Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 13:

After a long morning of finally, slowly, piecing together bomb parts that would lead nowhere, Barry received the text he was looking for. Kara was on her way over with lunch. He needed to get out of the lab today and planned to convince her to go to the park, or parking lot, or anywhere he didn’t feel so shut in. His lab felt comfortable mostly but sometimes he needed to run, and short of that, fresh air would have to do.

“Hey cutie.” Kara greeted him walking in, two bags of burgers and fries in one hand and a cup holder of two chocolate shakes in the other. Having extremely high metabolism was awesome.

“Hey yourself, beautiful.” he returned, wrapping his arms around her after she set the food on the desk.

“I was wondering if you felt like going outside to eat. I really need to get out of here for a while. Do you have time?”

“Of course. I don’t have anything until 2. I have to meet with the head of the contracting firm. He is not happy about an addition Felicity wants and I have to deal with him.”

“Why you?”

Kara shrugged her shoulders. “Apparently Felicity is needed by her babies. I’m pretty sure she meant the servers. All technical details of the reconstruction are my domain. She gave me a general list and if anyone has a problem with it, they come to me.”

“And then you go to her?” Barry asked.

“Nope. I deal with it. She does her thing and I do… the rest.” Kara finished.

“That seems… have you ever dealt with contractors before? I thought most of your experience was in media?”

“Thats what I told her and was told that I was Superwoman and I could handle it. I told her my powers didn’t include dealing with angry contractors and she told me I broke the building so I could fix it. She was in her work mode where she doesn’t take her eyes off the monitor and chews two pens at the same time. Anyway, I can handle any problems that he has. I have a way with people.”

“You can’t throw him into space.” Barry told her.

“Are you sure? Because I’m pretty sure I can.” she retorted, giving him a wink. “Just kidding, lets go. I need to take my boyfriend for a walk so he can get his exercise for the day.”

Barry laughed and took her hand but before the two could move, Captain Singh was in the lab doorway.

“Oh hey Captain. I have the bomb pieced together as much as possible. No prints, military grade hardware, with no way to track where it came from. Its going to be a dead end. Whoever did this…”

“Yeah, professional, hard to find, damn Government probably already knows who did it and is jerking our chains watching us run in circles. I just came up to check on Kara.”

Kara was a bit surprised.

“I… I’m fine. Thank you for asking, but why wouldn’t you think I…” Captain Singh held up his hand and put his finger to his lips, turning to close the door. Once it was closed, he turned back to the silent two.

“Because you fell out of the damn sky and Barry had to catch you then that fire guy almost burned you both up on the way down. You looked beat girl. Don’t get me wrong, you were awesome out there, you both were, but that was a tough one. Then neither of you show up for days, and I figured you really got hurt. But you are good now?”

Barry and Kara both stared at the police captain.

“You know?” Barry whispered. “Did… somebody tell you?” he asked, thinking of Joe.

“Nah, I suspected you from the beginning. I mean c’mon, you wake up from a nine month coma that should have wrecked you for life and not only are you healthy, you’re in better shape than ever. I didn’t say anything, pretended not to notice how you were always gone when the Flash showed up, how you and Joe always seemed to know more than you let on about metahumans, how you were never late anymore… or at least not as much. Anyway I give it to you, the mask really hides your identity. Anybody that didn’t know you or see you everyday like I do would never believe you were the Flash. I laughed about it myself. But then you got a sweet new girlfriend who is just a doll and suddenly the Flash has a new Superhero partner out saving men, women and children from burning buildings and armed robberies and then takes out a super powered mad man, a woman wearing a mask with bright blonde hair. C’mon Allen, I am a cop. I didn’t get to be captain by being stupid.”

“I’m going back to wearing glasses.” Kara whispered.

“No you aren’t. Look…” Barry started,

“Allen? I don’t care. I’ve always known you were a good kid and seeing what you have been doing, I’m proud of you. Both of you. I just wanted to make sure you were okay Kara.”

Kara blushed a bit but nodded her head. “Yes, I’m good Captain. Thank you for asking. I was injured and took a few days to heal but I am at 100% now.”

“Glad to hear it kid. You both need a break. Don’t worry about a thing, I won’t say a word and no one else at the station suspects. Just don’t tell Joe that I know. It’s fun watching him try to cover for you, okay?”

“No problem Captain.” Barry agreed.

“And don’t worry about those days you were gone. I got them wrote off as paid personal leave. Just the next time, you two be a bit more careful. If it was just you I wouldn’t worry so much but this girl is a doll. Treat her right. Or else.”

Captain Singh walked out of the lab, leaving two stunned superheroes, open mouthed and silent.

“If it makes you feel better the whole boss knowing who you are makes getting out of work to fight bad guys a lot easier.” Kara offered.

Barry looked at the floor and laughed. Soon both were laughing so hard they had tears in their eyes.

“How about that park? I’m starving.” he suggested.

“Yeah? Me too.”

“Wait! You said you had a surprise for me. What is it?”

Kara stopped walking and froze. She had almost forgotten.

“Close the door.” she told him. Barry’s eyes widened and he grinned. Kara even had a difficult time seeing the speed that he closed the door and was leaning back on his desk, arms folded, waiting.

Kara turned her back to him and pulled the back of her blouse up. Barry was more than a little surprised.

“How the hell did you get a tattoo?” he asked, walking closer, ignoring the fact that he could see from the back, she was wearing a light blue lace bra.

“I got drunk.” she admitted.

“Yeah I got that part, I mean how did you get it? Was it because your powers were out?”

“I think so. Yeah, it was because… I thought it might go away when they returned but it didn’t. I… I really like it. What do you think?”

Barry traced the tattoo lightly with his finger, the bright red symbol of the House of El and a bright gold lightning bold behind it, starting at the top right and ending at the bottom left.

“I think it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Kara pulled her blouse down and turned to Barry, lightly punching him in the shoulder. “Liar. You have traveled through time, been to different universes, ran through walls without breaking them, thrown lightning. I know its not the coolest thing you have ever seen.”

“My definition of cool has changed since you have entered my life. You want the truth? I think it is pretty sexy. And I think it is very cool. I can’t believe you put a lightning bolt through your family crest.”

“Why not? Its more subtle than getting your name on me. Don’t you think?”

“Yeah I guess. So no regrets? I mean you couldn’t have been that drunk… could you?”

Kara shrugged her shoulders. “It was one of those human things I always thought would be cool but never thought I could do. I saw the opportunity. I didn’t know if it would stay but I wanted to do something crazy, something fun and different, even if it wass just for a little while.”

Barry rubbed her shoulders gently.

“Kara I’m glad you got it if it was something you wanted. But the whole human thing? I love you for who you are the same as I think you love me for who I am. You don’t care that I’m some metahuman freak accident and I don’t care that you came from another planet. I get that you want to do things like the people around you do. Believe me I get that. I want to go on vacation for two weeks somewhere I have never been and forget about the city, the world, all the bad guys that could pop up but it just isn’t in the cards for me. I’ve made peace with that. We can’t take the good without the bad. Would you trade who you are to be human if it meant all the lives you saved would be ended?”

“Of course not. I’m not saying I want to be human. I mean sometimes I wish, I don’t know. I do know we do deserve some things in our life that others have. I could never give us children. Our DNA isn’t compatible. At least that was what Kal told me when I was in college. We were hanging out at a park and I saw this mom with her daughter. The girl was so adorable and it made me think of my mom. I mentioned that maybe it wouldn’t be impossible for me. Then he decided to ruin my moment by dropping that bomb on me. But we could have other things like taking vacations. We have to take time for ourselves right? We can’t be responsible for everything that goes wrong or could go wrong all the time.”

Barry hugged her, as she put her head on his shoulder.

“Of course we aren’t. Just so we understand, I want you, not what you can or can’t give me. I love the girl who loves ice cream and has a smile that lights up my world. So long as I have you, compatible DNA or not, I’m good.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“Thats good because I want the guy who makes me light up whenever he walks into the room. I want all of you, every part of you. I know I said I wanted to stay here because I wanted a new life, I didn’t trust the world I left not to try and kill me, I thought Alex would be safer without me and have a better life. The truth is Barry, I wanted to stay for you. Everything else was an excuse, maybe some truth to it but you are the reason I stayed. Just so you know if we weren’t superheroes I would still love you. Just me loving you. Thats enough for me. Its more than enough.”

Barry kissed her feeling lighter at her declaration.

“I’ll let you in on a little secret. I would have gone back with you if you wanted to, even if you weren’t a hot, super powered Kryptonian.”

” I do think we need a little normalcy. Maybe we should take a vacation, just the two of us. Central City can live without us for a couple weeks.” the blonde suggested.

“Yeah. Probably not right now, since you know, trips cost money if we want to go overseas or whatever, but it would be cool right? We could see maybe England, France, go to Jamaica, anywhere. Until then we can always take days off. Find a spot for just the two of us away from the City. Get away for a day or so. It’s not like with Ray and Firestorm here, the city will blow up without us.”

“Don’t forget Oliver, Sara and Thea.”

“You think they are going to stay?”

“Oliver won’t let Thea and Felicity out of his sight. I’m not sure about Sara and what she has with this Captain Cold guy but she didn’t sound like she was leaving anytime soon.”

“Yeah, I’m not sure what that is about either. Snart was always a bad guy I guess, but towards the end before he disappeared, he was really starting to change even though he wouldn’t admit it. I keep waiting for him to start a crime spree but I’m beginning to think he won’t. So what about it? We run up to the coast later?I can take off early, and after your meeting at 2 you can fly and I can run if you want.”

“Sur, you run and I’ll fly and I will see you when you get there.”

“Sounds like a challenge Woman of Steel. I’ll have our bags unpacked before you can find a nice soft spot to land. I think our food is getting cold so we probably should eat it here.”

“Nah, the park sounds nice.” Kara told him, opening the bag, light from her eyes heating the food back up. “There, you go, nice and hot.”

Barry smelled the hot food.

“Yep, normal is very overrated.” he agreed.

Earth 3

Sara Lance walked bravely, confidently into the little weird light show Cisco had just conjured with his tiny hands. She was feeling anything but brave at the moment. She should have brought Len but didn’t want to tempt him with a literal whole new world of things to steal. Plus if he were threatened, he most likely would not show the level of restraint she would. Sara wanted Kara’s keepsakes for her to have, but doubted the girl wanted Sara killing or permanently injuring any of her old family and friends.

“Okay Cisco. Please tell me you sent me to the right place.” the Canary hoped and checked her watch. She had twelve hours from this moment before Cisco opened up another portal. Per her instructions he was to give her one minute to make it through and then close the damn thing whether she was back or not. She couldn’t take the chance if she was caught or taken somehow that she could be used by someone, maybe someone who weren’t Kara’s friends, to get to her. They really had no idea what had happened in the time Kara had been away. All the team knew was she had been shot twice and it was a hit sanctioned by the government. Sara was assuming Alex Danvers had nothing to do with it. She didn’t want to assume this because she hated to take anything for granted. She had been betrayed enough in life by those she trusted most to learn that lesson. Still Sara could not make herself believe that the woman Kara considered a sister, the one who had hurt her quite a bit in Sara’s opinion but still obviously loved her deeply would have anything to do with this.

So CIsco looked with his weird glasses, that he probably thought made him mysterious, for Alex Danvers. He saw a large space, quite a few people, a lot of computer equipment, large screens and what he thought was a space ship. One he said, was similar to the one Barry had seen and described to Cisco of Kara’s ship. He opened the portal from an abandoned school in Central City and here she was.

For all Sara knew she could be on Earth 18 in Italy.

The sun had not come up on this Earth either, giving her hope that the times between the Earths were the same.

For a cynical person, Sara was relying on hope quite a bit.

“What in the hell have you gotten us into this time Sara?”

The Canary was not a woman to be snuck up on, especially when she had been alone seconds before. So to say she was surprised to see Oliver Queen walking behind her with a large duffle bag in his arms would be an understatement.

“What the hell are you doing here Ollie?” she whispered.

“Why are you whispering? There is no one around here. Of all the dumb ideas you have ever had…”

“Yeah?”

“This isn’t the worst one. So this is Earth… Barry calls it 3?”

“Yep. Why are you here Oliver?”

“I figured you would probably need your suit. I brought some provisional supplies and a change of clothes also.”

“Cisco was supposed to close the breach behind me.” Sara griped. Not that she had a problem with Oliver being here, he actually gave her comfort, but because this was going to cause so much trouble with Felicity and despite Felicity’s feelings for her, she always liked Ollie’s soulmate.

“He was going to. I asked him if I really needed to remind him of all the ways I could cause pain or if he would save the time and let me in. He was agreeable.”

“And Felicity? You have any…”

“I have just gotten through four hours of Felicity asking me for a ride home and then yelling at me that she had her own life and I was to stay out of it. I figure its time to take her advice. I came looking for you because I wanted to spar. Instead I see you leave Caitlin’s apartment and drive to Cisco’s. Since I am guessing he isn’t exactly your type it wasn’t hard to figure out what you were doing.”

“And you followed anyway?”

“You know I love Felicity, Sara, but you are my friend. You are the only person I know who can understand… why we are the way we are. I’ve lost you too many times, and there is absolutely no way I was going to let you jump into a hole to another universe and not have your back. So what are we doing here exactly?”

“Recon and requisitioning Kara’s personal belongings.”

“Why?” the Arrow asked. “Did she ask you to do this? Because I know she wouldn’t. She would probably be furious if she knew you were here. This is a bit extreme cure for boredom even for you. If she doesn’t think any of this is important, then why do you?”

“She does think its important. She would never ask anyone to come back here and she is afraid of what could happen if she does.” Sara countered. “So I’m doing it for her, whether she is happy or not. I’ve never been the one who wins popularity contests Oliie. That was you and Laurel.”

“Okay, I don’t see why you think she is afraid. She certainly doesn’t seem afraid of danger. Yes, I understand Kara was ambushed but she wouldn’t be ambushed now. She would be ready.”

“She isn’t afraid of being hurt or killed. She is afraid of what was left behind. She really has no idea if her sister, cousin, foster mother, friends, if any of them are still alive. She has no idea if any of them played a part in her near murder. Don’t deny it Ollie. When you have been betrayed you question everyone and everything, even if you tell yourself you are not. She is afraid that if she sees her family, she will feel guilty about leaving them behind and staying with Barry. She is afraid she will once again feel responsible for people who she saved before and as far as she knows, turned their backs on her. Remember what we were like when we were 13?”

“Idiots. Hormonal idiots.” Oliver admitted, looking at the rising sun.

“Yeah but we had our friends, we had each other, our families, our teenage drama that was a few years from reaching legendary status. We had no worries or cares in the world. She was put in a pod and shot into darkness, literal darkness, knowing she was going off with no guarantee if she would make it, thirteen years old, to take care of a baby on another planet, her entire world, literally exploding behind her, close enough the blast knocked her off course into limbo, waking up… Ollie how do you not see this? We were adults when what happened to us, the island, the boat, Slade, Shado… we let what happen turn us into different people, completely irrevocably different people. Hardened, jaded, violent, kill or be killed, win at all costs. Our old selves died when that boat went down. We still had family, out there somewhere. We knew they lived somewhere. We knew we were on the same planet, looking at the same stars. We knew all that and still became what we became. She lost it all in an instant and she hasn’t become what we are. Don’t you want to know why Oliver? I do. I know you do. Its why you love hanging around Barry as much as you deny it. Diggle may be like your brother because he understands you, but you are a different person around Barry because you want to know how he does it. How can a 13 year old boy be caught up in a whirlwind of lightning in his own home, wind up blocks away, to run home and find his mother stabbed to death and his father in cuffs and not let it turn him into what we are. You want the answer as badly as I do.”

“Maybe.” Oliver admitted, still looking at the rising sun, not wanting to let Sara know once again how easily she could read him.

“You still have Shado’s hood. I still have Laurel’s jacket, the one I gave to her once. We have pictures, you have Thea and I have Mom and Dad, we can even visit Laurel’s and your mother’s graves. She has nothing Oliver. I can’t carry a bunch of paintings through that hole he better make in eleven and a half hours but I can find a necklace she was given by her mother before both their worlds were torn apart. If I can find some sort of hologram projector and maybe a few photos of her old friends, her sister and her, or her foster mother then I am going to do it.”

“Okay. I guess we are going to go down together.”

“We have a habit of that. Now I just have to find this Alex Danvers. Cisco said he saw her in a large space, maybe a warehouse…”

“She’s over there. Or maybe will be later, considering Cisco sometimes sees future events.”

Sara looked where Oliver was pointing. Now that the sun had risen she recognized she was looking at an airport, a smaller one that would have appeared abandoned, except for the cars and SUVs surrounding one of the main hangers.

“How do you know? We don’t even know what she looks like. All I know is her hair is like Thea’s.”

“Cisco saw her in a large space. He opened a breach near her. There is a large space near our breach. I realize neither of us were Rhodes Scholars Sara, but I feel fairly confident in my theory.”

“What do you think they are doing in there? Thats a big space and Cisco said he saw a spaceship in the place.”

“How would I know? Maybe they are trying to improve their space program. Is it really relevant? We should probably start walking towards the city, figure out if Kara Danvers place is still in her name or her sister’s place. Whatever this Alex has of Kara’s she isn’t going to carry it to work… and of course this would happen.” Sara sighed.

Oliver shook his head and looked at the ground. This was a complication the two didn’t need and the mission had just started. Coming fast towards the two was a black SUV, and both Sara and Oliver knew it wouldn’t be the welcoming party. They were at the end of a runway and had no place to hide. The two would have to play this out.

To both their reliefs one man, got out of the car with only three guards, two men and a woman with a severe frown on her face, dressed in black, holding rifles. This was doable. Both were dressed in blue jeans and white tees, combat boots and Sara’s ever present jacket on her. Oliver pulled his cap down lower over his eyes to survey the situation without alerting the guards he was sizing them up.

The man who got out of the passenger seat up front and was obviously not a guard or soldier or whatever the hell these three people were, stepped in front. He seemed rather confident but judging by his open stance and hands swinging freely as he strode towards them, he was obviously not trained to fight. The guards were wary though, not completely untrained. The woman appeared to be a poser however. She had training but was not as much of a threat as the other two. Her hands gripped the rifle too tightly and she had a beads of sweat on her forehead, despite the cool weather of the early morning. This was not Alex Danvers.

“Good morning. My name is Maxwell Lord.”

“I’m Oliver Queen and this is my girlfriend Sara Lance. Is there a problem? We didn’t realize the airfield was still in operation. I apologize if we have made a mistake.”

“This is actually private property. Just a developmental facility for a new type of aircraft engine, but very hush hush. We like our privacy.” Maw told him with a smile. Max knew something was up but was not sure what as of yet. The satellites watching the Earth for strange electrical disturbances like those caused by breaches had alerted the staff who regularly started before dawn each day that a breach had occurred briefly and in their own front yard no less. No matter what happened these two were not leaving until he knew everything. He wished Alex were here but she had decided to spend the night at Kara’s apartment. She had let hers go and moved into her sisters, not being able to bear seeing the place be rented to another.

“We apologize. I suppose we should be on our way then.” Oliver tried. In the event this was Alex Danvers he really didn’t want to hurt her.

“What exactly are you two doing out here? I don’t see a car and this isn’t a typical place to see passerby’s.” Max asked.

“We were hiking. I like the open space.” Oliver explained. The two men stayed behind this Lord character but the woman stayed by his side.

“Thats quite a large bag to be hiking with.”

“I’m stronger than I look.”

“I bet you are Mr…. Queen, you said?”

“Yes, Mr. Lord. And you are?” Oliver asked, looking at the woman.

“Lucy Lane.”

“Green light.” Sara mumbled.

“Mr. Queen have you or your lovely girlfriend noticed anything strange in the last few minutes? We picked up a strange electrical occurrence in this area. Know anything about it?”

Sara laughed. “We have done it in some out of the way places but never caused any electrical disturbances. We must be getting better Ollie.”

Oliver did not laugh. The smile that had been plastered on his face slipped and Max no longer saw a young couple who may have stumbled into their business. He recognized the look. Oliver Queen was a dangerous man hiding behind a handsome face. Max was the same.

“I realize have no legal authority here but you two are trespassing and I am concerned about corporate espionage. I would hate to involve the police so would you mind if we took a look in your bag?”

“Of course not.” Oliver dropped the bag in fronton Max, wrapped his arm around Sara’s waist, slipping one of her sonic grenades into her palm. Lucy Lane bent down not three feet in front of Oliver, showing him that she was very untrained.

Opening the bag, Lucy couldn’t hide the surprise on her face. She lifted a quiver of arrows and a bow. The arrows were not typical arrows but appeared to have modified heads. Both Lucy and Max looked at Oliver who shrugged his shoulders.

“I’m into archery. Sort of an amateur but I’m getting ‘t you think dear?”

“You aren’t getting any better.” Sara told him, her eyes never leaving the two in front of her.

Lucy next pulled out an extendable bo staff. Max raised an eyebrow.

“My hiking stick.” Sara offered.

“Not much of a help is it?” Max asked, Lucy recognizing it for the weapon it truly was. “No gripped handled, no cleat at the bottom, it doesn’t seem like it would be much use.”

“Oh you would be surprised by what it can do in the right hands.” Sara responded. Lucy pulled out kali sticks, four of them, and two sets of… clothes?

“BDSM mixer tonight. We thought we would go ahead and pack for the entire day. Make it a couples retreat sort of weekend” Sara explained with a devious grin.

“I see. I think the two of you should come with us.” Max ordered, no longer smiling. The two guards stepped up, exactly where Oliver wanted them.

“You should take a look at Sara’s iPod first. It is the most interesting thing she has on her.”

Oliver stepped behind Sara while she lifted her hand. Max and Lucy saw a glowing ball in her palm and then their ears were splitting, sound waves piercing their heads, pain reminding them of the Myriad signal. All four hit the ground on their knees. Mercifully the sound did not last long but it was enough time for Oliver to kick both of the male guards in the head, knocking them out, while Sara grabbed the side ofLucy’s neck, pinched the artery sending blood to her brain for a second, putting her to sleep immediately. She would have a horrible headache but be fine. Max shook his head, hoping he could clear the pain from his system. Instead he found himself lifted by his shirt collar in Oliver Queens grip. Their faces were only inches apart.

“I need to know two things. One, where is Alex Danvers, and two where are Kara Zor El’s belongings being kept? Specifically her necklace and a Kryptonian hologram projector with a message from her mother.”

“I am not telling you a thing. I don’t know who you think you are but you have no idea who I am! I will end you…”

Max’s brave words ended when he hit the ground. Oliver Queen grabbed an arrow from the quiver and bent down next to the man.

“I’m glad you won’t tell me. You see Max, I promised myself that I would not be the man I used to be. I have done a lot of terrible things, Sara here has also. One of those things was torture. I used to believe there was nothing I wouldn’t do to accomplish my mission but that all changed. I had to give up certain methods I used in the past to be someone better for someone who deserved better. But Max, I have had a really, really bad year. The last few months have been particularly difficult and I am in the mood to torture someone. I don’t think my promise to myself really counts right now. What happens on Earth 3 stays on Earth 3, right?”

Oliver stuck the arrow into Maxwell Lord’s thigh, and began moving it around. Max screamed loudly until Sara used her hands to clench his jaw shut.

“Let me know when you are ready to talk. You will talk, trust me. Its only a question of how many holes I put in your first.”

Oliver moved to stick the man again before he threw his hands up. At a nod, Sara unlocked her hands from around Max’s jaw.

“I’ll talk. You won’t get away with this so it won’t matter. You want to know where Alex is? The same place she always is at night. She won’t be here until later. She lives at Kara’s old apartment. Kara’s things are still there. Why do you care?!”

“The why is not important. Where is the tracker on the SUV?” Oliver asked.

“It has Onstar.”

“I know. Where is the other tracker?” Max said nothing so Oliver moved his arrow towards the man’s thigh.

“Stop! Its under the hood, next to the battery.” Sara stood up, walked to the SUV and popped the hood. She disabled the Onstar and found the tracker.

“You are coming with us. If I see anyone that looks like they may be tailing us, I kill you.” Oliver informed Max.

“Where is Kara’s cousin?” Sara asked, pulling the man up, ignoring his moan as he stood on his injured leg. The wound was in the muscle and not much blood was present but the pain was great.

“He’s inside the hanger.” Max told them.

“No he isn’t. If he is like Kara, he would have heard this by now. He either has and doesn’t like you or he isn’t there. Which is it?” Oliver in full Arrow mode asked.

Max let out a breath.

“He’s not there. You driving or me?” Sara asked.

“You drive. I’ll keep Mr. Lord company in the back.” Oliver told her and half dragged Lord to the SUV.

While Max Lord was being abducted by the Black Canary and Arrow, who was not feeling very green right now but more hoodish, Alex Danvers was drinking coffee on the couch she spent many nights watching TV with her sister. She had just gotten off the phone with Hank who was on his way to the hanger after a night of searching the old DEO’s minimally guarded building for any tech that might be used. Last week Kal El had raid the building, crashing in through the roof, lifting Kara’s pod and leaving. Max believed a vehicle capable of withstanding light speed would be needed and since only two space ships were on Earth as far as anyone were known, Kara’s was taken to the hanger. Kal El was at his fortress powering his ship and planned to fly it to the hanger today. Hank and Alex were very familiar with the crafts and believed they could use them to form one larger craft capable of crossing the dimensional barriers just as the ships had conquered wormholes on their travels to Earth. Staying up particularly late, studying the ship she had saved Kara in, Alex felt the need for at least five hours of sleep and left the hanger. She could never stand the thought of letting Kara’s apartment go. She had spent more time here than her own place and a big part of her wished they had just lived together.

Deciding to dress for the day, she mentally prepared herself to watch Max Lord’s poor substitutes for the DEO train. He had asked her to train them herself to which she replied her focus was on getting to Kara, not saving the world. Kal El had agreed and the conversation ended.

Knowing there may be enemies to Kara still out there who could take a shot at her mother if Supergirl’s identity was ever discovered she put her light black jacket on over her white tee and placed her gun in the back holster attached to her faded blue denim jeans. She had a big day, preparing to spend it analyzing ever single alloy on Kara’s pod. She had known the mechanics, at least enough to fly but still had a lot to learn about how it did what it did and how it survived the trip. Kryptonian technology was a century ahead of Earth’s but she was catching up quickly. The ship had gotten her to Kara once and it would again. Preparing to walk out the door she glanced one more time at the spot, where not long ago Kara’s blood pooled on the floor. It was macabre she knew, but it also focused Alex on her sunny little sister and the importance to both Kal, her mother and Alex in finding her. They all needed Kara in their lives. She suspected Kara could come back if she wanted, but was most likely afraid her presence would cause danger for Alex and Eliza.

Before Alex could open the door it was kicked open smashing her in the face, causing her to stumble backwards. A blonde woman, dressed similar to Alex, stormed in with some sort of staff in her hand. Alex flipped back to her feet, and pulled her gun in one swift motion. The staff moved like a snake, knocking it to the side with one end and striking the former agent in the face with the other.

“Alex Danvers? I’m Sara Lance. We need to talk. Sorry for the intrusion but I didn’t figure you to be a hospitable host and I am on somewhat of a time table.” A man in a baseball cap walked inside behind her holding onto a limping Max Lord. Lord was then cuffed by thenew comer and thrown to the floor.

Alex grabbed the staff in the blonde’s hands and twisted, flipping Sara to the hardware floor. Deciding the man next to Lord wasn’t going to become involved, she moved to drop onto the blonde, only to find her gone. A tap on her shoulder had Alex spinning, to be struck by a fist. She backed up and attacked again, landing two shots on the blonde who seemed to be smiling even as she took the blows.

Her third strike was caught and Alex’s world went upside down, eventually falling onto the hardwood floor. Sara landed on her with a knee on Alex’s chest, pinning the former agent, despite the blonde’s small stature.

“You aren’t bad. A little more training and you could be League of Assassin’s material. I know you definitely have a killer instinct. It would have been easy to wound Astra and disable her while she was focused on the Martian, but you went for the kill strike. The ability to lie to a girl you love, make her feel less so you can feel like more, help your hypocritical alien boss shoot her out of the sky to prove how much better you are than her. Honestly Alex I can’t tell if you love her or hate her or both.”

“Don’t you talk about my sister! You know nothing about her or me! Where is she? What have you done to her?!”

“They are from the universe Kara is in, Alex.” Max told her, his voice laced with pain.

“How did you get here?” Alex asked. “Is Kara okay? Please just tell me. Do what you want to me but first tell me she is okay. Have you… you haven’t hurt her have you?”

Sara was struck by the sincerity in Alex’s voice. The two definitely had a complex relationship but the love was there. At that moment she felt the loss of Laurel as deeply as the day she found out about her death.

“No I haven’t hurt her. We are her friends.”

“Then why are you doing this?”

“A couple reasons. One I don’t know who to trust, who was behind the attempt on her life, or if you were involved.”

“I saved her life! If I wanted her dead why would I have saved her? How dare you!”

“I have trust issues. Second, I’m going to take a couple things you probably won’t want to part with. I don’t have a lot of time and am not really a patient person unless I am behind a rifle waiting for a target to appear. Who ordered the hit on her?”

“The President and General Samuel Lane. Kal… her cousin killed Lane. The President is in federal lock up waiting on trial for a variety of charges, murder and attempted murder being the two biggest. Thats it! No one else!”

“What is going on at the hanger?” Oliver asked, speaking for the first time.

“We are finding a way to get to your universe. My sister… I am going to find her. How did you get here?”

“While you guys are trying your hardest to catch up on decades of research, we have a guy who can open breaches with his hands.” Sara explained.

“Does Kara know about this?”

“Yep. He’s not great at portals yet so nobody really asks him to do it often.”

“Except idiots like her.” Oliver pointed out.

“And the idiot who follows me.” Sara reminded him.

“Does Kara know you are here?” Alex asked, trying to think of someway to take this woman out and then worry about the man over Max, who was probably just as dangerous.

“Nope, she has no idea, and she is never coming back here. In our universe there is no Kryptonite, no government out to get her. She doesn’t have to rely on the military for back up. She has friends who support her, take care of her, fight beside her. She is in love. She is very much in love with a guy who deserves her. If you truly love her, why would you want her to come back here?”

“I don’t. My mother and I want to go to her. Her cousin and his wife…”

“And who else? Any aunts and uncles? Forget I said anything about the aunt. Thats not my call. She wants you to live your life, not be a target because of her. You following us through a hole in the fabric of the universe isn’t my call to make. I want the necklace her mother gave her, and the space movie projector thing that you showed her when she first started wearing the cape and skirt. I want pictures of all of you for her. You are going to hand them to us and then we will be on our way. You can get your boyfriend’s leg patched up, although you should know easily he broke. Took about ten seconds before he led us right to you.”

“Ill give you what you want if you take me to her. Just me if you don’t want anyone else going.”

“No.”

“Ask her to come see me. No one here will harm her. I’ll kill anyone who tries.”

“Why would I try to talk her into coming to the one universe that has weapons capable of killing her? The agency she worked for had Kryptonite bullets designed to kill her.”

“Not her!”

“But it happened anyway didn’t it? In our universe we have geniuses, metahumans, assassins, vigilantes and one Kryptonian and though we have a somewhat dysfunctional family, we take care of each other no matter what. If she wants to come to you one day she will, but it will be her decision. I just came to pick up her things and me and my ex will be gone before you know it. Now stand up, don’t try anything because we both know you can’t take me and tell my friend Ollie where the necklace and her mother’s message is. You can help me pick out a couple pictures for her too. She deserves that doesn’t she?”

“Yes. The necklace is in the bedroom down the hall. There is only one bedroom. The hologram device is in her closet in a safe. The combination it 54621. Just leave me some pictures, please.”

“I will.” Sara stood up and Alex followed suit.

“Max are you alright?” Alex asked.

“Yeah I’m fine.” he told her, not sounding in pain any longer but definitely angry.

“I’m never going to stop trying to get to her.” Alex told the Canary.

“Maybe one day you will. I promise you this though, If we ever find a breach and we will know before it ever opens, if one of you has any Kryptonite I will personally kill you all, whether you knew about it or not.”

“I got the items, lets go.” Oliver told her, walking in carrying a bag he must have found in the closet. Sara took the pictures Alex handed to her and turned the brunette around by her shoulders.

“If it makes you feel any better she is happy and very much in love.

“I’ll find her. Tell her I love her and I’m coming. Please.”

“Good luck.” Sara pinched the artery in Alex’s neck, catching her and gently lowering her to the floor. They left Max lying on the ground, with an angry look on his face. The two walked away, leaving the SUV, Sara carrying the bag with Kara’s belongings, while Oliver carried the larger bag, including the weapons. Neither talked much throughout the day, finding an abandoned factory in the middle of an old industrial park.

“I wish we had a phone to call Cisco.” Sara mentioned. “He is going to open up a portal in one hour at the end of that runway. The will probably be waiting for us.”

“Nope, no way they will be stupid enough to think we would return to the same place we entered. I am still having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that we are stupid enough. So in the event they are waiting, lets suit up and steal a car. If nothing else we can distract them before we drun through the portal.”

An hour later, still during daylight hours, Sara had not thought that one out very well, the two arrived at the airport and sped to the runway’s end. Before they could get there, the two noticed a group of people who did assume they were stupid enough to return. Alex Danvers, a leg bandaged Max Lord, Hank Henshaw, Lucy Lane and a multitude of Lord’s unit, numbering at least 20, all holding rifles pointed at the two, except for Henshaw. He stepped forward and transformed as the two vigilantes watched the man grow a foot and turn green, not looking friendly.

“Will this is going to be fun.” Sara whispered.

“Not the worst we have faced. How long till Cisco opens the portal?” the Arrow asked.

“30 seconds.”

“Then I guess we should get moving. I’ve never fought a martian before. It will be an interesting experience.”

“Be interesting you mean…”

“We are probably about to be destroyed. One way or another, we don’t surrender Sara. They will learn nothing from us.”

“Maybe they won’t learn anything from you but I am getting the to that portal. Lets do this. Time to show the martian, how we fight on Earth 1.”

Earth 1

Barry and Kara lay next to each other on a blanket under the sun on a beach in Coast City. Kara was busy pretending she wasn’t looking at Barry’s abs and Barry doing his best not to stare the entire time while she wore the blue bikini highlighting her amazing figure.

“This is so nice.” Kara whispered, reclining her upper body and lying completely flat on the blanket, not helping Barry’s libido. “I hope we can do this more often.”

“Me too.” he agreed, now that she was looking at the sky Barry could stare at her body as much as he wanted.

“Think we are missing anything in Central City?” Kara wondered.

“Doubt it. I haven’t heard from Cisco or Cait all day. Must be quiet. You want to go back?”

“No, we have an hour left of sunlight and I plan to enjoy it. Is Joe still cooking that chicken and shrimp pasta tonight?” Kara asked.

“Unless something comes up, yep.”

“Rao I love normal days.”