Chapter 3 – Rekindling the Flame that will Spark the Revolution
Barry was back to walking on his feet. It had been a couple of months since the attack of the Red Legion. The Farm was still a safe place and Barry was with Kara. They learned Alex was in another settlement on the other side of the country, so Kara was happy that she was ok.
Since the Red Legion invasion, many other aliens have started to invade Earth and the other planets in the solar system. The Fallen, an alien species with four arms, had invaded Earth, Mars, and Titan. The Vex, a robotic alien species, invaded Venus and Mercury. But these aliens constantly fought one another, so that provided a needed distraction and helped some of the humans to slip by unnoticed.
While Kara and Oliver's suits were fine, Barry's was not. His suit was torn and beat up pretty bad. He know wore a red hood and a helmet that provided him with a heads up display, with golden highlights and a golden lightning bolt on his back. He wore his usual red pants and boots though. He also wore gauntlets made out of Nth metal that could really damage the most durable of aliens.
"I have an idea." Barry said as he walked into the barn that Hawkthorne, Kara, and Oliver were currently in. His hood was down and he wasn't wearing his helmet.
"Let's hear it." Hawkthorne said, interested in what Barry had to say.
"I'm going to go to the shard of the Traveler. It's only 2 miles from here." Barry said with determination in his voice. "If I can reconnect with the light, it might give us a fighting chance."
"That's a bad idea. They don't call the area around the shard 'The Dark Forest' for nothing. Weird and dangerous shit goes on in there." Hawkthorne said.
"Please, it's my only chance to reconnect with the light, and it may even turn the tide in this war we are fighting. This may be humanities last chance. Please. All I need is a lift." Barry said.
"Barry, I can't lose you. If you go in and you don't come out, I don't think I could handle that." Kara said, not liking this idea at all.
"I've got to try. If I can reconnect with the light, then made we can stand a fighting chance." Barry said.
"I'll go with him. Don't worry Kara, I'll keep him safe." Oliver said.
"Ok. Fine. Good luck." Kara said as she brought Barry into a hug.
"Oliver, Barry, be careful. The shard is corrupted and has corrupted the area around it with darkness. You may not find what you are looking for." Hawkthorne said.
"We have to try." Barry replied, grapping his gear.
"While the boys are out, Kara, I could use your help. Our transmission relay isn't working right, we need someone to go take a look, are you up for the task?" Hawkthorne asked Kara.
"Always." Kara responded. She gave Barry one last smile before he and Oliver left.
Oliver and Barry got into one of the ships and flew off to the Dark Forest. "You know, one of my mechanics has been working on something for you. Why don't you go find him? His name is Lynch." Hawkthorne said and Kara went to go find this Lynch.
Barry and Oliver landed near the Dark Forest and got out of the ship. The forest, as the name suggests, was very dark. Every now and again, you would think you saw something move. Oliver and Barry entered, Oliver with his bow and arrows and Barry with a katana, which he had been training with for the past couple of years. "I don't like this." Oliver said. He felt like he was being watched.
"I don't like it either, but it's worth a shot." Barry said, moving deeper into the forest. They hear what sounded like clicking coming from a bush.
Oliver raised his bow and notched an arrow. A Fallen jumped out right at Barry and Oliver released the arrow, hitting the Fallen in the head. Oliver turned around a little just as a Fallen was jumping at him, but Barry ran over and sliced it in half with his katana. Barry and Oliver continued to fight off the Fallen.
Barry cut the head off one after a while and all was still. "I think that's the last one." Barry said, wiping the blood off of his katana.
"Yeah, for now." Oliver said, looking around to make sure that was the last one.
Barry and Oliver made their way over to the shard. They could see a little bit of light shining through the cracks in the shard. Barry walked over, with Oliver by his side, and touched the crack. Light shot out and enveloped both Barry and Oliver. Both landed on their feet and saw the incoming threat. "More Fallen!" Oliver yelled.
Oliver lifted his bow and pulled back the arrow, when green energy surrounded both the bow and arrow. He let go and saw the arrow hit his target and then exploded, causing all the Fallen nearby to die. Oliver looked over at Barry and saw he was covered in lightning.
Barry then started to run, but not at super speed. He ran faster than he should be able to though. He channeled the energy through his katana and shot out a blast from it, electrocuting a group of enemies. He and Oliver continued to fight off the Fallen, using their new found abilities. Barry put his katana on his back and started to channel the lightning through his hands, shocking the Fallen.
Once they defeated all the Fallen, Barry walked over to Oliver. "So, you got powers now huh?" Barry asked, putting his hands on his hips.
Oliver just lifted his bow and shot over Barry's shoulder, hitting the last Fallen. "Yep, seems that way." Oliver said as he started too walked out of the forest.
While Barry and Oliver where in the forest, Kara went to go talk to this Lynch. "uh, Lynch?" Kara asked as she entered the garage connected to the house by the barn. There were two men in the garage. There was a man in his mid-thirties with white hair and blue skin and a young tan man in his late teens with longer curly blonde hair. "Lynch?" Kara asked.
"That's him." Said the young man. "I'm Alex. Alex Mason. You must be Supergirl." Alex said. Alex was working on some kind of armor.
"I was Supergirl. I'm not so super anymore." Kara said.
"Asher Lynch, at your service." Lynch said as he held out his hand for Kara to shake. "I have heard of your predicament. You no longer have access to yellow sun rays. Well, I want to change that. I've made a chest plate that will give you some of your powers back. You won't be able to fly but you will have your super strength and other abilities, although not to the levels they were once at." Lynch said as he showed Kara the chest plate armor he created.
She put it on and felt some of her powers return. She was able to jump buildings in a single bond, super strength, and freeze breath. She also had infrared vision, but not X-ray vision. She was testing out her powers in the forest away from The Farm.
"So, how does it fit?" Alex asked, walking up to Kara, who was testing the chest plate.
"Fits like a glove." Kara said happily. She was happy she now had her powers back, to an extent. "So what's your story Alex?" Kara asked.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked confused.
"I mean, you are a kid and you are working on high tech armor. Most planets I visited as a kid didn't even have the knowledge to create a high tech armor like you were working on. So what's your story?" Kara asked again.
"Well, I'm not completely human. I'm half Zetharian" Alex said. Kara was about to ask more but Alex walked away.
Aboard Ghaul's ship
The Speaker's body was smoking from the torture. His helmet was damaged and he was hurting really bad. "It would save us both a lot of time if you would just kill me." The Speaker said in a strained voice.
"For one who calls himself 'Speaker', you have remarkably little to say." Ghaul said, looking at him. "We've learned that one of your heroes has reconnected with the light. You say you have no power over the Traveler, yet… this. Help me understand, Speaker." Ghaul said, walking closer to the Speaker.
"The light lives in all places, in all things. You can block it, even try to trap it. But the light will find its way. And the Traveler will protect itself!" Speaker said.
"The Traveler. For years I have studied it. The worlds it has touched. It's power over life and death. We are not so different, your Traveler and I." Ghaul said, while looking at the Traveler.
"You are nothing like the Traveler. Nothing. You think you have power. Control. I know your kind. You started small, you will end small." Speaker said, lifting himself up as much as he could.
Ghaul walked over and grabbed the Speaker by his neck. "If The Traveler truly has chosen humanity of its own free will, then there is no reason I should not reach inside, tear out the light for myself and leave this system in ashes!" Ghaul said, throwing the Speakers head back.
"Only those the Traveler chooses will be reborn in the light!" Speaker said.
"Yes. This I know. This is why I have claimed your planet, and why you still live. The Traveler will choose me Speaker. And you are going to tell me how."
Zetharian's are from the planet Zethar and it is a fictional planet that me and some friends made up. What they are able to do will be revealed as this story goes on. Until the next one, peace.