Unspecified location
Late afternoon
"Here," Frost gave Savitar a syringe filled with blue liquid. "It should do the trick."
Savitar yanked the syringe out of her hand and put it in his arm. He injected himself with the blue liquid and let out a breath, being able to tell the difference as he felt the liquid begin to counteract the effects of the Red Death.
"Thank you old friend," Savitar said as he tossed the now empty syringe to the side, rolling up his sleeve. "Now, let's go make a new world."
Star Labs
Same time
Barry felt Wanda grip his hand tightly and gripped back. Hoping to reassure her everything was alright after he had explained about the Red Death.
"You-you're dying?" Cisco asked after a moment of stunned shock.
"The Red Death was never meant to be in someone long term. It's why Savitar is so crazy, its driven him completely insane," Barry explained. "Dr. McGee thinks she can create another dose of the cure but right now, we need to stop Savitar. Dr. McGee says that he plans to set off the device at Mercury Labs tonight."
"Why Mercury Labs?" Sam inquired, trying to gather his bearings, to focus on the mission.
"She doesn't know, but we need to move," Barry said and Steve nodded, his mind focusing on the mission.
"There was an idea…to bring together a group of remarkable people," Steve began, exchanging a look with the original Avengers present.
"To see if we could work together," Tony continued.
"When they needed us to," Clint picked up.
"And fight the battles they never could," Natasha finished.
"It was called The Avengers Initiative," Steve said as he looked around at everyone present.
"Stupid name," Logan scoffed but was ignored, save for a few annoyed looks sent his way.
"Suit up. We leave in an hour for Mercury Labs. We don't know how many Savitar has with him besides Snart and Caitlin or if he's recruited anyone else. This might be a battle we won't win," Steve paused, letting the graveness of the situation wash over everyone.
"But if you walk out of here with us, you are an Avenger. So be ready to fight," Clint told them.
Mercury Labs
Night
The security guards on duty never stood a chance. Savitar stood over their dead bodies, his hands wet with their blood as Frost walked over.
"Was that really necessary?" she asked wearily.
"Simply making sure they won't be a problem. Have Snart and the others unload the truck," Savita ordered before callously walking off.
Frost stared after him before looking down at the lifeless bodies on the floor. She had trusted him because he was Barry Allen. But now…she was wondering if he was actually the devil in disguise.
Star Labs
Same
Roy hung up the phone as Clint walked in.
"Girlfriend?" Clint questioned and Roy smiled thinly.
"Sort of. I made a call to Oliver and Thea. Figured if this goes south and I don't make it, at least I got to hear their voices one more time," Roy said and Clint nodded. "Can you do me a favor?"
"Sure, what is it?" Clint inquired.
"If I don't make it and you do, could you tell them…could you tell them I was me when I died?" Roy asked softly. "That I wasn't Savitar's puppet."
"Yeah. If you'll do something for me," Clint said and Roy shrugged in a 'sure' way. "Put your suit on."
"Clint-" Roy started hesitation all over him.
"Don't give me any of the you don't deserve it bullshit," Clint cut him off. "I've been where you are kid. I had a chat about you with Oliver over the phone a couple days ago. He told me about the Mirakuru, about the officer you killed. I'm gonna tell you something my wife told me: You need to forgive yourself for things you had no control over. What you did on the Mirakuru is on Slade Wilson. What you did for Savitar is on him. What you do now, that's on you."
Clint then tossed a duffle bag on the floor at Roy's feet. Roy bent down, unzipping it and reached inside. He eyed his old suit grimly as he pulled it out, looking it over.
Barry was putting on his suit, feeling Wanda seething in the corner.
"I can feel you glaring," Barry said as he zipped up his suit shirt and turned to face.
"I should be going with you," Wanda said immediately.
"And there's no one else I'd rather have watching my back," Barry said, soothing her anger slightly. "But your five and a half months pregnant with our daughter. As much as I'd like to have you with us, I won't risk our daughter like that. And I don't think you want to either."
"I hate feeling useless," Wanda puttered as Barry walked over to her.
"You are not useless," Barry told her as he took her face in his hands. "You are one of the strongest people I know. But I can't be worrying about protecting you and the baby if we want to stop Savitar."
Wanda grumbled in the way she did when she knew she'd lost the argument. Barry grinned before kissing her. There was the clearing of a throat and they pulled apart to see Pietro awkwardly lingering in the doorway.
"Cisco set me to find you, Savitar broke into Mercury Labs," Pietro said and a serious expression crossed Barry's face.
"Then there's not a second to spare," Barry said, kissing Wanda one more time before he walked out of the room.
"I'll make sure he gets back in one piece," Pietro told her and she smiled slightly.
"Make sure you bring yourself back as well," Wanda said and would have been hurt at his surprise if it wasn't warranted. "I know I haven't been very welcoming."
"I deserved it," Pietro said and she shook her head.
"Some of it, but not all of it," Wanda disagreed. "I was hurting and you were an easy outlet because I knew you wouldn't defend yourself, I'm sorry for that."
"I'm just…trying to figure out where I fit in in your life now," Pietro admitted and Wanda smiled slightly.
"We can figure that out, but only if you come back," Wanda said and Pietro smiled slightly.
"Right, best get to it," Pietro said before he turned to follow after Barry.
"Please be safe, both of you," Wanda said softly once they were gone.
Mercury Labs
Not long after
Savitar, Frost, and Snart are on the roof, Savitar setting up the machine as Frost and Snart watched.
Down below, some guards were standing by the front entrance when one of them suddenly gasped, coughing up blood. As the others looked over, he fell on his back, dead, with Logan standing over him, claws out.
"So, where's the boss?" Logan asked.
They responded by firing at him. Logan dodged the barrage of bullets, moving faster than lightning. Logan rushed them, knocking the gun out of the hands of one of the guards and slashing his chest before turning on the others. As they opened fire on him, Logan let out a primal roar and lunged forward.
On another floor, several armed men cried out as bullets and arrows hit them, Clint and Natasha forcing them all back.
"Like old times, isn't it?" Clint quipped and Natasha smirked.
"Trying to stop a psychopath rom destroying the world?" Natasha questioned.
"I meant working together like this," Clint clarified as he fired another arrow, getting one of Savitar's men.
On another floor, Roy, dressed in his Arsenal suit, whirled his bow, taking on multiple men at once.
All this provided for a distraction as the rest of the Avengers and Team Flash burst onto the roof.
"Looks like we got company boss," Snart said, training his Cold Gun on Lisa. "Hey Sis."
"Lenny," Lisa said softly, her throat tightening as she saw her brother once more.
"You're too late. You can't stop me," Savitar said as he got to his feet. "You can't stop what's about to happen."
"We'll see about that," Cisco said, his hands sparkling for a Vibe Blast.
And then it was on, Snart fired his Cold Gun at Lisa and Cisco, forcing the pair to dodge. Frost fired high speed ice sickles at Steve, Tony, and Bucky, forcing the trio to dodge, unable to get to her. And all the while, Barry, Wally, and Pietro faced off against Savitar.
"You can't stop me!" Savitar roared, whirling his scepter and sending the Speedsters back, flying on their back. "I've worked too hard and too long to get here! You will not beat me!"
"We'll see about that!" Pietro snarled rushing forward, intending on punching Savitar in the face with his new increased strength.
But Savitar is prepared, waving his scepter and Pietro is sent flying back on his back. Barry then rushed forward and the two speedsters' fists meet in a stalemate.
Behind them, Sam had landed by the machine and is studying it. While the technology is far beyond his education, Sam is pretty sure he can stop it. Before the countdown on the clock starts, that is something Sam isn't too sure about.
Tony blasted the killer ice sickle flying at him into pieces with a laser.
"Aw Stark, you're not making this any fun," Frost said in a sickly sweet voice that is far too fake to be genuine.
"Caitlin, don't do this," Steve tried to reach her and Frost laughed haughtily.
"Sorry lover, Caity's gone," Frost sneered before sending another ice sickle his way.
Steve rolled out of the way, avoiding the projectile as Bucky fired. Thankfully, Bucky didn't go for any fatal shots, but Frost sent a wave of ice at them.
Cisco and Lisa dodged a blast from Snart's Cold Gun as Cisco returned fire with a Vibe Beam. Snart dodged it before returning fire. Cisco opened up a Breach and dragged Lisa through it, avoiding the beam. A breach opened up a few feet away and they got out.
"How do we save Lenny?" Lisa asked.
"We need to hit him on the head, hard," Cisco said and Lisa was silent.
"Can you distract him?" Lisa asked and he stared at her incredulously. "Cisco!"
"Yeah, I can distract him. Why?" Cisco asked and she smirked.
"Leave that to me," Lisa, to his shock, leaned in and kissed him before pulling back. "You're up."
Cisco puts aside his jumbled thoughts and turned to face Snart. Snart fired off a beam from his weapon as Cisco countered with his own beam. The two beams met in the middle and there was a struggle as each tried to push the other back. Then, the ground beneath Snart's feet turned to gold and he slipped, dropping his weapon. Snart looked up just as Lisa punched him in the face, knocking him out.
"Hopefully, you'll be you when you wake up," Lisa said softly as she looked at her brother's unmoving form.
Barry dodged Savitar's strike with the scepter, grabbing the scepter out of his hand and tossing it to Wally.
"Let's see how well you fight without your toy," Barry snarled as he punched Savitar.
The two versions of Barry began exchanging lows as Pietro and Wally hung back, waiting to assist but not interfere. This was Barry's fight, after all.
An ice sickle pierced Bucky's shoulder and he grunted as he got on his knees, the rifle still in his hand. Frost's hands were covered in an icy mist as Steve steps in front of Bucky.
"Caitlin, don't," Steve pleaded, trying to reach her. "You don't want to do this."
"Oh yes I do," Frost said with a cruel smirk.
"This isn't you," Steve insisted and she smiled coolly.
"It is now," Frost sneered.
"I don't believe that. She's still in there, I can see it in your eyes," Steve said confidently.
"Cap, what are you doing?" Tony hissed as Steve took a few steps towards Frost.
"Testing a theory," Steve said as Frost didn't make any move to attack him or stop him.
"And what theory is that?" Frost demanded.
"That you and Caitlin aren't so different," Steve said as he stopped in front of Frost. "You're a part of her. You two are two sides of the same coin, two halves of the same person. Caitlin is light while you're darkness. You can't have one without the other."
"And what makes you so certain of that?" Frost asked defensively.
"The fact that you haven't killed me yet," Steve said simply.
"You think I won't," Frost sneered as an ice sickle appeared in her hand.
"I know you won't," Steve said simply.
"What makes you think that?" Frost demanded.
"Because the woman I love is not a cold blooded killer," Steve said bluntly.
The words take Frost back enough that her eyes turn brown for a moment before they turn back to icy blue.
"You love Caitlin," Frost sneered and Steve nodded.
"I do. But you're Caitlin to, just like Caitlin is you. If you really aren't, go ahead," Steve spread his arms wide. "Kill me. I won't stop you."
While this was going on, Sam jumped back as the machine seemed to come alive.
"No no no!" Sam cried catching the attention of everyone else.
They all looked over as a blue beam shot out of the machine and into the sky.
Star Labs
Same time
There was a loud beeping coming from the computer that didn't exactly fill Wanda with warm fuzzy feelings. Wanda rushed over as fast as she could to see what was wrong. Her eyes filled with terror as her heart dropped into her stomach.
Mercury Labs
Same time
"Barry," Wanda's voice filled with terror as it came over the Comms. "Savitar just took control of the Star Labs satellite. It's heading closer to Earth."
"What did you do?!" Barry demanded as he grabbed Savitar by the front of his shirt, only causing the madman to laugh insanely.
"In over for my plan to work, I needed a satellite to link with the machine. First it will be drawn closer to earth, then it will cast a net across the earth, then my new Earth will be born!"
Savitar laughed without sanity once more as Frost came to a decision. She whirled around, firing an ice sickle. Everyone watched as it pierced the machine's core. It sparked and seemed to glow with an unstable energy as the machine sparks. Only too late does Barry realize what Frost had actually done.
"No!" Barry shouted as the machine goes nuclear.