"What do I do?" Barry asked.

"Working on it!" Cisco yelled.

"Kind of need it now," Barry dodged a jab to the face.

His black suited opponent faked another punch before coming in with a swift uppercut, sending the red suited hero up into the air. Barry didn't have time to think of a counter attack or defense as he was brought back to earth by a hand on his ankle and thrown, crashing through the glass window of the restaurant the two had been fighting near.

Panicked guests and employees hurried to exit the building.

Barry picked himself up, shaking the blurriness from the corners of his vision.

The figure outside leered. "Until next time, Flash," He taunted.


"We need to trap him," Oliver said.

"But how?" Cisco asked. "The dude's a freakin' speedster!"

"So is Barry and we've caught him," Arrow pointed out.

Barry decided not to comment on that. "Actually, he's more than a speedster."

"What?" Iris asked.

Barry sighed, running a hand through his hair. "He had this crest on his suit. A crest like Kara's."

"What?!" Several voices cried at once.

Barry nodded. "Yeah. I-I think it's our Earth's Superman, Kara's cousin."

"I have a Kryptonite arrow," Oliver reminded them.

"Yeah, why and how did you get that?" Caitlin asked.

"I try not to divulge my secrets," Was the only response.

"I have a feeling we're going to need more than that," Barry said. "This guy's fast. And strong. And he's not Kara, he's not holding back."

"So we need to contact Kara and find a way to defeat him," Oliver surmised.

"Right now, I'd say that's our best bet," Barry agreed.

"Cisco and I'll go," Oliver said.

Barry looked about ready to argue.

"Barry," Iris took his arm. "You need to rest."

Barry hesitated.

"She's right, Bear," Joe said.

"Fine," The speedster submitted.

Oliver nodded, satisfied. "Cisco, let's go."

"Yes, sir!"


By the time Cisco and Oliver got back, Barry was healed and biting at the bit.

"We're on our own," Oliver announced.

"What's going on?" Wally asked.

"Kara's dealing with a Worldkiller," Oliver explained. "When we got there, she'd been in a coma for a little over 24 hours."

Barry gaped. "A-a coma?"

"Yeah," Cisco agreed. "Crazy, right?"

"J'onn was able to give us some pointers though," Oliver began. "He said if we can get close enough, injecting liquid Kryptonite might work. And if we can find the right frequency, we can throw this guy's hearing off."

Cisco nodded and took off to start working.

"Barry, Oliver," Felicity looked up from the computer. "He's back."

"He's targeting the precinct." Caitlin informed them.

The two heroes exchanged looks. They had no plan and no back-up. It certainly wasn't ideal, but then again, neither was the situation.


"Flash, back for round two," The black clad figure greeted, eyes shining behind his dark mask, teeth glinting in the glow of the streetlights. He eyed the speedster from his elevated position in the air.

"And I'm not alone," Barry admitted.

The man chuckled. "I know." And he spun, grabbing the Kryptonite arrow Oliver had shot from a nearby rooftop.

Oliver grit his teeth; it was like Overgirl all over again.

The floating man laughed, tossing the arrow far from sight. "You'll have to do better than that, Green Arrow,"

Oliver rolled out of range as twin jets of heat were fired at him.

"Go," Cisco hissed to his companion.

Wally nodded and took off. He went a few blocks before turning around and heading back the way he came.

Cisco watched the yellow lightning approaching and opened a breach.

Wally's eyes narrowed as he entered the breach. A second later, he was flying out of another breach.

The flying man saw the breach opening near him just in time to see a fist heading straight for his face.

Wally and the man went tumbling to the ground.

"Yes!" Cisco pumped his fist. "Take that, evil dude Kara!"

Caitlin, back at Star Labs, face palmed.

"Not yes," Wally corrected the tech nerd; the man had recovered quickly and it was all the speedster could do to keep out of range.

"Oliver, I'm going to try and distract him, find that arrow," Barry said. He didn't wait for an answer before jumping into the chaos.

The fight went on and on, the flying man (Cisco started calling him Black Storm after some efficient use of freeze breath) definitely had the upper hand though.

"We can't keep this up forever," Oliver growled.

"We need a plan," Wally said.

"No time," Barry just barely dodged Black Storm's heat vision.

"Perhaps it's time to pay a visit for your friends," Black Storm decided.

Oliver's eyes widened.

"What?" Barry asked.

The man in black merely smiled before shooting off - in the direction of Star Labs.

"Cisco!" Oliver barked. "I need a breach!"

"On it!" Cisco opened a breach which he and Oliver immediately stepped through.

Barry and Wally were already running after the man, hoping to stop him before he reached the building.

Oliver and Cisco stepped in the Cortex.

"Cisco, get them out of here!" Oliver barked.

"We have to help," Iris protested.

"The best thing you can do right now is get out of here," Oliver told her. "He could use you as leverage."

Iris didn't look too happy about the situation but she nodded.

"Let's go," Cisco said. Iris and Felicity hurried over to him. Cisco held out his arm, preparing to open a breach when twin laser jets blasted overhead.

"Get down!" Oliver yelled, tackling HR to the ground. Cisco dropped quickly, taking Iris and Felicity with him. Killer Frost narrowed her eyes at the new arrival.

Black Storm looked around. "Not as magnificent as I'd anticipated but all well. It's your deaths, not mine."

"Move!" Iris shouted as Black Storm suddenly lunged toward them.

Felicity rolled to the side. She felt a hand on her shoulder, felt herself being lifted into the air.

Then as quickly as she'd registered that, she was falling.

And suddenly, she wasn't.

"What-?"

Wally had her in his arms. "I got you," He assured her.

"Thanks," She breathed.

Wally flashed a smile.

"Get them out of here!" Oliver ordered.

Wally nodded.

Cisco was busy helping Barry with the man in black; Wally tightened his hold on the blonde tech. "Hold on," He ran them out of the building, only setting the woman down after they'd left Star Labs behind. He set her down and zipped off to get Iris and HR.


"Do you still have the red sun lamp?" Oliver grunted.

"Yeah," Cisco replied. "A disassembled one."

Oliver growled, shooting off a few arrows, all of which were easily deflected.

"Give up yet?" Black Storm taunted.

"Never," Oliver set his jaw.

Black Storm laughed. "I can see you're tiring, all of you are." He scanned the Cortex. "I thought it would be easy to take you down but, as it turns out, it was even easier than I thought."

Barry was in a heap, surrounded by glass, after being thrown through it. Wally was still up but was bleeding from a gash in his arm. Killer Frost was a little beat up as well; Cisco was doing about the same. Oliver was bleeding from a cut on his forehead and was sure one of his ribs had cracked.

"You know the saying, 'Ladies first'?" Black Storm contemplated. "Why don't we start there?" And he flew forward, heading straight for Killer Frost.

Wally immediately moved forward. But it wouldn't be in time. Just a little further, a little faster-

Black Storm's hand was reaching for Killer Frost's neck, was almost there; she felt, for only the briefest of moments, the ghost of fingers against her neck.

A figure rammed sideways into Black Storm, both of them tumbling through the air.

Black Storm jumped up, eyes burning with anger.

The new figure stood up, back to the other heroes. This person was wearing a black hoodie with the hood up, jeans, and a pair of old Converse.

"And who do you think you are?" Black Storm sneered.

The other person didn't answer. Just stood and waited.

Black Storm seethed. "Who. Are. You?" He demanded.

"I'm here to stop you," The new figure finally replied.

Wally's eyes widened, almost instantly recognizing the voice.

"You can't stop me," Black Storm scoffed.

The figure shrugged. "Can't blame me for trying." And with that being said, the new person lunged themselves at Black Storm.

The two grappled for a few tense seconds before Black Storm activated his heat vision, throwing the black hooded hero backward.

Oliver immediately shot the Kryptonite arrow. It embedded itself in Black Storm's abdomen.

The black clad villain cried out in pain, grabbing the shaft and yanking it out of his body.

Two bolts of lightning hit the man, courtesy of Wally and now conscious Barry. He cried out, the electricity running over his body.

Killer Frost shot ice at the man, furthering his distraction.

A black and blue blur dove through the air, delivering a crushing blow to Black Storm's face.

Oliver stood up from where he'd been crouching, eying Black Storm's unmoving body warily.

The black hooded figure stood over the downed villain, hands on their hips.

"Thank you," Barry said.

The black hooded figure nodded, turning to face them. "You're welcome, Flash."

Killer Frost frowned; the new hero's hood was large, it's shadow covering most of the newcomer's face.

"Who-who are you?" Cisco asked.

"No one special,"

Wally raised an eyebrow. "You just helped us take down that guy. I'd say that's pretty special."

"Yeah," Barry agreed.

The figure chuckled and Barry recognized the noise.

"We really do appreciate your help," Oliver added.

Cisco could hear the smile in the newcomer's voice when they answered. "Thank you, Mayor,"

Oliver frowned. "What?"

"Oh. Sorry. It kind of slipped out."

"You know who I am?"

"Well," The figure shifted nervously. "Yeah. I mean...so I have x-ray vision and so I can kind of see behind the mask."

Oliver sighed. "I see. And who are you?"

"Uh," There was a beat of hesitation. "Just someone who wants peace in the world."

"A person who wouldn't happen to be a Kryptonian?" Oliver asked.

There was a moment of silence. Then a laugh. "I guess I should have seen that coming." The figure reached up and pulled the hood back, shaking loose a head of blonde curls.

Barry couldn't help but gape. He had already suspected that it was Kara but it was another thing to have that guess come true. She looked just like Kara of Earth-38 did, only a little older.

"I'm Kara." The woman introduced herself. "I'm from the planet Krypton."

"Wait," Cisco interrupted. "What did you mean by 'I should have seen that coming'?"

Kara smiled gently. "Well, I have seen myself on the tv twice now."

"Dominators," Barry nodded.

"And the Nazis," Cisco added.

Kara nodded. "Yes. I have a feeling you have more questions but I think the best thing right now, would be to figure out what to do with this guy," She jerked a thumb behind her at the prone body of Black Storm.

"Cisco, I need the red sun lamp now," Oliver said.

Cisco nodded. "On it,"


An hour later, Black Storm was in his own metahuman cell, complete with a personal red sun lamp.

Wally, Barry, and Kara had made quick work with repairing the Cortex while Cisco and Felicity took care of the computers.

"So you've essentially been in hiding?" Oliver asked Kara.

Kara considered. "I suppose. I don't know, the world's never really needed another superhero."

"You sure about that?" Oliver asked.

"Maybe. I still help out when I can," Kara told the man. "Just not like you do."

"Fair enough. Where do you live?"

"Grove City."

Oliver nodded. "Just out of curiosity, why show yourself now?"

Kara sighed. "I guess because no one else was showing up. I mean, when the Dominators attacked, the other me came and there was like a whole league of superpowers, the same thing with the Nazis, there were plenty of heroes to go around. This time, I just had a feeling I needed to help out."

Oliver nodded. "Well, I'm glad you did."

Kara smiled. "Me too."


Author's Note:

So the villain in this one, Black Storm, is based on Superman Prime who is basically an evil Superman from Earth Prime, or something like that.

Also, I was reading on Wikipedia under Superman Prime and it said that Kryptonite from other universes don't affect Kryptonians of that universe. Which kind of made me think of the recent crossover with the Kryptonite arrow and how it didn't really affect Kara or Overgirl. But anyway, that's why it also doesn't have much effect on Black Storm, in case you were wondering.