Accidental Meeting

It was the day before Kara Danvers would start her new adventure in National City, eager to start her new job at Catco World Wide Media. For too long she saw her cousin, Kal-El, or Clark as he insisted on being called his given name in this world, leading the life she wanted to lead. Kal... Clark was a reporter and superhero. He was established in Metropolis and seemed to find his place on Earth.

Meanwhile, at 25, she felt like life was passing her by. Stuck for so many years in the phantom zone and then under the watchful eyes of her cousin and the Danvers, she felt like she never found her path. That ended now. Tomorow was the day she started her new job as a junior editor for Catco’s Tribune. While she knew it was losing readership, she was optimistic she could find a way to get the Tribune back on its feet.

She knew working at the Tribune would be daunting, she did some research, and the owner Cat Grant was intimidating. Known as the Queen of All Media and the most powerful women in National City, people didn’t last long at CATCO if they weren’t competent.

Alex had warned her about working for such a high profile woman. “Why not peruse art, music, teaching? You don’t have to be in journalism just because your cousin does it. Cat Grant is demanding and has been know to not be the easiest person to work within National City, you can do more, not to mention you plan to come out as a hero we need to work on that…” Alex goes on as Kara begins to tune her out and proceeds to gulp down her milkshake. Of all the things she wanted to do on her “last day of freedom” as Alex called it was to relax and enjoy a simple milkshake.

However, fate had other plans in store.

Neither of them knew a few blocks away a horrific accident would begin to unfold. A private plane was begging its initial descent into National City Airport until one of its engines blew. The pilot announced to the lone passenger and the crew that one of their engines blew, but nothing to worry about, being this close to the airport and one of the engines blowing was still an easy land. However, when the second engine blew on the tiny craft, the pilot began to worry and needed to prep for an emergency water landing. The lone passenger inside began to curse wishing this was the one-time National City had its own superhero.

At this exact moment, the TV began to break coverage of this, and Alex saw Kara’s ears perk up and saw her head lock onto the TV. Kara turned back to Alex with eager eyes, reading her mind Alex began to say, “Kara. No, we still need to-” and just like that Kara said, “It’s now or never!” and sped off to the plane. Alex finished, “…come up with a plan.” But it was too late; Kara was shooting out into the sky in a makeshift suite, coming out as National City’s superhero in a mock-up suite that still needed some fine tuning.

Kara didn’t care that Alex wanted to help Kara’s coming out as a superhero. They needed to make sure her identity would not be compromised, especially working in a high-profile company. The list went on and on but Kara was ready, she was born ready for this, and so she took off into the air and had her sights set on the plane.

She was there moments after the pilot was prepping for a water landing and started to panic when the plane seemed to be completely malfunctioning and short of attempting to soften a crash into the water he was out of ideas. As the nose was rapidly diving towards the water and he can see the bridge approaching the plane began to level off. He was no longer controlling the plane and tried to figure out what was happening.

Below the plane was Kara, gripping into the metal and trying to level out the plane before it swan dived into the river. Exerting all her strength and screaming in what she thought pain would feel like, she maneuvered the aircraft around the bridge and safely into the water. As soon as she guided the plane down and dragged herself out of the water, she noticed helicopters swarming the scene. She went to the emergency exit, ripped off the door, and looked inside for passengers. She noticed one woman, blonde hair, dark brown eyes, and small frame staring deer eye at her. Kara approached and began to say, “Ma’am, are you okay?” while extending a hand out to her.

The women blinked and looked at the sight in front of her. A tall young woman was coming towards her with sunlight beaming behind her from the torn door. Blonde, Muscular, Blue eyes, with soft features, and the same S familiar to Superman. She was enamored by the woman in front of her, beautiful and powerful, she noticed her cheeks started to feel flush and her breath caught as the woman smiled at her, shook her head. What was she doing?

This woman just saved her life, she snapped and said, “Miss, not ma'am. Thank you for saving my life.” Kara approached her, “Miss, it’s not a problem when your plane began to fall I was here at the right time to bring the plane down safely,” the younger girl beamed. Kara was looking at the woman who noticed her cheeks were flush, and heart beat was racing, she must have adrenaline going through her system she thought.

The older woman replied, “Well thank you, again, for saving me, it’s good you can fly if my pilot can’t” she joked. Cat Grant paused, why was she acting like a damsel in distress just saved by a hero when she’s a reporter. She blinked again and said, “what's your name?” Just as Kara was opening her mouth she froze, shit her name. What was her name, Clark is Superman, she’s Superwoman? She and Alex haven't finalized the name yet, the plan. Fuck. Kara muttered, “Super… umm, Super…” and just like that she flew out of the plane in panic leaving them floating on the river and a stunned Cat Grant wishing she caught the woman's name.

***Later that Night***

“A mysterious woman saved Cat Grant and her crew attempting to make an emergency landing when the small craft’s engines both failed during landing procedures. We’re unsure who this mysterious woman is, but according to Miss Grant, her name is Supergirl and assumes she is related to Superman of Metropolis.”

Kara was furious in what she was named that she didn't catch the reporter calling the woman she rescued Cat Grant. “Alex! Supergirl, GIRL, SUPERGIRL, I’m a WOMAN! Kal-el gets Superman, and I’m stuck being Supergirl.” She rants as she sits down on the couch next to Alex almost bouncing her off the cushion and she chomps on her 5th slice of pizza. Then she looks at Alex and goes, “But THAT was AWESOME! I flew and saved that woman, and I’m out, I’ve officially came out! This week could not get any better!” Alex sunk into the couch thinking of what else could happen this week, not wanting to crush Kara’s spirits, but in Kara’s excitement she hasn’t put together yet that the woman she saved was her boss she needed to see tomorrow on her first day at CATCO.

***Next Day***

Kara is eager to start her new job. Alex had urged her that they needed to go to the DEO and debrief, but Kara did not want to hear it and begged Alex if that could wait until later with her best puppy dog eyes. She didn’t want to ruin her good spirits by running test. Alex warned her not to slip about it, and that Cat Grant WAS her boss, who SHE just saved. Then just like that, Kara was off to CATCO.

She stopped by Noonan's to get some coffee and donuts before her day. She entered the cafe she saw a small-framed, blonde woman at the counter who looked oddly familiar. She was having difficulty ordering her drink and was yelling at the cashier who seemed to be shrinking in fear, “I’m not sure what I get, do you think I typically am a woman to get coffee? You should know my drink!! If I had a competent assistance who I didn’t have to replace, I wouldn’t be doing this!”

That’s when Kara stepped in and said to the cashier, “I’ll take a latte and so will umm…” pausing to look at the woman who she couldn’t yet place, “and she’ll take one too.” Handing her card to the cashier, the older woman began to stare at her with the same expression as if she knew this younger woman. Cat began to take in the younger woman as something seemed oddly familiar, blonde hair, blue eyes, slightly muscular, height, her brain began to rack, and she looked at the smile beaming at her and began to blush, blushing two times in two days, Cat Grant get it together she thought.

Taken aback by her thoughts, Cat replied, “Thank you, you didn’t have to do that, usually my assistant gets my coffee, but my assistant is nowhere to be found today. You think after being left in a plane on the river my assistant would have picked a better day to not show up to work.”

Kara was staring at the woman and noticed the blush as increased heartbeat same as yesterday…. that’s when it clicked, this is the woman from the plane, this is Cat Grant! Her boss!” Kara responds, “Oh gosh you were the woman on the plane!? You looked so terrified, I mean you must have been terrified,” quickly correcting herself, pushing her glasses further up her nose, hoping the slip wouldn’t be noticed.

Miss Grant paused and looked up and down at the puppy-like creature in front of her, pastels, cardigan, glasses, and ponytail. Where did this girl grow up? A farm? But still she has a feeling she knew her from somewhere. She was about to respond when the frightened cashier said, “Here are your lattes miss.” Cat grabbed hers and said, “Well, yes, I was.” Cat Grant looked her over once more and just like that she turned on her heel and left Kara standing there with the other latte and speechless.

Cat Grant was her boss and saw her as Super, well Supergirl. Suddenly her week felt like it was going to be a lot more difficult that she imagined.