Hitchhikers Guide to the Millma Verse
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The Fantasy Dwellers
Cisco was in the Mutant Earth Warehouse, legs on the table as he lazily watched an episode of Star Trek. It wasn't one of this worlds', as he was smirking at seeing Barry on the screen interacting with other cadets in the Academy. He had to pause though as the door to the room opened and Kayla Lane walked in, dressed in an elegant dress and looking done up.
"Someone looks fancy," Cisco whistled cheekily as Kayla poked out her tongue.
"Just got back from New Justice," she stated, "Gypsy sent me back to STAR Labs instead of here. Didn't matter too much," she shrugged it off.
"Dressed like that?" Cisco raised his eyebrow at this.
"Rae and Kara's wedding," she pointed out. "Never seen so many of my face there – even if they were all Karas," she smirked.
"Nice," Cisco nodded. "I bet Karry's Kara was one of them."
"Obviously," Kayla chuckled.
"So why come back here?" Cisco now asked, stretching.
"I wanna world hop," Kayla stated, chuckling.
"Oh, of course," Cisco stood. "And I think I know where to go this time."
"You do?" Kayla cocked her head at Cisco's sudden enthusiasm.
"36," Cisco said with a smirk. "It's right after Beautiful Earth too," he nodded to the computer where Barry was in mid-pause. "I wonder if they are similar."
"Don't you have enough Star Trek?" Kayla laughed.
"You can never have enough," Cisco pointed out. "Let's…"
"Cisco!" It was Harry coming from another room; he didn't even pause at seeing Kayla there. "One of the exhibits at the museum's broken. I need you to go fix it."
"Can't it wait?" Cisco asked. "We were just about…"
"The museum is yours, and all of ours, source of income and this exhibit is the one that shows the holographic Accelerator Explosion – our most popular exhibit. I need it up now!" Harry stated, annoyed at Cisco's reluctant. "I'd do it myself but I have a meeting to get to. A school wants to do a field trip and we're working out prices."
"Ugh, fine," Cisco groaned, turning back to Kayla. "I'll send you ahead and meet with you when I'm done."
"Sucks, but okay," Kayla gave a nod as Cisco opened the portal for her, jumping through solo.
-Hitchhikers-
When Kayla got out of the portal, she knew Metropolis but had to pause…
It was Metropolis, that was for sure, but there was something different about it, something out of place… and then it hit her: all the cars on the road looked like antiques, but newer. The entire look of Metropolis seeming to be a throwback to the sixties. That's when kids 'ohh'ing and 'ahh'ing at something turned her attention to a shop window
"QC?" Kayla asked herself, looking at the store name as she went to the window. There was a big sign that said 'NEW QC Color TVs' that was somewhat confusing. "Is this Earth in the 60s…?"
Kayla saw a newspaper laying on the nearby bench and moved to pick it up, noticing the date on the top. "Nope… definitely 2019," Kayla muttered to herself – the entire place shouted 60s; even clothes people were wearing seemed more vintage than anything she had seen. At least her post-wedding dress made her fit in a little more, as she'd feel out of place in jeans and a t-shirt.
That was when her eyes caught the headline of the paper: "'Anti-Alien bill to exclude Kryptonians and Daxamites'?" Scanning the article, it stated that due to Supergirl, Superman, and Valor protecting the Earth, their species would not be included in the bill. Kayla had to put the paper down though when she saw what the bill really did, it disgusting her.
This Earth was completely anti-alien.
Kayla herself couldn't blame an Earth not wanting too many aliens, but what she read about the defenses and punishment for aliens seemed extreme. She wondered what had happened on this Earth for this to come to be. Then, Kayla noticed the name on the article: "'Kara and Clark Kent, working for the Daily Planet'. That's new, Kara."
Looking up, she noticed the Daily Planet building wasn't too far off, so decided to walk to it to see if she could get to Kara and Clark and figure out more about this world. It was only two blocks away, although even that distance made her feel odd, taking in the extreme 60s vibe of the place.
Reaching the building, she noticed two people flying off the roof.
"Okay, let's take this the super way," Kayla sighed, looking for a place to summon her suit – she found a payphone booth and had to laugh as she rushed in, the similarities to her cousin too hilarious. She summoned her suit out of the ring, then ran out super-fast, speeding into the air when she could.
Speeding to catch up, she was suddenly grabbed mid-flight. Shocked, she was still able to grab hold of her attacker, flying him down to the roof and going to punch him before she saw the face.
"Mon…?" Kayla asked, backing away.
"You know me?" Mon said. He was in his normal red and blue Valor outfit, and Kayla wondered for a second how on every Earth he had the same outfit, before discarding that thought.
"Kayla?" It was a familiar voice and Kayla looked around. Kara had landed, her outfit the red skirt and blue top of similar worlds. Clark wasn't far behind her. "What are you doing?!" The words were not said with love; in fact, there was a bit of hatred in it. "Where did you get that outfit and when did you dye your hair?"
"I…" Kayla started, but Kara seemed to be on a roll.
"You know we won't take you back. Besides, I thought you were comfortable with your Bewitched… thing." Kara continued, venom behind the last two words. The faces she made and the hate in her eyes were surprising to Kayla – she had never found a world where she and Kara did not get along. It hurt, even though this wasn't a Kara she was close to.
"Bewitched?" Kayla finally said, not sure why that was the part that she decided to comment on. "Okay, hold on, I'm not who you think I am. Well I am, but I'm not."
"Has that TV thing thrown you insane?" Clark now, asked crossing his arms.
"Look, I'm Kayla Lane – I'm from another Earth in the multiverse," Kayla said quickly, and from the looks they gave, they obviously had no idea what she was talking about. "Like Sliders…?" The confusion didn't get better. "Well that's a first," Kayla took a breath knowing she had to get into exact science here.
"You have thirty seconds," Kara interrupted, lighting up her eyes as Kayla raised her hands, shocks.
"Please. There is a multiverse of Earths, all sharing the same space but vibrating at different frequencies from each other. These Earths are separate, but with enough speed, or a meta human who can open portals, or some advance science, we can breach into these other worlds and visit. Which is what I'm doing. So, while I am Kayla, I am not your Kayla. I'm from another Earth."
"Are you a Fantasy Dweller like my sister?" Kara asked, depowering her eyes, seeming to accept the explanation.
"I have no idea what that is," Kayla said honestly.
"It's what we call the people who would want to live in fantasy and spend their nights watching those TV shows," Clark explained, and Kayla paused at this.
"You're… you're asking me if I watch TV?" Kayla asked.
"They also have convention-thing," Mon added in. "They day-dream."
"Since TV has expanded, crime rates have gone up," Clark spoke. "These Fantasy Dwellers will be the death of our world."
"I highly doubt that," Kayla muttered. "So then, TV is a new invention here?"
"It's been around for a long time, but never caught on until Queens Consolidate decided to start making serialized shows. They made a production company and started filming; Robert Queen started it, but Oliver has made it completely the company now," Kara explained. "My sister decided she wanted to be an actress – she left us when she was a teenager."
"I couldn't stop her." Clark sighed. "Even as her guardian, the law states if she got a good enough job she could take it without my permission. She was 15," Clark added; Kayla choose not to speak. That was a new rule. "We haven't really spoken to her since."
"Except when Krypto landed," Kara said. "Tried to get him to see me as his master but he wanted Kayla, running to her. Nothing you can do about Kryptonian dogs and their loyalty though." The venom was back in her voice.
"Wow, you three are… just horrible people," Kayla finally, said making them blink. "I mean, you're obviously still the good heroes, protecting the world, but you're not accepting of someone dreams? You'd abandoned your family over her wanting to act. What happened to Stronger Together, our family?"
"You are a Fantasy Dweller," Kara groaned.
"I am pretty sure the entire multiverse are Fantasy Dwellers, according to your definition," Kayla said
"Then maybe we don't want anything to do with you or the multiverse," Clark folded his arms, giving Kara a nod.
"Try not to mess up this world," Kara stated, turning her back as she and Clark left.
"Okay…" Kayla muttered, turning to Mon who was looking her over.
"Kayla betrayed them when she left," Mon stated simply. "They took her abandonment to heart and well… they don't forgive or forget.
"I see," Kayla nodded. "And you?"
"Television wasn't a thing on Daxam, I don't see why it should be here," he shrugged.
"Know where I can find your Kayla then?" Kayla asked.
"More than likely at Queen Consolidates. It's… eh," he waved in a vague direction to his left.
"Something tells me you're not going to be helpful," Kayla muttered now.
"Sorry. Hero though I am, I'm loyal to Kara and Clark," Mon stated. "Good luck finding your double," and with that, he took to the sky, following in the direction Kara and Clark had gone.
"Oh… Kay…" Kayla sighed, looking around and using her x-ray vision to see through the buildings, trying to see further off to locate Queen Consolidates. If it was like on other worlds though, it would be all the way in Starling City and not anywhere near Metropolois.
"Hey," Cisco's voice interrupted her scanning as she turned to see Mutant Cisco standing there. "It ended up being a simple problem with the…. What's wrong?"
"My sister, Clark and even Mon-El…" Kayla shook her head. "This world is weird. TV only became a thing recently thanks to Queen Consolidates; and those who act in it and even like it, are called 'Fantasy Dwellers.' Kara and Clark are not, and my alternative left them at 15 to become an actor. It's just… insane," Kayla sighed, leaning against the risen wall of the building's roof, shaking her head.
"That kind of makes sense though," Cisco pointed out; Kayla giving him a look at this.
"How exactly?" Kayla asked.
"Okay, the Fantasy Dwellers and Kara hating you not making sense, but the world itself. If TV and movies never took off in this world that means there were no dreamers – and those TV and movies inspired a bunch of people to get into science; without them they went different ways. Besides, there are a lot of inventions inspired by pretend tech on TV – the flip phone was based on Star Trek communicators, as was the tablet based on Star Trek Padds… the multiverse owes a lot to Star Trek, come to think of it. This world stood still with technology for 50 years. It seems the Queens are driving TV, which should start this world advancing. Even if there are people like Clark, Kara, and Mon against the change."
"And I am apparently an actress." Kayla pointed out.
"I think we should go see you," Cisco nodded.
"According to Mon she's at Queen Consolidates, but he wasn't 100% sure," Kayla stated.
"Don't worry, I'll find her." Cisco put back on his goggles, opening a portal for them.
-Hitchhikers-
Mutant Cisco and Kayla Lane out of the portal in a large, unfamiliar, room.
"What is this?" Cisco now asked, and Kayla pointed at a banner hanging from the ceiling. "Fantasy Dwellers Convention. Hosted by QC," Cisco read. "What's QC?"
"You know Clark, Kara, and Mon mentioned that the Queens were the big ones behind the new spark in TV," Kaya said. "QC… Oh, Queen Consolidates. They must have renamed the company."
"I guess this is a comic convention," Cisco said, as the two walked further in. It was nothing like a comic con he'd seen. "Oh, look little pamphlets! A look at the TV shows featured in today's conventions… oh." There wasn't a big selection.
"Bewitched," Kayla said, taking the pamphlet for Bewitched. "Starring Kayla Lance and Barry Allen as Samantha and Darren Stevens – the adventures of a mortal and a witch married, living their life in the mortal world." Kayla read. "Okay, I get TV stalling and technology freezing because of it, but how are old TV shows we had in the 60s being made now?"
"Let me see that," Cisco said, taking the pamphlet. "Here we go! All the way at the bottom… based on the short-lived show Bewitched starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York. It seems they had some shows in the 60s, but they didn't catch on." Cisco looked at the pamphlet. "Oh look, there's a Bewitched panel right now. Come on we can catch the end of it."
The two heading in the directions of signs and snuck into the back – the security was laxer in this place.
Kayla's doubleganger, who on this world seemed to be a Lance, and Barry, were on the stage both smiling and talking about the show; by Kayla's feet was a pure black German Shepherd, who looked exactly like Beautiful's Krypto, that must have been his counterpart.
"We heard this coming season you'll be doing something never done before?" The interviewer asked. "Can you give us a clue?"
"Actually, that's the big announcement," Barry said. "And we're almost done here so I think it's time to share?" He looked to Kayla at this.
"I think it is," Kayla Lance said, smirking, standing now as she addressed the audience. "So, this coming season we will be doing something that's never been done on TV show like ours: We will be doing a musical episode!" Cisco's mouth dropped opened.
"That was the big announcement? A musical episode!" Cisco muttered to Kayla Lane, who shushed him.
"What exactly does that intel?" The interviewer was asking.
"It'll be like a short musical play, with singing and dancing and a story – but all over the course of one episode," Barry explained.
"We will be preforming some original music written and recorded for Bewitched along with some already popular songs," Kayla Lance supplied.
"Does everyone sing and dance?" The interviewer asked.
"Both of us do," Barry said. "And of course, Endora is involved in this story, but we can't go into specifics of who else will sing."
"Well, we'll just have to look forward to it," the interviewer said with a smile as the panel was clearly over. The two getting out of their seats as the room went into a polite round of applause.
"Come on," Kayla Lane muttered to Cisco, "we need to go see her." Cisco gave a nod, the two finding their way behind the stage – no one seeming to notice or care as security wasn't as tight as on other worlds.
Kayla Lance was standing there with Barry behind the stage, laughing with one another.
"I'm going to get something to eat," Barry said, once he found his breath, "and then head back to autographs. You want to join?"
"I'm heading back to autos right now. My wife is waiting for me," Kayla Lance said, and Barry gave a nod, turning to walk off.
Suddenly Krypto turned to face Kayla Lane and Cisco and growled.
"Krypto!" Kayla Lance stated, turning to see what Krypto was growling at. "Kara…?" Kayla Lance sounded shocked at seeing her, and from what Kayla Lane knew of their past, she wasn't surprised. "What are you doing here? And… what did you do to your hair?"
"Okay, why do so many people comment on the hair?" Kayla Lance chuckled, causing her double to raise an eyebrow. "I'm not Kara. I'm you from another Earth. There are…"
"Like Sliders?" Kayla Lance asked, surprising Kayla Lane.
"Yes! So it does exist here?" Kayla Lane said.
"Yeah, just started last season. My old Magical Creature co-star Samantha Arias is on it," Kayla Lance said with a smile, causing Cisco to make a noise, but both ignored him. "So, what are you doing here? And hi Cisco." She seemed to just noticed Cisco who gave a smirk. "Not our Cisco, huh?"
"Am I an actor here?" Cisco had to ask.
"No," Kayla said and Cisco pouted. "You work for QC. Working with advanced TVs. Color TVs was your idea," Cisco gave a smirk at that. "So, what are you two doing here?"
"Exploring," Kayla Lane said. "And we came to you because we just talked to Kara, Clark, and Mon..." Kayla Lance frowned at that, "and before you say anything, we're just curious on your side."
"Kara, Clark, and her husband Mon are traditionalists," Kayla said. "They think TV ruins society. They blame the high crime rate on us and use statistics to prove it, but if anyone watches one TV show they count them as a Fantasy Dweller. Most real Fantasy Dwellers are peaceful. Just want fun."
"Mon seemed nice enough," Kayla Lane shrugged as Lance nodded. "So Clark disowned you? That's extreme, even for him."
"When I got the job with Magical Creatures, yes. Clark couldn't stop that, but when he disowned me, the government became my guardian." Lance stated.
"How the hell does that work?" Cisco asked as Krypto kept his eyes on him; it seemed this Krypto didn't trust him like others. Nothing new then.
"Follow me," Kayla stated, indicating for them to follow as she headed to a room accessible behind the stage – it was the same way Barry had gone and they realized it was a celebrity-only canteen as there were few people in here, while Barry himself was eating through some burgers near the back. He didn't look up as Kayla Lance indicated a table and the three took a seat.
"Okay, so when the government took over as my guardian," Kayla Lance stated as Lane and Cisco looked on, "they basically took my paycheck. It was hard having a living when I couldn't make a living. But then Robert Queen and Sara stepped in. Sara and I married… well it's called a civil union for a same-sex couple, but Sara became my guardian. Robert Queen helped by getting us a lawyer to get the marriage legal and get me out of state care," Kayla Lance leaned back in her seat at this.
"Wow," Cisco said. "That's intense."
"Not really," Kayla Lance shrugged it off.
"What's up with the security here anyway?" Cisco couldn't help but ask. "Most con's I've been to there's a tonne of security and personal body guards and the like but here I've not seen anything like that…"
"Why should there be?" Lance countered. "I told you, we're peaceful. No one's tried to hurt any of us so-called celebrities yet… besides, conventions aren't that big. My agent keeps claiming they'll get bigger but I doubt it…"
"Trust me, they will," Cisco muttered, smirking.
"What about the technology though?" Kayla Lane was the one to ask that. "I've seen Sliders and while it was made in the 90s for most world, the technology can't be that advanced here to work…"
"We've made leaps and bounds in the past few years. I mean, computer graphics have a long way to go, but we can do convincing television graphics when needed." Lance stated. "It's expensive, which is why Sliders is only an 8-episode season, but worth it. Bewitched is easier as all we need to do is freeze our positions while they introduce a magical character or whatever, and smoke machines help with the rest. It's fun though."
"I bet," Kayla Lane couldn't help but smirk as Cisco was frowning.
"Look, I'd like to chat but I've got to go sign autographs," Kayla Lance stated. "Feel free and look around; meet other guests. Barry should be signing… soon," she eyed Barry eating his fifth burger before shaking her head and moving off.
"Well that was…" Cisco said pausing. "I don't know what to do with this world."
"Me either," Kayla Lane muttered as she and Cisco stood and walked back into the public area, past the panel stage where Kayla had gone.
They could see Kayla at a table where a line had formed. Sara was there sitting next to Kayla and put an arm around her. "Maybe we should just…?" Cisco started.
Kayla held out her hand to silence Cisco as her ears picked up a familiar voice. She grinned.
"Come on!" The voice was saying, and Kayla scanned the people nearby to finally find Rachel Garrick and an unknown male. He had dark hair and blue eyes and was slightly unshaven.
"Rae," Kayla pointed out.
"Every time…" Cisco muttered. "First on Blue and now here…."
"Maybe we should talk to her," Kayla said, ignoring this comment.
"I don't see the harm," Cisco shrugged, walking towards Rae and the boy she was with.
"Rae!" Kayla called out. "Rae!" The girl didn't turn around, so when Kayla got closer she put a hand on her shoulder. "Rachel," she used her full name.
"You're talking to me?" Rae turned to Kayla and gasped. "Kayla?!" Rae's eyes turned to the booth and then back to Kayla.
"Multiverse," Kayla said. "Like Sliders."
"Makes more sense than you being Kara," Rae said. "But my name is Rachel."
"Sorry, other versions of you we know go by Rae," Kayla said. "This is my Cisco."
"Well you know me, and this is Daniel Tuesday," Rachel said putting a hand on the man. "Well, at least that's what we call him."
"I don't remember my name," Daniel confessed. "Rachel named me."
"After Daniel Radcliff, right?" Cisco asked. "I mean he looks a lot like him."
"Who?" Rachel asked.
"Harry Potter," Cisco tried, and Rachel and Daniel looked at each other. "You know the book and mov… never mind." Cisco groaned, realizing what he had said. Harry Potter was not a movie, and JK Rowling may never have written that series here.
"Look," Rachel indicted for them to move away from the crowds and then started to whisper: "He's an alien. A Kryptonian."
"So?" Cisco said.
"The Anti-Alien bills," Kayla said, remembering the newspaper she saw. "But Kryptonians were not a part of that from what I read?"
"Still something to keep under wraps," Rachel said. "His shipped crashed. Caused some major damage. I found him as my superhero counterpart, Changeling."
"Weird name for a speedster," Cisco said.
"I'm not my dad. I'm a shapeshifter," Rachel stated, making Cisco and Kayla look at each other. "Daniel had no memory of who he was. I took him in, and we've been living in my apartment ever since. I showed him Bewitched and Kayla shook a memory. I think they know each other…. but he's too chicken to go up to her."
"Maybe you can tell me who I am?" Daniel asked, nodding to Kayla Lane.
"Never seen you before, but that doesn't mean she won't know," Kayla said pointing to her counterpart. "You should go. She won't bite. I promise. Stronger Together."
"That… seems familiar," Daniel said. "That saying. Stronger together."
"My family motto," Kayla said. "Go. And Rachel, afterward mind answering some questions?"
"I'll bring you back to my dad's house and we'll answer all the questions you have," Rachel said with a nod, taking Daniel ahead. It seemed Kayla's words had made Daniel brave enough, because he walked with Rachel to the line and waited.
Kayla kept her eyes and ears focused on the interaction as the queue ahead of the pair dwindled. When it was Daniel's turn Rachel paid over the money and Daniel took a picture from the stack.
"Who do I make this out to?" Kayla Lance asked, without even looking up.
"Maybe you can tell me," Daniel said.
"I'm sorry," Kayla Lance said, finally looking up and then paused. "Li…?" Kayla seemed shocked as she gaped at the man. Krypto gave a bark as well, rubbing against Daniel's legs. "Li, but… you…? I thought you were dead."
"He has amnesia," Rachel commented. "He doesn't remember, but you were familiar."
"I should be," Kayla Lance said getting up and moving around the table to hug Daniel. "He's my cousin! My Aunt Astra's and Uncle Ha's son." Kayla Lance looked around at the fans. "Hey, I'm sorry, I'm taking 5. Wait and I'll be back."
Sara gave a nod and smile at her wife, now addressing the crowd herself: "Guys, Barry's back, get his autograph if you haven't and Kayla will be back out soon." Barry gave a wave as he sat in his chair in the next stall.
Kayla dragged Daniel away, but Rachel stayed back, backing away and back to where Kayla and Cisco were.
"Okay, let's go back to my parents. Dad can help catch you up," Rachel said. "I can shape shift, but…"
"Don't worry about it," Cisco said, "I can get us there."
"How do you even know where he lives?" Rachel asked, smirking.
"I don't have to," Cisco said as they got outside. There wasn't anyone around as all seemed in the hall right now. Cisco reached out and grabbed Rachel's hand, to her shock, but it was all he needed to vibe her father and his location; not all Jay Garricks lived in the same address.
"Useful," Rachel said, as a blue portal opened, Cisco nodding to her and Kayla to move through. "Very useful…" she added.
-Hitchhikers-
Jay Garrick was sitting on a couch, reading a book when the portal opened in his living room. He stood as three people jumped through and the portal closed behind them.
"Rachel?" Jay asked once all three were out of the portal and the portal was closed. "What's going on?"
"That's so cool," Roland said, having seen the portal and run into the room too.
"This is Kayla Lane and Cisco… I never got the last name. They're from another world, like Sliders. I was at the convention when we bumped into each other. They wanted to know more of this world, so I figured I'd take them back here." Rachel explained, leaving out Daniel, or Li, completely.
"You were at a convention?" Roland pouted at this. "I would have gone!"
"You had an essay to write for college," Jay snapped back at his son, who opened his mouth but decided not to response. "What can I do to help?"
"Well… we talked to Kara and to Kayla and these two groups seem weird to us," Kayla said. "The Fantasy Dwellers and the other lot, it's just… weird."
"Kara, Clark, and Mon are not bad people," Jay pointed out reasonably. "They are actually kind of the best, when it comes to being heroes and news reporters. When it comes to television though, they are very traditional as in they don't believe in it. They think entertainment should be centered on plays and musicals, like it has been for so long. Unfortunately, they will be left behind as the world moves on."
"If it takes the same steps as other worlds, plays and musicals won't be obsolete, they'll just be alternative," Cisco stated, as Kayla nodded.
"Kayla was apparently always a bit odd for a Kryptonian," Jay continued. "She enjoyed acting. She was just too different to her sister."
"How do you know all this?" Cisco asked, looking back to Rachel now.
"I'm the Flash," Jay smirked. "I've worked with Supergirl long enough to know this."
"Cool… What about movies?" Cisco had to ask, Jay surprised by the pace of conversation. "I have not seen mention of them."
"There are some movie theaters, but they did not gain a lot of popularly and actors prefer TV – you get paid by episode with TV shows." Roland pitched in for his dad. "With movies you only get paid a percent of what the movie makes."
"Barry did one movie," Rachel mused. "He got about $500 from it in total."
"I was not a fan of Barry getting into acting. I raised him after Henry and Nora died," Jay pointed out. "He had so much potential in science, but he had a passion; I had to support him. He had to balance acting with working as a janitor, poor kid."
"Not anymore dad," Roland grinned as Rachel remained quiet. "Bewitched is the most popular TV show around. Barry and Kayla got raises. $5,000 an episode! With a 20 episode season well they are the highest paid actors in the world right now."
"It also helps he's dating Oliver Queen," Rachel threw in.
"Dating Olly?" Kayla had to laugh at this
"$5,000 an episode?!" Cisco countered.
"Overdramatic much?" Kayla asked, folding her arms as she went to look at Cisco.
"They think $5,000 an episode is good," Cisco pointed out.
"How much do actors make on your Earth?" Rachel asked before Kayla could.
"The highest paid actors on TV," Cisco now mused. "The Big Bang Theory stars made a million an episode. Friends made even more by the end of their run," Cisco stated, stunning everyone in the room. "Our worlds are more advance than yours though – and TV is a very big part of a lot of worlds."
"Wow," Jay said.
"Can I ask about the Alien Acts?" Kayla asked after a pause, looking at the three Garricks. "What exactly happened?"
"A species known as the Dominators tried to enslave humanity." Jay responded instantly. "They were the ones who really made meta humans…. well except me. I got my powers, my speed, when I was younger and then these two were born with different powers; Rachel a shape changer and Roland super strength," Jay said, Roland gave them a gimmicky wave at this. "Superman, Supergirl, Valor, me, Roland, and Rachel here worked together to save the Earths from the Dominators, but what was done was done. Meta humans are now spread across the world."
"Dominators…" Kayla sighed. "They gave Prime Earth more metas – didn't try to enslave humanity though, but they were brutes."
"Is there anything else?" Jay asked with a pleasant smile. The two looked at each other and shook their heads. "Well, if you want to stay for dinner, you can. Roland, go finish the essay."
"The computer froze," Roland said.
"Let me take a look," Cisco raised his hand and Roland pointed at the room right off the living room; Cisco went in and then immediately came out.
"That's not a computer!" Cisco stated, loudly and dramatically. "That is a dinosaur!" Kayla gave a laugh, wondering what Cisco had been expecting. "I honestly don't know how the system would work in this world?"
"The system?" Rachel asked.
"It's a communication system between worlds so worlds can talk to each other. It does a lot of other things," Kayla explained, "but with your technology so far behind it might be impossible to put here. If you wanted it, that is?"
"And give Roland more excuses to not do his homework?" Jay joked as Roland poked his head out from his room, giving his dad a glare, which Jay ignored. "Besides, from what you said of the multiverse, it might be better we don't have one for now," Jay mused, making Kayla look him as he thought. "We're too split and seeing worlds like the ones you describe might be too much for people like Clark and Kara. You are welcome to come visit, but I think for now it's best we stay off."
"As you wish," Cisco said, having come back out of Roland's room. "I could try something with the…?"
"Oh, I got the computer," Rachel said. "At my work computers freeze all the time and IT is never around. You learn tricks."
"A chef needs computer skills at work?" Kayla asked.
"Chef?" Rachel asked. "I'm a secretary," Rachel tilted her head to give Kayla a look. "Wait, is my alternate a chef?"
"Um… some of them… yeah…" Kayla muttered, putting a hand behind her head awkwardly. "And all of them are speedsters too... well almost all." Jay gave a look and smile at that. With neither of his kids getting speed, he was obviously interested in these alternate Rachels.
"Well, I'll go fix Roe's computer," Rachel chuckled, moving to her brother's room.
"We should go," Cisco finally decided, opening a portal for them.
"It was nice meeting you!" Rachel called, vanishing from sight.
"Like I said, you can visit again if you like, just be more warned next time," Jay pointed out as Kayla and Cisco nodded, moving back through the portal and off the world.
-Kayla's Diary-
Kayla was back on Prime Earth now. Cisco had gone back to the museum and Kayla needed a change of clothing – she kept most of her clothes on Prime, with her alternate's dad, as she had spent 9 months there covering for their Kara when pregnant with Skylar. Now though she was in her room, previously Kara and Jesse's room, there, writing in her diary.
This new world was something else. She started. The technology was so in the past, and Cisco still can't stand the way TV is. He had gone back to get some examples – comparing this world's Magical Creatures to Beautiful's Magical Creatures is like night and day when it comes to special effects. Not to mention their Magical Creatures is black and white. Beautiful and this world are like complete opposites of each other, but there is also weirdly a similarity in who became actors and actresses.
Cisco was also heart broken when he realized Star Trek did not exist there. Kayla chuckled as she wrote this one. Apparently he opened a portal to QC – Queen Consolidates there – to pitch the idea to Oliver Queen himself. I don't really know how that went. I think Oliver thought it was interesting but there's no market for space shows with aliens when people are so anti-alien. I wonder if that will ever change.
She looked out of the window to the city beyond. This new world had made her realize how much she had taken for granted. She continued writing though: I always thought the worst worlds were where either me or Kara died, leaving the other one alone, but I think I discovered a new worse – with both of us being alive but not getting along. Their history… Kayla liking TV and Kara not. That break between them.. that's worst. At least me and my Kara parted as sisters when she died; and I can call other Kara sisters. New Justice, Prime and SuperEarth… Those two are not sisters anymore. I doubt they even have the Bond.
She put her pen down as she mused this. How a Bond could be broken from distance, time and mood. It had been known to happen.
At least the Garricks were friendly, and the same. Rachel isn't a speedster there, much like on Blue, but still a similar personality. Her brother, Roland, seems sweet – I haven't met one of him before. Now, as for names for this world, she continued. 'Sixties World' was suggested, but I thought of something a little different: 'Fantasy World'. After those Fantasy Dwellers, watching their TV and dreaming. The ones who will bring about the future… because they will do, I'm sure of it.
With that she closed her journal. She didn't know what else to write about and didn't feel comfortable writing more of this world. She was done for the night.
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