They teleported to the South Pole using a strange hyperspace device in their hoverbikes. (Or known as hoverpods.) MAN, IT WAS COLD, definitely colder than Killer Frost would ever get. "Why didn't I think of grabbing a coat first?!" Lorris groaned. She cast a shield over the three of them with her star-spirit powers. "Well, that works too. OH, CHAMELEOUDINI!"
"YEESH! Could you be quiet for once?!" Cisco grumbled, covering his ears. And do hurry up, because we have to get to Barry and Kara!"
Lorris rolled her eyes and sniffed around, turning into an ocelot. She stopped after a few seconds. "We dig here. I can smell Kara, Barry, and Doug below us." And without hesitation, she drilled in, spewing ice all over the place. Soon, she started spewing up dirt and rocks instead, and after a bit the spewing stopped. Lorris called up muffledly. "Okay, I've gotten to the place! Hop in!"
"Wait, we drop in?" Cisco asked.
"Well, if my twin says so, then yeah," Nilla shrugged.
"We just drop in? A full 100 to 200 feet down, where we could possibly break our necks and DIE?!"
"Well, DUH. That's the point. We don't die. Just GET IN AND HURRY!"
Cisco sighed. "Well, here goes nothing." He jumped in, Nilla diving after him.
Lorris was digging a horizontal tunnel to somewhere when she heard an "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" and a thud. "Ow, that hurts... OOF! Ow, no need to land on me!"
All that noise was from Cisco.
Nilla jumped off and turned into an ocelot as well, trotting up to her sister. She lit a small light so that they could see. "We reached our destination yet?"
"Apparently. There's a trapdoor under me," Lorris nodded, sweeping back the dirt to reveal a metal trapdoor that was iced over from the cold. "Stand back, sis." She opened her mouth, letting a ball of heat form, and hurling it down. The trapdoor exploded. "YAY! Let's get in."
"HOLD UP! WAIT FOR ME!" Cisco screamed. He stumbled in after the twins, who were standing in human form in a room filled with files upon files. No one was there. Lorris opened one. "Attack sequence. Bomb planted under Star City. Will detonate on Friday, October Thirteenth. Timer is set."
Another: "End Flash and Supergirl. Add in Green Arrow. Once they are killed, I will create a world War."
Still another: "Convinced the president of North Korea to test an atomic bomb. Set to destroy the US. President Trump will not be able to stand a chance one the war goes into action. America will be annihilated. Christianity shall be destroyed once and for all."
"Wow, he's racist, isn't he?" Cisco commented. Lorris snapped the file shut. "No. He's not racist, he's made of homicide and genocide. And if he destroys Christianity, he'll take away Christmas and Easter with it, because those liturgical holidays are Christian holidays." She opened it up again. "Next up are the Jews. Will succeed where Hitler has failed. Will make people hate each other."
"One question, why does he want to destroy Christianity so much?" Cisco asked.
"It's mostly Catholics and Christian missionaries, because they're one of the very few ties that's helping keep the world in peace. And annihilating Christians on this Earth destroys them on other Earths as well." Lorris sighed and threw the file back onto the stack. "Well, let's find Supergirl and Flash."
She pushed through a door into a dark corridor, and the trio snuck around until they reached a chamber glowing a ghastly green like Kryptonite. "I think they're in here. Come on." Quickly making sure no one was watching, she turned her hand into a paw, unsheathed a claw, and wriggled it around in the lock until she heard a click. Then the three quickly shot in.
WHOA, the whole room was filled with Kryptonite. Barry was chained to the wall in escape-proof steeel and kara was ying weakly on a bed of Kryptonite, moaning.
"Barry! Kara! We're here to get you out!" Cisco whisper-called. Barry's head jerked up, his eyes lighting. "Cisco! Terrors! Thank goodness! You have to get us out!"
Kara let out another moan. Lorris turned her hand into a paw again, unlocking the chains holding Barry to the wall. He immediately picked Kara up, and the five made a dash for the door.
"Not so fast," a voice echoes once they were making their way down the hall. The quintet stopped, turning around slowly. There was Doug, in all his glory and splendor as his real form (a tall man with a leather jacket, jeans, black shoes, whatever you imagine). A deadly blade gleamed in his hand as he snirked evilly. "Do you really think you can escape so easily?"
Cisco, trembling like an aspen leaf, stuttered, "Y-y-y-y-you're t-th-the evil crim-m-m-minal who-"
"Who's plotting to destroy the world? Well, of course I am." Doug cackled. "Well, I have to say you nearly foiled my plans."
"What I wanna know is why you're trying to destroy all those families and their loved ones," Lorris growled. Doug raised an eyebrow. "Oh, what do you mean? Love is worthless. Nobody needs it. I was never loved in my life, and I lived perfectly without it."
At that moment Lorris suddenly realized, HANG ON. Doug's never been loved by anyone in his life! OH, I GET IT! THAT'S IT! I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO! Trying not to burst out in giddy laughter, she choked out, "So... you're only doing all this because you want to destroy love?"
"What do you think? I'm trying to get people to bow down to me, of course! You don't need love to bow down to someone! You need FEAR. And that's what I intend to give the universe."
That when Lorris finally cracked up in silent laughter. Doug's smirk turned into a glower. "What? Are you LAUGHING AT ME?!"
"(silent laughs) No, no. I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing at your blindness and how stupid you are to refuse to see the true power of love." She managed to calm down. "The only reason you're doing anything is because you're lonely."
"HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST SUCH A THING! I AM NOT!"
"Oh, but you are. All that greed and all that thirst for power is just what you're using so that you can ignore the feelings of loneliness. You just want to be accepted, but you haven't been because your hatred and vengeance is making people turn from you." Lorris smirked. "And, well, as a Cupidity expert, I can't leave my brothers and sisters hanging when they're in great need of something."
"GRRRRR. I wil have NO MORE of your insults, you raving little-"
He went on to create a tirade as Lorris reached into her pocket and pulled out the rainbow keys. She held the yellow key in her palm, examining the tiny bird on it. Calmly she walked away from the confused quintet, standing directly underneath the South Pole. Well, now Doug's bad words were getting annoying. "DOUG, SHUT YER MOUTH NOW BEFORE I SEND YOUR HEAD TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!" That quickly made Doug shut up.
Lorris blinked, looked down, stooped over, and inserted the key into an invuisible lock on the floor. A strange swirl of pixie-dust-like sparkles lit up on the yellow glass, and a door opened to reveal a large gift wrapped in green. She picked up the coffin-shaped gift and handed it to Doug. "Here, this should calm your fears. Don't worry, it's not your deathbed. I don't lie to people."
Dog snatched it and threw it aside. "I don't need any gifts. Worthless," he scoffed.
"But I still haven't told you what's inside, dude," Lorris smirked. "You know that you can't resist your curiosity, just like Pandora. JUST OPEN IT ALREADY!"
And, of course, curiosity got the better of Doug. So he roughly ripped the wrappings off and yanked the white birch coffin open.
What was inside? We can only guess... (cliffhanger until next time! Which means readers may make guesses!)
