Karry Universe
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A Night at the Museum 2: Return to the Museum
-Mid June-
"Well that was a bust," Barry groaned. He was in Watchtower with Kara, Cisco and Caitlin while the kids were in their playpen – with the Superflash cave being rebuilt inside STAR after Darksied's last attack, Cisco, Jesse, and Caitlin were using Watchtower for all their work. They thought they had a lead on Doctor Fate, but it had turned out to be nothing.
"You know, I can't help but think this helmet looks really familiar," Kara said. While SuperEarth had given them pictures of Doctor Fate it was of him full bodied and the helmet was not as clear. Nyssa though had since provided a drawing of the helmet– it was tall, capable of covering the face of the wearer, with only slots of eyes – and ever since both Barry and Kara had seen it, that niggling feeling that they'd seen the helmet before had kicked in, but they just could just not remember from where. "Oh well, I got to go meet with Lois and the kids."
Kara got up went to where the girls were playing, putting them in their stroller and heading on the hover pad with Barry as Cisco and Caitlin continued their work. When they got to the ground floor they noticed a familiar face in the training area.
"Roy?" Barry asked.
"No," William said looking at the two.
"William," Kara said with a smile. "What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to get away from Starling for a bit. I was actually hoping you were here. I need permission to borrow a motorcycle?" William asked, seeming nervous for some reason. Since he was not a member of the Justice League he needed permission to use their equipment. "I tried to take one without annoying you when I came but Gideon…"
"Have fun," Kara said, cutting William off with a smile and exiting Watchtower and ready to run herself and the girls to Metropolis.
"Gideon," Barry said out loud.
"Yes, Creator," Gideon said.
"Let William take whatever he wants," Barry told the A.I.
"Yes Creator," Gideon said. "And Creator, your penthouse Gideon has contacted me – your employees have dropped off the package."
"Ah," Barry said, smiling at William. "New STAR lab TV. This thing is amazing. Replacing our old one with it. And it's designed to work with our gaming system even better. Come by, William and we can play."
William smiled as Barry left, going down to the garage level under Watchtower. He gave a look at the zap tunnel located at one end; this was his last chance to change his mind and go home, but he shook his head and went to one of the bikes. "Gideon, I will take this one," William said and the lock on it automatically opened and the bike started for William. William got on the bike. Gideon opened a door and above him William saw sunlight. Putting up his red hood, William checked to make sure his arrows were secure on his back.
He drove up the ramp and out of the garage. "I can give you directions." William almost swerved in shock when he heard the voice coming from the bike. "Some find it difficult to make their way out of the wasteland. You are heading towards Central right now."
"Damn, I need to go to National," William said.
"Make a 180 degree turn," Gideon said, and William turned the bike around, heading for Central's sister city now. "Directions would be a lot easier if I knew where we were heading."
"Did Barry install you into every bike?" William asked.
"No, I am the Gideon who is installed in Watchtower. Every bike stored in Watchtower, all computers and equipment and the Justice League communicators, I am connected to," Gideon said. "I am currently giving you directions while helping Caitlin Snow with some of her research and running more searches for Doctor Fate."
"Well, I need to head to the docks," William said, giving Gideon the address and following her directions.
He parked the bike in a lot as he took out his phone and saw the name of the boat.
The Blair.
"Where's the Blair docked?" William asked a man standing by, who merely pointed. William headed down and paused at the end of the dock, seeing an old house boat with the words written on it.
He jumped onto it. "Hello?" William called, wondering where the person who had been texting him was.
"William?" A voice said, and William turned around, ready to grab his bow and arrow. Standing by the door to go below deck, it was a familiar face that tugged at a memory, but William knew it was not his memory. Cadmus had transferred some of Roy's memories into him and he knew what it felt like when one shirred that he didn't think of often. It was a weird feeling of a memory not your own.
"Jim," William said, calming down.
-Karry Universe-
Kara met Lois and the kids outside the Metropolis Museum. The girls were still in their stroller but laughing after the run. "Lois," Kara said, hugging her cousin-in-law and then the kids as Lois went to kiss the girls.
"Been a while since you have been here," Lois said with a smile as they walked into the museum.
"Yeah," Kara agreed, remembering the last time she had stepped in here. The night she had saved Clark's life, along with Barry.
"Oh my god," the girl who was selling tickets said, seeing her and Kara expected to be recognized as the owner of STAR Co. "You're the girl who saved Superman."
"Now that has been a while," Kara said with a laugh, seeing her and Barry's picture was on a wall. The newspaper articles. It seemed the museum decided to advertise on them behind the ticket booth at one point and never took it down.
Kara bought the tickets for them, to Lois's protest, as they headed for the dinosaur room. "Jason, make sure to take a lot of pictures," Lois called out. Jason had an end-of-the-year history project which was why they were coming here in the first place.
Kara though was smiling at the place where she and Barry had been making out all those years ago, against the wall before they had heard the gunshot. "This place still does not have good cellphone reception," Kara said, picking out her cell to check and noticing her cell had no signal. Lois laughed at that.
Jason and Ella spent some time staring at the bones, happily taking picture. "Aunt Kara, what happened that night?" Ella asked, wanting to know more about the day Kara had saved her father's life. Kara told them about how she had left the party and came to this room. Where they had heard the robbery. All about the Kryptonite that prevented Superman from saving the day.
"Well, after we were in this room, we headed for the Egyptian room," Kara said to answer Ella, more than happy to tell her niece as the group moved on to the room in question. "We had to set off the alarm, so Barry went to break the glass of…" Kara paused as she pointed at the exhibit Barry had broken all those years ago. The piece in it taking her breath away though. They had never got a good look at the exhibit before, but something about it must have stuck in their memories, because that was it… a tall golden headdress.
It was Doctor Fate's helmet.
Kara now remembered clearly as she and Barry ran into this room. Barry breaking the glass and taking the helmet in his hands. Removing it and putting it on the floor. The two had barely taken in the exhibit they had disturbed as they had to run and hide. But here it was after all these years in the same place. They had Doctor Fate's helmet in their hands years before they ever needed it and hadn't even known.
-Karry Universe-
"James Harper…" William repeated, looking at the man as Roy's memories returned: a close childhood with him, a nasty falling out, and one last really fuzzy memory of an older James 'Jim' Harper calling his name and Roy turning around. William's eyes caught the sight of a familiar-looking costume on Jim. William took the bow from his quiver and pointed right at Jim. "You're the Guardian." It's the only thing that made sense. The only way Jim could know who he was.
"And you're the Red Arrow, or should I call you… a broken arrow," Jim called, almost expectantly.
"That supposed to be funny?" William asked, not getting it, which seemed to surprise Jim. The man took a step back.
"They wiped the programing from your mind," Jim groaned, realizing what this meant. "Damn, and I was going to turn their Superboy and other clones against them as well."
"So, your master plan failed," William said. "And I guess I get to bring you in."
"Oh cousin, you're not going to turn me in," Jim said with a smirk.
"Don't call me cousin," William snapped. "People have been looking for you."
In a Flash, before William could even blink, a female had him in his grasp. "You remember Cherub? Our DNAngel. She and I are the last remnants of Cadmus. I found her. Been taking care of her."
"On a boat," William said.
"It's a good home, and easy to move," Jim said. "A nice little base."
"So, you're planning to kill me?" William questioned, looking at the speedster DNAngel.
"No," Jim said, moving closer. "No. Join me cousin." Jim moved a hand and Cherub moved off. "You don't belong with them. With the heroes. You're one of us. One of Cadmus."
"You made me, but I can choose my own destiny now," William said. "I will never believe in what you do. The Justice League is good for this world. This world's only shot against Darkseid."
Jim scoffed at that. "They don't treat you right. You're not even a member of the Justice League. Just a boy who follows them around. They will never accept you. All they care about is Roy." Jim put a hand on William's shoulder. "On the other hand, I will take you in. For who you are. I do not see Roy."
"Kill me, or let me go," William said, but there was doubt in his eyes and in his voice.
Jim gave a smile. "You are free to go," Jim said. "But I'll keep the bow and arrow. Just for safety." William took a look at his weapons, but Cherub had them in a flash and he knew better then to try and out match a speedster. "Oh Willy..." Jim called when William got off the boat and back on the dock. "The Blair will be parked here until tonight. Then I am leaving. If you change your mind, come back."
"Maybe I will just tell Flash and Supergirl where you are," William retorted.
"You could do that. And be their little bitch for the rest of your life," Jim said as William got on the bike, his head spinning, heading back to Watchtower.
-Karry Universe-
"In the museum?" Clark said. He, Kara, Barry, Cisco, Caitlin, Jesse, Wally, and Paula were all in the Watchtower meeting room. The only ones who had the free time to come, but the entire Justice League had been informed that the helmet had been found.
"In that museum of all of them," Barry said, pointing, annoyed, and Kara could feel his annoyance. Alura and Nora were in their playpen with Gar, but the kids were quiet, looking at the adults. "I had my hands on it…" The memory was replaying in the bond from both minds. At this point, the two were unsure who was remembering.
"How did it get into a museum?" Wally asked.
"Found in a tomb in Egypt. Passed around before being donated to the museum," Cisco said, having looked it up "I guess no one ever put it on."
"Okay, so we know where," Caitlin said, looking at her phone as a text from Ronnie came through: He and Jenny were going to stop for dinner, so he would be some time. Ronnie had taken Jenny shopping for toys and clothes and a bedroom set to add to Gar's room. Jenny had officially been adopted by them, and things were getting done to make her feel at home. "But how do we get it?"
"There's no way the museum will just give it to us," Clark said, knowing that museum. Since the almost-robbery Kara and Barry had stopped they had been really paranoid about security.
"Not even to the owners of STAR Labs?" Paula asked.
"We couldn't give a legitimate enough reason," Kara frowned.
"Yeah, and we can hardly say we need it for Justice League reasons," Barry added.
"Why don't you just run and get it?" Jesse suggested.
"Yeah," Cisco scoffed at that one. "The security on this museum is tight," he brought up the museum's security system. "It's not on WiFi either, so I can't hack the cameras. The doors and windows are all secured, and they have alarms, not just from security companies but also L-Corp and STAR Co. detection system; one specifically designed to alert to a meta human which is about 50 percent accurate from L-Corp, of course. Not to mention the human guards. The point being, you could use your powers to get in but you're going to get on tape. Everyone will know the Justice League did this."
"And with Darkseid around, we can't let the League's reputation get ruined," Kara said, knowing where this was going. "The public trust in us is important. Without it…"
"Creator, William has returned," Gideon informed them.
"Send him up," Barry said and the hover pad came up a minute later with William on it.
"Barry, Ka…" William stopped, seeing some of the League there. "Something going on?"
"We found Doctor Fate's helmet," Paula informed him.
"But it looks like you're going to need a master thief to get it," Wally joked, with a laugh.
Or three…, Kara thought, turning to Barry, an idea forming.
Oh, Cisco is not going to like this, Barry thought back, but agreed with his wife and the two ran out of Watchtower without another word.
"I hate it when they do that," Cisco said, pointing at the thin air, knowing the two had planned something without them. Nora and Alura gave a small cry at their parents being gone but calmed when in a moment they returned with three people.
"What now?" Snart moaned, looking around.
"Where are we?" Mick asked, finishing a beer he still had in his hand.
"Welcome to Watchtower," Barry said, picking up Nora and giving her a kiss as Kara got Alura; the two clearly wanted attention.
"Lisa?" Cisco said, looking at his wife as he realized what Kara and Barry were insinuating. "No." Cisco said pointing at the three. "No. They are retired."
"What's going on?" Lisa asked.
"Simply put," Kara said, ignoring Cisco's protests, "we need to get that helmet from a museum." Kara pointed at the helmet on the screen. It was now an image from the museum's website. "And we need to you to get it for us."
"No!" Cisco protested again.
William, seeing the Super Couple were busy, taped on Wally and Paula's shoulders and signaled for them to follow him. The two looked at each other but nodded and followed William to the hover pad to leave the room.
"Wait, after months of trying to get me to become a hero," Snart said, pointing at Barry, "you actually want me to become a thief again?"
"Weirdly enough, this is how you can help us save the world," Barry said.
"What in it for us?" Mick asked.
"I'm in." Lisa however said; Snart and Mick both turned to look at her.
"Lisa…" Cisco groaned, annoyed.
"Cisco, you help them every day. I never say a word. Now it's my turn," Lisa said, determination in her eyes; enough that Cisco knew she was serious and not to mess with her.
"Well, can't let my sister do it alone," Snart said, always willing to protect Lisa. "Mick, you in?"
"We can make it worth your while," Barry said, as Mick put down his beer bottle.
"Fine," Mick said.
"Excellent," Barry smiled at this.
"You know, there are four rules to follow," Snart said to the group now. "You make a plan," Snart held up one finger, "execute the plan," Snart held up a second finger, "the plans fall of the rails," Snart used three fingers, much to the confusion of the group, "throw away the plan." Snart closed his fingers and shook his fist, as if mimicking throwing something away. "How do the guards get around." Snart pointed at the screen now, ignoring the bafflement of the group at his phrase, looking at the screen now which Cisco had pulled up the building plans.
"What?" Cisco asked.
"The human guards. They should trigger the motion detectors," Snart said. "How do they not?"
Cisco pushed a couple of keys. "The front entrance is free besides the front door, but they wear a device on their arms," Cisco said. "So that the system will detect them as friendly."
"Now that is how we get in," Snart said with a smirk to Lisa and Mick. All three on the same wavelength, it seemed.
"If you're going to do this, you're going to do it right," Cisco suddenly said, jumping up and going to the hover pad. He came back with three mannequins and a wooden chest.
"Outfits." Cisco gave a smirk. "Based on the ones I made for Black Side." Mick groaned. "Except yours Mick; I did make differences to each, so it's not completely the same." He had pulled out Mick's, which was all black with just a flame on it.
Lisa took a step forward to the gold and black one. "Also," Cisco said, opening the large chest to show three weapons. "I remade and updated the cold, gold, and fire guns."
"Why would you do this? We were retired, and you did not want us back in the game…" Lisa asked, her hands on her costume.
"I wasn't preparing for you to become thieves again," Cisco said. "I was preparing for you to join the Justice League." Snart and Mick groaned at this as they both took their new weapons, but Lisa smiled, hugging her husband and kissing his cheek.
"Well, we have a few hours before sun down," Snart said with a smirk as he looked over the gun. "Let's get ready."
-Karry Universe-
William had brought Wally and Paula down to the training room and filled them in on Jim and Cherub.
"William…" Paula said. William had said he was going to Central for the day but had not said why. "You should have told us."
"All I knew is I got a text from someone asking me to meet them there," William said. "I didn't know who… I just… well, I wanted to see."
"Are you sure he's still going to be there?" Wally asked.
"He doesn't think I will tell them," William said, indicating above them to where the small gathering of the League was. "Do we have weapons here? I need a new bow."
"We should keep weapons here, but you have me," Paula said with a smirk, finding a piece of metal that was used in training and concentrating on it. Before their eyes, it transformed into a bow. Paula loved her power as she held the bow out to William, who tested it as Paula made some arrows for him from some wood nearby.
"Let's see what members of Young Justice I can get," Wally said.
"No, just us," William said. "This doesn't need too many people. You can take Cherub, and me and Paula get Jim." Wally gave him a look at this but nodded.
"Meet you there," Wally said, running out as Paula and William went to get bikes, both already in their outfits.
They met Wally at the docks a few minutes later, where he stopped next to them. "They are still..." Before Wally could finish, Cherub was on him.
William and Paula grabbed their arrows to see the Guardian in his outfit on the docks. "Oh Willy, I thought you would come to your senses, but did you really think I didn't prepare for this?" the Guardian gave a smirk as Paula and William looked at each other and nodded. Ready to fight.
-Karry Universe-
Snart, Lisa, and Mick were in their outfits that night in Metropolis near the museum. "All three guards are in the front," Kara's voice was heard. The supers were flying over the city.
"Okay, damsel, execute the plan…" Snart said with a smirk as Lisa gave a smile and leaned into to him. Snart brought her over and knocked on the door. "We need some help!" Mick got on Lisa's other side as though he was helping her while Lisa feigned a faint.
"What's wrong?" One guard asked, coming to the doors able to see the three through the glass door.
"We crashed our car. She's hurt. Our cellphones are dead and everywhere else is dark and locked. Please let us in," Snart said.
"We'll call 911," the guard said.
"Please, we need to lay her down inside," Snart persisted, and the guard turned to one of his fellow guards who gave a nod. The guard put a code into the door and opened it, letting the three in.
"What's wrong with her?" One guard asked, looking at her but then Lisa jumped up and kicked him, knocking him out before he could react. The other two guards went for their guns, but Snart and Mick took out their guns, fire and ice hitting into the guard's hands, knocking the weapon out. The two had put it into a new setting, enough to aim at the guns and not hurt the men carrying them too much. Then they went to knock out the remaining guards before they could sound an alert.
"So far so good," Cisco's voice was heard. He was monitoring police scanners. "No alert has gone out. You're going to need the devices on their arms…"
"We got it," Snart said as he, Mick, and Lisa all took one guard and took the arm bands they had on, which had a device on it. Each putting it on their own outfit as they then took the guards and tied them up, just in case they woke.
"You need to head to the Egyptian exhibit," Caitlin's voice was heard.
"We are master thieves," Snart said, annoyed, knowing where they needed to head.
"We know how to get the job done, Mother Nature," Mick's voice was heard as the three headed for the quickest way to the Egyptian exhibit; all securities systems letting them through, monitoring them as friendly.
They finally got to the Egyptian room to where Doctor Fate's helmet was. "Mick, keep an eye out," Snart said. This was more his and Lisa's specialty. Mick kept an eye on the door as Lisa took out a fake Helmet Cisco had spent the last few hours making. It looked like an exact replica, the skillset Cisco had.
The plan was for Snart to disarm the systems on the helmet and take the glass top off. As Snart removed the helmet, Lisa would put the fake in its place, perfectly stopping any alarms. The perfect switch.
Snart took his time taking off the security and then slowly removed the top. He gently put it on the floor and gave his sister a look, who nodded. Snart put his hand on the helmet and took it off, Lisa replacing with the fake within seconds.
But then alarms went off.
"What went wrong?" Lisa cried. That had been perfect, but Snart turned the helmet to find a device on the bottom.
"They also had alarm inside the helmet to monitor the movement," Snart groaned taking the device off and throwing it. "Damn, that's from my security company. I recommended it!"
"Ironically," Lis sighed.
"The Pigs are coming!" Mick yelled, the three moving off. They had to find a new exit plan.
-Karry Universe-
Wally was busy with Cherub as William and Paula used arrows on The Guardian, but his armor stopped it. The two went to fight hand to hand with the man; William gave Paula a look who gave a nod.
Paula went into fight Guardian, who went to toss her aside. Paula dodged, and then took a hit on purpose to fall into the water. "Me and you," Jim said with a smirk and William gave a nod.
William remembered the fighting techniques Oliver showed him, and the memories from what Nightwing had showed Roy. Getting into the fight, William knew what he had to do. He had to get Guardian down the dock.
The two fought each other, William kicking Jim and then Jim yelled out. He had stepped on a device, which clamped on his foot. "What?!" Jim yelled as Paula came out of the water.
"Bear trap," Paula said with a smirk, shaking off water. She had gone into the water so Jim would think she was out of the fight. She then took an anchor from a boat and transformed it into the trap, setting it up at the edge of the dock. William had distracted Jim, and then got him to the trap. "I just learned that one."
"You're really enjoying this power," William smirked, turning around to see Wally and Cherub still fighting – the two going too fast for them to keep up. "How do we help him?"
Paula shook her head, not sure, and then she saw a new flash join in the fight: Liberty Belle had showed up, giving Wally a smirk as Wally smirked back. Jesse and Wally circled around Cherub at speeds so fast, the DNAngel speedster could not get pass their trails. Cherub slowed, looking around and then two lightning bolts hit into her. Cherub screamed at that, but then passed out.
"Did you think I did not see you leave?" Jesse asked, turning to her boyfriend, clearly upset at being left out. "Why did you not tell me? Or anyone?"
"I asked them for help," William said, to take the heat off his friend, not wanting the girlfriend upset with him for William's decision.
"Well glad you came," Wally said to Jesse, taking deep breath and gave William a smile that William knew meant 'thank you'.
"Good thing Barry taught me lightning bolts," Jesse said as Wally picked up Cherub to take her to the DEO.
"Liberty Belle," Paula said, having gotten some rope and tied up Guardian – although it was not like he was going anywhere. His foot that the bear trap had caught almost seemed like it was falling off, the trap was strong. "Think you can transfer him."
"Ugh, I wish these powers came with super strength," Jesse said, going to grab the man and bring him into the DEO.
-Karry Universe-
"Time to fry some pigs," Mick called, and Kara heard him on the coms.
"No!" Kara said, not wanting anyone to die on this; her and Barry's mind racing for a solution.
Throw away the plan, Barry thought in her mind, quoting Snart. The two had an agreement.
"We need Superman to show up on scene," Kara said.
"What?" Clark asked on the coms, unsure what was the new plan.
"You show up and the police will back off," Kara commented, knowing once a member of the League showed up, the police would take the cue from them.
"If I let them get away…" Clark said.
"Don't worry," Barry's voice was heard. "Cisco, where is the Anti-Flash outfit?" The Anti-Flash costume was a black costume made by Copycat for her copy of Barry; Barry had used it once before with Snart. It seemed as good a time as any to dust it off.
Clark showed up in front of the museum as the police were heading for the door. "Superman," the officer said.
"I got this," Clark told the officers as he went into the museum, not exactly sure what he was doing.
He took his time, knowing exactly where Snart, Mick, and Lisa were. "Clark, go to them," Kara said on the coms and Clark ran, finding the three trying to use a window to get out. They turned to him. "Make it look good." Snart, Lisa, and Mick all pointed their guns at Clark, putting them on high to attack him.
Clark took the attacks, they did little to him as he went for them but was shocked when a flash came up; a speedster dressed in black was there and Clark knew it was Barry, but no one else would. Barry gave a smirk as he used arm tornados on Clark to push him away. Clark knew to fall to it as Barry took each of the three and ran out.
"What's this?" Snart asked, when all four were far away and Barry took off his mask.
"Throw away the plan, right?" Barry asked with a smirk. He couldn't go in before in case the meta human dedication device gave them away, but with the cops there, no reason not to grab the three in a different outfit and leave. They wouldn't know the Anti Flash was the actual Flash, after all. Barry could hear Clark telling the police they had a speedster with them, that they were gone. "It's over…"
"Yes, it is," Snart said holding up the helmet. "I think this is yours." Barry took it, remembering when he last held this. "Job is done."
Now what do we do? Kara asked Barry, who did not know.
-Karry Universe-
William walked into the DEO holding. Jim was there, and he was missing part of his leg, the trap having taken it off. It was bandaged up and he was sitting, anger in his eyes. "You wanted to see me?" William asked, not sure why he was here.
"I gave you the chance," Jim said angrily.
"Chance?" William said. "I was a slave under you and Cadmus. You didn't make me for any other reason. Once my work was done, I would have been dead."
"You say we made you a slave but, what about them?" Jim asked. "You'll never be your own person, never be a member of their League. Look at the way they dress you: Red, like him. Arrows, like him. Make you a vigilante like him. Even your name is just his middle name."
"I chose it," William said, taking Roy middle name as his own being his idea. "I chose all of this."
"And you choose to be Roy-lite. I could have given you a way out, but now you'll always be Roy-lite. You will never be able to live up to him. Get used to your sub-life," Jim stated, but William didn't say anything as he just turned around, doubt in his mind.
"Don't let him get in your head," Alex said; William was in the new DEO headquarters in National where they had locked up Jim for now. Alex was in charge, and William could see the big baby bump now. "This was a good take down. You did well."
"Thanks," William mumbled, going to take his bike and head to Watchtower.
…
Once in Watchtower, William walked in to see all of Young Justice training, plus Carter was there as well. Wally was supervising. "Is anyone else here?"
"Justice League meeting ongoing," Wally told William, nodding to the room above them. "Want to join us? Jack could use a partner."
"Can I play?" Jenny asked. She was in Watchtower, since she had no school and both her parents were in the meeting.
"Come on Jenny," Karen said with a smile, and Jenny ran into the training.
"No," William said, turning down the offer to join Young Justice training and then asked Gideon if he could go up to the meeting and he was allowed. William was surprised at the yes, and even more surprised at everyone there, and the headdress they had been discussing earlier sat in the middle.
"William," Oliver said, having a seat at the table. "I heard what happened. Good job." Oliver told William. "Sit."
"What's going on?" William asked, taking an empty seat. He was being allowed in a Justice League meeting. This was weird. The only people here not Justice League was Caitlin and Cisco and the kids in their playpen, but the former two were practically honorary members anyway, and as two of the kids were Kara and Barry's and one was Caitlin and Ronnie's, so that went without saying.
"We have Doctor Fate's helmet," Kara explained for him. "We now need a host. Someone to wear the helmet. We cannot decide who…."
But William lost track of what was said as he stared at the helmet, his mind going over what Jim had said. Lost in Roy's cousin's words. How they would never let him into the League for real… How he was Roy-lite.
He did not want to be Roy-lite. He had to do something Roy would never do... Something that would help them. Help the League. He had to prove himself.
He reached out and took the helmet.
"William, what are you doing?" Oliver called, but he ignored Oliver, hearing the words as if from a great distance as he put the helmet over his head.
The Justice League was in shock at this move, silent as William stood. Something seemed different about him, and as he shook himself, a new outfit appeared over the man, it a mix of blue and yellow with a long cape.
"Free… at last," a voice said, but it was not William's voice. It had worked.
"Doctor Fate?" Kara said, stepping up as leader and the man turned to her. All she could see was his eyes through the helmet, and unlike Williams, they glowed. "I'm Supergirl…"
"Kara Allen," Doctor Fate said, surprising Kara. "I know everything my host knows. I know who you all are. I know what you are and I know why you went to find me."
"Well?" Diana asked, she the most impatient since it was she Darkseid had first faced and she whom Zeus had given the cryptic clues to. "What does 'trust in the bonds' mean?"
"I… do not know," Doctor Fate answered, surprising them. They had expected answers when they found Doctor Fate. "I do not know this Darkseid, I do not know why your Zeus said to get me. I am sorry, but I am as clueless as you."
"Can you use your magic?" Sara asked, remembering Nyssa and Constantine's words about magic. Nyssa was currently crashing in their home, since she had told them magic was dead and she was not part of her League of Assassins, wanting and waiting to join the fight with them. Alex was being cool with it, and there had been no big drama.
Doctor Fate paused for a moment, looking at Sara now. "I can sense a difference in the world," Doctor Fate said. "But my magic is working. I am willing to fight with this Justice League to stop this Darkseid. I will do research, find out what these clues mean." He turned to the two leaders who remained quiet, and everyone knew they were talking in their heads.
"Cisco," Barry finally said. "Make Doctor Fate a communicator. Bypass normal voting rules. There's no vote here. He is in."
"Yes," Cisco said with a nod.
"Meeting over," Kara said, going to grab her girls as the two went to leave and everyone went to go out.
"William…" Oliver said, now going over to Doctor Fate. "Is he…?"
"My host is perfectly fine," Doctor Fate said. "I do not kill my hosts. He is here and can hear everything you say. This was his choice, to prove himself. He is a worthy body to use."
"Then William," Oliver said, seeming unsure. "You didn't have to do that." Oliver turned to the rest of Team Canary and they left to go back to Starling.
Yes. I did. William thought within Doctor Fate, unsure what was going to happen now.
Post Chapter Note: Well, we finally got Doctor Fate into it, but this plot is coming to an end. There's two chapter left… and then I pause for New Justice! I hope you enjoyed.
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