Posting this as soon as I could.
Earth 1: STAR Labs
"So, we're not going to kill him?"
"No, Mick. We aren't going to kill Barry." Oliver said, the veins popping out of his neck. This was why he never worked with a ton of people.
"Damnit." Rory said, setting his special gun on the table next to him. He never left that thing where he couldn't see it.
"What can we do them?" Thea asked.
"It isn't the Barry who you all know. From what I've observed, he's quite the opposite." Nyssa said.
"Well, we can't just kill him. We have the antidote for the Raptor. All we have to do is inject it into his system." Kara said.
"Doesn't sound too hard." Jax said.
"Except for the part where he's a raging speedster who I think is faster with the Raptor in him." Cisco pointed out.
"So, he has speed, we have numbers." Sara said.
"Again, you forgot that he's still a speedster. That means he has everything. Time travel, sonic punches, being invisible, phasing, and throwing lightning. He might even want to make time remnants." Cisco said. "Not to mention his growing desire to murder us all."
"Time travel and the power to kill us in an instant. All the more reason to stop him sooner rather than later." Alex commented.
"Yeah, But you just said that he can kill you guys like that." Felicity snapped her fingers. "Just bait him out, and plan for anything."
"Anyone have any ideas?" Laurel asked. Surprisingly, Leonard Snart was the only one to speak up.
"Like Felicity said, we bait him out. We just need a willing carrot to dangle in front of our problem so that when he goes to snatch it, we spring our mouse trap and make him all goody-two-shoes again." Snart said.
"I think you mixed your metaphors." Thea said.
"Not the point. It's a plan, and it doesn't seem like anyone else has a better idea. So…" Leonard smiled, bowing his head.
"So, who's the bait?!" Rory asked loudly.
"I'll do it." Iris said. But Snart was there to quickly shut her down.
"Oh no, you can't fight back. You would be a liability and just something to worry about. Plus, we wouldn't want to mess up your makeup, now would we." Snart said, trying to get under her skin. He smirked at the obvious anger growing inside her.
"I think he's right, Iris. Not about your makeup, but out there, we would just have to protect you and instead of being a solution, you would just be another problem." Cisco said.
"We? Grew some balls now did we? Going out into the field. Sure you aren't scared of stubbing your toe?" Rory mocked. Cisco knew how the game worked. Harry had done it to him. It was provokation. It wasn't anything new though.
"I'll be fine. Don't worry about me." Cisco said with as much confidence as he could muster.
"I'll be the bait." Kara said out of nowhere. She had been so quite until then, and still her voice was a little hesitant. "I can be the bait." she said again more steadily, as if she was trying to convince herself it was a good idea.
"But he barely knows you, no offense." Sara said.
"You're right. But I do have superspeed, even if I'm not nearly as fast as him. I can hold my own when he comes after me." Kara replied. Oliver nodded.
"Okay. Just don't get yourself killed." Oliver said. He walked off, officially ending the meeting. Kara whipped around and saw Caitlin right behind her.
"Is it always like this?" Kara asked her.
"So far, pretty much. But we haven't done this for very long." Caitlin replied.
"How long?" Kara asked curiously.
"A week or two. Maybe less. The idea came out of the blue from Oliver to form this kind of huge union heroes to help everywhere and each other should anyone be in danger."
"Do you know what prompted the idea?" Kara asked.
"At the time, Barry was still stuck in your world, and all of us thought that there was a chance he wouldn't come back, so Oliver decided that it couldn't happen again to anyone of us." Caitlin answered. "So we formed a league of sorts, although it still hasn't been named yet. We waited for Cisco. He's good at the whole naming thing." she smiled.
"I like you, Caitlin. You seem like a sweet and kind person. It seems like you've influenced Barry well too." Kara said sincerely after a long pause. Caitlin nodded and smiled gently.
"I would hope so." she said. "We should start looking for Barry, before he hurts or kills anyone."
"Okay, I'll fly above the city and scout around for him." Kara said, laughing inside due to the sudden change of conversation. She would probably fly above the clouds and just go by ear. "Let's go get him."
"Yup." Caitlin agreed. Kara smiled again and walked away. Caitlin glanced and saw that Cisco and Harry were the only other people left in the Cortex. They were doing what they usually did, arguing.
"What are you guys arguing about?" Caitlin asked, raising her voice just a bit.
"I'm using microtechnology to make these rings that holds everyone's suits, but Harry here keeps trying to screw it up." Cisco answered.
"I'm not trying to screw it up, I'm trying to help. You're just too damn stubborn to admit I'm smarter than you." Harry replied angrily. Caitlin didn't care they were arguing, she was just happy they were back.
"So, you're finally trying to finish all your past projects, huh? All your customizable rings? You realize your going to have to remake everyone's suits if you do that, right?" Caitlin asked.
"Yeah, but I'm back. I'll have a lot of time on my hands." Cisco answered.
"By the way, Felicity, Stein, and everyone else who can help have started to expand the time vault for everyone to stay in." Caitlin added.
"Really? Damn. I'll have to help with the interior designing then." Cisco said, continuing to tinker with the microscopic parts in his hands.
"Yes, yes you will…" Caitlin said, trailing off and zoning out to think about Barry's disappearance.
Earth 1: Unknown Location
Savitar grinned maniacally from his suit as he stared down at the unconscious Prometheus. He had to remember he was here to recruit Adrian Chase, not accidentally torture and kill him. He got carried away sometimes. His top priority was getting Kara killed, and if Barry did the work for him, even better. He just needed Barry to have actual positive emotions toward Kara while she died.
And his second priority was surviving through the process. He would be rebirthed anyway, right? It wasn't that big of a deal.
He had already killed Zoom for his failures, killing Prometheus or Thalia or anyone else would be a piece of cake.
"Are you going to stop staring at me?" Adrian asked. Savitar smiled. He still had his spirit. Good. "What do you want?"
"You. I want you…" Savitar paused. "To die."
"I've faced opponents, killed all of them. I'm not dead yet. You won't be able to kill me. Trust me." Adrian answered.
"Well, then, it's a good thing I don't want to kill you." Savitar said, abruptly switching tones. From deep and dark to high and happy. Adrian kept his stern face. "I want you to work for me, along with your mentor Thalia and a bunch of other people."
"And if I say no?" Adrian asked. "And how do I even know that you shouldn't work for me?"
"To the answer the first question, I'll just have to kill you. As for the second, you'll work for me because I can kill you."
"What would I be doing?" Adrian asked. His voice giving no tip as to whether or not he was actually considering it.
"You know, the usual. Killing people and helping me kill people." Savitar threw out like an old newspaper.
"Who do you need killing?" Adrian asked. Savitar opened his mouth but paused before he made so much as a squeak.
"I brought you here because we have mutual people of interest. The person I want to kill is under the surveillance of the one and only Oliver Queen."
"I don't-" Adrian stopped when Savitar cut in.
"Oh, I know of your story and your mission, to make Oliver realize what he is and what he wants. I don't care about that. You can do you. I just want you to get him out of my way and potentially help me with other fun things." Adrian stared at Savitar, presumably thinking of the offer.
"Alright, but I'm not a foot soldier. When you call, I'll come, Otherwise, I'll do my own thing with Oliver." Adrian negotiated.
"Fine." Savitar replied. He stepped to the side and motioned behind him. "You're free to go."
"You're just going to let me leave?" Adrian asked suspiciously.
"Don't worry, I'll find you when I need to." Savitar said. Adrian nodded and tentatively began to walk out. As his figure faded in the daylight, Savitar smirked and withdrew from his suit. He had to clean it. Just because he was a sociopath didn't mean he didn't like to do productive things. Or maybe it did. Oh well.
At least he knew he didn't care for anyone, and he loved it. He owned it. In his eyes, nobody cared for him, so why should he care for anyone else.
Savitar smiled, went to start cleaning his suit, and whistled.
Earth 1: CC Jitters
"You've been here before?" Caitlin asked Kara and Alex. The three of them were getting coffee while Caitlin helped them around the city. They had no idea how long they would be staying, and in Caitlin's mind it was better to be familiar with everything.
"Yup. But only for a few minutes. This is where we came in from our Earth." Kara answered.
"Huh, well, this is the place that everyone in Central City goes to in order to get a boost for the day. It's also right in the middle of everything, so it's good if you need to get somewhere quickly." Caitlin said.
"You're city is way different from National City." Alex said, smiling.
"It'll be your city too for as long as you stay." Caitlin replied. Kara smiled and looked around. The place was clean and organized.
"Thanks. Oh, here's our coffee." Alex said as a woman came up to the table they were sitting at and set down a tray of three to-go coffee cups.
"Thank you." Kara told the woman. She nodded and walked away.
"Anything weird we should know about this world?" Alex asked Caitlin.
"Well, there's going to be a lot of different things here, so don't assume everything. For instance, you have aliens, we don't. We have a League of Assassins, But you don't think you do. These things alone could impact our worlds immensely, changing history and everything about our worlds." Caitlin explained as they walked out of the coffee shop and into the center of Central City. Kara and Alex began to look around the area, seeing few people walking to work or getting coffee while in National City, at this time of day, there would be people bumping into each other, rushing to their jobs.
"Do you think it's smart to be out in the open? Barry could see us from anywhere." Kara asked.
"I don't know. I'm sure he's willing to kill us in the middle of Central City, but I just feel like we're not in any danger right now. Plus, I have you guys to protect me." Caitlin said.
"Thanks, but I don't know how well we could protect you. Barry seemed to be faster after he was injected with the Raptor, way faster than me." Kara said. Caitlin pursued her lips.
"Did you ever say who injected him with the Raptor?" Caitlin asked curiously.
"He was a speedster, he called himself Zoom. He was working for another speedster, that was Savitar, but we haven't seen either of them for a while." Kara rattled off, but Caitlin had zoned out after hearing the name "Zoom". She thought they were rid of him.
"Caitlin, Caitlin." Alex said gently, shaking Caitlin back to reality.
"Yeah, sorry." Caitlin answered, shaking her head. "What were you saying?"
"I just said that Savitar and Zoom haven't been seen for a while. Even though they're probably both on this Earth. The only one who's seen either of them is Nyssa." Kara said. Alex looked curiously at Caitlin and by her expression, she still was a little shaken.
"What about everyone here, everyone at STAR Labs. Can you tell us about everyone?" Alex asked, deciding that changing the subject was better for her. Caitlin nodded.
"Sure." Caitlin said. She took a deep breath. Both to calm herself and to make sure she had enough oxygen to say what she was about to say. Not literally, though. Figuratively. "So before we did the whole united thing, we were three separate teams in three separate areas. Felicity, Oliver, Diggle, Thea, and Laurel were part of Team Arrow, and they were in Star City. They've been doing their thing for a while. Oliver's the leader. Diggle, Thea, and Laurel help out in the field, and Felicity is their tech person. Each team has at least one genius. Sara, Jax, Snart, Mick, Stein, and Ray all are on Team Legends. They call themselves that, anyway. They travel through time on a time ship, fixing history and whatnot. They all came from present day and were recruited by someone, They aren't here though. Sara and Ray used to be with Arrow, Mick and Snart used to be criminals, and Jax and Stein used to be with us, Team Flash. Located here in Central City. Cisco, Harry, Barry, Iris, Joe, and me. Joe works in the CCPD and Iris is his daughter. Barry's the Flash, I'm a doctor and scientist, and Cisco is our tech person. He makes everything we need. I'm pretty sure he's making rings for all of us right now."
"Cool." Alex said, honestly astounded.
"We all have our own stories of what we've done and what's happened to us, but you should probably just ask them. It's their own place to tell their own story." Caitlin said.
"What was it about Cisco making rings? Why would you guys need rings?" Kara asked.
"One of our enemies, a speedster from the future, they had a ring that ejected their suit out into the air so they could speed into it quickly. It used some sort of microtechnology. Obviously, most of you guys won't be able to do that. He'll probably just code it for our personal body structure so it latches right onto you guys." Caitlin said.
"How will he manage that?" Alex asked curiously.
"I don't know. He always does it somehow. Plus he has Winn to help. He has someone to talk to besides Harry." Kara said.
"I gotta see that. Even we haven't acquired microtech yet." Alex said.
"We haven't either the tech is from the future. Cisco and everyone at STAR Labs are the only ones who know about it. Nobody else knows what's used to go tiny." Caitlin said. "Except, maybe a lot of people do, they just can't get the tech."
"What do you mean?" Kara asked.
"Ray's suit contains a tiny bit of dwarf star that allows him to shrink and grow whenever he wants. It's just really really rare." Caitlin said.
"I don't think we have that either." Alex said.
"I'm sure you guys have it. Just at the bottom of the ocean or something like that." Caitlin said. They continued to walk around, only in silence. Caitlin occasionally would point out landmarks and important places. Something Caitlin noticed was that when she would point out a place where Barry had defeated someone or she brought up his name, Kara's face would light up, just slightly. But it happened. Every. Single. TIme.
"Time to stop being tourists." someone said behind them as they were just about to head back. It was Nyssa.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked.
"We need to make a move now. The later we wait, the worse it will be." Nyssa said.
"We have a plan, don't we? Barry will take the bait when we're all ready." Kara said.
"I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about Savitar. One of my men have reported that Savitar has tracked down Thalia, her followers, and one of her star pupils. They have all been recruited by him, and I now know where he is hiding. My men followed him to his cave. It was not easy. But they know where he will be vulnerable. As do I." Nyssa explained. "I fear he will be looking for more people, most likely to end your unity."
"You think we should just rush in and take him out?" Caitlin asked, clearly thinking it was absurd.
"If we take out Savitar now, we get rid of one of your many problems." Nyssa said.
"We should worry about turning Barry around first." Kara argued.
"If Savitar manages to break your united stand, you won't have a chance to save him." Nyssa said, beginning to raise her voice in frustration.
"If we get Barry first, we'll have a better chance at taking ou Savitar." Kara said. "He doesn't know we know where he is. He'll still be hiding out there by the time we help Barry."
"Kara, I don't know." Alex said. "Savitar's sounded dangerous so far. If he has acolytes and followers, I don't know if we have a that big of a chance getting him off our backs."
"Really, Alex?" Kara asked in disbelief. To the surprise of everyone, she stormed off, presumably to the only other place she know, STAR Labs. Alex turned around to Caitlin and Nyssa.
"Barry saved her, she just feels obligated to do the same for him." Alex said.
"I don't know." Caitlin said. "I think it could be something else."
Earth 1: Unknown Location
Savitar watched three decapitated heads wrapped in black cloth fall to the ground at his feet. He smiled and looked up at four of Thalia's army.
"We found them in the forest. They are followers of Nyssa Al-ghul." one of the ninjas said. Savitar shook his head.
"So they know we're here. Great." Savitar said with heavy sarcasm
"Shall we get ready to relocate?" another asked. Savitar hesitated, his answer almost automatic. But he stopped. He was thinking.
"Let them come. We'll be ready. We'll make it seem like we're vulnerable, when we really aren't. Right now, let's rely on Prometheus doing his job and dealing with Oliver. I'm gonna get someone else to distract the rest. Black Siren should do the trick." Savitar said. He stared at the ninjas. "Tell Prometheus to hurry up. He needs to work quicker."
"Yes, sir." one said. Savitar smiled.
"Do you see me as God?" Savitar asked them. One of them looked like they were going to answer, but they didn't actually answer. "Go on. Answer honestly."
"I see you as a god." the man said.
"Well you shouldn't. I'm not a god, and I'm certainly not God. I'm just a man trying to make sure he lives with a purpose." Savitar said.
"Yes sir." the man repeated. Savitar nodded in approval.
"Go now. They'll probably attempt to restore Barry to his former state before they form an attack. If I know anything about Kara, she'll push for Barry to be saved first." Savitar said. The ninjas nodded and scurried away. Savitar sighed and slumped into a chair. He was tired.
Savitar suddenly screamed in pain, his breath rapidly becoming heavier. He looked at his arm and ripped up his sleeve and glared at his right arm. It flickered, becoming translucent and opaque, constantly fluctuating between the two. His entire forearm flickering, Savitar attempted to touch it with his other hand, but it went right through. He continued to pant and yell in pain and anger. The pain and fading soon stopped, and Savitar calmed himself.
"The timeline's changing." he panted. Something or someone had changed, and Savitar had to make sure his plan still went through. He had to live.
I know it's a short chapter, but oh well. I think it gets the point across and moves the plot forward.
