Crisis on Earth-Prime (an Arrowverse novel)

Chapter 6: Possible Connections

Rashid woke up, while Dinah, Laurel, Barry, Caitlyn, and I watched him. We had locked him up in a Meta cell, which contained a power dampener.

"What the hell?" said Rashid, who was looking lucid now that he was awake.

"You tried to run off, which gave us ample motive to put you down" I said.

"How could you do this to me?!" he cried. "I thought we were closer than that!"

I raised an eyebrow, while Dinah and Laurel looked confused, as were Barry and Caitlyn.

"What the hell is he talking about?" asked Laurel.

"Beats the hell outta me" I said.

"I think he's still a bit delirious from the tranquilizer you gave him" said Caitlyn. "I tested his blood and you used some strong stuff."

"I have to, especially out there in the field" I said.

"Where am I?" asked Rashid.

"You're in a meta cell" I said. "And we're the ones asking the questions."

"What do you want to know?" he finally asked.

"I thought you'd never ask" I sarcastically said, which based on his expression he seemed to have found it surprising.

"Why the sarcasm?" he demanded.

"You clearly don't know me very well" I sighed. "Now, what did you mean when you said you thought we were 'closer' than that?"

"I was..." he suddenly looked somewhat disoriented, props to my tranquilizer. "I think I need water or something."

"Not until you answer all of our questions!" Barry stepped in.

"Fine, I'll talk. But please I need something to drink. Please...I promise I won't try to run away" he begged.

After giving him some water, he graciously went back inside, which was winning him some brownie points.

Caitlyn kept an eye on his vitals to see if he was telling the truth or not.

"What did you mean by us being close?" I asked again. "Do we know each other on your earth?"

He started crying, which indicated something painful, and then he nodded in agreement to my question.

Caitlyn shot us a look that said he was telling the truth.

"Answer the question!" I got harsh.

"On my earth, we are..." he began to weep bitterly.

"We are what?!" I demanded.

He then looked at me with a look of compassion, again, like I meant something to him. I looked at my friends and all of them had the same confused expressions as me.

"On my earth, you and I are brothers" he revealed, which left me in shock.

"Come again?" Caitlyn stepped in.

"What do you mean we're brothers on your earth?" I asked, but still unsure if I was hearing him correctly.

"As in you're an Al Maktoum, a Prince, a Sheikh" Rashid responded.

All of us had our jaws on the ground. I was surprised that my doppelganger was his brother, but more questions were being raised in my head.

"So my doppelganger was a Sheikh? Okay, so we are brothers on your earth."