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Chapter 19- Another meeting
Earth-1, Central City, warehouse
"So, what are you, some sort of "League of Supervillains"? Merlyn asked with no attempt to hold back his sarcasm.
"When you say it like that, it sounds so ostentatious." Lex replied smoothly.
"And stupid."
"That too." Lex agreed with his partner who seemed to finish his inspection of the warehouse Merlyn brought them to. It was dark with rather dramatic kind of lighting, he wasn't sure if that's how it always has been, or this League of Assassins were that showy.
"Quite." Malcolm eyed them both. The bald man, Luthor, he reminded Merlyn of himself, after he returned from Nanda Parbat, but even if he could hold his own, he was in no way a fighter. The other man, Zemo, he was clearly a soldier, and a spy, he eyed their surroundings, his assassins all around, armed with blades and bows. Yet, both men were calm. "While the proposal is intriguing, I don't see what benefits it can provide me."
"Besides the resources we provide-"
"-the intel from other worlds-"
"-our own contributions to any further plans-"
"-our sparkling personalities-"
"-I think we can very much become a valuable ally for you as a member of our endeavor." Lex and Zemo said together. Merlyn looked at them both, rather perturbed by the synchrony they spoke with. "You clearly got issues with Oliver Queen."
That made Malcolm pay attention. "I see you've done your homework."
"Imagine what we can do when someone just gives us the answers." Zemo offered to the man as he walked up to the assassins next to Merlyn. Their eyes never strayed from his, one movement, and they could kill him. Whatever training they received, they were weapons, not just soldiers. "Any future troubles or plans," Zemo stopped walking and turned back to Ra's al Ghul, "consider us benefactors."
"As long as you play by our rules." Lex finished.
A chuckle escaped the man once called the Dark Archer before clicking his fingers. The next thing Lex and Zemo knew, the assassins had arrows knocked, and two appeared from nowhere to hold swords at their necks. "If you think you can dictate rules to me, you clearly haven't been paying attention."
"We didn't need to." Lex said, his voice still calm, surprising Merlyn, but Luthor wasn't the first man he met with false bravado. The bald man then jerked his chin outside. "He was."
All Malcolm saw was a blur of black with blue lightning before every one of his assassins were thrown aside, dead or unconscious, he didn't know, that was when an iron grip wrapped itself around his throat. Gagging, Malcolm tried to break out, but it wasn't just the grip made of iron, the arm was actually made of metal. Looking forward, Merlyn found the pitch-black eyes and demonic mask of the one called Zoom.
"I think this little demonstration has proven just how lucrative our alliance can be, agreed?" The baron asked with a tilted head. With his windpipe almost being crushed, Merlyn could only nod. The hand was removed, and Malcolm bent over, hands on his knees, coughing, trying to get his breath back. "So, interested?"
Coughing again, this time it lead to a short laugh, before he looked up at Zemo, then at Zoom. He liked the way these boys operated. "Very."
"Good." Lex returned to his line of sight, holding the jar with Savage's ashes. "Now, what can you tell us about this gentleman?"
Earth-199999
In a campsite, a bunch of teenagers were sitting together near a campfire, telling each other stories about superheroes as one said. "And then Iron Man flew in, and started blasting that alien group right on the faces!"
The other teens cheered at that, as another said. "Oh that's nothing! I saw Thor hitting some with lightning from above while flying!"
"Iron Man is cooler", the previous teen said.
"Cooler than the God of Thunder? No chance", the other one said in reply.
"All right kids, time to go to bed", the camp instructor said while clapping his hands, as the teens all started getting up.
"Iron Man!"
"Thor!"
"Its Hulk! That green transformation is so cool", one more said.
"No, its Captain America, all of them follow his lead", another teen added.
"I'd say Black Widow and Hawkeye, they don't even have powers and still fought alongside these four", one more pointed out.
"All right kids, we can continue this discussion tomorrow", the instructor told them, as the teens all started heading towards the campsite.
That moment, they suddenly saw a blue portal opening up in front of them, and out of it walked some…robot like things, in a straight line.
"Unknown area", the droid in the front, who looked a little different from the rest, said to the others behind it.
"Are you Tony Stark's inventions?" The camp instructor asked the droid, finding them amusing so far.
"We do not know Tony Stark, he is not in our databases", the droid told him. "We must return."
But the breach behind them was gone, as another one in the line said. "The pathway is no longer accessible."
"Then we get into contact with a Separatist outpost."
At that moment, the lead droid suddenly took out a strange, shining sword with a flourish, and sliced the camp instructor's body into two, making the teenagers gasp and scream as they started running.
The other droids all started firing bolts from their blasters.
New York City, Avengers Tower
Clint was about to head off on his bike when he got a breach alert on his phone, the alert having been made for all of them after Steve had been brought back from the other Universe.
Thor still did not have a phone, while Tony and Reed were trying to track where those creatures had come from. Steve had just come back from another world, and Natasha was trying to be there for him.
And this might not be a Code Green.
"Well then, looks like I should go then", Clint commented, deciding to change into his suit.
Earth-92, Sunnydale, Summers House
Willow sat on a chair, as Tara held up the magic book in her hands, Rat Amy in front of them, now out of her cage, as Tara asked. "This is it, right?"
"Yeah", Willow nodded with a sigh. "I'd do it but….." she trailed off, still ashamed of what she'd done to Tara. Tara would have comforted her, but she still needed time before she could really process all of it and begin forgiving Willow.
So, she just read the spell out. "Murem hunc coram me converte in mulierem solebat."
There was a glow, and Rat Amy transformed into human Amy, completely naked, as Buffy came in and threw a towel around her, Amy hugging her knees to her chest and panting in fear, as she looked around at them all, recognizing Willow and Buffy, as her fear passed.
"Hey, Willow. How have you been?"
"Lesbian, you?"
"Rat."
She looked at Buffy. "Hey, Buffy. How have you been?"
"Dead, you?"
"Rat."
"Right."
She looked at Tara, who said. "I'm Tara."
"I'm Amy."
"I know."
"Right." She looked at Willow. "So, getting into magic, huh? I know a good place with magic, maybe you and I could go there and-"
"No", Willow shook her head, wanting to go, but deciding not to, her better instincts telling her it'd be wrong. "I don't want to, sorry Amy."
Amy looked dejected. "Its fine." But her tone, it just sounded…there was something off about it. And while she looked dejected, there was something else in her eyes, that they did not recognize yet.
"Thanks for bringing me back, y'all."
Earth-199999
Clint, now dressed up in his suit, with his bow and quiver of arrows on him, as well as any other weapons, rode towards the area on his bike, listening to news on his phone too. One bit of news was quite interesting to him.
"Reports say the ruler of Latveria has been overthrown, and the hierarchy of the nation has been changed. The new ruler-"
Clint was close to the area, so he shut off the news, though what he'd heard of Latveria was in his mind.
Stopping the bike, Clint got off and walked towards forest, before looking down as he saw footprints on the ground. But they did not look like footprints any known human or animal or even alien would make.
"Who was here?" Clint wondered as he knelt to investigate, noticing the footprints were coming from a certain direction, and going towards another.
"I have a bad feeling about this", Clint said, before running into the direction where the footsteps had come from, and what he saw horrified him.
An adult man's body had been sliced in half, and whatever had done it, it could not be a normal sword for sure.
But the other bodies made his heart break. Young teenagers, about the same age as his two kids. Wounds resembling bullet wounds were on them, but they were cauterized, and there were no bullets.
Some even looked like they had their necks in a vice.
Kneeling near the dead children in grief, Clint shed some tears at this senseless slaughter, this loss of innocent life.
"I'm sorry", he whispered to them. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you."
But their lives would all be avenged!
Wiping his tears, Clint got up, anger shining in his eyes, even if his mind decided to focus, so that he could be clear-headed when he faced the monsters who did this.
Where would these things go after this?
He decided to follow the footsteps again, slowly getting farther, though the footsteps seemed to die down.
So, he took out his phone again, using the map to see any areas of note nearby. There was a NASA observatory nearby. It used to be a SHIELD Deep Space observatory, but after Hydra had been revealed, and SHIELD had been taken down, NASA had taken over this observatory.
Perhaps he could find something there.
So, getting out of the forest, Clint got back on his bike, while dialing a number. He did not want to disturb the rest, but those bodies!
The person on the other end picked up. "Hello, Clint?"
"I went to deal with our new breacher", Clint told her. "I'm on their trail."
"Do you need help?"
"I'll tell you if I do, but…" Clint struggled to maintain his composure. "There's a campsite near the NASA observatory formerly owned by SHIELD. They….they killed everyone there Nat!"
Natasha was silent, letting him speak. "They killed everyone! They killed children….the kids were no older than Lila and Cooper!"
"Oh my….I'm so sorry, Clint!"
"Get someone here to take the bodies away, for the families", Clint told her, getting a hold on himself. "I'm going to deal with the monsters who did this. If I need help, I will let you know."
"Sure thing. Be careful, Clint."
"Thanks Nat", he replied, before cutting the call as he rode the bike towards the observatory, reaching it in around ten minutes.
Stopping the bike, he got off of it, running closer, seeing the guards had been killed by the same types of 'guns' that had killed the kids.
Seeing the door was open, Clint walked in, and then saw some other personnel inside had been killed too, either by being sliced, or shot, or just having their necks snapped.
He walked further in, and heard some heavy footsteps, that caused him to roll and hide underneath a table.
Clint saw metal feet walking ahead, and peeked up to see it was a robot of some kind, carrying some sort of gun he'd never seen before.
As it walked past him, Clint rolled again, getting away from the table, and looked at the droid walking towards what would be the main control room of this place, and he could hear sounds from inside there, meaning all of these droids were inside.
Clint stood up, and sneakily walked behind the droid, as it entered the room, while Clint hid to the side of it, hearing the droids talking in a robotic monotone.
"This outpost is ours, but we still cannot get in touch with a Separatist outpost."
"Keep trying, we have to rendezvous with the others."
"Roger, roger."
Putting a hand to his quiver, Clint pulled out an arrow, and standing up, aimed, before firing. It hit one of the droids, but, to his horror, it did nothing, falling down.
It did do one thing though. Now all of them turned towards him.
Clint noted they were 25 in number.
"Intruder!" The lead droid said, as they started firing at Clint with blasters, and he rolled forwards, avoiding some shots, before striking one at the feet with his bow, but it was barely affected still.
It tried to fire at him again but Clint rolled once more, getting behind a fallen desk, which was destroyed by blaster fire too.
Clint quickly took out another arrow, and fired. This one hit a droid, and had a thermite tip.
"Aaaarrgh!" The droid cried out, being burnt to its core, before it fell down, having been taken out by Clint, as the other droids stopped for a brief moment.
"So it's the trick arrows", Clint realized, standing up as he nocked another arrow. "You all killed some kids! I'm here for payback!"
And then, he fired the arrow at another droid, and this one exploded, taking the droid out with it.
"Fire!" The droid said, as they all fired at Clint, and he slid to avoid while firing another arrow, this one hitting another droid, and it was an EMP, a small field emanating from it, as it took out that droid, and two more with it.
Clint rolled and stood up, only to see the commander very close to him. The commander swung its strange sword at Clint, and Clint reflexively put his bow in the way.
The next moment, two halves of what used to be Clint's bow fell to the ground, Clint looking down in shock, before jumping back to avoid another swing by the commander's sword.
He quickly took out his baton now, while stretching. "Haven't fought in close quarters for quite a while."
The droids fired once more, as Clint ran around to avoid, and then jumping near the commander, hit it with the baton, but it barely affected him still.
As the commander turned towards him, Clint hit it twice, but nothing happened still.
The commander tried to swing at him again but Clint leapt back to avoid, as the others continued to fire at him, and he ran around, avoiding the shots before sliding and getting near the commander again, this time deciding to press a button on the baton that could send an electric shock through people after striking them.
He was about to strike, but the commander snatched the baton from his hand using its superior strength, and snapped it in half, Clint looking down in horror.
"Oh no!" He muttered, rolling away once more before taking out an arrow that he stuck at another droid's forehead, and this one sent an electric shock through it, taking it down as well.
The commander and the remaining droids slowly started enclosing around Clint, ready to blast him.
That moment, a blue portal opened behind Clint, and he fell into it with a scream, seeing some images on his way.
First, he saw a pale, ghostly woman, with blood all over her, crawling down some stairs in a house.
Next up, he saw four people dressed up similarly to Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben, and one of them looked like….Cap? Well damn!
After that, he saw someone dressed up like Superman flying in the sky, though this one had a darker shade of blue. And the 'S' on the chest was red in color with a black emblem around it. And he looked exactly like Reed!
Then, he saw a man in a strange big helmet, that covered all of his face except the lower bit.
After that, he saw a young boy wearing a black-striped, white shirt with short sleeves, military green cargo pants with side pockets with a black belt hidden under his shirt, and black and white sneakers with black stripes, and on his wrist was some kind of glowing watch.
Then, he saw three little kindergarten-aged girls with round faces, with red, blonde and black hair respectively, and red, blue and green clothes respectively, all flying.
Next up, he saw a medieval Indian archer on a chariot being ridden by someone with a peacock feather on his crown, and that person…his face just looked so calm and divine. The archer fired an arrow at an opposing army.
And then, Clint saw a red speeding blur, the last thing he saw, right before he hit solid ground, and groaned.
"And now I've done it too", he groaned, before picking himself back up, looking around at the unfamiliar surroundings.
It was a modern city, that was all he could tell.
Suddenly, the breach acted up again, causing Clint to jump back and hide in an alleyway nearby, as he saw the commander and the remaining droids file out of it too in a line.
"Well damn!" He muttered to himself.
"Find him!" The commander droid said, as they fired at some empty cars nearby, and the civilians who'd started coming out of shops all ran around in horror.
Coast City
Oliver, Barry, Sara, Ray, Laurel and Mari McCabe aka Vixen had just taken down the enemy they'd teamed up to battle in this city, shortly after Mari had defeated Benatu Eshu, though she'd lost her sister Kuasa during the fight.
But now, she had found her calling, and it was to be a hero to fight against crime and evil, like she'd done alongside these heroes here.
Oliver noted just how many Heroes there were fighting alongside him. He still couldn't believe it had begun with just him and Sara. But he was glad that not just Star City, but the world was getting more Heroes to rely on.
He wondered if there could be more. He had heard rumors of a medieval looking woman, back in World War I, having fought alongside the Allies, with a sword and shield, and apparently, she was immortal and had lived afterwards, being alive to this day.
Considering the things he'd seen recently; he could believe it was true. But he hadn't been able to verify her existence so far.
At that moment, Oliver's earpiece rang, breaking him out of his thoughts. "Green Arrow, there is breach activity in Star City's center. And there are some kind of droids causing havoc."
"On our way", Oliver told her, before turning to the rest. "A breach opened in Star City, and some droids came out. They're causing chaos."
"Let us stop them then", Mari suggested, Oliver nodding as the heroes began to make their way back to Star City.
Earth-92, Sunnydale, Summers House
There was a knock on the door, and Willow went out, opening it as she saw Amy on the other side. "Amy? Hi."
"Hey Willow", Amy said with a smirk.
"Whatcha doing here?" Willow inquired.
"I knew you didn't want to come to the magic thing, but…" Amy's face contorted into a smirk. "I decided…why should you miss out on the fun?"
She suddenly glowed, and before Willow could do anything, she fired a blast of magic beam at Willow, making her gasp and scream, as she felt her body going into overdrive, feeling ecstatic suddenly.
"NO!" Willow cried out, Amy giving her a smirk and running off, as Willow fell to her knees, shivering from all the overdrive of feelings she was getting. "NO!" Tara ran down, seeing what was happening.
"WILLOW!" She cried out in horror as she rushed next to her, holding her. "What happened?"
"Amy…..she used magic to send me into overdrive!" Willow said, shaking before she passed out.
"Willow, no!"
Earth-199999, Oklahoma City
There it was. Home. Eliot watched from across the street in his seat in his Challenger, still fighting the urge to run away. After so long he's been dreading this day, having to face his father. After a day with his biological father, getting to know one another, the highs and lows, Eliot realized he had never been this honest with anyone, especially on a first meeting. He and John just understood each other, which made him think of his actual father, Billy. That man was everything Eliot wanted to be, he was his hero, he taught him how to use his hands, play football, Billy Spencer made him a man.
Which was probably another reason why he was so scared to knock on that door. Eliot saw himself as a disgrace to everything his parents taught him.
It was why he tried so hard to be the good guy, not just for the things he'd done, but to make them proud again.
Eliot gripped the leather steering wheel so tight the leather was cracking and his knuckles were turning white. John told him he should make things right before anything else happened, before telling Eliot that he never got to make amends with his own father. That warning made him call May to bring him home, only to pick up his car and drive to Oklahoma City, the long drive giving him time to think, but he couldn't think anymore. He needed to do this.
Suddenly Eliot opened his car and marched across the street, determined, unstoppable. He needed to do this.
It took him less time than he hoped, but here he was, the Spencer house. His first home.
Eliot raised his fist to the door and breathed in and out. Three times he hit the door.
He stepped back and waited.
And waited.
Waiting.
Footsteps were coming from the inside, faint as they were, but he knew Billy was there. The store didn't open on Sundays. Yet, the door stayed shut.
Swallowing a lump in his throat, Eliot held back the tears building up, but he didn't leave. Not this time.
Eliot stayed right where he was, waiting for his father.
Earth-1, Star City
Oliver, Barry, Sara, Ray, Mari and Laurel arrived at Star City's center, finding the droids were gone from here already.
"Looks like we're late", Barry sighed, before Oliver turned away, seeing the alleyway, where his eyes found Clint.
He quickly walked over to Clint, who pulled out a gun. "Stay right there!"
"Who are you?" Oliver asked, nocking an arrow.
"Don't come any closer."
"Fair enough", Oliver sighed. "Did you see the droids?"
Clint looked at Oliver, then at the other heroes behind him, all of them in suits. He'd never met not heard of any heroes who dressed up like this.
Clint groaned. "Please don't tell me I'm on where I think I am."
"Where do you think you are?" Oliver inquired.
"Earth?"
"Yes."
"Not my Earth."
"Doesn't look like it."
"You wouldn't by any chance to be called Green Arrow, would you?"
"How do you know that?"
"I kind of met you, a version of you anyway."
Oliver and Clint put down their weapons, the former saying. "I heard of another version of mine."
"Might be the same one I know", Clint shrugged. "So, what now?"
"What is going on?" Laurel asked.
"We've another friend from another world", Oliver told her, then turned to Clint. "I'm guessing you know my name as well."
"Yes, Oliver Queen", Clint confirmed, Oliver nodding. "I'm Clint Barton, by the way."
"I think we should head back, and plan accordingly", Sara told Oliver, who nodded.
Later, Arrow Cave
"This place is impressive", Clint said as he looked at the lair. "Especially since it has the required resources to run a vigilante operation."
"Thank you", Felicity thanked him. "I'm Felicity Smoak."
"I'm Clint Barton, and I wasn't just talking about the computers", Clint said, and she sighed.
"Name's John Diggle", Dig said as he held out his hand, Clint shaking it.
"Thea Queen, Oliver's sister", Thea added, Clint nodding again, having gotten the other people's names on the way to here.
"Now, tell us what you know", Oliver said, as Ray took off his helmet, and Clint got a good look at his face.
"You look just like Reed", Clint said, having noted the similar voice before, and remembered the Superman he'd seen, who was also Reed's doppelganger.
"Who is Reed?" Ray inquired in confusion.
"The world's smartest man, and I'm glad Tony is not around to hear me say that", Clint shrugged.
"Whoa! So my doppelganger is your world's smartest man?" Ray asked in awe.
"Later", Clint told him, then looked at everyone. "I was tracking breach activity when I found a trail leading to a campsite. They were slaughtered with extreme prejudice."
"What are they?" Barry inquired.
"Robots", Clint explained. "They're tough, strong, fast, and they got plasma guns."
"Great. What's next, aliens? Thea muttered.
"Don't jinx it. Trust me", Clint warned her. "I managed to take a few down, but their lead bot and some lackies travelled over here. I got away, but I have no idea what they're planning to do."
"Any idea what they were after on your world?" Oliver asked him.
"I can't believe I reached a point in my life where that's a valid question."
"I hear you, buddy", Dig told him.
"When I found them, they were hijacking a NASA deep space observatory. Maybe they were trying to call their mother ship? I don't know, but these things don't care who they kill."
He clenched his hand into a fist, remembering the dead teenagers, Oliver noting his strong reaction there.
"I just got used to this superhero thing, now there are other worlds and robots?" Mari asked out loud. "This whole thing is bigger than I thought."
"That makes all of us", Clint told her.
Suddenly, there was an alert as Mari asked. "What is it?"
"Someone has broken into Queen-Palmer Technologies", Felicity revealed as Oliver and Ray turned their heads towards the monitor, Felicity pulling up footage of the same droids from before entering the building, shooting at people who ran off in fear.
"These are the droids", Clint confirmed.
"They want our tech!" Ray realized in horror. "We need to get there quickly!"
"Clint, do they have any weaknesses?" Oliver asked the man.
"Well, you'll only hurt your fists punching them, if you're a normal human like me, no matter how skilled you are", Clint said. "Standard arrows also didn't do much to them. But trick arrows, especially explosives, thermite tips, and EMPs should do the trick."
"That works well, thank you", Oliver thanked Clint. "Now, a good number of you do have powers, so I'm sure that will help too."
"Do you have a spare bow here?" Clint then asked Oliver. "Like you, I fire arrows too. I need one."
"Sure thing", Oliver said, opening a big drawer, as he took out an older Oneida Kestrel Compound Bow that he'd used back in his second year, and handed it to Clint, alongside three more explosive arrows. "Just in case."
"Thanks", Clint smiled, taking all of those. "Now, let's go then."
Earth-92, Sunnydale, Summers House
Willow was lying on the bed now, recovering, as Tara sat next to her, Dawn on the other side, with Buffy, Giles, Xander and Anya standing nearby, as Buffy asked. "What exactly is it?"
Giles explained. "Sometimes, magic can be used as a drug. Various warlocks make a business out of it, one must be in Sunnydale too, hidden to us."
"Amy did it to me…" Willow groaned, still weak. "I didn't do anything…."
"We know Willow, we know", Tara assured her, stroking a head a little, surprised she'd done that, but not minding it. "You didn't touch magic."
"Good Witch gone bad I guess, Amy that is", Xander muttered.
"Well, sucks what happened to you Willow, get well soon", Anya said in her usual tone.
"I will hit Amy next time I see her", Dawn said angrily. "She'll never do it to you again."
"Yeah, I'm not letting her into the house again", Buffy added.
Tara smirked. "I think I know someone who can make Amy back off."
Universe-208, Hyperspace
Blade was simply staring at the hyperspace. He was shocked, but he was really good at hiding what he felt. This hyperspace….he had never seen anything like it before.
"You guys definitely don't have this in your world", Quinlan said, breaking Blade out of his thoughts. "It's an alternate Dimension reached by travelling at or faster than the speed of light. We use these hyperdrives to travel through hyperspace lanes. Good to cover long distances."
Blade wasn't a scientist, but he felt he'd understood what was being explained. "…..Right."
Then, Quinlan held up Blade's broken sword, letting Blade take it back. He looked at it, some sadness in him, considering how long the sword had been with him.
"What are you?"
The question made Blade look at the Jedi once more. "What?"
"You're not human, and I don't recall any species drinking blood like a Corellian would beer."
"I'm not." Blade said simply.
Quinlan waited for him to continue. He didn't. "You really just gonna leave me in suspense?"
"Yes."
"Not cool, man. Not like I saved your life or anything." A few moments of silence passed, when Quinlan talked again. "I could always throw my theories out there, and if I'm close, you say nothing, if I'm wrong, grunt."
That was something Blade did not want to do, so he decided to talk.
"I'm half Vampire."
Hearing that made Quinlan lose his relaxed posture. "...what does that mean?"
"Vampires, monsters made by a disease born so long ago that they don't even know when. They spread the curse through the bite, kills the victim, and brings them back as a corpse that lives off blood."
"How are you a hybrid then?"
"...My mother. She was pregnant when she was bitten. She died, I lived, but the curse was already in my system. All their gifts, none of their weaknesses...bar one."
"Blood."
"Yes."
Quinlan exhaled before looking through the blue tunnel of hyperspace. "My parents, they were killed by Azanti." Quinlan revealed, making the Daywalker turn to the Jedi, who saw the look and explained. "They're like Vampires, except they have tentacles instead of teeth that go up the nose, feed off the brain, and drain a person's connection to the Force." Quinlan looked down when he admitted. "It was my own kriffing great-aunt who sold them out. Family, huh?"
Blade was quiet, taking in the revelation before looking out through the view. "My mother died, but came back a Vampire." Quinlan turned to Blade in shock. "Was working with a Vampire who tried to use my blood to turn him into a God. That same Vampire was the one that turned her."
"Dank farrik, what happened?"
"I killed them."
Quinlan's brows shot up. "This conversation took a depressing turn."
Blade looked at him. "You talk too much."
"Really? I mean, lot of people, especially other Jedi, say I'm "crazy", but they never complained on how much I talked. Nice change of pace really, thanks."
"It was not a compliment."
"Still taking it."
Earth-199999, Oklahoma City
Eliot stayed in that spot for an hour. The most he did in the meantime was lean against the wall, look out across the street to see how much the neighborhood has changed, and hope that his team didn't decide to follow him during this very personal moment in his life.
They were his team, but they needed boundaries. Especially Parker. And Hardison. Hell, even May sometimes.
During his musings, the door creaked open, and Eliot looked up to see his father.
Tall, greying dark hair, arched eyebrows, a well-maintained and short beard and moustache, flannel shirt, like him, a gold cross around his neck that belonged to Eliot's mom, and the look of a man who'd been through a war.
Billy Spencer.
"What are you doing here, Eliot?" That deep voice asked with an edge. How Eliot missed that voice.
Breathing in, Eliot knew what he had to say.
"I'm sorry, dad."
There was a slight widening of the eyes, but that was it.
"I'm sorry, for leaving, for what I said, for not coming home when mom..." Eliot choked, it was still so hard to think about. He sniffed and felt tears build up in his eyes. "I'm sorry for betraying everything you and mom taught me, I'm sorry-" Eliot couldn't finish.
"Come here, boy." But he didn't need to before Billy walked forward and wrapped his arms around him, letting him release all the pent-up emotions like when Eliot was a kid. He cried into his father's shoulder, he didn't care about looking strong or maintaining any kind of image he was a cold-hearted killer. He just wanted to hold onto his dad, the man who always made him feel safe.
Neither knew how long had passed, they just stood there and held on tight. Twenty-three years since Eliot left this house and his family, he did not want to wait another day.
"I'm sorry I took so long." Eliot wept into his father's shirt, he had so much to apologize for, it was the only thing he could say.
"You're here now."
Earth-1, Star City, Queen-Palmer Technologies
The droids were still inside, trying take over the building, when Barry sped around them in a blur, before speeding away, as they turned to his direction, Barry having gotten their attention, and he stood with the other heroes, all ready to battle.
"Intruders!" The lead droid said once more.
Clint groaned. "I'm on another world, about to fight a gang of robots, with a bow and arrow, with people in dress up."
"...our lives are weird."
"Yep, just realizing that now."
"You probably don't want to know about the guy who can break the speed barrier while running", Oliver commented.
"Actually, that's me", Barry raised a hand.
"Right, sorry."
Clint gave Oliver a deadpan. "I'm on the same team as a God whose brother led an alien army to attack the planet."
"...you win.""
"Attack!" The droids said as they started firing on the heroes, Barry speeding them all out of the way, before Ray took flight.
"You tried to steal my company's tech! That ain't right", Ray said as he flew at them, and fired his beams at one droid, making it groan as it was thrown back and destroyed, and then he landed, punching another droid twice, and then gave it a hard uppercut that sent it flying off too, damaging it badly.
As he turned around, the commander droid struck him, sending him falling to the ground, and was about to kill him with its sword when Thea jumped in the way, blocking with her sword, only for the droid's sword to cut through it like butter, to her horror.
Then, Barry sped forth and quickly got Thea and Ray out of harm's way, before running towards the lead droid, punching it hard enough to send it flying off, but as he stopped, another droid kicked him from behind, making him fall down, while aiming at him.
Vixen theme plays
Mari tapped her Anansi Totem, accessing the spirit of the eagle, and took flight, grabbing the droid and flying up with it, before throwing it down to the ground as it shattered.
She then landed on the ground, and tapped the Anansi Totem once more, now accessing a tiger's spirit, and did an agile leap, before leaping at another droid, slicing it apart with her strength.
As one more aimed at her, she tapped her Anansi Totem and accessed the cheetah's spirit, running towards it and kicking it hard before it could fire, shattering it too.
Laurel tried to hit one droid with her batons but it was unaffected, and was about to fire, before she let out her Canary Cry, and that briefly slowed it down.
Then, Clint fired an explosive arrow, that hit the droid and exploded, taking it down.
As Barry groaned, about to get up, the commander returned, about to swing at him, when Mari ran in the way and quickly tapped the Anansi Totem, accessing the elephant's spirit, just as the commander swung, getting her shoulder, which bled as she gasped.
Fortunately, due to her strength and durability, the hit didn't kill Mari. Unfortunately, it was still painful.
Barry got up and sped her a bit away to recover, while Oliver shot an EMP arrow at another droid, causing an EMP field to take it and two more down.
Sara let out her Canary Cry and it got two more droids, sending them flying off and shattering, before she tilted her head, while Ray flew up next to her and fired, getting one more.
"Your suit's cool", Sara had to say.
"Thanks. Your scream is cool too", he replied.
"Thanks", she shrugged, as Barry sped around and hurled a lightning bolt at another droid, taking it out, while Clint hit another with a thermite tipped arrow, taking it down too, and Thea struck another with an electric arrow, managing to get it as well.
As another droid tried to fire at Mari from behind, she pushed her foot back, kicking it and sending it flying off, and shattering. She was wounded, but she still had the elephant's strength.
Sara got another with her Canary cry, as Oliver fired his explosive arrow, getting the other one, leaving only the commander.
As he was about to swing at them, Mari tapped the Anansi Totem, accessing a tiger's spirit again, and ran at it, leaping before kicking it away, before Ray fired at it, throwing it back once more. It tried to get up, but Laurel let out her Canary Cry, barely slowing it down.
Then Sara let out her Canary Cry, and it sent the commander droid flying off once more. Before it could get up, Barry sped over and grabbed its sword, snatching it away, and handed it to Thea.
It got up, and Thea swung the vibrosword, chopping off both of the lead droid's arms.
"Aaaaarghh!"
As she backed off, Oliver and Clint aimed together, and fired at the droid's head.
The two arrows exploded, taking the commander droid with it.
It was over!
"I hate robots", Clint commented.
"That makes two of us", Oliver replied.
The rest chuckled.
Earth-92, Sunnydale
Amy had just come off another magic high, and was walking off, when suddenly, a dark-skinned woman in a blue coat appeared. "Hello."
"Hi…" Amy slurred. "Who're you?"
The woman suddenly grabbed Amy's hand, and twisted, breaking it as Amy cried out in pain, and then the woman kicked her other hand to the wall hard, slamming it there and breaking that one too, making Amy cry out louder, while the woman grabbed her by the throat, preventing her from speaking or she'd cast a spell.
"I'm a Witch hunter, but I know a good one too", the woman said with a smirk, enjoying Amy's look of fear. "Now, you will stay away from Willow Rosenberg, or, I'll do more than break your hands next time, understood?"
Shivering in fear, Amy nodded, as the woman punched her face, knocking her out.
Earth-199999, Oklahoma City
Eliot told Billy about almost everything that happened since he left. His time in the Army, the rough times, his contractor days, Moreau but without the details, trying to do better as Paladin, then Leverage. He wanted his father to know, that he tried to be a good guy, but he never felt he could atone for what he did. Maybe he should have stayed in Oklahoma.
Billy was quiet for a long time. They both were sitting on the couch where their family would gather, and Eliot could see a picture of his mom, surrounded by other photos of her, with Billy, and to his silent delight, him.
Emotions were running high in the room, and for once, someone else was doing a better job of controlling them.
Billy rubbed his wedding band before looking at his wife, his Marie. Her last thoughts were of love, for him, for Eliot. No matter how hard times got, she always liked to think of their little boy. Every hardship they faced when they adopted Eliot was worth it just to look at his smiling face and big blue eyes. There was no way of measuring just how full of pride he was every day he looked at his boy, from his first steps to his first touchdown. It hurt when Eliot decided to leave. The fear of him going away, it was a fantasy Billy had that Eliot would stay in their town and live out their days before finding a girl and settling down, passing on the store to his kid. There was an even bigger fear that shook Billy the day when Eliot told him his intentions to join the Army.
"The worst thing about you leaving...was that every day, we were afraid we would lose you. To know that one day, men in uniforms would show up on our doorstep and tell us..." Billy's composure cracked. He felt his own tears fall when he remembered those first few years. He held onto a lot of anger, but a parent never stopped worrying for their child. Eliot only hung his head in shame. "But I suppose...if you hadn't ignored me and joined up, you wouldn't be where you are today. Doing good for a lot of people." Eliot looked up and found his father nodding to himself before looking at his son. "I'm proud of you."
Eliot nearly broke. Despite his confession of some of the bad things he'd done, here he had another parent saying he's proud. A big part of Eliot still wasn't sure he deserved it.
All he could do was wipe his eyes dry, and confess. "We wasted a lot of good years."
"Yeah", Billy agreed, then looked at his son. "We still have a few years left ahead of us."
Eliot nodded, Billy declaring. "Let's make 'em count!" Eliot nodded again.
Sighing, he thought of the different ways in which Rambo was treated badly after Vietnam, and how Billy's own efforts had not been recognized, then told his father. "You know, in our line of work we usually don't get a lot of recognition for what we do." After that, he pointed out the bright side. "We have the satisfaction of knowing that we made a difference." A lump formed in his throat. "You may not have gotten a medal, for what you did." Billy looked at Eliot with a stoic look as his son continued. "But in the eyes, of all the men that you saved, you're a hero." His lip was quivering now. There was a lump in Billy's throat. "And for what it's worth, in MY eyes too!"
With that, he held out his hand, that Billy grasped, before pulling his son into a loving embrace, tapping his back as a tear rolled down Eliot's cheek, and he tapped his father's back as well.
Earth-1, Star City, the lair
"Thank you for your help, Clint", Oliver thanked Clint as they shook hands.
"I should thank you too", Clint said, returning Oliver's bow to him. "You're a bit different from the other Oliver I met, even if I only met him briefly."
"I'd be interested to meet this other one", Oliver had to say.
"Maybe we can find out who is the best archer", Clint commented, causing Oliver to smile, as the rest chuckled. "So, who told you about the other Oliver?"
"He called himself Superman", Oliver revealed.
"I met him too", Clint then revealed. "I'm guessing we know the same people."
"Looks like it", Oliver nodded.
"So, Barry's friend worked this up", Sara said as she walked forth, handing Clint an interdimensional extrapolator, that Ray had just handed to her. "In case you need to contact us, or come back here."
"He got it done pretty fast", Clint had to say as he looked at the extrapolator. "The biggest geniuses on my Earth took a while."
"Its because he has powers related to it", Ray explained. "He can open and close breaches with his powers, so its easy for him to do it."
"Right", Clint realized.
"I don't get one?" Oliver asked Ray out of curiosity.
"Turns out, you already have one to his world", Ray revealed, to Oliver's shock.
"What does that mean?" Clint inquired.
"Some others from your world ended up here a while ago, an agent, and a group of…people", Oliver said to him. "They're back there now. They helped us a lot here actually."
"Well, I'd be interested to meet them sometime", Clint said. "Thanks again. And I hope there's a world out there where the impossible actually IS impossible."
"Again, I hear you", Diggle told him, before Clint pressed a button, opening the breach.
"Well then, see you guys", Clint said, waving at them, as they waved back.
"See ya", Thea said, as the breach closed.
"Well, we've a new friend, that's a good thing, right?" Felicity asked.
"I'd say it is", Laurel replied, then turned to Oliver. "What about you?"
"I think so", Oliver agreed.
Earth-199999
Clint was near the NASA observatory again, and saw some federal agents there, and Natasha was coming out, as she ran to him and gave him a hug. "Clint."
"Hey Nat!" He said as they parted.
"Where were you?" Natasha inquired.
"Fell through a breach", Clint revealed, to her shock. "Yeah, me too. But the ones who did this were taken care of, and made some new friends." He took out the extrapolator. "They gave me this, so now we've other allies."
"I guess some good came out of it", Natasha muttered, Clint nodding.
"I'm gonna go now", Clint told her as they walked off together. "Back home."
"I understand."
"Kids gonna see Auntie Nat as well?"
"Next time", Natasha assured him, as he smiled and nodded, walking towards where his bike was.
"Will let them know", he said, getting onto his bike, as he and Natasha shared a wave, and then he rode off.
Earth-92, Sunnydale, Summers House
The dark-skinned woman sat in front of the rest of the Scooby Gang, Willow still having a towel around her, though she was not shaking much anymore.
"It is good to meet you in the flesh, Daphne Frost", Giles said, holding out his hand, as the woman, Daphne Frost, shook it.
"You too, Mr. Giles. You've been a good help to my family", she said with a smile.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Buffy asked in shock.
"Not personally, but I do know her family", Giles clarified.
"Must be the Witch hunter thing", Xander realized.
"You won't hunt me…right?" Willow asked, Daphne chuckling as she shook her head.
"No, I used to think all Witches are bad, but then I met her", Daphne gestured to Tara. "And since you're with her, I can't hurt you."
"Thank you for beating up Amy", Dawn added happily.
"Oh it was nothing", Daphne said as she stood up, looking at Tara. "Good to see you."
"You too", Tara told her. "Its been a while, how is everything?"
"Just the usual", Daphne sighed. "How about you?"
"A Demon turned this entire town into a musical a while ago."
"….Right, not touching that."
"Thank you for coming."
"Its all good", Daphne assured her as they shared a hug. "And I'm happy for you."
"Thank you", Tara said to her, the two parting.
Daphne looked at Buffy. "Nice to see you too, Vampire Slayer. Heard a lot about you."
Buffy nodded in appreciation, as Daphne looked at them all. "All right, I gotta go, but if you need me, call."
With that, she waved to them and walked out, the rest waving back, before she was gone.
"So…." Willow trailed off as she looked at Tara. "Ex?"
Tara sighed. "Kind of." She told her. "But its in the past now, we're just friends now."
Willow simply smiled at that as Buffy asked. "So, a Witch and a Witch hunter, how'd that happen?"
"This was when I was in Hellborne, Vermont", Tara revealed, then looked a little sad. "Sometime after mom passed away." The others were about to comfort her, but she recovered herself. "We'd moved there, I was new, and there was a Witch killing students."
"Now I got to hear all of it", Xander said.
"Yeah, me too", Dawn added, interested.
Tara looked at all of them, as even Buffy said. "Come on, tell us!"
The Maclay Witch turned to look at Willow, who also gave a nod. "I'd like to hear it, yes."
"Well then", Tara began telling them the entire thing. "So, it was first day of class, and-"
Earth-199999, Oklahoma City
Hours were spent talking with his father, or embracing the fact that after twenty-three years, Eliot was finally home. The smell, the warmth, Eliot took it all in, for fear that he's in a dream and might wake up. A big part of Eliot expected his dad to be harder on him for leaving, and all the hitter's attempts to come back failing for one reason or another, mostly due to him chickening out when something went wrong. But Billy surprised him. He was always good at doing that.
Eliot walked through the halls of his childhood home while Billy made coffee. A chuckle escaped him when he saw one picture of him when he was six, dressed as Captain America for Halloween. Good thing no one he knew was here, and he made sure of that, otherwise they would never let him live it down. Then there's Coulson who might try and steal his collectibles.
They were his greatest secret.
Moving on, Eliot found another picture that hit home. A younger Billy and J, a pseudo-uncle to Eliot, in uniform back in their prime.
"Coffees ready!" The elder Spencer's voice shouted up at him, and he quickly followed with the picture in hand.
Eliot entered the kitchen. "Look what I found."
Turning, Billy had to restrain from chuckling as he set the mugs on the table. "I remember you use to cling to that thing for dear life, we were afraid you'd crack the glass."
"I couldn't help, my dad was the coolest, I wanted the reminder."
"Yeah, well, you certainly gave J an ego too." Billy told him with a "disapproving" frown.
"J always had an ego." Eliot defended.
"Too big for this planet." The Vietnam vet joked with his son, and held onto that laugh. God, he missed that laugh. He missed his son. He hoped Marie was smiling down at the scene, but what Billy wouldn't give to have her with them.
He quickly moved away from those thoughts before Eliot could see the rising emotion. However, the old soldier in him saw how Eliot held his cup and looked down into the black coffee. "Eliot?" Billy saw the conflict in his face before his boy looked up at him.
"I have to tell you something." Billy sat straighter and gave his undivided attention. Eliot exhaled while looking to the ceiling. "I found my biological father." His blue eyes moved to look at Billy, and understandably, the shock was there. "I wasn't exactly looking for him, but after the craziest few months of my life, which is saying something in my line of work, a friend of mine brought me to this man and told me he was my father."
A hand went to Billy's temple. He never thought the day would come. When Eliot was younger, he would ask the dreaded question of his biological parents, but Marie told the truth: he was born in the hospital, and they knew nothing else.
"You'd like him." Eliot smiled though, despite how hard the situation was feeling, looking at his father. "He's a hero, like you." Billy lowered his head humbly, like every time Eliot said something that. At first, he loved it, what father doesn't love being their child's hero? Then he dreaded it when he learned Billy's days in the Army inspired him to enlist. Part of him realized he should not have glorified his days as a soldier as much as he did, even Marie told him as much. Now that Eliot is back, he felt that same love for the praise.
Billy grasped Eliot's shoulder. "But I am happy you got to meet him, he had to be quite a man if he had a son like you."
"He may be related to me by blood, but you are the man who raised me. You are my father. I will never forget that."
"And you're always going to be my son." Billy said firmly. Then, he suddenly chuckled, wiping his eyes to dry the yet to have fallen tears. "Look at us, we're weeping like one of your mother's old soaps."
"Don't remind me." Eliot groaned at the memory. "I never ran out of the house faster than the moment she turned those on."
"Neither did I!" Billy laughed and Eliot joined him. The look on Marie's face when she challenged the boys to dare change her show during the brief moments she got her rest from her shifts in the hospital was utterly terrifying, but looking back at the extent they went to run away had father and son gasping for breath. A moment later they calmed down, and a curiosity got the better of Billy.
"What's his name?"
"John. His name is John."
Billy hummed to himself, fiddling with the handle of his mug before asking, "And your mother?"
"Her name was Marie Spencer." Eliot said without hesitation, and it made Billy smile. "John told me her name was Naomi, but he didn't know much else about her before they went separate ways, didn't even know she was pregnant. He said she was a good person."
"They missed out."
"Lucky you." Eliot and Billy shared smiles before raising their mugs to their lips.
This was it. After all those years since he'd left through that front door, Eliot was back in the driveway with his father, this time, the occasion was much, much happier.
"Make sure you don't wait another twenty-three years before coming back." Billy told his son.
Eliot shrugged with a roguish smile. "Well, I do have a busy life now."
They shared one more embrace like the one they'd done before, and as they parted, Billy told him emotionally. "God, just stay out of trouble."
Eliot nodded, then said. "No sir." He shared a smile with his father, then turned around.
"That's my boy."
Hearing that, Eliot remembered something, and taking out a picture, handed it to Billy.
Billy looked at it. It was of a young Eliot in a football uniform, Billy standing beside him proudly. Eliot had kept it with him all these years!
Father and son shared another look, before Eliot walked to his car, sitting inside and driving away, before smiling out the window and waving to his father as he left Oklahoma.
This time, he wore a smile and it never left.
Middle-earth, Bree
Strider was sitting alone, smoking in a corner, being given a wide berth by everyone here, since people here were afraid of him, and Rangers in general.
Feeling a presence, he looked up to see Gandalf standing before him, and he sat down in front of the Ranger.
"Gandalf", Strider whispered with a smile, glad to see the Wizard once more.
"I am quite glad to see you are back in this world, my friend", Gandalf said with a chuckle and smile of his own. "We were all getting worried. How did you come back?"
"The world I fell into was different from ours. There were things created there that are beyond any here, including chariots on four wheels or two wheels that did not need horses, and were faster than any chariots. Cars they were called", Strider told Gandalf, still in awe of all he'd seen, and even Gandalf was surprised by it. "The friends I made there managed to find Middle-earth, and make something so I could travel between this world and theirs."
"May I see it?" Gandalf asked, and Strider held up the interdimensional extrapolator, the Grey Wizard holding it in his hand and looking it over with interest.
He'd never seen anything like this, and it did not feel like there was any magic inside of it. He felt something from it that reminded him of the portals.
He returned it to the Ranger, smiling again. "I was told that you will return, and now you have."
"Who told you I will return?" Strider inquired.
"A being of great power", Gandalf simply said, not going beyond that, and his face turned grim. "I have searched for answers now, for what Frodo carries."
"Did you find any?" Strider inquired.
"Yes, I have, and Frodo indeed carries the One Ring", Gandalf revealed, to Strider's horror.
"This is evil news indeed, for the Dark Lord will put all his thought and power into finding it, and conquering all of Middle-earth", Strider said in a whisper. "What shall we do now?"
"Frodo is preparing to journey to Rivendell soon", Gandalf revealed. "He will come here. I fear I may not be here then, if I am not, you must look after him, Strider. You must protect him."
"If by my life or death, I can protect him, I will", Strider promised Gandalf. "He has my sword."
Gandalf smiled and nodded. "You have returned to us in our greatest time of need indeed." He stood up. "I need to go now, if I have not returned here before Frodo arrives, guard him."
With that, he walked off, Strider standing up as well, prepared to be on the lookout for Frodo when he arrived.
Gandalf, meanwhile, took a letter out of his pocket, deciding to give it to the innkeeper Mr. Barliman Butterbur, hoping it would reach Frodo soon.
And this is done.
Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer and gussygus2 for all their help here once more, couldn't have done it without him.
While Vixen Season 2's official place in the Arrowverse timeline is not confirmed, based on everything seen in it, I'd say its between the Savage crossover and the mid-Season finales of Flash Season 2 and Arrow Season 4.
The droids were BX Commando Droids from 'Star Wars', disappeared through a breach during a production line and activated during their journey.
Now Clint has met the Arrowverse heroes, so MCU and Arrowverse have officially met now.
Blade and Quinlan share backstories in the meantime.
And Amy Madison gets hers. Frankly, by this point, she is a pretty horrible person and shows that she doesn't care how her actions affect others, and she has been going to Rack since Season 3 too in that case, until she became a rat.
Daphne Frost is a character from a Buffyverse novel centered around Tara that acts as a prequel to her appearance in the show, and its titled 'The Bewitching Hour'. Not the greatest piece of literature of course, but its a really good book, and fun to read, and I enjoyed it a lot, especially since it got Tara's character right, and she is one of my favorites, so you should always get her right. The author's name is Ashley Poston, she has some great stuff, and a Spike prequel novel too that I might get. It did feel like she tried a bit too hard in the Tara book at times, but I do that too, so who am I to judge?
Imagine Meagan Tandy, who played Braeden in 'Teen Wolf', as Daphne.
Eliot has finally reunited with Billy, and they've made up years earlier than they did in canon. Now Rambo and Billy will be meeting soon.
Malcolm has joined the Injustice League too.
While from Strider's and Gandalf's conversation, its obvious LOTR's plot is about to properly begin.
The cameos when Clint through the breach, in order, are- Kayako Saeki from 'Ju-On/The Grudge' franchise, the Fantastic Four from the 2005-2007 movies, Brandon Routh's Kingdom Come Superman, Judge Dredd from the 2012 'Dredd' movie, Ben 10 from the original 'Ben 10' cartoon, the Powerpuff Girls from the original 'Powerpuff Girls' cartoon, then Lord Krishna and Arjuna from the 'Mahabharata' in Hinduism, specifically the 2013 TV series adaptation of it, meaning that version of it is happening in a world in the Multiverse (and other ancient events from various religions could be happening in various worlds at the moment too, meaning these worlds were created much later, and are going through their early days) and finally Arrowverse's Barry Allen/Flash before he fell onto Earth-1.
Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.
