I've been loving this story. I have so many ideas and brainstorms and the support I am getting just gives me more ideas for different plots for different characters. Without further ado, here is Chapter 7 of Luck is Just Another Word For Fate
Earth 2: Zoom's Lair
Jay was fixing up his things with his mask off, trying to clean up and inspect his cages. It was dark and little sunlight seeped through the cracks of the cave. Some dim lights flickered in the background and things were cluttered everywhere. Jay smiled as he did everything at regular speed. There was something satisfying about doing menial tasks at regular speed like cleaning desks or organizing his possessions.
The Man in the Iron Mask was sitting hunched in the corner of his cell, all of his hope finally fully squeezed out of him. Jay crouched down and stared at the man.
"Oh, you'll be getting out of here very soon. But you won't be out of a cell. We're gonna be relocating to another Earth. Don't get used to the view, 'cause you're gonna get another one soon." Zoom said quietly.
A huge white flash suddenly lit up the whole cave and Jay quickly put on his demonic mask. He turned around and saw the outline of a huge figure with white light sparking off of it. Like a switch had turned on in his brain, Zoom made his eyes black under the mask and his voice deepened and got raspy.
"Who are you?" Jay asked. The figure stayed in the shadows.
"Jay Garrick. Or rather Hunter Zolomon. I'm here for an offer." the figure had an deep voice that echoed and resonated. Zoom grimaced. Sure, some people knew he was Jay Garrick, but Hunter Zolomon was a less known name.
"So, you know my name. How?" Jay asked. He took off his mask and changed his voice back to normal.
"Not really important."
"What is it you have to ask?" Zoom asked threateningly. He had decided that before he killed the speedster, he would see what it was that this man was asking him.
"I want you to kill Barry Allen's soulmate." the man said ominously.
"And why would I kill Iris West? I see no use of this action." Zoom said.
"Not Iris West. No. That bridge was broken a long time ago. I want you to kill Kara Danvers. Otherwise known in my time as Kara Allen." he said.
"So you're from the future?"
"Yes." the man said bluntly. He was still in the same position as he was in when he entered.
"Okay. But why would I do as you ask? What would I get out of it?" the man hesitated.
"In the future, you are seen as a failure. You carry out your plan with the magnetar but you are stopped spectacularly. The Flash beats you and the time wraiths catch you. The rest of your pitiful life is spent being the Black Flash, carrying out the Speed Force's bidding." the figure explained. Zoom paced in his place, thinking about this sudden development.
"But if I do what you ask, I'm just doing your dirty work instead of the Speed Force's. I don't see any difference and I don't see a reason not to kill you." raced forward with the intent to drive a hand through the heart of whatever he was facing. Right before Jay could kill the figure, a giant, clawed hand went to his throat and he was lifted two feet into the air.
Zoom struggled and attempted to hit the metal wrist, but it didn't budge. He glanced at it and saw light blue energy trail throughout the forearm. Although the arm was now in the light, the figure's head and body were both in the shadows.
"You will not kill me because you are unable to. You will do as I want." The figure warned. Zoom continued to struggle. "Now, I'm going to let you go and you won't attack me again. You won't run. You will do as I say."
The figure let go of Zoom and he fell to the ground, vulnerable and grasping at his neck. He slowly stood up after a few minutes of rest and walked back to one of his many desks.
"Fine, I'll do as you say." Zoom said reluctantly.
"Good."
"So, who is this Kara Danvers and why is she Barry Allen's lover?"
"They meet accidentally. They actually just met just a few days ago. A lucky encounter evolves into a relationship and over time, they begin to love each other."
"But why do you want me to kill her? What did she ever do to you?" Zoom asked.
"It's not what she did to me. It's really what she did for me. In the future, Barry's love for Kara decides my fate. When she dies, he creates me." The figure explained.
"What did he do? Try to revive Kara like Frankenstein but with a particle accelerator and a dark matter lightning bolt hit you?" Zoom asked jokingly.
"You could say that." the figure said seriously. Jay raised his eyebrows but when the man didn't budge, he whistled.
"Okay, so where will I find Kara?" Jay asked.
"National City. Not this Earth though. There is no National City here. Nor is there one on Earth 1. You will find her on Earth 38. I'll send you there and you will arrive in a cave almost identical to this one."
"So all you want me to do is go find her to and stick my hand through her chest?" Zoom asked. It was so simple.
"Not so easy. She's not human. She's an alien from a planet called Krypton and has a set of superpowers. Don't underestimate her."
"What about you? Are you human?" Zoom asks. The figure laughed.
"Yeah. I'm human. But a speedster as you probably have already guessed."
"Okay, one more thing though. What's your name?" The figure kneeled down and leaned over. His back started to open up and a body rose out of the now realized suit of armor. A lean man with his head down walked around his suit and went into the light. He rose his head and Jay grinned. This was going to be fun, he thought.
"Savitar."
Earth 38: DEO Headquarters
"This place is awesome." Cisco announced as he, Kara, and Barry entered the DEO. Barry laughed as a woman carrying a tray of a black and slimy substance. "Whoa, is that like a symbiote? Wait, you guys have Spider-Man, right?"
As they had walked into the DEO, Barry had explained about Kara and Cisco had totally geeked out. Questions had rained down from him and Kara had trouble answering all of them.
"Yes, we have Spider-Man but I've never seen it and no, that's not a symbiote. I actually think that might be the food for the alien prisoners. They actually like it even though I have no clue what's in it."
"A, that's disgusting. And B, what is wrong with you? Spider-Man is so good! Both the comics and the movies! Actually, maybe just the comics." Barry laughed in agreement. Kara just shook her head as they arrived at the main room in the DEO.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Alex asked Cisco. He smiled brightly and put his goggles on the table.
"I'm Cisco. Cisco Ramon. Pleasure to meet you." Cisco raised his hand for a handshake but Alex just smiled and continued to look at him. "I see now that doing that was a bad decision. So what's your name?"
"Alex Danvers. Her sister. So don't try to hit on me or her." Alex stated bluntly. Cisco looked offended.
"You should probably listen to her." Barry whispered to Cisco. He nodded slowly and started to go faster.
"Yeah. Of course. Wasn't thinking of it." He replied. "And who are you Mr. Scary?" Cisco asked as J'onn came in.
"I'm J'onn J'onzz. But My human counterpart is named Hank Henshaw." Hank said. "So what are you planning to do here? You're obviously not normal."
"Yeah. I can open portals or as I call them, breaches, and they can lead me to any location or any Earth." Cisco replied.
"So you can get Barry and yourself back home?" J'onn asked. He was hopeful and a little worried at the same time. It seemed as if the aliens they were facing were getting more powerful everyday.
"Yeah, I don't think we can do that." Cisco said.
"Why not?" Kara asked.
"I got here on accident. I was testing out my new powers and tried to go to Earth 2, but my frequencies were all wrong and I ended up on a different Earth. I got in a fight with an unusually hot woman and I accidentally landed here. I actually saw you two at that restaurant yesterday! I just couldn't get to you." Cisco exclaimed.
"Really? I didn't see you!" Barry said. A little embarrassed.
"Yeah, I kind of landed in a booth and saw you leaving. Did you know Caitlin works there? She actually stopped me from getting to you."
"Yeah, she's nothing like our Caitlin though." Barry replied. Cisco nodded.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Where can I stay and where can I get some necessities?" Cisco asked. Barry turned toward Kara and asked her for her credit card.
"I'll be back in a flash." Barry said. He disappeared and Kara shook her head despite the smile on her face.
"Does he say that often?" she asked. Cisco shook his head.
"No. He's usually a little energetic but he seems a lot more happy. I wonder why..." Cisco trailed off. Kara wondered as well but she glanced at Alex and saw her smirk.
"What?" Kara asked.
"Nothing, nothing." Alex replied although she obviously was holding something back. Barry then came back with a backpack and put it on the table. He started to pull things out.
"Your favorite shirts, some pants, underwear, jackets, toothbrush, toothpaste, and a lot of other stuff. Cisco rummaged through it and pulled out a bobble-head.
"Why did you get me a bobble-head of Barack Obama?" Cisco asked. Barry shrugged.
"Well, I know you had one of George Lucas so I got you one of Barack Obama."
"Okay, but why Barack Obama?" Cisco asked once more.
"Oh, I forgot. He directed Star Wars in this world."
"Really? I can not see that." Cisco replied as he messed around with all of his new possessions. He looked around and saw everyone staring so he started to stuff everything back into the backpack.
"So, where should I stay at?" Cisco asked. Kara was about to say that he could stay at her place when Barry interrupted her.
"I was actually thinking we could get jobs. Regular day jobs. And we could rent an apartment or something." Barry offered. Cisco nodded.
"Roommates?" Cisco asked.
"Yup." Barry replied.
"Okay. But what jobs do we get?"
"Kara has me as an intern at Catco, maybe you could come too?" Barry looked at Alex and she sighed.
"Fine, let me just forge some more documents." Alex said. She walked off to who-knows-where while everyone else just did what they always did.
"You can crash at the DEO while you're here." Kara said. She had changed her mind in the last minute and decided having Cisco at her place would be weird. She could handle Barry but having him and Cisco just didn't feel right.
"Cool. Where are you staying right now Barry? Here?" Cisco asked. Kara mentally cursed herself. He might feel left out and she could be guilt-tripped into letting him stay at her place.
"I'm staying at Kara's place." Barry said nonchalantly. Cisco smiled.
"Okay. Okay. I won't barge in, don't worry." Cisco said. Barry and Kara looked confused but J'onn just shook his head and walked away.
"What?" Barry asked. Cisco's smile didn't even falter.
"Nothing. I'll just put my things in my new room." Cisco looked around, searching for his room.
"Oh yeah. When your done, we can go to Catco to start your first day. It's still early!" Kara said excitingly. Cisco nodded and finally found the bedrooms. He started to exit at the same time as Alex entered. She handed over two files and Barry took one.
"That was fast." Barry announced. He looked through the file and saw multiple documents, numbers, and a bunch of other stuff. "Really? You named me Dick Grayson? That's sooo not me."
"I kind of like it." Kara said. Barry gave her a look and went back to his document.
"I'm fast at finishing paperwork." Barry read aloud from the file. "Is that your attempt at being funny?" Alex shrugged and walked away. Kara laughed and snatched one of Barry's forged documents.
"You should see what I did for Cisco." Alex said as she turned a corner and headed toward her lab. As if on cue, Cisco appeared with street clothes on and raised his eyebrows.
"You like?" Cisco asked as he put his hands in his black leather jacket. Barry shook his head and sped away. He came back a second later with regular clothes and a huge smile. Supergirl imitated him and she was in a yellow dress and high heels.
"Let's go to Catco now. Here's your file, Cisco." Barry said. He handed him the file and Cisco flipped through.
"Why I am I suddenly named Tim Drake?" Cisco asked. Barry shrugged.
"Ask Alex." Barry said. Alex grinned and shrugged.
"Don't ask me. I wasn't the one who came up with the names."
"Really? I find that hard to believe." Cisco replied.
"Do I really look like I can forge believing legal documents?" Alex asked. Cisco gave a noncommittal shrug.
"Yes?"
"Good answer, but not the right one." Alex said. Kara interrupted the very entertaining conversation.
"Yeah, we got to get to Catco, so we should go now." Kara said. "Oh, shoot! Why did we change? We can't get to National City now!"
"Oh yeah we can." Cisco said. He raised his fist and opened a breach, the light gaining everyone's attention. "I'm a superhero too, remember?" Cisco smiled and gestured for them to go through. Barry and Kara both nervously went through and Cisco went through last.
"Don't forget, we have to interrogate the alien later tonight!" Alex yelled as they went through and breach closed up.
Moments After Cisco Left: Earth 1: STAR Labs
Harry and Caitlin stood in the speed canon. Just waiting. Waiting for Cisco to come back from his short trip to Earth 2. Hoping he was alright. Joe and Iris came in and stood behind Harry and Caitlin. They saw the portal and Joe nodded at it.
"So you went through with the plan?" Joe asked. Caitlin turned around and nodded.
"Yeah, he just went through. We don't know where he'll be though." Caitlin said. Iris nodded. She was concerned about Cisco but she really just wanted Barry back. Sure, she wasn't into him romantically, but he was still a friend and actually a brother.
"What's he gonna do, just see if he gets on Earth 2? What's he gonna do if it is or it isn't?" Iris asked. Harry shrugged.
"We hadn't thought that far ahead. We're winging it." Harry side. Joe rubbed his temples in confusion.
"Wait, so you're saying that he doesn't have a plan on getting back?" Joe asked. Harry nodded.
"Basically."
"You guys here at STAR Labs are geniuses. Can't you guys plan really far ahead for any situation?"
"I guess we can. But we just didn't think about this." Harry finished. Silence hung in the air until minutes passed by and everyone was starting to get anxious.
"Do you think time is different on your Earth?" Caitlin asked. Harry shook his head.
"No, no time is the same between our two Earths. Some Earths are different but Cisco should be back by now." Harry said. "I'm going in after him." Harry rushed towards the breach with Caitlin right behind him, attempting to stop Harry.
"Harry, wait!" Caitlin shouted. Harry didn't listen and kept going until red energy spread across the breach. Once the red had completely overcome the blue, it vanished out of existence. Harry cursed and headed to the cortex to start preparing for what was probably going to be bad.
For one, Zoom was going to exert his rage on Earths 1 and 2 when he found out Barry was gone and Harry needed to get Jesse safe. Second, grieving and denying wouldn't do Cisco any good. He needed to find a way to get to Cisco and Barry. They were his only hope of taking down Zoom.
Harry collected his metahuman watch, laptop, energy rifle, and hat. He was going to have to bring Jesse back to STAR Labs for her safety. Whether she liked it or not. He wasn't going to have her taken away from him again.
Caitlin came into the cortex and saw Harry packing up a bag. She walked over to him and looked at him questioningly.
"Where do you think your going? Just because Cisco and Barry are gone now you're going to leave?" Caitlin asked
"I am going to find my daughter and bring her back here where she will be safe." Harry said as he slung his backpack on and put his rifle under his arm.
"Why? Isn't it safer where nobody knows where she is?" Caitlin asked.
"Zoom knows where she is. He knows the same way I know. He will get to her sooner or later." Harry replied.
"And how do you know where she is?" Caitlin asked. Harry tightened his backpack and snatched the keys to the lab van off of the table. .
"People from Earth 2 distribute cellular dead zones where we go. I upgraded your system a while ago because of that." Harry said. He started to walk away to the lab van.
"Okay, well, good luck then." Caitlin stuttered. Harry ignored her and whisked off toward the garage. He looked around and saw the van. It looked small compared to the huge garage.
Harry threw his backpack and rifle into the backseat and started the car. There was a GPS on the dashboard so he plugged in the location of Jesse's new dorm room. He had learned she was hiding there a while ago.
Harry drove off and soon he had entered a highway. He glanced at the GPS and saw that he was about ten minutes away from Jesse. He looked around and saw nothing but barren land. No grass, no cars, no people.
A slash of blue appeared a few yards in front of him and Harry skid to a stop. He rested his head on the wheel and went to go outside and see what happened when he found Zoom in his window. Harry scrambled for his rifle but he was too slow.
Zoom ripped the car door of of its hinges and snatched up Harry. He stared him in the eyes and a smile formed on his mask.
"We're gonna go on a different kind of road trip." Jay hissed creepily. Harry gasped and squirmed in Zoom's tight grip. "But no need to worry. Your daughter will be joining us shortly." Harry struggled even more before Zoom hit him in the head and he was knocked out cold.
Zoom dashed off and all that was left from the scene was a lonely van and it's driver door in the street.
Earth 38: Catco Worldwide Media
"Ms. Grant can be a little… what's the word… uptight." Kara said as she, Barry, and Cisco stood in the main elevator to Catco. "Yeah, uptight. So say what she wants you to say and you'll be fine."
"And what exactly does she want us to say? That we're just puny interns that want a job?" Cisco asked jokingly. Kara shrugged.
"I honestly don't know. In my interview, I used my x-ray vision to tell her that the pen she was using was out of ink. And I did some other cool stuff." Kara said proudly.
"So what are we supposed to do? Tell her that she's going to be late for a meeting and bring her there?" Barry asked.
"No, just try to be yourself." Kara answered. Barry bit his lip nervously. The only job interview he ever had was for the CCPD and that was way different.
"Okay. By the way, are both Barry and I your intern or am I doing something else?" Cisco asked as the elevator stopped and they started to walk towards the office.
"You are going to be an intern in the IT department. I have a friend who will show you around." Kara answered. They arrived at Cat's office and Kara entered followed by Barry and Cisco.
"Good morning Ms. Grant. I have the new interns with me!" Kara announced. Ms. Grant glanced up from her laptop and slipped on her glasses.
"Yes, I can see that. What are your names again?" She asked as her eyes darted between them.
"I'm Ba-" Barry stopped himself before he said his real name. "My name's Dick Grayson. But I'm not an actual dick. That's just my name."
"And my name's Tim Drake. I'm gonna hopefully go into your IT department." Cisco said. Kara stepped back and watched as Cisco and Barry interviewed. Well, sort of.
"Mm-hmm... Yes. Winslow! Kiera!" Ms. Grant yelled even though both of them were right next to her office. Kara stepped forward and Winn came beside her in a second.
"Yes Ms. Grant? Do you have another problem with your computer?" Winn asked.
"No. Travis here is going to learn what goes on around here. You will be his... mentor." Cat said.
"Who's Travis?" Cisco asked.
"You are Tony!" Cat said with a "Duh" look written all over her face.
"Ahhh. One of those ones. Okay." Cisco said.
"One of what?" Cat asked.
"Never mind." Cisco turned his attention to his future mentor. "So I just follow you around today?" Cisco asked him.
"Yeah, and just call me Winn. Only Ms. Grant calls me that. Let's get started! It's feels like I have a tech buddy now. Not many people in the department that I can talk to. Well, there was Siobhan, but she left to Gotham. Something about finding her true potential. All the people I can talk to are James and Kara." Winn rambled. Cisco smiled. He was going to like this guy.
Ms. Grant made a "shoo" motion with her hand and the group of four exited her office. They all followed Kara who saw James at his desk and motioned for him to follow. With a curious look, he set down his pen and got up to follow her.
They all arrived in the abandoned storage room that they used for headquarters. Winn and James looked nervous because Kara was showing random strangers their headquarters.
"Whoa. Nice setup." Barry said. Kara smiled but Cisco scoffed.
"Ours is better. I mean, this is cool, but I prefer ours." Cisco said. He was proud of where they worked and thought it was the best setup ever. Except for maybe the Arrow Cave. But their power shorted out almost once every day.
Barry shrugged as James filed in last and slowly closed the door. He looked around, confused why there were random people in their secret headquarters.
"Kara, what are you doing?" James asked. His eyes were darting between the two strangers while Winn just observed the situation.
"Relax James. They already know." Kara said. James raised his eyebrows in disbelief.
"What? Kara, you do realize we have no idea who they are, right?" James asked.
"Hey, we're right here, you know!" Cisco said playfully. He could tell that this James character was just confused and concerned.
"They're not strangers. Okay, maybe we just met this past week, but they're here to help."
"Cool! So what do you guys specialize in? Are you engineers, geniuses, maybe great coffee fetchers?" Winn asked.
"They're superheroes!" Kara said. James sighed and walked to the corner of the room and Winn bounced on the balls of his feet.
"Cool. What are your names? Tim the Tech Guy? Dick the Richard?" Winn asked. Barry shook his head and Cisco looked offended.
"I'm the only one who does names here, got it?" Cisco said.
"And that's not their real names." Kara said. "They're not from around here so we had to give them fake identities."
"Do what's your names then?" Winn asked curiously.
"Barry Allen. I got hit by a lightning bolt full of dark matter when a particle accelerator exploded and to put it in simplest terms, got fast." Barry explained.
"Cisco Ramon. I can harness multidimensional energy and use it to my advantage whether it be opening portals or shooting people with blasts of energy." Cisco said. Winn nodded like an excited little boy who was about to get ice cream.
"And by the way, his name is The Flash. As for me, well, I haven't figured one out yet. It has to be perfect." Cisco continued.
"Yeah. Yeah totally. Cat hasn't dubbed him with a name yet, but he's still all over the news." Winn said. Cisco looked at Barry and he shrugged.
"May or may not have run into an evil sand dude. He could open sand portals and turn regular sand into quicksand. He called himself Sand Creature." Barry said. Cisco shook his head but was both crying and laughing on the inside. It was so cool yet the villain had to name himself. That almost ruined it all.
"On the bright side, I learned a new power. I can vibrate my arm and after a while I can throw the lightning that stored up from the friction." Barry said. It was Cisco's turn to act like a giddy school girl.
"If you could do that fast enough, it could seem like you were just summoning lightning bolts out of thin air." Cisco said.
"Yup. But I calculated that if I get that fast, I would as fast as I was with the tachyon device." Barry said. "That reminds me, can you take a look at it later and figure out what's wrong. You did help build it."
"Yeah, for sure." Cisco agreed.
"We're straying off topic here guys." Kara reminded them. James came back from his corner and looked furious. "You okay, James?" Kara asked.
"No, no Kara, I'm not okay. You won't let me help you out there but you let these inexperienced idiots come and help you? I've known you for almost a year and they've known you for less than a week. Why won't you trust me?" James took one of the pillows from the couch and threw it against the wall in rage.
"Whoa man. You have to chill. And, sure, I started being a hero not too long ago, but Barry here has been doing this for about two years now. Just calm down." Cisco stood up for Barry and Kara.
"Who are you man? What have you done? You think your funny and smart? Just shut up and let everyone do what your supposed to do!" James yelled. Everyone in the building probably heard him. He breathed heavily while everyone just stared at him. Kara glared and wondered what had made him so angry.
"Should we leave you too be? I feel like this is between you two." Barry whispered to Kara. She nodded and Barry motioned for Winn and Cisco to come with him. They exited and Kara stood across from James.
"So why did you blow up like that?" Kara asked after James looked like he had mostly calmed down. James shook his head.
"I don't know. I'm sorry I did that, I just don't like Barry. That anger just fueled up." James said.
"Why don't you like Barry?" Kara asked.
"I don't know. To be honest, I'm just a little jealous. But I guess that doesn't matter now." James said.
"What do you mean?" Kara asked.
"I was thinking, and I think that I shouldn't be here."
"Why? Just because I won't let you become a hero?"
"Not just that. Even though that was a part of it. I just don't feel right in National City. I came here for a change. But, I've realized that I don't want to change. I liked my life in Metropolis and Clark helped me. He would help me help him." James explained.
"What are you saying?" Kara asked. James sighed.
"I'm gonna move back to Metropolis."
If you didn't already know, Dick Grayson and Tim Drake are versions of Robin in the comics. As you can guess, when I decided to use the names of Dick Grayson and Tim Drake, I wasn't planning on having the Justice League in this story. I am not going to have the Justice League or Batman or any versions of Robin in this story. Superman will be in it, but he is the only member of the Justice League that will appear. Only Arrowverse characters will be in this story. I can't say anything for another story though.