Karry Universe
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Note 1: WE'RE BACK! Did you miss this story? It's time to start putting to rest some of those cliffhangers I left you on. Remember: The Amazonians are dead, and another Kara and Barry dropped in on our Karry on Christmas day, of all days.
Note 2: Oh, from now on I am going to be putting what month the chapter is in and year. Possibly exact dates, if the date is important. This is to help keep it in line with New Justice and Karry Prime – the former I left off in 2018, while the latter Sigma is still in 2017.
Note 3: Remember, this crossover with SuperEarth is before the New Justice crossover with them.
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Super Christmas.
December 25th, 2017/Christmas Day.
-SuperEarth-
Kara smiled as she sat on the Allen couch; Lara sat on her lap. It was early in the morning, but Barry had told her to be there early anyway.
"Thank you for letting me come to your house for Christmas," Kara said to Nora and Henry who sat smiling pleasantly at her. They liked Kara, she could tell, although wondered what pain they felt at their son losing his former fiancée.
"Well, when Barry told us you were going to be alone this year, we couldn't not invite you," Nora replied politely. "What happen to your foster family?" Nora was curious as she asked, but still polite.
"Alex went on a Christmas trip with Jeremiah and Eliza, but with everything crazy around here lately I couldn't leave," Kara said, and the two knew what she meant. They had long ago been let in on Kara's secret identity and with the United States still suffering from the fallout of Enchantress and her Empowered meta-humans, Supergirl and Superman were needed more than Kara, and well, Clark too. The two had to give their superhero life extra attention.
It was then that Barry came in with a Christmas sweater on, followed by Millie Allen – his sister. Millie had been acting weird since her adventure with the multiverse-hopping Echo, and kept complaining about the other Earths on the system. Belle Wells had been calmer about it though, and explained what happened in more detail – the various new earths added to the multiverse system, not to mention Echo and his parallel self, Tremor, being locked up on Mutant Earth after the others Earths in the mission decided they did not trust Echo. Everyone had been letting Millie work through her emotions on this although Kara had her suspicions on what was going on in Millie's mind – she wore the same look Kara had after her first encounter with a Barry Allen of the multiverse.
"Okay, so presents," Nora said brightly, jumping up to move over to the tree. "Kara, we got you a little something."
"You didn't need too," Kara said, shocked, having brought her own presents for everyone anyway, but had not been expecting anything in return.
"We wanted to," Henry added, letting Millie sit next to him in Nora's vacated space.
Before Nora could even grab the present, however, the wind whipped up, striking a fun tune on the clanging baubles on the tree, and a rip opened before them.
"Hey guys," Cisco Ramon jumped out of the portal, wearing his new multiverse goggles. Cisco had figured out his powers easily, but was unable to open portals to other worlds yet – at present, it was just visions of events yet to happen, and a fancier version of Belle's teleportation. "The Trickster broke out of jail. He's causing problems in the city. Supergirl and the Flash are needed…"
"I think Kara can take care of it," Barry said quickly at this, looking down unsure. He wasn't jelling with the Flash persona as easily as his alternates had – he was starting to feel being a hero was not for him. Besides, every time he wore the suit, he kept picturing himself pulling Enchantress's heart out her own chest and the vision alone was off putting.
"Oh, come on," Cisco said urgently. "I'll send you both to STAR to get your outfits."
"We can run," Kara pointed out, but Cisco had put back on his goggles and was holding out his hand. He really was enjoying using his power.
As Cisco looked at the two to open a portal the Christmas tree caught his attention and he suddenly caught an image of a Kara and Barry, with two kids around a tree. He smiled, distracted by the image and the ripple that extended from his hand seemed to speed open, acting more violently than the previous one. It dragged Kara, Barry, and Lara though before shutting abruptly.
"I… I don't think that went to STAR," Cisco said, biting his lip now not sure what he had done. That felt different.
"Where did you send them…?" Henry sighed. Of all days for Cisco's new powers to mess up and toss his son somewhere unknown, it had to be today…
-Karry Universe-
Kara was thrown out of the portal first, and onto a couch. Barry was on top of her in a second and her dog not long behind.
The pair got up, looking around worriedly. Kara saw she was in what looked like a penthouse, all decorated up for Christmas. It looked like it was directly out of a Christmas catalog, the owners had gone to such trouble.
In the house though, was herself and a Barry. Two little kids, not even one-year-old were by a very large teddy bear. A white dog with antlers strapped to his head was hanging out nearby with a gray cat. There were two teenage boys too, that looked slightly like her cousin Clark.
"Erm, where are we?" Her Barry was the first to ask, clearly confused.
"Well it's not Prime," the Barry of this world told his Kara, and Kara Danvers looked up at that: Prime. Kara Wells. So, they knew the Prime Universe? Which meant this was one of the worlds on their system… Lara was by Kara Danvers's leg now, but looked over the older male dog in intrigue.
"Don't think it's Mutant either," the Kara of this world said before Kara Danvers could say anything, glancing to her Barry in confusion. Mutant was the Earth Millie kept complaining about though so they were definitely on a world in their system, already not identifiable as Prime or Mutant.
"Well it's definitely not New Justice," the Barry of his world now spoke – that was a new name that Kara Danvers didn't recognize, and had no idea why this Barry was so certain they were not this New Justice.
"Well, whoever you are," the Kara of this world turned her full attention to Kara Danvers, who was coming to terms with the situation they were in. "Welcome to Karry Universe."
"What's a Karry?" Her Barry asked the question, pointing directly at this Kara now, and his Kara shrugged, not sure.
-Superflash-
Diana and Donna had spent hours going through the entire Island, looking for any survivors. Anything. Any hope there was someone else. But they found nothing; every building was in ruins. Parts of the island were just obliterated – giant holes every few feet, almost like someone was digging for something, searching under the island. Every Amazonian they saw were dead. But not just dead – they had been dead for days.
"Mom!" Donna cried, seeing the body lying on the stone floor, her sword not far off. "Mom!" Donna ran up to the body and shook her, but it was no use. She was long gone too. It was too much for Donna, who broke down again, crying over the body.
Diana wanted to cry too. Both she and Donna had, when they discovered the wreck, but now she had to be strong for her sister. Her sister, who had never seen anything like this before. It reminded Diana of the Great Wars. The wreckage and destruction she had seen there. The death she had seen. But this was different, this was her home… destroyed.
It ripped a hole in her heart every time she thought about it.
"Nothing survived," Diana finally said, bending down near her sister, putting an arm around her. Donna leaned in to her, crying and still holding the body of their mother. "I will figure out who or what did this. I will avenge them."
"It was like nothing we have ever seen before," the male voice made them both jump.
Diana span on the spot, withdrawing her sword in one motion as she had the man by his throat in a second, the tip of her blade almost drawing blood. It didn't seem to faze the man however, as he raised a hand simply and continued: "The person who did this, their soul is completely black. There was no light in it. No feeling. He was cold blooded and powerful, but there was something wrong with him. Something he wanted to fix within himself. He thought it was here… They didn't stand a chance."
"Who are you?' Diana said not lowering her blade, but the man put his hand on it now and moved it aside with ease.
"That is no way to treat your father, Diana, Princess of Themyscira," the man said, and Diana took a step back realizing who this was.
"Lord Zeus," Diana bowed, kneeling in front of him. "I am sorry."
"Stand, my child," Zeus said, noticing Donna didn't move from her mother's body. "We have a lot to discuss."
-Superflash-
"This was an accident," Kara Danvers started to explain. "If we can…?"
Before she could finish, a door open and Kara had to stop at seeing the man who walked in. Her mouth dropped open.
"So, what does…." Zor-El stopped, seeing the extra Kara and Barry in the room. "Am I seeing double?"
"She's from another Earth," Kara Allen said quickly, as the small white puppy jumped up and ran to the twins. Kara Danvers was concerned for a moment, but Lara sniffed them and then licked them. Alura and Nora laughed as Alura stopped playing with her bear and put her arms on the puppy. "And I think I know what Earth." Kara Allen added, seeing the cute scene, it bringing back a memory as Krypto came up to keep an eye on the pup with the babies. Lara looked up at her father and rubbed against his leg. Krypto looked down and Lara gave him big wide eyes and Krypto gave a sort-of nod to the pup. "This is one of Krypto puppies. The one Prime wanted to send to SuperEarth."
"Oh yeah," Karry Barry said. "The Barry who was with that June girl. Whoever she is…" SuperEarth Barry looked at that, surprised his alternate did not know June, but Kara Danvers was still staring at Zor.
"Dad?" Kara Danvers finally said, getting closer to the man. "But… how? Is mom…?" Zor shook his head at that. "Wow." Kara Danvers took a deep breath and then hugged Zor, tears appearing in her eyes.
Zor was shocked as he put his arms around this other daughter. "I couldn't protect Kal…" Kara Danvers felt she had to confess to this version of her father. She had to tell one of him. "I failed. My pod ended up in the Phantom Zone…"
"I know. And you did not fail," Zor said, having been through this before with his Kara. "I told my Kara this and I will tell you this: It was an accident. That was it. It happens. And if I have to go to every Earth on the system and tell every Kara this, I will."
"You know, that might be a good idea," this worlds Barry muttered.
"Well, not Mutant," Kara Allen spoke up with a smile as Zor wiped the tear away from Kara Danvers eyes. "So, I'm Kara Allen. You?"
"Danvers," Kara Danvers said, turning around knowing why she was asking. Different last names were how she and Kara Wells told each other apart.
"Wait, Allen?" SuperEarth Barry said looking at them. "You two are…?"
"Married," Barry and Kara said together; Barry having gone back on the floor to play with his kids and Krypto. SuperEarth Barry wasn't sure what to say to that.
Married. He and Kara. The multiverse was trying to tell him something.
"These are our kids, Alura and Nora." Barry added for the SuperEarth pair, making SuperEarth Barry take a step back, shocked, but Kara Danvers turned around to look at the kids. They were so cute, she couldn't help but smile. "You can call me Barry-Blue… What's your background color?" SuperEarth Barry raised an eyebrow. "The color behind your Flash symbol."
"Oh," SuperEarth Barry said putting a hand behind his back. "It's cream, with a red lightning bolt thing."
"Really?" Barry-Blue frowned at that. "Barry-Red, then – make things easier." Barry-Blue said with a smile while 'Barry-Red' frowned. "I used to be red myself. Well, the background color anyway."
"Dad," Morgan called out at that moment, leaving all his presents which he had opened on the floor. Out from the balcony walked in Clark, in his Superman outfit with a sack over his shoulder. Morgan ran at Clark to give him a hug. "Dad, Kara says if Krypto has puppies I get one."
"That's nice," Clark said giving Morgan a quick hug. "Hi Connor. Heard you got a wolf?" Clark gave his other clone a nod and Connor smiled back at him. "I brought the presents." Clark put the sack on the floor. "And inter-Earth visitors on Christmas, I see." Clark didn't even seem surprised to see two Karas and two Barrys hanging around the penthouse.
"It's apparently an accident," Kara Allen said, hugging her cousin now. "Where are Lois and the kids?"
"Well Lois and Lucy got word that their father died," Clark said and Kara Allen nodded. She felt bad for the two of them, but she didn't have fond encounters with General Lane herself. It was better this way. "They are going to spend the holidays together so we're not going to be over tonight. I came to give the presents and have to kiss the girls." Clark bent down, hugging the two girls and giving both a kiss on the head as they laughed. "Cannot believe it's been a year since you told us you were pregnant."
"Um… I'm sorry, I don't want to crash your holiday," Barry-Red said, interrupting them. His Kara was still by Zor, seeming to be obsessed with her father and had turned to view her alternate cousin. Kara Danvers didn't seem as freaked about this world as he was, but she was more used to the life than Barry-Red – he just wanted to go home. "But could you get your Cisco to send us home?"
"No," Kara Allen said, surprising the two at the abruptness there.
"Why not?" Barry-Red said, folding his arms and seeming offended at the rebuff.
"He's not vibe," Kara Allen said, surprising them. "He now has a power to walk through walls but he kind of hates it. Wears a bracelet to stop it."
"Wait, like Jesse," Kara Danvers said hearing that.
"What?" Barry-Blue said, confused. "Jesse is a speedster." Kara Danvers and Barry-Red looked at each other at that confused.
"She's Ghost on ours," Kara Danvers smirked. "Well, not an actual ghost, I mean it's what we call her. Because she can walk through walls… like ghosts."
"Huh," Barry-Blue frowned at the unusual name, surprised to find a Kara who believed in ghosts, or at least, backed a name like that.
"How about you call home?" Kara Allen broke the unusual tension as Barry-Blue nodded, taking out his cellphone and dialed a phone number.
"Gideon, can you call SuperEarth?" Barry-Blue asked his phone.
"Yes creator," a voice said, and Barry-Blue handed the phone to Kara Danvers, who frowned at the thing now.
"Who's Gideon?" Barry-Red asked, intrigued. As far as he knew about the system a person needed to be at the switchboard to communicate with the other worlds.
"Oh, an A.I. I created," Barry-Blue said, and Barry-Red looked intrigued at that. "It makes STAR Co. a lot of money, and is very useful for the Justice League."
"Star Co.?" Barry-Red asked, but before he could ask further questions he heard his Cisco on the line.
"Please tell me this is you," Cisco said to Kara Danvers.
"It's us," Kara Danver said, glancing to Barry-Red. "We're on Karry Universe and they do not have a Vibe. Their Cisco is Ghost power and apparently hates it, so come get us. We need you."
"Um, that's going to have to wait for me to figure out how I did it…" Cisco said tentatively. "Millie, Jesse, and Belle are taking on the Trickster now, and I have to help them. Just chill there for a bit. I'll get you home in time for dinner." Barry-Blue sighed as Cisco said this. He wanted to be with his family. Not on another world. He barely noticed Clark giving his cousin and clones a goodbye and taking presents Kara Allen gave him before leaving, and the Karry Universe gang going back to opening presents. "I'll let your parents know you're okay. They were a bit pissed but…"
"Just be quick," Barry-Red said into the speakerphone, as they said their goodbyes and Kara hung up.
"So, STAR Co.? Gideon? Care to explain?" Barry asked, seeing Lara now playing with a cat who seemed to be Kryptonian. As long as he was stuck here, he might as well know about this world. He avoided the two kids though – staying away from them. He had wanted marriage and kids with June, but seeing an alternative him happy with Kara was not something he needed to think about.
"How can you afford this place?" Kara Danvers spoke up now, looking around at the impressive Penthouse.
"We own STAR Co." Kara Allen stated as Kara Danvers joined them on the floor, looking at the girls. Kara Allen handed Alura to her, surprising her counterpart. "Alura, say hi." Alura giggled and Kara Danvers smiled, not noticing Barry-Blue taking pictures. Kara Danvers hugged the girl with a smile again.
-SuperFlash-
"Can you bring them back?" Donna asked, still weeping over her mother as Diana stood still, blade now by her side as she stared at Zeus.
"I'm sorry," Zeus said, shaking his head.
"But you're a god!" Donna yelled at him. "You're the God!"
"Donna, show some respect," Diana snapped, upset herself but she would not take her grief out on Zeus.
"It's okay," Zeus said calmly. "Once upon a time I could have brought them all back. But my powers are weaker now – they are powered by belief, belief in me, and that is something humans don't have anymore. We managed to keep some of our power through other beliefs humans have. Ares, until he was defeated by your sister, was powered by humans anger and war. But now we can't do what you asked, but we did speed track their souls into paradise. They are safe and happy like any warrior will be. But I am here to warn you."
"Who did this?" Diana asked, wanting to know. Needing to get revenge for her fallen sisters.
"I do not know his name, but he was not a creature of this planet," Zeus said, and Diana nodded. An alien. "We gods banded together to be able to give you what little we could. This is what we discovered…" Zeus held up a necklace to Diana. "This necklace has the power to separate a portion of one's soul safely. You will need it." Zeus handed the necklace to Diana, who was confused as she put it on. "I made you with the purest soul. It will be the one thing that can weaken this black soul. But this will not be easy… your Justice League will face its biggest challenge yet and I cannot guarantee all will survive. If you are to win and save the universe as we know it, Apollo predicts you must find a doctor who practices in fate. And you must trust in the bonds. They will be your saving grace."
"What does that all mean?" Diana asked.
"You know very well you must figure out Apollo's message for yourself," Zeus told her knowingly. "But Apollo also said your leaders have some visitors from another Earth at present," Diana almost sighed. It seemed the multiverse was in play again. "They might have some knowledge that will help you."
Diana nodded. "Donna, we must go," Diana said, bending down near her sister. She looked at her mother's body and let one tear fall, but right now they needed to get back to Central City. Fast. There would be time to cry later. "There's nothing for us here anymore."
"We need to bury them," Donna said. "Give them their last rights."
"Their souls have already entered Paradise. There is nothing a ceremony will do for them, and if we are to get to Central before these visitors leave, we need to fly now at our top speed," Diana stated, hugging her sister and kissing her head. "We need to get there to avenge the Island and our home."
"And the Amazonian will get a watery grave," Zeus spoke up, making both turn to him. "Once you two leave, the gods are putting the rest of our power together to sink the island. There's no point in it anymore. This is the end of Themscyria." Donna let go of her mother's body at this. There was blood on her outfit as Diana helped her up.
"Goodbye my children, and good luck." Zeus nodded as the two turned, taking to the sky as they flew away from the island, neither looking back as the Island began to go under…
-Superflash-
"So, who's coming over?" Kara Danvers asked. Presents had finished a while ago and Kara Danvers was now looking over at where Zor was playing with the girls, along with one of the clones of Clark. The one called Connor. Morgan was playing with his gifts and kept begging Krypto for puppies. It seemed the dog was no longer bothered by the occasional outburst of 'puppies' from the boy, as he was lying quite peacefully near the group, with Lara near her father. Krypto let his pup nudge him playfully, but he didn't seem too happy with it. Hex was on the counter near them, watching, and Kara Danvers was absentmindedly petting the cat.
Kara Allen and Barry-Blue had started to get food out. They were apparently having people over for Christmas dinner, and Kara Danvers was curious who. Even Barry-Red sat up from the couch where he had turned on a Christmas movie, curious himself.
"Well dad is coming with Cat and Carter," Barry-Blue said distractedly, setting the table.
"Cat Grant?" Kara Danvers asked, just to confirm, and Barry-Blue nodded. "Why would she come here? With Henry?"
"They are dating," Barry-Blue said, and Barry-Red's mouth dropped open at this. He knew worlds existed where his mom had died; Prime Barry had told him and he had learned this Earth was the same, but his dad… dating? He could not picture his dad with anyone else but his mom. And to date Cat Grant? It seemed so weird. Insane. Since when was Cat Grant even his dad's type…? "And Joe, Iris, and Eddie are coming." Barry-Blue continued.
"Eddie?" Barry-Red asked, distracted by the name.
"Iris's husband," Kara Allen said, making the two SuperEarthers look at each other. They were so used to their Iris with other girls it seemed odd to have one with a guy. "Astra and Karen, a teenaged clone of me, Caitlin, Ronnie, and their son Garfield. Cisco and his wife Lisa, too."
"Lisa's bringing Snart," Barry-Blue added, and Kara Allen nodded. "And that's it."
"What about Eliza, Jeremiah, and Alex?" Kara Danvers asked, wondering about her foster family. She had seen a picture of Alex and Kara together on a shelf, so it had to exist here.
"Jeremiah is dead," Kara Allen said to that. "He's been dead for a very long time," she decided to not mention the clone hanging out in the asylum. "And Alex's wife, Sara, her mother is doing something. They are going there and Eliza is joining them. I think Laurel and Oliver are going there too. J'onn and M'Gann were invited to tag along there as well. Tomorrow they will come here for a little celebration with us though, and to see the girls for their first Christmas."
"Oh," Kara Danvers said, taking in Jeremiah being dead, not to mention all the world differences. It seemed odd to think he was not around while she was growing up, although having Alex gay was weird, here – even if she was single on SuperEarth.
"In fact, people should start arriving soon," Barry-Blue said, and was proven correct as the elevator opened at that moment, and out came Henry, Cat, and Carter.
"Merry Christmas…" Henry paused, seeing the new two. "And an extra Barry and Kara. Never a bad thing." Henry smiled at them as Cat laughed. Carter said his Merry Christmases before going over to Connor, to show him the new portable game system he got.
"Barry!" Carter called out, and both turned over. "Our Barry, sorry. STAR Gaming should make portable systems." Barry-Red gave Barry-Blue a look at this. They mentioned taking over STAR lab and expanding it. They mentioned Gideon, who Barry-Red was curious to see. But making video games they had not mentioned.
"We might just," Barry-Blue said with a smirk, but said no more, making Carter smile regardless.
"I want in when you do!" Carter yelled, making Connor laugh.
"Zor, you're not the only grandparent here anymore. Give me my grandbabies," Henry said, coming over to kiss his girls.
With all this going on, it hadn't escaped Barry-Blue seeing Barry-Red seeming uncomfortable with everything. He moved over as activities happened around them and cautiously sat next to his double "Not use to the multiverse? I can tell." Barry-Red, didn't reply. He avoided looking at his double. "So, what's wrong? You haven't wanted to see the kids. You've been avoiding us. It's Christmas, you should be happy."
"It's just… this multiverse stuff. Before June… I was…"
"Normal?" Barry-Blue smirked. "Nothing wrong with being normal, but it's better being special. Being part of this super-family… this multiversial superfamily, in fact," Barry-Blue nudged Barry-Red at this. It didn't seem to cheer him up though.
"You and Kara." Barry-Red suddenly hissed, glancing straight at Barry-Blue now, who frowned at this. "Sorry… I mean Kara is a great friend, but… June. I can't. June was… well, until. Long story short, some ancient witch-thing took her over, gave America powers and now can't be split from June. But she's a nasty piece of work, the witch; we've gotten magic experts to look her over, see if they can separate them, but more and more its looking like it will never happen. She was my world June and now with Prime and you guys, it's like everyone wants me to be with Kara but…" he looked over at Kara, bouncing one of the babies on her lap with Lara running around them, wagging her tail, "I don't."
"I'm sorry," Barry-Blue said, raising an eyebrow at this last bit, but not addressing it just yet. "That must have been hard. I could not image losing Kara like that – she is my world, like June was yours... But you're going to have to move on eventually." Barry-Blue gave Barry-Red a smirk as he said this, but Red just scowled at him. "Look, I have no doubts I am with the right person. Kara is perfect for me; even if I had met this June in High School, no way would we have clicked. The loss of my mom you see. There was no one who got that pain. Not until Kara. We have so much in common, and yes I know you didn't lose your mom, so you and Kara have not connected like that, but maybe…" Barry paused until Kara Allen took Danvers away, his wife listening in to the conversation through their bond and not wanting Danvers to be influenced or encouraged by this pep talk. "Maybe you're not looking at your Kara close enough."
"What?" Barry-Red asked. "Just because you…"
"And Barry-White and Barry-White Two," Barry-Blue said, and could see the confused look. "Prime and Mutant. That's three Earths, and I think there are more out there. We have all found something with Kara. Something unique. We're soulmates. Me and Kara. We have a Kryptonian Mental Bond to prove it. It only develops between two people who are perfect for each other and I am not saying you and your Kara are a certain thing. You still need time to get over this June, but when you're ready to move on, to find someone else, find love again, don't count Kara out. It's very possible something great is sitting right under your nose." Barry-Blue gave Barry-Red a smile as the elevator opened and in walked Cisco, Lisa, and Snart.
"We're here…. Again," Cisco said, seeing the two Barrys. "You need to text people when multiverse visitors appear, man."
"Where did you get a key card for the elevator?" Barry-Blue asked and Cisco paused, looking instantly guilty.
Snart laughed. "We could make a thief out of you yet," Leonard said, making Lisa and Cisco turn. "What with the new power and the abilities, no one would be able to stop him."
"We're retired," Lisa reminded her brother.
"So?" Snart said with a smirk. "Doesn't mean I can't observe that your nerd would be good at the job."
Once everyone had arrived, Barry-Red continued to sit on the couch moodily watching everyone talk and laugh. Kara Danvers sat next to him with two plates, the only person happy to try and get near the man – beyond Barry-Blue, of course. "I know you like penne ala vodka. It's running out." Kara Allen handed him the plate, and Barry-Red smiled taking it.
"When do you think Cisco will get here?" Barry-Red asked, and Kara Danvers shrugged.
"You could call again," Barry-Blue pointed out, having heard and taking a seat next to Danvers. He had one of the girls on his lap and Kara Allen came up with the other girl.
"Smile," they heard a voice and saw Iris take a picture of them. "Nice. You're going to print these out for them, right?"
"We'll email it," Kara Allen said. "The systems makes giving pictures to our visiting worlds easier. Barry, take out your phone and call their world." But as Kara Allen said it, a familiar blue portal opened, making a lot of people jump and move aside. "Never mind." Kara Allen smirked.
Before anyone could move, a Cisco and Jesse jumped out of the portal and it closed behind them. "Jesse!" Morgan yelled, going and hugging the girl, much to Jesse's surprise.
"Morgan, that's not our Jesse," Kara Allen called to the teen. "Sorry, he loves Jesse. Long story…" Kara Allen handed Nora to Barry-Red at this, who seemed shocked as he took the girl, and Kara Allen pulled Morgan away. Iris took another picture of Barry-Red with Nora, who blew a freeze breath in his face.
"Can someone…?" Barry-Red said, holding Nora up awkwardly under her arms, and Iris took her niece. Barry-Blue nodded his head towards his sister, and they put the two into the specially made play pen for them where Caitlin had put Garfield down after feeding him. As if on cue, Garfield turned into a green kitty and the girls cried out in happiness, the three playing.
"I did it," the new Cisco said with a smile. "Hey guys."
"You shouldn't have done it," Karry Cisco said suddenly, making everyone look at him. He was with Lisa and Snart, who was a little drunk by now. "You're now in the Karry Conundrum."
Our Karaoke ship name has really taken off, Barry-Blue thought to Kara Allen, who giggled.
"Karry Conundrum?" The new Cisco asked frowning.
"Well Vibe Junior-Junior…. No, that sucks…. Vibe the Third," Cisco said with a smirk. "People can get to Karry Universe just fine, but getting off is another matter. Go on, try." Vibe the Third put his goggles back on, lifted his arm, and tried to open a portal but he couldn't. "See, not going to be able too. Just like Vibe Junior of Mutant before you."
"And the Prime Universe," Barry-Blue added. "Has happened a couple of times. I forgot all about that though."
"Wait, so people get in here and then cannot leave?" Vibe the Third said. "This Earth is quicksand!" There were a couple of giggles at that.
"What is Jesse doing here?" Joe was the one to ask about the alternate Jesse's appearance. It seemed odd she came to get the two to bring them home.
"Oh yeah, I heard you have the same power as me," Jesse said, looking at Cisco and seeing the power dampening bracelet on him. "Well, I'm showing you how to use it."
"No," Cisco said instantly, shaking his head. "I never wanted powers, I don't want to learn them."
"Neither did I, mister, and I didn't have anyone to teach me how not to fall through the floor – or give me power dampening bracelets," Jesse pointed out, rounding on Karry Cisco at this.
"Do it," Lisa was the one to say before Cisco could speak up. "Then you can take off that awful bracelet…" Cisco turned to give his wife a look, but Lisa gave him a stare that meant he was doing it and Cisco sighed. Lisa had been complaining about the bracelet for a while.
"Fine, but let me take your Vibe into the office. We can call Prime Earth – Vibe there knows how to travel off of here," Cisco said defeatedly, directing his counterpart to the office.
There were some laughs around the room at the look on Cisco's face now, but interrupting the laughing was the balcony door opening. Donna and Diana landed in the room, clearly exhausted and dirty. Donna had tears in her eyes as she ran to Karen and Connor to cry into them. The two were shocked as Karen put her arms around her friends.
"What's wrong?" Connor asked, putting a hand on Donna back.
"Diana, I thought you two went home for the holiday?" Kara Allen said, shocked to see Wonder Woman standing there in her living room.
"There is no more home. Themyscira is dead. Myself and Donna are the last Amazonians," Diana said chokily, shocking everyone in the room.
Kara Allen moved to her friend and brought Diana into a hug now. Diana finally let tears escape her eyes at the loss of her home, of her people and family.
"What happened?" Kara Allen asked after a moment, knowing what it felt like to be the last of your people.
Diana told them about their visit home and about Zeus. She told them the description of the man Zeus said destroyed the island and of his warning – exactly as he said it. "And he also said you two have knowledge that will help," Diana turned to Kara Danvers and Barry-Red, who had been quietly listening but felt this was none of their business. Up until that point, anyway.
"I'm sorry," Kara Danvers said, shaking her head, shocked at that. "The description is no villain I have fought. And I have no idea about bonds or this doctor."
"Wait," Barry-Red said again, frowning now. "Can you repeat that fact about the doctor? Exactly what he said."
"A doctor who practices in fate," Diana repeated.
"Maybe… Could he mean Doctor Fate?" Barry-Red said, turning to Kara Danvers.
"He's… a magic user Alex recently had to look at Enchantress and June." He addressed Diana now. "I was hopeful he would know how to undo the possession because well…. Doctor Fate, from my understanding, is a spirit. He needs a human host, like Enchantress. Only his human host has to put on a helmet containing Fate, and when Fate takes off the helmet, the host is free. He has a deal with a guy called Khalid Nassour, a medical student – when needed, Khalid puts on the helmet, letting Doctor Fate do his thing and then when over, Fate takes it off letting Khalid live his life. Apparently, Khalid is a good host body, able to handle the magical powers. Unfortunately, Doctor Fate said the possession of Enchantress on June is… well, it's permanent." Barry-Red glanced to Barry-Blue at this, then looked down, clearly upset as Kara Danvers put a hand on his back to comfort him.
"Maybe that's who you're talking about." Danvers took over for Barry-Red quietly, looking at Diana herself now.
"Can you send us all the information on Doctor Fate?" Barry-Blue asked.
"Yeah, once we get home," Kara Danvers said.
"Which should be soon," Jesse said, appearing from the office with Cisco. "The Vibes, as Cisco here calls them, are working on it. Gives me just enough time to teach this one how to Ghost… and why do I feel like I missed something?" Jesse noticed Donna and Diana crying, and the miserable looks on faces of people who were happy before.
"You did," Kara Allen said turning around. "Diana, Donna help yourself to anything you want. If there is anything we can do for you, just say it. We are your family too."
"You can call the Justice League together and go kill the bastard who did this!" Donna snapped.
"Even if we called the Justice League right now, we don't know where this man is, or who he is. We have no idea how powerful he is, and we do not know where this Doctor Fate we apparently need is. Right now, calling the League together would only ruin everyone's Christmas."
"I don't care," Donna snarled, glaring at them, tears still in her eyes, as Karen put a hand on her friend's shoulder.
Let me, Barry-Blue thought, moving forward. "Donna, I know what you are feeling. You think the Christmas after my mom died and dad arrested I wanted to celebrate? Ask Joe how I was."
"Oh, he was a mess," Joe said dismissively. "All he wanted to do was find who murdered his mom and get his dad free. He did not want to calm down at all. He was at war."
"Not the best Christmas in the West home," Iris pointed out airily, to a smirk from Barry-Blue.
"You can't be at war all the time," Barry-Blue continued. "I know this is fresh, and your hurting, but the battle can come later. I promise you, that we will call the Justice League into this and we will find who did this, but not right now. Right now, let your friends and family here comfort you. You need to grieve." Barry put a hand on Donna back now, and wiped a tear away. "Even the soldiers who fought in the trenches during World War One and Two left their trenches on Christmas Eve and called a truce."
"That's true," Diana said, having been there during World War Two. It was a nice moment in the horror of the war.
"That happened here, too?" Barry-Red asked Kara Allen quietly, who nodded back to him.
Barry-Blue smiled as a song came to his mind. "1915 on Christmas Day," Barry-Blue sang barely, noticing Iris going to record on her phone. "On the Western Front the guns all died away."
"And lying in the mud on bags of sand. We heard a German sing from no man's land," Kara Allen joined in.
"He had a tenor voice so pure and true," Barry-Red sang, surprisingly the two – and even himself – from this universe as he joined in. "The words were strange but every note we knew."
"Soaring over the living dead and damned," Kara Danvers joined in and they all sang the next line. "The German sang of peace from no man's land."
"They left their trenches and we left our," the four all sang together, and everyone was silent, listening to them. "Beneath tin hats the smile bloomed like wild flowers. With photos, cigarette and pots of wine. We built a soldier's truce on the front line." The four took their hands together, smiling at each other despite how clichéd it felt. "Their singer was a lad of 21. We begged another song before the dawn. And sitting in the mud and blood and fear. He sang again the song all longed to hear."
Nora and Alura laughed out, loving to hear their parents sing. It was in double now, with two sets of Kara and Barry. Garfield transformed back into a boy as he looked up, smiling at the voices. "Silent night, no cannons' roar. A king is born of peace for evermore. All's calm, all's bright. All brothers hand in hand. In 19 and 15 no man's land." Barry- Blue brought his Kara close as they continued. "And in the morning, all the guns boomed in the rain. And we killed them and they killed us again. At night they charged; we fought them hand to hand. And I killed the boy that sang in no man's land."
Everyone took a deep breath as that line was sung. "Silent night, no cannons' roar. A king is born of peace for evermore. All's calm, all's bright. All brothers hand in hand. And that young soldier sings. And the song of peace still rings. Though the captains and all the kings. Built no man's land. Sleep in heavenly peace."
The two couples finished singing, the song over, and laughed. "Double Karry Karaoke," Iris said with a smile. "And I can never put this on YouTube..." Iris realized with a pout.
"Wait Karry… Kara and Barry…. it's a couple name," Barry-Red sighed in realization. His question on what's a Karry was had not been answered earlier, and he forgotten in the confusion. "This entire Earth is named after you two?"
"It's a very appropriate name," Ronnie said with a smile.
-SuperFlash/SuperEarth-
"And that, my friend, is how you get out of the Karry Conundrum," Prime Cisco informed the SuperEarth Cisco. "Lucky I made a diagram and notes a while back too…" Prime Cisco had on a paper hat from a Christmas cracker over his long mane, and was obviously in the West house as celebrations continued behind him. SuperEarth Cisco caught a brief glimpse of Prime's Kara and Barry kissing under mistletoe and smirked at that.
"Sorry to disrupt the merriment," SuperEarth Cisco stated.
"Never be sorry. I love talking to me. Well, I mean other mes, not that I'm selfish or anything like that…" Prime Cisco stated, going slightly red. "Oh, Joe's alcoholic eggnog is strong, but every year…"
"I've not tasted it," SuperEarth Cisco tried for small talk.
"Oh, but you must! Once you drop your Kara, Barry and Jesse off, pop over here. Joe's made plenty. Here, what name are you going by? Sorry, I know you already seem to have this Vibe the Third thing going on for you," Prime Cisco went on.
"I… well, my powers are more premonition and portals. I hadn't really decided. I know you guys go by Vibe but still."
"Premonition!" Prime Cisco called, clearly inebriated now as he applauded the name. "Don't I know someone called Premonition…? Hey, Barry don't we –?" the video suddenly turned to static as SuperEarth Cisco raised an eyebrow.
"I think I'll skip the eggnog," SuperEarth Cisco muttered to himself as he switched off the monitor and headed back to the living room. At least he knew how to Vibe off Karry now.
-SuperFlash/SuperEarth-
"I hate these powers," Karry Cisco slumped against the wall, and almost fell through it, but Jesse easily grabbed him and stabilized him.
"It's easy, Ramon. All you need to do is think of yourself as solid matter," she sighed.
"I do that every day!" Cisco protested.
"Actually, no one does. It takes no effort for your body to keep breathing, for your heart to keep beating – that comes from the moment lungs and hearts are formed – but to remember yourself as solid matter… that's different," Jesse explained.
"But every single day, every single moment?" Cisco asked. "I'd rather wear the dampener."
"No, you don't. It gets easier. It becomes second nature. I mean, sure there will be morning when you wake in the basement or in the dining room, but soon you even sleep solid. It becomes like breathing to just walk through walls, to sneak up on people, you just need to try. Go on, pick up that pen." She pointed to a pen on the side.
Cisco sighed as he reached for, and then his hand went through, the pen. Jesse rolled her eyes.
"Look," Jesse did the same – at first passing her hand through the object, then picking it up as if she could touch it like a normal person. She tossed it at Cisco, who caught it without thinking before it fell through his hands. "Think solid, Cisco."
-SuperFlash/SuperEarth-
It had taken a while before Jesse was done training their Cisco and they had opened the portal right back to the Allen House. Lara went to sleep on the couch the minute she came out; she had enjoyed hanging around with her father and the kids, but she was a bit of a loner pup, liking the company of Kara above all else. The human babies had been nice though.
"There you are, thank goodness!" Nora said, going to hug her son. "I was so worried. On Christmas too, getting stuck on another Earth…!"
"Actually, I had a pretty good time," Barry said with a smile to his Kara. He might have been a bit grumpy at first but after singing and eating a bit, he had enjoyed it there.
"And I got all the photos," Cisco said. "This is a cute one." Cisco held up the photo of both Karas and both Barrys with the kids.
"Oh, who's babies are those?" Nora asked, smiling at the picture.
"Um… well… um…" Barry said nervously, not sure how to tell his parents this nugget of information.
"They are our counterparts," Kara said simply, making Henry, Nora, and Millie look at them. "On that Earth we're married with kids and apparently billionaires. Those are their kids, Nora and Alura."
"Oh," Nora said with a smile, and looked at her husband who had to smile knowingly back. Still, she switched the picture to see Lara with the babies now. "Ah, so cute." Nora smiled at that.
"So, you can open portals to other Earths now?" Millie turned on Cisco now, ignoring the pictures as Nora and Henry continued looking through them.
"Um… yeah," Cisco said, confused, and Millie smirked a smile that made Cisco a little uneasy, not knowing what was going through her mind.
"Well, that will be useful," Millie said turning and leaving to her room.
"What was that about?" Cisco asked turning to the others who shrugged.
"If Belle is to be believed nothing good," Jesse said having asked her sister once what was going on with Millie, but kind of hoped her sister was wrong.
"She had been acting unusually for a while. She dumped Wally last week," Kara pointed out now.
"Yeah, that was uncalled for. The pair have been inseparable for years," Nora sighed.
"Still, she's just a kid," Henry pointed out. "Kids need change. I don't see how bad this can get…"
-Superflash/Karry Universe-
Once everyone went home later that night, the two parents put their girls to bed. They had stayed up later then normal, and were falling asleep in their parent's arms by now. Krypto and Hex were already asleep on the floor.
Well the girls first Christmas went a little off-plan. Kara thought to her husband, not wanting to wake the kids by talking out loud.
Visitors from other worlds, a new enemy who killed an Island of Amazonian, and now we have to find a Doctor Fate, Barry answered his wife. Yeah things went a little unexpected, but we all had a good time. We got good pictures of the girls and good holiday music and food. Not the Christmas we wanted for them, but it was fine. Better, almost. Hopefully next year will be less drama and no death. Kara could feel her husband sadness at the fate of the Amazonians though.
Well this isn't done yet, Kara thought back. Things are just getting started. Kara kissed her husband as the two went to bed, more than a little happy Krypto and Hex were sleeping on the floor of the girl's room, protecting them.
Note 1: Well, I hope you liked this little visit. Things are just getting started for this plot... Also, the song is called "Christmas 1915" and as always, I do not own it. I don't think it's that well known, but I love the song and it fit nicely. I hope we're all overjoyed Karry is back, too.
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