Batman VS Superman: The Recruitments
I DO NOT OWN Batman VS Superman, Nor do I own The Flash which this is a crossover with.
ORIGIONAL SUMMARY: All the events of Batman VS Superman had taken place only instead of the Flash's face being shown as Wonder Woman watches the screen, The Flash never turns and his face/Identity is unknown. WITH some changes to the Flash TV's shows timeline!
PLEASE READ: In order for this story to work, there will be the equivalent of a weeks' time between Episodes 22 and 23 of the Flash.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: For the TV show the Arrow, I messed with the timeline a bit where Oliver is already back with team Arrow, and has been for a while now.
BTW, I'm sorry for all too any OCC-ness with any of the characters.
Chapter Summary: In season 2 welcome to Earth-2 on Barry and Iris's home phone I saw that it said Dad, Mom & Dad, Eddie, Bruce, Hal and Diana. Which of course made me think about the Justice League being formed, and I was just having a huge 'What If' Moment and I was like What If after they Escape from Earth-2 Barry can't help but remember those names are be curious about how they are on his earth. On Earth-1. So Barry being the curious little bugger he is, searches for them!
Yeah so this story has taken a bit of a turn of events! Wonder what'll happen now….hehehehehe.
Last Time {not that Barry knows}
"Excuse you, I'm like fucking superman, nothing can beat me."
"Oh?" Barry raised an eyebrow, "So what, that thing did, and apparently he can die too."
"You just had to go and make this morbid didn't you? You forensics nerd." Hal chuckled shaking his head at Barry who immediately began to defend himself.
Hal just laughed, he unease and worries vanishing, he seemed to be doing that a lot since coming to Central City and meeting Barry.
Third Person P.O.V
Barry raced through the city lost in his own thoughts but he had no worries about criminals at the moment, there was surprisingly no crime around Central City for the past few days. It's been about a week since him, Cisco, Wells and Wells' daughter returned to Earth-1. With Wells disappearing left and right searching for his daughter and Cisco was still trying to fill Caitlin and Jay, even Iris, Eddie and Ronnie, Martin and Joe, in on everything that happened over on Earth-2, Barry already warned Cisco not to tell anyone about him and Earth-2 Iris being married. Barry found that he had a lot of time to himself. Mainly because he was running from everything at the moment, he just really needed to think about some stuff. He wasn't even sure why he was so caught up on trying to find people from Earth-2 on Earth-1 when they may not even be here anymore. He knew his mom wasn't, that was for sure. Yet something told him he needed to find them, and soon.
And...He's already met Hal...If Earth-1 Hal is even the same as Earth-2 Hal.
But where was he supposed to be looking? Frustrated Barry ran even faster, not noticing as a loud crack, like a clap of thunder, filled the air where he had sped up.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
"Whoa!" Barry tripped, startled by the sudden voice over the comm-links.
"F-Felicity?!" Barry quickly got up and ignored the curious looks thrown his way, wasn't everyday people saw the Flash trip, and took off running back to Star Labs, just to see Felicity…..and Oliver, Ray, Diggle and Roy?
"H-Hey you guys…" Barry vibrated his facial features and vocal cords just in case, in case of what he wasn't sure, and could only stop and stare, what were they all doing here?
"Barry!"
And with speed that could rival his own, Felicity ran into Barry and hugged him tightly, causing him to have to slow his vibrations down but not enough to make his face visible, all the while yelling,
"ARE YOU AN IDIOT?! RUNNING INTO THAT SINGULARITY AND THEN NOT CONTACTING US TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE SAFE OR ALIVE EVEN! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE?! IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD A SINGLE THING FROM YOU!"
Barry abruptly pulled back, away from Felicity and stared at her as though she was crazy.
"Whoa, think you scared him." Roy smirked.
"Barry?" Oliver's voice cut throughout the room, his tone causing the others to turn and look at Barry.
Who seemed to be vibrating a bit faster and faster by the minute and not even looking towards any of them. Hearing his name however caused him to snap his head over to look at Oliver.
"...You said it's been two weeks?" The vibrations Barry had been doing to his vocal cords had stopped, and the others noticed his voice sounded a tad bit different. They wouldn't have noticed if they weren't exactly use to listening for that kind of detail.
"Yeah Barry," Felicity stepped closer laying a hand on Barry's shoulder and frowning when he flinched, "Barry two weeks ago you ran into that singularity above Central City. Everyone's been searching for you since then, why didn't the others call and tell us you were back? When did you get back? And are you alright?"
"Barry?"
They all turned towards the door and saw Iris, Eddie, Cisco, Joe, Caitlin, and Ronnie entering the lab, Martin was at home with his wife. In a matter of seconds they were all surrounding Barry taking turns hugging him, too distracted by their excitement on seeing him to realize he was still making sure that they couldn't see his face. Until finally Cisco exclaimed,
"Dude! I knew you'd come back!" Cisco then turned towards Team Arrow, "Is this why you guys called? To let us know you found Barry?"
"Actually..." Diggle started crossing his arms, "We called to ask how you guys found him."
"What?" Caitlin said as everyone quieted down, "We've been searching for two weeks with no luck, we weren't the ones who found him."
"Well…we were looking over Star Labs footage from two weeks ago when my alarms sensed a huge energy signal and saw it was moving at impossible speeds around Central City. We figured it was Barry and came here to contact him over the comm's." Felicity explained.
"So how'd he get here?"
"Can't we just...ask him?" Eddie said pointing at Barry, whose head was jerking back and forth looking all over the place.
"Bar?" Joe said stepping closer to his son, who he was beginning to think had died which practically made him feel as if he had died as well. Barry hummed to show he was listening as he continued looking around the lab, but Joe knew that stance, it was the same stance Barry settled into when he was analyzing a crime scene, "What're you doing? I know that stance. It's the same one you do while we're at a crime scene."
Now Barry stopped moving around and settled for silently watching all of them, after a minute or two however, Iris put a stop to it.
"Barry would you drop the creepy silent act and say something?!"
Then Caitlin added, "And why are you hiding your face from us?" Which of course put everyone on edge having finally noticed.
"You guys said it's been two weeks since the singularity closed? Are you absolutely sure?" Barry demanded looking back over at Team Arrow.
"Yes we're sure." Felicity and Oliver both said causing Roy to grin at the both of them, and Ray, Diggle to chuckle.
"Dude are you okay?" Cisco frowned staring at Barry intently.
"No." Was all Barry said before collapsing into one of the desk chairs with his head in his hands.
'How is this possible?' Barry thought bitterly, 'I can't be back in the past can I? If I am then where's past me? Aren't I supposed to be here with everyone? But I was never missing for two weeks after closing the singularity…Could this be another Earth?'
"Barry? Talk to us, what's wrong?" Joe asked feeling himself start to get a little panicky.
Silence besides a few loud gasps echoed throughout the room.
Barry had looked up.
He wasn't hiding his facial features anymore either.
"Whoa…" Cisco gaped at Barry.
The difference wasn't much, but it was clearly noticeable that Barry looked older than the last time they've seen him, and the small stubble of a beginning of facial hair. Not only did he look older, but there was also a wiser, more serious aura surrounding him, not to mention the sheer panic they all saw in his eyes as he looked up at them.
"Barry?" Eddie and Oliver both stepped closer to where Barry sat as Ronnie spoke moving to stand in front of Barry, "Wha…what happened?"
Ray took a step closer as well, seemingly fascinated, "It looks as though you've aged since the last time we saw you!"
Barry nodded grimly, "That's because I did. You guys all say I've been gone for only two weeks but for me a little over a year passed since I closed the singularity."
"A year?….R-really?" Eddie asked his eyes bulging, "You were in that thing….for an entire year!"
"Uh…so are…are you okay?" Roy asked.
"You must be starving!" Caitlin gasped.
"Besides trying not to freak out?" Barry grimaced, "I'm just peachy, and I'll just eat something later, I'm a bit nauseous."
"Barry."
Barry turned to look at Oliver.
"How did you get out?"
Barry shrugged, "Honestly I'm not sure. I remember I was running around Central trying to figure some stuff out, so I guess I began running faster and then Felicity suddenly scared the crap out of me over the comm-links."
Cisco snorted.
"Hey!" Barry pouted, "In that time there was no one at Star labs!"
"No one?" Caitlin said smiling, "What did Cisco convince us to go to karaoke night again?"
Now everyone took a seat in one place or another in the labs around where Barry sat.
"Actually, it was just me at the lab. Cisco was informing Jay and Caitlin and the rest of you guys about everything that went down, I haven't seen any of Team Arrow in a while. Iris was busy too, don't know where Ronnie and Dr. Stein were and I was avoiding Joe and CCPD in general and Dr. Wells was-"
"WHAT?!" Iris yelled.
The others paled hearing what Barry said, and Oliver was frowning at how Barry had said he hadn't seen them in a while.
"Bar?" Joe said, "What do you mean Dr. Wells? The Reverse-Flash….H-He's not gone?"
"And who's Jay?" Cisco asked but was for the most part ignored.
"What?" Barry asked confused, "Oh. Oh! Yeah, as far as I know he's gone, all we got to worry about is Zoom. But I meant Wells from Earth-2, the Wells of this earth is dead remember?"
"…Earth-2?" Oliver repeated slowly, wondering if he had heard right.
"Yeah," Barry nodded calmly, in stark contrast to how the others felt, "The singularity opened up these breaches to other 'Earths' with different timelines, it'll take a bit for them to start appearing though. There's going to be a couple bad guys sent by Zoom to kill me, they aren't all that bad though, and later the Earth-2 version of Harrison Wells is going to be sent here by Zoom I think to steal my speed? Or maybe try to kill me. Maybe it was both? I don't know, it's okay though he's only doing it because Zoom has his daughter, Jesse. And besides we end up working together anyway."
Barry waited in silence for what felt like an hour as the others slowly processed everything he just said.
"Uh…." Caitlin started, "So like we have time to prepare? O-Okay we can work with that."
Cisco quickly moved to one of the computer screens, "Alright then let's start with Zoom, What type of meta-human is he? Or is she?"
"Definitely a he." Was Barry first response, "And he's a speedster, like me."
Now everyone was staring at Barry again, and Barry who was getting annoyed snapped,
"What?"
"We're going against….another speedster?" Caitlin asked faintly.
"And that went so well with the last one…." Ronnie groaned.
"Yeah, it's going to be hard. He's faster than me and The Reverse-Flash." Barry said seriously, "His main goal is killing me, but he's also after Jay and Wells."
"He's….faster…?" Eddie whispered, his eyes wide.
"Right…" Joe cleared his throat it tightening at the mention of someone wanting to kill Barry and how calmly he talked about it, "You said we have some time before anything happens so how about we call it a night? Head home, eat, and get some rest? You just got back Barry let's wait a bit so you have some time to get situated."
Barry nodded before hesitating to ask, "Do I uh, do I still have my job at CCPD?"
"Yes you do." Eddie laughed snapping out of his shock, "It'd looked like Captain was going to blow a gasket hearing you were on vacation."
"Don't I have to have papers filled out to go on vacation?" Barry asked.
"Oh! Me!" Felicity smiled, "I hacked into CCPD database and put the papers in dated for at least three days before the singularity accident and had it approved immediately."
"I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that." Joe muttered causing Iris to slap his shoulder.
Barry sped over and hugged Felicity, "You're awesome!"
"One second," Iris suddenly said, "You said you were avoiding my dad and the CCPD? Why?"
Barry suddenly got this weird look on his face, "I-I'm not sure? I don't know."
Joe frowned, as did Iris but both refrained from saying anything else.
Just then Barry's phone started going off. REPEATEDLY. And Barry stared down at it confused. It read;
152 Missed Calls: Iris, Joe, Cisco, Caitlin, Eddie, Felicity, Oliver, Ray, Roy, Hal.
26 test messages: Hal, Ronnie, Roy.
15 Missed Facetimes: Iris, Hal.
4 Missed Emergency Calls: Hal.
"….Wow…." Barry gaped, "You guys blew my phone up."
"What do you expect you were missing for two weeks!" Oliver snapped, he still felt as unnerved as he had when he first learned Barry was missing.
"What Oliver means is…" Felicity quickly cut in smiling, "He missed you. We all did."
"Glad you're back." Ray grinned clapping Barry on the shoulder.
After everyone said their goodbyes and made promises to keep in touch Barry's mind was racing.
Should he try searching for this Bruce and Diana? He knows where Hal is.
Should he tell the others everything about the past year of his life?
Should he try changing anything?
Was that timeline even going to happen in this one?
And…..would it be safe for the others if he was around them? Would Joe be safe with him at the house?
Sighing softly, Barry stood up and mumbled a quick 'see you at home' to Joe and giving Iris a quick hug, and waving goodbye to Eddie, before taking off running as fast as he could towards the house, not seeing the worried looks the others shared and threw at his back.
As soon as he was home, Barry raced through the kitchen grabbing a few snack to bring with him upstairs to his room. Sitting down on his bed after changing into a pair of some pajamas, Barry pulled his cellphone back out. Everyone one already knew he was back, everyone except his dad who he'd visit first thing tomorrow and Hal. If he's been missing for two weeks then that would mean it's been practically two weeks since Barry had seen Hal off at the Airport, at his insistence Hal and Barry had exchanged contact information.
Laying down and munching on a granola bar Barry decided to send Hal a quick text just to let him know he was back;
Hey. –Barry
Not even a second later his phone was ringing with a call from Hal.
"…Hey Hal."
"HEY?! ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME RIGHT NOW?! TWO WEEKS I HAVEN'T HEARD JACK SHIT FROM YOU!"
Barry winced. "Yeah, I know. I'm Sorry. Things have been a bit crazy lately."
Barry listened as a feminine voice and a few male ones started talking to Hal, mostly demanding he get off the phone, which was followed by footsteps and a door banging shut.
"Are you busy? I can call back later." Barry quickly said.
"No those guys can fucking wait. And no shit Sherlock, I saw that black hole thingy that happened on the news, I thought you died!"
"Yeah you aren't the only one…" Barry muttered not meaning for Hal to hear him.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"I….er…" Barry sighed running a hand down his face, "I took a vacation from my job, but then that fiasco happened, I got hurt and couldn't exactly contact anyone. Everyone thought I was dead, so yeah….you weren't alone on that thought."
"….Are you still hurt?"
Barry debated on lying, but decided to go with a half-truth instead, "Not really? I mean physically I feel fine, a bit hungry, starving actually, but fine."
"What do you mean 'physically'? Something wrong up top?"
Scoffing Barry rolled his eyes at the tone in Hal's voice, "No you jerk, I didn't mean it like that, and I'm just a bit disoriented. And…."
"And?"
"I'm not sure any of this is real."
"….."
"….."
"Bar-"
"I'm not mental Hal, while I was…out….It was like I…dreamt…up another earth, and it freaked me out because it all seemed so real. And what was even weirder was that other world me was married- to Iris! And she was a detective not Joe! Hell, I didn't even know Caitlin or Cisco!"
"Oh."
Barry's eyes narrowed at hearing how…relieved Hal sounded, and seemingly realizing what it sounded like Hal quickly said,
"What I meant was I'm glad your nerd brain wasn't damaged! Not that I'm glad you were freaking out!"
"It's fine Hal, I know what you meant." Barry smiled.
"Okay. Good."
"Soooooo you and Iris huh?"
"Shut up Hal, she's my foster-sister."
"That you're married to in another world."
"Yeah I use to have a tiny bit of a crush on her, but she's with Eddie and….." Barry trailed off thinking about Linda and then Patty.
"And~?"
"Oh, uh it's nothing." Barry said quickly.
"…You like someone else!"
"No! I-I don't, drop it Hal."
"Oh but this is just golden!"
"Really Hal? Say how are things going between you, and Carol?"
"…..touché….."
"Sorry, but you started it."
"Yeah I guess I did. Talk to you tomorrow?"
"Sure thing. Night, Hal."
"Night, Bar."
Barry listened as Hal had yet to hang up, "Hal?"
"….It's nothing. Sorry, uh….Welcome back Barry."
Barry smiled as Hal quickly hung up, he acted crazy most of the time but it still surprised Barry how awkward Hal could be when dealing with everyday normal emotions. With thoughts running possibly faster than him, Barry closed his eyes and tried to relax maybe even actually get some sleep.
It was as he was laying there and actually had drifted off into a deep sleep that Barry never saw the green glow as a flying figure in some glowing green, black and white suit floating outside of his bedroom window, nor did he hear the relieved laugh that tumbled from the strange figures mouth as he unlatched Barry's window and entered the room. Barry was so far off into dreamland he didn't even feel the stranger flick his forehead or hear him whisper,
"Glad you're really okay you idiot."
And just like some freaky paranormal movie, the figure was gone.
Hey here's the longest chapter so far! and another two updates in one day!
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The Results so far!
Ronnie/Caitlin: 8 Votes
Bruce/Diana: 8 Votes
Alive!Ronnie: 7 Votes
Iris/Barry: 6 Votes
Iris/Eddie: 5 Votes
Alive!Eddie: 4 Votes
CanonRELATIONSHIP until the end of Season ONE: 3 Votes
No!Eddie: 2 Votes
Barry/Hal: 0 Votes
No!Ronnie: 0 Votes
No!Romance: 0 Votes
Bisexual!Barry: O Votes
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