Disclaimer: I do not own Daredevil, Arrow or anything else you way recognize
So this is my version of Crisis on Earth-X in 'The Devil and The Archer' series. I know. It sucks that I am making a 'Crisis on Earth-X' fic just a week before 'Elseworlds.' But what really sucks is that Daredevil is cancelled. Why Marvel? Why are you doing this to us?
Anyway, let's focus on the positive which is this story.
Chapter 1- The dark world
Earth-X
Lightning cracked in the reddened sky. There were blimps flying in the sky. The buildings had on them black flags with a symbol of a skull and six tentacles on them.
In a warehouse, some guards were standing with a man in a lab coat.
"Hey, doc", one of them said, attracting his attention, "You really think you can make that thing work?"
"We need to make it work if we're gonna bring hope back to this darkened world", the doctor said as he started moving his cup of coffee towards his mouth.
That moment, a black arrow hit him, shattering his cup in the process. He fell down, his glassy eyes staring without seeing.
Before the guard could react, a black arrow hit him and he was dead too. The other three guards aimed their weapons but they were hit by black arrows too and died on the spot.
A man stood there, wearing a black hooded suit with red piping. He wore a black mask with red lenses. On his upper arm was the skull symbol with the tentacles.
He saw some more guards rushing him. That moment, a flying stick hit one of the guards and embedded into him. Another man jumped down next to the archer. He wore a black suit and black mask with red gauntlets and belt. He also had a smaller version of the black mask worn by the archer to cover the lower half of his face. The upper mask had two protrusions, resembling horns. He had red lenses too. The skull symbol with the tentacles was on his chest.
As the guards rushed him, he flipped, kicking one of their guns away before sweeping his feet from under him. He then flipped down on his neck so hard that it broke.
The archer did a spin motion and smacked one guard, knocking him down. Before he could get up, the archer shot him down.
The other man took out his stick from the dead guard and joined it into his other stick, making a long club. Twirling it like a bo-staff, he smacked one guard's legs, putting him down. Then he stabbed him in the chest with it, killing him.
The archer grabbed a guard and smacked him in the stomach with his bow before flipping him down and shooting him dead.
The other man grabbed a guard by his neck using the club and snapped his neck. The archer shot down another guard rushing him and also shot down the one stationed on the watchtower.
The two neared the compound when they heard someone dropping down behind them. For the one with the 'horns', the sound of the man discreetly dropping down was as loud as the man jumping hard on purpose.
"You're the best they could send?" the archer asked the man in a distorted voice.
"Funny", the man said as the archer and the 'horned' man turned around, "I was gonna say the same thing."
The archer fired an arrow but the man conjured a shield with his technology and blocked. He then cracked his neck and charged. He tried to flip kick the archer but he ducked to avoid.
The archer then tried to punch but he blocked. The archer tried to knee him and smack him with his bow but he blocked both times. Then the man tried to counter-attack but the archer jumped back to avoid.
Before he could strike again, a gunshot rang out. The man fell down, revealing the 'horned' man behind him, lowering a smoking gun.
He walked towards the fallen man, a cruel smirk on his face. The man tried to get up but the archer kicked him on the face, stunning him and putting him back down as his helmet flew off.
"Olsen", the 'horned' man said as he stood over him, "Time to give the Devil his due."
"There are more like me", James Olsen said as he coughed up blood, "And one day, they will free this world."
"That day may come but you won't be here to see it", the archer said mockingly.
"You will be stopped", Olsen said, not fearing for his life.
"Cut off one head", the 'horned' man said, "Two more shall take its place."
"That flag died a long time ago", the archer said as he looked at American flag on Olsen's chest.
"Well, it still means something", Olsen whispered hoarsely.
"Yeah", the archer said as he notched an arrow.
"Bullseye", the 'horned' man said with a smirk.
The archer then fired. The arrow went into Olsen's chest, killing him.
The two then walked into the compound. Inside was a machine, glowing with red energy.
"Such energy", the 'horned' man said, "I have never felt anything like this before."
"With this", the archer said, "The empire will last forever."
So this is the start of my 'Crisis on Earth-X' story. Now the actual crossover looked impressive at first sight. But when I rewatched it, I realized it was just the amazing visuals and the insane amount of character interaction that made me like it.
There were just so many damn faults and logical inconsistencies that everyone who praise this crossover ignore. Honestly, it's actually very overrated and stupid.
I have read some fanfics which try to do more realistic versions of this. The two I have read many times are 'United we stand' by 'Stand with Ward and Queen' and 'Strongest Together' by Bl4ckHunter.
Those two were really great. This story might take some inspiration from those two stories but I'm not going to plagiarize those two in any way.
So we met Dark Arrow here. And you can all guess the guy with him was the evil Earth-X version of Daredevil. His name here is Black Devil. I know, not the most creative name but the best I could think of. I am not Cisco after all.
And as you can guess, there will be evil versions of some more Marvel characters. But I'm going to say it once, I won't be adding any versions of characters on a reader's request unless I can have it make sense.
Right now, I have already thought up which character will have an Earth-X doppelganger and which character won't.
I just hope you all enjoy this.
Please review. I always appreciate your feedback.