A/N: Thanks Ricky Pine, Aryan229, Nateras, Guest, StevenBodner and XZanayu for reading and leaving a review!
Ricky Pine - Barry is barry helpful! XD
Aryan229 - Thank you! The whole story is based on that punch line!
Nateras - Thanks so much for reading!
Guest - Okay, great questions. So the other Clark has been here for just 2 days, and Diana was the only one whom he went to look for when he got here. Why? You'll find that out in this chapter. As for not going to look for this earth's Supes, all answers in this chapter. Basically this chapter should answer all the questions! =]
StevenBodner - Thank you! =] Barry is cool!
XZanayu - This chapter should make sense then. Thanks for reading!
On with the chapter, folks!
Chapter 5 - There are two?
The pipelines that held the metahumans were never meant for the good guys. Having been locked in there himself once, Barry knew it wasn't pleasant. Each cell was a fortress that took every power a mutant threw its way and stayed. It had made him feel powerless, but without answers, there was really nowhere else they could hold Clark 2. So he was locked in there for the time being.
"LET ME OUT!" he shouted as he banged the glass.
Cisco stood there watching him with Barry. "You think he can break out of there?"
Barry shook his head. "Not till we let him out."
Clark used his laser vision just then making both Barry and Cisco jump back. Cisco tugged at his friend's arm. "Barry, he's strong! And he's not like the Clark we know."
"Hold on. Let me talk to him." Barry sighed. "Hey, buddy! You need to calm down. Okay?"
"Let. Me. Out. Of. Here!" Clark gritted and punched the glass again, but he stopped as Barry moved towards the pipeline. "I need to talk to Diana, Allen! This is important. You need to let me out!"
"Okay, so you know me!" Barry said in a considering tone. "And there's no way I'm letting you out, you stalked my friend and you want out? No way! You are staying in there till we figure a way to send you back home."
"No! Listen to me. I'm not leaving till Diana comes with me. She came to this world with me, there is no way I'm going back alone!"
Cisco had now joined Barry and was listening to Clark speak. "Wait up, Clark 2. Go back and tell us what you just said about Diana again."
Clark frowned. "Clark 2? I'm just Clark! And Diana came to this world with me. We were battling Metallo when suddenly a breach opened and we were sucked in. I don't know just how long it takes to travel from one earth to another, but I'm sure Diana came here before me, she's just forgotten me!"
"Last I checked she was from Themyscira," Cisco said. "And that's not really Earth 2."
"She is from Themyscira! You have to let me talk to her!" Clark begged.
Barry gestured for Cisco to walk with him. Once they stepped out, he spoke, "We have to let him have a word with Diana. His story is strange but he seems to know her well. And he called me 'Allen'. He might not know me too well, but I think we can trust him, Cisco."
"We can't let him out or let Diana in. She might be immortal but what if her powers don't work in there? That's not safe at all! Hold on! We can always put him in the Chamber of Secrets and ask Diana to go talk to him!" Cisco suggested.
"Since when do we have a Chamber of Secrets?" Barry asked in surprise.
"The one that Wells has! Duh!" Cisco smirked.
"Oh yeah. Right! Let me take him there, and you go get Diana. Let's give them some time to talk and if he tries something stupid, she can just knock him down!"
The boys nodded and went their ways. Barry ran towards the pipeline, opened it, grabbed Clark 2 and ran towards the secret chamber. Putting him in a chair, he clasped one end of the Kryptonite handcuff on Clark's wrist while securing the other end to the table.
Clark let out a sigh. "You know this isn't necessary, Allen. I won't run away. Not without Diana!"
"Precautions, my friend. One can never be too sure! If the roles were reversed, I am sure you would do the same." Barry smiled and turned around quickly to see Cisco walking in with Diana.
"Di…" Clark called out, his eyes softening when he saw her.
"Kryptonian," she greeted before standing right in front of him, hands crossed across her chest. "You wanted to have a word with me?"
"Yes! Alone," he replied, eyeing the others.
Diana turned towards them and nodded. Barry and Cisco quietly left the room. Once they were gone, Diana pulled a chair and sat in front of Clark.
"Why were you following me?"
"Diana, please, I didn't mean any harm. I only want to find us a way back home?"
"Us?" Diana raised a single brow.
"Of course! You and I were pulled into that breach while fighting Metallo!" Clark tried to remind her.
Diana simply pulled out her lasso and held it in front of her. "Wrap this around your hand," she said, handing it over to him. Without protesting, Clark did as he was told.
"I command you to speak the truth, Kryptonian."
"Call me Clark, please. Why do you keep calling me Kryptonian like I'm a stranger? And if you wanna hear it from the beginning, here we go! You were on a space mission for over a week. When you came back, we decided to head to the Fortress to… you know… to… well, we were on our way when Metallo appeared, and we had to take care of him first. As we were fighting him, this breach – that looked so much like a black hole – opened in Metropolis and we were sucked in. I don't know how long it took us to get here but when I got here, I saw I was alone. I tried to find you immediately. I tried to track you by listening to your heartbeat, which was a bit off today. It took me a while but I found you in D.C. and then you just pushed me away and flew off."
"How did you know where I lived?"
"Because that's where we live on our earth. I couldn't hear your heartbeat properly after that, so I decided to go wait outside our apartment thinking that might be your home seeing as you live here now. Look, Di, I'm not lying. I think you came to this earth and lived here for so long that you have forgotten me."
"Kry—Clark, you are mistaken. You are not my Kal," Diana said calmly.
"There it is! You keep saying that! How can you be so sure?"
"Because that's the truth. Did you ever realize Earth 1 has a Clark Kent too? And he's my Kal."
Clark sat back, a bit shaken. Diana was basically telling him there was another him and she was with that guy!
"I know you are not lying, Clark. The lasso makes you speak the truth, so I'm going to get you out of here. We will head back to my apartment and you can decide for yourself what the truth is." With that, Diana quickly opened the handcuff and freed his wrist. She then opened the door and walked out to speak to Barry.
When Barry saw Diana, he quickly asked, "Everything alright? Did he do something?"
"He spoke the truth. I'm taking him home," Diana said just as Clark came to stand beside her, his face portraying a huge range of emotions that Barry couldn't place.
"Barry, could you please call Kal and Kara and ask them to meet us at my home? It will be good if you can join us too," Diana said.
"Sure! But why are you taking him there?" Barry asked, looking at Clark 2 keenly as he just stood silent and still behind them.
"To show him who my Kal is," Diana stated as she walked away, leading a very subdued Clark out of the lab and flying off to Metropolis.
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