Karry Universe
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General Note 1: As some of you who follow our Facebook page may know now, during Sliders 2.0 – The Nazi World War, it was in fact going to be Paranormal/Extranormal Earth that inadvertently started the war with Nazi Earth. Given the added negativity Sigma thought it would give that Earth, the problem party ended up being new world, Hero Earth. But here's the thing – we were foreshadowing Accord/Millie of that Earth getting into serious trouble long before, so we had to swap things around and well, this was the result. Accord needs to learn a lesson in her meddling, and Karry Universe is where that happens…
Important Note: Also, a few chapters back in this story I made a mistake I instantly regretted, but I am going to correct in this chapter. I will further explain why it was a mistake and why it has been corrected at the end. I'm sure you'll catch onto it pretty fast though!
An Elongated Mistake
Mid-December
-Prime Earth-
Barry, Caitlin, and Kara were inside the Cortex – both Kara and Caitlin very very pregnant while both were looking over baby books together.
That was when they were distracted by a portal opening.
"Must be Cisco," Barry said, papers over his desk, having relocated to the Cortex to get away from STAR Lab employees; but was surprised when a familiar face came out of the portal. "…or Accord," he knew it was the Extranormal version of Amelia simply because she came alone.
"Hi," Accord said, smiling at her brother and waving at the girls. "Where's Cisco?"
"SnowAllen Earth with Vibe Junior," Barry said; Accord pulled a face and groaned at this.
"Why does he have to be there?" Accord asked.
"He's just checking on their counterpart. He had a problem with his powers a while ago that the two fixed," Barry said, raising an eyebrow at his alternative sister.
"How long before he's back? I kind of need him." Accord asked.
"Perhaps you better book an appointment in future," Caitlin pointed out. Accord raised her eyebrow at the other woman. "Bad joke?" Caitlin looked back at Kara who was smirking as Powie rested her head on her mistress's baby bump.
Barry gave a shrug at this, but before he could say anything else the only door opened and in came a Leonard Snart; he had a large bag with him.
"You got to get me off this world!" This Leonard growled, his eyes on Barry.
"Whoa, hang on, which Leonard are you?" Barry asked.
Prime Earth was the only known world in their large multiverse which had an ARGUS-run stranded human department. It was for people who worlds were destroyed or they could not go home – all living in a communal apartment complex in Central City. The department currently had two Leonard Snart's in it: one was a stranded from a now-dead world who called himself Len; while the other was refugee from Nazi Earth, who called himself Leo.
"Len," this Leonard confirmed, "and I cannot stay around my double or his boyfriend a minute longer! And since my sister is MIA on this Earth, I want a new one – one where my sister is around, at least." There was a longing in his voice as he said this.
"I know your vibration," Accord said, instantly interested in Len's predicament.
"His Earth is dead. Cisco checked," Kara pointed out from her spot.
"His Earth is dead, yes, but you didn't check for anyone with the same vibration," Accord pointed out with a smirk. "I think I know the Earth for you. Besides that, their Cisco can help me as well." A portal opened behind Accord. "To Karry Universe!"
"The perfect world? I am in," Len said, jumping through the portal as Accord went with him, the portal closing behind.
"We should really take the perfect world and the fact Kara and Barry are rich out of that slide show," Caitlin said after a pause – when they found new stranded they gave them a little PowerPoint presentation of the available worlds in their system; more than one wanted to go to Karry after seeing the monetary factor, but the group had not even contacted Karry about them. Since Karry had taken in two stranded already, and most of the people asking had counterparts on Karry, they decided against sending more to them.
"More to the point, doesn't she know their Cisco isn't Vibe?" Barry pointed out.
"Should we warn Karry?" Kara asked
"Accord is probably already there," Barry said. "They'll figure it out. I'll get back to work…"
"How's Kayla doing as Power Girl?" Kara groaned as she stood up, moving over to the coms – since reaching a point in her pregnancy where she could no longer fit in her superhero outfit, they had requested the Hitchhiking Kayla to step in as Power Girl, so no one noticed their resident superhero was missing. They'd even borrowed tech from Karry to give Kayla holographic hair to look like Prime's.
"Bored," Kayla replied over coms. She had Polly, Super Pup with her, and the two had been flying across the city for a while.
"Well, it's just keeping up appearances," Barry pointed out.
"Yeah, keep up the good work," Kara added as Powie yapped her approval too.
-Karry Universe-
"Lisa and Mick were by before," Caitlin told Kara and Barry as they entered the Superflash cave. "They want to help more; we sent them to Watchtower to help Tantu and Ray look for Totems."
"Good," Kara said, going to the computer. Since the 1st of the month when she had announced their colony on Titania, things had been crazy for them – STAR Co. needed a lot of attention, plus a birthday party for Romana had to be arranged, there was always superhero work, and they just wanted time with their kids too. Kara gave a look over at Nora and Alura who were playing with Garfield before turning to the computer. "Got to do some work but can do it from here."
"I heard about delaying the new drones," Cisco spoke up – one of the scientist in STAR Labs had been making a new drone that was supposed to be more advanced and easier to use than the ones currently on the market – with a better Gideon interface, since Gideon could technically connect to anything, but other STAR Co. tech worked best. "What happened?"
"Just… an error. Going to meet with the scientist making them. Want to come?" Barry asked, but was cut off by a portal opening.
Cisco jumped up when he saw Accord come out, his feet going through the table. He pointed at her in fear. "Stay away!" Cisco said.
"You really got to stop doing that," Accord sighed, frowning at the man.
"Why did you bring your Leonard Snart?" Caitlin was the one to ask, noticing Len behind Accord.
"Oh, he's not mine. But there is someone on this world who…" Accord stopped as Amelia walked into the Superflash cave. "Talk about the devil…." Amelia gave her counterpart a raised eyebrow.
"Huh, another me," Amelia stated, barely raising her eyebrow at Accord before turning to Barry. "Any reason I am getting a thousand texts from Ray?" She asked not seeming to care about her counterpart.
"Forget that," Accord spoke. "You have an old friend here." Accord tapped Leonard's arm, making both look at her. "Your vibrations are the same. You're from the same world – the last of a dead world."
"You're Millie?" Len said, looking over Amelia with a frown. "My Millie?"
"Len?" Amelia asked, both individuals seeming not to believe it.
"Wait, if you're my Millie, tell me, why did I stop being a criminal?" Len asked.
"Your father killed your sister," Amelia said, and Cisco turned at that. "So, you turned him, and all your criminal friends, in. In exchange you started working for the police as a consultant and eventually started your own business where you would consult other companies and tell them how to improve their security. And you met Barry when he was 21 and just got his powers." Len gave a smile at this. "Your turn. Tell me about my tattoo?"
"It's a phoenix with the date Caitlin told you that you would live. It's on your right shoulder blade."
"Why did I get it?" Amelia asked.
Len smirked at this. "You were 15. You wanted it but your parents were saying no, so I brought you to a guy I knew. Claimed to be your big brother. The only question he asked was would you cry. To your credit, you did not."
Amelia face turned into a smile. "Len!" She rushed over to hug him. Len put his arms around Amelia, a smile on his face as well. "How did you get off the world?"
"Gypsy was mad at me," Len said. "Sent me to Dino World for revenge. Seems just in time. What about you?"
"Cisco was being a show off and accidentally sent me away," Amelia said, pulling out of the hug. "And by the way, no one calls me Millie anymore. I go by Amelia now."
"Oh, how grown up. Speaking of grown up, is that a ring I see…?" Len had noticed the engagement ring and Amelia smiled, holding up her hand to show off the thing. "Who's the guy?" Len took his cold gun from his large rucksack as he said it, powering the weapon up. "Got to tell him he's an ice ball if he hurts you…"
I think I like this Leonard, Barry thought to Kara, who rolled her eyes.
"Two Barrys already did that," Amelia pointed out with a smirk.
"Good, because I expect Barry to smash the ice ball into pieces," Len added, and Barry actually laughed out loud at that.
"Amelia?" Kara finally spoke up. "You never told us you and your Leonard Snart were close."
"It never came up," Amelia shrugged. "Besides, yours was very different to mine."
"Your Lisa was dead," Cisco said.
"Yeah. By the way Len, you remember Cisco?" Amelia said, and Len nodded to Cisco at this.
"Your ex," Len said.
"Ah, here his Lisa's husband," Amelia pointed out, making Cisco groan as Len pointed his gun at him now.
"My little sister…" Len said. "If you…"
"I know," Cisco said waving his hand. "Our Snart did this before he died."
"Lisa's in Watchtower helping with the Totems," Caitlin spoke up.
"Got to go there and see what Ray needs anyway," Amelia said, indicating for Len to follow her to the zap tunnel; Gideon opened up a zap tunnel to Watchtower for them as they walked.
"Hey Alura, Nora?" Len said, noticing the familiar girls.
"Yeah," Barry stated, reaching down to kiss one of the girls.
"Uncanny," Len muttered, smiling though and waving to the two kids.
"Hi," the two said back waving with a smile, Garfield joining them as the Len and Amelia finally left through the zap tunnel.
"Well, that was interesting," Accord said with a smile. "Now..." She held out her goggles to Cisco; the same ones Cisco and Vibe had made for Accord back when they needed to find the twins to become Firestorm with Ronnie. "These broke. Something to do with my Rach and timelines... I never fully understand what, but I need them fixed."
"Hell no," Cisco said. "You think I will fix them so you…"
"Fix the goggles," Barry cut Cisco off. He was looking down at his phone now, texting the scientist he had to meet that he was running late. Cisco looked up at him confused. "Accord not only just gave Amelia back her Leonard Snart but has saved Ronnie and Team Canary's lives. We owe her a goggle fix."
"I saved Team Canary?" Accord said, making everyone look at her. "I mean I did! Of course, I did…" she looked confused for a moment but smiled regardless. She didn't want to go into details on what her Rach had done that altered her memories but not those of other worlds – she had almost given too much away before anyway.
"So, fix the goggles," Barry continued, and Cisco knew it was an order, "and I got to go." Barry headed out of the Superflash cave to the normal labs as Kara turned to her computer and Caitlin went about her work.
Cisco groaned as he took the goggles from Accord to fix. "Well… while I am here, might as well go see if there's anyone needing a power," Accord said opening a portal and jumping through.
"Did she…?" Cisco groaned.
"Oh boy…" Caitlin added, knowing this could cause more trouble than was worth.
-Karry Universe-
Lisa, Mick, Ray, and Tantu were in a room at Watchtower they had set up as their Totem base. There was a computer screen with Gideon connected and the items from Amaya's locker. Ray had baby Brandon with him, who was playing with toys on the floor – Lucy was busy with her CatCo work back in Gotham. Those in the Totem base were looking at the screen, at what seemed to be a house.
"Well, the four steps to doing a heist is make a plan," Lisa was saying, not realizing the door to the room had opened; Amelia and Len coming in quietly. "Execute the plan," Lisa continued, "expect the plan to fall off the rails."
"Throw away the plan." Len continued with a smirk as he looked at Lisa, everyone in the room turning to look at him in shock.
"Leonard!" Lisa said, shock and tears coming to her eyes.
"I thought he was dead…?" Tantu said to Ray who nodded.
"Oh, your Leonard Snart is dead," Amelia said. "This is my Leonard Snart… from my dead world. We're the only two survivors apparently. Len, meet Tantu and Ray, Ray's son Brandon... and well, Mick and Lisa."
"Lisa," Len said, taking a step forward and putting a hand on her cheek. Lisa put her two hands on his hand. "Last time I saw my little sister well… our father blew off her head," Lisa gave Amelia an eye who shrugged. "You're so grown up."
"My Leonard was frozen," Lisa said, then hugged this Leonard. Leonard returning the hug.
"Mick?" Leonard said after the hug was over, looking up at his friend. "Good to see you not in jail." Mick gave a nod and a half smile. "So, what are we trying to steal? I thought you were the good guys?"
"And what's with the thousand text messages? You know I have a job," Amelia said to Ray, waving her hand.
"We found the Water Totem," Ray said. "It's in a private collection owned by some former senator. Senator Cray. The security on this system is tight, which is where you come in." Ray pointed at Amelia, who raised an eyebrow. "How does your astral projection power work?"
"Just tell me what you need, and I will tell you yes or no," Amelia said, getting where this was going.
"The security room," Ray said. "We can't hack in, but if someone with some computers skills can get in without tripping alarms…"
"Is there a window? Something I can see?" Amelia asked, and Ray pulled up a photo, pointing at the where the security room was from the outside. "Yeah, I can get in." Amelia gave a nod.
"And then we can get in," Len said. "Mind working a job with an old dead alternate friend?" Leonard looked at Lisa and Mick.
"Always," Lisa said.
"I'm in," Mick said, holding up his beer. "Hope you're as good as our Leonard." Len gave a smirk at this.
"Isn't your New Justice alternate named Adam Cray?" Amelia asked aloud, making them look at her. "Um… you know what, never mind. Might want to get Brandon back to Lucy." Ray gave a nod, going to pick up his son.
-Karry Universe-
Accord was using her power to spy on Karry Universe while she sat on CatCo's roof – looking for someone to give powers to.
It was how she worked. She needed to focus, let her powers take over as she observed the world through the eyes of her powers, seeing those who didn't have powers but had potential. She could see far from up high. It was a unique gift, and one that she never thought would do wrong.
That was when a man running in National City caught her attention; her eyes snapped open as she instantly opened a portal, falling through it to land in an alleyway.
"Oh, come on," the man yelled, banging his head against the wall of the alley, just as Accord stood up. "Meta humans? Make life harder, why don't you!"
"Or easier… depending on your point of view," Accord spoke, picking up a card the man had dropped on the floor. "Ralph Dibney? Oh, I know you – well, not you-you but another you. He's a good guy, a hero."
"What are you on about?" Ralph asked. "Do you have a job?"
"No, but I might be able to help you," Accord said slyly, "by making you a meta human." Ralph raised an eyebrow at this as Accord moved closer, reaching her hand up toward him. Ralph froze.
"Oh, you have very interesting powers…. a couple. You can have the power to stretch your skin. Think Mr. Fantastic in the Fantastic Four. Or…"
"You can make me Mr. Fantastic?" Ralph said, not seeming to believe it or wait to hear the other powers.
"It's yours, if you want it?" Accord hesitated for a moment, remembering this world's Cisco's reaction.
"I do," Ralph grinned. Accord smiled, putting her hand on Ralph's chest as she unlocked his DNA, finding the hidden gene easily and opening like the pages of a fresh book.
Ralph felt dizzy for a moment, before Accord stepped away. "You're welcome, Mr. Fantastic," Accord opened a new portal, stepped backward, and left.
"Hey, wait!" Ralph yelled out, but she was gone. "All she did was make me feel…" Ralph reached back to rub the back of his neck, realizing that his hand had gone around a little too far. He retreated his limb quickly as he raised his eyebrows.
Looking up, he noticed the fire escape to the next building, shrugged them reached up for it, his arms stretching high. He laughed as he grabbed hold of the metal railing before bringing the rest of his body up to the railing.
"Okay then!" Ralph laughed, looking at his hands and then a smirk came to his face. "Time for some sweet revenge..."
….
Barry was working with one of his scientist and a couple of lab assistants on the field – all trying out the new drone and seeing what it can do.
"I think if we switch this code," Barry said after a moment, looking at the table. "Ah, here's the error," Barry handed the tablet to the scientist. "I need to…"
"Barry Allen!" A voice shouted. Barry froze at this, turning around.
"Wait… Ralph Dibney?" Barry recognized the man on the edge of the field. "This is private property, you –".
"Newbie!" Ralph shouted.
"If you haven't heard, I'm not with the police anymore," Barry sighed, having a feeling he knew why the man was here, although not sure how he got through the fencing around the field they had put up after the people who gave Jax his powers had put a dead body here. "You're trespassing on my land. Leave before I have you removed."
"You destroyed my life and you get all this?! Money, fame, the girl, the kids," Ralph said, moving closer to Barry and his team, clearly angry.
"You destroyed your own life," Barry sighed not caring as he turned away.
That was when he felt something around him – something that felt like human flesh, but seemed more like rubber, blocking his airway and surrounding him. He heard screaming from the other scientists.
Kara! he thought. Phasing out of this would reveal him as the Flash to Dibney.
On my way, but far out, Kara thought, and Barry knew she had gone to go get Romana and Star from school. She also had the twins with her. He had to phase out on his own before it was too late. And his head was already getting foggy from lack of air.
Barry started vibrating, releasing himself from the fleshy-rubbery-trap. He quickly took deep breaths as he saw what surrounded him was Ralph himself! The man though brought his limbs together, seeming surprised. Barry looked around – the people with him had left, but he could hear shouts they were coming back.
He quickly summoned his suit from the speed force, and stood before Ralph in his full Flash glory.
"What? No! I like the Flash. Now I have to hate the Flash because he's you!" Ralph screamed and then stretch himself out, towards the end of the field. Barry ran after him, slower than normal since he was still catching his breath, seeing as Ralph escaped down a drain.
"Flash?" One of the guards who had come running to help called. "Where's Mr. Allen?"
"Don't worry, I got him safely back to the lab," Barry said, taking some deep breaths. "By the time I got back the meta human was gone." Without saying another word, Barry ran back to the Superflash cave, knowing Kara was on her way.
-Karry Universe-
"Got a view?" Ray asked Amelia.
The pair were a good distance from the property, hidden behind trees. Amelia was using binoculars to see into the house, while Tantu was elsewhere, keeping an eye as Len, Lisa, and Mick who were waiting for Amelia to give the go ahead.
"Got it." Amelia said, putting the binoculars down and pulling gloves and a mask on.
"Why are you putting on a mask?" Ray asked.
"My astral form does appear on cameras," Amelia said, picking up the binoculars again before concentrating, letting her astral form appear inside the security room, wearing the mask too.
There was one security guard inside as he looked at the camera. Amelia picked up the guard's own nightstick and hit him on the head with it, knocking him out.
"Sorry…" Amelia whispered to the unconscious guard as she moved his wheeled office chair. Amelia started typing on the computer now, hacking into the system – it didn't take long for the cameras to shut off and the system to go silent. Then, Amelia's astral form disappeared.
"Okay," Amelia said, back in her real body. "You're good to go."
"Nice job Millie," Len said over coms. "You know, I should have had you working for me back on our Earth. We got it from here."
"Don't put on the Totem!" Tantu said quickly. "Get it and bring it to me."
"Yes ma'am," Len stated, mockingly as Amelia had to chuckle.
-Karry Universe-
Caitlin was checking over Barry when he got back to the cave, Kara coming in with all the girls a few moments later; Star and Romana were still in their school uniforms.
"Take the girls," Kara told the two six-year-olds who smiled as they took their baby sisters out of the stroller, then brought them to where Garfield was with Hex and Krypto. The two kids picking up toys to keep the toddlers amused.
"Who was that?" Jesse asked, having come to the cave when she heard of the attack, she dressed in her hero outfit.
"Ralph Dibney," Barry muttered. At that moment, a portal opened, and Accord jumped out.
"Oh, you met Ralph? That was fast," Accord said, making everyone look to her.
"How do you know Ralph?" Barry asked.
"I just helped him. Gave him powers. You're welcome," Accord said, a smile on her face but then she saw the looks and her smile faltered. "What? He's a private detective. He's a good guy, a hero on one of the other worlds I know."
"He's a private detective because he was a crooked cop," Barry stated, trying not to raise his voice – he didn't want to scare his young daughters or Garfield by shouting at Accord. He took a couple of deep breaths instead. "He just tried to kill me."
Accord looked stunned, taking a step back.
"What does he have against you?" Jesse was the one to ask.
"You know I was a CSI, right?" Barry stated, and Jesse gave a nod. "Well, when I just started there was this murder – a woman stabbed. The suspect was the husband, but the evidence wasn't there... Until Ralph found what he said was the murder weapon. The more senor CSI confirmed it, but well… I had my doubts. So, I doubled checked. The grooves were wrong. I told Captain Singh, who then ordered a review of Dibney's recent cases. I found five more where the evidence was not right – people in jail were let off and Dibney claimed he didn't know, but both him and the other CSI were fired. There wasn't enough cause to arrest him though, so he became a private detective."
"Wait, that's not the Dibney…" Accord started, but was cut off as Gideon spoke up.
"Creator, alarm at CCPD," Gideon spoke over Accord. "Meta human attack." A video came up on a nearby screen; CCPD live footage showing Ralph attacking the station. Joe and Patty were shooting, but the bullet bounced off Ralph, making the two dodge the rebound.
"How do we stop him?" Barry asked.
"Maybe…" Caitlin said, thinking. "Freeze breath. His power might fail under extreme temperatures."
"Hex, Krypto, with me!" Kara yelled out, changing the animals into their costume and getting her own on. Barry and Jesse were already running out as well.
Accord however stood confused, unsure what to do for once.
…
By the time the speedsters got there, a couple of cops were on the floor – there was a raging fire going in the Captain's office; Jesse had gone to check on the injured cops on the floor; Joe was laying on the floor, a gun shot at his side; while Patty was grabbing meta human weapons out of a locker. Before Barry could run into the fire, Ralph stretched his body out to stop him, going to punch Barry, who dodged.
Before Ralph could attack again though, he felt a cold breath on him. Turning to see Kara there, he went to stretch out as Krypto and Hex's freeze breath hit him, resulting in Ralph being unable to stretch or move with the cold.
Barry ran into the office now, using his powers to extinguish the fire.
"Liberty Belle!" Patty yelled, tossing a device at Jesse. Jesse knew it as a meta human device to block powers – one that could be put around the neck. "I got my partner." Patty bent down next to Joe, putting pressure on his wound to a groan from the man.
Jesse took the device and ran, putting the device on Ralph frozen neck, letting Kara, Krypto, and Hex stop their freeze breath, which had been the only thing keeping Ralph from escaping.
"Supergirl!" Barry called and Kara came in now followed him into the Captain's office. Singh was badly burned on the floor. "Is he alive…?"
"I can hear a heartbeat, but it's faint," Kara said, going to use her x-ray vision on the man. "He needs a hospital now." Barry took the Captain and ran out, Kara going to where Joe was. "I got him."
"Others are worse," Joe whispered. "Get them first, Supergirl."
Kara had to give a small smile at her father-in-law and turned – there were a lot of injured cops. Jesse was already helping run the worst out, and Kara started too with her pets.
-Karry Universe-
Len, Lisa, and Mick only had to worry about the other security guards, whom had been easy to avoid – and then the security on the case, which Amelia had been unable to eliminate. It was on a different system to the one she had hacked.
When they got to the room where the collection was though, there were two other people there already taking the Water Totem out of its case.
"We got an issue…" Len said.
"Someone is already stealing what we came here to steal!" Mick growled his annoyance.
"Must be the people who killed my grandma," Tantu said. "We need to stop them."
"The plans fall off the rails," Lisa said with a smirk.
"Throw away the plan," Len finished, putting his glasses down. "Stop right there!" Len called out, holding up the gun and pointing it at the two newbies. They were wearing masks, but it was obvious one was a male and the other female; and the female had a necklace on her with a red gem in it.
"Hand over the blue rock and no one gets hurt," Mick said, holding up his gun as Lisa appeared with hers.
The necklace the girl was wearing lit up, fire shooting out of it to the three. All three shot their weapons at it, to counteract the fire, but it was overpowering all three of their weapons. They had to jump back and hide behind some other cases to avoid getting hit.
They heard footsteps and knew the two were now heading for a door or window.
"They're getting away," Len said. "We were no match!"
"Totem must defeat Totem," Tantu said, repeating a line from one of her grandma's book. "Where are they?"
"Back north window," Lisa said, having jumped up to follow.
"On them," Tantu said, using her Totem and a spirit of the cheetah to run to the point and cut them off.
"Those do not belong to you!" Tantu now shouted; the fire totem lighting up Tantu summoned a spirit of an elephant to match the fire.
Ray flew up small, trying to grab the Water Totem from the man, but the Water Totem lit up, sending Ray flying with the jet of water it summoned; the water joining the fire against Tantu's own Totem.
"Len, Lisa, Mick get out of there!" Amelia said over the coms. "I'm sounding the alarm," Amelia astral projected back into the room as Len, Mick, and Lisa made their way out the same way the two with the Totems did.
"You're no match for two Totems. Give us the Spirit Totem and you won't be hurt," the unknown woman said as Tantu struggled. She could hear the alarm go off now.
"Never! This is my family's legacy," Tantu said, her anger increasing her Totem's power as Lisa use her gold gun from behind to hit into the man.
That made him fall over; the Fire Totem wielder used her fire to surround the two.
When the flames disappeared though, the two were gone. Ray flew up high, growing bigger and saw a nearby car leaving near the property. He tried to follow them, but he lost them in a tunnel.
"They're gone," Ray said, returning to the house where Lisa, Len, Mick, and Tantu were. The police had showed up at this time pointing their guns but calming, seeing the two Justice League members in Tantu and Ray, getting the wrong end of the stick, but thankfully so.
"They are with us. Golden Glider, Heatwave, and Citizen Cold." Ray held up a hand as Len gave him a look at the name. "Dark green car. Didn't get a license plate. We lost them by the Franklin Tunnel."
"On it," a cop said, but the members there were sure they would not get them.
"We lost the Water Totem," Tantu moaned, sadly.
"We'll find it," Ray assured her. "Hey… um…" Ray did not want to say Amelia's name with cops in the vicinity. "You know, you need a code name. You good?"
"Ready to head home," Amelia said over the coms, being the only one not with the group.
With nothing left to do, they group left the scene.
-Karry Universe-
Barry came into the SuperFlash cave, the cowl of his suit disappearing back into the speed force.
"80 percent of Captain Singh's body has third degrees burns. He'll never be a cop again. Two other cops are dead – one newly out of the Academy, and the other a few years under her belt."
"Joe?" Kara asked. She had Nora on her lap while Star and Romana had Alura. Jenny had been picked up, or dropped off, and now had her little brother who was in his favorite form as a puppy. Kara had contacted J'onn who was going to go and erase the Flash identity from Ralph mind.
"He'll be back on the job in a few days," Barry said with a nod, relieved for that at least.
"These are done," Cisco said holding up the goggles.
"Oh…" Accord started, looking between Cisco and Barry now, realizing she had messed up but Barry ran and took the goggles before Accord could take them herself.
"I'm going with you to your world – now," Barry said with a glare.
"But…" Accord tried.
"If you want these, you will bring me right to your parents," Barry said, holding up the goggles. "Or I'll just ask Vibe or Junior to bring me." Accord gave a nod, realizing she had no choice but to obey her parallel older brother, and opened a portal.
-Paranormal/Extranormal-
The portal opened in the kitchen of the Allen household as Barry and Accord came out.
The small group gathered inside seemed surprised to see Barry, who saw his father and was about to move towards him but paused – there were two of them. Must be Jay and Henry, Barry remembered. Not sure which was which as he turned, seeing Nora Allen standing by the stove. It was easy now as he moved over to his alternative mother and put the goggles in her hand.
"Keep these away from her for a month," Barry said simply.
"Hey!" Accord protested, but with that, Barry turned with speed and glared at her.
"Two people are dead, one seriously hurt, and others with minor injuries because of you. Any other world would have locked you up and thrown away the keys! The only reason we're not is because you have helped us before." The people in the room seemed stunned at this.
"But… I didn't know he would… The Dibney I knew…" Accord tried to defend herself. Henry went to open his mouth, but Barry beat him to it.
"You didn't know our Dibney, because you didn't bother to know," Barry said, calming down not wanting to really yell but he wanted to make it clear to her. "You have to remember not everyone is the same. You must think, you must be careful – especially when dealing with other worlds. You need to ask more questions, get more of a background on who you think you're helping – or you're going to continue to make mistakes and you need consequences for your actions here. You need to learn, or this will happen again and again. Accord, you have done a lot of good, but you need to realize what you do can have effects. When you go to other worlds, instead of giving anyone you think is good a power, you need to work with the people there, get their permission, do just a little bit more research to know who you're really dealing with. I think losing those goggles for a month and whatever other consequences your parents think is appropriate is good."
Accord seemed lost for words at this, and genuinely upset as her eyes glistened with tears, but simply nodded at this, avoiding looking anyone in the room now in their own eyes.
"A speech like that," Henry spoke up. "You've got to be a father," Henry had given Accord similar speeches before about having to respect other worlds after all.
"Four daughters," Barry said, more than happy to talk about his family. They were, essentially his family here too. "Two six-year-olds Star and Romana – they're adopted – and two one-year-olds, Alura and Nora."
"Nice," this Earth Barry came into the room at that one. "I want to find the right person and have a family. Who's your partner?"
"Kara," Barry said.
"Well that's not unusual," a familiar voice spoke, and Rachel Garrick walked in.
"Rae!" Barry said, smiling now at his familiar cousin. "I forgot you had a Rae."
"Rach," Rach corrected, seeming annoyed at the nickname.
"Oh, sorry. I'm very close to the you from New Justice and she goes by Rae," Barry said noticing a glare from Rach.
"Yes… she does," Rach stated coldly, turning from the room now, obviously wanting to distance herself from the conversation that had suddenly come to light at her appearance.
Accord opened a portal now though as Barry turned back, frowning at his alternative parents.
"Our world and New Justice aren't on the best of terms," Henry or Jay stated, although Barry had to assume it was Jay. "It's a long story, and Rach is dealing with the emotional results of a lot of meddling."
"Okay," Barry stated, not sure what else to say to that.
"Go home, Barry. I'm sorry," Accord stated simply, nodding to the portal she had opened. Barry gave her a lingering look at that, then moved through the portal, off this world.
-Karry Universe-
When Barry got to the penthouse he was surprised as there was Christmas music playing.
Last year they had got Christmas decorations up in record time after Thanksgiving, but this year with the announcement of Titania colony, Romana and Star's birthdays, and Alex and Sara kids' birth, they had been lagging. They had got the tree up earlier, but not decorated it, or put any of the others up.
Amelia and Winn were singing along to 'Up on the House Top' while Star and Romana were setting up the train set. Amelia and Nora were sitting by them, grabbing parts of the tracks but the two kids were very calm with their sisters. The most shocking was that Len was there, helping put decorations on the tree as Amelia was decorating the balcony.
"What's going on?" Barry asked Kara, who was in the kitchen,
"Making stuffed peppers," Kara said. "And pasta." Barry leaned his head and Kara knew what he wanted. "Len saw all the boxes when he came here, and Amelia was tired of it too – and Romana and Star want to help for their first Christmas, so they are getting everything up."
Are we keeping Len? Barry asked, having assumed they were when it was revealed Len and Amelia were from the same world and were close.
Yep. Already told Prime and DEO will bring Leonard back to life. Lisa and Amelia are happy. Len will get whatever Leonard had saved, and plans on opening his own business, Kara thought to Barry as she continued to check on the sauce.
Is he sleeping here? Barry asked.
Originally, yes. But Winn let him take his apartment and Winn will be in Amelia's room. We really need to get moving on your idea to make this place bigger, Kara thought. And I told Prime we are closed for anymore stranded.
Good idea, Barry chuckled at this.
"Hey, will you two stop secretly talking?" Len yelled out, making the two turn. "That was annoying enough back on my home Earth. Now, we're putting the angel on the tree. Millie?"
"You've got to get used to Amelia," Amelia said as the angel started float, she using her telekinesis to bring it to the top. Alura and Nora cheered in their sisters' arms as the angel raised to the top of the large tree and was firmly put on the top. Amelia then used her power to connect the angel to the lights.
Winn flicked the switch and the tree lit up. Barry had to smile, putting an arm around Kara.
We have a wonderful family, Barry thought to Kara. Len included. Kara tried not to chuckle as the kids yelled out they were hungry.
"Soon," Kara called as Amelia and Winn started putting the stockings up.
Post Chapter Note 1: So yes, the mistake I said I was fixing was bringing a Leonard Snart back to Karry Universe! Snart's is the only Karry Universe death I ever regretted – and I wished I had killed someone else instead. But his death gave me the opportunity to make a new, better Snart for this world (and connecting him to Amelia was just icing on top of the cake). But, I did promise 5 deaths for Karry Universe from the Darkseid plot and now that I am undoing one of those it means the clock is ticking on another person. Someone will be leaving Karry Universe forever(ish) soon.
Post Chapter Note 2: Ralph Dibney… Yes, well while the current season of the Flash (season 5) has redeemed his character somewhat, both Sigma and I hated him before, which is why this chapter made him evil, and while I won't have a good version turn up on Karry, if we continue to like him, he may appear elsewhere. Accord did know a good version of him after all – whether he was Paranormal/Extranormal's Dibney though, Sigma made sure to leave obscure.
Next Time on Karry Universe:
A Very Karry New Year- With Christmas over and Len settling into his new life on Karry Universe, an intimate gathering of the Super Family celebrates the New Year in, while Kara and Barry make a vital decision in their lives too.
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