Sorry I haven't updated in what seems like forever. And it may be another eternity if I ever do update again. But if I think this story still has potential, I'll attempt to move forward. No promises, no oaths, just a prediction. i think I will continue to update, just not as frequently as you might hope.
Earth 1: Location Purposefully Not Revealed To The Reader
Savitar sped out of the somewhat endless tunnel of time and space, knowing where he would be and what he would see. Sparks flew as metal skidded across the street. The sparks stopped and so did Savitar.
He smiled, surveying the familiar location. The place he was born. He gently kneeled down and looked at his feet. The concrete underneath him faintly glowed from the lining in his metallic suit. He willed his suit to spit him out, feeling the links on his spine click and separate. Satisfying scratches were heard as the metal links scraped against each other before separating completely.
"The place where this all began. How fitting to be where the beginning ends and the end begins." Savitar spoke to himself. The back of his suit looked to be completely gone after two halves separated and Savitar became a man instead of a god. He left his suit and stood up, his suit closing and rising up, staying as still as cement and staring at Savitar.
"Disappear. You know what to do." Savitar commanded. The suit flashed away, leaving it's owner with nobody near him. Savitar smiled and looked at his watch to check the time. 5:30 in the afternoon. Savitar's smile transformed into a devilish grin, and then regressed to a frown.
"Home." Savitar commented. He brushed his thin hair to the side of his head and looked at his surrounding people and places. "Home sweet home."
Savitar inhaled and looked around. He knew what had already happened. He knew he had to do something to stay in the shadows, but impact the fate of the Flash and his acquaintances. In retrospect, if he wanted Kara, he needed to get her. But he couldn't yet reveal himself to anyone. Not yet. It was too early. He needed someone else to do what he wanted. And with Zoom now dead, he needed someone else. Or maybe he needed more than one person.
"Now, which villains live in this era?" Savitar asked himself.
"There's Prometheus, but he's not on his path yet. Vandal Savage. Zoom's metahuman army. Deathstroke and Captain Boomerang are on Lian Yu. Caden James' kid isn't dead yet. Damien Darhk is just, somwhere. Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins probably won't anyway. They live in the shadows. Malcolm Merlyn. So many prospects, but I don't trust all of them." Savitar listed. He smiled and ran. In the direction of Russia. "Time to make my roster."
Savitar ran for what seemed like only a minute before arriving in Russia. He was going to recruit Prometheus, or Adrian Chase. He was currently an apprentice under the Thalia Al Ghul. If she wanted to help as well, the more the merrier.
"Diplomatic or aggressive?" Savitar asked himself. He shrugged, and saw a bava clava on a crate, in the middle of a cold, snowy street. He walked away from it, heading towards the home of Thalia Al Ghul. "Let's go diplomatic."
Savitar watched as people went by, some in groups some alone. All talking. They were all so... ordinary. Innocent. Savitar grimaced and shook his head. He craved it. The normal things in life. He just knew it wasn't possible. Savitar needed an army, and a rising Prometheus plus an army of ninjas would be a good start. Maybe he would run into others. Maybe his proposition won't be good enough. There were so many variables, and Savitar had to rely on his knowledge of them, and his faith in his persuasion.
"Let's just, hope for the better." Savitar said to himself as he arrived at the door of Thalia al Ghul. He took a deep breath and got ready for an aggressive response. He knocked on the thick, wooden door, and stepped back. He was ready for anything. When nobody answered, Savitar hesitated before looking left and right and when seeing nobody, phasing through the door.
The place was dimly lit, with lanterns along the walls and a candle on a table covered in maps and papers. Savitar looked around at the multiple room house. It was old school. Not a lot of modern technology and a lot of things from before the 21st century.
Footsteps entered Savitar's senses. They were light and fast, but not distant. Closer and closer they came, until it seemed like the footsteps belonged to the stationary visitor dubbed the god of speed. A door opened, but not the one Savitar had just went through. It was a different one. The action was rushed, quick. The person walking through was female, one with a bow and quiver. Her hood was on, her outfit resembling one similar to that of the League of Assassins.
"Thalia al Ghul." Savitar said. The figure stopped walking, glancing up. Just noticing the new person in the house. The figure drew an arrow from her quiver and nocked it on her bow. She aimed at Savitar's head.
"Who are you, and what are you doing in this place?" the woman asked. The bow was steady, as was her arm. Savitar did not flinch.
"I am Savitar, and I've come with, something of a proposal. I know you are apprenticing Adrian Chase. His fate must be put on hold. I need your help. And his." Savitar said.
"Adrian Chase? I do not know of the person you speak of." the woman replied. "And I think you mistaken me for someone else. You must be her ally." the woman said. She pulled down her mask. Savitar's head spun.
"Oh, shit." Savitar said.
"I am Nyssa al Ghul, and I just came here to capture my sister, I found her gone. I suspect she sensed my presence and ran, with the rest of her followers." Nyssa said. Her bow was not lowered. "You must be captured or slain. The choice is yours."
"How about neither?" Savitar suggested. He slowly started to back up. Nyssa let go, and a black arrow headed straight for the man's skull. Savitar submerged himself into the realm of superspeed and caught the arrow with ease. He stared at Nyssa and knew that killing her was not an option. He had his own reasons, and he had the reasons of the timeline. He dropped the arrow.
"I hope I never see you again. You should hope the same. Don't come after me." Savitar said. He opened the door behind him and calmly walked out. He had to find another way to find Thalia al Ghul and the destined Prometheus of Earth 1.
Earth 1: STAR Labs
"You think he's here?" Kara asked in the crowded, ascending elevator. Cisco shrugged.
"Maybe. There are a few places he could be, but checking here is our first option. If he's not here, we can check Star City, his house... Let's just see here first." Cisco said.
"Personally, I would go to the place where I was most personally attached to, but Barry's irrational and special. Here is good for now." Harry said.
"Quiet Harry. Your voice is annoying." Cisco said.
"For once, I agree with Cisco. Talking isn't a necessity right now. Barry is the priority." Alex added. J'onn and Jesse shook their heads and the elevator doors opened.
"Okay, so Caitlin should be the only one here. And maybe Iris and Joe, but they might have other stuff to do." Cisco explained. Supergirl looked around, using her super-vision.
"I count 13 heat signatures. Maybe more." Kara said. Cisco was held back.
"What? Did we get conquered? Did Caitlin jump ship?" Cisco asked. Harry adjusted his glasses.
"Nobody appears to be armed. In fact, I think I see someone is watching something on tv..." Kara used her super hearing. "It's a musical!"
"Really, can you tell what it is?" Jesse asked. Apparently, she was a fan of them.
"Not really. I've never heard it before." Kara said.
"Well, than you're missing out." Jesse commented. "Let's go."
"Yeah, but be careful. We don't know what the hell is going on." Cisco added. Harry nodded and they creeped slowly toward the Cortex.
"My dear, would you get that marker for me? Thank you." a slow and broken voice came from the Cortex. Cisco's eyebrows shot up.
"I think I know who that is." Cisco whispered. He suddenly popped up and ran towards the Cortex.
"Wait, Mr. Ramon..." J'onn stopped. He followed Cisco and everyone else trailed him. "Damn it."
"Stein, is that you?" Cisco half-asked, half-shrieked. He arrived into the Cortex to see Stein staring at a board with messy numbers and variables, and Caitlin crossing the room to fetch Stein a marker.
"Cisco?" Caitlin questioned, noticing him and the rest behind him. Caitlin was met with a huge hug from Cisco. Caitlin obliged while Harry and Jesse awkwardly stayed with Team Supergirl. Cisco and Caitlin separated.
"Harry, Jesse! And... People I don't know." Caitlin said. Supergirl strode forward and shook Caitlin's hand.
"Hi, I'm Kara Danvers. I'm known as Supergirl on my Earth. This is my adoptive sister, Alex, and this is my best friend Winn Schott. J'onn J'onnz here is also an alien. A Martian." Kara introduced.
"Aliens, that's new. Well, I'm Caitlin Snow. I'm a doctor. I suppose you helped Cisco get back to our Earth?" Caitlin asked.
"Yup. He's smart though. He probably could've gotten here without us." Kara confessed. Cisco shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah. I'll introduce everyone else." Caitlin said. She turned on the PA and told everyone to get to the Cortex.
"You really don't need to do that. We don't intend to be here for long." J'onn said.
"Oh, I insist. It's no trouble. If anything, it's probably good for us." Caitlin responded as people started to file in. Introductions were set, and everyone seemed in a light mood.
"We just want to know where Barry is. We think he may have come here. Have you seen him lately?" Alex asked.
"Yeah. Actually, he came back just recently. He came by, told us what happened, and left with Iris to go get freshened up." Caitlin answered. J'onn looked at Alex, and Alex at J'onn.
"Really?" Cisco asked."Was he acting strange or different?"
"No, he seemed normal. Why?" Caitlin asked.
"He was injected with something that makes him really, really angry all the time." Kara said. Caitlin cocked her head.
"What?" Caitlin asked.
"Well, that's an understatement. He isn't angry all the time. He's just aggressive, not himself. He's quick tempered and yeah, angry a lot." Cisco explained.
"No, that's not what I meant. He said he wasn't on the same Earth as you." Caitlin said.
"Amnesia?" Winn suggested.
"He said he just going from Earth to Earth until he got here." Caitlin added.
"Okay, not amnesia." Winn corrected.
"He still has the Raptor in his system." Cisco said.
"The what?" Caitlin asked.
"It's some of the DNA from Bivilo plus maybe some other stuff." Alex said.
"So, you're saying he's evil now?" Jax asked.
"Yes, I think that's what they're saying." Oliver said. He crossed his arms.
"So what do we do then? I mean, do we get Iris to bring Barry over so we can give him the cure?" Cisco asked. Supergirl shrugged.
"I mean, that's one option. We just have to make sure Barry doesn't do what he plans to do." Supergirl answered.
"Do you think he knows we're here?" Winn asked.
"How and why would he know you guys are here?" Diggle asked.
"We don't know. But we should just be ready for anything. Just in case." Supergirl said. Winn nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, but we should get Barry over here right now. The sooner he is cured, the better." Cisco said.
"Agreed. Caitlin, can you call Iris to bring Barry here. We have to catch him by surprise. Pretend it's just a training session." Oliver said.
"I can do that." Caitlin answered. She stepped away to call Iris.
"Hey, where's Snart and Roy? Weren't they here just a second ago?" Jax asked.
"I sent them to trail Barry. I had my suspicions and now they're confirmed." Oliver said.
Earth 1: Iris's Apartment
Barry smiled as he entered the penthouse alongside Iris. He was surprised she could afford it all, but it was still nice. He saw light, a lot of light.
"Why don't you take a shower, I'll fix something up for you." she said. Barry smiled and nodded before Iris pecked him on the cheek and left to the kitchen, making it seem like everything was fine. Barry hated it, what Iris was doing. Even if he wasn't "evil", he would probably hate her.
Barry went off to take a shower and disappeared behind a closing door while the apartment's phone began to ring. Iris looked at it and picked it up after two rings.
"Hello?" Iris asked.
"Iris, we need you to get back to Star Labs. And bring Barry with you." Caitlin said on the other end. Iris raised her eyebrow, even though she knew she couldn't see her.
"Okay, but we just got here. Why?" Iris asked.
"You can't tell Barry, okay?" Caitlin asked. Iris shook her head in confusion.
"Okay, fine. So what do you need?" Iris asked. She looked back and saw steam coming up from the shower.
"Barry isn't himself right now. We need to fix him, and we think we have the right tools to do so." Caitlin responded.
"Sure, I guess I'll get him once he's done showering." Iris responded.
"That's fine. Just get here as soon as possible." Caitlin said. 'We'll be waiting." Iris put the phone down and sighed, looking back at the steam coming from the hot shower.
"Great. Barry, hurry up!" Iris yelled to the shower. She saw lightning spark around it and in less than a second, Barry was next to her with a fresh pair of clothes.
"What's up?" Barry asked.
"We need to get back to STAR Labs ASAP." Iris replied, taking her jacket from the coat rack and putting it on.
"Okay, but why?" Barry asked. Iris bit her lip and looked at the clock behind Barry. He noticed and looked at her eyes while she spoke.
"We just have to, like right now." Iris took Barry's hand and started toward the door. Barry didn't budge from his spot. He just held a tight, painful grip on Iris's hand. Iris looked fearfully into his now menacing eyes
"You just had to say that, didn't you." Barry said. He raised his right hand while using his left to hold clamp down on Iris's shoulder. "I always hated you anyway."
Iris shrieked as Barry lowered his hand, but before he could make contact, a figure crashed through one of their windows and rolled behind a couch. The female figure dressed in black fired two arrows, both impaling themselves into an arm. Barry was so surprised he didn't even react before getting hit. He yelled in pain before speeding out of the window and to who-knows-where.
Iris panted as she laid on the floor, exhausted from the quick sequence of adrenaline-rushing events. The mysterious figure stood above Iris and offered a hand. Iris took it and looked at the masked figure's face.
"Who are you?" Iris asked. The figure lowered her mask and hood.
"Hello Iris." the woman said in a slight British accent. Iris squinted, trying to put a finger on who she was.
"I still don't know who you are." Iris sighed.
"Oliver told me about you and Barry. I came out of curiosity." the woman said. "I am Nyssa al-Ghul."
"Okay, um, well, I think we should get back to STAR Labs. Oliver's there." Iris said, a little intimidated by the woman. Nyssa nodded and held out a hand for Iris to take after shooting a grappling arrow out of the already smashed window.
"Let's go then."
Earth 1: STAR Labs
"So you saw him. Savitar?" Kara asked the assassin. Nyssa had walked in with Iris and quickly informed everyone of the growing circumstances. Kara was unsure about the loyalties of Nyssa. Her demeanor was one of independence and confidence, yet she looked like she would kill anyone in a second if they even offended her.
"Correct. I was at my sister's former home, looking for her and her army. Savitar came there to recruit her for something. He, or whatever he was, was big, metallic, and had glowing blue veins. He was also a speedster, and the only one I knew was the Flash, so I came here out of suspicion." Nyssa explained.
"She came just in time to save me from Barry." Iris said, wanting to scream. She couldn't lose him. She wouldn't let it happen.
"Where did Barry go?" Oliver asked. Nyssa shrugged.
"I have no clue, but I'm sure you can track him." Nyssa said. Cisco nodded.
"You bet we can. Just give us an hour or two and we can find him." Cisco said. "Winslow, welcome to my crib." Cisco tackled a rolling chair and spun around, typing furiously on the main monitors. Winn came up next to him in a similar chair and attempted to help.
"He's a little possessive." Felicity laughed right as Cisco stopped Winn with an arm bar and Winn backed up, surprised.
"Jeez, okay. " Winn said.
"We'll let the nerds get to it while we see off Nyssa." Oliver said.
'Cool." Jax said.
"Actually, I was thinking of staying awhile. At least until Savitar is put down. I assume he will keep looking for Thalia and eventually recruit her. I will see to it that she is killed for good."
"Fine. Do you know where you're staying?" Oliver asked.
"Actually, I could start rushing up on reverse engineering the Time Vault." Felicity said. "I'm almost done. I just need a little more time and than we can start expanding."
"Good. Until then, Nyssa, you can stay in the Pipeline. We can get you some blankets and pillows." Oliver said.
"Thank you. I will be on the roof if you need me." Nyssa said. Alex watched her suspiciously as she walked off.
"I don't trust her." Alex said as soon as she was out of sight.
"Me neither." Kara said.
"I couldn't read her mind." J'onn said.
"You can read minds? Felicity asked.
"I thought I already said that." J'onn said. Felicity shrugged.
"I'm gonna go question her." Alex said. She walked off. Kara reached out to stop her, but she didn't have the heart to do it. She was a little suspicious anyways, she just didn't know if questioning Nyssa five minutes after they met her was a good thing to do.
"Although Nyssa is unpredictable, I trust her in this situation. She hates her sister, and will do anything to bring her to justice." Oliver said. "Alex can question her if she wants, but I don't really think it's necessary."
While the majority of the group talked and Cisco did what he did best, Alex followed Nyssa up to the roof, with two intentions. One: She was going to question what she wanted, and two: she wanted to see her again, even though they introduced themselves to one another about a minute ago.
"Hey." Alex said, maybe a little too aggressively. Nyssa turned around from her spot on the roof.
"Alex, what brings you here?" Nyssa asked.
"I'm just not sure if you're actually here to help." Alex said, plain and straight. Nyssa smiled.
"You're smart to question where my loyalties lie. The truth is that I'm loyal to myself. I've been backstabbed before, and because of that, I have found that pure trust is very rare."
"So you don't actually want to help us?" Alex asked.
"Not true. I will help you, in order to get to my sister. I don't have the resources or the technology to track her or Savitar down." Nyssa admitted. "By finding Savitar, I'm sure Thalia will show up." Alex nodded in approval. She could understand that. It was smart and strategic.
"Okay. But if you come to a decision. Save us or kill your sister, I'm not sure you'll make the right call." Alex said.
"I'm not sure either. You'll just have to trust me." Nyssa said.
"You're making it pretty hard to do that right now." Alex said. Nyssa chuckled, and Alex almost smiled. Her laugh was beautiful, as was her voice, yet they were both deceiving. She was dangerous. "Well, I guess I'll see you around then."
"I guess so." Nyssa replied. Alex went back down toward the main floor, while Nyssa looked back toward the sun, just peeking over the dozens of skyscrapers.
Earth 1: Unknown Location
"Good, stay here until I call for you and your army." Savitar said. He had finally tracked down Thalia and she was going to be ready when she was needed. "I'm going to be away for a while, recruiting others and sending them here. I want you to be hospitable towards them and play nice."
"Yes, Savitar." Thalia answered. Savitar nodded and sped off in the direction of Star City. Thalia had informed him that Adrian Chase had recently moved there to put his plan of Oliver's enlightenment into motion. Savitar was going to put that on hold.
As Savitar ran across the world, he thought and thought about his predicament. His enemies had united, and it was too soon for them to do that. He was going to have to unite some allies of his own. Adrian Chase was second on his very long list of potential allies. He would be a useful asset. Savitar smirked as he eventually stopped in a dark alley, with graffiti running across the brick on either side of him. Savitar subconsciously zoomed out of his suit and quickly found Adrian crossing the street, with nobody watching him. Savitar stopped right in front of him with a smirk.
"Hi." Savitar said.
"What-" Adrian asked in confusion before Savitar dragged him to the dark alley, right next to his kneeling suit.
"I know who you are," Savitar interrupted. Being intimidating without his suit - rough. But he managed what with the shadows casted over his face and his vibrating vocal cords making his voice deeper and more ominous. It was so fun to play with someone's mind, he just couldn't help it.
Adrian didn't seem that fazed by the proclamation, and instead of shitting his pants, looked Savitar straight in his eyes, reversing the situation. Savitar smirked, knowing that the only way to make Prometheus submit was to offer him something he couldn't refuse, all the while making sure he maintained the upper hand.
"You know who I am?" Adrian half asked, half stated. He put his hands on the jacket pockets nonchalantly. Savitar didn't move an inch, keeping the smile on his face. "Then you know that I can-"
Adrian stopped mid-sentence and flicked his wrist, sending his signature steel throwing star right toward Savitar's heart.
Adrian was - to say the least - surprised when the throwing star ended up laying in Savitar's palm instead of being wedged in his chest.
" 'A' for effort, but…" Savitar paused to pin Prometheus against a wall and put the throwing star right against his throat. " 'F' for execution."
"Who are you?" Adrian growled out.
"Name's Savitar, pleasure to meet you." Savitar said, smiling. "And don't bother going for the switchblade in your back pocket."
Savitar patted Prometheus on the shoulder, took a step back, and held up a small knife. He tossed it and the throwing star behind him.
"How-" Adrian asked, flustered.
"You want to your ankle?" Savitar asked, smirking. Adrian reached down to pull up his pant leg and looked at his sock. When he looked up, Savitar was twirling a small tranquilizer dart in his hand.
"Ooh, look what I found." Savitar said. He offered it to Adrian. Adrian hesitantly reached out and eventually put his hand on the dart.
He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his thigh, and looked down to see another tranquilizer dart stabbed into his outer thigh.
"You had another on your other ankle." Savitar whispered before Adrian collapsed to the ground. Savitar rubbed his hands together and smiled.
Earth 1: Unknown Location
Barry growled as he pulled the arrows out of his arms, holding back what he knew would be a bloodcurdling scream. Barry breathed heavily, glaring at the empty space surrounding him. He sat down on the lonely chair, and sighed in relief. He would have to rethink his plan. He was exposed now, that was clear. He couldn't play nice anymore. Even if he had too, he didn't want to. He wanted to make them feel pain. He was going to make them feel pain.
First hints of Nyssa + Alex. Plus some good plot development. Not the longest chapter, but also not the shortest. Hope the next update comes soon. Bye!
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