Bounty
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Stranger Things
-Near the end of the summer 2022-
Rae didn't like this world - it was nothing but deserts and destroyed buildings. She had found some wrecked cars.
"Why would anyone come here to avoid paying taxes?" Rae mumbled. The IRS had sent the request to find someone who owed a lot in taxes and had jumped the multiverse, to this world.
"Oh, thank god Flash!" It was the man she was looking for. He didn't look good. Messed up and limping. "Bring me home! I'll pay... I'll go to prison. Just please get me out of here."
"I'm guessing you didn't want this Earth... Any idea what happened here?" Rae asked.
"My best guess will be the apocalypse," the man said back and Rae shrugged taking out her world hopping device and opening a portal.
Rae put a hand on the man back and jumped through the portal with him back to Bounty.
-Bounty-
Barry and Kara were in the station with two other familiar people: Gypsy and a Cisco that was Prime's.
"Okay, that guy is very happily in the custody of federal agents and would you believe the IRS pays in cash?" Rae said, running into the police station to join the others. "And why did I have a message when I got back to meet here...?"
"Him," Cisco said, pointing through the glass into the interrogation room. There was a man sitting there. He was wearing a uniform Rae had never seen before. He had light brown hair and kind of reminded Rae of herself.
"So, who's the Jerry O'Connell?" Rae asked, seeing a similarity to the actor from Sliders.
"Oh, you're right. That's who he looks like! He does look a lot like Jerry O'Connell when he was young," Barry reasoned.
"I don't see it," Kara pointed out.
"I don't think you've seen him in anything. I know you haven't watched Sliders," Barry pointed out to his sister-in-law.
"I don't know who he is but I know where he is from," Cisco said. "New Daxam."
"Is that meant to mean something to us?" Kara asked.
"A world where the Daxamites invaded Earth and won. There's a small human resistance trying to fight back," Cisco said. "They invaded an Earth once before, but we thought we got them to remain on their world after. If this is the start of a new invasion of the multiverse, we need to know."
"I think we should calm down," Barry said. "All he was doing was running. He's a speedster. He didn't break any laws as far as we know."
"A speedster wearing a Daxamite uniform. Which is very concerning since the only two speedsters there should be you two," Cisco said. "Look, recently Karry Universe gave me a call. Beautiful Rae was once a captive of the Daxamites. The resistant freed her and sent her into the multiverse. A long story, but short version is they took all her eggs. Both me and my Junior Self on Mutant vibed all over New Daxam and we saw nothing of them. But now….."
"Wait, took her eggs? On Krypton we could make children with blood, hair, any DNA," Kara said.
"Maybe they are not as advance on New Daxam or lost that advancement when their world was destroyed," Gypsy supplied, knowing the rest of the Daxamites in the multiverse were just as progressive as Krypton.
"Has anyone tried talking to him?" Rae asked.
"We did," Barry said. "He wants you."
"Why does everyone from the multiverse want me?" Rae sighed, this not being the first time a visitor from the multiverse had specifically requested her. "Fine, let me have a conversation with him."
"Go on," Barry nodded to his sister.
Rae phased through the wall and into the room. The man inside looked up at her.
"It's really you. Mother!" The man said.
"Mother?" Rae questioned. "How exactly old are you?"
"Physically in my early 20s," he answered. "But if you're asking how long since I have been created, I was made around two human years ago."
"So, you're two. I got some almost two years olds at home. Not as big as you," Rae remarked.
"My aging was sped to certain points," the man said. "I have been wanting to meet my mother for a long time."
"Do you have a name?" Rae asked, taking a seat, deciding to avoid the mother talk. As if to respond, the man held out his right arm and rolled up his sleeve. Rae took a closer took and saw two little numbers tattooed in his arm. It was an eleven. "Eleven? Wait, is that your name?"
"That is what they call me," the man confirmed. "I was the 11th created."
"Very Stranger Things," Rae mumbled. "Eleven… El… No too often used… Elvis… no… how about Ellis?"
"Ellis?" He asked, seeming confused.
"For a name. We're not calling you Eleven," Rae said.
"I'd like that name very much," Ellis smiled and then jumped up. Rae was shocked for a moment and was about ready to defend herself, but realized Ellis was hugging her. "Thank you!"
"Not a problem," Rae said when the hug was done. "You need to answer some questions."
"Like?" Ellis asked, taking a seat.
"Like from everything we know of your world, you should not exist," Rae said. "Here's what we know: A version of me from the multiverse got stranded on your world. The Daxamites took her eggs and did other experiments on her before she was saved by the resistance and thrown back out to the multiverse. She now calls a world named Beautiful her home. We have people who can spy on the multiverse check. We saw no signs of them using what they took."
"Father and the Daxamite superior figured out how to hide our activities," Ellis said. "A device in the factory."
"Okay then. So, you're the 11th created. So, there are 11 of you?" Rae asked.
"No," Ellis said. "We are sped to certain ages and tested on our powers. Speed, strength, any other abilities we might have received. If we fail the tests we are eliminated."
"And you passed the tests," Rae said, deciding not to dwell on what the term 'eliminated' meant.
"I am the fastest of all created. My strength wasn't as strong as my brothers and sisters, but my speed was too impressive. I am in the final stage where I am allowed now to grow naturally," Ellis said.
"How many have reached the final stage?" Rae asked.
"A brother and a sister, only three have been successful," Ellis said. "There are five at a time in different stages being tested. Right now, a teen boy, twin girls, a young boy, and a new born baby girl."
"And how did you get here?" Rae asked.
"I don't… what they want us to do…" he seemed suddenly resistant to reveal much. "All my brothers and sisters they have eliminated… I can't…. I ran. I ran faster than ever and then I was here running and that man stopped me and I knew… I knew I could meet you. My mother," Ellis said.
"Okay," Rae said, putting a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. "Can you just stay here for a moment?"
"Yes, mother," Ellis said and Rae went to phase through the wall again.
"They blocked us?" Cisco said, having heard the conversation and now seeming mad.
"Okay, they had one woman," Gypsy said. "One Rae. They have been at this for two years and as far as we know only have three creations."
"If the factory Ellis came from is the only one in existence," Cisco pointed. "There could be others he doesn't know about it."
"True, but the point being if they are eliminating them due to the children failing certain tests how many more could they have?" Gypsy asked.
"Human females are born with a million eggs but by the time of puberty only about 300,000 remain," Barry said,and noticed the looks everyone in the room gave him. "I am a CSI. I studied medical sciences in college," the looks didn't stop, so he shook his head. "Besides, after three pregnancies you look more into the female reproduction system. The point being, how old was Beautiful Rae when she was taken by the Daxamites?"
"When she was saved we assumed her age was about 15. It had to be a few years prior they got her give or take if New Daxam was her first stop after her world was destroyed," Cisco said.
"So, assuming she got her period the same time as Rae, which was what your 12th birthday?" Barry said.
"A few days before," Rae mumbled.
"And woman lose about 1,000 eggs a month. It was when she was very young. Assuming the Daxamites know how to harvest her eggs from her body carefully, I would say they could have hundreds of thousands of Rae's eggs. All with the possibility of becoming a speedster/Daxamite hybrid," Barry theorized. "And then let us not forget that that twins are very much in Rae's own DNA, so the possibility of any of these eggs splitting once fertilized is also high," he concluded.
"It's scary you know that," Kara said. "But we can't let these Daxamites keep them."
"Whoa, look, this pisses me off too, but multiverse code of honor. You don't interfere on a world unless they ask for help and you don't go to a world and overthrow an established government. Whether we like it or not, the Daxamites invaded Earth there and won. The meta human resistance has to overthrow them without our help," Cisco said.
"But the Daxamites have multiverse help now," Rae said.
"Exactly," Kara added, picking up where her wife started. "Beautiful Rae was stranded into the multiverse because of the original destruction of the multiverse - not Crisis. And if my memory serves me correctly, from looking over files in the system, the original destruction of the multiverse was only done because of your world's fight with a speedster named Zoom. Meaning, this is your world's mess to clean up. No offense, we know you tried your best but the course of events that led to the Daxamites getting those eggs started on your world because of Zoom."
"And here I was thinking the Zoom destruction of the multiverse was long lost history," Cisco rolled his eyes at this. Although it did confirm to Rae that this was Prime's Cisco. "And technically that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Wells' Earth's Zoom, so blame them."
"The point is, the Daxamites on New Daxam would not have Rae's egg and be able to make hybrids without the multiverse. It seems like by giving the resistance a hand we would be evening the sides here," Barry added. "Besides…"
"You had me at 'your world's mess'," Cisco said, cutting Barry off and Gypsy giggled. "I am guessing you three are in?"
"Yes," the rest said.
"I'll join too," Gypsy said.
"Okay," Cisco said, and turned to look in the room again. "We're going to need his help. Rae, see if you can convince him to join us. I need to go and get a few things. Meet back in your Starling offices in about an hour." With that, Cisco opened a portal and went through before anyone could ask more.
"I like how we had to convince him to do this but he had a plan two seconds after agreeing," Barry said.
"That's my Cisco," Gypsy said, smirking as Rae went to go talk to Ellis again.
-Bounty-
Back in Kara and Rae's offices in Starling the two were there, with Barry, Gypsy, and Ellis. The police had nothing to charge Ellis with so were perfectly fine letting him leave with the heroes. Kara was packing her weapons herself.
"What was that?" Barry asked, seeing Kara put something small into a side pocket. It looked like an inhaler, but he didn't get a proper look at it.
"Nothing," Kara said, and was saved from saying anything else when a portal opened and Cisco came out carrying a bag, followed by two other people. The group knew Caitlin obviously - it was the male in the speedster outfit that they didn't know.
"This is my Caitlin. She wants to help," Cisco said.
"Zoom fooled us all," Caitlin said, "especially me. If I can help make something right that went wrong because of him, I will."
"And this is Hero Roe," Cisco said. "Technically Rae's twin. He heard what was going and offered help."
"My Rai was one of the first to visit New Daxam," Roe spoke up. "She's not available, so I came instead."
"Is he on board," Cisco asked, pointing at Ellis.
"On board what?" Ellis asked.
"It's a figure of speech. He wants to know if you'll help and Ellis has agreed on one condition," Rae said. "He wants us to save the five kids they currently have growing."
"That can definitely be arranged," Cisco said. "Come on, we need to go to your alternate." Cisco opened a portal and the group went through.
-Bounty-
On New Daxam, Rachel Garrick of the world was with her Barry and Winn in the former Arrow bunker that was now their hideout.
"Our food supplies are running low," Barry said. "It doesn't help me and you have to eat more than everyone else. I've tried rationing myself, but my energy..."
"I know," Rachel sighed, "but we can't do anything about that. We already went down to the lowest amount we can consume and not faint while running. Who would have thought so much of leading a resistance against a dictatorship would be finding food? What about Daxam supplies transports?"
"They're putting extra guards on their supplies," Barry said. "Me and you are not just going to be able to phase in, steal, and run anymore."
"What about the Daxamel?" Rachel asked, turning to Winn, asking about the Daxam equivalent of Kryptonite: Daxamel, that could harm the Daxamites.
"We're running low," Winn said. "We only had 80 grenades when that multiverse Cisco helped me perfect it. We have been trying to only use them when we need to, which has helped keep them in reserves, but we're down to our last 5. Using them to get food might not be the best use of them in the grand scheme of things. Besides, they are still highly radioactive. We use them near the food, they might not be good to eat."
"Then I don't…" Rachel didn't finish her sentence as a portal opened in the room - she had seen these portals once before, when the multiverse had visited, and she wasn't sure if she was relieved or not to see a Cisco, Caitlin, Barry, Kara, and a version of her come out. She didn't know the other two men with them but the one dressed as a speedster didn't concern her - it was the one in the Daxamite uniform. "What is this?" Her eyes were instantly on the man in uniform.
"It's okay. He's here to help," her alternate said, seeing where Rachel's eyes went to. "I'm Rae. Do you go by Rae too?"
"No, Rachel or just Flash," Rachel answered. "And I didn't think the multiverse could help...?"
"Normally we can't," Cisco said. "But the Daxamites have crossed a multiverse lines that has untied our hands."
"Oh?" New Daxam's Barry asked.
"A couple of years ago you freed a young version of Rae they had captured," Cisco said.
"Yeah, she was like 14 or something. It was kind of shocking," Rachel nodded. "She was badly injured. Barry and I put her into the multiverse. We thought that would be best for her. Is she okay?"
"Oh, she's fine. Brilliant, in fact. But the Daxamites took something from her: Her ability to have children. They harvested her eggs and began experimenting, creating speedster and Daxamite hybrids," Cisco explained.
"Not surprising. They did the same thing to my Amelia," New Daxam's Barry said, sadly.
"Oh wait," New Daxam's Winn said, quickly getting it. "Is he one of them...?"
"Yes," Cisco answered. "He's the reason we know about this. He ran away from them and jumped to Bounty Earth. Now, we're here to help."
"Wait are we overthrowing the Daxamites?" New Daxam's Barry asked, excited now.
"No," Cisco said. "But we are going to destroy the facility he was born and grown in. If that's the only one they are experimenting in, we get rid of their supply of Rachel Garrick eggs and they only have the other two creations they decided were successful. But this is a minimal strike. We're the only multiverse group joining, we'll need your resistance to help fill the numbers."
"That could be a problem," Rachel said. "We're low on food. We're starving here."
"Oh, if that's the only problem... hold on," Cisco said. "Gypsy, help me?" Gypsy gave a nod and both hopped through their own portals.
"Where are they going?" Barry asked, but the others shrugged.
"I guess we wait, love," Kara said putting an arm around her Rae and Rachel gave them a look but backed away. Rae kissed Kara's cheek.
"Maybe... lessen the love," New Daxam Barry remarked; Rae getting it - her alternate had lost her own Kara.
A few moments later, portals opened and bags and boxes came through before Gypsy and Cisco followed, each holding several pizza boxes.
"So, each world on the system chipped in a bit," Cisco said. "Each one giving a pizza pie and some other supplies. We have soda, we have snacks, we have some fruits and vegetables. Several worlds threw in Kryptonians fruits and vegetables."
"Seriously?" Rachel asked.
"Doesn't this break the multiverse code of honor?" New Daxam Barry asked.
"It's minimal help. We need your army at strength to help us with this," Cisco said. "Oh, and sorry," Cisco took out a box of bars. "Specialized speedster bars for you two. They will take care of your special food needs as a speedster, but I never met a speedster who liked them."
"Hey," Caitlin said since she had made those.
"You might want to consider finding your world's Caitlin too," Gypsy added. "Chances are, she could get Mother Nature powers, which would mean unlimited fruit and vegetables, at least."
"Good thought," Cisco smirked to his girlfriend. New Daxam's Barry raised an eyebrow at this suggestion.
"Winn, get Jesse and Belle. The two are teleporters. They can spread around the food fast," Rachel now instructed, and Winn gave a nod. Barry had already taken a slice of pizza for himself. "Okay, let's hear this plan."
"Ellis, first we need to know where the facility is. Can you find it?" Cisco said turning to Ellis.
"Ellis?" Rachel asked, still a little hesistant at the man in the Daxamite uniform.
"I'm number Eleven," Ellis stated now. "Mom here didn't like it, so named me Ellis instead."
"Mom?" Rachel asked.
"Long story," Rae rolled her eyes. "So, Ellis?"
"Oh yeah. So the facility is a round building. It was not made by the Daxamites because it's a human building. The only surviving building in a former human city that my father said was called Central," Ellis said. "It had advance technology the Daxamties did not want to destroy. Something about an accelerator."
"You've got to be kidding me," everyone from the multiverse said together.
"STAR Labs," Caitlin voiced.
"Meaning the device that blocks the multiverse is probably in the Cortex," Cisco reasoned.
"And the children are probably being kept in the pipeline," Caitlin added.
"And I know where to place the devices I brought," Cisco said, opening up another portal and jumping in, returning a moment later with a map. "Okay, STAR Labs. Or my STAR Labs before Palmer Tech took it over and it got revamped Ellis, if you went back, would they trust you?"
"They just saw me run. I can go back and say I lost control of my speed and got lost. It has happened before," Ellis said.
"Good," Cisco said. "You will go back with Rae and Roe, who will be invisible. Once there, find a private place and activate this device." Cisco took a device out of his backpack and handed it to Rae, who took it. "It's the same device I have used to get Barry out of the Speed Force several times. It should help enhance mine and Gypsy's powers so we can override any interference from Daxamite devices and portal in. Once in, we'll split into three groups. Ellis, Rae, Roe, and Bounty Barry will go to the pipeline and get the kids; Gypsy will join you so we can get those kids out fast. Me and Caitlin will go to the Cortex and get this device the Daxamite left that hides them from my powers. We could use at least one more."
"I'll go with you," Kara said.
"That leaves New Daxam forces to plant these," Cisco said pulling out four devices. They were square but had a see-through part that had red lightning in it.
"What are they?" New Daxam Barry asked.
"Speed Force bombs," Cisco said. "An Earth called Canary long since found a way to collect the Speed Force energy speedsters release while running. They have used it to make planetary shields or power a space canon. The idea for the bombs came from something that happened on New Justice when a Kryptonian was making speedster clones that were imperfect and kept exploding, causing damage." Cisco held up one of them. "These are ten times more powerful than the lightning bolts you throw. They are stable in here, but push this button and the countdown will activate. They should be placed in these locations." Cisco took a pen and circled the places on the map. "How many people you need will be decided by you."
"I think the less people the better for this," New Daxam Barry said. "Me and you could do it."
"No, you hang back. You're second in command. I'll go and take either Jesse or Belle. The teleporters can escape fast. How is John Henry Irons and his suit going?" Rachel asked turning to Winn. The multiverse gave each other looks at this, but didn't say anything.
"He managed to find a bit of Kryptonite to power it, but it doesn't have much power," Winn said. "Are you sure you want to use it for this?"
"No better time to test it out," Rachel said. "We'll be ready when you are."
-Bounty-
Rae and Roe had run with Ellis and turned invisible when they got near STAR Labs - the pair seeing the city destroyed was shocking; STAR Labs was the only thing not destroyed. Bounty had their own STAR which, unlike the multiverse, had been made by Martin Stein. Hero had a STAR as well, made by the actual Harrison Wells.
"Eleven, there you are," a Daxamite guard said. "What happened?"
"I lost control of my speed," Ellis said to the guard. "When I finally stopped was too tired to run back right away."
"You need to learn how to stop this from happening. Too many times and you might end up eliminated," the guard said, and Raes hand went into a fist but her alternate brother put a hand on her shoulder - it wasn't worth risking the plan to punch the guy. "You miss 82's latest test. 8 and 20 are running practice training. Join them."
Rae guessed 82 was one of the kids and 8 and 20 were the other two who made it through, meaning there were about 62 children eliminated. 62 children who were biologically hers.
"Sir, I am hungry and weak," Ellis pointed out. "I need rest."
"Fine, go get food and sleep," the Daxamite guard said and moved away, letting Ellis into the building. Rae and Roe followed him.
Ellis walked through the building with Rae and Roe following; none of the people they passed even looked at Ellis, but they were definitely all Daxamites. Ellis brought them into a room that had toys in it. Before the two turned visible, they saw Ellis go and pull a wire from a camera.
"Only one in this room," Ellis said of the camera as the two dropped their invisibility. "We use the former human security system to watch the children as they play here."
"Well, then," Roe said, pushing the button on the device Cisco gave them; moments later, two portals opened and everyone who was coming, came in.
"Let's split it up and get it done fast. Caitlin, Kara," Cisco said. Cisco looked out the door and then the three moved out.
"John, Jesse you two stay together and plant two bombs. I'll plant the other two by myself," Rachel said, and ran out. Jesse taking John Henry Irons hand and the two teleporting out.
"Well let's get those kids," Bounty Barry said, having joined the group that went in originally with Gypsy as well.
-Bounty-
Prime Cisco and Caitlin might have known STAR Labs better than anyone in the multiverse - except maybe their Karry counterparts. The two easily were able to get around Daxamite patrols. "Okay, once we get into the Cortex, we'll need to fight," Cisco said.
"Don't worry," Caitlin said, smirking, as Cisco went to open the door. "Weather Witch is ready..."
Kara went into where her arrows were, but her hands went around an inhaler. She took a quick breath of the yellow gas and then put it away, no one seeing her. She turned back but Cisco and Caitlin, who had been playing with the door and hadn't seen her. Cisco got the door open and then wind came from Caitlin hands and blew over the Daxamites within, knocking them out against the far wall. Cisco sent vibrations out of his hands, to knock out those that Caitlin missed. Immediately more Daxamites came running into the room, knowing something was happening.
Kara ran in at this and went to the nearest Daxamite in the room. The Daxamite punched Kara, but Kara was happy when she barely felt it, giving out her own punch. She was even happier as she was able to knock out the Daxamite and then sent an exploding arrow at another one near Caitlin.
"Thanks," Caitlin said, having manipulated the sprinklers to send water at other Daxamites, forcing them to the ground.
Lights went red and an alarm finally sounded. "I think they know we're here," Cisco said, going to the familiar control pattern. "Daxamite are so full of themselves - they barely changed this system and I know this better than anyone," Cisco typed into the computer and the doors closed and sealed. "We should have some time. Let me find this device."
"Nice job, I didn't think you had that type of strength anymore," Caitlin said to Kara.
"I have some strength left," Kara said with a smirk.
...
With the alarm going off, Rachel sighed.
"I guess they know we're here," Rachel said, planting the second of the bombs and arming it. The countdown didn't give much time, but they had all planned for this. If all went well, they would all be out before STAR Labs blew.
Rachel ran to find Jesse and John Henry Irons, the latter who was fighting two, what seemed to be Daxamite speedsters: Ellis's two siblings, still loyal to the Daxamites. Rachel ran at one of them and knocked them over. "Steel, how's your power?" Rachel said, dodging an attack and turning to the man in the robo suit.
"Getting low," John said back. "We are only half way through."
"Go with Jesse, I got these two," Rachel said, and John Henry Irons fell back to Jesse, who was guarding the teleporter as they went for the second location. Rachel cut off the female who tried to follow. "Hey, you two, you think your all that? Well you're just a limited try copy of me. You can't match my speed!" Rachel called to these two speedster.
Rachel gave them a wink and then ran. The two had fallen for it, seemingly having inherited the Daxamite ego and not able to let the challenge go.
…
"Of course," Rae mumbled as the alarms went off. "Be ready to…" she didnt get to finish as a Daxamite came at them but Barry and Roe were fast in dodging and attacking back. The two speedsters punched at super speed - more than enough to knock the Daxamites out.
"What's going on?" A voice called, and coming into view was a very familiar Daxamite: darked hair and young, this was Mor-An, Prince of Daxam and Mon's little brother. "Eleven?"
"Father," Ellis said.
"Ellis," Rae said back.
"Mother," Ellis said, and Mor eyes went to Rae.
"You have left us," Mor said, getting it and seeing Roe and Barry as well, but he had a smile on his face. "85, 86, and 90 are here. In their rooms. But both 82 and 92 have been taken to be eliminated. If you move fast, you can make it to the chamber to stop them."
"82 must have failed his test, but 92 is just a baby," Ellis said back.
"We don't believe she has inherited her speed," Mor said. "You must go fast, my son."
"Are you really his father?" Rae asked.
"Yes," Mor said. "Eleven… Ellis as you called him… was made with my sperm and your alternate's egg. All of them are either mine or Mik's. Mother doesn't trust anyone else not to become attached, but she doesn't know how much I hate her for what she has done. Killing my father and brother. Enslaving this planet. Making and killing these children."
"Do we trust him?" Roe asked.
"We have no choice. Roe, Barry, Gypsy, go get the three here. Me and Ellis will get the two being eliminated," Rae said.
"You better make this look good," Mor said, knowing what was coming now. "If my mother wants to know why I didn't stop you… well…"
"You might want to make your way out of the building after this. Ellis, punch him hard," Rae said and Ellis paused.
"It's okay, son," Mor said and Ellis went and punched Mor hard, forcing him to fall to the floor.
"Come on," Barry said, indicating Roe and Gypsy to go with him.
"I know where they eliminate us," Ellis said.
"Flash!" Mor said from the floor, and Rae stopped. "You should know... Lena Luthor is not dead."
"What?" Rae asked.
"She's not dead. My mother has her held captive. Now go!" Mor said and Rae looked back. Ellis was already moving and Rae went to follow.
…
In the Cortex Kara and Caitlin stood by the door as Daxamites tried to break in.
"Cisco hurry," Caitlin said. "I don't think these doors will hold for long."
"Just a moment," Cisco said. "...aaaand, I've got it," Cisco gave a smile as he downloaded the information about the device into a USB drive. He then pulled a device connected to the computer right out. "Okay, lets go." Cisco opened a portal, the three leaving just as the door was broken down.
….
Jesse and John Henry Irons planted the last bomb and armed it.
"The power on my suit is gone," John said.
"Let's go," Jesse said taking John's hand and teleporting out.
…
Barry, Roe, and Gypsy went into the pipeline and Roe and Barry went to open the door.
"Let's just..." Roe said pushing a button, opening all the cell doors.
"Nice," Barry said as Gypsy started encouraging the three inside the occupied rooms to come out - there were two girls who were obviously twins and a young boy. Barry had to blink. He knew all these kids were related to Rae, but the girls looked a lot like Rae did at that age.
"Where is father?" one of the girls asked.
"We've got to go," Barry said to them.
"Who are you?" The other girl asked.
"Barry, let me," Roe said moving over to the three and holding out his hand. He made it move fast. "See, me and my cousin here are like you. We're connected to the same Force." Barry got what Roe was doing and ran forward. The young boy gave a laugh. "Close your eyes. Listen to the Force connected to you. What does she want you to do?"
The five-year-old boy answered by jumping into Barry's arms. The two girls took a moment.
"To go with you," they said together and Roe gave a smile.
"Gypsy, get us out of here," Barry said and Gypsy gave a nod opening up a portal and all of them went.
…
Ellis led Rae to a different part of the Labs and to a different room. Rae wasn't sure what this once was, but now there were two kids being placed on one side of the room and two Daxamites with guns on the other side. The guns pointed at the teenager and the baby.
Rae was fast in grabbing one of the guns and breaking it with her speed; Ellis jumped in with speed and strength to fight the other one. Rae dodged every attack the Daxamite sent out and then finally phased her arm through the guys legs, breaking the bone; the Daxamite falling down, but getting back up.
"Oh, screw this," Rae said, grabbing the non-broken gun that had fallen to the floor and shooting the Daxamite she had been fighting. The Daxamite fell and was down. She figured whatever they were using was strong enough to get through Daxamite skin as it had to be able to kill half-Daxamites. "Ellis...?"
"Knocked him out," Ellis said, whiping blood off his face.
"Eleven, what are you doing?" The teenage boy said as Rae went for the crying baby and picked her up, rocking her slightly. "Me and 92 are to be eliminated. I… I failed." The sadness in his voice was so obvious. "I am not good enough."
"Yes, you are," Rae said. "You're perfect."
"This is our mother," Ellis said to the teen, putting an arm around him. "And she has come for all of us. We no longer have to die. Come on."
The teen seemed unsure but took Ellis's hand. "We better run - fast now," Rae said, knowing they didn't have long before the bombs went off. Ellis gave a nod and picked up the teenager, the two running together, fast.
…
Rachel was running ahead of the two speedster-Daxamites but she didn't want to get too far away from STAR. When she was a bit away and turned around and tossed a lightning bolt at them. That stopped the two.
"What? Don't know how to play with lightning yet? And you call yourself speedsters," Rachel said, pissing the two off and they came running at her.
Rachel dodging the two with speed and punched back, trying to fight two-on-one as best as she could without doing these two too much harm. She had the advantage with speed but they had more strength than her. As she was head-to-head with the male, the female was coming at her, but never made it. Something hit into her, buying Rachel the time to flip the male over.
Rachel saw a petite woman with long brown hair wearing a long cream coat. She must have been the one to help her.
Before anyone could say anything or start attacking again, they heard the explosion; Rachel feeling it in a way she had never felt before, as the energy seemed to momentarily drain her, too, connecting to the Speed Force.
"What was that?" The female asked.
"Speed Force explosion at STAR Labs. Building's probably gone and get this, a Speed Force explosion can only be put out by a speedster. I'm not going to do it," Rachel said and the two ran back to the labs. "Thanks for the assist."
"Not a problem Flash," the woman said.
"Who are you?" Rachel asked.
"Johanna Constantine," the woman answered. "And you? What is your name besides, Flash?"
"Rachel," Rachel answered.
"No, you don't seem like a Rachel," Johanna said. "You have any nicknames?"
"My dad used to call me Racey," Rachel answered.
"Racey, I like it," Johanna said. "I think I'll call you that."
"Okay, as long as I can call you Jo," Rachel answered.
"Deal, beautiful," Johanna said and Rachel had to smile, but didn't say more as her alternate and Ellis stopped before right in front of them; her alternate carrying a baby and Ellis having a teen with him; Ellis putting the teen down.
"Where exactly are we going?" Rae asked.
"Follow me back to Starling," Rachel said. "You coming, Jo?"
"I think I will," Johanna said.
-Bounty-
Back in the New Daxam headquarters Cisco came up to the group.
"Well I sent a message to Queen Rhea telling her if she uses the multiverse our non-interference policy is gone. I think she got the message but sent that device and the plans I got from STAR to my junior self. We're going to be studying it and see if we can find if there are any other facilities with more Rae kids," Cisco said.
"What about these kids?" Rachel asked. The two she and Jo had fought had ran after the explosion at STAR Labs. They were still out there.
"Well the twin girls want to come back to Prime with us," Caitlin said. "We'll set them up in the Stranded Meta-human Division and see if we can find parents for them."
"The teen boy and five-year-old express they want to stay here," Roe said. "Help take down their creators."
"We can't guarantee they won't try to go back," Caitlin added to Rachel. "It's your choice."
"We'll be careful with them, but if they do want to join us we'll take them," Rachel said. "They are sort of my kids, after all."
"And what going to happen to her?" Kara asked to the baby Rae was still holding.
"We can't keep her. We have no way to feed her," Rachel said.
"I guess we'll bring her…" Caitlin said.
"No," it was Bounty Barry. "I know a mother for her," Barry had a world hopping device on him and then opened a portal. He took the baby from Rae and went through.
"He knows a mother for her?" New Daxam Barry asked when his alternate was gone.
"Well Barry is good at finding mothers," Kara remarked. "Usually for his own children though." Rae gave a laugh.
"What about you?" Rae asked, turning to Ellis.
"You're welcome to stay," Rachel said.
"I think I will slide through the worlds. Check out other worlds," Ellis said. "Other mothers..."
"Poor Raes, they don't know what they're about to have," Rachel joked at this.
"Sliders 3.0," Cisco chuckled though, and noticed the looks. "I don't know why I said that... Come on, come with us. You can check out our world first," Cisco opened a portal. "Roe, I'll drop you off on Hero on the way." Roe gave a nod and those from Prime started to leave with Roe and the two twin girls.
"Ellis, if your sliding ever brings you back to my world, you'll be welcome," Rae said.
"Thank you, mother," Ellis said, giving Rae a hug before leaving.
"Well I guess we should go," Kara said.
"Seems some good things happened today," New Daxam Barry said. "We got food."
"Jo has agreed to join the resistance," Rachel said.
"We're looking for a Caitlin Snow too," Winn spoke up, having joined them to say goodbye to the multiverse. "Mary and William are checking across the surviving internet."
"Good," Rae smirked, wondering what had happened to this world's Caitlin.
"And, hey, we took out a Daxamite facility," Rachel finished.
"Oh, more goods things happened," Rae realized. "You now know you have an ally in the Daxam Royal Family, Prince Mor. He gave me a message I think was meant for you. I didn't understand the significance of it, but maybe you will." Rachel tilted her head and waited for her alternate to say more. "Lena Luthor is alive. The Queen has her locked up."
"Lena Luthor?" Barry asked. "She's the reason the Daxamite invaded! She helped them. She opened the portals and cured them of the weakness to lead."
"Not willingly. She was tricked," Rachel pointed out. "And if she's alive… She could be important to us." Rachel nodded to herself. "Thank you."
"Kara, let's go home," Rae said and Kara nodded, using a world hopping device and opened a portal for them.
-Bounty-
On the world know as Old Justice Rae was in their space Watchtower.
"So, Fortress or Sanctuary?" Clark was asking. "Oh, Kara, you're Matriarch of the House of El. You have to perform the ceremony." Rae rolled her eyes; Clark and Kara had practically been planning the wedding since the moment Rae said yes.
"You two realize I have been married before," Rae pointed out.
"But this time is for real," Clark said, but stopped as the portal opened and Barry Allen came out. "Why am I getting use to this guy randomly showing up?"
"Very funny Clark," Barry said.
"Is that a baby?" Rae asked.
"Yes, she's a multiverse orphan. Long story, but she needs a mother," Barry said. "Rae, I know you lost your baby and nothing can replace that, but maybe you can find it in yourself to love a child biologically yours."
"She's mine?" Rae asked.
"Yes, yours and Mik or Mor's... Her father is unconfirmed," Barry said as Rae came over. Barry giving the baby over to Rae. The look in Rae's eyes was all he needed as Barry knew this baby had a home.
"I need to talk to Gal. I don't know if he…" Rae started as she looked at the baby getting lost in the baby eyes.
"Gal will love her," Clark said, knowing that as fact.
"Only problem you might have is Mik or Mor wanting custody," Mon said, who had been in the room and quiet to this point.
"Why don't you keep her for a bit and if it doesn't work out call Prime and tell them you have the baby from New Daxam and she needs a new home," Barry said.
"New Daxam? Isn't that the world where the Daxamites took over?" Mon asked now, eyes turning to him. "What? I don't like the sound of it either!"
"Yeah, they used Rae's eggs and Mik and Mor's sperm to make kids as weapons," Barry explained.
"This one could never be a weapon," Rae stated lovingly, still just looking at the baby.
"But please, let me know what you name little 92," Barry added, smiling at Rae now.
"Yeah what is with the 92 tattoo?" Rae asked, seeing the 92 on her arm
"She was the 92nd Rae child born," Barry said, making everyone look at him. "It's honestly a longer story than what I told you. I'll tell Prime to put it on the system for you." Barry opened a portal and left.
-Bounty-
Kara was in the bedroom at home as Rae entered the room now.
"I gave Ray some extra money for staying late," Rae said to Kara.
"I got the kids in bed," Kara said with a smile; she was in bed reading a book. "Hey Rae, all those kids..." Kara put the book down. "Biologically yours... was it tempting to keep the baby?"
"A little, but according to Barry she got a good home and my alternate needed her more than me," Rae said. "Alister and Bella are a bit young, still," Rae added, knowing what Kara meant - she couldn't take them in with her own kids still so young. Kara gave a smile as Rae came up and kissed her. "But I have been talking to Alex Danvers. She says when we're ready for us to try with me she wants to study me a little and my powers to see if it's safe for me to carry and how exactly to go about it."
"And Clark said the offer to father a child for us is still there," Kara said. "After the twins' second birthday we'll get the ball moving." Rae kissed Kara again and the two laid down in bed together.
"You know what really pisses me off," Rae said after a moment.
"What?" Kara asked
"That they killed 83 children that were half me. 83 lives... maybe 83 speedsters, killed," Rae said and Kara brought her in close.
"If I could, I would kill Queen Rhea for that," Kara said and Rae gave a smile as the two snuggled, Rae wondering what the Speed Force also thought of this.
Post Chapter Note: Wow, this was a long one to end this Bounty section. Hope you liked this and how we brought in more Speedsters. Expect more of Ellis in future and maybe more on this Daxamite kid experiment. Hehe.
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