Hitchhikers Guide to the Millma Verse
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Lies, Oppression and the Daxamite Way.
Cisco was alone in the Mutant Earth warehouse this time. He'd just finished an exciting shift at the museum, where he had demonstrated how the Particle Accelerator worked, as well as explained some of Team Flash's earlier adventures, when a blue portal opened in the room. He sighed expectantly as he expected to see Kayla Lane appear, but was surprised when he came face to face with a Rachel Garrick.
This Rachel wasn't the one from New Justice though, as her yellow and red costume was different, so he had to assume it was one of the lesser known Rachels.
"Can you explain what you and Kayla Lane are doing, Vibe?" Rachel stated, folding her arms and surprising Cisco.
"What do you mean?" Cisco asked, frowning.
"You're going to other worlds, helping them – that's exactly what we were doing before that Nazi thing," Rachel pointed out, causing Cisco to sigh in realization. "We stopped; I don't know why you started."
"Hero," he stated, realizing where this Rachel was from as he smirked. "And we're exploring – not helping; besides, how did you know?"
"You're not the only vibe who spies," Rachel stated, smirking herself now.
"My alternative?" Cisco chuckled.
"Accord, actually," Rachel stated, laughing herself.
"Amelia Allen. The less said about her the better," Cisco rolled his eyes.
"Hey, it wasn't my Accord that messed about in the multiverse," Rachel stated, holding up her hands as if she herself had been accused; she had done her research it seemed.
"We just have a bad experience with Accords," Cisco pointed out. "Anyway, there's a different between what you did and what we're doing. One we're exploring – out of the four worlds we've visited so far, in two of them, Beautiful and Fantasy, we just talked to the people of the world. Blue, we gave some advice, but we mostly just observed."
"And the last one?" Rachel asked, raising her eyebrow as she leaned on the desk.
"We helped with a serial killer," Cisco muttered. "BUT," this time Cisco put a finger out to stop Rachel, who had opened her mouth, from countering him, "there is a major difference between what we are doing and what you did. What you did was try to overthrow an established government; bring in your own army, lead with our own plan, and overthrow the Nazis. Besides, even if you had overthrown Barry and Kara what did you think was going to happen? The entire world is controlled by them. They are the head of the entire Nazi party but there must be other heads who report to them, other officials. Killing the leaders would have created a vacuum and started a whole new war for power. Were you planning to stay there, police the world, and force your own will on them? The world has to change their own world. Overthrow the government themselves."
"So as long as it's small we can help…?" Rachel asked, genuinely curious as she tried to understand, not letting Cisco's rant get to her.
"There are cases where we can help with bigger things," Cisco now mused. "Take Karry Universe for example; not that long ago a super powerful villain named Darkseid was about to overthrow them. The Justice League was fighting to keep their world the same and we went there to help – added power to their armies but we did not plan. We didn't enforce what we wanted. And the way Darkseid was defeated was basically Karry Universe's doing. I predict if we had not jumped in they would have done it anyway, although they might have lost more people."
"I'm confused," Rachel said, frowning now. "So… we can help as long as it's not overthrowing a government? As long as we don't take a giant role?"
"Basically," Cisco nodded as Rachel now smiled. "Look, if you want, you can join us on an exploration," Cisco reasoned, Rachel cocking her head enthusiastically at this. "I'm sure Kayla would love to explore a new world."
"Definitely. Where is she?" Rachel asked, looking around as if expecting her to jump up from behind a desk or something.
"Here," Kayla Lane walked into the room, already in her Powergirl outfit and surprising Rachel, who jumped, having been looking the other direction upon her arrival.
"Kayla, this is Hero's Rachel Garrick," Cisco introduced.
"Call me Rai," Rai moved forward to shake Kayla's hand, smiling now. "Oh, that's with an 'I' not an 'e'. I know a few Rae's go by R-A-E," Rai pointed out, Kayla chuckling and nodding at this. "What did you hear?"
"Everything," Kayla smiled politely, taking back her hand now. "And I agree with Cisco: we should go to a new world and show you what we do. I haven't been world hopping in a while though – last time, the world was… a little weird."
"How so?" Rai asked, curious.
"Fantasy," Cisco voiced. "Stuck in the 60s. Really unusual."
"Oh, yeah that does sound weird," Rae agreed. "I have to ask though, Ms. Lane…"
"Call me Kayla," Kayla chuckled at Rai's politeness.
"Kayla… Do you live on this world or something?" Rai asked, now looking between Kayla and Cisco.
"No," Kayla laughed. "Although the Kara here puts me up when needed. I was helping – ironically given your appearance here, Nazi Earth's Oliver turned up. He's looking for a new Laurel after his died and I think he's set his sights on Black Siren… the one from my world."
"She killed your sister and cousin!" Cisco pointed out, shocked.
"I've grown and learned since then," Kayla stated, a sudden steely determination in her eye.
"Well… I'm sure my Kara would thank you for helping," Cisco sounded surprised but continued, "she likes being a hero but not as much as other worlds; having you as backup helps her tenfold."
"No problem," Kayla shrugged, glancing to Rai now.
"So, world hopping?" Rai asked, twiddling her thumbs now as she allowed the two to chat.
"Oh yes!" Cisco pointed at Rai now before moving to the computers. "This is a little gift from Karry Universe…" he started as a holographic representation of the multiverse exploded into the room – blue worlds surrounding them all like Christmas lights. Rai grinned like a child at the beauty of it all. "Karry's Gideon and Prime's Mavis have plotted almost 60 worlds now…" Cisco explained, "if you don't want to visit the regulars that leaves near 30 worlds unexplored," Cisco couldn't help but smile at this as he waved his hand, blue worlds going dark as he eliminated Prime through to Fantasy. The worlds that hadn't been named yet were still just numbered, while the eliminated did have little name tags underneath them. "Pick a world."
"Interesting," Rai grinned as Kayla clapped her hands together.
"34!" Kayla called, pointing to a random number.
"34…?" Cisco muttered, gabbing his goggles. "I'll just see… oh," he paused as he put his goggles on. "That world… no, I don't think…"
"What?" Rai now paused, moving over to Cisco, as Kayla frowned, tempted to take his goggles off – but knew that would cause more damage than good to him and his powers.
"It's a bad word," Cisco shook his head. "A lot of destruction. Probably not a good example."
"Not all worlds are going to be a perfect example of non-interference," Kayla mused now.
"Besides, don't you also go to placed to find a name for them?" Rai added, sharing a look with Kayla. "Destruction Earth doesn't exactly sound nice…" she pointed out as Kayla opened her mouth to this but closed it at the look from Cisco.
"Okay… but first sign of trouble…" Cisco held out his hand as both Kayla and Rai giggled. "Earth 34, here we come…" Cisco sighed, opening a portal, which the three jumped through.
-Hitchhikers-
The trio stepped out in what looked like a city; or was once a city. Buildings were decimated, there was no sign of life and there was a haze, almost like smoke, obscuring some of their view. Kayla had to pause at this as Rai groaned.
"Okay, maybe Destruction Earth is a better name…" Rai mused.
"You sure this isn't a dead world?" Kayla asked Cisco, having been to dead worlds before and not liking them.
"This looks like Central City," Rai mused, not moving as she indicated to familiar landmarks.
"Yeah, I recognize–" before Cisco could finish, there was a familiar streak of red and yellow that surrounded them, keeping them in their place as the wind whipped up. Kayla was tempted to use her laser vision to stop the speedster; while lightning flashed in Rai's eyes, but both knew not to react yet. Before they knew it, all three were knocked to the ground.
"WHO ARE YOU?" The speedster was dressed in a dishevelled red outfit, much like Mutant Earth's Barry, and his face was vibrating so they couldn't see his identity.
"Cisco Ramon!" Cisco called out quickly, holding up his hands in surrender as he tried to get up, but the speedster knocked him down again. "Ow!"
"We're friends," Kayla stated, calmly, hoping it was true – this could be this world's Reverse Flash after all.
"And family," Rai pointed out as Kayla looked to her indignantly; but Rae recognised her cousin, already on her feet now and helping Kayla up as the speedster stopped.
"Rachel? This must be some sort of trick…" the speedster stopped vibrating his face, to reveal Barry Allen for the trio; he looked directly at Rai now. This Barry looked a little different to the ones they knew, with facial hair, scars and a gaunt face, but was definitely Barry.
"…Kara?" It was a new voice as Kayla turned to see another Rai; this one in a red jacket and blue pants like New Justice's Rae – before she'd changed her outfit, of course. Kayla was used to seeing her with goggles and a helmet, at least in this costume, but both were absent from this Rachel Garrick.
"No… I'm –" Kayla started, but Rachel had her suddenly by the throat. "Okay, this is annoying," Kayla gasped, getting her bearings before easily able to throw the speedster off as Barry caught this Rachel.
"You are a Kryptonian!" Rachel gasped from the floor now, frowning up at Kayla now.
"Yes, and from another world." Kayla pointed out.
"A parallel world," Cisco pointed out.
"Parallel words," Rai corrected her friends, using the plural and frowning at her counterpart now.
"We came here to see… well, I think maybe we better go?" Kayla sighed, turning to Cisco at this.
"No!" This Earth's Rachel was on her feet again but kept her distance. "I mean… if you are from another universe… I mean, we could use your help. We'd been hoping this moment would come…"
"No," Rai was the one to state this now, simply but friendly. "We don't help other worlds – we don't know the repercussions that could have. We had trouble with Nazis a while back." She ignored the smirk on Cisco's face near her.
"Nazis are nothing compared this hell," Barry pointed out as this world's Rachel gave Rai a look now.
"What happened here?" Cisco was the one to ask this. Although he could vibe the world, he couldn't sense what happened in its past, or how far back to go to find out.
"We'll explain," Rachel stated, sighing, "but back at base. Barry?"
"Yeah," Barry nodded, looking to Kayla. "You can run?" Barry asked Kayla, who nodded. "You too?" He asked Rai, who nodded too.
"I can't," Cisco pointed out, hand cautiously in the air. Barry shared another look with his Rachel and a second later, he and Cisco had vanished in a flash of light.
"Oh," Kayla was taken aback at this, but Rachel already had her attention.
"Follow me, you two – it won't be long," Rachel stated, turning on her heel and running, Kayla and Rai easily keeping up as they ran across plains and through deserted towns until they reached what was once a city and skyscraper. But, instead of going up once inside building, they went down; Rachel taking them to a staircase that was well-hidden and then down to a room where Barry and Cisco were already waiting. Other people were instantly present too – Cisco had recognised Jesse and Belle Wells, while Kayla noted Caitlin or Crystal Snow as Killer Frost, and even Winn, who had paused at seeing Cisco but said nothing. There were several unfamiliar faces too.
"Where are…?" Kayla asked.
"We're in Starling," Cisco pointed out. "I recognise this place. It's Team Arrow's bunker."
"It was," Rachel stated as Barry moved off. "It's not anymore."
"Who are these?" Winn asked Rachel now, folding his arms and inclining his head to Kayla, Cisco and Rai.
"Friendlies… I hope," Rachel eyed the trio now.
"What happened to Team Arrow?" Cisco asked this, addressing Rachel and Barry.
"Vigilantes are dead," Winn continued, moving cautiously but avoiding looking at Cisco. "One of the first so-called heroes to be killed by the Daxamites."
"Daxamites!?" Kayla's attention was taken at this. Back on her home world, Villain Earth as it was called now, Daxamites had been an enemy of the Kryptonians, but she knew on other worlds such as Mutant and even Prime, they weren't too bad; Mon-El was the example of this.
"You don't know?" Jesse was the one to speak up. "Rachel… Barry… where did these three come from? Why does she look like you?"
"Another world," Rachel stated, to a murmur from the gathered group.
"Are they here to help?" A British man spoke up, surprising Kayla and Cisco from his accent.
"I hope so," Barry stated.
"But… we can't interfere with other worlds." Rai pointed out again, having taken to heart as to what Cisco had said earlier; she even looked to Vibe Junior at this, who nodded and smiled to her.
"We have rules," Cisco added, "but we would like to hear more. Like, what did the Daxamites do?" Cisco asked as Rachel sighed; Kayla could see her mind ticking away as everyone in the room looked to her. She must have been their leader, like so many other Rachels in the multiverse.
"Three years ago," Rachel started, leaning now against a broken railing, "Queen Rhea of Daxam arrived here in search of her son, Mon-El. He rejected her, having found a better life here, so she turned her attention to Lena Luthor, manipulating her to open a wormhole to the other side of the galaxy where her Daxamite armies were waiting. We stood no chance. Rhea kidnapped Lena – I assume she's dead now as we haven't seen her since – while her son, Mon-El…" she looked away at this.
"The Daxamite army killed President Marsdin and Cat Grant in Air Force One," Barry filled in. "They then proceeded to destroy all government facilities, leaving us in ruins. But it's what she did to the superheroes that was the worst."
"It was a planned attack," Killer Frost spoke up. "She must have learned all she needed from Lena before turning on her; Rhea had everything she needed to take over Earth."
"Rhea had Kryptonite at her disposal," Rachel continued now, looking to Kayla. "She used silver Kryptonite to manipulate Superman into thinking Supergirl was General Zod, causing him to fatally wound his cousin…" Rachel's voice faltered at this as Barry put a hand on her shoulder.
"Superman couldn't live with what he'd done. Rhea easily killed him a few days later," Barry continued, solemnly. Kayla was liking this world less and less. It was reminding her of home, where her own Kara and Clark had been killed. It seemed this world didn't have a Kayla though.
"It was then the vigilantes; Team Arrow, the Batfamily and the Canaries, along with the DEO," Killer Frost added, "Rhea easily stopped them."
"Hang on," Cisco held up his hand at this, "don't Daxamites have a vulnerability? To lead?" He knew this from his Mon. It had been funny the day he tested Mon on various Earth materials to see what hurt him and what didn't – well, funny for Cisco anyway.
"We thought so too," Winn was the one who said this, "but it seemed this flaw was fixed. We can only assume Lena Luthor helped Rhea, who administered this lead-cure to the rest of her army."
"Damn," Cisco looked to Kayla and Rai at this. "An army of Daxamites, no Supers, vigilantes' dead…"
"We're humanity's last hope," Rachel stated, almost boldly. "Meta humans."
"Or we were," Barry sighed as Cisco raised his eyebrow to his alternative friend.
"There were only two naturally born meta humans on this world," Rachel stated. "Myself, being the daughter of the first Flash, and my cousin, Barry's sister, Amelia. She was kidnapped by the Daxamites last month. We've been working effortlessly to get her back since. You see, she has the power…"
"To give another power," Rai finished for her double, nodding. "Accord."
"Yes, you have one?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, I do," Rai stated, causing Rachel to nod now.
"Without her, we can't grow our numbers, we won't be powerful enough to stop the Daxamites, or kill Queen Rhea," Rachel stated.
"Hang on," it was the British guy again, "why are you telling them all this? They could be spies for the Daxamites!"
"They told us, William: they're from another world," Rachel sighed.
"And you believe them?" William asked, angry now.
"Yes." Rachel didn't hesitate on this. "I do." But at this, William groaned and moved off into a side room, obviously not trusting the world hoppers. "Ignore him. He was a reporter so it's natural for him to ask questions."
"It's fine," Rai waved this off. "But I have to ask: do you go by Rae, Rachel, Shelly, or what…?" Rai added as Rachel raised her eyebrow at the question.
"Rachel or The Flash," this worlds Rachel stated. "I was Racey – a nickname from my father – but that was another life," she looked sadly at this.
"And you're the Flash too?" Cisco asked Barry.
"Impulse," Barry pointed out, to a chuckle from Cisco – Malcolm Garrick on Alien Earth went by this name too. "So, can you help?" Barry now added.
"No," Cisco repeated with a head shake. "We can't overthrow the Daxamites. For that to happen, it has to be you that does it."
"You said there were things we could do, though?" Rai pointed out.
"For a world like this, what we can do is limited," Cisco said. "There are two choice: One we could try relocating you."
"Relocating?" Barry asked.
"Take you off this world." Cisco explained. "Make you refugee on other, better worlds. Prime has a place set up for stranded people and refugees – people who cannot go back to their own worlds either because its dead or other reasons, like you. We can try to get you all set up on other worlds too, usually places where your alternates are either dead or were never born. I will admit this would be the biggest relocation we would have ever done," Cisco stated, doubtful.
"We can't do that," Rachel said, shaking her head. "Even if you relocated who is in this room there are others all over the world. People enslaved. People who know we're their only hope. You can't relocate an entire world."
Cisco gave a nod, knowing that offer was off the table. "Then, the most we can do is listen to your plans, give some advice, some of our smarts. If you have a plan in place to save your Accord we could give some help. But understand it has to come from you. We can't bring the multiverse army here."
"Multiverse army?" Rachel blinked at this as Rai groaned.
"Not the best terminology," Rai muttered to Cisco.
"It's not an actual real thing," Kayla spoke quickly. "It's a play name for when worlds who are friends get together and help each other. But the world who we're on takes the lead. It's also usually used when the threat comes from the multiverse."
"They are allowed to help governments stay in power, but not help overthrow," Rai pointed out.
"Oh," Rachel said. "I understand. This is not your fight after all. We'll take whatever help you can give us."
"We need to know your plans though, if you have any?" Cisco asked, but Kayla seemed to have another idea as she waved at her friend.
"Rachel," Kayla stated. "I think we need a private talk," she looked directly at Rachel. "Do you mind?"
"Erm," Rachel bit her lip at this, confused at the change in tactics. "Okay. Barry… erm… fill them in on Operation Accord." Rachel stated.
"Of course," Barry nodded.
"Need me?" Rai asked Kayla, who shook her head, a look in her eyes telling Rai not to interrupt them as she and Rachel moved off to a side area, away from the others, while Barry began tactic talks.
"You knew her intimately, didn't you?" Kayla asked Rachel once out of earshot from the others. "Supergirl, I mean."
"How did you know?" Rachel asked, shocked at this.
"You haven't completely taken your eyes off me since we got here yet won't look me in the eyes too… and the way you spoke about her and about her death," Kayla summarized. "I assume she was Kara Danvers here?" Kara's had many last names, but Danvers was the go-to. Rachel nodded at this.
"She was my fiancée," Rachel stated solemnly.
"Well, I'm not her," Kayla stated simply, causing Rachel to frown. "I mean, literally. My name is Kayla Lane, and Kara is… was, my sister. I lost my Kara too, in a similar manner – and my Clark. You don't get over it, but you find ways to cope. I'm lucky as I hop the multiverse and meet different versions of my sister; I'm no longer the same person who left her world. But you need to find something to give you that fulfilment, to make you want to live on."
"Defeating the Daxamites and taking back Earth seems like a good compromise," Rachel stated simply.
"True," Kayla nodded. "But we meant it when we said it earlier: we can't help with that. We told you our limits. If we change the status quo of this world it could lead to disastrous consequences. One world just trying to change another world led to a Nazi invasion of a completely different world."
"I get it." Rachel nodded. "But it does kind of suck. You're Kryptonian. You can kill a Daxamite with your bare hands!" Rachel insisted.
"I could, but I won't. You guys need to be the ones to take your world back. And a speedster could kill a Daxamite with her bare hands as well," Kayla pointed out. "Remember: minor help. I won't kill any of the Daxamites, but I'll see what I can do. You need to get your Accord back? Operation Accord?"
"Yes," Rachel nodded; her expression slightly steely now. "So, we have 2 shapeshifters, Belle and Jesse can teleport, sort of. We can infiltrate their base at the former site of National City, find Accord and teleport back here without the Daxaites knowing."
"Sounds like a plan," Kayla nodded. "I just have one alteration…"
-Hitchhikers-
"Cisco?" Winn had approached Cisco as Kayla and Rachel had moved off and Barry informed Rai of Operation Accord.
"Yeah?" Cisco stated, glancing at Kayla and Rachel, worried about what the former might be agreeing to, but also eyeing Rai, who was simply nodding and listening to the plan.
"You can help me," Winn stated simply, causing Cisco to look to the man, surprised.
"I can't Winn, I'm sorry," Cisco stated. "We have rules…"
"You can bend those rules. You just said you could lend us smarts. I don't want you to fight. I just need you to finish what our Cisco couldn't before his death," Winn pointed out.
"Your Cisco is dead?!" Cisco asked, shocked now.
"Please… come with me," Winn didn't wait as he moved off to another side room in the base, Cisco glancing at Rai again before following. "Kryptonians have a weakness," Winn explained as they entered a makeshift lab, "Kryptonite. Made from the irradiated fragments of their home world. So, it goes to figure that the Daxamite could have similar."
"Was the Daxamite Home World destroyed?" Cisco asked, looking at the various instruments. Everything was so out of date, but he supposed that was to be expected after years of no new inventions.
"Not really. I mean it was pummelled by the remains of Krypton, but remained largely intact, so my Cisco and I started working on something else…" he reached to a shelf and pulled down a metal suitcase, the sort of thing you'd keep secure hardware and precious items in. Winn thrust it on the table next to Cisco and opened it up.
"Grenades?" Cisco frowned as he looked at the ten small green objects. He went to grab one, but Winn batted his hand away and closed the case.
"Not just any grenades. My Cisco called it Daxamel – the perfect weapon against Daxamites," Cisco looked to Winn, frowning now. "Cisco was the genius who was able to reverse-engineer Kryptonite, to see what radiation made the former home world of Krypton so deadly to its residents. Using that radiation, we managed to get hold of fragments of Daxamite ships – some had crashed in the ensuing battle – and using the radiation on their own metals, created the Daxamite version of Kryptonite. In gaseous form though."
"Daxamel," Cisco nodded. "My alternative did that?" He felt odd knowing he'd invent such a weapon, even if it wasn't him exactly.
"War is hell," Winn shrugged, not quite getting it.
"Why el, though?" Cisco moved on, "Daxamel."
"Supergirl and Superman. They were from the House of El on Krypton. We thought it worked well for a name and to honor them. They might have failed but for a while they were our greatest heroes. Anyway, while we had perfected a weapon against our oppressors, it had an unfortunate side effect on humans…" Winn looked away at that.
"It was just as lethal to humans as it was Daxamites?" Cisco summarized, joining the dots. "It's why you keep them in the case and haven't used them. Why I couldn't touch them. They're highly radioactive." Winn nodded at this. "It's how your Cisco died too?"
"He got a more lethal doze than I did," Winn stated.
"Are you…?" Cisco frowned, wondering now if Winn was on a death sentence too.
"My life doesn't matter. Not anymore. But I was hoping… like I said, you'd only be finishing the work of my Cisco," there was hope in Winn's eyes at this.
"Urgh…" Cisco sighed, giving in. He knew his Vibe powers could easily protect him from most radiation – and this worlds' Cisco hadn't been a meta human, judging by what Rachel had said earlier about the lack of meta humans before Accord, so his lack of being Vibe hadn't help. "I suppose I can look at his work, see what he did wrong and make it… less lethal to humans," he didn't like the idea of it, but he couldn't let his double, or even Winn, die for nothing. And it would not be an active part. Fixing an invention helped but didn't interfere that much. It was at the very limits of what they could do.
"Thank you!" Winn grinned, embracing Cisco who bit his lip. This went against what he wanted.
-Hitchhikers-
Rachel and Kayla walked back onto the main room of the base; those gathered where talking to one another or remaining silent, but she whistled for their attention. Rai had joined them on Kayla's instruction, a plan having formed for her.
"Guys," Rachel called, people looking up and over to her. "Regardless of our newcomers, we are sticking to the plan!" There was a weak cheer as Winn and Cisco came from the other room.
"What did you agree to?" Cisco muttered to Kayla, as she put a finger on her lip to shut him up. Rai watched on in calculating silence, biting her own lip.
"Yesterday, we captured two Daxamite scout soldiers." Rachel explained. "They are our key. William and Ralph will shape shift into them," she nodded to the tall thin man and the British man who had complained earlier. "They will be presenting three metas to the Daxamites – Belle, Barry and myself – only, I won't be there, not exactly. My alternate here," she indicated Hero Rai, "will take my place."
"Wait," Cisco moaned, looking to Rai now.
"This was Kayla's plan," Rai held up her hands as Cisco rolled his eyes. "I had no say in this."
"We said we could help them with their plan," Kayla pointed out. "This was going to happen. We're just giving them an advantage – a small advantage. Like when the multiverse came to help Karry against Darksied," she used Cisco's own words from earlier against him as he rolled his eyes.
"Once through," Rachel continued, "My alternate, William, Ralph and Belle will seek out Accord, and the moment they have her, they will teleport her back here," she gave the Wells girl a glance, as if daring her to speak up against this but she didn't. "Meanwhile, Barry and I…"
"Hang on, I thought you weren't going on this one?" Killer Frost spoke up at this, having been following the plan.
"I will be invisible," Rachel smirked. "My alternative here has informed me that speedsters can turn themselves invisible by vibrating fast. I need to practice, but I can get this. I was born with the speed force; I should be able to do this."
"What are we doing?" Barry asked, ignoring the invisible comment.
"Seeking out weakness in the Daxamite palace; we're faster than the Daxamites, but we need to be careful. If either one of us are apprehended…" Rachel looked doubtful for a moment. "Well our new friends here won't save us." Cisco gave a nod to Kayla for that one. If the plan failed, it failed. "Meanwhile, Kayla here will be patrolling the city, waiting for Barry and myself."
"Just don't get caught," Kayla pointed out.
"We won't be," Barry stated simply, looking to Rachel. "We won't hang around for long."
"Okay," Rachel turned back to the group. "We leave in two hours. William, Ralph, and Belle, with me," the others moved forward obediently as Rachel took them aside to further brief them.
Cisco though, turned to Kayla and Rai.
"You planned for Rai to go into the Daxamite base as this world's Rachel?!" He complained. "That is almost crossing a line."
"I just nodded and agreed," Rai protested, hands raised again.
"It's no different to their original plan," Kayla stated simply. "Before Rachel came in with Barry, now with Rai there they have extra manpower, but it wouldn't be that different if down one member."
"And once we get Accord, Belle takes me, my cousin and the others out of there, while Rachel and Barry do their thing," Rai added, to a frown from Cisco.
"I…" Cisco looked between both women before groaning. "Fine. I don't see a flaw. Urgh, first Winn's Daxamel and now this."
"Daxamel?" Kayla asked.
"Yeah, it's like the Daxamite version of Kryptonite. I agreed to help Winn perfect it," Cisco admitted.
"Aha!" Kayla mocked, distracting some of the people nearby as Cisco looked to her and Rai raised her eyebrow. "You can't debate with Rai being in the plans if you're helping Winn with their Daxam-thingy."
"Daxamel and no, but my help is mild compared to you two going into the lion's den! This is the very limit and after this we leave," Cisco pointed out.
"Well, I'll be outside, and besides, it's more like a pyramid…" Kayla pointed out thoughtfully, speaking of the Daxamite palace.
"Well, just don't kill a Daxamite," Cisco muttered, rolling his eyes.
-Hitchhikers-
The Daxamite palace was located where National City once was – the original buildings long-since decimated as a large pyramid took up the center of the place, a large wall surrounded the outside, with smaller buildings just within, almost reminiscent of an old castle and fortress.
William and Ralph had transformed into the two guards, with Rai, Belle and Barry as their 'prisoners' – Rachel was present too, with Rai having taught her the basics of vibrating to invisibility. Kayla watched as the group was allowed through the barricades and into the city.
"This is depressing…" Kayla muttered to herself as she kept her distance, not flying as she watched the walls, seeing the guards patrolling and the people within. If she tried hard enough, she could use her x-ray vision to likely see the hundreds of prisoners kept within.
She was reminded of the Daxamites back home. They had raged a war against Krypton until Krypton began to split at the seams. It was dreadful irony that Krypton's remnants would later decimate the Daxamite home world. A sort of last revenge of the Kryptonians, though.
"I wonder where Queen Rhea is…?" Kayla now asked herself, scanning the chambers of the pyramid, able to just about see Rai and the others now sneaking through the place; Barry and Rachel were nowhere to be seen though.
"Maybe you can use that superior vision of yours to look a little closer…" A female voice spoke from behind her as Kayla turned, eyes wide to see an older woman of around her mother's age, in grey robes and a small crown.
"Rhea…" Kayla groaned; recognising her even from her own experiences.
"That's Queen Rhea to you. And you're meant to be dead," Rhea stated, scowling.
"Wrong person," Kayla stated, moving forward – but before she could reach Rhea, a streak shot at her and knocked her back. Clambering to her feet, Kayla was shocked to see a man who looked like Mon-El had joined the Daxamite Queen.
"Mon!" Kayla growled, her eyes glowing as she jumped up.
"Wrong person," the Mon-alike smirked; it was then that Kayla recognized him from Beautiful Earth – Mik-El, Mon's brother! But on Beautiful, Mik had turned against his mother and helped stop this very same situation, from what she had later learned. It seemed his priorities were different here. She didn't have time to think more though as he shot at Kayla again, fist forward, which Kayla dodged, using her freeze breath to strike him as Rhea now moved forward.
"I never had the opportunity of killing an El firsthand," Rhea stated, going to punch Kayla now as Mik hit at Kayla too, from behind.
"I thought you killed Superman," Kayla stated, unable to block one punch while avoiding another.
"That was Mik here," Rhea stated. "Mon-El's superior brother, and my better son," Rhea explained as she double-teamed with Mik to attack Kayla.
-Hitchhikers-
Cisco had taken apart one of the Daxamel grenades to see its components while Winn had pulled up his Cisco's research into the weapon. A lot of paperwork.
"How exactly does this work?" Cisco asked as he bit his tongue in concentration, grabbing a spyglass to see more clearly.
"Similar to a normal grenade, except when it comes to exploding, the explosion is focused on the element within, releasing the gas to poison the Daxamites," Winn stated, passing over the papers.
"And how does it not work?" Cisco now asked.
"The thing that makes it go boom inside doesn't ignite. It's worthless but radiative," Winn stated.
"So… I need to make it go boom?" Cisco looked up at Winn.
"Basically," Winn nodded.
"Should be easy enough. Can you hand me that… what is it?" He thought the tool was some sort of laser but on closer inspection, the pen-like device next to Winn wasn't what it seemed.
"This is a sonic modulator," Winn stated. "Not got them back home?"
"Not like this," Cisco now examined the sonic modulator. "This could be useful… but not for the grenades. Let's have a look at the plans," he took the paperwork from Winn, who stood back to observe.
"You know, it's weird… seeing you working… like him," Winn muttered as Cisco looked over the plans.
"What was he like?" Cisco asked, knowing most of his doubles were like him, but some were different, much like Frankie on New Justice.
"Stubborn – even up to the day he died," Winn stated, wistfully. "He and I… well…"
"How long was he suffering?" Cisco now asked, too distracted to really listen to the words or their meaning.
"He first revealed symptoms of radiation poisoning six months into the Daxamel's development. Died four months later. That was over a year ago now," Winn stated.
"How come you're still alive?" Cisco asked, looking back to Winn for a moment.
"I didn't work on it daily, like him. He was up nights on end with various form of radiation testing before the Daxamel took form," Winn explained. "But I wasn't immune – I just got exposed to less lethal doses compared to my Cisco."
"You know… for a man who worked on this for, what ten months, he did overlook one stupid flaw," Cisco pointed out, indicating for Winn to move over as he pointed to something through the spyglass in the grenade. "This element isn't fused…" he stated. "It needs soldering to this and an extra connection there," he further explained, pointing out the errors.
"I guess my Cisco was so caught up in creating the Daxamel, he overlooked the human elements," Winn sighed, chuckling though.
"Did you not look at it?" Cisco looked up to Winn.
"God no. I helped but this was his baby. I don't even know how some of this stuff works," Winn stated, holding up his hands.
"How many Daxamite grenades do you have then?" Cisco asked.
"Each case contains ten grenades and we have eight cases," Winn indicated the cabinet he had taken these grenades from.
"So, eighty," Cisco concluded. "And after that…?"
"Nothing. I don't know the precise science or the radiation my Cisco used; once these grenades are gone, that's it," Winn explained.
"Okay. We need to make this count, then. Because this is the limit. We can't help you make more," Cisco nodded to himself, getting back to work.
-Hitchhikers-
Kayla was in full battle with Queen Rhea and Prince Mik, but it was tough keeping her own – she knew that both of these Daxamites were here to kill her, and they didn't care or know she wasn't even of this world. It wouldn't matter to them.
This really was a matter of life and death.
That was when a flash of blue caught her eye and a streak of yellow lightning came up and knocked both Daxamites back, sending them flying, and allowing Kayla to catch her breath.
Turning her head, she expected this worlds' Barry or one of the Rachels but was surprised to see a clean-cut red-suited Barry grinning at her, flexing his hands after the double sonic punch.
"Thanks!" Kayla stated. "Which world…?"
"You haven't visited me yet, not that there's much going on there," the Random Barry stated, just as Rhea and Mik stood, the former screaming as she leaped into the air, heading directly for the two heroes.
"Both want to kill me," Kayla pointed out quickly. "But we can't kill them!"
"Spoilsport," the Random Barry stated as he sped in between Kayla and Rhea, starting to fight the Queen now. "And it looks like you seek out fun too!" He added as Mik now sped to Kayla, the two starting to fight once more.
They were saved from trying to knock out the Daxamite royals though, when a siren sounded from the Daxam city nearby; distracting Rhea and Mik.
"Mom?" Mik asked as Rhea looked to Kayla and Barry, glaring.
"What did you do?!" she demanded of the two.
"I've been here all this time, and this guy just got here," Kayla smirked, indicating to Barry.
"This isn't over!" Rhea snarled. "Mik, come!" she sped off back to the city, while Mik gave the pair a wandering glance before following his mother.
"That's our sign that we need to get back to base," Kayla stated.
"And where's that exactly?" Barry asked, smirking at Kayla.
"Do you have a Team Arrow on your world?" Kayla tried.
"Yeah, Oliver and co. Based in –" Barry started, but she cut him off, in case they were being overheard.
"Then you know where to go. Meet me at their base," Kayla took to the air now as she headed towards Starling, watching the streak below her and wondering who exactly this Barry was.
-Hitchhikers-
Back at the former Arrow Bunker, Kayla entered to small round applause as she did a quick head count, noting that no one had been lost in the Daxam city, and Accord had been rescued – she looked ill though, and close to death's door, but Barry rushed her to a makeshift medical area, where an Asian woman, apparently called Mary, started looking her over.
"Report?" Rachel stated to the two shapeshifters and Belle, who explained the plan had gone off without a hitch – although it had been hard to find Accord, as she was heavily guarded. Rai had helped get into the room and once they'd grabbed Accord, all four had teleported back, while Barry and Rachel had run the grounds, able to take an idea of what the Daxam city actually looked like before getting to their computers.
Unfortunately, the computers were coded and neither Barry or Rachel could get access, and then the guards had been alerted to the absence of Accord, which was when Barry and Rachel had to go, speeding out of the city, and passing a very angry Rhea, apparently.
"That was us," Kayla spoke, hand in the air when Rachel asked about Rhea. Eyes turned to her and Barry.
"Another world's Barry?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, I came to help," the Random Barry pointed out.
"Which is something your friends didn't want to do," Rachel pointed out.
"Technically, not friends," Random Barry pointed out. "I hardly know them. Although Kayla here feels familiar."
"I never told you I was Kayla…" Kayla turned to Barry at this, feeling her cheeks redden.
"I get bored. I hop worlds. I know you're Kayla," Barry summarized as Kayla found herself blushing; she didn't know why, but she did like this Barry. Then she remembered both wars on New Justice – a random Barry who had showed up to help fight. This must have been him. She had not met him then but knew of him.
"What world are you from?" Rai was the one to ask this, genuinely curious.
"I reckon we're somewhere around the 50s," Barry shrugged. "Although my Cisco insists that we're Earth-1 and even claims the Supergirl we're friends with is from Earth-38 but really, I don't think so. I travel more than him. I know the set up."
"Well Earth-1 is in fact Prime," Kayla pointed out. "It's at the exact center of the multiverse. Any clue what Earth 38 is?"
"Not a clue, Cisco would know… where is he?" Rai couldn't see Cisco in the room.
"Just finishing up," Winn came out of the side room, meeting eyes with Rachel. "We now have 80 Daxamel grenades primed and working," he practically saluted her.
"Excellent! That will definitely help," Rachel nodded.
"And unless we're needed for any other rule-breaking, I suggest we head back," Cisco stated, but paused at seeing the new Barry. "And you are…?"
"Complicated," Kayla answered for the new Barry.
"Well, it's been fun getting to know this world," Rai pointed out, smiling. "And I think I learned my lesson," she turned back to Cisco at this.
"Probably not the best world to teach it on," Cisco pointed out to a laugh from Rai and Kayla.
"And I thank you for the help," Rachel added, "even if you didn't want to give it."
"You would have got the same results," Kayla pointed out now. "And that's why we were able to help. We gave an advantage but not complete help," she was looking seriously at Rachel now as she said this, but the words were more meant for Rai.
"Maybe," Rachel stated as Cisco opened a portal now.
"All off-worlders, through here," Cisco indicated, glancing to the new Barry who gave this Cisco a little wink, following through after Rai and Kayla, and back to Mutant Earth now.
-Kayla Journal-
This time, Kayla was on Hero Earth. She'd gone there with Rai and the new Barry, who Cisco had deduced was from Earth 50 exactly, although hadn't given it a name. She was in Rai's small apartment in Central-National, the hero having gone out with her twin brother, Roland. Earth 50 Barry had since gone home.
The latest Earth wasn't nice. Kayla started in her journal. It reminded me too much of home with Clark and Kara dead. I mean, it's better than hating on me like Fantasy Earth's Kara and Clark but knowing another world where they're dead… no. And Daxamites! I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, as Mon across the multiverse breaks the mould and there are several worlds where they are allies of Krypton, but this one… no, they're pure evil, especially Rhea.
Okay, so a little background, she needed this to make sense for herself in the future, when looking back. The Daxamites arrived about 3 years ago, killed Kara and Clark, decimated the vigilantes and now there's only meta humans who can fight them. We had to help save Accord, Barry's sister, who can give power there, so she could help build up the meta army to help face the Daxamites, who are evil. We only gave minimal help. We were trying to show Hero Earth Rai – yeah, she came with us this time – the proper way to explore the multiverse and help other worlds. We're not sure this Earth was the best example.
She sighed at this. She liked Hero Rai, not as much as New Justice Rae of course, but the girl was different – she was learning. I think Queen Rhea killed Mon-El though, Kayla continued, as Mik seemed to be her favorite son and Mon was nowhere to be found. This world though… we are not putting the multiverse system on there. If they were on the system, they could easily hop to other worlds and ask for help, and that's something we can't let them do after the Nazi incident. They need to sort themselves out first. Still, Hero Rai thought up a perfect name for this world as she suggested 'New Daxam' because, well, the Daxamites obviously want to make this their new world. So it fits.
She wanted to stop at this but remembered something she really wanted to include as she smiled to herself and continued to write.
At least I made a new friend today. Earth 50 Barry Allen. He doesn't like his home world so has been world-hopping for a while, when he gets the chance; apparently, he's already been to Prime and New Justice, I'm surprised we never crossed paths. Even when we were both on New Justice to help with the League of Assassins, we didn't fight together. But on random note, his Cisco insists they are Earth 1 and their Supergirl is Earth 38 which is completely wrong. Prime is 1, right in the middle, but I guess everyone thinks their own Earth is 1. As for Earth 38, that is weird. The Earth numbered 38 for our system has yet to be visited although Cisco did briefly vibe there and said something about a 'super-ray'; I think I need to find out more there! She chuckled to herself, still wondering what Cisco meant by 'super-ray'.
Still, I hope to see this Barry again soon as he's… she stopped, wanting to write how much she instantly liked this Barry, but decided against it as she instead just finished with just: …nice. She leaned back in her chair at this.
"Man, Queen Rhea nearly killed me," she muttered to herself now, still feeling weak from the battle. "I'll never go there again," she continued, closing the book now as she stood and stretched, her eye catching a photo on the desk of Hero Rai, her twin brother and father in a familiar place – a Kryptonian Wildlife Sanctuary; she was very familiar with New Justice's after all.
"I think I'll visit," she smirked to herself as she stood, but her eye caught the owl behind them on the photo. "Oh, it's one of those. Like Paranormal or whatever they're called now. Still, you're not the same person you were back then Kayla Zor-El," she addressed herself in the nearby mirror, "this one may surprise you – at least see if it compares to the best one," she smirked with that as she left out of the window, thoughts of New Daxam pushed to the back of her mind.
Post Chapter Note 1: We hope you liked this one. If not, it's fine as New Daxam is meant to be another 'Evil Earth' alongside Villain Earth and Nazi Earth. There will be more of these bad Earths too in the future.
Post Chapter Note 2: Fair warning as we now have just one more regular chapter to come in the next week or two, before regular updates stop; but don't worry, this story insofar is indefinite. But keep an eye out the next Hitchhikers – it's Christmas themed!
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