Hello everyone, how are you? For me, I personally enjoyed parts 4 and 5 of "Crisis" and found them both to be excellent and also very respectful towards Oliver in my opinion. Plus I also fully support the merge of some worlds and it's my personal opinion that it, combined with the last two parts of the crossover, are just what the doctor ordered to hopefully reverse most of the Arrowverse's problems, renovate it, and maybe give us all a fresh start.
However, after speaking with my fellow authors Bl4ckhunter and Aragorn here, and in addition to my own personal thoughts, I personally feel that the last two parts could use some tweaking. And so that's what this fic's purpose is for. And here we go.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Arrowverse, "Crisis", or any recognizable dialogue from the crossover. They're the property of DC, CW, and the showrunners.
Crisis Part 4
The Paragons were in the fight of their lives as Supergirl, the Paragon Of Hope, Earth 96 Kingdom Come Superman, the Paragon Of Truth, the Martian Manhunter, the Paragon Of Courage, the Flash, who was the Paragon Of Humanity, Ryan Choi, the Paragon Of Humanity, Batwoman, the Paragon Of Courage, Lex Luthor, the Paragon Of Intelligence and not exactly a hero, and the White Canary, the Paragon Of Destiny, stood in the dawn of time and battled with everything they had against the army of Shadow Demons attempting to stop them from saving the multiverse.
As the fighting raged, above them on a mountaintop was Oliver Queen himself, reborn as the omnipotent Spectre, fought an intense battle against the Anti-Monitor, or Mobius, striking and blasting him with a combination of his new, spectacular powers and also his fighting skills he'd learned over the years. The Anti-Monitor however, refused to hold back either and it was truly a battle of the fates, Oliver as the epitome of light and restoration while Mobius was the epitome of darkness and destruction.
Eventually the Paragons, in a dazzling array of speed, heat vision, advanced martial arts skills, pure bursts of energy, and other abilities, and especially with the full strength and energy of Supergirl, the Martian Manhunter, and Earth 96 Superman, managed to repel and then eventually subdue the Shadow Demons while Oliver grabbed ahold of Mobius's shoulders and growled, "You have failed this universe!". He next unleashed a blue beam of his very own heat vision from his eyes and pointed it skyward.
The Paragons discussed it among themselves and mainly with Superman's help due to him being the Paragon Of Truth, were able to figure out what Oliver wanted them to do, Lex also seeing where Superman was coming from and to his inner disgust, agreed with him. And so they unleashed their thoughts and wills into the beam above them, Oliver's metaphorical and physical beacon of light, and working together were able to restore the universe.
Oliver however decided to do something different at that moment. Instead of only recreating and rebooting the entire multiverse, he decided to first create two single merged Earths, the first one being a merge of Earth-1, Earth-38, and Earth-77 ("Black Lighting"), and the second one a merge of Earth-96, Earth-12 ("Green Lantern"), and Earth-DKT ("The Dark Knight Trilogy"). That way, his friends could happily co-exist together on one shared Earth while he felt it would also be better if the Earth-96 Superman, the Earth-12 Green Lantern, and the Earth-DKT retired Batman coexisted together as well in order to better protect their worlds, but as one world.
As Oliver continued to create the two single merged worlds with the Paragons help, he suddenly realized a very important issue. If he only merged the respective Earths but not the populations with their doppelgangers together, then the two worlds would have everyone's doppelganger running all over the place and causing confusion and headaches for everyone.
Oliver mentally slapped his forehead over this near screw up and made sure to merge not just the two sets of Earths but everyone on them into both one Earth and one person each on the two new Earths.
Soon, he and the Paragons completed their work, Oliver having seemingly also vanquished Mobius, after which Sara, with Barry's help, raced over to where they found her husband, lying on his back and tragically dying. Seeing him like this, Sara broke down and held tight onto his body, being careful not to aggravate his injuries, as she cried over the man she loves.
"Oliver?", Barry worriedly asked his close friend and big brother figure as the hero let out a few coughs. He after a bit, he managed to speak.
"Sara, my love, I need you to continue watching over our family, over Mia, and also William. And please ensure they won't be separated", he said to his wife tiredly. Sara shook her head at the scene before her, her eyes streaming with tears.
"Ollie, they're going to be fine, we are all going to be fine together alright? You're going to be fine. Please don't do this to me honey please, please don't leave me", she begged him while sobbing as Barry placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Oliver let out a gasp.
"You did it. You all did", he said to them both, struggling to breath, while also referring to the rest of the Paragons, relived that they'd all succeeded in their hard fought mission. "You all did it".
"Did what? What did we do?", Sara asked him, both herself and Barry mildly confused by Oliver's words. Oliver gave a slight smile in response and stared into the sky above them.
"Just look", he answered them, causing them to follow his gaze upwards and what they saw astonished them. There, in the skies above and surrounded by what sounded like the rumbling of thunder, two glowing orbs were forming and slowly expanding.
"Ollie we saw but what is it?", Sara asked him, trying to figure out what was happening.
"It's two new universes", Oliver explained to her and Barry, excited by what he'd accomplished here.
"It's kinda small for a universe", Barry softly, and in wonder, replied.
"Wait for it Barry", Oliver responded, certain his friends and loved ones would come to appreciate what he hoped would be a wonderful gift for them, and then continued, "It's almost time. Almost time." He waited a bit more, presumably as the two universes took further shape and cemented themselves, and added, "There, you did it", to which Sara placed her hand upon his chest and quickly, yet gently, countered.
"No Ollie, you did it okay, and that's why you gotta come back with us, with me, and I, our children, and the rest of us need you to hang on okay?", she continued to beg him, showing more emotion than she'd ever thought possible. Oliver looked upon his beloved wife sadly.
"Sara this is just what the Monitor said would happen", he said to her while crying a bit, followed by a cough, while Sara kept shaking her head as the tears fell freely from her eyes. Barry, on hearing his friend's words, quickly leaned closer.
"What?", he asked him, wondering what he meant. Oliver smiled.
"It was an end, and now it's a beginning", he explained, and then turned his head towards Barry, the younger man also crying.
"You remember what I told you?", he asked him. Barry nodded slightly in response.
"Dying is the easy part", he answered. Oliver nodded.
"I'm at peace", he said to him, looking mostly content. "You're the real heroes", he further said to him and Sara.
"They're the ones who have to keep going", Barry stated sadly.
"So keep going, don't ever stop", he replied with conviction. "This world, this new, world. It needs both of you". He then turned towards Sara, the love of his life while gently clasping her hand and moving it towards his heart.
"Sara, I'm so sorry that I won't be able to be there for you, and for our children. It is the only thing I regret. But know that I love you. I love you so much, and I love our daughter and William. Thank you so much for making the happiest man on Earth, for giving me all of the love and companionship I could've asked for, and make sure that William and Mia know how much I love them, wish I could've seen them grow up, and that I will always be proud of them.
"And know that I will always be with them, and with you Sara, no matter what. And I hope you will continue soaring, my precious Canary, and will do all you can, alongside our friends, to carry on my legacy."
Sara cried bitterly.
"Of course I will, and know that you'll be in my heart. Always and forever, and I will ensure that our children will always remember you. I love you so much Ollie, and I know in my heart that one day we will see each other again", she responded to him while tenderly caressing his face.
"Yes honey, I believe that as well", Oliver replied to his wife with a warm smile. Sara then leaned downward and pressed a warm kiss to his lips which he did his best to reciprocate. And then, smiling at both his wife and Barry, satisfied that his children would be alright and that the two new worlds were in good hands, he left his body and was transported to the afterlife, where he was reunited with all of his loved ones who'd passed before him, happy and at peace while trusting that his memory would live on forever.
And back on Earth, Sara and Barry kept looking upwards following his passing, observing as the two new universes continued to form, creating what would indeed be a new beginning for all of them.
To Be Continued
A/N I added Earth-96 Superman since it would've been great to see more of him and also for him to be involved in one of the final battles, not just for myself but for others who wanted to have seen more of him.
As for merging the worlds of "Superman Returns", "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and "Green Lantern", years ago I had been under the impression that these movies were working towards setting up its own Justice League movie, just like the solo movies within the MCU before the first Avengers movie. I'm not mad or disappointed about it not happening but I think it would've been great to see nonetheless and so that's why I merged the Earths.
Plus it might've looked a bit strange to have two Supermen, who don't look like each other, operating on the same Earth.
As for the doppelganger thing, if anyone wants to know what I was talking about, please PM me if you want and I'll explain.
And now the next chapter and its version of "Crisis Part 5".