Karry Universe: Kid Swap
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The Clark Clone Club Conundrum
-Early August-
On Mutant Earth, Kara and Barry came back onto the farm with their kids. They had gone to Central to help Joe plan the funeral for Iris West, who had been killed by a multiverse version of herself. They stayed with Joe for a few days, too.
"Welcome home!" This was Oliver, who had agreed to come to the farm to watch Jason and give him a bit of a vigilante boot camp.
"Hey," Barry smiled at his friend.
"How was it? The funeral?" Oliver asked.
"Sad," Barry stated simply. "She was my sister…"
"More to the point, was he good?" Kara asked, seeing Jason laying on the floor.
"Well, he's not vigilante material, but he did all the training exercises," Oliver said.
"Please tell me you didn't actually give him weapons," Barry asked as Griffin was running to the field while Zane and Zoey were playing with toys. Barry put Lilith stroller into the shade.
"No weapons, just good old-fashioned exercise," Oliver said.
"Jason, we got to get back to farm work," Kara called, knowing the time they had delayed needed to now be made up.
Jason groaned. "My body hurts – can't I get a day off?" Jason complained. "Have fun?"
"Fun is for boys who didn't almost kill their mom," Kara responded to him, and he groaned again.
"I am sick of hearing about that," Jason groaned.
"Get used to it," Kara snapped.
"Maybe take a little pity on him?" Barry said as Oliver decided to stay out of it.
"Okay, a little pity. I'll take off the red sunlight bracelet for a few moments. That should return his powers for a while and heal him of any aches and pains," Kara addressed Barry, and Jason sat up quick at that.
"You can do that?" Jason asked.
"Of course," Kara moved to a locked box they had outside the farmhouse and opened it, taking out the key her Karry alternate had given her. She went over to Jason and took off the bracelet. Jason gave a smile as he felt his powers return, as he felt better again. Strong. It was only a moment before Kara put the bracelet back on him and he was back to the normal strength and feelings of a human.
"There, all better. Go, get something to eat and then we're getting started on catching up on work," Kara said, and Jason went into the house but watched carefully as Kara put the key away.
-Karry Universe-
On Karry, Kara and Barry were in their backyard as Alura and Nora played. Star and Romana were starting on some of their summer schoolwork in their room; Kent was sitting on Kara's lap. "So, what exactly is your plan for Netflix?" Kara asked, the two having decided to do some work.
"Don't worry," Barry said smugly, which worried Kara instantly. "Profits from Titania are doing well. Calisto is still sucking money, but once STAR Studios get their shows out, I am sure that will do well. Oh, and some good news. That house a little south of here closed. It's officially ours. Want to spend the last few weeks of summer there?"
"Wait, you–" Kara began, but was interrupted by Kal.
"Kara, Barry?" The two turned to see Kal standing there.
"Yeah?" Barry asked, curious on the interruption.
"Well… you two are the Paragons of Love. I was wondering… if you could well… Help me? Give some advice," Kal was actually blushing as he said this.
Well, this is interesting, Barry thought to his wife. "Okay. Sit." Barry pointed at a chair opposite and Kal sat. "Now, have you had a girlfriend?"
"Urm," Kal began.
"Boyfriend?" Kara tried at this. She knew Chris on New Justice was currently with another guy.
"No, no, it's a girl – I mean, she's a girl," Kal said quickly, making both pause. "My Lois and Lucy have a little half-sister on their mom's side on my world. Lara King. I brought her on a few dates but… it didn't work. I think my attempt of trying to imitate Clark… get with a Lane. Well, sort of Lane, I suppose."
"Okay, well you're almost in college. You know, we met in college. Kara was my sister's roommate, and I was in love the moment I saw her," Barry said with a smile.
"Kal doesn't have a sister his age," Kara reminded Barry. "So, no roommate to imitate life. You know, Clark dated Lana Lang and Diana before settling with Lois. It's not always like us where your first romance is your best."
"Diana… Wonder Woman?" Kal asked. "That's interesting."
"She is older than all of us, so it's not like an age gap matters there," Barry pointed out.
At that moment, their attention got turned as they saw the blue of a portal from the living room.
"I'm going to go see what that is," Kara said. "Barry, continue helping Kal. You seem on top of it," Barry gave a nod as Kara got up, taking Kent with her.
….
Colin was in the living room; he had just been able to start his own game in the Survivors of Rao. Since Amelia had left, Kara had been hogging the system to play, but finally had let the boys have a turn. Colin had won a rock, paper, scissors tournament to be the first one of the boys who could do it.
Colin found himself torn though, looking through the houses he could play as. Of course, the House of El was tempting, but Kara had done that and had created a perfect Kryptonian civilization apparently – according to her, it was a utopia. Colin knew his didn't have to follow the same way, even if he chose the House of El, but he was curious what happened with others. It was hard for him to choose though, since his Krypton was still alive he knew members of a lot of these Houses. He spent a lot of time with his Kryptonian family.
He paused when a portal opened, and a couple of different people came out. First was Krypto, the dog finally returning home from his stay on Prime, then his Cora came out and following her were two familiar older couple: Seg and Nyssa. "Cora, Grandma, Grandpa?" Colin asked, smiling at the three.
"They are…" Cora didn't finish her sentence as Kara came in from the back, holding Kent.
"Oh, someone is finally not avoiding their pregnant kid," Kara joked to Krypto who came up to sniff Kent. The little boy laughing.
"Hard to avoid pregnant dogs right now – Powie is expecting her second litter," Cora stated, causing Kara to pause as Krypto sulked off.
"He doesn't do well with puppies," Kara sighed, "He had a tough puppyhood, witnessed his siblings murdered before he escaped," Kara explained as Cora nodded. "So, you're Cora, right? And grandma and grandpa," she smiled at the elder two, who were taking in the conversation in silence, "I didn't think you two were interested in multiverse hopping?"
"They're not ours. They are for the stranded apartments," Cora said, and Kara couldn't hide a smile on her face at this.
I'm starting to think Prime is just sending people we'll get attached to, Barry thought from the kitchen, but Kara ignored him.
"Well, let me see this little guy," Nyssa said, holding out her hands and Kara gave Kent over to her. "We have – had – many grandchildren back home. It's hard to think that our world is gone," Nyssa sighed sadly at this.
"I'm sorry. This is Kent, well um… Ken-El," Kara said to her.
"We also have Alura and Nora, and have adopted two other girls. Plus, there's a few of Clark's – Kal-El's – kids and clones around," Kara added, wondering if knowing the lineage of El would help this version of her grandparents feel less sad about their loss.
"Quite right too," Seg stated, defiantly. "I'm glad the line of El has continued here. The Kara of Prime told us a bit about this world."
"Yes, it sounded absolutely fascinating, so we jumped at the opportunity to come here," Nyssa added.
"Oh, what is this?" Seg asked, his eyes having caught the TV.
"A Kryptonian civilization videogame called The Survivors of Rao," Colin spoke up.
"Fascinating," Seg said, moving over to observe what Colin had done so far. Nyssa smirked to herself as she perched on the arm of the couch.
"Urm, I actually came here for a reason," Cora said, making the others look at her. "Colin, remind us why we are not removing your cybernetics?"
"Oh, because it would reset my memories and I would lose everything," Colin said. "Why?"
"Kara," Cora said, turning to Kara with a small smirk. "You have a Fortress of Solitude here, right?"
"Yes…" Kara said, wondering where this was going.
"And does your Fortress, like others in the multiverse, scan your brain and copy your memories and personality?" Cora asked.
"Yeah, it can do – we can make replicas of memories to make a hologram of us when we die. Also give clones memories, personalities, or just an essence of the person they were copied from if needed. I think it was Aunt Lara's creation to preserve some Kryptonian culture when the world was heading for extinction," Kara said.
"And other worlds have had devices that can implant those memories in a human host. Our young Kara had Alien Earth Kara's memories, for example," Cora said.
"I'd have to check but I think we have that as well," Kara said. "Wait, had?"
"Yes, our young Kara did have those memories but always regretted it – especially as the Krypton of Alien Earth was different to ours. With out help we sort of… reduced those memories she gained from Alien Earth's Kara – she hasn't gotten rid of them entirely, but it's helped stem the confusion," Cora explained.
"Why didn't she tell us?" Kara asked at this, ignoring Colin who had since got up and moved over, eager for more information from Cora.
"She didn't want to bother her fellow Paragons with something so trivial," Cora dismissed, knowing all about the Paragons now.
We'd have loved to have known that, Barry spoke in Kara's head as Kara had to agree, a little sad that Prime Kara hadn't wanted to tell them this.
"Anyway, Colin," Cora turned to the young man, "we can make a copy of your memories and personality, remove the cybernetics, and then download your memories back into your body afterward," Cora said.
"Wow… I… um, I have to think about this," Colin said, having figured this was where Cora was going with talk of the Fortress, but surprised, nonetheless.
"Take your time. Kara, can you bring me to the Fortress so I can see all this technology and prepare, in case Colin decides to go through with the procedure?" Cora asked.
"Sure! Give me a second," Kara said, and then thought to Barry. Well, I've got to go to the Fortress. Can you take care of the kids?
I was planning on taking Kal out on romance advice trip. I'll go grab Caitlin. Besides your grandparents are here too, Barry thought back and then there was a flash in the room and Alura and Nora were on the couch next to Nyssa and Seg. Then, another Flash and Caitlin was there with Garfield and Jenny. She didn't look surprise to have her day suddenly uprooted by being sped to the house by Barry.
"Got it. Watch the girls," Caitlin said monotonously, on autopilot for this, as Barry left with Kal. Kara laughed as Caitlin gave a smile and she left with Cora. Krypto went to follow along with Hex. Jenny ran off to go find Romana and Star as Garfield turned into puppy and jumped on the couch with Alura and Nora.
"Wait, who are you two?" Caitlin asked as Colin moved away, no longer interested in the game as he had a lot to think about.
"I'm Nyssa Seg-El and my husband Seg-El," Nyssa said, seeing her husband was interested in the game, having already figured out how to use the game console now Colin had abandoned it. She had been holding and talking to Kent since she'd taken him from Kara. "Our world was destroyed in that Crisis event. The world called Prime said we can stay here until we find a new world."
"Wait, Kara's grandparents?" Caitlin asked and Nyssa gave a nod.
"Technically… well, basically yes," Nyssa stated. They weren't Karry Kara's grandparents but with her own Kara, and indeed Krypton, now gone, they were as good as.
"I have so many questions!" Caitlin sat down as she and Nyssa started to chat.
-Karry Universe-
Back on Mutant Earth, Jason had started his farm work. Kara Kent had taught him specific chores to do, collecting vegetables, feeding animals, and cleaning up. Kara and Barry were using their own powers to help hurry it while Oliver was there giving a hand as well.
As he was feeding the chickens, Jason's eyes kept going to the box with the key in it. He went to put the chicken food away in the barn and found a large hammer there – it was heavy for his human strength, but he went back and looked around. The adults were too busy with work to notice, and the kids were just playing. With a swing, Jason broke the lock on the box with the hammer and then put it down. Opening the box, he grinned as he found the key within.
Wasting no time, Jason took off the red sunlight bracelet and tossed it away, feeling his powers return. Him giving a smile as he crushed the red sunlight bracelet with his powers and then started to run at superspeed – punching and making holes in the walls of the stable and barn and tearing down fences as he then ran off the farm.
"What just happened?" Olivier asked as Kara and Barry moved off, groaning as they only just realized what happened.
"Should have moved the key," Kara sighed as Barry found the remnants of the red sunlight bracelet. "Take that to Junior, Stalker. Oliver, watch the kids. I'm going to go get our wayward boy back," Barry gave a nod as Kara ran towards the town where Jason had gone.
-Karry Universe-
On Karry, Kara had brought Cora into the Fortress of Solitude.
"Wow, I have heard of this place from my young Kara and Barry, but this is the first I have seen of it," Cora said looking around. Krypto and Hex went to sit down near the entrance. "My great-grandfather, Val-El had something similar, but it was destroyed before I was born…"
"I've heard of Val-El," Kara nodded, having heard of her great-grandfather's name once or twice from holograms but nothing more than that.
"What are some of these things on display?" Cora asked, looking at the tools on the walls.
"It's mostly Clark's stuff," Kara said. "He's the one who built this with the equipment that Uncle Jor put in his pod before I even showed up."
"Kara Zor-El?" The familiar little servant robot appeared now.
"Kal-X," Kara smiled to the robot. "This is Cora Jor-El from another Earth in the multiverse."
"Welcome," the robot said as Kara went to start up the hologram of her uncle. "Cora Jor-El. An alternative of Kal-El," Kal-X stated at this. "This was the name discussed by Jor-El and Lara Jor-El should their first born be a girl."
"Yes, I know…" Cora sighed; it was still a sticky subject for her, knowing she was both the female version of her brother, and that she hadn't existed on her world prior to Crisis and only had come to be due to both Kal-El and Gal-El being unable to continue the family representation on Krypton.
"Uncle Jor," Kara said, distracting Cora, as the hologram came to life. Cora took a step back at the image of her father – younger than she knew him. "Display all information about memory copying and transfer."
"As you wish, Little One," Jor's voice said, and the information came up holographically, replacing the image of Jor. Cora stepped forward to review the information.
-Karry Universe-
On Mutant, Kara had caught up to Jason fast and grabbed hold of him with ease. Despite his complaints, she instantly ran him back to farmland where no one in town could see his face.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Kara snapped, tossing the boy to the ground as she stopped. She knew with his powers he had some invincibility, so wasn't concerned about hurting him right now with the strength she used. "You're not faster than me! You sure as hell are not faster than Barry."
Jason yelled out and jumped up, going to punch Kara, who let the punch hit her. It only resulted in him yelling out in pain as his hand hit Kara.
"You're not stronger than me," Kara sighed as she picked Jason up. "And you absolutely aren't smarter than me."
"What are you going to do? Send me home? That's where I have been wanting to go," Jason snapped.
"I'm not sending you home, but I think it's time for some harsher punishment than farm work and vigilante training," Kara said, and took to the air with Jason still in her grasp.
-Karry Universe-
On Karry, Barry had brought Kal to a Mall in National City.
"Are we really going to hit on girls in a Mall…?" Kal asked.
"I'm sure as hell not – I'm a happily married man, thank you. No, you are," Barry said to Kal. "Look, you just need to talk to someone. Like… her." Barry smirked as he pointed at the girl. He had contacted Lena and set this up without Kal knowing. This girl was Nell, who had agreed to practice with Kal. Barry wasn't telling Kal this was a set up though. Barry gave Kal some money. "Go, buy something to eat and then ask her if you can join her."
Kal gave a nervous nod, going to one of the food counters and buying something small. When it was ready, he took his tray over to the table Nell was at.
"Erm… Mind if I join you?" Kal asked.
"Not at all," Nell said, letting Kal sit down. Her aunt Lena, now her legal guardian, had taught her a lot recently.
"I'm Kal," Kal said.
"Nell," Nell said back.
"That's an… interesting name," Kal stated.
"You too. Is Kal short for something? I'm actually Elenore, but prefer Nell," Nell explained, trying to make Kal feel at ease without giving herself away.
As they talked, Barry had also gotten himself some food and sat at a table nearby to watch as the two teens chatted
Really? A set up for him to gain confidence? Kara thought to Barry.
You have a better idea? Barry thought back, and didn't get any response. Well, it's working. The two were chatting and laughing with each other as Barry ate, trying to keep his face a bit hidden a little, since he didn't need STAR Co. fans – or hell, paparazzi – bothering him right now.
After a while, Kal and Nell got up and walked away.
I wonder where they're going...? Barry asked, a little concerned now.
Maybe let him fly on his own for a bit, Kara thought back and Barry frowned, Nell can definitely look after herself, Kara added, and Barry decided his wife was right. He could figure out what happened later when Kal came home.
-Karry Universe
Kara Kent on Mutant Earth stood in their Warehouse Base in Central City. She was in the prison section.
Years ago, SuperEarth had ruined this area, but they had rebuilt it and enhanced it – she had put Jason in one of the cells designed to hold Kryptonians and Daxamites, just in case. The boy was sitting on the floor.
"Comfy?" Kara asked him.
"So, what, you're keeping me in here until the red sunlight bracelet is fixed?" Jason asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh, that's fixed," Kara said, confusing Jason. "But you're grounded. Two days here."
"What!?" Jason asked. "You can't do that? This is child abuse! It's not what I was brought here for!"
"The thing is, this is exactly what your world would have done to you if we didn't take you in and this will be exactly what happens to you if you don't learn," Kara said. "Every time you seem to be making progress here, you relapse. You were good for a while and then my Bounty alternate showed, and you threw a temper tantrum. You were good for Oliver and then you saw a chance to get your powers back and went wild. No, you need to see what will happen to you should you continue the way you are. Two days Ja-El. Consider it a lesson."
"But… what if I need the bathroom!" Jason asked.
"There's a toilet and sink built in, there's a sign. Food will be bought to you," Kara stated simply.
"But… but… but…" Annoyed with him, Kara pushed a button, and the cell Jason was in blackened so she couldn't see or hear him. Sighing to herself, Kara walked out to the main area where Cisco was with Caitlin and Mon – with their daughter Harmony. "I'll be back to get him in two days," Kara said.
"We'll make sure he gets food and what he needs," Caitlin said.
"No extras," Kara said. "He's exactly like everyone else we keep in cells."
"Got it," Cisco said, holding up the red sunlight bracelet Barry had dropped off but then the Flash had run back to the farm himself.
"Are you going to tell Karry?" Mon asked as Kara took the fixed bracelet.
"I'll send them a text to inform them," Kara said with a nod and then ran out.
-Karry Universe-
Colin wasn't sure between the option of removing his cybernetics or not, so he knew he had to ask his friends. And by friends, he sought out his fellow Clark Clone Club brothers.
"Kal, not with you?" Colin asked as he found Jonny in the kitchen of Kara and Barry's Disney house, seeming to be microwaving something.
"No, he's getting love advice from the Paragon of Love," Jonny said, and Colin frowned. It seemed Kal was off the table for advice. "What's going on? Want us to assist in the game with you?" Jonny asked, noticing the distraction in Colin's behavior.
"Um… no I think grandpa has taken that over," Colin said, and noticed Jonny raise an eyebrow. "You don't have super-hearing, do you?" Jonny shook his head, indicating he didn't have that Kryptonian power. "Grandpa Seg and Grandma Nyssa, two strandeds, are here for the apartments. Grandpa got interested and I got distracted."
"Oh cool," Jonny said, taking what looked like left over Chinese food out of the microwave.
"Could I ask you for some advice?" Colin asked as Jonny started to eat.
"Sure," Jonny nodded.
"Well you know my cybernetics couldn't be removed as I'd lose my memories, my personality, everything that makes me me," Colin explained, and Jonny nodded – Colin had explained this to his fellow Clark Clone Club. "Well, with the Fortress's technology to copy memories and stuff, my Cora told me I could have my cybernetics removed and keep my memories…"
"Okay? So, what's the issue?" Jonny asked, sucking up a noodle as he said this.
"Well, I don't know what to do. Should I keep them or remove them?" Colin asked.
"Oh, you keep them," Jonny said as he continued to eat.
"Care to elaborate on why?" Colin asked, wondering.
"You know, I am a born speedster. I was born with my speed like my mom before me," Jonny said, and Colin didn't see how this connected. "Us, who are born with the Speed Force, are reliant on the Speed Force. Being disconnected would kill us. Now, I am half Kryptonian. There's a chance, if I were to remove my Speed Force side, my Kryptonian side would cover, and I would live. I wouldn't take that chance though, cause being a speedster and Kryptonian is who I am. Your Cybernetics are part of who you are. You were created with the cybernetics as part of you. It would be like me removing my Speed Force side and hoping for the best. Besides, is the risk of Cora's plan failing really worth it?"
"Failing?" Colin asked.
"Your memories could be lost, you could die, you could end up brain damaged… the list is endless," Jonny stated.
"Oh. Thanks," Colin said, taking in Jonny words. "Erm, where are Chris and Connor?"
"Chris went to Watchtower after eating the other half of this Chinese food," Jonny said. "Connor, I think, is at the Karry Penthouse. Don't take my word on that."
"Thanks again," Colin said getting up and heading out.
…
Colin did indeed find Chris in Watchtower, surprisingly punching a punching bag.
"What are you doing…?" Colin asked.
"Isn't this great?" Chris grinned. "My world has advanced training equipment, but there's nothing like a punching bag a Kryptonian can just punch at without breaking. I need to get the nerds to make this just for me." Chris continued to punch as he said it. Colin came and grabbed the other side. "Oh, good hold it while I punch."
"Can I ask you some advice as we do this?" Colin asked as Chris continued to punch.
"Go for it," Chris said, and continued punching as Colin once again explained about his cybernetics, the problem removing it, and Cora's solution.
"So, I am just looking for advice on what to do," Colin said.
"Do it," Chris said back as he continued to punch the punching bag. "The memory transfer was done on me, you know."
"It was?" Colin asked, taken aback by this.
"Yeah. When Replicate made me I had nothing but pure animal instincts. Kara and Rae used the memory transfer with some of my Clark's memories – it didn't give me all of them, but covered a sort of education so I knew how to talk, read, math, etc. I got some of his feelings and some stray thoughts. Probably where my love of writing came from, but my point is if my Kara and Rae could pick and choose which memories to give me and download them to my brain, your memories will be fine. There isn't a risk. Besides, those cybernetics are really annoying – especially your early morning wakeup call. I mean 6am!"
"Yeah, that's a remnant of Maxwell Lord's programming," Colin mused, Maxwell being the cybernetic expert who had made him along with his world's Lex Luthor.
Colin had also been sharing the same room with Chris and he had accidentally woken him up a few times when his cybernetics made him wake up. It also meant he usually went to sleep earlier than them, so he got a full night sleep before he was forced awake.
"Thanks, though," Colin said, thinking Chris's experience with the memory transfer was useful. "I'm going to go talk to Connor." Colin stepped away from the punching bag and Chris gave him a wave as Colin walked away.
….
Stopped in the Karry Penthouse, Colin saw Connor on the couch with some popcorn and a show on the television.
"What are you doing here?" Colin asked; Connor turned but didn't seem surprised to see him.
"Amelia and Winn are both at work," Connor said. "The couch is comfy, and Barry and Kara have an amazing TV, great TV package, and every streaming service possible – including the multiverse Netflix."
"But… a cooking show?" Colin asked, seeing someone setting a pan on fire. "What is with all of us and food?"
Connor laughed. "Rae is going to be competing on this show on her Earth and I figured I would watch it and see what's it about before she's on it," Connor explained.
"Well can we pause it for a moment?" Colin asked, and Gideon paused the show at the word. Connor turned to look at Colin now.
"What's up?" Connor asked.
"I wanted to ask your opinion on something," Colin stated as he sat on the couch across from Connor. For the third time Connor explained about his cybernetics and the solution to do the procedure to remove it.
"Don't do it," Connor said, frowning now. "Look, Cadmus made me like your Earth's Lex Luthor and Maxwell Lord made you. We have the most in common," Colin hadn't realized this one before. "We were experiments but we're free now. Don't do anything that would jeopardize that. Don't be an experiment again. The outcome's not worth it."
Colin thought it over and gave Connor a nod.
"Hey is this show this Earth version of the show?" Colin asked, changing the topic.
"Yeah," Connor said.
"Well, couldn't Beautiful Earth's be different?" Colin asked and Connor paused.
"Hum… good point. Gideon, is Beautiful Earth's version of Next Level Chef on the system?" Connor asked.
"It is, want me to play episode one?" Gideon asked.
"Yes," Connor said. "Thanks Colin. Want to watch with me?"
"No. You enjoy," Colin said, getting up and leaving as Connor turned back to the TV.
…
Back in the house in Disney, Colin sighed as he sat down in thought.
"Didn't get any more clarity?" this was Nyssa, and Colin smiled – despite this not being his Earth's Nyssa Seg-El, it was comforting having her here. "Why don't you tell me the advice your brothers gave?"
"How did you know about the Clark Clone Club?" Colin asked.
"A grandmother knows," Nyssa smirked as Colin couldn't help but laugh at this simply explanation. "So, Colin?"
"Well one didn't want me to remove my cybernetics, because they're part of who I am; another encouraged it because he had his memories given by the same technology Cora wants to use; the last didn't want me to do it because we're both results of experiments and this would be another experiment, essentially," Colin summarized.
"You have hit the pitfall of advice," Nyssa mused at this. "Seeking advice when you're not sure is a smart thing, but advice comes from people's own past and opinions. You need to take what they tell you and decide if it's worth it. You said one didn't want you to remove them because they're part of you, but the question is, do you feel the same way. Are your cybernetics like that for you?"
"No," Colin said after a moment shaking his head.
"And the one who knows what it's like to be used and experimented on thinks this would be like that. Would you think that would be an experiment?" Nyssa asked.
"No. I trust Cora," Colin said. "I trust the technology used."
"The one who has knowledge of the memory transfer, I assume tells you it will be safe? Is that reassuring?" Nyssa asked.
"It is," Colin said.
"And so the final question. Look into yourself. Do you want the cybernetics gone or do you want to keep them? Take a moment here and dig deep," Nyssa said.
Colin took a deep breath and thought. The answer had been there all along, ever since Cora had appeared earlier with this new information.
"I… I want them gone," Collin admitted.
"Then go to the Fortress and tell Cora you have chosen," Nyssa said.
Colin stood up and then hugged Nyssa. "Thank you, grandma," Colin said to her and then left the house.
"You're very welcome," Nyssa said, even though Colin was gone.
-Karry Universe-
Back on Mutant Earth, Kara had returned to the farmhouse.
"I got the little ones settled," Kara said, seeing Barry in the kitchen. "What's the damage?"
"Well, some holes. Oliver said he will stay another day and help since I don't have Kal," Barry said. "But I have to wonder, with this latest acting out, are we even helping Jason…?"
"I think we are, but I wish they had given me him earlier," Kara sighed. "I would have worked this out of him when he first started. It's harder now this attitude has buried."
"Having to lock him up though. If any of our kids…" Barry mused.
"No, they won't," Kara said quickly at this.
"Clark is as much of a hero on Karry Universe as we are… and he got Jason," Barry voiced.
"But if any of our kids step a toe out of line, I will correct it quickly. Clark waited too long. Tried other methods that didn't work for way too long," Kara said. "Our kids will be fine, Stalker. I promise"
"But don't make a promise you can't keep," Barry said standing up and kissing Kara.
-Karry Universe-
It was a few hours later, on Karry Universe, as Kara entered the house with Krypto and Hex.
"So, the surgery went well?" Barry asked; Kara had come before and gotten Caitlin for Colin's procedure and Barry had been watching all the kids. Romana, Star, Alura, and Nora had been teaching Garfield and Jenny how to play Harry Potter, using stray sticks and pens as wands and pretend brooms to fly. Kent had eaten dinner and was now sleeping, since it had gotten late.
"Well, two Caitlins, Prime's Victoria Stone, and Cora, so yeah it went well. Colin is resting in the Fortress right now and then he will be tested with his memory. Ronnie is waiting for Jenny and Garfield by the way," Kara said.
"I'll get them there. Oh, and the girls are excited to spend a week or two in our new house before heading home," Barry said, and Kara gave a smile.
Before Barry could get the two, Kal came into the room.
"Thanks Barry," Kal said, giving him a hug.
"So, things went well?" Barry asked.
"Yeah, me and Nell got along well. But I know it was a set up. She told me," Kal said, and Barry blushed. "But I get what you were doing. Practice and give me confidence. Plus, me and Nell are going out again. Paragons of Love for the win!" Kal went up the stairs as Kara and Barry stared.
You lucked into that, Kara thought to that.
Kal and Nell though? Could we survive another multiverse romance, Barry though.
I doubt it will come to much, Kara mused. Nell's got too much on her plate for boys right now.
Barry decided not to ask what Kara meant by this as they entered the living room, the pair seeing Seg and Nyssa still there. They had some food and Seg was still playing The Survivors of Rao.
"Oh. How do you like it?" Kara asked.
"Like what?" Nyssa asked. "This world?"
"No. Well yes, but I mean the game," Kara added, nodding to the TV. Nyssa laughed at this.
"Well, I chose a planet with large plant life and started using some of it for medicine, but it turned out it was addictive, and half my population is addicted to the stuff," Seg spoke up, and Kara just about groaned before Seg said: "But I love it."
"You do?" Kara asked.
"The way the population is now, is logical from the choices I made," Seg explained. "It's an amazing bit of programming and any little change in choice can lead to different outcomes. I didn't have them look into the plant further, because I needed medical supplies more. If I had looked further and discovered the addictive qualities, I could have prevented this. It's absolutely fascinating. I might need to play this several times just to see alternate scenarios."
"Glad you like," Kara said, leaning over the couch and kissing Seg's cheek.
"That's a high seal of approval," Barry added, grinning before running to grab Garfield and Jenny to bring them to their father.
"We're going to head to one of our others houses for a while to set it up before going to our main house. You're welcome to join or stay here, or I can show you one of the apartments…?" Kara said.
"If you don't mind, we would like to join and spend some time with Els," Nyssa said.
"I don't mind at all," Kara said with a smile and then her phoned binged. She looked at the message and groaned.
"Something wrong?" Nyssa asked.
"Just a wayward El," Kara sighed. "Don't worry about it. Family is taking care of him," Nyssa nodded, a little concerned, as Kara sat to watch Seg continue to play.
Post Chapter Note: I promised more Mutant Earth and this chapter gave more Mutant Earth. I hope you enjoyed.
Next Time on Karry Universe:
In the 31st Century- In the future, Mon, Imra, and Cisco deal with some issues that could affect present day. Plus, Zari is about recruiting for her new Legends. Surprises about the future of some of our characters are in store.
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