Karry Universe
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Note: This chapter is the belated 4th Anniversary chapter. Hope you enjoy. We're going to see a lot of Karry's past here…
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A Very Karry Legacy
-Mid March-
"Rae, you are spoiling us," Barry said as Rae finished making the large amounts of pancakes for breakfast. Alura and Nora were eating theirs and Romana and Star were happy as well; Amelia was just coming up from downstairs – even though she had her own kitchen downstairs, since Rae had come here she had been coming up to see what Rae was cooking.
"I'm in," Amelia said, taking a plate.
"When are you not?" Barry asked and Amelia stuck a tongue out at him, to a laugh from her brother.
"It's Jesse," Kara said as her phone rang. "Hey Jesse, what's going on?"
"I need you, Barry, and Rae to come here now," Jesse said. "I got an idea on how to defeat Zoom."
"Okay," Kara said, relaying information to the two speedsters, causing both to look at each other and then eat their food with speed. "I guess we're ready. Amelia, Winn…."
"We know. Watch the girls," Amelia and Winn said together with a smile.
Barry gave a grin and a wave as the two speedsters summoned their speed force suits and ran out after Kara, who was changed into her outfit. Krypto and Hex followed as Porthos gave a bark, but Romana grabbed him to stop him from following.
-Karry Universe-
Barry, Kara, and Rae stopped in the SuperFlash cave. Jesse was already there with Sabrina in her lap.
"So, what's your idea?" Barry asked. Krypto and Hex had taken their normal sitting places and were looking at Jesse as if they were listening too.
"I have plans for a weapon that will… well its complicated, but it should be able to defeat Zoom," Jesse explained. "But I need certain objects to complete the weapon."
"Buy whatever you need," Kara said instantly.
"It's not that simple," Jesse bit her lip. "The only place I can get what I need is in the past."
"What?" Barry asked.
"There are certain objects we have come across in our past that are gone now, but can be used to create the weapon," Jesse explained. "I need you two to go and get them." Jesse pointed at Barry and Rae.
"Jesse, time traveling is dangerous," Barry said.
"Hold on, Barry," Rae said holding up a hand. "Let's hear her out. What do you need? Why can't you do it; you're a speedster too."
"I wouldn't know where to begin, but Barry knows his own history," Jesse gave Rae a smile at this. "The first thing I need is not actually an object," Jesse grabbed a device from her desk. "The night Barry was struck by the lightning bolt, it was the first and only time the speed force opened up on this world. I need readings from that event. This will capture what I need." Barry took the device from Jesse. "Then I need something from Cadmus."
"The DEO has all of Cadmus's documents," Kara pointed out.
"Unfortunately, after Blue Bolt exploded, some employees inside managed to delete certain documents including the one I need. Cadmus was cloning and making speedsters. I need to find out exactly how they did that – reverse engineering their knowledge could be key to stopping Zoom – if you go to Cadmus on the day we took them down and get to the computer in the same lab Liam was made in, you can get the documents without anyone knowing they were copied."
"That dangerous," Barry pointed out, "but doable. Anything else?"
"Not even close to done," Jesse chuckled. "I need to know Zoom's vibration. Sabrina is now the same as us so we can't test her the way we normally do. But in our past Cisco had a device to measure the vibrational frequency of humans. It was small and portable. It was last used on Prime Wally when they first came here. Since then though, we just use the system. Unfortunately, I can't find the device. It must have been destroyed when Darkseid destroyed the lab. And we don't have the designs for how Cisco made it here. I need that device."
"I'm betting there's more," Rae said.
"Yes. Remember Caitlin's mom?" Jesse asked.
"Yes," Kara and Barry at the same time, just as Rae said 'no'. They gave her a look and she shrugged. Of course, she didn't remember Caitlin's mom. She wasn't there.
"Well, she had a device that mutated the animals' DNA," Jesse said. "It was destroyed when we raided the lab." Jesse showed a picture of the device on a tablet. "It was in the lab where Connor found the animals."
"Okay," Barry nodded. Jesse though, took a breath.
"The necklace Diana used to curse Darksied with a piece of her soul," Jesse put down the tablet. "According to Diana, it shattered and was left on the floor – most likely thrown away in the cleanup," Jesse said. "They can be easily collected though."
"Interesting. Not heard of that one before. A necklace to curse someone with a soul," Rae surmised.
"Fine. How many more things?" Barry asked.
"Two more," Jesse said, holding up two fingers. "That auction in Vegas. The one where you bought the Air Totem and got the Death Totem." Barry and Kara nodded remembering, the ghost of a smirk on Barry's face as he remembered it. "They sold this really advanced gun. The creator of the gun is dead; it's the only one ever made, and no one knows how he made it. Unfortunately, the person who bought the gun accidentally destroyed it later when the ghosts appeared."
"Ghosts?" Rae asked but was ignored as Jesse continued.
"Difficult, but not impossible," Barry nodded, his mind racing as he tried to figure out how to do all this.
"And finally, I need some calculations done using the readings you get from the lightning bolt and the information from Cadmus. Those should fill in the missing pieces to this." Jesse held out a disc to Barry, who took it. "The calculations are too advance for me to do."
"So, have Gideon do it," Barry said.
"Too advance for Gideon… at least our Gideon," Jesse said. "But a future Gideon, like the one on the Waverider could."
"We have no idea where or when Rip Hunter will be," Kara pointed out.
"True, but we know where he was," Jesse said.
"The Legion of Superheroes," Barry said, remembering the blue Brainiac who had kidnapped Romana and tortured Amelia. Their trip to the 31st century.
"Hold on, this Rip Hunter would just let us use his future A.I?" Rae asked.
"No, but he doesn't have to," Barry said. "His Gideon might be more advance but is still based on the code I made. Gideon will do what I say as her creator." Barry thought aloud. "But… I don't know, Jesse. This is a lot of time travel."
"Let's do it," Rae stated enthusiastically; Barry and Kara looked at her in shock as Jesse smiled at her victory. "Look, the speed force doesn't like when we time travel, but this is different. All the objects Jesse wants are discarded objects. So long as we take them after their use is done, their absence would not affect the timeline at all. It's dangerous, yes, but as long as we do not interact or change the past, we will be fine." Barry frowned at Rae. "I want to do this but can't do it alone, Barry; I don't know where or when to go or what to do and not to do. You're the knowledge."
"Okay," Barry said with a nod and a resolute sigh. "We'll go." Barry moved to kiss Kara. "I'll be back before you know I am gone."
Barry then gave Rae a nod as Jesse handed her a backpack to hold the objects they would take. "You ready?"
"Let's do it," Rae said with a nod and the two ran out of the SuperFlash cave and then continued running, faster and faster until they entered the time stream, Barry now concentrating on one event he wanted to get out of the way first.
-Karry Universe-
The Night the Accelerator Exploded…
Barry and Rae emerged into a street. It was night.
"When are we?" Rae asked, instantly getting the right terminology.
"The night everything changed," Barry said, putting an arm on her back and stepping aside – people seeing the Flash this early was not a good idea, let alone two. "Eobard Thawne, pretending to be Harrison Wells is about to set off the Particle Accelerator, creating meta humans. I'm in there." Barry pointed back at the police station. "In my lab as a CSI. I'll get hit by lightning from the speed force shortly…"
"Making you the Flash," Rae summed up. "Question though." Barry nodded. "You were a CSI?"
"Yes. Why does everyone question that?" Barry asked, frowning.
"You just don't seem the type," Rae said with a shrug.
"Anyway, we need the readings from the lightning bolt, but the problem is, my past self can't see us," Barry thought.
"Why don't we just go invisible?" Rae asked.
"Because… wait, invisible?" Barry asked.
"We can vibrate our cells fast enough that we won't be able to be seen by the naked eye. You didn't know this?" Rae asked, seeing Barry's dumbfounded face.
"So, we can run invisible?" Barry asked.
"Not exactly," Rae said with a smirk. "It works best standing still or walking slowly – and we should avoid the eyes of any speedsters. Even without knowing, it they might sense us and vibrate to the same frequency to see us."
"There are no speedsters yet," Barry pointed out. "Show me."
"It's simple," Rae said, and before Barry's eyes Rae turned invisible and Barry, on instinct, seemed to be able to follow. Soon able to see Rae again and gave a smirk. He indicated with his hand for Rae to follow him to his former lab as they walked now.
There was his past self, sitting in the chair. Barry could remember the fight he and Kara had had about their living arrangement and had to smile at this. It felt like so long ago, but yesterday at the same moment.
Past-Barry then took out the ring his Kara always wore on her finger and then closed his eyes. Barry knew he was focusing on his bond. He was so lost in remembering this moment, Barry felt Rae hit him and knew what she wanted.
He grabbed the device Jesse gave him and moved slowly, setting it down away from him and pushing a button so it would record before moving away; he didn't want his own speed force energy to mess up the readings. He put a hand on Rae he moved her aside just as past-Barry stood up.
Barry could see out the window as the Accelerator exploded. Past-Barry had seconds left and both Rae and present-Barry could feel it in the air. The liquid contents were levitating due to the extreme situation, and the lightning bolt came through the roof and hit right into him. Present-Barry gave a groan, watching his past self being electrocuted and then fall to the floor.
He felt Rae start to move but put his arm in front of her and shook his head. They had to stay invisible and it was a good thing as Kara ran in not seconds later. Barry took a breath seeing her.
"Barry?" Kara said. "Barry!" Barry could see her pain and it took everything not to respond. And weirdly he could almost feel it – they hadn't given a thought on how the bond would work in the past. Barry wasn't exactly connected to this Kara but there was a ghost of a whisper. "No, no…"
Kara had picked past-Barry up and turned. She was facing current Barry and Rae for a moment. She couldn't see them, but Barry knew she felt the ghost of a whisper as well, especially with her Barry unconscious. It didn't last more than a second as Kara ran out with Barry in her arms.
Barry took a break and became visible once more, as did Rae.
"Exactly how long have you and Kara been together?" Rae asked as Barry checked on the device. It had got the correct readings and he saved it into the memory.
"No one has given you the 4-1-1?" Barry said, and Rae raised an eyebrow. "We met in college." Rae was surprised. "But we're done here. Next is Cadmus."
"What is Cadmus anyway?" Rae asked.
"It was a government-funded agency, but the government took the funding away. Didn't stop it from becoming a secret organization against aliens and meta humans though. They made a lot of clones to use against us including Liam, Morgan, and Connor," Barry informed Rae.
"Connor is a clone?" Rae asked.
"He didn't tell you?" Barry asked.
"Might have mentioned it. Didn't take it in," Rae admitted.
"Come on," Barry said, deciding not to get further into it. That was between Rae and Connor, after all.
-Karry Universe-
The Attack on Cadmus…
Barry and Rae ran out onto another street.
"Be careful," Barry said, leading the way and stopping when they were near the Cadmus building. They had to go invisible now. "We still can't be seen," Barry indicated for to turn invisible, just as he did.
The pair watching as J'onn and Astra came first with the DEO, followed by the three Kryptonians, Wonder Woman, Barry's past self, Jesse, Tantu, and Firestorm. Sara was the last to arrive on her motorcycle.
"Watch my ride," Barry practically quoted the line at the same time as Sara tossed the keys to Alex.
"Making a scene, White Canary?" Supergirl called.
"Might as well," Sara said as she handed out the tablets.
"What's about to happen?" Rae asked Barry.
"Supers in first," Barry mumbled with his past self. "They are going to go in." Barry whispered to Rae as the past Barry indicated the order, including Mutant Earth Kara and messing up her superhero name. "We need to go in with them."
"Avoids the eyes of your past self and Jesse," Rae whispered as Barry nodded. The two speedsters could detect them if they got into their view. Barry and Rae slowly sneaked in after the group.
Kara and her group were about to split from Barry and his group.
"We need to follow my group," Barry whispered, indicating and glad Jesse had gone with Kara, meaning they only had to avoid his own eyes. The pair waited for Barry's group to enter the elevator and phased through the closed door, to get on the roof of the elevator.
"This isn't nice," Rae muttered, ditching the invisibility for a bit – there was no one to see them, after all. Barry too stopped his invisibility while they could.
"Can't go inside yet," Barry said. "They'll turn off the power to the elevators…" Rae and Barry nearly lost their balance as the elevator suddenly stopped. "Now. Okay, give them a few minutes."
"A lifetime for a speedster," Rae smirked at the comment.
"Right," Barry spoke after a few minutes, "we'll need to phase down through the elevator and turn invisible," He figured that the fight outside the elevator with the Guardian and other security staff should be over, so the two phased through and landed in the elevator, turning invisible immediately.
"They have to be going to floor negative-ten," the guard said to the Guardian. "Want me to send a group?"
"No," The Guardian held up a hand. "I'll go myself, and call down to the scientist, tell them to release the DNAngels… The other five must be going down to negative-25. Tell them to do a lock down." There were nods as everyone, including Guardian, moved off.
"I have no idea what's happening, what the DNAngels are, but this is fun," Rae commented to Barry, who gave her a look, trying to remember everything that was about to happen though to time this right.
Barry pointed at the Guardian, indicating to follow him as Rae gave a nod, the pair following the Guardian slowly as he headed down to the lab Barry remembered. Barry pushed Rae to the floor as he heard the scream of "Freedom!" and the two DNAngels flew out, going over and past them.
"Wait," Barry whispered to Rae, not wanting to see the confrontation in the lab. Remembering all too well knocking out Guardian and the DNAngel, Cherub. Then finding Roy. It was only when the lighting trail of his past-self left to get to Bludhaven, followed by Cherub, did present Barry indicate to go inside, still invisible.
"Right, here's what we're doing," Sara was saying. "Roy needs medical attention. Wonder Woman, you're strong and fast. You can get him out of here and to Caitlin. Firestorm, go see if the DEO needs help. Lady Power, there's a way to go from here to the bottom levels. We're going to go join up with the second team. Everyone got it?" There were nods and the group quickly dispersed on their tasks.
Once no-one but the still-unconscious Guardian were in the lab, Barry and Rae turned visible. "We need to get the information before Blue Bolt explodes… which isn't much time," Barry admitted, going to the computer and plugging in the device to copy files. Barry had to hack the system, but he did it with speed as Rae kept watch.
"Got it," Barry said, disconnecting the device and putting it away in the bag. "And we're just in…" The building shook "…time. That was Blue Bolt."
"What is Blue Bolt?" Rae asked.
"A half-clone of Clark and a lightning meta," Barry explained, and Rae shrugged as they heard a groan, both turning invisible right away as the Guardian got up. It seemed the shake of Blue Bolt had woken him up.
The Guardian moved to the computer and started deleting the files, muttering as he did so.
"The DEO will be here. Purge the system. I got to get out, too," he turned and moved down the same way Sara and Mutant Earth's Kara had gone. Barry and Rae deciding to follow, knowing they needed an out too and if the Guardian could escape, they could use his same means – which turned out to be a hidden elevator.
"So that's how he escaped," Barry stated, turning visible once Guardian was on his getaway bike.
"I don't like that guy," Rae said.
"Don't worry, he doesn't get away for long," Barry said. "So far so good, but the DEO will be all over here soon. We need to go now."
"Where and when?" Rae asked.
"Prime's first visit. STAR Labs. Follow me," Barry said, and ran off with Rae joining him as they time traveled again.
-Karry Universe-
Before Kara Found Out she was Pregnant…
Barry and Rae went into the SuperFlash cave, already invisible.
"I'm going to repeat, she's going to kill you," Caitlin was saying, and Barry took in the moment for a second. Cisco and Caitlin were in the cave and there was a Supergirl outfit on a mannequin that looked like Prime Kara's and their Karen's.
Barry nearly muttered 'oh crap!' but stopped himself as he grabbed Rae's arm and brought her to the side, ducking down to hide. Even though they were invisible, his past self would be here soon.
His first instinct was to leave though, but he didn't want to risk changing the events about to happen in here. This was leading to one of his favorite memories. It was better for him and Rae to cool it here until everyone was gone.
Kara had come in, complaining about Master Planner and then stopped asking of the super-suit, "What is that and why does it have my family crest on it?"
Barry could see Caitlin chuckling, not knowing how serious this was about to get.
"I was going to surprise you with this another day, but well…" Cisco held out his hands, like it was presenting a masterpiece. "It's yours. I made you a new outfit."
"Who told you to do that?" Kara complained and Barry could feel that ghost of a whisper from the bond again. He hadn't felt it at Cadmus, but that was probably because his past self and Kara were nearby and both awake. He could feel her moods now though; her anger and frustration as she started to list everything wrong with the costume: "You changed the color scheme; it's no longer Blue. You took the symbol off- it's important on my chest and you reduced its important. You made a new cape too?"
Barry couldn't help but roll his eyes as Cisco tried to defend the new cape. He had been pretty stupid with this costume and it surprised Barry he had actually made a new costume Kara liked later on… then again, Michelle had helped there.
"Mine is from my home planet," Kara countered about the cape, and at that moment Barry could feel her anger the most. He was hoping being calm, and the fact that she had a full bond with the past Barry would keep him undetected and it seemed to be working. Then again, her anger at the costume probably hid the ghost bond. "It's made of far better material than this planet has to offer," Kara lit up her eyes. "And it was Kal-El baby blanket." Kara let out the heat vision, aiming at the costume and Barry heard Rae give a little noise of surprise but luckily no one seemed to notice as Kara left, the costume burning.
Caitlin sighed as she moved to put the costume fire out.
"That's your invincible cape?" Caitlin asked at the ruined cape.
"Just say I told you so," Cisco sighed, and Barry could see his friend's defeat. He felt sorry for Cisco now, but they'd soon know the reason for Kara's anger.
Barry kept a hand on Rae though, wondering if they should take this opportunity to leave, but he took too long as past self walked in with Krypto. They were safely hidden behind a desk and invisible, though – able to see, but not in direct line of sight. His past self would not see them, but it was better to remain still to avoid speedster detection to their invisibility.
Krypto's dog bed though was in sight line and the dog, who had gone to it was looking at them. Barry wondering if the dog could, somehow, detect them and was not paying attention to the interaction until he heard the words
"Oh, you're so thinking human." Barry remembered saying that and turned his head to watch. "She doesn't want distance from Clark. They're family. As far as she is concerned they belong together. They're a team. And you reduced the size of her family symbol too by the sounds of things. It would be dishonoring the House of El, considering she has been wearing it proudly over her chest just like any Kryptonian warrior would do. And you made her a new cape? Jeez, Cisco… Her cape is Kal-El's baby blanket. It's one of the last things she has from Krypton. The cape, her mother's necklace, Clark, Astra, Krypto, and the holograms. That's all there is."
Barry had to hide a chuckle at how that wasn't so true anymore. Not with the shrunken city of Kandar, the clones, Krypton being alive on Prime, and Zor's return.
"Okay, Okay! I give up; I'll never make her a new costume – ever. Look, I made a mistake, but she overreacted." Present-Barry put a hand over his mouth to stop from laughing as Cisco said those lines as the past conversation went to Kara's bad mood of late.
"I'll talk to her," Past-Barry said, but his cellphone binged. "But not now. CSI duty calls." He told Krypto to stay before running out. Present-Barry was going to use his past self being gone to leave, but then noticed both Caitlin and Cisco leave the cave.
Barry and Rae were alone now, with only past Krypto.
Barry got up and turned visible, followed by Rae and Krypto gave a bark.
"What was wrong with Kara?" Rae asked as Barry put a finger to his lips while looking at the dog, to quieten him.
"Oh, she's pregnant," Barry responded, waving it off.
"Remind me not to be on this Earth when you get her pregnant again," Rae remarked.
Barry chuckled at that. "I think some people might follow you off-world," Barry stated as Krypto cocked his head and growled.
"Come on, Krypto, it's me," Barry stated, but Krypto growled again so Barry de-summoned his speed force suit, wondering if the outfit was throwing Krypto off. "See, it's me." Krypto tilted his head, seeming confused.
"Oh, you can't blame the poor dog for being confused. Don't worry boy, we're from the future." Rae said, kneeling to give Krypto a pet. Barry opened his mouth but Krypto sniffed Rae and then licked her hand.
"Maybe Cisco was right all along," Barry mused. "He's a sexist dog." Krypto gave a bark at that, and Barry rolled his eyes. "Look we're a couple months too late of where we wanted to be, but the device should still be here... let me see if I can find it." Barry turned to where Cisco kept his junk in the old cave.
"You know, this place looks different," Rae stated now, looking around.
"It is. Darkseid destroyed this one. So, we rebuilt," Barry stated as he looked for the device.
But before Rae could comment, she saw the door to the lab move and she automatically turned invisible. "You know you can…" Barry said and paused, seeing Cisco walk in. It was too late to turn invisible though, as Cisco had seen him. It was lucky he had unsummoned his suit. That would have confused Cisco more than a change of normal clothes.
"I thought you left?" Cisco said. He had a garbage bag in his hand and was apparently going to get rid of the burnt costume.
"I did," Barry said. "I came back. I needed to grab something, which I now have. So, I will once again leave." Barry stated quickly, pointing to the back door and walking that way, backwards. "You know um…." Barry tried to remember why his past self had to go "CSI duty."
"Okay…" Cisco said giving Barry strange looks. "Is there something different about you?"
"Nope," Barry said right away.
Cisco shrugged. "Okay, remember to talk to Kara," Cisco said, eyeing Krypto now who was giving the pair looks.
"Will do," Barry said, and ran out before Cisco could say anything else. He stopped right at the back door though. "Rae?" Barry hissed, looking around and then felt a tap on his shoulder, nearly jumping and thinking it was someone else – but it was Rae there. She was giggling a bit. "You could have given me a warning!"
"There wasn't enough time. You handled it well though," Rae said. "You're lucky it was him and not a gay guy or a girl," Barry raised an eyebrow at this comment. "They would have realized right away your past self was clean-shaven and you look like you like to support stubble these days." Barry put a hand on his face at the facial hair he had and laughed.
"We can't go back in there." Barry continued now. "It looks like we're heading to Prime's first visit after all," he summoned his speed force suit again at this and Rae gave a nod, the two running to run to the past again.
-Karry Universe-
Prime's First Visit…
Barry and Rae ran to the cave and Barry instantly stopped Rae. His past self was just walking up to the cave with Jesse and Wally from Prime. Barry and Rae watched as the three entered the back door.
"How many speedsters are in there?" Rae asked, worriedly.
"Three," Barry said, and Rae sighed but they had no choice – the two phased through the door and turned invisible right away.
"Nice doggie…" Wally was saying as the two came, Barry pointing at Cisco to Rae. Cisco still had the device in his hand. The pair walked very slowly as past-Barry called for Krypto to back off from the growling he had initiated with Wally.
"What a strange dog," Wally now commented, backing off.
Krypto started growling again, lighting up his eyes as Barry ducked to avoid eyes of speedsters. Rae was a bit closer than Barry to Cisco and ducked down as well. "Kryptonian dog…?"
Barry indicated for Rae to get the device as Kara walked in and yelled at Krypto to back off. The dog backing down at his mistress's order.
"What kind of idiot calls a Kryptonian dog strange?" Kara remarked to Wally.
Rae crawled over though; Cisco had been watching the scene, seeming to find it amusing to see Krypto growl at someone else. He dropped the vibration device in a drawer and before he closed it Rae grabbed the device.
Barry held up his hand to tell Rae to stay in place. Rae nodded as she ducked low, listening in to the conversation.
"I am guessing these are our world hoppers," Kara had continued.
"Until Cisco confirms it…" Past Barry said, and Barry mouthed the words with his past self, remembering this well. It was honestly a little funny; Wally and Jesse were the first from Prime they had met when Prime Kara and Barry were now their main Prime friends. Then again, these two had accidentally world-hopped while Prime Barry had been taken by Black Flash and Prime Kara had burnt out her powers
"Oh yeah, it's confirmed," Cisco said. "He's vibrating at a different frequency to us. Also different from Barry-White," he referenced Mutant Earth at that.
"Well now that that's settled, can you just vibe us home?" Wally asked and Barry had to give a smirk from his hiding place. "Cos this obviously didn't work - Jess, we're going to have –"
"Vibe?" Cisco asked.
"Yeah, open a portal for us home," Wally was turning to Cisco and Barry wondered if they should use this moment to leave.
"Why would I be able to do that?" Cisco asked and Barry started crawling towards Rae's hiding place, needing to tell her they should go.
"He has to be Vibe, right?" Wally asked Jesse, a little uncertain.
"Hold on, mind if I do something?" Jesse asked, suddenly pointing at the equipment and where Barry and Rae were. Present-Barry paused. He had forgotten about this. The meta human detecting device Jesse had made them had never been used again. They had tested it and it was very unreliable. Then again, she had built it from various substituted components.
But Jesse headed towards them, grabbing equipment. She was right by Rae and she paused at that, looking around. She sensed something weird. Her eyes looking around the floor as if looking for something she couldn't quiet see. Rae knew they was in trouble of getting caught and did the only thing she could do as she phased right through the floor before Jesse looked right where she had been.
Barry watched as Jesse stared at where Rae had just been – another second and Jesse would have discovered her.
"Weird…" Jesse mumbled, but her mind had gone back to task. She was on a completely new Earth and had a missing Barry back on hers, after all. A little weirdness on a world she did not know couldn't concern her.
Barry let out a sigh of relief as he himself phased through the floor fast, too.
"Ow," was how Rae greeted Barry. She had apparently crashed into a box of stuff. "Is this a freaking morgue?"
"Yeah," Barry stated. "But we use it more for storage. The device?" Rae held the device out and Barry gave a smile as they put it in the bag they had. "Okay, so we can run forward to get the meta making device, then Diana with the necklace, and finally the gun."
"What about Gideon?" Rae asked.
"We'll have to run back to the past after the gun, but better to do Gideon last," Barry said, knowing they had really gone out of order. "Come on…" Barry and Rae ran out of the lab.
-Karry Universe-
Saving Crystal Snow…
"So, what exactly is this?" Rae asked once the pair were outside the lab. Barry, Kara, Connor, and Firestorm had showed up already.
"Remember Cadmus?" Barry asked, and Rae nodded. "Lillian Luthor was in charge. She had some offshoots connected to L-Corp without Lena knowing. This is one of those. Trying to hang on for life. This is where we first found the meta animals we have at STAR Sanctuary. The DEO later found other labs with meta animals inside as well."
"Guess we should go in," Rae said, and Barry gave a nod as the two turned invisible and sneaked inside.
"Caitlin sent you, didn't she?" It was Carla Tannhauser, Caitlin and Crystal's mom, but Barry pointed to where Connor and Krypto had gone.
The pair creeped behind Connor as he came to a lock door that the Kryptonian easily knocked down – two scientists were using a taser on a giant wolf that Barry and Rae knew as Wolf. Barry noticed the device they wanted on a table as Connor now fought the scientist; Krypto's freeze breath tossing a scientist to the table. The device fell, and Barry grabbed it last second before it hit the floor and broke, forcing himself to turn momentarily visible to use his speed. He turned it invisible again though, before Connor or anyone could notice the strange event.
"I have a room here full of animals that are either not normal, or have been mutated somehow," Connor was saying. Barry remembered this was over coms and indicated Rae to follow him, but Rae was looking at Connor as Krypto was telling Wolf not to hurt this human. "Will do," Connor said after a moment. "Well Wolf, looks like we're hanging out for a bit."
Barry put a hand on Rae's shoulder who nodded. The two moving out through a wall and finding a safe place to turn visible as Barry put the device in the bag Rae had.
"So, this is where he got that Wolf from?" Rae asked.
"Yeah, why?" Barry asked.
"She doesn't like me," Rae said, and Barry actually laughed at this. "What?"
"Since you got here, Connor's been spending less time with Wolf. I don't think she likes Connor having another woman in his life," Barry stated, and Rae seemed dumbfounded. "Come on, we have to go all the way to Washington D.C. for this one."
"Really?" Rae asked as she chased after Barry.
-Karry Universe-
The Day Diana Transfer a Piece of her Soul to Darkseid…
"You were not kidding," Rae said as they walked in Washington D.C., both de-summoning their outfit since they were walking public, visible for now. "What's about to happen?"
"Darkseid," Barry said. "Diana's first conflict with him. She's going to transfer a piece of her soul to him. It was the key in defeating him later."
"Who is Darkseid?" Rae asked.
"Short answer is a very powerful alien who wanted to rule the universe," Barry stated.
"I won't ask for the long answer," Rae chuckled, deciding that was enough to go by as the ground started to shake. "I'm guessing that's him?"
"Got it in one," Barry said. "Come on." The two summoned their suits again as people started to run and then they turned invisible. This was one scene they could not change in anyway – if they did the entire future of this Earth would be unraveled.
They got there in time to see Diana strike with her Lasso of Truth; the rope glowing as it went around the being.
"Who are you?" Diana asked.
"I don't need your stupid truth rope to tell you who I am! I will tell you willingly," Darkseid dislodged the rope, throwing it back to Diana. "I am Darksaid. And I am the last man you will ever see!"
Barry balled his hand into a fist but knew he could do nothing. This was the worst enemy they had ever faced and seeing him again was not easy. Watching Diana attack without it working was not easy. "Why here?" Diana was asking. "Why attack my Island?"
"Since you'll be dead soon anyway, I see no harm in telling you. I told your precious Amazonians as I brought them to their knees." Barry saw Rae give him a look and realized he left out the part about Darkseid destroying Themyscira. He wondered if Rae even knew the Island was dead here before this. He realized he didn't let people in on his past, which could have been why he and Kara never asked for help in the past. "I am looking for something great," Darksied was saying. "Something that is here on this miserable little rock of a planet. A species with the ability to see the future told me it would be guarded by a great army here on Earth. Now, it wasn't on your Island, but I have heard about this house of white and the 'presibent'… so I am looking here."
"The moment is about to happen," Barry whispered to Rae as Darkseid came toward Diana. It took everything not to stop this. It was against Barry's very nature to just watch but he did as Darkseid said: "Time to die, Princess."
"Not this time," Diana said, ripping off her necklace and smashing the gemstone into Darkseid's chest. There was a bright glow that made the speedster cover their eyes.
"What did you do?" Darkseid asked when the glow was gone. It was like he was trying to rip out what Diana gave him and Barry had to smirk.
"I cursed you, I think. I gave you a tiny little piece of my soul," Diana said, a smirk on her own face as Darkseid screamed out in rage. Secret Service Agents had appeared now, to shoot at him and Darkseid had no choice but to fly off.
Rae took a step forward and looked to Barry for permission; Barry gave a nod, the two sneaking forward as Diana talked to the agents. The pair quickly collecting all the pieces of the necklace before leaving the site.
"Wow," Barry said when they were gone. "It feels weird actually seeing that now. Diana told us about it, but that moment is so important…"
"I don't get it," Rae said shaking her head. "What does giving him a piece of Diana's soul do?"
"He wasn't able to feel any emotions until that moment. During the final battle Doctor Fate used a spell so he felt all our love and loyalty. It stopped him in his tracks," Barry said
"That is… so corny," Rae said with a laugh and Barry playfully punched her arm. "Hey, whatever works, works. Where to next?"
"Vegas baby," Barry said with a smirk.
"Seriously?" Rae asked.
"Vegas baby," Barry said again and gave a wink as he ran away.
-Karry Universe-
Vegas Baby…
Barry and Rae were in the casino, their speed force suits un-summoned.
"The Montecito Resort and Casino," Barry clarified with a smirk as they walked in. "You know I never did get to play last time I was here."
"Wait until we're in our own time," Rae warned.
"Turn," Barry directed, and the two turned around as Kara, past-Barry, and Lena Luthor bypassed them, not noticing the two.
"What's with the outfit?" Rae asked once the two were out of the way, she noticing Barry's outfit. "You look like you're out of a 60s gangster movie!"
"The outfit is and was cool," Barry said, pouting.
"Mr. Allen?" Barry nearly groaned at the voice, remembering the casino host Sam something-or-other. "Mr. Allen, there you are! And you changed your outfit? The auction is over, and I was wondering if I could interest…"
"I'm not who you think I am," Barry said quickly.
"You're Mr. Allen," Sam stated.
"Look, I get it," Barry said, cutting her off and thinking on his feet. "You think I am Barry Allen – I get it a lot. My name is Malcom Garrick, and this is my sister Rachel."
Rae raised an eyebrow but decided to play along. "Yeah, he has a rich doppelganger," Rae stated. Rae wasn't old enough to gamble or be in a casino, but this Sam didn't seem to say anything.
"Mr. Allen…?" Sam started, but her attention got pulled to someone else calling her name.
"Sam," Barry recognized the woman who ran the restaurant, Delinda. "I found the Allens. They just entered the restaurant along with Lena Luthor. Those are three very big whales."
Sam looked back at present-Barry, confused.
"Told you so," Barry said, smiling as Sam sighed and turned around to follow Delinda.
"Malcolm Garrick?" Rae asked once the two were gone.
"Alien Earth. Met him at Rae's bridal shower and wedding," Barry said, and Rae raised an eyebrow. "Well not you, New Justice Rae. We were…. You know what never mind, it's a long story – Prime Earth's story, actually," Rae shrugged, deciding to let it go. "We got to find the person who bought the gun before the ghosts appear." Barry eyes turning to where the kid who bought Elvis's guitar, the one Kara and Barry still had, was getting ready to play.
"Yeah I have been meaning to ask. Ghosts?" Rae asked.
"Death Totem," Barry stated, walking towards the area Jesse had stated the guy had been when the gun was destroyed.
"That answers literally nothing," Rae said. "The thing Amelia has?"
"Not at the moment, but yes," Barry said as they walked and found the guy. It was a man in his forties, maybe, who was holding the gun like it was a prize. Barry guessed to him it was. Barry honestly didn't remember the gun being in the auction, but he wasn't surprised – that auction seemed to sell a lot of random things and he had not been paying attention until the necklace was up anyway.
There was a scream, and Barry saw a ghost appear.
"Oh," Rae said, seeing the ghost as the people around ran.
The man with the gun looked up. "Take this!" The man yelled, pointing at a ghost and firing. The ghost disappeared, only to reappear a second later and headed right for the man and the gun – aiming to destroy the gun it seemed.
"Now," Barry said, but Rae had already reacted, running at the ghost. Barry ran now, using the distraction Rae provided to knock the man out and grab the weapon. Looking around they were surrounded by ghosts now, who seemed drawn to the action.
"Question, how do we get rid of them?" Rae asked, continuing to punch them to no consequences for the ghost – her fists just went straight through them.
"We don't," Barry said, knowing there was only one way for these ghosts to go. That's when he heard the familiar song – Amazing Grace. They had stalled enough time and the ghost around them turned to move towards the music. "She does…" he indicated Kara now.
"He needs to think the gun is destroyed," Rae pointed out, and Barry nodded, running out fast and coming back with some broken gun parts. The real gun still in his hand.
Rae decided not to question this as Barry looked at his past self and Kara singing. For someone not using the Death Totem the ghost didn't look like actual people, just menacing shadows, but Barry remembered the seven people who had showed to them: Felicity Smoak, Martin Stien, Jefferson 'Jax' Jackson , Jor-El and Lara, his own mom, and Kara's mom. It had been nice to hear them, to see them. It offered closure not just for the ghosts who needed it, but for Kara and Barry as well.
"We still have one more stop," Rae said after a moment, bringing him back to his senses. She had let Barry gaze on his past.
"Yeah…. The Legion of Superheroes," Barry said with a nod and made a frown. "I still hate that name. Glad I got them to change it."
"It has a cool ring to it," Rae said however and gave a laugh as the two ran off.
-Karry Universe-
The Day Brainiac Kidnapped Romana…
Rae and Barry got to the L-Corp field in time to see some of the battle before the ship showed up. The two were invisible and snuck around the action towards the ship as Mon yelled "Stop!"
"Mon-El, Prince of Daxam," Barry mouthed with his past self, only for Rae to hit him on the arm. Barry had to smirk, himself remembering Kara's thoughts to him about having to stop saying that. He could almost hear it from a ghost of a whisper with the bond.
"What Earth are you from?" Kara asked.
"This one," it was Rip Hunter who spoke. "Only from the 31st century now – he spent more time in the Phantom Zone than you, Mrs. Allen. He came out ten centuries from now and was cured of Cadmus-related lead poisoning. He's now leader in his time."
"Dad!" Morgan yelled, and Barry had to smile at the clone as he and Rae managed to sneak onto the ship.
"We might want to find something to hold on to," Barry whispered, the two going off.
It was very soon before the past group was running into the Waverider to try and catch Brainiac. Morgan was with them, going to hug Mon, his second dad. Barry and Rae backed out of the action and followed Imra as she went to lock up the Earthman who had caused the trouble to begin with.
The two speedsters found a side lab to hide in and turned visible again.
"Creator?" It was Gideon's voice as a hologram appeared in the room. "You are from a future point to the other Creator on the ship."
"Don't tell anyone I'm here," Barry said.
"Yes Creator," Gideon said. "And a Rachel Garrick, who sometimes goes by Rae, Rach, Rai, Racey, Rachie, Shelly, and many more nicknames; found on Earths such as New Justice, Hero, Amazonian, Old Justice…"
"You can… Old Justice?" Barry asked, stopping as he took in the name Gideon had said.
"Sorry, too early for that world," Gideon corrected.
"You can stop listing the Earths I exist on. I'm not from any of them," Rae said.
"A stranded. Well I suggest you both hold on," Gideon said as Barry gave a nod as he felt the ship take off, both he and Rae sitting on chairs in the room. There were no belts, but for the two speedsters it was enough.
After a few moments the ship stopped moving.
"The ship has been parked," Gideon's voice stated. "Now how may I help you, Creator?"
"I need you to run some calculations for me using information I collected," Barry said, taking out the disc Jesse gave him and then uploading the information he had collected from the lightning bolt strike and Cadmus into Gideon. "Can you do it?"
"Certainly," Gideon said. "Would you like me to give a copy to you or just send it to STAR Co.'s systems in 2020?"
"How did you know we were from 2020?" Barry asked.
"Simple," Gideon said. "There is only one moment in time a stranded Rachel Garrick has lived on Karry Universe for any extended length of time. Now with the multiverse's timeline change all the time, but no change has been detected to this. Meaning you have to be from 2020 and this information you want is either to help defeat Zoom and/or the Second Chance Killer."
"This A.I. is smart," Rae said with a nod. Barry frowned though, putting down Rae to one year made it seem like in Gideon's memories Rae did end up leaving. Something he was hoping she would decide not to do.
"Simply put any date into the control pad there and I will send it to Justice League systems and to Jesse Morgan," Gideon said, and Barry put his current date in for Gideon. "Thank you, Creator. The calculations have been solved and sent back to your time."
"Guess it's time to go," Rae said.
"Hold on a sec," Barry said, holding out a hand. "Can we run back to our time from the 31st century?"
"No one has ever ran that far from my knowledge and why would we…." Rae paused. "Time ship…. we're in the 31st century!"
"It's a long story that involves a blue smurf kidnapping Amelia and Romana," Barry said.
"If I may," Gideon's voice was heard again. "I have programed the jump ship to take you back to your time. I will direct you to it and then bring it back when you are home. No one will be the wiser."
"Thanks, Gideon," Barry said with a smile.
"One other thing, Creator," Gideon added, as Barry paused. "This information is against protocol, but a warning is needed."
"Oh?" Barry asked.
"Be warned of the upcoming Crisis. 2021 is the year the multiverse faces its greatest threat," Gideon stated, causing Barry to frowned at this.
"Okay," he looked to Rae, who shrugged at this. "That's not at all helpful or informative."
"That is all the information I can divulge. Now I shall direct you to the Jump Ship," Gideon added.
"Thanks," Barry gave one last suspicious look at the A.I. before he and Rae moved off, heading for said Jump Ship.
-Karry Universe/Present Day-
Barry and Rae came back into the SuperFlash cave, Kara and Jesse still sitting in the same position along with Krypto and Hex.
"Lucy, I'm home!" Barry said, doing his best Ricky Ricardo impression. He felt the full bond in his head again and smiled – he missed it when he was off-world without Kara or in the past where he couldn't really feel it like he normally did. "Miss me?"
"You were barely gone two minutes," Kara laughed, and Barry frowned. It seemed Gideon had sent them back right after they'd left and Rae laughed.
"Did you get the calculations?" Barry asked Jesse.
"Two seconds after you left the computer binged with them," Jesse said. "Did you get everything else?"
Barry held up the gun he had been holding – it too big to fit in the bag they had been carrying around. "This thing is heavy," Barry commented, putting it down on the table.
"And one vibrational scanner," Rae said, taking the device out of the bag. "One meta maker…" Rae took that device out as well, "and a broken necklace that curses people with other people's soul." Rae put the broken parts down as well.
"Great job you two," Jesse said, taking all the objects and putting them in her area.
"I guess we can go," Kara said, Rae running off before them.
-Karry Universe-
Kara and Barry got home to find Amelia and Winn had barely moved. All the girls were still where they were when Kara and Barry left; Krypto and Hex running over to the girls for pets.
"That was fast – even for you two," Amelia said.
"Not as fast as you think," Barry said, making Amelia raise an eyebrow. "Long story..." Barry had filled Kara in on the adventure through their bond. She had laughed at some of the old scenes. This had brought back good memories for the two of them.
"Where's Rae?" Kara asked, looking around.
"She was with you," Winn pointed out.
"She ran out first," Kara said. "Should have been here by now… unless she went to go see Connor."
"Oh…" Barry said, suddenly sensing it – this time traveling trip and some of the things Rae had said about the speed force previously made him realize how much he could sense the force that gave him his power; and he could sense that Rae had once again used it to time travel and he knew where she went.
"I'll be back before you know it." Barry sighed, giving his girls a kiss as they yelled 'dada!' before running off.
-Karry Universe-
The Night Astra Threatened Barry…
Rae stood perfectly still as she invisibility watched Kara and Barry practice ballroom dancing – they were entering some type of competition. She didn't need to worry about being seen though, since Barry was years away from being a speedster in this time.
She nearly jumped when a hand touched her shoulder. Turning around she saw her Barry standing there. He too invisible to be able to see her. He was frowning at her.
"Don't sneak up on a girl when she's invisible spying on people," Rae whispered.
"What are you doing here?" Barry asked, looking up and smiling at his past self and Kara.
"Finding out you can't dance," Rae whispered back.
"Couldn't dance," Barry corrected. "I took lessons. And that doesn't answer my question."
"I wish we could see the stars…" it was Kara and the words turned their attention to the past duo. "The light of the cities make it impossible."
"You love space, don't you?" Barry almost had to laugh at his past self's words. Of course, Kara loved space, but he didn't know. He was so in the dark and Barry was looking at a version of himself who was so in the dark but so in love.
"I get it," Barry whispered to Rae, a smirk gave on his face. "You're considering Connor."
"Connor knows I plan to leave, and you heard Gideon," Rae whispered back. "Only one stretch of time in 2020. Then, I leave."
"You don't have to. Gideon can only say the future currently written, but we have choices. You can choose differently," Barry whispered.
"You don't get what working for the speed force means to me," Rae whispered back.
"I think I love you," Past Barry said, cutting the two off and Barry had to roll his eyes at the 'think' part.
"I think I love you too," Kara responded.
"Forget the think – I know I love you," Past Barry said after a moment. "I must, because I never felt this way about anyone else."
"Atta boy," Barry whispered with a smile.
"Same here," Kara said back.
"It's strange," Rae whispered after watching Kara and Barry say 'I love you' for the first time to each other. "I have been to many worlds, I might not have interacted, but I got an idea of them. You two are together on a lot of them – and I mean a lot! But on this world…. Two teenagers, meeting and falling in love defined everything for this world. If we told them what was to be… The heroes, the riches, the friends – hell terraforming other planets – would they believe it? Would they believe them meeting when they did gave this world a launching point no other world has had? It made this world stronger. I don't think they would."
"It's best they don't," Barry said. "Come on." Barry motioned for Rae to leave. "Let's leave them to their practice and for him to have a nightmare-filled dream."
"Nightmare-filled dream?" Rae asked.
"Astra," Barry whispered, looking up wondering where Astra was watching from. "She's going to mumble in his head as he falls to sleep. Threaten my life if I hurt Kara."
"Really?" Rae asked.
"She wasn't the first. And won't be the last," Barry said. "Clark did it and Alex will do it at this point."
Rae chuckled. "So… Clark, Astra, and Alex threatened you. You threatened Winn and Connor for being with Amelia and me. I feel sorry for your daughters." Barry playfully punched Rae at that. "Question though: did you win that competition?"
"Hell no," Barry laughed. "Come on. Race you home."
"You'll lose," Rae said as they both ran back to 2020.
TO BE CONTINUED!
Post Chapter Note 1: Wow! So, I hope you enjoyed this belated 4th Anniversary chapter. It works as an ending for this section too. Also, my original plans for the weapon Jesse is making appeared out of nowhere so it's nice to put some work into it before it's made. And if you're wondering why I used Rae instead of Wally or Jesse to time travel, I needed a person who did not know what was going on in the past and Wally and Jesse have too much knowledge. Plus, Rae was the only one on this Earth who knew how to turn invisible, so that helped. The in-universe reason for why Barry and Rae went instead of any other speedsters is that they are the fastest.
Post chapter note 2: So, this is the end of Karry Universe for now as I go back to New Justice. A 6-part conclusion will come after 10 chapters of New Justice.
The idea for this chapter was there are 9 different plots inside Karry. I visited one chapter from each section. I'm going to list out their archive/fanfiction chapters below.
College Years-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 1, 'The College Years'; Chapter 4, 'Watching Over'
Fanfiction: Chapter 4, 'Watching Over'
Becoming Heroes/Redo the TV Shows-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 2, 'Becoming Heroes; Chapter 1, "Making of a Hero'
Fanfiction: Chapter 21, 'Making of a Hero'
Brainiac Battle-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 3, 'Digital Enemy'; Chapter 5, 'When Worlds Collide'
Fanfiction: Chapter 51, 'When Worlds Collide'
Karry Pregnancy-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 4, 'Karry Pregnancy"; Chapter 1, 'Looking to the Future'
Fanfiction: Chapter 58, 'Looking to the Future'
Cadmus-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 5, "Cadmus"; Chapter 10, 'Allen and Kent'
Fanfiction: Chapter 81, 'Allen and Kent'
Karry Revelations-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 6, "Karry Revelations"; Chapter 11, 'My Sister's Keeper'
Fanfiction: Chapter 93, 'My Sisters Keeper'
Darkseid-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 7, "The Army Killer"; Chapter 4, 'Coping Mechanism'
Fanfiction: Chapter 98, 'Coping Mechanism'
The Metamorphosis-
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 8 "The Metamorphosis"; Chapters 4 and 5 "The Legion of Superheroes, Part 1 and 2"
Fanfiction: Chapter 120, "The Legion of Superheroes"
Totems Plot:
Archive: Karry Universe, Part 9, "Hunt for the Totems"; Chapter 8 "Vegas Baby"
Fanfiction: Chapter 134, "Vegas Baby"
Phew. Well, again, I hope you enjoyed and, remember to REVIEW.
Karry Master OUT!