Doomsverse

Chapter 1 - The Air Is Cold

Author's Note: This fic isn't exactly a sequel to Doomsday, but it also is? It's not part of the Dooms series. It's more of a what-if-they-met-their-canon-selves? :) 

There are four chapters, and it'll be updated weekly. :D

PS. This is for the square "Dimension swap" on the Bad Batch bingo. ^-^

~ Amina Gila

Something is pulsing, calling to her. It's important. Omega moves farther down the dark halls, shining her flashlight at the wall. The spot in front of her looks different, and somehow, she thinks it's a doorway.

She steps closer, reaching towards it, because it looks... different. It's shiny and dark, a square area in the rocks of the tunnel they're walking through. Omega reaches towards it, to where she almost expects a sort of film to be.

That's when she sees something on the other side. She hears something too – muffled sounds, whispers.

And she sees... a reflection. It's her.

"Omega," a voice calls from the other end – that's Hunter. She moves forwards instinctively, hand pressing to where the energy feels strongest.

It goes right through, and the next thing she knows – aside from the distant echo of Crosshair calling her name – she's falling.

It's a strange feeling, like something is being rewritten inside of her, and she's falling, even though she's still standing when she jolts back to herself.

The reflection thing is behind her now, like she stepped through it into something on the other side. What she sees is... is that herself? And behind her are Hunter and Echo, side by side, who have frozen and turned back from heading down the way Omega herself would've gone if not for the strange pull. They've turned back to look at her.

Tech and Wrecker are here, too, and... And.

Where's Crosshair? Why isn't he here? Why is she looking at herself? Omega looks exactly the same, but this isn't a mirror reflection. It's – what is it?!

***

Crosshair had just rounded the corner when Omega disappeared. He should've been keeping closer watch on her, but being in a place this dark, this closed, with Hunter is... not somewhere he wants to be. It's like when they fought on Kamino and Bracca – the lighting is similar, and the surroundings are similar, and it's putting him on edge.

Even if that's entirely unfair because Hunter is their brother and leader and none of what he did was by choice.

He did everything to protect them, and he kept trying, even when he wasn't himself.

But the kid – Omega just... vanished.

That doesn't happen.

Crosshair moves closer, slowly. Carefully, just in case. He shines his flashlight towards the area where Omega disappeared. That part of the rocks look wrong. Not even durasteel is that straight and smooth. It's slightly shiny, too. It's almost like a ray shield, except it's black.

He doesn't really know what it is, but he doesn't like it.

He's the one who was supposed to be watching the kid, though, and if something happens to her... well. He doesn't very much like the thought of being gutted with a scomp, or at all really, so he better find a way to fix this before Echo finds out.

"Omega!" he calls again, because she must still be here somewhere, must still be able to hear him. He moves closer when he doesn't hear an answer, touching the strange energy barrier, then throwing all caution into the wind and stepping through it.