Chapter 4
The Future is in the Past
Kara had thought of what her cousin had said to her on their way to Metropolis she did indeed have feelings for the two elemental embodiments of fire and ice, she just felt a connection to the two having lost her entire family except Cain so that night she went to Sam and Ruby's room wondering how does she ask them to just let her in on their relationship.
Kara could hear moaning coming from the room as she got closer to the room she stood outside the room the moans more prevalent to her kryptonian ears now so she knocked and heard Sam say "enter." and she did and saw him and Ruby lying on the bed together Ruby's head on Sam's bear chest "hello Kara sorry you caught us at a very awkward time we just didn't have time to get dressed if we had known you were coming we would be dressed for you." said Sam.
"It's fine Sam I just wanted to talk to you and Ruby." said Kara and Sam and Ruby sitting up Ruby holding the blanket to cover her chest "so what is it Kara." I wanted to tell you that I-I-I I want to be part of your guys relationship" said Kara "what?" asked Ruby "I want to be in a relationship with you both you guys have been the nicest to me aside from Cain due to the fact you guys don't care that my cousin was the one who took everything from you guys and I think I'm in love with you both." said Kara.
"Kara can you give us a few minutes to talk this over?" asked Sam "yes Sam." said Kara and she stepped out "ok Ruby the decision is yours do you want to let her into our relationship." asked Sam, and Ruby climbed on top of Sam "I don't mind if we let her in she's cute and seems plenty loyal to you ever since she saw what Kal was like and we both know I don't mind being with other girls after all I spent months as the three brides slave girl for a few months, plus I did experiment with my sisters when I hit puberty." said Ruby and she started kissing the demon prince.
"Well if you're ok with it then I guess we should tell Kara the good news and hope Cain doesn't kill us for having a three way relationship with his cousin." said Sam after making out with his girlfriend "Kara you can come back in." said Sam and Ruby got off Sam so he could sit up and didn't bother to pull the blanket to cover her bare chest.
Kara walked in and seeing Ruby bare chested she covered her eyes "I'm so sorry Ruby." said Kara "it's fine Kara." said Ruby getting up and walking up to Kara and putting her hands on either side of Kara's face and she then started making out with Kara "welcome to our relationship Kara don't be like me and ruin it." said Ruby walking back to the bed "come get in the bed if you want Kara." said Sam and so Kara came over and laid between the two "aren't you uncomfortable in that outfit." said Ruby talking about Kara's uniform which was basically a white long sleeved one piece bathing suite with a hole showing her cleavage.
"Yes it's a little uncomfortable to sleep in this Ruby." Kara said to the other female "then take it off we don't mind you have a nice body you should show it off." said Ruby pulling on the hole in Kara's uniform and then made her way behind the kryptonian girl and started unzipping her uniform to remove it "yes mam" said Kara "hey Kara relax we're not going to have sex with you until your ready." said Ruby "we just want you to be comfortable." said Ruby kissing Kara's neck now "Kara if your not comfortable with this I can send one of my assassins to get you pajamas from your room." said Sam "no I'm fine Sam thank you." said Kara looking and smiling at her new boyfriend and girlfriend.
"I'm glad your ok with this Kara we want the chance to love you as we love each other." said Sam kissing Kara on the lips, "so Kara you really want to be with a man and a woman?" said Ruby "yes Sam, and Ruby." said Kara "then we welcome you to our little love nest of rebirth." said Sam "I love you both." said Kara "and we love you Kara." said Ruby and the three fell asleep with the two girls curled and snuggling into Sam's side.
One month later
It was time the portal was ready and it was time to go back in time and save their family so the shadow justice team had one last meeting with the league of shadows "alright my loyal assassins and soldiers I know you thought we would fight alongside you but I'm sorry but our mission is elsewhere don't worry though I leave you in the capable hands of Harley Quinn one of our own." said Sam passing the league down to Harley who is probably to some the least likely person he pass the the Insurgency and League onto and harley spoke to the league and rebels "now I know you all don't trust me much given who I use to run with but I never had any bad blood with the bat just Joker had one with him I don't know but all I want is to bring about a better world where we don't live in fear of Kal coming after us every time we try to use the rights we took for granted before this, I hope you all will help me said Harley." and so she was accepted as the new leader.
With a new leader established for the Insurgency and the League the shadows made their way to another room "ok you guys we've established that we all are going going back but we need to establish where's Kara going to go." said Sam "we all agree she should go with you if we send enough shocks through the timeline it may very well cause her ship to arrive earlier than she did here." said Cain "besides you could you could use some company that isn't just Babs." said Ruby "don't be so cold Ruby my treatment of you was plainly because you hurt Sam if you had been with us you wouldn't have been hurt so bad." said Barbara "Babs thats enough." said Sam "I can agree with Kara coming with me if that's what all of you want." said Sam "It is Sam plus if Kal sends assassins after you through time she can be your bodyguard." said Ruby.
"Alright everyone let's get to otherworld we have a timeline to save." said Sam and Shadow Justice went to Kami's Lookout to see Dende the current guardian of Earth, they got in a jet and they arrived at the lookout "Dende Mr. Popo you guys here." shouted Cain and his old namekian friend and the genie came out "Cain it's so good to see you again." said Dende "yeah it's good to see you to Dende, Popo but I'm not here for a social visit it's time for us to go to otherworld." said Cain "yes we figured the time was coming." said Popo and Dende grabbed the group of teen superheroes and took them to otherworld.
The team arrived where the planet was "guys I have something I have to take care of I'll be back to join you soon." said Sam and he went off to somewhere else noticing everyone else also going their separate ways, Sam walked for a few minutes and saw his location "so coming to see the dead family." said Dick as he appears next to Sam "I need to see them and say goodbye we both know I may never see Grandma Martha and Grandpa Thomas again after this." said Sam "yeah I know I went to see my parents to because I know even if we come across them in this new timeline it's you who will be in control not me I may live and see through you I won't be able to talk to them." said Dick.
"I know" said Sam and he went into the otherworld Wayne Manor his oldest brother behind him "grandma, grandpa, Alfred." said Sam and the the three came out "master Sam it's nice to nice to see you." said Alfred "it's nice to see you to Alfred." said Sam "Sam how have you been." asked Martha "I've been fine grandma I just wanted to see you both one more time before I go back." said Sam "remember Sam even if you may want to save us we need to die so not only Bruce becomes the Batman but so you're born to." said Thomas "I know but it doesn't make it hurt any less." said Sam "we know but we would gladly give our lives for you our grandson." said Martha "there's one more person I have to see before going back in time someone else I may never see again." said Sam as he left the manor and made his way to another part of the planet and found Hippolyta "queen Hippolyta." Sam said to the woman "Sam it's so nice to see you my daughter has just been here to see me I'm so glad you came to see me before you left I wanted to see all my family before I left say goodbye to those I may never see again." said Sam "why wouldn't we see each other again?" asked Hippolyta "at the time I'm going back your going to be a man hating amazon queen." said Sam.
"I guess you're right but with I think with time I can grow to love you and your family again." said Hippolyta "I hope so I'll miss you grandma Hippolyta." said Sam "I'll miss you to Sam." said Hippolyta.
Cain
Cain had just been to see Ma and Pa Kent and other family members and friends of my there was one more he wanted to see someone he cared deeply for "18." called Cain and the beautiful blonde android turned around and saw Cain "Cain." she said and she came and hugged the Saiyan hybrid "did Kal murder you to?" asked 18 "no Lazuli, I'm here to go back when uncle Kal was a teenager and help guide him down the right path I just wanted to see you one last time Kiara would be here to but she said you and I need alone time." said Cain "I miss you Lazuli I really do." said Cain
"I miss you to Cain but maybe will see each other again in the new timeline that's the thing Laz I want to bring you with me." said Cain "how Cain?" asked 18 "I've been thinking about the day you died I never thought to ask Sam if he had a flame of resurrection, so I spoke to him and he does I want to ask him to bring you back and bring you with me." said Cain now crying "what's wrong Cain?" asked 18 "I met my cousin Kara Zor-El and she has a crush on my two best friends Sam and Ruby I'm happy for them but seeing them makes me remember you, me, and Kiara I want us to be like that again I know it's selfish but-" Cain was saying but 18 cut him off with a kiss "hey I get it if Sam can do it revive me I'll come back with you and Kiara besides if it collides with the time of the Red Ribbon Army I have some things I want to say to Gero for what he did to me." said 18 and they went to find Sam.
They found him on his way back to the portal "Sam." they called "18, Cain what is it?" asked Sam "Sam do you have a flame that can revive the dead?" asked Cain "you want to revive 18 don't you?" asked Sam "yes." said Cain "ok I have this ability called life fire basically it's a flame that gives life I didn't really master it till Ra made me the new god of fire though so I never really used it before but I may be able to revive 18 mostly because your my best friend but remember death is Barry's domain he may sense what I'm doing by giving 18 life and a body." said Sam "you can make her a new body to?" asked Cain.
"Yes you see Life fire works like this, if one controls this power they can make life, give life, and even give said created life a soul or free will, so apart of making new life is making a body so in all honesty I'm not making a new soul just a new body after that I'll be reactivating her soul you have to think of the soul as a battery when you die the battery has run out of juice now think of the life fire as electricity to charge the battery when I give 18 a new body my flames will be recharging her soul as well which will bring her back to life and if were lucky Barry won't notice." said Sam and he began the process.
A few minutes later the procedure was complete and Android 18 was brought back to life but Sam was now a little exhausted so the three made their way back to the portal which was in its final stages of opening.
"Dean are we ready?" asked Sam yep I just need to make a time portal we can all go in all of us have a ship to use except me." said Dean "alright everyone remember we all meet as a team when the Justice League forms at the Denominators invasion we all agree." said Sam "yes Sam." said everyone "but also that doesn't stop you from having team ups of your own or meeting up just to have fun and be friends that's what we are after all." said Sam and everybody noded and Dean made the time portal with his speed and the rest of the team followed in their ships landing in different times not to see each other again for sometime Sam, Barbara, Ivory and Kara got out of the ship and found themselves on the Gotham outskirts.
The four teens made their way to Gotham where Sam proceeded to buy the best penthouse he could he then invested in Wayne enterprises so he could make more money and hung up his Midnight Phoenix uniform and switched to a new identity he became the Red Hood like his brother before him he wore the mask of the Red Hood.
So Sams journey to become the famed Red Hood has begun.
A few months later
Phoenix and friends had been in this timeline as Red Hood Sam brought his girls new identities since their current ones weren't supposed to exist for a few years now the names are now as follows Red Blade is Kara's new name and she's Sam's second in command, Red X is Barbara's new identity, and Ivory is now the Red Death the Red Hood family as they called themselves didn't present themselves as the typical crime family while they had their moments of crime they presented themselves as a detective agency, they were similar to detectives and crime lords.
Red blade the second in command of the family was out collecting tax from a nice elderly couple once again the couple over paid so Kara returned the extra money reminding them that the Red Hood rarely if ever raises tax on them and others in his territory and she started walking and she came across whom she believed was a young Selina Kyle stealing a wallet which means that the Wayne murders can't be to far off so she follows the young cat burglar.
Kara saw the young girl pouring milk for a cat Kara heard voices at the end of the alley and saw a family of three walking she knew this was her lovers family his grandparents and father, the family turned down the alley and walked down it Selina had started climbing up a ladder, Kara then noticed a masked man walking down the alley towards the family and she knew what would happen.
The man drew a gun and pointed it at the three of them Kara wanted to get involved but Sam was very keen on making sure that only certain parts of the timeline were changed and this was not one of them the mugger demanded money, and the mothers pearl necklace, the mugger than shot Thomas wayne in the chest and then shot Martha the mugger than turned his gun on Bruce and Kara wondered if she would need to get involved but he lowered his gun and walked down the alley to the entrance leaving the now orphaned Wayne to become one of the greatest heroes of all time The Batman.
Kara could hear the young man screaming no as if he were right next to her.
Gotham Police Department
Red Hood and Red X also known as Barbara Gordon and Samuel Wayne sat on top of a building across from the GCPD building keeping an eye on Barbara's father Jim and Sam decided he wanted to know something about her "hey Babs do you know anything about your mom?" asked Sam "no I don't I know I was named after my dad's first girlfriend that psychotic Bitch Barbara Kean for some reason, and I was born after he and Lee broke up but aside from that I don't know I grew up with him and uncle Harvey being my only family so whoever my mom is whether its Kean or Lee I don't care really they weren't there for me except Lee was but only when I was Batgirl so if they saw fit to just leave me with dad then I only care about him." said Barbara.
They then saw Harvey and Jim come out of the police station get in a car and start driving Sam then got a call from Kara saying it happened "alright Babs you and Kara know what to do I want you both to start actively looking for who killed my grandparents and I don't just mean Mario Pepper I want the real one because we both know it wasn't Pepper who killed them." said Sam and Barbara nodded and made her way to the alley where the Wayne's were killed.
Barbara arrived at the alley just in time to see Jim and Harvey arrive and decided to reveal themselves, "well, well, well if isn't Gothams worst." said Barbara and the cops all turned to see her and Kara walking down the alley "so Harvey how are you, I haven't seen you since when oh yeah that homicide where you were almost paid off and then I shot that maniac dead." said Barbara.
"So Blade what have we got here?" asked Barbara "double homicide male and female victims shot to chest one survivor oh and it's the Wayne's you know that family Hood respects most in this city X." said Kara "Well I'll go talk to the boy see what he saw and then we'll go see Hood and tell him about the case we've got." said Barbara and she walked towards Bruce with Jim "Hi there Bruce, I'm Red X I'm a member of the Red Hood crime family/detective agency can you tell me what happened here tonight?" asked Barbara "me and my parents had left the theater and we came down this alley way then this man came down the alley and wanted my parents money and mothers necklace after they gave him that he just shot them he then turned the gun on me I thought I would die but then he just left." said Bruce "ok bruce don't worry we'll find who did this I promise." said Barbara and she got up and went back to Kara as Barbara walked towards her partner and friend she heard her father telling her future mentor about her grandfathers death and how there will be light "he's right but it will come from darkness" thought Barbara.
She saw Alfred pull up and seeing the old butler that had been like a grandfather to her and the other bat kids almost made her cry she walked past the aged butler with Kara behind her and they went to the penthouse to ditch their uniforms and then went to a diner that the bat family was known to frequent as civilians.
They saw Harvey and Jim walk in and a few minutes later two others walked over to them "Kara I want you to listen very closely to what my dad and his partner are talking to those two about." said Barbara and so Kara used her super hearing to do just that "what are they saying?" asked Barbara "those two agents are apparently named Montoya and Allen they apparently want the case your dad is trying to avoid giving them the case Bullock is considering it now the woman montoya is insulting Bullock and now he's not going to give them the Wayne case." said Kara "ok Kara that's all I need to know thanks." said Barbara and the two went back to their meal and then went back to the penthouse where they saw Sam on his communicator, "hey Ruby I need you to bring Diana here." said Sam "because my grandparents just died and my dad will need a friend so can you and Diana please come here." said Sam "ok thank you." said Sam and the trio with Ivory went to bed.
Themyscira with Ruby
Ruby got a call on her communicator she saw it was from her boyfriend "what is it Sam?" she asked concern for the new god of war he explained that it happened and it was time to introduce her now twelve year old sister and Bruce to each other early she agreed to try to convince her mother to allow her and Diana to go to Gotham but she doubted that she could.
"Mother." called Ruby as she entered the Throne Room "yes my daughter." said Hippolyta "it's time for Diana to go to Gotham I know you don't want us to be in Mans world but right now someone I saw as both a father and brother needs Diana." said Ruby "what man is worthy of seeing the eldest princess youngling." said Artemis with venom at the word man "a man who is destined to become one of the earth's greatest heroes but he's also a young boy who just watched his parents get gunned down in an alley and by now has probably sworn vengeance on the man that did it." said Ruby "Diana if you want to see the world outside our island then meet me at the docks tomorrow morning and I will take you to Gotham." said Ruby and she left.
The next day
Diana had met her younger but now older sister at the dock "this boy I'm going to meet what is he like?" asked Diana.
"Dark, brooding, strong and somewhat angry but he can be kind and gentle when it counts." said Ruby.
Back in Gotham
The next day they saw the mayor talking about how they would get the guy who killed the Waynes "alright listen you three we can't get Patrick yet because finally finding him and coming face to face with him is a big part of my fathers Batman training so follow the GCPD keep an eye on them and make sure they don't find Patrick I need to take care of something else." said Red Hood.
"Alright ladies let's go watch my dad and uncle rouse some muggers." said Barbara and that's what the three of them did, they watched as Edward Nygma a man Barbara would someday know as the Riddler told them about the bullet, and Bullock decided it was time to go see Fish Mooney since the theater was her turf and so the reds went there as well.
They arrived before Harvey and Jim "Fish." said Kara "why Blade how are you dear?" asked Mooney "oh the Red Hood is interested in the Wayne murders and sent us to investigate it so we decided to talk to you it is your territory." said Kara.
"Yes awful I hope you and the Red Hood can figure it out where is mr. Hood anyway?" asked Fish
"he had other business elsewhere." said Red X.
"Hey X why don't you go out back and ask the guys out there if they know anything while me and Fish talk." said Kara to Barbara.
Barbara just went out back not answering her friend since she had nothing to say.
Barbara went out back and found Fishes men she couldn't say she was happy to see Cobblepot "the penguin before the waddle and the overeating." thought Barbera.
"Hey you boys know anything about the shooting in the alley near the theater?" asked Barbera.
"Nope sorry miss X." said one of the men Butch, Barbera thought his name was.
"Shame." said Barbera, she knew they were probably lying but she already knew who she was helping the cops find this was just a formality.
"Come on Blade no one here knows anything so why don't we get to the fun part rousing and beating up some muggers." X called to her partner and as they left and got on the roof tops.
The red duo spent the rest of the day rousing up muggers mostly to make it look like they were working on the Wayne case even thought they knew exactly where to go.
They returned to the penthouse they found Sam looking over old case files he brought from the future trying to figure out who's who for and who will be become Gotham's most infamous of criminals Joker, Riddler, and Penguin, two were already figured out but one was still an unknown to all of them the worst of the worst Joker their dark fathers worst enemy, the opposite of the bat in every way, the terrorist of Gotham, the monster the bat family could never live down.
"Who, who are you what made you into this monster, terrorist, demon, devil, born of the bleakest womb." said Sam his eyes burning with fire.
"Will find him and find someway to stop him from blowing up metropolis." said Barbera, she and Kara cuddled up to the son of Batman.
Early the next morning the Barbara's batscanner she set up with her fathers and uncles phone went off and she heard Bullock tell Jim they found Pepper, so she woke up Kara on Sams other arm and they dressed and left.
Sam got a call on his communicator from Ruby "yeah love." said Sam.
"Were about to land in thirty minutes think you can come get us and help me sign Dianna up for school at Gotham academy so she can meet Bruce?" asked Ruby.
"Yeah I'll be there soon." said Sam getting up and getting dressed.
Barbara and Kara went to the residence of Mario Pepper in time to see the cops leaving.
"Well guess we won't be needed after all Babs." said Kara.
"Yeah." said Barbara, and the duo headed back to the Penthouse they shared with Sam.
Kara, Ivory, Barbara, and Diana who just arrived in Gotham with Ruby hid in the crowd of the Wayne funeral Sam, and Ruby would be to, but they decided to hang back in the shadows, the Red-hood after all would only get involved when necessary but for now he and his wife must be silent puppet masters pulling the strings in Gotham.
Diana approached the young boy she was to befriend "Hi my name is Diana I'm sorry about your parents." she said to the boy though she had never met a male before except when her and her sister stopped Ares decades ago and Ruby brought her to man's world while she helped in the war.
"Thank you what brings you here?" asked Bruce.
"My sister knows someone here in Gotham apparently he and his family did business with your families company for a while, so I though I would come pay my respects, I also heard about the things your family would do for this city." said Diana.
"Thanks." said Bruce with a real smile on his face.
"I never met my father you know, he left me and my mom, and sister when I was born." said Diana.
"Really?" asked Bruce.
"Yeah, it kind of hurt knowing my dad didn't want me but my mom was good to me and my sisters my older sister Ruby decided that I needed to get away from home and see the world." Diana told her new friend.
The funeral ended and when people were leaving Sam and Ruby approached the grave.
"Grandma, grandpa, I promise to look after dad I won't let him become the monster he became in the future." said Sam eyes having tears in his eyes.
"It's not going to happen again we will stop it but we have only decades to stop it." said Ruby and Sam put on his Red hood helmet again.
"Your right so let's get to work." said Sam, and the two left the cemetery ready to face all the challenges that came with being the children of heroes.
Meanwhile Barbara and Kara were on their way to do their rounds when Barbara was cornered by Renee.
"Hello Renee what can I do for you?" asked Barbara.
"Tell you boss the Red Hood were coming after him if he even exist, we know you had something to do with the death of Mario Pepper and the Waynes." said Renee.
"You guys have fun trying to pin the blame on us why don't you look into the Falcone, Meronie, or even Fish Mooney before you start to blame Hood he hasn't done anything well except kill several scumbags who deserved it, what he does is barely extortion since he asked a fair price and people pay him less than what they pay others so tell me something Renee are we really the bad guys here?" asked Barbara and she walked away.
"Oh and Renee threaten Hood again and I will come for you, and everyone you care about." said Barbara.
Barbara stood at the Harbor watching her father help Penguin fake his death "and so it begins." she whispered to herself and went to report to Red Hood.
In the Future
The founding members of the Justice league stood in their meeting room, "so who do we send to deal with this problem?" asked Kal.
Everyone knew what Kal was referring to the problem of Shadow Justice trying to change the future.
"We need to take them out we should send our best assassin's after them." said Oliver.
"Our best assassin's already went back in time to join Phoenix and his little coup." said Hawk girl.
"How about we send our enemies after Ruby, Cain, Adam, Dean, and Orion, but we use Psychological warfare on Sam, send the ones he cares about most after him." said Bruce.
"All in favor." said Kal, and everybody except strangely enough Diana was in agreement.
"Now who should we send after Sam first Bruce." asked Kal.
"send Tim in first he and Sam had the most neutral but brotherly relationship, it will allow us to test the waters see if fighting one of his family works." said Bruce and all agreed and they left the room.
Diana went to themyscira where she lived sometimes with Starfire, Zatanna, and Donna Troy her old protege the three had all loved Dick Grayson just as Diana loved Bruce Wayne and her sister Ruby loved Sam visiting them was Raven Damian's girlfriend.
"Diana are you ok?" asked Zatanna.
"Yes Zatanna I just finished meeting the others and we came up with a plan to take care of Sam." said Diana.
"How will we get our little brother back." asked Zatanna of the Three she had cared for Sam the most like an older sister while all of them had loved Sam as the younger brother any of them had while Diana had loved him like a son they were all very upset when Cain had first killed Sam and she didn't know how the girls would react to her next words.
"Kal and Bruce want to send psychological fighters to deal with Sam they want to send family after him to see if he'll slip up or hold back to much so they can stop him." said Diana.
"Diana none of us like this idea I mean using people Sam cares about might work but it also feels wrong none of us want to hurt him right?" asked Kori.
"I don't want to, but I can't say the same for Kal or Bruce anymore." said Diana.
"Who are they sending after him first?" asked Donna.
"Tim." said Diana.
I think I'll end it here folks it's been awhile but Sam is back now if your wondering how did the Regime find out they came back in time well read my Arrow fanfic and you'll see that after Sam left the Regime arrived in otherworld plus while I think this will be an alternate dimension timeline to theirs the league will still get flashes of what's changing the ending is to show that deep down some members of Sam's family still care for him and don't want to see him hurt or dead again whether Diana, Zatanna, Donna, and Raven join Sam is a surprise.
for the people Sam deals with while the others deal with the Gotham villain of the week it goes from who he cares the least about to who he cares the most about probably Sam will face at least one member of his family every season till the end of the Gotham series and the beginning of Batman Begins.
Now I know at some point I said this would be a crossover of Gotham and The Dark Knight Trilogy well its might actually be a mass crossover between most Batman Media, comics, games, movies and tv shows mostly because I don't think there is enough in Gotham and the dark knight to cover what I want to do since Bruce was an active Bat for nine years in the dark knight trilogy and most of that was still in retirement between the end of dark knight and the beginning of dark knight rises anyway like, review, and all that see you guys next time for those interested this spans from page 27 to page 45 on this story and I write in size 12 times new roman font double spaced.