Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 14:

Earth 3

The Arrow and Canary looked at the green Martian standing in front of the small army behind him. Both knew they ere being targeted by the operatives, judging by the number of laser dots covering both their chests, their forward steps not going unnoticed.

“I haven’t seen that many dots on you since Laurel set you up at the police station. Unfortunately I’m not in much better position this time to save you.” Sara told him. “Maybe you should put the bow down, before they fire.”

“Nope.” was Oliver’s answer. He was dialed in on the Martian.

J’onn for his part was doing his best to read both of their minds but having surprising difficulty. He studied the two closely, taking in their dress, weapons, and confidence written all over their faces. Both seemed to even have a slight grin. Alex stood by his side, not amused. Max had crawled over to her after these two had left, used his cuffed hands to use her phone and speed dial Hank and alerted him to the problem. Alex woke after ten minutes with an extreme headache. The search for more electrical disturbances indicative of a breach had yielded no results, giving hope that the two were still here. Having no other ideas, Hank and Alex agreed to wait where the two appeared this morning. Lucy and Max also insisted on bringing their brigade. Luck had been on their side. The two stepped out of the no doubt stolen car looking quite different and much more menacing. Hank wondered if they had any powers he was not aware of. Alex reported the man stayed out of the fight but the woman was playing with her. He had trained Alex himself. If she was playing with his surrogate daughter she had to be very skilled. He very much wished Kal El was here, but the Kryptonian was flying his pod back from his fortress and in Earth’s atmosphere he was traveling considerably slower than he could actually fly himself. Still he was only ten minutes away. Soon Hank had no doubt a portal was opening and if he, Alex or Kal could get through and force whoever was doing this to keep it open, this would be the break they all needed.

“Please lower your weapon. There is no need for violence. We simply want to talk to the two of you.”

“Send your army way and we can talk then.” Oliver suggested. J’onn motioned to the others to lower their weapons. Much to Max’s annoyance they all followed his directions.

“I’m going to need you to move. We have an appointment and you are standing in the way of our destination.” the Arrow told him.

“You two are going nowhere. You’re not surprising me this time Blondie.” Alex told the two, looking straight at Sara Lance.

“I never had to surprise you Alex. If you really want round two, I am more than willing but I won’t be as nice this time.” Sara told her. “We really need to move.” she whispered to the Arrow.

“Yeah. I know.” Oliver fired two arrows in a row one towards both sides of the Martian and Alex. The arrows hit the ground and the operatives, including Max and Lucy were blinded by the bright lights emitted on contact with the ground. Sara took out her bo staff and moved, Oliver moving behind her, firing arrow after arrow at J’onn.

J’onn felt the first two arrows hit him in the upper legs. He knew the man could have aimed higher, probably for his eyes and would have if he was a killer. He was not and that was all J’onn need to know. Pulling out the arrows he ran towards the hooded figure and swung, surprised when the man ducked and struck him in the back of the knee with his bow, causing J’onn to slightly bend back. By staying low, this Oliver Queen as Max called him was turning J’onn’s height advantage into a disadvantage. Out of the corner of his eye, he noted a bo staff moving like lighting colliding with Alex.

J’onn continued to attempt to grab the man. Queen was able to land one punch into J’onn’s midsection with no effect.

“Damn it.” Oliver whispered, seeing his strike had done little more than anger the green foe.

He jumped back before J’onn could grab him. J’onn simply wanted to look inside the man’s head. If he couldn’t read his mind, perhaps direct contact would help.

Alex, to Sara’s surprise, was holding her own much better this time. Prepared, ready for battle and desperate to reach her sister, Alex was a woman possessed. She had left her mother in the hanger not knowing what to expect, but determined that she would kill these two before she let them leave without her.

Unfortunately Alex had never fought anyone of Sara Lance’s caliber. The Canary had thrown her staff down and was locked in hand to hand combat with the short haired brunette and thinking of a way to subdue the woman, before the soldiers began regaining their sight and the Martian tore Oliver to pieces, that did not involve snapping Alex’s neck.

Unfortunately Sara was distracted when the Martian seemed to teleport through Oliver and strike him from behind. Alex took the opportunity to strike her in the mouth and follow up with a side kick to her head, knocking the Canary back. Sara reached for her staff but all parties stopped when a bright light burst behind the line of fallen operatives.

The breach was open.

The men and women operatives crawled back onto their feet, as did Lord. Guns were aimed at the portal, no one knowing what to expect.

The last thing anyone did expect was a single arrow flying slowly out of the hole. It struck the ground after only twenty feet. The shaft glowed and every gun, ammo clip and blade flew towards the suddenly very powerful magnet planted in the ground. Canary’s bo staff went as well, not that it mattered. Alex and Sara were both distracted by the breach appearing and the flying guns to carry on their battle. J’onn was holding Oliver off the ground by his neck but turned to see breach as well. Oliver, taking advantage of the distraction, used a small knife and stabbed the side of his opponent, hoping to injure but not kill. This thought process was causing him to lose the battle but he wouldn’t kill a friend of Kara’s.

The stab wound did little to harm J’onn. He turned around, threw Oliver to the ground and began walking towards the portal. Before he could make much progress a woman in red, dressed like Mr. Queen jumped through, firing an arrow directly at his feet. The arrow split at the last second into a steel rope of some sort, binding his knees and causing him to fall forward. Alex ran for the portal and at an unspoken glance towards the Canary Thea knew she couldn’t let Alex through. She ran towards her, trying a leg swipe, but the short haired woman in black jumped over her kick, diving and rolling to continue to the portal. A shot from Oliver wrapped Alex’s arms around her body, followed by a cord to her ankles from Speedy knocking her to the ground. Lucy Lane had recovered a weapon and aimed it atSpeedy, only to be hit in the back of the head by a kali stick Sara had thrown.

“We need to move Oliver!” Thea yelled.

“No one is going anywhere until I see my cousin or Barry Allen!” a voice from the sky yelled. Looking up everyone saw a very angry, dark haired man in blue, with the crest of the House of El and a long billowing red cape floating in the breeze behind him.

“Well this isn’t good.” Thea whispered to her brother, as he and Sara had made there way to her.

“What are you doing here Speedy?” Oliver asked, not happy she had placed herself in danger.

“Saving your ass apparently.”

“Or getting caught with us. Any idea how to defeat the male Kara? Because I don’t have any solar powered sex bracelets on me.” Sara asked the siblings.

“Yeah, I brought the big guns with me. Now guys!” Thea yelled. Through the portal, A.T.O.M. and Firestorm flew out, followed by Captain Cold walking out, gun in hand, firing all around him. Ice hit the operatives, surprisingly for Snart only enough to knock out from the temperature change and not enough to kill. The operatives not struck began to scramble away, while Firestorm and Ray fired blast after blast into Kal El. Surprised to see the men, Kal El was struck back, then struck in the face by a flaming fist belonging to Firestorm. Despite his invincibility he admitted the fire burned a bit. A simple breath of ice cold air, blew the fiery man back to the ground. He searched for the man in the robotic suit but he seemed to have disappeared. At least until Kal turned around because of the tap on his back. He still didn’t see him, until Ray Palmer regained his normal size, surprising Kal and opening him up for the atomic blast at close range fired into his head. He spun in the air only to be rammed by Firestorm. J’onn attempted to stand and help, until he felt a cold blast strike him from behind. Another arrow wrapped more steel cords round his legs. He reached those and began pulling them apart.

Kal was on the ground, as was everyone else. The woman in black along with the one in red had swept through those operatives who remained standing, striking them down quickly.

“Get to the breach now!” Oliver yelled. Everyone moved, Sara grabbing the back pack full of Kara’s keepsakes. Ray and Jax kept watch on the enemies, especially the two super powered ones who were standing.

“Kal!” Alex screamed. She was lying tied up near the breach closer than Firestorm or A.T.O.M. and behind the two women and the hooded man who had already walked through. Kal immediately knew what to do. Sending his heat vision towards Alex, the metal rope around her legs snapped. The man with the strange gun dove into the breach and Alex stood, arms still wrapped to her sides and ran, diving headfirst behind him into the circle of light. Ray and Jax continued backing up and then turned, flying through.

Kal attempted to fly in, only to be caught by J’onn.

“Wait! Let Alex talk to Kara. You leave now you are leaving Lois and Eliza. Alex can talk to her, maybe get her to come back. Just give her a chance.”

“You saw those people J’onn! They are…”

“Heroes in their own world.”

“Heroes? Look around you! Everyone is injured!”

“Everyone could have been killed. They had the firepower to do it. Yes they had extreme methods but they risked coming to another universe and battling men and women aiming rifles at them and fighting me in an effort to bring Kara her memories of her home and mother. Do those sound like bad people to you? Dangerous, yes, but not bad. Neither the man or woman were surprised when I transformed into my true form. That meant they knew about me, probably you, and without Kara’s knowledge or permission according to Alex, came anyway for her sake. We succeeded. We got Alex there. Now if Alex doesn’t come back for some reason, we keep working on a solution to interdimensional travel. Relax. Let’s regroup and let Eliza know about this development. She may be happy or cry or both. I need you with me.”

Kal El nodded, sickened by how close he had come to being with his cousin but understanding Hank’s had succeeded, provided another breach wasn’t opened and Alex would be thrown back out. He had gotten one of them through, probably the one who could talk to Kara the best, make her understand there was nothing more to be afraid of, make her understand how much her family needed her… how much he needed her.

For now all he could do was wait.

Earth 1

After Caitlin’s phone call, Barry Allen ran like a man possessed. Kara was not happy, her already damaged suit had been torn a bit more by wind shear on the two’s race back to Central City from the coast. Considering she was only wearing a bikini underneath, Barry suggested his girlfriend head to her apartment where Cait was freaking out. Apparently Caitlin had not seen nor heard from Cisco all day and asked Felicity to track his cell phone. Felicity found his phone at the exact spot he had let Zoom in from Earth 2 once on Barry’s instructions and she panicked. Felicity picked her up and the two arrived to find Cisco pacing, his special visor over his eyes.

It did not take long for Felicity to break him, the man admitting to everything that had happened, including, to Felicity’s great fury, Oliver following Sara once again. The man had an addiction to looking out for Lance girls. She called Thea, too angry to think straight. Once Thea arrived, Cisco admitted he was trying to monitor the situation and getting conflicting visions but one thing was clear, Oliver and Sara being taken down at the site of the breach Cisco was supposed to open. Thea then suited up and called a few numbers. Soon the hallway was crowded with Ray Palmer, Jax and Dr, Stein and Captain Cold of all people. Caitlin went home, having no desire to be near a breach that neither Barry, Cisco or Kara was going to come out of and called Barry. She hated to ruin the romantic afternoon the two had or to cut it short but both needed to know about this.

Kara was close to freaking out, not understanding what would possess Sara and Oliver to enter her universe and wondering if they were going to bring back anyone or if they could even make it back. Cisco was just learning to master his powers and this seemed like a lot for him. She arrived to a very relieved Caitlin Snow who ran into Kara’s arms the moment she crawled through the window, not wanting to walk into the front door in a bikini.

Barry arrived to see most of his friends on the ground, yelling at Cisco to close the breach, while Jax and Ray watched the opening, arms raised ready to fire if needed. The breach closed up and Oliver, Speedy, Snart and Sara slowly stood.

“Somebody want to tell me what is going on? Because what Caitlin told me can’t be true. There is absolutely no way you guys were stupid enough to visit another universe.”

“Oh they are stupid enough. At least Sara and Oliver are. The rest went in to rescue them.” Felicity told Barry calmly moving from a dark corner that he hadn’t noticed her standing in.

“And you brought back a hostage?!” the Flash asked, noticing the brunette on the floor, arms bound to her sides by one of Oliver or Speedy’s trick arrows.

“Oh crap, how did she get here?” Thea asked the group. Alex rolled over from her front to her back and sat up.

“Can somebody get this damn cable off of me!”

“I can’t believe you kidnapped a girl.” Barry whispered. “I mean I can, but wow, seriously Oliver you and Felicity need to work things out because you are losing it man. Cisco why did you open a breach to begin with? Who knows where they could have wound up?”

“Man, you try not having super speed and being woke up by a ninja lady who tells you to do something. See if you can turn her down. Then Oliver… man I am getting really tired of being threatened by your guys, especially you Oliver. The next time your suit needs repairing I may put a few surprises in it for you.”

“Can somebody get this damn cable off of me!” Alex yelled again.

“Who are you?” Barry asked.

“I’m Alex Danvers and I want to see my sister now. You in the red outfit, you’re Barry Allen right? Where is she?!”

“Your Kara’s sister? Wow, it’s so good to meet you…”

“Get this damn cable off of me!” Alex screamed again.

Oliver took a solid steel razor sharp knife and snapped the cable at its weakest point. She stood up and rushed Allen, who was so surprised he didn’t even move. Grabbing his sleeves she tried to shake him.

“Please call her. Tell her Alex is here. She is alive right? She has to be we found the bullets, I know she is alive. Just call her.”

Barry stood there speechless, eyes looking for Oliver and then Cisco trying to make sense of this.

“Right now probably isn’t the best time.” Sara tried.

“You shut the hell up.” Alex told her, not even bothering to turn around to look at the blonde she had fought twice in the last twelve hours.

“We could always open up another breach l and throw her back to her own Earth.” Cold offered with a smile. Alex froze, realizing he was right. There was no way she could stop them all.

Instead she met Barry’s eyes hoping he could see the desperation in hers. Even though he had a mask on she could tell he understood. He had too. Finally he sighed, pulled his mask off and Alex saw a shock of messy dark hair and the kindest face, so young looking for someone who had been through so much, at least according to what Kara had told her. She could see why Kara had fallen for him so quickly. Even with his youthful appearance, there was a pain behind his eyes she recognized in Kara’s at times. He gave her a lopsided grin and shrugged his shoulders.

“No one is opening up anymore breaches or throwing her anywhere. Who the hell knows where she would wind up. Besides, this is Kara’s sister. I guess we have never been properly introduced. As you have obviously figured out I am Barry Allen and you are Alex Danvers.” Barry offered his hand to the woman’s whose face had lightened up. Alex was beginning to believe that Barry would not let her be thrown back into a portal. She took his hand firmly.

“You saved my sister’s life.”

“My team saved her life. I’m just a part of the team. This is Cisco Ramon, the guy who opens breaches every time an assassin threatens him and Dr. Caitlin Snow is at her and Kara’s apartment.”

“Kara has a roommate?” Alex asked.

“Yeah, they have kinda hit it off since Cailin saved her life. Listen dropping you off right now isn’t the best idea. I need to explain to Kara what has happened. Why did you go there anyway Sara?”

Sara held out a bag that Barry took and opened. He recognized the contents immediately.

“You… you have any idea how much this will mean to her?” Barry asked.

Sara shrugged her shoulders and looked at Alex. As annoyed as she was right now, Sara had to appreciate a woman who would jump headfirst into an interdimensional breach bound by her arms, knowing she would be overmatched when she got there. “She wasn’t part of the package but we had a bit of a tussle at the breach coming back. Thanks by the way, everybody. Male Kara was about two seconds from tearing us to pieces.”

“Barry I need you to focus. I need to get to my sister.” Alex begged.

“Fine. Go to S.T.A., uh… who is Alex not angry with, or the least angry with?”

“I don’t think I did anything to her personally. No fist fights or atomic blasts that I know of. I would be glad to give her a lift.” Ray offered.

“Thanks. Alex if you will let Ray take you to our… base of operations, I will go talk to Kara and bring her to S.T.A.R. if she wants.”

“Of course she will want to!”

“She never expected to see you or any of her family from that Earth again. She had mentally accepted this and may need a bit of time to come to grips with the new reality. I promise no one will harm you and she will talk to you but I am not going to try and convince her to do something that she doesn’t want to do. Go to the Lab and wait.”

Barry walked towards Sara who still had the bag in her hand. “I guess since you are the one whose idea this was, you can explain it to her. Give you a lift?”

“Careful Flash.” Snart said, not liking the man getting handsy with not really his woman but as close as he has come to one. Then he remembered the blonde cutie who can melt guns with her eyes and realized he had nothing to worry Sara would ever be interested in a boy scout like Allen. It was Queen he had to worry about.

Allen smirked and grabbed the smaller Canary in his arms, the bag in her hand and was gone. Ray Palmer walked up to Alex and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump.

“It took a lot of guts jumping into that tunnel with this crowd. Let me give you a lift to the Lab and we can wait for your sister.”

“Can’t you just give me an address and call me a cab?” Alex tried.

“Yeah… no.” Ray swooped Alex into his arms and walked outside. Alex didn’t even try to fight, exhaustion from the days events taking over. She barely noticed when the two lifted off except for a brief light show on the ground she wasn’t sure she understood and barely opened her eyes until they landed in front of S.T.A. .

“What is this place?” she asked, looking at the huge but obviously damaged structure. The top looked worse for wear but the building was still beautiful.

“This is S.T.A.R. Labs, AKA the SuperFlash cave. Barry, Kara, Caitlin and CIsco operate out of here and since none of the rest of us have a nice giant lab, we crash here as well when we are in town. I plan to be here of for a while as does Jax and Professor Stein but there is plenty of space. A lot of toys you wouldn’t expect to find are in here. I can show you my workshop! I am working on this nano tech for the blood stream that could possibly fight blood borne infections and certain types of cancer. My friend Felicity is actually CEO of the company I used to own, she owns it now, long story, and Kara is her executive assistant and head of PR. I also have some really cool enhancements i’m working on for my suit. Want to see me shrink? Forget I said that. No woman wants to hear a guy say that. C’mon, lets go!”

Alex shrugged her shoulders and began walking behind the man in the iron or some sort of metal suit. This was definitely a new world. Ray exited his exoskeleton suit inside, gave her a tour which she barely paid attention to until they entered what he called the ops room. In glass cases she saw mannequins holding two suits, a red suit like Barry had on and a beautiful blue suit, a bit darker blue than Kara’s old one, the material resembling Barry’s more, even down to the pants. The mask on the mannequins head surprised her.

“What is this?”

“Thats Barry’s back up suit. The other is the one Cisco has been working on for Kara. Its almost the same as her last one, well, the one she tore up in the fight with Savage.”

“She wears a mask now? Wait, what is a Savage?”

“An extremely powerful immortal magician. One of the most evil men to ever walk the Earth.”

“And she fought him?”

“We all did but wouldn’t have stood a chance if not for her. He’s no longer walking the Earth now, more like orbiting. Anyway Kara doesn’t know Cisco has finished it. He was going to surprise her in the morning so if she comes over tonight mum’s the word, right? Caitlin also has a surprise for her. Of course you are going to be the biggest. Let me show you to a cot. You must be exhausted.”

“No! I will stay awake until Kara gets here. She won’t make me wait till morning. I know her. She just wouldn’t.”

Ray nodded hjs head in agreement whether to pacify her or actually agree he had no idea. The man could not get over this woman’s bravery and desperation to see Superwoman.

“By the way, you should know we call her Superwoman or Kara here. Never call her that other name, unless you want to see her eyes glow.” he told her seriously but with a smile. Yeah, Alex Danvers was a woman who Ray Palmer definitely wanted to get to know better. Too bad she would most likely be leaving this universe soon, empty handed.

Barry arrived at Cait and Kara’s apartment in record time. Kara opened the door and threw her arms around Barry, who dropped Sara to her feet just in time. He noticed Kara was dressed in black jeans, a black turtleneck and had what looked like some sort of make shift black bandana with eye holes cut out.

“Are you going to rob a bank?” he asked.

“No jerk, I was coming after you. My suit was developing some rips in embarrassing places that not even the kevlar could hide. What the heck was Cisco thinking, opening a breach to my old Earth? Oliver and… Sara!” Kara shouted, just noting the blonde who had arrived with Barry. The blonde who was dressed in full Canary black as opposed to her normal white standing beside a fully suited Flash in the open hallway where anyone could see. Kara pulled Barry inside and Sara followed where both saw a very angry Caitlin Snow behind Kara, arms crossed and glaring daggers at Sara Lance.

“Sara made him, Kara. It was her idea to go through to breach.” Cait informed her best friend. Kara looked at Sara who shrugged and handed her a bag.

“I got some things you might want.”

Kara took the bag carefully and unzipped it. Her eyes filled with tears immediately when she lifted the Kryptonian device with her mother’s message and her necklace. She also pulled out numerous pictures of her with Alex, Eliza, Winn, James and one rare pic of Clark Kent posing with Kara Danvers at a zoo, when Kara was 16. Alex had taken that picture.

“How… how did you do this Sara? Why? You could have been trapped.”

“Yeah, but it was worth the risk. I know what it is like to feel like you will never see your family again. There were times in my life I wished someone would have taken a chance for me, to get something I could remember them by. It was worth the risk.”

“Kara there is something else…” Barry started, but Kara ignored him.

“How did you find these Sara?”

“I took them from your old apartment. Your sister is living there now.”

Kara froze.

“You didn’t… you didn’t hurt her did you?”

“No, not as much as I could have. She was helpful when she realized we knew you. But towards the end when we were trying to come back, we ran into a bit of trouble. Your sister, the Martian guy and a small army were waiting for us. Your cousin showed up also. Firestorm, A.T.O.M, Lenny and Speedy helped us out and we managed to escape. No one was injured badly but…”

“But what?!”

“Kara, Alex jumped through the breach with them.” Barry told her softly.

“What? What… how? She… no she can’t be here! She was supposed to be happy! She was supposed to do all the things she couldn’t with me in her life! Why is she here?!”

“Because she loves you.” Sara told her. “I admit she isn’t going to win any best sister of the year awards for some of the crap she has pulled on you, but neither did I when Laurel was alive. Compared to me Alex is a saint. If there is one thing I am certain of, it is that she loves you and would not have been happy without you. They were trying to figure out a way to open a breach to get to you. They have a whole giant hanger filled with God knows what, including your spaceship according to Cisco, a small security force and quite a few scientists I would imagine. They won’t stop trying to get to you Kara, not to hurt you but because they love you. Alex was tied by her arms and jumped head first into the breach.”

“I should go to her. Where is she?”

“You don’t have to this minute if you don’t want to. You can take all the time you need to come to grips with this. She isn’t going anywhere.” Barry reminded her.

“I know but I need to get to her. I do love her. I just wanted her to have a life that didn’t revolve around me. She needs to understand that. They all do. Maybe if I can talk to her, she can go back and tell the others to stop. They are going to get themselves killed trying to reach me. Cait I don’t feel like wearing this. Could you drive us?”

“Of course Kara. Barry your change of clothes is in Kara’s room. Sara… good luck.” Caitlin finished, impressed with the former assassins bravery but doubtful if she will ever really like the woman.

“No worries. I can just leave the mask off and no one really recognizes me as anyone special. The real Black Canary is dead. They will probably just think I am some latex and leather freak.”

The four were driving to S.T.A.R. five minutes later, Kara and Barry in the back and Sara in the front while Caitlin drove. Kara hated driving so Barry rubbed small circles on the back of her neck. He knew she loved this, it kept her calm and her mind off the unwelcome dizziness car riding sometimes gave her.

“Hey I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with my Dad this week? He called me the other day asking to meet you. I wasn’t sure if you are up for it?”

“Do you want me too? Kara asked.

“Why wouldn’t I?”

“Because you are angry at him over the fact that you fought your whole life from the age of ten to free him and when he finally was free he moved away from you. I understand that. It is still hard at times for me not to feel anger at Kal for abandoning me to others. I know why he did it but it still hurt. I never could admit that to myself until Thea pointed it out to me. Its okay to be angry Barry. He took himself away from you so if you want to keep me away from him its fine. I figured he would have wanted to meet me sooner, actually.”

Barry cringed at how well she read him. He honestly didn’t see how Oliver could keep any secrets from Felicity.

“He has. I have some up with excuses why we couldn’t. You are right though, mostly I didn’t want you to meet him because what we have is ours and he lost any right to it when he decided to take off and find himself. But I love him, so yeah I want you to meet him now.”

“Then I will.” Kara agreed, grinning at Barry but her stomach still in knots. She had prepared herself and excepted the fact that she would never see Alex again. Kara should have known better. With the car parked. All four got out, Kara reaching one hand towards Caitlin and the other for Barry, walking slowly between the two. Dr. Stein who Kara had yet the pleasure of meeting opened the door with a huge, friendly smile.

“Pleasure to meet you Kara. I would like to get to know you better but I can imagine you have other more important things on your mind. She is in Ray’s workshop waiting.” Dr. Stein stepped aside and the three entered followed by Sara. Before Kara could turn into the room, Dr. Stein stepped in front of her.

“I actually haven’t had a chance yet to check her for radiation she may have brought through the breach. I’m not sure how it could effect a normal human unprotected. Would you give me one second? I just want to make sure there is no residual radiation that could harm her.”

Kara silently agreed and gripped Barry and Caitlin’s hands tighter than either were used to but neither complained.

Alex’s head shot up as Dr. Stein who had just arrive and was only briefly introduced to her walked in.

“She is here. I just want to check you over for any residual radiation you may have picked up during your jump through the breach. We really don’t know what effect the movement of a regular human body through a breach would have. I will just run this spectrometer over you and…”

“Where are the others? I know that Ray is just a regular guy in an incredibly advanced suit. The duo archers and the woman in black, Sara Lance, they aren’t special in your sense. I noticed you and the other man separate as soon as Ray lifted me off the ground. It was hard to miss. Are you checking them then out? You and Barry Allen are the only metahumans who have gone through a breach. Have you checked the non metahumans?”

Dr. Stein simply smiled, and lifted the device. “Do you want to see your sister or not?” he asked.

“You are checking to see if I have any Kryptonite on me.” Alex realized. “You think I would jump through a hole into another galaxy to harm my sister?”

“I don’t know what to think. I hope not but I won’t take chances. I do not know Kara well, we have never been officially introduced but Barry Allen is one of the greatest and bravest young men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and you come from a universe that nearly killed the woman he loves. A woman who I have personally witnessed fight like a Goddess for the people of this city and the future of this world. Now for my piece of mind would you care if I ran this scanner over your body, then your sister can come in, relieved to know that you are completely healthy?”

Alex stood up and raised her arms. The Doctor ran the rad detector over Alex and satisfied with the results walked out. Alex remained standing, looking towards the door. A few moments went by until it slowly opened and Alex saw Kara for the first time in months.

“Alex? Its really you? I mean I knew but I didn’t believe…”

“Kara.” Alex whispered. Her sister was dressed casually in blue jeans and a white tee with a lightning bolt symbol inside a circle. She was not used to seeing Kara outside of her apartment in normal clothes without glasses.

Alex ran to the blonde who opened her arms and held her, tears streaming at the feel of Alex in her arms. Despite the differences between them, the past hurts, there was still the love, the bond between the two women, who would kill and die for each other.

“Alex why did you come here? I wanted you to live a normal life, find happiness, do all the things you…”

“I know what you wanted. This is what I wanted. Kara, Eliza is going out of her mind with worry, Kal has gone off the deep end. Neither he or J’onn have helped anyone since you were shot. Kal killed General Lane, Cat exposed the President and helped sway the opinion of the nation. The President is about to be on trial. Lois is working with Cat of all people, exposing every secret the woman ever had and highlighting every disaster that Superman didn’t help at because of what happened to you. He has refused to help anyone until he has you in his arms.”

Kara snorted, despite her tears. “A shame he wasn’t that possessive when I was growing up.”

Alex said nothing, she knew of Kara’s bitterness even if her sister would never admit it.

“Why haven’t you tried to come home?”

“That place is not my home anymore! Don’t try to talk em into going back Alex. I won’t.”

“The entire world didn’t betray you Kara. It was the President and Lane who carried out her orders.”

“That was not Lane who shot me. DEO agents Alex. Lucy tried to warn me but she was cut off. They were taken over from the inside. There were agents there who wanted me dead even after everything I had done for them! The Earth I left can burn for all I care!”

“And Mom? What about her Kara? Does she deserve to burn?”

“She won’t be a target as long as I stay away. Let them think they succeeded in killing me.”

“You won’t even go back just to say bye? To let everyone know you are okay?”

“If I do, will you go back and live your life? Find love, happiness, some sort of life that doesn’t revolve around protecting me? I don’t need protection anymore. I have friends and we look out for each other. If you go back I will…”

“I am not going back! I get that you are angry with me okay? I get it! I have done a lot of things that hurt you and justified them by telling myself they were for your protection. This Sara Lance ninja lady certainly reminded me of them. I killed Astra and I am sorry. Maybe I could have just injured her but I reacted and I killed her without thinking. Did some part of me want her dead? Probably. She had done nothing but hurt you. If I could change things I would but I can’t. You know I love you. I won’t try to control you any longer. I won’t be overbearing, your life is your life but you cannot make me love you like we share blood, become your sister in every way that matters and then just cut me out! You can’t do that Kara! You say I have no life? You are right, so I can start one here as well as you have. I will stop acting like I know what is best for you, I swear! But please give me a chance to be better. You know I love you and I can’t lose you.” Alex finished, the tears stopping her from talking, her body shaking, begging for Kara to take hold of her, just as she had done when she confessed to killing Astra. She closed her eyes and waited.

Thankfully it only took a few seconds for her to feel those familiar arms pulling her into the strong grip. At some point the door had opened and Barry, Caitlin and Cisco had walked in, watching the two.

“Hey stop crying.” Kara whispered in Alex’s ear. “You don’t have to leave. You can stay. We will figure out the rest but you can stay.”

Alex nodded her head into Kara’s shoulder.

“There are some people I want to introduce you too.” Alex raised her head and turned to face the newcomers.

“This is our technical director and the man who can see into other universes and open breaches, Cisco Ramon. I suppose you have met Barry, the man I am completely in love with and this is my best friend, roommate and the woman who performed the surgery that saved my life. Considering I have Barry and Cisco’s blood running through my veins and Cait has had my blood all over her, these are my blood bonds. The same as you are Alex. Everyone this is my sister Alex.”

“Its good to meet everyone. I will never be able to repay you all…”

“You don’t have to.” Cait told her quickly. “Why don’t you come to our apartment? I’m sure we all have a lot to catch up on and plan but tonight we are all exhausted.”

Alex agreed and the four minus the Canary who was now gone, got into Caitlin’s car and drove to her apartment. Alex hit Kara’s bed and passed out minutes later, holding her sister’s hand. Barry had kissed Kara good night, telling her if she needed anything, especially a shoulder to cry on to call him and he would be back in a matter of seconds. She thanked him for everything, held onto him for minutes in the hallway and once the two broke away from each other and Barry was gone down the stairs, Kara walked back into the living room. Cait was on the couch.

“Can I sleep with you tonight? Alex has a tendency to move all over the bed and when she hits me it wakes her up.”

“Of course…” Caitlin looked a little unsure of herself and Kara knew why.

“She isn’t going to replace you Caitlin. She is my sister but you are my best friend and that will never change.” Cait smiled and pulled the woman in a hug.

“I was looking at your mother’s necklace. It is beautiful. Would you show me the pictures of your old friends?”

“Yeah but first… would you watch the message from my mother with me? I cry every time and I really don’t feel like crying alone tonight.”

“Of course.”

The two watched the message, both breaking down in tears, not knowing that Alex had gotten up at some point and stood in the hall watching them. Kara must not have heard her, wrapped up in her mother’s form and voice. Alex was slightly jealous of the relationship that was obvious between her sister and the brilliant woman who saved her life but also grateful that Kara had so many people that cared about her, even going so far as to scan her for the presence of Kryptonite. She smiled and walked back to Kara’s bed, not knowing what tomorrow would bring but optimistic about it for the first time since Kara had disappeared from her life. She would change, be whatever Kara needed her to be, but she had the sunshine back in her life. That was all that mattered tonight.

The next morning Alex stood in front of the apartment building while Kara waited for her ride. Before Alex could begin to ask how Kara planned to get to the massive lab, a streak of lightning flew by and Kara was gone.

“She likes for him to carry her. Its kind their thing. Ready?” Caitlin asked, dangling her keys. The two women rode in silence but it was comfortable, no animosity that either picked up. Alex still appeared tired, trying to come to grips with this new reality and Caitlin wondering how this new development would disrupt their team chemistry. Kara had fit in smoothly, Cait believed the blonde had always belonged with the team. Alex was a wild card.

On arrival Cisco, Barry and Caitlin gave Alex the whole tour and she admitted this place put the DEO base to shame in size and workspace. Of course this was not a military organization but a group of scientists, taking advantage of Allen’s speed and now Kara’s gifts to make the world a better place. While Cisco showed Alex videos of Barry and Kara’s rescues and the fight with Savage during which Alex nearly had a heart attack watching Kara exert so much power and take so many hits, Barry and Caitlin slipped Kara away. Walking towards the Gideon Room, the duo stopped Kara short of the speedster’s domain.

“Place your hand right here.” Cait instructed. Kara did as she was told, touching the wall and was surprised to see the wall open up just as the Gideon Room did. The space inside was much larger though. She walked inside and saw a frame on the wall. Somehow, someone had stitched her old costume together, minus the cape and framed it on the wall. No blood stains were present. Unlike the Gideon Room the walls were not white but a soft blue tone that Kara had told Cait once that she loved. Next to her Supergirl costume, also hanging in a large full size frame was her Superwoman costume, still ripped from her fight with Savage. In the middle stood a four foot tall marble column that had her Kryptonian projector on it. In the corner was a canvas and paints next to an artist chair. The only other furniture in the large room was a white couch on the wall opposite the costumes. The floors were hardwood as opposed to the glaring white in the Gideon Room.

“What is this?” she whispered.

“This was Caitlin’s idea.” Barry told her. “I came by early this morning and picked up the items. I figured you would want to frame your pictures yourself.”

“I realize it isn’t your cousin’s fortress but I thought you should have your own fortress. A place only you have access too. No one can get in unless you bring them inside. Your costumes and the blank canvases are so you can remember where you came from. We are here to remind you of where you are going. This is your place of solitude Kara. Do you like it?” Caitlin asked.

“I love it. Thank you so much.” she told her best friend hugging her tightly. “But if my suit is in this frame what am I going to wear?”

“Lets go see if Cisco has anything ready for you.” Barry told her, taking her hand and leading her back to the control room where the suits were kept and saw Cisco, Alex and now the mannequins. Kara gasped when she saw it.

There in the case was a suit like her last one, still a dark blue but this one had footwear that went past her knees. There were no heels but the bright red of her old boots was present. No it was her old boots definitely. Cisco had modified her old boots somehow taking off the heels on the bottom, replacing them with a sole resembling Barry’s. The symbol of the house of El was smaller and set a bit higher than the former one on her chest. She was still covered from neck to toe in the mixed polymer fabric. The mask was the same but along with the smaller symbol, and red boots there was one other amazing addition.

“I thought you said capes weren’t happening Cisco?” she asked, not realizing how much she had missed having Kal’s blanket close to her.

“Barry convinced me you pulled it off and somehow made a cape look badass. I think you can do it. Besides if you take anymore shots to the back it should provide you additional protection. The suit has better bio sensors that will scan your cells. Caitlin believes we can monitor how your cells store solar energy and monitor your power levels, find a link between your other vitals and the use of energy, how long it takes you to recover and the effect any hits you take have on you. I took out the kevlar, making it lighter and you faster even if by just a fraction. You are bulletproof and its time we started acting like it. What do you think?”

Kara walked over and hugged the shorter man.

“I love it. You are amazing.”

“Cisco knows how to design a suit. Caitlin you said you monitor their vital signs while they are out in the field?” Alex asked, incredibly impressed and touched at the thought they obviously gave her sister’s protection and health.

“Yes.”

“Amazing. Why didn’t I think of this?” Alex whispered. “You’ve come a long way in a short time Superwoman.”

“And you are going to go even further.” a new voice told the startled room. Even Kara had not heard her walking in.

“Uh.. who are you?” Barry asked, wary of the woman dressed in garbs that reminded him of his brief run in with League of Assassins members.

“My name is Nyssa. This morning, Oliver and Thea Queen along with Sara and some ape she deems worthy enough to spend time with in a thick coat despite the warm temperatures, have gone back to Star City to join John Diggle and begin protecting the city once more. Sara has asked me for a favor. I am to train the three of you in hand to hand combat. You Barry Allen will learn to us the incredible force your strikes can generate from a close combat situation without shattering every bone in your hand or foot. You Kara Zor El have much to learn and I am assuming you are Alex Danvers? Sara tells me you are talented but need to be taken to the next level. You will be faster and deadlier than you ever imagined when I am done with you. We start tomorrow at dawn.”

“Uh we are actually going to run some practice tests to measure Barry and Kara’s output during strenuous situations.” Cisco told her.

“Yes you are. After I am done training the three of them. Everyday we meet at dawn. Kara I believe Dr. Stein has some questions he would like to ask you. Please go to him. Have a good day.”

Nyssa turned and walked out of the room.

“Anybody know who the hell she was?” Cisco asked.

“I’ve heard of her. She is Sara’s ex lover and Oliver’s wife.” Barry told the team.

Caitlin pondered this for a moment and then nodded her head.

“That makes a lot of sense.”