Chapter 45
“... When I first arrived on this planet, I was scared and alone,” Kara spoke, her eyes trained on the camera in front of her while her hands were folded together on the table. I didn’t know what to do, or who I could turn to, all I knew was my planet was gone, everyone I knew was gone, and I had spent a lot of time alone.” She briefly glanced up and met Cat’s eyes in the booth watching her. “But I found a family, people that want me, love me, took me in, an orphan from another planet without pause or reservation, more concerned about the scared little girl than anything else.”
She took a breath before she continued, “It taught me something about humans, your unwavering ability to strive, to hope, to reach forward towards a new tomorrow. It taught me about the kindness present in human hearts, about the love we’re all capable of feeling, human, alien.” Pausing again, Kara let out a little laugh, “There’s a phrase I learned here on Earth, ‘that’s what makes us human,’ this is used whenever someone shows weakness or expresses optimism, hope. These feelings aren’t weaknesses, and it is more than what ‘makes us human,’ these traits make us, all of us who we are. It’s easy to give up, to lose hope when everything is stack against us, but we are more than that. You all have taught me that over the years, that true strength, true courage is continuing on when you’re hurting, when it seems that everything is stacked against you, that is the measure of a hero.”
“That strength, that courage, is inside each and everyone one of you, the heart of a hero, that can’t be snuffed out, that can’t be overwhelmed. Years ago I fell to Earth and found refuge, a safe haven, and you all helped me to grow into who I am today. I ask for your help again, to fight, to hope, to prove that you are more than your enemies think you are, to prove that you are stronger because of your hearts, that you will reach out to help those who hurt you and hope that they are willing to do the same. Show hope, show love, show them everything that I’ve always loved about humans,” Kara continued, willing her own bit of hope that this worked. “Show them that we all are heroes, that we are strong, that we overcome. Hope to see your loved ones again, dare to see them again.”
Even before M’gann walked to the door and told her that it was working, Kara knew that National City was coming back to life. She could hear murmurs, people reaching for their phones to call their loved ones and Kara breathed a sigh of relief. The broadcast ending and she stepped out of the studio to accept a hug from her mother and best friend, while Lucy continued to poke at Laurel’s unconscious form with her foot. “Is it over?” Kara asked, looking between her friends before her eyes fell on her grim looking aunt.
“I fear this defeat won’t be taken lightly,” Astra answered. “Especially since we know that Non is working with Brainiac 8. Her goal is always planetary extinction, and she may have just been going along with the Myriad program so far because she feels she can manipulate him into doing as she wants.”
“You think Indigo will convince Non to just wipe out human life rather than trying to control them?” Kara’s eyes were wide as she glanced from her aunt to her mother. “What can we do?”
“We can’t do anything until we know for sure what they’re doing to do,” Cat said, rubbing Kara’s arms. “Best we can do is regroup and clean up the city as best as we can. I have to get to CatCo, make sure those mindless employees haven’t done any damage, though I guess for some of the executives it’s not all that different from normal.”
“So we’re just supposed to wait?” Kara questioned.
“What else can we do?” Lena returned. “Ms. Grant is right, we should regroup, and M’gann, Lucy, and Laurel should probably receive some medical attention, mostly Laurel, geez what did you do to her Luce?”
Lena’s phone rang before Lucy could answer and Lena jumped to answer the device. “It’s Sara, hey Sara, babe,” she said, walking out of the door.
Kara listened long enough for Sara to ask about why she woke up on the couch in a puddle of her own drool before tuning them out. “So Mom, I can take you and Aunt Astra back to the penthouse,” she said, glancing between the women. “Or do you want me to take you straight to CatCo?”
“My first instinct is CatCo, but I need to change, so home please, I can call my driver to take me… us,” Cat amended seeing the expression on Astra’s face, “Take us to the office.”
“I can be in shortly to help,” Kara replied. “I just need to make sure that Lucy, M’gann, and Laurel get the medical attention that they need.”
“I can help with that,” another voice stated and Kara whirled around to find Alex Danvers standing at the studio door with Lena standing in front of her barring entrance. Brown eyes locked with blue for a split second before Alex tore away from the superheroine to stare at the CEO in front of her. “Are you going to let me in?”
“I don’t know, are you going to continue being an asshole government agent?” Lena retorted, her eyes narrowed as she folded her arms in front of her.
“Lee,” Kara chided, and the woman shot her a dirty look before stepping to the side. The agent slowly stepped into the room, eying Lucy and M’gann with suspicion, and nearly cracking a pleased smile at the sight of an unconscious Laurel on the floor. The director of the DEO limped in after her and shot M’gann a cool glare. “Are we going to have a problem Agent, Director?”
“No we’re not Supergirl,” J’onn replied, dragging his attention to the masked blonde. “I just didn’t expect you to align yourself with a species known for genocide and terrorism.”
Kara nodded, “Yes, humans do have all of those traits and more, but I choose to believe in them.”
J’onn blinked for a moment before narrowing his eyes and flinging an accusing finger at a smirking M’gann. “I meant the White Martian,” he seethed. “You do know that they slaughtered my people!”
“I know that M’gann had nothing to do with that,” Kara returned. “I know that M’gann chose to fight against it, she chose to be a Green Martian, and she has chosen to live on Earth and act as a superhero, despite knowing how Terrans feel about aliens. She is a veteran hero, one that has been fighting for years as Miss Martian with the Teen Titans and on her own, what have you been doing Director?”
The Martian grit his teeth but Alex stepped in front of him before he could start something and potentially injure the civilians, though one of the women in the room looked remarkably similar to one of the Kryptonians that had been threatening the city the past few months. She chose to let that go for now and focused on the problem at hand. “We didn’t come to fight Ka- Supergirl, I promise, we just came to offer help,” Alex said, her eyes pleading with the blonde. “Look, the DEO is down several agents right now from Major Lane and Miss Martian knocking them out during the mind control, but we have better medical technology than you’d find anywhere.”
“I doubt it,” Lena stated. “The government can’t beat anything that I’ve created.”
“Do you have technology specifically designed for Martians?” Alex countered. “Because we do, and we should really work together on this problem before it becomes worse or someone worse comes to town to deal with it.” She gave Lucy a significant look, “Someone like your father.”
“Heaven forbid,” Lucy grumbled before looking at Kara. “We should probably work with them, it’s the least we can do, pretty sure M’gann and I knocked quite a few of them out.”
Kara stared at Alex for a minute before reluctantly nodding her head, “Fine, you two go ahead and take Laurel with you, I’m going to drop Mom and Astra off at the Penthouse.”
“I’m going back to my apartment to check on Sara and then I’m going to L-Corp to monitor the situation.” The suspicious look Lena sent Alex and J’onn let Kara know that she did not trust the two, or at least J’onn, Kara knew that her best friend disliked Alex with a burning rage. Lena glanced back at Supergirl and squeezed her friend’s hand, “Let me know if you run into any problems.”
“I’ll be fine Lee, keep track of the Myriad wave and let me know if anything changes.”
Lena nodded and glanced between Kara and the auburn haired DEO agent, “You let me know if anything changes.”
Supergirl nodded and Lena strolled out of the studio door heading back to her apartment. Her girlfriend was going to meet up with her to catch up on what she missed as well as to hit the streets in case any low-life decided to take advantage of everyone’s confusion. Kara turned back to her mother and gestured for her and Astra to walk out of the building. “I’ll meet up with you both at the DEO,” Kara said, looking at Lucy and M’gann.
“Do you even know where are offices are?” Alex asked, drawing Kara’s attention.
The blonde tilted her head and smirked, a look that had Alex’s abdomen quivering with excitement and need. “I’ll find you,” the heroine replied before striding out of the studio.
Laurel groaned into awareness as a persistent beeping invaded her consciousness and her hand automatically reached up to rub at her head, despite her entire body groaning out a protest. “You might want to take it easy a bit.” The voice drew Laurel’s attention and her eyes immediately snapped open, focusing on the lithe, auburn haired woman standing at the foot of her bed. Alex Danvers’s dark eyes looked up from the chart in her hands and trained on her, “Nothing’s broken, but Lane gave you a pretty good beating. For what it’s worth though, judging by the bruises she’s sporting, you gave as good as you got.”
She let out another groan and pushed herself into a seated position. “What was it that messed with my head,” Laurel muttered, rubbing at her face, careful not to disturb her mask. “I feel like I’ve been drugged.”
“No, just exposed to some really intense mind control and then beaten to a pulp by a tiny woman who was apparently trained for a special ops unit,” the agent replied. “You’ll feel like one big bruise for a few days, but I’m sure with your extra curricular activities in Star City, you’re used to it by now.”
“Looked me up did you?”
“I make it my business to know anyone who’s going to be working and causing trouble in my city in an unofficial capacity,” Alex retorted. “In case I ever ran into them while on a mission or working a case.”
“‘Your’ city is it?”
Alex glared at the vigilante, “Well I am a federal agent.”
Laurel smirked and slowly slid off the table, wincing as she settled her weight on her feet. “Really,” she said, straightening. “Is that really the reason why you investigated me, or is this a reaction to someone getting close to Kara?” Alex cursed herself as her jaw involuntarily clenched and her hands twisted up into fists.
Relaxing her pose, Alex tilted her head before looking away, “I don’t know what you mean.”
“I’ll bet,” Laurel replied, “So you obviously don’t have a problem with me pursuing Kara again, she was the best I ever had, and I deeply regret letting her go.” She sauntered closer to the shorter woman and leaned in towards her ear, “She looked amazing in the throes of an orgasm, wild and unrestrained. Knowing now that she has super strength just made her submission much more delicious.”
Later, Laurel would admit to herself that she probably shouldn’t have been irritated the volatile agent, but her mind had been overrun by a foreign entity and she wasn’t thinking clearly. Alex let out a growl and slammed her against the wall, bracing her arm against her neck. “You don’t get to talk about her that way,” she hissed, her eyes dark and piercing.
“What’s it to you?” Laurel grunted out, “Who made you her keeper, from what I could tell, you don’t even like being around her that much.”
Alex knew that the other woman had a point, what right did she have to dictate who Kara spent time with, what right did she have to get angry at someone for looking at the blonde with lust in their eyes. Despite the fact that she knew this, she still felt rage swirling whenever she saw the lawyer, part-time vigilante staring at her- at Kara. Jealousy wasn’t an emotion she was familiar with, not feeling it anyway, she had inspired it in other people though. She had felt envious of others, for their relationship with their families, their parents, normal, loving relationships that she wished she had with hers. Alex wasn’t used to feeling jealous over someone else, the green haze that descended over her eyes whenever she saw Laurel and Kara together, the anger at seeing Laurel’s lingering gaze on the younger blonde.
Before Alex could further analyze what she was feeling, Supergirl stepped into the room and glanced between the two women. “Is there something going on here that I should know about?” Kara asked, her eyebrow raised in a questioning manner.
Alex immediately released the other woman and stepped away from her, resisting the urge to fidget uncomfortably. She was a secret agent, she did not fidget. “We’re good here,” she said, looking over at Laurel. “Just working on Black Canary’s reflexes, making sure Lane didn’t knock anything out of place.”
“Yes, Agent Danvers was helping me work out a few kinks,” Laurel jumped in, also not wanting to anger the already stressed out Kryptonian.
Kara gave them both disbelieving looks but chose to let it go. “If you say so,” she said instead, “Let’s go, Watchtower’s found something about the Myriad signal.”
“Why does she insist on being called ‘Watchtower?’” Alex asked, following behind the blonde superheroine.
“She thinks it’s cool, and since she’s someone that could hack into my phone to put kale on my grocery list, I try not to piss her off too much.” The agent made a face at the mention of kale and Kara nodded, “Right? Like who even eats that stuff.”
“She and Maggie should hang out more, they both eat the same thing.” Alex let out a shudder at how many kale salads she’s eaten since befriending the detective. “I’ll take a burger any day.”
“Have you been to Belly Burger?” Kara questioned, “I swear, they have the best burgers, and large portions. Good for, well, consuming large quantities of calories at one time.”
“That burger they have with the layered cheese and onion rings on it nearly killed me but it was so worth it,” Alex agreed and the two women giggled.
Laurel observed them quietly as she followed behind, and she wasn’t sure what to make of what she was seeing. The dynamic between the agent and her ex-girlfriend was interesting; there was constant, almost tangible tension around them that thrummed and vibrated with need, nearly convincing the vigilante that the two were lovers at one time. Their interactions weren’t the usual sort for people that have experienced each other at the heights of pleasure, taken each other to the peak, touching and tasting the most intimate of places. Laurel wasn’t sure what to make of the agent, her role in Kara’s life, but she wouldn’t give up on the younger blonde without a fight. What she did, cheating on her, cheating on Kara, was one of the worst mistakes of her life, and running away back to Star City without really trying to rectify things with the younger woman just exacerbated that mistake.
The trio sobered when they entered the command room and Kara approached the console in the center. “Watchtower,” the blonde spoke, “What have you found about the Myriad signal?”
“Finally someone uses the name,” Lena grumbled out and Kara rolled her eyes at her friend’s voice echoing through the console. “Alright, so what I’ve found out about the Myriad signal is that it never stopped.”
“What do you mean it never stopped?” Alex asked, “Nobody is walking around like a zombie or mind controlled, so how do you know?”
“Excuse you, but I’ve been tracking this signal for a while now, I would know if it had stopped, and while the frequency has changed, the signal itself is still there, and growing stronger. Have any of you notice a slight headache that has been extremely persistent?”
The humans in the room glanced at each other uneasily while Kara’s face scrunched in confusion. “And this is bad I’m guessing?”
“Depends if you think planet wide extinction of the human race is bad,” Lena quipped dryly. “The signal is constantly getting stronger, right now it’s only at 17%, but it’ll just keep growing, and when it reaches 100%, that basically means are brains explode in our skulls.”
“And this is only affecting humans?” Lucy questioned, limping over from her spot near the control board.
“The signal was calibrated to only affect humans, or really people who think on a certain wave length. Supergirl, Meta-humans, and other aliens won’t be affected.”
“So what do we do?” Kara asked, “How do we stop this?”
“You have to destroy the signal, I’m working right now on tracking down the source of the wave, and I’ll let you know as soon as I find anything.”
“How long do we have Watchtower?” Alex questioned, her mind thinking furiously, trying to come up with different ideas to counteract the wave long enough to give them a fighting chance.
Kara heard Lena sigh across the line, “Not enough, the strength has increased while we’ve been talking. We have a few hours at best, and even that might be overestimating. I have to get back to scanning, I’ll let you know as soon as I find anything.” The line cut off, leaving those still in the room at the DEO quiet and contemplative.
“You can’t face them on your own,” Alex said suddenly, drawing Kara’s attention. The auburn haired woman’s eyes were dark and serious as they bored into Kara’s, and the blonde could detect worry and fear behind the mask of professionalism. “You don’t know how many you’ll be facing when you finally find the source of the Myriad signal, there will definitely be soldiers guarding it at least.”
“I don’t think Non and Indigo would keep it far from them really,” Kara murmured. “They’ll be there, and whatever soldiers Non has with him.”
“So you definitely can’t go alone, you’ll be outnumbered, even for Supergirl those aren’t good odds,” Alex continued.
“I’ll be going with her,” J’onn’s voice came, and Kara turned to see the disguised Martian hobbling into the room.
“You’re in no condition to be fighting,” M’gann said, walking in after him. “I’ll be going.”
“Neither of you will be coming with me because neither of you are in the right condition to fight either Non or Indigo,” Kara stated firmly, silencing their argument before it could really start. “I know that I can’t go alone, that’s why I called for some backup while waiting for word from Watchtower.”
Before Alex could voice the question that was on the tip of her tongue, a green glow appeared in the room, and the Green Lantern flew into the DEO base. “Hey Supergirl,” Kyle greeted, “Sorry I’m late. I tried to get here sooner, but traffic and all that.”
“You called the Green Lantern?” J’onn questioned, staring at the glowing man questioningly. “Why not your cousin Superman?”
“Superman grew up here, he’s more human than alien and I have no doubt that he would have succumbed to the Myriad signal,” Kara replied. “Truthfully I would’ve contacted Wonder Woman, but she’s notoriously difficult to get ahold of.”
“So what, I’m a last resort?” Kyle pouted.
Kara nodded, a thoughtful look on her face, “Pretty much, though you’re pretty handy to have around too.”
“‘Pretty handy?’” He questioned before shrugging, “Eh, I’ll take it, so what are we up against?”
“Planet wide extinction of the human race.”
Kyle blinked, “Well that doesn’t sound fun, so what are we going to do?”
The blonde shrugged, “Beat the crap out of people and save the day?”
“Sounds good.”
“We should probably go, I have some things to take care of first while we wait for word from Watchtower.”
“Watchtower?” Kyle questioned and when Kara gave him a significant look, his eyes widened. “Oh right, Watchtower, right of course. So, we’ll just…” He wiggled his fingers in a walking motion and waved at the door.
Kara nodded and Kyle zipped back out the entrance. “Ka-Supergirl wait,” Alex said, snagging Kara’s arm before she could follow after her friend. “Where… are you sure that you can do this? I know Green Lantern is well known in Coast City, but are you sure that you can trust him to back you up on this?”
“We’re old friends, I can trust him with my life though he’s not one I would trust to look after my dog,” Kara replied, a strange look on her face. “And my dog is an alien…”
“It could be a suicide mission Kara,” Alex insisted, her voice a whisper.
“I know that,” the blonde bit out. “But that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to go. Every time I go out to fight an alien or a villain, it could be a suicide mission. I could be permanently injured or die, never see the people I lov- never see my family again. But I go out anyway, not because I have to but because it’s the right thing to do.”
“The price of being a hero,” the agent murmured.
Kara gave her a small smile and squeezed her hand. “You should know,” she replied, “You’re one too.”
“Lena, you need to rest,” Kara said, watching her friend rub at her head as she typed frantically on her keyboard.
“Can’t, too busy, I have to find the source of the signal,” the brunette continued.
“Lee, it’s already affecting you, you need to take a break and let the computer program do it’s job,” Kara continued. “It’ll be able to find the wave without you monitoring it so closely.”
“Kara,” Lena said, looking up at her friend. “You’re the one that has to fight these bastards and stop the wave before we all die, and you can only do that when I find the source. I can’t go out there to help you, this is the only thing that I can do so please,” she pleaded. “Let me do this.”
Sara tugged Kara away from the woman and they both walked out of Lena’s office to leave her to work in peace. “She’s just worried is all Kara,” Sara told her. “We both are, and Lena is trying her best to do her part. It irritates me to no end that I won’t be able to go out and knock a few heads together either.”
“Are you starting to feel the effects of the signal?” Kara asked, looking closely at her friend.
The vigilante shrugged, “It comes and it goes, we’re taught to resist pain in the league, so it’s not a problem now, but I imagine the closer it gets to critical mass, the worse it will get.” Her eyes narrowed as she looked at her friend, “Have you talked to your mom? About what’s going on?”
Kara sighed, “I hadn’t planned on it, she’s already been so stressed out recently with everything that’s happened, I don’t want to have to tell her about the Myriad signal strengthening.”
“Or the fact that you could be walking into a trap/suicide mission of epic proportions,” Sara continued.
“I really appreciate the vote of confidence Sara,” Kara replied, rolling her eyes.
“Don’t be like that, you know I have all of the faith in the world in you, I know that you can do this, as a fellow hero. As your friend though, part of me is still scared.”
“I’m scared too,” Kara admitted, leaning against the door of Lena’s office. “I’m scared I won’t be able to do this, or…”
Sara set her hand on her friend’s arm, drawing the other blonde’s attention to her. “Kara,” she murmured. “Go talk to your mom, if you aren’t going to tell her about what’s going on, at least tell her that you love her.” She nodded back at Lena, “We’ve got this, Kyle is out running patrols, waiting for the signal, so you have time.”
Kara stared at her friend for a moment before leaving Lena’s office and taking the elevator down to the lobby and out of the building. She headed over towards Noonan’s, grabbing her usual order of coffee and pastries, before heading across the street into CatCo.
“Kara, hey,” Winn called as he jogged up to her when she reached the top floor. “What’s wrong?” He asked when he caught sight of her face. “You look like someone just ate the last potsticker in the world. I mean, you just saved the city, you should be feeling happy right?”
“I am, I just have a lot of stuff on my mind right now that’s all,” Kara dodged before heading to her mother’s office. “Your latte Ms. Grant,” she said, slipping easily into the role of Cat Grant’s assistant.
“Keira,” Cat acknowledged, looking up at the younger blonde. “Ditch the latte, go fetch me one of those green juice smoothie things with the chinese herbs that Gwyneth is always prattling on about.”
Kara blinked at Cat’s words and slowly lowered the latte, “But you hate Chinese herbs… and Gwyneth…”
“I don’t hate her, I just constantly wish she wasn’t breathing my oxygen,” the older woman countered. “And you know, we’ve been through hell recently, so sometimes we have to make changes, do things that scare us to remind us that we are in fact living and thriving, despite all odds.”
“Okay…” Kara said slowly, and turned to walk out of the office, the latte still clutched tightly in her hands.
“Well since you already have the latte, I might as well take it,” Cat said before she could leave and Kara placed the drink on her desk.
She glanced around and finally spotted her aunt sleeping on the bench on the balcony. “Is she okay?” She whispered, looking at her mother.
Cat glanced out towards her balcony, “She is, she’s just tired. I can imagine it’s been a little hard on her especially since she lost her powers.” The older woman took a good look at her daughter, taking in the tense posture, clenched fists, and stressed look in her eyes. “Kara,” the CEO murmured, “What’s going on?”
“Wh-what do you mean?”
“You’re nervous, scared, it takes a lot to rattle you, so what’s going on?”
“Mom I- I can’t…” Kara’s voice trailed off. “I have to do something… This, Myriad, it’s not over, and I have to stop it but I don’t know…” Her voice trailed off as she glanced out at the balcony again, over the city, and her fortitude strengthened. “I just wanted to say that… that the lessons you’ve taught me over the years have made me into the person that I am now, and I’m grateful because I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this without you. You lead the city every day with grace and integrity despite your sometimes prickly exterior and I’ve always wanted to be able to do that, to inspire people the way that you do and I hope that I’ll be able to do that same day.”
“Kara…”
Before Cat could finish, the comm in Kara’s ear flared to life with Lena’s voice coming through. “Kara I found them, I tracked the signal of an omegahedron, it’s powering the signal about 500 miles northeast of National City, somewhere in Nevada.”
“What’s in Nevada?” Kara whispered, her gaze distant as she listened to Lena’s response. She didn’t even notice when Cat moved to stand next to her rather than remain at her desk.
“Agent Danvers reports that that is where Fort Rozz crashed landed, and something about the army not being able to move a million ton spaceship.”
Kara rolled her eyes, “Right, of course, contact Kyle, we have to go now.”
“Already did.” Lena’s voice trailed off for a moment before starting again, “And Kara, be careful please, I don’t want to have to break in a new best friend.”
The blonde shut off the com without saying anything and turned back to her mother. “I have to go,” she told her. “I love you Mom.” She had to leave, she had to leave before her mother could say anything else or she wouldn’t be able to go.
Racing out of the building, Kara had changed into her suit and was in the air in a matter of moments, rocketing northeast towards Nevada. Kyle met up with her a short time later and was about half a pace behind her as they flew. “Hey,” he called up to her, “What’s the plan?”
“Take out the bad guys and stop the wave,” Kara called back. “Kyle, these two, Non and Indigo, they’re not going to stop, Brainiacs don’t stop until they’ve destroyed everything in their path. We might have to do things that we don’t want to in order to stop them.”
“I don’t like it anymore than you do Supergirl, but we’re heroes, we do what we have to in order to protect people, the world, or even just the people we care most about,” the Lantern replied and Kara nodded her head.
They quickly located the massive prison and landed away from it, hoping to draw out any combatants. The two didn’t have long to wait until Non and Indigo flew out of the fortress and landed in front of them. “Look what we have here,” Indigo sneered, “A Kryptonian and a Lantern, I always hated the Lantern Corps, always have a habit of showing up and ruining plans.”
“You’re too late now though,” Non said, staring at his niece in disdain. “The Myriad signal is growing in strength, soon this planet will be cleansed of the human infestation and be allowed to thrive again.”
“And you will be the sole survivor of another extinction,” Indigo added. “Or you would be, if we weren’t going to kill you.”
“Non,” Kara called out, “Astra wants to save this planet, and she’s seen that in order to do that she has to work with the humans, why can’t you see that?”
“Astra has been blinded by her feelings for you and that mother of yours,” Non sneered. “It has made her weak, blinded her to the truth that humankind is an infection to this world.”
Kara shook her head, “You’re wrong Non, don’t do this, where’s the omegahedron powering Myriad?”
“This?” Non held up the small sphere, “You can keep it, we don’t need it. Fort Rozz powers the signal.”
“And it’s not something you can stop,” Indigo added. “No matter how strong you are.”
The blonde grit her teeth and launched herself at her uncle while Kyle engaged Indigo, creating fighters from Dragon Ball Z with his ring to battle the Brainiac. If she wasn’t busy trading blows with her psychopathic uncle, she would’ve rolled her eyes at his blatant nerd display. Kara slammed her fist into her uncle’s face, knocking him out of the air and into the ground. Non zoomed up from the dust and countered with a vicious kick to her sternum, sending her flying into the mountains around them. Groaning, Kara picked herself out of the dust and flew at the man, only to have him quickly shift behind her and grab her leg, throwing her into the ground. She stumbled to her feet, her entire body protesting at the movement.
“I wonder if a lost child of Krypton could find her way to Rao’s light from even this forsaken planet,” Non murmured as he landed behind her. “Would you get to see your parents again I wonder?”
“Why don’t we find out,” Kara grumbled out, her eyes flaring as she turned her heat vision on her uncle. Sizzling beams met in the air and they were both pushed back by the force of power. Kara was tired, she'd been tired for days, constantly fighting under pressure and strain, not just physical but emotional and mental as well. Rage flooded through her body, providing her power that she didn’t know she was capable of as she roared and forced the beams back at Non, burning out his eyes straight into his brain. She staggered a little as Non fell backwards, his body twitching minutely as he hit the ground.
Kara ignored the feeling of revulsion that welled up within her as she looked away from the body to locate Kyle. He was half lying on the ground behind her, clutching at his side while pieces of the Brainiac lay scattered around him. “Hey, you okay?” Kara asked, leaning over the downed Lantern.
“Yeah, she just got me pretty good in the ribs, but I’ll be fine in a jiffy,” Kyle breathed out. “Go figure out how to stop the signal.”
The blonde nodded and took off for the ship, immediately locating the command room in order to try and shut down the Myriad wave. “Lena,” she called through her com. “Lena we have a problem, Non and Indigo, they set the signal to be powered by Fort Rozz. They locked engines and the computers, I can’t shut it down.”
“Kara…” Lena’s voice sounded strained. “The signal is getting stronger, we don’t have much time.”
“I know,” Kara swallowed, thinking furiously. “I’m going to fly Fort Rozz into space myself. The Green Lantern is hurt, and this is the only way to stop the signal, to push it out of Earth’s atmosphere and away from the gravitational hold.”
“There’s no oxygen in space Kara, how will you breathe? And without the gravitational pull, how will you fly to get back down?”
“I’ll hold my breathe, it’ll be fine.” It wouldn’t be fine, but she wasn’t going to tell her best friend that. “Lena… you’re my best friend, and I love you, if things go south…”
“Kara…”
“I won’t ask you to get a new best friend, because who could replace me right?” Kara whispered, fighting back the tears. “But try to get out there, have a good life with Sara, and… take care of my mom for me, and Carter. He swears he’s going to work for your company one day.”
“Probably take over it really,” Lena replied. “Kara, you have to be there to see it!”
“Promise me Lena, there isn’t much time left,” Kara said. “I have to go…”
“I’m not promising you jack shit Kara Catherine Zor-El Grant Danvers until you promise me that you’re going to do your best to come back to us,” Lena returned.
Kara let out a breathless chuckle, “Only you would try to negotiate these terms. I promise Lena.”
“Good, and I promise, if you die, to drag your body back to Earth, bring you back to life and kill you myself. And I’ll do it again for your mother to kill you.” The blonde knew that that was as close to a promise as she was going to get, so she flew out of the ship and pressed against the center of the top ring.
One million ton spaceship flashed through her mind as she pushed and strained against the massive weight of the ship, attempting to generate enough thrust to lift it off the ground. Metal creaked around her as her hands dug into it slightly, not even to break but enough to cause it to shift as it dealt with the building pressure pressing against it. After what felt like hours but was most likely only second, the ship started to lift off the ground and Kara double her efforts, knowing that she would have to fight against gravity the entire way up. Her arms shook as she powered through air and clouds, her eyes closed as she focused all of her attention on lifting the ship. The air thinned around her until it completely dissipated and Kara was left with a hollow sensation in her lungs. Her body felt weightless, unmoving, and an impossible cold settled over her form.
She opened her eyes, blue orbs immediately falling on the form of Fort Rozz floating away in the abyss of space. Her attention was pulled away by the millions of stars shining around her, and the faint feel of Sol’s rays as she drifted in its light. As her eyes slipped closed again, she spotted a faint, green light in her peripheral vision.
A warm, tickling sensation fluttered against Kara’s face and arms, pulling her into awareness. Her fingers shifted and her nose twitched as she acclimated to herself to the waking world. The sensations finally registered in her brain, feeling vastly different from the cold confines of space that she had been floating in previously. Kara’s eyes flew open and she bolted upright on the table, immediately regretting it as her whole body screamed out in pain like one giant bruise.
“Ow,” Kara groaned, falling back down on the solar table.
“Kind of serves you right,” Alex’s voice came and Kara’s eyes popped open again, immediately locating the agent leaning against the wall.
“Alex?” Kara questioned shuffling up on her elbows. “What…”
“Are you completely insane?” The auburn haired woman yelled, “Flying that, that monster ship up into space! If Green Lantern wasn’t there, you would have been stuck on there, floating in orbit.”
“I had to do something, there was any other way to disable the Myriad signal.”
“And you couldn’t wait for backup at least?”
“Green Lantern was hurt and there wasn’t time for anyone else to come, I had to take it up myself.”
Alex started pacing, her mind whirling from one furious thought to another, all of the ways that Supergirl, that Kara could have died trying to complete the mission. “And you went in, completely half-cocked, without a plan!”
“Excuse me if I didn’t have time to come up with any!”
“Impulsive, irritating superheroes,” Alex hissed out, glaring at the blonde. She didn’t know why she was so furious with the hero, all she knew when Green Lantern staggered into the DEO with the blonde, Alex had never felt that kind of anger and relief in her life.
“Well how would you have done it Agent Badas-” Kara was cut off by a pair of insistent lips pressing against her own, and two hands cupping her face. She quickly sank into the feeling, relishing the near bruising pressure the other woman was using.
Different thoughts were racing through Alex’s mind, memories of the first time feeling the soft, almost silken lips of the other woman against hers, biting them, sucking them, tasting them. Images flooded her mind, causing intense heat to blossom in places she tried not to think about. She pulled back from the kiss, her eyes wide gasping for breath. Kara looked somewhere between dazed and thoroughly fucked with her glassy eyes, mussed hair and heaving chest. Flashes of a sweaty, naked Kara writhing in passion appeared in Alex’s mind again, sucking air from her chest and pushing heat to her groin. “I…” The agent stuttered out, unsure as to what to say. “I have to go.” She quickly rushed out of the room, not daring to look back.
Kara stared after the older woman for a few moments, blinking slightly to try to come out of her daze. “What just happened?”