Karry Universe
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Note: So, this was originally supposed to be posted after Sigma was completely done with Power Girl, but seems we are once again out of order due to his busy life. Regardless, Powie left the Karry Universe on her last visit with Kara Wells pregnant and now had puppies! See below for what happens next…
Puppy Round Up
-Earth One/Prime Earth-
"Oh no you –!" a shout could be heard as there was an 'oomph' sound and a clatter. A door banged open and a small ball of fluff came hurtling down the corridor of STAR Labs, running as fast as it could – which was faster than the average puppy. A flash announced the arrival of Barry, looking winded as he stopped in front of the suddenly surprised pup who cocked its head as it skidded to a halt. "No!" Barry ordered the pup, at that same moment a much larger golden blur appeared behind it, and before the little dog could react, it's mother had carefully picked it up in her mouth and turned on her heel. Barry almost felt suddenly sorry for the pup at the look of surprise and shock at being caught by its own mother as she vanished around the corner.
Barry sighed to himself as he followed the Kryptonian dogs, coming back into the Cortex to see Powie putting her child back in its little pen with four of its siblings. Kara sat by the little pen, looking lovingly at the dogs as the one who had just escaped began play-fighting with another of its siblings. Powie trotted around the pen, glancing to Kara every now and then as one of other pups followed her mother around the interior of the pen. Powie, however, kept glancing to Jesse, who sat nearby with a pup curled in her lap.
"Not that I don't enjoy having six Kryptonian puppies," Barry spoke up as Kara looked over to him now, "but they're ten weeks old now. Kal said at ten it would safe enough for them to leave their mom and Powie agreed to that too at the time," he gave the adult dog a look who cocked her own head at him now, as if defying this decision she had made several weeks ago. It was true though, that once they had found out about Powie's pregnancy they had done all they could to contact the Green Lantern Kal-El; he had gifted Powie to Kara after all and while Jesse had a minor in Veterinary at Earth-2, even she didn't know how to deal with a Kryptonian dog's birth, or the shots they would need once birthed.
It had turned out that the special breeding that went into their universe's version of Kryptonian dogs, Powie was pretty much immune to all space-faring diseases, and under the influence of Earth's yellow sun, that was doubled happily. Of course, with Karry Earth's Krypto as the father, there was a slight doubt in whether this would factor in to the puppy's immunities, but after their birth it seemed pretty evident they had, at least, inherited their mum's medical history, if not her looks.
For instance, the excitable puppy who had escaped earlier had his mother's fur around his ears and part of his eyes, but the rest of him was pure white like his father. He even looked like Krypto. And then there was the pup in Jesse's lab; he too had inherited his father's color, but was entirely his mother in body; similar to the one who kept in pace with Powie in the pen – she too was her mother in body and father in fur, although she had yellow ears and paws.
"They are old enough, yeah," Jesse finally replied after a few moments of expectant silence, she glancing to her sister but both avoiding Barry's eyes now.
"Kara, you can't keep seven Kryptonian dogs," Barry now reasoned, knowing what was going on between the sisters.
"I know, I know… but Jesse has taken Phlox," she pointed out, indicating the puppy with Jesse.
"True, but even so, you can't keep six Kryptonian dogs. We need to find homes for them," Barry said, deciding not to point out that since Jesse was Kara's sister, Phlox would be living with the other dogs anyway.
"But," Kara said pouting now "look at Polly. She loves her mom." Kara pointed to the pup that had followed Powie around the pen and now was curled up next to Powie. She had already named the dog after T-Pol from Star Trek Enterprise; her favourite character from the unpopular show. "Are you cold hearted enough to split them up?" She now tried on Barry.
"Fine," Barry sighed as Caitlin laughed aloud at Kara's attempt to keep as many of the dogs as possible, "you can keep her, as you have Powie anyway, but no more, honestly Kara." He didn't sound strict, but he was trying to talk sense into Power Girl. He knew how much his girlfriend loved the puppies but knew seven dogs would be even too much for Kara to bare in time. "But the other need homes. Different homes. Owners."
"How are we even going to give them homes?" Wally asked, walking into the Cortex having heard the last part of the conversation. "We can't just give them to anyone on this Earth."
"Ah, key word," Cisco said, coming in with Vibe goggles in hand and a smirk on his face. "This Earth... We have access to other Earths, other worlds, all with friends on those worlds. Super-powered friends."
"So, like give one to Alien Earth Kara?" Kara spoke up; she felt a great fondness for that Kara, having gotten her memories of Krypton from her.
"Oh no," Cisco said right away. "I don't know when you last talked to her but Alien Earth Kara has enough on her hands with… you know what, never mind," Kara and Barry looked at each other but choose not to comment. Cisco obviously wasn't going to spoil them on whatever new friend or creature that Kara had gained since their last visit; they'll call that Kara later and find out. "Oh, but hey, did you guys know Laurel has a doppelgänger on Alien Earth who's…"
"Later, Cisco," Caitlin spoke up now, almost warningly. "And before you start giving puppies away, I think you have to talk to two people first." Everyone looked at her, wondering what she meant by this. "Karry Universe, guys! Krypto is the father after all. They have as much right to the puppies as we do."
"Has anyone even told those in the Karry Universe about the puppies?" Jesse now asked and was met by a very guilty silence at this. Powie yapped at the gang, obviously disheartened that Krypto hadn't even been informed he'd become a father yet. "Come on, Caitlin? Cisco? You two have had contact with your counterparts!"
"Emails about their Jesse, but that stopped months ago," Caitlin said. She had been worried about their Jesse, since she had been taking Velocity and Karry's Caitlin had contacted herself for advice, but knew their counterparts had their own lives to concern with before that of another universes'.
"And we were just updating the communication system," Cisco defended.
"So, no one mentioned that Krypto was a father to them?" Kara now said, rolling her eyes and meeting Jesse's indignant look. "I think it's time."
"Calling up Karry Universe," Cisco sighed, going to the communication system, and pushing the button for Earth 5.
Immediately, a vaguely familiar female voice was heard: "Hello. You have reached the Karry Universe. If you know the four-digit number of the party you want to reach, please dial it now. If not, please push zero."
The group paused for a moment as Cisco gaped to the room. "I'll have to have a word with my counterpart," Cisco said quietly. The communication system he had been sorting through wasn't perfect; he could only reach the one place where it was set up, such as Alien Earth's DEO or Mutant Earth's Smallville farm and so far for them, they'd had Caitlin switching the calls to other phones like the old switchboards, but apparently Karry Universe had figured out how to do it all automatically.
Cisco pushed zero, there was a momentary ringing and the female voice spoke again. "Hello Prime Earth."
"Who is this?" Barry had to ask now, the voice sounding familiar but not able to place it.
"Hello, creator doppelganger. I am Gideon," this caused a silence from the original STAR Labs gang as Caitlin and Cisco gaped at Barry.
"I think I need a word with my counterpart now," Barry muttered, not sure how he had made Gideon or what this meant for his duplicate's future.
"How may I help you?" Gideon asked.
"Yeah, we don't know the four digit codes," Cisco tried.
"I will send an email with them to you," Gideon said. "For now, who are you trying to reach. I can connect you."
"Kara," Kara Wells said right away.
"Hello Mrs. Creator's doppelganger. I will connect you to Mrs. Creator right away," Gideon said, causing even Kara to be slightly baffled, but then ringing was heard.
"How is it I made this system and they've already mastered it?" Cisco commented spitefully as the phone rang. After learning of Karry's Felicity's death, he had started to think that that Earth wasn't as perfect as he'd previously assumed, but he now was second-guessing this decision.
"Hello?" Kara Allen's voice was now heard and there was crying in the background. "Oh, hold on, sorry…" Kara Allen didn't even ask who it was. "Hey Nora," Kara Allen was now heard cooing, and the crying got louder. "Come on now, don't wake your sister." The crying lessened as Kara came back to the phone, her voice clearer again. "Hey sorry about that. Who is this?"
"The baby's has been born?" Kara Wells instantly said not answering this question. "Although sisters…?"
"Yeah…Technically babies. Twins," Kara Allen responded, not even phased about hearing her own voice. "Kara Wells, I assume?"
"Yeah, and you're on speaker so everyone else is here too," Kara Wells added. "What are their names?"
"Nora Lara Allen and Alura Felicity Allen," Kara Allen answered to a chorus of 'awws' from the ladies in the Cortex. "So, what's up?"
"Well… you're not the only one who's had babies," Barry now spoke up. "Powie left your world pregnant. She had six puppies just over two months ago…" There was silence on the other end. "Erm, Hello? Kara?" Barry tried after a few moments, glancing worriedly to Cisco now who shrugged.
"I'm sorry," Kara Allen said, her voice a little faint. "Just a little shocked. Six puppies?"
"We're keeping two," Kara Wells spoke up immediately, wanting her counterpart to know two were taken. "But the other four need homes and we figured you might have some ideas."
"Jason and Ella would never talk to me again if they did not get one," Kara Allen said right away. Kara Wells chuckling to herself at this though, agreeing wholeheartedly. "And maybe Karen… Livewire struck her the other day. A nasty hit, but ever the hero. She's just getting back to normal. Might cheer her up getting a puppy after a few days of being bored and recovering… If Aunt Astra will allow it."
"Well, we can bring them over," Cisco said.
"Give us an hour. Let me call everyone," Kara Allen said and the group agreed to it.
-Earth 5 / Karry Universe-
In the penthouse, Jason and Ella were jumping up and down, impatiently waiting for their Prime Earth friends to get there with the puppies. Lois was sitting in the kitchen with an almost-full glass of wine she poured after realizing it was a full-Kryptonian puppy they were getting, with all the powers and wondering how in hell she was going to deal with one. It was bad enough with the kids – Jason was proving strong these days, and with a puppy… She downed the glass whole and poured out another instantly. Clark was trying to calm his kids down.
Barry and Kara each had one of their kids in their arms and Krypto was sitting on the couch – he didn't seem too thrilled to learn he was a father. Karen was in the penthouse too; she was supposed to meet with Diana for training and her apparent surprise, but Astra had agreed to let her keep one of the puppies so she was getting her puppy first and heading to Watchtower after. Diana had understood and agreed to put the training off for a few hours, especially since she had just gotten back on her feet after Livewire.
There was a sudden whipping of air, stopping Clark's kids in their tracks as they squealed aloud. A familiar blue vortex formed out of thin air behind the couch and out came Kara Wells, Barry-White Two, Caitlin, and Vibe, each with a puppy in their arms, apart from Vibe – Caitlin had two puppies. Before anyone could say anything, the puppy Kara was holding leaped from her arms, yapping excitedly for the new location, and began to run around the room. There was a crash and Alura and Nora started to cry at the noise, and Barry-White Two groaned, handed his puppy to Vibe and ran, once more, after the frantic puppy.
It ended with Barry once again in pain on his back and the puppy about to run excitedly again, but Krypto stepped in and growled defensively at the puppy. The pup gave Krypto a yap and what could only be described as 'puppy-dog eyes' which usually worked to calm people down when he made them mad, but like with Powie, Krypto wasn't taking any excuse and continued to growl – this puppy had destroyed things in his home and scared Nora and Alura who he considered his to protect. Whether this little ball of fluff was his own fur and blood, Krypto wasn't having any of it.
The puppy didn't quite know how to react to his father, but Krypto had stopped him long enough for Kara Wells to pick him up. "Good dog," Barry White Two said to Krypto, standing up now. "I'm sorry about that…" He now turned to the Allens of this world smiling apologetically at the crying babies in their arms. Even though he had learned of Kara's pregnancy when his Kara had snuck off to this world those few months ago, he had yet to truly process that these kids were related to himself too, being the Barry of this worlds own. "This one is… Hyper, wild, insane." Barry now admitted of the wild puppy Kara Wells was struggling to keep in her arms. "He keeps breaking things."
"It's okay," Kara Allen said softly, rocking her kid and taking a look at all the puppies.
"You're not having that one," Lois said to her kids right away, having walked in with her wine glass the moment she'd heard the smashing. The kids moaned, clearly having liked the insane running and just the adorable-ness of this wild pup.
"Actually, if there are no complaints, I say we open a portal and ship this puppy to Mutant Earth," Barry White Two asked, having long-since decided this puppy needed that Earth's Kara more than his or Karry's.
"Is this because you don't like the Barry of that world?" Kara Wells sighed, giving Barry a look.
"Why don't you like Barry-White?' Barry suddenly asked his counterpart. He knew Mutant Earth was the one where their original Earth hopper came from and he had gotten along with that Barry right away.
"He left Central and moved to Kansas to be a farmer with Kara Kent," Barry White Two said, not wanting to tell another Barry of his foolish actions which lead to his own dad's death.
"Kara Kent?" Kara Allen asked, giving Clark a look who had to smirk at this information.
"I mean it's an odd choice but he's a good guy," Barry said, smiling at the fact that Barry-White found his Kara. "We owe him. A lot actually. If it weren't for him who knows what would have happened with the Reverse Flash." Barry-White Two choose not to say anything on this. That Barry was technically to this Earth what he was to Alien Earth and he would not argue about him with them.
"But the point remains we are not sending a puppy to Mutant Earth just because you do not like your counterpart," Kara Wells said.
"Actually, I agree with Barry," Caitlin said. "This puppy needs a lot of space to run around and they own a farm. It's got tons of room." The puppy's ears perked up at the word farm and he yapped.
"And Kara Kent is stricter than any other Kara's we've met. She can handle this puppy, and besides you've talked to Kal. Doesn't he deserve something to play with that he won't hurt?" Barry Whit Two said and Kara pouted.
"Hey, that's not fair, using Kal against me," Kara Wells said, pouting a little and glancing at Kara Allen. "Fine."
"Wait, Kal?" Clark spoke, barely able to stop his kids from running between the bemused Vibe and Caitlin, who's puppies were still up for grabs by them.
"On that world, you both got trapped in the Phantom Zone. You're like 12 there now," Kara Wells said to Clark, and Kara Allen had to smile at that. A world where she'd been able to do her job. That was something new, and she would so love to see this little Kal eventually.
"I think we should send the puppy to Kal," Kara Allen agreed.
"Maybe we should call them first?" Vibe asked. "Oh, we should have done this at STAR…"
"Why?" Barry asked, taking out his cellphone and dialing a number. "Gideon, call Mutant Earth."
"Yes, Creator," Gideon could be heard, making the Prime Earth gang look at them, and both Barry and Vibe knew they had to have words with their counterparts. The way they used Gideon and the communication system was something they needed to learn.
The phone kept ringing until it finally went off. No answer.
Vibe sighed and put on his goggles. "They are doing farm work," Vibe said. "Should have set up the system at STAR instead of their Smallville headquarters. You'd have thought with her superior hearing that Kara would have heard the phone regardless…" Both Clark and Kara looked at each other but said nothing. This other life seemed interesting. The puppy yapped again, clearly wanting to go to the farm now.
"Just open a portal and send him with a note," Barry White Two groaned, but received a glare at this from Kara Wells. "What?"
"Throwing a puppy through a portal and just hoping it ends up where you want it? Kryptonian or not that's animal abuse, Allen," Barry gaped at her as she turned to Cisco. "Send me over there now, keep a portal open. I'll only be a minute or two…"
Vibe didn't ague as he nodded to his Kara and reopened the portal behind them. Kara kept a firm grip on her wild puppy before jumping through the blue swirling vortex.
"Having troubles, Allen?" Kara Allen couldn't help but tease at Barry White Two as his face reddened.
"Kara's having a hard time letting go of these pups," Caitlin spoke up quickly, "so she's taking it out on Barry a bit…" Kara Allen nodded, knowing what this must have felt like for Kara Wells as she glanced to her Barry who had an awkward smirk on his face now.
-Earth 6 / Mutant Earth-
Kal was raking the soil for a new crop when an unearthly wind sparked his interest. He glanced around to see a swirling blue mass, easily recognizably as a portal thanks to the visits from the other Kara. He was shocked though, when Kara herself appeared from the portal holding… a puppy! He gaped at the thing with brown ears and a brown spot around the eyes which leaped at him from the other Kara's arms, knocking him over. The puppy licked his face, making Kal giggle before the puppy looked around at the field and started running off at super speed.
"Kara Wells?" Kal asked, glancing at the other Kara with a wide grin as he looked back to the puppy, now several fields away already.
"Hey Kal… is your Kara…? Oh." She saw the puppy being snatched up by her double, could see Kara Kent look her way and a second later, Miss Kent was in front of Miss Wells and Kal.
"What the hell?" Kara Kent said, the puppy now struggling in her arms, but she easily able to keep hold of it. "Is this a Kryptonian dog?" she now asked Kara Wells. "How did you…?"
"Kara Wells?" Barry Allen sped to the trio before Kara Wells could even talk, glanced to the puppy in his Kara's arms and the excited Kal before looking back to Kara Wells in shock. "Is that a dog?"
"Very observant, Stalker?" Kara Kent groaned dryly, clearly annoyed at this interruption, but Barry didn't let it bother him.
"You guys should really pay attention to your inter-dimensional phone line. We tried to call…" Wells stated, a little put off by her double's attitude, but knowing this was an interruption on their farm life as Kent raised an eyebrow. "Long story short, my Kryptonian dog Powie and the Kryptonian dog of the Karry Universe Krypto had puppies. I can't keep them all," she tried to hide her sadness at this as she ploughed on, "so we thought of giving this one to you."
"You're giving us a puppy…?" Kent muttered in somewhat confirmation, not quite believing what she was hearing.
"Yeah. He's a good boy though," the pup wagged its tail at this as she continued, "he's just a bit hyper…"
"Can we keep him?" Kal immediately asked his Kara as the pup finally freed itself from Kara Kent's grip, only to be caught by Kal who instantly hugged the pet; he glancing to Kara Kent, giving her the puppy-dog eyes, knowing she was the decision maker and definitely wanting to stay on this farm. "I'll take care of him, I promise."
Kara Kent paused, looking at her cousin and then smiled. "Fine. Okay."
"Yes!" Kal said and the puppy licked his face again. "Has he got a name?" Kent now asked Wells who couldn't help but grin at Kal's reaction.
"My Barry's been giving him a few colorful names since the birth but none have been able to stick, so I guess you can decide on something more permanent," Kara Wells admitted.
"Kryptonian dogs are smart." Kent nodded as she now turned to Kal. "Make sure he likes the name you give him," Kara warned her cousin.
Kal thought for a moment, his face scrunching up as he tried to decide on something spontaneously before he jumped excitedly. "Oh, what about El? You always say how important it is to honor our house and we can't use the name in public. Let him use it for him. El… Do you like it boy?" The newly named El yapped happily, springing from Kal's arms now and off down the field once more. Kal ran off after him.
"You still have to do your chores," Kara Kent yelled before turning to her double. "I knew about Krypto from Stalker here, but how exactly did you end up with a Kryptonian dog…?" Kara Wells hadn't told Kent about Powie in both of their encounters on this Earth – the first time her Barry's attitude to this Barry had took precedent, and the second time it simply hadn't come up.
"Answer your phone next time and I'll explain, but I really should be getting back," she indicated the portal still swirling casually behind her as Kent raised her eyebrow again. "Oh, and also you should talk to the Kara of Karry Universe sometime. She's a mom too …" Wells now added as she glanced to Kal a few fields off now.
-Earth 5/Karry Universe-
Vibe was having a hard time keeping the portal open for Kara, meanwhile Clark had let his kids at the three remaining puppies; Vibe had dropped his puppy on the floor when opening the portal for Kara Wells and Caitlin had let her puppies go now so the two kids were now playing with all three pups. One of the three though had backed away, scared of the kids it seemed, but Karen had come over. It was a boy puppy that look almost exactly like Krypto, only with brown paws and it had caught her eye as much as she had caught his.
Krypto had noticed Karen and the puppy's interaction and the pair seemed to be circling one another now, his interest momentarily piqued and keeping an eye on them, but Kara stopped him interfering with a look. He couldn't intrude in this. "He's testing you," Kara warned her clone. "You have to prove you're alpha. I did this with Krypto…"
The puppy growled at Karen at this, lighting up his eyes and Karen lit up hers. "Sit!" Karen ordered, giving the puppy a demanding look. The two remained almost glaring at each other for a few moments before the puppy backed down and then lay down, showing Karen his fluffy belly. He had submitted to her as his alpha and Karen grinned, going down to rub his exposed belly.
Meanwhile one of the two remaining puppies seemed to be getting along very well with Jason and Ella. She looked a lot like her mother only with white paws and a white patch on her chest. "This one, dad!" Jason stated, hugging the female puppy.
"Okay," Clark said giving Lois a look who nodded. She knew she wasn't getting out of this and this puppy seemed calm enough. Besides, the two were happier than ever hugging their new puppy. She put down her glass of wine.
There was a rush of wind and Kara Wells returned, the open portal snapping shut behind her as Barry White Two moved to her. "Did it go okay?" he asked; he had realized he'd been hard on her so was trying to make it up to her already.
"Kal called him 'El'," she responded though, smiling weakly at her double who grinned back at her with this. Barry-White Two put a hand on Kara's shoulder and she place her hand on his momentarily.
"Not very creative," Caitlin voiced thoughtfully.
"It's sweet they are honoring our house," Kara Allen said firmly. She was sitting on the couch and looked exhausted as all this went on before her. She'd been entertained by Karen and her puppy's game of alphas but now she just wanted a bit of peace. She now had both kids in her arms too, both asleep and completely unaware of what was going on around them.
The last puppy jumped up at this, yapping at the group, seeking attention. This puppy looked like her mother, only she was completely white. She nudged at Kara Allen, wanting to cuddle up with her and then looked over at the two of her remaining siblings. Krypto seemed nervous but Kara gave him a look. The puppy didn't seem dangerous as she sniffed at the babies and gently gave them a lick before cuddling with Kara as best she could. "What's with this one?" Kara had to asked smiling at the cute scene.
"She's a little shy," Caitlin answered. "She doesn't really like playing with the other dogs – prefers cuddling with humans, especially Kara, so she must recognize you as her. I would say you should keep her but I don't know how she would react to babies crying and you have Krypto…"
"And I think I know a Kara on another Earth who could use her," Barry White Two suddenly spoke. "One who is pining over her own Barry."
"Pining?" Barry asked as Kara Wells instantly understood who Barry wanted to give this puppy to.
"He's with his high school girlfriend… June Moone," Barry-White Two said, giving his double a look which Barry instantly translated. Barry-White Two had no clue who 'June Moone' was and neither did Barry.
"Never heard of her," Barry admitted aloud with a shrug.
"Well, at least I'm not the only one. Cannot figure out who that girl is," Barry White Two stated as his Kara gave him a look. "Not that I want to, but… Anyway, Kara Danvers could really use a puppy, if everyone is okay with that choice?"
"I love it," Kara Wells said, giving the other Barry and Kara a reassuring look. It was up to them. They had no clue about this Earth beyond the odd reference here and there, but her Barry had visited it twice and she'd even got to meet that version of herself once already.
"Huh? Oh," Barry said, realizing they were asking him for permission. "Sorry, I was distracted trying to…" Barry paused.
"I can hear your thoughts. I know you were trying to figure out if you went to school with this June," Kara Allen laughed, not at all mad about it. It's not like Barry could ever have romantic feelings for someone other than her and truth be told, she too was interested in this unknown bit of history. If her Barry and Barry-White Two didn't know a June Moone then she was worth considering looking up eventually. "And I think it sounds like a good idea. I mean having another dog is tempting but not right now, and this one seems to be needed elsewhere. Maybe if Powie and Krypto have more puppies in a few years from now…"
"Ooh, more puppies?" Kara Wells asked excitedly, smiling as the other three Prime Earth members groaned.
"Can you call SuperEarth?" Barry White Two asked Barry who nodded and called up Gideon again, this time to call SuperEarth.
-Earth 4 / SuperEarth-
Kara Danvers of SuperEarth was about to leave the STAR Labs DEO HQ when one of the Ramone brothers called out to her. Kara turned around to see Winn. "Phone call," Winn stated, holding up the cell phone. "It's the other Kara and Barry."
"Prime Earth Kara and Barry?" She grinned as Winn nodded. Kara Danvers took the phone. "Hey, been a while," she didn't even wait for them to speak as she addressed her other world friends and began to wander back into the Labs. "Are we ever doing that girl's night?"
"Definitely," Kara Wells said on the other end. "But that not why we called. We want to give you a gift."
"A gift?" Kara Danvers asked, intrigued.
"A Kryptonian puppy," Kara Wells couldn't keep the secret.
"I'm sorry I must have misheard heard you. You want to send me a what?" Kara Danvers asked, noticing her Aunt, sister, and foster father looking over at her in intrigue themselves.
"You heard me. A Kryptonian puppy," Kara Wells said.
"Are you joking with me?" Kara Danvers asked. "I thought they were all dead!"
"Technically not. I have one, Powie, and she and Krypto, that Kryptonian dog from Karry Universe, had puppies. We have one left without a home. Do you want her?"
Kara Danvers' mouth gaped open before she smiled. "Rao yes! Please, send her over." Kara Danvers tried not to squeal, almost not believing she was getting a dog.
"See you in a second!" Kara Wells responded and the phone disconnected.
A moment later and a familiar swirling blue portal opened before her and Kara's Prime Earth double appeared, holding a white puppy in her arms. "Hey," Kara Wells said, glancing around at Winn, Alex, Astra and Jeremiah. She still wasn't quite used to seeing her aunt and foster father alive, even on another Earth. Without another word though, she passed the puppy over to her double, who took the pup with a wide grin. The pup looked nervous, but thankful to still, somehow, be with Kara, her associated alpha. Kara Danvers smiled at the pet, then grinned at her double, loving this dog already.
"Thank you," Kara Danvers whispered.
"Erm, Kara? Our Kara…?" Alex spoke up, not sure what was going on with the puppy or the appearance of her sister's Prime Earth double.
"It's a Kryptonian dog," Kara Wells stated.
"I have a puppy." Kara Danvers added, just to confirm this.
Astra came closer to get a look. "She's beautiful," she smiled at another thing from their home world – even if it was from a different universe. "Dogs from our home world weren't as popular as some of the other creatures, but I always found them adorable. As did your mother…" she glanced at Kara Wells who was now giving her a strange look, but Astra didn't question this as she continued to her Kara: "What are you naming her?"
"Alura… No Lara. After Kal's mom," Kara said with a smile.
"Lara…?" Astra asked, curiously.
"After mom sent you away, and before Krypton… well, mom wasn't always there for me, but Lara always made time for her niece. It would be a nice way to honor her memory. I want to be here for Lara as her namesake was for me." Silently Astra pulled her niece into a hug – albeit a slightly awkward one with the puppy still in Kara Danvers' arms.
Silently, and with a nod to Alex, Winn and Jeremiah, Kara Wells took her leave, stepping back into the portal, which closed behind her. She hadn't expected to be a puppy delivery service today, but seeing her pups physically go to the homes of their choice was a closure she didn't realize she needed until just now.
-Earth 5 / Karry Universe-
"She named her Lara after your mom," Kara Wells said the moment she appeared back in the room with the others and addressing Clark at this.
"You guys aren't creative name-givers," Caitlin said.
"I don't know… El after the family name and Lara after Kal's mom," Barry-White Two reasoned, his Kara now raising an eyebrow at this comment. He wasn't going to go back into her good books that easily.
"What are the names of the two puppies you kept?" Kara asked her Prime double however, intrigued.
"Jesse has one and named him Phlox and mine is Polly after T-Pol." Kara Wells stated.
"Phlox, T-Pol?" Barry asked, confused. "Those are weird names."
"They are named after characters on Star Trek Enterprise," Kara Wells said, doubt now in her voice at this lack of knowledge toward this show and making Barry and Kara Allen look at each other in confusion.
"Star Trek Enterprise? Is that what you guys call the first series or something, because I haven't really watched that one…" Barry tried.
"No. It's the fifth Star Trek series," Kara Wells now defended.
"That's not a Star Trek series. Or at least, not of this Earth," Barry shrugged.
"What?!" Vibe jumping up upon hearing that. "Name all the Star Trek series and the number of seasons!" He now demanded of Barry.
"Well, the original series is three season… then there's The Next Generation, or TNG, which has eight seasons…"
"Eight?!" Cisco and Barry White Two exclaimed together.
"Yeah," Barry said, slightly amused at this reaction.
"Deep Space Nine," Clark joined in.
"Oh yeah, DS9," Barry now added in almost forgetting the most unpopular Star Trek of the bunch.
"Six season." Clark continued. "Well, five and a half. The last season was barely a half season with only like ten episodes to finish off storylines."
"Voyager had ten," Barry continued now. "The most popular Star Trek there was really. They made movies on the crew after the series was over. Them and TNG together… Oh, and then there was Star Trek Titian with six seasons."
"What was Titian?' Vibe asked, looking like a kid on Christmas morning.
"Riker and Deana on their own ship," Barry said.
"We need to set up inter-earth Netflix's," Vibe said, a wicked grin on his face as he added. "You guys are having a new Star Trek season soon, right?"
"Star Trek Discovery?" Barry asked as Vibe sighed happily.
"At least you're not getting something different, although…" before he could finish his thought, the elevator open and in walked Henry Allen.
"Whoa," Henry said, stopping at seeing two Kara and two of his Barry. He didn't quite realize Caitlin and Vibe were different to the ones he knew. "Earth Hoppers?" Barry and Kara nodded as Barry White Two stared at his dad, his face pale and Kara Wells took his hand, all pretenses of annoyance to him now gone. "Okay… well I wanted to know something. Seems kind of inappropriate now, but anyway, you two own the rights to your symbols and superhero name, right?" The two nodded, surprising the Prime Earth group. "So how can shops use the names for drinks?"
"They have to put a request to Hero Corp and once accepted we get a certain amount for each drink sold. Why?" Kara asked.
"Oh… No reason," Henry said airily now, coming up and kissing his granddaughters. "Love you two. Now I know, that, I'm going to go…."
"Hey are our counterparts at STAR?" Vibe asked, pointing at Caitlin as he did.
"You two aren't…?" Henry did a double take at this.
"They should be,' Barry said now. "They rarely seem to go anywhere else."
"Can we catch a ride?" Cisco asked Henry Allen, who was still slightly flustered at they being Earth Hopper too, but he nodded as Caitlin and Vibe followed him back into the elevator.
"Is it me or has your dad been acting weird lately?" Kara Allen asked Barry who shrugged. "Well, weirder than usual," Kara Allen added with a loving smirk. She loved Henry Allen; ever since she'd first met him in prison all those years ago, she could see so much of Barry in him. He was as quirky as his son at times. The perfect father-in-law, even with Joe.
"You never faced a Zoom, did you?" Barry White Two finally asked, and Barry shook his head, confused at this. "I'm surprised your mom's not alive too." He now mumbled darkly, making Barry look at him in shock.
"His dad was killed by Zoom," Kara Wells told the two, feeling this needed to be explained. "It's why Barry and Mutant Earth's Barry didn't get along. They had similar histories up until Zoom but then veered off on different paths…"
"One with an arrogant Barry Allen and other without either of his parents." Barry White Two muttered, slumping on a chair as Kara Wells gave him a look and Barry and Kara Allen shared a glance; even Jason and Ella looked over to Barry White Two at this, but they didn't seem too concerned as they were still playing with their puppy.
"Can I hold one?" Kara Wells suddenly asked, knowing there wasn't a way to get her Barry out of this funk for a bit and now interested in her double's children. With the puppies, she hadn't really had look at Nora or Alura Allen, but now she wanted to hold one. She had been wanting to see them since her last visit here when they'd still been in Kara Allen herself.
"Sure, just be careful," Kara Allen said. "Alura is in the Supergirl shirt and Nora in the Flash." Kara Wells gently took Alura, who fidgeted a bit at the move but settled down. "You want to hold Nora?" Kara Allen now glanced cautiously at Barry White Two.
Much to Kara Wells' shock, her Barry smiled, his counterpart's kids getting him out of his funk quickly as he took the baby who started to cry a little. "Just rock her… She shouldn't be hungry and we changed her diaper before you came," Barry instructed his counterpart who took the advice, bouncing her on his knee gently.
"Well, I got to go. Diana is waiting for me," Karen spoke up, and smiled at Kara Wells. "Next time, maybe, I can come to your world? Let Junior see his mom again."
"Junior?" Kara Wells asked as she rocked Alura, smiling at the baby and then up to Karen. "Why Junior?"
"Krypto Junior," Karen said, and Junior barked happily, Krypto giving the two a look.
"Hah, yeah, I'd love you to see our world. It's not… well, as long as Astra and Kara here allow it." She felt a great affinity toward Karen – after all, it was just the toss of a coin that she herself wasn't Karen, or Karen wasn't herself.
"Thanks! Come on." Karen instructed Junior, the pair moving over to the balcony. She picked up the dog, who had yet to master flight – none of the puppies had realized they could yet, Barry White Two had noted thankfully – and the two flew off.
"Ja, Ella," Kara Allen called over. "What are you naming your puppy?"
"Musty," the two yelled together. They had been happily playing with the puppy who barked at her new name.
"Musty?" Lois asked, curiously, wondering where her kids had come up with this name.
"Yes Musty," Jason said not really giving an answer as to how he got the name as the trio continued to play.
Clark chuckled. "They are kids Lois. They don't need a reason," Clark said and Lois giggled her agreement.
"Well, I think it's time we go home," Lois then said shrugging off the name. "I have an early morning interview tomorrow." Lois went over and kissed both Alura and Nora before hugging her Barry and Kara.
"Mind watching the kids?" Clark suddenly asked the two Barrys and two Karas, knowing his wife needed some alone time first, before the kids and their new dog came home. "I'll be back for them soon," Clark added, and Kara Allen nodded as Clark took his wife and flew away, leaving the kids to play with their new dog.
The two Karas and Barrys looked at each other. With Cisco and Caitlin wanting to check out STAR they had some time to kill before the Prime Earth gang went home. That was when Alura started to cry. "Oh, Rao, what do I do?" Kara Wells asked her double, unsure, and Kara Allen took her daughter to take care of her.
-Superflash-
Karen flew to Watchtower and used the hand-scanner to get in. "Diana!" Karen yelled happily with Junior running next to her. Diana was in the training room. "Look at… Who's that?" Karen paused, noticing the girl with Diana in the room already training. She looked like a mini-Diana, even wearing a similar outfit to Diana's Wonder Woman one. For a second she thought the girl was a clone of Diana's like she was of Kara.
"Karen, this is my little sister Donna," Diana introduced as the girl stopped her training and came over. "Donna, this is Karen."
"Hello," Donna said, holding out her hand which Karen took.
"I feel it's time you can test your skills with someone of equal power and similar age," Diana informed Karen. "So, from now on the pair of you will be training together. Mock battles as well."
"Cool!" Karen said, thinking Carter would want to meet Donna. "Nice to meet you, but just so you know, I'll win every time."
"In your dreams," Donna said with a smile.
"For today we're taking it easy. You're still just recovered, Karen," Diana said, cutting off the girl's banter.
"I'm fine now!" Karen quickly tried to tell Diana. She was getting annoyed of people trying to take it easy on her after her encounter with Livewire. If she was going to be taken as a serious superhero one day, attacks like the one she had faced would become regular, after all.
"Of course," Diana nodded, although not sounding convinced. "Oh, and nice dog." Junior barked at the compliment.
-Superflash-
Cisco let his counterpart and Caitlin's counterpart into the Lab when they showed up. "Welcome back Vibe! Care for round two in the naming competition?" Cisco asked with a smirk and Vibe smirked back.
"Hydroman, not H2-No, but later we need to set up and inter-earth Netflix or some type of entertainment system," Vibe said to a raised eyebrow from his double. "Our Star Treks are different."
"On it," Cisco said immediately, not needing any further explanation, and the two Ciscos ran to the computers.
"Boys…" Caitlin said, smiling at her Prime Counterpart. "Well I didn't expect you to show up."
"Honestly, I wasn't going to – I had bad experiences with Earth Hopping, as I told you – but they convinced me to come along," Prime Caitlin said. After Fake-Jay/Zoom, she hadn't been too keen on leaving her Earth, even with Vibe at the helm, but still, it was nice to see her double. Especially since the last time she'd encountered a double of hers it had been a very different experience – and she'd seen that version's death. "This is weird though," Prime Caitlin said, looking Caitlin up and down. They were even in the same clothes! Although Karry's Caitlin had a lab coat over her attire, making it a little easier to tell the pair apart.
"No weirder than growing up a twin," Karry Caitlin said, shrugging it off, used to seeing someone who looked exactly like her.
"You have a twin?" Prime Caitlin asked, shocked.
"Yeah, Crystal. You don't?" Karry Caitlin said. In a weird way, it was nice to have a normal looking double of hers around. And one that acted saner than Crystal ever had.
"Although she now looks like Elsa from Frozen and has the same ice powers… and tried to kill Caitlin," Cisco said, causing Vibe to stop in his tracks and stare shocked at his double.
"Killer Frost?" Caitlin asked her double now, suddenly moving her hands behind her back.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Karry Caitlin asked, realizing Prime Caitlin did not have a twin but intrigued on how she knew about Killer Frost.
"Long story," Vibe said, glancing at his Caitlin as he added, "did it get colder in here?
"Probably all the talk on Killer Frost," his Caitlin dismissed quickly. "Anyway, I wanted to know how everything with Jesse is going," Prime Caitlin said as Vibe shrugged and got back to work. "You stopped emailing."
"Oh yeah. Sorry about that, but, well…" Caitlin brought Prime Caitlin to where Jesse was still comatose. "She's in a speed-force coma… but it's fixed the Velocity stuff."
"How did you pull that off?" Prime Caitlin asked, stunned now.
"Accidentally," Karry Caitlin said and Prime Caitlin nodded. "Well, Barry struck Jesse with one of those lightning tosses… Now we just have to wait. She's coping well though."
"Luckily, I know a little on speed-force comas," Prime Caitlin said with a smirk. "I suppose you do too, but our individual experiences may be vital in helping Jesse out now. I may know something your Eobard Thawne never told you about. Let me help you. I'll also get our Jesse to send over some files."
"Sure. Gideon!" Caitlin suddenly called, causing Prime Caitlin to jump at the sudden use of that robot interface again. Gideon still existed in the Gideon Room back on Prime Earth, but neither herself, Vibe or Barry had called upon her in the past year or so. She brought back bad memories.
"Yes, Caitlin?" the Gideon voice was heard in reply.
"Call up Prime Earth. We need to talk to their Jesse."
"Yes, Mrs. Raymond-Snow," Gideon said.
"I forget you and Ronnie…" Prime Caitlin now added quietly. She was technically Mrs. Raymond herself, but the word 'widow' was stuck steadfast to her name, unlike this Caitlin's.
"You got off lucky," Karry Caitlin responded, suddenly darkly as Prime Caitlin did a doubletake and her double sighed. "He's a complicated man, Ronnie… he doesn't want kids. I mean we're talking about it, but he's obsessed he's going to pass on the meta gene to a potential kid. He's agreed to adoption at some point, but he's also scared he's going to leave the child father-less when Stein dies…"
"Is Martin ill?" Prime Caitlin asked suddenly concerned.
"Not at all, but he's not a young man like Ronnie. If he dies, Ronnie dies… and before you mention finding someone else compatible, like you ironically did for your Stein, Jax is no longer compatible being his own meta, Firehawk, and that other guy… well, there isn't anyone compatible. At least not yet."
"I need to come over more often. We need a sisterly chat," Prime Caitlin said, pulling her double in a sudden hug at this. She wondered if her Ronnie would have had the same thoughts – before the Particle Accelerator explosion, she and Ronnie had had that chat and both were very much keen to have kids, but neither had had that talk when he'd come back to her life as one half of Firestorm, and now he was long dead. It was kind of nice to know maybe things with him would have not been so perfect.
"We need to have a long talk," Vibe said to his counterpart, having overheard some of this as Cisco rolled his eyes at his double. "But first you need to tell me more about what you've done to the inter-earth communication system and how the hell your Barry made his own Gideon!" He hadn't forgotten that he wanted to know how his counterpart manipulated the communication system the way he had.
-SuperFlash-
"They are so cute," Kara Wells said, smiling as they had gotten the two babies to sleep. It had been a couple of hours since her Cisco and Caitlin left for STAR, Clark had picked up his kids and new puppy an hour ago, and Kara Allen was now curled up to Krypto on the couch, half-dozing herself.
"Yeah," Kara Allen said, smiling as she yawned and glanced to the cots. "Although they like to keep us up all night. It's a miracle when both are asleep at the same time… Maybe one day you'll have one?"
Kara Wells smiled. "Maybe. I'd love to have kids… someday."
"How did my advice work?" Kara Allen asked sleepily with a smirk.
"Very well indeed, thank you," Kara Wells said with a smirk herself and Kara Allen grinned as she stretched. Krypto looked around before jumping off the couch and taking a position by the cots. Without another word, the two Kara left the room, Kara Allen taking the baby monitor with her though. The two Barrys were in the kitchen, talking over something. "Is this about Star Trek?" Kara Allen yawned.
"No. Gideon," Barry White Two said. "Barry-Red is telling me how he made him.
"Actually, my symbol's background color has changed. It's blue now," Barry corrected his double.
Barry White Two gave Barry-Blue a look, not having expected him to change to blue. If anything, he had expected his Karry double would follow suit with the white background when he finally did get rid of the red. "Did I forget to mention that?" Kara Wells said, remembering it from last time and Barry White Two nodded. The two saw Kara Allen and Barry smirking at each other and knew they must be talking through their bond.
"Makes sense though, with Supergirl being blue… The Flash needed a bit of blue in there too. Probably a reason my Cisco made Kara's suit white – to match the symbol I have…" Barry White Two spoke aloud.
"Hey, Quick is anything but white," Kara Wells pointed out. "Silver is silver which does looks white sometimes so…" Barry White Two chuckled at this.
"They both have the symbol with the same white background though and Jesse costume looks similar to mine," Barry-White Two added in.
Not long later Vibe, Cisco, and Caitlin walked in. "Brought these two back," Cisco said, taking a seat. "And we have the outline for an inter-earth entertainment system. We have to work through a couple of things but it should be up and running soon."
"Six different Earths connected to the system. Means a ton of different TV shows and different plots. We might never be able to leave the TV." Vibe joked.
"You guys have a complete The Secret Circle, right?" Kara Wells suddenly thought at this, to a shrug from Cisco. "Okay, maybe one of the other Earths…" she didn't explain further as Barry White Two put an arm around her waist.
"Okay, I think it's time to go home," Barry White Two said. "Good to see you all again though."
"Come to our Earth sometime," Kara Wells suddenly said as she hugged the two. "And bring Karen with you – she deserves that." Kara Allen nodded with a small smirk as Vibe opened a portal.
The goodbyes took a few minutes and once they were done and the Prime Earth crew was gone, the three remaining in the kitchen felt suddenly lonesome.
"Well, I've got a date with Lisa," Cisco said after the group had left, and then he was gone, leaving Kara and Barry alone.
Interesting day, Kara thought as they moved back into the lounge and moving to pet Krypto. "You were not so nice to your puppies," Kara said aloud to him now, and he barked defiantly, making Kara laugh.
"Well then, dead-beat dad…" Barry joked getting another bark at him now, and then a cry was heard. Krypto suddenly whined apologetically, realizing he'd woken up one of the babies up. "It's fine," Barry told the dog assuring.
"Your turn," Kara said, not believing one of her kids had woken up already, and Barry nodded, running up to go take care of their babies.
Post Chapter Note 1:Well this is the definition of a filler chapter, but puppies! This was so fun to write, and weirdly came out more from my Beta's character's perspective (which was only enhanced upon him getting his paws on it). But, Jason and Ella finally have a pup, and so does Karen! It's weird to think this all came up from one conversation the kids had with their dad, asking if Krypto ever had puppies… Anyway, that's all I need to say.
Post Chapter Note 2: Jason and Ella's puppy is named after a stuffed animal I had as a kid just to let you all know.
Post Chapter Note 3 (IMPORTANT): due to the holidays and beta schedule I probably won't be able to update on Thursday. Sorry guys and have a Merry Christmas.
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Vigilante Injustice: In Central City, a new vigilante shows up wanting Supergirl and The Flash to add him to their Justice League, while at the same time an old friend and his mentor are looking for Kara and Barry's help. Meanwhile in Starling City, Oliver is back in town but a hit has been put out on him by someone unknown, and a very good assassin has taken the job. Can Team Canary save him when he's reluctant to even save himself?
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