Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 59:

Adam Foster had been having a difficult couple of weeks.

First, war broke out, not nuclear, or biological or even countries against other countries. Instead a war between an alien army full of weird human resembling androids and some the Government swore were completely biological entities, and the militaries around the World. The cities of his Earth were being bombed from giant bolts of light from the sky, destroying property, homes, lives.

He had been hustled off the street by a gang of men dressed in black, on his way to his apartment to watch the news and taken to the remains of Watchtower industries, what he would soon find out was the headquarters of the famous Justice League his mother had gotten so many exclusives from. The building was rubble but a secret entrance in a nearby corn field that literally sunk into a highway under the corn, leading into a tunnel that eventually ran back under the remains of the building.

Adam had found himself in the sprawling underground complex that was the real headquarters of the Justice League and the men who had taken him were the Justice League’s support team. Inside the complex were his mother, Lois Lane and his little brother he did not know well. He knew his mother and Lane continued to broadcast from an unknown location and supposed he just discovered the location.

He had stayed for a week, sleeping in a bunk resembling a prison cell without the bars, watched the heroes of the world monitor the war in space between some weird aliens dressed in green who fired at a huge ship that had only been orbiting the Earth but all knew it was where the invaders had come from. The heroes had come and gone, multitudes, many he had never heard of, to assist the militaries, to try and destroy these four alien bases around the world and fail.

Then to make matter worse, someone set loose a creature, not alien, but from this world, whose apparent purpose was to fight aliens. The thing, the only description he could think of, went berserk, attacking cities, nearly leveling 90% of Metropolis, feeding off the energy sources of major metropolitan areas and any flesh it could consume, animal, human it don’t matter, then began a path of destruction across the United States.

Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, had returned from their attempts to get into the alien bases and began battling the creature. Batman had several weapons and a jet and lasted a day. He was eventually knocked from the sky, ejected and caught by Superman before the monster struck the parachuting man with his clawed hand in a single leap. Superman and Wonder Woman continued to fight, the battle covering half the country. Despite the green rock under this thing’s skin that the support group called Kryptonite, Superman fought it, using a radiation blocker on his suit. The battle was joined by the Martian Manhunter, Cyborg, even Aquaman had left planning an attack in Antarctica against one of the bases to try his luck. Nothing worked, only Diana Prince and Kal El able to give the thing much of a challenge. Kal tried everything, taking shot after shot, even attempting to take the creature into space, much the way Kara had taken Fort Roz into space. He was beaten down though and the battle continued until the killing blow struck Superman, a blow to the Man of Steel’s head and chest, a direct shot that dropped Kara’s cousin to the ground, from which he did not stand up from.

Diana broke from the fight to bring his broken and bloodied body back to Watchtower, hoping something could be done, but it was too late. Clark Kent, Kal El, Superman was no longer breathing, his heart not beating. He was dead.

Diana, in a rage, continued the fight and had been battling the creature for days, while Batman tried to formulate some defense, some form of attack.

That was when Adam’s mother had called him and his little brother over to a section of Watchtower he had never seen before. He saw a spaceship, Kara’s ship.

“You are going to get into this thing with your brother. He can lay on your lap. It is going to take you to where Kara is. Her Earth will be safe. Tell her what is going on and to stay away, stress this. Her cousin couldn’t defeat this thing, these heroes are being overrun, the militaries have no effective offense and those green idiots in space are doing no good. Tell her to stay. She will help you and Carter. You are going to stay there Adam. Take care of your little brother.”

“I’m staying here and you are going. He needs you.”

“And I need both of my sons safe.”

Adam never saw Dick Grayson move behind him, barely felt the pinch in his neck, and was unconscious when Nightwing caught him from behind and loaded him into the pod. Carter hugged his crying mother tightly and then sat on top of his reclined brother and the cockpit closed under the pod. Adam never saw Bruce Wayne in the control room activate the ignition sequence, praying that the Tachyon Device they had developed and basically turned Kara’s ship into, would work and get them where they needed to go. Cat and Dick ran to the observation room and watched the ship blur, sparks fly, then lightning, a breach open up and the pod was gone in an instant.

“Thank you Bruce.” Cat had told him gratefully. “No matter what happens I can be at peace now.”

“Nothing is going to happen. We are going to win. Kara and Barry Allen will come and we will win this war.”

“Bruce… you know I told Adam to stress to Kara not to come here.” Cat told him, trying to sound strong and stern, in control.

“Yes, you did. For someone who knows Kara so well, I think I will be waiting regardless. She will be here in less than two days, her and Barry or their whole League. I will take her and Barry gladly if that is all the help we can get. Kara is more powerful than Clark. Barry is something this universe has never seen, especially the madman in that spacecraft.”

“She won’t come. She won’t leave her daughter. She will protect Carter.”

“I have no doubt that she will leave your sons in good hands as well as her daughter and be back to her when this is over. Kara has a mission in life, a purpose and we both know there is no way she will sit idly by when she finds that this world, any world is in danger of being destroyed like Krypton was. You want her to stay away but deep in your heart, you know she won’t.”

Bruce and Dick walked away until an angry Cat stopped him.

“I thought you were doing this to help my sons!”

“I did it to save us all. The decision is hers. Your fear is you know what that decision will be. Have a little hope, Cat. Kara and Barry will come and we will win.”

“And she will die fighting the thing that killed her cousin?!”

“No, she can’t beat Doomsday. Diana can battle the creature for years, keep it busy but eventually she will fall. Only Barry Allen can destroy that abomination and he knows it.”

While this discussion was going on, Adam slept in the pod, Carter Grant on top of him, taking in everything. He saw so many worlds, visions of heroes, visions of natural wonders, he saw the past, the present and what he thought may be futures or very advanced Earths. The trip in reality was only seconds but it literally felt like years to the boy.

The pod was roughly thrown into a hallway of some sort, subtle curves, and Carter knew that though he had never been here in this section, this was the pipeline under S.T.A.R. Harry had told him about, the miles of circular tunnel under the lab that once belonged to the particle accelerator. Adam woke with a start when the pod had landed, his head pounding and forgetting briefly why his brother was sprawled out over him and where exactly he was. Carter pressed a button, being very familiar with Kara’s spacecraft and the cockpit opened. He slid over the side to the ground, while Adam struggled to clear his head.

Before the older brother had a chance to figure out how his mother had knocked him out, a shirtless man appeared in front of the ship, twenty feet away, body covered in scars with a bow in his hand, a quiver on his back and a very sharp arrow pointed at him.

“Get out of the space craft now.”

“Mr. Arrow? Oliver? Its me, Carter Grant? You remember me, right?”

Oliver glanced at the boy but kept his arrow aimed at the man in the pod.

“Carter, get behind me.” Oliver ordered. Normally shy and uncertain, Carter ran behind the Green Arrow.

“What the hell, Carter?” Adam asked.

“He told me to get behind him. People generally do what he says. I figured that out when he was in the hangar.”

“Who is this person, Carter? Did he take you?” Oliver asked, eyes never leaving Adam Foster. Adam almost stood up to explain until an arrow buzzed past his ear, sticking into the seat he had been sitting up from.

“Dude! Carter, tell him I’m your brother!”

“He is, Oliver.” Carter said shyly, not adding that he hardly knew the man.

“Look, where is Kara? I’m supposed… she knows me! My mother sent me here to look after… look just contact her. We used to date. She can vouch for me.” Adam tried. While he and Kara had never officially dated, he had taken her on two attempts including one kiss and any good will he could garner with the man who nearly took off his ear and had another arrow aimed at him, he would take.

“Get out of the pod.” Queen ordered.

“You won’t shoot me if I do, right?”

“He won’t, Adam. I don’t… I don’t think you will, will you?” Carter asked.

“Depends on how long it takes him to do as I say.”

“You heard him Adam! Do as he says! Everybody does! Just do it!”

Adam slid out of the pod, in time to see another man run behind Oliver. This man seemed out of breath but didn’t look nearly as dangerous. He was shorter, had longer hair, wasn’t shirtless, covered in scars and a strange tattoo on his chest or pointing a sharp object at him. He was wearing some strange sunglasses and metal gloves but other than that seemed harmless, including his torn jeans and Wrath of Khan t shirt.

“Can I talk to him? The less violent looking guy with the weird glasses? Please?”

“Cisco take Carter by your side and walk out of the pipeline. You walk behind them, at least five feet back. I’ll be right behind you.” The Arrow told Adam.

“No problem man, just don’t shoot me, okay? Kara would be really, really mad at you if you did and she is Supergirl. I am guessing you know that? Wait… Cat told me about you… you were the one at the hanger in the green hood? The one with the arrows… yeah, the Green Arrow, right? She said…”

“You said Cat.” Oliver told him.

“Yeah…”

“I thought she was your mother?”

“Oh… Uh…”

“Oliver? He didn’t grow up with Mom. He just met her a few years ago. Kara is actually the reason they reconnected. He is my brother and is a good guy, I promise.” Carter told him. Oliver took the boy in, took another look at Adam Foster and dropped the bow.

“Fine, follow Cisco and your brother. I’m still following you.”

“No problem. So you are like one of Kara’s superhero friends, huh?”

“I’m not a superhero.”

“Oh… so what do you do?”

“I’m an art dealer. Move. Cisco when we reach the top, call Kara.”

“Hey when you call her… look she needs to know, her cousin? Superman? He died a few days ago.”

Oliver and Cisco looked at each other, both their faces going pale. Neither knew Kal El well but both knew she loved him a lot. This was another blow on top of yesterday and today’s mass casualty count. Kara would be… her last blood relative dead. Oliver still had Thea and if she ever…

“Lets move. Cisco will let her know and when she gets here you can tell us all why you are here, and how you turned her pod into a giant Tachyon device. Harry are you listening?”

“Yeah, is the lab clear? Lexie says she wants to burn her eyes again and save you and we are having a hard time keeping her outside. Funny thing about 4 year old super strong speedsters with laser vision, when they decide to do something you can’t just stop them easily.”

“Put the com in her ear.”

A few seconds went by when he heard her voice. “Unca Ollie?”

“You can come inside but calm down. Everything is fine. No burning eyes, no beating anybody up. We have some visitors, one who your Grandma and Mommy know well. Relax.”

“Yes sir.”

“Seriously? She just says yes sir?” Harry complained in the com. “Why doesn’t that work for us? She argues with us.”

“Harrison, please escort the three back inside. The situation is handled. I need to speak to Eliza and Jeremiah now.”

Later that night while Adam sat in a conference room, Jeremiah bringing him food while Oliver sat and… watched him, making it difficult for the man to eat, a red streak ran into the lab, followed by a blue streak with a red cape. Lexie, who had been watching TV in Mommy’s room with Carter, heard the familiar whooshes of air even from inside the room and ran, Carter slowly try to follow the direction he was pretty sure she ran.

Kara and Barry both looked like hell, both stunk, both were covered in dirt and Kara’s mask was barely holding on. Her normally full beautiful blonde hair was nearly as dark as Alex’s and stringy. Eliza hadn’t known what to expect when they returned, not sure how Kara would handle being around such a large disaster area and not be able to save everyone. Then for Cisco to tell her about Clark’s death over the com link, she was sure Kara would be a blubbering mess. Instead both just seemed stoic. Kara taking what was left of her drenched mask off and tossing it onto the floor and Barry pulling his mask back to reveal even suited up, he had managed to cover his face and hair in mud and from the smell of it, soot.

“Kara…” Eliza started when a small blur ran by her and jumped into Kara’s arms.

“Mommy! Daddy! It wasn’t my fault, it was Unca Cisco’s, Grandma said so, he messed up my Hello Kitty shirt, wow you both stink, I’m really hungry, can we go home now?”

Kara held her daughter closely, despite how she smelled and Barry wrapped them both up, keeping Lexie between the two parents. Every injured and dead child Kara had seen made her want to grab Lexie and run, build a fortress somewhere to keep her safe, not only from danger but from ever having to see something so brutal. She had focused as best she could on helping as many as she could but on the flight home she could no longer keep her thoughts from the news that her little cousin, the one she was supposed to protect, was dead.

Charlie and Carter Grant ran into the control room, Charlie jumping up and down on Kara’s leg until he realized the horrible smell was her, then backed up. Kara, still holding Lexie tried to give a small smile to shy Carter Grant who had grown taller in the past few years.

“Hi Carter. Are you okay?” she asked.

“Ye… yeah. Kara?”

“Yeah, its me.”

“You look different. Eliza told me what was going on but…”

“Yeah, I’m a little dirty. I rushed here.”

“Yeah but your eyes… are you okay?”

Kara ignored the question. Was she okay? She had her daughter in her arms, her family was safe and that usually was enough to constitute okay but right now she was definitely not okay.

“Carter, is it true? About Kal El?”

“Yeah.” he admitted quietly looking at the ground. “Adam can explain it better. He is with Green Arrow. When did he become an art dealer? But yeah, anyway, Adam was told not to say anything until you got here. He is in that big room I think you have meetings in? There is a big table and…”

“Yeah, I know the one, Carter. You’ve gotten taller. I guess it has been four years since I last saw you. Fifteen now?”

“Yes.”

Despite the height, he was still the awkward shy boy Kara had loved, the kid that loved playing games with Winn on his mother’s giant television screens in her office.

“Caitlin and Winn are with Cisco. Whenever you are ready we can talk to Adam.” Eliza offered. “You can clean up first if you like.”

“Carter, where is my pod?” Kara asked, handing Lexie to Barry to hold.

“In the pipeline.”

“I’ll be right back, little one.” Kara told her daughter.

“You can take a shower if you want. You both can. I’ll be good while you do it. No one will mind, trust me. Even Charlie doesn’t want to lick you.” her daughter reminded her with big smile, causing Kara to smile a bit. No matter what, Lexie could always make her smile.

“I’ll do that. Daddy why don’t you get a head start? I will be in the locker room in a little bit.”

“I think I’ll go with you, if thats okay. Lexie, let Grandma get you some pizza maybe, and me and Mommy will get cleaned up, okay? Order some for me and Mommy too?”

“Okay. I love you, I missed you.” the little girl told her both parents and hopped into her grandmother’s arms.

Kara moved quickly, Barry right behind her, letting her lead the way. In less than five seconds both were standing in front of Kara’s pod. Cisco hadn’t been lying, the craft had definitely been pimped out. Running the sides were thick translucent wires as well as on the bottom and the top leaving only the cockpit uncovered. The back, where the ignition system had been, a mounted Tachyon Device was in place, quite a bit bigger than the one Barry had worn when he first met Kara.

“So they figured out how to use Quark matter to control Tachyons. These colorful hoses must be electrical conduits, generating the power needed and matching the vibrations. I wonder what they put under the hood that let them mimic the vibrations without breaking the ship apart.”

Barry stopped taking when he realized Kara was not following him on his tour of the craft. Instead she stood in front of it, staring, lost in the past.

“Kara?” he asked, worried when she remained unmoving for a minute or two.

“I suspected when we were in the Hangar. When Eliza and Alex found us in the pod? I knew but I didn’t want to know. I had so much fun, being touched like that for the first time, my mind tried to force it out, not dwell on it. But it was obvious. I just didn’t want to admit it.”

“What… oh.” Barry stopped, realizing what was obvious.

“Carter is what? 5’9″? Adam is Oliver’s size, maybe a little smaller in height but thicker in build. Carter and Adam both got here, together. A young girl and her mother wouldn’t have had much trouble fitting together inside it, would they?”

Kara shook her head. This didn’t matter. She had always known, but didn’t want to. Her mother could have came with her, she just chose not to. It didn’t matter anymore. Still, the woman had to see for herself. It was important to Kara for some reason.

“Let’s shower and… I need to find out what happened to Kal El. I need to know who killed him.”

“Okay.” was all Barry had to offer, not knowing what else to say. The idea had occurred several times to him over the past five years as well but he never would have brought it up to Kara.

Twenty minutes later, Alex and Nyssa, courtesy of Zatanna, Caitlin, Winn, Cisco, Eliza, Jeremiah, Oliver, Kara and Barry sat around the large conference room table looking at a very nervous Adam. Charlie had barked at him once but sat quietly in Kara’s lap now. More interested in his mother being back and not smelling like a sewer.

“Adam, I would say it is good to see you but something tells me you have more bad news besides just my cousin being de… gone. We won’t say anything, we won’t ask any questions until you stop so right now, please tell me everything that has happened that has led up to you and Carter being sent here for your protection.”

Adam was a bit surprised at Kara’s tone. She wasn’t hostile by any means, very calm and collected rather. Her voice was the same friendly tone he remembered. He knew her briefly but what precious time he had spent with her he knew her to be soft hearted, unsure of herself but so sweet and loving. Not to say she wasn’t now. He really knew nothing about her now, except how different she looked without her glasses. She was beautiful, didn’t look as if she had aged a day, but her eyes were different. He had expected weepy, mournful, expected to see her husband comforting her while she sobbed about the death of her only blood relative. Her eyes reflected a young woman who was tired and he suspected it was not just from the last few days. She was no longer the unsure adorable girl he could have loved and almost did, even after a short time of knowing her. Her eyes had seen things and done things he imagined he would never know and wasn’t sure he wanted to. The kindness and love was there, especially when her daughter hugged her before leaving with Carter to Kara’s secret room or something, but he saw a hardness also reflected in her husband and Oliver Queen’s eyes. Alex’s were not far off. Only Alex’s wife’s eyes remained unreadable.

Taking a deep breath, Adam told them everything and true to Kara’s word no one asked a question until he was done.

“And thats it. I woke up here, in that… pipe, with the Art Dealer almost skewering me.”

“If he wanted you dead you would have been dead. Breachers we are not aware of do not happen, unless we bring them or they want here for some reason that usually isn’t good. He was being cautious and protecting our family.” Kara told him, as always quick to ward off any criticism of Oliver. He was hard enough on himself without others adding to it.

“I didn’t mean anything… bad. It just kind of freaked me out. Anyway, yeah…”

“Tell us about Doomsday, again, please?” Barry asked.

“He was late to the party. Someone was convinced this thing was the only chance humanity had against these alien bases. The League has a support team, the team that kidnapped me, I heard they were working on tracking where he was let loose from. The leaders of the Order were supposedly dead but there must have been someone else. I didn’t hear much. I was kept in the… I suppose the residential area? I snuck around as much as possible, trying to find out about what was going on. I was there when Wonder Woman… I think I heard her called Diana, she brought your cousin in Kara. Bruce had come back three days before, pretty banged up, but I guess word is Superman saved him and sent him and the Martian back to figure out some weapon that could kill this thing. I know Wonder Woman went back alone to fight this thing and Batman and her argued before she left.”

“About what?” she pressed.

Adam shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know, I was kinda pushed out in the frenzy but it sounded like he wanted her to call you from some island but the Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman didn’t want you involved.”

“Why not?” Kara asked, controlling her temper as best she could.

“The rumor was… some of the support staff wanted you to come… save the world again. There were arguments between Wonder Woman and Batman but the others didn’t get involved. From what I could tell those two butted heads over this. Batman wanted you and she and the Martian said you had a kid and didn’t need to be involved. Thats all I know. The base was underground. I knew Cat and Lois had been broadcasting messages to those who still had TV reception and cell phones near surviving towers and I guess that is where she had been. Carter told me he had been there for weeks. Cat was trying…”

“She sent you off with Carter because she loved you. She sent a team that probably had more important battles to fight, to bring you to safety. She has been in your life wanting the best for you for five years and stayed away for your protection longer than that. You still can’t call her Mom?” Kara asked, a tinge of bitterness in her voice, then shaking her head. “I’m sorry, it’s not my place. Tell us everything you saw of Doomsday before you were taken and afterward.”

“It is huge. At least ten eleven feet tall, maybe taller. He can regenerate. Youtube video was taken before most of the communication satellites were shut down. Wonder Woman cut his arm off and it grew back. Every time he was near a city he absorbed the electricity from the power lines. At least it looked like it. He also… ate people, animals, anything live that he came across. He can jump incredible distances and he can take punches from Wonder Woman and Super… he could I mean… anyway he gives as good as he takes. Better.”

“And the man behind this space invasion?” Kara prompted.

“No idea. Sorry, the big topics of conversation were the two battles. The militaries and superheroes getting their butts kicked from some sort of space beams and an android army building up four bases around the world and the giant monster tearing its way across the United States, eating everything in sight and fighting Wonder Woman for days. Word is she was still fighting him, it must have been for days, before Cat… my Mother… had me knocked out and I woke up here with my little brother laid out across me. I want to go back. Carter can stay here but…”

“You aren’t going anywhere. Your mother sent you to protect her baby. Do you know what an obligation that is, a responsibility, a sacred duty? She put her trust in you to keep both of you safe. Sending you both away was the hardest thing she has probably ever done but at least she didn’t send either of you alone. Now you are here and you are going to protect your little brother. Do we understand each other, Adam?”

“I want to fight!”

“Then fight for him! Unless you want to be food for Doomsday, what chance do you think you have there?! It sounds like the military isn’t having any luck, none of them! The heroes of that Earth are losing. These green lights you see in space, this star war going on? Apparently whoever or whatever is up there isn’t having much luck either. You will stay here until this is over.”

“And how will you know if it is over, Kara? There were rumors, concerns that these alien bases, the four of them, could destroy the world. I heard one guy talking to a control officer about the Earth maybe blowing up. I don’t know if there will be anything left when this is over.”

“There will be. Adam there is a kitchen… Harry can show you. When you leave turn right, the third door on your left, he should be in there. He said you and Carter can stay tonight with him at his apartment. We will set you up with something more permanent tomorrow. I would ask you to come with us but… the past 48 hours have been kind of a nightmare and our daughter is probably on edge. When she is on edge, its best to keep her as calm as possible.”

“She has… powers I guess?”

“Yes. I want to talk to Carter before you both leave with Harry, so please give us time. We all need to talk.”

“Kara, Cat… my mother told me to beg you… not to go back. She said you can’t defeat this creature. She doesn’t want you there.”

“I don’t work for her anymore. Would you give us a moment, Adam? Thank you for everything you have told us. Your job, your only job now, is to take care of Carter.”

“I hardly know him Kara. We haven’t spent a lot of time together and…”

“Get to know him. He is yours now.” the blonde told him with no room for argument.

Adam nodded his head and stood up, moving around the table to the door. It had not escaped his attention that he had been sat at the end of the table with everyone in the room between him and the door.

“Hey Kara?” he stopped before walking out. “It’s really good to see you. I’m sorry about this. I know you guys have…”

“Stop Adam. I’m sorry. It’s been a long couple days but I know you and Carter have been through worse. I don’t mean to come off rude. I am glad you are both okay. We are going to make sure you stay that way.”

“Thanks.”

Adam left and the room was silent. No one said a word, everyone lost in their own thoughts.

“We can’t get to that Universe anyway. There is nothing we can do.” Oliver told them, finally breaking the silence.

“Thats not true, is it Cisco?” Barry asked quietly. Cisco didn’t stop looking at the desk but nodded.

“The vibrations from Kara’s pod… I know the vibrational frequency now. I can get us there. You realize if the vibrations of that Earth changed the space ship with the big death beams and invading alien army that this ship is a breacher, a very powerful one. He could be in any number of universes if he destroys the one…”

“It won’t happen. I will go back. Whatever is there can’t beat me.” Barry told them confidently, not meeting anyone’s eyes.

“You are not leaving us.” Kara told him.

“You can’t be there. I can destroy Doomsday and I can take out these armies. I can outrun beams from the sky and alien weapons. I can end this and be back in two days.”

“No, you can’t. If you even think of leaving me behind… I will take that pod and follow you back Barry. I know how to build a tachyon device. So do Harry and Martin. I am fast enough to use it. Don’t you even think of leaving us.”

“Someone has to stop this thing, both of them, before our universe is next.”

“We have to protect our daughter.”

“Which is why you are staying.” Barry stressed.

“No I am not! You are staying! I have to pray over Kal. I have failed him completely and he should be sent into Rao’s light with the prayers! I have to go! You think I want to?! You think I want to leave my baby behind!?”

“Can we all calm down?” Jeremiah asked. “I have to go. Nobody knows that monster better than I do. It is my fault…”

“It is the fault of whoever kept working on that thing and made it stronger, not your fault!” Alex told her father immediately.

“What if I went back and brought his wife and his body here, Kara?” Oliver offered.

“I’ll go with him.” Sara told the group, walking in. “The gang is back and we were all listening from the control room.”

“Its too dangerous.” Barry told him immediately.

“When has that ever stopped me before?” Oliver asked. “Besides if it is as bad as it sounds, Roy is there. I sent him there.”

“He made that decision.” Kara reminded Oliver.

“And I can’t have his death on my conscience. He never would have had to make that decision if he hadn’t taken a fall for me, become a fugitive for me, had to go to another universe for me, one that is in danger of blowing up and all life being either eaten or destroyed by some death ray. I have to go back and I can get him, get Kal El and Lois and bring them back.”

“Really Oliver? Because it seems to me that you would send Sara back with them and stay to fight a war. You swore to protect my daughter, your Goddaughter and that means you have to do it. You swore an oath. You are not leaving to fight a war in another universe!” Kara told him quickly.

“I will come back Kara. I swear.”

“You don’t have to swear because you aren’t going. None of you are. I can get…”

“You aren’t going!” Barry shouted.

“Don’t yell at me! You don’t get to make that decision!”

“You are going to leave Lexie like…” Barry stopped when he saw Kara’s face turn pale. “I’m sorry.”

“No you aren’t. You think this is easy for me? I was supposed to protect him! I left him and he is dead! I don’t want to leave her but I have to… I can’t fail him again!”

“He doesn’t need the prayers! He isn’t Kryptonian! You are. You did not fail him! He is a man and he made his own decisions!” Barry yelled.

“And I am going to make mine.” Kara told him, both standing up, face to face.

“There is no you. Our souls are bound, remember? Since one of us has to stay with Lexie, that means we both stay. Nobody is going to that Earth unless it’s me. I can handle it. Jeremiah, you are staying here. Those bastards from the Order took enough from you. Doomsday is not your fault. I killed it. It was whoever resurrected it that is the problem.”

“You can’t go if I can’t go.” Kara reminded him. “Bound souls, remember? Marriage vows, any of this sound familiar to you?”

“Mommy? Daddy? Why are you yelling? Are you mad at each other?” Lexie asked, slipping in quietly. Even in Kara’s room, she had heard the yelling and raced away from a confused Carter to find out what was going on. Mommy and Daddy never, ever fought.

Kara and Barry both dropped their heads before looking at their daughter. Barry moved towards her, Lexie running into his arms.

“No we aren’t arguing. We were just disagreeing about something… loudly. We shouldn’t have done that. We are sorry.”

“Everybody looks so sad. Is it because of the storm or Mommy’s spaceship?”

“It’s because of both Lexie, but it will be fine. I promise.” Kara told her, taking her from Barry’s arms, glad she had showered and changed out of her uniform. Lexie was always on edge when her and Daddy were in their suits. Though they never told her details of what they did, she knew when the red and blue came out bad guys were around or people were in danger.

“Where does everybody can’t go? I heard can’t go a lot.”

“I’m taking a trip Lexie. Your Mommy isn’t happy…” Winn started before Caitlin glared at him. “No one knows alien technology better than I do Cait. If anyone can hack that ship, I can. Maybe I can turn this death beam on Doomsday. I’ll stay at this Watchtower. It should be safe.”

“You think going to an Earth that could, according to our visitor, blow up, is safe? You promised… you can’t make me love you and… you just can’t Winn. I won’t take it again. I’m not going to sit here and wonder if you are ever coming back. If you go, I go.”

“No one is going.” Kara decided. “Barry is right. I’ve already failed Kal El. He wouldn’t want to be sent off, away from Lois.” Kara told them, lying. Too much was at stake. Her daughter, her family, her universe could be next. The men and women who helped free her father were there, fighting for their lives, their planet and losing from the sound of it.

“You still aren’t much of a liar, Kara.” Jeremiah told her, recognizing the look on her face. Her and Barry both sat down, no one in the room talking, all deep in their thoughts.

“We can’t leave her. Neither of us, none of us.” Kara realized.

“Why would you leave me, Mommy? Is there another storm?”

“Yeah, something like that sweetie.” her mother admitted. “Why don’t you find Carter and make sure he is eating. Have you eaten?”

“Half a pizza. I like Hamburga better than Pepper.”

“Pepperoni, baby. Go make sure Carter is eating.”

“You and Daddy won’t yell anymore?”

“No baby. We are sorry. Mommy and Daddy shouldn’t lose our tempers like that.” Barry admitted, a multitude of emotions going through him, guilt about Lexie hearing him and Kara argue one of the biggest.

“Okay. I’ll be listening.” she warned her parents, hopping down and running off.

“We can’t leave. If the Government ever thinks she is alone, that we aren’t there, they will get over their fear and take her. They will figure out a way.” Kara mumbled.

“Then you two and your family stay behind…” Sara started.

“You can’t win without us. No offense Sara, I know you want to help fight but we need you here. They have thousands of soldiers and their own Justice League. Apparently there is some green glowing force in space fighting this thing. I know you want to fight but we need all of you here. Barry and I are the only ones with the pure power that we could maybe make a difference.”

“No you aren’t.” Jax told the group walking in. “Our whole League can make a difference, and we will. Thats the whole point of this group isn’t it? When one of us is in need, all of us come. They came to help with security for your wedding, they helped fight Harvest’s group with us in Antarctica. We are all going. Cisco, you are going to stay out of this. You stay at this fortress that is supposed to be safe. If it even looks dangerous you can get everybody out of there. Grey and I will stay there and keep fighting. We can help. This Doomsday may be able to grow back body parts but I’m betting he can’t grow back from ash. Kendra and Carter are on their way. I just got off the com with Donna and she said she was gonna make a quick stop by Themyscira and would be here by morning. She also said if we leave without her we won’t want to see her when we get back.”

“Jax…” Kara started.

“No discussion. We are going with or without you and Barry. We all agreed. Lexie stays in Watchtower with her two guardians and Vibe and his big blasts, and the rest of you geniuses work on figuring out a way to win this war before this bastard shows up in our universe. If we have learned anything, its that if it is going to go down, it is eventually going to go down here. We stop it and we are back for work on Monday. Okay you guys are back to work, I’m going to sleep in. Burning up monsters and fighting aliens is going to make me a bit tired. Might even take a whole week off from being Firestorm.”

“Awesome! So we are going to another universe? One for all and all for one?” Ray added, walking in.

Kara and Barry looked around at the table, Kara met Alex and Cailtin’s eyes, trying to read them. Neither gave away anything.

“I’m going. I swore an oath to protect your daughter and taking out a threat before it arrives here is a solid strategy. I may not be able to take this creature or whatever aliens there are but I will not quit killing until I am dead or they all are.” Nyssa told the group. “I will lead whoever follows.”

“Cisco? You swear you will stay out of this, stay near Lexie at all times and if it even looks like there might be danger you take Lexie, Caitlin, Winn, Jeremiah and Eliza out of there?” Barry asked. Cisco met his eyes and nodded.

“I’ll get them out but I am staying and fighting after they are gone. My blasts are more powerful than Kara’s heat vision and Firestorm’s power and you all know it. Harry will get out too, so he can fix Kara’s ship, make it bigger and they can keep skipping universes as soon as trouble arrives.”

“I can’t…” Jeremiah started.

“You have to.” Kara interrupted. “If you have to leave, you all have to protect her, hide with her, keep her safe until she can protect herself. You have to swear it or we get ready to fight this war here.”

“Fine. We will go, we will beat whatever these things are and I will figure out a way to kill Doomsday that doesn’t involve Barry ripping the Earth apart and killing himself. Then we come home.” Jeremiah decided, not liking it but seeing no other option. If they did not all go, Barry or Kara would race the other to get to that universe and he had no way of beating them to it. He knew it was pointless to try and convince Eliza to stay behind.

“We leave in the morning I suppose.” Kara agreed, not sounding enthused. “We need to go home and get Lexie some… I can’t believe I am doing this. I can’t believe Kal…”

After 48 hours of controlling her emotions, trying to be strong, logical and a source of confidence for her family, Kara broke down. She raced out so quickly, all anyone saw was a blue blur, Barry following her. She didn’t go far, only outside and to the top of the roof where she sat, Barry right behind her. He held her while she wailed, hoping Lexie didn’t hear. After a few minutes she stopped, trying to regain her breath.

“When did we become this, Barry?”

“Become what?” he asked, expecting questions, fears, anxiety, but not that.

“This. We yelled at each other in front of our daughter. I had to close off my emotions when I heard my cousin was dead. The worst part is I was able to do it! I honestly don’t know what to do right now. The best option we have is to take our daughter with us to hide in a bunker so we can fight war against some galactic invader and an unstoppable monster and hope another planet doesn’t blow up beneath our feet. I feel… I don’t know what I feel. Anger, depression, anxiety, I can’t deal with this. I’ve become cold, haven’t I? Has Lexie noticed? She is so smart, do you think she has noticed I have changed? We have all changed. I don’t know what to do. I miss the person I used to be sometimes. I love being a mother but I wanted to be a mother and the person I used to be. What kind of example am I setting?”

“You are still the same, just a little tougher. We both are.”

“No, maybe you are but I’m not. I never would have yelled at you in front of other people, much less where our daughter was concerned. I’m scared of losing what we have. We have fought so much evil it just never seems to end. Why? Why does it keep… why are people like this? I’m starting to understand why the Amazons stay away from this world. I wish we could take our family and hide somewhere. Just be happy. Haven’t we done enough?”

“Yeah we have, but unfortunately we decided this was who we wanted to be.” the Flash reminded her.

“And look at what is has gotten us. Oliver was always concerned about us becoming more like him. As much as I love him, I know what he meant. He stopped enjoying life a long time ago. He is just getting to a point where he is beginning to enjoy life again, enjoy living and this has to happen. I’m becoming like he used to be. I’m afraid I am not enjoying life anymore, just trying to survive because others need me. I don’t want to be like that anymore. I’m haunted, haunted by those we couldn’t save. It is weighing me down and I don’t know how to stop it.”

“You haven’t changed Kara. I ran into the Gallery Tuesday and you and Lexie were singing a Spice Girls song with a karaoke machine in the back very loudly. You were dancing and laughing and so was she. You haven’t changed. You are still the best mother any girl could hope for. You take her to the park and let her play with other kids, you help her control her powers. She adores you. You still refuse to leave Charlie at home. Yeah, we have seen a lot more than most people have but that is part of growing. You should see a rookie come onto the police department. Wide eyed, wanting to make a difference, optimistic. After a year of seeing street crimes, shootings, spousal abuse, drug abuse, people who die in car accidents… Kara, they change. They see the world as something that is always going to have pain and suffering. No one person or group of people can stop it all, no matter what powers we have. We aren’t gods Kara, no matter how much Diana throws that title around.”

“I know.”

“Do you? I’m sorry. You weren’t the only one yelling. We should have talked about it but the idea of you going there, to a planet that…”

“You were about to say I was abandoning Lexie like my mother abandoned me.” Kara reminded him.

“Yeah… I was out of line. I was so afraid you would try and go without me. I really believe I can help win that war. I don’t… I knew or at least suspected that you would try and take that pod back. I planned to break it in half before you did. I can’t lose you Kara. I just can’t. Maybe we fight here instead of there but Diana didn’t want your help. I admit I always thought this was the sort of thing she would want you for. I guess I was wrong.”

“She had no right to keep me out of it. If she hadn’t, Kal El may still be alive. I’m the one who told him to continue to fight, to keep protecting the people of that Earth. I told him he would be dishonoring our family if he didn’t. All he wanted was to be with me. I let him down. I failed him. After we got Jeremiah back I should have brought him with us. Now he is dead. Another family member, another link to Krypton gone forever. Its my fault. I should have protected him. Now he is gone, Lois is a widow, the world saw its greatest hero fall. He didn’t even fall fighting some space monster. He died fighting a thing, created and perfected by an organization with ties to the people who tried to kill me. They couldn’t get me but they got one Kryptonian.”

“Kara… enough. We are going, all of us. We have faced worse and won.”

“I don’t really think we have faced worse. Everything Adam told us makes it seem like this is the worst. Space beams, alien stations set up for some purpose with the end result being to blow the planet up, our friends following us, deciding that this is their fight…”

“It is. It is our fight and that makes it theirs. We aren’t forcing anyone to come with us. They want to go because like you, they are heroes. They know people are hurting, dying and like us they want to make a difference. Right now, they need to see us strong. Lexie needs to see us strong. Everybody is counting on us. If we lose hope, if we think we can’t win then they are going to think that.”

“Can we? Can we win? Or is Cisco going to be sending our daughter and my parents away from us?”

“You tell me. What do you feel in your heart?”

Kara thought for a moment and looked at the stars. Naturally out of habit her eyes wandered to the area in the sky where a certain Red Dwarf Supergiant, millions of light years away dimly sparkled in-between the other brighter stars.

“I know I won’t lose again. I know I don’t want to see that ship over our Earth, and if we don’t do something now then… I guess we need to pack. Lets tell the others. We leave tomorrow at noon. Let everyone know who needs to know and we move. This can’t take long. When we get there we have to have a plan and we have to win quickly. We don’t know how much time they have. You realize when we breach he is probably going to notice if he is a breacher too. He is going to know our signature. We are basically putting a bullseye on our Earth if he succeeds there.”

“Then we make sure he doesn’t succeed.”

“Jeremiah… Doomsday has evolved past what he envisioned. He won’t be able to stop it. You are going to have to disintegrate it, right? You are going to have to…”

“Yeah, probably. Maybe I can go slower and have the same effect. Either way, I will destroy him and I will come back to my wife and daughter. I swear to you Kara. Our souls are bound, right?”

“Right.” she told him, kissing her husband and the two moving quickly back inside where the Justice League members present, waited.

“We are going. We are going to do this quickly. We strike hard and fast before he can be ready for us. Then we all come home. Anybody that doesn’t want to come is more than welcome to stay. It would honestly make me very happy, no matter how much I want you all by our side. If this thing gets past us, my daughter and family will need protection when this spacecraft invades this Earth. You will have to protect her and prepare for battle if we are not back in two days. So does anyone want to stay? Please?”

No one said a word, Kendra and Carter had arrived as well, giving no indication on their faces of staying behind.

“Then let’s make arrangements. We leave here at noon.” Barry finished.

“First, I need to show everyone something Harry and I have been working on. I call it Justice League 5.0.” Cisco told them, heading to the control room where the mannequins stood empty. The League followed, confused until Cisco hit a button on the wall. The old mannequins sunk and new ones lifted up in their place.

“Dramatic huh?” Vibe asked. His own suit had changed, a black leather jumpsuit with new goggles resembling sunglasses. The metal gloves were present, lightweight, thinner and flexible.

Valkyrie’s mannequin held a new suit, the helmet the same but the weapons different. On her back was a shotgun holster, a thin sword crossing it to form an X. Her handguns were in the same area but neither were typical handguns, resembling some sort of blasters one might see in a sic fi movie. On her gloves mounted above her hands were small darts, resembling miniature missiles. The body armor overing her chest was different as well, resembling a plastic mold, fitted to her body.

Nyssa and Oliver’s outfit were on either side of hers, the same but different as well. Oliver’s was long sleeved and the hood was Shado’s. The mask was the same but the quiver was different, stretching all the way across his back as was Nyssa’s.

“Alex, the rifle you are going to carry and the handguns are compressed light pulses, the same as Ray uses. He and Harry have finally gotten them to the point they can be used in handguns and rifles without overheating. They are very thoroughly tested. The sword on the back is almost indestructible. I have wove enough of the metal I based the body armor on, into solid steel, infused with quartz and heated… anyway it will cut through steel. Your bow is on your back near the base of your spine. Extended and you have it. I only gave you three arrows that are attached to it. They will extend as well and have grappling capabilities in case you need to get out of somewhere quickly. The rifle has greater blasts but the handguns are deadly. You should get a thousand combined pulses before the power dies. The gloves still have the same shock ability but on the top of your hands I have added basically small bombs. The detonator is voice activated by your helmet. Oliver and Nyssa you have the same. The charges won’t take a tank out but they should breach locks.

Speaking of you two, the arrow quivers are specially designed delivery systems. Each arrow is two inches long and will expand when pulled, the next coming up behind it. Before either of you complain you have about ten hours to practice and I think you will find the weight and feel are exactly as you prefer your own arrows. There are seven rows, 40 in each row, the tips made of the same metal as Alex’s sword. One row is exploding, one is grappling, two rows are the kind that go between someone’s eyes, one EMP, one magnets and ones really explosive. Like big boom, clear the area, fire in the hole. There are also holsters for guns and I don’t want to hear it Nyssa. This is war and you need a fall back weapon. I know you have used guns before Oliver. Your swords and throwing stars are new so check the balances. Sara, you have a new black suit and as much as we all appreciate your incredible cleavage. This is covering your neck as well and is completely impenetrable. The only place you will be exposed is your head so keep it down. I’ve tweaked your sonic device so it can cover a large area or a small, targeted area and it is a lot more powerful. If you use the wide blast, make sure your friends are behind you because it is going to fan out in front of you. Your staff has electrified ends. I thought it would be good for regular use but should be great for attacking androids. You also have one of my Cisco .45s since I know you love guns, even if you won’t admit it.

Kara, I prepared you one six months ago in the event you needed a back up or we ever had to go back to Earth 3 for any reason. The solar panels are present but it is impenetrable and includes a radiation blocker. If there is any Kryptonite radiation around, the lightning bolt through your family crest is going to vibrate. Your old mask is ruined from salt water but since that hold world knows the name Kara Zor El, I doubt you will need one.

Carter, Kendra, you have rifles as well. I know you love your weapons and thats fine but you don’t need to fly close to an enemy unless you need to. You also have body suits to wear under your armor, just in case anything gets through.”

“Why is Speedy’s suit upgraded?” Oliver asked.

“Because the call went out and I came. I’m still an active member in case you forgot, big brother.” Thea told him, walking in with Zatanna.

“You wanted to get away from this, you have a new life, a job…”

“That I told my boss I needed time away from. Family leave. My family needs me.”

“Felicity isn’t coming, is she?”

“Nope. I didn’t say a word. You are no longer Spock, Winn. You are the new Overwatch. Curtis is staying behind to try and contact Fairchild, track her down to warn her, to warn Vixen, to warn A.R.G.U.S. if we don’t make it back and help prepare places for Lexie and her grandparents to hide if they have to come back.”

“Speedy…”

“I’m a member of the Justice League. One for all and all for one, right Kara?”

“Yeah, I guess so Speedy.” Kara admitted, still in shock that Cisco had been working on all this.

“Kara, I’m sorry about your cousin but we will get you to him, we will win. Its what we do.” Thea told her. “We don’t quit, ever, right?”

“Yeah, right.” Kara told her, smiling at her friend.

“Zatanna I have you a regular body suit just to protect your body to wear under whatever you want. I have no idea what these androids or aliens will be firing or if these suits will give us protection. I started developing them after the Volcano incident. We needed better tech.”

“You paid for this yourself?” Alex asked him, knowing how much this must have cost.

“No, Nyssa did.”

Nyssa noticed all eyes were on her now. “I won’t have my army in anything but the best. We are better prepared now. Once we assess the situation we will plan, we will attack and we will win. Lexie starts school in a year and I am anxious to take her shopping for school clothes in New York. I certainly cannot have her school being turned into a pile of rubble by space ships. You all heard Kara. We leave at noon. Sleep, eat, rest, try your uniforms on and practice with your new toys if you need to. Time is short.”

“We are ready.” a tiny voice told the group. Lexie had walked in, wearing her Halloween costume and holding a masked Charlie. “This sounds fun. I’m hungry again. I’m also sleepy. Can we go home before we have to fight the aliens Mommy? I want a peanut butter sandwich and a nap.”

“Yeah, we are going home. See everyone in the morning.”

Barry and Kara left, deciding to bring Carter and Adam home with them instead of leaving them with Harry, so Carter would be more comfortable. Barry decided the best place for them would be housesitting until they got back. Both had to sleep in the guest bedroom tonight, Kara talking to Carter for an hour, assuring him that it would be okay.

“I know it will Kara. You never lose.”

Kara didn’t argue, tucking him in and finding her husband with Adam in the living room.

“This is Curtis’s phone number. I am leaving mine with you. If we aren’t back in three days, call him. He will set you both up with ID. The card I am leaving you has ten thousand on it and won’t be traced to us. This is very important so listen. If we are not back by the third day you are to go to S.T.A.R. Take our car and stay there. Eliza, Jeremiah and Lexie will be back. Hopefully Cisco, Winn and Caitlin will be as well. Curtis knows the protocols for going underground so to speak. The Government has not watched us since I took out Area 51 and Kara almost dropped the President thirty miles from the ground but…”

“Wait, what?”

“Doesn’t matter, if we aren’t around, they could check in, see you and Carter and you are persons of interest then. We have had plans in place for our family to run since Lexie was born. You are going to stay with them, go where they go and keep your head down. You won’t use this card anymore, Eliza and Jeremiah know the accounts to use. A guy named Joe and my Dad and friend Iris will probably be with them. Stay low, protect your brother and help them, okay Adam?”

“Okay.” he told the man.

“Everything Kara has told me about you in the past, she didn’t know you long but she said you were a good person. Thats enough for me. If the worst happens, I am trusting you to be there for your brother and my family, okay?”

“You can count on me,,, Flash?”

“Call me Barry. I hope you have many more opportunities to do so. Relax and check on your brother. You are going to have to calm him down. You are Mom and Dad to him now. He is sensitive, more sensitive than most from the interactions I have had with him. He may be holding it together but there is a lot going on. Don’t let him down Adam. Don’t let any of us down.”

“I won’t. I swear.” Adam offered his hand to Barry who took it, standing and guiding Kara to their bedroom where Lexie and Charlie were already asleep in the middle. Lexie was still in her costume so they let her stay in it, rather than waking her. Neither said anything, just lying in the darkness, looking at each other.

“No matter what happens, you have been the best thing to ever happen to me. Every good thing I have, my whole family together, my baby, Charlie, its all because if you.” Kara whispered.

“Same here. Kara, this isn’t the end. It’s just another crucible. We will get through it together, all of us.”

“Oliver told me someone told him once that there are three types of people who go through crucibles. The ones who survive and become stronger for it, the ones who die and the ones who learn to love the fire and stay in their crucible because it is easier to embrace the pain when its all you know anymore. What kind of people are we Barry? We used to survive and become stronger. Have we become to embrace it now because its all we know?”

“Look at her.” Barry told his wife, taking in their sleeping daughter, curled up into Kara. “What do you see?”

“Love.”

“Thats what we embrace. She won’t ever let us embrace pain. We won’t let each other. We are going to survive and she is going to grow up with us in her life. We won’t leave her. You believe that, right? I need you to believe, Kara.”

“I’ll always believe in you. You always find a way.”

“I will this time too, I swear.”

The next morning at S.T.A.R. while Charlie ate his breakfast taco and Lexie began her third breakfast taco, still in her Superwoman costume, Kara was alone in a corner with her sister and best friend.

“Nervous?” she asked both.

“Yes.”

“No.”

Caitlin and Alex stared at each other. “You are such a liar, Alex.” Caitlin concluded, bringing a smile to Alex’s face.

“Yeah, maybe a little. Kara, we have seen and fought some scary things but this is one for the books.” Alex admitted.

“Caitlin, you and Winn have to convince Cisco to go into the breach if you have to take Lexie and run. You are all going to need his power. Not only for protection but if this thing gets past us into our universe she needs a way out of there too. She has to run until she is ready. We can’t rely on that pod.”

“I know. I’ve got the whole guilt trip speech planned out. It won’t happen though. We are going to win this. I am scared to death but thats because… because, I don’t know why. But despite that I know we will win. We will find a way. If I didn’t think so I wouldn’t have agreed to let any of us go. You know how great I am about nagging until I get what I want. Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”

“It might not Cait. Alex…”

“I’m with you sister. The best chance we have of protecting our kid is to stop this there. I’m not leaving you behind to fight. Never have and never will. I believe we are going to win because I believe in you.”

“Not everyone in here may make it back.” Kara told her, looking around at her friends, her family.

“And that is their decision. Its what makes them heroes. You have to have faith in us.” Alex told her.

“I always will Alex. Its myself I’m worried about. I already let Kal down. I don’t know how I can face Lois…”

“He made his decision, and that is not on you. Not everything is on you, Kara. He wasn’t a little kid you were in charge of no matter how much you have thought that in the past. Failing him would be quitting, hiding because you are scared. You aren’t. You have never hid and you have never been scared. Not scared enough to use common sense and stay back anyway.”

“I know you did not just tell me I didn’t have common sense. You? Miss I’m going to tackle a meta so I can be transported back to his secret lair?”

“I admit, I may not have made the smartest decisions in my life but I have gotten better. So have you. We all have. I’ll follow you anywhere baby sister. If we go down we go down together and we aren’t that easy to beat.”

Further conversation was cut short by the arrival of the final member of the League. Donna Troy walked into the room. Everyone stopped talking, taking her in.

“Been shopping Donna?” Zatanna asked. She herself had been dressed in jeans, flat heels a white button up shirt and black leather jacket. Despite what she considered her battle gear, she admitted Donna’s was much better.

The Amazon was dressed in a black body suit, with silver sparkling very small points of light that blinked on and off, never in the same place on the fabric, like a starry night. Her normal silver bracelets were gone, in their place, long silver gauntlets of the same type as Diana’s golden ones. Her lasso was silver as well. She wore her standard boots, only in black and a silver belt wrapped around her waist. The hilt of a sword was on her back, covered by a shield.

“I figured it was time for a wardrobe change. Ares was kind enough to let me borrow his shield. Hera gave me her sword, and Aphrodite told me this outfit was hot. She is the expert.”

“And the gauntlets?” Alex asked, impressed.

“Zeus owed my mother a favor.” Donna walked to Eliza. “If you have to come back for whatever reason, and we have to stay behind, a guard of four Amazons will be waiting here in three days. They will escort you to Themyscira. Your family is welcome, male and females. Alexendra will be protected by the Amazon nation. Let us hope it does not come to that.”

“Thank you, Donna.” Eliza told her gratefully.

“So, are we all ready?” Kara asked, after hugging her friend, grateful that at least Lexie will have a place completely hidden from the Government.

Barry nodded his head and picked up Lexie, handing the costumed little girl and her best friend Charlie to Oliver. “Cisco, its time.”

Earth 3

“We have a breach!” Oracle shouted, checking the cameras in the launch room. Cat Grant had prayed that Kara would not come but it seemed Bruce’s prediction was true.

“The pod is back?” Batman asked, while Lucy assembled the support team assault team in the event it was not their Earth 1 friends.

“Nope, just a breach from the… the camera just burned out. Definite breach from another side.”

“Lucy have the team stand down. I will handle this by myself. Oracle, if my monitors show I am dead, then by all means send in the assault team, prepared to battle aliens and androids. I have an idea they won’t be needed though.”

Batman pulled his mask over his face striding down the hall quickly and rushing down the stairs, ignoring the elevator. As soon as he walked in, he saw the hole in the universe. Before he could blink, Barry Allen’s vibrating form was in front of him as if he had teleported, no lightning anywhere, no sound.

“No back up?” he asked Wayne, not surprised.

“I guessed I wouldn’t need it.”

The team and support group walked from the breach, Kara at the lead, Lexie behind her, holding a masked Charlie. Lexie insisted and Oliver gave in.

“We heard you were at war so we brought warriors.” Kara told him.

“Hi scary man. I like your costume. You look like Dark Rader… Dark Vader. Is it Halloween here Mommy? Can I go trick or treating?” Lexie asked and waved at Bruce with a big smile from behind Kara’s legs.

“I also brought my daughter, my puppy, my parents, friends, support team… you get the idea.”

Bruce laughed. It had been a while since he had seen Kara and she was still the same, only her and Barry’s chest pieces different, the coat of arms of the House of El with a lightning bolt through it, adorned both their chests.

“We will take all the help we can get.”

“Is it safe here? For my daughter?”

“Watchtower is very secure.” Bruce assured her.

“Okay… take me to my cousin. I have to see him, now.”

“Of course Kara. I… I am truly sorry.”

“I am too Bruce. Adam told me how he died.”

“And I need to know exactly what happened to him. I need to see the autopsy report. I am sorry but I have to make sure before we go any further that the same doesn’t happen to Kara. I need to know how the Kryptonite under Doomsday’s skin affected his cells and to what extent her radiation blocker may protect her.” Caitlin told him as gently as possible. They were here now and her number one priority was protecting her best friend and her little niece.

“Autopsy? We weren’t able to do an… he is indestructible and we don’t keep Kryptonite anywhere near this place.” Batman explained.

“He is indestructible? Still?” Kara asked.

“Yes.”

“Take me to him now. He is still alive.”

“There is no heartbeat, no brain activity, he hasn’t breathed… Kara, I am sorry, but he isn’t alive.”

“Kara has lost her powers from overexerting herself in the past and from pregnancy. I was able to operate on her when she was near death. If he is dead, his cells would not be metabolizing solar energy making him indestructible. No cellular death, no death.” Cait argued.

“But, he has no signs of life, not for days since Diana brought him back.” Bruce argued, confused but understanding Caitlin’s point.

“He has a habit of sleeping through crises like Myriad.” Kara pointed out. “He isn’t dead, he is asleep. Take me to him now. Barry is going to wake him up.”