Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Call Me Kara

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 18:

“Mom?”

“I’m here Kara.”

Kara Zor El gazed longingly at her mother, so close she could simply reach out and touch her. She could feel her mother’s hand on her head, her fingers running through her hair, just like when she was a girl.

“I’m lost Mom.” Kara told her, “Aunt Astra is dead. I nearly died. I should have died so many times. Why am I still here?”

“I don’t know Kara. You should be dead. You can’t escape death forever. It will find you. It finds us all.”

“Mom?”

“How many Earths do you think you can hide in before Rao’s light finally calls you home Kara? How many people will die protecting you? You were sent to protect Kal El. Where is he? How can you protect him, hiding from everyone?” Alura asked her daughter.

“I’m not hiding. I didn’t have a choice. I would have died.”

“You should have died. You have no home. Why do you keep fighting?” she asked, fingers still running so gently through her daughter’s hair, her voice soft but authoritative, as Kara remembered.

“I keep fighting for the ones I love.” Kara told her.

“If you love them you would leave. No one is safe around you my daughter. Not Alex, Barry, Caitlin, Cisco, or even Kal El. Eliza wants to follow you to another world. She is ready to give up all she has ever known for you. She thinks she is your mother but we know better don’t we?”

“She is… you are too, but she loves me. Alex loves me. Alex came for me. Barry came for me. Eliza is trying to get to me. They love me.”

“And they will leave you. You will always be left, just a lost little orphan without a home. It is your destiny to be alone until you die.”

“I’m not alone!” Kara yelled, pulling back from her mother in anger.

“Do you see anyone here? It is just the two of us. Barry will leave you, Alex will have her own life one day and realize what all she has given up for you and the time she has wasted. Kal El has turned from the hero he was into a killer because of you. Alex was right, he has become unhinged. You my beloved Kara, bring destruction to every life you touch.”

“I’ve saved people. I’ve saved a lot of people here.” she argued.

“And they will turn on you as well, one day. It is a matter of time. Will you die on your knees as last time or in the cold darkness of space? How many will die trying to save you? Felicity Smoak? Oliver and Thea Queen? Caitlin? Alex? Barry? How many must give up there lives so you can continue your lonely existence?”

“I’m not lonely and they won’t die! I can protect them.”

“Like you protected Barry?”

“Shut up! I wasn’t there! I had no idea and I would have protected him if I did!”

“They are going to follow you back to the Earth you should have died on. They are going to be hunted because of you.”

“No… no they won’t. No one will know we are there.”

“Max Lord will know.”

“No… he doesn’t matter because…”

“Because if he is a problem Oliver Queen will kill him. You aren’t a killer daughter but you have no problem unleashing killers on those who cross you. Not very heroic, Kara. I sent you to protect your baby cousin and instead you require protection from everyone while protecting no one.”

“Don’t say that Mom. Its not true… Mom?” Kara noticed Alura’s face was blackening. Her hair was catching on fire.

“Mom you are on fire!” Kara tried to move, tried to put out the flames but couldn’t. Alura’s face was blackening but she remained smiling.

“They will all leave you or die because of you Kara.” she whispered as flames engulfed her body. The ground beneath Kara exploded, she saw the buildings of Krypton crumbling, fissures erupting from the ground. Her father was lying on the ground near her mother, burning. All Kara could do was watch. Her mother reached out for her once more with a blackened hand. Kara screamed…

She sat straight up in bed, nearly flying away until she felt familiar arms around her. Alex was whispering in her ear in Kryptonese, I’ve got you, over and over again. She told her it wasn’t real. Once Kara regained her breath she took in her surroundings. She was in her bed, Alex had insisted tonight and had slept with Caitlin. Caitlin was at the foot of the bed, looking at her in concern.

“It’s just a nightmare honey.” Alex whispered in her ear in English.

“I know.” Kara told her with a trembling voice.

“Which one was it?” Alex asked her, still holding her tight.

“My mother was burning. My father, Krypton, all on fire.” she admitted. Kara had many recurring nightmares since she arrived on Earth and Alex was familiar with every one.

“Look, Caitlin is here. I’m here. No one is leaving you. No one is dying.”

“Barry could have. You and Cait could have. Ray could have died. I wasn’t there.” she whimpered.

“You can’t be everywhere Kara. The Queens and John Diggle are alive because of you.” Caitlin told her, taking her feet and rubbing them.

“I’m a failure.” Kara said in return.

“I would be dead. That whole Earth, Eliza, Cat Grant, Carter Grant, Winn, they would all be dead if not for you. You are not a failure. You know when something bad happens like what happened to Barry you have this nightmare. You had this nightmare when you couldn’t save the puppy that was ran over in front of the school when you were 14 because everyone would have seen your powers. That wasn’t your mother Kara. That nightmare is about your own fears.”

Kara laid her head on Alex’s shoulder and reached out for Cait who joined the two.

“Alex, maybe I should go back myself. I can bring Eliza and get whatever you need. Its too…”

“No.” Caitlin told her immediately. “We all go.”

“Its dangerous there.” Kara weakly argued.

“Its dangerous everywhere Kara. Thats why we go together.” Caitlin told her in no uncertain terms.

“Stronger together, right?” Alex whispered and kissed the top of her head.

“Alex, is Non still locked up at the DEO? He is blind right?”

Alex froze. She had not had this discussion with Kara yet and hoped to avoid it, even though she knew it would come up.

“Kara, J’onn said you and Non were locked in a battle of wills, his heat vision against yours. You realize he was trying to kill you, right?”

“Yeah… so what? I expected that. I figured some DEO agents took him into custody after I flew the prison into space. Hank didn’t? Please tell me he is not still loose, Alex.”

“Kara your heat vision pushed his back. Both of your powers were sent into his skull. HIs brain was burned completely. Hank said he took one breath and died.”

Caitlin waited for the reaction from Kara. Alex had told her of this when she asked Caitlin if Kara had spoken about killing the man. Caitlin told Alex she wasn’t even sure Kara knew she had killed him, only telling them she defeated Non. Alex had not brought up Non or anything about Myriad.

“I killed him?”

“Yes. You had to. He left you no choice, Kara. It was him or the human race. Him or you. He put himself in that situation. You did what you had to do.”

Kara nodded her head, trying to wrap her head around the fact that she ended another person’s life. She supposed technically she was responsible for Savage’s death too, yet Non’s bothered her more for some reason. Maybe it was because he was Kryptonian. Maybe because despite how evil he was, selfish, arrogant and genocidal, he was her last link to Astra. Deciding she couldn’t deal with it right now, she lay back on the bed. “What time is it?”

“Six.” Caitlin told her.

“I need to get up. Barry’s dad is coming for breakfast at Joe’s. I told him I would be there and I want to see how he is moving today. If he isn’t 100% we aren’t going through any breach tomorrow unless he agrees to stay back. But then he would probably just get into trouble here or make his own breach and who knows where he would wind up. He has to come so I can watch him so we will have to wait until he is good.”

“Kara, he is fine. He was running last night. Barry can take care of himself. Everyone who is going is already in Central City. I promise you if I thought Barry wasn’t ready I would tell you, but he was on the treadmill last night and looked good. He is healed.”

Kara took Caitlin at her word. She wouldn’t let Barry be hurt. The blonde stood on shaky legs, still trying to erase the vivid image of her mother in her dream from her mind.

Two hours later, Kara had made the four mile walk, at a leisurely pace, wanting to delay the inevitable. Her first meeting with Joe had gone well, her first meeting at the same time with Iris had not gone well. She wondered how this man would feel about his only son being in love with an alien. Would he be upset if he learned he would never be a grandfather? Would it matter? She supposed there was only one way to find out. She fretted over what to wear until Caitlin shoved a pair of skinny jeans and a white blouse towards her along with a pair of three inch heels. Had she been able to feel pain, walking in these shoes may have been uncomfortable.

Today she would meet Henry Allen. Tomorrow she returned to face her past. Henry Allen would be no problem compared to that.

Barry met her outside the house he and Joe shared.

“How are you doing?” he asked, causing her to snort in an undignified fashion.

“How am I doing? I’m not the one who took a bomb in the face two days ago. How are you doing?”

“Never better. Already went for a run today. Ready for our vacation?”

“It’s not a vacation Barry. You have to promise to stay close to me.”

“Where else would I be? How can I protect you if I’m not?” Kara rolled her eyes.

“Okay sidekick. Introduce me to your father.”

“Whoa, I’m demoted back to sidekick? What happened to partner?” Barry asked, enjoying seeing the playful side of Kara. She had been a bit down since he was injured, understandably.

“You were demoted when my sister had to save you. Stay out of trouble for a few days and you can be promoted back to partner.” Barry rolled his eyes and bumped her shoulder, not moving her an inch of course. She was so good at controlling her strength he really hadn’t understood the need for them to hold off taking their romantic… escapades a bit further, until Kara broke the kitchen counter in a fit of passion and had to use her heat vision to fix it before Caitlin got home. Caitlin still noticed and teased her about it mercilessly.

The two walked in and Kara could immediately tell only one heartbeat was in the house.

“Where is Joe?” she asked immediately.

“Having breakfast with Iris somewhere. He thought we may want to be alone.” Barry explained, squeezing her hand a bit more.

“Great…”

Henry Allen came out of the kitchen, walked up to Kara and hugged her, surprising the woman. He stood back, hands on her shoulders and took her in with a big smile.

“I have been waiting a very long time to meet you.” he told her.

“I haven’t been here that long.” Kara chuckled a bit.

“I’ve been waiting to meet you since Barry was born. I guess you have figured out that I am Barry’s dad. Henry Allen, pleased to meet you.”

“Kara Zor El, pleased to meet you.” Henry stood back and clapped his hands.

“Okay, I have cooked up a huge breakfast this morning. I hear you can keep up with my boy in the eating department. Bacon, eggs, toast and pancakes, so who is hungry?”

Kara smiled at the enthusiastic man.

The three walked into the kitchen and Kara was surprised to see there was indeed a lot of food. A lot of food. Henry Allen was prepared for his son and apparently Joe had warned the man about Kara’s appetite as well, embarrassing her a bit. Not that she could help it. The woman needed food. Flying and shooting lasers out of one’s eyes at 5000 degrees fahrenheit tended to burn a lot of calories. At least that was the excuse she was using.

“So Kara tell me about yourself.” Henry asked her as the two settled down for breakfast.

“What would you like to know?”

“Everything.”

“Oh, that could take some time. Or maybe not. I guess it depends… when I was 13 my planet was destroyed. You knew I am an alien right?” she asked shyly. Henry smiled.

“Yeah, Joe may have mentioned something about that in passing. So that must have been… I’m sorry, I’m sure its difficult to talk about, especially with someone you just met. Barry told me you have a sister?”

“Yeah, she recently… moved here. She is staying with me and Caitlin until she finds a place to live, and a job and stuff.”

“Another Earth right? That is so fascinating. When Barry told me about this multiverse thing I was a bit surprised at first, but leave it to Barry to do the impossible. I’ve been watching you on the news. You have an extremely good heart.”

“Oh, you saw the fight with Savage?” she asked.

“No I saw you carry a little girl out of a burning building and hold onto her while she cried on your shoulder on the street. I guess her parents weren’t home?”

“She was seven. Her mother had died when she was a baby. Her father is why the fire started. He had been smoking in bed, drunk and the bed caught fire. She ran down the hall to get help but the fire spread quickly and she was lost in the smoke. Others started to run and she was knocked down. She is an orphan now. Her grandmother took her in and I checked on her last week. She is happy, as happy as can be considering, and the grandmother obviously loves her. I think she will be okay.” Kara finished, not sure if she should admit to spying on the grandmother to make sure the girl was being treated right.

“Like I said, a good heart. Barry, what was it like having a bomb explode in your face? Caitlin called me, told me what had happened and that you were okay.”

“Yeah thanks for calling. She told me you called a couple times to check on me” Barry mentioned. Kara caught the slight bitterness in his tone as did Henry.

“I wasn’t really sure you would want to… I’m glad you are okay. No lingering problems, aches, pains?”

“I was twenty feet away from a bomb exploding. Of course there are lingering aches and pains. So how have you been Dad? Still living by the lake? What are you doing for work now?” Barry asked, trying to keep a positive atmosphere.

“Uh, I’m actually in the process of getting my license back. I think I am going to open a clinic in the town. It’s not as easy as I hoped it would be, but I suppose being in prison for over a decade, medicine has changed and I am having to go through a lot of recertifications and board reviews. It will be worth it. Right now I am still working at the lumber yard. The work is helping me get back into shape. You and Kara should come see the cabin. It’s not huge but the view is amazing.”

“We are kinda busy around here dad but maybe we can find the time to run up. I’ll run, she will fly. She can’t keep up with me on the ground.” Barry told him with a challenging grin towards Kara.

“And he can’t keep up with me in the air unless I throw him. He is about to find that out if he doesn’t stop bragging.”

Henry chuckled at the playful banter between the two and enjoyed the way they looked at each other. He looked at her like Henry had looked at Nora when she was alive.

The rest of the breakfast went pleasantly enough, Joe and Iris returning eventually and visiting with Henry as well. Kara saw Barry seemed tense and took him up to his room for a second.

“Are you okay?” she asked, as soon as the door was closed.

“Yeah, I’m fine. He really likes you, not that I doubted he would. I even caught you and Iris smiling at each other. You are hard to resist Kara.”

“Barry, can I ask you a kind of personal question? I mean I know I can but would you mind if I asked now? Because if you aren’t in the mood, it can wait. I know your Dad is here and…”

“He can wait. Ask me anything.” Barry told her.

“When you had the chance, why didn’t you save your mother?”

Barry moved to his bed and sat on it, taking a deep breath.

Kara realized probably now wasn’t the best time. “Now isn’t the time to ask, I’m sorry. Lets go back downstairs…”

“Now is fine Kara. You take precedence. He can wait. When I went back in time, I saw myself fighting Thawne, but in the middle of it, my future self waved me off. Instead I waited, until it was too late. I knew why I was there, to save her, but I had a split second to make a decision, listen to myself or save my mother. I hesitated and she died. Since that time I have given a lot of thought to why future me would do that, but the more I have thought about it the clearer it became.

If I had saved my mother, I would never have become the Flash. If that had happened Thawne never would have had any reason to travel back in time and build the particle accelerator. Without S.T.A.R, Caitlin would have never met Ronnie, and even though he died she knew that love. If I had saved my mother, I would have never had Joe in my life, not in the way he is, Iris never would have been my best friend. If Eddie hadn’t died and Thawne would have been born and had somehow become a speedster in the future regardless, he would have no opposition. When Eddie killed himself to change the future and erase Thawne, he didn’t change the past. If I had, everything would have changed. If I had changed the past and wasn’t the Flash, I never would have been able to meet you or save you or love you. My mother wouldn’t have wanted that. Everything happened for a reason, everything led me to here, all of us to where we are, the family we have, all of us, you and me, whoever Iris, Caitlin and Cisco meet and fall in love with in the future. Yeah maybe I could have saved my mother, but there was no guarantee for a happy ever after. There was no way of knowing if changing the events of the past meant she died a year or a week later from some other cause. Maybe my Dad died. Maybe I died. The future is uncertain now, but the past is where it belongs. In the past. My mother wouldn’t have wanted me to trade what I have now, what we all have now, for a chance to maybe still be alive. If I was waving myself off before Thawne was erased from existence, then I must have already thought about this. Now with Thawne gone who knows what will happen? I know whatever it is, it will happen with you. So I guess thats why. As much bad has happened since my mother’s death, a lot of good has happened as well. That’s life and I wouldn’t trade any of it. Who we are is because of what has happened to us before. I know that now. We can learn from it and become better or let it tear us down. We are learners. My mother died so we could have the family we have now. I’m not going to dismiss her sacrifice.”

Kara nodded and brought Barry in for a hug. The two broke apart after a few moments and held hands walking back downstairs. As they reached the bottom Kara realized Henry was preparing to leave. He hugged Barry and then Kara, and walked out the door. Kara was in front of him before he reached his truck, after telling Barry she would like to talk to his father alone. Barry agreed, not asking any questions.

“Kara?” Henry asked, disoriented at her sudden appearance. He should have been used to it by now but seeing someone other than Barry move at incredible speed was a bit of a shock.

“You wanted to now everything about me? I haven’t told you much but I will tell you this. I lost my mother and father a long time ago. A very long time ago. I never felt close to my father, not like I should have. He was busy, always working with his brother on some project, some way to save our planet. My mother was a judge, but she always made time for me. As I have gotten older I have had to deal with the fact that she was not as perfect as I made her in my mind and that is okay. None of us are. But Henry, I would do almost anything to have a chance for her to be in my life now. I could have had my Aunt, my mother’s twin sister in my life but my sister had to kill her. You know what I realized on my walk over? My sister was right to do so. I was mad she lied to me about it but I can’t be mad anymore that she did it. My aunt would never have changed. She loved me, I know she did, but while I thought I was pulling her to my side, she was trying to pull me to hers. She never would have helped me, and if Alex hadn’t done what she did, I would have been the one forced to kill her. I’m not sure if I could ever live with myself after that. My point is, not many of us have a chance to reconnect, to have what was lost to us. Barry thought you were lost to him but he never gave up. I may be out of line here but whatever time you needed to find yourself, maybe its time to find him. He doesn’t need you in his life, but he wants you in his life and that is more important than needing you. I used to think people in my life would be better off without me. But when they, my sister, my adopted mother, my former boss and my only blood relative, thought I was most likely dead, they began trying to find a way to me, to accomplish the impossible, to try and find me, alive or dead. My sister jumped head first, tied up, into a hole leading to another universe along with people she had just fought with, trying to find me. Barry wants your love, not a call to find out if he is okay. I know you would do anything for him. I know you love him by the way you look at him. He needs to know that as well.

I realize I don’t know you and this isn’t my place, but I love him and he would never say this to you. Maybe you hate me after today and I am strong enough to take that but I don’t want to see him hurting. He has lost so much and you both have a chance to have each other again. Don’t rob him of his chance. Please consider moving back to Central City. Be his father.”

Kara began to walk off before Henry lightly grabbed her arm. She turned and saw tears in the man’s eyes.

“Kara, I don’t deserve him. He has Joe. Joe has been more of a father to him than I have ever been and ever will be. They have a bond I can’t match.”

“It’s okay to have two moms and dads. I do. Its much better than having none. Bye Henry. I’m really glad I met you and I hope to see you more here in Central City, close to Barry here he wants you and you need to be.”

“Bye Kara,” Henry Allen whispered. He got in his truck and drove, lost in thought. By the time he was an hour from his cabin he had decided she was right. It was time to stop hiding. He wanted his son back.

The next morning, Team Arrow had arrived at the abandoned school where Cisco had created the breach last time. Not only were Thea, Oliver and Dig present but so was Nyssa. Jax and Dr. Stein had agreed to stay back with Ray, to Ray’s displeasure, and protect the city from any metahumans interested in taking advantage of the absence of the Flash and Superwoman. Then she arrived.

“No Felicity. You are not…” Oliver started.

“Going to be told what to do by you.” Felicity finished. “You need tech support.”

“Uh, what am I?” Cisco asked.

“You take care of your crew, I’ll take care of mine and we watch out for each other. Double the support. With Caitlin working medical we should be set.”

“You know I love helping you guys but does anyone remember I an a bio engineer and not a trauma surgeon?” Caitlin asked, grinning. She had seen as much trauma in the last two years than many ER doctors saw in the same amount of time.

“Felicity…” Oliver tried again.

“I’m coming Oliver… Wow, its been a while since I said that… that was out loud wasn’t it? I’m sorry.”

“What if we can’t get back? What about the work you are doing?” the Arrow tried, hoping to convince her to stay and stopping her rambling before it went to far.

“We made things better the other night Oliver. Don’t take a step back. I don’t want to. You need me and I am going to be there. If you go to another universe, so am I. I’m your partner remember?”

Oliver smiled, the two had a very good discussion the night after Barry was injured. Between Laurel and seeing Barry nearly die, Felicity told Oliver that she did love him, would always love him and was willing to work on their relationship because she doubted she would ever find someone who made her feel as complete as he did. He swore to her he would never hide anything again. So if she wanted to come… with him… to another universe… great Oliver thought, my mind is completely somewhere else. Focus on the task at hand.

“Besides, the work we are doing requires a friendly face and a sharp mind to win over the public. I would be pretty screwed without Kara so I am keeping an eye on my best asset.”

“Okay, I guess we are all going. Everyone packed?” the Arrow asked.

“Uh, if this is my reunion, why do I have to carry the large case of weapons and the other large case of computer equipment?”

“Because you are the one with super strength. If I had super strength, I would carry the large crates. I don’t, you do. Team work, remember Kara?” Alex asked, trying to hide the enjoyment at seeing her little sister with two very large plastic cases, on in each hand and wide enough her arms were practically horizontal.

“Okay, everyone knows the plan right?” Barry asked. Kara rolled her eyes but nodded. Cisco had not added the kevlar to her suit as he had wanted, because Kara refused. She wouldn’t be afraid. He had, as part of a compromise with her, added a radiation blocker in her chest piece that should prevent her from being weakened by Kryptonite, allowing her enough time to catch any Kryptonite bullets heading her way. As if Barry wouldn’t catch them first.

Barry took a deep breath, pulled on his mask and prepared to say hi to Kara’s other friends and relatives besides Alex.

“Let’s do this. Cisco, open the breach.”

Earth 3

Winn Schott Jr. sat at his console, trying to decipher alien databanks Kal El had never been able to, that were at his fortress. The former hero had moved all his databanks to the hangar hoping to find something about inter dimensional breaches. Winn was not having much luck, the Kryptonians appeared to have been as clueless about the multiverse as humans. He glanced at Eliza, sitting next to J’onn at a table, listening to a physicist who had another theory about tachyons and how to isolate them. The look of sadness on Eliza’s face saddened him. She had expected Kara and Alex to emerge from a breach days ago. The longer one didn’t appear, the more hopeless she became, especially after listening to her crack team and Max Lord, who were convinced a breach could be opened on this side… in five years at the earliest. This was not an easy science project and now the added worry for Alex along with her worry for Kara was draining her.

Winn turned back to his monitors, thinking of taking two Advil to stymy the massive headache he felt coming on, when the algorithm designed to pick up electrical anomalies associated with breaches sounded the alarm he had set up after the last breach. The alarm alerted the entire compound and before he could silence the obnoxious sound and get down to business Eliza, Clark and Hank were by his side.

“Where is it? Where is it coming from?” Eliza asked.

Winn looked at the anomaly readings and thought this must be caused by electrical signatures some researcher was developing.

“It looks like a breach is opening here in our hangar but that can’t be. Whatever it is, it is coming fast. Are any of the scientists playing with electricity today?”

“No one should be. There are no tests scheduled.” Eliza told him excitedly.

Before Winn could make sense of this the light began to bend in the room, and a point of light was swirling at the far end of the hangar.

“Guns ready! We have no idea who or what is coming out of that breach.” Max told his minions, who hurriedly complied remembering the beating they took with the last breachers.

“No! Stand down!” Eliza ordered, her eyes on the hole of light, growing before her eyes. Max’s security forces did not follow her orders, scared out of their minds and holding onto weapons to protect themselves if nothing else, including Lucy Lane. Kal El and J’onn were to focused on the breach to even bother enforcing her order.

The hole opened wide and every scientist in the hangar rushed to observe it. No one knew what to expect, a heroine in a skirt walking out with her sister? Alex Danvers walking out alone or worse, being tossed out? What no one saw coming was a flash of light no one could keep track of. The lightning bolt lit up the room, even more so than the breach itself. Max’s security forces barely felt a blow but the weapons were gone from each of their hands as if they had turned into air. In front of the breach the lightning bolt stopped and a pile of weapons hit the ground. In front of the pile was a masked man in a red suit, a lightning bolt on his chest.

“If you aren’t Eliza, Kal El, Winn or J’onn leave the building now.” Barry told the room, while everyone stared wide eyed at the man who had disarmed over a dozen of Max’s security forces in less than what felt like a second. Max was the first to recover and stepped forward.

“We aren’t going anywhere. The last time a breach opened…” Max stopped talking when he felt himself carried for a brief moment. Before he could finish his sentence, he found himself standing in the wild, far enough away that he couldn’t see the hangar any longer.

Barry arrived back, skidding to a stop at the exact position he was at seconds before in front of the breach.

“Anyone else need to be moved?” the Flash asked the group. All stared at where Max Lord had been seconds ago, not sure if he had been moved or disintegrated somehow by the man in red. The exodus was swift after that.

“Kal El.” Barry greeted the man who had helped him and trusted him to save Kara’s life. He pulled back his mask and gave the four remaining a huge smile. “You must be Eliza, J’onn and I remember Winn of course. It’s a pleasure to meet you all, and you Kal in much better circumstances. I hope you don’t mind but I brought along some friends. Kara is coming and they are a bit paranoid about Kryptonite being anywhere around. Everything I have heard about Max Lord gives us a hint he isn’t to be trusted. I’m going to run the perimeter and make sure he doesn’t have anymore guards hidden that you may not know about. Please don’t melt my friends, Kal.”

Barry was gone, planning on running in circles around the hangar and airfield to ensure all were well away from the building and none of the security forces became brave. He had no doubt that Kal El would have noticed if any Kryptonite was present but Barry was in no mood to take chances. He relied on family and as of yet, the one inside may be Kara’s family but the ones outside were not. Barry trusted no one outside those four in this situation. Oliver had taught him that.

Barry disappeared before their wide eyes, not even Kal El able to keep track of him with his superior vision.

The three’s attention was diverted when a hooded man in green leather with a bow and quiver on his back walked through the breach and moved to the right of it. Next was a smaller female dressed similar only in red leather. She moved to the left then another woman walked out, wearing a tight black top, and black pants of an unknown material, a red robe draped around her, her face below her eyes covered by a sheer black scarf. All noted she had a bow as well as a quiver and none missed the twin swords on each side, barely visible, but present. Kal used his X Ray vision and saw multiple smaller knives strapped to the woman all over her body, including smaller circular metal blades, throwing stars, draped across her lower back in easy reach.

Next a large muscular black man stepped out, handgun in one hand and automatic rifle in another, one that appeared to be some sort of modified tactical M 4. He wore a helmet and Kal could tell it was emitting an infrared signature. The man did not look their way, instead standing next to Nyssa and scanning the walls, making sure no one outside became brave, or was hidden in a sniper’s perch within the large, open spaced building. Spartan was very alert, being in an unknown universe and not knowing what to expect.

Three harmless looking individuals stepped out next, a short tan skinned man wearing a strange black visor over his eyes, a slim woman with dirty blonde hair and bright blonde woman wearing glasses and a tight dress. And last are the two people all have been waiting to see for a long time.

Alex stepped out, wearing the same clothes she had on when she jumped into the portal only a tactical kevlar vest was over her upper body. She gave a bright smile to her mother and her eyes were glistening.

Behind her was a woman who all recognized, even if her dress was very different. Her skirt was gone but they cape and boots were still present. Kara had kept her mask in her inside boot pocket, feeling there was no need for it in the hangar. Her family crest still was displayed proudly on her chest, if much smaller than the one Kal had worn. It also seemed harder but flexible, almost as if was an addition instead of ironed on. Kal himself had stopped wearing the suit long ago, opting for denim jeans and black or white t shirts, sometimes pull overs that Lois bought for him. All eyes filled with tears, at the sight of the two sisters.

Kara set the big boxes in each hand to the floor.

“My big reunion and you guys made me carry the luggage. Unbelievable.” she muttered, then met J’onn, Kal and Eliza’s eyes. Barry sped up next to her.

“Area is secure. Everyone outside is too freaked to come inside” he told the expanded team. pleasing Oliver greatly, although you wouldn’t know it from the scowl on his face, like Speedy, Nyssa and Dig, he was constantly scanning the surrounding area including the high ceiling.

Alex and Kara ran to Eliza, who wrapped both girls in a hug. Both girls returned the gesture, Kara nearly squeezing the breath out of Eliza and the older woman not caring a bit.

“I knew you would find her Alex. My hero found her.” she whispered in Alex’s ear and stood back taking Kara in.

“Hi Mom. I missed you.” Kara told her, surprising Eliza.

“You’ve… you’ve never called me Mom before.” she told her sunny blonde daughter.

“There are a lot of things I have never done that I should have. That’s going to change.”

Eliza threw herself at Kara once again, while everyone, except Oliver and Nyssa of course, fought away tears at the reunion. Nyssa was too busy focusing on protecting her charges, years of training allowing her to block out all other distractions. Oliver was constantly scanning for threats to all of them but kept a special eye on Felicity as he had always done. Still he was pleased at the reunion, thinking if nothing else good came from this trip, it was already a success.

Alex hugged Hank and Kal grabbed Kara squeezing her with all his might then pushing her slightly away, keeping his hands on her shoulders but scanning her body for any lingering injuries. Satisfied, he pulled her back in until he noted Barry standing behind Kara now, eyes never leaving her. Kal offered the Flash his hand which Barry took, doing his best not to show the strong grip of Superman bothered him.

While Barry tried to vibrate his hand slightly, hoping the bones wouldn’t break, Kara wrapped Winn in a hug, the man crying and not ashamed of it, holding his best friend who he had accepted was all he would ever be and it would be enough.

Oliver looked at Cisco and nodded, Vibe turning towards the breach and closing it behind the group.

Kara walked over to J’onn, resembling his human form of Hank Henshaw. The Martian wrapped his arms around her immediately, kissing her forehead and holding her tightly. The two teams from Earth 1 and 3 finally took each other in, only Nyssa not letting her guard down for one second. Oliver walked over with Thea to stand by Felicity.

“So you want to introduce us to your friends Kara? I think I have met a couple of them in less than pleasant circumstances.” J’onn commented, looking at Oliver.

“I would apologize for putting a couple arrows in you and stabbing you but I have a feeling that was just an annoyance to you.” Oliver told J’onn with a grin.

“You would be right.”

“Oliver! You stabbed him? What is wrong with you? This is exactly why you shouldn’t be around Sara!” Felicity hissed. Oliver dropped his head but tried his best to maintain his dignity in front of the others. Dig and Thea hid smiles as did Nyssa, caught surprised by the shock of Oliver Queen being told off by his love. “Apologize now!”

“Felicity…”

“Now Oliver.”

Oliver Queen took a deep breath and began to speak looking at the floor before Felicity stopped him. “Hood back, mask off Oliver.”

Oliver glared at her but did as he was told, dropping his hood and sliding the mask off while Thea tried to stop her body from shaking due to the laughter she was holding in.

“I apologize for shooting you with two arrows.” he told the man with a charming Oliver Queen smile.

“And the knife…” he was prompted by the blonde woman who had finally after four years gotten the man no one could control under her complete control.

“And for stabbing you. It was uncalled for but at the…”

“There are no buts in apologies.” Felicity reminded him.

“I am sorry.” He really wasn’t but if it made her happy… Hank smiled at the obviously whipped man.

“Apology accepted. Welcome to this world.”

“Hi, I’m Felicity.” she introduced herself, walking up to J’onn and offering her hand. “I’m sorry he shot and stabbed you. He has anger problems and isn’t the most diplomatic person. Trust me if you were a beautiful woman he had been marooned on an island with, or a mob boss’s crazy daughter he most likely would have tried to steer you from the error of your ways, which is ironic because he is the one who shot you.” Felicity finished, looking back at Oliver.

“I only hit his thigh.” Oliver weakly argued but then stopped at the look on Felicity’s face.

“Its true, he shot me in the back and i’m his friend. You got off easy.” Barry told the Martian.

“Anyway,” Felicity broke in, “it is a pleasure to meet you all. Kara has told us a lot about you and has missed all of you very badly. We are sorry we weren’t here sooner but there have been some problems that needed addressing plus Barry took a bomb in the face two days ago and… there has been a lot going on. You, you are Winn right? Cisco and I need to borrow a computer. I need a secure wifi set up, I’m guessing you have one of those and access to a satellite. You do have a dedicated satellite right? I mean of course you do, all this tech… are those space ships? Oh my God, I have to have my picture taken with those.”

“The one on the right is Kara’s space ship.” Barry pointed out. “And I am getting a picture taken with it this time.”

“Dude I have been waiting to see this!” Cisco practically shouted like a child on Christmas morning, ripping off his visor and running to the craft.

“Cisco! Don’t we have business first?” Felicity reminded him.

“Its a spaceship. I think we can wait few minutes for business Felicity.”

Felicity admitted to herself this was a difficult point to argue. She shook her head regardless. Her team needed to be protected. “Cisco, focus, please.”

“Sorry. So Winn right? You have a satellite?”

“Uh no.” Winn told the strange man. “Who are you guys?”

“We are the brains, they are the muscle.” Felicity explained. “No problem, not everyone has their own satellite Cisco.” she told the man, communicating with her eyes that he should shut up.

“We do. No big, man. Felicity can hack into one of… you guys have NORAD right?”

“It will be easier to cut into NASA’s weather satellites, Cisco. They have a continuous stream with no line of sight blocked and are less conspicuous than the NORAD system. You guys have NASA right, or Star Fleet or something along those lines? Anyway we can piggyback our signals off the weather data transmissions anywhere in the world so it will be just as effective as NORAD.”

“Yeah, Uh, I’ll show you my set up.” Winn told him slowly and walked towards him with a last squeeze of Kara’s hand, to make sure she was here, alive and not going anywhere.

Kal looked at Barry and asked the question that had been on his mind since the bullets were found.

“How did you do it? Where did you find the blood to…”

“Barry and Cisco gave me theres, to the point both passed out, Barry twice. Caitlin?”

Caitlin Snow walked up to the group, a bit nervous being around so many unfamiliar people. Kara brought her in, arm around her shoulders while Alex rubbed the doctor’s back.

“Meet Dr. Caitlin Snow, the best bio engineer on our Earth and probably any other and the woman who performed surgery on me. She is our biggest hero and the reason I am alive. She performed surgery on an alien. I am still alive because of her.”

Caitlin blushed at the compliment and looked at the floor until a large hand touched her shoulder.

“You have my eternal thanks and loyalty, Caitlin Snow.” Kal El told her. Caitlin met the eyes of the dark and somewhat intimidating man, surprised to see such relief and emotion in them. He didn’t look intimidating at this moment, simply thankful.

The five sat at a table, Alex on one side of Eliza, and Kara on the other, so she wouldn’t leave either daughter. Eliza had no doubt what she planned to do. Her whole goal, Alex’s as well, had been to get to Kara. She had hoped both her and Jeremiah would be here, but after Project Cadmus was shut down and Jeremiah was not one of those released and no records of his presence were found by Winn, she had given up hope. Jeremiah was dead but she had her daughters. Now she would travel to another universe with them. This world was too dangerous for Kara and therefore too dangerous for Alex as well. Kara filled them in on all that had happened to her on the Earth she called home now, her hand not leaving Eliza’s but her eyes never leaving Barry Allen. Eliza was horrified at the fight with Savage that Kara tried to play off but Alex provided details she had seen on video. Still a part of her, a large part felt a great deal of pride and knew Alex and Kal El felt the same. Learning about Barry Allen was also fascinating. He entrusted the three with what he knew of inter dimensional travel, provided it was not told to anyone else, but to their disappointment not much was known that could help them on this Earth. Barry talked about the speed canon but one would need speed close to Barry’s to use such a device. He talked about quark matter being the key to harnessing Tachyons, Eliza shaking her head that neither her to any of the scientists had thought of that. He also talked about the device now under his chest plate, that allowed him to move close to the speed of light.

Eliza didn’t really care about this anymore. She had what she wanted and the fact that this Cisco could open breaches and is the reason Barry knew Kara was wounded and nearly died was enough for her to be thankful. She was also thankful for Barry Allen’s feelings for her daughter as well. She had secretly always been afraid Kara would be alone for life, no one understanding her, no one ever knowing the truth. She knew Kara deserved better than James Olsen and she and found better.

The conversations continued until Eliza stopped and handed her phone to Kara. “There is someone else who will want to talk to you. The woman who pays for all this.”

Kara took the phone with a shaking hand and hit the familiar name in contacts. Cat Grant answered immediately.

“Has there ben another breach?” she asked as a greeting.

“Hello Miss Grant.”

The silence seemed to stretch for hours and Kara could swear she heard a choked back sob. Finally Cat spoke after what was only thirty seconds.

“You have been missing a lot of work lately Kierra. Where are you at so we can talk about this?”

“I’m at the hangar.” Kara told her, eyes misting, not realizing how much she missed the woman.

“Is it safe to bring Carter?”

“Why wouldn’t it be?”

“I would hate to expose him to any magnetic or exploding arrows.” she remarked dryly. Kara still laughed.

“I promise my friends are on their best behavior.”

“Excellent. I will be there in half an hour with Carter. Do not leave that hangar, Kara. No one can see you.”

“I understand. I will be here.” The call ended and Kal mentioned he would be calling Lois as well, stepping outside. Finding out from Alex last week that Lois and Cat had been working together blew her mind. It really was a strange world now.

“Kara, Barry, we are done. Hooked up and ready to go. Get over here.” Cisco ordered while Caitlin played with screens next to him and Felicity ordered her men and women over, minus Nyssa who refused to do the same. Those at the table watched as Kara and Barry walked over to Cisco and removed their chest pieces, both Eliza and Hank surprised the plates were even removable. Cisco placed chips under each of their plates and put them back on while Caitlin dana check. Felicity handed Arrow, Speedy and Spartan, coms with GPS chips in them. She didn’t bother tracking their health. They had been shot and stabbed so often it was becoming a moot point.

“What are they doing?” Hank asked Alex.

“Lets just say Caitlin and Cisco take monitoring and protecting Kara and Barry to a level the DEO never imagined. Cisco basically just reconfigured a chip, he and Felicity have hacked into some satellite system here on this Earth, probably NASA and can monitor their status anywhere in the world. Felicity probably has the same for her team. Cisco made the suits and they aren’t just costumes, they are battle armor. Kara’s suit has fabric all over, that can turn using nano technology into super solar panels, helping her cells recover faster during fights. They also have cameras so Caitlin and Cisco can see what they are doing, monitor their vital signs all the way down to oxygen absorption and even a defibrillator in the chest pieces. Kara also has a radiation blocker so if any Kryptonite is around she won’t be affected.”

“Amazing,” Eliza whispered.

“No kidding. You should see Barry run through walls.”

“He can break through walls? I didn’t know he had super strength.” Hank told her, impressed.

“He doesn’t, he can literally pass through walls, vibrating fast enough that he basically phases his molecules through solid matter.”

Eliza had no other comment after digesting that. Barry and Kara walked back over to the table hand in hand.

“Sorry for the interruption. Cisco feels much better now that he and Caitlin have our lives under their constant motoring and vigilance.” Barry told the group.

“Yes, Alex was just filling us in. Thats amazing.” Eliza commented. She could not wait to arrive on this new Earth where her daughters would be safe and the technology would be fascinating.

“Wait till you see the one he is making for Alex.” Barry told the group, while Kara groaned.

“Its supposed to be a surprise. You and Oliver are the worst at keeping secrets.”

“Oh, my bad. Sorry Alex, don’t tell Cisco you know.”

“I’m getting a suit?” she asked, secretly touched while trying to remain unaffected.

“You run into a blast zone, fire and destruction everywhere, to save me and you definitely get a suit. Sorry, part of being on the team and all. Be prepared to have your internal medical privacy destroyed.” Barry told her.

“So that sounds like an interesting story. What other surprises do you two have?” Kal El asked, walking up.

“Kara got a tattoo,” Alex practically sang.

“You did what?!” all three asked at once.

“Kara shrugged her shoulders and glared at her sister.

“You suck at keeping secrets as much a Barry and Oliver.” Kara reminded her. “I was drunk. It was new for me. It seemed like a really good idea and I love it.”

While the Kara’s cousin, mother and father figure stared at her, waiting for further explanation on how she managed to get drunk, Felicity sat with Winn, Caitlin and Cisco, amazed at the work he had done on decoding alien technology and listening to his stories about Indigo, the living computer. Felicity was jealous. The alien computer could have been her ultimate nemesis and Winn took her out. Winn was enjoying being the center of attention, having felt a bit out of his league watching Felicity crack the NASA database as easily as if she were opening a game of Candy Crush. Now he was getting serious respect from the three.

While the four listened to him, a sound alerted them to an IM on the laptop in front of Felicity. She saw it and froze.

/I’m impressed. I had a hard time tracking you but you aren’t untouchable. At least by me. No worries, I mean you no harm. You have serious skill/

Felicity looked at the group, who were all shocked. Cisco and Caitlin knew Felicity had never been tracked. Ever.

/Who is this?/

/A friend. I’ve been keeping up with Dr. Danver’s project but you are new. I like your style. How is the work going on the inter dimensional breach Max Lord seems confident he can accomplish?/

“Winn?” Felicity asked.

“I have no idea.” he admitted, a chill running down his spine, wondering who had been watching them and how much this person knew.

/Why are you interested? Are you gov.?/ Felicity typed.

/No. I have an interest in keeping Superman hidden for now. The human race does not need to anger him any further. The world needs heroes. I help without them knowing. He isn’t the only one but doesn’t realize it. Its a hobby. Operation Clean Sweep caught me by surprise. It won’t happen again. Since I have never seen your style before I am guessing you aren’t from here?/

/No comment/ Felicity responded, desperately trying to track the signal back while Winn and Cisco did the same on different laptops.

/None needed. The guy in green who does what you tell him too is extremely hot. Love his arms. Congrats./

“Screw this.” Felicity whispered.

/You just stop by to talk or do you have a point?/

/A proposition. The world needs Superman. Kara Danvers is gone or at least she won’t stay but Clark Kent is still around. I want Superman to get back to doing what he does best. You are going to talk him into it./

/Why would I do that? It isn’t my business./ Felicity typed.

/Because I have something you will all want. He goes back to saving people and I tell you where Jeremiah Danvers is being kept and exactly how to get him out. What do you call yourself?/

Winn’s hands began shaking over the keyboard. The idea that Jeremiah Danvers could still be alive? The idea that he could have been moved before the operation this hacker says was called Clean Sweep was a possibility none had ever considered.

Felicity decided to play, as she had nothing to lose at this point. If the woman knew what Oliver looked like she obviously had access to every webcam, laptop cam and security camera in this place.

/I’m Overwatch./

/Nice to meet you Overwatch. I’m Oracle. Welcome to my universe./