At headquarters, Supergirl eyed the injured Flash and Black Lightning as they were treated in the clinic by Alex and Iris. She turned away without a word unrepentant and then back to the command center where the remaining heroes gathered. Tensions were high as the heroes had just fought one another over the fate of Earth 2's population and the death of the Monitor.
Kara joined up with Brainiac 5, Kate, and Hank on one side of the table. On the other side was a skeptical Superman(38), Superman(96), Oliver, John, Lyla, Sara, Ray, Mick, and Constantine. Dr. Ryan Troy was hopelessly confused by everything that had just happened and was off to the side.
"I have successfully accomplished our primary mission of acquiring the bulk of Mar Novu's memories into my information banks," Brainiac 5 said pleased.
Kara gave him a dirty look. "I thought saving the multiverse was our primary mission," Superman(96) said annoyed.
"Well, it would appear we're not on the same page," Brainiac 5 admitted.
"Why was it necessary for you to kill him? He was our last hope," Lyla said visibly upset.
"Marv hid important information from us, made you all go on dangerous irrelevant missions, and hindered our progress due to his incompetence. In summary, he was an asshole. We are better off without him," Kara said coldly.
"You built the spirit bomb tower to lure him out in the open, so you could betray him," Superman(38) assumed.
"Precisely," Kara allowed.
"Why didn't you tell the rest of us what you were planning?" Sara asked offended.
"Marv can read minds. Only I could be trusted with the plan so J'onn mind-wiped himself, Supergirl, and Batwoman. When the time came to attack, I gave J'onn his memories back, and then he undid the mind-wipe on Supergirl and Batwoman. If anyone else were to know of the plan, he could have defeated us or escaped," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"That's how it happened," Hank confirmed.
"So what's our plan now?" Oliver asked impatiently.
"When the Anti-Monitor killed me, he showed me his memories of how he saw the conflict. I must collaborate that information with what Barney has collected. Then, we may be able to discover a weakness that will help us defeat him," Kara said.
"We don't have much time," Ray said as the viewscreen showed a fleet of anti-matter battleships approaching Earth.
"How much damage did Barry Allen of universe 90 do to the Anti-Monitor's forces?" Oliver asked.
Brainiac 5 showed a hologram of the massive Dyson sphere and its comparison to Earth. He then showed the damaged areas of the Dyson sphere that showed a very thin red line across the surface. "The matter-antimatter reaction at light-speed caused significant damage to 1% of 1% of 1% of the surface of the Dyson sphere," he reported.
"So, it was a waste," Superman(38) sighed.
"Not entirely. We now have the ability to teleport past the Dyson sphere's shields. If we can get Supergirl at maximum power inside the core of the star we could create a supernova that will destroy the Dyson sphere and possibly kill the Anti-Monitor," Brainiac 5 hypothesized.
"How many people are in that sphere?" John asked.
"I can only estimate but I believe it to be 100 quadrillion sentient beings," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Holy shit," Mick realized as he drank a beer.
"Maybe we should rethink this. This is a huge ethical dilemma," Dr. Troy spoke up.
Kara eyed him dismissively. "The ethical dilemma is irrelevant. If it can be done, it will be done. I will achieve victory at any cost."
"But Kara...you'll die and there will be no way to bring you back," Superman(38) said obviously.
"At any cost," Kara repeated herself. "Ray, work with Cisco to make it possible. Barney, Kate, J'onn come with me," Kara ordered.
As the four left the room, the others contemplated what they were going to do. "We need a back-up plan," John said.
"I know," Superman(96) nodded.
Kara entered her office with Kate, Brainiac 5, and Hank. She sat down and reflected all that she had seen when she had been killed. Brainiac 5 placed a device on her forehead and began to download the information he had collected from Marv into her head to get a complete picture of the conflict between them. Once he was done with the transfer, he turned to Hank.
"If you would do the honors," Brainiac 5 requested of Hank.
He nodded as his eyes glowed red. Kara, Kate, and Hank were suddenly in the memories of Kara just as she had been killed by the Anti-Monitor. It was an orange foggy world and yet peaceful. The Anti-Monitor calmly walked over to Kara who was now in a simple white dress.
"You are the strongest opponent I have ever faced before the time of the Monitors. Before you pass on, I shall show you my memories," the Anti-Monitor said to Kara.
Ten Billion Years Ago-Maltus
On the planet Maltus, Marv worked in his lab with his wife, Xneen, by his side. He lived in a futuristic city on a highly developed planet. Instead of his usual armor, he wore a gray lap coat but still had his weird-ass hair-cut.
"Are we ready?" Marv asked his wife.
"Just about...but you better suit up," she advised.
Marv gave his very human-like wife a kiss. "I love you," he said to her.
"I know," she replied back.
Marv then went to the bottom floor wearing his bad-ass armor. "This will be time-jump trial one, all systems nominal," Xneen said as she looked at her computer.
"I look fucking awesome," Marv smiled as he looked over his armor.
"Tell me again, why did I marry you?" Xneen wondered at his immaturity.
"There is only one constant in the universe: Once you go black, you don't go back," Marv smiled.
Xneen smiled in spite of herself. "You seeing this quantum flux?" she asked him.
"I wasn't created to read, I was created to lead," Marv said dismissively. "Next stop: The dawn of time."
A portal then opened in front of him. Marv nonchalantly entered the portal and saw nothing but empty black space. "Well, this is fucking boring," Marv said disappointedly.
There was a sudden flash of light as the multiverse was created. "Holy shit!" Marv shouted as he saw an infinite number of white-hot spheres emerge from a central point and then accelerate in all directions. As he continued to observe, he saw some of the spheres hitting one another creating brilliant explosions of light.
"Matter and anti-matter universes annihilating," Marv realized.
Marv then noticed a cluster of anti-matter universes escaping annihilation as the universes spread out. Curious, Marv opened a portal to one of the anti-matter universes and saw that it was exactly the same as his own albeit the charge on sub-atomic particles was reversed. But otherwise, the galaxies, the stars, and all the planets were roughly the same.
"Do you have my coordinates, Xneen?" Marv asked delighted at his discovery.
"Yes, love," she replied.
"My towering ambition has given us the greatest discovery of all time," Marv said proudly.
Marv went back to his lab and held a meeting with the other Monitors: Solomon, Nix, Zillo, Weeja, Mandrake...and Bob. The meeting was held in the Monitor Council at the top of the tallest skyscraper on Maltus. The room was small and plain with windows looking over the entire city.
"He was trained in our ways. My only conclusion is that he was a Monitor, an anti-matter Monitor," Marv reported.
"Impossible, the anti-matter universes have become extinct since the dawn of time," Zillo doubted.
"I do not believe an anti-matter universe could exist without us knowing. That's...like...kind of our job," Nix seconded.
"I witnessed anti-matter universes surviving at the dawn of time. I was able to discover the coordinates to one of them," Marv insisted.
"Then we shall use all of our resources to unravel this mystery," Solomon said having no intention of doing so. "We will discover the identity of this Monitor."
Soon thereafter, the Monitors came together to discuss the new anti-matter Monitor. "This being has unusually great power," Zillo allowed.
"Then he shall become one of us?" Marv asked hopefully.
"No, he shall not be," Nix replied. "He's anti-matter."
"He is the chosen one, a Monitor for all the anti-matter universes that still exist," Marv insisted.
"Clouded this man's future," Solomon considered.
"Then I shall take him as my apprentice," Marv volunteered.
"You already have an apprentice with your wife, Xneen. Impossible to take on a second," Solomon blocked him.
"The code forbids it," Nix seconded.
"Shit, I'll just send Xneen away then," Marv said callously.
"Very well...fuck it," Solomon allowed.
Years later, a hologram emitter was placed in the center of the Monitor council room allowing Morbius, the anti-matter Monitor, to communicate with the council without fear of annihilation. He appeared young and was of the same exact race as other Monitors with tan skin, red eyes, and black braids.
"Allow this appointment lightly, this council does not," Solomon told Morbius.
"I understand," Morbius allowed.
"You are on this council but we do not grant you the rank of Monitor," Nix said to him.
"Wait...what?" Morbius wondered. "How can you be on the council and not be a Monitor? How the fuck does that make any sense? Who's in charge here? Can I get a vote?"
"Take a seat, Morbius," Nix ordered, shutting him up.
Morbius reluctantly took a seat on his own chair, still a hologram. "We have surveyed the multiverse and found a number of civilizations exercising technology that allows them to jump from one universe to another. We must all do our part to stop these 'travelers' and bring order to the multiverse," Zillo said.
"We do not have many of us to spare," Marv pointed out.
"Together we are the ultimate power in the universe. Each of us has a special gift over the forces of nature: space, energy, reality, soul, time, and mind," Solomon said proudly. "Tell us, Morbius, what gift do you have?"
"All of them," Morbius replied.
After the meeting was over, Nix approached Marv. "We are grateful for your discovery of the anti-matter universes but there is a new problem. We now have conflicts and war between matter and anti-matter universes. A gram of anti-matter can destroy an entire city."
"I am well aware of the danger but conflict in the multiverse has gone on for eons. Why is this any different?" Marv asked.
"What if there are other beings like Morbius. He's too powerful. I don't trust him," Nix said bluntly.
"He's never failed us in his duties," Marv pointed out.
"What if he turns against us? He could destroy us and then who will monitor the multiverse then?" Nix asked him.
"Well, shit, anything's possible, I suppose," Marv doubted.
"The council has already made its decision. We're going to purge the anti-matter universes of all life and end this threat before it begins," Nix told him.
Marv stared at him, blinked, and then stared at him. "What the fuck?"
"I know this was your greatest discovery but you have to let it go. It's good you found Morbius when you did. Otherwise, he could have attacked us first without us ever knowing about him," Nix said.
"This seems a little extreme," Marv said to him.
"Are you with us or not?" Nix pressed.
"I will always stand with the council," Marv told him.
What followed was a nine billion-year war between the Monitors and the now designated Anti-Monitor. Marv merely acted as an intelligence gatherer teleporting from one system to another to find planets that could harbor life. The Monitors went system-to-system destroying any planets that could harbor life in the anti-matter universes. Solomon used his great power to destroy planets outright with bursts of energy. Nix changed the reality of planetary atmospheres so planets would become dead and lifeless. Weeja turned back time to the point before a planet held life and then made sure the first organism never sprang forth. Mandrake used his power over the mind to force populations to kill and eat each other in brutal genocidal wars.
Morbius quickly discovered what the Monitors were doing and retaliated by entering matter universes and destroying planets. Morbius struck the planet, Maltus, killing Xneen and Marv's daughter in one swift stroke. Even with their capital gone, the Monitors continued their genocidal war-path searching and destroying all life in the anti-matter universes. Eventually, over the millions of years, Morbius would catch up with a Monitor.
Against Solomon, Morbius overpowered him incinerating him. Confronting Nix, Morbius put him in a trance to keep him from utilizing his reality-bending powers. Morbius then blasted him to pieces. With Weeja, Morbius searched through time and space to find him as he jumped to different time periods. Morbius finally predicted where Weeja would be and killed him as soon as he appeared before him. Mandrake and Bob came together for collective security as they were being hunted down. Morbius finally found them and overpowered Bob's mind. Bob and Mandrake then killed each other as they lost their minds.
"One last Monitor to go," Morbius sneered.
Having the power of instant teleportation anywhere in the multiverse, Marv was able to escape Morbius wrath for a time. A pattern soon manifested as Morbius realized Marv had a favorite destination across the multiverse, the young Earth. Of all the worlds in the multiverse, Marv would put up more of a fight there.
"You come here because it reminds you of your home," Morbius sensed from Marv's mind.
"You killed my wife and daughter," Marv said angrily to him in space with the Earth in the background.
"I lost far more. In an unprovoked attack, the Monitors destroyed any system capable of life. Behold your failure," Morbius said to him as a Dyson sphere and thousands of ships suddenly appeared. Within those ships were quadrillions of sentient beings living self-sufficiently with no planet to go back to.
Marv stared at the magnificent structure in awe but then his hatred got the better of him. "I know of an anti-matter universe not touched by the Monitors where life can thrive," Marv said to him.
"Tell me," Morbius demanded.
"No, fuck you," Marv smiled.
"Then why did you even give me hope?" Morbius asked angrily.
"Because there is no true despair without hope. Even if you have a trillion years, you will never find it," Marv said to him.
"Then I shall destroy that which is valuable to you. I will destroy every Earth until none remain," Morbius promised him.
Marv gave Morbius a serious expression as he realized this was no idle threat. He pointed at the Earth knowing this one was already doomed and teleported it onto the surface of the Dyson sphere. The matter-anti-matter reaction created a powerful explosion on the surface of the Dyson sphere and then it cracked open. As it did, the entire Dyson sphere shattered as it lost its structural integrity against its own star inside.
"No!" Morbius shouted and then reversed time.
Marv panted completely spent as Morbius worked to reverse what had happened. Morbius then fired an energy burst killing Marv on the spot. The two were suddenly transported to an orange world, the soul world. Morbius confronted Marv in this spiritual dimension.
"You will tell me the coordinates or I will torture your soul forever," Morbius threatened.
"Nothing could be worse than the pain I feel for my loss," Marv replied back.
Morbius proceeded to torture Marv for eons until he finally lost strength. He lost his youthful appearance as his skin became white and wrinkled, his scalp bald, and his eyes a pale blue. Morbius then freed Marv as he fell asleep exhausted. Marv then teleported away.
Once Morbius awoke, he cared for his growing civilization and continued to hunt for Marv destroying Earths one-by-one systematically in the hope that it would force Marv out of hiding. Probes were sent everywhere searching for Earths in the multiverse. Morbius sat on his throne staring off into space as he contemplated what he had lost and whether there was any hope of finding a new home for his people.
Present Day
Kate wiped away a tear as the vision ended. "Honestly, I feel a lot better that we killed him."
"Holy fuck, that was tough," Hank said positively exhausted.
"Do you have the coordinates to the lost anti-matter universe?" Kara asked completely unphased.
"I do," Brainiac 5 confirmed. "Assuming, of course, these coordinates are not a false memory."
"It's the only leverage we have," Kara figured.
"What if it is a false memory, as you say?" Hank asked.
"Then we're fucked as soon as the Anti-Monitor figures it out," Kate said dryly.
"Can we verify the coordinates?" Kara asked.
"Our technology is limited to only a thousand universes, so no," Brainiac 5 replied. "We could try to wait the Anti-Monitor out until we gather a sufficient force to oppose him," Brainiac 5 considered.
"I fought him. He killed me without breaking a sweat. There's no force in all of the multiverse that can oppose him," Kara doubted.
"If we give him the coordinates and they happen to be right, what stops the Anti-Monitor from still killing us all?" Kate asked.
"Nothing," Hank concluded.
Barry limped his way out of the clinic with Iris' help and walked out onto an open field. "I think that if I go back in time through the speed-force, I can redo all of this," Barry said.
"But you're injured," Iris protested.
"I just have to reach another version of me to do it for me," Barry considered.
"What?" Iris wondered.
"Whatever happens, I want you to know that I love you," Barry said to her. "And that Oliver's a really cool dude."
"Sure," Iris agreed.
Barry then used a multiverse device and found himself in STAR labs on Earth-38. He then came face-to-face with himself in a different Flash suit. "Uhmm...hello. What the hell is this?" Barry(38) wondered.
"I'm from another universe, a universe where I have a better story, a better suit, and I'm also straight," Barry(1) told him.
"That doesn't really explain why you're here in my lab. Are you a cosplayer? Do you want a selfie?" Barry(38) asked.
"I'm the Flash. I'm a big deal," Barry(1) told him off.
"The Flash...," Barry(38) considered as if that superhero name had never occurred to him. "Like I flash my junk at people?" he smiled.
"No, you go really fast...like a flash," Barry(1) explained.
"Oh, that makes sense," Barry(38) nodded. "So...how can I help you?"
"I got injured, so I need you to go through the speed-force and warn the Monitor about the Anti-Monitor before he starts destroying Earths with anti-matter," Barry(1) explained.
"I know this sounds odd coming from me but can you say that a little slower?" Barry(38) joked.
"This is damn serious, man. Your Earth, my Earth, is all in the balance right now. Our last hope, Supergirl, couldn't defeat him. So, it has to be us," Barry(1) said super-serious.
"This Anti-Monitor defeated Supergirl?" Barry(38) asked amazed. "We are so fucked."
"No, we're not. You got this. You have the same powers as I do. Make it happen," Barry(1) said to him.
"Like now?" Barry(38) wondered.
"Yes, now," Barry(1) said impatiently.
"Alright," Barry(38) said taking a deep breath and then disappeared in a flash as he went into the speed-force.
In the infirmary, Alex took a multiverse device and put it on the right setting. "I'll be back soon. I just have to look into something."
"Where are you going?" Sara asked concernedly.
"Earth-X," Alex replied and then disappeared into the portal.
Alex then quickly found herself in Metropolis under the control of the Third Reich. Police were instantly on the scene with Nazi swastika armbands. Alex raised her pistol and fired at some of them stunning several as she retreated. The police went after her as she made her way through the city.
"This might have been a bad idea," Alex said dryly as she ran as fast as she could.
The police unleashed German Shepherds to go after her. Alex fired on the dogs as they approached. "I'm so sorry. I love dogs," Alex said regretfully.
Finally, the cops cornered her. "Drop your weapon," the police captain ordered her.
Alex sighed and dropped the weapon. "On your knees," the police captain ordered as he walked closer to her.
"Fuck me," Alex realized as she got on her knees.
The police captain aimed his pistol at her head and then took out a scanning device. It scanned her eyes and came back with her identity. "Alexandra Danvers: Protected."
The police captain gave Alex an odd look and put his pistol away. "Arrest her," he ordered.
Earth-2
Kara and Lex walked around the forest in civilian clothes just outside Metropolis oblivious as to what Barry and Alex were up to. "I'm sorry I brought you back just to have you die again," Kara said apologetically.
"So, there is no hope," Lex realized.
"I mean, there's some. I just don't know what to do. We could try to give the Anti-Monitor what he wants and hope he will be merciful. We could try the spirit bomb again knowing it will kill everyone on the planet. We could try to summon all the superheroes we can and have them all get slaughtered. Or just run away forever," Kara said.
"One would think that if the Anti-Monitor can oversee such a large civilization, he would be a reasonable man," Lex assumed.
"I hate the idea of losing. I hate thinking that we'll give him what he wants most and then he just kills us all," Kara said bitterly.
"Maybe it's time you give peace a chance," Lex smiled.
"If I win this thing...will it cover all of my sins?" Kara wondered.
"The first step is forgiving yourself," Lex told her. "You need to forgive yourself for what happened to me."
Kara cried on his shoulder. "When this is all over, I'll make everything right between us."
"You need to make things right with the other Alex first," Lex reminded her.
Earth-X
Alexandra Danvers was hauled into the police station. She wore a white lab coat and had long hair but otherwise looked exactly the same as her Earth-38 counterpart. "Do you have a twin or something?" the police captain asked.
"No," Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"Explain this shit," he pointed to Alex in the cell.
"I don't know, an alternative universe," Alexandra suggested.
The police captain looked at his other officers. "That sounds like bullshit. See if you can get any intel out of her," he ordered Alexandra.
Alexandra was brought into Alex's cell. "What's with the weird haircut?"
"From where I come from, it's stylish," Alex said defensively.
"I doubt that," Alexandra shook her head. "So, what's your deal?"
"I'm from Earth-38. I'm you but from another universe where the Reich is not in charge," Alex told her.
Alexandra gave her a surprised look. "So, why are you here?"
"I wanted to see Supergirl," Alex said seriously.
Alexandra scoffed at that. "Why would Overgirl see you?"
"We're adopted sisters in my universe," Alex revealed.
"No shit? That would be both scary and amazing," Alexandra considered.
"Hey, come with me. I can take you to a peaceful free world," Alex offered.
"I think my husband and kids would have a problem with that. I have a great job here as a medical researcher. I even have protected status. Why would I want to leave?" Alexandra asked.
Alex simply stared at Alexandra in disbelief. "You're not...?"
"Don't even speak it," Alexandra told her looking around. "There are pills that repress it."
"But you still don't like men?" Alex questioned.
"No, but I'm okay with that," Alexandra shrugged.
"How's your husband deal with that?" Alex asked curiously.
"I take care of him and fulfill his needs. It's a wife's duty. On this Earth, loyalty and duty are everything," Alexandra told her.
Alex gave her a dumbfounded look. Alexandra then left the cell. "Overgirl is going to want to deal with this one, personally," she said to the police captain.
"Thanks for coming by," the police captain said to her.
"Sieg Heil," Alexandra and the police captain said together as they gave the Nazi salute and departed from one another.
Barry(38) exited the speed-force and found himself on Maltus ten billion years ago...somehow. He then zipped towards a large futuristic city and found Marv in his lab about to go back to the dawn of time. "Don't...do that," Barry told him.
"Why the fuck not?" Marv wondered. "How did you get in here?"
"I'm like really fast," Barry smiled.
"Who are you?" Marv demanded.
"I'm Bartholomew Allen but friends call me Barry," Barry introduced himself. "And you're the Monitor?"
"Maybe, maybe not," Marv crossed his arms.
"Look, this might sound a little queer but if you go back in time to the dawn of creation it leads to a chain of events that causes a lot of people to die in a Crisis. So, if you would, like, not do that, that would be great," Barry said awkwardly.
"But it's my life's work," Marv protested. "Are you some kind of zealot?"
"I'm from the future," Barry smiled.
"Then you know that if you actually persuade me, it would create a time paradox," Marv said grimly.
"A what now?" Barry wondered.
"If I don't go back to the dawn of time, the Crisis you speak of will never occur, and then you will never have arrived here to warn me," Marv explained.
"I guess that makes sense," Barry allowed. "But could you do it just for funsies?"
"Sure," Marv smirked. "I have now decided to not go back in time."
Barry nodded smiling and then disappeared back in STAR labs as the time paradox restarted his trip. "Did you do it?" Barry(1) asked expectedly.
"I tried but apparently time travel has rules. So sorry," Barry(38) said apologetically.
"Well...shit," Barry(1) sighed.
Earth-X
Alex sighed as she was stuck in her cell questioning all of her life decisions. The guards were busy reading a newspaper and not being overly attentive. A shotgun blast took out one guard blasting his newspaper to shreds. Machine gun fire took out three more guards in an instant.
"Holy shit," Alex realized.
A dozen Resistance fighters then entered the jail wearing casual clothes and carrying various weapons. Winn Schott Jr. then stepped up and looked over at Alex. "Alex Danvers?" Winn asked.
Alex merely nodded recognizing him despite his disheveled appearance.
"Lieutenant Winn Schott Jr, we're the Resistance. We just want to say we're a big fan of your work on Earth-38. I think you show great talent. I pride myself on having an eye for that kind of talent. But your status as a Nazi killer is still amateur. We're all here to see if you want to go pro."
Alex gave him a stunned look. "Get me to Overgirl."
The Resistance shouted and hollered at that. "Damn, girl. You got to start small and work yourself up," Winn smirked.
"I don't have time. Where is she?" Alex asked.
"Well, you see, that's the problem. We haven't seen her in months, no fly-bys, no attacks, no raids, zip. It's like she disappeared. So, we've been making it our business to kill as many Nazis as we can, and girl, business is a booming," Winn smiled as his men chuckled.
"You've told me all I needed to know," Alex said as she was released from her cell.
Winn handed her back her multiverse device. "Come back when you're ready."
"You're a good friend, Winn," Alex said shaking his hand and then teleported away.
Earth-2
As the Anti-Monitor fleet continued its approach, Supergirl went over to Brainiac 5. "Order every civilian on the planet to enter a house of worship. I don't care what kind," Kara ordered.
"With Myriad still operational, these civilians won't be able to put their full attention to the all-mighty. I hardly see the point," Brainiac 5 replied.
"Perhaps just being in the presence of God will be enough. Just do it," Kara insisted.
"Very well," Brainiac 5 said and then connected to Myriad to force all of the people into churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples of all sorts across the globe.
"How much time until the fleet arrives?" Kara asked.
"Perhaps an hour," Brainiac 5 said.
Kara felt sick to her stomach. "I need some time to think."
"Of course," Brainiac 5 allowed.
Kate strolled into an empty church Kara had reserved for herself. Kara was busy playing the organ expertly reciting Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Her fingers raced across the keyboard as she was lost in the music. She then finally noticed Kate listening and stopped.
"Beautiful," Kate applauded.
"I can play any piece but, for the life of me, I can't create my own," Kara said sadly. "Perhaps it is that human creativity that I lack."
"Wouldn't know," Kate shrugged.
"I love music. It's the mathematical precision, the organization, the synergy of so many elements working together as one. If even one note goes off and does its own thing, it ruins the whole," Kara said.
"Not much of a free-style, are you?" Kate realized.
"I'm surprised to find you here. Barney tell you where I was?" Kara asked.
"Yeah," Kate nodded and then sat next to her in front of the organ.
"If I should fail, you are our last hope," Kara said to Kate.
"I know," Kate agreed. Kara then started to play again with Kate joining in. Kara and Kate smiled at each other as they played with perfect coordination. They then stopped after a few minutes.
"You know, deep down you have a good heart," Kate said, inappropriately placing her hand on Kara's chest.
Kara gave her a dumbfounded look. "I don't know about the rest of you, though," Kate teased and withdrew her hand.
"Suit up, let's finish this," Kara ordered her.
Alex strolled into headquarters and found Kara in her office working on a computer running last-minute simulations. "Can't you have Barney do that for you?" Alex asked as she entered.
"I don't trust that robot bastard. I always double-check his work," Kara said as her hands raced across the keyboard.
Alex nodded in total agreement and then sat down across from Kara. "I feel we got off on the wrong foot. I think you and Kate are a good fit. After all, Mon did say it was okay as long as it was with another woman."
"Uh-huh," Kara said not paying attention.
"I can see why you like her. She's strong, tough, smart, and funny. When she's not in the suit, she's just a sweet Jewish girl," Alex continued.
Kara froze and looked away from her computer. "There's nothing sexual between us. You come from a perverted culture that sees genuine friendships as sexual because you've lost what it means to have comradery, loyalty, and fellowship."
"My mistake," Alex said sheepishly.
Kara stood up and walked over to Alex. "I don't have time for your mistakes anymore, Alex."
Kate then entered the room in her Batwoman suit but with her cowl off. "Oh, there you are," she said of Alex. "Haven't seen you all day."
Kara and Alex stared each other down and then Kara abruptly left. Entering the lab, she met up with Cisco and Ray. "Is it ready, yet?" she demanded.
"Well, we've been thinking...we don't think this is the right thing to do," Ray said awkwardly.
"Yeah, 100 quadrillion sentient beings is a lot," Cisco added.
Kara grabbed Cisco by the throat and lifted him off the floor. "Your job isn't to think. Just follow my orders."
"Bad things happen when you just follow orders," Ray said to her.
"Kara, stop!" Barry intervened.
Kara glared at him and then tossed Cisco to the floor. She stormed out of the lab and was joined with Batwoman, J'onn, and Brainiac 5. The four exited the building onto a field. "The Anti-Monitor fleet is here," Brainiac 5 sensed.
"How's your ring?" Kara asked Batwoman.
"Charged," Batwoman replied holding up her White Lantern ring.
"If things go south, we go all out. No mercy," Kara told the group.
The four then shot off into the air towards space. Batwoman's suit glowed white as she created a force-field around the group. The four rocketed straight to the moon and flew just above the surface. Once they were on the other side of the moon, the Anti-Monitor armada was now in view. The group accelerated towards the fleet of battleships with the Anti-Monitor's fortress in the rear. Fighters immediately deployed to intercept them. Laser beams fired on the group non-stop from wave-after-wave of fighters. The white shield blocked every beam as they went straight for the fortress. Battleships fired non-stop laser beams from ion canons and then started firing missiles. Kate extended her white shield as missiles exploded on the surface of the sheld.
"There are so many of them," J'onn noted as he sensed all of their minds.
The battleships made evasive maneuvers as the group came close to them. The Anti-Monitor watched as the group approached seeing his fleet in disarray. He slowly got off his throne and stood on a platform. With his falcon eyes, he could see the identities of the four approaching enemies. The Anti-Monitor fleet then stopped pursuing the four and went back to their formation behind the moon.
Kara then stopped the group a distance away from the Anti-Monitor. "That's him?" J'onn asked.
"Yes," Kara said visibly shaken by his appearance. She cautiously moved towards the Anti-Monitor and went Prime. The Anti-Monitor merely stared at her not making a move against her. "Welcome, young Kryptonian. I've been expecting you."
Kara felt sick to her stomach as she felt his overwhelming power. "You won't kill me like you did last time," she said defiantly.
"Oh no, young Kryptonian, you will find that it is you who are quite mistaken about a great many things. By now, you must know there's no escape from me," the Anti-Monitor said to her.
"You're wrong. We can get passed your shields," Kara bluffed.
"Perhaps you refer to the imminent attack by your league. Yes, I assure you, I am quite safe from your pitiful little band here," the Anti-Monitor replied.
"Your overconfidence is your weakness," Kara antagonized.
"And your faith in your feeble skills is yours. It is pointless to resist," the Anti-Monitor said to her and then sat down on his throne completely unconcerned by her. "Do you have something to offer me other than useless taunts?"
"We've...come to bargain," Kara said shakily.
"What do you offer?" the Anti-Monitor asked her.
Author's Notes: The recent Justice League comics have given a backstory to the Monitor, Anti-Monitor, World Forger, and their mother, Perpetua. It's worth checking out. CW made the very bold decision not to present anything. I was inspired by the Animorph book series that has interdimensional beings: Ellimist and Crayak destroying countless worlds in a battle of good and evil for eons. There are also a bunch of Star Wars references. I wanted to also give Winn a small part here even though it's the Earth-X version of him. Over these four episodes, I wanted to show the contrast between Kara's brutal focused efficiency vs the heroes' dedication to truth, compassion, and rule of law regardless of the threat the Anti-Monitor posses.