Karry Universe
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Note: For once my stories are going to be slightly out of order as this is technically a crossover with New Justice's second half of season 2 (a chapter not available to you guys yet). You'll see what's going on the New Justice side later, regardless, but this will make sense anyway.
Seeing Red
-End of October-
"Cisco," Barry called, running in to STAR with Kara not long behind him. Alura and Nora were in Kara's arms, neither having wanted to get in the strollers and both seeming to be having fun flying with Kara and Krypto. They were growing quickly too, so Kara was having some trouble holding both.
"Up, mama, up!" Nora yelled. The two girls were getting better with words too and knowing what they meant, telling their parents what they wanted.
"No," Kara said sternly, and both gave sad looks at this, having problems with the word no. "No." Kara said again, putting them down but letting the two go chase after Garfield, who was in the room in his favorite form of a puppy. Jenny was off at school now so couldn't join her brother.
"Yeah?" Cisco asked though, turning from his computer. He was working on STAR Gaming & Toys inventory today from STAR Labs itself.
"This world hopping thing you added to the system, do all of the systems have it?" Barry asked.
"Yeah. Prime liked it so we installed it everywhere," Cisco said. "Saves my Mutant and Prime counterparts. Why?"
"We need to call Rae," Barry said with a smile on his face as he took the phone and asked Gideon to call New Justice. Another A.I. calling herself MIA answered, asking who they wanted to talk to. Barry had to smile at that as he asked for Rae.
"Hello?" Rae said; she was laughing as she answered the phone. "Kara, stop for a second."
"Well, it's nice to hear you laugh," Barry said, and Cisco gave him an odd look, wondering why Barry wanted to call Rae. Barry's alternate cousin was sometimes too serious, so he was glad to hear her laugh. When they had met, she had lost an entire League to her own cousin and had the responsibility of rebuilding and leading a new League, after all.
"Prime, SuperEarth, or Karry?" Rae asked, at hearing her cousin's voice.
"Karry," Barry said, trying not to make a face at SuperEarth. After hearing what had happened on Mutant he wasn't too sure how he felt about that Earth anymore. Their Kara and even Barry seemed fine, but some of them seemed to have a bad attitude towards the rest of the Multiverse.
"Hey," Rae said. "It's been a while. I miss you guys."
"Us too. You know it's been a year since we met," Barry said. October of last year was when he first went to New Justice. "You busy today? Can you come on over?"
"Actually, it's perfect timing. The Grants had me work on my days off, so they gave me today and tomorrow off instead. Kara is busy, and I've got nothing going on. Why? Need some help?" Rae asked.
"We want to show you something," Barry said with a wry smile. "The system can now send you to other earths on the system; you don't have to bug Gypsy or your Cisco."
"Oh yeah, Adam mentioned that," Rae said. "See you in a bit." The conversation ended, and Barry sat back, giving Kara a smile who had been keeping an eye on the kids. Kara gave a small smile back.
-Karry Universe-
Amelia was at the Penthouse. Kara and Barry had cleaned up the playroom and set up a large dollhouse and other toys. Amelia had asked to put a table in there so she could do puzzles and they complied. The room was more than big enough to give the request.
"What are you doing?" Amelia's attention got turned to the door where Star and Romana were standing. Their school had a special teacher conference day so the school was closed. Amelia had worked extra late the day before on a new device that had got passed off to her as testing it had been a problem, so Lena had given her the day off. It worked so she could watch the two at the Penthouse and they didn't need to go into STAR Labs.
"Puzzle?" Amelia said, indicating the game, but the two didn't seem to get it. Amelia remembered they were aliens though. "See." Amelia singled for them to come closer. "These pieces make this picture…." Amelia held up the puzzle box to show a picture of Cinderella's castle at night with fireworks above and people watching from Main Street USA. She had bought it when they were in Disney. "I plan on finishing this and framing it to hang up on the walls with the pins we bought there."
"Pretty," Romana simply, said looking at it.
"I thought you two were watching Scooby Doo?" Amelia motioned. The cartoon being one the two girls had got into recently. "Okay what do you two want?" Amelia asked, getting they wanted something.
"Well… at school some kids and also Jenny have mentioned…. Well, Halloween," Star said, making Amelia blink. "It's tomorrow."
"All Hallows Eve," Amelia said thoughtfully. "At least that's what we called it on my Earth. So, what about it?" On Amelia's original earth the holiday had been more religious than on other Earths on the system, but she had spent last Halloween on Mutant and the time before that on Gender so knew the term Halloween and what those Earths did even if they still seemed very foreign to her.
"They say… well that they go to houses and… get candy," Romana said coyly.
"Oh, you two want to go trick or treating," Amelia said. The thought had not even occurred to her, it not being something she did on her Earth but knew of it from the other two Earths she had been on. "I don't see any reason why not." The two jumped up, excited at that. "But there's one thing first: You two need costumes."
"Costumes?" They said blinking and Amelia smirked. "You mean like Kara and Barry's superhero costumes?"
"Not exactly," Amelia muttered. She had not done this as a kid, but she had seen it enough on TV to know what these Earths did. "We'll go shopping. Just let me…" Amelia paused as a gray cat jumped up on the table she was at and took a piece of puzzle in her mouth. "Hex, down. Puzzles are not food." The piece fell out of Hex's mouth and Hex looked up. "No messing up my puzzle, Hex."
Hex didn't seem pleased with that as she hissed and knocked the box of puzzle pieces on the floor, jumping down and walked away. Amelia sighed. "We'll go shopping once I pick this up," Amelia said, bending down to pick up the piece and Romana and Star went down to help, picking up handfuls of pieces and putting them in the box. Amelia smiled when they were done, Romana and Star leaving the room as she put the box on the table and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Hex was lazily lounging on the floor and lifted her head. "Be good," Amelia said to the cat as she grabbed the keys to her new car. Since she didn't have to buy a house or rent an apartment – even if the house she and Winn had wanted, that Kara and Barry would have bought for them, had fallen though, so they were all re-evaluating their options – she had bought a car with the money she earned and parked it in Kara and Barry's spot in the garage. It's not like Supergirl and the Flash needed their own car, while the Allens had their own chauffer if and when they needed to make public appearances.
-Karry Universe-
It wasn't long after the call that Gideon announced an incoming portal and Rae came out on the X marked on the floor. They had kept the X there to make it obvious where people would come, and even replaced the tape with actual paint.
"Now that is nicer than begging Gypsy all the time," Rae said with a smile as Barry got up to give her a hug, followed by Kara. She was wearing her Flash outfit which Barry noticed was new.
"Nice outfit," Kara commented, picking up on the thought of Barry's.
"Thanks," Rae said. "Are those the girls? Wow they have gotten big." Rae smiled, seeing the two playing with Krypto and the green puppy.
"Girls, say hi to Aunt Rae," Kara called out.
Nora and Alura stopping playing at the voice. "Hi Aty Rae," the two said together and Garfield barked at Rae as well. Rae had to smiled.
"Wait, Garfield?" Rae said bending now as the pup transformed into a boy. "What's he doing here?"
"He's my son," Caitlin said, making Rae raise an eyebrow.
"I met your son before," Rae said remembering the 1st birthday party. Caitlin went and pushed a button on the watch, turning on the hologram so he didn't look green anymore. "Oh clever. I assumed you adopted him? But what happened to his dad?"
"Abandoned him," Caitlin said, and Rae raised an eyebrow. She remembered the man she had met back home. He was nice on her world when she had reunited boy and dad.
"Interesting… well I'm glad you have him." Rae smiled, waving at the boy. "So, what's the deal? Why am I here?"
"Well, you know how Darkseid destroyed our old Watchtower?" Kara asked, and Rae gave a nod, not much else to say about that. "Well, we made a new one which is ready now. We want you to see it."
"Wait," Cisco said spinning his chair around. He had lost interest until then not having been paying attention until he heard that. "Rae gets to see this new Watchtower before us?"
"You can come too. You too Caitlin. We can bring the kids," Barry said. "Gideon, can you active the zap tunnel?"
"Thanks for being an afterthought," Cisco sighed as Caitlin glared at him. It wasn't their place to question Kara and Barry on what they did for the Justice League; neither of them were official members, after all.
"Yes creator," Gideon said to Barry, and the Zap tunnel opened in STAR.
"You know, we have been using zap tunnels for years. I am sure my three nerds can help you advance," Rae said as she walked in. "They helped Prime, after all. Well Adam did…" Kara and Barry gave a look at this as each took a girl, following Rae through and thinking to each other it was not a bad idea to see how they could advance their Zap technology; they also thought that they needed to catch up with Prime, too with Rae's comment there. Caitlin took Garfield into the portal, followed by Cisco.
"Nice," Rae was saying on the other side. The zap tunnel came out into a large room. It was the same room that in the 31st century the council had met, but it was different here. New and shiny. A large table was in the room, representing it as a large meeting room.
"This is the meeting room." Kara confirmed. "It's in the middle of Watchtower, which is more like a mansion," Kara explained. "That door leads to a lab, a computer room, and a Gideon room. Not to mention Barry's new speed lab." Kara and John Stewart had been the main masterminds behind the place, so they knew it the best.
Kara led them in the opposite direction though, keeping her arms around a quiet Alura. "Main hall." Kara said as they excited the meeting room. "Upstairs there are more living quarters and living areas, in case anyone wants a place to just chill. Over here is a storage area where we can put things we collect… Training areas that way as well." Kara was walking backwards, towards a door and opening it. "But of course, it's all on the moon."
Kara walked through the entrance onto the moon's surface, and Rae flowed looking up at the dome over their heads, obviously keeping and giving them all oxygen. "Kryptonian and some Martian technology," Kara explained. "All of this was built by servant robots we invented using the one at the fortress for explanation, not to mention Red Tornado-like robots. Oh, and STAR is of course marketing those robots, eventually, for the public, so we'll get some money back from all this. The dome makes atmosphere and oxygen, while gravitational plating placed under the crust provides Earth-like gravity."
"Wow," Rae said, taking in the sight.
"This was inspired by you," Barry said, knowing that was where Kara got the idea. "Your Watchtower. Although I think the Moon beats space station."
"I don't know about that, but I am impressed," Rae said looking back to the mansion-like house they had exited.
"Also, Jesse in the speed lab." Barry pointed to the tube-like tunnel going around the dome. "She's been wanting to have you run there," Barry said, and Rae had to smirk.
"I'll beat any records you have," Rae said.
"You wish," Barry playfully responded; and Kara smiled, feeling Barry's amusement. The playful nature of this competition.
"Oh, hey Caitlin?" Kara said as Rae and Barry started moving off. "The atmosphere is good enough to sustain life… I was thinking your power can bring it on the moon." Caitlin gave a smirk at that. "We bought some soil and seeds."
"Only need a little," Caitlin replied. "When plants decay they create the perfect compost for more plants to grow from. I can speed up that process to make for a good coverage here. Will have to work around the affect of the metamorphosis though."
"Oh, don't worry about that. We got the plants and soil from other countries to not bring the Metamorphosis to the moon." Barry stated.
"Wait. What did you say?" Rae had stopped following the group back inside, causing Barry to turn around at the question.
"Oh, the Metamorphosis? It's a virus that…"
"Creates meta humans," Rae finished for her cousin. "I know. It's been on my Earth for years."
The Karry Universe group was silent at this, processing what Rae had just said.
I knew the name was familiar, Kara thought to Barry. They had all thought the name chosen for the virus was familiar, it seemed right to name it that and they couldn't place why, but now they were hitting themselves in the head. Metaphorically speaking. They had made no headway on knowing who created the metamorphosis but now they just might if it was the same as what happened on New Justice.
-Karry Universe-
Amelia had driven the girls to a large store in the city – they apparently not the only ones getting last minute costumes. Star and Romana seemed overwhelmed by the wall of costumes and choices. There were still some great ones to choose from, given they were in a city after all.
"What do we pick?" Star asked Amelia, who shrugged. She'd never dressed up for the two Halloweens not on her home Earth, that and dressing up hadn't been a thing where she had come from.
"Look, they have Supergirl," Romana said; Amelia's eyes went to where the girl was pointing. There were two Supergirl outfits. The old costume and the new one she had been wearing for the last few months.
"I can be Supergirl!" The two girls said together and then looked at each other
"No… me," Romana stated, but Star pouted.
"Me!" Star argued.
"I saw it first!" Romana pointed out.
"Hey, girls," Amelia cut the argument short, "Since you both want Supergirl but do not want to dress the same how about neither of you be Supergirl. Okay?" Amelia stated. The two pouted, but nodded, not wanting to fight over the costume anymore. "There are a lot of other costumes. Disney costume. Other Justice League. Find something you like."
The two girls nodded, walking together as they took in all their options. The two mumbling to each other under their breaths.
"Look," this time it was Star who called out – Amelia was getting bored – going over to a costume, and both going to grab two different ones. Amelia looked at the picture on the front of the bag. One was Daphne and the other was Velma from Scooby Doo.
"Can we?" They asked.
"Sure," Amelia said. "Let's make sure to get the right size." Amelia looking at the sizes of the costume and finally choosing the one she thought would fit. Then she smirked. "I got a very clever idea." Amelia told the girls with a smirk. "We might need Cisco's help..." Amelia bent down as she whispered her idea the girls, the two smiling as Amelia took out her cellphone and texted Cisco. It was only a second later Cisco texted back, simply saying he was on it. "All set."
"What about you?" Star asked as Amelia went to head to the cashier. She paused. "You need to dress up!"
"No, I don't," Amelia said, not really into the idea.
"But… you… it would be fun," Romana said, it seeming to be the best answer a five-year-old could come up with.
"Please." The pair chorused, both giving her the puppy-dog-eyed look.
"Barry and Kara could not have taken care of this?" Amelia mumbled but saw the girls looked so nodded. "Fine."
"Hey if we can't be Supergirl, you can," Star said with a smile and Romana seemed to agree.
"Old outfit, not new," Romana added, and Amelia had to sigh, wondering how she got into this.
-Karry Universe-
"So, there are obviously differences between our Metamorphosis and New Justice's, but if there's enough similarities it means there has to be someone the same on both Earths who helped create it," Caitlin was explaining, now back in STAR Labs on Earth.
"I'm no expert on the Metamorphosis," Rae said as eyes turned to her. "But I know one." Rae twisted the chair she was on to the computer as Cisco got a text message. He gave a smirk.
"You got this without me, right? Good," Cisco said before any even answered as he texted back whoever texted him. "I need Michelle…"
Should we be concerned there? Kara asked Barry, who shrugged. Kara was with the girls and Garfield, watching over them in the little living area they had there.
Attention went to the computer screen as Rae's call was answered by a familiar face.
"Stopwatch," Rae said to the man that answered.
That's Winn, Barry thought back. They had not known Winn was in Rae's Justice League.
"Hey Rae," Winn said.
"You okay?" Rae asked seeming to find something odd in Winn voice.
"Um… fine, something wrong?" Winn asked.
"I need Wild Fire," Rae told Winn.
"Um… well she's right here…" Winn said seeming to have more to say but stopped at that.
"Good, send her over," Rae said, and Winn gave a nod. "Stopwatch, I don't know what you've been up to today, but careful." Winn raised an eyebrow. "I know that look in your eyes. I've had it before." Winn gave a nod as he hung up. Rae didn't know what Winn was up to, but he had been on it when she had left, along with Adam and Jess. They hadn't told her, and she had respected their privacy.
A few seconds later Gideon announced an incoming portal and on the X on the floor came Wild Fire. She was in her yellow and orange outfit and had a helmet that successfully covered her face. "Wild Fire," Rae said, smiling. "I need your brain, not your power."
"Could have told me that," Wild Fire said, the voice was familiar to everyone. Wild Fire removed her helmet to show the very familiar face of Caitlin Snow. Karry's Caitlin had to laugh at this as her double looked at her, both smirking at one another but no one in on the joke.
Should have known when she said she knew an expert on the metamorphosis, Barry thought to Kara.
Winn and Caitlin are in her League. Kara however thought back. They had not given those names to Rae, the two not seeming the superhero type, even with their powers. Wonder who else on our Earth is not a hero here but could be on hers?
"Your power is fire?" Karry Caitlin asked.
"Yeah," New Justice's Caitlin replied. "My dad always said me and Crystal were the opposite of each other."
Karry's Caitlin noticed the look on her counterpart's face and knew Crystal had been in Rae's original League. Killed by their Barry. "Hey, maybe before you leave we can get my Crystal here," Karry Caitlin said, and that brought a small smile to her counterpart. "But first I need your expertise..." And as Karry's Caitlin explained to her counterpart what was going on, the two got to work just as Barry's cellphone rang.
"Joe?" Barry answered.
"Hey Bar. Need a little help here," Joe said and Barry could hear the gun fire and panic in the background. "It's bad. CCPD. Me and Patty are behind our desks. Could use The Flash or Supergirl…"
"Got it. Need to head to CCPD," Barry said, hanging up and summoning his outfit. He turned to Kara who had the kids – someone had to stay and watch them with the Caitlins busy and Cisco off doing whatever he was doing. Kara nodded, knowing she needed to stay back on this one.
"Need a hand?" Rae said, seeming to notice the situation.
"I can take care of it myself," Barry said, not thinking it could be that bad.
"Come on… two Flashes together," Rae said, putting her helmet on and Barry had to smile. Giving a nod as the two ran out.
"You forgot your goggles!" New Justice Caitlin yelled, but the two were already gone. "Why does she always forget her goggles on other worlds…?" New Justice Caitlin sighed, having heard of what happened on Paranormal after she joined the League. She took her leader's goggles for safety, though.
….
"Why do I always forget my goggles when I am on other worlds," Rae said when they got to the CCPD, noticing she had left them behind but shrugging it off. It wasn't like she had an identity on this Earth they could use. The police station was in chaos though; it seemed to just be random madness though – Police officers firing guns, not just at criminals but at each other.
Barry shook his head, indicating Rae to follow and found Joe and his new partner, Patty Spivot, taking cover under a desk. Both had guns out and tried not to jump as the two speedsters joined them. "What happened here?" Barry asked, wanting to know the situation before starting to disarm people.
"Some idiots decided to handle a meta human without contacting us," Joe said. "Didn't put on the power blockers right. He used his powers and now… I don't know, everyone seems angry. Meta human got away."
"Where did he go?" Rae asked.
"Out the back," Joe said.
"Okay Flash," Rae said turning to her alternate cousin. "I'll go grab this meta human and then come back and help you disarm everyone."
"Who's she?" Patty asked.
"I'm the Flash," Rae said running off.
"Not on this Earth," Barry had to laugh, but Rae's game plan was good. They couldn't let this meta human go free. Barry jumped up, running to go disarm everyone and cuff them to desk until they could figure out how to undo what this meta human had done. More for their safety than anything else.
"Wait… this Earth? That multiverse stuff is true!" Patty said, seeming shocked. After Darkseid's defeat there had been rumors of more than one Supergirl and Flash being seen. Even some blurry pictures and videos, since there was not a lot of people able to be around.
Some people pointed at STAR Gaming's multiverse game, claiming it was all the evidence they needed for it to be true, but Patty had dismissed it though.
"Not the time," Joe said as a bullet graze the desk a mere centimeter from his own head.
….
Rae had run out the back and easily found the meta human, a creepy-looking man with short hair, still in handcuffs.
"Hey, this escape is over," Rae said, walked up.
"And who are you?" The meta said, turning to her.
"Not the point," Rae said, going to active the cuffs. They were the same as the ones used on other Earths, including her own. The meta human looked her in the eyes though, and as he did, his eyes glowed red. Rae paused, not noticing her own eyes glow red too, but she didn't react as she activated the cuffs. "Come on." Rae grabbed hold of the meta, running back into the station.
Rae pushing the meta in a chair, looking around. It seemed Barry had gotten all weapons out of dangerous hands and everyone tied down. "Ah good, you got him," Joe said, and Rae gave a nod.
"Flash, next time on my Earth, follow my lead," Barry joked.
"Oh yeah, of course," Rae said more sarcastically then she should have. She felt more annoyed than she should have at the comment. Barry frowned. "I got him though."
"Yeah, now just need to figure out how to reverse his powers," Barry said, not seeming to get Rae's annoyance though. "We'll get some friends on this. At least no one was seriously hurt." Barry gave Rae a nod and the two ran out.
"Well Roy Bivolo," Joe said, finding paperwork on the floor and looking for the name. "You're going to meta human lock up."
-Karry Universe-
Rae ran into the SuperFlash cave before Barry, who got there just after she stopped. He had struggled to keep up with Rae in that moment, and it was like Rae was going faster on purpose.
"What's with the speed?" Barry asked.
"Told you I'm faster than you," Rae said, and this time it didn't seem like a playful joke.
At that moment the zap tunnel opened, and Jesse exited; a welcome distraction.
"Jesse, nice timing," Barry called. "With Caitlin busy, can you figure out how a meta human made the entire police station angry and how to reverse it?"
"Oh, must have done something to the certain section of the brain," Jesse said with a light in her eyes at the task. "Once I can isolate what part, I think I can reverse it. Still want to get you in the speed lab." Jesse pointed at Rae, but before Rae could respond, Jesse was gone.
"Where are my goggles?" Rae asked. She had been looking around for them while Jesse had talked.
"Oh, I was keeping them safe for you," New Justice Caitlin said brightly, holding them up. Rae grabbed them with speed and force.
"Don't touch my stuff, Wild Fire," Rae said in a tone that made New Justice Caitlin look concerned. "I don't like people messing with my stuff."
"Sorry," New Justice Caitlin said giving Rae a weird look. "I was just keeping them safe."
Is it me or is Rae a little moody? Kara asked her husband and she could feel his agreement. What happened at CCPD?
Nothing, Barry thought back, curious himself.
"Well we figured it out," Karry Caitlin said before her New Justice counterpart could respond to her leader. "While you were gone my other self here quickly realized the two Metamorphosises are very similar. Too alike be a coincidence, in fact."
"So, I had Jess – very weird you guys having a female Jess – send over a list of who made our Metamorphosis all those years ago," New Justice Caitlin continued. "We had Gideon run through the list in a matter of seconds. Gideon managed to narrow it down to the most likely suspect: one Veronica Dale."
"I called her," Kara said continued. "And once she heard my name… well she told me everything. She was hired to do some research into meta humans and dark matter. You'll never guess who by." Kara not giving Barry the answer in her mind.
"Lex Luthor, from prison?" Barry said, it being the only thought he could think of.
"No, Maxwell Lord," Kara said, and Rae, who had been silent but fidgeting with speed up to that point, suddenly punched the counter, making the group jump and turn to her. Even the kids, who had been playing with Krypto looked up at the noise, surprisingly staying quiet.
"Seems he's back from Croatia. We found where he's living but trying to decide what to do about him." Kara continued, a little cautiously now
Rae looked at the address on the screen. "That man!" Rae said, putting on her goggles and put her helmet back on her head. "He's done for." A trail of light was all the group saw as Rae ran out.
"What's wrong with her?" Barry asked, stunned.
"What did you say about a meta human making people angry?" Karry Caitlin asked. "Is it possible Rae got whammied by him?"
"She did take him on alone," Barry said, thinking it over now. "But according to Joe, people got angry right away."
"Rae's not exactly normal." New Justice Caitlin stated, realization in her voice.
"It's possible her power effectively slowed down the affect," Karry's Caitlin said.
"Making her more… annoyed than angry," New Justice Caitlin finished. The two Caitlin's looking at each other at that.
"Then why did she suddenly go all crazy?" Kara asked.
"Because she's already angry at Lord," New Justice Caitlin said, knowing of what happened in Rae's past. "The man killed her father and now your meta human has just let all that rage out. It doesn't matter it's not the one who did it… she's obviously not the rational leader of the Justice League anymore. She's a hurt child with superpowers."
"Get on the line with Liberty Belle. See if she's got a cure." Barry instructed to this. "I'll go see about wringing her in. Get Velocity to help me," Barry knew he had just sent Jesse there, but the girl was smart and speedster. Maybe she had figured something out.
"We have some Anti-Speed formula," Karry Caitlin suggested, and Barry nodded, getting it.
"Krypto, go with Barry. I'm going to wait to see if we get the cure to bring it to you. Also going to call Lord and give him a heads up to get out of the way," Kara said, and with a nod all parties were ago.
-Karry Universe-
Maxwell Lord was in his apartment getting ready to go out when his phone rang. He had to smirk at the number.
"Kara Danvers? Is that you? I have missed our talks," Maxwell Lord said smugishly.
"It's Kara Allen now, and never hearing your voice again would have been too good," Kara said dryly. "But you have a problem: An angry speedster is on her way to you to avenge you killing her father."
"I know you don't think highly of me, but I have not killed any speedsters father," Lord said, confused by the statement.
"An alternate you did," Kara stated. "It's a long explanation. Just get out of your apartment."
Before Lord could say anything though a new voice called: "Hello Lord."
Rae had entered the apartment. She was vibrating with lightning surrounding her. Lord dropped his phone. "It's been a while." Rae ran up sparking with electricity as she ran Lord right to the wall, punching him. "Killing my father! Nearly killing me! To destroy a world!" She shouted.
"It wasn't me," Lord groaned, getting what Kara meant now. Lord went to grab a hidden gun, but Rae had grabbed the gun the second Lord got it, crushing it with her power. "I didn't do anything to you! I don't even know you..."
But the effect of the meta human on Rae was clouding her judgement; she wasn't listening as she tossed Lord across the room, he slammed into his TV and smashing it. Rae was on him fast, punching him at super speeds.
"Were you going to kill Barry? No, never! You're never hurting anyone ever again." Rae continued to punch out as she spoke, punching at super speed and Lord was getting seriously injured.
Barry ran in, injecting the anti-speed formula into Rae's back. Rae turned around, shocked at that. "Sorry Rae," Barry said as Wally joined him and Krypto was on the other side.
"Huh. It only works once," Rae said, running at the two speedsters, only seeing red now, they barely able to dodge her.
"Oh yeah. She's had it used on her before," a Caitlin said in Barry's ear and Barry guessed it was New Justice.
"Whoa!" Wally called, not believing what he was seeing. Rae was vibrating fast, electricity all around her now, the colors changing quickly. She was barely visible to the two. "How fast is she?"
Wally was trying his best to avoid Rae, attacked the same as Barry. Krypto was sending out freeze breath, but it seemed Rae was avoiding the dog. "She's a natural born speedster," A Caitlin said, and Barry was not sure which one. He didn't have time to keep up.
"She's never seemed this powerful before!" Barry called.
"It's possible she's been unintentionally holding back," a Caitlin said. "Her believing she couldn't go that fast must cause her not to. But she's also in the middle of some intense emotions and we know that sometimes gives power boosts."
"Is there a bright side here?" Wally asked. Rae didn't seem to want to hurt them, but she was embarrassing them.
"Jesse figured out a cure and Kara's on her way with it," a Caitlin said.
A shock wave knocked Wally and Barry off their feet. Rae stood above them. "You boys think you're faster than me?!" Rae yelled out. "I am a biological child of the speed force. I am faster than you. More powerful!"
At that, Kara came in with a device and shined the light at Rae. It shone out bright lights of red and yellow, Rae pausing a moment. "What was that…?" Rae scoffed, giving Kara a look before running out in a flash.
"It didn't work," Kara said, nervous.
"It worked at the police station," a Caitlin said. "Unless… her goggles. She's not really seeing the lights! You need to get the goggles off her face."
"Easier said than done," Barry muttered. "Velocity, get Lord to a hospital." Barry and Kara nodded at each other, running out after Rae together, along with Krypto.
….
At STAR Labs, Gideon announced an incoming portal, confusing both Caitlins. Then a Kara in a white shirt and red skirt appeared along with two dogs. Flash Pup and her own Superdog.
"Where's Rae?" New Justice's Kara Lane asked instantly.
"She's in the middle of a meta human-induced fit of rage and we can't cure her because her goggles are on. We can lead you to her location," New Justice's Caitlin said, and Kara and the dogs were out.
….
Kara Allen and Krypto were soon joined in the air by Kara Lane, her Krypto, and Flash Pup – Kara Allen didn't decide to question her double's timely arrival.
"Is that Rae?" Kara Lane asked, seeing the trail of lights below – two speedsters running. One was far behind the other and the colors Rae was making, Kara had not seen before. "Where was this speed when Savitar was around?"
"Why did you come?" Kara Allen asked. As far as she knew no one had called her.
"I knew something was wrong," Kara Lane said, speeding up herself. "Wild Fire can you get me through to Rae's com?"
"On it," Caitlin said, easily getting Kara patched through.
"Rae!" Kara Lane called out. "Rae. It's me. Clark's here too. Please stop." And Kara Allen and Barry were surprised when Rae did indeed stop. They were in the middle of the wasteland now, and Kara Allen wondered what Rae had been trying to do
Kara's Lane and Allen landed down on the street in front of Rae. Barry stopped a moment later. "Kara?" Rae said, anger clearly still in her. Clark barked, moaning at his mistress' distress. "What?"
"Hey," Kara Lane said stepping forward. "Rae, you need to let me help you."
"I'm… I'm angry," Rae said. "I want to… To hurt…"
"You don't," Kara Lane said. "This is not you. We have a cure. Just give me your goggles." Kara Lane stepped, forward holding out her hand. "Just give them to me. Please Rae." Clark and Krypto moaned as well.
Rae seemed, unsure but after a moment took off her goggles and put them in Kara Lane's hand. Kara Allen took that moment to shine the light into Rae's eyes. After a second, Rae's lighting calmed down and she stopped vibrating.
"Kara…?" Rae muttered, blinking as if coming out of a trance. "Oh god, what have I done?" Rae suddenly looked shocked and upset.
"It's okay," Kara said, bringing Rae into a hug and kissing the top of her head. "It's okay. It wasn't your fault."
Kara Allen was glad this had taken place in the wasteland and not in public. They didn't need this publicity.
My counterpart came when Rae got angry. She got through to Rae in her rage, Kara Allen commented to her husband, having an idea of what was going on there.
You think? Barry asked, and knew his wife thought it. Should we tell them?
No, let them discover it on their own time, Kara thought with a smile, petting her Krypto.
-Karry Universe-
The group had moved to the SuperFlash cave where both Caitlins checked over Rae, much to the embarrassment of the speedster. Her dog, Clark jumped up onto Rae's lap and Rae put her arms around him. Kara Lane stayed close to her girlfriend as the Karry of this world grabbed the playing kids. They seemed to be happy with two Kryptos, fondly yelling "Kryppo!" at them. New Justice's Krypto seeming to be as good as the Karry's Krypto at handling kids.
"Um… thanks," Rae said to Karry Kara and Barry once Caitlin was satisfied by her health. "I mean… I wanted to help you and you ended up saving me."
"Hey, you can always count on us," Barry said.
"The multiverse had got your back," Kara Allen smiled, and Rae nodded but Kara Allen saw a look on her face. She shrugged it off though, figuring Rae was just embarrassed by being put under a meta human's power.
"Well, Maxwell Lord is braindead," Wally said as he came, in followed by Jesse. Rae looked down.
"No…" Rae moaned at this, wishing she didn't know this. She may not like Maxwell Lord, but this wasn't the Lord who had hurt her world, herself and her family and knew he didn't deserve this fate.
"He also has a do not resuscitate thing in place, and is an organ donner with a rare blood type." Jesse added. "When and if the time comes, he'll save at least five people who need those organs – and blood."
"And we found all his notes at his place on the creation of the Metamorphosis," Wally said.
"Damn… I'm sorry," Rae was all Rae could say, looking strangely defeated now. "I should…"
"Stop," Barry said to his cousin. "You got hit my a meta human power which tapped into your own anger. It's not your fault." Barry put a hand on Rae's shoulder. "Just don't forget your goggles again…" Rae tried not to laugh. If she had been wearing her goggles at CCPD, the power would not have affected her.
"Our Maxwell wasn't a good person either. He took a coma patient and transformed her into a weird backward clone of me. When James Olsen died he turned him into Metallo," Kara explained, Rae frowning at that – the name 'Metallo' oddly familiar too her. "Add in the damage he's done with this metamorphosis, well…" Kara let this sentence explain itself.
"What happened to all that speed?" Wally asked, looking to Rae now. "Is it gone?"
"Doubtful," Jesse said before either Caitlin, or Rae, could. "Rae is born with a natural connection to the speed force, especially considering her history of it saving her life when born prematurely, her connection to the speed force is something unique. Probably the only thing stopping her from being that fast all the time is her own human restraint. If she let herself go she could do a lot."
"I don't know if I ever want to again," Rae said shaking her head. "I felt so powerful, like I could do anything. I felt like a god. I don't want to be like Savitar. There is something to being human after all." Rae smiled at her Kara as she said that.
"Either way I still want to get you into the speed lab," Jesse said cautiously.
"Another time," Rae said, as a new female entered the lab.
"Amie," Nora, Alura, and Garfield all called out – all of them having trouble with Amelia's full name, so the three had seemed to settle on Amie.
Amelia smiled at the kids for this.
"What are you doing here? Are Star and Romana okay?" Kara asked, turning to her sister-in-law.
"With Winn," Amelia said. "I need Cisco. Where is he?"
"Here," Cisco said, moving the curtain around his costume-making area. He had it added in there to give him some privacy and had been there since he'd dismissed himself earlier. Michelle had joined him. "Nice timing, me and Michelle are done."
"You made four costumes already?!" Amelia asked, shocked as the rest of the room watched on in silence.
"Actually, we also made the costumes for Star and Romana since they cannot be wearing store-bought when everyone else's is home made. We also made two for Alura and Nora," Cisco said. "But for your costume all we did was make some alteration to Kara's old Supergirl costume."
"What?" Kara Allen asked, getting edgy now when it came to anything related to her costumes and not being in the loop.
"Star and Romana insist I go trick or treating with them as you. Your old costume, but they had no adult sizes left in store, so Cisco did it," Amelia explained.
"When did you change your outfit?" Rae asked, wanting to have asked that for a while.
"When did you?" Kara Allen countered.
"Okay, good point," Rae said, smiling a little now.
"Wait, how many costumes do you need?" Barry asked, thinking in his head of all the costumes Cisco said he made.
"Well, you and the girls are coming too," Amelia said wryly now. "And Krypto has a costume." Both Kryptos turned their heads at that. "The only person who does not have a costume is Kara."
"Yeah, we have been trying to think," Michelle spoke up, having come to help Cisco make the costumes right away.
"Actually, I've got an idea," Kara Allen said, her eyes going to the New Justice group. "Cisco, has any feature art for the second multiverse game come out?" Their first multiverse game had come out after their Darkseid battle and had done incredibly. So good that STAR Gaming was going to make a series from it. The first game was based on Prime's world hopping adventures to map the multiverse, only with Karry taking Prime's place in the adventure, obviously. They had also changed some of the Earths names, including their own.
"No," Cisco said, shaking his head.
"Change Rae's costume to the new one," Kara Allen said with a smirk on her face.
"I'm sorry, what?" Rae asked, confused.
"STAR Gaming does multiverse games." Kara now explained. "Our next one is based on our adventure with you," Kara Allen stated, making Rae blink. "And I am going to dress as our new Flash to advertise the new game."
"That's brilliant!" Cisco said, giving Barry a look.
"There's a reason she's our expert," Barry smirked.
"So, can I borrow your outfit?" Kara Allen asked Rae, knowing she was asking Rae a big favor here. She knew how important outfits were. "I mean, I could have Cisco make a new one for just one night if your unwilling."
"Um… you know what… just get it back to me as soon as your done trick or treating,' Rae said, a little stressed at the thought. "Got a change of clothes here?"
"STAR Lab shirts and pants," Karry Caitlin said, taking out the items. Rae ran, grabbing them and a second alter she was wearing them; her outfit folded in her hands. Holding them out to Kara, Supergirl took the outfit.
"Just don't make any alterations. I'm going to need it after all," Rae said, and Kara Allen gave a nod.
"I'm going to need the goggles," Kara Allen said and Rae took the goggles off, handing them. "And the helmet…" Rae brought her father's helmet closer to her, and Kara Allen knew she had asked too much. "It's fine, I'll have Cisco make one."
"You know, they sell copies of the helmet for 20 bucks back home," New Justice Caitlin spoke up. "We can easily grab one and send it over." Kara Allen gave a smile at that.
"But we should go," Kara Lane said.
"I enjoyed seeing your new Watchtower. Next visit won't be as dramatic," Rae said, her Kara, Krypto, Clark and Caitlin joining her as the New Justice group went to stand on the X, Kara and Rae bent down to pet their dogs at that as Karry Krypto gave his double and double's pup a bark, which they returned.
"Gideon, portal to New Justice," Barry said.
"Yes, Creator," Gideon said, and a portal opened, the New Justice group going home.
"Well, I'll see you later," Amelia said when Cisco had given her a bag with the costumes she needed.
-Karry Universe-
The Next Day…
They had found a more suburban areas to trick or treat in, since the city was not as good as running to each house. Kara had to smile at Barry, Winn, Romana, Star, and Krypto dressed up as the Scooby gang: Star was of course Daphne, since she had red hair, and Romana had willingly taken Velma, liking Velma better anyway – she even had fake glasses on. Barry had gotten Freddy, and looked adorable as far as Kara was concerned, while Winn took Shaggy and was having a ball with, using 'zoinks' whenever he could; Krypto was, of course, Scooby Doo – Cisco had made a Scooby dog outfit that covered the entire top of his body and his legs, it even had a top that was above his head covering his ears with Scooby's face. In his mouth, he was carrying a pumpkin candy basket that Cisco had put the words 'Scooby snacks' on. Krypto, obviously, hadn't been too happy with it, but had walked besides the girls and his attitude changed when a woman laughed and went to get him a dog treat.
Any house with a dog was giving him a dog treat, and if they did not have a dog some of them were tossing in cold cuts. One even a piece of bacon. So, Krypto was now more excited than the girls, running with them from house to house.
Barry and Winn were each holding one of the girls; Alura and Nora playfully dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Doctor Seuss. The two were laughing and trying their hardest to yell out trick or treat as well. Only they messed up the words a bit.
Amelia was dressed in Kara's former Supergirl outfit; the outfit having been altered just a little bit to fit her properly. Kara had been worried someone might realize it was the real deal, but so far no one seemed to care, especially with Hero Corp making damn realistic ones anyway.
Kara herself had done a bit of a photo shoot in Rae's outfit and the helmet New Justice had sent over that morning for STAR Gaming, putting it out there she was dressing as STAR Gaming newest version of the Flash from an alternate world. The outfit itself was not a perfect fit on Kara, but she and Rae were close enough in size it was fine for one night. She had even announced she would be trick or treating with her kids in this outfit, and if she was seen, to come for a photo. She had taken a lot of photos with kids and adults so far.
"They seem to be having fun," Amelia said when Kara was done with a photo. Star and Romana were happily running with Barry, Winn, and Krypto. Alura and Nora were happily laughing too. "Surprised Caitlin didn't come with Garfield and Jenny?"
"We offered, but they had plans already to go treat or tricking with the group from the Meta Home," Kara said; Eliza and Zor were taking all the kids from meta home out and Ronnie and Caitlin had volunteered to join with their kids to help, given the sheer number the home now had. "Next year we'll bring them all together."
Amelia gave a nod at this.
"Something wrong?" Kara had noticed Amelia didn't seem very happy during this trip. "Is it something with Romana and Star?" Kara was starting to wonder if the part-time guardian thing was getting to Amelia, and Amelia had just decided she didn't want kids at all.
"No," Amelia said. "I love them. I'm still on board with the plans... once we can find a house as good as the other one." Kara smiled at that. There trouble there not unknown, and with the girls having started school and Amelia and Winn not getting married for another two years it was not as important.
"So, you and Winn never going to adopt on your own?" Kara asked, having wondered if someday the two would want a kid that was not shared.
"No. We had a long conversation about it and we both decided being a part-time parent was better for us," Amelia said. She had been wondering if Winn would want a kid of their own someday, but Winn had apparently thought about it and decided he prefer the idea of being a part time dad. "Winn doesn't have good experiences with parents so doesn't really want to be one himself."
"Okay. So what's wrong?" Kara asked as she watched Barry and Winn run up to another house with the girls and Krypto.
"Just… this…. All Hallows Eve," Amelia said.
"Oh," Kara said. "No trick or treating on your Earth?"
"No, it was a very religious holiday," Amelia said. "A day to honor the dead and, for some, to accept death was coming. On my old Earth, if someone knew they were dying, their last All Hallows Eve was special. I actually had what we thought was my last before the treatment saved my life. I remember Barry always doing something special for our mother. I would join too, even though I had no memories of her. It was… special, and now I am the last of my world and it feels weird not doing something for them. But it doesn't exist here or Mutant or Gender. The last few years I did something on my own, but Star and Romana wanted to trick or treat."
Kara put an understanding hand on Amelia's back. "You know, when I came here I thought I was done with all my real traditions. I had no one – not even Kal – to share them with. But Alex and Clark surprised me. They let me teach them and joined me. I didn't do every holiday from Krypton, but the really special ones I did, and I had people to share it with. As I grew those people grew with me. Barry, Lois, Jason, Ella, the girls, and Aunt Astra and my dad now too… well a lot of people. My point here is, if the tradition is important to you it doesn't have to die with your world, and you don't have to do it alone. I'll do it with you."
"Really?" Amelia asked.
"Yeah," Kara said. "It actually sounds nice honoring the dead. You know, not tomorrow but the day after is All Souls' Day. Maybe we can move the tradition there to keep Halloween for trick or treating."
"Okay," Amelia said with a smile.
"You should pick out a cute name for your world," Kara said. "This way we can honor the Earth by name."
"Good idea," Amelia said, having been trying to think up names for her Earth for a while but coming up blank. "You know, Mutant calls my Earth Other Karry now..." Amelia still talked to Mutant, a lot obviously and went there every so often. "I.. I kind of like it." Kara had to chuckle at that and gave a nod.
"So, you were really so close to death they did something special for you?" Kara asked after a moment. She had known Amelia had been sick when she was young, but she had not known they had given up hope at one point.
Amelia nodded. "Yeah."
"That's kind of sad," Kara said, not knowing what it would be like to face a fatal disease at such a young age, or watch her kids face it. She felt lucky her kids with alien and speedster DNA were the picture of health. Even Star and Romana were both aliens so couldn't succumb to anything Earth-borne.
Amelia shrugged. "You know at the time it was hard, but I accepted death back then. Death doesn't scare me. I faced it too many times. It's a part of me now," Kara had to smile at her sister-in-law's attitude, liking it.
"Kara, Amelia!" Romana yelled, running up with Star and Krypto behind her. Barry and Winn were not far off with the twins. "They had big candy bar!" Romana had to wave the big Crunch Bar in the air as if to prove it.
"Nice,' Kara said smiling. "Come on. Next house." The two were running up as Kara laughed, the group chasing the two.
-Karry Universe-
Later that night, Kara had sent the outfit back to New Justice, but she hadn't gone over to that world alone – as per her promise to New Justice Caitlin, Karry's Caitlin had managed to coerce Crystal into coming with her to the other world. Her sister was a gift she was only too willing to share with the other Caitlin.
A Few Days Later…
Caitlin was in her Green House, watching over her plants and smiling at the Kryptonian plants in one corner. She had been giving them to Kara but had found Garfield liked them and she liked some too. So, had started growing more.
"Want some fruit?" Caitlin asked Garfield, picking a pink Kryptonian one that was one of their favorites. Caitlin cut it into pieces, giving one to her son.
"Yes," Garfield said taking the piece and putting it into his mouth.
Caitlin, out of curiosity, put a piece under a microscope to check it for the Metamorphosis. "Of course you don't have it," Caitlin said, looking at the fruit. Even with getting all Lord's work they had found no cure for it and New Justice had said it's incurable anyway. "Alien DNA… Unlike this." Caitlin took a strawberry she had grown and put a piece of it under.
To her surprise the metamorphosis wasn't part of it.
"What…?" Caitlin asked, taking the dirt where the strawberry was growing and checking it for the virus to find none. She knew this dirt had the virus in it once though, she had not even tried to avoid it. Caitlin went out of the Green House for a second and took some dirt right from the front outside, checking it at first to see if the Metamorphosis was in it, and it was. She then used her power to make some grass grow on the dirt. Rechecking the grass and the dirt, she found the metamorphosis gone.
"Mama, more!" Garfield yelled, having finished the piece of fruit Caitlin had given him. Caitlin gave him more of the fruit, distracted.
"I got to some more experiments sweetie," Caitlin said not sure what she had just discovered. "Am I the key…?" She asked to herself now.
Post Chapter Note 1: Well, I hope you enjoyed this crossover with New Justice. There is going to be a corresponding chapter when New Justice get back, but that's more focused on Winn. Although will include something for Rae at the end…
Post Chapter Note 2: And Lord is also gone. I hope you enjoyed me having him back for an ending – and I still have Morgan Edge there, who will return with his and Lord's plan still intact.
Next Time on Karry Universe:
Thanksgiving- There might be more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving as Caitlin thinks she can remove the metamorphosis from the food supply. But she's going to need some help from another Mother Nature... Meanwhile in Starling, Laurel is going to give birth any day now and everyone is excited, but unknown to them, someone has their sights on Laurel and her baby. And who is the new vigilante in town, calling himself the Red Hood?
Karry Master OUT!