Chapter 44: Vibing a dominator
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Star Labs Hanger
Afternoon
"Sorry," Natasha said as she pulled back after several long moments. "I didn't mean to-"
"It's okay Nat. You don't need to apologize for being human," Steve told her kindly and she flashed a weak grin.
"Don't let it out that Black Widow has feelings," Natasha joked as Sam walked up.
"Oh, we all know that's a lie, we know you're a big softie," Sam joked and Natasha rolled her eyes good naturedly as Sam looked over at Barry and Wanda. "How's Barry doing?"
"She seems okay. It's good that he has Wanda to lean on in all this," Steve noted as Sam nodded.
"Especially since they're gonna be parents," Sam said and they whipped their heads towards him. "I know what pregnancy looks like, seen it enough in my line of work as a PTSD counselor. Vets starting a family that are concerned about whether they should be."
"So Laura and Clint are the only ones who don't know," Steve noted.
"Laura knows," Natasha shrugged.
"So Clint is the only one left out of the loop? So much for Hawkeye," Sam snickered.
"Left out of the loop of what?"
The three turned to see Clint walk over, eying them curiously.
"Nothing," Steve said, deciding to let Wanda and Barry tell him on their own time.
Clint eyed them, not sure he believed them, but nodded, decided that now wasn't the time. They had other, more pressing issues.
"Our problems went from bad to worse," Clint said and his teammates looked at him confused. "Dominator Ships are coming in worldwide, including one in the city. For the time being, they're just sitting up in the sky, like an alien big brother."
"Well, so much for that truce, huh?" Sam said sarcastically.
"Cisco and Nate are trying to contact The Dominators, see if we can work out another deal. It's probably hopeless but we gotta try, right?" Clint said, his voice saying e put as much stock in that as his teammates.
"They won't be reasoned with. They're just wasting our time," Natasha grumbled.
"They have hope. We can't begrudge them that," Steve reasoned.
"Looks like our Dominator friend isn't calling you back," Nate told Cisco as they stared at the transponder.
"No, he's not, but I have another idea," Cisco said as he whirled the transponder. "If this came from the dropship and the dropship came from the mother ship, theoretically, I could use it to Vibe us up there."
"And if you can't? Nate asked wearily.
"Then I'd be Vibing us into the cold, unforgiving vacuum of space," Cisco said bluntly.
"Let's not do that," Nate decided and Cisco nodded.
Cisco and Nate took hands and suddenly, they were no longer on Earth.
Cisco's Vibe
Cisco and Nate appeared on the Dominator ship. They looked around and saw The Dominator they had saved.
"What an unusual gift. You appear to be a Metahuman as well," He said, a hint of disgust in his voice.
"We figured you'd cut us some slack, considering we saved you back in 1951. You remember that?" Cisco snapped.
"Much has changed on your planet in the last sixty years. The threat of your kind has become eminent," The Dominator said.
"Listen ET, we're not a threat. We're protecting our planet," Cisco said firmly.
"Besides, the guy who tortured your ugly ass back in 1951 was human," Nate argued.
"But what happens when a man like him acquires powers like yours?" The Dominator challenged and neither Cisco nor Nate had a response. "We have seen it happen on countless other worlds, which is why we must exterminate your kind before the scourge of your planet becomes the scourge of ours."
End Vibe
"Well, he's out of his giant mind," Nate said as he and cisco dropped hands.
"What if he's right?" Cisco asked and Nate looked at him confused. "What if in trying to use our powers to save the world, we end up destroying it?"
"Dude, I get it, Barry screwed up," Nate said but Cisco shook his head.
"Yeah, so did we. Back in 1951," Cisco said and Nate almost groaned as he understood what Cisco was saying.
"We messed with time when we freed the Dominator," Nate realized.
"Who's now coming to kill us," Cisco whispered as a cold realization washed over him.
This whole time, he had been angry at Barry for trying to make things right but only making them worse. And now here he was, doing the exact same thing for less reason that Barry had. Cisco was a hypocrite, he realized. And he'd treated Barry so horribly, not even considering what Barr must have gone through, Cisco felt shame flood through him as he thought of all the ways he'd been awful and cruel to his best friend in the last few weeks.
Later, as the team assembled, Barry and Wanda walked over.
"Where are we with The Dominators?" Barry asked as everyone looked over at him.
"Bunch of ships landed on earth, including one here in Central City," Cisco said and Barry nodded as he looked around at everyone.
"I know a lot of you are upset with me because of Flashpoint. But you know what? I don't give a damn," Barry said bluntly to the surprise of most of the team. "Because what's happening here is more important than petty grudges. This is the fate of the world we're talking about and we can't afford to mess that up because any of you can't put your issues with me aside for the time being. If any of you have the tiniest doubt that you can't trust me to lead you right now, then get out, because you're a risk to the mission. But for those of you that stick around, you're signing up for battle. Those of you who feel you can't trust me, get out now. This is your one and only chance."
Barry paused, waiting for anyone to leave. To his relief, no one moved to leave.
"Glad everyone's on the same page, because we have another problem," Clint said as he and Jax walked over.
"That ship that landed in central City? It's opening up," Jax said and they all exchanged grim glances.
"Let's go to work," Barry ordered.
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