van. The Rabbit gang immediately fired on her with automatic rifles. Batwoman quickly made short work of them shooting them in the head, slicing their necks with her wrist blades, or punching a hole through their chest with her projectile grappling gun. Batwoman went over to the last living Rabbit and put her boot on his chest.
"Okay, I'll talk," he gasped.
"The time for talking is over," Batwoman said to him and then shot him in the forehead.
Lyla aka Harbinger suddenly appeared before her. "Batwoman, the multiverse is in great danger. You are needed."
"Well, finally some respect," Batwoman smirked.
Earth-38
Metropolis
Harbinger then suddenly appeared in the DEO. "Stop where you are, put your hands behind your head, and get on your knees," Alex quickly ordered as Harbinger appeared.
Suddenly, Mia, Oliver, Batwoman, Superman, and Lois all appeared. "Someone took our son," Lois said tearfully to Karina.
Karina gave Lois an awkward hug not recognizing her or having any relationship with her. "Do not fret. I have your son," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"You better have a God damn explanation!" Lois yelled at him.
"Your son is in another universe that also happens to be in the future. Consider it an insurance policy for your cooperation, Kal-El," Brainiac 5 said to him.
"If I could swear, I would right now," Superman said peeved.
"You give me back my son, right now," Lois banged on Brainiac 5's chest.
"In the event, you all die, he will be well taken care of in the Brainiac way," Brainiac 5 assured her.
"That doesn't make me feel better," Lois said angrily.
Batwoman punched Lyla to the face stunning her. "That's for transporting me without my permission." Batwoman then eyed the group in front of her. "Can you imagine if I joked around about beating up rabbits right after learning that your mother and entire race was dead?"
"It would be a little insensitive and tone-deaf," Karina agreed.
Batwoman then gave Karina a heartfelt embrace. "Well, since the Harbinger is finally here I guess we should stop fucking around," Batwoman said.
"Indeed, it is time," Brainiac 5 agreed.
"Time for what?" Alex questioned.
Batwoman took off her mask revealing herself as Kara. "You all can call me Kara," Kara smirked.
"Wait, you're Batwoman?" Alex asked confused.
"The Batwoman that can never be killed that also happens to be married to Bruce Wayne? I figured you would have caught on by now," Kara rolled her eyes.
"Then who are you?" Alex asked Karina.
"I am a clone of Kara using the Harun-El. Kara is my twin sister and if you allow me, I wish to be a sister to you as well," Karina said sincerely switching back to her Russian accent.
Alex eyed Kara and then back to Karina. She then noticed for the first time that the scar on Karina's left eyebrow was missing. All of the Karas of all of the universes had that scar back from when Kara was a child on Krypton but this clone did not. "It really is true," Alex realized.
"I'm Mia. I'm Oliver's daughter," she introduced herself awkwardly.
"I never knew he had a daughter," Hank said skeptically.
"He says that a lot," Mia said annoyed.
"I don't have time to process all of your bullshit, right now," Alex said to Kara and Karina. "You, start talking," Alex ordered Lyla.
The heroes entered the conference room while Lyla gave a power-point presentation. "These crullers are delicious," Kara said to Karina still wearing the Batwoman suit.
"Sit down and pay attention," Alex scolded both of them.
"We're making our stand on Earth-2. A planetary shield is now in operation around the planet. Now that we know it works, we can begin construction of planetary shields on other Earths including this one," Lyla said.
"We're going to need a bigger team," Hank said obviously.
"Yeah, where is Barry? Where are the Legends?" Oliver asked.
"They're doing reconnaissance," Lyla replied.
"Oh really?" Kara scoffed as she stuffed her face with another cruller. "That sounds like bullshit."
"I'm headed to check up on them now," Lyla said and then disappeared.
"Thanks for all of you coming by. I know together we will prevail," Kara said and then started laughing.
"Damn it, Kara, this is serious," Alex scolded her.
"Alright, alright," Kara slapped the table. "Barney, activate Myriad and get the ball rolling with those towers," Kara ordered.
"Wait...what?" Alex thought she misheard.
"There will be exceptions for all us heroes," Kara smirked.
"That's not the point. You're making everyone your slave. This is what we fought Lena against," Alex said passionately.
"I trust Barney more than I trust Lena on this. When the bullets start flying all that political bullshit goes out the window," Kara told her.
"Myriad has been activated," Brainiac 5 reported to Kara.
"Get them to work," Kara ordered.
Lyla then reappeared with Flash, White Canary, and Atom Man.
As the heroes made small talk, Brainiac 5 came over to Hank. "Myriad only works on humans. I require ships to evacuate important people off this planet in case the shields fail."
"Every alien refugee came here on a ship," Hank pointed out.
"They may not be so cooperative after what they endured by the US government last year," Brainiac 5 noted.
"I'll persuade them to give them up or I'll kick their asses," Hank assured him and took off to the lab to meet with Alex.
"The president has been informed. He's talking to world leaders. It's been a little difficult since we've managed to piss-off the entire G-20," Alex said to Hank as he entered.
"Good," Hank nodded.
"We can't just evacuate the whole planet," Alex said flustered.
"Barney has a list of the most useful people on the planet. I'm happy to say I'm on that list. So are you," Hank said to her.
"Wait, Barney gets to decide who lives and who dies?" Alex asked incredulously.
"He is an impartial machine that uses cold logic instead of emotion," Hank said simply.
"I've worked with Barney longer than you. He is a sick fuck. He just kidnapped Superman's kid," Alex pointed out.
"And Superman is still with us," Hank replied.
On the balcony, Superman was brooding over his powerlessness. Kara, now wearing her Supergirl uniform, walked up to him. "I'm sorry about your son," Kara lied.
"I feel like a fool. I thought I could give up the cape and just have everything I ever wanted. And now this Earth and every other Earth are in danger. Jonathon is out there somewhere in another universe in another time where I can't protect him...and a part of me can't help but think I deserve this for thinking I could have so much, that anyone could," Superman said.
"Well, yeah, you left Earth and left me with this mess of a planet. I've had to reset the timeline two times because of things that happened that were fucked up. But you know what, you don't owe this world a God damn thing. You can be this world's angel or sit on your ass in Argo. Never feel guilty for living your life the way you want," Kara said to him.
"What about 'With great power comes great responsibility'?" Superman asked her.
"Some nerd came up with that shit. We're going to get through this one way or another. I know because I lived on this Earth at this very spot a thousand years from now. This Anti-Monitor is a villain of the week, a fucking t-shirt. Have faith in me, Kal. I am the most powerful being in the universe, in any universe, and I will save the day," Kara said.
"Kara, how can you be so hopeful?" Superman asked amazed at her.
"You see these guns," Kara said displaying her feminine arms. "Look, I got museum exhibits, theater productions, movie deals, and one of the highest-rated shows on CW. I've shared everything I have to this world whether they like it or not. Krypton isn't just a place, it's a spirit, and right now I'm pumping that spirit into every human under Myriad," Kara grinned.
"Your mother...is proud of you in some ways," Superman told her.
Kara rolled her eyes at that. "I guess I'll take it."
"I need you to ask Barney to get back my son," Superman said to her.
"Not happening. You're my bitch now," Kara told him.
Oliver strolled around the city with Barry. "If you're so fast, why are you always late!" Oliver raged.
"Lyla had us do some recon on the quantum towers. Hey, you remember that newspaper in the vault that screamed 'CRISIS'?" Barry asked him.
"Yeah, so?" Oliver wondered.
"The Monitor came to me and confirmed the newspaper's headline. In this crisis, I'm supposed to die," Barry revealed.
"No," Oliver shook his head.
"No?" Barry wondered.
"Only I die. It's my thing, not anyone else," Oliver said. "We need to talk! Hey, right now!" he yelled at the sky.
Barry looked around embarrassed as Oliver continued to yell. "Okay, I'm going to go now...like really quickly."
Monitor Realm
Oliver found himself in the realm of the Monitor after having a little chat with Barry Allen. "We're past the time for discussion, Oliver," Monitor said annoyed.
"You and I had an agreement. I die but Barry and Kara live," Oliver said pissed-off upon hearing that Barry had also been told he would die, too.
"Yes, to keep the cosmic balance," Monitor said vaguely.
"So why are you telling Barry he's going to die?" Oliver asked.
"Because Kara is doing all she can to keep you alive. One of you three must die, but I cannot stop free will. I cannot stop Kara from trying to save your life. She is not taking this threat seriously," Monitor said.
"You need to stop playing games with me. You need to tell me why the Anti-Monitor is doing this and how do I stop him," Oliver insisted.
"Not knowing what you are fighting means you will prepare for every possibility because this threat brings with it the annihilation of all life and all realities. Do you now understand the scope of the danger we all face?" Monitor asked him.
Earth-38
Metropolis
Lena looked out her window at the people working on the quantum tower, like drones. "This is such bullshit," she muttered. Alex then waltzed in.
"You here to arrest me during the apocalypse?" Lena rolled her eyes. "Or are you here to kill me because you weren't successful the other day?"
"I wasn't trying to hurt you, Lena. I was trying to stop you from using Myriad," Alex said honestly.
"Right, so what's this shit?" Lena asked, pointing out the city population.
"I'm still processing all of it. I just found out that Supergirl cloned herself and that she and her clone have been impersonating each other. Barney just kidnapped Superman's son. I don't know what the fuck is going on any longer but what I do know is that Supergirl and Barney are the only ones that can save us," Alex said to her.
The wheels in Lena's head started to turn on this. "She went to all this effort to stop me from knowing her true identity to the point of cloning herself," Lena said dismayed.
"Look, I didn't know about it either," Alex said.
"It's almost flattering in a way," Lena said thoughtfully.
"The Anti-Monitor could arrive in our universe at any time. We're using quantum towers to try to shield the planet but we have a contingency plan to evacuate the planet. In order to do that, we need your help," Alex said to her.
"Look, I'm sorry I lied to you. But you have to understand that I've known Kara for fifteen years and in all those years, she's lied, mocked, and belittled me. So, whatever hurt you're feeling right now, you need to suck it up because if you don't we're all fucked," Alex said passionately.
"Well, if the world is at stake then, of course, I'll help. What do you need me to do?" Lena asked.
The Anti-Monitor's fleet arrived at Earth-38 and fired off an anti-matter torpedo straight towards Earth. "The Anti-Monitor fleet has arrived. Safe to assume they have already fired," Brainiac 5 radioed to Kara and Karina standing on top of the quantum tower.
"I trust you will do the reset if the shield fails," Kara radioed back.
"Of course...but try your best anyway," Brainiac 5 replied.
The anti-matter torpedo hit Earth's shield in a brilliant explosion. The shield protected the Earth from the gamma rays caused by the impact. The Anti-Monitor's fleet then launched thousands of fighters towards the Earth to penetrate the shield and take down the towers.
"We have incoming fighters," Brainiac 5 radioed to Kara and Karina.
"Stay here in case any get through," Kara ordered Karina and took off into space.
As the fighters reached Earth, Kara went a few Prime levels creating an aura that was the size of Jupiter. Some of the fighters braved through the aura and exploded upon impact. Most other fighters pulled away just in time. The battleships then fired continuous shots at Kara with all of them missing or absorbed into the bright light. From the Earth, Kara's aura dominated the sky. Alex, Lena, Kelly, Nia, and James stared at it in wonder.
The battleships stopped firing their ion cannons and switched to torpedos and sonic charges. They exploded as they hit Kara's aura in powerful megaton explosions from matter/anti-matter reactions. Kara fired back with heat vision that was absorbed by the battleship's shields.
Kara then focused, creating a mini-black hole around herself. Her aura spun around her body at incredible speed. The fighters became pulled in by the black hole and were incinerated by the event horizon. The tides on the Earth became significantly higher than usual and the Earth shook from being so close to Kara.
Formations of fighters fired on the shield until they opened a hole and then went through. With their shields up, they didn't immediately annihilate in the matter atmosphere. As they approached the towers, Karina, Superman, Atom Man, Flash, Oliver, and Mia were on guard.
"If you cause any of their shields to go down, they will instantly annihilate with matter causing an explosion that will destroy the east coast, the towers, and will most assuredly kill you all," Brainiac 5 radioed them.
"So, what the fuck do we do?" Oliver asked him.
"Fight...defensively," Brainiac 5 shrugged.
"I got this," Flash said spinning around the tower so fast it created a tornado vortex. The fighters pulled away from the tower before they could get hit. They then scattered as if looking for something.
Meanwhile, Hank had recruited a sizeable fleet all over the world in a remarkable time. Humans under Myriad calmly entered the ship. Families were separated as Brainiac 5 only chose the strongest, smartest, healthiest, and most fit to be sent to Earth-2. With Alex and Lena cooperating, a giant portal opened allowing the ships to go through.
In space, the Anti-Monitor fleet, except the Dyson sphere, got close to Earth as the fighters finished their patrols. Kara powered down her black hole and stared down the fleet of battleships. On his fortress, the Anti-Monitor stared at Kara and then twitched as he sensed something. The Anti-Monitor pointed his hand at Earth and fired. The beam hit the planetary shield causing the towers to overload. The towers all around the world sparked and collapsed as they overloaded.
"The battle is lost," Monitor said to all the heroes on a rooftop near the broken towers. "We must retreat and save our resources for battles yet to come," he said to them.
The Anti-Monitor eyed his brother on Earth. "I have finally found you, my brother," he said pleased.
"Talk to me. I've come to bargain," Kara said to him.
The Anti-Monitor ignored her and fired again on the planet completely destroying it in a powerful explosion. As soon as the planet was destroyed, there was a flash of light and then it was back to before.
"Talk to me. I've come to bargain," Kara said again.
The Anti-Monitor gave her a curious look and then lazily blasted the Earth to space debris. As before, the Earth went back to before. "Talk to me. I've come to bargain," Kara said once more.
The Anti-Monitor sensed the timeline resetting but was none-the-less bound to three dimensions. "What is your proposal?" he asked her in Kryptonian.
"Leave my Earth alone and I promise to kill the Monitor if he ever returns here," Kara offered.
"Before I can allow my brother to die, I must have his knowledge," the Anti-Monitor replied.
"Then I'll kick his ass and hand him over to you," Kara offered.
"This is acceptable...Kryptonian," the Anti-Monitor allowed.
The Anti-Monitor and his fleet then departed for another universe.
Earth-2
Metropolis
At the DEO, Brainiac 5 monitored the situation with the ships. The refugee ships went through the portal having collected three billion souls Brainiac 5 had considered useful. As soon as the Anti-Monitor was gone, he shut down the portal via Hope that Lena had been using. As soon as they arrived on Earth 2, the confused humans were then put under Myriad again and began working once more in an efficient matter. In accordance with Kara's instructions, Kelly and her brother James went to work as janitors.
Brainiac 5 units, all wearing black leather jackets, and shades, by the hundreds, marched in formation through the portal and then scattered as they went to designated places for them to work and collect information.
The Monitor regrouped with all of his heroes he had transported himself excluding the Supergirls he knew he could no longer trust. "The planet now has three billion more people from Earth-38 that can be put to good use," the Monitor said pleased.
Pariah then appeared next to the Monitor. "I got to tell you...I've seen some fucked up shit these last few weeks."
"Nash?" Barry wondered.
"Once upon a time. Nash is no more. Now, I am simply a man serving his penance. I am now Pariah," he said.
Kara (wearing pants) walked into the room. "About time you all showed up," she said to them. Kara eyed Oliver curiously. "So, you're still alive. Good."
"This is not how it is supposed to be. This is not what I foresaw," the Monitor admitted.
"Things are turning out differently than expected," Pariah agreed.
"That's because you didn't take into account me," Kara smirked.
Earth-38
Gotham
Kara, wearing civilians, entered the Bat-Cave under Wayne tower and found Kate practicing her Batarang skills. "Time to go to Earth-2," Kara ordered her.
"What use am I in a fight against a space fleet and a god?" Kate asked.
"You may not be useful in a fight but you're useful to me," Kara told her. "Now, put on the new suit."
Kate nodded and proceeded to get into the new Batwoman suit. She then turned the suit on and immediately her knuckles and bat symbol glowed green. Kara eyed the suit pleased with it. "Don't turn the suit on unless I tell you to," Kara said seriously.
"Got it," Kate said turning it off.
"You ready to kick some ass?" Kara asked her.
"Fuck yeah," Kate smiled.