Heroes coming together Chapter 28: The young ones meet, a Flash + Avengers Crossover fanfic

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Thanks a lot to gussygus28 and Brainstorm Sorcerer for their help with this chapter, really couldn't have done this without them.

I finished playing Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth. Its an amazing game and one of the best Final Fantasy games easily, with a great world map, and lots of awesome mini-games, plus the gameplay is still as amazing as ever, and refined from the previous game.

The storyline is great but the ending was quite convoluted and gave me a headache. Welcome, people, to a Final Fantasy VII more convoluted than even Kingdom Hearts (and I love both franchises).

For 'Kingdom Hearts', while it did get convoluted, if one played all games (or watched walkthroughs of those they didn't play) and didn't deviate attention for a single second, they'd understand it all, at least in my experience.

'Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth', on the other hand, like I said, I played it, didn't let up my attention, and my head is still spinning from the ending. The games are great, but I'm hoping they put some of this stuff in line for the 3rd one.

And if they decide to remake another classic Final Fantasy, like VI or VIII (I've seen people wanting a remake for VIII very badly too) I hope it just remains a 1:1 remake, where the story is unchanged minus a few modifications here and there, and only the graphics and gameplay are updated to be more in line with 'Rebirth'.

Not because I dislike the VII Remake Trilogy, I really like what they did, but sometimes, we need something 'simple and clean' (LOL!), and Square would do well to remember that as well IMO.

All in all, the game is a masterpiece but the ending was convoluted.

I'm almost done with my DCAU re-watch as well, and now I've seen 'The Zeta Project' for the first time. Its a really good show, an underrated, forgotten gem, if a bit repetitive at various parts. But the studios kept trying to push this show into a more kid-friendly direction, and the creator eventually left due to the studios moving too far from his original vision, and this show then got cancelled after 2 whole Seasons. And unlike 'Batman Beyond' which at least got a conclusion in JLU's 'Epilogue', this show was never concluded. Sad really. Its a really good show, even if the studios wronged it.

RIP Akira Toriyama. 'Dragon Ball' is one of the franchises I grew up with, and its all because of him. You will be missed. 'Dragon Ball' is very influential and introduced manga/anime to a wider audience all over the world. The franchise has also influenced other great manga/anime such as Naruto, One Piece, My Hero Academia, etc., showing Toriyama's great legacy in the genre, and how this franchise's effects are felt to this day. He is a legend, and he may be gone, but he won't be forgotten.

This chapter is dedicated to him.

TW: Thanks for the review and glad you like where its going.

Gallifrey 22.3: Thanks for the review and so glad it was excellent. Yeah he has. You will see. The AOS Season 2 finale events won't really be changed but they'll be referenced. Yeah, shouldn't have taken Connor.

DCMarvel heroes: Thanks for the review, and glad it was delightfully written. Glad you liked the differences. Glad to hear it, and you'll see on Damien.

Chapter 28- The young ones meet

The Mysterious Tower

Master Yen Sid was talking to Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Lea, the recently revived Somebody of Axel, about his inability to locate Sora and Riku during their Mark of Mastery exam, and his concerns regarding Xehanort.

"We must consider any strategy to outwit Xehanort and catch him off guard", Yen Sid told the four. "I must warn you again- the road will not be easy."

Lea shrugged. "Fine. Let's jump right in."

At that moment, various breaches opened all around them, to their shock, and many people staggered through each of them, looking confused and disoriented.

"What is going on?" Dawn Summers asked no one in particular. "And why is everything so…..blocky?" She'd just gone off for a walk after practicing some magic with Willow and Tara earlier, now she was here.

"Why me?" Conner Kent aka Superboy groaned, looking at his own blocky self as well. He was flying around after a meeting of the Teen Titans, then a breach had sent him here.

"What exactly happened?" Alice Pierce asked no one in particular. She was training herself in Andy's cabin before finding herself here.

"This is weird", Peter Parker aka Spider-Man muttered to himself, looking down at so many people. He liked spending time alone nowadays, after all that had happened. Dr. Connors had moved to Florida to develop a cure for Electro, while he was facing new supervillains such as Hydro-Man and Scorpion.

His personal life was still not perfect, though he hoped it'd get better.

He wasn't sure about right now though.

"What world is this?" Ciri asked no one in particular. "And I have never seen that manner of portal before."

"This is not Coruscant", Ahsoka Tano muttered in surprise. And this was nothing like the last time she'd seemingly travelled between worlds. She knew it was not her world. She'd been talking to Master Anakin sometime after the mess with Lux Bonteri and the Death Watch, and after parting with him, she was here now.

"Oh yeah! This looks like an interesting place!" Son Goku cheered while on his Flying Nimbus, causing the others to look up at him, as Yen Sid narrowed his eyes, and he leapt down. The 21st World Martial Arts Tournament had ended, and he had gone off to find his grandfather's Four-Star Dragon Ball, but now here he was instead.

"Took the words right out of my mouth", Naruto Uzumaki told him with a grin, standing next to him. He'd healed of his battle with Zabuza and Haku, now he was here.

"I am so confused", Ben Tennyson muttered, looking around at everyone with wide eyes. His summer vacation was over, but it was a weekend, he wanted to have some fun, not end up in some unknown place!

"What is this place?" Aang asked the rest of them. He was travelling to the Earth Kingdom with his friends, then ended up here all of a sudden.

"I am wondering the same thing", Harry Potter commented, having been thinking about Lord Voldemort's return back in his home, before having gone out for a walk, only to appear here.

"This does not look like a Camp", Percy Jackson had to say as well. He was spending the remaining summer in Camp Half-Blood after his Quest was finished. Ending up here wasn't supposed to happen, right?

"Where are we?" Atreus wondered. He had gone off into the forest after training with his father, Kratos, then ended up here.

Superboy then noticed Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Yen Sid, and his eyes widened. "Oh boy! Disney characters! You're all real?"

"Oh, I am such a huge fan!" Dawn said happily to the four of them, especially Mickey, Donald and Goofy, who were all confused. "I watched all of your shorts, still do sometimes!" She frowned, wondering if she'd actually seen them before or just had memories of doing so. Then she decided it didn't matter in the moment.

"Gosh, how did so many people get here?" Goofy wondered now.

"Oh, they're real!" Dawn now squealed even more happily, making the others cringe due to how her squeals were irritating their ears, especially Conner.

"I'm a huge fan too!" Alice told them happily. "I used to watch 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse' all the time." Before the dark times at least.

"Uhh…what is that?" Mickey asked in confusion, making Dawn and Alice share a weird look.

"Well, we got a whole gang of kids here", Lea muttered. "I ain't gonna babysit anyone."

"Don't think we need it", Percy said to him in reply.

"Who are you people anyways?" Harry asked them, sensing some powerful magic from all of them which eclipsed even Dumbledore and Voldemort.

"Oh, I know. This is Mickey Mouse, that's Donald Duck, Goofy, and Yen Sid!" Dawn introduced them all happily, only confusing them.

"How does she know us?" Donald asked the rest.

"I don't know, Donald", Mickey sighed, then turned to Yen Sid. "Or do other versions of us exist in some of their worlds?"

"That could be true", Yen Sid noted.

"What do you mean by that?" Ben asked.

"You are all from different worlds, and have accidentally been brought to this one", Yen Sid revealed to them grimly. "Either by accident, or for reasons I know not. I believe all of you should introduce yourself."

"I am Dawn Summers", Dawn said while raising her hand.

"Alice Pierce", Alice gave her introduction too.

"Call me Superboy", Conner said, not wanting to give his real name.

"Spider-Man", Spider-Man added, as he too didn't want to give his real name.

"I am called Ciri", Ciri introduced herself, still wondering on this world. She too felt the power from everyone here.

"I am Goku!" Goku happily introduced himself. "Nice to meet you all."

"Name's Naruto, and same here", Naruto added.

"My name is Aang!" Aang gave his introduction. "It is good to meet you all too."

"Harry. Harry Potter", Harry gave his name, and even if he was in a different world, he was glad to not be facing the headaches of his world, where he was famous, and now infamous.

"Percy Jackson", Percy introduced himself too.

"I am Ahsoka", Ahsoka gave her name with a little smirk.

"My name is Ben", Ben said with a wave as some of them noticed the weird looking watch he wore.

"Atreus", Atreus finished introductions.

"Well, no one knows my name", Lea then spoke up. "Name's Lea." He put a finger to his head. "Got it memorized?"

That caused some of them to chuckle, especially the girls, who found him attractive, as Ahsoka then asked Yen Sid. "What should we do now?"

"We are discussing something, but we shall let you know", Yen Sid told them, then turned to the other four, who walked next to him and they started speaking to each other, Conner hearing some of it but deciding to ignore for now.

As they'd nothing else to do, the young Heroes all ended up in talks with each other now.

Ahsoka was looking at the rest of them, as Ciri asked her. "What are you watching?"

"Everyone seems to ripple in The Force here, including you", Ahsoka said. "Yet none of you have the power. My Master told me those from other worlds are rippling in it."

"What is the Force?" Ciri inquired.

"It is a powerful spiritual energy around us, it resides within everything, and binds everything in the galaxy together", Ahsoka explained. "It is called the Force."

"And you can harness it?" Ciri asked.

"Yes, all Jedi can", Ahsoka confirmed.

"What is a Jedi now?"

"We are peacekeepers of the galaxy", Ahsoka said to her. "I have been them for a long time now. Know a lot of stuff."

"I do too", Ciri said with a sigh. "I used to be a princess. Now I am one no longer. Because our world does not have peacekeepers."

"I'm sorry to hear that", Ahsoka said sadly. "What happened?"

"Too many things", Ciri said grimly, thinking of how it had all gone wrong. She couldn't even stay with Geralt and Yennefer forever. Everything Mistle had done to her, and then Leo Bonhart, it was all still fresh in her mind. Bonhart was gone, yet the scars in her mind never healed. Then there was all that Emhyr wanted to do to her.

She had been obsessed with killing, because of the Rats, and then all that Bonhart had put her through.

In her mind, she still wished the story ended with Geralt and Yennefer married. She would go live happily with them too. But real life was just not that happy.

If it was, Mistle would be everything she'd imagined her to be. It had taken her a long time to accept what kind of person Mistle truly was, and how abusive their relationship had been, and all the things she had been put through.

She would not allow herself to be in such a situation again.

"Too many things", Ciri said again. "I won't let them happen again though." She looked at the younger ones interacting, many of them even laughing. "They might be powerful, but they look so innocent."

"Let's hope it stays that way", Ahsoka told her.

"So, you're a superhero then?" Spider-Man asked Superboy while standing in front of him.

"Haven't been one for long", Conner told him. "Just started trying my hand at it recently. You been one long?"

"It has been a while now", Spider-Man confirmed with a sigh.

"Its hard?" Conner inquired.

"Well, when you've to lead a double life without support, it always is", Spider-Man commented. "Its not like I'm an Avenger or anything."

"What's an Avenger?" Conner now asked.

"Ah, right! They're a superhero team on my Earth!" Peter explained to Conner. "They're Earth's Mightiest Heroes and all that, protect the world from threats too." He added. "But the neighborhood, that's the responsibility of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."

"Cool", Conner smirked. "We've a superhero team in our world too- Justice League. I know them personally too."

"Can't say the same about the Avengers. Not sure yet if it's a good or bad thing", Spider-Man quipped to him.

"In fact, I was actually made as a clone of Superman, our world's greatest hero, and his enemy", Conner revealed, to Spider-Man's shock. "It was hard for a while, but he made me part of the family at the end, and now I joined this team called the Teen Titans."

"Sorry to hear about the clone thing", Peter sympathized with him.

"Yeah, guess that makes me half-human, half-alien", Conner noted, when Ben walked next to them.

"You're an alien's clone? Cool!" Ben cheered happily at that. "I'd really love meeting this Superman!"

"Me too actually, sounds like a swell guy", Spider-Man had to say.

"Maybe one day", Conner said to them.

"My watch actually lets me turn into a bunch of different aliens", Ben revealed at that point, showing it to them. "Its actually an alien device called the Omnitrix, it looks like a watch."

"Oh! Now that's really cool", Spider-Man had to say again. "So, wide variety of powers then?"

"Heatblast can fire flames, Four Arms has four arms and is very strong, Wildmutt is like an alien dog", Ben explained. "And I've 7 more."

"So cool", Conner had to say as well now.

"Is chakra energy?" Goku was asking Naruto. "I use energy."

"I guess you could call chakra as energy", Naruto said to him. "And your tail is funny."

"Thanks, it just grew back", Goku said cheerfully. "Our energy is our life-force, I think. Its our energy and stamina."

"Well, chakra is a power that lies within the Shinobi", Naruto explained to Goku. "We use it to boost our stamina and do cool things!"

"What is Shinobi? Is it a type of food?" Goku asked, making Naruto fall down in embarrassment before he stood up.

"No! We do missions and fight!" Naruto said as if it was obvious.

"Right, got it", Goku said. "So, can chakra be used to do special attacks and techniques?"

"Yes, and I know a lot of stuff!" Naruto boasted.

"Energy can be used for the same", Goku told him. "Maybe you can teach me about chakra."

"Oh totally, I'm gonna make you so great with it", Naruto said. "And you can tell me more about energy."

"Are any of these like bending?" Aang asked them at that moment.

"What's bending?" Goku asked out of curiosity.

"In my world, there are….were four nations", Aang admitted sadly, since there were only three now. "We can utilize one element of nature as our power. Its called bending. There are Waterbenders, Earthbenders, Firebenders", he sighed, "and I'm an Airbender." The last of them.

"So, you can use air as a weapon to fight?" Naruto asked then.

"Yes, I can bend the air, but I'm one of those who can apparently bend all four elements", Aang revealed to them. "I'm an Avatar, and I've to maintain harmony between all nations."

"That would be fun", Goku said, mostly out of innocence than anything else. "And I would really love to learn bending too."

"Depends on if you can do it", Aang pointed out.

"There are wind-style jutsus", Naruto told Aang at that point. "Maybe your airbending is like that. Also, you've a funny head."

Aang chuckled as Goku added. "It reminds me of Krillin. Without the sign though."

"Your tail is funny too", Aang said to Goku.

"And my Power Pole looks so much like yours", Goku said, comparing his Power Pole to Aang's staff.

"They do look the same", Aang had to say.

"My Kamehameha is like wind too", Goku said to Aang.

"What's an Avatar's role again?" Ahsoka asked as she walked next to them.

"Maintain harmony between all nations", Aang told her once more.

"Well, good luck with that", Ahsoka said to him with a smile. "Sounds like a Jedi to me."

"What's a Jedi?" The three asked, and she started explaining.

"You were possessed by a serial killer inside a killer doll?" Dawn asked Alice in shock.

"Yes, but Uncle Andy saved me, now he has trained me", Alice told Dawn with a little smile. "Still can't get Aunt Nica out though."

"Sorry to hear that", Dawn said sadly.

"And you're like energy that became human, and a Hell God was after you?" Alice asked Dawn in shock, Dawn nodding.

"Yes, it was horrible", Dawn said with a sigh, remembering Buffy's broken body again, and hoping Alice did not get anymore trauma now, as she put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "I hope things get better for you."

"Thank you", Alice said, before glancing over at Ben and Aang. "They're both like my age, and they've superpowers. It's so cool."

"Sure is", Dawn said in agreement. "Let's talk to them."

"A magic school, huh?" Percy asked after Harry was done, and so was he.

"And you've a camp for Demi-Gods", Harry noted. "Your friends remind me of mine."

"I was just gonna say that myself", Percy said to him. "So, he is back now?"

"Yes, but no one believes me", Harry said sadly. "Except Professor Dumbledore. But they've to listen!"

"Let's hope they before its too late", Percy muttered.

"Son of Poseidon then", Harry said, changing the subject.

"You're the Son of Poseidon?" Atreus asked Percy in surprise as he appeared close to him.

"Yeah, why?" Percy asked him.

"On my world, Poseidon is dead", Atreus revealed, to their shock. "And I'm a Demi-God myself."

"Whoa! Cool! Who is your father?" Percy inquired.

"The God of War", Atreus revealed, as Percy and Harry shared a look.

"Ares?" Percy asked.

"No, my father was used by Ares, so he killed him and took his place…for a time", Atreus told them both. "All the Gods then used him, so he killed all of them."

"He killed the entire Greek Pantheon?" Percy asked in shock and horror. And while he knew the Gods could use people, it seemed like they'd pushed this person too far.

"Most of them, yes", Atreus confirmed. "But he is trying to change now, I think. He didn't tell me a lot of things until recently, when there was no other choice."

"What is your father's name?" Harry inquired.

"He is called Kratos", Atreus said to the two of them. "And he is my father. We're being bothered by Gods again, this time the Norse ones."

"The Gods in your world sound really bad. I mean, mine are no saints, but they're not this bad", Percy had to say.

"Yes, and I'm still wondering just how bad Thor is", Atreus whispered, when Spider-Man appeared next to them.

"Thor is bad in your world? Really?" Spider-Man asked in shock.

"Yes, why do you ask that?" Atreus inquired.

"He is one of the greatest heroes in my world, he even saved the city from an attack meant to decimate it", Spider-Man revealed, and Atreus was shocked.

"Your Thor sounds like a true hero, the one in my world is nothing like that", Atreus had to say.

"This talk of different worlds is so confusing", Harry had to say, as he held up his wand. "Here I thought the day I found out magic was real was the strangest."

"So, is that your wand?" Dawn asked Harry as she came next to them, leaving Alice to talk to Ben and Naruto. "Can you show me some magic? I'm learning myself, would love to see how your magic works."

"I'm not really allowed to use magic outside school grounds", Harry said.

"Well, you're in a different world so I don't think it matters", Percy pointed out.

"True", Harry nodded, seeing a broomstick nearby, and aimed at it. "Accio broom!"

The broomstick flew towards him and he caught it, as Dawn said. "Whoa! Cool stuff there!" She turned to Superboy, who'd arrived nearby. "And, you're a clone of Superman, right?"

"You know Superman?" Conner asked her.

"Yeah, he appeared in our world a while ago when our town had turned into a Musical", Dawn revealed, Conner's eyes widening.

"He told me a bit about that on the phone", Conner said. "Well, I guess we're all coming together then."

"So, that's what 'aliens' are, huh?" Naruto muttered after Ben was done explaining.

"Yeah. You sound like Gwen", Ben muttered, thinking of his sister. Though Naruto was still cool.

"Well, I'm sure aliens won't be able to touch me when I become Hokage!" Naruto declared.

"If you become one", Ben snarked, making Naruto glare at him.

"Oh I'll be! Watch me!" He smirked.

Earth-1, Star City, the lair

Oliver, Roy, Thea, Sara and Laurel were about to go home, done for the day, when the former suddenly got a call.

Seeing the number was blocked, he accepted it. "Hello?"

"I'm done playing nice Oliver. I tried to bring you into the fold Mr. Queen. I nearly killed your sister, I tried to kill you, but none of that took." Darhk's voice said angrily.

"You underestimated me." Oliver shot back, the rest now looking at him.

"Maybe, but as they say, or should, the fourth time's the charm," Darhk said as Oliver's phone beeped, "go ahead, take a look."

Oliver lowered the phone, opening the message he'd gotten to see a video of Connor sitting in a room. He paled, as the rest saw it too, Thea's and Sara's eyes widening, while Oliver put the phone back to his ear.

"If you do anything to him…"

"Connor thinks I'm friends with his mother, funny", Damien quipped. "You're gonna hold a press conference and drop out of the mayoral race at 6:00 Friday. Oh, that's 6:00 P.M. by the way. I'll be at home watching you from my brand-new television."

The call was cut, Oliver lowering his phone as Roy asked. "Oliver, who is that boy?"

"His name is Connor, and he is my son", Oliver revealed, to the shock of Roy and Laurel.

Central City

Caitlin looked at her tablet and saw King Shark swimming towards the buoy, biting off the mannequin. "He ate the lure!" She cheered.

Diggle attempted to reel in the bait but King Shark had let it go. "Where'd he go?"

"He's headed for the docks", Cisco said.

"Go, go, go." Barry ordered as Caitlin and Patty ran off.

"Get ready to fire!" Diggle ordered as Lyla and the A.R.G.U.S. agents were readying their weapons.

King Shark jumped out of the water as the A.R.G.U.S. agents opened fire before he landed at the docks.

"Those guns won't stop me, Flash. First I'll kill you, then I'll kill them", King Shark said.

"Oh, yeah? Let's do this then! Come on!" Barry taunted as he ran off on the water, with King Shark chasing him until Barry started to circle around King Shark, creating a whirlpool.

The water was slowly being electrified.

Static Shock Intro 1 plays

At that moment, a dark-skinned boy riding what looked like a saucer, wearing a dark blue, black and yellow suit with a yellow belt and lightning emblem in the chest, and a white and blue mask on the face, appeared, flying in the sky, lightning coming off of him.

"Need a hand?" He asked, Barry looking up.

"Get away, kid!" Barry cried out, only for the boy to fire lightning at the whirlpool, and it struck King Shark, making him convulse violently, before he was knocked out.

Barry was shocked by the kid's power as he ran back to the shore. "Now you can reel him in."

They did just that as the boy hovered over them, Barry asking. "Who are you?"

"I'm Static Shock. And I put a shock to your system", Static Shock, before flying off on his saucer.

"So, we got a new superhero then", Diggle noted with narrowed eyes.

"Thanks kid!" Barry cried out.

STAR Labs

"Static Shock. That's actually a good one", Cisco had to say with a smile.

"Hell of a catch, Barry", Diggle said as they left, while A.R.G.U.S. agents were apprehending King Shark.

"Yeah, though the credit goes to this Static Shock guy", Barry had to say. "Just don't let him get away again."

"Won't let that happen again", Lyla promised.

"So what are you gonna do with him?" Caitlin asked.

"I don't know yet. But one thing's for sure, A.R.G.U.S.'s plans to turn King Shark into a weapon died with Amanda Waller", Lyla said.

"Good to know. As long as this freak isn't causing trouble in Central City anymore, I'd be glad, if I didn't have to deal with more reports about a giant shark waltzing around here", Patty commented before she and Barry chuckled.

"I think our time would be better served learning about how he came to be and how to cure him", Lyla nodded in agreement.

"You know, you should really talk to Dr. Lamden. She's done a lot of research, and I think it could be helpful to you", Caitlin noted.

"I'll do that", Lyla smiled before turning to Barry. "Nice to see you again."

"I should head back to the precinct. Make sure there's no paperwork about a giant shark." Patty said as she and Barry laughed, while she and Lyla walked off.

Barry turned to Diggle. "Well, thanks a lot, Dig."

"Hey, I got to thank you, Barry. Got Lyla get her first big win, I got to watch you run on water. It was biblical." Diggle said as they smiled at each other.

"See ya."

"You too."

"Say 'hi' to everyone for me, all right?"

"I will."

Barry sped off, picking Patty as Lyla stared. "Yeah, OK. That's kind of freaky."

"Yeah, yeah, see? I told you." Diggle nodded as they walked off, when he got a call. "Hey, what's up, Oliver?"

Central City Junkyard

Static Shock flew down, seeing Richie waiting for him, and took off his mask, revealing Virgil Hawkins.

"So, how was it?" Richie inquired.

"I just helped out Flash, and I'm sure he was impressed", Virgil revealed, the teenagers cheering happily.

Star City, the lair

"Since when do you have a son?" Roy asked in disbelief.

"Not important", Oliver said with a sigh.

"How is it possible no one knew?" Laurel inquired.

"I kind of knew, since last week", Thea said sheepishly.

"I knew too, but I wasn't gonna tell anyone else without his permission", Sara added.

"Laurel, do you remember that party we went to about a year before the Gambit?" Oliver asked and she nodded, having a feeling she knew where this was going. "After you left, I drank. A lot. I don't even remember most of that night. But I remember waking up the next day in bed with Sandra."

"Sandra? Is there anyone you didn't cheat on me with?" Laurel asked angrily and Oliver sighed, knowing he deserved that.

"Two months later, she told me she was pregnant. Needless to say, I freaked out and told my mom. A few days later, Sandra told me she lost the baby and moved to Central City. I didn't think anything of it until we went to Central City during the Savage mess and I saw them. It turns out my mom bribed Sandra to tell me she lost the baby, leave town, and never speak me to me again." Oliver explained and they all stared in shock.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Roy asked out of curiosity.

"Sandra told me that the only way I would be allowed to meet my son would be if I agreed to keep him secret", Oliver revealed.

"Harsh", Roy had to say, thinking of losing his own father when he was very young. Now knowing Oliver had a son, he wished this kid could know his amazing father.

"When I stop to consider the life I lead…I can't exactly blame her," Oliver sighed. "Laurel, I know you are angry and hurt and I don't blame you. But I need you to put that aside for now to help me get my son back."

"You don't even have to ask", Laurel assured him as Diggle and Felicity walked in.

"Hey, we got your 911", Diggle told him.

"Darhk called, he's kidnapped a ten-year old boy and will only release him if Ollie drops out of the race", Sara explained.

"Thea, call Adrian, have him schedule a press conference for 6:00 P.M. Friday." Oliver ordered and Thea nodded.

"Wait, you're not actually going for this are you?" Diggle asked in shock as Oliver sighed.

"The boy, Connor, he's my son." Oliver explained and Diggle and Felicity stared in shock.

"What?" Felicity asked shocked.

"It's a long story that's not important right now. What's important is finding Connor", Laurel ordered, putting her own feelings aside for the moment.

"So what's our next plan?" Thea asked.

"He lives in Central City, so let's call Barry", Felicity suggested. "Can we tell Barry?"

"I guess…" Oliver sighed, knowing Barry was trustworthy and there was no other alternative, and Felicity walked off to do just that, when Oliver's phone went off.

"Sandra's here", Oliver said after checking his phone.

"Who's Sandra?" Diggle asked.

"Connor's mother", Oliver said as he walked out.

Campaign office

"Hey," Adrian said as Oliver walked up to him. "She said her name was Sandra Hawke. The name struck a nerve from that million dollar check you told Thea wasn't gonna be a problem."

"It won't." Oliver said as he walked past Adrian.

"Then why did I just get a 911 text from Thea telling me you're pulling out of the race?" Adrian demanded.

"It's a precaution", Oliver said vaguely, walking into his office. Once he closed the door, Sandra started firing off questions.

"Have you heard from Connor? Do you know where he is?" Sandra asked desperately.

"I don't, but I'm doing everything that I can." Oliver assured her.

"I knew it," Sandra said as she walked past him, "I knew the moment he was gone, you had to have some sort of involvement in this. What was I thinking letting you into his life? Two months later and he's gone."

"Sandra, you need to tell me what happened." Oliver said, feeling the same stress she was under.

"No Oliver, you need to get me my son back!" Sandra snarled.

"I am trying but you need to tell me exactly what happened. Now." Oliver said trying to keep calm.

"I went upstairs to get him for dinner and he was gone," Sandra said in a trembling voice, "Gone. No note, no sign of a struggle, just gone. I called the CCPD and they've been looking everywhere, but it's already been over forty-eight hours and still nothing. Then, I thought about you. You're running for Mayor, and also have your company back, meaning lots of resources. You could help, right?"

"Yes", Oliver assured her. "And I am going to do everything, and I do mean absolutely everything in my power, and we I'll get him back."

"And, how exactly will you do that?" Sandra inquired.

Oliver thought about it, then decided she deserved to know. If they wanted to make a proper decision regarding their son, she needed to know everything.

"Sandra…I'm the Green Arrow." Oliver told her, her face telling him how shocked she was.

Middle-earth, Rivendell

Gandalf looked around at this hidden sanctuary. He knew the Hobbits believed for now that the Ring would be safe here, but he knew it would not, and if the Dark Lord found it here….this place would not be a sanctuary for long.

He suddenly sensed something familiar, and walked ahead, holding out his staff as a breach appeared in his way.

At that moment, he remembered the words of Aslan, and realized the time had come.

Spike came up behind him and noticed the breach. "Oi, is that another one?"

"I am needed beyond", Gandalf told Spike, then walked through it.

"Hey! I'm coming too!" Spike cried out and ran after him.

Earth-1, Star City, the lair

"This doesn't make any sense", Sandra said as Oliver led her into the lair.

"Well, like I said, I'm not the person that I used to be. These are my friends," Oliver said as Team Arrow walked into view, "and they are going to help us find Connor. You probably remember-"

"Laurel Lance." Sandra breathed as Laurel walked over to her.

"I'm so sorry you're going through this," Laurel said as she put her hands on Sandra's shoulders, "we will help you get Connor back."

"Look, Laurel, it was one time. And I knew that you and Oliver were together but I was young and stupid and selfish. And I should have been honest with you." Sandra said apologetically.

"No, Oliver should have been," Laurel flashed him a cold stare as Oliver looked away, filled with shame and regret, "Come on."

Roy put a hand on Oliver's shoulder, that he appreciated.

Laurel led Sandra away and Oliver gave her a grateful nod, to which she nodded coolly. Understanding her feelings, Oliver didn't hold it against her.

"Do the CCPD have anything?" Oliver asked once they were gone.

"No, it was a clean grab." Felicity told him.

"What leads do we have?" Sara wondered.

"Finding Connor isn't the problem, beating Darhk is. Every time we've faced him, we've been beaten. Thoroughly." Diggle pointed out.

"It's because we can't go against his magic." Thea sighed.

"We need a new strategy", Roy decided. "What can that be?"

"What about Constantine?" Diggle asked.

"He's in Hell." Oliver said vaguely.

"Really, what's he going through?" Thea wondered.

"I mean, he's actually literally in Hell. But I might know someone else", Oliver said, when suddenly a breach opened, and out of it walked Gandalf, with Spike behind him.

"Huh?" Thea muttered in shock.

"Spike?" Oliver narrowed his eyes, recognizing the Vampire.

"Oliver?" Spike recognized him as well, while Laurel and Sandra turned around in shock.

"You two know each other?" Sara inquired.

"That world I fell into with Eliot, Spike was there", Oliver told her, then looked at Gandalf. "And who are you?"

"Gandalf the Grey, at your service", Gandalf said charmingly while giving a slight bow.

Looking at his getup, Roy had to ask. "Are you a magician of some kind?"

"He is, and from what I hear, real powerful one too, can turn people into toads if they don't listen to 'em", Spike added with a smirk, as Gandalf chuckled at that.

"What's going on?" Sandra inquired as she walked closer to them with Laurel.

"Sandra, this is Spike", Oliver said, giving the introduction. "Spike, meet Sandra."

"Pleasure to meet you, luv", Spike quipped to her.

"Ollie, we agreed Damien can't be beaten by us, maybe the Multiverse decided to help", Thea said while looking at Gandalf.

"What can you do?" Oliver inquired, before asking. "And why should I trust you?"

"You should not, for you have just met me, master Oliver", Gandalf simply told him. "But if I can be of service to you, I shall be."

"And, I ask as well, what can you do?" Felicity asked now.

"I am no conjurer of cheap tricks", Gandalf declared to her.

Spike spoke up. "Well, this powerful Elf-lady there called a flood with horse shapes by doing a chant near a river. And from what I know, Gandalf here is even more powerful. For the trust part, a really stuck up, righteous and honorable bloke called Strider trusts him too, so I'd trust him as well."

"Did you just say Strider?" Oliver asked Spike at that moment.

"Yeah, why?" Spike inquired.

"Did he wear a hood, carried a sword, and had a cloak behind him?" Oliver asked. "And a rugged face?"

"Oh yeah, accurate description", Spike noted, then his eyes widened. "You lot…"

"We know him", Diggle spoke up.

"Ah. So, this is the world he found himself in", Gandalf now realized at last, looking around. "Quite different from my world." He looked at the computers, TV and wires. "With things I do not understand."

"We only met him once. He was with our friends in Central City for the most part. But if he trusts you, then so do we", Oliver said to Gandalf, holding out his hand. "I'm Oliver Queen." Gandalf shook his hand as Oliver gestured to the rest. "This is my sister, Thea. Roy, Sara, Laurel, Diggle and Felicity. And Sandra." All of them nodded or waved when they were introduced.

"Pleasure to meet you all", Gandalf said with a pleasant smile that just made them all feel better, as if everything would be all right, even Sandra.

"I'm not really in a pleased mood", Spike quipped. "So, what do you need help with?"

"My son, he has been taken by someone!" Sandra said in fear. "Can you find him?"

"Totally, just give me something of his." Spike held his hand out.

"Here, its his favorite", Sandra said, pulling out the Flash action figure. Spike took it and started sniffing it.

"What's he doing?" Thea asked.

"I'm a Vampire", Spike revealed casually, to the shock of the rest of Team Arrow.

"What? Is this a joke?" Sandra asked angrily.

"Nope", Spike said, then took his Vamp face, to the horror of Team Arrow, as Sandra's jaw dropped while she put a hand to her chest.

"Vampires are real?" Roy asked in horror.

"In another world, yes", Oliver confirmed to him.

"Now I've seen everything, this is freaky", Diggle said, freaking out.

"So, you can get the kid's location from his scent, right?" Sara inquired.

"You can say that, luv", Spike smirked at her.

"All…all right…just do it", Sandra said, recovering herself.

"This day keeps getting weirder", Felicity commented.

"You're a Vampire, how do we know we can trust you?" Diggle asked with a snarl.

"I'm one of the good ones, even if I wasn't, I've this chip in my head so I can't hurt humans", Spike said, then decked Diggle, making him fall down while Spike gasped, dropping the action figure due to the chip in his head.

"What the hell man?" Diggle said as he got up, holding his face in pain.

"Just proving my point, mate", Spike shrugged. "Anyways, I've got his scent, I can track where he is."

"Good work, Spike, thank you", Oliver thanked him genuinely, before looking at Gandalf. "No offense to you, but I don't want to take any chances against Darhk, so I will be calling some more people I know."

"Against a powerful enemy, it is wise to seek more help", Gandalf said as Oliver nodded in appreciation, then turned to Sandra. "Well, Connor is your son, it's your call."

"He's your son too, Oliver," Sandra said as she walked over to him. "No matter how much help you need, get him back. And take this son of a bitch Darhk out."

Detroit

Mari McCabe had just taken down two men, when a third aimed his gun at her from behind, only for an arrow to go into his shoulder. His gun dropped as Vixen whirled and punched him out, then looked up to see Green Arrow on a platform.

"I had that under control", Vixen snapped.

"I know", Green Arrow assured her.

"What, not enough in Star City to keep you busy?" She demanded.

"I need your help", Green Arrow told her.

Keystone City

Carrie White used her powers, disarming some men of their guns, and then knocking them out, before another aimed his gun at her from behind, but before she could do anything, a sonic scream knocked him out.

Carrie turned and looked up to see White Canary standing there. "White Canary. What brings you here?"

"Green Arrow needs your help", White Canary told her.

Earth-199999, Latveria

Lex has had a lot of painful head-related injuries over the years. Hangovers, migraines, and many knocks on the head, so much so that it was a miracle he maintained his vast intellect without any brain damage. What he was experiencing right now was an aftermath if he downed a cocktail of bourbon, vodka, and champagne while getting a right hook from an especially pissed off Oliver Queen.

"If I'm not dead, can someone kill me?" Groaning, and not just the Luthor's own, came from around him.

"I would oblige, but I fear I may miss the fatal blow." Savage answered first as he managed to stand to his feet before the others, but too hastily it seemed, causing the immortal to stumble and brace himself against the wall. Only, it wasn't a wall, and he turned in confusion as he knocked on the glowing, solid box he was trapped in. "What is this?"

"Well, this is just a guess, but I would say this is a cage." The ever sarcastic and mocking Zemo said before falling back on his rear. Shrugging, he made himself comfortable leaning his back against the wall. "Rather luxurious compared to the ones I've known."

"This is luxurious?" Lex asked in mild incredulity.

Merlyn spoke up for the first time while checking his weapons, which were gone, as were everyone else's. "Nope, Zemo's right, small but cozy."

"Reminds me of home." The unaltered voice of Zoom stunned the rest of the gathering as they looked at the maskless speedster slowly making it to his feet. Only after he successfully stood did Hunter notice the rest of the men staring at him. "What?"

"I think you might need a hand, my friend." Merlyn's joke, besides earning snorts from the baron and billionaire, instinctively had Zolomon whip his head to his arm. His missing arm. The one hand he had left went to the stump of what was left of his original limb. "Wh-where-"

"The arm was already gone." Savage snidely remarked as he looked around beyond their confinement, and found a long dark hall. "How did this happen?"

"Our humble Baron Zemo gave us the name of a new candidate." Malcolm helpfully added, before his tone turned dry. "After mocking us for our mishap with Megatron. He should know."

"In my defense, a tyrannical alien machine? Really?" Zemo's trademark head tilt earned him no friends, nor did the reminder of their failure. "Also, this is a man of focus, overnight he took over his home country, turned it into a superpower recognized by the world, and even fought several of my world's enhanced individuals, including outsmarting one of the Avengers. What more could we want?"

"That doesn't explain what happened to my arm!" Zoom shouted his fury as he paced back and forth in his tiny cell, turning every three steps. At normal speed, clearly something was preventing his speed.

Malcolm rolled his eyes at the speedster. "Not saying this conversation isn't fun, because it's not, but I'd like to figure out how we got here after walking through the portal."

Clicking fingers attracted their attention to the bald billionaire, who looked uncharacteristically unsettled. "I think he might know."

They followed his gaze, and understood Lex' unease.

A whole portion of the hall was cloaked in darkness, an entire section an unnatural pitch black. The only thing one can liken it to was a black hole. Yet, there was one shred of light. A fire. Within the metal palm of the man they seek to recruit.

Calling him a "man" however seemed unfitting from what the fire revealed. Staring back at them, from his place on a throne above, were cold eyes from behind a metal mask. It was all they could see, the light reflecting off the metal gave the impression of something haunting.

Lex cleared his throat to settle the shiver the mask sent up his spine. "It is a pleasure to meet you, your majesty. My name is-"

"Luthor."

Whatever words Lex planned to say were halted. A scoff came from the cell beside him. Savage looked unimpressed by the man in front of him. "This is all you can conjure? A few parlor tricks? I've met many who tried to perform such ploys."

"There are none like Doom, priest." Savage felt his smirk leave. That was when the cell began to shrink, all four sides closing in, all Vandal could do was try to push back and hold off the walls to no avail. Shrinking to the point he needed to curl up, Vandal felt panic set in before the walls finally stopped. "Speak out of turn again, and this shall be your last life."

"King Doom." Zemo began, while the man behind the mask remained still. "We meant no offense in our coming here."

"Trespassing, in my kingdom, in my castle." Doom's voice remained calm, quiet, and it was all that was needed to silence the room. "Your intentions are irrelevant."

"There wasn't exactly a welcome mat, or a doorbell." Malcolm tried to ease the tension. He failed. The king did not dignify that with a response. A part of the Dark Archer felt like he should bow his head in submission, and he was close to doing so.

"I expected nothing less from you, Arthur." Merlyn froze. That was when Doom seemed to move, and the cybernetic arm made by Zemo and Luthor was thrown before them. Hunter's hand and stump placed themselves against the barrier as he stared at the limb, only for his eyes to widen as it turned to dust. "A primitive design, but one should expect nothing less from a charlatan such as Wolfgang von Strucker." Zemo nervously looked to Lex, both of them briefly locking eyes. "The energy absorption is...functional, at best. You cannot gain the Speed Force, so you take it." Hunter backed away as far as the cell permitted. "How crude."

"We came to ask you-"

"To join you." Once again, Doom finished before Lex could even begin. The King of Latveria leaned forward. "You think Doom would associate with this League of lesser men?"

"How do you know?" Lex whispered to himself. He froze when the fire disappeared, and jumped back against his small cell when Dr. Doom loomed above him.

"Doom knows all."

With those words, Doom was gone. They whipped their heads, bar the immobile immortal, trying to find their captor.

"The mercy of Doom comes but once." That haunting, calm voice echoed around them as the darkness spread towards them. "Dare to cross paths with Doom again, your families will burn. Your cities will burn. Your worlds will burn. You...will burn."

The shadows consumed them.

Earth-21, Metropolis, LexCorp

All five men awoke at once, within the confines of Luthor's lab. Humiliation, anger, fear, and other such emotions were rampant among them, some more so than others.

The first to break the silence, was Zemo. "I admit...I did not see that coming."

Earth-199999, New York City, Avengers Tower

The Avengers minus Thor, alongside Johnny, Rhodes, Maria and Helen were gathered in the lab, looking at the remainders of the suits, Tony's face sullen.

Banner sighed. "All our work is gone. Ultron cleared out, used the internet as an escape hatch."

Steve noted the name. "Ultron."

Natasha looked through the room. "He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other."

Rhodes walked forth, holding his arm. "He's in your files, he's in the Internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"

"Nuclear codes", Maria said from where she sat.

"Nuclear codes." Rhodes pointed out how much worse it could get. "Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can."

"Nukes? He said he wanted us dead", Natasha noted.

Steve pointed out the exact words. "He didn't say dead. He said extinct."

Clint remembered. "He also said he killed somebody."

Now Hill pointed out. "He said 'deleted'."

"More like murdered." Tony revealed JARVIS' "mind". Broken, demolished, the digital life it once had was extinguished. He was one of Tony's closest friends despite being an AI. He was a friend and ally to all of them. Few were as reliable.

Now he's gone.

"This is insane." Banner had to say.

Steve pointed out. "JARVIS was the first line of defense. He would've shut Ultron down, it makes sense."

"No, Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis. This isn't strategy, this is...rage", Banner replied. "Ultron saw him as inferior, a failure, because JARVIS saw the flawed nature of humanity and did nothing, just aided Tony and the Avengers, ran Stark Industries, and so on."

Thor barged in, Johnny behind him, and the former grabbed hold of Stark by his throat, holding him up.

Susan ran up, trying to placate Thor. "Thor, no no no no. We don't do this."

"He wasn't supposed to do this either", Thor snarled about Tony.

"Thor! The Legionnaire!" Steve interrupted, causing Thor to let go of Stark finally.

Thor gave the update. "Trail went cold about a hundred miles out but it's headed north, and it has the Scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again."

"Didn't think it could fly that fast", Johnny added.

"So now we have to deal with Ultron", Susan noted.

Helen inquired. "I don't understand. You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?"

That was when it hit Tony.

"Son of a bitch." He muttered, and shared a horrified look with Banner. "The algorithm."

"No." A terrified Banner took off his glasses while Tony turned to address the room.

"After the Singularity, more so after Clark and Bart, I started this program. A safety net. It's a network of contingencies based on our own experiences from breach activity and possible encounters we may face, extra-terrestrial, Multiversal, anything."

"What does that have to do with any of this?" Johnny asked with clear confusion.

Steve was the first to figure it out. "Ultron knew about it."

"No." Tony shook his head surprising them. "Ultron was meant to be a guardian. The algorithm was cold, apathetic. Millions of possible scenarios on what to do were calculated, and it would narrow down the most successful and appropriate way of ending a situation."

"Contingency plans?" Tony nodded at Clint.

"We're facing new threats every day, old and new. With the algorithm, we have an answer already on the shelf. Veronica was branched off from its data." Tony pointed to a suddenly nervous Banner. "It also made failsafe's in case-"

"If there's ever a day we went bad." Natasha figured it out. "Did you have plans to take us out?"

"No, no. Don't twist this." The Iron Man was adamant as he continued. "We live knowing the Multiverse is real. Every single possibility that could happen, has happened somewhere else. Which means," Tony turned the First Avenger, "there could be a version of you that flies HYDRA's flag." Steve felt sick at the thought. "And you, Widow, what if the Soviet Union never fell? You could be working for them right now." He told the redhead before looking up at the thoughtful looking Asgardian. "There can be a version of you out there that's not so benevolent and treats the world like an anvil." Tony fell into a seat as he rubbed his eyes. "It's not just us. There's contingencies for Clark and Bart as well-and don't give me the looks. Yeah, they are solid guys, but what if they aren't in every Universe, or we meet another Kryptonian or speedster who wants to conquer? We already met the latter. And do I need to remind everyone of the giant monsters? Including the watermelon?" It sounded humorous and Tony would have expressed it as such, but he didn't feel like joking now. "Let's not forget, the whole reason the Avengers are here is because we were the contingency for an alien invasion led by a Norse God. Do I also have to tell you guys about Doom again?" He did not make the algorithm to kill his friends. It was meant to protect them. "The program is meant to think in ways I don't want to."

"And Ultron had access to it." Banner interjected. "It runs it's simulations on facts and numbers. Logic. Humans, we are chaotic, like it said. Ultron emulated the algorithm and it twisted its view, turning it into an emotionless...thing that sees us as the threat."

"He was meant to be like JARVIS." Tony mumbled to himself. A shame bloomed within. Ultron was supposed to be the armor, and the algorithm was the weapon, now Ultron has it turned around.

Every scrap of data, theories, it has them all. He handed a murder bot the keys to kill his friends.

"My father once said, "a good King never seeks out war, but must always be ready for it"." Raising his head, the look on Thor's face mellowed out in Tony's eye. There was an understanding. "Fate favors the prepared, and your concerns are not unfounded." There were many threats that Thor knew that Earth did not, among his own Realms, and beyond.

"World's a dangerous place, and we're dealing with multiple worlds now." Clint agreed with Thor, before looking at Steve and sharing a haunted look. "Not everyone is made good." The image of those dead kids flashed in front of his eyes again, as did Krell in Steve's mind. What if someone like that ended up in their Universe instead of the Captain dropping on Umbara?

Hill sighed at the blunder of her boss, but knew what he was doing. "SHIELD was made for stuff like this, now it's your job."

A moronic move for sure, but Nat wanted to know how to win before the fight began. She agreed with Tony, despite the implications. Across from her, she saw Steve still struggling to accept it.

"Would have made a lot difference if this stuff was around for days like the attack on Pearl Harbour. The lives that could be spared." She knew that hit home with Steve, and he knew the spy was talking for him to understand.

"Strategically speaking, it makes sense." Steve spoke up for the first time since being blown away by the information of what Tony was doing. "I still don't like it, but I know why. However, even the best intentions can lead to worst things imaginable."

"Only when things went bad did I ever think to use it."

"Ultron's using it now." Sue pointed out with worry. "If it has everything you say it has, how can we beat it?"

A sigh of regret, shame, a plethora of emotions left Tony as he shrugged hopelessly.

"I am not angry because you made this algorithm to defeat us, or at least evil versions of us", Thor pointed out. "I am angry because you played with the Scepter's power that you did not understand."

"We did make a mistake there", Banner accepted that, then turned to Tony. "We didn't know what we were playing with here Tony, we might not have been close to even an interface, but us trying to do this is why Ultron is here."

"Guess I should have listened", Tony had to say. He did mess up with Ultron.

"How do we stop it now?" Maria asked.

Tony sighed. "I don't know."

"I do." The Avengers, Rhodey, Hill, half the Fantastic Four, and Helen turned to the Captain.

"Together."

"We'll lose."

And yet, Steve Rogers was not deterred. "Then we'll do that together too."

The Mysterious Tower

Master Yen Sid, Mickey, Donald and Goofy were still thinking together, while Lea had gone off to do something, as the rest continued to talk, when Ahsoka noticed the four of them, and gestured in their direction, causing the rest to look.

Mickey finally asked his Master. "Master Yen Sid. Gosh, do ya think he'll be able to do it?"

Yen Sid stroked his beard. "Its clear you cannot teach a cat to bark. But Merlin and the three fairies are aiding him in a place that's more….temporally flexible. My hope is that he can learn to wield it. He certainly has fire, so I suppose now it depends on how strongly it burns."

"Merlin?" Harry asked in shock.

"Do you know him?" Yen Sid inquired.

"He is the greatest Wizard that ever lived in our world", Harry confirmed to the four of them.

"What about Sora and Riku?" Mickey asked at that point.

"Sora?" Dawn's eyes widened. "You guys know Sora?"

"Do you know him too?" Donald asked Dawn.

"Yes, he came to our world and helped save me sometime ago", Dawn revealed to all of them. "Is he in trouble?"

"If we are running on the assumption Xehanort knew what we were planning, then he still would need to have been there", Yen Sid said to Mickey. "Back in the very place and time when the Destiny Islands were lost to darkness. Otherwise, Sora and Riku would have been beyond his reach."

Donald and Goofy looked to be in thought as Mickey asked. "Gee, do you really think its possible Xehanort could have planned things that far back in advance?"

"Most bad guys do plan that far", Conner said, thinking of Lex and Darkseid. "It can totally be possible."

"What if he did the same thing Sora and Riku did and he jumped through time?" Goofy asked too at that point.

"For that to work, a version of him would have to exist at both source and destination", Yen Sid pointed out. "Not even Xehanort can transport his whole body across vast reaches of time."

Suddenly, Mickey gasped. "Oh…oh no!"

"What happened?" Alice asked in distress.

"I remember…Xehanort did give up his body!" Mickey revealed to them. "It was a version of him that was possessing Riku."

"Possessing? He can possess?" Alice asked, shivering as she thought of her possession by Chucky, causing Dawn to wrap an arm around the younger girl.

Yen Sid's eyes now widened in horror. "No! It cannot be! Could he be that cunning? Possess that kind of foresight?"

"It looks to me like he was", Ciri noted, thinking of Emhyr's entire plan. "This Xehanort has struck at a time none of you thought he would."

Donald and Goofy shared a shocked look as Mickey asked his master. "If its all right with you, can I go help Sora and Riku out?"

"How? You cannot enter the world of a dream", Yen Sid pointed out. "Where will you go?"

"If Xehanort really is behind all this, then they won't stay in the dream worlds forever", Mickey countered. "Eventually, they're gonna reappear somewhere that we can go reach 'em. And we can even probably guess the place. Follow the hearts, and you'll find the way." Mickey closed his eyes and put a hand to his heart, before looking up again. "That's something Master Aqua told me once."

Yen Sid nodded as Donald cried out. "King Mickey…"

"We're goin' too", Goofy finished.

"Aw, fellas, you're my best pals", Mickey said to them. "But this time, I really do need to go it alone. The dangers are greater than anything we've ever faced before! If something were to happen to Sora and Riku and me, why, you'll be the only ones left to keep this world safe."

The two looked dejected as Yen Sid told Mickey. "Mickey, I was not able to locate Sora, but I sense Riku's presence in the realm between. Trust your heart, and I know you will find him."

"Thank you", Mickey nodded, then closed his fist, promising firmly. "I promise I'll bring them both back safe and sound."

"You don't need to go alone", Ahsoka said at that moment. "I'm coming with you."

"As am I", Ciri added.

"You're all children, I am not sure you should go", Yen Sid noted.

"I've been in battles, I've led people", Ahsoka said to him. "I know how to handle myself."

"Wait, how are you a peacekeeper then?" Ciri asked Ahsoka.

"We need to finish this war to keep the peace", Ahsoka said, but Ciri didn't look convinced.

"Sure", she muttered, then turned to Yen Sid. "I've been through…..many things. I've been hunted for a long time in my life. I can help."

Yen Sid noted the pain, the horror that was etched in her eyes, that no one so young should have, and realized she was telling the truth.

"Sora helped me once before. I'm not leaving him by himself now!" Dawn said too. "So, I am coming as well."

"My enemy tried to kill me when I was a baby. Because of my mother, I survived. He has tried to come after me other times too, and I keep getting into trouble", Harry said with a shrug. "I can get into trouble again." He held up the broomstick. "Can I take this? I'm a good flier."

Yen Sid just gave a nod.

"I have been on a Quest to find the stolen lightning bolt of Zeus, and I have dueled with Ares, I can handle this", Percy declared firmly as well. "I'm in."

"And I've fought many aliens too, some of whom have wanted this", Ben said, showing them the Omnitrix. "And it includes an intergalactic alien conqueror. I can help."

"I like to fight people and get stronger, I think I'll be good help here", Goku added.

"And I've been on missions as part of Team 7 myself, you can't do this without me!" Naruto said while pointing at himself.

"I have fought too, against agents of the Fire Nation", Aang said. "Besides, I am no normal child. You have my help as well."

"I'm part of a team of superheroes, this is part of my job description", Conner shrugged. "Not sitting this one out."

"And if I have the power to help, then its my responsibility. I'm not gonna let this Xehanort get Sora and Riku", Peter added as well. "He will have to go through me."

"If my father were here, he would help. But I will do what I can in his stead", Atreus declared, hoping to make his father proud, especially since his father had said he'd named him after a compassionate Spartan comrade.

"I'll help too", Alice said. "I mean…I haven't been in real fights before like the rest, but I want to help."

"I'll look after her", Dawn added, having taken a shine to the little girl who reminded her of herself before she'd found out the truth about being the Key.

"Very well then", Yen Sid said with a sigh. "Go, all of you, and keep each other safe."

He'd felt lights within all of them, and in some, such as Goku and Aang, the lights were as pure as Sora's. Perhaps all of them had ended up here for a reason. Though there was some kind of darkness buried deep within Naruto's light. He did not understand what it was, but it was inside of him. Yet, it was buried deep within, while the light that Naruto exuded was nearly as pure as Goku and Aang.

"Let's go guys", Mickey declared.

"We're teaming up with Mickey Mouse", Alice whispered to Dawn excitedly.

"I know!" Dawn said.

It was time to help Sora and Riku now.

Earth-199999, Island M

Wanda awoke to the sound of the shutters opening. What sleep that was to be had would elude her due to the shining light of the sun now filling her room. Had she willed it, Wanda could have kept the shutters closed and slept in, but her unease at her surroundings prevented her from relaxing too much. Island M was as strange to her as the people inhabiting it. Mutants were often the last thing on her or Pietro's minds, even when the seedier businessmen came to Novi Grad with their underground fights, the last thing she expected was to actually be one.

Yet, there was one moment, years ago, on the darkest day of her life when...

A knock on the door took the young woman by surprise, and before she could raise her hand, a blur sped through and leaned against the window overlooking the jungle.

"Pietro."

"Nice view, I have one just like it." Speeding away from the weak hex blast, Pietro wound up standing at the foot of Wanda's bed, tank top and shorts being his bedwear. Throwing the duvet away, Wanda let her feet fill the soft slippers provided to her by one of the women of the facility, along with the t-shirt and sweat pants she was now wearing, as well as an assortment of other items that she would need.

"You can't wait until breakfast to annoy me?" Wanda huffed at him, bumping into his shoulder as she passed.

"Every moment away from my darling sister was torture, even though that bed was the comfiest I had ever felt." Pietro said as he stretched his arms over his head. Wanda had to agree, the beds were a far cry from what Strucker provided, better than what they could manage to find after they lost their parents. Even their new rooms were the size of their old apartment.

"Now you sound as if you enjoy it here." Wanda mused as her brother faced her, both their expressions turning serious.

"I am...unsure." Pietro admitted as he crossed his arms. "This man, one of the most wanted in the world, claims to be our father, that we are Mutants, and he wants to join our causes?" A scoff of disbelief left him, something Wanda could understand. "Sounds too much like how the recruiters spoke when we volunteered."

"And I can't read him." Wanda shared. His mind was the most well-guarded she had ever seen. They always needed dampeners to guard their thoughts back in the research base to protect themselves from Wanda after too many minds made her lash out. "All I saw was what he let me see." The only one who had shown any kind of immunity to her powers was her own twin.

"Maybe we should ask someone else about the great Magneto." There was no hiding Wanda's eye roll at the look on Pietro's face. It did not take a mind reader to know what he was thinking.

"Don't."

"But she-"

"No." The Frost woman was a telepath, and powerful. It was humbling for Wanda to be beaten in such a way, and yet, there was no actual battle, but a mental chess game that she lost. She was by far the most dangerous of the Brotherhood Magneto had introduced to them, at least, she believed so. The extent of their powers was a mystery, besides the massive figure that is the Juggernaut, and the woman with the computer brain, Sage.

Another knock on Wanda's door prevented her brother from creating any kind of weak defense for his inevitable pursuit of the cold telepath. "It's Erik, may I come in?"

Recognizing the polite and sophisticated tone, Wanda waved her hand and the door opened itself. The man who created the very compound they stood in came through the door, followed by a table holding three covered plates, bread, everything one would expect for breakfast when you had money. "I hope you don't mind, but I thought we could share a meal. I know there is much to discuss between us." Pietro was already eyeing the food before sharing a quick glance with his younger twin. With a silent conversation done, they both nodded, making the older man smile. "Splendid."

Earth-1, Star City

Mari flew in the sky, holding Spike, as he told her. "This is fun, luv. We should do this more."

"If you call me 'luv' again, I'll drop you", Mari said.

"Oooh, I like you", Spike quipped, then pointed forth. "Over there."

She flew further with him.

On a rooftop, Oliver stood with Sara and Roy.

"I've seen a lot of crazy things in the last few years, but you as a dad? That's a new one", Roy joked.

"I wanted to tell people close to me, but…." Oliver trailed off.

"We get it. Sandra put you in a lose-lose situation", Sara said in understanding, Roy nodding.

"I can't help thinking that Sandra was right. Maybe if I never found out about him-"

"Dwelling on what ifs isn't going to help bring your boy back. Instead of focusing on what you can't change, focus on what you can", Sara told him and, after a moment, he nodded.

"When did you get so wise?" He wondered and she laughed.

"You die and come back to life; you learn a few things." She joked and he chuckled.

"I lost my dad when I was really young", Roy then said, Oliver looking over at him. "Don't even remember much of him now. His face becomes blurrier every day. So…take it from me, I think your kid knowing you, it's a good thing."

"Thank you", Oliver said in appreciation.

"So, you are a Wizard?" Carrie asked Gandalf as the two walked together, looking up at Mari and Spike.

"That is what they refer to me as, yes", Gandalf confirmed to her. "But I am not a conjurer of cheap tricks."

Carrie smiled, as he asked her. "And I believe you have powers too, my dear."

"Yeah", Carrie said as she looked at a nearby dustbin and the lid flew off, before coming back on top of it. "I can do that…and more."

"You have been given a great power, Carrie. It is up to you to decide how to use it, and you use it for good", Gandalf said, impressed.

"I didn't always", Carrie said, the massacre flashing in her mind. "Many died because I couldn't control myself before."

Gandalf did not wish to pry, but simply told her. "Perhaps those deaths were of your making or not, but you have clearly changed now. This person you speak of, who caused many deaths, would she come all the way here to help find a child she doesn't even know?"

Carrie tried to answer, then stopped, making Gandalf smile. "What happened before was something that never should have happened, but dwelling on it forever shall not change it. Continue to be who you are now, young one."

Listening to that, Carrie smiled and nodded. "Thank you…I appreciate it." She sighed. "I wish I'd met you earlier." He was like the wise, kindly grandfather she never had, and a powerful Wizard to boot. Having him in her life earlier would have made many things easier.

"Well, we have met now", Gandalf pointed out. And that counted for something as well.

He looked around at the tall buildings. "This world is quite different from my own. Everything is quite large, complex." A car passed by, the guy inside doing a double take on seeing Gandalf, looking weirded out, before he drove off. "And rude and fast."

"I can imagine the shock", Carrie said with a chuckle. From what she knew, he was from a medieval world. This entire world would be a huge shock to him. He was handling it well though.

"My friend told me of the chariots that move without horses. Still, they are surprise to see", Gandalf had to say.

SCPD, same time

"Alright," Quentin told Laurel as he walked into his office, "I got the entire police force, what's left anyway, canvassing for Connor."

"Thank you," Laurel paused, "you don't seem as surprised as I expected."

"What, that part boy Oliver Queen knocked up some girl? I'm surprised there isn't an army of little Oliver's running out there." Quentin chuckled.

"Well there might be, he certainly got around back then." Laurel said bitterly.

"Yeah," Quentin took a drink of his coffee before noticing the look on Laurel's face, "you okay?"

"I don't know," Laurel admitted, "it's the mother, Sandra. She was with him when I was with him."

"Baby." Quentin sighed.

"I don't know why I'm so mad. It was a million years ago and It's not like I didn't know that Oliver cheated on me."

"Yeah, but that's one thing. Knowing he had a kid…" Quentin trailed off as he walked over to her. "I'm sorry sweetheart."

"Thank you," Laurel hugged him, allowing her father's warmth to envelop her before her phone rang and she checked it, "its Oliver. He knows where Connor's being held."

Oliver had his line towards Damien's place and he zipped down on it, Sara and Roy following him as all three landed behind 2 HIVE soldiers.

Oliver smacked one with his bow and he fell as Oliver shot him while Sara trapped the other's neck in her bo-staff and killed him too.

As two more arrived, Roy shot one down swiftly before he could do a thing while Oliver kicked the other away, and Sara flipped and trapped a third one's neck between her feet, throwing him down and snapping his neck.

One more tried to strike but Diggle shot him down from above.

A door opened inside and both Thea and Laurel walked in via emergency stairs, some HIVE soldiers walking in their front, their backs to the two.

Thea nocked an arrow and managed to shoot one down as the rest turned. Laurel grabbed one's gun and then his collar, using him as a shield as she pushed him, the other two shooting him instead of her as she managed to push him off.

Thea decked one as Laurel struck the other one with her batons in a spin motion, and then Thea shot hers down as Laurel kicked her opponent to the wall, managing to daze him, and as he tried to attack again, Thea shot him as Laurel turned to her.

"You know, you should train better", Thea simply commented as Laurel sighed, knowing she was the least skilled of all the fighters in the team.

Damien stood in his room as the glass behind him shattered, and Oliver, Sara and Roy rolled in, Damien laughing at them.

"Ha ha ha! I wondered how long it would take for your buddy Oliver to drag you lot into this."

Damien turned to them, holding his drink and pacing as both stood up.

Oliver, his voice distorted, demanded. "Where's the boy?"

Damien put his drink away and shrugged calmly. "Oh, he's fine. I had him moved about two minutes before you three and your posse disturbed my evening in."

The three shared an angry look as Damien told Oliver. "You know what? You might want to learn to be a little bit more discreet. Have you considered black instead of green? And you too, white girl and red guy."

Oliver growled in anger. "You tell me where you've taken him."

"Or what? You'll fire an arrow at me? I think we've seen that movie before. I win, you lose, rinse, repeat."

"This time, it's different."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, really", Sara said with a smirk as they jumped away, and with the snarl of a lion, Vixen jumped at Damien, slamming him against the fireplace.

"Where's the boy?" She demanded.

"My, you have some interesting friends," Darhk laughed before using his magic to make Vixen back up and hold Oliver, Sara and Roy in place, while he noticed the amulet she wore. "My my, I haven't seen that trinket in a dog's age…."

Before he could continue, Spike leapt at him, and decked his face hard, making him stagger back. Spike's hand went for his head reflexively, only to feel no pain.

"Too much magic, eh?" Spike quipped, and before Damien could recover, Spike took Vamp face and leapt on him, biting his neck as Damien gasped, the Vampire draining some of his blood.

Then he waved his hand and Spike was sent flying off, Damien holding his neck in pain while he held all of them in place now. "You'll pay for that."

Damien pulled Spike closer to him, touching his chest as Spike gasped, only for Damien to gasp and choke as he felt his blood vessels burn for a moment, and they became visible too, while he let Spike go, coughing out blood in pain.

"I'm a Vampire, dumbass! You can't take my life force!" Spike taunted, him and the rest about to charge at Damien, only for him to recover and stop them all with his magic again.

He hurled the fire logs, a table, some chairs, some glasses, all at the restrained Heroes.

A staff suddenly shattered all of it, a light shining atop the staff, while Gandalf the Grey glared at Damein Darhk. "Go back to the shadow."

Carrie stood behind Gandalf, while Damien looked at both, especially Gandalf, smirking. "Oh ho ho! Now we got a stereotypical magician, eh? Too bad, would have made you our organization's jester or something."

He made to wave his hand, only for Gandalf to slam his staff onto the ground, causing the walls to shatter while Damien was sent flying back and crashing into the remaining wall, cracking it as well while Gandalf aimed his staff, pinning Damien to the wall.

"You have a source for your power, where is it?" Gandalf demanded, Damien's eyes wide in horror.

He'd thought with his magic, he'd have the upper hand against everyone else constantly. Even Prometheus had only gotten lucky that one time and caught him off-guard.

Now, he was overpowered, and there was nothing he could do. It still didn't stop his defiance.

"Not gonna tell you", Damien snarled.

"Really?" Carrie smirked, looking at Damien, and suddenly, he gasped, feeling his heart slow down while Thea and Laurel ran in. "Come on now, tell us."

Realizing he was outmatched this time, Damien closed his eyes, his idol appearing the next moment, as Gandalf let go.

"So this is his thing, huh?" Spike noted. "An idol."

"No longer", Gandalf declared as he lifted up his staff, and slammed it onto the idol, shattering it into pieces.

"NOOOO!" Damien yelled in horror, only for Oliver to deck his face, staggering him back. Damien tried to punch but Oliver blocked and kneed his abdomen, then spun and whacked his face, throwing him down.

He tried to get up, only Spike to grab his throat and lift him up, wearing his Vamp face again.

The chip pained him, but he resisted it. "Now, you've lost, be a man and accept it." He threw Damien off, then tilted his head. "I still have the scent, come on."

He and Mari ran off, Carrie trailing behind them, Oliver about to follow, when suddenly, as Damien tried to get up, he jolted, and fell down.

Arrow Prometheus theme plays

They all turned around to see a shuriken sticking out of what was now Damien Darhk's corpse, and as they looked ahead, they saw a figure in the shadows, lowering its hand before disappearing into the shadows.

"Its him, isn't it?" Roy asked grimly.

"Yes it is", Oliver nodded.

A small truck carrying Connor was moving off, when suddenly, its front got dented, making the driver stop as he got out, confused, with the other man too, when suddenly, Mari appeared, punching one away with an elephant's strength, and Spike snapped the other's neck, then gasped while holding his head in pain.

The backdoors were ripped apart, the HIVE thugs behind looking frightened as Carrie looked at them, and then their guns were snatched from them, now aimed at them instead.

"Come on", she said to the little boy, as Connor immediately ran away from the thugs, and Carrie let the guns drop, then made the men all fall down, unconscious, with her power, while Oliver swung down as well.

"Let's get you home to your mom", Oliver told Connor warmly.

Later, SCPD

"Connor, thank god!" Sandra rushed over to her son and embraced him tightly, making some wonder if she was ever going to let go.

"Medics checked him out, he's in perfect health." Quentin assured them.

"Oh thank goodness. There's someone you must have missed," Sandra let go and pulled out his Flash action figure but noticed Connor didn't seem to want it, "what's wrong?"

"I'm kind of over The Flash. I want a Green Arrow action figure." Connor said and no one could stop the smiles that came to their faces.

"Well, he is pretty great." Sandra smiled at Oliver, who smiled back.

"I'll let you guys get reacquainted." Quentin said before walking over to the others.

"Is everything okay?" Oliver asked, noticing the look on Quentin's face.

"Detectives questioned Connor while the docs checked him out. Darhk didn't take him; it was a guy in a mask and hood." Quentin said and it took only seconds for them to put it together.

"Prometheus", Sara realized.

"He will pay for this", Oliver snarled.

Later

"I wanted our son to stay as far away from you as possible…I thought you were still the same guy", Sandra noted to Oliver, who just looked at her with folded arms. "Now I know I was wrong."

Oliver started. "Still, he ended up being in danger because of-"

"Don't go there", Sandra told him. "He might have been in danger because of his connection to you….but you're the reason he is safe as well. Connor's father is the Green Arrow, I think that keeps him safe enough."

"Thank you", Oliver smiled.

"I'm sorry for my condition from before", Sandra apologized now. "If you want to see him and tell him you're his father, then go right ahead."

"I'll tell him, though I think both of us should break it to him together", Oliver pointed out, Sandra nodding as she conceded. "But not right now. There are some other things that need my attention, including the campaign I fortunately didn't have to throw away." And there was also Prometheus. "Still, I think I'd be relieved if you moved far away from here. You can tell me, but no one else can know, at least for now."

"Considering what happened, that'd be for the best", Sandra agreed. "And I know just the place."

"When I was younger, I never really saw what I had. I wasted everything, didn't even appreciate the love my parents had for me. They were flawed people, but...they were my mom and dad, and despite everything, I wish I could spend another moment with them. After I got back from the island, everything was different, and I realized what it meant to love." Oliver looked at Sandra. "I would do anything for Connor, anything, to watch him grow up, become a better man than me. I lost so much time with him already, there's nothing I wouldn't do to make it up to him." He sighed. "But not right now. Soon though."

"Thank you, Oliver", Sandra said.

"My priority is Connor's safety, and that will take precedence, always."

They shared a smile and a hug, then parted as Sandra walked off to talk to Connor. She'd tell Oliver the place right before they left.

Sara then walked up to Oliver, putting a hand to his shoulder. "You're doing the right thing. You'll keep him safe, and get to know him when the time is right."

Oliver agreed with a nod, as Sara quipped. "If Connor is anything like his dad, he'll be a heartbreaker."

"Really?"

"Oh relax, you know what I mean. If he is like you, then he has a lot of good in him."

"Thank you", Oliver said, the two sharing a smile before they walked off.

Earth-199999, Island M

There was an awkward air around the table, at least, in Wanda's mind. Pietro enjoyed devouring the bacon, the toast, the pudding, everything, while Magneto at the end of the table calmly cut his pouched egg. Wanda herself was slow to eat, too busy focusing on the man before them, her family, the island, Stark. It was distracting

"Dwell much harder, my dear, and you'll go grey much like your brother." A calm quip from the older Mutant knocked Wanda from her daze.

"How did you learn of us?" The question caused Pietro to stop eating. Magneto set aside his utensils before wiping his mouth with a napkin. "Actual answers this time."

"If that is what you both desire." Erik looked to the speedster sitting opposite his sister, and saw the affirmative look in his blue eyes. Eyes like Erik's own. "Very well. A long time ago, I met a woman with a particular talent for precognition."

"She saw the future?"

"That is correct, Wanda." A sigh escaped Magneto as he thought back to unpleasant times. It has been a very long time since he last saw Irene before he regained his abilities. "She desired her peace and I knew that there was no method to threaten her because of her talents. When my powers returned, I sought her aid. When she said no, I sought her advice...and that's when I learned of my son and daughter." There was bristle among the twins that Magneto expected.

"She knew...about us? About what happened?" Pietro asked hesitantly.

A nod was all it took. "Destiny makes her predictions, but there's little she can do about them. She saw you, your birth, and-"

"Did she see us cowering under our bed?" Wanda looked down, ignoring the food as she felt her memories return as Pietro stood and recounted the tale. "We were ten years old. Having dinner, the four of us." He walked around the table until he stood by his twin, clutching her shoulder. "When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her," Wanda's hand grasped Pietro's, "roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But it doesn't go off. It just...sits there in the rubble. Three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word."

"Stark." The fury came to life in her red eyes before they faded.

"We were trapped for two days."

"Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, "this will set it off."" Wanda continued for her brother. "We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us."

It was quiet for the longest time. The twins only looked to the man who claimed to be their father. His face was calm, his only reaction was a deep exhale.

"It takes a great force of will for the young to turn tragedy, into strength." Erik praised them, leaning back in his chair as something shifted in his expression, something that made them...fear. "But do not think you are the only ones who know suffering." The shutters slammed shut, clouding the room in darkness for the briefest second, until red lights filled the room from the ceiling. "I was fourteen when they kicked down our door, grabbed me by the hair and threw my parents and I onto a train with countless others of our kind. The carriage was so full that we could barely move, barely breathe. I remember every detail since the moment the doors were opened. It was raining, and they threw us into the mud and herded us like animals. As I walked, I saw boys and men, garbed in striped uniforms and forced to do the bidding of men waving guns, beaten and ordered, like slaves. It was then that I was pulled from my family, and forced to watch as they grew farther, and farther away, never knowing if I would see them again, and I refused. In that moment, my powers emerged as I screamed for my mother, but she could not help me."

Every word was spoken with a calmness that unsettled the twins more than the story, but it was nowhere near as unsettling as the look in the eyes of the man who spoke it. "After they had subdued me, I was taken to a man and forced to use my power, or he would kill my mother. I was young, I was scared, and for some reason, I could not move that damned coin, and that was when I heard the shot, and the body of my mother dropping. From there, I learned the meaning of hate. But my suffering did not end." Magneto raised his arm and pulled back the sleeve and showed them the number, as if he were cattle. "For a year until the Soviets came, I was subjected to the whims of a man who saw me as nothing but an experiment, testing my limits and pushing through them. Nearly twenty years it took, before I finally found my revenge. I killed that man with the same coin that sealed my mother's fate. A great wave of relief, of peace came unto me, and lasted for that very moment. Yet that was when I understood what my true purpose was."

Standing up, Erik approached his children, shaking hands and beads of sweat on their brows. Without even a gesture, the lights turned off, and the shutters opened, returning the calming light of the sun into the room. Pietro and Wanda nearly hunched over, breathing, they didn't realize, had become harder until the sun returned.

"My purpose, went far beyond revenge. It was to guide Mutants to a better future. I continued to suffer at the whims of lesser men, as had the rest of our kind. I have been caged, beaten, insulted, like so many others. The world belongs to us, we are to inherit the Earth, it is our right. Hate may drive you, but it cannot sustain you. Stark is but one man in a world filled with many who would stand in our way. This mission requires you to grow beyond your motivations, and unite with our brothers and sisters!" There was still a fear in the eyes of the Maximoffs, but something bloomed within both. Respect, admiration? They did not know, but they took in every word the Master of Magnetism spoke. "Set aside revenge, and become so much more. Can you commit to such a cause?"

There were so many things running through the mind of Wanda Maximoff that it became a blank. She felt Magneto's every emotion, the pain, the hate, there was so little joy in his life, but there was a purpose. A purpose that kept him going since the Cold War. Looking to her brother, Wanda could feel the conflict within Pietro as well. All they had wanted, for years since that day, was for Stark to suffer. After that...they did not know. They had nothing but each other.

If Magneto really is their father...and there was no more denying it. The green and blue eyes of the siblings met with the silent question, could this be their fate? Can they let go of Stark? No, they couldn't, not until he was dead.

Until then...

Magneto watched as the twins stood side by side, hands entwined. They said nothing, did nothing, but he knew, oh he knew. Erik opened his arms and embraced them. No more grand speeches, instead, he took the moment to enjoy it for what it was. Erik was not alone anymore. He had his children.

For the first time, in a long time, Erik felt happy.

Earth-1

In a private airstrip miles away from Opal City, the same men that prevented the Snarts and Mick from escaping with the diamonds watched as their commander poured the bucket over the towel-covered head. They watched with emotionless expressions while the body tied to the chair spasmed and kicked until the bucket was finally emptied. Throwing the bucket away, the commander had his men straighten the chair and remove the towel, allowing the bald, middle-aged Russian to cough out the water nearly filling his lungs. The commander, Count Werner Vladek, snapped his fingers, with two of his soldiers dragging two bodies and dropping them in front of the bound man as he finally stopped coughing, only to wheeze at the sight of the opened and bloody necks.

"You recognize them?" Werner questioned. "Of course you do. They were your people in charge of watching my diamonds. People who I was assured could do their jobs."

"Mr. Vladek, I'm sure we can-" He was stopped midsentence by the fist of his torturer driving into his jaw, sending the man in the chair toppling onto the floor.

"That is Count Vladek to you, peasant." The Vlatavan jerked his head, and the Russian was brought upright again, blood and a tooth leaking from his mouth. "I hire you, and then I find some American filth are taking my property. Three million's worth! You know how they knew?" The count asked rhetorically before grabbing the man by the bruised and nearly dislocated jaw, his cries of pain ignored as Werner leaned close. "They knew because you told them." He released his grip and nodded at one of his men.

"No. Nononononono, I swear!"

BANG!

The Russian's forehead burst open as blood spurt out from the bullet fired from the mercenary's gun behind his head. Werner's face portrayed nothing but the apathetic expression that seemed to be natural for him, only taking an offered rag to clean the blood off his knuckles. "Take the bodies, burn them, and load up." The count issued his orders, and the squad obeyed.

Being hunted by so many international agencies like the CIA, Interpol, it forced Vladek to take unorthodox measures to secure his fortune and freedom. For one, he hid the diamonds President Bland have given him right under the Americans' noses, and planned to sell them there. Hidden across several cities under different protectors, all of which were now gathered by his men to sell. It was so blatant and dangerous that they would not expect such a move from someone as cautious as Werner had been his whole career since his brother disinherited him from the throne. A throne that would soon be his, all that was left was his dying brother, and a little girl.

"Sir, how will we make up for the money we lost?" Werner's right hand inquired as they made their way to plane that would take them to the buyer.

"I will need to contact our friend in Bialya. She would be happy to help repay that debt that won her the country." The Vlatavan said calmly as the men returned from igniting a barrel with the bodies on fire, hot enough to ensure the bones would be ashes by the time they landed. The dozen men he traveled with were loading the packages on the plane when they heard a horn. Werner paused to turn when he found, of all things, a mini-van driving straight at them. "Open fire!" Werner ordered and watched as his men let loose an unrelenting volley of lead into the windscreen to the point it was nothing but cracks until it finally shattered, but it kept driving. The mercenaries changed their target to the tyres and riddled them, yet somehow, the car kept driving. An off-feeling stirred in the count, causing him and his second-in-command to run. They didn't make it far before they felt the explosion throw them off their feet and hit the ground, ears ringing from the proximity.

Count Vladek blinked to clear his vision as he found the sight of the remains of the plane burning, a quarter of his men on fire with it. Roaring, Werner got up and ran up to a case filled with diamonds, barking out his orders in his native tongue to find who did this and regroup, while he started to run with his subordinate carrying another case.

With their commander fleeing, the Vlatavan mercs went to recover their loot when the man closest was thrown off his feet by a fireball. They quickly turned to the source, and found a figure in the hanger they just came from, launching fireballs, taking out another of their numbers before they finally returned fire. Trained, they fell into formation as they shot at the attacker, approaching closer as the remaining eight moved in. What they failed to notice was someone coming onto the runway.

Werner and his right-hand made it to the car they had hidden away from the airstrip, within the tree line. Tossing the diamonds into the back, the disgraced royal took the driver's seat and gunned it before the door even closed.

"Could it be ARGUS, sir?"

It was plausible, but Werner shook his head. "No, they couldn't touch us without knowing we would reveal our shared ventures together. This is not an attack by law enforcement, nor is it-" The count quickly hit the breaks as something blue flashed from the side, but it was too late, Werner lost control of the car, the vehicle spinning until tipped over and rolled off the road, upside down.

Back at the hanger, the mercenaries halted their firing when the attacker ceased his efforts. They spread out in two squads, one on each side, checking every corner or hiding place. One of the leads looked to the floor and stopped his squad with a raised fist before kneeling down. It was blood, but it was mixed with something.

His eyes wandered and found that it whatever mixed with the blood spread to along the floor of the whole hanger, where the other squad leader noticed too.

"Hey, krauts!" The squads pointed their guns back at the entrance, where a bald man with goggles pointed a glowing red weapon at the floor, and a sick smile on his face. "Burn."

The lead man finally realized what it was with widened eyes. Aviation fuel.

It did little to stop the fire that came from the attacker's gun, or the blaze that quickly engulfed them all.

The boots of Captain Cold wandered off the road toward the wreckage where his target should be disabled. Still, Snart had the Cold gun ready, wounded animals are always the most dangerous. Leonard quickly leaned down to aim at the driver side, only to find the passenger, dead or unconscious, he didn't care. What Leonard did care about was that, after looking behind the passenger, the case of diamonds was gone.

And there was a broken gun along with a trail leading further into the woods. It was a bad idea, but Leonard followed what he could, not before sending a text to Lisa. Looking for the signs of someone injured rushing as fast as he could, and he did. Broken twigs, stepped on leaves, all Snart had to do was follow. After a few brief minutes of following, he came upon a log acting as a bridge over a shallow stream, and the cases of diamonds were right there.

At that moment, Werner rammed into Snart from a side, making him fall as the Cold Gun fell away. Snart noted he was bleeding and injured, but more than angry enough to fight.

Vladek got up first and rushed the fallen Snart, who put a foot in the way, only for Werner to grab it and drag him a little, before Leonard grabbed his foot and dropped him as he rolled away.

Werner got up, prepared to fight, as did Leonard, charging as he punched and kicked but Werner blocked both times, then decked his face. Leonard tried to strike again but Werner grabbed his wrist, slowly trying to twist it, only for Leonard to headbutt him as he dropped, seeing the Cold Gun fallen nearby.

He reached out to it, only for Snart to quickly kick it out of Werner's reach.

Then he grabbed Werner by the back of the collar, slamming him to a tree, Werner grabbing his face and pushing him back, only for Leonard to throw him into the shallow stream.

Wener tried to crawl out but Leonard grabbed him in a chokehold from behind, both struggling, as Werner slowly got up and threw Leonard back, freeing himself.

Then he punched Leonard thrice, dazing him, and staggered away, picking up the Cold Gun.

"Of all things, an American is the one to nearly ruin everything?!"

Spitting out blood, Snart wiped his lip and smiled with bloodied teeth. "I have a knack for it, just ask my father."

"You could have just run with the diamonds you had, and lived." Count Vladek raised the Cold Gun at its owner's head.

"What can I say? I'm not one to miss out on a revolution, my country is famous for those." Snart tried to pull himself up, but his head hurt too much and his vision became fuzzy, so he groaned as his back hit the bank. He regained enough sight to glare at the count. "But you cross the line at killing kids."

"Children die every day, what's a few more?"

"Yeah, you would know all about that, you and your buddies."

A laugh came from the injured mercenary leader, a laugh of derision. "Of course, what would a peasant know?" With a smirk, Werner pulled the trigger at the Rogue.

Only to gasp as an intense cold engulfed his right hand, to the point it went numb and he lost feeling in the limb. The Cold Gun fell from his grasp against his will, into the shallow stream while he stared at his hand. His blue, numb, unmoving hand.

"I know enough to put a biometric scanner on my weapon." Snart regained his bearings and picked up his fallen weapon, the count too focused on his frostbitten hand to notice until the end of the barrel pointed at his head.

"Not bad for a peasant."

The last thing Count Werner Vladek saw was blue.

Star City

Oliver, in his Green Arrow suit, stood on a rooftop, looking at Mari and Carrie.

"Thank you both, for your help", Oliver thanked the two of them. "I couldn't have done this without either of you."

"Its all right, what are friends for?" Mari asked, sharing a hug with Oliver.

"For some reason, this reminds of when I teamed up with this guy called Jack Bauer in Russia", Oliver had to say as they parted.

"Huh? Funny you say that. That guy is friends with my cousin", Mari revealed, to Oliver's surprise.

"Interesting. Small world", Oliver noted, Mari nodding before she walked off.

"I know you don't trust me enough to reveal your identity, and that's fair, considering my past", Carrie told Oliver.

"You're right, but after this, I trust you a bit more than before, a little more and you might know", Oliver told her, and she nodded with a smile, walking off as she passed Gandalf and Spike, sharing a warm smile with the former.

"Thank you", she said to him.

"It is fine, my dear", Gandalf assured her.

Oliver looked at the two of them now. "Thank you, for everything you did. I am grateful to you forever."

"Think nothing of it", Gandalf assured him.

"Actually, do", Spike added jokingly.

"I guess you two have to return home", Oliver nodded.

"I can return through the path in your lair, my friend", Gandalf informed Oliver, then gestured to Spike. "He might need help though."

"I think I do", Spike agreed with a nod.

"Thanks again", Oliver said as Gandalf walked off.

"This is an interesting world, I'd like to learn more about it later", Gandalf said, disappearing from view as he went downstairs.

"Well then", Spike looked at Oliver.

"My friends in Central City can help you", Oliver said as he took out his phone.

The lair

Gandalf held out his staff, looking at the portal, as Laurel asked. "So, you'll just go back through here?"

"I will, my dear", Gandalf said to her.

"It was nice having you around, especially when you kicked Darhk's ass", Sara said to him.

"It was my pleasure", Gandalf assured her, then walked through the breach, back to Middle-earth.

"That was enough weird for a day", Diggle said, walking off, as the rest chuckled, when Ray walked in.

"I heard a Wizard guy showed up", he commented.

"Just left", Sara told.

"Aw come on! Why do I miss the good stuff? Why do I have to run the company while you guys get the fun stuff?" Ray groaned as the rest chuckled.

Middle-earth, Rivendell

Gandalf came out of the breach again, and it closed, when he noticed Strider walking to him. "Did you have a journey to another world as well?"

"The same one you visited, as a matter of fact", Gandalf revealed, to Strider's shock. "I met with Oliver and his friends, and aided them in defeating a dark sorcerer."

"Oliver is an honorable man", Strider said with a smile. "What of Spike?"

"I believe he shall find a way home now", Gandalf replied with a smile of his own.

Earth-1, Central City, STAR Labs

Barry, Patty, Cisco, Caitlin and Joe looked at Spike with dropped jaws.

"You're fast, mate, and I thought we Vampires were fast", Spike commented to Barry. "Nice!"

"So….you're a Vampire?" Cisco asked.

"Yeah, yours truly", Spike smirked.

"How exactly?" Caitlin inquired.

"Like this!" Spike said, showing his Vamp teeth as all but Barry gasped.

"Think I'm done for the day", Joe said, walking off.

"Weird", Patty muttered.

"So, can you get me home?" Spike inquired, taking his normal face again.

"Yeah, we can", Barry assured him, turning to Cisco. "Come on Cisco."

"Sure thing, buddy", Cisco said, walking off to work on the extrapolator to Spike's Earth.

Earth-1, Star City

Sara, in her White Canary outfit, looked at the person sitting in the rebuilt clock tower, the girl's back to her. It had been so long since she had seen her. She should have come to meet her earlier, but there was the stuff with Damien, Takeo, Prometheus and Savage right after she was brought back.

Prometheus was still out there, but the other three were gone. This was as good a time as any, and she did not want to delay it any longer.

"Sin?" She called out, causing Sin to turn to her.

"Sara?" Sin asked in surprise, recognizing her even with the white suit. "You're…you're back."

"Yeah", Sara said with a nod. "I'm back now."

"I've seen you in the news for a few weeks now", Sin noted, sounding a bit hurt.

"I know. I should have come to see you earlier, as soon as I came back", Sara replied, holding out her hand. "But I'm back now. I'm not leaving you again."

After a few moments of hesitation, Sin took Sara's hand, then wrapped her in a hug as Sara hugged her back.

"I missed you."

"I missed you too."

HIVE Base

The entire board of HIVE was slaughtered, including Ruvé, as Prometheus stood over the mass of corpses, a photo of a little baby of all things on top of Ruvé's corpse.

Talia walked up next to Prometheus. "The obstacles in our way are gone now."

"Yes", Prometheus nodded, taking off his mask and hood. "Now, Oliver Queen and his loved ones shall suffer."

Keystone City

Two bottles of beer were placed before Captain Cold and Heat Wave within their hideout in Keystone City. One grimacing, the other sulking.

"Not so loud, please." Snart begged his sister as she took a seat next to him, the elder brother placing the cool glass against his head. "My head is still ringing from the royal pain's parting gift."

"It's the least you deserve." Mick grumbled.

Lisa rubbed her brother's shoulders. "Ignore him, Lenny. I'm proud of you."

"Pride isn't helping me with the concussion."

"Didn't help you give away all that loot." Mick said with gritted teeth. All those diamonds, gone! Aruba, gone!

"I did not give it away." Snart weakly snapped back. "I invested it for relief aid of the people Vladek and his mercs hurt. Which reminds me," Leonard looked to Lisa out of the corner of his black eye, "I have to thank Jacques for taking care of the transaction, and the run flats."

"And the C4, and the remote control for the car." Lisa finished for him as he finally took a sip of the beer.

A growl from their resident pyromaniac led to them watching as he stood up. "You've gone soft, Snart." He chugged the rest of his beer in one chug before slamming it down, to Snart's dismay as he clutched his head. "I need something stronger." Mick stated as he stomped away.

Leonard tried to appease his angry, meathead of a partner. "We still have the three mil from the first job." But his words fell on deaf ears as Heat Wave left to find some more alcohol.

"I think he needs to see a councillor." Lisa joked.

"Tried it, he burned the building down." Snart sighed as he took another swig of his beer, going back to rubbing the cool bottle against his temple before finally facing his sister. "You know, playing Robin Hood wasn't too bad."

"What are you saying?" Though Lisa thought she already knew as her grin grew wider.

"Tell me about that idea again."

Earth-199999, Sokovia

Among the masses of robotic limbs constructing drone after drone, a hub of activity as the automatons left behind by the Avengers got to work creating Ultron's plan. At the center, a body, larger, more sophisticated than the other drones being made, was being crafted piece by piece.

The process to create the metal for the shell was time consuming, as the program expected. However, as Ultron detected the last legionnaire carrying the Scepter landed in the base, the delay will no longer prove to be an obstacle.

The legionnaire approached the unfinished body, offering the Scepter to a robotic limb that took it and held firm as another machine directed a laser powerful enough that the blue gem between the blades shattered, revealing a smaller, yellow stone within.

The robotic arm then proceeded to lower the stone at the center device within the body's chest. As soon as it was placed within, the eyes and mouth of the machine's head glowed red.

"Power source integrated. Commence phase one."

Earth-1, Smallville, Kansas

Sandra and Connor were crossing a road at night, returning home from some grocery shopping. This was the place Sandra had chosen. It was a small town where most people knew each other, and they were all very nice too.

Plus, outside of minor accidents that took place once in many months, this was a very safe place, statistically speaking, and the accidents were reducing too.

Suddenly, a truck skidded towards them both, at very high speed, Sandra gasping in horror as she prepared to push Connor out of the way, but it was too close.

Somebody Save Me by Remy Zero plays

At that moment, a blur grabbed mother and son, speeding them towards the footpath, then stood in front of the truck, causing the front to shatter on impact, and before Sandra and Connor could see anything else, the blur ripped out the door of the truck and threw the drunk driver out, the driver slurring as the blur rushed off, police sirens soon being heard.

Sandra sighed in relief, holding Connor close to her. They'd almost died….but this blur had saved them.

Clearly, this town had a guardian angel. She'd made the right choice.

The blur stopped at a distance, revealing a tall, clean-shaven, muscular man with dark hair. He was glad to have saved the mother and son from the drunk driver. He liked helping people a lot.

Maybe he should try it a bit more…on a larger scale, though he still wondered where he was from, and he was still looking for answers in his free time when he wasn't studying journalism in collage.

There were a lot of things Clark Kent of Earth-1 wanted to do, but helping people and finding out where he was from were at the top of the list.

Smiling, he sped off, back to his home.

Earth-199999, New York City, Avengers Tower

"Now I'm sorry I missed the party."

"Are you though?" Johnny asked, before he gasped from the elbow to the gut from his own sister as she contacted the Baxter building.

"Maybe if I was there-"

"Chances are you would have joined Tony, and likely claiming your help would make things go faster." Susan told him, which Reed had the decency to rub his head sheepishly. Honestly, that likely would have happened.

"She's got a point, Reed." The muscle of the Fantastic Four agreed with their only female member as he entered the room, crossing his arms while he stood behind the stretched-out genius.

"What are you doing now?"

"Tony and I are combining our efforts to see if we can find where Ultron may have hidden itself." Reed answered as his head elongated to another screen where his left hand typed away. "While he searches for a digital trail, I will-"

Baxter Building

Whatever Reed would have said was cut off when the screen turned black, lines of binary code filling it.

"What in the..." Reed started, before he turned his head and found every screen in his lab filled with code.

"Reed, what's going on?!" Having little time, Dr. Richards regressed back to his normal shape.

"Ultron made the first move." Reed hastily typed via the keys and what little he was able to wrestle back control of, made the man's eyes nearly bulge out. "He's taking everything! My data on the Multiverse, dimensional travel, and even my secret projects. How..." Next to nearly fall off was his jaw. "He's not just attacking us." Reed typed twice as fast to keep up, but the program's own genius terrified even him! "This is happening across the world."

"You don't mean..." Ben was afraid to finish. He did not have to.

Reed told him anyway. "This is happening everywhere!"

Westchester, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngers

Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat was looking at something on her phone when it turned black suddenly, lines of code appearing on the screen.

"What the….?" She trailed off, then ran through the school, hearing other students also groan because the same thing was happening to their devices.

She eventually reached Storm's office, phasing through the wall, finding Storm looking at her laptop in shock, for it was also full of code.

"What's going on?" Kitty asked Ororo Munroe.

"I…I don't know." Storm shook her head in confusion.

The Playground

Skye was sitting next to where Lincoln Campbell lay on his bed, typing on her laptop as she tried to wrestle control back from Ultron, but he overpowered her digitally, denying her access as Coulson asked. "What happened?"

"He got me." Skye's eyes widened. "And the rest of SHIELD Security is down too."

"That's impossible!" Coulson said in horror.

"Not anymore", Skye said grimly.

Leverage HQ

Hardison was on his computers, trying to face off against Ultron. "No, no, no! Stop this!"

Suddenly, his monitors sparked and caught on fire, making Eliot pull him away. "Hardison!"

Hardison panted, as Parker grasped him by the shoulders. "You okay?"

"Yeah", Hardison said with a gasp. "But none of us will be okay for long."

Benji and Luther had finished a mission on the field and were waiting for Ethan, but the lines of code on their devices and what they were seeing was shocking them.

"Are you able to do anything?" Benji asked while typing on his laptop. "I can't."

"Same story here", Luther groaned, as Ethan walked up to them.

"What's going on?" Hunt inquired.

"Some sort of program is taking over all devices in the world", Luther said, to his horror.

"And we're unable to do a thing", Benji added.

Every system, everywhere was hacked, Ultron taking all the information he needed.

Then, everything went dark in a planet-wide blackout.

The Playground

"What's this?" Skye asked as she handed her laptop to Coulson, noting something strange. She could still watch what was going on, but she couldn't interfere due to Ultron locking her out.

Coulson was even more horrified. "This is not good at all."

Theta Protocol Facility

The repaired Helicarrier No. 64 that Coulson had in case of emergencies, if he or Fury needed it (in which case he'd lend it to Fury), suddenly started up, slowly rising into the air.

"Its getting the nukes too!" Luther said, sharing looks of horror with Ethan and Benji.

Ultron had woken up, and now he was going to cause the extinction of the human race on this Earth.

And another one has been finished at last here.

So, for 'Kingdom Hearts', we're in the climax of 'Dream Drop Distance', and now various young Heroes from various fandoms will help rescue Sora.

We got Dawn Summers from 'Buffyverse', Ahsoka Tano from 'Star Wars' (this is between 'A Friend In Need' and 'Deception'), Ciri from 'The Witcher' (between the books and games here), Aang from 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' (after Book One: Water), Percy Jackson from 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' (this is between the end of the main quest in 'The Lightning Thief' and the reveal of Luke at the end), Atreus from 'God of War' (between the 2018 game and 'Ragnarök'), Conner Kent aka Superboy from 'Smallville' (during the Season 11 comics but before the Titans arc), Peter Parker aka Spider-Man from 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' (taking place after Season 2 and during a hypothetical Season 3), Ben Tennyson from 'Ben 10' (between the original show and 'Alien Force'), Son Goku from 'Dragon Ball' (after the 21st Tenkai Budokai), Naruto from 'Naruto' (after the fight with Zabuza and Haku in the Land of Waves), Harry Potter from 'Harry Potter' (between books 4 and 5), and Alice Pierce from 'Child's Play' (who, remember, I mentioned survived in this series).

Hope the interactions between them all were enjoyed, and thanks a lot to gussygus28 for his outline on this entire storyline.

Percy will be played by Dylan O'Brien, thanks a lot to Stand with Ward and Queen for letting me use the casting from his 'Of superheroes and halfbloods'.

I'm not using any castings from the films or the new show, which is really bad from what I hear, and proof that the author being involved doesn't always lead to a good adaptation. Riordan clearly ain't Oda.

And Arrow 4x15 happened, with Arrow Season 4's storyline being finished here. Damien's death was basically 'Humiliation Conga' and 'There Is No Kill Like Overkill' combined.

Gandalf alone would have murdered him easily, but then we got Carrie, Mari and Spike helping out, and it was even easier.

Now Prometheus has killed him. This entire situation was him manipulating both Team Arrow and Damien so he could finally off Darhk, and focus on Oliver, with Oliver also focusing on him.

Damien got more humiliated in this one scene than Zoom has been in this entire fic, which says a lot since he got exposed by Batman, Aragorn and Harry, while Batman beat him up, then even if he overpowered Barry with his drug, it had consequences for him as he was weakened, his three main meta-humans got taken out, then Aragorn chopped off his arm, and even before Lex and Zemo gave him the Satan's Claw, they verbally humiliated him, then Megatron bitch-slapped him and broke half his bones, and Doom destroyed the Satan's Claw.

Zoom is the Fastest Punching Bag Alive, LOL!

Cer1992 suggested to put 24 on Earth-1, and this chapter referenced it, with gussygus28 providing the reference, so thank you to both.

I've been thinking of having Sara reunite with Sin for a while but couldn't fit it until now, but hope it was enjoyed. And more reason LOT destroyed Sara's character, she literally forgot about Sin for….reasons.

HIVE has been slain too, including Damien's wife, because fuck Season 4! Setting this fic during Arrow Season 4 was the greatest sacrifice I'd to do, to make this story work, even if I improved the Season, but now its all over.

Thank you to Stand with Ward and Queen as some of this was taken from his 'Prophecy of the end' and 'A new age for the League of Assassins'.

Virgil has become Static Shock too, oh yeah! Some of the scene was taken from Bl4ckHunter's 'Between Two Earths' so thanks a lot to him.

Meanwhile, Doom also rejects the Injustice League.

The Rogues have taken out Vladek, and Snart considers playing Robin Hood like Lisa suggested. Also, Lisa's role in the mission was to take the diamonds while Mick burnt the assholes up, in case it wasn't clear.

Everyone understands Tony's contingency plans, but he gets a deserved calling out for Ultron, and now Ultron's plan has begun. For Agents of SHIELD this is obviously between 2x19 and 2x20, as those episodes coincided with AOU.

Meanwhile, Wanda and Pietro join Magneto's Brotherhood finally.

Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for scenes for all these four plotlines, and the final Oliver/Sandra talk, much appreciated my friend.

And Earth-1 Clark Kent is here, played by Henry Cavill. Sandra and Connor have moved to Earth-1 Smallville (with Oliver in the know, and he can also meet his son and tell him the truth if he wants), and Clark saved them.

I won't have the proper DCEU in this series because it became too much of a mess to care about, but I loved most of the actors, so variations of the DCEU Heroes played by the same actors will exist on various DC Earths.

'Man of Steel' was fine, but it completely misrepresented Superman's character and made him a brooding, cold messiah instead of the optimistic ray of sunshine he is. And the final fight just makes me roll my eyes nowadays. So whenever I get to this film, lots of fixing will be needed.

Still, it wasn't the worst film, but BvS was horrible, and showed that Clark learnt nothing from the first film's events, and while Affleck was great as Batman, he got wasted, and don't even get me started on DCEU Eisenberg (he sure as Hell ain't Lex, and I won't call him that!).

SS 2016 is garbage. Wonder Woman was mostly good, only the third act was not well done. Josstice League is horrifyingly bad.

Aquaman and Shazam were fun films, but then 'Birds of Prey' and WW84 were horrible and ruined it all again.

Zack Snyder's Justice League had its moments and did justice to Cyborg and Flash (the actor is scum though), but its overrated still, mainly because compared to Josstice League even a porn parody would look like a legit good film. I mean, Darkseid forgot Earth! That alone shows how overrated this film is.

SS 2021 was awesome, and Peacemaker is a great show, not perfect though.

Black Adam was average, the movie is the definition of 'mid', but I was excited to see Henry back, only for them to scrap the DCEU and start from scratch since this film flopped.

And I haven't seen any of the 2023 films, because those were all just leftovers of a dead franchise.

Anyways, the franchise had potential, but the studios fucked it all. And while I find Zack Snyder overrated (both within DCEU and outside of it), at least he had a plan, so would have been better to see it fulfilled rather than the mess we got, since then it'd still be one consistent franchise, even if not very good.

Not sure on Gunn's new DCU, but I hope it fixes this mess.

Anyways, I'll do right by the DCEU Heroes here.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.