Hey everyone. Sorry for being late. As you know, we are going through a difficult period with this health crisis. It demotivated me to write. Fortunately, thanks to Amelia-Queen-Black I found the motivation to write. I am currently unemployed since the announcement last Saturday evening.
Bad news for those who follow the Arrowver series. The Warner caused the Flash series Batwoman to stop filming due to the Coronavirus. Including Supergirl who joins the same thing, when the shooting of season 5 was about to end. This interruption is potentially problematic, because Melissa Benoist must chain next month the shooting of season 6, in anticipation of her future birth ...
To all my readers who read this story, take care of yourself ...
Until this crisis stops, I'll continue my story. Here is my new chapter. Good reading.
Chapter 9:
John and Connor gradually discovered the alien universe of the Earth of Supergirl. Nia, dressed in Dreamer, had taken them to the alien bar, where the two men of Earth – 1 saw people, all except earthlings. They would have thought they were in a Star Wars movie. Even for Connor, who came from the future, the shock was enormous.
"If I had been told that I would find myself in an alien bar," exclaimed the young man not finding his words, looking around.
"What are we doing here?" asked John, completely shocked at the sight of all the strangers from distant planets.
"If there's someone who knows where you can find a Hellgrammite, that's in this bar," Dreamer said, going over to the counter.
"Hopefully we'll find out before Supergirl has to sacrifice herself," said Connor.
"Alex and Oliver will make sure of it, I'm sure," said Dig.
Then they approached the bar, and came to meet Al, the owner of the Bar. At the sight of Dreamer, his face lit up with a beaming smile.
"Dreamer, my favorite hero!"
"Hey Al!"replied the superhero, shaking her hand. "How is business going?"
"Wonderfully, I have a good clientele, I have nothing to complain about."
Then he saw John and Connor, who watched him suspiciously, not used to conversing with aliens.
"Al, this is friends of mine, Dig and Connor, they come from far away, explained Dreamer.
"Dreamer's friends are welcome in my bar," Al replied, smiling. "Can I get you a drink?"
"No thank you," Dig replied hastily, not wanting to experience an alien drink.
"No thanks," added Connor in the same frame of mind as his father.
Then Dreamer regained seriousness.
"Al, this is not a courtesy call. I'm looking for a Hellgrammite. One of them poisoned a young girl. Without a cure, she'll die. Do you happen to know where we can find one?"
Al wiped a glass, shrugging helplessly.
"Sorry, but the Hellgrammites don't run the streets in National City. Most are killers. They hide in the shadows. And since what happened with the government last year, they have been very discreet."
"Are you sure you wouldn't have heard a rumor or something that might help me," Dreamer insisted.
"No, but I believe that could give you some information," replied the man, pointing to someone. "This guy in the red cap. His name is Bren, he's a Valerian. It's said that he hangs out with people who are very infrequent. It would not be impossible for him to know where to find Hellgrammites."
"Thanks."
Then our three heroes walked to reach a young alien named Bren in a red cap sipping a glass of vodka. When he saw Dreamer approaching him, he stood up immediately, and looked distraught.
"Stay back! Stay back!"
Dig and Connor began to pull out their guns to fight back, while Dreamer quietly raised her hand.
"Calm down, we don't want a problem, we just want to talk to you."
"No, go away! I don't want anything to do with you!"
"We need you to help us find an alien!" Dreamer insisted, still in a calm voice.
"No, leave me alone!" yelled the panicked alien.
He jumped up immediately, passed through Dig and Connor, pushing them away with his superhuman strength and rushed out of the bar. Dreamer cursed and ran after him.
Bren left the bar at full speed, rushing as if chased by the devil. But hardly having crossed a few meters from the bar, a lasso of energy wrapped itself around him and fell to the ground. Dreamer pulled on his lasso, dragging him to her. John Diggle and Connor joined her and pointed their weapons at him.
"Please, let me go!"sobbed Bren, prisoner of the lasso.
"All we want is that you tell us where to find a Hellgrammite," retorted the superhero.
"Even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you," cried the young captive alien. "They would kill me if I help you."
"Who are they?" Dig asked threateningly.
"Leviathan," replied Bren.
"Leviathan approached you?" wondered Dreamer.
"These people would be able to track ants inside the ground," Bren explained in panic. "They are everywhere and see everything. If they know I'm telling you, they'll kill me."
"If you help us, we'll protect you," Dig told him in a calm voice.
"You can't protect me any more than you can protect yourself," said the alien.
"We've already fought with Leviathan, we'll start again if necessary," added Connor. "One of our friends is dying. We need you to help us."
"There's no one around us," Dreamer pointed out to his captive. "No one is watching you. In addition Leviathan is already busy with Supergirl. If you help us, no one will know anything about you. I'll close my eyes to your shenanigans. Help us save our dying friend."
"You promise me?" asked Bren, still anxious.
"Yes," replied the superhero.
Green Arrow was already on the docks when Supergirl landed near him. Then William appeared near the archer. Supergirl felt guilty about Mia's worrying state, even if Oliver didn't hold her responsible. She couldn't bear the idea that her friend's daughter might die, when the latter had made a pact with a cosmic being from space to save her. But she was confident of the plan. She had promised Oliver to get the cure to save Mia, and Alex would make sure that nothing happened to the Kryptonian.
They were in front of a large black container with the number 17. Then a van parked right in front of them. By reflex, Green Arrow drew his bow, and prepared an arrow, while Supergirl got into position to retaliate.
Margot got out of the long vehicle and came to stand behind the van facing the three heroes.
"William, so you finally agreed to send us Supergirl," she shouted jubilantly.
"Leave him alone, it was I who wanted to come," cried Supergirl in a firm voice. "You want me, so leave William alone."
"But I don't think I remember inviting this archer here," said Margot, pointing to Green Arrow.
The latter replied in a deep filtered voice:
"I'm where I need to be. You kidnapped my son and poisoned my daughter. My place is here and I should stick an arrow in your head!"
He aimed at the old lady with his bow, but Margot just snickered.
"Shoot me and your daughter dies. And that's not what you want Mr. Queen. Do you really want to risk your daughter's life?"
Supergirl motioned to Green Arrow to lower his bow, and turned his gaze to the old lady.
"I came, exactly as you wanted," she said threateningly. "Now it's up to you to keep your word. The cure."
But Margot just sneered, as if she had the advantage.
"Do you think I'm stupid enough to give you the cure and then fly away afterwards? Certainly not. You will come to us."
"No, Supergirl won't go anywhere with you until I see the cure,"exclaimed Green Arrow in a filtered voice, still angry with his bow drawn. "Do you think we are stupid enough to trust you blindly? Show us the cure!"
"If you insist," replied the old lady, sighing. "Mr. Diaz?"
Immediately, the massive figure of Ricardo Diaz joined Margot. The criminal looked at our heroes with a threatening look. He took out of one of his pockets of his jacket, a tube bottle containing a black liquid.
"The cure," he replied. "Let Supergirl come up to us and you will have it."
"And what proves to us that this antidote is not a fake," replied Green Arrow without lowering his bow."Do you really believe that we will only accept your word?"
"In this case, I break this vial, and your kid is doomed," replied Diaz, waving the vial tube in his hand. "What do you choose, Robin Hood?"
"I agreed to surrender on condition that Mia was saved," replied Supergirl in a loud voice. "I want to be sure that this cure will cure it. And if it is not the case, if you lied to us, I'll kill you."
Diaz giggled.
"Super cousin would betray her code to save a little blonde? How poetic. I regret that Lex Luthor is no longer with us to see this."
"I defeated Lex. I'll defeat you too," replied the Kryptonian plump.
"That's us who lead the show, my little blonde," retorted Diaz resuming his seriousness. "Go ahead and tell Robin Hood to lower his bow or do I break this vial?"
He used his metal arm to grab the tube and held it in the air. Growling in rage, Earth's archer – 1 lowered his bow, while Supergirl walked toward Margot and Diaz in silence. Once towards them, she stopped and stared at her two enemies with a dark look.
"Perfect!" sneered Margot.
"Now give him the cure," the Kryptonian ordered dryly.
Diaz nodded and walked quietly over to Oliver and William. Green Arrow looked at the criminal with rage and hatred. Proud, Diaz handed him the bottle, and immediately the archer took her hands.
"When you have healed your daughter, don't forget to convey my friendships," he exclaimed, sneering with a Machiavellian look. "Your kid is a real tigress! She is cute, it would be a shame if something bad happens to her!"
And he chuckled even more, increasing the anger of the archer, who couldn't help but think of the Earth Diaz – 1 he had known. The Diaz who had repeatedly threatened him with the same jubilant look. To believe that on any Earth, Ricardo Diaz was a diabolical being.
Green Arrow, despite his immense anger, had to make an effort to remain calm. He remembered that his daughter was dying, that he had to focus on healing. If it was up to him, he would attack Diaz on the spot with his arrows. But there was Mia. He couldn't accept the death of his future daughter.
Suddenly, without warning, Diaz grabbed William, grabbed him by the neck and dragged him along.
"WILLIAM!"
Green Arrow immediately drew his bow again and aimed at Diaz. Supergirl, horrified, wanted to intervene, but someone shot her a kryptonite dart in the neck, causing her to fall to the ground.
Diaz held William by the neck, while the archer of Earth – 1 threatened him with his bow.
"LET HIM GO, LAST CHANCE!"
"My metal hand is extremely powerful," sneered Diaz, holding William's neck with his metal hand. "One press and it's instant death for your son. Put away your bow, Robin Hood or I'll break your kid's neck!"
"LET HIM GO, RIGHT NOW!"
"Impossible, Mr. Queen," replied Margot. "We still need William. He's one of us. He has a role to play for us."
"I'LL KILL YOU ALL OF YOU," swore Green Arrow angrily, addressing Diaz and Margot.
"Dad, it's okay! It's okay!" William intervened in the claws of the criminal with the metallic arm. "It's not worth it to face them! Go save Mia! It's she who has the most value! (He spoke to Margot.) You have won, I join you! Let my dad go with the cure!"
"Wise decision, kid," exclaimed Diaz, releasing the young man. "You look a lot smarter than your paternal archer."
William joined Margot, while Diaz smirked at the archer of Earth – 1.
"I know the feeling of failure. That look you got, I got it when Superman deprived me of my arm. And that I lost everything that day. Today is a new day for me. Because I win and you… you lose… You are only a human with a bow and arrows… You cannot fight us…"
In his heart, Oliver was jubilant to see Diaz strutting around. The idea that his enemy could really fight him was downright laughable. He was already considering several ways to eliminate him.
"Do you really believe terrorizing me, Diaz?" replied Green Arrow in a calm but firm voice. "On my Earth, I also had a Ricardo Diaz like you. He threatened me more than once and I managed to defeat him. I'm not Superman, and I don't have superpowers… But you make a serious mistake of underestimating me, because you have no idea what I'm able of. I swear I will kill you, and that's not your metal arm that will protect you from me."
"You will not kill me," replied Diaz, in no way terrified. "I hold your son. Your daughter is dying. You can only save one of your children. Which of the two is most valuable to you, Robin Hood?"
"I'll kill you, I swear you," spat the archer angrily.
Diaz just snickered, turned back to the van, opened the back doors and threw Supergirl inside. He motioned for William to come up with her. The young man immediately complied.
Margot rejoined the interior of the vehicle, then Diaz bid farewell to the archer before getting into the van. The vehicle started and left the platforms, under the threatening gaze of Green Arrow.
Alex Danvers joined him immediately.
"Do you have the cure?" she asked him.
"They gave me that, but I don't know if it's really the cure," replied Green Arrow, showing him the tube. "Do you know if it looks like this thing?"
He handed her the tainted liquid. Alex examined it before shrugging.
"I can't tell you without analysis," she replied. "I have to take him to DEO. Has Kara activated her plotter?"
Green Arrow raised his sleeve and took out a GPS integrated into his arm. A signal was moving.
"Yes, she activated it. I can trace her. They have gone far enough. I can follow them without them noticing."
"Are you sure you don't need a team of my agents?"
"That won't be necessary," replied the archer. "I could intervene. I promise I will save your sister, Alex. Did John and Dreamer find something?"
"I haven't heard from them yet. I return to DEO to analyze this tube. If this is the real cure, I give it to Mia right away."
"Do what you can to save my daughter, Alex. I trust you. I'm going to get Kara back."
He got on a motorbike, parked near the container. He started it and left at full speed, while Alex took the way back to DEO.
The alien Bren had told Dreamer about an abandoned house on the outskirts of the city. No one came to the neighborhood, there was more chance of finding harmful aliens. John Diggle stepped forward, gun in hand, while Connor stayed near Dreamer, ready to fight back.
The house was plunged into darkness. Finally, the light came on. They all turned to see an individual in costume send them a sly smile.
"Were you looking for something?"
"Who are you?" Dig said, threateningly and raising his gun.
"Leviathan sends me to welcome you," replied the man with a sneer. "Do you think we are stupid enough to let a Hellgrammite go free?"
"You realize there are three of us and you're alone," Dreamer pointed out threateningly.
"Who said I was alone?" called out the man.
Immediately, four Dominators suddenly arrived and attacked our three heroes.
"Oh no again!" cried Dig.
"I'm getting used to it," Connor added, brandishing his batons.
Dreamer used his energetic lasso to repel aliens, while Dig and Connor fought them with bare hands.
Supergirl, weakened by kryptonite, looked around. She was inside the van. William was standing near her. The Kryptonian gave him a look, telling her that she was fine. Diaz watched them both with a triumphant look. It looks like he was living on a Christmas day.
"You'll never guess what I am thinking about," said the delighted criminal.
"At a good hairdresser's address?" replied Supergirl a fierce voice.
"What I will eat for dinner this evening," replied Diaz, still grinning. "A steak or a lobster. A day like this, it is celebrated. Admittedly, it's really not that frequent. See you helpless and at our mercy.
"Enjoy it, because this is the last time you will see that," threw the kryptonian to him with balance. "If I was you, I would avoid ordering a lobster right away, because I'm not dead yet."
She was proud of her answer, but her captor replied:
"Not yet, but very soon. It would have been necessary to poison a blonde kid to reach you. It's such a fun situation. Leviathan wins, so do I."
"You seem so sure of yourself," William said in a calm voice. "Be careful, arrogance will play tricks on you."
"Thank you for the advice, kid, but I'll survive!"
Then the van stopped in front of a deserted warehouse, plunged into darkness. Margot and Diaz got out, then armed men opened the back of the vehicle and forced William and Supergirl to get down.
The Kryptonian was thrown to the ground, while William remained neutral in front of his captors.
"You have Supergirl, what can I serve you well now?" he asked.
"I knew you would ask for it," said Margot with a sneer.
Diaz forced him to take a gun in his hand. William looked at the man, doubtful.
"What do you want from me?" he asked.
"You're with us, William, you are part of Leviathan, from now on, and that is why, to prove your allegiance, we want you to kill Supergirl for us," replied Margot with a sneer.
Supergirl looked at the young man, while William remained neutral.
"Are you asking me to kill her?"
"I asked you which life is more valuable to you? Your sister's or Supergirl's?" asked Margot.
William looked at the Kryptonian, the latter gave her a determined look. She nodded, very calm and not at all panicked. After looking at the Girl of Steel for a long time, William turned to Margot and Diaz with a sneer.
"There is just a problem," he threw them with a sly look.
"Oh yeah? Which?" asked Diaz, curious.
"I'm not William," replied the young man, when red eyes appeared on his face.
"What the…?" exclaimed Diaz, stunned.
Immediately, William's form disappeared to make way for J'onn J'onzz. All the members of Leviathan were shocked. Supergirl stood up and got rid of her kryptonite dart. She was proud of her plan.
Then a motorbike came out of nowhere, and Green Arrow appeared, leaping from his motorbike and drawing his bow and arrows.
"I don't have super-speed, hopefully I'm not too late," asked the archer of Earth - 1.
"No, you're right on time," replied Supergirl, delighted.
J'onn, Green Arrow and the Kryptonian faced their stunned enemies.
"You cheated on us!" roared Margot, her face filled with fury.
"You really thought that we were going to deliver Supergirl to you without thinking of a plan of attack?" Green Arrow threw them a cheerful voice.
Oliver was proud of the plan they had built. Get the cure while keeping Kara alive. Leviathan had claimed the presence of William, he had anticipated the possibility that they would kidnap him again, and that's why Alex had suggested that J'onn, being a polymorphic Martian, would take his place to trap their enemies. That he had given Kara a beacon allowing her to be followed remotely and retrieved.
"I'm afraid the lobster won't be for tonight, Mr. Diaz," replied J'onn with a mocking air.
Even Supergirl was celebrating their success.
"You were wrong to do that," replied Margot, furious. "I can guarantee that your children will pay a high price."
Diaz brandishes his metal fist in the air.
"Nothing will stop me from killing you!"
He spouted green rays on our three heroes. Supergirl flew away, avoiding them. J'onn took its Martian form and flew away in turn. Then the armed men attacked.
Green Arrow shot several arrows and fought the Leviathan minions. Supergirl pushed back with his super-breath. J'onn neutralized them with his telepathy. Then a Dominator grabbed him and pushed him back. Green Arrow, who had just neutralized a Leviathan man, shot an arrow at the creature that was attacking J'onn.
Diaz rushed like a lion in rage towards Supergirl, but the archer of Earth – 1 blocked his way.
"If you want to kill Supergirl, you'll have to go through me first," Green Arrow said in his filtered voice.
"I'm not afraid of a guy who disguises himself as Robin Hood!"roared the criminal out of him.
"Believe me, you should," retorted the archer.
Diaz screamed in rage, and waved his metal arm around to strike Green Arrow. But the archer had good reflexes to dodge it. Diaz did everything to reach his opponent with his metal arm. Without results, he failed to touch him.
He used his metal arm and projected powerful rays of energy. Green Arrow barely pushed them away.
As Margot fled with a few men, Supergirl grabbed the van with her superpower, lifted it up and threw it into the air and fell to the ground, completely battered.
Then she pushed back some Dominators.
Green Arrow shot several arrows at Diaz, but Diaz used his metallic arm to create waves that repelled them.
"I refuse to be defeated by a bow and arrows!" he roared, in rage.
Then the two men clashed in close combat. Diaz did everything to reach the archer, but the archer was much faster, and he struck his enemy in several places. The criminal managed to repel the archer with a masterful punch in the stomach.
Green Arrow roared in rage and threw himself on Diaz hitting him in the face several times. Then a Dominator appeared out of nowhere and grabbed the archer by the body and threw him away from the criminal.
Green Arrow stood up and faced the alien creature. The Dominator roared, and was swept away by a wave of breath. Flying through the air, Supergirl chased after Diaz, who launched a ray of energy that touched the Kryptonian.
Half groggy, Kara looked around, when she heard an alarming sound. Several beeps that rang everywhere. Using her x-rays, she saw several bombs scattered around the warehouse.
"This place is full of explosives, we have to go!" She yelled.
J'onn flew away from the warehouse. Supergirl grabbed Green Arrow and flew away, before the whole facility disappeared in a huge explosion.
Supergirl put the archer on the ground, and with J'onn, the three of them looked around.
"Kara, do you see them?"asked the hero of Star City.
The kryptonian flew away and looked around.
"No, I don't see them, it looks like they've disappeared."
"Diaz is not going to give up that easily," replied J'onn.
"We saved Supergirl, that's important thing," retorted Green Arrow.
Dreamer had just repelled a Dominator when two others threatened Dig and Connor. They pushed them back with her energetic lasso.
Relieved, the two men from Earth – 1 came to the superhero girl.
"Thanks!" Dig replied, blowing.
"The Leviathan guy is out of here," Connor said, taking a breath.
"We can try to trace him from the DEO," suggested Dreamer.
At DEO, William was standing by Mia's bedside, which was resting on an infirmary bed. Concerned about his sister's condition, the young man took her hand.
"You gotta hang on, Mia. You're the only family I have left in the future. I don't want to lose you."
Mia opened her eyes and looked at her brother with a sly look.
"Do you think you can get rid of me? In your dreams. That's not this poison that's going to kill me."
William laughs a little, delighted that his sister has not lost his humor.
"Do you have news from others?"asked the weakened girl.
"No, I have none." replied William, shaking his head.
Then Alex came up to them in the bedroom. She was radiant. William looked suddenly enthusiastic.
"I've good news," said the elder Danvers. "Mia will be able to heal. The cure given by Leviathan has been analyzed. That's authentic. It's the real cure."
"So my sister will be able to heal?" exclaimed the young man, his face happy.
"Yes, William."
But Mia looked worried.
"What about Supergirl? How is she? Did she really sacrifice herself?"
"I just had news from J'onn and Oliver. They got Kara back. They come back here. I also warned Connor and Dreamer. They come back here. Mia, my sister is fine and you are going to heal. It's good news."
Mia was relieved to be on the mend and delighted that Supergirl was still alive.
Margot and Diaz had returned to their headquarters. The old lady was brooding over their failure.
"We lost! We no longer have any means of reaching the Kryptonian!"
But Diaz remained calm.
"Rest assured, this isn't over."
"What did you do, Mr. Diaz?" asked the old lady.
"I happen to have placed a tracker in Robin Hood's quiver. And he is active. We can follow them and they will lead us to the super cousin, and then… they will experience hell. They have no idea what awaits them."
He finished his sentence with a horrible grin.