Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 61:

“Your fate was to die in your apartment. Your cousin Kal El would have gone mad, your sister would have gone mad, war would have started, between the heroes of this world and Kal El. Your sister would have murdered over thirty agents as well as the President while the woman was transferred from the prison to the courthouse. She would be killed afterward by Federal Marshals. Jeremiah Danvers would never have been found, and Eliza would have developed alcoholism, eventually committing suicide.”

Kara froze listening to the voice behind her. She had thought she was alone in the cafeteria, preparing a glass of milk for Lexie, along with a stack of pancakes, Eliza could heat up in a few hours once their daughter woke. She never even heard Fate’s heartbeat, making the Kryptonian wonder if he even had one.

Kara turned slowly, taking in the golden helmeted figure.

“If that is supposed to help, you really need to work on your motivational speaking skills.”

“Your husband and Cisco Ramon defeated the Fates. I can foresee events at certain times, whatever I am granted. The night before your attack I foresaw a great darkness engulfing this world, the likes of which I hadn’t felt since World War 2. Afterward, I was struck with multiple possibilities, numerous paths the world could take. None of them made sense. Not only did they save you from your dark destiny, you were taken to another universe, throwing the plan of the Fates of two worlds off balance, destroying carefully woven threads.”

“My husband does have the habit of altering reality. Do you have a point? I need to prepare my daughter’s breakfast so Mom doesn’t have to worry about it and I have to say good bye to my husband.”

“My point, Kara, is you have no destiny now. Some are clear to me, others are not but yours is absent. You and your husband are… wild cards I suppose you can say. Your destiny is what you make it. What you are going to do is being considered a suicide mission by most of these here. I cannot tell if they are right but what I know of you Kara, what I have seen with my own eyes, I believe you can do this. You have beaten many odds, fought to survive, fought for other’s survival. You must be wondering when your luck is going to run out. I am here to tell you there is no luck, only what you make. Everything in the universes tend to be preordained in some manner, except for you and your family. Everyone who becomes involved in your world is cut from Fate’s plan. I believe in you Kara Zor El… excuse me, Kara Allen. I hope you believe in yourself.”

Kara took a deep breath and felt the tension leave her shoulders.

“I do believe that his ship will never travel to another universe or destroy anymore Earths, no matte what I have to do. Is Zatanna ready? Can she do this?”

“She can. I have spoken to her, unlocked her true potential. She will be fine.”

“If she isn’t and I survive, can you guess what your fate is going to be?”

The man did not laugh, did not move and she couldn’t see his eyes under those black slits but he did nod.

“I would imagine it would be the same as Vandal Savage’s. She will be safe.”

A slight breeze, crossed the room and Dr. Fate faded into nothing, before her eyes.

“Show off.” Kara grumbled and continued cooking one of the few items she was good at. Barry was with Lexie and as much as she wanted to be there, she had thirty minutes before the battle began and the stress of waiting was killing her. Instead she cooked for her daughter, something she loved to do. It reminded her of nursing the girl when she was an infant, one of the happiest times of her life.

Doing everything she possibly could, setting out the syrup, slicing the bananas and setting the pieces to the side, all Eliza would have to do is heat the cakes up and breakfast was served. She walked back towards her husband and daughter but stopped at the Hall of Honor, lingering for a few moments in the room and finding her and Alex’s clothes, framed in the back.

Five minutes later Barry saw his wife enter the bunk where Lexie slept next to Charlie, hopefully both having good dreams despite the circumstances. The Flash’s eyes opened wide, taking in his wife and seeing her in the costume she had not worn since the replica on their wedding night. She laid her regular uniform on the bed next to Lexie, folded neatly.

“If the worst happens, this is hers. Are our rings and my necklaces in her bag?”

“Yeah. I told her to make sure she took her backpack with her if she had to protect Grandma and Grandpa on our Earth.”

Kara unzipped the Minney Mouse backpack and placed her uniform in it.

“You sure you should wear that? The tech…”

“I doubt Caitlin would be able to ready vitals in the ship and I’m not certain I want her too. There won’t be any sun inside the ship to help regardless so solar panels are useless. I doubt my com will work.”

Barry stood up and kissed his wife gently. Kara met his eyes.

“Do you think you are going to have to hit light speed to do this?”

“Probably.” the Flash admitted.

“Any idea what will happen?”

“No, I don’t know. Do you really think you can control your gravitational field?”

“I’ve been working on it.” Kara told him. “I know I can. It’s the speed I’m worried about.”

“Mach 33. Its three times faster than you have ever gone before. I know we have worked into tapping the Speedforce but…”

“You are going to get me up there. Send me your speed and I can do it.”

“I’ve never sent it to you when you were far away from me. You have always been next to me.”

“And I always will be. Just get me to the speed and I can hold it, I promise.”

Barry smiled at her confidence, though he should be used to it by now. There was nothing Kara did not believe she could do. She was always right.

“Come back to me?” Kara begged.

“I’m going to do my best. You know that. Just make sure you jump out of that ship before it hits the ground. She needs us both.”

“You know I want to be with you both more than anything Barry. We should go.” she reluctantly said. Neither parent woke Lexie up but both kissed her forehead, petted Charlie once and then left, as Cat Grant and Eliza walked in, prepared to be there when Lexie woke. Both women hugged the couple, both fighting back tears and then Kara and Barry were gone.

Walking into the control room, Cisco immediately prepared for an argument. The last time he had seen her in that costume she had died for a moment on the table.

“I can’t monitor your speed in that.” he told Kara.

“You can track me with radar. I will have my com in. If I don’t reach speed it will be too late to do anything about it regardless.” Kara admitted, cutting off any further arguments Cisco may have. Caitlin turned back to Winn, not saying a word. She hadn’t been sure if she could watch Kara inside the ship and now she was certain she wouldn’t be able to. Kara had never been in a fight since they met where Caitlin wasn’t watching every hit she took, monitoring every wound, her power levels, everything. Though it scared her she also felt like her best friend was never alone, that in some way, she had Kara’s back. Now Kara would be alone, isolated in space, inside a space ship none of them had any idea about, fighting a powerful galactic warlord. No one could help her.

Alex walked up to her sister, suited up as Valkyrie, prepared to be transported to an airport in Wyoming.

“Really? Is this your suicide mission costume? I hate that thing.” her sister grumbled. “Although it is better than the Red K outfit.”

“I prefer to think of it as my good luck costume. Think about how may times I should have died in it and I am still here. You ready for this?”

“I have a team I am familiar with and am skydiving into an alien power plant, planning to kill whoever is inside and reversing the machine. Its business as usual for me. You are the one going into the unknown. So you left your uniform for Lexie? I am betting your necklaces and ring?”

Kara tried to smile but couldn’t, instead just agreeing silently.

“She also has Barry’s wedding ring. They are all in her backpack so when you make it back, if I don’t…”

“Shut up. I’ve almost lost you too many times. I won’t lose you again. I flew in space for you, I came to another universe for you. If I have to go into Rao’s light to bring you back I will. You aren’t getting away that easy. Just make sure you win, okay? If not I am going to have to fly up there and handle it and I would really like to just take a nap after this mission, instead of completing yours.”

“Yes Agent.” Kara flipped a mock salute.

“Hey? Just so you know, I’ve always liked you in that uniform. Go kick his ass for me. I love you.”

“I love you too.” Kara told her, wrapping Alex in her arms. She then walked to the desk where Winn and Caitlin sat. Tapping Caitlin on the shoulder, it hurt her heart to see her friend gaze at her through tear stained eyes.

“Please?” Caitlin begged. She didn’t have to clarify what she was begging for.

“Yeah. This isn’t the end.” Kara told her, hoping she could keep the promise. Five minutes later Kara and Barry stood in a field, two hundred yards from the secret emergency exit of Watchtower. Kara took a knee and Barry stepped back, channeling the Speedforce, feeling it wrap around him. Kara pressed to the ground with her fists and began vibrating, then enjoying the feel of the Speedforce flowing from Barry and wrapping around her.

“Ten seconds and you can launch Kara. If you can reach escape velocity and maintain speed you will meet his ship as it orbits over head. He must have tracked the source of our transmission. Five seconds…” Winn told her.

Kara focused harder, pressing her fists into the ground, coiling her plant leg. The combination of Speedforce and pressure on the Earth caused the ground around her to tremble, break up and float in the air around her. She looked up towards the dark sky, her eyes settling on the space ship barely seen through the early morning, still dark sky.

“3… 2… 1” Winn counted down. “Launch!”

Lighting flashed in Kara’s eyes and she pushed from the ground, the force of her launch knocking Barry back a few feet, but he kept his focus, continuing to channel the Speedforce into his wife as she reached higher into the atmosphere.

Winn and Caitlin sat around the console, surrounded by every staff in the room, including Alex and her mother and father.

“She just reached Mach 20, fifteen seconds till she escapes gravity.” Cisco mumbled.

“She needs more speed Barry.” Harry told the Flash through the com. Barry strained, pulling kinetic energy from as far as he could, the movements of those in Watchtower slowing noticeably. He pushed, focusing on Kara, sending as much as he could, lightning following her path. If she didn’t reach escape velocity she would lose momentum when she hit space no matter how hard she pushed her gravitational field. If that happened she could float away if she couldn’t control her thrust. Until she ran out of breath at least.

“Mach 30!” Cisco shouted. “Almost there Barry… keep going!”

Kara instinctively knew where she was, though she couldn’t hear the com at this speed. She was thankful J’onn had commissioned a suit identical to the one Winn had made and Alex had improved, the poly threads holding up to the friction so far. The heroine kept pressing, feeling her gravitational field and using it as an elevator under her feet, pushing her higher and faster. She could feel Barry’s speed sharing lessening the higher she went and then felt it stronger, knowing he was straining himself.

“Mach 33… she reached escape velocity, now 34…” Winn told the group, no one breathing yet. “She is gone. She broke the atmosphere.”

As Kara saw the darkness and noted the bitter cold, even at the speed she was moving, she had taken a last breath. The woman knew she could hold her breath for over five minutes, having worked on this before but never while using this much of her strength. All thoughts and worries ended when she saw the massive space ship moving over her. The Speedforce had left her but her gravitational field held strong and her momentum never lessened. Using her X ray vision, she was relieved she could see through the metal and saw a landing bay open for her. Kara ignored it, seeing instead a room that appeared to have multiple servers of some type. She ignored this as well and finally saw a set of rooms, that appeared to be sleeping quarters, no doubt for Darkseid and his Furies.

Folding her arms over her head and closing your eyes, she clenched her jaw, then felt the metal give way, another level and then another, until she burst into a spacious bedroom, knocking the bed into the ceiling. An alarm sounded, most likely indicating a hull beach. Kara looked over head, using her heat vision to carve out a square piece of metal, then dodging as it was sucked over the woman sized hole she had made. Using her heat vision once more, she welded the metal to the floor, followed by her freeze breath for a quick cooling. Immediately the vacuum and the alarm stopped.

Kara continued to hold her breath, desperately wanting oxygen but not sure of the atmosphere of the ship. Ray Palmer flew out of her boot, checking the air with an atmospheric monitor and satisfied it was breathable, took off the face plate that had covered the one open area of his suit, grew to full size and gave Kara a thumbs up. The Kryptonian took a deep breath, followed by another and bent over to put her hands on her knees.

“You okay?” Ray asked her. Kara nodded her head.

“What about you?” she whispered breathlessly. “The mask and oxygen supply worked I guess. Any problems holding on?”

“Are you kidding? I wasn’t able to hold on after a bit, and the wind was pushing me down even through those tight boots… I just got smaller and slid under your foot. Thankfully you don’t sweat much. By the way, before we broke atmosphere and the wind got to me, I saw up your skirt. As corny as that costume is, it is definitely Ray Palmer approved.” he finished with a thumbs up. Kara looked at him in disbelief then smiled.

“I’m not going to make Ollie apologize the next time he nearly beats you to death.”

“I don’t care. I figure I have a 62 % chance of dying up here and you have an 89.2 % chance of dying. Look on the bright side though, as far as places to die, a Star Destroyer is as cool as it gets.”

“Your bright side needs work, Ray. I don’t know how long I can hold this guy off. Get Winn access and when we hit atmosphere, get the hell out of this ship, understand? I will be right behind you.”

“Will you?” Ray asked.

“If I can, I promise. I want to get back to my daughter, husband and puppy. No matter what you hear, do not come to help me. We both have jobs to do. Lets get to it.”

Ray agreed then grabbed Kara, hugging her tightly. “You have to make it.” he told her.

“We both do. Now figure out a way to take control of this thing so Winn can guide it down. It has to hit in the Sahara. This thing has to be destroyed. You can’t survive that Ray, but I can so as soon as it is done, get out. I’m going to need you on the ground.”

“I understand, Go find Darth Vader. If he says he is your father, don’t be distracted, it isn’t true. Luke got distracted and lost a hand.”

“Luke lost the hand before Vader dropped the paternity bomb on him.” Kara told him with a smirk and moved, using her X ray vision to find the monster she came to fight. Ray shook his head.

“I can’t believe she caught that. Just when I think I can’t love her more… okay, time to get to work.” he finished, shrinking and heading to an air vent, prepared to help Winn hack an alien spaceship.

In the control room, everyone was tense but took a breath as soon as Winn lost her when the ship moved over head. Checking the nearest satellite they all saw the blue rocket streak break into the massive UFO and disappear from the screen.

“She is in.” Winn told them as Barry zipped into the control room, heart racing.

“She made it? You are sure?” he asked. Winn nodded his head. “Then I guess I am up. Eliza, Kara has Lexie’s breakfast ready in the kitchen. Just heat up the pancakes. She likes her syrup warm too… but you know this.”

“Barry from what I have seen, every time this creature loses an appendage it hits the ground and turns to dust before he grows a new one. If you can get me a sample of those remains then I can…” his father in law began.

“Yeah, if anybody could it would be you, Jeremiah. I know that. Just like you know it would take time, a day, a week, a month and more people can be killed. This creature isn’t your fault. I’m going to end him and then head to the Sahara. Good luck Winn.”

Barry was gone before anyone could stop him. On the Arizona border, Donna and Firestorm flew high above the monster, not engaging it unless it slowed. Firestorm would simply blast him with energy and rejuvenated, the creature would jump incredibly high towards him. Thanks to her numerous training sessions with Kara, Donna’s agility in the air had vastly improved and she was able to easily cut appendages off, arms, legs, depending on the easiest target. As Jeremiah had seen, the appendages decayed seconds after a new one growing in seconds, before the creature even hit the ground. She had tried to hit Doomsday in the chest once with little success, other than knocking the monster back. Firestorm had turned the sand under it’s feet to quicksand, only for the creature to jump out with little effort. Now it had slowed again, frustrated at trying to get to the great source of energy in the sky and tired of being cut by the flying woman in black. It turned towards its last pulse of energy, the nearest population center where it could feed on energy and flesh, growing more powerful.

A bolt of lightning hit it from behind, catching its attention. Doomsday turned to see the source was a blurring man in red, standing close him.

“Barry, the more you feed it, the more powerful it becomes.” Jax warned him, Donna landing with him by Barry’s side.

“I know. It doesn’t matter how powerful he is, I just need him to follow me. Go. I saw Diana flying into Watchtower as I was leaving. Kara is going to need all the help she can get when she lands. Get to the Sahara desert.”

“Ray is going to land the ship in the Sahara desert?” Jax asked, thinking as far as landing spots, he should have a lot of room.

“No, Winn is going to crash it and they are both going to jump out before it hits. The Lanterns are moving towards the power plants to help the military, The wizards or whatever they call themselves are setting up to take down the fields and the teams are preparing to jump in, except the Amazons and Atlanteans. They are going to force their way in, the Amazons bulldozing through and the Atlanteans will attack from under water. Start heading overseas. I don’t know how long it will take her and Ray but it can’t be too long. I will be there as soon as I am done destroying this thing.”

“Just be careful. Opening black holes or getting sucked into the Speedforce isn’t acceptable. We can find a way to defeat this thing if your plan doesn’t work. Do not hit light speed Barry.” Donna warned him.

“Donna, I need you to trust me, okay?”

“I do. May the Fates be kind to you Barry. We will go to Kara.”

“If I don’t make it, tell her… tell both of them…”

“I will Barry, but you are going to make it. You have to. They need you.”

Donna and Jax took off, flying quickly towards the African dessert, leaving Barry alone with the deeply breathing monster. It was the same as before, green rock protrusions from its shoulders, large sharp teeth, grey leathery skin with a Kryptonite exoskeleton underneath, no doubt, to go along with the Kryptonite breaking out of his skin. The former one had been perhaps seven foot tall and Barry noticed this one was closer to twelve, higher than Watchtower’s estimate.

The perfect killing machine genetically designed to kill his wife and daughter. Barry met the creatures dark, savage eyes and saw no intelligence there, only anger and a need to feed.

“I’ve been waiting for this for a long time.I knew we would see each other again.” the Flash told the creature then threw a lightning bolt into Doomsday.

“I need you to follow me. We are going to have to go where we can be alone. I’ll keep it slow so you can keep up.”

Wyoming

Roy Harper had been preparing for the upcoming attack against the army guarding the power plant with J’onn. The two had noticed a hoard of Green Lanterns arrive, for the first time assisting in a battle on the ground instead of a futile battle in the sky. Before he had a chance to speak to the Martian about the plan an Army General had practically dragged Arsenal away to a beautiful brunette in tight jeans and a black leather jacket, a woman who appeared very out of place on the battlefield. Before he could ask what was going on, her eyes glowed purple and she snapped her fingers. His vision blacked out for a moment and when it came back he was in the back of a plane of some sort and he was not alone.

Thea was here.

So was Oliver. Nyssa Al Ghul… what was she doing here? Who was the women covered in black with a glowing sword on her back? She was packing a chute. He recognized Sara, dressed in head to toe black that resembled Laurel’s old costume rather than the black one she used to wear.

“Oliver… Thea? Whats going on?” Oliver walked up to his friend and pulled him into a tight hug.

“There is a plan to bring down the shield. While the army outside attacks we are going in from the top. We have to get inside and shut down the machine. We don’t know what we will be facing inside but it is important that we make it in while destroying as little as possible. Three other teams are attacking at the same time and we have to deactivate the machines at the exact same time. I realize you are used to working with Batman but I thought you might like to run with Team Arrow one more time.”

Harper smiled and nodded his head. “You know I’m always ready. So I guess we are jumping?”

“Yep, I got a pack…” Oliver stopped talking when Dinah Laurel Lance walked into the back of the plane. Roy while awkward at first around a doppleganger of a good friend and teammate had become quite close to this Laurel, despite never bing able to remember to call her Dinah. He was the only one who got away with calling her Laurel.

“I thought you were going with Wayne?” the Arrow asked.

“Talia showed up with a few of her associates. He has Dick and Helena with him. I thought you wouldn’t mind if the Black Canary ran with the Green Arrow one more time?”

Oliver smiled. “Always. Welcome aboard.”

“Hey, not to put a downer on this but that is some kind of alien machine and nobody knows how it works. Not that I am doubting anyone’s intelligence but… where is Felicity?” Roy asked. Oliver pointed to Alex.

“Meet Alex Zorel, aka Valkyrie, the brains of our operation. She can hang with Caitlin Snow and Felicity in the intelligence department. She kicks ass too.”

Alex flipped her visor up and offered her hand that Roy took.

“We never got to meet when you were back on Earth 1. I’ve heard a lot of really great things about you, Roy. Glad to have you on this mission.”

Oliver patted Roy on the back. “We have the former head of the League of Assassins, two Canaries, and an expert on kicking alien ass who is also a genius and two…”

“If you call us sidekicks I am kicking you off this plane.” Thea warned her brother.

“I was thinking of the two people I would hope to have by my side in any battle I could ever face. How can we lose?”

“We won’t. I’m worried about a group of underwater savages and armored Greek Warriors fumbling with technology they cannot comprehend.” Nyssa countered. “But as with most things, we hope for the best.”

“You’re hoping for the best? I thought you were Nyssa?” Roy asked, chuckling at the thought of the assertive Green Arrow taking orders from her. Nyssa actually smiled, giving further proof of the bizarre changes his old friends had undergone.

“I’m about to jump out of a perfectly good plane. This is no time for jokes Arsenal. Pilot! We are ready, lets move.”

Darkseid’s ship

Kara wandered the halls of the massive ship, taking her time and hoping every second Darkseid wasted on this battle would be another second Ray would have to connect with Winn and bring this ship down. In the past Kara would have tried to defeat this creature on her own, but with the fate of the world and others hanging on this effort, she couldn’t take the risk. It was agreed by her team that Kara could not fight a galactic demon and try to assist Winn in hacking the controls of this ship. She could not take forever though, knowing the greatest adversary she would ever face was waiting for her around this corner. The blonde took a deep breath and turned into the room. Seeing it with X Ray vision, she was still not prepared when she actually entered the large hall. The hall resembled a circular arena with a raised stage against one wall, a throne type chair on top. Behind the thrown was a viewport that looked out into space, the Earth in the distance, making Kara realize just how far from home she was.

“I opened the door for you. There was no need to breach my hull.”

“Like I would trust my enemy opening an entrance for me? I don’t think so. I’m young, but I wasn’t born yesterday.”

Darkseid chuckled, at least Kara thought it was a chuckle. His voice was a deep timber that almost resembled Barry’s vibrating voice.

“You are much smarter than your doppleganger from the first Earth I destroyed. I left my ship for the ground and was attacked by your green friends. Once I killed them, I was challenged to a duel by Kara Zor El. She was also a refugee from Krypton, an orphan, a girl without a home. She tried valiantly but her best wasn’t good enough. I disintegrated her and sent her to be with her people in Rao’s light.”

“I doubt she was trained by the League of Assassins.” Kara countered, not showing this information affected her as much as it did nor even sure if he was telling the truth. Either way it didn’t matter. She had no choice but to fight.

“You can’t win.”

Kara thought of her husband, daughter and family.

“I can’t lose.” she told him. Too much was at stake.

“Since you are determined to follow through with this, I should tell you, the Kara Zor El I killed had much more honor than you. She challenged me and fought alone. You however, brought a friend. My scanners picked up another life form when you entered. I have lost track of this life form but have no doubt he or she is still aboard. A sorcerer perhaps? Do you think I am susceptible to magic?”

“My friend won’t interfere. I just brought him along in the event you did not keep your word and have me attacked by others when I arrived.”

“I had no plans to have you attacked. My androids are on the surface. Most of my Furies are on the Earth and my humanoid slaves are on the Earth. But since you insist on breaking the rules, I suppose I can as well. I held one Fury back. If you can get past her, we can begin the duel and I will overlook your rudeness.”

A door next to the throne, Kara had not realized was a door, slid up and a tall, beautiful red headed woman, dressed in what amounted to a skimpy one piece green swim suit, holding a staff that Kara bet packed quite a bit of power, stepped out.

“While she lacks your gifts, I think you will find she is as strong as you and a much deadlier combatant. The American soldiers of the second Earth I destroyed called her Bombshell. Quite appropriate, she is beautiful.”

Bombshell ran towards Kara with a vicious scream, staff raised in front of her, no doubt to block the Kryptonian’s heat vision. Kara stood her ground, not moving, waiting for the warrior to reach her. Bombshell swung her staff when she arrived feet from the blonde. Superwoman twisted, grabbing the staff in the middle, a leg behind her opponent, turning her completely around and dropping the red head to her knees. Kara stood behind her, choking her with the staff and staring at Darkseid. A jerk of Kara’s arms, followed by a sickening crack, and Bombshell’s eyes rolled up in her head before she fell to the floor dead.

“Like I said, I doubt the Kara Zor El you fought was trained by members of the League of Assassins. One should always expect her opponent to be faster, better. She underestimated me.”

“So have I.” Darkseid admitted, impressed at seeing on of his greatest warriors taken out so easily and quickly. The Supergirl of the first Earth he destroyed was young, reckless and impatient. This one would give much more of a challenge. “Shall we begin Supergirl? Or is it Kara Danvers? Kara Zor El? What shall I call you?”

“It really doesn’t matter what I am called, does it? Make your move.”

As Kara suspected he opened with his Omega beams, his glowing eyes giving her a split second’s notice. She dodged, rather than meeting the beams with her own. Feeling the heat from inches away, she doubted hers were as hot. These burned hot enough that she even began to sweat. Tearing a panel from the floor, she tossed it at the monster.

Darkseid caught the projectile easy enough, only to be knocked back as the blonde followed quickly in the air like a missile into his gut. He flew back into his throne crushing the chair and giving Kara hope. He could be hurt. She followed the attack before he had a chance to recover, sending a knee to his face and several strikes to his head with her fist, until a boot caught her in the stomach, sending her flying back across the room.

Both combatants stood up, waiting for the other to move.

While the two had begun the battle in the throne room, Ray Palmer had flown into the main server room next to the engine that ran this goliath. He had never seen anything like it and was quickly trying to familiarize himself with the power source and main controls of not only the ship but the teleportation device and the signal controlling the androids as well as the machine prepared to collect the massive energy being mined from the Earth’s core. While he could have spent decades studying this technology he had only one mission now. Kara was locked in a death battle with Darkseid and he had to contact Winn.

Going smaller, he crawled into a conduit and prayed his suit could hold up to the solar energy coursing through. Satsfied he wouldn’t be disintegrated, he moved, finding the main control for the android armies and communications with Darkseid’s Furies and plugged in, taking control. While it would take him a bit to control the droids he was able to backtrack the signal Darkseid had used to communicate with Kara in Watchtower and sent it back, connecting with Watchtower.

Winn breathed a sigh of relief when Ray’s face popped up on the screen.

“Kara is fighting but I have control of some of the communications. The signal to the androids and power plants are more guarded but the engine seems easy. It seems to be running on some sort of Antimatter. If I try to go inside, I’m pretty certain I will be turned to dust.”

“It’s fine.” Winn told him, not feeling like anything was fine at this moment. “Just stay plugged in, I will figure this out.”

“I have no doubt Overwatch. Just make it fast. I don’t know who is winning or losing but by the echo in this ship, there is a hell of a battle going on.”

In the throne room, Darkseid had attacked, not with Omega Beams but his body, rushing the Kryptonian. He swung, hoping to land a disabling blow and preserve the girl for servitude. She would be no good to him dead. His fist connected and flew through her. Regaining his balance, he looked around and saw he was surrounded by six Kara Zor El’s all standing perfectly straight. Deciding she must be able to produce holograms of herself, he lets lose an Omega blast, turning in a circle to cover all of them. Once he stopped all were gone and Darkseid wondered if he had disintegrated her as he had her doppleganger. Until he felt a kick to the back of his head, sending him sliding across the floor on his face.

“You are stronger than me, but you aren’t faster. Speed is everything. My husband taught me that.” Kara told him, standing strong and prepared for another attack. She knew she could not avoid him forever. She just needed to give Winn and Ray time. That was what was the most important thing.

Wyoming

The attack began at near sunrise across the globe. The militaries and superheroes, including the Lanterns attacked the droids and mechanized weapons while trying to avoid the globe in the middle. J’onn Jonzz, while furious that Alex and Kara were not only here but Kara was on that damn ship and Alex was jumping into the power plant, never the less did his job, staying back and protecting Zatanna. Zatanna reached out with her mind, her soul, just as Fate had taught her hours before. Taught might be the wrong term. He had reached inside her mind and unlocked something, a wall she had built around her powers that limited her potential. The sorceress felt lost, somewhere in a haze, until she was found, as if three sets of hands were grabbing her, merging her into themselves. Soon she had no conscious feeling, she didn’t feel the ground, or hear the gunfire, she only felt the power, hers, theirs and the large source of protective energy in front of her. A scream erupted in the void, it may have been hers, Raven’s, the faceless man, she wasn’t sure but her power was concentrated and wrapped around the wall, collapsing in on it, snuffing it out until only her magic was present. Pulling it back into herself, she came back to the world, stumbling back, only to be caught by J’onn’s arms.

The Martian saw the familiar light of the barrier go out and took to the skies with Zatanna in his arms, depositing the exhausted and dizzy woman well away from the battle and any stray bullets before taking to the skies himself. As he neared the battlefield, he caught a glimpse of Alex and her friends, landing on the top of the globe.

Nyssa took a deep breath once she was unhooked from Alex. She had seen the energy field still present and wondered fi they would all be fried before they had a chance to start the mission. Sara had opened the large bag that had been tethered to her and passed out the weapons. Armed, the team ran towards the exhaust vent on top. The hair was superheated, none could survive entering this way. This was the first complication in the plan. Oliver considered blowing a hole in the top but was nixed by Alex, who had no idea where the roof would land. The problem was settled when the Martian Manhunter flew through the roof and the vent popped out from underneath. J’onn lifted the cover, able to deal with the heat and tossed it down the side of the globe. The air blew out and dissipated.

“Let’s move. John Stewart can get Bruce’s team in. The longer this takes the longer Kara has to survive.”

The team did move, J’onn swooping down and the rest following lines except for Sara and Nyssa, who flipped down using scarves pinned to the roof by a substance developed by the League hundreds of years ago. Landing, Alex popped up her visor and looked at her wife.

“Show off.”

“You got us down your way, I came the rest of the way my way.” Nyssa smirked before Roy Harper tackled her from behind, a second before a laser blast hit where her head had been.

“I almost feel bad for the sound beating I gave you in your lair.” she admitted.

“You lost.” he told her, with a smirk, standing and firing an arrow at the humanoid who had fired.

“Only because I was shot with a gun! That was cheating!” Nyssa argued, standing and firing as well. She counted ten enemies that she could see. All engaged the hostiles, glad to see they were, while alien in nature, not superhuman.

J’onn rushed forward, fist swinging, as did Alex, gloves charged swinging a fist and a sword in the other. The two Canaries fought side by side, each with an electrified bo staff. Oliver Queen took in the area and saw the middle, a power core and drill of some sort, probing into the ground. Though multiple server walls were around them and the objective, he hoped the workers would not give up the plant easily and destroy any of the equipment necessary for shutdown.

The Arrow fired a grappling line into the ceiling above the reactor and clipped it onto Alex’s belt. She noticed and dropped the sword, exchanging bows with Oliver.

“You’re up Valkyrie.”

Alex nodded and retracted the wire, flying over the fray and landing on the side of the reactor. A last guard was present in front of the controls, surprised to see her drop from the sky. Alex quickly pulled an exploding arrow and stuck it into his chest, hitting the detonator on Oliver’s bow. He blew apart but his body took most of the damage and force, so she wasn’t knocked back. She took in the control board, ignoring the sound of lasers being fired behind her. Speedy fought her way through, sliding under one humanoid, popping up and stabbing him in the back, then stood in front of Alex, ready to take a blast for her.

“This is Valkyrie. I have control and am waiting for shut down orders.”

“Batman, I have control.” Bruce checked off, praying the other teams had succeeded.

“Curry, we have taken the base, hostiles are all dead.”

“Artemis, the enemy has been run through and we are ready.”

“Oracle is on the line, I have access. Follow my directions and stay inside once it is done. Its crazy outside, fire from all sides. None of you will be able to leave by ground. First step…”

Darkseid’s Ship

Kara and Darkseid continued trading blows, the hulking figure fast and stronger than her. She was faster and fairly strong herself. She had yet to use her heat vision, not wanting to waste energy, knowing it would most likely do no good.

Yet.

She would know when the time was right. Darkseid had torn up the throne room with Omega blasts, but had yet to strike her with one. Kara froze the floor in front of him as he charged. The warlord slipped and she clotheslined him, slapping him into the ground. He recovered quickly, throwing her off and before she could get out of the way, he fired.

Luckily for Superwoman she had not left her cape behind for her daughter, instead turning her back and using it for protection. The heat was overwhelming as was the force and she could feel her skin blistering. Diving to the side, Kara found herself held up by the throat, Darkseid’s large hand squeezing. He tossed her in the air and swung. Instead of flying towards a wall, Kara found herself in a whirlwind of punches, circling the room. The demon would not stop and she felt her bones breaking, her nose, her jaw, her cheek bones. Superwoman was delirious, not knowing up from down, caught in a world of pain.

She had been in this situation before. Her mind focused sharply on the memory of the first time she had fought Diana, falling from the sky, taking hit after hit, having only one shot to right herself. Kara forced herself to see, to really look and Darkseid telegraphed a punch. Wrapping her hand around his wrist before he could connect with her face, she flipped him to the ground, vibrating her hand and struck inside his chest. Feeling for a heart, she was surprised to not find one, at least where her’s or a human’s would be. Darkseid screamed in pain for the first time in their fight, but quickly grabbed her vibrating hand and kicked her off, sending her into a wall. Kara felt bones in her spine snap and fell to the floor. Barely able to open her swollen eyes, the blonde was met with a puddle of blood dripping from her mouth onto the floor inches from her face. Every part of her body hurt, bones snapped, organs bruised. She had never fought anyone as strong as this creature.

Darkseid looked at the woman he thought could be his prize. She was too ruined now, to injured. He had seen dying foes before and knew she was not long for this world. Preparing to disintegrate her, he stopped when the ship changed course abruptly, causing him to lose balance. A look at Kara told him what her friend who had been absent had accomplished. He had not worried, knowing his technology was decades beyond human comprehension or any other race.

Kara was smiling through blood stained teeth.

“Looks like we are heading to Earth, whether you like it or not.” Kara told him, laughing a bit then closing her eyes and laying her head on the ground. No matter what, she and Ray had been successful. This ship would never destroy another Earth again.

Darkseid howled in rage, knowing whoever had taken over his ship, it was too late to stop it. An escape pod would be necessary. He would survive and destroy the heroes of this Earth before building a means to return to his dead planet and begin again. Looking at the blonde who he had wasted time on, he once again prepared to disintegrate her, until he was hit by a blast of energy in the back of his head, standing back up he turned to see Ray Palmer, arms raised, staring him down.

“She sucks at PR and lets her employees nearly beat me to death but I kind of like her so if you would step away, I would appreciate it.”

“You? You took control of my ship?” Darkseid asked, not believing that a human could best him. He let lose his Omega Beams, and Ray Palmer was gone.

Until the Atom regained regular size and fired another concentrated light last into the monsters eyes.

Kara lay on the ground still aware but unable to move. Her vision was blackening but she could feel the ship picking up speed. A bright light surrounded her and she wondered for a moment if Rao’s light had finally come from her. Her thoughts were on her daughter and husband but it was her mother’s voice she heard.

“Kara! Get up!”

“I can’t Mother.”

“Yes you can. You will. You will get up. You are not dying here. Your daughter needs you. Do not abandon her, not the way I abandoned you.”

“I’m dying. I can feel it. I’m losing blood.”

“Then stop it. You know how. You cannot die here, Kara. You are the head of the House of El and you do not quit! Stand up and fight Daughter! Fight for your daughter!”

Kara opened her eyes with great effort and saw Ray shrinking and growing, avoiding Darkseid’s blast and zipping around his strikes. He wasn’t supposed to be here. Ray had to get away. Kara took a deep breath and began shaking, slowly at first then faster. Lightning flashed in her eyes and soon she was a blur, forcing her body to heal, focusing on her internal organs to stop bleeding. If she lost anymore blood she would be dead in seconds. Her bones were broken but she could live with that. She had to stay alive.

Ray was fighting to stay alive himself, barely surviving, but knew as long as he was keeping this thing busy, he couldn’t hurt Kara anymore. The Atom saw her blurring, she only needed time. Darkseid was fast, faster than anything Ray had ever dreamed of except for Barry. The psychotic alien landed a shot, grabbing Ray by his throat before he could shrink and threw him across the floor. Ray got on one knee and saw the creature’s eyes turned red. He knew this was the end.

Darkseid unleashed a blast, one that would destroy the man, wipe him from existence. Before it struck, in the blink of an eye, Kara was in front of her friend, back turned to Darkseid and cape protecting them both. Grabbing Ray, they fell to the side. Ray noticed Kara still looked like hell, her eyes black, her nose cracked and bleeding and her right forearm slightly bent. Despite this he saw the grim determination in her eyes. She flew towards Darkseid, tackling him in the gut. Rolling him over, Superwoman pulled his arms back and placed a knee in the small of his back, pinning the monster to the floor.

“Ray, get out of here!”Kara could feel the ship tip downward. They had reached gravity and broken the atmosphere.

“I’m not leaving you.” he told her, falling on the creature, using the hydraulics in his suit to push him down as much as possible.

The ship broke through the atmosphere but the rockets continued to fire, sending the giant vessel plunging towards the Sahara Desert at over 900 miles and hour.

Mexico

Barry Allen had finally, after what felt like a century for him, led Doomsday to the Mexico Desert. He had the creature facing him, looking towards the East. Barry turned his back to the monster and closed his eyes channeling the Speedforce, becoming one with it.

“You’ve got a clear path Barry. Its all you now.” Wells told him over the com. Barry took a deep breath and ran. To those in the control room it appeared as if Barry was standing then an explosion occurred. They never saw him move, he was way to fast for GPS to keep up with, he was just there, took a step and an explosion sent a mushroom cloud of dirt into the sky. The satellite could not see through the dust, so Cisco backed it up. Everything had been going well. Winn had taken control of the ship and sent it hurtling to Earth, The droid army was deactivated, the teams had killed the humanoids and following Oracle’s directions the heat was reversing itself back into the outer core, and the heroes had defeated the Furies. All that was left was Barry knocking this abomination fro the Earth.

The dust showed no sign of dissipating and no one in the control room showed signs of breathing, Eliza holding Jeremiah tightly, her mind, knowing Alex was safe and with J’onn, now focused on Kara, waiting for someone any second to tell them all that Kara was free of the ship and her son in law was safe.

“No anomalies detected.” Wells informed the group. “His GPS is back. He is there. At least his suit is.”

The people in the crowd saw a twister form in the desert, all the sand in the air being drawn in and sent away. The satellite showed Barry Allen standing in the desert in the middle of a crater that was at least smile in circumference, alone forming the twister himself. Before anyone could cheer, all noticed that he was not alone. The torso and head of Doomsday lay on hundred feet away, limbs already growing back.

“Harry, Cisco, what the hell is going on? How is this thing still here?” Barry asked calmly, panicking on the inside.

Harry took a deep breath, glanced at Cisco who looked torn and answered him.

“Barry you didn’t hit light speed. You didn’t hit infinite mass. Apparently that is what it is going to take.”

“Can I do it without ripping the Earth apart?” he asked, for the first time, showing a bit of worry. Harry looked at Caitlin and Cisco then at a Jeremiah and Eliza, who both looked as if they were ready to be sick.

“Barry, I don’t know.” Harry admitted. “We… I can’t predict what will happen. The Speedforce might… Barry, I am sorry, I just do’t know.”

“Barry come back!” Jeremiah told him, grabbing the microphone in front of Harry. “We can lure him into some cage and blast him into space, we can find another way. Please!”

“I can’t. We don’t know if that will work. I…”

“Barry what does your gut tell you? I trust you, we all do. If you can do this, if you think this is the only way, we back you.”

Barry took a look at the dazed monster. His eyes were glassy, Kryptonite protrusions snapped off and arms still growing back, his legs regenerating first.

“I can do this.” he decided. Barry turned around, and focused. He drew the kinetic energy of the Earth, the rotation, the movement of the people, even the ship with his wife plummeting to the Earth slowed for a bit, he pulled it all into himself and ran.

Once again in Watchtower it appeared he never left, but to Barry it was an eternity. He had never felt like this, so out of control and in control at the same time. He could feel particles smaller than any physicist had ever even theorized. He saw the Big Bang, the beginning of everything. He paid no mind to the places he ran through but he did see the past. He saw his mother tucking him in, his father playing catch with him. He saw himself running slowly from bullies, saw the hits he took. He saw the whirlwind of lightning surrounding his mother and finding himself blocks away, only to come back and see his father in handcuffs. He remembered every time he snuck off from Joe’s and visited his father in prison.

Barry saw every smile Iris ever shared, the first time he met Felicity, the first time he saw Oliver dying on a table in his lair. He remembered seeing Ronnie smiling at him in the middle of an anomaly, knowing what the man planned to do, catching Stein on the way down and knowing Ronnie was gone forever. He had to face Caitlin. He remembered Iris’s face when Eddie shot himself to save them all.

Barry saw Kara, the first time he had caught her, the first time he really saw her face, her joy at such simple things like ice cream cones, the innocence in her face. He saw her on the floor of her apartment, bleeding out, never having felt so much panic and fear in his entire life. He saw Caitlin saving her life, Kara’s face so pale he thought she was dead and the moment she did die, another person he loved who he had let down.

He saw the first time they made love, never having seen her so vulnerable. He saw there wedding as if it was happening, the way her face lit up when he vowed himself in Kryptonese to be hers forever.

He saw the first time he met his daughter, Kara’s face in so much pain but so happy. He saw Lexie’s first step, her first Christmas, Kara filling the living room with gifts and his little girl more interested in the boxes and pretty paper. Lexie crawling in between them at night, snuggling in between and kissing them both on the cheek, before matching Kara’s snoring.

He saw himself setting next to Kara on a park bench. Kara had been smiling watching Lexie run around with other children but even with her bracelet on she nearly broke his hand from the tension she was feeling. He saw the two in the back of the gallery, covered in paint on their faces and laughing, Lexie attacking him with a paint brush when she saw him.

Barry Allen saw his whole life as vividly as it was happening at the moment in less time than a normal human could think a single thought. Then he saw the one thing that could hunt and destroy his wife and daughter, the one thing that could not be stopped, that had killed thousands of innocents and would kill thousands more if left unchecked. He saw its chest and he saw his fist swinging out towards it. The moment he made contact, Barry Allen new Doomsday was gone forever.

At Watchtower, everyone was surprised. An explosion occurred once again but this time a blast of red energy reached into the sky. The desert around Doomsday had turned to glass and the energy quickly dissipated. A shock wave was heard across the world, a low rumble to most. Cracks opened up beyond the glassy surface but the empty desert did not mind. Barry had chosen his location well.

“Has his GPS came back online?” Jeremiah asked. Cisco shook his head, while Harry monitored the skies above looking for any black holes, tears in the fabric of the universe anything out of the ordinary, anything to avoid looking at the monitor but eventually he had to.

“His suit is gone. Doomsday is gone, but Barry’s… his GPS is gone, his com, Caitlin please tell me you are picking something up on vitals?”

Caitlin shook her head, and wiped her eyes. “He’s gone… I’ve got nothing.”

“No! I refuse to accept that!” Jeremiah yelled. “Where is Kara? We need her. Has she gotten out of the ship yet?”

Winn looked at Oracle then Caitlin, feeling sick. “We picked up her com and Ray’s GPS when they entered atmosphere. They are still in the ship.” he told the parents.

“Slow down the ship! Level it out!” Elize shouted. Winn looked down.

“I can’t.”

A large explosion was heard on the monitor that Winn had been watching. Everyone rushed over, seeing a giant fireball in the Sahara Desert. No lifeforms were seen, only tangled metal and fire, satellites showed it had reached over ten thousand degrees.

“Mommy is naked. I mean she has her cape and boots I guess, but Charlie was sniffing my backpack and whining. I found her uniform there. Her necklaces and ring are there too and so is Daddy’s. Mommy is going to get mad if Daddy doesn’t have it on. Where are they anyway? I’m hungry Grandma. What time are we going to save the world?” Lexie asked, rubbing her eyes as she stumbled into the control room, Cat Grant behind her, not taking her wide eyes off the fireball on the monitor.

Eliza picked up here granddaughter. She heard Alex on a com somewhere demanding an update but didn’t have the heart to tell her. Kara could have made it. Temperature didn’t bother her, right? But why hadn’t she gotten out? Why hadn’t Ray? Could they?

“Grandma? Where are Mommy and Daddy? Why is everybody cryin? Momma’s cousin acting sick again?”

Jeremiah took the little girl in his arms, not sure what to say or what to do. He just held her closely.

In Wyoming, Alex had decided to stay back in the dome, while Nyssa and the team surveyed the damage outside. She had wanted to monitor the return flow of the liquid and be alone when she checked on Kara’s status. Hearing a distant thunder and knowing no rain was in the forecast had her nervous. She tried to contact Oracle but no one was answering. Taking a deep breath, she stepped outside, hoping her com was only blocked by the dome. Before she could take two steps a bright light burst in front of her ten feet away and she saw it.

He or she did not look like the other androids and did not resemble the aliens they had just fought through. This was a robot, a very large, seven foot tall android with a grinning metallic skull, black holes where the eyes should have been, a broad dark blue body and holding a very large rifle aimed at her.

“What the hell are you?” she whispered, before the creature fired.