Hitchhikers Guide to the Millma Verse
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Note: With the Arrowverse not returning until January, we've decided to fill the void with extra content this winter! Two weeks ago, you had both Millie and Sigma's challenge entries and last week you had a Beautiful Earth chapter – this week, it's Hitchhikers. Keep an eye out on Tuesdays for more content, although not every week. We'll be taking breaks like the shows.
Broken Families
"Hey Junior," Kayla said, sitting in Mutant Earth's warehouse headquarters as Cisco entered.
"Hey, how was fishing?" Cisco asked. The last he'd seen her she had been spending some time on Twin Earth, fishing. Cisco had decided to wait for her to come back for more hitchhiking, not wanting to annoy her. He seemed to have that tendency on Karas and Kaylas.
"That was a while ago. I'm surprised I haven't heard from you," Kayla remarked as Cisco raised an eyebrow. It seemed while he was waiting for her, she was waiting for him. "But anyway," she continued, "I have been looking through the multiverse system and you know, there are some Earths on the system we don't know that well."
"Okay?" Cisco asked. So far, their adventures had led them to new worlds not on the system: they had discovered Blue, Betrayal, New Daxam, Beautiful, Arrow and more.
"Like Broken for example," Kayla spoke. "All that's on the system is name and weird couple." She turned to Cisco. "What does that even mean?"
"Karry was the one to visit there," Cisco said with a shrug, Kayla giving a frown. Besides a hello at Rae and Kara's wedding, Kayla had never been to or met Karry Universe. Unlike Broken, there was a lot of information on Karry in the system – maybe too much – and she liked exploring unknowns. One of these days she would get there though. "Well I helped…. But I was playing videogames on their world. It's…" Cisco paused as he thought. "How about we go and check it out?"
"My thoughts exactly," Kayla smirked as Cisco opened a portal for them.
-Hitchhikers-
Rae was in the headquarters in STAR Labs in her speed force Flash outfit, talking to Jesse and Belle Wells. The sisters were her Team Flash along with their father, Harrison Wells and Aunt Harriet Wells. She had taken in a pause as she spoke when the blue portal opened and out came who she assumed was a Kara alternate and a Cisco.
"Hey," Rae said, having been the one to world hop the first time – since the day of her wedding they had not really done much with the multiverse. Jesse and Belle looked up over files on the system.
"Rae," Kayla said with a smile. "I'm Kayla, Kara's my twin before you ask. This is Cisco." Cisco gave a wave.
"I'm guessing he's not a supervillain on your world?" Jesse commented from the computers.
Kayla laughed before realizing she was genuine.
"Wait, seriously?" She turned to look at Cisco, as if seriously considering his villainous tendencies, before waving it off. "Nah he's just annoying sometimes," Kayla chuckled.
"Hey!" Cisco complained at this.
"And we're not from the same Earth, technically," Kayla said. "I'm a hitchhiker with no home world anymore. He's from Mutant Earth. We teamed up to explore new worlds and expand the system, but we noticed there's little information about your world on the system, just the name with no explanation and something about a weird couple."
"I'm going to assume that's me," Rae said. "The other Kara and Barry found it a little weird I am married to Clark."
"Clark, as in Clark Kent? My cousin, Kal El?" Kayla asked and Rae nodded. "Okay, that is a little odd., especially since the main Rachel Garrick we know is with Kara."
"Nope, Kara is with Mon," Rae stated. "Two kids. Well one kid and Mon's little sister."
"What happened to Lois?" Kayla asked.
"Dead," multiple people said at once.
"Clark had distanced himself from the world after she died," Rae explained. "He gave up being Superman for the longest time. He went back to his farm and didn't leave. Until I went to find him."
"Sounds a bit like our world," Cisco said. "Only our Barry went to find Kara on Kent Farm – and got chased by a chicken." Jesse and Belle laughed at this.
"So did she," Belle said pointing.
"The Speedster and the Chicken," Kayla chuckled. "You and Mutant Barry should write kids' books."
"Hey, does he call you stalker?" Cisco asked.
"No," Rae said. "Imp." Cisco laughed.
"That might be worse than stalker," Cisco said still laughing.
"Can I come to the farm?" Kayla spoked up; she wanted to meet this cousin of hers who had lost Lois and remarried. She had never seen that before.
"Sure," Rae said. "Are you coming?" she added to Cisco.
"Actually, do you mind if I stay here and check out the tech you have?" Cisco asked looking at Jesse.
"We'll take care of him," Jesse said with a smile. Rae gave a nod and ran off with Kayla quickly following.
-Hitchhikers-
Clark was on the new land he had bought to expand the farm, planting trees and other fruit bearing plants. As Rae had been baking in between farm work, they had started to sell some of her pies and other treats, calling the franchise 'Kent Goods; and it was getting popular around Smallville, so they had made a business of it. Clark had decided to expand the farm to give Rae freshy grown fruits rather than having to order them in. Meanwhile, Rae was getting her Team Flash to start a website for it too, for selling online.
"Clark?" Clark heard a familiar voice call and turned to see his former best friend from back when he was in Metropolis: James 'Jimmy' Olsen. Next to him was his wife Lucy Lane, who's stomach was showing she was pregnant and next to them, walking, was General Samuel Lane. His former father-in-law.
"Jimmy," Clark said, smiling as he greeted a friend. "And Lucy! Congrats." Clark gave Lucy a tentative hug, who returned it. "Samuel." Clark held out his hand, which Samuel took.
"Did you expand the farm?" Jimmy asked, looking around.
"Yes," Clark said. "I had some spare money in the bank and my wife bakes…"
"Wife?" Lucy cut Clark off. "You got remarried?"
Clark gave a weak smile at this but nodded.
"Some time ago," Clark admitted. "It was a small wedding, but… well, Rae saved me from myself."
"That's great man," Jimmy said. "Where is she?"
Almost as if that were a summons, Clark heard Rae.
"Hey, Clark I got a sur…" Rae paused as she saw the group. She had Kayla next to her. Luckily, she had unsummoned her speed force suit before she got back to the farm "Um…. Clark?" Rae asked, looking at Samuel Lane who gave Rae a nasty glare.
"How old are you?" Samuel Lane asked. It was the first thing that came out of his mouth.
"24," Rae said, confused, but Clark knew what was going on here.
"Good job Clark!" Jimmy said, giving him a playful slap.
"Rae, this is Jimmy Olsen, Lucy Lane, and Samuel Lane," Clark introduced, moving over to his wife, and putting an arm around her, ignoring Jimmy's playfulness and Samuel's glare. Lucy seemed to be the only one not reacting. "This is my wife Rae. And you remember my cousin, Kara?" Clark gave Kayla a look who decided to nod and play along.
"What's that short for?" Lucy finally spoke, pleasantly to Rae.
"Rachel," Rae said, knowing this was Lois's family
"Well it's nice to meet you," Lucy said holding out her hand which Rae took.
"Well, it's nice to meet you all," Rae said giving a smile. "How about we go back to the house? I'll start on a dinner." It was a little early for dinner, but it was the only thing Rae could think of to say.
"You don't want to turn that down," Clark said.
"We'd love to," Lucy smiled, taking her father's hand, and directing him back towards the house.
"Kara, what are you doing here?" Clark whispered once Lucy and Samuel were far enough away. Although with their super-hearing he barely needed to mutter.
"Urm…" Kayla didn't know what to say to this as Jimmy smirked at the pair.
"Secret meeting," Jimmy filled in for Kayla. "Now why haven't you come back to me once you came out as Superman again?" He addressed Clark, who rolled his eyes at his friend. Jimmy always wanted in on the superhero business and Clark was surprised it took him this long to come here once he came back as Superman.
"He has a partner," Rae said; they had reached the house now, Lucy and Samuel looking around while Jimmy caught up with his old friend.
"Jimmy, Rae is the Flash," Clark sighed, and Jimmy seemed surprised but gave a big smile.
"And this isn't Kara," Rae added. "It's Kayla. Kara's twin from another Earth." Clark gave Kayla a surprised looked before bringing her into a tight hug.
"That's short for Kaylar, right?" Clark asked as they parted, and Kayla nodded, giving Rae a look who shrugged. "You died on Krypton. Years before it blew when Kara was a kid. She and Kaylar were kidnapped by some criminals who wanted to get at their mom to release some prisoners from Fort Rozz. A Green Lantern saved Kara but got there too late to save Kaylar – he brought the body home instead... I think it's the reason Kara has only managed the simplest bond with Mon. Kaylar and Kara were bonded."
"Oh," Kayla said, more shocked than Clark could realize. "I lost my Kara and Clark on my Earth before I fled from it," Kayla was thinking fast – she had to go find this Kara. This might not be the reason for the Earth's name, but it was a good reason for it to be called Broken Earth.
"But do you think you can be Kara for a bit?" Clark asked. "For Samuel and Lucy." Kayla gave a nod as the father and daughter returned to the room.
-Hitchhikers-
Kayla had sat through dinner listening to Samuel happily complain about Clark and Rae the entire time; Kayla keeping an eye on Rae, but this world's Flash didn't open her mouth to any of it.
At the end of the dinner, Kayla followed Rae with plates into the kitchen.
"Why are you taking that?" Kayla asked, looking around, back to Samuel and Lucy still in the dining room. "He's been openly condemning you all night, just because you're not Lois and Clark rightfully moved on with his life. Stand up for yourself."
"What good would that do?" Rae countered as she put the dishes in the sink. "Look, I let my dad control me most of my life and when I broke away from him, I did my own thing. I gained Clark, who I love and a life in which I love. I lost my dad though... He won't speak to me. I know I am Clark's second wife. This is Lois's family. I can't yell at them for not being Lois."
"I know a Rae who would never let anyone say those things to her, though," Kayla mused. She had kept in contact with New Justice Kara a lot, spending time in the Sanctuary too, but she had heard all the stories. "She'd stand up for herself and for those she loved even if it's just telling them off."
"And how's that working out for her?" Rae asked.
"Great," Kayla said, surprising Rae. "She's married to the woman she loves. Has a job she loves and is leader of the Justice League." Kayla whispered that last part.
"What's a Justice League?" Rae asked.
"A team of superheroes," Kayla said.
"Well, good for her, but my claim to fame is getting him back in his cape," Rae whispered. "And I am good with that." Rae took a cake out and headed back into the dining room leaving Kayla shocked, but with nothing else to so, she followed Rae back into the dining room.
"One thing I have been trying to figure out," Samuel Lane was saying to Clark. "Where exactly did you get the money for all that extra land?"
"It was just some money I had in the bank," Clark said, not looking to Samuel now. "From…. well, from Lois's life insurance." As a reporter who went into dangerous situations, Lois had a good life insurance policy – something Clark had received and kept in the bank all the time until recently.
"You used that money for your new young plaything?" Samuel Lane asked, glaring between Clark and Rae now.
"Okay, that's it," Kayla happened, having enough of it. If Rae wouldn't stand up for herself, she would. "You can't come here and put Clark down like this. Rae makes Clark happy. Lois wanted Clark happy, I know that for a fact. And if you really cared for him, you would be happy Clark found someone who makes him happy. Besides, that money was Lois's last gift to Clark. He can use it however he wants. It's not your decision."
"Well I never!" Samuel Lane called, standing up.
"She's right," Lucy spoke, stopping her dad. "We all know you were never a big fan of Clark. I don't even know why you wanted to come with us to see him today. But I came here expecting to see Clark miserable over Lois, but instead I find him happy. It doesn't matter how old his new wife is or what he used his money for." Lucy stood up putting a hand on her baby bump. "I think you should leave, Samuel."
Samuel opened his mouth but looked around, seeing no one was on his side he gave a nod and walked out.
"Nice," Kayla said. "I always knew you were too good for James."
"Hey!" Jimmy said, but Lucy laughed anyway.
"And I should have done that," Clark said standing up. "I'm sorry Rae..." Clark kissed Rae's cheek.
"Clark, I was willing to put up with it for a day for you," Rae said kissing Clark back.
"Well I know one thing. My father-in-law not too happy with me," Jimmy said. Despite not saying anything he knew, somehow, Lucy yelling at her father would be blamed on him. "I hope you have a better relationship with Rae's dad than you did Lois's."
"Um…" Rae paused, looking to Clark.
"Let's just say I have bad luck with fathers-in-laws," Clark sighed, causing a laugh.
"Cake anyone?" Rae asked putting the cake on the table and cutting it with a knife, giving the first piece to Lucy and then one to Kayla who smiled.
"I've never heard you call your father by his first name before," Jimmy stated to his wife now as he ate cake.
"He's not my father after tonight," Lucy muttered darkly to her cake.
-Hitchhiker-
Once they had left Broken, Kayla had decided to go spend some time on New Justice; Kara and Rae welcoming her to the Sanctuary anytime. She'd felt the need to visit this world ever since dinner on Broken Earth.
Kayla was sitting in front of the Kent house, Misty the dog was there besides her and Kayla was petting her. She had her journal in her hand.
Today Cisco and I went to Broken, an Earth on the system Karry named but didn't give a lot of explanation for. Cisco spent some time with Jesse and Belle while I went to Kent Farm. He had fun for about five minutes before he realized their computer system was barely different to his own. Anyway, I will say Clark and Rae are a weird coupling, but they seem to work there. As for the name, I think Karry was right. They are broken in a way. She frowned as she remembered her strange day on that world.
They named it purely for Clark having been a broken man after Lois died and Jay, Rae's dad, having been broken after losing his speed, but Clark seems fixed now that Rae found him – but Jay is still being an ass according to their Rae. He refuses to even see Rae because she drifted off the path that he had planned for her.
Kara paused as she figured out what to write next before nodding and putting pen back to paper.
Rae is the Flash there, like normal, but there's something about her… something different, Kayla stopped as she thought about that Rae. She's stood up to her dad after years of doing what he said, but now that she's got Clark, she seemed very… laid back. She needs a confidence boost – and fast.
Kayla then thought of the one thing Clark had told her. But I must go back there one day and see their Kara. I didn't get the chance today, but apparently, she lost me when she was a kid. A kidnapping that had taken place on a lot of worlds I did not survive. I guess it's another reason this world can be called Broken.
Kayla stopped writing then and smiled as she put her pen away. That was enough for now. Besides, she wanted to enjoy the evening at Sanctuary.
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