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Attack on Gorilla City (2)
Peter groaned as he started to gain consciousness, and blinked. He still had his mask on, and he took off, placed it in his pocket and blinked some more. He looked around to see he was a metal cage, and some sort of concrete room. Cisco was in the farthest, then Barry in another, then Julian, and he was in the last one with Caitlin.
In the background, he could hear roaring from outside, no doubt it was the Gorillas. The others were starting to wake up as well, and he was the first to get up. He then helped Caitlin up when she was awake.
He gave her a look which asked 'are you alright', and she nodded.
"You guys all right?" Barry asked.
"Just peachy." Peter said, and the others voiced the same thing.
"Well, looks like you're gonna have to phase us out of here." Cisco said to Barry.
Barry tried to do so, but nothing worked. Peter had a feeling that he knew what was going on, and tried his strength to bend the bars, but nothing happened.
"I think you won't be able to Vibe us out of here either. They or Grodd is dampening our powers somehow. So we're stuck here." Peter said.
"Great." Cisco muttered.
The sounds of footsteps was heard, and Peter would've suspected one of the Gorilla's, but the footfalls weren't heavy, but light enough to be a humans. They all looked to one of the entrances to see a man walk down the stairs. Peter would've assumed it was HR, but he looked different than the carefree, and laid back person he knew. Which stood to reason that this was Harrison Wells, Jesse's father from this earth.
But for some reason, he looked different for some reason. Sure Peter never met this version, but it was the way he was holding himself.
"Harry? You're alright." Caitlin happily said.
"Wells. Hey. You got to help us get out of here before the Gorillas come back." Barry said.
Harry stopped walking, and stood in front of Barry's cell and said," Hello, Flash."
Peter saw brief flashes of memory he didn't know about, and he realized that had to be Grodd's.
Peter did have experience with telepathy, and mind control. Some of it had to with M'gann and J'onn, and right now, Harry was the receiving end of it.
"Grodd." Barry realized.
"Wait, that's Grodd the Gorilla? He's talking to us through Wells? That's… that's a thing?" Julian said in disbelief.
"Pretty much, Jesse did say they were highly intelligent and evolved." Peter muttered.
"Yeah, sort of trips you out at first, but trust me, you get used to it." Cisco added.
"Grodd, let him go. This is between you and me." Barry said.
"Not yet. I need him." Grodd disagreed.
"For what? Why did you lure him here?" Barry asked.
"For you. Need your help."
"Yeah, luring him, killing his team, and luring us here is one way of asking for help. Ever heard of e-mail?" Peter said.
Grodd looked at the people he knew and angrily said," You sent me here! Remember?"
Peter saw another flash of memories. It showed Barry speed punching Grodd into a breach, and Grodd ending up in Gorilla City.
"To live in this hell! Where I am forced to serve under the rule of Solovar." Grodd continued.
"Who's Solovar?" Barry asked.
"Leader of Gorilla Kind. Ruler of Gorilla City. And now… he wants to rule the humans. He will bring war to your Earth."
"Let me guess, he has beef against humans, due to the relationship between Gorillas and humans are bad, right? And being the paranoid ruler he supposedly is, he wants to attack first before they do?" Peter summarized.
Grodd nodded and said," Correct, Peter Parker."
Peter looked surprised and said," How did you know my name?"
"Telepathy, remember dude." Cisco said.
"Right, got it."
"But, now that you're here, he will bring the fight to you." Grodd continued.
"So you lured us here to stop him?" Barry realized.
"As trespassers, you will be sent to the arena, and executed."
Peter wasn't too keen on that. and he would've made a quip, but Julian beat him to it.
"What? How about a signpost at the front? 'All trespassers will be executed'. That wouldn't be a worst idea, would it?"
Grodd ignored him and said, "It will be Solovar's great honor to kill you, himself."
"Well, who are we to deny him that." Peter sarcastically said.
"But, Flash, Spider-Man, if he were to be defeated, the other gorillas would see his weakness, and would no longer follow him."
Peter gave him a no-nonsense look and said," Well forget it, Barry and I are not going to kill anyone, especially Solovar."
"Kill or be killed! This is the only law Gorilla Kind understands." Grodd disagreed.
Barry had a skeptical look and said, "Then how do you benefit from this, Grodd?"
"Solovar falls, I take his place. I rule the Gorillas, and I promise to keep them in Gorilla City."
Barry didn't looked convinced he would keep his word and said," How do we know we can trust you?"
"Because, even though you sent me away, your Earth is still my home. And there are those among you. I will never forget." He said, and looked at Caitlin, and she grinned in appreciation.
A second later, Harry collapsed, and the sounds of heavier footsteps was heard. They looked to another entrance, and Grodd himself stood in the doorway.
Peter then felt a prick in his head, and then heard Grodd speaking.
"Kill Solovar, and Central City will be spared. Fail, and see your home, turned to ash."
Meanwhile, Iris and Frost were hanging out in Jitters. They were sitting a booth in the corner so that no one could hear what they were saying. Caitlin was now talking to Iris about the Avengers on her Earth.
"So, this Steve Rogers, is named Captain America? And he's from the past?" Iris said.
"Yeah, World War 2 actually. He wasn't able to serve due to his health, but was chosen to be our world's first super soldier. He was frozen in the arctic after saving the world from Hydra. Here, I have a picture here along with everyone on the team." Caitlin said as she took out her phone, and showed her a couple of photos.
The first photo showed the team, and it was taken in Tony's Penthouse in Stark Tower, before Thor had left with Loki back to Asgard. They were either standing on a step, or below them.
The ones on the step were: Thor, Clark, Rhodey, Clint, Natasha, and Bette
The ones below them were: Peter, Caitlin, Tony, Bruce, Steve, and Kara
They were all smiling, even though they all looked tired after a long battle. Rhodey and Tony were out of their armors, and in the clothes they wore in their suits, and Bruce was the only one who had clean clothes, due to him ending up being naked every time he changed back from the Hulk.
"At the top of the stairs, is: Thor, Clark (Superman), Rhodey (War Machine), Clint (Hawkeye), Natasha (Black Widow), and you can see Bette next to her. And on the bottom, myself and Peter are on the left, after that there's Tony (Iron Man), Bruce (The Hulk), Steve (Captain America), and Kara is at the end."
Iris looked at the picture with slight awe and said," Wow, you guys look like quite a team. And I take it the guy with the American Flag for a outfit is Steve Rogers?"
Caitlin nodded, then had a fake sad look and said, "Yeah, unfortunately, he's taken, him and Kara are dating right now."
Iris feigned sadness as well and said," Yeah, he looks quite handsome though, and his muscles are quite nice."
The both of them then started to laugh. Iris on her end, only had eyes for Barry, but once in a while she would tease him about how handsome Oliver and this time Peter looked, But from the looks of it, Caitlin's teammates. While for Caitlin, she had her eyes on Peter, once she had the courage to even remotely tell him. Maybe she should ask Michelle for some help when she returned to Earth-38?
Once Iris was done laughing, she then looked at the picture again, and she noticed the man who was next to Natasha, and his arm around her. One thing she noticed was that he have a quiver on his back, she had noticed the back tips of the arrows, so it was dead giveaway.
"So, you said that guy's name is Clint Barton, right?"
"Yep, he's our Archer, and he never misses. He's a pretty nice guy once you get to know him. He's Natasha's partner, and they are a pretty good team."
"Are they together?"
Caitlin thought about it for second and said," I don't think so. With how close they are, one would suspect. But I don't want to make any assumptions. I have heard there were rumors that he and Agent Morse dated for a bit, but broke it off. Then again he was her SO when she got out of the Academy. But, I'm not the one to spread rumors."
"Right, has Bette or Kara told you about someone named Oliver Queen?"
Caitlin thought about for a moment and said," Yeah, a little bit, I remember the first time I heard that name was when Bette made a remark during the Battle of New York. Something about Clint being like Queen. She and Kara told Peter and I about Oliver, and that made me want to meet him, and see if Clint could be beat him."
Iris nodded and said," Well, I don't know the exact skill set about this Clint. But I do know about Oliver's. And from what you told me, they could be evenly matched. And talking about your teammates makes me want to meet them. is there a chance we all could?"
"Probably, although it depends on what's going on back on my Earth. So, are there any other heroes on this Earth besides you guys and Oliver's team?"
Meanwhile back on Earth-2, Peter sat down on floor with troubled look, but he was also thinking, and the same went for Barry. After what Grodd said, they were left to think on what he said. Needless to say, Peter wasn't happy about what he and Barry were told to do. Sure, fighting a Gorilla who was the leader of a Planet of the Apes society, but it was on a thankfully smaller scale, sounded cool. But the part of beating him in a fight and then killing him wasn't.
Peter tried to think of different ways out of this, but considering he didn't know the exact area of effect the power dampening had, which spelled trouble for them, cause they couldn't fight their way out, and they needed Barry's speed to get them out of here as fast as he could.
Another option was to call for backup, as in get Kara and the rest of the Avengers to Earth-2, have a battle against the apes, and high tail it back to Earth-1. Or use his interdimensional device to get everyone out of here.
Unfortunately there were a couple of problems with those plans. He didn't have his phone, which thanks to Cisco, could call people on both Earth's when he was either one, which was pretty cool. He left it back at STAR Labs, and wasn't planning on bringing it in the first place. And he also left the device there as well. And considering Cisco wasn't able to vibe, it stood to reason that he wouldn't be able to use the device as well.
"Barry, do you and Peter think you could both kill this Solovar? Do you think you could take a life?" Caitlin asked.
"Well, we aren't planning on to. We'll think of something." Peter reassured.
Peter knew that was a half truth. He had killed numerous Chitarui back on his Earth during the whole thing in New York. But he was forced to do it, due to the magnitude of the situation. And he wasn't planning on making it a regular occurrence, even if what Grodd said was their only way they could live.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and they all saw Grodd walk in with an Albino Gorilla that looked bigger and meaner. And Peter knew that had to be Solovar. Him and Grodd were conversing to each other, and whatever Grodd said made Solovar backhand Grodd to the ground with a large thump. Peter instinctively moved Caitlin behind him.
Another thing his Caitlin asked him was to look after her Earth-1 counterpart. And he was going to make sure he did that.
"Why? Why are you here? To study us like animals? Make us your pets?" Solovar angrily accused them.
"No, no… I… we came here in peace. We came into your city by mistake." Barry explained.
"Yeah, we were just looking for our friend here. We mean you no harm. And we promise we we'll never come back here again." Peter added.
"My brethren have seen you." A voice said.
Everyone turned to see that Solovar had taken control of Cisco, and was speaking through him. Just like Grodd had with Harry.
"Your fate is sealed. You will all die by my hand in the arena, so that all will know that Solovar's justice is wise and swift." He said.
Barry nodded, knowing there was no way out of this, he said," All right, I'll make you a deal. My friend and I fight you in the arena… just us."
Peter realized what he was getting at and said," And if we beat you, you let our friends go, and leave us along for good."
Solovar was still controlling Cisco and said," I accept. Humans and their arrogance. First you will suffer. Then I will grant you each… a horrible death." He said.
He stopped controlling Cisco, and left with Grodd, who had picked himself up.
Peter let out a long sigh, looked at Barry and said," I sure hope you know what your doing, dude."
"Well, you helped as well. I hope we both know what we're doing." Barry said.
The both of them soon found themselves standing in the middle of the arena as they face Solovar, who was holding a large Spear and Shield. Thousands of Gorilla's were spectating and roaring at what was about to begin. Peter felt he was in one of those movies with Gladiators fighting each other. This felt like the case, considering him and Barry were fighting for their, and their friends lives, against Solovar.
A horn soon blared, and that told them to begin.
"After you die, your friends will follow you into the black." Solovar said.
"No, you're thinking of light. Considering everyone upstairs might be expecting two more residents." Peter said.
"Dude, seriously?" Barry said, and gave him a look.
"Okay, you guys, enough with the chit-chat. I've got a plan for the both of you. It's all about the speed punches, and dodging to get a good hit." Cisco said.
"Right, two Superheroes against a Gorilla, this will be fun." Peter muttered.
Barry did just what Cisco said, and sped at Solovar, but he used his shield to knock him to the ground behind him. Peter fired some webs at his weapons, hoping to pull them away. As soon as he tried, the weapon's did budge, and he tried harder.
The next thing he knew, Solovar pulled even harder, which made Peter fly toward him. He hit him with his shield like Barry, and he ended up falling on him.
"Ow, sorry man." Peter groaned.
The both of them started to get up. His spider-sense went off, and Peter looked just in time for Solovar to hit them with his shield. Peter felt like a ton of bricks, or The Rhino had hit him, and like the latter, it hurt.
He and Barry crashed to the ground in daze. He didn't pick up what Cisco said, but he barely dodge when Solovar tried to stab him. Peter kept dodging, and got a couple of quick punches, while Barry sped around the arena, trying to get a good hit.
"Peter, your going to have to move. I'm about to throw some lightening." Barry said in his comms.
"Ok, that's cool, yeah, I'll distract him. Hey Harambe! Try to get me!" Peter taunted.
As he was doing that, Barry was gearing up for it. But unfortunately, Solovar looked like he knew what they were doing. He tried to stab Peter, but he dodged, but what he didn't see in time, was the shield again.
Peter groaned in annoyance, and pain. He felt a shockwave, and saw a cloud of dust envelope the area. His HUD helped him see, and he saw Barry wipe out pretty badly.
"Peter, we need Barry to pull something someone else did. But I think we need Solovar immobilized. You better hurry!" Cisco said.
"Right on it.
Peter then got up, and sprinted towards Barry.
"Karen, what do we have to immobilize Solovar?"
'May I suggest a Web Grenade. You have two in your right pouch.'
Peter fired a web at Solovar, who was about to jump into the air, and he pulled him down. Before Solovar got up, Peter activated the Web Grenades, and threw them at his feet. Once he was immobilized, Barry did one of Reverse Flashes moves, and caused Solovar to land on the ground, and fall unconscious.
Peter sighed in relief, and ran over to Barry.
"You alright?"
Barry nodded and said," Yeah."
Peter look around, and quipped," Y'know, we take out Solovar, and Grodd. Maybe we'll end up King of the Gorilla's. I always wanted my own private army."
Barry ignored him and looked around the arena and then yelled," We won't kill him! I know you all fear humans! You think we want war with Gorilla Kind! We don't! We're not all murderers and killers! We only want peace… which is we're are sparing your leader!"
Peter nodded impressed, and said," I may have the seniority, but that was bad-ass."
Barry actually slightly chuckled at that, but he, and Peter were then hit by a knockout dart again. And they fell to the ground unconscious.
Peter found himself waking up again, and woke to see that he had his mask off again, and Caitlin looking at him in concern. And he also noticed an unconscious Harry was with them as well.
Peter smirked and said," I wouldn't have minded if you kissed me."
Caitlin blushed, and looked away and said," I didn't."
'If Frost thought that, I'm pretty sure she would be jealous… then again, it would be fun to push her buttons.' Caitlin mischievously thought.
"What happened?" Barry asked, as he started to get up.
"Congratulations. You both won. And also seriously, a Gorilla Army?" Cisco said the last part to Peter.
Peter shrugged and said," What? That didn't sound cool to you?"
Cisco shrugged in acceptance, seeing how cool that sounded, and the possibilities as well.
"How's Wells?" Barry asked.
"Still catatonic." Caitlin said.
The moment after she said that, Harry soon got up, but from the looks of it, he was still being controlled by Grodd.
"Flash." Grodd said.
"We won. Solovar promised to let us go." Barry said.
"No."
"No? What do you mean… I don't understand."
"Solovar's words mean nothing now."
Julian realized what was really happening and said," You never had any intentions of letting us go, did you?"
Peter groaned and said," Great, we basically did the bad guys work for him."
"I told you I needed you."
"I could not defeat Solovar in combat, but you could. You did, and now I am the ruler of Gorilla City, and all the gorillas will follow me."
"Solovar never wanted to attack Central City. You do." Barry realized as well.
"You took my home away from me, and now I will take it back!" Grodd angrily said. "The gorillas saw what you and your friend did, Flash. They saw you defeat Solovar, and now they are afraid of humans, and will do anything I order, and I will order them to invade your Earth, and your city will burn."
"You were planning this the whole time."
"Yes. Father taught me well. Always think ahead. And I had plenty of time to think in cages built by you and then by Solovar."
"I take it you have some other reason for keeping us alive? I mean, we did your dirty work, and you rule the other Gorillas now, you could've just killed us already." Peter said.
"Still need you."
"I'm not doing anything for you." Barry firmly said.
"The same for me." Peter said.
"Not you, Flash, and neither you, Spider-Man. You." Grodd said and pointed at Cisco.
"Me?" Cisco said in slight confusion, even though he was starting to get the idea of why.
"You will open the breach to First Earth. My army will cross that breach, and all the humans in Central City will burn before Gorilla Kind!"
"Dude, I know we just met, but I know your very smart, heck even smarter than all of us. You can clearly see this is so not the right thing to do. Intelligence and violence are different. And going to war is not a smart move." Peter said.
"You should know this by now, Spider-Man. I am an animal. I am a gorilla. Kill or be killed!" Grodd countered.
"I'm gonna get out of this cell, and I am gonna stop you." Barry promised.
Harry's body then collapsed. Grodd then walked down a staircase, and stood in front of them and said.
"No, you won't. You will die." He said.
Peter and he knew everyone else was doing it, glared at him.
But one things for sure they were going to get out of this. And they wouldn't allow Grodd and his army invade Earth-1 and destroy Central City either.
