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So I watched part 2 of Elseworlds. There was some stupid stuff but it was enjoyable. Kate Kane was pretty awesome. And Guggenheim's name was on one of the rooms of Arkham Asylum. So now everything makes sense. Now we finally know where Batman is in this universe. Joe has taken up his father's mantle I guess. But I want to see Slade again, though DCEU won't let us. And the ending was awesome. Black Superman?! Oh shit!
Chapter 8- Faces old and new
Earth-X
"So this crap-hole's Earth-X", Sara quipped dryly as they all looked around at the hellish place.
"Wells was right", Oliver said.
"He usually is", Barry pointed out.
"It's hard to believe a place like this actually exists on any Earth", Alex said, horrified by her surroundings.
"This is a nightmare", Laurel said, "And this is coming from a resident of Earth-2."
"I wish I shared your sentiment", Stein said as he looked around, "But in all my travels to distant times, one thing which sadly remains constant is men's ability to feel hatred for other men."
"Keep moving", a soldier said, "Move!"
There were soldiers, leading prisoners to different places. The prisoners were scared and some were even crying. Most of them may not have committed any crime at all but were here in this concentration camp solely because according to the Empire, they were a disgrace. The heroes felt their pangs go out to these people who were somehow alive in this hell.
"All prisoners, stay away from the gate", a soldier said.
"Stars and triangles", a puzzled Jax said as he looked at the symbols on the uniforms of the prisoners.
"Badges used to identify purported crimes these people have "committed" to land in here", Stein explained to him.
"What's the pink triangle for?" Jax asked a prisoner who was near them, "What did you do?"
"I loved the wrong person", the man explained and Alex and Sara paled, knowing what he was talking about.
"And why are you all chained up and shirtless?" Jax then asked the chained up man. He had a small beard and unkempt hair and he was very tall. About 6 feet and 2 inches. He looked pretty handsome too.
"Hey, I've got an idea for you", the man said unpleasantly, "I will mind my business and you mind yours. Got it? Okay."
"Hey man, play nice", the prisoner with the pink triangle said to the chained man. It seemed they knew each other.
"We got to get out of these things", Roy said as he gestured to his cuffs.
"Transmute us out", Sara said.
"With pleasure", Stein said as he joined hands with Jax-
But nothing happened. The two were shocked.
"I can't vibrate through them either", Barry revealed what he had been trying to do this entire time.
"Power-dampening collars", Stein said in realization as they looked at their collars.
"Well, why are we wearing them, then?" John asked no one in particular.
"Doesn't matter", Sara said as they looked around.
"There's too many guards here anyways", Laurel agreed with Sara.
"They're gonna kill my sister", a concerned Alex said.
"Look, we're not gonna let that happen, Alex, I promise you", Sara assured her.
"We're gonna get back to our Earth before then", Barry assured her too.
"How? We don't even know how we got here", Jax pointed out.
"No, we don't", Roy said casually.
"But we're gonna figure it out", Oliver said in a determined tone, "Then we're gonna find a way to get out of this place, and we're gonna get back to the people we love."
"Looks like even Hell can't kill your determination", an impressed John said.
"I hope everyone else not killed by these bastards is okay", a concerned Barry said.
S.T.A.R. Labs, Earth-1
Cisco groaned as his eyes opened, his face pressed against the glass door of his cell.
"And so Rip Van Ramon awakens", Harry said in dry humor.
"This doesn't look like a wedding", Cisco said.
"You missed quite a bit, Cisco", Caitlin told him.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Hydra", Harry explained, "The scientific division of Nazis from another Earth."
"What did they do?" Cisco asked.
"They took Barry, Oliver, Kara and the others, killed Mick, Dinah and Curtis and locked us all and Rene up in these cells", Caitlin explained sadly.
"Mick, Dinah and Curtis are dead?" Cisco asked in disbelief.
"We would be too if we weren't scientists", Harry said with anger in his voice.
"What about me then?" Rene asked brokenly.
"I don't know, Rene. I don't know", Caitlin said honestly.
Kara opened her eyes and tried to move, only to realize she was strapped to a gurney. There was red sunlight around her.
She turned her head to see Barry, no Thawne walking towards her, dressed in casual clothes, a cruel smirk on his face.
"S.T.A.R. Labs", Thawne said with a smirk, "It feels like old times, doesn't it? You know, I, uh I built this place with my own hands and called it home for 15 years, and do you know what? I hated every minute of it."
"Where are my friends?" Kara asked him.
"Your friends, they're on Earth-X", Thawne revealed, "I wouldn't worry about your friends too much because they're not going to be alive much longer."
Kara struggled against her restraints with grunts but to her horror, nothing happened. She heard a chuckle coming from the doorway.
"Oh, honey", Overgirl said as she walked inside, "It's because of the red sunlight. And trust me, it'll make you weaker than you can possibly imagine."
Overgirl swayed for a moment before steadying herself.
Breathing unevenly, a horrified Kara asked, "You did all this just-just to get me? Do you know how many innocent people you killed?"
"Their lives to save mine?" Overgirl asked like she was queen of the Multiverse, "Well, they should feel honored."
Kara struggled again futilely and Overgirl laughed menacingly.
"It's a strange sensation, isn't it feeling vulnerable?" Overgirl asked.
"And it's just gonna get worse", Thawne said as he picked up scissors and pointed them at Kara with his cruel smirk still on, "Because this red sunlight, it's softening you up until pretty soon, I'm gonna crack you open like a walnut. Then I'm gonna take your healthy heart", he gestured to Overgirl, "I'm gonna put it in her."
Turning to Overgirl, he said, "Which means we should probably get you going."
"Good", Overgirl said as Thawne walked off, "That'll give me time to talk to…myself."
Thea and Felicity watched from the ducts and paled on hearing what Thawne had said.
"Did you hear that?" Thea asked Felicity, "Everyone else is on Earth-X."
"And Kara only has a few hours before they go full Mengele on her", a horrified Felicity said, "We gotta stop them."
"Got any ideas?" Thea asked.
"I don't know", Felicity said.
"We need to think", Thea said.
"How the hell are we supposed to stop them though?" Felicity asked, "People with superpowers?"
"I have no idea", Thea said.
Suddenly, Felicity's face lit up and she said, "We just need to get to the pipeline and get Cisco. He could turn off all the power to the building and breach us out of here."
"Are you crazy?" an agitated Thea asked Felicity, "Even if they don't have guards to watch over the prisoners- which I'm sure they do, they might have changed the password. We need a different plan."
Earth-X
Alarms blared and the heroes looked around in confusion as the prisoners began running around frantically. The chained man rolled his eyes, as if used to this.
"Move!" a soldier called out.
"I don't like the looks of this", Stein said in fear.
"What's going on?" Alex asked.
"I don't know", Oliver said.
"A lot of bullshit is going on", the chained man said.
"Keep moving!" a soldier said.
"What are we doing?" Barry asked.
"Its roundup time", the prisoner with the pink triangle said.
"Roundup for what?" Sara asked.
"Nothing good", Laurel said.
"What's new?" Roy asked.
"Move!" soldiers said as they walked up to them, "In line, now."
Except the chained man and the man with the pink triangle, all the prisoners were cowering and crying in the corners.
The door opened and two people walked in. One of them wore a hat. The other carried a long gun. Their faces weren't visible due to the distance.
"So these are the heroes", the one with the hat said.
His voice seemed very familiar to all but Alex, Jax and Stein. Oliver, Sara, Laurel, Roy, John and Barry couldn't believe it.
"Yes, Jailer", a soldier said.
The two then walked closer and except Alex, everybody's eyes widened in horror on seeing the two.
The man in the hat was Quentin Lance. And the man with the gun was Frank Castle. He wore a black suit with the Hydra symbol on his chest.
"Frank?" a horrified Oliver said.
"Don't talk to me, prisoner", Frank Castle of Earth-X said in a rough voice.
"All tough there, aren't you?" the chained man asked him with a smirk, "Let me out of these chains and we'll see who is tougher."
"Silence, animal", Frank said angrily.
Quentin Lance of Earth-X looked at Sara and Laurel and scoffed.
"Blonde hair, blue eyes", he said, "This is Nordic perfection."
He looked at Laurel and said, "I had a daughter like you. But she brought shame to my family."
Turning to Sara, he moved closer and asked, "Why would you align yourself with the unpure?"
"Because I like men and I like women", Sara said firmly.
"You know, I had a daughter who looked just like you, with similar compulsions", Quentin said as he touched her face and looked at Laurel too.
He then removed his hand and said to both the Lance women, "And I expunged both of the filthy people from my family line forever."
He then walked off and turning back said to Castle, "Executioner Castle. Bring them all!"
Pointing at the chained man and the man with the pink triangle, he said, "And them!"
"Move! Now!" Frank commanded as he cocked his gun at them, "Go!"
One of the soldiers blew his whistle and the heroes along with the two prisoners walked in front of Lance, Castle and some other soldiers.
"Not to be an alarmist, but if we don't have an escape plan, I suggest we get one immediately", Stein whispered to the others.
Oliver, Sara, Laurel, Roy, John and Alex discreetly tried to free themselves from their cuffs as they whirled around-
Only for Jailer Lance to press a device which sent electricity crackling through everyone except the chained man and they were on the ground, groaning in pain.
"Pick on me, you tough bastard!" the chained man said angrily.
"Silence, beast", Lance said.
To the others he said, "Up!"
As they managed to get up, he said, "Go."
They all walked forward until he said, "Turn around."
They all turned around and Lance walked closer to Oliver.
"I know you are not…him", Lance said to Oliver who immediately knew who he was referring to, "But I cannot stomach the sight regardless."
He then put a black bag on Oliver's head before nearing Castle and his men.
"Why the hell are you wasting your bullets?" the chained man asked.
"Silence!" Lance said to him again.
"Ready!" Executioner Castle called out to the soldiers.
"I'm sorry, Kara", Alex said regretfully as she closed her eyes.
Roy closed his eyes and remembered Thea and Liam one last time. John too remembered Lyla and JJ one last time with closed eyes. Barry had Caitlin in his mind as he prepared for the end.
"Aim!" Castle ordered as him and the others aimed their guns on them.
Suddenly, a blue beam hit the guns and froze them with crackles of ice as Frank and the other Hydra soldiers dropped them in shock. The heroes turned to look in disbelief at a familiar face with a fur-lined coat and protective glasses.
"I hate fire", the man said.
"Snart?" Barry, Sara, Jax and Stein said in unison as Oliver threw down the bag, staring in disbelief.
"What, did you stop to shit or what?" the chained man asked Snart in an annoyed tone.
"About time!" the prisoner with the pink triangle said with a smirk.
"Kill them all!" Lance ordered and the soldiers started firing at the heroes who rolled to avoid the blue beams. Oliver pushed a soldier in the way and he was disintegrated instead.
"Take cover!" Oliver said and they all ran towards a trench while Snart fired his cold gun around, getting some soldiers. He then picked up a fallen keyring which had some keys and jumped into the trench.
"So you're Leonard Snart's doppelganger", Barry said.
"No, I'm Leonard Snart but you can call me Leo", Snart told Barry with a smirk as he eyed his suit, "That is a fantastic outfit. Did you make that?"
"You're gonna do something else?" the chained man asked in annoyance.
"Yes, yes", Snart said as he put in the key and turned it. The chains fell down and the man rose up. He had a very strong and impressive physique.
With a smirk, Snart said, "You're a free man now, Logan."
"It's not Logan, bub", the man said with a feral look in his eyes, "It's Wolverine."
And then suddenly, claws popped out of his knuckles, three in each hand, and he roared loudly like an animal.
With that, he jumped out of the trench and embedded his claws into the closest soldier, killing him. He got up and sliced the throat of another soldier.
One fired at him but the blue beam only caused a gash to appear on him, which faded and disappeared suddenly. Logan roared and put his claws into the soldier before throwing him on two more.
Suddenly, a bullet hit him on the head, making him stagger back. It was Frank, holding a normal pistol. Logan roared and cut the pistol in two with his claws as Frank backed off.
That moment, the other prisoner flew into the air, shining in a bright, yellow light. The collar was no longer on him.
He fired at the Hydra soldiers with laser beams that came out of his hands, knocking them down, before landing down.
"Come on, Logan", he said, "Let's go."
"Where are we going?" Oliver asked.
"To our base", the prisoner said.
"Your base?" Sara asked.
"I'm sorry, who are you people?" Alex asked as she looked between Logan, Snart and the prisoner.
"I was thinking the same thing about you all", the prisoner said to them.
"Not to point out the obvious, but the fucking gits are coming after us", Logan said.
"You might have to tell us on the way", Leo suggested and they all ran across the hill, away from the Hydra forces.
Logan is here! How do you like that? He is so awesome. And just imagine Hugh Jackman because he is the only Wolverine for me unless the inevitable successor proves me wrong, though I don't think anyone will surpass Jackman.
Thea talked Felicity out of the stupid plan. Things are getting worse and worse.
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