Well, I know what everyone is thinking. I mean, the three people that actually care about my stories. "Where have you been for the past several months? Why did you just disappear like that? What happened to Godzilla: Ultimate?" Don't worry. Yes, I am alive, life has just been incredibly crazy and hectic. I have been more swamped with school, work and church stuff than I have ever been, making it almost impossible to sit down and write. However, I am now on Christmas break, and I am hoping to spend my free time (which I now have a lot more of), writing stories like this. And do not fret, Godzilla: Ultimate is NOT dead. I just hit a bit of a writer's block with that story, but I do plan on getting back to it sooner rather than later. That said, this is a story I have been planning for a while now, and the CW Elseworlds crossover finally gave me the motivation to sit down and work on it. Hopefully I'm am not biting off more that I can chew with this, as this is a huge and ambitious project. Just hope everyone enjoys it, and please give me feedback for future installments. Enjoy!
Earth-1: Central City
"Guys!" Cisco yelled from the control room of STAR Labs. "Guys, get up here! I may have just discovered something terrible!"
Barry, Iris, Caitlyn and Joe all walk into the control room, where Cisco and Harry sat around the computer table.
"What's the problem, Cisco?" Caitlyn asked. "When did Harry get here?"
"I called him in an hour ago. Major multiverse catastrophe occurring at the moment. That is, if I'm understanding the data correctly." Cisco replied.
"Wait, uh, multiverse catastrophe? What exactly does that mean?" Joe asked.
"Cisco, we're aren't getting invaded by another universe, are we?" Barry asked.
"Even worse." Cisco replied. "If all of the data I've collected checks out, it seems like the entire multiverse is on the verge of complete collapse."
"Complete collapse?" Caitlyn asked.
"Yes." Harry replied. "The entire multiverse is closing in on itself at a rapid pace. Each individual universe is getting closer and closer to each other, showing no signs of stopping."
"So like Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-38 and Earth-X could all be about to collide?" Barry asked.
"Along with, like, and infinite amount of other Earths as well." Harry stated.
The team exchanged confused looks amongst each other. "Did you say infinite earths?" Caitlyn asked. "I thought we identified only 52?"
"Identified is the key word there." Cisco stated. "However, that doesn't exclude there from being more than those 52. What about Earth-X, which we know is a 53rd Earth. Did it never occur to any of you how that works?"
"What Cisco is trying to say is, there are an infinite number of Earths out there, each ranging from minor differences to our own, to being wildly different." Harry stated.
"For a few months now, I've been getting vibes into these other universes." Cisco added. "In one world we are all pirates. In one it is still Victorian London. In one Barry is actually a turtle, and in another we are all obese for some reason! My point is, I've seen just a handful of these infinite worlds, and by a handful I mean millions. And the reason I can see these worlds is because they are getting closer and closer to ours, and I'm worried it might be too late."
"Cisco, you mean that there may not be any way to stop it?" Barry asked. "Are you saying that no matter what we do, we cannot prevent the end of everything?"
"Tell them, Cisco." Harry solemnly stated.
Cisco breathed in heavily, and began to speak. "Throughout all of these visons, throughout every Earth I've peaked into, I felt a power source. More powerful than anything I've felt before. I searched and searched the multiverse for the source of this power, and it led me to one Earth. I designated it Earth-A."
"Why Earth-A?" Joe asked.
"Because when I finally saw into this world, all I could see was a tower, and a giant A plastered on the side." Cisco replied.
"So, you think that if we can get over to this Earth, maybe we can find the power source?" Barry asked. "If we find it, maybe we could use it to stop the collision of the multiverse."
"Just one problem though." Cisco stated, nervously. "While it is true that this Earth-A exist within our multiverse, it does, however, exist within another plane of existence. I can vibe you there, Barry, but to start I can only vibe YOU, and I won't be able to contact you while you're there. You'll be stranded there."
"Okay." Barry replied. "I'll do it." Lightning began to radiate off of Barry as he ran and got into his Flash suit within seconds.
"Barry, you can't just go!" Iris snapped. "What if you're not able to get back!"
"Iris, if worst comes to worst I can vibe myself over there and bring him back." Cisco stated. "We just need to work on finding a way to power me up enough to do so."
"So why can't we just wait until you have enough power to send him over in the first place?!" Iris asked, her voice beginning to raise.
"Iris, we don't have time." Barry stated, putting his arms around her shoulders.
"He's right." Cisco added. "We have a week at least before the entire multiverse collapse, three weeks at most. Even still, we need to act fast, or else a multitude of universes, including our own, could be wiped out completely."
"Just, promise me you'll come back." Iris said, tears rolling down her face. "Promise me you won't be gone forever."
"I promise, on the lives of everyone I care about, that I will be back." Barry stated. "I would never leave you forever."
Barry embraced Iris again for a moment, then released to face Cisco. "You ready for this?" Cisco asked.
"The question is, are you?" Barry replied.
"As ready as I can be." Cisco raised his hand, and shot out a blue beam, which formed into a portal in front of Barry. Barry pulled his mask onto his face, got into position, and ran straight into the portal. As he left the room, Cisco collapsed on the floor, unconscious from the strain.
Earth-A: Space
Two large spacecrafts were locked in battle in the void of space, one far bigger and stronger than the other. Inside the smaller of the two ships, hundred of people lay dead on the floor. Six figures walk around the deck, the largest of them, Thanos, staring out into space, holding a human looking figure in his hand, heavily injured.
"I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right... yet to fail, nonetheless." Thanos states, as he lifts the injured Thor up by the neck. "It's frightening. Turns the legs to jelly. I ask you, to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say... I AM."
"You talk too much." Thor mumbles, as blood drips from his mouth. Loki walks amongst the four other figures, the Black Order, as Thanos walks to them, and begins to speak.
"The Tesseract, or your brother's head. I assume you have a preference." He said.
"Oh, I do." Loki replied. "Kill away!"
Thanos gave a quick look of surprise, but followed through with his promise. He raised his right hand, on which he wore a gauntlet, which contained one, glowing purple stone: The Power Stone. Thanos took the stone, and shoved it into the side of Thor's head, which resulted in him screaming in agonized pain.
Loki watched, satisfied at first, but regret began to flow over his face. "All right, stop!" He shouted. Thanos obliged.
"We don't have the Tesseract." Thor stated, breathing heavily. "It was destroyed on Asgard."
Loki gives a quick glance to Thor, before raising his hand to Thanos, materializing the Tesseract in his hand.
"You really are the worst brother." Thor said.
"I assure you, brother... the sun will shine on us again." Loki states.
"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian." Thanos said.
"Well, for one thing, I'm not Asgardian." Loki replied. "And for another... We have a Hulk."
Without giving Thanos any reaction time, the Hulk burst out from the side of the ship, and pummeled Thanos to the ground. The two began a full-on brawl, with Hulk landing a majority of the punches thrown. Cull Obsidian, one of the Black Order, and a massive hulk-like figure began to join the fight, but Ebony Maw, a tall, slender being, intervened. "Let him have his fun." He stated. Thanos begun to land more hits onto the Hulk, devastating him within the fight. Within seconds, Hulk was nearly knocked out, and Thanos was beginning to lift him over his head. Just then, a blue portal opened near Loki, and a figure burst out, covered in yellow lightning.
"I am the Flash, and I'm here to save the free-people of this universe!" Barry shouted.
"I don't have time for this." Thanos stated dryly, trying to hide his shock from the sudden arrival of another superhero. "Kill him."
"Okay, next don't go with Cisco's recommended opening line." Barry mumbled to himself. He went into superspeed as the four members of the Black Order came charging at him. As Barry began to run, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw and Corvus Glaive all slowed down around him. He landed punches on Maw and Glaive, but before he could get to Midnight, and ran straight into Cull Obsidian.
Loki leapt at the Tesseract, which was lying on the ground. Thor was tied in metal scarps around him, which Maw had put to hold Thor in place. Loki got hold of the Tesseract. "Flash!" He shouted. "Catch and run!" The Tesseract disappeared from his hand, and appeared directly in Barry's.
Barry grabbed the cube, and began to run with it. Before he could get too far, however, Ebony Maw lifted large metal scraps from around the ship, flinging them at Barry. A large beam fell from the ceiling of the ship, and landed in front of Barry, causing him to collapse. With him down, Ebony telepathically lifted the cube from Barry's hand, and carried across the room, straight into Thanos's palm. Thanos grabbed the Tesseract, and crushed it within his hand, revealing a small, blue stone. He grabbed the stone between two fingers, and placed it within a slot on the Gauntlet.
"No other being has ever had the might, nay the nobility, to wield not one, but two Infinity Stones. The universe lies within your grasp." Ebony Maw stated, as the Black Order, bowed around Thanos.
"There are two more Stones on Earth." Thanos replied. "Find them, my children, and bring them to me on Titan. I will obtain the Reality Stone from Knowhere, then use Gamora to locate the Soul Stone."
"We will not fail you, father." Proxima Midnight responded.
"Hey Grapefruit!" Barry shouted, as he ran at superspeed toward Thanos. Time slowed down around Barry, as he jumped into the air to reach Thanos's head. He reared back his arm to swing his punch, but Thanos used the power of the Gauntlet to force Barry away, despite Barry's incredible speed. Barry flew over top Thanos, and crashed onto the group next to Thor and Loki.
Seeing this, Heimdall, who lay on the ground injured and nearly dead, lifted his fingers one last time to the trio. "Allfathers… let the dark magic flow through me one last... time." He prayed. The Bifrost formed around Thor, Loki and Barry, and drag them off the ship, on a course to Earth.
"You'll regret that." Thanos stated, as he walked over to Heimdall, and crushed his chest under his foot. "No resurrections. Not anymore."
The purple stone glowed, sending out a blast across the ship, setting it ablaze to crumble around them. The blue stone then began to glow, transporting Thanos and the Black Order off of the ship, leaving only Hulk there, nearly unconscious, waiting to die.
Earth-A: Wakanda
In an open field of the African nation of Wakanda sat a small hut next to a creek bed. Outside of the hut, in the tall grass, stood two figures: A roughly thirty-year-old looking white man, with one arm, and long black hair and beard. With him, stood a young, teenage black girl, with her hair pulled up in braids, and a bright orange field suit.
"Shuri, I've already told you that same story five times. Today!" The man stated.
"But Bucky, there is no reason I cannot hear it again!" Shuri refuted. "It is not like we have anything better to talk about."
"You mean like my new arm you promised me three weeks ago?" Bucky replied. Shuri responded with a simple, blank stare. "How can you enjoy listening to the same story over and over again, anyway?"
"Because, Mr. Barnes, no matter how many times you hear a story, there is always something else to learn from it." Shuri replied.
As Bucky opened his mouth to reply, the Bifrost bridge crashed down onto his hut, destroying. Bucky and Shuri both glanced at each other. "Storytime can wait." Shuri said. The two began to walk over.
In the spot where the hut once sat lay only a massive crated. Inside sat three figure, Thor, Loki, and Barry Allen.
"Thanos is coming." Loki stated, with a scared and panicked look on his face. "Thanos is coming!"
"Who?" Bucky asked, knowing this was more serious than anything before.