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The Legion of Superheroes
Barry and Kara were sitting in the living room in Penthouse as Amelia came down; she had just been called down by the pair of them and was curious why.
"What did…?" Amelia started, but paused when the elevator opened, and Winn came out. "Winn?" Amelia questioned, wondering what her fiancée was doing here, or why Kara and Barry had woken her early on her day off.
"Sit, we want to talk to both of you about something," Kara said with a smile but a look that told Amelia it was serious. Without question, the couple took a seat opposite them. "So, we know you two have been combining money and looking for an apartment in National," Kara started.
"Well we are engaged…" Winn replied, but Barry held out a hand to stop him.
"We have a proposition for you two," Barry said, making Winn and Amelia to look at each other. "Star and Romana are our daughters now, but just the two of us with four kids and STAR Co. and hero life… well, Amelia being here is helpful – especially since we've decided to try for another."
"I don't think I should move in here," Winn said quickly, thinking that was where this was going.
"Unfortunately, we don't have the room for that anyway," Kara chuckled. She put some paperwork in front of Amelia, documents to be sighed. Both looked at it in confusion. "If you sign this, it will make you part-guardian to Romana and Star."
"And once you two are married, Winn will also be part-guardian," Barry said.
"What?" Amelia asked stunned. "We don't need this. Whenever you need me, even when I am not here. I will take them."
"We know that. It's more a legal matter," Barry said. "If we're tied up at STAR Co or heroes or with Alura and Nora and something were to happen and they need a legal guardian for some reason we want it to be you two if it can't be us."
"Besides Star and Romana love you two," Kara said. "You two being a guardian of them would let us know they are safe and always have someone as back up. It let us have five kids and you have two."
"So… like a nicer version of a divorced couple?" Winn asked wondering if this was where it was going.
"Basically, yes," Barry said with a nod; the comparison appropriate. "And we would be financially responsible for them including their education and a house for them to live."
"You want to buy us a house?" Amelia realized.
Kara nodded and took out some listings she had with the other paperwork. "You can choose from any of these," Kara said. "All are near enough to L-Corp and Cat Grant and the private school in National we will enroll them in if you say yes. Sorry Winn, the DEO is hard to get anywhere around there though."
"Amelia," Winn said, indicating his head as he quickly stood, and Amelia walked off with him to the kitchen. "If we say yes to this we will be living off your brother for the rest of our lives." Winn whispered, concerned.
"First off, who cares as long as they let us?" Amelia replied in normal tone. "Second off, Kara has super-hearing and a mental link to Barry, so whispering does not stop them from hearing." Winn looked over to Kara and Barry, and then back to Amelia. "And we love Romana and Star. We talked about taking in an alien kid if we ever wanted to adopt and this is the perfect way. We have the kids but we also have a certain amount of freedom. If we want alone-time, Kara and Barry take them. We can have a trip to Europe without worrying like planned. It's… perfect."
Winn paused. "It kind of is, isn't it?"
"So... you good?" Amelia asked, and after a moment of thinking liking the arrangement himself, Winn nodded. While he enjoyed playing with the kids and having a daughter, the ability to be free when he wanted was also tempting. The two smiled as they went back to the power couple.
"Well you probably already know what we decided." It was obvious with their smile as Amelia spoke. "Are Star and Romana okay with this?"
"Okay with what?" A voice said, and they turned to see Romana and Star had come down in their pajamas.
"Girls," Barry said, holding out his hand and the two came to sit with them. "You know how you're our daughters now?" The two nodded. "How would you like to be Amelia and Winn's as well?"
"We'll have two moms and two dads?" Star questioned.
"And two homes," Kara said, hugging them.
The two looked at Winn and Amelia then jumped up to hug them.
"I think that says it all. Amelia, you need to sign here and here." Kara pointed out the places on the document and Amelia took a pen and signed. "Okay, we'll get this to our lawyers. You four need to decide on a house."
"This one is a mansion!" Winn said, going to the listings. "What use would we have for all this room?"
"Well, we figured if you choose that one we could also put a superhero headquarters inside National," Barry pointed out.
"Oh," Winn gave Barry a look before going back to the listings chosen for them. "Hm, this one is in a gated community. Pools and tennis courts," Winn smiled as he went to another listing.
"Go take a look at all the houses today," Kara said, going to head upstairs to get Alura and Nora. "But after breakfast!" She yelled out.
-Karry Universe-
Kara had left Nora and Alura with Caitlin as she took some meetings and sent out some press releases on the latest inventions from STAR. She also had to check on how progress with their new Watchtower was going.
It was in the afternoon when she was at the new Watchtower that Caitlin and Cisco binged her and Barry; she returned through the Zap Tunnel to STAR Labs.
"What's going on?" Kara asked as she appeared, surprising Caitlin.
"Where were you?" Caitlin asked, surprised her boss had used the Zap Tunnel – she had not known Kara to use them, since she could fly at top speeds. Barry had come in through the entrance to the main lab, however.
"Our new Watchtower," Kara said. "It's getting up…"
"Oh, this is the beginning of the moon Watchtower," a voice neither Barry or Kara recognized spoke as the newbie came into view.
"We have a visitor," Cisco commented, a little dryly.
The two looked at the man who had spoken. He was blue with long white hair combed back and had three red dots on his forehead – he looked almost computer-like.
Looks like a cross between a Smurf and Davros from Doctor Who, Barry thought to Kara, sending a mental picture of the two to Kara who had to giggle. He was right, but Kara remained serious as she got in front of Nora, Alura, and Garfield, playing in the common area. Jenny was there as well and Kara gave the girl a nod. She could see electricity in the young girl hand. Ready to use her power to attack if need be.
"And how did you know we're making Watchtower on the moon?" Kara asked, defensively. Caitlin and Cisco looked at each other at that one – they had not been informed that was where the new Justice League headquarters was going to be, like last time. All Kara and Barry had said was they would show them when it was ready.
"Oh, from my perspective it's been built for ten centuries," the man said. "I'm Brainiac, a member of the Legion of Superheroes from the 31st century, 12th Level Intellect, but everyone calls me Brainy and I have come back in time to warn you."
"Legion of… Superheroes," Barry said making a face at the name. "What happened to the Justice League?"
"The name has changed several times during the centuries – like I said, it has been 10 Centuries, Mr. Allen and not everything sticks forever. Now though, we go by the Legion of Superheroes. Well, by now I mean on my time," Brainy said. "We are the direct off-shoot of your Justice League however."
"You said you came here to warn us…?" Barry said, going to stand by his wife.
"Yes," Brainy said, going to get closer to them but noticed the looks he was being given before backing off. "I mean you no harm. It's an honor to meet you two."
"Warning?" Kara indicated, crossing her arms.
"A villain of ours, Earthman. He has somehow traveled through time to this period. If I was leader of the Legion, I would have brought the whole gang back to stop him, but I am not, and our leader decided to pass off the information to Rip Hunter and his Time Masters instead of coming himself."
I can see why his not leader of this Legion, Barry said to Kara. This man seemed to think the fact he came back here would impress them, but he had defied their leader, and that was a big a no-no to Barry as anything. "Rip Hunter is an experience time traveler. We trust him. I don't see why you came to us." Barry spoke aloud.
"You two are the best heroes in history. If anyone can defeat Earthman, it's you two. Besides, I fear he is going to try to change history in the worst way possible… by killing your kids." Kara and Barry were startled at that as Alura and Nora choose that moment to yell for them.
-Karry Universe-
Amelia, Winn, Romana, and Star had gone to National to check out the houses Barry and Kara had selected for them, having also set up tour with various realtors. Both Amelia and Winn counted out the mansion immediately – despite the possibly for a National City base, they didn't want something like that, even if Amelia was okay living off her brother.
They checked out some of the other houses though, before heading to the gated community house and taking a tour of the gated community first. Star and Romana loved the park area; while the place had a spa, swimming pools, and tennis courts, along with a clubhouse for residents. The house wasn't too big but wasn't small either.
The first floor had a large living room, a dining room area, kitchen, and a room that could either be a bedroom or office depending on what they wanted, as well as a nice bathroom. The second floor had several bedrooms and a bathroom. The house also came with an attic and they also had their own backyard.
"Can you give us a moment?" Amelia asked the realtor showing them around as she dragged Winn away for a private word. "It's a nice house, but the problem is the girls' powers, especially in a gated community." She whispered to Winn.
"I think the girls have control," Winn said. "And they can always train…"
"And there's also you," Amelia said with a smirk and Winn pouted. He still had problems with his newfound power.
"I am training, and we can set up a zap tunnel in the attic," Winn muttered. "It's big enough to turn it into a little base, maybe. I like this."
"Okay," Amelia said with a nod, turning back to the realtor. Star and Romana were playing in the empty room. "Excuse me, if we wanted to put an offer down on this house how does that work with a gated community? Do we have to be approved?"
"As long as you have the money, you're good," the realtor replied simply. "I will warn you there are several bids already and it might be gone by tonight."
"We'll take our chances," Amelia stated, glancing to Winn who moved forward to deal with the paperwork side.
After they were done, Amelia called out to Star and Romana as they exited to a guest parking lot and got into Winn car. "We're going to need a bigger car." Winn noted.
Amelia mumbled something as her phone rang. "Lena?" Amelia questioned, wondering what her boss was doing calling her on her day off.
"Can you come and pick up Morgan?" Lena asked
"Morgan?" Amelia asked. "Morgan Belle?" Her thoughts went to the clone of Clark and a Daxamite she had never met. "What is he doing at L-Corp?"
"Connor brought him to get his little brother out more often, but then Connor left on some Young Justice thing." Lena said – Amelia knew her boss and she sounded like she had it. Amelia couldn't blame her. "Morgan is a little much sometimes. I think he's… special," Lena couldn't quite find the word for it, but given the way the boy acted – or at least the stories Amelia had heard – it seemed Lena was right there.
"Yeah we can get him," Amelia said, unfazed.
"We're not at the main building. We're at the spot in the wasteland," Lena told Amelia, who nodded.
"I know the place," Amelia said, verbalizing her agreement and hanging up, letting Winn know where they were going. Like STAR Co, L-Corp owned several testing areas. Amelia did a lot of work there, given she was testing inventions for safety with the company.
It took a while to get to the L-Corp van was, but Lena was at the door and Morgan was running around the field, looking like he was having fun.
"Why bring him here?" Amelia asked as they headed to Lena.
"We were showing Morgan some new things. We were going to bring Morgan out to dinner afterward," Lena stated. "But I just… I can't. Not without Connor. Thanks for coming."
"Aunt Romana!" Morgan called, seeing the group and running to pick up Romana and hug her. Amelia had to chuckle at that, and the look on Romana face. Star was laughing all out but stopped when Morgan hugged her as well before putting them both down.
"Okay Morgan, how about we bring you out to dinner and then back to the DEO?" Amelia said calmly, the man looking to her now with a grin, but before they could move, another man appeared before them, dressed in a blue outfit with red lining and short blonde hair.
"Can I help you?" Amelia took a step forward towards the man.
The man charged at her, and Amelia used her telekinesis to fling him back. That didn't seem to stop as his ring he was wearing glowed and he seemed to fly. "Get Kara and Barry!" Amelia yelled as she started to fight.
-Karry Universe-
Kara and Barry had taken their kids in their arms as they gave Brainiac looks.
"Who is this Earthman?" Kara asked, not letting go of her daughter as Caitlin went to grab her own son.
"He can copy other powers, whether they be meta human or alien. It makes him very dangerous as he can have more than one power, but his copied powers only last for 12 hours max," Brainiac continued.
"And why does he want our kids?" Barry asked, not knowing why this Brainiac was rubbing him the wrong way – there was something about him and the situation just felt too… staged. He should be thankful this guy had traveled back in time to warn him, but something felt off. And he knew Kara felt the same way too.
"To change history," Brainiac replied.
"Cisco?" Kara said moving her eyes to the man.
"I have everything out – all scanners, STAR Co and Justice League tech. There's nothing unusual," Cisco said.
"Pfft," Brainy waved his arm in Cisco's direction. "You're barely a 1st Level Intellect, you're no good and this technology…? So primitive," Brainiac now looked over the system.
"This is our headquarters, our Superflash cave. The most advance of everything," Cisco said, seeming put off by Brainiac's bragging.
"They are braver than I thought," Brainiac muttered.
"Hey, we're miles ahead of Prime and other Earths on the system… Besides New Justice," Cisco complained crossing his arms.
"Other Earths? Oh yes, the multiverse," Brainiac pulled a face at that. "You learn better about that with time."
"What…?" Barry glanced between Brainiac and Cisco at this, confused.
"I don't like this guy," Cisco mumbled to Kara who tried not to laugh.
"I can help…" Brainiac started, but stopped when an alert sounded.
"It's Lena," Cisco said, having given each member of the super family who was not in the League a panic button on their phone to contact the system in case of emergency. "Someone's attacking them. Seems to be after Romana and Star. Amelia is fighting them."
"Romana and Star… they are our daughters too!" Barry said, rushing Nora and Alura right into Caitlin's arms. "Cait, if…"
"No one touches them," Caitlin said, and plants in the room moved as Barry summoned his suit and Kara put on her new outfit as they rushed out.
"The idiot…" Brainiac mumbled to himself. "I'm coming!" He then yelled out, a ring on his finger glowing as he left so he could fly in the air.
"Did he just mumble…?" Cisco asked Caitlin, who nodded yes. "There's something not right here."
"I think you should contact more members of the League," Caitlin said with a nod as well. Cisco turned to the computer, to get all nearby members on the line. They had a bad feeling they were being played.
-Karry Universe-
Amelia was trying to fend off this guy as best she could, but he seemed to have multiple powers. Winn was trying to use his own powers to help but kept missing as he blew up the air around the man, and the floor at their feet. One of his blasted hit into the sand below Amelia, sending her flying.
"Winn quit trying to help!" Amelia yelled as the man looked to Winn, and his eyes momentarily glowed
"Thanks for the power!" The man called as he exploded the ground below Winn's feet now, sending Winn flying – he had as bad aim as Winn, but Amelia was knocked down again and this time badly injured.
The man went to direct an attack at Winn, but then Star used her eyes beamed and hit into the man, surprising him. He turned to the girl, going to get her – he was after her and Romana, after all. "Amelia!" Romana said as the man took hold of them.
"No!" Morgan yelled, running up and punching the man, making him drop the two girls. Romana went straight to Amelia's side, who was unconscious and bloody now as Lena grabbed hold of Star. Winn had run right to Lena's side as well, not sure how to help.
He didn't need to though as in a flash Barry and Kara were there and fighting the man.
"I'm trying to help you!" The man said as Brainiac appeared and went next to Romana and Amelia. "Brainy… tell them."
"He told us you were after our daughters!" Kara said, and the man managed to take a shocked step back.
Before anymore could be said, a large ship appeared out of nowhere, landing nearby
"No…" Brainiac mumbled as it landed, and a door opened.
Three people walked out – only two were recognizable to Kara and Barry: Rip Hunter, in his normal trench coat, and a Mon-El, wearing a similar red outfit to the one from Alien Earth. The woman with them neither knew – she was tall, with dark hair and dark eyes; she was quite pretty.
"Stop!" Mon yelled out, clearly angry as he took the lead.
"Mon-El, Prince of Daxam," Barry said, clearly confused and Mon turned his head to him.
You got to stop saying that every time you see him, Kara thought to her husband. "What Earth are you from?" Their Mon-El was still in the Phantom Zone; they were supposed to have contact with him, but they had lost it a long time ago and could not track the pod anymore.
"This one," Rip said, a small smirk on his face. "Only from the 31st century now – he spent more time the Phantom Zone than you, Mrs. Allen. Came out ten centuries from now and was cured of his Cadmus-related lead poisoning. He's now a leader in his time."
"Dad!" Morgan said, a smile appearing on his face as he realized what this appearance meant.
"What are you two doing in this time?" Mon said, looking at Earthman and then at Brainiac, who was slowly moving toward the unconscious Amelia. "Time travel is forbidden without Rip Hunter or one of his Time Masters – especially interacting with Supergirl and the Flash. You know how important they are to the timeline."
"Brainy… He said their daughters had been taken over by time-traveling shape-shifters… That we had to save them before the shape-shifter killed them," Earthman said, quite humbly now.
They heard a yell and turned around to see Brainiac had grabbed Romana, picking her up and had lifted the unconscious Amelia up too. Barry, suddenly startled at how bad his sister looked, – he had not realized how badly Amelia was injured – didn't have time to react as all three vanished in a flash of light.
"The Legion ship; it has to be close if the teleportation worked," the girl with Rip and Mon said in a British accent, and there was a roaring noise as a ship appeared in the sky.
"Imra, get him in lock up," Mon said, pointing at Earthman who gave no fight as Imra moved him inside. "We've got to follow."
"We're coming, too," Kara said as she and Barry moved toward the Waverider.
"Winn watch Star!" Barry yelled out, not realizing Morgan ran in past him as the Waverider lifted and flew fast.
"Dad!" Morgan was saying, hugging Mon, surprised by this name. "I get to meet you! I never thought I would. Yes. My dad."
"Hi," Mon said hugging the boy, a little bit confused, but he knew who he was from future knowledge, he knew how he was too and decide not to comment on the dad thing. "But not now – Rip you got to catch the ship."
"Trying," Rip said, the Waverider going as fast as it could to catch up to the larger ship, making sharp turns as it did.
That was when they saw fire in the sky ahead of them.
"Firestorm!" Kara said as Imra appeared in the room.
"Dad?" Jonas said, coming in and nearly tripping as he entered the control room, obviously having been unaware of what had happened up until this point.
"Get your belt on," Rip told his son, who took a chair and put the seatbelt on.
"Gideon?" Barry called. "Get connected to the Justice League systems and the Superflash cave."
"Yes, creator," the Waverider's Gideon said, and soon they were hearing the voices of their League.
"Let me guess, Smurf-guy was no good?" Cisco said.
"Got it in one," Barry said, smirking at Cisco's own comparison to a Smurf but trying to stay steady as the ship raced through Central City now.
"I already called in the cavalry," Cisco responded, and they could see he was right: Firestorm was joined in the air by Superman, Wonder Woman, and even Tantu, flying like a bird – having healed from her injuries a while ago and was back in the game. They could see two speedster – Liberty Belle and Velocity – trying to get on the other ship by jumping off buildings.
Powergirl, Wonder Girl, and M'Gann also showed and they had Superdog, Supercat, and Powerdog with them; J'onn was not far behind, all trying to get a hit on the ship, but it had defensive systems trying to to shoot at them.
"What the hell does he think his doing?" Mon asked, looking at it ahead of them as he leaned over Rip in the captain's chair. "If he kills any of them…"
"I hate to think what it would do to the timeline," Rip concluded, firing his own shots at the ship.
"So much for being a 12th level intellect," Imra muttered as the Legion ship shot straight up in the air and then suddenly disappeared. "His time traveled again..."
"With Romana and Amelia!" Barry groaned, worried about his sister and his daughter.
"Gideon, where did he go?" Rip asked the A.I.
"Back to the 31st century," Gideon answered.
"Then that's where we need to go," Kara said, determined.
"We can't take you out of your time…" Mon started but paused when he saw the look on both Kara and Barry's face.
"That is my daughter and my sister! We are not leaving them," Barry said.
"Normally taking them out of their timeline would be a big no," Rip turned around in his seat, forcing Mon to take a step back himself. "But this time I don't think we have a choice. If we return them soon after we took them, the timeline should be okay."
"Should?" Mon asked, worry in his face.
"No choice," Rip stated. "Everyone, buckle in." He turned back around in his seat as everyone went to the seats behind his chair – everyone besides Morgan who was still lingering by Mon, trying to get his other dad's attention.
"Morgan," Kara said, grabbing the teen and putting him in a seat and putting the safety gear over him. "You're coming too, apparently."
"Cisco, we should be back in a second," Barry called as he took his seat – the Justice League was still connected and must have heard everything, after all.
"Caitlin, take care of our girls and our business until we get back," Kara said as she took her own seat next to Barry. "Hopefully it will only be a minute for you."
"On it," they heard Caitlin say as Rip started the time jump.
…
Outside, the League watched as the Waverider disappeared in a flash of light.
"I remember doing that…" Firestorm said, a little sadly given he used to be the one on the Waverider, back when he was with Stein. He had recognized the ship immediately and had been the one to know to attack the other ship.
Cool! Cody thought in his head, but Ronnie ignored him.
"So… what do we do now?" Karen asked, petting the Super-animals in midair – Krypto and Hex seemed upset they were left behind as their masters went on an adventure without them; Karen had taken them to Young Justice training that morning to help Junior.
"Nothing we can do," Cisco replied.
"We wait for them to get back," Wonder Woman added. "Until then, we keep going. Superman and I can take the lead again if we have any problems."
"Great…" Clark muttered.
"They should be back soon," Diana cut off Clark's complaining.
"Yeah, from the 31st century..." Cisco added. "Lucky. I think."
-Karry Universe-
Brainiac parked the Legion ship in his favorite hiding place, putting the cloaking field on as he looked around in his seat at the crying little girl. Romana was now close to the pod he had put Amelia in to heal – the younger Allen currently in a coma as the device kept her on life support for healing.
"She's not going to save you," Brainiac spat to Romana. "So let's see what removing you from the timeline will do to the precious Mon-El…" Brainiac gave a smirk as he ran an assessment but frowned when it came back.
"What? Nothing? But…" Brainiac turned to look at the girl. "How can the original Valor not being in the timeline not affect Mon?" The little girl crying on the floor was destined to become the Superhero Valor – which Mon had taken the title of when he was removed from the Phantom Zone. Romana, not being a part of the timeline, would mean no original Valor and even then, Mon was not connected to the Allens – Brainiac was sure that was the reason Mon got leadership of the Legion instead of himself.
"How do I…?" An idea came to Brainiac: If he could make Mon look bad, the Council would remove him from power and put Brainiac himself in his place. If he could get that sorted before Mon and Imra got back, he could banish them before they could repeal. And he knew how to do it… turning around to Romana, he smiled.
"Kid, I am going to bring you in front of some people and you're going to tell them Mon-El kidnapped you and brought you here." Brainiac brought up a holographic picture Mon, just to make sure Romana knew.
"No!" Romana said, shaking her head. "I won't."
Brainiac took a breath, trying not to let the child get the best of him as he spoke with dead calm: "If you don't, I'll hurt you."
"No," Romana said, scared but not going to help this man. "And when Kara and Barry get you, you'll be sorry."
Brainiac was ready to go through with his threat but paused eyes lingering on Amelia in her pod. "You see Amelia?" Brainiac spoke, an idea forming as he pressed a button on the computer by himself. "I have stopped the pod from healing her. Now, if you don't do what I say…" A light went off and instantly Amelia writhed in pain.
"Amelia!" Romana called, banging on the glass, but it did nothing.
"She'll be dead in an hour without her life support," Brainiac taunted, seeing the tears in Romana's eyes as she started punching and crying.
"Stop!" Romana called, Amelia still thrashing in her pod.
"Will you do what I say?" Brainiac asked.
"Yes," Romana whispered, and Brainiac turned the life support back on.
"Good girl," Brainiac muttered. "I can shut off the life support whenever I want if you don't do what I say." Romana nodded, and Brainiac turned back around. He had to call a meeting of the Council and fast.
-Karry Universe-
The Waverider appeared in the sky above the futuristic city; Rip Hunter flying carefully around all the other vehicles which were also in the sky.
"Gideon, can you track the Legion ship now?" Rip Hunter asked the A.I.
"Seems Brainiac has once again blocked my tracking abilities, Rip," Gideon replied.
"Set us down in my private rooms," Mon said. "There's a landing strip outfit. We can figure out exactly where Brainiac was going to go. I will get Earthman." Mon turn from the room as Rip went to direct the ship. Kara and Barry got up and Kara went to free Morgan from the belt.
"Wow," Imra said, finally able to take in the two. "It's really you two." Kara and Barry turned to look at her, confused. "I'm sorry, I mean, I've learned about you two in school. You're the reason I joined the Legion of Superhero. Why I became Saturn Girl. Although that's pretty common reasoning these days."
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Kara finally asked. She remembered Mon calling her Imra but had been too preoccupied with her daughter and sister-in-law being taken. That was still on her mind but right now there was nothing they could do but question this Earthman.
"Imra, I'm Mon-El's Wife and his second in command of the Legion of Superheroes," Imra said, going to hold out her hand but the minute Morgan heard she was Mon's wife he jumped up, hugging the woman, much to Imra surprise.
"Mom!" Morgan cried, the reaction almost making Barry and Kara chuckle as he pulled Imra into a surprised hug.
"Um… what?" Imra asked.
"Mon is his technically one of his dads," Barry said, putting an arm around Kara. "He was created between DNA from Superman and Mon-El, so considers both his father's, he's a bit…" The two were worried and both being worried just intensified it overall.
"Oh, Morgan Belle?" Imra managed to release herself from the hug as the boy nodded, grinning. "Yes, I know about you. I should have realized," she gave Kara and Barry a knowing look before Imra decided to put her arms around the boy again, accepting him.
"We're parked," Rip said as Jonas finally got out of his seat belt. Mon came back in with Earthman, who was in handcuffs and looked downtrodden – now willing to answer questions. As the group went out the exit, almost directly into a beautiful room from an external door, Kara and Barry noticed it was high up and connected to a larger headquarters. They figured this must be the Legion home base.
"So, before I activate the teleporter and put you in front of the Council," Mon said, pushing Earthman down onto a chair, "you can help yourself by telling me why you joined Brainiac in changing history and disobeying time traveling laws."
"Brainy said shape shifters had time traveled," Earthman said, obviously confused but obliging. "He said they had taken Supergirl and the Flash's daughter place and we needed to go and stop them."
"And you went to kill our daughters?" Kara said, seeing red at this, but Barry was beginning to understand what was going on – although still worried for Romana and his sister, he sent calming vibes to Kara as she nevertheless said, "without any proof?"
"Brainy…" Earthman muttered, giving a look. "He said… I thought… imposters."
"He came to us and told us you wanted to kill our daughters to change the future," Barry said, feeling the idiot that he believed Brainiac for even five minutes now. "Although he implied Alura and Nora… Did he ever specifically say Romana and Star?"
"No, he just said daughters," Earthman said, obviously with more knowledge of Kara and Barry's family than Brainiac. "I assumed… I mean… why would a shapeshifter take a baby's place?"
"Well, now we know how this messed up," Rip said put an arm around his son. "Brainy wanted Earthman to attack Alura and Nora – and then he could 'save' them. That way, he could gain Kara and Barry's favor for his heroics… but Earthman choose the wrong daughters. Earthman nearly killing Amelia alerted us to your position – it's too big a change in timeline for Brainiac to hide. I'm sorry, but Earthman here is just a pawn in a bigger game."
"Figured," Barry muttered to that. "Hey, where's your wife?" Barry finally realized Rip and Jonas were here but Miranda was nowhere to be found.
"Training new recruits," Rip said simply.
"Oh," Barry had nothing else to add to that. He wasn't even sure from which period of Rip, Miranda and Jonas's life these two came from – Jonas was a teenager now, at least.
"But wait, I'm confused," Kara pointed out, even with the plot out in the open, one thing did not make sense to her. "Why would someone from the 31st century want to gain favor with us? We've got to be long dead."
Mon put a hand behind his head, suddenly not able to make eye contact with either Allen.
Okay, he's obviously hiding something, Barry thought to Kara.
How would we be alive in the 31st century? The only tech I know that could sustain life that long is in the Fortress… Kara started, but Imra spoke up before Kara could gather her thoughts some more.
"Brainy obviously wants to gain favor with the Council," Imra said.
"Council?" Barry and Kara said together, forgetting their previous thoughts instantly at this.
"Wait," Jonas said. "They will know too much of the future if we tell them."
"That's my boy," Rip grinned. "But in this case, I think we should let them know."
"Morgan?" Mon called as he noticed the clone looking around the room; he didn't need the clone touching something he shouldn't, but Mon calling him got Morgan's attention and instigated another hug with the man. Mon put an arm around him, unfazed by the child-like quality of the teenager. "So, the Council is the Council of STAR Co." Mon stated as Barry and Kara looked at each other. "The only people allowed on the Council are your direct descendance. Only those directly related to your biological kids."
"What exactly does this Council do?" Kara asked, seeming stunned.
"It's enough to say STAR Co. has evolved beyond a tech business," Rip said meekly. "Your family managed to unite all of Earth under one rule."
"And then expand to other planets," Imra inserted. "If it wasn't for the Council of STAR Co. being able to reunite everyone under one rule, the Planetary Alliance would not exist."
"Our family are some type of monarchs?" Barry asked, both he and Kara feeling disgusted and shocked over that. They had not expected that one at all.
The group seemed to realize their revulsion though as Imra suddenly spoke quickly: "It's not like they are King and Queen! Yes, they have a large say, but each country still elects leaders for local positions. The Council oversees any disputes and makes peace." Imra tried to explain. "Everyone trusts your family."
"But, the most important thing," Mon said, deciding to move this along. "And the reason why Brainiac time-traveled, is the Council are also the direct overseers of the Legion. They made me leader of the Legion so Brainy was clearly hoping getting on your good side; it would change history and make him leader. He has wanted the leadership ever since I got it."
"Since before that," Imra corrected sadly. "Better call the Council and put Earthman in front of them; arresting one of our own. Council declares punishment."
Barry didn't know whether to ask them to go easy on Earthman, considering he was a pawn in the game, but Amelia had been seriously hurt by the man, and he didn't want to interfere in future affairs, so he let it be. He knew how Kara felt about it though and couldn't help but smirk at her feeling of pleasure that Earthman would be punished for this.
Mon went to head to a computer screen and noticed a message for him.
"Oh, Brainiac has called an emergency meeting of the Council," Mon said, shocked. "They have started a meeting without me…." Mon pushed a button and a pad came to life on the floor. "You're coming with us," Mon grabbed Earthman. "Imra, with me, everyone else can watch from the screen."
The screen Mon had motioned towards had come to life and Kara and Barry could see what seemed to be a Council room – Men and women were in chairs around a large room, and Brainiac was before them; the center of attention. Mon, Imra, and Earthman went to teleporter and were gone. Morgan moaned as his father disappeared.
"Where is the Council meeting?" Kara asked, curious that the features of the room seemed familiar to her, but she could not place it.
"The Council headquarters is currently being built in your time," Rip said, "as the new Watchtower…" Barry put an arm around Kara, resisting the temptation to go there and punch Brainiac as they saw him on the screen. They had to trust Mon on this one though.
-Karry Universe-
"This is very unorthodox. A lowly member of the Legion calling for us instead of his leader," a member of the Council, a man, said as the Council sat back their seats. "Where is Mon-El? What is the purpose of this meeting?"
"Mon-El of Daxam has violated laws and proven he is unworthy of Leadership. I have proof. He's not even here to defend himself," Brainiac said, looking smug for himself.
"This was an emergency meeting – sometimes not even the leader of the Legion can present his or her self at a moment's notice," a woman spoke up.
"But you have proof the man we selected to lead the Legion is a traitor?" Another woman moved forward in her seat.
"Of course," Brainiac smirked.
"I have doubt," the first man spoke.
"Show us your proof then, Brainiac…" the other woman began.
"I'm glad you asked," Brainiac began,but that moment, a teleporter activated and Mon, Imra, and Earthman appeared in the room.
"Oh. It seems you are wrong about that," the oldest member of the Council who had yet to speak until that moment, spoke up. Brainiac took a shocked step back, glaring. He had thought he would get here long before Mon got back to this time – this messed his plans a little.
"Whatever Brainiac has to say is wrong," Mon said instantly. "And I have proof of his treason: Earthman, tell them."
"Brainiac told me the children of Supergirl and The Flash were in danger, that a shapeshifter had taken their form. He said we had to go back in time to safe them," Earthman stated instantly.
"And you believed him?" The eldest Council member asked, doubt in his voice.
"Made up!" Brainiac accused, but one of the other women on the Council called for his silence.
"I was alerted to this information and, knowing the sensitivity of the timeline from that period, contacted the Time Masters for further information," Mon-El stated.
"By the time we managed to deduce this was a rouse, Earthman and Brainiac had already gone back in time," Imra spoke up. "We had to ask Rip Hunter to take us back and stop Brainiac and Earthman from whatever ulterior motive they had."
"Lies!" Brainiac hissed, but a Council member snapped their fingers and his mouth shut; they obviously had a power that allowed this type of reaction.
"When we got back there, Earthman was already attacking Amelia Allen," Mon continued. "Brainiac had tried to get on Supergirl and The Flash's good side, but…"
"Amelia Allen is not the child of either Supergirl or the Flash," a male spoke up, knowing his family's history well.
"She was with Romana and Star Allen at the time," Imra pointed out. "Earthman thought it was either Star or Romana who were a danger. As you know of your great aunt she is a force. She fought Earthman to protect the two but was nearly killed. This alerted us to their location in the timeline."
The man nodded at this as Earthman looked down at this, shamed.
"Brainiac's plan had backfired," Mon continued. "He grabbed Romana and the wounded Amelia and came back here with them, to the future – we followed." Mon shared a glance with Imra, both deciding not to reveal who else had come back with them.
"Is this story true?" The leader of the Council asked, turning to Brainiac at this, who's mouth instantly snapped open.
"Completely fabricated," Brainiac said instantly as he noticed guards leaning towards him. "They're unable to believe their own lies. It's a tall tale and he uses his lackeys to cover up his own misuse of time traveling. Mon-El is secretive..." The Council leader rolled his eyes at this and Brainiac paused for a moment before continuing. "You might not know this, but he disappears at times, nowhere to be found." The Council leader was giving Brainiac a look and a eye roll not seeming impressed. "Well… I followed him and discovered his little secret. He said I had taken her out of her time, but it's not true, and she can prove it!" Brainiac nodded to a door, which opened at his command as Romana moved out, timidly.
"Brainiac took her when his plan failed," Mon said.
"Let's ask her who's telling the truth…" Brainiac said smugly, but it was clear Romana was terrified.
"It's okay child… no one here will hurt you," a younger female of the Council said. "Just tell us who took you away from Kara and Barry." Romana looked at her, then nervously held up her hand and pointed at Mon.
…
"We need to go there now," Barry said, jumping up, he and Kara ready to go. "This is falling apart."
"I agree," Rip said with a nod – this really was getting out of hand.
"I will…" Morgan started.
"Morgan… sit, stay!" Kara ordered, and Morgan sat back down, dropping his sentence.
"Jonas, can you watch him?" Rip asked his son, who nodded, sitting next to Morgan.
"You realize you just treated him like a dog…?" Rip whispered as he activated the teleporter.
"You don't know Morgan," Barry stated simply.
"I wish I had my dog," Kara mumbled as they stepped onto the teleport pad.
….
"I did not," Mon said simply, giving his sister a confused look. He was unsure why she was accusing him.
"You call your sister a liar?" A member of the Council said, clearly angry that the tables seemed to have turned. The council leader though had not spoken. Mon and him sharing a look. "You mess with our family as well Mon…"
Before the Council member could continue, the teleporter activated, and the Council was stunned as Rip Hunter appeared with two very familiar figures – the new Supergirl outfit and Barry's speed force outfit familiar to all in the future.
The two didn't look towards the Council of their descendent, but instead at the girl. "Romana," Kara said holding out her arms.
"Kara!" Romana called, running from Brainiac and into Kara's arms crying. Kara picked the girl up and held her close as tears came to Kara's eyes now.
Punch him! Kara thought to Barry, who didn't need any more say so as he ran at Brainiac and punched him – hard. He went flying back in shock.
"I don't know what you did to my daughter, but it ends now. He took Romana!" Barry said, punching Brainiac again.
"You took Kara and Barry out of their time?" Brainiac moaned, not even sure what was happening now. All his scenarios on what would happen, everything he had planned, none had accounted for this. Removing Kara and Barry was the biggest no-no he knew.
"Kara and Barry have been removed from their own time under my supervision to correct the mistakes you made time traveling," Rip said, pointing directly at Brainiac himself.
"Guards grab Brainiac," the Council leader said, not needing anymore information than this.
"No, he'll kill her!" Romana yelled out.
Amelia, Kara and Barry thought together.
"Where's my sister?" Barry asked, picking up and shaking Brainiac.
"I just removed her life support," Brainiac said as a guard handcuffed him. "If you want her to live, you need to let me go."
"We have ways of getting this information," another Council member spoke. "We will find Amelia Allen."
"She has an hour left! Maybe less," Brainiac taunted as he was dragged away. His plan foiled and his life now in pieces.
"We can't just sit and wait," Kara said urgently.
"We won't," Imra said. "Amelia nearly dying was what caused our alert. It means she's badly injured, and Brainiac wouldn't be able to transport her without help, so she must be on the Legion ship…. In the medical bay. We find the ship Brainiac stole, we find Amelia."
Mon lifted his arm and pushed a button on his suit. "All Legionnaires, this is Valor. Priority Alert One. Drop everything you're doing and find our Legion ship – this is a Worldwide and Beyond search. We have less than an hour to find it or time itself will rip apart."
"We'll join the search," Barry said with a nod.
"I'll go back to the Waverider. See if I can find the ship from there," Rip added.
"Rip, take Romana," Kara said. "And take Morgan back to the ship with you. Have Jonas watch them."
"You mean have Morgan watch Jonas and Romana?" Rip asked.
"No," Kara and Barry said together, shaking their heads as Rip took the upset girl. "Hey, we'll find her." Kara told Romana, kissing her head before Rip teleported away with her.
The four then teleported to Earth and Barry ran at his fastest through the streets, not caring how the future looked; not taking in the future buildings or the people.
Kara, Mon, and Imra flew in the air as fast as they could.
"We're running out of time," Kara said, urgently.
"Valor?" Mon heard a voice in the coms.
"XS," Mon said knowing the voice.
"I found it! Colossal Boy and I are in the ship," XS responded.
"Send the location," Mon said, nodding towards the group. They were lead to a place in the wasteland and Kara recognized the wreckages around them; it was 10 centuries old now, but it was the former Watchtower. They had never cleared the rubble and apparently never would. There though signs scattered around and other things that showed this must now be a tourist spot.
Inside the underground garage was where the ship was parked.
"We should have known…" Imra said with an eyeroll. "No one is allowed inside the ruins anymore – too fragile. It's the perfect hiding place."
The three entered the ship though and found a dark woman in a purple-and-white outfit with another man in red-and-blue trying to get the computer working. In a pod Kara could see Amelia seeming to have trouble while a machine was going off.
"We can't get her out," the man said as the woman seemed to be stunned, staring at Kara as Barry ran in.
Mon started punching at the glass, but it would not break. Mon desperately punched again and again, trying to get it to break. "It's dwarf star…" Mon stated. "I can't…"
"Move aside," Kara said, agitated, and Mon moved. With one punch the glass broke, and Amelia's unconscious body fell out.
"We need to get her to Legion headquarter medical area, fast," Imra said.
"I can't get anything on this ship working," the man said to Imra. "Going to have to get her there yourself."
"Then that's a job for the fastest man alive," Barry said, picking up his sister.
"Run to Central," Mon instructed. "Headquarters is the same building my rooms are in. You were there before, and you can't miss it. Biggest building in the city." Barry nodded, running out of the ship. Kara could feel his determination. "XS, Colossal Boy, nice job."
"Yes, thank you," Kara said with a nod.
"No problem… Grandma," XS said, and Kara raised an eyebrow. The woman's outfit was clearly a speedster design, with a yellow 'S' across the chest.
"Oh yes, Jenni here is one of your descendants … a couple times great granddaughter, I believe. She rejected her spot on the Council after her father died, giving it to her younger brother to enter the Legion instead," Mon said. "Actually, one of her other sets of grandparents from your time is Caitlin and Ronnie. Your lines eventually crossed several generations down."
"Oh," Kara said at that, deciding to bring this Jenni into a hug. "Glad one of my descendants is a hero and not on that Council." The way Kara said it, they could see she still was not too happy with the Council. "I'm going to go make sure Amelia is okay – and comfort my daughter." Kara turned around to fly out at that.
"She's not a fan of the Council, is she?" XS asked Mon, who gave her a look but didn't respond.
-Karry Universe-
In the Legion headquarters, Amelia was safely in another medical pod – this one on and was working to heal her. "She got here just in time," the doctor who was operating it said. "She'll be ready to go in a few hours."
Barry nodded as he stepped back into the main room – all the Legionaries, as they called themselves, had discovered he and Kara were here now, because the main room was packed. As Barry looked around, he noticed images of him, Kara, and their League around. There were some people he did not recognize here on the walls, while in the middle of the room there was a holographic projector playing a scene Barry recognized as the finale battle with the Reverse Flash. He could even hear the holographic him mumble for justice for his mom.
Kara came up to him; she was carrying Romana, and Barry smiled, taking the five-year-old and hugging her. Romana seemed to be clinging to them, scared from the recent adventure. "Amelia will live," Barry whispered to her.
"Yes, she will," Mon added. Mon had Morgan practically attached to him; since he had come back, Morgan had been talking non-stop to him and Mon had to laugh. Rip had whispered to him that if he wanted to try to keep Morgan it would not affect the timeline that much, but Mon had shaken his head to that. The boy belonged in the 21st century with his other dad and his family. "And Romana, I never thought I would meet you." Mon stated to his sister now. "I hate the circumstance, but I love meeting my little sister. See this outfit?" Romana nodded, taking in the red and blue. "One day you wear a similar one. You're the first Valor. I honor you with my name and outfit." Mon kissed Romana's head.
"What's with all the dogs and cats?" Barry asked, noticing dogs and cats were running around everywhere – actually, they seemed to be flying and running at super-speeds, which led Barry to believe they were Kryptonian.
"You managed to keep Krypto and Hex's line going by using the New Justice Sanctuary," Mon stated.
"I thought we didn't do the multiverse by now? Brainiac said…" Barry started.
"We know Brainiac's a liar," Mon shrugged unsure why Brainiac would try to break the multiverse alliance. "Trust me, the multiverse is still going strong very strong, in fact."
"I dare not ask how many worlds there are now," Kara chuckled.
"Trust me, you don't," Mon chuckled too. "But now we have enough Kryptonian animals, we don't need those other worlds for them to breed, but in some way, they are all related to your original pets. Not to mention the other litters of Prime Earth's Powie and your Krypto."
"Other litters?" Barry voiced, stifling a laugh as he imagined Krypto's dismay at being a dad again in the future – he hadn't been interested the first time around.
"What's with this?" Kara asked, pointing to the hologram but couldn't help but smile at Kryptonian cats and dogs. Holographic Barry had stabbed the Reverse Flash again in a repeating video.
"We have all your battles," Imra said looking at the hologram. "Digitally recreated from original footage. They inspire us. You formed this after all. Our Legion."
"And the Council," Kara and Barry mumbled.
"I know you never expected a tech company to become the government," Imra said with a sigh now, obviously annoyed that the very originators of the Council of STAR Co. weren't pleased with their future. "But the Council does do good – and we want to show you some good. We want to bring you to Justice Island. Show you what it became."
Kara and Barry looked at each other. "Justice Island?" They asked, confused.
"They… they're quite a few years away from Justice Island," Rip sighed, coming over. "But it's not the biggest spoiler. They know about New Justice's Home Base. They can go and see."
"I'm going to remain here and watch over Amelia's healing. Make sure they do not do something stupid like take off her tattoo," Rip said now.
"How do you know she has a tattoo?" Barry asked, and Rip gave him a look. "Never mind…" Rip went towards the medical area, his son following him, wanting to see. "Okay let's see Justice Island. Teleporting?"
"No, ship," Mon said, leading them to a docking port and a much smaller ship than the Legion ship Brainiac had used. Mon, Imra, Romana, Kara, Barry, and Morgan all fit in and they flew off.
It was only a minute of two and they circled around the island, despite the island having to be somewhere far out from Central City. Barry and Kara could see huge buildings and many kids below at play. They landed easily.
"Welcome to Justice Island," Mon said. "Once a second headquarters for the Justice League, it's now so much more."
"In your time the greatest minds come from the Ivy Leagues," Imra informed them. "In our time they come from here."
"So… it's a school?" Kara asked, thinking of the X-Men now.
"You started, or will start, making safe places for meta human and aliens kids. It expanded to this. Under the Council's watch, Justice Island is a safe place, a home for kids with powers who have nowhere else. A school from, in your terms, kindergarten all the way to college. They all learn how to use their powers – to control them – and can major in anything they want."
"From cooking and sports all the way to the sciences," Mon added, continuing for his wife. "But there's also superhero training, for those who want to try to join the Legion. The best of the best come out of here for everything." They had been walking as they talked and came across a large statue of Kara and Barry in their superhero outfit.
"Dad?" A young voice called, and a young boy ran towards them. Mon picked him up as Morgan gave a look, his head titled. "Mom! You're early."
"We want you to meet some people," Mon said smiling. "They came all the way from the 21st century…" The boy tuned to Kara and Barry and his eyes widen, glancing to the statue behind them now as he compared. "This is Kara and Barry Allen, otherwise known as Supergirl and the Flash. My little sister Romana, too, so your aunt and well your brother… Morgan."
"Little brother!" Morgan said, grabbing the boy from Mon and hugging him. The boy was shocked, and Mon momentarily steeled at the maneuver, but his son laughed.
"Everyone, this is our son Allen," Imra said as Morgan put him down.
"Allen?" Barry said with a smirk.
"You don't know how special it is to be able to name a child after you," Imra continued. "Too many people were naming kids Barry, Kara, and Allen, not to mention Amelia too. It got to a very ridiculous point, so the Council put laws on the name. You need special permission to name a child after yourselves. The Council easily gave it to us, however."
"You saved my life," Mon said simply. "When you didn't have to. You took my sister and Morgan in. We're family." Kara and Barry smiled as they bent down to meet Allen on his own level. Romana brought the boy of the same age as her into a hug.
"Amelia?" Barry asked. "Her death was a big event. Notified you. People name kids after her. What does she do?" Barry couldn't help but wonder about his little sister's future.
"Not as important as you, but she's important," Imra said with a nod. "She has her destiny now that she's on this Earth."
"And look around," Mon said changing the topic. They could not tell the two too much anyway. "All the people here…. they are safe. They are here. The Council makes sure they get the help they need. And they all know of you. You inspire so much. This is your legacy. The Legion, the Council, this island… It all belongs to you, and it's more good than bad. Please, don't just see the Council as monarchs – they are so much more."
"Wait, are they really Supergirl and the Flash?" A voice called, and they turned to see a teenage boy who had blue hair.
"All the way from the 21st century," Mon said. "Only here for the day."
"Oh wow!" The boy said coming up and taking their hands. A crowd soon formed around as everyone heard who was on the island.
-Karry Universe-
It was several hours later they went back to Legion headquarters and Amelia was sitting, awake.
"Amelia!" Romana said, running into her arms.
"How are you?" Kara asked.
"Well I was having a great dream until freakazoid here morphed into Barry and woke me up," Amelia pointed at an alien besides her.
"It's Chameleon Boy," the alien corrected. "And I told you, I had to. The device puts you into a perfect dream as you heal. You need to be woken up, and it's easier to use a loved one to bring you out."
"Yeah it's still freaky," Amelia said. "So, can we go home?"
"I think that's a good idea. Rip!" Kara called to the man.
"The Waverider is ready," Rip said. "I think you should say your goodbyes."
"Morgan, say bye to Mon, Imra, and Allen," Kara told the boy.
"Bye dad, mom, little brother," Morgan said hugging them, having brought Allen back with them. "Come see me soon." Morgan said, running into the ship before Mon could explain why he could not.
"I'm not a hundred percent sure he has realized what's been going on," Kara said, a little apologetically.
"Unbelievable… of all the clones you have it was him who came to the 31st century," Rip said with a head shake. Romana gave Mon a hug as well, but stuck close to Kara and Barry.
"Amelia?" Kara said, nodding towards Romana, and Amelia took Romana's hand as she led him to the ship.
An idea came across Barry now though as he turned to Mon-El. "Hey, this Council… since they have to be related to us, do we overrule them now that we are here?"
Imra and Mon looked at each other, concerned, but nodded. "Yes, by Council laws you would."
"Get them on the line," Barry said, he and Kara giving each other a smirk, sharing the idea in their heads.
Mon easily got the Council up, explaining to them Kara and Barry wanted a word before they went back to their own time. The Council leader gave a nod as they all looked to Kara and Barry on the screen.
"As Supergirl and the Flash, Leaders of the Justice League and your direct ancestors," Kara started, "we have made a decision." Mon took Imra's hand now, a bit nervous. "Mon-El shall be leader of the Legion of Superheroes until he chooses to step aside or dies. You cannot remove him."
Mon tried not to look shocked. He had not expected that though. "And the Legion of Superhero will officially be renamed back to the Justice League." Barry gave Mon a smirk as he said this. "It's a far better name."
"We agree, it is a far superior name and with yourselves granting it to us, it will be changed. Very well. From this day forth The Legion of Superheroes will be rebranded The Justice League," the man stated, nodding. "It's nice to see you again too, Mr. and Mrs. Allen."
"Again?" Barry frowned at that, but Mon gave a slight cough as the man paused.
"Anyway," Rip spoke up as Kara and Barry stared at one another and shrugged as they went into the Waverider. Rip laughed now as he entered, and, after a moment, the ship left. Mon chuckled himself. He should have known the two would pull something like that.
"It is a nice name," Mon said with a nod ignoring the council talking on the screen
-Karry Universe-
Rip stopped the Waverider back in the 21st century, back in Central City.
"Not bad… only a half hour after we took you," Rip said as he landed, "and the world hasn't ended without you here too, so that's good news," he joked as Barry, Kara and Amelia got up, going over to Morgan and Romana to release them from their seats. "Oh, and hey, before you go, I want you to know the future you saw it can still change. It's a possible future, not 100% set in stone. Your decisions still matter. But personally, I do like that future."
"Well, it wasn't so bad," Barry said thoughtfully.
"Thank you Rip for coming to protect our family," Kara added as she took Romana's hand.
"Always," Rip said, opening the door and letting the people who needed to get out leave. "Come on Jonas, let's go find your mom and get a new assignment…." Rip smiled as he took off.
…
Amelia had spent time with Star and Romana that night, especially as Romana didn't want to let her out of her sight, but they had to go to bed eventually, and Amelia had spent that evening texting friends for plans – the regenerative machine in the future had left her with a lot of energy, after all.
After Amelia, Kara and Barry had all sent the girls to bed, it wasn't long before Amelia was heading to the elevator all dressed up.
"Hey. Where are you going?" Barry asked, now on the couch.
"That healing thing the future did has given me a ton of energy. I can't sleep so going out dancing," Amelia stated.
"With Winn?" Barry asked. "Is that who you were texting earlier?"
"No. Me and Crystal actually," Amelia said
"Dancing? Isn't that kind of date-y?" Barry asked.
"No. Just two girls having a good time," Amelia said, confused by this. "Just because I am engaged doesn't mean I can't have a good time without my fiancée. That includes married people as well. And even married people with kids…" Amelia entered the elevator at that, winking at the couple.
"Can you even dance?" Barry asked, only to see Amelia stick her tongue out at him just as the elevator closed.
Barry sighed. "You know, when I first heard she couldn't have kids, I thought it was a damn shame. But now I kind of think she works better as an aunt and part-time parent for Romana and Star. She wants way too much freedom to be a full-time mom."
"She spent so long thinking she would never have kids. I think she got used to it," Kara added. "Come on, it's been a long day." Kara stood as she led Barry to their room. The pair fell asleep in minute.
It wasn't long later when crying and someone shaking them woke them up. Kara turned on the lights to see it was Romana.
"She's not there! I looked and…" Romana cried.
"Whoa sweetie, what's wrong?" Kara asked wiping a tear away.
"I had a dream that the blue man killed Amelia and went to her room and she's not there," Romana stuttered now, scared.
"It's okay. She just went out dancing with Crystal," Kara said, bringing Romana into the middle of the bed as Barry went to tickle her stomach, making the girl laugh. "She's fine. It was just a nightmare."
"You promise?" Romana asked.
"Promise?" Barry stated, and looked at Kara, the two deciding something in their mind: "Want to stay in here with tonight?"
"Yes," Romana said.
"Okay," Kara said as then they heard feet and Star came running. Clearly having heard the commotion. "Come on..." Kara sighed, deciding she could join in too, and Star smiled as she went into the middle as well, leaning against Kara as Romana went closer to Barry.
Kara went to turn off the lights as Krypto came jumping in now, making the two girls laugh and the bed seem small.
"No." Barry said, now almost falling out of the bed. "Back to Alura and Nora's room." Krypto gave a low moan and titled his head.
"He wants to protect the scared girls. Not the ones sleeping soundly," Kara said with a smile and Barry groaned.
"Fine, but the cat…" Barry never finished as Hex ran in, taking a spot with Krypto at the end of the bed. She gave Barry a look almost daring him in finish the sentence. "Never mind." Barry mumbled, wondering how long it would be until he fell out of the bed, as the lights were turning off and he put his arms around Romana, bringing the girl close.
Post Chapter Note: Some of you might be upset Brainiac 5 / Brainy was the villain for this chapter, but the simple fact is, I don't like him in the show. I will say though, I plotted this without an exact villain in mind and when asking someone who likes comics which member of the Legion of Superheroes would do anything to become leader, their answer was Brainiac. Since I don't like him (come to think, of it I didn't like him in an old cartoon either) I had no problem with him being my villain. So, I'm sorry if this disappoints some of you but that's the way it is.
Next Time on Karry Universe:
Canary Earth- An accident takes Kara and Barry off of their world and onto a new one. While stuck on this brand new Earth, they inadvertently might be the answer to that Earth's current problems.
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