This is chapter 3 of Infinite Crisis and things are gonna get interesting!
Earth-99:
A breach opened and out walked Kara, Diana and Kate but while Kara and Kate were wearing their civilian clothes, Diana was wearing her long black cloak that she wore during the Great War all those years ago, and her gold tiara.
"You sure this is the place? Looks like a place where one of my cousin's foes lived in." Kate asked as she looked around. "Did Bruce forget to cut down the weeds?" Kate joked as the trio walked towards the building.
"Here goes nothing." Diana mumbled, she stepped towards the front door and started knocking on the front door. After a couple of minutes, the door opened to reveal a tall dark figure standing in the doorway.
"That's Luke. Luke Fox. He's a friend on my Earth." Kate whispered to the pair and they nodded. "Excuse me. Does Bruce Wayne live here?" Kate asked but the man shook his head then closed the door.
"We don't have time for this." Diana told them then she used her strength to kick the door off its hinges, they flew off and was welcomed by the same man but he was pointing a gun at them.
"Go now! Else I'll shoot." The man threatened aiming a gun at the guests but Diana started walking towards him.
"We won't be doing that today." she said as the man started shooting but the bullets were being reflected off Diana's bracelets. Diana then reached out and took the gun, he watched as Diana then crushed the gun and dropped it on the floor. "Has anyone told you it's rude to shoot at people?" Diana asked then they heard the sound of something mechanical walking down the stairs.
"Luke? What's with the noise down there?" A man bellowed and when he came downstairs, Kate was surprised by who it was. "Kate?" The man asked and Kate stepped forward to look at him closely.
"Bruce? Is that you?" Kate asked and that surprised both Diana and Kara. Bruce escorted Kate into the study while Luke decided to show Bruce's "trophies" from his victories.
Earth-18, North Dakota:
Meanwhile, Barry had gone with Sara, Mia and Constantine to bring back Oliver: they had found a Lazarus Pit to use. But while Mia wanted to do it and Sara was slowly supporting her, Barry was beginning to think the opposite.
"Are we sure this is what we want?" Barry asked and the question surprised both Mia and Sara. "I want Oliver back but this is truly the only way?" Barry asked then he looked at Oliver's lifeless body on the floor. "We know that being resurrected from a Lazarus Pit has a side effect, so there has to be another way." Barry suggested and Sara nodded then they looked at Mia but she was gone. They then heard a loud splash and saw that Mia had pushed Oliver's body into the Lazarus water.
"I'm not losing my Dad. Not because of some cosmic jackass!" Mia shouted then Sara ran over and hugged her while Barry stood and watched to see what was going to happen next.
Gotham, Earth-99:
While Bruce and Kate were still talking, Diana and Kara were looking at Bruce's trophies from his victories against various villains he fought. While Kara was using her X-Ray Vision to look for anything out of the ordinary, Diana walked over to Luke and started talking.
"Could you tell us what happened to Bruce, Luke?" Diana asked and Luke nodded, he then walked over to a glass cabinet and looked at a pair of glasses.
"These belonged to the alter ego of Superman: it was him that put Bruce in that exo-skeleton so Bruce ended it all by ending him." Luke explained and that made Kara angry, she smacked him then Diana knocked him out unconscious.
"We need to find Kate and leave. There's no way in Hades that Bruce is a Paragon." Diana told Kara as they ran off to get Kate and leave.
Batcave:
Meanwhile, Kate was in the cave with Bruce who was looking at his Batsuit. Kate felt like Bruce was hiding something more from her. Bruce was about to speak when they felt the room shake, they looked up to see Supergirl and Diana land behind them.
"We can't trust him!" Kara shouted then showed Kate then broken pair of glasses that belonged to Earth-99 Superman. "I should put you in the ground right where you..." Kara started to feel weak then she collapsed, Kate ran over and checked on Kara while Diana stood prepared for a fight.
"Just something I borrowed from Clark. A welcome gift from your home world." Bruce explained as he revealed a small piece of Kryptonite in a hidden compartment. Diana quickly grabbed her lasso then used it as a whip to smack the Kryptonite away from both Bruce and Kara. "Why you…!" Bruce was about to shout when Diana ran towards him and tackled him into the computers, the fight between Bruce and Diana had begun.
"You're a hero? If you're a hero, then Ares works in a shopping mall." Diana told him then she kicked Bruce hard and he crashed into the side of his Batmobile. "Now, we're leaving. If you try to hurt anyone else, I'll be back for round two." Diana warned him as she picked up Bruce and tossed him into a nearby chair.
"Damn girl! Remind me not to get on your bad side." Kate complimented and Diana smiled, the pair then helped Kara up and they walked off, leaving Bruce to feel defeated and weak in his now ruined Batcave.
Waverider:
Barry was waiting in the loading bay as he was trying to figure out how he was going to tell Iris that he was ending their marriage. He knew that he wanted to but he didn't want to tell Iris that Kara was the reason.
"Barry?" Barry looked behind him to see Iris standing in the doorway, she looked worried as they knew that at some point that The Flash was going to die in Crisis. "Is everything alright?" Iris asked and Barry shrugged his shoulders as he wasn't sure.
"Iris, I need to tell you something. It's important." Barry started, he sat down on a crate to support him as he was feeling nervous: more nervous than he's fought Reverse Flash, Savitar or any other strong opponent. "We've been with each other for a long time but now with Crisis here, it made me realise something. Something that I've been hiding for a long time." Barry's hands were shaking and his heartbeat was faster than usual.
"What was it, Barry?" Iris asked and without an answer, Barry looked down at his finger then removed his ring. "Is this a joke? AFTER EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, YOU'RE ENDING OUR MARRIAGE!" Iris screamed and Barry nodded then he looked up at Iris.
"Crisis in some way helped me realise something: If this is the end for us, I want to go out truthfully and not behind a lie." Barry told her and it surprised Iris. "I did love you but my heart belongs to another." Before Barry could say anything else, Iris ran off crying.
"I'm guessing something big just happened?" Barry looked to the left to see Kara wearing civilian clothes but without her glasses.
"You could say that." Barry answered, he looked at the wall and started to think what to do now.
Kara then looked beside Barry to see his ring and it surprised her. "Barry, your ring. Why aren't you…" Kara suddenly stopped talking when Barry got up and started kissing her, the kiss caused numerous streams of lightning to circle them and time had stopped. While Kara wanted to stop, something inside her persuaded her to continue: she had waited a long time for this moment and she didn't want it to end. After kissing for a couple of minutes, the pair stepped back and they were both as red as Barry's suit.
"I'm tired of hiding my love for you, Kara." Barry exclaimed and it surprised Kara, leaving her quiet until she smiled at Barry.
"That kiss was definitely worth the wait!" Kara exclaimed and Barry smiled. "Don't stop. Let's make every moment count if this is the end." Kara suggested and Barry smiled. Kara pulled Barry into another kiss but this time, Barry pinned Kara against a wall as the kiss became more passionate. Kara removed Barry's jacket and tossed it on the floor just as Barry removed Kara's jacket, the pair were revealing their true feelings for each other; both verbally and physically.
Bridge:
Meanwhile at the front of the Waverider, Cisco and Ray were working on the Paragon Detector. Lois and Frost were leant against a wall chatting until they saw Iris walk in and they could see that she was crying.
"Iris, what's wrong?" Lois asked as she was concerned but Iris didn't say anything, she just cried more. "Come on, Iris. We're here for you, no matter what's bothering you." Lois told her and Iris looked up, she could see that Lois looked worried and Frost was leant against the centre console.
"It's Barry." Iris weeped and Lois was confused. "He ended our marriage. He loves someone else." Iris told them and that surprised everyone in the room.
"Bet you $20 Barry's interested in Caitin." Cisco whispered to Ray, hearing that surprised the genius.
"Okay then. $30 if he's interested in Kara." Ray whispered then the pair shook hands and got back to making the Paragon Detector.
"Everyone, I have found you the Paragon of Humanity." Diana announced then she walked in while wearing her costume. Moments later, an old 'friend' of Kara walked in: it was Lena Luthor.
"Miss Luthor, nice to see you again. Shame it's under terrible circumstances." Superman smiled then held out his hand, Lena nodded then shook Superman's hand. Without saying a word, Lena walked past and started to help Cisco and Ray with the Paragon Detector.
"It's finished." Lena told them as the device powered up and started to show the Paragons they knew about so far: Barry as Destiny, Kara as Hope, Lena as Humanity and Kate Kane as the Paragon of Courage.
"Wow! Four down, three to go." Frost spoke up as she took a step forward, everyone watched the screen to find out the names of the other Paragons. After a few minutes, the identities of the other Paragons appeared on the screen: Clark was Love, J'onn was Honor and Diana was Truth.
"I didn't expect that!" Diana exclaimed as she ran and looked at her picture with the title of 'Paragon of Truth' as she was still surprised. "Looks like the legendary figures to save the Multiverse are all. Time to take down a cosmic being." Diana told them all and everyone nodded, they stood together when Diana looked to the left and saw Barry and Kara walk in.
"What did you two do?" Frost shouted as she stormed over and made two ice daggers appear in her hands. Diana jumped in front and took Frost's daggers away then shattered them like glass.
"Let them explain before this gets any worse." Diana advised and Frost slowly lowered her hands, causing them to stop emitting icy clouds.
"Thanks Diana." Kara thanked then she smiled as she looked at Barry. "We have something to say and while it's a bad time, we're happy." Kara told them which made some people puzzled except Clark and Diana.
"Kara and I are together," Barry revealed and it surprised everyone, it even made Cisco and Ray pass out. "Didn't see that coming." Barry chuckled as he and the others looked at the two unconscious nerds on the floor.
"While we're here at the worst point ever, best be truthful before everything ends." Lois spoke then smiled, she walked over and hugged Kara. Kara felt happy then Barry looked at Clark, he held his hand out and the pair shook hands.
"I'm happy for you two." Clark smiled and Barry was happy. "But if you break her heart, you better start running." Clark advised and Barry nodded as he knew that Clark was serious.
"Congratulations, you two." Diana congratulated, she hugged Kara then hugged Barry. "Now, we have the Multiverse to save. Let's get to work." Diana suggested and everyone agreed, they then got together and started thinking of how they could save the Multiverse and stop the Anti-Monitor.
This is the end of chapter 3. With all the Paragons located, it's time for them to fight the Anti-Monitor and save the Multiverse. What did you think of the scene between Barry and Kara? As well as the funny moment when Ray and Cisco passed out when SuperFlash became a couple?
There's more to come and I'll be working hard on this story and others I'm behind on. See you all next time!
