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Chapter 5- More crossings
Earth-199999
A group of people were running through the woods at very high speed. What stood out about this group though, was that all of them had two elongated canines.
They were Vampires!
After a while of running, they stopped, hiding behind trees. If Vampires could sweat and pant, they would.
"Do you think we lost him?" One of them asked lowly.
The other one moved his head out from behind the cover, and looked out into the dark as far as his enhanced eyesight could see, and there was nothing.
"I think we did."
They started to laugh, relieved, until the guy moved back behind the tree, leaning against it, when he felt unbelievable pain in his chest. He and his friends looked down, and saw a silver stake, and a figure in the distance, but it didn't matter as the Vamp turned to dust.
The others, who numbered three in total, split up, as the figure took out something from behind his leather trench coat, and threw it.
One of the friends, who was a female Vampire, looked back before facing forward again, only for a spinning shuriken to come in from the side and slice her head off, the shuriken continuing to spin before a black blur caught it.
One of the remaining Vamps stopped short of nearly running off a cliff, then turned around to see the dreaded just a few feet away from him.
He was a tall, dark-skinned man wearing shades and black trenchcoat with armor underneath it. He had a small moustache.
"Blade!" The Vamp yelled as he tried to punch, but Blade blocked and whacked him on the face, before flipping him to the ground while he got on the Vamp's other side, taking out his gun as well.
At that moment, the remaining Vamp appeared, holding up a Desert Eagle. Blade shot the one he'd thrown to the ground, turning him into dust, then aimed at the last Vamp, firing a shot while the Vamp fired one at the same time, the projectiles passing against each other.
Blade's bullet hit the heart of the Vamp, turning him into dust. The bullet from the Vamp's gun hit the armor, but, to Blade's shock, rather than uselessly impacting against it, the bullet drilled into him, forcing him back as he gritted his teeth.
"Judas bullet!" He grunted just as the bullet exploded, sending him flying off as he started falling down the length of the cliff.
Only, a blue portal appeared in the way, and Blade fell into that instead, grunting as he saw various images during his fall.
First, he saw what looked like a kid with spiky black hair wearing a blue gi, carrying a stick, and having a…..tail? And flying on a cloud?
Then next up, he saw a boy with messy hair, wearing glasses, and carrying some kind of wand, a lightning-bolt shaped scar on his forehead.
After that, he saw three pretty women, who had some similar facial features, reading from a book, and they seemed to be chanting.
Next, he saw a man wearing a hat of some kind, his body glowing with lightning.
And then, Blade saw a figure wearing a mask that looked like a screaming ghost, with black robes around, holding up a hunting knife with blood on it.
After that, he saw a tall man in black with spiky, blonde hair, carrying a big sword on his back while crouching over a train.
Then, he saw a young boy in orange with blonde hair wearing a headband with a symbol on it, and having whiskers on his face.
Next, he saw two men battling with swords, and the swords were glowing with lightning.
Then, he saw a majestic looking lion with a mane, letting out a roar.
And finally, Blade saw what looked like a tiny green man with pointy ears.
It was at that moment that Blade finally fell on the ground, face first, his face going into sand, making him grunt as he spit it out, before groaning, feeling weakened due to the Judas bullet that had hit him.
He felt a metallic hand touching his shoulder. "Are you all right? Who are you?"
Whoever it was, the person turned Blade around, and with his drowsy eyesight, Blade saw a figure wearing a bluish armor, with a helmet to top it off, and there was a symbol on the helmet as well.
As Blade's eyes started drooping shut, another figure walked up next to the one kneeling over Blade, and when the figure spoke, it was clear that it was a woman.
"He just fell from the hole in the sky, didn't he?" She asked.
She too wore a similar kind of armor with a helmet, and it was all blue, grey and white.
And at that moment, Blade lost consciousness.
"Let us take him to our base", the male one said to his female companion, and she nodded as he picked Blade up.
Earth-21, Metropolis
Clark was flying in the sky while speaking to Chloe and Tess on the comms, telling them. "Like I said, I just don't feel comfortable coming around with Lex's tracker on me."
"And like we said, Lex knows we all work together, so you being or not being here isn't really gonna change anything", Chloe pointed out to him in reminder. "Though me and Tess did find some interesting stuff while trying to hack into his computer."
"Like?" Clark inquired.
"Remember the wormhole?" Tess asked.
"Yeah", Clark nodded.
"According to Lex, its some kind of portal into a different world. Since we have experience with other worlds, I think he is onto something here."
"Trying to do something in other worlds?" Clark wondered as he stopped flying, now hovering a few feet above the tallest building in the city.
"There is a warehouse where he is conducting some kind of experiment regarding the wormhole", Chloe told him. "At least that's what the files we have here say."
"You might wanna be careful though, Clark", Tess pointed out to him. "Lex has his tracker on you."
"Knowing Lex, whatever he is doing, it is nothing good", Clark told her and Chloe. "Tracker or not, I think I'll have to check."
"Well, I'm not gonna let you go in there alone", Chloe said in a tone that left no room for arguments.
"So, Oliver is coming?"
"No, I called someone else."
Later, warehouse
Clark flew into the warehouse after blowing open a window, and as he landed, a blur sped in there before stopping, revealing himself to be a very human figure with blonde hair, wearing a red sweatshirt with a white lightning bolt over the chest and torso over a black long-sleeved shirt along with black running pants, red, black and white high-tech running sneakers and a red cuff around each wrist as well as a pair of red sports goggles with yellow lenses which also had an elastic band.
"Hey amigo", Bart Allen greeted Clark, who smiled as they hugged.
"Nice to see you too", Clark told him. "Really like the new look."
"When you upgraded, figured I could too", Bart shrugged as they looked around the warehouse. "Don't really see much here. Not sure what the fuss was about. And if you're worried, I took care of the cameras before you even came in."
"Baaaaart!"
Hearing the strange voice, Bart looked around, very much freaked out, but saw nothing except tables with files on them.
"What's the matter?" Clark asked his friend.
"Nothing", Bart shook his head, though it was clear Clark was not convinced. "Let's check those files, eh?"
"Agreed, we might find something", Clark nodded, as the two sped towards the files, speed-reading through all of them, and not finding anything that was actually useful.
"Okay, I think these files don't have anymore than what Chloe and Tess told me", Clark said with a sigh, before his hearing picked up a low hum. "There is something here."
"What?" Bart inquired, as Clark sped to the direction of the sound, Bart running after him. As they stopped, they saw a metallic machine made in the shape of a sphere, and Clark could tell that the hum was coming from this thing.
"Now that's new", Bart commented.
"This must be something Lex made to control the power of the wormhole", Clark noted, as he moved his hand forth, touching the empty space in the middle of the sphere.
Suddenly, blue energy appeared, and there was a shockwave, before a huge blue portal opened, seeming to suck everything in bit by bit, including the ground and the warehouse.
Clark tried to fly off, but the portal was still pulling him in, as well as Bart.
"Run Bart, run!" Clark said to him, Bart trying to run off, but as he tried to increase his speed, the voice was heard once more.
"Baaaart!"
Hearing that, Bart stopped running on purpose, as Clark was sucked into the portal, and Bart was sucked in after him, still glowing with the Speed Force lightning which seemed to mix with the portal's energy.
And next moment, there was another shockwave which was a mix of the portal's energy and Speed Force energy, that caused the entire warehouse to crumble.
Earth-199999
Blue energy as well as Speed Force energy appeared in the sky all of a sudden, and then there was a shockwave as Clark and Bart fell out of the portal which closed.
The shockwave struck a plane flying over the Atlantic, and it went off course, slowly starting to spiral downwards.
Avengers Tower
Tony was tinkering with a new suit when he heard a beeping sound, and JARVIS said. "Flight crashing over the Atlantic Ocean, sir."
"Time to suit up", Tony quipped as the Mark XLIII suit flew onto him, attaching itself to his body, and then, he flew off into the sky at Mach speeds.
Clark steadied himself, and looked down to see Bart falling. Flying downwards, Clark grabbed Bart, then looked up at the crashing plane.
"Can you hold on to me, Bart?" Clark inquired.
"Yeah, I can do my best, amigo", Bart commented, as Clark shifted the speedster behind, and Bart then held onto Clark's neck, while Clark flew up towards the plane now.
"And now I get to see you save a plane, eh?" Bart quipped, Clark chuckling as he got close to the plane, and using both his hands, grasped it, slowly steadying it, stopping the shaking first.
"Not the first time I've done this", Clark told his friend. "Just need to find a place to land this thing now."
Tony had just arrived, and he saw Clark flying with the plane, Bart holding onto him.
"Now who is that guy?" Tony commented.
"No facial recognition for either of them, sir."
"Huh?" Tony wondered, while he saw JARVIS scanning the bodies of Clark and Bart.
"There are strange energies within both of them, sir. The man in the cape seems to have a high concentration of sunlight within him, and his physiology is not human. The other one, I cannot tell what form of energy it is."
"Anything else, J?" Tony asked.
"I pick up something strange in their bodies, sir."
Tony flew after Clark who was holding the plane, and soon enough, they reached Coney Island, where Clark gently set the plane down.
He then walked away, Bart finally letting go of him, while the people ran out of the plane, seeing who their savior was.
There was relief on their faces, as well as surprise, considering no one had ever seen these two before.
"He saved you, peeps", Bart gestured to Clark. "You can thank him."
"Well, I certainly hope this little incident hasn't put you off flying", Clark started saying. "Statistically speaking, of course, its still the safest way to travel."
One of the people started clapping, soon joined by another, then another, and finally, everyone saved from the plane crash were clapping happily for their savior.
Clark simply nodded at them, then looked up to see Tony hovering in the air.
Grasping Bart, Clark flew up, facing Tony now as both hovered in the air.
"Who the hell are you?" Tony asked the two of them.
Clark and Bart shared a look, realizing this guy really did not recognize them, then looked back at him as the former asked. "I take it you never heard of Superman?"
"A bit arrogant, catchy name though", Tony shrugged.
"There is cellular decay in their bodies, sir."
Tony noticed that too, and started. "Umm, you might want to hold on to-"
Only, before he could finish, Bart suddenly seemed to look like he was glitching as he wigged out, groaning, while the same happened to Clark, but he gritted his teeth, managing to resist it, while holding Bart tightly so that he would not fall down.
When the two were done with the wigging, Bart panted, trying to process what had just happened to it. "I was vibrating, man. And not in the good way like I do with my speed."
"It felt pretty…deadly", Clark commented.
Tony put a hand on Clark's shoulder. "I know you're an alien, but if I try to help, promise you won't try to conquer the world?"
"How do you know that?" Clark inquired.
Tony's helmeted head gestures to the cape. "Humans don't wear capes, unless it's Shakespeare in the park."
That caused both Clark and Bart to chuckle, the latter saying. "I don't think there's any harm frankly."
Clark looked at Tony. "I think I'm in another world."
"Yeah, I think I got that", Tony shrugged. "Anyways, come on, follow me."
He flew off, as Clark asked Bart. "You sure we can trust this guy?"
"Well, even if we can't, with your powers, he'd be toast, especially since he doesn't know what you are or what your weakness is, amigo", Bart pointed out.
"Point there", Clark agreed, before flying after Tony. "Why were we wigging out like that, though?"
"Not sure, metal man seems to know though", Bart shrugged. "Maybe when we get to wherever he is taking us, we can ask him properly."
"Yeah", Clark nodded, hoping that if the guy was a threat, the wigging out did not stop them from managing to take him out.
Earth-1, Star City
Oliver as the Green Arrow jumped down, seeing two corpses before he turned around, pulled out his bow and aimed at a man who'd tattooed cards on his arms. "Get on the ground."
"Thanks for coming, by the way", the man smirked. "Ms. Fayad wasn't sure it would work, but I knew you couldn't turn down a good old-fashioned robbery."
The man peeled off a card from his skin, another growing back in its place, while he threw it at Oliver. Oliver fired an arrow, but the card split it, and embedded behind him. Oliver turned to see it was a real playing card, and then realized the man was running, so he ran after him.
The man threw some cards that shattered the glasses of some cars, but Oliver kept dodging before taking cover.
"You ready to call this yet?" The man taunted.
At that moment, the masked man grabbed him from behind and flipped him over, throwing him down, then kicked him as he rolled away.
Getting up, he tried to hurl a card, but the masked man ducked before rolling, kicking the card man away with both feet. As he tried to get up, Oliver was upon him, whacking his face with his bow, then spinning and striking his throat, before kicking his gut as he fell down.
"Now you can call it."
The man smirked. "The game's not over yet." He reached behind his back, only for the masked man to grab the hands, and twist as they broke, making him scream in pain.
"I'd say it is", he shrugged.
At that moment, the window shattered, an arrow flying right towards the man, but he caught it before it could hit him.
Oliver looked up to see Takeo aiming, and he fired again. Oliver fired back, his arrow deflecting that of Takeo.
"Takeo, you don't need to do this", Oliver said as Takeo fired again, Oliver taking cover.
"I do", Takeo snarled, about to take out another arrow, when Oliver fired, and it struck the strap of Takeo's quiver, making it fall down, spilling the arrows everywhere.
"Nice shot", the masked man complimented. "This is what I was talking about."
"Guess so", Oliver said, when Takeo jumped down from where he was, taking out his katana that he whirled before striking Oliver, who used his bow to block, then kicked Takeo back.
Takeo swept Oliver's feet from under him, and made to strike again, only for the masked man to kick him away. Takeo rolled and got up, before trying to strike the masked man with his katana. The masked man dodged some blows, then grabbed Takeo's hand, before punching him on the face, and in a whirling motion, disarmed him of the katana.
Takeo used the opportunity to kick the man away, then turned around, barely avoiding a blow by Oliver, only for Oliver to spin and elbow his face, before striking at his feet, making him fall down.
He aimed an arrow at Takeo. "Stand down."
Suddenly, all the windows burst open, and ARGUS Agents jumped in. To Oliver's shock, they aimed at the masked man. "You need to come with us."
"What?" The masked man looked at them. "Why?"
"We will tell you when you get there", one agent said in reply.
"Why do you want him?" Oliver asked.
"This doesn't concern you", the agent sneered at him.
"I'd say it does", Oliver replied.
"Stand down", the agent warned Oliver.
Taking the opportunity, the masked man grabbed the agent's gun and whacked his face, before getting behind him, now pointing the gun directly at his head, having snatched it from him.
This distracted the other agents, and taking the opportunity, Oliver fired an arrow that stuck to the wall, and started giving out a gas that made all the agents cough and stagger around.
Oliver and the man were being affected too, but Oliver was prepared, so rushing towards the man, he said. "Grab on."
The man did, and Oliver fired a grapple arrow, using it to swing away with the man, as they reached another rooftop, and from there, they ran, jumping across some more rooftops until they were away from the agents.
"Who were those?" The man asked.
"ARGUS Agents", Oliver growled. "They wanted you for some reason."
"Any idea why?" The man inquired.
"No, but I'll find out", Oliver told him. "Thanks for your help there."
"Its fine", he shrugged.
"Takeo got away again though", Oliver sighed, before offering the man. "You can come with me if you'd like."
"Offer's appreciated, but not right now", the man sighed. "Still, good to see you fight like you used to before."
Oliver smirked, as the man told him. "Anyways, while I'm not coming with you, since I know who you are, I'll tell you who I am."
And with that, he took off his mask, revealing to Oliver he was a handsome man, with a rough, battle-hardened face, and very long hair.
"Name's Eliot Spencer", Eliot introduced himself, holding out his hand to Oliver. "Former Black Ops."
"Oliver Queen", Oliver shook his hand. "But you knew that already."
"Yeah", Eliot chuckled as they dropped hands.
"Well, you don't need to come with me, but I can take you somewhere you can hide out for a bit", Oliver offered.
"Sure thing", Eliot shrugged.
Later
Oliver and Eliot entered the safehouse, Eliot looking around at it. "Looks pretty stocked to me."
"Someone I know hid out here for a while", Oliver told Eliot as he walked to the window. "You can use it for now."
"Thanks", Eliot said. "Guess we'll be seeing each other soon."
"Oh we will, I need to know why ARGUS is after you", Oliver said.
Later
Oliver was calling someone on the phone, and the person picked up.
"Hello Oliver. I heard you fought my agents tonight", Amanda Waller said in her usual snarky tone.
"They were trying to take away someone in my city", Oliver growled. "Why?"
"This doesn't concern you."
"I think it does", Oliver growled. "Stay away from him."
"You stay away from the interloper, Oliver, and nothing will happen to you."
"Interloper?" Oliver questioned.
"A few months ago, there was a Singularity above Central City. It opened portals between our world, and other worlds. Those who find their way to this world are called interlopers by us. Your new friend here is one too. He is nothing to you, so I advise you stand down and let us do our job."
"You're welcome to try and take him", Oliver growled as he cut the call, then turned to see Felicity and Dig come in.
"The meta has been arrested, but he's not talking", Felicity said.
"Where were you tonight, Diggle?" Oliver asked him.
"I had my reasons", Diggle said.
"Huh? So I guess only I'm not allowed to keep secrets", Oliver said, taking Diggle aback.
"Oliver, I-"
"No, this has gotten beyond old now", Oliver told both of them. "I have tried to be better, I've tried to give you space, Diggle, but you go around and do all the things that you accuse me of doing. Now, either you're gonna have the same rules for the both of us, or I'm going to do it alone."
"You don't really mean that, Oliver", Felicity tried to interject.
"Actually, I do", Oliver told her. "I know you're trying to be reasonable to both sides, Felicity, but I'm not taking this anymore."
Diggle sighed. "Guess I should tell you then. There's this person, Mina Fayad-"
"Fayad?" Oliver asked.
"Yeah."
"The meta-human mentioned her", Oliver said. "Go on."
And Diggle did.
Earth-199999, New York City, Avengers Tower
"Wow, this place is something else", Bart said, looking at the tower, very impressed, and seeing Tony's suits in the corner. "Those yours?"
"Yeah, they're all mine", Tony shrugged. "I made 'em."
"He is like Oliver, but with suits instead of bow and arrows", Bart whispered to Clark, who had to agree to the comparison.
"So, this is my place", Tony said, the suit coming off of him, revealing his face to the two of them. "I am Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, philanthropist."
"Right", Clark nodded. "So, do you know how we wigged out?"
"Well, I got this info a while ago", Tony started. "But, we're apparently having visitors from other worlds around, is that right?"
"Wow, you got that fast", Bart quipped, making Tony chuckle.
"Yeah, so you two are from one of these other worlds", Tony noted. "And I guess the way that sent you here wasn't exactly natural."
"Lex's machine", Clark realized. "It was trying to control the energy of the portals."
"Yeah, so, anyways, because of that, the longer you stay here, the higher the chance of you both disintegrating on a cellular level."
Both of them looked alarmed, as Tony told Clark. "But you're holding up really well from the scans, I must say."
"Can you stop it?" Clark asked.
"Yeah, about that", Tony said, as the doors opened, four more people walking in. One was a tall blonde and handsome man, wearing a suit with the colors of the US Flag painted on it. Another was a red-haired woman in a black suit, along with a medium-sized man in a black suit as well, and a man in glasses with a lab coat.
"What's this about, Tony?" The man wearing the US Flag suit asked.
"These are our visitors from another world, Captain", Tony introduced them. "Guys, these are my teammates. We're the Avengers, we save the world, or avenge it if we can't."
"We have a team like that too where we're from", Clark said. "We call ourselves the Justice League."
"Hmm, nice name", the red-haired woman quipped.
"I am Steve Rogers, they call me Captain America", Cap held out his hand, Clark shaking it.
"I can see why", Clark said as both chuckled, while he shook hands with Bart too.
"I am Clint Barton, Hawkeye", the other man gave his introduction.
"Natasha Romanoff. Black Widow", the woman introduced herself as well.
"I am Doctor Bruce Banner. And I have…another guy inside me. He is called the Hulk", the man in the lab coat gave his introduction.
"Yeah, and I'm Iron Man", Tony finished introductions.
"My name is Clark Kent, where I am from, they call me Superman", Clark said.
"I can see why", Steve echoed Clark's words, making them both chuckle again.
"There's two of them now", Natasha whispered to Clint, who had to agree.
"Bart Allen. Impulse", Bart introduced himself as well.
"So, we're gonna find out if there's a way to stop your disintegration, and try to send you back", Banner finally said.
"We'd very much appreciate that", Clark nodded.
Central City, S.T.A.R. Labs
"This is some strange clothing", Strider said, looking at the grey shirt of Barry he had been given to wear here, alongside some black trousers. Not to mention, they were slightly small for him due to how tall and well-built he was, but they still managed to fit.
"Sorry, it's the best I could do for you right now", Barry told him, the two alongside the rest of the team walked to the basement of the place, looking at a breach there.
"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Barry commented.
"Still can't believe what I'm looking at", Jay had to say.
"So many breaches in Central City, and the biggest one just happens to be in our basement", Barry commented.
Cisco quipped. "We need a name for it."
"It's not a pet, Cisco", Caitlin gently chided him.
"No, it's a wormhole."
They turned to see Professor Stein walk in, some machinery to measure blood pressure strapped to him.
"Professor Stein, what are you doing?" Caitlin asked in shock. "Your blood pressure is 147 over 82! You could pass out again."
Stein was nonchalant. "Oh, it's merely a few points above the 140 average for someone my age. Besides, I have some ideas I would like to contribute to this discussion, Dr. Snow."
"And I want to hear them", Jay spoke up. "This isn't just a wormhole. It could be my way home. Back to Earth Two."
Barry inquired. "Jay, you really think that we can use this as some kind of bridge from your world to ours?"
"Zoom uses the breaches. Why can't we?" Jay shrugged.
"We don't know how. Everything I put through just bounces back", Cisco pointed out.
"So, these 'breaches' as you are calling them", Strider spoke up. "One can fall through from one world to another, but it is harder to use one to travel back, is that right?"
"Yeah, looks like it", Barry shrugged.
"And why are we to believe this one leads to your world then?" Strider turned to Jay. "It could lead to another one too."
"I figured my Earth has a S.T.A.R. Labs just like this one, so that's why this breach leads is a bridge between our worlds", Jay shrugged what he believed, and Strider nodded.
But he just did not find this explanation satisfactory.
"If Zoom's using these breaches to transport people from Earth Two, maybe it takes a speedster", Barry said, then sped out of the room.
"He's not gonna- -"
"Yeah, he is."
Barry sped in, running towards the breach, but was thrown off and fell down, Strider helping him up.
"Maybe I'm not fast enough."
"I don't believe your speed is the entirety of the issue, Barry", Stein pointed out. "It might be the breach's stability or lack thereof."
"He's right", Jay agreed. "We need to think of the breach as a door, and on Earth Two, there's another door. In between, we have a hallway, but the hallway's constantly shifting, twisting, collapsing upon itself."
"And the doors keep moving with it", Barry noted.
"That would mean that even if this breach does lead to Jay's world, it could lead somewhere else if we try to use it without thinking", Strider had another point. "And like Jay has said, travelling through it now would be like trying to climb the Misty Mountains when the Stone Giants are battling."
"I did not say that", Jay raised a hand.
"Okay, I do not know what Stone Giants are, and I don't want to know, but I think you and I are gonna get along very well", Cisco told Strider, amazed by how quickly he was getting the science in spite of being a medieval man.
Strider simply nodded at the praise, while Cisco told the rest. "So we stabilize the door, we stabilize the hallway."
"And then I can jump through it", Barry smirked.
"Exactly, it would serve as a kind of cannon", Jay noted. "A speed cannon."
"Mm", Cisco pointed between himself and Jay. "We should hang out more."
"All right. No more tests today", Stein started moving off. "All of you are leaving now, as am I. Cherish the gift of youth as I will go cherish my much-needed nap. Clarissa's already on her way to pick me up."
"I do believe you should be resting", Strider said to Stein. "You are no use to the others if you are not well."
"And that's why I'm going to my wife so I can rest with her, Strider, but thank you for the concern", Stein said, walking away.
Later, CC Jitters
"Where I am from, we have inns, but there is nothing of this sort", Strider told Cisco as he looked around at the coffee shop. "A shop just to sell coffee."
"So, they have coffee where you are from?" Cisco inquired.
"It is quite good", Strider confirmed. "But we did not have any kind of crevice that could make coffee. What manner of wizardry did this?"
"No wizardry, just science", Cisco told him.
"I still have a lot to learn I must say", Strider noted.
"I can't believe it, a medieval man standing in front of me", Iris said, looking Strider up and down, finding him the perfect specimen.
"Iris!" Caitlin chided her, as she was being rude by calling Strider a 'medieval man' and looking at him like that.
"Sorry", Iris winced, while Strider turned to see Barry speaking with the woman they had rescued earlier.
"Is that not the lady we rescued?" Strider remembered.
"Yeah, that's Patty, she is a detective now", Cisco confirmed.
"And what is a detective?" Strider asked now.
"Well, they are part of the police, who find clues when a crime is committed, and try to find the culprit", Cisco explained.
"Thank you", Strider nodded. "In a sense, they are like 'Inquisitors' then. The police make me think of the Shirriffs in the Shire."
"I'd love to visit your world sometime, when we find a way to it", Cisco said excitedly, Strider smiling.
Barry then came to the table, putting five cups down. "All right, five Flashes."
"Be careful-apparently, they are super-caffeinated", Barry said. "First I have a day named after me. Now I have a drink."
"The people are showing they are grateful for what you've done for them", Strider told him. "They mat not know who this Flash is, but they know there is a Flash, protecting them from those who use their gifts for evil."
It was silent for a few seconds, Barry grateful for Strider's praise, when Caitlin asked. "Hey, you guys think Professor Stein is okay, right? I mean, Clarissa would call if there was anything wrong."
"Yeah."
"All right. I'm just gonna call and check in. I'll be back." She walked off.
"Uh- I don't see that call going well", Cisco commented.
"She is just concerned", Strider pointed out, drinking the coffee. "This tastes quite well." Then someone bumped into Cisco.
"Oh, I'm so sorry."
"Don't apologize", the woman turned to face him. "You can bump into me any day, Cisco."
Cisco exhaled. "Lisa Snart."
"So, the two of you are familiar with each other?" Strider asked, but Cisco and Lisa kept looking at each other.
"You here to double-cross us again, or are you and your big bro holding up coffee shops now?" Cisco asked.
"I need your help."
"In your dreams, Sister Cold. You know I could call The Flash. He'd be here in like two seconds-probably one", Cisco shrugged as he took out his phone. "And there are others who can help me too."
"Call them", Lisa shrugged.
"Oh, okay. I'm gonna call him. Mm-hmm", Cisco scrolled through the phone. "You really want me to call The Flash?"
"I need his help too", Lisa said, then revealed why. "My brother's been kidnapped."
Later, STAR Labs
"All right, so you really want us to just believe that Captain Cold was kidnapped?" Barry, dressed as the Flash, asked Lisa.
"I saw it happen", Lisa insisted. "Last night, Lenny, me, and Mick were knocking over the cashier's cage at Central City Racetrack."
"Does it physically pain your family not to rob people?" Caitlin asked with a wince.
"I never finished the job", Lisa shrugged.
"You can try to live without hurting other people", Strider told her, and she sighed, before continuing her story.
"After Mick torched through the side entrance, I looked back for Lenny and saw him getting thrown into the back of a van", Lisa revealed.
"And why didn't you and Mick follow?"
"I would have", Lisa said. "Someone hit me from behind and knocked me out. When I came to, Lenny was gone, and Mick already made off with the cash."
"How do we know this isn't some kind of a trap?" Caitlin inquired.
"If Lenny wanted Flash dead, he would have let Mardon, Simmons, and Bivolo take that honor, remember?" Lisa reminded them.
"Yeah, I remember", Barry nodded.
"Good", Lisa shrugged. "Then you'll also recall that you owe Lenny a favor for saving your life. Time to make good on that debt, Flash."
"I do not like her", Caitlin snarled.
"Yeah, but she makes a point", Cisco said.
Barry and Caitlin looked at him incredulously.
"What? We should at least hear her out. Right?"
"Who are these Mardon, Simmons and Bivolo, and when did your brother save Flash from them?" Strider asked the important question.
"So, we have a prison down here", Barry started. "But, our enemy at the time, he had a plan with the prison which would have hurt the prisoners, so we decided to move them to a different prison, with help from Lisa and her brother Leonard. But, Leonard betrayed us, and let them lose on the way. They could have killed us, but Leonard didn't let that happen, and said I owe him."
"He keeps his word. I don't know who Flash is behind the mask, and I'm his sister!" Lisa reminded.
"He is a thief, and it was wrong of him to let those prisoners out", Strider noted, before turning to Barry. "However, he did not let you die. I have seen worse than him, my friend. Perhaps you should look into this."
Barry sighed, turning back to Lisa, before Strider asked. "And you all have your own prison?"
"Yeah", Caitlin nodded.
"Were you permitted by someone to imprison them here?" Strider asked next.
"Uhhh….no?" Caitlin shook her head lamely.
"Then is it not wrong to imprison people here for too long?" Strider asked, and Barry, Cisco and Caitlin looked visibly uncomfortable on hearing that.
"Yeah, I thought you guys were the heroes but that prison sounds inhumane", Lisa had to say, getting looks from them.
"I guess we'll have to think more on that once this is done", Barry noted. "How do we find him?"
"Oh, I've a way", Cisco said as he started typing.
Later, STAR Labs
"So your brother was not kidnapped", Barry told Lisa. "He was pulling a job with your father."
"What?" Lisa looked genuinely shocked. "No, Lenny would never do that."
"Oh, just like he would never try and kill The Flash with his cold gun", Caitlin said sarcastically.
"Are you sure it was my dad?" Lisa inquired.
Cisco typed on the computer, and the man's image came up.
"That's him", Barry said.
"Lewis Snart", Caitlin read out. "Convicted of larceny, armed robbery, aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon."
Strider simply looked at Lisa's face. The way she was looking at the picture of her father, she was angry and scared at once.
"You have to believe me", Lisa told the rest. "Lenny would never work with him. He's a bad guy."
"You and your entire family are criminals", Caitlin pointed out. "Why should we trust anything you say?"
As they all stood together, Lisa moved her jacket out of the way, and lowered her shirt's sleeve, revealing a scar.
"I didn't get this scar being a criminal. I got it being a daughter."
Team Flash now looked guilty, as Lisa walked off.
Barry made to walk after her but Cisco stopped him. "Let me go. I got this."
Cisco found Lisa in his workshop. "I see you found my hiding spot." As Lisa looked at him, he told her. "This is usually where I come to, you know, get away."
Turning away, Lisa said. "First time my father came after me, I was seven. Second time, I was eight. That's when I learned that a bottle hurts worse than a fist." Cisco listened with sympathy as she told him. "He used to say he was trying to teach us lessons. I must have been a slow learner, because the lessons never stopped."
Cisco walked up next to her. "I'm sorry, Lisa."
"Lenny practically raised me", Lisa said. "If it weren't for him, I would have turned out a lot worse."
He tilted his head, and she asked. "I know, how could I be any worse?"
Cisco chuckled. "I didn't say that."
"You didn't have to", Lisa sighed. "But believe me, there is worse. And, look, he may be a jerk brother, but he's the only jerk brother I've got. He protected me. Now it's my turn. If he's with my dad, he is in serious trouble. Please. You've gotta find out what's going on."
At that moment, Strider walked in, as he said. "I apologize for having overheard some of this."
Lisa just shook her head, as Strider told her. "You have my respect for what you went through."
She just nodded before Strider noted. "From what you say, your brother loves you and would do anything to protect you."
He looked to Cisco. "Perhaps their father threatened her life to make her brother work for him."
"But, how did he threaten her exactly?" Cisco inquired.
"That is what we should think about", Strider shrugged.
"So, we explained phones to you, right?" Cisco asked Strider.
"Yes, you did. Something like that is genuinely needed in Middle-earth amongst many of us."
"Wait, why did you have to explain phones to him?" Lisa asked in confusion, but was ignored.
"You think he has a man watching Lisa who'd kill her if Leonard does not help him?" Cisco suggested.
"I do not think so", Strider said. "I would know if there was someone watching us."
"Then how?" Cisco wondered as he walked off, Strider and Lisa following him until they reached the cortex once more.
"Lisa", Caitlin started. "I'm sorry for what I-"
"Its fine", Lisa shrugged her off.
"Strider says that daddy Snart might be threatening Lisa's life here somehow to make Captain Cold work for him", Cisco told Barry and Caitlin. "How do you think that is?"
Barry ran out and returned in a second. "Well, no one is watching us here."
"Strider already confirmed that", Cisco said.
"Oh!"
"Maybe he has some manner of powers too", Strider suggested.
"No, we know he does not", Lisa confirmed.
"Then what could it be?" Caitlin wondered. "Maybe he hired someone who does."
Barry's line of thought led him through a lot of things. There could be a meta-human, or, as a scientist, he was inclined to think there could be something else involved as well.
Leonard was smart enough to tinker with the Cold Gun that Cisco Ramon had made, which meant there was every possibility that Lewis was just as smart.
But, what could he have done to make Leonard work for him?
Then, he suddenly had a stray thought. Oliver had told him once how Waller made the Suicide Squad follow her lead.
And then his eyes widened in horror.
"Cisco." Cisco turned to Barry.
"Yeah?"
"Could you scan Lisa's head for any thermite?"
"What?"
"Just do it."
A while later, Cisco was using a machine to scan Lisa's head, and the screen said 'Thermite Detected', as he muttered. "Oh, boy."
"What is it?" Lisa asked, confused.
Caitlin tried to break it to her gently. "Lisa, there are traces of thermite on your skin."
"Thermite?" Lisa looked alarmed. "Like an explosive?"
Caitlin wasn't sure how to break it to her. "Not like an explosive."
"It's a bomb", Cisco said, Caitlin having wide eyes while Lisa turned to look at him in horror, while he realized when this was put in her head. "When you were knocked out, your dad must have injected you with it."
"What is a bomb?" Aragorn inquired.
"Well, a bomb contains within it many chemicals and other stuff", Barry explained. "And when all of it reacts with each other, they release a huge amount of energy like heat, light, sound and pressure. It is very destructive."
"It sounds like one of Gandalf's fireworks, but it can kill", Strider realized what it was. He looked up, looking quite disturbed, which prevented Cisco from asking about fireworks.
A man who was beating his own daughter, and was even willing to kill her in this way, it really put Strider out.
"We will have to stop him", Strider finally said.
"Its not going to be easy", Barry pointed out.
"My friend, this man does not know that I am with you", Strider reminded Barry. "I can help you in stopping him."
"And if he kills me?" Lisa asked.
"I will not let that happen", Strider assured her.
"Hey, so you've bow and arrows, right?" Barry asked Strider.
"I do."
"I think we can do something then", Barry smirked.
Leonard, Lewis and their tech guy Rutenberg were planning their heist as Rutenberg told Lewis. "That Draycon Systems keypad's gonna be a problem."
"Fine", Lewis chuckled, then turned to Leonard. "How about you? You gonna disappoint me too, or is that freeze gun of yours gonna look after the power source for the laser grid?"
"It's a cold gun, and yes, but I have a better way to get past the lasers", Leonard told his father.
Rutenberg started. "That gun is the only reason you're here, so shut up before I make you—"
Lewis took out a device, about to press the button, only for a blur to speed in, snatching it from him.
They turned to see Barry standing there in his Flash suit, holding up the device. "Its over Lewis."
"So you're back now, eh?" Lewis sneered.
"Flash", Leonard raised his gun.
Barry just nodded at Snart, then turned to Lewis, asking in disgust. "What kind of man puts a bomb in his own daughter's head?"
Realizing Barry knew what was going on, Snart slowly started lowering his Cold Gun, while Lewis took out another device, this one clearly meant to blow up the bomb in Lisa's head.
"Very rich man", he said casually, before looking at Leonard. "Kill him, or you'll never see your sister alive."
At that moment, an arrow whistled through the air, and struck Lewis in the wrist, in a very important nerve, making him gasp in pain.
And then, Strider jumped down, dressed like a Ranger once more, his cloak flowing behind him, while he nocked another arrow. "You will not be able to slay her now."
"Who…who are you?" Lewis asked in pain, when Strider fired another arrow, which struck Lewis in the other wrist's nerve, causing him to scream in pain once more.
"Never in my life have I seen a man who would hurt his own children just because he is angry or he drinks", Strider said sadly, lowering his bow, remembering how Lord Elrond had raised him as his own even though he was not his child by blood. So a father who was hitting his children by blood, it shook Strider to his core, as he realized just how bad some Men could be. "If we were in my world, I would have slain you."
Leonard turned his Cold Gun on his father at that point, only for Barry to say. "Don't do it!"
"He deserves it", Leonard snarled
"Indeed", Strider agreed. "But in spite of all that he has done, he is still your father. Do you really believe you can slay him and live afterwards? It will haunt you, Leonard. Do not do this, do not let your rage and hatred cloud you."
For a while, Leonard has his gun trained on his father, his hand shaking. But Strider's words got through, and he lowered his hand.
Lewis started. "You're just a disap-"
He was cut off when Snart whacked his face, knocking him out, and Barry did the same to Rutenberg.
And then Barry turned to Snart, who simply nodded. "I guess I should thank you, Barry."
"No, I should thank you, because I know your secret now", Barry shrugged.
"Which is?"
"You'd do anything to protect your sister, Snart", Barry told him.
"Well, I know your secret too, Barry. Better hope I don't drink and slip up", Snart sneered.
"You won't." Barry sounded very confident. "Today just proved what I've always known. There's good in you, Snart. And you don't have to admit it to me, but there's a part of you that knows you don't have to let your past define you. A part of you that really wants to be more than just a criminal."
"So I should be a hero like you, Barry?" Snart asked with a smirk. "What exactly does that pay again?"
"You let Barry live once even when you could have let him die", Strider reminded Leonard. "There is much more you can do rather than just trying to rob people."
"I wish I could, but I like it that way", Snart shrugged.
"If you say so", Strider sighed, though from what he was seeing, there was good inside Snart. He just wasn't ready to admit it yet.
"We'll be taking the bomb out of your sister, then you two can do whatever you want, as long as no one dies", Barry warned Snart, who simply smirked.
"I'll do my best, Barry." He turned to Strider. "And who are you? Not that I don't appreciate you shooting my old man like that."
"I am Strider", Strider simply said, before walking off with Barry.
"Guess that's one problem down", Barry sighed. "We still have Michael Myers to deal with though."
"The murderer, right?" Strider asked, Barry nodding. "Where would he be right now?"
"He is not a meta, so can't really track him", Barry commented. "Joe will let us know if there is something."
Lloyd walked outside his home, looking at the protective detail, as he spoke to their lead. "Ya know, I don't think this is needed, officer."
"Michael Myers is after you, officer, and from what we know, he is as dangerous as any other meta", the lead cop shrugged. "So I'd say this is totally needed."
"If you need any refreshments, let me know", Lloyd said before going back inside, realizing it was pointless to argue.
"Ya think he'll show?" Another cop asked the lead cop.
"Right now, I think anything can be-"
At that moment, someone jumped from the top of the house, and stabbed the cop right in the head with a knife, the weapon going deep into the brain.
The other cops nearby gasped, the blood splattering on the two closest ones, while the cop's body was convulsing violently.
Michael Myers pulled the knife out, dropping the body, before turning to the other cops. One of them fired at him, only for Michael to stab him in the face, while the rest covered the door.
They fired at Michael, who grunted, staggering back, but moved towards them. Michael stabbed one of them and lifted him into the air, then hurled him away.
As one of them was about to pull the trigger, Michael kicked him so hard he hit the door and broke it, and the impact of the fall made his hand turn at the last moment as he shot himself.
"Michael, stop!" Lloyd said as he held out a gun too, the other cops slowly walking inside and spreading out. As Michael walked forth, Lloyd shot him in the head, and this time, he went down.
Lloyd still held out his gun, while one cop walked towards Michael to check.
"No, stay away from him!" Lloyd warned the cop.
The cop just knelt near Michael, then turned to Lloyd. "He looks dead to me."
At that moment, Michael got up and grabbing the cop, sliced his throat, before dropping him as the other cops continued to fire at him.
Lloyd rushed at Michael and kicked him on the face, staggering him back, then pistol-whipped him, slightly turning his head the other way.
"Fuck you, Michael", Lloyd snarled as he tried to fire again, but Michael swung his knife, and managed to cut Lloyd on the wrist, making him drop the gun, before punching him away.
Then, he grabbed one cop and slammed his head onto the wall, before stabbing him in the back of the neck, killing him.
The two remaining cops continued to fire at Michael, but he grabbed one, and stabbed him repeatedly until he was dead.
Then, he took that one's gun, and throwing his knife down, grabbed the last cop by the throat, slamming him to the wall.
After that, Michael stabbed the cop with the gun, now hanging him on the wall like he was a morbid decoration, while blood poured out of the cop's mouth before he lost his life.
Michael then knelt down, picking up his knife, but as he got up, Lloyd struck at him with an ax, getting his shoulder. In retaliation, Michael swung his knife, cutting Lloyd's sleeve and shoulder, throwing him down.
Lloyd got up, backing off into another room, the ax still stuck to Michael's shoulder, who pulled it out and threw it away.
And then, Michael walked into the room where Lloyd had gone off to, looking around, finding a table there, and an open window.
Michael walked towards the window first, looking down, but saw no sign of Lloyd.
In the meantime, Lloyd was hidden underneath the table, not making a sound. He could hear Michael's footsteps, and knew he had not bought the open window ruse.
Lloyd slowly started crawling out from underneath the table, only to see Michael looking down on him from above it. Michael swung, causing Lloyd to roll to the other side, and Michael was there as well, swinging again, forcing Lloyd to roll and dodge.
Michael leapt off the table and hurled it away, while Lloyd rolled and got up, grabbing a wooden chair that he slammed to the ground, breaking it off. Picking up a big piece with a pointy end, Lloyd charged at Michael, stabbing his shoulder, making Michael fall down.
Before he could get up, Lloyd hurled another large piece at him, and then ran off, reaching his kitchen. He shut the door and rushed to a cabinet, opening it to see many knives.
The door was broken down, causing Lloyd to break off the cabinet and drop all the knives down. As Michael walked towards him, Lloyd threw one knife towards him, though Michael dodged. Lloyd continued to throw knife after knife towards his uncle, but Michael dodged each one.
As he reached closer, Lloyd lifted up the cabinet, and put it in the way when Michael stabbed downwards, causing the cabinet to block the knife, even though it went through it. Lloyd then kneed Michael, who hurled him away using the stuck knife like a lever.
Michael tried to pull his knife out, and in that time, Lloyd picked up another knife and ran out. Michael got his knife out, then walked out of the room, reaching a long hallway with some openings.
As he walked ahead, Lloyd jumped out of one opening and stabbed Michael on the shoulder. As Michael tried to fight back, Lloyd pulled the knife out and stabbed again, and then he continued to stab, pushing Michael back bit by bit, before they reached a window, and shattering it, Michael fell outside of the house.
Lloyd looked out, seeing Michael lying prone, completely unmoving.
Sighing, he sank to his knees, taking out his phone and messaging Joe about what had happened. He hadn't gotten the time to do it before due to Michael's sudden entrance, and Lloyd trying to help the detail in fighting him.
After the message was sent, Lloyd got back up, and looked out of the window.
Halloween main theme plays
To Lloyd's shock, Michael was gone, though there was an imprint where he'd been lying.
Quickly running to another cabinet, Lloyd opened it, taking out a shotgun, and then he ran around the house, trying to seal every entrance.
Reaching a glass window, Lloyd looked down just to check. At that moment, hands burst through the window, grabbing Lloyd and shattering the glass, before pulling him out and hurling him away.
Lloyd tried to aim his shotgun, only for Michael to grab the barrel. Lloyd pulled the trigger, and two of Michael's fingers were blown off, making him stagger back.
Before Michael could do anything else, a blur sped in, knocking him away, and then Barry stood there as Flash. "This time you're not getting away, Michael."
Michael got up, trying to lunge at Barry with his knife, but an arrow struck the knife, knocking it away, and he turned to see Strider lowering his bow.
"You are not killing anyone again", Strider told him, drawing his sword. As Michael charged Strider, Strider weaved away, dodging his attempted strike, and sliced his abdomen, then kicked his chest, sending him down.
Michael tried to get up, but Barry ran around him in circles.
"What's he doing?" Lloyd asked.
"He is going to stop him", Strider told Lloyd, as Barry slowed down, and with a roar, hurled a lightning bolt at Michael.
It struck the murderer, making him roll away, his body burnt and singed, as he was finally knocked out.
Barry stopped, Strider walking up next to him. "Now I believe we have stopped him at last."
"Yeah", Barry nodded, as they heard cop cars pull up. "Time to go."
Grabbing Strider, Barry sped away, while Joe ran towards Lloyd. "Officer Lloyd, are you all right?"
"Yes", Lloyd nodded. "But the rest are dead."
Patty walked up next to Joe, as Lloyd said. "I told you Michael was going to kill them all!"
"I'm sorry…" Joe sighed, as Lloyd walked off.
Patty looked down at Michael, as Joe said. "He is going to be kept in the meta-human wing."
Later, STAR Labs
"So, Cisco got the bomb out", Lisa said, starting to walk out. "I guess its time to go."
"Your father is in prison now", Strider told Lisa. "I do not believe he is going to escape this time."
"Let's hope so", Lisa shrugged. "Don't wanna deal with him again."
"You may be a thief, but there are things even you are disgusted by", Strider noted, causing Lisa to turn to him. "Perhaps you can change."
"What makes you so sure?" Lisa asked.
"There is always hope", Strider told her. "And I say this after meeting people like your father and Michael, who murdered his sister when he was a child, and was trying to kill others of his blood."
"Ya know, you're insightful", Lisa said with a smirk and wink, before walking off
Later, STAR Labs basement
Caitlin and Jay had finally finished their device, which could allow one to navigate through a breach better. "Tada! The speed cannon."
"Wow!" Cisco said. "Look at that. Dudes, you actually built the thing."
Stein had to say. "Mr. Garrick, I am quiet impressed by what you've accomplished during my recent wellness hiatus."
"Have you tested it out yet?" Cisco inquired.
"Not yet", Jay looked at Cisco. "You wanna do the honors?"
Cisco clapped, picking up a can, only for Stein to say. "No, no, no, no. Now that I, uh- now that I am back to optimum health, please allow me."
Picking up another can, Stein hurled it through the breach, and it disappeared inside. "Excelsior!"
"How did you stabilize it?" Barry inquired.
"CFL Quark Matter", Jay revealed.
"Ah, negative energy density with positive surface pressure", Cisco realized. "That's genius."
"You created CFL Quark Matter?" Barry asked Jay in shock.
"It's something we perfected on my Earth", Jay shrugged. "I'll show you sometime."
"You mean, sometime in the next few minutes?" Stein inquired.
That was when Jay seemed to realize it. "Oh, yeah I guess this is it, huh? Time for me to go back home."
"Right now?" Caitlin asked. "I mean we still need your help with the Breachers."
"My first priority is Zoom", Jay pointed out. "I need to find out what he's up to. How he stole my speed."
Caitlin told him. "But you can do that here and, you know, if you go back, then we can't get in touch with you when we need your help or... with Zoom or whatever else."
Barry smirked, knowing what this was about, and said. "It would be nice to be able to pick your brain every once in a while, get some more speedster tips."
Jay chuckled. "Okay... once we take care of Zoom, I'm going home."
"That's fair."
"Good, 'cause I could use a shower, a shave, and some sunlight." All chuckled. "I'll, uh, see you later." He walked off.
Strider watched after Jay as he went off. He seemed so desperate to get home, why did a few words stop him now? And Strider still did not understand how Jay had figured out that the other side of this breach led to his own home world.
There was more to this.
"So, Professor Stein, how are you feeling?" Caitlin asked him.
"Well, uh, it appears that a little rest heals all maladies. I-I-I couldn't feel—" Stein suddenly snorted and inhaled, seeming to seize.
Caitlin and Cisco rushed towards him. "Professor?"
Barry held them back. "No, no, no, no get back. Come here."
Stein suddenly gasped as flames appeared on his hands and head, and then they turned blue.
"What sorcery is this?" Strider wondered, before the flames disappeared and Stein passed out, the four kneeling over him.
"Professor Stein! Professor Stein! Can you hear me, Professor Stein?" Caitlin inquired.
"What happened to him? He went up like Firestorm, but the flame, why was it blue?" Barry wondered.
Caitlin said. "I don't know. This isn't good. We need to stabilize him fast."
At his home, Lloyd had dialed a number. After a while, the person on the other end picked up.
"Steven?" Tommy Doyle spoke from the other end. "How are you doing in Central City, son?"
"Michael is back, dad", Steven said, and he could tell exactly how his adoptive father was looking right now.
"Oh my God, are you okay, son?"
"I got him, dad", Lloyd said. "I got him. He has been put somewhere he can't get out now."
"Damn!" Tommy said. "Well done, son. What happened?"
"Well….."
Iron Heights
Michael Myers, now without his mask, wearing the prison uniform, sat in his cell, staring at the wall, no indication that he was paying attention to anything else in his eyes.
"You think this is gonna hold him?" Patty asked Joe as the two looked at the murderer.
"It has held worse than him, I think it'll do", Joe sighed, walking off, Patty walking after him.
Star City
Detective Conhanan came out of the police station. He talked to his wife on the phone for a while and then looked up to see an archer watching him.
Conhanan thought it was Green Arrow. "How you doin?", he asked, "Help you with anything?"
In response, the archer fired an arrow that hit his shoulder, making him drop the phone. Conhanan fired at him with his gun but the archer dodged the bullets and threw a shuriken at his gun, making him drop it.
Conhanan tried to run but the archer threw a knife which embedded itself behind his knee, making him fall.
He tried to crawl away but couldn't.
"Green Arrow?" he asked him as he looked up.
But it wasn't him. It was another archer who wore a similar suit except it was black and his mask covered his entire face.
"No!" he said brandishing a katana, "I'm not Green Arrow."
Conhanan tried to crawl away but the archer brought his katana down on him.
Universe-208, Tatooine
The Death Watch had taken Blade to their base, having taken off his trench coat and armor to see his wound better. They saw some ruined flesh, as if some of it exploded, with some shrapnel visible inside.
"Looks bad", Bo-Katan said.
"His weapons are quite interesting", one of them said, looking at the silver stakes he had. "What do these even do?"
"Or these", Bo-Katan noted, looking at the wire and spray, before picking up his sword. "This looks deadly though."
She felt something moving on the hilt, and dropped it. At that moment, spikes burst out of the hilt.
"Good trap."
One of the group picked up Blade's gun, and aiming at the wall, fired.
The sound of the bullet was really loud.
"I have never heard a blaster this loud", Bo-Katan said. "And that armor, it won't protect him from a blaster bolt."
"That wound doesn't look like it even came from one", Pre-Vizsla noted. "But where did it come from?"
"I cannot tell", Bo-Katan sighed.
"Could we give him some bacta?" One of them asked.
"No", Vizsla denied that. "We need to use it for ourselves, when we get wounded, not some stranger we find."
"Look", Bo-Katan suddenly said, pointing at something.
In front of them, the shrapnel in Blade's wound was pushed out of his body, and the wound started healing by itself, the skin regrowing and knitting itself back together.
"Keep an eye on him", Vizsla said, before walking out. This was getting interesting.
And that ends another chapter.
So now Blade is in the Star Wars Universe, having been found by the Death Watch, while Aragorn is better assimilating in with Team Flash, and Eliot finally reveals himself to Oliver, who has started regaining his spine and fighting skills.
The rest of Arrow 4x3 won't really matter now, since Damien would kill Fayad either way, and Oliver would know of Diggle's connection to HIVE. Only difference is Curtis does not find out that Felicity works with the Green Arrow.
So now its time for some conflict between Oliver and Waller.
The safehouse Eliot is in would be one of the places Malcolm used to hide out while in Star/Starling City.
Michael Myers is taken down as well, for the time being. And he killed 9 people before being imprisoned, not bad I'll say, since he has been asleep for 20 years.
Like I said, this is building up to something in the future, and you'll see what later.
Clark and Bart end up in the MCU and meet the Avengers. The reactions of the rest of the JL to their disappearance will be shown in the next chapter. The wigging out is the same thing that was happening to the Spider-people who ended up in Miles' world in 'Into the Spider-Verse'.
Now, the wormhole was caused by a disruption in the Speed Force pretty much, and the breaches were caused by the wormhole. The Speed Force is a natural thing, so even breaches born out of its disruption aren't exactly unnatural, just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
So those who ended up somewhere else directly via a breach are fine. But Lex's machine tried to manipulate the wormhole's energy, and that's what Clark and Bart went through while the Speed Force energy reacted with the portal's energy too, hence they're having the wigging out problem.
I got this idea due to the theory that Tobey, Andrew and the villains were not wigging out on entering the MCU in NWH because they came there via magic which is natural, while the Spider-people came to Miles' world via scientific disruptions.
Hope it makes sense.
So now the 'Haunted' arc from the Smallville Season 11 comics is happening earlier than in canon, even before 'Detective', but after 'Guardian'.
For who all Blade saw before falling into the Star Wars Universe, they were- Kid Goku from 'Dragon Ball', Harry Potter, the Charmed Ones from the 1998 'Charmed' show (Piper, Paige and Phoebe in this case), Raiden from 'Mortal Kombat', Ghostface from 'Scream', Cloud Strife from 'Compilation of Final Fantasy VII', Naruto Uzumaki from 'Naruto', Connor MacLeod and Kurgan from 'Highlander' battling each other, Aslan from 'The Chronicles of Narnia', and finally Yoda.
Yes, Prometheus is here, one year early. So Prometheus, Damien, Takeo and Waller at the same time. Poor Oliver. Why Prometheus is here so early will be revealed very soon.
Buffyverse and Supernatural are gonna be absent for a few chapters, their episodes happening the way they did in canon, but I'm planning some stuff focused around them, and it shall come very soon, I just need to get done with the 5th episodes of the 'Flash' and 'Arrow' before getting some time to focus on them finally.
Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.