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Chapter 4- Meetings
Earth-1, Haddonfield, Myers House, October 31
Halloween theme song plays
In a lower level of the house, a man in a white mask lay on a couch. This was Michael Myers. His body had been injected with a corrosive fluid by Tommy Doyle, and he'd been knocked unconscious after multiple heavy blows to the head.
That was in 1995. It had been around 20 years since then, and Michael had continued to sleep.
Suddenly, Michael found himself in the middle of a crowded street, cars driving here and there, a sign above him saying- 'Central City'.
Then, he saw a baby lying on the ground in front of him. Michael immediately recognized the baby. It was the son of Jamie Lloyd, whom he'd killed, but he had failed to kill the baby due to the interference of Dr. Samuel Loomis, Tommy Doyle, Kara Strode and her son Danny Strode.
As he stared, the baby suddenly seemed to contort, growing into a man now, wearing a police uniform, the nametag saying- 'Steven Lloyd'.
"Michael", Steven Lloyd said with a smirk. "You couldn't even kill me when I was a baby. You can't kill me now."
Michael lumbered forwards, and raised his knife. He brought it down but Lloyd disappeared.
Then, everything seemed to shake, and Michael heard a terrifying voice near him, even if he wasn't scared of it.
"Go to Central City, Michael. Find Lloyd, and kill others in your path. You shall be granted some more power in your attempts too, Michael."
At that point, Michael's body jerked and shone with a bright, yellow light, and he woke up, his undying urge to kill returning in full force.
Picking up his knife, he walked up to the higher levels of the house, and then walked outside, looking around at the night sky.
Hearing the sound of water, he turned to see a neighbor cleaning his car, a black Toyota Camry, with water from a pipe. Michael walked towards him.
The man saw a vague outline of Michael in the reflection, and turned around.
"Whoa!" He said in shock. "Boy, you scared me. Dressed up for Halloween?"
He looked down at Michael's knife. "Now that looks very real. I guess I-"
Michael stabbed the man in the gut, making him gasp, as Michael raised him in the air with the knife, using just one hand, while his body shook like it was having a seizure. Michael then grasped his shoulder with the other hand, and moved the knife up, slowly slicing more of his insides.
Soon enough, Michael reached the chest, the man's blood pouring out of his mouth as well as the abdomen and chest that were cut open.
Finally, Michael reached his neck, and in that moment, the man lost his life.
As his head tilted to a side, Michael dropped his corpse, his blood and insides continuing to flow out of his body.
Michael knelt near him, and took out his car keys from his pocket. Pressing the buttons, Michael unlocked the car, and sat inside, before closing the door.
It had been a while since he had driven, and this car was different, due to being newer. But he still had the hang of it.
Starting it up by turning the keys, Michael put his foot on the accelerator, and drove away, Central City in his mind.
Earth-199999, The Bus
"So, you think there are other worlds?" Coulson asked Skye with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I mean, we do have Asgard and the other Realms, right?" Skye asked back while also making her point. "And Gods. So, other worlds are not out of the question."
"What she is trying to say is that the Multiverse theory is real and Eliot is somewhere else in the Multiverse", Hardison noted, sharing a look with Skye. "The Multiverse being real would be so cool under different circumstances."
"Oh I know", Skye had to agree there.
"There's two of them now", Mack whispered to Coulson, who simply rolled his eyes.
"So, I missed hanging from one world to another", Parker groaned, getting looks from the rest. "What? It sounded like a lot of fun."
"It was fun, and also new", Ethan told her. "It felt like the entire pathway is resisting me, and there are so many things I saw, and then I hang somewhere which looks completely different from here."
"Definitely wish I'd done it", Parker sighed.
"Well, we still have to go through one of these to find our friend", Hardison pointed out.
"So, are all of us going?" Melinda wondered.
"No, we're not", Coulson shook his head, looking at Parker and Hardison apologetically. "We would love to help, but as you know, we have our own things to deal with too, like Hydra."
"That is true", Tripp said with a sigh.
"Its all cool man", Hardison assured Coulson with a wave of his hand. "You helped us this much, now all we got to do is track where Eliot was last, and we'll find the breach."
"I could come with you", Ethan said at that point, making them turn to him.
"You will?" Parker asked, not believing it.
"Yes, Eliot has helped me a few times in the past too", Hunt shrugged. And while he had the mission to get to the Syndicate, there hadn't been much progress on it for a while, so he could take a break to help a friend out.
"Thanks man, much appreciated", Hardison said as he got up. "Guess we should prepare then."
"Yeah, I'd advice caution and preparation", Coulson agreed. "A new world will be new territory, and there's no telling what you might find."
"So, let's get ready then", Parker said.
Earth-1, Star City
"He just beat you all like that?" Felicity asked, not believing it, as Oliver, Thea, Laurel and Diggle were sitting around, grunting, slight marks on them. "Who was he even?"
"I don't know", Oliver grunted. "But he said he knows I was the Hood and Arrow before."
"Is he the new bad guy we've to fight?" Felicity groaned. "First Darhk and now him."
"No, he said he wanted me to fight like I used to", Oliver remembered. "Because my current way is inefficient."
"Its not, Oliver", Felicity tried to tell him. "You ae trying something new, and its great. This new way will give everyone hope as well."
Thea, Laurel and Diggle didn't really put their two cents in the argument, and for the moment, Oliver was convinced. Or at least he thought he was.
"Yeah, I guess so."
Earth-205, Bobby's house
Bobby was sitting at his desk with a pile of books in front of him. Sam sitting in a chair in the opposite corner talking to Dean, who was standing.
Sam was saying. "Well, then tell me what else it could be."
Dean was in denial. "Look, all I know is I was not groped by an Angel."
Sam pointed out. "Okay, look, Dean. Why do you think this Castiel would lie to you about it?"
Dean had another point. "Maybe he's some kind of demon. Demons lie."
Bobby looked up from his books at the boys while Sam asked Dean. "A Demon who's immune to salt rounds and devil's traps... and Ruby's knife? Dean, Lilith is scared of that thing!"
Dean still wasn't believing it. "Don't you think that if Angels were real, that some hunter somewhere would have seen one... at some point... ever?"
Sam knew one hunter who had. "Yeah. You just did, Dean."
"I'm trying to come up with a theory here. Okay? Work with me."
Sam tried to reason. "Dean, we have a theory."
Dean told him. "Yeah, one with a little less fairy dust on it, please."
"Okay, look. I'm not saying we know for sure. I'm just saying that I think we –"
"Okay, okay. That's the point. We don't know for sure, so I'm not gonna believe that this thing is a freaking Angel of the Lord because it says so!" Dean snapped.
Bobby got their attention. "You two chuckleheads want to keep arguing religion, or do you want to come take a look at this?"
Sam and Dean walked over to Bobby's desk who was saying. "I got stacks of lore - Biblical, pre-Biblical. Some of it's in damn cuneiform. It all says an Angel can snatch a soul from the pit."
Dean asked. "What else?"
"What else, what?"
"What else could do it?"
"Airlift your ass out of the hot box?" Bobby gave the answer. "As far as I can tell, nothing."
Sam said. "Dean, this is good news."
"How?"
"Because for once, this isn't just another round of demon crap. I mean, maybe you were saved by one of the good guys, you know?"
Dean decided to humor them to make his point. "Okay. Say it's true. Say there are Angels. Then what? There's a God?"
Bobby replied to him. "At this point, Vegas money's on yeah."
"I don't know, guys", Dean sighed.
"Okay, look. I know you're not all choirboy about this stuff, but this is becoming less and less about faith and more and more about proof", Sam pointed out.
"Proof?"
"Yes."
"Proof that there's a God out there that actually gives a crap about me personally? I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it", Dean said.
"Why not?"
"Because why me?" Dean asked. "If there is a God out there, why would he give a crap about me?"
"Dean –"
"I mean, I've saved some people, okay? I figured that made up for the stealing and the ditching chicks. But why do I deserve to get saved? I'm just a regular guy."
Sam assured Dean. "Apparently, you're a regular guy that's important to the man upstairs."
Dean commented. "Well, that creeps me out. I mean, I don't like getting singled out at birthday parties, much less by... God."
"Okay, well, too bad, Dean, because I think He wants you to strap on your party hat", Sam told his brother.
"Fine." Dean seemed to give in. "What do we know about Angels?"
Bobby picked up a pile of fat and weighty looking books and put them in front of Dean. "Start reading."
Dean looked at the pile of books, and turned towards Sam. "You're gonna get me some pie." He grabbed a book from the top of the pile.
As he opened it, he told them. "Also, one more thing, he was trying to tell me something about the wormhole."
"Really?" Sam asked. "I thought it was unimportant."
"Apparently not, I guess", Dean sighed. "But he got a headache when he tried to tell me."
"Angels getting a headache. Now that's new", Bobby quipped.
"I think someone upstairs doesn't want him blabbering about the wormhole", Dean told Sam and Bobby. "So, there's more to this whole thing than meets the eye. If he's an Angel, well, who is stopping him?"
Later
The Impala pulled up to a stop near a café. Sam was driving while on the phone. "Yes, Dean, I'll get the chips…. Dude. When have I ever forgotten the pie? Exactly."
Sam got out of the car and saw his Demonic ally Ruby waiting for him. "I got to go. Yeah, all right. Bye." He cut the call and walked over to Ruby. "Ruby."
"So, is it true?" Ruby asked.
"Is what true?" Sam inquired.
"Did an Angel rescue Dean?" Ruby got to the point.
"You heard", Sam noted.
"Who hasn't?" Ruby shrugged.
"We're not 100% sure, but I think so", Sam confessed his thoughts on the matter to Ruby.
"Okay. Bye, Sam." Ruby started walking away.
Sam grabbed her arm and turned her back to face him, not letting her go. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. What's going on?"
Ruby pointed out to him. "Sam, they're Angels. I'm a Demon. They're not gonna care if I'm being helpful. They smite first, and then they ask questions later."
Sam asked her. "What do you know about them?"
Ruby sighed. "Not much. I've never met one, and I don't really want to. All I know is that they scare the holy hell out of me. Watch yourself, Sam."
Sam shook his head. "I'm not scared of Angels. Also, anything you can tell me about the wormhole from months ago?"
"Not really, I don't know a thing", Ruby confessed as she walked away, leaving Sam alone.
Earth-1, Central City
Eddie Slick was running from Joe West, when he saw Steven Lloyd appear in his way. Lloyd was about to take out his gun, only for Slick to grab his hand, the two now struggling.
At that moment, a kick connected with Slick's face, making him hit the parked car nearby as he groaned, and then Patty Spivot was there, aiming a gun at Slick while pinning him down.
Joe appeared at that moment as Lloyd sighed. "He tried to go for my gun." And then he looked at Patty. "She saved me."
Patty looked at Joe. "So, can I be on your Task Force?"
"What are you doing here, Lloyd?" Joe asked, ignoring Patty for now.
"Got a report of some strange dude around the area, dressed like Robin Hood, roaming around the place", Lloyd shrugged. "But by the time I arrived, he was gone from here."
"Huh? Weird people all around", Joe had to say.
"Come on", Patty shoved Slick to the front as she cuffed him. "You have the right to remain silent, you have the right to an attorney…"
They started leading Slick away.
Halloween theme song plays
A short distance away, a black Toyota Camry stood. Inside it, Michael Myers watched the three officers walk away with their captive.
Star City
Eliot Spencer stood in front of a public TV as he saw a woman whose face was very familiar to him, begging and crying publicly.
"This is weird", Eliot muttered to himself, seeing how she looked exactly like Tara Cole, who'd taken Sophie Devereaux's place in their team temporarily at Sophie's request.
The woman here was called Jessica Danforth, and with tears in her eyes she begged. "To the man who took my daughter, please, I am begging you, please, let my baby go. She's all I have. She's my whole world."
She began crying and walked off while reporters clamored around her. Eliot knew what he had to do.
Central City
Eddie Slick had just been let go by Joe West, Patty Spivot and Steven Lloyd as none of them had probable cause to hold him right now, though Joe had warned him to not be seen around again.
Slick was walking down the stairs, when he thought he saw something strange to his side. He turned around a saw the man who'd just passed him seemed to resemble him from behind, and he was striding up the way that Slick had come down from.
At that moment, Slick sensed something, and turned back around, only for Michael Myers to swing a scythe, chopping Eddie's body into two from the waist.
Blood splattered on Michael's white mask while the top half of Slick's body crashed to the ground, the bottom half collapsing within seconds as well, blood seeping out of both the severed halves.
Joe turned around to see Slick walking back up and reminded him. "Didn't I just tell you I didn't want to see your ugly mug around here again?"
"Well, you're gonna have to, Detective West", Slick raised a fist which turned into sand. "So I can get to the Flash."
The fist of sand shot forwards, striking Joe on the face as he was knocked out.
"Hey!" Patty snarled, taking out her gun as she fired at Slick, and Lloyd did as well, but Slick was unaffected due to his body's physiology.
Smirking, he walked towards Patty. "I like you. You'll do the trick..." he grasped her hands, preventing her from making another move, "just fine."
"Let her go!" Lloyd snarled as he fired again, managing to get Slick on the head, but he was still unaffected.
"You on the other hand….." Slick turned to Lloyd and tried to punch him with a fist of sand, only for Lloyd to jump to the ground and roll away, barely avoiding it.
He stood up, aiming his gun again, only to see Slick and Patty were gone, leaving only him and the knocked-out Joe in the area.
Lloyd made to walk towards Joe to wake him up when he thought he sensed something. Looking up again, he saw a figure in the shadows.
The Shape Hunts Allison plays
"Show yourself right now!" Lloyd demanded, aiming his gun at the figure. It walked out of the shadows, seeming to appear from the darkness.
It was a tall man in a white mask wearing a black jumpsuit, a scythe in his hand.
Seeing who it was, Lloyd's eyes widened in horror as his hands started shaking. He had never met this man in person, but he knew enough about his family history.
"M-Michael?" Lloyd asked in a shaking voice as Michael Myers slowly marched towards him, holding the scythe up.
"Michael, don't move!" Lloyd cried out, but Michael continued walking. Snarling, Lloyd fired at Michael, but while the shots hit, Michael did not seem affected by them.
So terrified was Lloyd that even after his gun was emptied, he continued to fire at the marching Michael, paying no heed to the repeated clicks of his now empty gun.
Soon enough, Michael stood in front of Lloyd, towering above his grand-nephew, his last living relative whom he needed to kill once and for all.
Michael snatched the gun from Lloyd, crushing it within his palm, as Lloyd stared in shock, while Michael tilted his head, and raised the scythe to kill Steven.
And then he swung-
Only for a clang to ring out.
Lloyd looked up in shock as he saw a tall man with long, rugged hair and a beard having appeared. He had blocked Michael's scythe with his sword. He also had a bow and arrows, with his clothes looking medieval, a cloak flowing behind him.
"Huh?" Lloyd let out, Michael now looking up to see the man, who towered over him.
Michael grunted, trying to overpower the man, but to his shock, he couldn't. The man pushed Michael back, and then kicked his chest, sending him falling to the ground as he rolled away.
The man marched towards Michael and raising his sword, tried to bring it down on Michael, but he rolled away to avoid and stood back up, swinging his scythe which the man blocked with his sword.
At that moment, Joe awoke with a groan, Lloyd finally snapping out of his daze as he rushed towards Joe, helping him up.
"What happened?" Joe asked, only for Lloyd to gesture to the front, and Joe's eyes widened in horror on what he saw.
"Is that…" he pointed at the man in the mask.
"Yes he is, Joe", Lloyd confirmed with a nod, as the man in the medieval clothes dodged a swing from Michael's scythe, then spinning, sliced Michael's abdomen, sending him down to the ground, groaning.
Joe had messaged Barry during that time.
As Michael got back up to fight the man, a red blur sped in and punched Michael right in the abdomen, sending him flying back and falling down, while Barry Allen now stood over him.
"Its over", Barry said as he knelt near Michael, who was seemingly knocked out.
Suddenly, Michael swung his scythe, slicing Barry's side, making him gasp, while Michael punched his face, knocking him away.
"Flash!" Joe cried out, running towards Barry, who was groaning on the ground, Lloyd running alongside him as both helped Barry up, but when they looked ahead, they saw both Michael and the man were gone.
"Who was that?" Barry asked with a groan, as not many could withstand a speed punch from him on the face.
"That was Michael Myers", Lloyd said grimly. "There's nothing left inside him. No reason, no conscience, no understanding in even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. What lives behind his eyes is purely and simply…evil."
The way Lloyd had spoken, it sent chills down the spines of both Barry and Joe.
"So, Michael Myers, Slick's meta-human lookalike, and Robin Hood", Joe groaned. "We have a lot on our plate."
Later, S.T.A.R. Labs
Barry and the rest of Team Flash stood, as Joe sat down in front of them, Iris speaking for all. "Michael Myers is here?"
"Wasn't he supposed to be dead?" Caitlin wondered.
"I saw him with my own eyes", Joe said with a gulp. "Officer Lloyd is giving his statement to the other cops right now. I'll have to talk to him more once this is done."
"So, Michael is back", Cisco whispered in dread. "Let's hope anymore do not return."
"More? Like who?" Iris wondered.
"You are a journalist, I figured you'd know this stuff", Cisco shrugged. "I mean, ever heard about the incident in the Bates Motel in the 60s?"
Blank looks from all, except Barry and Joe, the former saying. "Yeah, I have."
"The cannibal family up there in Texas?" Cisco reminded.
"Oh yeah, no one has heard from 'em in years though", Joe had to say.
"And I hope it stays that way", Cisco sighed.
"What of this man dressed in medieval clothes who fought Michael Myers?" Stein inquired at that point.
"No idea, did hear reports of him though", Joe commented. "Really no idea what to make of him."
"And Patty was taken by Sand Demon", Barry sighed, noting how many problems were piling up for them. In that moment, he made a decision, and walked off towards the Pipeline.
"Where are you going?" Joe asked.
"To do something I hope I don't regret", Barry replied.
Star City
Eliot was in an alley now, as he looked around, and saw a man with a broken arm in a cast standing near a fire.
He immediately walked up to the man. "Hey!"
The man looked up at him. "The man who took Jessica Danforth's daughter, who is he? And where is he?"
When the man didn't reply, Eliot raised a fist, and he broke immediately. "He is an enforcer! He has worked with many gangs recently! Lonnie Machin! That's his name!"
"And where can I find him right now?" Eliot inquired.
"Its somewhere near Heavy Heavy Club, 4th and Pierce!"
Lowering his fist, Eliot turned around and walked off. "Thank you."
The man was panting heavily in fear.
At the club, Madison Danforth was restrained, as Lonnie Machin returned. "Sorry to leave you hanging. I had a meeting. It didn't go well. Turns out, I can't sit at the cool kids' table."
As Madison cried, Machin walked towards the cupboard. "When trillions and trillions of molecules exploded from a pin head, were there rules dictating how to establish a universe? No!" He opened the cupboard, revealing many torture tools, horrifying Madison who gasped as he took out one. "They found their way through the chaos."
"Please!" Madison begged. "You can still let me go!"
Machin walked towards her, seeming to be reached through by Madison. "Only if you promise not to tell anybody about me."
Madison nodded in fear, tears in her eyes. "Please!"
With that, Machin undid one restraint of Madison, and lifted up his pinky. "Pinky swear?"
Still scared, Madison lifted hers too, doing the pinky swear with him.
And then, Machin smirked cruelly. "I changed my mind." He pressed Madison's pinky hard, breaking it as she screamed in pain.
"Oh, God! Oh, the things I'm about to do to you..." He said as she continued screaming.
At that moment, the glass above shattered as Oliver, Thea, Laurel and Diggle jumped down, all suited up, with Oliver and Thea aiming their arrows at Machin.
"Something wrong with the front door?" Machin asked.
"Get away from the girl!" Oliver demanded.
"Could you come back in an hour? We were just getting started", Machin joked before pushing Madison away from him as he ran off.
Oliver and Dig fired but he managed to avoid before picking up a flamethrower, activating it as the four had to stand back to avoid the flames.
With that, he ran off, leaving only the four and the restrained Madison there.
Dig walked towards her alongside Laurel. "Let's get her down."
"Felicity", Oliver called out.
"So now a mad man dujour knows you're working with a Felicity. This is why I need a code name."
"We have Madison, but he split", Oliver told her.
"There's no movement outside the club. He must still be in there with you."
"She needs medical attention", Dig said, carrying Madison in his arms.
"Get her to safety", Oliver told Dig and Laurel before assuring. "We've got this."
They nodded, walking out with Madison as Oliver turned to Thea. "Hey." She looked at him. "Can you handle this?"
She shrugged. "I'm good."
Bows drawn, the two archers entered the next room, looking around carefully, trying to find Machin's hiding spot.
Suddenly, Machin popped up from behind Thea and hit her back with an electric baton, sending an electric shock through her as she gasped, falling down.
"Speedy!" Oliver cried out in horror.
Oliver fired an arrow at Machin that he deflected with the baton, then charged Oliver, clashing with him as Oliver backed and blocked the baton with his bow.
Oliver was actually struggling to hold him back, to his own shock, as the words of the masked man came back to him.
Machin switched to his kamas, Oliver trying to block those as he hurled a fletchette that Machin deflected, and then Machin struck him with the kamas a few times, sending him down, before hitting him with the electric baton, making him grunt.
As Machin raised the baton to strike again, he was kicked away by someone, and he rolled on the ground.
Oliver looked up to see the masked man from before holding out a hand to him.
Grunting, Oliver took his hand, letting the man help him up, who asked him. "See what I mean?"
"I think I might be", Oliver had to agree now.
Machin charged with a roar, trying to strike with his electric baton, but the masked man dodged by side-stepping, then grabbing Machin's hand, brought it down on his knee, making him let go of the baton, before flipping him to the ground.
Machin backed off as the man marched towards him, before getting up, trying to spin kick the man, only for him to grab Machin's foot and elbow his knee, and he gasped in pain.
"You're just a kid", the man shrugged, pushing Machin back. "You know what they do to kids who misbehave?"
Then, as Machin charged to attack again, the masked man slapped his face, turning it the other way. "That!"
And then, he punched Machin in the gut, winding him as he went down on his knees, before the man punched him out.
That moment, he sensed something behind him and turned to see Thea, who kicked his chest, sending him back, while giving out a feral growl.
Roaring, she charged him again, leaping and trying to spin kick, but the man grabbed her and hurled her the other way, sending her rolling to the floor.
Getting up, she charged again, only for Oliver to grab her. "Speedy, don't!"
With another roar, she let herself free, and punched Oliver, before grabbing him by the throat. As Oliver tried to free himself, the man grabbed her from behind, managing to pull her off.
In that moment, she seemed to come to her senses, the feral look in her eyes being replaced by one of confusion, as if she didn't realize what was going on.
Then that was replaced by a look of horror, as what she had just tried to do registered within her mind.
The man let her go while she fell down on her knees. "Oh no!"
"Speedy…" Oliver tried to comfort her, when the masked man felt another presence nearby.
"Get down!" He cried out, and they did, as an arrow flew in, embedding into a table nearby, and down jumped a man in a hood, carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows. Keeping the bow aside, he brandished a sword with a flourish, pointing it at Oliver.
"Oliver Queen, you shall pay for what you did to my family", he snarled, and Oliver could tell from the accent he was Japanese.
The Japanese man charged, swinging his sword as Oliver blocked with his bow, then spun and tried to strike with it, the man blocking his bow now before kicking his side, sending him staggering away.
As Thea tried to nock an arrow, the man leapt in the air and spun, kicking her on the face and knocking her down.
Oliver fired an arrow at the man, only for him to cut it into two with his sword, as Oliver got back up while the man charged him and brought the sword down on him, but Oliver blocked with the bow and managed to push the man back.
And then, the masked man grabbed the Japanese man's wrist before punching him on the face, sending him back. After that, the masked man rushed at him and grabbing him by the waist, lifted hm up before rushing forth faster, and slammed him onto a table, shattering it while the man groaned.
Before the masked man could slam his foot down on the guy, he twirled his feet and kicked him back, before flipping and standing up, as Oliver smacked his face with his bow, staggering him back, before spinning and striking at his feet, making him fall down.
The masked man got back up as Oliver nocked an arrow at the Japanese man. "Who are you?"
"My name is Takeo Yamashiro!" The man revealed his name, Oliver's eyes widening in horror as he realized why this man hated him so much.
"Because of you, my family has been ruined. Akio and Maseo are dead!"
And with that, Takeo kicked Oliver hard, sending him flying back before flipping back up. He swung at the masked man, who dodged his swing, then spinning, elbowed his face, dazing him as he staggered back, while the masked man turned and decked his face again, before grasping his shoulders and kneeing his gut, as he was winded.
The masked man then leapt and kicked Takeo on the face, sending him flying off by a few feet.
As he marched towards Takeo, he got up with a groan, and threw a flashbang grenade to the ground, blinding him temporarily.
When the flash was gone, Takeo had disappeared.
"Damn it!" He muttered, as he turned around to see Oliver getting up alongside Thea.
"Thank you", Oliver said to him gratefully.
"Its fine", the man shrugged as he made to walk off.
"Who are you?" Oliver inquired.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Trust me, I've seen a lot of weird", Oliver told him.
"Not this weird."
"Right", Oliver sighed.
"You could have ripped that kid apart even if you were holding back", the man said, gesturing to the unconscious Machin.
"You're right", Oliver had to agree. "Guess you had a point after all."
"I did", he nodded, before walking off and jumping out a window, while Oliver and Thea shared a look.
Central City
Sand Demon was circling around Patty, whom he'd tied up on a chair with a concussive bomb underneath.
"Let the maiden go!"
He turned around to see the man in the medieval clothes aiming an arrow at him, and chuckled. "Couldn't do that even if I wanted to."
"Did you just call me a maiden?" Patty asked at the same time.
The man let the arrow lose, and, to his shock, while it embedded into Eddie's shoulder, it didn't affect him much.
As he watched, Sand Demon pulled the arrow out of his shoulder, the man watching the sand fall from the spot where the arrow had been.
That was how he had managed to track Sand Demon in this strange world, where he did not understand much, if anything at all. While making away with Patty, Sand Demon had dropped little traces of sand on the way, after every few miles.
The man had seen all of that, before trying to save Lloyd from the immediate threat of Michael Myers. But since Michael Myers had escaped, he had gone after the Sand Demon now.
"Bullets don't do jack squat to me, you thought an arrow would?" Sand Demon mocked as he threw the arrow down, then forming a sandy fist, hurled it out to the punch the man.
The man threw himself down, managing to avoid the punch, and taking out his sword, sliced at the sandy fist, though nothing happened, as Sand Demon retracted the fist.
He walked forwards, the man getting up. Sand Demon tried to strike him, but the man punched him first. And, to Sand Demon's shock, the punch was strong enough to send him flying. He fell on the ground, feeling actual pain as he held his face.
The man's weapons were no danger to him, but the man himself was. Before he could get up, the man grasped him from behind by his collar, picking him up, and turning him around, punched him thrice, dazing him while he fell back, groaning in pain.
That was when a 'whoosh' sound was heard, and the man turned around to see another man standing there, in a red 'armor' (that's what it looked like to him), with a lightning symbol in the middle, and a helmet on his head.
"Flash?" Sand Demon said in shock.
"Surprised?" The helmeted man asked with a smirk.
Then, the 'whoosh' was heard again, and Barry appeared in front of Patty, causing her hair to flutter due to his speed.
Running behind her, Barry quickly undid her restraints and got her off the chair, causing the concussive bomb to go off.
But Barry had already gotten Patty a little away from the chair, so the explosion simply knocked them both away by a few feet, and did the same to the medieval man and the helmeted man, while Sand Demon simply stood with his arms raised to either side, sand coming off of him.
Barry got up first and checked the unconscious Patty's pulse, before speaking into the comms. "Patty's alive."
"What is all this?" Sand Demon growled as he looked around. "First King Arthur appears to stop me, now there are two Flashes, huh?"
The helmeted man gave Barry a nod, who knew what he had to do. He started running in circles around Sand Demon, the man in the medieval clothes watching in shock.
Here there were Men who could turn into sand, or run so fast they looked like lightning. He had never seen a Man do that.
After running a few rounds, Barry seemed to slow down, and with a roar, hurled a bolt of lightning at Sand Demon.
As it struck him, Sand Demon turned into glass, and was sent flying back before crashing on the ground, the impact smashing him into pieces, killing him.
The helmeted man looked impressed. "Nice shot, kid."
"Thanks", Barry nodded.
"You defeated this Man made of sand", the medieval man noted, impressed, as he looked at Barry. "You seem to be a noble warrior."
"Huh? So you talk like Arthur and Robin Hood too", Barry commented. "Who are you?"
"I am one of the Dúnedain", the Man simply shrugged.
"Is that the best answer I'm gonna get?" Barry asked, but they were interrupted by someone.
"Flash?"
They turned to see Patty had woken up.
"Coming", Barry and the helmeted man said together, running towards her at normal speed, passing a brick pillar in their middle. Reaching Patty, they knelt near her, inquiring about her well-being and trying to see if there were any injuries on her.
The Man who'd said he was 'One of the Dúnedain' walked behind them, kneeling near Patty too, as he examined her face and hands. "There are no injuries on you, my lady. But I suggest you should be resting for sometime."
"Who are you?" Patty inquired in confusion.
"Not gonna get a straight answer there", Barry told her with a sigh, before looking at the Man. "But, I guess you're a doctor as well?"
"I know not what that means", the Man confessed, only making Barry and the helmeted man share another look.
The helmeted man gestured to the side, so he and Barry walked there, with Barry asking with folded arms. "So, Jay, what do you think his deal is?"
"I think the Singularity opened a portal between more than just your world and mine", Jay Garrick said what he was thinking.
"Meaning…" Barry trailed off.
"There might be a world that is still in the medieval stage", Jay explained, before gesturing to 'One of the Dúnedain'. "And someone from there has fallen onto here."
"Oh boy!" Barry groaned in realization, before turning to the Man. "I'm sorry, you're here because of me."
"I do not understand", the Man said.
"I'll explain everything in a bit", Barry assured him. "But you'll have to come with us."
Seeing he had nothing to really lose, considering how strange this place was, the Man nodded. "I will come with you, Man of Lightning."
"And, should I call you something or is it gonna be 'one of the Dúnedain'?"
"You can call me Strider", the Man finally gave a name.
A while later, Strider was now in a building called S.T.A.R. Labs. Barry had grasped him, and ran here. Strider had never experienced anything like this before. The rush, the wind against his face, not even riding on a horse came close to this.
And then there was how this building was from the inside, and even outside. It was so different from anything he had seen in Middle-earth. He saw some tubes with strange liquids inside. "What are those?"
"Those are chemicals."
"And what are 'chemicals'?"
"Do you know the term 'potions'?" Barry inquired.
"That I do know", Strider confirmed, as he took a seat.
"Well, they are kind of like that. The way a blacksmith mixes different metals to forge a sword, these chemicals can be mixed to create many kinds of things", Barry explained.
Strider nodded, processing the explanation. "I believe I understand now."
He looked at Cisco's computers on the table. "And what are these?"
"They're called computers."
"What do these computers do?" Strider asked now.
"Think of it like a scribe I guess", Barry shrugged, pointing to the buttons. "You see those? If you press them, you can write on this thing's screen. You don't need any quill or ink here. And that's one of the many things it does. My friend uses it to even find out where danger is taking place in the city, including from people like the man of sand you helped us fight."
Strider absorbed this explanation as well, Barry telling him. "So, I know its gonna be hard to explain this, but well, you're in a different world from your own. You have a sword, and bow and arrows, and based on how you talk and dress, I think its safe to say this world is beyond yours, in terms of how advanced ours is."
"You have these chemicals, computers, and chariots that run faster than those pulled by horses", Strider sighed. "So I would believe that."
"Those 'chariots' are called cars."
"Thank you", Strider said.
"I think it might be my fault you're here", Barry said with a wince. "I made a mess, and it brought you here."
"Are you saying you had something to do with the tear in the sky I saw months ago, and how a blue spell that looked like it pulled me inside, and brought me here?" Strider asked, Barry realizing he was speaking of the Singularity, and had fallen here through a breach.
Well, based on what he said, Jay's story checked out too.
"I made a mistake, a huge one, which caused that to happen", Barry said apologetically. "I'm sorry I brought you here from your world, as you may not understand things."
To Barry's surprise, Strider put a hand on his shoulder. "You made an error, but you should not let it define you. Because the way you defeated the man of sand to save that woman, only a true and noble warrior can do that."
Seeing Strider being forgiving of him did alleviate Barry's guilt a little as he said. "Thanks. We'll try our best to get you back to your world."
"I thank you for that offer. I need to get back there soon", Strider confessed.
"Well, I guess I can trust you", Barry said, before removing his cowl to reveal his face. Strider noted how young he was. He seemed to be as young as he was when Lord Elrond had told him who he really was. Perhaps a little older.
And like him, this Man carried a burden, having these powers, and using them to protect people from evil men like the one made of sand.
"My name is Barry Allen, and I'm also called the Flash", Barry finally gave his name, holding out his hand to Strider.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Barry Allen", Strider told him.
"And I have people who work with me", Barry said, gesturing to the hallway as Cisco, Caitlin, Stein, Jay, Joe and Iris walked in.
"Hi man, I'm Cisco", Cisco held out his hand excitedly, Strider shaking it. "You're tall."
Strider chuckled, Cisco letting go while Caitlin shook his hand. "I'm Dr. Caitlin Snow. From what Barry tells me, you're kind of a doctor yourself."
"What is a 'doctor'?" Strider inquired again.
"I guess the term you'd be familiar with is 'healer'", Caitlin corrected herself.
"I have been taught some ways to heal", Strider confirmed, before Stein shook his hand.
"Martin Stein."
And then Joe shook his hand. "I'm Joe West, Barry's adoptive dad."
Strider smiled. "You have raised a truly noble son."
Joe let go, looking flattered, as Iris shook his hand next. "Iris West, I'm his daughter."
Strider simply nodded, before Jay shook his hand. "I'm Jay Garrick. And like you, I'm from a world that's different from this one as well."
"So, are you lost here as well, Jay Garrick?" Strider inquired.
"You can say that", Jay confirmed.
"Who was the man in the mask who attacked an ally of yours?" Strider then asked, turning to Joe, as the atmosphere plummeted.
"He is a murderer, a very dangerous one", Joe said. "If you hadn't come there, he would have been dead."
He suddenly realized something. "I've to go, talk to him about this." With that, Joe walked off.
"So, Strider", Caitlin turned to him. "I think you might be tired, considering you've been in this world for a while and haven't rested, plus all the confusion."
Strider noted that Caitlin was right. While it took a lot to tire him, falling into this new world, and navigating it, alongside seeing how advanced it was, it had been tiring for him.
"I do need to rest", Strider said.
"Well, we have a bed here, come on", Caitlin said, leading him away.
Earth-205
Sam was asleep on the couch. Dean was asleep on the floor nearby and woke up to find Castiel standing in the kitchen. Dean checked on Sam, saw he was asleep, and walked over to join Castiel, who said. "Excellent job with the witnesses."
"You were hip to all this?" Dean asked.
"I was, uh, made aware."
"Well, thanks a lot for the Angelic assistance", Dean said sarcastically. "You know, I almost got my heart ripped out of my chest."
"But you didn't", Castiel pointed out.
"I thought Angels were supposed to be guardians", Dean said. "Fluffy wings, halos - you know, Michael Landon. Not dicks."
Castiel was dry. "Read the Bible. Angels are warriors of God. I'm a soldier."
"Yeah? Then, why didn't you fight?"
Castiel replied. "I'm not here to perch on your shoulder. We had larger concerns."
"Concerns? There were people getting torn to shreds down here! And, by the way, while all this is going on, where the hell is your boss, huh, if there is a God?"
"There's a God", Castiel insisted, before suddenly grasping his head, as if in pain, which Dean noted, before Castiel came back to normal.
"I'm not convinced. 'Cause if there's a God, what the hell is He waiting for, huh? Genocide? Monsters roaming the earth? The freaking Apocalypse? At what point does He lift a damn finger and help the poor bastards that are stuck down here?"
Castiel started. "The Lord works..."
"If you say "mysterious ways," so help me, I will kick your ass", Dean snarled. "So, Bobby was right... about the witnesses. This is some kind of a... sign of the Apocalypse."
"That's why we're here. Big things afoot."
"Do I want to know what kind of things?"
"I sincerely doubt it, but you need to know", Castiel said. "The rising of the witnesses is one of the 66 seals."
Dean noted. "Okay. I'm guessing that's not a show at Seaworld."
Castiel explained. "Those seals are being broken by Lilith."
Dean realized. "She did the spell. She rose the witnesses."
"Mm-hmm. And not just here. 20 other hunters are dead."
"Of course. She picked victims that the hunters couldn't save so that they would barrel right after us."
"Lilith has a certain sense of humor."
"Well, we put those spirits back to rest."
Castiel revealed. "It doesn't matter. The seal was broken."
"Why break the seal anyway?"
Castiel gave a metaphor. "You think of the seals as locks on a door."
"Okay. Last one opens and..,"
"Lucifer walks free."
"Lucifer?" Dean was shocked. "But I thought Lucifer was just a story they told at demon Sunday school. There's no such thing."
Castiel pointed out. "Three days ago, you thought there was no such thing as me. Why do you think we're here walking among you now for the first time in 2,000 years?"
"To stop Lucifer", Dean realized.
"That's why we've arrived."
"Well... bang-up job so far. Stellar work with the witnesses. That's nice."
Castiel told him. "We tried. And there are other battles, other seals. Some we'll win, some we'll lose. This one we lost. Our numbers are not unlimited. Six of my brothers died in the field this week. You think the armies of Heaven should just follow you around? There's a bigger picture here. You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of Hell. I can throw you back in."
At that point, Dean asked. "Now, care to tell me about the wormhole?"
"The wormhole….." Castiel suddenly trailed off. "It's a…."
Before he could speak, he was vanished, screaming as if he was being dragged away, Dean watching in shock.
Earth-1, Star City
"That man, he beat Machin for us", Oliver was telling the rest. "But Takeo Yamashiro is here, and he blames me for his family getting ruined."
"Is there anyone you've not managed to piss off?" Felicity had to ask in her usual 'dry quippy' style.
Oliver, losing some patience, turned to her. "I feel horrible for what happened to Tatsu, Maseo and Akio. You think you making a comment about that is gonna make a difference?"
Felicity jumped, this being the first time since they'd gotten together that Oliver had yelled at her.
"Oliver, calm down", Dig tried to reassure him, but Oliver ignored him.
"Well, I can definitely see what the other guy was talking about", Oliver commented. "I should have beaten Machin even while holding back. Yet he could hold his own against me."
"What are you saying, Ollie?" Thea inquired.
"I think I've gotten soft, too soft", Oliver told his team. "I need to get that edge back."
"You mean killing people?" Laurel asked.
"No!" Oliver snapped, scaring everyone a little again. "Just…the drive, I need it again."
"You're helping the city, trying something new, isn't that a sign of your drive?" Felicity asked.
"Its different, and you know it", Oliver told Felicity, and that seemed to end this conversation.
"Anyways", Laurel spoke up. "I thought Thea could use some time out of town…"
Eliot Spencer sat in the empty warehouse where he was hiding out ever since coming to this world. At least this time, Oliver had listened to him. All it took was him pointing out he could have ripped apart the kid who was giving him so much trouble.
He could only hope Oliver took the advice to heart, especially since this new enemy was going to be a personal one for him.
Central City
"So, Michael Myers", Joe said, sitting down in front of Steven Lloyd. "Guess we just narrowly survived him, didn't we, officer?"
"I had a feeling he'd come back one day", Lloyd noted, seeming to look far ahead. "But its still a surprise, seeing him in the flesh."
"The way you're talking about him", Joe realized. "You have history with him or what?"
"Well detective, I assume you know about his murder sprees back at Haddonfield in the 70s and 80s, right?" Lloyd inquired.
"Yeah, I know some stuff", Joe confirmed. "Killed his older sister on Halloween night in 1963, then 15 years later broke out of Smith's Grove Sanitarium to return to Haddonfield, and killed some more people. A hospital explosion put him into a coma but he woke up 10 years later, killed more people, then disappeared for a year and came back to kill some more again."
"You have a decent idea", Lloyd noted. "Well, let me tell you the remaining details- when he broke out in 1978, the woman he was really fixated on killing, Laurie Strode, she was his younger sister, after Michael was sent to Smith's Grove, his parents died in an accident, so Laurie was adopted by the Strode family."
"Damn!" Joe's eyes were wide with this new piece of info. "That I didn't know."
"Its something only the locals of Haddonfield are aware of", Lloyd shrugged. "After Michael went into a coma, Laurie married and had a daughter, but she and her husband died in a car crash too. When Michael woke up again, he tried to come after their daughter, Jamie Lloyd. One year later, he was arrested, but someone broke him out, and took Jamie as well."
As Joe listened, Lloyd continued. "It was a Cult, who apparently were controlling the evil within Michael. One of them….well, they impregnated Jamie when she was a teenager."
Joe looked like he wanted to track down the one from the cult who'd impregnated Jamie to shoot him in the head. Lloyd wanted to do the same, and much worse.
"Jamie tried to escape with her kid, and he was saved, but Michael killed her."
As Joe watched, Lloyd stopped for a bit, taking some deep breaths, seeming to be in distress, even grief.
After a few minutes, he seemed good to speak again.
"Meanwhile, the brother of Laurie's adoptive dad had moved into the Myers house with his family, but they became the next target, and the Cult tried to pass Michael's evil onto the kid in the family", Lloyd continued. "But his mom, who survived, alongside Dr. Samuel Loomis, Michael's psychiatrist who was obsessed with stopping him, and this Tommy Doyle who'd been babysat by Laurie when Michael first attacked her and was obsessed with him since then, they all saved the day. Michael wasn't seen then, up until now."
Seeing Joe's look, Lloyd commented. "You must be wondering how I know all this. Well, after all was said and done, Tommy and Kara, the mom in the Strode family, they got together, and raised their kid, as well as Jamie's son, together. And I am Jamie's son."
Joe's jaw dropped, as he pointed a shaking finger at Lloyd. "You…..you…"
Lloyd nodded. "Yeah."
"You survived him as a baby", Joe noted, impressed. "Now he is after you again."
"And I'm hoping we end it this time", Lloyd snarled.
"Look, you're gonna stay at home for a bit, and I'm gonna put a protection squad there", Joe said.
Lloyd started. "Detective, its appreciated but-"
"No buts", Joe shook his head as he stood up, walking off. "I'm gonna talk with Captain Singh about this too. Whether you're related to him or not, Michael is dangerous. We need to stop him."
"He'll slaughter them all to get to me!" Lloyd snapped.
"No, we're gonna stop him", Joe shook his head, and Lloyd sighed, realizing he couldn't argue here. All he could do was stop Michael when they came face to face again.
Michael Myers sat in his Toyota Camry, not moving even a little bit. His attempt on Lloyd had been thwarted, but he was the Boogeyman for a reason. He was going to find Steven, and kill him.
And Lloyd won't be the only one he'd kill.
Universe-92, the Realm of the Powers That Be
In a cloud-like Dimension sat the Powers That Be, who watched over this world. All of them were dressed in white.
Their leader was named Balial, but he was blind, for one of the Powers had gone rogue a long time ago, and in the attempts to banish her, Balial had lost his eyesight forever.
There were others, like Behmen, Nigue, Josetta Whedonasta, Talzin and Vasoros, and all were gathered together.
"The human puppets of the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart tried to torture our Prophet by intercepting my way of communication with her", Vasoros said. He was the one who gave Cordelia the visions, and before her, it was Doyle. "Fortunately, our Champion thwarted their attempt again."
"This war between them is escalating, but even the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart know how important the Champion will be in the Apocalypse", Balial pointed out. "So we have no reason to interfere."
"And the breaches through worlds?" Josetta asked.
"Now that is a concern", Balial said.
"We can't even close them", Behmen noted. "Our plans can be ruined."
"Yes, we have to do something!" Nigue agreed.
"Let us wait for what happens first", Balial said. "If something requires our attention, we shall interfere."
And another one ends. The Star Wars and Smallville worlds didn't appear in this one, but they will be in the next one.
So Flash 2x2 and Arrow 4x2 have happened, and Oliver realized Eliot has a point. Plus while Thea doesn't burn Machin, her attacking Eliot when he helped them, and then trying to attack Oliver when he tried to stop her showed her that she does have a problem.
Takeo Yamashiro is here for revenge against Oliver, as he blames him for his family being ruined. He will be around for a little while.
Now the biggie- Michael Myers! So for Halloween, its obvious that for this series, on this Earth, the 4-6/Thorn timeline is the canonical one. Its not my favorite timeline, but all the timelines became messes eventually.
I found Halloween 4 decent, but 5 and 6 (either Cut IMO) sucked. H20 was good, but let's not speak of what came next.
Halloween 2018 is great IMO, the 2nd best in the franchise only behind the original 1978 classic, but its two follow-ups sucked as well.
This takes place years after 'The Curse of Michael Myers', as you can see, and Steven Lloyd is the grown up son of Jamie Lloyd.
The scene of Michael having that dream, and waking up, and how Lloyd was raised, are inspired from a fic titled 'Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael: Slashdown' by Raptorcloak, thank you to them for permitting me to use all this. I highly recommend that fic too if you're a slasher fan.
Slasher fans would also know what the 'Bates Motel incident' and 'the cannibal family in Texas' are.
For how Michael caught Barry by surprise, Season 1-2 Barry could be pretty incompetent around one-episode foes, so there's that.
Plus Michael also appearing gives Barry additional motivation to let 'Jay' out. And Michael's appearance is not random. It is a small part of building up to something big in this series.
For horror characters being on Earth-1, the idea was inspired by PotCFan101's 'Dark Legends' series, so thanks a lot to him for the inspiration and permission, and thanks a lot to gussygus28 as well who helped me with this idea.
Aragorn is on Earth-1 now, and as you can see, he is taking it the best he can. For why 'Jay' didn't do anything about it, well, even with Aragorn's superhuman attributes that he saw, he won't rate a medieval Man a threat to his plans, so he is leaving this for now.
For how Aragorn could hurt Sand Demon, well, he is superhuman, and is descended from a great race, so he'd have the ability to do so, but his weapons won't.
Meanwhile, it seems Parker, Hardison and Hunt are gonna come to Earth-1 as well to look for Eliot.
Takeo Yamashiro is played by Rick Rune, thank you to Bl4ckHunter for the casting help.
The individual Powers That Be are all original characters created by me in the 'Heroes' series, and expect them to be hypocritical, jealous, manipulative and scummy people here too, but also lolcows when they finally start getting theirs.
So, Angel 3x2 has happened on Earth-92, as the dialogues of the PTB prove.
On Earth-205, someone is still trying to stop Castiel from babbling about the Singularity.
While this chapter did get a bit Earth-1 heavy, next chapter shall try to focus on some of the other worlds a bit too.
Its Earth-1 heavy to some extent as quite a few characters fell there, and I'm trying to fix Arrow Season 4 too.
Anyways, hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.