Chapter Thirty-One:
As usual, Barry shows up at the scene of the crime. Another body found on the ground, the face twisted into some kind of horrified expression. The Fastest Man Alive's eyes widen when keeping a good eye on the murder victim. A hand from the direction of his partner causes Barry's attention to turn away from the scene of the crime.
Patty joins Barry in looking over the body. She looks very somber when speaking.
"The third one in the last couple of weeks. Poisoned by the same unknown circumstances."
Barry takes a good look at him. It appears to be the same cause of all of the other poisonings. Mysterious wounds on the side of the neck, venom of an unknown origin, and then, there's absolutely no motive for the crime. Three motiveless deaths, by three people who appear to be your average Joes on the street. There's no connection to the crime, which leaves Barry seriously, seriously baffled.
He takes a few seconds to look things over. The discoloration of the man's lower face is something that will follow Barry into his nightmares for some time to come.
A hand from Patty's direction gets Barry's attention. Barry tilts his neck back, raising his eyebrow.
"So, what do you think?"
"I'll be honest, I don't really know what to think right now."
Patty figures about as much and she's baffled as well. The more questions that they try to answer, the more dead ends they hit. The murders have to be connected. The problem is, there's no connection, at least no obvious connection. Granted, all they have to do is find a cause of death, but even the origin of the poison is one where they're hitting dead end after dead end.
"Well, I haven't seen something like that in years."
The voice cause Patty to turn around. An attractive blonde woman, wearing a black leather coat, a tank top, and jeans steps into the picture. The boots add onto the outfit. Barry appears to known who she is.
"Hello, Barry. Good thing I decided to stop by."
"Sara."
Patty raises her eyebrow. The woman crouches down to get a good look at the man. Some kind of portable scanner device rests in her hand to get a better look. It beeps a couple of times.
"Patty, this is Sara Lance. Sara, this is Patty Spivot."
"I know."
Patty's eyebrows shoot straight up and she cannot resist making the one obvious comment regarding Sara. She cannot, it just seems so….
"Sara...you...weren't you?"
"Dead?"
The statement is done so casually that Patty's taken completely aback by it. Wordlessly, she responds with a nod. Yes, that's exactly what she's about ready to ask. Sara responds with a smile and puts her hand on Patty's shoulder, calmly patting it.
"Yeah, technically the first time people thought I died, I didn't die. I died though when one of my friends was brainwashed by her father to kill me. Long story there. And then I was brought back through a pit of mystical waters.. And then I was sent through time on a wild adventure, and now I'm here."
A few seconds pass with Patty just looking at her strangely. She thought she heard it all, especially being in Central City during the past couple of years. Sara just smiled at her.
"I didn't say it would make any kind of logical sense. That's just how my life goes."
"Right...so what are you…"
Sara looks wistfully done onto the body.
"I thought about being a CSI for a moment when I was younger, but I knew that somehow wouldn't fly. But, I suspect it was not to be, because….life decided to take me in a different path."
Sara shakes her head and then looks at them.
"The poison that you're looking for, it's harvested by a rare and deadly state that can only exist in certain Climates, in South America."
It's here where Barry shudders for just a second. There are very few times where he believes in coincidence and South America popping up again at this particular time is the furthest thing from a coicidence that he can manage.
"Have you…."
"I've run into the people behind it. It's a terrorist group, the leader calls himself Kobra."
A second passes as Barry wonders what they've got themselves in.
"Barry, we're going to have to get into touch with an old friend….nice meeting you by the way."
Patty nods. It's obvious there's something going on here with Barry and Sara, although given what Patty knows about Barry, that's one of the more obvious things, at least in her mind.
X-X-X
Sara and Barry step at the edge of a mountain range. Laurel joins them on their expedition. The trio gauges what exactly they have to do to get to the top of the mountain.
"And this is where Oliver is going to find himself."
"Yeah….although he's not the one we're coming to see."
Sara, Laurel, and Barry make the travel up of the mountain. Super speed actually causes more difficulties for Barry, so he takes it slow. The wind bites into his face and it takes some doing for him to get up the mountain. The Fastest Man Alive joins the White and Black Canary at the top of the mountain.
Outside of the mountain, they see an attractive dark haired woman, wearing white robes. She crosses her legs, in a very calm manner, arms folded as well. She's deep in meditation for at least the next several seconds before noticing that she has guests arriving on the mountains.
Sara is the first to greet her.
"Tatsu."
Tatsu Yamashiro breaks out into a smile. The woman rises to her feet and looks at them.
"Sara, Laurel...and you are…."
"Barry Allen…."
The woman nods when surveying Barry, his identity clicking with her.
"Yes, I know who you are now. Right this way."
The doors open up and Tatsu leads Barry, Laurel, and Sara inside. They come across Oliver who sits on the ground, arms and legs folded. At least he's had the decency to have a shave and a shower since the last time they met with each other. Oliver's arms fold and he takes several deep breaths.
"Oliver."
Oliver opens up his eyes. He looks from Sara to Laurel to Barry and smiles.
"So, you've come to check on me. You had nothing to worry about."
"You look a lot better than you did before."
"Yes, but healing takes time. And I'm nowhere near ready to take up the hood. At least, I'm not ready, just yet."
And there's also another point Oliver decides to not address. He does not think that under any good conscience he can take the hood away from Thea, who he gave it to in his stead. Especially when he was not mentally ready.
"Thea's doing a good job."
Oliver nods at Laurel's statement. He has no doubt she's doing a really good job, otherwise, he would not have chosen her. There's a part of him who thinks Thea would do a better job than he does.
It's time for Oliver to forge a path, a different path in life.
"We're actually hoping to ask Tatsu if she saw something. We're dealing with someone, he calls himself, Kobra."
Tatsu's mouth goes open for a second. Naturally, she knows of Kobra and what she knows of him, is not a good thing, in fact far from it.
However, it's Oliver, who is the one who speaks up.
"Yes, I saw him...when I was meditating. He says that he has big plans to raise his dark savior and all will bow before him. He's got people hanging on his every word. Typical cult leader."
Sara takes a second to look at Oliver, wondering what else he saw. There's only one thing she can ask of him.
"Anything else?"
"No, it was just a brief flicker. But, I'll never forget it. I thought it was important and I thought that you should know. Therefore I told you."
Oliver raises up to his feet.
"I'm sorry, but I'm really not…."
"Just stay here."
Tatsu's words are firm. She walks over to a wardrobe.
"I'll be back in two minutes."
If the signs are right, then Kobra should be taken down at all costs. She disappears to get changed. Sara turns her attention to Oliver.
"What happened with Felicity…."
"Is something that I don't want to talk about."
Oliver goes completely silent and Sara frowns at being shut completely town. She would think that after what she and Oliver had gone through, he would want to talk. His legs cross over and he enters a deep state of meditation.
Finally, after a long pause, Oliver snapped out of his trance.
"You should go to the temple on the North end."
X-X-X
The men in robes kneel before the altar before a large and dangerous looking state. The chanting grows louder, in volume. The men in the robes rise when their great leader appears at the top of a pedestal. He looks down at them, the smile widening over his face.
"Rise."
They rise and they all murmur when looking at the man around them. Kobra stands, risen higher than ever before. A few seconds pass with Kobra bowing down before them. His hood drops and reveals his snake like eyes. His white face terrifies most men. His true form turns into something else entirely.
"It's time for us to rise. It's time for us to show the entire world what we're truly about. We're truly about domination and we will show no remorse. We will go in and destroy anyone who gets in our way. They will all bow before us. They will all break before us."
The entire group starts muttering and the muttering gets even louder. Kobra's lips curl into a very devious grin. The grin grows even wider and gets even more devious.
Suddenly, the doors open up and two guards drag in another member the cult. His robes tattered and a haunted look on his face. His face completely twisted into a pained expression. The members of the cult all hiss.
Kobra looks unconcerned for a second. The cult member drops on the ground. Kobra descends with all of the agility one would expect from the likes of him. He drops against the ground, slithering a little bit closer. A single hand places on the back of the neck of the cult leader before he's rolled over.
Several symbols burn into the chest and stomach of the man. Kobra analyzes them all, with a calculating look in his demented eyes. He turns his attention to the other members of the cult, who all snap back.
"This is a message from her. This is a message from HIVE."
Kobra clutches his long snake staff and slams it to the ground. The torches on the wall light up to illuminate the temple. The sounds of chanting, combined with snake hisses fill the temple and put everyone on guard.
"The war is on."
The symbols flicker and the language on it indicates that she has basically slapped them all in the face. Kobra will destroy the last queen of HIVE and the organization will crumble. The League will follow after that.
X-X-X
The quartet of White Canary, Black Canary, Katana, and Flash arrive at the edge of the temple. As with most ancient temples, there's an unsettling vibe outside of it.
"Be careful."
Sara does not need to tell them twice that an old temple like this is bound to have traps and potential curses on it. She leads the way down the hallway. The torches on the wall light themselves when they step into the temple. The tiles on the ground and the stones on the wall flash to light with some kind of writing.
Flash takes a moment to calm himself down, even though his anxiety shoots a little bit over the top.
"Okay, that's not the slightest bit alarming at all...what do they say?"
"Warnings...telling us to turn back but…."
A figure in the shadows catches their attention. She's obviously navigated past all of the traps.
Barry switches on a device inside of his mask which lights up footprints on the ground.
"Follow my lead...do exactly as I do."
Black Canary, White Canary, and Katana all follow Barry's lead and more importantly trust he knows what he does. The person who enters the temple leads them in the right direction. Assuming she knows what she's doing as well and that's a very big assumption that they might not want to hinge their entire lives on.
Regardless, Barry, Sara, Laurel, and Tatsu move in to join the figure dressed in green. Her hood comes down and they notice the face of Nora Darhk.
Nora recognizes them as well. Her eyes blink into a blazing fire when catching a glimpse of them from all the way across the way.
"You should not have come here."
"We're after Kobra."
"I am too."
Two glowing daggers appear in Nora's hands before she hurls them at the heroes. The daggers hit the wall when they dodge. The walls behind them explode and very nearly barely them with debris.
Barry thinks it goes without saying that having some kind of temple explosion might end up triggering something. Her next attempt to throw a dagger is blocked when Barry catches her arm. Nora blasts him away.
"Magic is faster than light. And faster than the fastest man alive."
Barry picks up speed, just managing to avoid the attacks. Suddenly, something rumbles to light and the statues lining the temple comes to life.
One of them almost takes Laurel's head off with a swinging punch. The Black Canary blocks it and bombards the statue with a canary cry.
Sara fights one of the statues. The sword dropping on the ground from the statue Laurel destroyed gives Sara a weapon to deflect the statues.
Two of the statues block the way from Nora who rips open a wall. Her eyes flash and her mood does not improve any from what's on the other side.
"It's not here."
Nora opens up a portal to slip away from the temple. It was getting much too crowded for her taste.
Katana jumps from statue head to statue head, plowing said statue into the ground. The sword wielding woman turns around on the back swing and sends a decapitating twist with the sword at her adversary. The statue crumbles into dust the minute that it hits the ground.
The Fastest Man Alive throws his hand back and bombards the statue. Nora's getting away, but Barry's not going to let her slip away this time. He speeds through the portal.
Despite Barry disappearing through the portal being a huge problem, there's an even bigger problem right now. The fact that they are surrounded by statues who are alive and ready to smash them into bits.
Sara and Laurel go back to back, fighting off of the statues. Their team work only improves and it needs to be good to fight off those statue.
"Are you going to call in for back up?"
One of the axes from the statues clangs against Sara's staff. She kicked the head off while Laurel took out another statue with a Canary Cry.
"I'd rather not...given that my team's dealing with another problem...right about now."
Sara smashes one of the statues wit a wild swing. She releases a sonar device to destroy the statues.
"You have any idea where Barry went?"
Tatsu jumps into the air, swinging her sword and decapitating the statues with measured swings of her sword. The statues explode into dust. She drops to the ground, with a heavy breath, knowing somewhere that this is only half of the battle and the war is on.
Sara wipes a bead of sweat from her brow and comes up with the obvious statement.
"Nowhere good, I can tell you that much."
X-X-X
Flash skids to a stop and the ground is very much uneven. It took him a while to even get his footing. He is surrounded by floating rocks which rise up out of the ground and keep taunting him. The Fastest Man Alive needs to keep his head on a swivel. The voices in his head and the movement of shadows, this is worse than the Speed Force. In fact, multiping the speed force times a hundred gets a pretty good approximation of what he has to deal with.
"You really are the dumbest man alive."
Nora Darhk's eyes open with contempt when Flash moves towards her. She teleported out of the way and Barry flew ass over teakettle.
"Just surrender...if Kobra's after you…."
"Oh, really. I'm in this mess because of you, because of your arrogance. Because of Flashpoint...because if it wasn't for Flashpoint, my father would still be alive."
Barry looks at the one in a million shot he has to striking Nora off of her perch. He has to take it, even though it may open himself up for more attacks.
She's dangerous, powerful, and very unstable. Broken as well, and Barry thinks about how he would have been, if he did not have Joe and Iris after the death of his mother and his father being sent to prison.
Some people have the luxury, but many like Nora lead very troubled lives.
"I understand what it's like to lose parents…."
"At least you knew your father as an adult. I don't have anything….anything other than a shadow, a wraith, an echo of a man. Do you understand me? It's all because of you. It's all because of Flashpoint."
Nora nails Barry with a burst of magic which pins him down onto the ground.
"But, I can fix this. I know of a way to bring them back, and make sure that everything is right for her...so I can never become tormented...I still hear his voice in my head."
Nora presses Barry down onto the ground with the full force magical attack. Barry gasps and gags as his attempts to break free from Nora's attack are very futile. He cannot burst up out of the ground quick enough.
"Nora...listen...I know you're hurting...but the dead...they should be dead...they're dead for a reason."
Whether or not a single word Barry says gets through to Nora is unimportant.
"I know better than anyone else that trying to circumvent fate will be lead to…."
"You know, despite everything I thought that you would understand."
Barry vibrates through the rocks and manages to hang on to the bottom. It's a calculated risk where he's not going to drop into oblivion.
"But, you're arrogant and selfish. The Flash can only help himself, when his feelings are hurt. You brought your parents back, when it was convenient for you. Not caring how many other people will lose when your actions cause them torment. It's because you're selfish!"
Nora opens another portal and Barry follows her through the portal.
"Nora?"
They end up back in the temple and there's no Nora on the other end of it. He loops all the way back into the temple. Barry takes a deep breath, knowing what he must do.
X-X-X
Laurel blasts another statue with the Canary Cry to crumble it to dust. The statues just keep coming and naturally, the heroes are just going to have to keep fighting until their final breath. It's not the easiest thing in the world to be honest. One of the statues charges her and Katana nails the statue with a vicious swing with her namesake blade. The statue blasts into dust.
A blur comes through the wall and Flash knocks around the statues.
Sara notices a glowing stone on the wall which seems to be powering the statues. Nora must have activated it somehow.
"Laurel...blast that stone!"
Laurel does as she's asked and a Canary Cry bombards the stone until it shatters.
The second the stone shatters, the statues all collapse to the ground. In a heap of rubble. Everyone stands around and they can take a deep breath.
Light appears in the temple, almost blinding them. Barry shields his eyes for a second before he, Sara, Tatsu, and Laurel follow the pathway.
"And we still don't have any idea what Kobra is after or what is so important about this temple."
Sara lets out a very deep breath when appearing at the edge of the temple. The writing on the wall literally comes out in front of them.
"It's an old League legend. I'm not sure if it's what Kobra's after, but I think it's what Nora's after."
Barry cannot read the ancient writing. Sara's only happy to translate at the baffled expression on Barry's face.
"It's a Nexus Point, where legend says it can open a portal between life and death."
Everything clicks in Barry's mind.
"She wants to bring her parents back."
Laurel's expression turns completely dark when thinking about it. The image of her death before Flashpoint passes through her mind. It causes Laurel's stomach to turn, that echo in her mind. She stopped having the nightmares months ago, but they come back into her mind.
"And Kobra must be after something in here as well."
"Well, there's a dagger which is said to bring about a sacrifice...that's the rest of the legend."
Tatsu's mouth hangs open when she realizes what Sara's talking about.
"You would not be referring to the Dagger of Ducard, wouldn't you?"
"Yes."
Barry looks around the temple. There's most certainly some weird traces of energy which cause him to take pause. Are any of these traces of energy going to lead him to Nora? He does not know. There's only one way to find out and that's to poke around the temple a little bit.
X-X-X
As of right now, there's nothing. Barry is able to search the temple, left, right, up, and down and very quickly. Sara, Laurel, and Tatsu do some poking around on the ground floor. He returned, frustrating burning through his body, when the obvious came to him.
"She's gone."
Barry takes a deep breath. Not because he's winded, he never gets winded. No, it's because he's extremely frustrated and for just cause. It just seems like with every time they try and get some kind of answer, there's just more questions which need to be asked.
"We're going to have to find it before she does."
Sara responds with a nod. She comes to the same conclusion. She tilts back and looks around thoughtfully.
"There's a slight problem with that. You know it, I know it, we all know it. The Nexus Point is only talked about in vague generalities, because finding it could mean disaster."
Laurel hopes beyond all hope her statement is true.
"If it exists."
Sara gives Laurel a few seconds pause and then gives her sister a very grim smile.
"Trust me, it exists. I don't want it to, but it does."
"I know...life really was a lot more simpler a long time ago."
"Life was never simple. We were just very sheltered."
Laurel sighs at this statement from her sister. When Sara's right, she's unfortunately right. She passes around the temple and takes a deep breath. It's a very frustrating feeling and one that only causes her frustration to grow. Tatsu breaks the silence.
"There's some things which never was meant to be tampered with."
A snort comes from Barry. Boy, he knew all about tampering thing things that should not be tampered with.
"And there's people who are going to tamper with."
He knows by now the folly of traveling through time. Nora's statement hit Barry especially hard. While, he knows Darhk's dead before Flashpoint, he wonders how much of Nora's current predicament is because of him.
"None of this is your fault. No matter what that witch says."
Sara's firm statement brings Barry back into reality.
"Maybe we missed something?"
Doubtful, but they just grasp at straws, with both the Nexus Point and the Dagger. It's a mystery which cannot be solved.
X-X-X
Nora sweeps into HIVE headquarters. She stops and looks around. The war with the Kobra Cult decimated her forces greatly. Not to mention getting involved in Grodd and Luthor's mad scheme also misdirected her focus from what was necessary.
That's over, that's done, and Nora can focus on what's important in life. The HIVE agents, as few of them, kneel before their queen. Nora sweeps in, barely even acknowledging them with the barest nod. She's a woman on a mission and is not in the mood to be trifled with.
Jinx steps in and kneels before her. Nora smiled at her devoted servant and waved her to a standing position.
"Rise...and follow."
The pink-haired drone nods and follows Nora deeper into the temple.
"I've uncovered more on the Nexus point, my lady."
Nora's interest piques. She knows Jinx is a useful servant. And she also can trust Jinx to give her an honest assessment about the flaws in a plan, even though they're not to Nora's liking. She puts a hand underneath Jinx's chin and then causes her to stare her down.
"Tell me everything you've found out."
"The dagger is one potential avenue, although there are others. Powers, unworldly, a black light which absorbs all life and reshapes it. And can also bring back those from beyond the grave."
"If it's mystical energy, it should not be beyond me to channel it, then."
Jinx looks a bit anxious and rightfully so. Nora motions for the servant of HIVE to continue and that she does.
"If the enchantment is not performed precise, there could be ramifications. Are you sure you want to go through with this, should we get everything we need?"
There's a long pause. The anxiousness in Jinx's voice causes Nora the slightest, most careful amount of pause. Seconds pass when she views her apprentice as calmly as possible.
"I'm certain. My father gave me life. It's time for me to return the favor."
At this statement, Nora's breathing grows extremely heavy. Jinx looks at her, concern flashing through her eyes. Nora chokes on the air, struggling to draw breath before she drops to the ground.
A scar on Nora's neck appears, indicating that someone stabbed her. Jinx knows it was not there a second before.
"Kobra!"
That's the word Nora screams out before collapsing to the ground and then foaming at the mouth. Jinx turns to one of the HIVE guards. Nora continued to spasm, as if she went through a seizure.
"Don't just stand there! Get a healer! NOW!"
The guard scrambles, not wanting to test Jinx's wrath. Jinx kneels down before her Mistress. Nora weakly squeezes her hand, slowly the barest signs of life.
X-X-X
The sounds of thunder and the flashes of lightning bring young Nora Darhk out of bed. She never liked thunderstorms, ever. But, it used to not be a father, when her father was around to sing her to sleep. But, now, neither her father nor mother is around now. Her foster parents are nice enough, although there's just something about them that Nora cannot connect with. And the mean lady who put her here, she did not really care. She's as cold and indifferent as a wall, Nora thinks.
Regardless, Nora steps down to the ground floor, and hears a loud thump thump. A strange noise, not as strange as the voices she just began hearing inside of her head. She would be able to go to her parents with this, but she's afraid to go to her foster parents.
A gurgling sound causes Nora to anxiously burst down the steps. The young girl comes across a very hideous sight.
Her foster parents on the ground, covered in blood, and not moving. Nora takes in a deep breath.
There's some bad people in the house. Nora bolts to the phone. She has to call the police.
A hand cups over her mouth and holds her tight. Several more grab her, not that she's needed. The young girl drags over to a spooky looking man in robes with a pale white face and slit like red eyes.
"You will lead me to what your father took from the League."
"What...what are you talking about?"
Nora manages not to break down and cry. She's too terrified to cry.
Without a word, Kobra retracts a claw from his glove and injects the young girl in the side of the neck.
"Slow acting venom, although it will hurt every moment you breath."
The blood curdling screams of the young girl show that much. At least until one of the soldiers gags her, not to alert any unwanted attention. The veins bulging out of Nora's face and the sweat, and her shaking shows how much the venom's doing a number on her young body.
"She'll come, and lead me to it...to save herself...and you...mutually exclusive options."
Kobra chuckles as they drag the weight of Nora. The expression in her eyes shows just how much misery she's in.
In Nora's mind, she sees the Green Arrow kill her father, over and over again. One of the images features the Green Arrow turning to her and dropping his hood. Underneath the hood is the face of an ugly snake which flickers its tongue at Nora and lashes out its fangs.
The young girl's screams, muffled as they may be, go unconcerned by the members of the Cult. She breaks down and sobs, as she cannot shake off the images of her father dying again and again and again, by the Green Arrow and the snake underneath the hood.
Chapter Thirty-Two:
A blast of energy bubbles scatter the Teen Titans. Kid Flash moves around in circles, followed by Bumblebee, Nightwing, and Tigress. Impulse, who just happens to be in town, joins them.
There's one thing that Iris thinks about ad that's the fact that the Teen Titans most certainly go against some very colorful enemies. One of them being the one they fight, a man who looks like something out of another time period. With shocking red hair and a spiffing suit, along with a cane, Mad Mod is able to take them off balance.
"You lot are going to fall at my feet. I'm going to make sure none of you are able to stand."
"We'll see about that."
Kid Flash rushes Mad Mod and finds himself dizzied from the attack of the man. There's about three of Mad Mod now and hitting the one in the middle does not seem to do any good. Kid Flash drops down to his knees, with the entire world spinning around him. To say he's about ready to get sick is the understatement to end all understatements. His head begins to pound fierceful and it sounds like war drums go off in the top of his head.
"Make it stop."
"The game's over, Mod."
Nightwing jumps over Mad Mod. Mad Mod disappears into a flash of light and then a large dragon appears in mid-air. It breaths fly at the members of the Titans.
"That's where you're wrong, my ducky. You see, I'm about to take down you delinquents if it's the last thing that I do."
Cyborg and Wondergirl come from the other end. Wondergirl jumps into the air and deflects the blasts of fire with her bracelets. She drops down just beside Nightwing.
"Remember, none of this is real."
"It sure feels real."
That's the problem with Mad Mod's powers. A combination of illusions with a smattering of drugs in the air, it takes them off of their mind.
Iris rolls over onto the ground. The very real dragon shows off some amazing special effects for sure. Two more blasts of fire come close to nailing Iris. She pulls herself back up to the fight, breathing as heavily as humanly possible. She locks eyes onto the dragon, who extends its claws.
"And not even your friend can stop me."
"We'll see about that."
Iris shoots a bolt of lightning over the head of the dragon. She misses the attack which causes Tigress to gaze at her.
"Miss? How did you…."
A loud scream follows with the dragon dropping down to the ground. The impact rattles from the other end and the figure follows to his knees.
Mad Mod rises to his feet and then causes a large amount of bubbles to emit from his staff. They are going to have to navigate around the bubble attacks. Not wanting to burst the bubble of anyone around them, the Titans navigate around them, the choking feeling becoming more prominent with each passing seconds.
"And you lot are really getting under my skin."
Tigress aims an arrow and shoots it at Mad Mod to knock the cane out of his hand.
"Yeah, that's what we do."
Mad Mod drops to his knees, howling in agony, at least until a blast of light nails him and shorts out the orb he's about ready to unleash.
The various Titans surround around, waiting for the other shoe to drop. They rise up, waiting for something to happen. And that something is Jinx who appears from them.
"Great, first Mad Mod and then HIVE."
Tigress points an arrow at Jinx who raises her hand. There's a tense moment, when it appears that Jinx is not ready to attack them.
"It's useless to fight. I need your help, badly."
Kid Flash puts his hand on her shoulder.
"Maybe we should hear her out."
Nightwing turns his attention to Jinx, putting himself in front of the situation.
"Talk."
X-X-X
One of the members of the Kobra Cult stands in the center of the city. Off to the shadows, Sara, Laurel, and Barry lay in wait. He takes a green vial and drinks it, before wiping the last of the substance from his chin.
Barry keeps his attention on him, not letting the cult member out of his sight.
"Whatever he drank, it's not a soft drink."
"No."
That's all that Sara says. She's mostly concerned about the fact there's a single cult member, given in the past they travel in packs. She does not know what to make of it, other than the fact there's some very immense frustration going off in the back of her mind, not to mention warning bells. There's a lot of warning bells in fact.
"Let's go."
The second that White Canary, Black Canary, and Flash drop to the ground, the cult member turns around. His teeth form the most wicked smile. He resembled something out of a slasher movie.
"I've been expecting you."
The cult member springs his spine back like a kobra jumping into the battle. Flash matches his speed, nailing him with a series of rapid fire attacks. The Kobra cult member blocks most of the attacks and nails his enemy with a couple of rapid fire punches.
Sara nails him with a stab to the side to get him off balance. The Kobra Cult member hisses and takes a swipe at them. The cult member swings another couple of punches until Black Canary hits him with a canary cry at full blast. The Kobra Cult member rises to his feet, but Barry nails him in the back of the neck, dropping him to his knees.
"Not bad."
Sara takes out a dagger and puts it on his neck.
"You're going to talk."
"The venom of my great leader...it's in my veins...making me...strong."
That does not really get them anywhere and what gets them even less far is the Kobra Cult member's mouth oozing what appears to be some kind of poison. He drops to his knees and then falls down to his mouth.
"Small rush, bad payoff...he's gone."
Before they can make their next move, Barry gets a call. He answers it.
"Yes, Iris."
"We've got a problem...can you meet me at the Titan base?"
"Yeah...if it's an emergency."
"Oh, trust me, there's something that you want to see."
Barry trusts Iris without missing a beat. He turns to Sara.
"I'll come with you. Laurel, you should stay here with Tatsu and Oliver...in case the Kobra Cult strikes here again."
There's only one of them right now. Sara bets her bottom dollar that there's going to be more than one.
Laurel responds with a nod.
"Right...I think we should pick up the trail from here. We'll tell you if anything breaks...good luck and be careful."
"Always am...most of the time."
The two sisters share a smile before Barry grabs Sara and the two zip off to leave Laurel alone.
X-X-X
In a flash, Barry and Sara turn up. Iris waits for them and leads them down the hall and into the medical bay.
"You know, I never expected this."
They watch Donna crouch over a very pale and very sick looking Nora Darhk. She looks like she's gotten put through the ringer in the worst possible way. The young woman shudders when Donna applies cool to the side of her head. They turn their attention to Jinx, who puts her hands on her lap.
"What happened to her?"
Jinx is able to answer the question, despite her nerves being shot.
"I was talking to her one minute and the next moment she collapsed."
"She has poison in her system, but there's no point of entry."
A few seconds pass before Nora showing a few signs of life, faint as they might be. She's muttering something in a language that Barry cannot understand. He turns his attention to Donna who just gave the diagnosis.
"Can I have all of the notes you have on her?"
"Oh...yeah, I guess."
Donna seems a bit distracted and hands off the notes. Barry has a very clear theory of what might be going on and it should be interesting to see if he's right. He reads the notes with Sara peering over his shoulder.
"It's just like the victims in Central City. Poison, from a rare snake from South America."
A somber nod comes from the direction of the Young Amazon Princess as she does everything in her power to make Nora comfortable.
"We've been able to find out that it's slow acting."
"There's only one cure."
They turn their attention to Jinx.
"And HIVE has it...and it will have to be given to Nora's younger self."
She puts a note in the hand of Barry who reads it. It's a long rambling message from Kobra himself, talking about how Nora will hand over the artifact.
Sara sighs when looking from the note, from Nora, and the medical reports. Cyborg returns to give them more bad news.
"She doesn't have much time. Neither of them do."
"Yeah, she doesn't...and HIVE doesn't have the artifact that Kobra thinks they do as well...it was lost to Ra's al Ghul."
Barry can see the huge problem, and he was not the only one who could.
"Yeah, Ra's is long dead, and it's not like he would have handed it over anyway."
A deep sigh comes off. Sara really feels for Nora and the situation she is.
"There might be someone who can tell us. If she's willing to help...but I think that I can get her to tell, if she knows anything."
Jinx's eyes widen a fraction of an inch.
"Please...do something. I know Nora's done some bad things, but her younger self doesn't deserve this, because technically she hasn't done anything."
"Yeah, she's right."
Barry's statement is matter of fact and Sara only responds with a grudging nod.
X-X-X
Flash, Impulse, Kid Flash, White Canary, Tigress, and Jinx all show out on a very nice looking cottage out on the mountains. There's something about it that gives it a very welcoming vibe. And also something about it which quite frankly puts Barry completely on his guard for various reasons.
Tigress looks at the cottage with a frown.
"Homely."
Sara gives her a warning glance.
"Careful. It might look like home, but don't let it fool you."
Much like anything else in the League, the house is very deceptive. She makes her way to the door and the fact that the door's unlocked makes Sara on edge.
"Maybe they moved?"
Sara just smiles at Kid Flash's statement.
"No, she's here."
"Beloved?"
The word comes out and Nyssa al Ghul appears out of the shadows. She smiles when recognizing Sara. The others, she's indifferent to, they pose no threat, but they also bring her no joy whatsoever. However, there's one in their party. She falls onto Jinx who gives her a casual wave.
"The Daughter of Ra's al Ghul?"
"The apprentice of Damien Darhk?"
Nyssa's hand moves to her weapon. Flash grabs her arm which Nyssa shifts out of easily, her blade brushing against his elbow.
"With all due respect, that's a good way to lose your arm, Mr. Allen."
She whispers this last part of the statement and Barry's eyes widen.
"How did you…."
Nyssa leans in close and whispers in Barry's ear.
"Barry Allen goes into a coma after the Particle Accelerator goes off and then the Flash shows up? Do you think of me as a fool? You should be fortunate that most people are ignorant."
She pulls back and keeps her eyes firmly on Jinx.
"There must be a good reason why you and your friends are here, beloved."
"Yes, there is...we're going to need the Dagger of Ducard."
"My father's most prized artifact?"
"Yes, that."
"I'm sorry, it was lost with my father."
Barry takes in a deep breath.
"Look, there's a young child's life that's at state. Kobra's not going to give her the antidote unless you hand over the dagger. Now's not the time for your shadow games."
Nyssa looks Flash dead on in the eye.
"And I'm going to tell you that I don't know where it is, because I don't have it….I'm not the daughter of Ra's al Ghul who was trusted with it's located."
Sara's eyes widen when realization dawns upon her. This just got so much worse.
"So, that means…."
"I think she'll be less sympathetic to your plight than I am...but I do wish you the best of luck."
"You might have an idea where she is, though?"
Those words from Barry and the desperation in his voice cause Nyssa to smile.
"Of course. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. And if they happen to be blood you should hold them tighter than all others."
X-X-X
Far much sooner than Oliver wants to be back in the hood, but he's not going to let Tatsu and Laurel do this on their own. Despite the fact both women can handle themselves, Oliver has an unsettling feeling.
He knows where the trail leads and she does not where it's heading.
"Maybe, you should let me do all of the talking."
This statement causes Laurel to turn her attention to him.
"Why?"
"Because, this woman and I...we have a past."
"Why am I not surprised?"
This statement causes Oliver to raise his eyebrow.
"It's not like you think...not this time anyway."
"Ollie, where you put your arrow is your business…"
"She helped train me and gave me the final push in putting on the hood."
Tatsu's eyes widen when she sees the symbols on the wall and some of the artifacts.
"Many of these artifacts have been lost to time. They thought that…"
A shuriken comes off from the distance and comes very close in nailing Tatsu in the side of the ear. She spins around, wielding her blade. The figure in the shadows moves close.
Black Canary's about ready to use her Canary Cry, but a figure nails her in the back of the head and knocks her down to the ground.
Katana rushes her adversary. She dodges the attack and there's a leaping jumping kick to take Katana down. Katana tries to pull herself to her feet.
"Talia, it's me."
Talia turns around and nails Oliver with a glancing blow to the back of the head. She flips him over to the ground and holds a sword at his throat.
"You are not fit to where that hood. Not after all of you've done. You've squandered my teachings and became a disgrace. You've allowed yourself to be weak, pathetic, and spineless."
"Talia, I don't...is this…"
"I should put you down like a mad dog. It's only the humane thing to do."
A blur comes out of nowhere and blocks Talia's sword. Talia knocks back down to the ground.
Oliver looks up just in time to see the Flash.
"Another one of your exes?"
"Not exactly."
He pulls himself to a standing position and Flash turns around. Talia moves into position to attack him. Another blade shoots out of the shadows and blocks her attack.
"Sister, we need to talk."
Talia drops her blade suddenly and comes face to face with Nyssa. Things get that much more intense the second the two Daughters of the Demon lock eyes with each other.
Impulse, Kid Flash, Tigress, and White Canary join them. Black Canary and Katana all get to their feet, only raising the tension.
X-X-X
Donna bites down on her tongue. Bumblebee steps into the lab to check on her.
"I can't believe this. This is the feared Madam HIVE, and she's helpless...and weak."
"And there's nothing that I can do to help her. I mean, she can't be such a bad person, there has to be some good in her, deep down, somewhere. It's just hard to get it out."
Bumblebee puts a hand on Wondergirl's hand.
"Empathy is one of your greatest gifts."
Donna responds with a nod. She finds it an insult to her training that she cannot find a single way of healing Nora. She paces back and forth.
In an instant, Nora's eyes open up.
"Where am I?"
She rips the restraints on the bed. Bumblebee and Wondergirl turn to her, before getting blasted into the wall.
Being restrained to a bed causes Nora to freak out. Her head throbs, and it's not easy for her to keep a cool head when being in a situation that greatly triggered her.
Cyborg steps into the room, with what he obviously intended to be a calming expression.
"You've got to calm down…."
She smashes Cyborg against the wall. Despite every nerve ending in her body searing with agony, and every step feeling like she has concrete wrapped around her ankles, Nora needs to keep moving. She needs to keep going, in order to save herself.
There's a few seconds which passes before Nora opens a portal. She needs to escape, there's not that much time left.
Nightwing makes his way into the room. He levitates above the ground and his feet stick to the ceiling. The second that Nora passes to the portal. He drops to the ground. Thankfully, due to his circus training, he's able to bend his knees and stick the landing firmly onto the ground.
Donna pulls herself up and massages the side of her face.
"Everyone okay?"
Bumblebee shakes off the pain of getting whipped around. Despite being an inch away from death, Nora was still very dangerous.
"Yeah, but now our patient...the woman we're entrusted with, she's gone."
"And I know where she's heading."
Nightwing holds up a remote control device. The other Titans look at him, not surprised that Nightwing put a tracer on Nora, to make sure she did not escape.
"And we should warn the others. Because she's on the move and fast."
X-X-X
"You know where it is, sister. You must."
Talia relaxes her grip. The group which Nyssa brings to her stronghold, Talia wishes to slaughter them all on sheer principle. Nyssa walking in here like Talia owes her anything. She's always thought highly of herself, despite the fact that Ra's al Ghul would have no sooner made her the heir than he did Talia.
"You better tell me what you're talking about."
"You know precisely what I'm talking about. The Dagger of Ducard."
This makes Talia's eyebrow raise a fraction of an inch up.
"I was under the impression that father trusted the dagger to you."
"He left me with the impression you knew."
"And you're both being played by a dead man."
Talia turns to the woman who speaks. Her resemblance to a woman who taught Talia when she was young is very uncanny, to the point where Talia gives her a good long looking over.
"I don't know what right you have to say anything about this Ms…."
"Lance...Sara Lance."
How very peculiar indeed.
"I'm telling you that Ra's played you both. And I'm not sure he has the dagger...i'm pretty sure HIVE had it."
"So, he lied."
"But, to what ends?"
Wally hears buzzing in his ear.
"Could you excuse me for one second? I think this is important."
Kid Flash blasts out of the doorway and then returns a blink of an eye later. He takes a deep breath.
"Well, Nightwing just called. And Nora's on her way to some kind of underground vault in a village somewhere to the North...he's sending us the tracker signal now."
Barry's the first one to get it. How Nightwing managed to get onto STAR Labs frequency is another thing for another time?
"Wait, weren't we just there?"
Tatsu nods somberly when she looks at it. The item they had been searching for, had been under their noses this entire time. That much is unbelievable, but very much true.
X-X-X
Nora puts her hand on the vault, hesitating for one minute. Something pushed her further.
"You're almost there. You're one step closer to achieving it. I'm so proud of you, honey."
Damien Darhk's spirit stands at Nora's side. She takes a deep breath and cracks open the vault. Her head starts pounding a little more.
"I don't know why you want me to hand them over the dagger. You realize what they…."
"The end will justify the means. You need to live to bring me back."
"Yes. I need to bring you back."
"And your mother wants to see you again as well. She'll be proud of what you've done."
Feeling the pride of her parents is the only thing in her life that Nora wants right about now. She breaks open another seal and leads her deeper into the vault.
"They approach. We don't have much time. Seize the dagger, now."
Nora's heart sizes up as it's a struggle to even breath. Just less than a day ago, she was at peak health and now she's changed into something else. The sweat burns onto her face and she reaches into the temple, to grab the dagger. The dagger slips into the palm of her hand.
"Power. I have it...I have the power."
The dagger burns a bright light against Nora's hand and causes her to disappear in a blink of an eye.
X-X-X
The members of the Kobra Cult line up and chant. The doors of the temple blast open. A very sickly looking, but also very determined, Nora Darhk, sweeps her way into the temple. The magic causes the Kobra Cult members to slam against the wall. She clutches the dagger in her hand, walking over like a woman on a mission. Her head keeps pounding and her breathing only escalates a tiny bit more.
"Burr! I know you're here. I have a present for you."
Jason Burr, the man behind the hood of Kobra, slips out of the shadows. He took on the mantle from his brother and took the Kobra Cult to brand new heights.
"Release my men."
The Kobra Cult members all drop to the ground. The leader pays them no mind. He walks over to Nora who slumps against the wall, heavily breathing. She looks about seconds away from blacking out.
"I would tell you that if you try something, you won't take another breath."
"I want to see her."
"You know she's okay if we're having this conversation."
Nora's eyes flash a shade of red which caused even Kobra to shiver.
"I want to see her."
Burr looks undisturbed at the trick of light and the power. There's no bite to her bark, not when Kobra holds all of the cards. A snap of his fingers follows and three of the cult members drag a very sickly looking young girl.
Nora looks at the innocence of her child self, which causes a multitude of emotions to burn into her mind. She cannot spend time on sentiment.
"You hand me the dagger."
"Give me the antidote."
"After the awakening...now the dagger, if you please."
Nora realizes Burr, the bastard, holds all of the cards. The only thing she can do now is slip the dagger into his diseased hand and hope for the best.
Kobra takes the dagger with a wide smile on his face. He turns towards a stone. The members of the Kobra Cult all look at each other, all rearing back with anticipation. Kobra walks over to the stone, spreading his arms wild and kneeling down before it.
"May the great Pindar rise again!"
Kobra slams the Dagger of Ducard into the stone and a flash of purple light emits to the temple. Something rumbles to life and all of the members of the Kobra Cult.
"And why did it have to be snakes?"
Nora looks at her father's spirit who responds with a shrug.
"You're right, now's not the time."
It's not just any snake, but a large, sickening shadowy like snake with three heads. Nora finds herself chilled to the touch. Kobra motions for the guards to bring the younger Nora up the steps.
Older Nora tries to give chase, only collapsing to the ground. The poison's starting to overwhelm her and make her head feel like it's been set on fire. She screams louder and louder, it's like cats are trying to claw her brain out. She's suffering and she's not going to make it, at the rate they're going.
"And now, great Pindar is going to demand a sacrifice. And he will appreciate the two for one deal of both of you, Madam HIVE."
The pit of shadows opens up and Kobra hurls the younger Nora down towards the pit. Time stands perfectly still as Nora, the older, helpless, watches her entire life flash right before her eyes.
Just a split second before the pit would consume her younger self, a blur comes in and catches her.
Nora sees herself safely pulled away from the shadows by the Flash. One of the last people should be feel grateful to see.
And an arrow shoots out of nowhere, hitting one of the Kobra Cult members in the chest.
There's the last person she thought she would feel grateful to see.
X-X-X
The enemy of the enemy is your friend. A very pragmatic attitude, Talia thinks. Yet, it's a very likely one to have. She charges in, cutting a path through the Kobra Cult guards. They all rush at her, one by one, with Talia nailing them.
"Try and keep up."
Nyssa takes no prisoners, stabbing as many guards as she can get her sword on. One of them coils at her and knocks her to the ground.
Sara smacks a wooden staff down onto the head of the enhanced guard. The loud crack brought him crashing down to his knees.
"His heart will give out in a minute."
Older Nora lifts her hand and blasts one of the guards into the wall. The sound of bones cracking. Her head feels like it's on fire.
She hopes Barry's quick enough to get the antidote away from Kobra. Providing of course there is an antidote.
The image of the snake demon rising out of the corner of Nora's eye causes her heart to beat faster. She rises up and jumps into the path of the blast of energy.
The snake demon turns the older Nora Darhk into a stone statue.
Kobra rises his arms to the air and broke out into a smile.
"All will bow before the might of…."
Kid Flash zips in to distract Kobra. This gives Impulse a chance to go around to the other side.
"Oh, this must be the antidote."
Kobra picks up the staff and blasts it at Impulse. She dodges the beams at super speed. The antitode in her hands is one she needs to deliver to Barry and in no time flat.
Oliver flips over to the ground and sends an arrow directly at one of the cult members.
The shadows go after the Kobra Cult members and turn them into statues.
"No! I'm your master. You will obey me! Do you understand me? You will obey me?"
Oliver flips onto his feet and lands side by side with Black Canary. The snake demon goes after them. Black Canary unleashes a Canary Cry and causes several rocks on the ground to fall.
"That's not going to hold him for long."
The snake demon breaks out of the rocks. It takes its aggression out on one over hapless Kobra Cult member.
More snake demons appear from the shadows and take their attacks at the heroes. Katana jumps into the way of the demons.
Pindar's minions wilt at the sight of the Soultaker Sword. Tatsu raises an eyebrow. It seems to be very curious why they seem to flee from the sword, at least at this point in time.
Tatsu keeps moving, keeping the snake demons off of them.
Nyssa keeps an eye on the dagger which emits the energy which appears to be feeding them.
"We're going to have to get it out of the stone."
X-X-X
The wave of energy surrounding the temple indicates that Kobra's lost control. He alternates between trying to get the antidote away from Impulse and fighting the power which overwhelmed him.
"You can stand back!"
Jinx nails Kobra with a bolt which knocks him off of the pedestal and to oblivion.
On the other end, Barry finds himself surrounded by snake demons. The younger Nora's eyes widen.
"Daddy."
Those strangled words are the only thing that come out of Nora.
Impulse and Kid Flash rush around on either side, creating a cyclone around the snake demons. Choking clouds of dust erupt all over the temple. The wave of energy just misses hitting them because they're so fast. They drag everyone else out of the way.
"Special delivery."
Impulse passes Barry the antidote. He gives her the antidote.
Nora coughs for a second and then collapses down onto the ground. Barry checks her pulse.
"I've got to get her out of…."
A wall of purple energy erupts, blocking the way from the temple. Getting young Nora out of harm's way is going to be a whole lot easier said than done.
"We have a plan."
Nyssa, Talia, and Tatsu move over. Flash turns his attention away from Kid Flash and Impulse trying to keep the snake demons off of them.
"I'm all ears."
X-X-X
Katana steps into the shadows. She knows this attack will only delay the inevitable unless Barry's able to remove the dagger. Unfortunately, she fears that without weakening Pindar, Barry does not have a chance to so so.
Most of the Kobra Cult members turn into stone in the temple. Katana's heart beats particularly fast when holding her hands around the katana.
"Pindar! You fear this power. Don't you?"
A very powerful snake god is not about ready to deny a challenge, despite the risk. The snake demon minions turn towards him.
"If you can reach me, I will lay down my weapon."
Pindar accepts the challenge. Of course, Tatsu does not have any intention of letting this monster of a snake reach her. It shoots out of the wall, going for Katana. Fangs bared and very much ready to go. Katana does a tuck and roll, avoiding Pindar from driving his fangs down onto the ground.
The slash from the blade sends the snake god packing.
It's now or never time. Flash moves as fast as he can. The closer he gets to the dagger, the more the energy pushes him back.
If he slows down, the energy will turn him to stone much like Nora did. He reaches for the edge of the temple.
Kobra makes an attempt to stop Barry from ripping the dagger from the stone. The wave of energy shoots in and catches Kobra, just as Barry runs past him.
The snake turns its attention to the blur threatening its pull on this plane. This opens him up for a decapitating attack from Tatsu. The Soultaker Sword decapitates the shadow snake.
Just as Flash rips the dagger from the stone. His entire right arm turns to stone very briefly before he breaks the power. The dagger shoots out of his hand and Sara catches it in her hand.
The crumbling falling rocks inside of the temple indicate something.
Impulse, Flash, and Kid Flash divide their load in getting the non speedsters out of the temple.
Jinx drapes the younger Nora over her shoulder and opens up the portal. She takes the statue of the older Nora and levitates it away from the rest of the rubble.
"Wait!"
Flash turns around, only to see Jinx leave with both versions of Nora Darhk. Nightwing's tracker falling to the ground before the crumbling rocks fall and start crushing everything.
Impulse rushes back.
"I'm coming."
She nods and Barry leaves the temple just before it crumbles into nothing. It leaves them with a lot of questions, and unfortunately not too many answers.
X-X-X
The good news is, they have the dagger once again. The bad news is, Kobra's body, whether it be stone or otherwise, is not among the temple. There's a chance that the falling rocks crushed it.
It's not a chance Barry's willing to take right now.
"Older Nora and younger Nora both gone. Jinx took them."
Talia stands at the edge, away from the rest of the group. Sara, Oliver, and Nyssa turn their attention to her.
"Today, I'll let you live."
She pauses and stops before turning to Sara.
"Take the dagger and make sure no one finds it ever again."
"For once in my life, I agree with my sister. Perhaps this is a beginning of a new dawn."
"Perhaps."
A few seconds pass with Nyssa motioning for Sara to follow her.
"Is there something going on between you and Barry?"
"You could say that."
Nyssa just smiles.
"If he makes you happy, then I have no problem. I just have one request of you."
Sara wonders where this one is going.
"Take it easy on him."
Not exactly the direction where Sara thinks it might be going, or rather hopes it will be going.
"Aren't you supposed to warn him not to hurt me?"
"Beloved, we both know that would be an insult to you."
It's time for them to wrap up this mission. For now, Kobra's been stopped, but there's still Nora Darhk, both of them, out in the wind.
X-X-X
Back at the HIVE headquarters, Jinx holds a vigil of the young girl. It was not right for her to be used as a pawn in this war. Thankfully, she's been sedated, where she will hopefully sleep off the pain.
The statue of the older Nora is something their chief scientists, what few will remain, will look over.
Finally, there's a black ring, something that Nora's been obsessed with unlocking the secrets of. Jinx knows better than to touch something like that, but she's curious.
Ever since Nora found the ring, she's been on a quest to bring her parents back. It makes Jinx wonder.
Chapter Thirty-Three.
Barry returns back after running around. Turns out that everyone's gone off into the night, disappearing to fight on a different day which suits Barry just fine to be perfectly honest. He opens up the door to be greeted with a very enticing sight.
Laurel sits on the couch wearing nothing other than a pair of fishnet stockings and a black leather jacket. It's unzipped slightly to show Barry a nice enticing hint of Laurel's cleavage. She lifts an eyebrow up and smiles at him.
"Why don't you sit down? It's been a long day."
She motions for Laurel to walk closer. Laurel drops down and allows Barry some room. She lifts her legs up and sits them on her lap.
"So, how are you feeling?"
The saucy smile on Laurel's face when she drags her legs against Barry's crotch is not missed. Barry feels a slight swelling in his loins from what Laurel's doing to him. The feeling of her fishnet clad legs causes the blood to flow from Barry's head and into his crotch.
"Fine...how are you?"
Laurel brushes her toes against Barry's length through the fabric of his costume pants. She gives him a smile.
"You know me. I can't really complain."
A few strokes of his manhood swells against the fabric of the pants and Barry groans. The more Laurel strokes him through his pants, the harder he gets. She rubs her toes on the underside of his balls through his pants.
Laurel scoops up, to lay her legs on his erection. She puts a hand on Barry's neck and leans closer towards him.
"Looks like someone wants to come out to say hello."
She takes Barry's pants off in a way fitting of a speedster. The second Barry's out, he's at the mercy of Laurel, her sexy legs, and her feet. Those fishnets and that coat also strains a little bit.
"Why don't you just sit back and let me take good care of you? Okay?"
Barry's most certainly not going to complain give the position he's in. His bare cock stands up into the air and Laurel strokes him. Feeling her skin through the fishnets and the realization that she's not wearing anything on the bottom underneath the fishnets makes Barry's loins swell.
She makes a sandwich of Barry's cock in between her soles. Laurel gives him the most seductive smile when stroking him up and down, as if begging Barry to keep himself at bay. This is a challenge which he is moments away from losing.
Laurel teases Barry's head. Between her toes his cock goes. Every inch of his manhood gets a working over quickly. Barry groans at Laurel brushing her soft soles against him. The feeling of the material coupled with the soles makes Barry swell and makes him unable to think coherently at all.
"Mmm...that's so hot. I'm going to make you pop. The fastest man alive to explode all of my feet. You like this baby? You like my soft feet rubbing against your cock?"
"The fishnets...make this so much better...not that it wasn't good before."
"Oh, I know honey, it's really good."
Laurel tears open the front of her crotch and shoves her fingers inside. The slightly ripped fishnets and her dripping pussy gives Barry an extremely exciting look of what's to come. Laurel rises and drops her hips repeatedly, sliding her fingers inside of her. It's very warm and she cannot resist herself at this point or really any other pont. All she does is pinch her nipples and let out a soft moan of delight.
"I'm so close...right now...soon...you're going to make me cum. I can't believe it."
"Me too."
Laurel staves off his eruption a little bit, wanting to milk him for everything he's worth. Given how nice his balls feel underneath her feet, that's really a lot. There's a lot stored in there, about ready to explode. She releases him and Barry falls back with a very hungry moan.
A pop of her mouth together shows just how much they are enjoying this. And enjoying this just well. Laurel cranks on his pole, edging him ever so closer. The groan coming from Barry sends Laurel's juices out. She shoves her fingers into her sticky twat and watches him keep his eyes on her.
Yes, this is one of the hottest things ever, and Laurel cannot wait to see his cum coat all over her feet. Instantly, Barry finally gives way and she milks his cock to one of the more explosive orgasms ever. Barry thrusts his hips up and down, making Laurel repeatedly drive her wet soles down his stiff pole.
The explosive of cum, endlessly sticking to the bottom of her feet make Laurel break out into a grin. She captures some of the seed on her feet and leans in.
"Look how much you ruined my fishnets!
Despite the outburst, Laurel broke out in a grin.
"Guess, I'm going to have to make it up for you."
Barry tears off Laurel's jacket and is quickly down her throat. The two kiss each other, with Laurel putting her hand on the back of Barry's head and deepening the kiss. The two explore each other until Laurel shoves Barry down onto the couch.
The stunning siren straddles Barry's hips and rubs her wet pussy against him. She makes sure Barry's eyes lock onto her as she feeds on the cum he shot over her legs and feed. This does nothing to keep his cock down, in fact, it makes it rise up, brushing against her belly button.
"Look...it's alive."
Laurel softly pinches his cock and rolls her thumb down his manhood. She rises up about as far as possible and slides her lips against his head. The honey from said lips coat his member.
She turns around and gives Barry a look at her ass. It's so toned, and Laurel's obviously been working out. She slaps it and then descends down onto Barry.
The Black Canary rides Flash in the reverse cowgirl position. Every one of her moans shows just how much she's enjoying this, sliding up to the tip of his cock and sliding it into her wet crevice. She wraps around him tight and causes a vice like grip to envelope Barry's manhood.
She slaps her wet thighs down onto his massive thick balls. Every time she rises up and down is a very good feeling. She keeps up a steady pace, not going too fast, but not slowing down. Not slowing down, not for a second, with Barry's fingers reaching up towards her.
In her attempt to squeeze something out, Laurel releases juices of her own all over Barry's stiff pole. She slaps the thighs down onto him, moaning and thrashing on him.
"Try not to scream."
"Hard...with this thing in me."
Laurel shows self control and bites down hard. She knows that it will not be too long before she comes and there's going to be a visual reminder of this. She holds on tight to Barry and closes ranks onto him before releasing his manhood from her warm thighs.
Finally, she hits the high note. Barry jolts up just in time to put a collar around her neck.
"Best not to bring down the house on us both."
"Fine...it's fine."
"It's not uncomfortable?"
Laurel recovers from her peak and shakes her head.
"No...I like it. Kind of kinky to be honest."
"Good...I'm glad I tapped into that part of your mind."
"Me too."
Laurel squeezes her nipples and lets the juices flowing. Now she won't resist collapsing the roof on everyone, there's no chance in the mood being killed. Barry stretches a bit further and she grabs his hands. Teasing them while rocking back and forth on him.
The squishy sounds of wet skin against wet skin echoes through the room. One can see just how deep Laurel intends to take Barry and he's not going to give up on her. Not when he's this deep in her, and not to mention this far. Her wet pussy closes ranks around him and then releases him.
Laurel works her box up and down on him, stretching her moist pussy down on his massive cock. He cannot hold back for too much longer.
"Oh, you're going to?"
Laurel slows down to a steady lift and drop. She edges Barry so close and then slows down. She makes sure she stops short of having him cum inside of her. Laurel gives him a steamy gaze, as if daring for him to do something about the orgasm being pulled out of him.
A shiver rises through Laurel's body. She bounces a little bit more, making sure to get a full view and make sure Barry gets a full view of what happens. That being his throbbing hard cock passing into her dripping hole and pulling completely back again.
"Your sister has been a bad influence on you. And here's me thinking that the older sibling is supposed to corrupt the younger one."
"Not in this family. And you know you like the corruption...especially when the evidence is all over big beautiful cock."
She emphasizes those words by taking Barry into her and squeezing him. Her hands once again interlock with Barry's. The bouncing only increases.
Every pass between those succulent thighs makes Barry take out a deep breath. He's getting closer. Laurel edges him a tiny bit further down the road. She knows exactly how to hit all of the right buttons.
Laurel pauses for a second and teases the tip of his head. She teases his length with her soft fingers and then squeezes the base to stave off his orgasm.
"For a speedster, you can slow down every now and then….you're going to make me cum again soon anyway."
She drops down and connects with Barry's hips. His balls slap against her. Laurel stretches back and flashes him a hungry smile.
"Going to be worth the wait, isn't it?"
"Damn it, Laurel...you know it is."
"I know! I really know."
Laurel lets out a soft moan in response to how nicely Barry pleasures her. She holds them back a little bit. Despite the collar Barry slaps on her, she does not want to test the limits of it too much.
Besides, teasing him with the smallest signs of pleasure is just so much fun. Maybe he's right. Maybe Sara is a bad influence on her.
Barry groans and once again Laurel's riding him. She turns around after a few more slides. She goes from reverse cowgirl to regular cowgirl. The Black Canary bounces up and down on his cock. Those fishnets are about the only thing which she wears ,ripped as they might be. That looks pretty sexy, so sexy Barry's reaching his tipping point.
Finally, Barry reaches up and grabs the side of Laurel's legs. Grabbing her firmly, he pushes her down onto his cock and causes a yelp of pleasure to come out of her. He bounces her body faster up and down on his cock.
"Going to do something about me being..such...a...tease?"
She particularly moans this last word, sounding about as subtle as porn star. The older of the two sisters makes sure to hold on for a hell of the ride.
The building friction stimulates all of her nerve centers. Barry speeds up, going deeper into Laurel, to the point where she's going wild on him. She cannot resist him and resist riding him.
This time, Laurel rides herself silly to the point of the orgasm. Barry, on the contrary, edges a bit closer to the breaking point. He's slamming inside of her, speeding up and slowing down. They get closer, about ready to reach their peak. They near their completion.
"You can't resist me for much longer, can you?"
Laurel tries to regain some level of cockiness. Barry reaches in and cups her chest to send sparks of light through her nipples. He grins at her in time with the thrusts. Burying more and more of his length into her warm, clenching cavern. It's not going to be too long before they both join each other. They both reach the breaking point and they both come.
"Neither can you?"
"No...it appears that I can't?"
Barry bottoms in Laurel and both join each other. The flow of juices end up shooting constant pleasure through Laurel. She turns, drops, and then raises, riding Barry until the end.
It turns out Barry's able to bring Laurel quickly to the edge before he finishes. The rapid fire orgasms Barry introduces into her body, happening so fast her mind turns to to mush and she remembers the fact that having sex with a speedster is really amazing. So amazing that she keeps gushing all over Barry's rod and loses track of the number times.
Seconds, amazing seconds pass, as Barry finally gives way inside of Laurel. He pushes her down on his tool. The two of them come together. It's brief, but both of them are left with smiles on their face afterwards.
A second passes before Barry rolls Laurel over on the sofa cushions. He manages to keep them from flying. He leans down at Laurel and gives her a very intense kiss, one which she returns.
Then another round happens, with Barry sliding his way deep into Laurel and thrusting into her. This time, she does nothing to slow him down, just happy to enjoy the ride until she can't take it anymore.
Thankfully, Barry is able to recharge fast, a very good advantage. Laurel intends to test her limits completely and Barry's there to test them with her. It seems like a pretty good way to spend the afternoon, if she says so herself.
X-X-X
After finishing up with Laurel, multiple times, Barry crosses the hall to see how Sara's doing. The door's halfway open, and Barry takes this as his invitation to slip inside.
Barry steps through the doorway to come across Sara bent over wearing nothing other than a thong. She's doing a series of squats. Which to be fair, you have to keep a rear as firm as Sara's in shape.
"So, are you just going to stare? For the fastest man alive, you can be pretty slow to get what you want sometimes."
Barry moves over and wraps his arms around Sara. Her sweaty body molds into his. Kisses to her neck allow Sara to showcase her appreciation.
"After hearing you and Laurel go at it for so long...mmm...I wondered if I would get a piece of you. I wonder if I can still taste her on you."
Sara's not bullshitting around. She has Barry's cock out of his pants and she leans down. Sara strokes the length of it with her tongue.
"Perfect."
"Just like you."
Sara grins and takes Barry into her mouth. Barry looks down in the beautiful face of Sara and this causes his loins to strain. She's very quick in getting his cock into her mouth and giving him a very aggressive blowjob. She's as fierce with this as everything else. Her lips, tongue, and throat move in perfect harmony.
The length sliding down her throat is something that Sara's been wanting a piece of for a very long time. While she doesn't want Barry to pop, just yet, she does have plenty of fun with his cock down her throat. Repeatedly and endlessly giving it a good going over until Sara pulls away from him.
"Mmm...so good...let's see if we can make this even better."
Sara twirls her tongue around his swollen head and makes Barry's cock nice and wet. She moves up and pulls her thong down. Sara stands in all over her glory and it's glorious.
She moves onto the bed and crawls away from Barry. Barry appreciates the view, slowing down time around him in super slow motion.
Of course, there's a time to slow down and a time to get deep in there. The time to get deep in there reaches in Barry's mind. He dives forward and feels up Sara.
"Give me everything you have, big boy."
Barry fondles Sara's sweet cheeks and causes a sensual moan to come to her. She radiates sex and confidence, two things which draws Barry into her like a moth to a flame.
After having one sister, Barry needs to have the other. The sex energy pumping through his body makes his cock nice and hard. He reaches closer, putting his cock head at Sara's lips. He's about ready to slide into her body and take the beautiful blonde in the worst way.
Sara knows there's only a couple of seconds before Barry unwinds. Things move a lot slower for him then they do to her and her body reacts, the pleasure dancing through her. It's very much like a torturous crawl and Barry hits all of the buttons.
"Barry...I swear...if you don't…"
She does not get a chance to finish her sentence. Barry slides into her and goes into her nice, deep, and fast. Her moisture allows Barry to slide in with ease.
Sara's inner walls hug Barry. The super velvety and super smooth center clamps around Barry. Making him repeat his actions, thrusting as far into her as possible. His balls wickedly spring in and slap Sara on her thighs from behind. He pulls back from her and goes all in inside of her.
And being all in is the best thing possible. Barry clutches Sara's ass cheeks and releases them.
"Go ahead and touch me. Touch me all over."
Barry's hands move in quick on Sara and stimulates her body. They run all over her body and make her moan. Barry repeatedly drives his thick cock as far into Sara as possible. Her cries of pleasure.
"And here I thought your sister is the screamer."
His eyes glue on Sara's swaying ass. She gives Barry a hell of a show. Making sure his balls slap against her and give him the proper motivation to slide into her.
"Trust me...it runs in our family."
Barry moves all over her body, making sure to get everything he can reach. He slides out of her, explores her body with a series of kisses, and then is back in her before Sara can react. Barry's already pumping inside of her as she feels the feeling of his lips off of her.
"Damn it, Barry."
At least she's saying that for good reasons and not the reasons why people normally saying it. Barry wraps his arms around Sara and pushes into her. He moves up her body and stimulates every single inch.
Sara's gushing against Barry's iron hard pole. The faster he's inside of her, the deeper Barry buries himself into her. Flesh connects with each other.
She cannot hold back. The need to come reaches its fever pitch. Barry holds on tight for the ride, slamming into her. Repeatedly driving himself deep into Sara to the point where she just refuses to let go. She keeps hanging onto Barry to every single last minute.
"Come for me, Ms. Lance."
She does, and comes for him hard. Barry plants his thickness deep inside of her tight body and feels her pumping around him.
"Not yet."
Sara pulls herself away from Barry. Her hand rests on his cock. She squeezes the length and sends white hot fire through Barry's appendage. She leans down and plants some soft kisses on it.
Reaching over, Sara grabs onto a bottle of oil. She wastes no time at all smearing Barry's cock head with the oil. The oil dibbles down off of the surface.
She climbs onto Barry's lap and applies the oil to her ass as well. The friction building between both of them makes Barry wonder what Sara has in mind. No doubt something naughty.
"You want to see the look on my face when that cock just buries its way between those sweet cheeks?"
Sara tightens the grip her arms have. She applies some of the oil to her breasts. She's dripping wet, and oily and Barry has to grab onto Sara to make sure she does not slide away.
"Come on. Don't worry, I promised Nyssa I wouldn't be too hard on you. And I'm sure your other girls wouldn't be too happy either."
Barry feels up all of Sara, getting her sweet cheeks in his hands. He folds his hands against her rear end and swats it. Sara wiggles against him, a sultry smile popping over her beautiful face.
"I need you right here, where it counts."
She slides her finger in and out of her ass as emphasis. There's no man who can resist the tantalizing possibility and very few women.
The golden-haired temptress on his lap makes Barry hard as a rock and very much ready to penetrate her. Her body wriths down Barry's pole and finally, the intrusion is right there.
"In...deep...that's it!"
Each inch brings Sara fresh pleasure. She drives her digits into her wet cunt, moaning when dropping down on Barry. She repeatedly works his pole with her asshole and sees the look on his face.
"If you like that, stud, you're going to love this."
Sara drops her full weight down onto his balls, making sure they pop up to meet her. The two join, cock sliding into her ass. The friction makes Sara's anal core feel like a thousand small fingers work into it. That's really the best thing possible.
Barry pushes his fingers on Sara's chest and then squeezes her nipple. A few more touches and Sara's now driving herself down onto him.
"It's...so deep."
"Baby, it is. It's how it's meant to be. A big cock in my tight ass."
Barry takes Sara's meaty rump in his hands and squeezes it. He cannot neglect the rest of her, despite the fact the focus being on Sara's posterior. He leans in and attacks her chest. Moans follow, rewarding Barry for his efforts. The efforts which only increase the faster Barry goes from nipple to nipple.
He is all over Sara. His fingers race down her body and find her slit, dripping wet. She's really getting off on this and to be fair, Barry is too. The friction builds up momentum.
He's careful not to explode all at once. No matter how tantalizing it feels, he wants to hold on for the ride to end all rides.
"Rub my clit...super fast."
Barry charges up his finger to do what his lover asks. Sara goes extremely wild and the juices just rush out of her body like a flowing stream. She's deep, and can go even deeper. Barry has ahold of her, going all over her body.
Fast hands are the best, and every single nerve ending of Sara's body sings. Barry launches an all out assault on her. Her honey trickles down her thighs.
"I swear, you can flood the driest land."
Barry sinks into her, wiggling her tight butt and spanking it. Sara encourages him while also taking the gift staining his fingers. She sucks them, with a sultry look in her eyes.
"Makes everything so hot."
"Got to keep your attention somehow."
"Plenty of ways to keep my attention."
"Like the one your currently squeezing?"
Barry clutches Sara's cheeks tighter in her hands. She opens her mouth, dripping with sex and lust. She moans for him and Barry continues to give her pretty much everything and so much more. His balls repeatedly swell, but he wants to hold back. He does not want to explode in Sara.
The gift that keeps on giving and Sara tightens her anal walls against his cock. She moans loudly, biting down on her lip. Barry flicks his finger against her nipple and gets her attention on him.
Determined, widened eyes lock onto Barry.
"Do that again you sexy bastard."
Barry does and keeps teasing Sara. She keeps riding him, going down on his cock and then releasing him. Her meaty cheeks close in and make Barry edge closer to the point of explosion.
He slows down and rests his cock inside of Sara's ass. He's perfectly still despite the temptation in front of him.
Sara's quizzical look turns into one of lust as Barry rams his fingers into her. Then, without any preamble, the fingers go absolutely deep into Sara, to the point where she hits a gusher. Her wet walls clamp down onto Barry and release him. He moves in faster, repeatedly jamming his fingers into Sara.
"Oh, you magnificent...keep going...don't slow down...don't stop!"
Barry is not intending to stop. No matter how many times Sara comes, he wants to make her gush repeatedly. He pulls almost out of her and feeds Sara his fingers. Sara suckes on them, a look of lust.
"As much fun as this is...you have an appointment."
She drives her asshole against Barry's cock and he's back into her again. This time, Sara's not going to relinquish the grip on him, not if she can help it.
Barry gives about as good as he takes and he takes Sara anally. The view of her smoldering eyes locked onto his only makes Barry go in faster and further. Really hitting all of the points which make her gush with delight.
The constant squeezing and releasing of her ass makes Sara tigheter yet. She slides around Barry and brings hm deeper. He reaches the tipping point, working inside of her with repeated slides.
"Closer."
"Yeah, me too."
Sara holds on tight for the ride. She gushes when Barry edges closer and closer to the end. She knows there's not too much time left and she wants to make sure Barry's deep inside of her to the very last minute.
He enjoys the last few minutes in Sara's ass. Managing to edge her ot an orgasm of her own at the very last second before Barry buries his seed into her ass.
The tightening of her tight cheeks sends Barry spiraling into a pleasurable end. He sees a multitude of super fast colors when finishing up Sara.
He slows down finally, leaving quite the imprint on Sara's thick cheeks. He pulls away, breathing in and out, feeling as if he got put through the ringer and in many ways, he has.
Sara cups Barry's balls in her hand and gives them a very hard squeeze after the fact. The look in her eyes shows Barry's she's not done.
The view of Sara lying on her front, her elbows resting on Barry's thighs, and mouth lowering on his cock is quite the moment. Sara slurps and sucks at him. Each suck brings Barry back to life.
Sara pulls away and then looks at him. She casually milks his prick while looking him dead in the eye.
"I'm going to have to leave in the morning...but I want to see how deep the mileage goes on this thing."
She finishes cleaning Barry before joining him. The Legend meets with the Fastest Man Alive. Their loins connecting together when that age old dance hits.
Yes, Sara's going to test her own limits as well. It's just a handy bonus. Her next orgasm approaches fast, helped along by Barry touching her in every way necessary.