Chapter 97 - Crossover Fan-fiction 5 - Worlds Collide, Heroes Clash (2/2)
”Back off, or you won't like it,” Oliver says. The aliens look at each other, before one says, ”It's looks tasty. Let's catch it and eat it.”
The aliens start walking towards him, but Oliver is not about to let himself be food. He releases the arrow, which goes right into one alien's ċhėst.
Faster than the aliens can react, Oliver charges them and engages them. The aliens, despite having laser guns, are unable to keep up with him, and within seconds, he has taken down all of them.
This time, it's not aliens. A man in some gold robe is standing before him, with some lady in what looks like gold armor stands behind him.
”Well, you sure are a fighter,” says the man.
”Yeah, and if you try something stupid like they did, you'll find out what it's like to be one of my targets,” Oliver growls.
”Now, no need for that. I'm not gonna attack you. I could have you destroyed right now, but I have an offer for you. Come work for me, and be one of my guard. It's a good job, with plenty of benefits and a good pay. If you don't, I can quickly have you killed, or made one of my gladiators and sent against my great champion,” the man says, though with a very strange manner of speaking, like it's kind of a joke to him.
Oliver lowers his bow. ”Maybe. Who are you, and where am I?” he demands.
The man smiles. ”The name's Grandmaster. And this is Sakaar.”
Chapter 2- I'm the Flash
The first thing Barry felt was pain. Pain in his leg. Pain in his stomach. And pain in his head. The last one confused him, because he hadn't gotten hit in the head. But, traumatic injuries can cause headaches too, right?
Slowly, Barry managed to open his eyes. At first, the light was blinding, so he quickly shut them again. He waited a few seconds before opening them again, this time even more slowly.
”You're finally awake. Good. We were getting worried,” the man says.
Barry groans. ”How long have I been out?” he asks.
”2 days,” the man responds, ”But you're almost completely healed, which surprised us all.”
”Yeah, well my super healing comes in real handy,” Barry says.
The man slowly nods. Finally, he says, ”Well, I think it's about time we get introduced. My name is Steve Rogers. I'm the leader of the Avengers. Some people call me Captain America.”
Barry nods. Man, I'm glad Cisco usually does the name, because I doubt I could've come up with something that good, he thinks to himself.
”Well, nice to meet you. I'm Barry Allen, the fastest man alive. But, to most people, I'm the Flash.”
Steve smiles. ”Well, thank you for your help in Sokovia, Flash. Without you, Pietro would've died for sure.”
”Who's Pietro?” Barry asks Steve.
”The other speedster who you saved while he was trying to save Clint and the kid. He's alive, but in a coma thanks to the wounds he sustained. We're optimistic about his recovery,” Steve tells Barry. Barry sighs with relief.
Then, Barry thinks of something, and starts upright. He looks at Steve earnestly and asks, ”Have you seen an archer dressed in a green outfit with a green hood?”
Steve looks at Barry with a bit of surprise at his sudden burst of energy. Then, he shakes his head and says, ”No, I'm afraid not. Why do you ask?”
Barry sighs as he lowers his head. After a moment, he looks back up at Steve and says, ”Where I come from, I had a friend. He was an archer dressed all in green, and he got brought here with me...”
”Wait, where you come from? What's that supposed to mean?” Steve asks.
Barry pauses. He forgot he hadn't told Steve about where he came from yet.
”Sorry. Forgot I hadn't told you. So, I'm from another Earth,” Barry says.
Steve raises an eyebrow. ”From another Earth? You mean, there's more than one Earth?”
Barry nods. ”So, imagine there's multiple versions of Earth. For example, one where JFK was never ȧssassinated. One where the Nazis won. One where all of us are evil. Even one where humanity has gone extinct. Now, these different Earths all occupy the same spot in space, but they vibrate at different frequencies, so they can't see each other. Now, if you can manipulate dimensional energy, or travel fast enough, like I can, you can open a breach between different Earths.”
”I see,” Steve says thoughtfully. He pauses for a moment, then asks, ”So, how did you get to our Earth? And what about this archer friend of yours?”
”Well, on my Earth, we were fighting this race of aliens that wanted to wipe out all metahumans, or people with super powers. We beat them, but apparently as a way of getting revenge for their defeat, one alien threw some kind of grenade at me and the other heroes fighting with me. The grenade opened a vortex when it detonated, and the vortex suċkėd me in, as well as one of my best friends. He's an archer dressed in green. He calls himself the Green Arrow.”
Steve slowly nods. ”I see. Well, unfortunately, we haven't seen your friend, or heard of a Green Arrow. We have plenty of resources at our disposal. If he's here on this Earth, we'll find him. But, from what you've told me about there being multiple Earths, he could've been sent to another Earth. Or, he could've been sent somewhere else in the universe.”
Barry lowers his head. He was afraid of that. It was bad enough he'd been sent to another Earth. But to think his friend had been brought through the vortex and yet been separated from him, that hurt him even more.
”I'm sure everything will work out,” Steve said encouragingly.
Barry nodded, but in his mind, he knew it wasn't so simple. He couldn't just go for a run and get home. Until he could figure out how to speed up, or until the team found him and sent Cisco after him, he was stuck on this Earth.