X-Power

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Chapter 1: The Dawning of Power.

Kara had defeated Non almost a week ago. He had set Myriad into effect, which turned out to be a mind control device and Kara had been ready to set off a Kryptonite bomb to kill all Kryptonians – even forcing herself to leave National, but Cat convinced her otherwise. She had talked about Kara's home and her House values that Kara shared, making Kara realize something… The House of El was the highest-ranking Kryptonian house on Earth now, and since the Kryptonian council was gone, the house system had to be put back in effect. As the first born of the House of El, she was supposed to be leader of all Kryptonians!

With this knowledge, she had challenged Non to an old Kryptonian traditional she found in her mother's hologram: The right to rule. A fight to the death match between herself, the rightful leader, and Non, the one leading the army. Non had decided to accept and they had a vicious battle, leading Kara to no choice but to fulfil the requirements and kill him – burning out his eye sockets and brain. His army might be criminals, but they were not leaders and they respected the Kryptonian ancient traditions. They helped Kara defeat Indigo for good and turned off Myraid before turning themselves into the DEO to serve their sentence.

Now Cat, Kara, and Carter had finally found time to celebrate the victory.

"Ah, I win," Carter said as the action game they were playing was over. "You might be all that in real-life, but no one beats me in video games."

"Oh, we'll soon see about that. Rematch," Kara said.

"Oh, you're on," Carter said, going to push the button but Cat stopped them.

"Dinner is almost ready," She said, appearing in the living room. "So get to that later and set the table."

"Yeah," Kara said, putting the remote down and she and Carter went to set the table. As Cat was bringing dinner out, the doorbell rang, causing the three look at each other. Kara used her x-ray vision and suddenly darted for her glasses. "It's Adam! What's he doing here?" Despite she becoming part of Cat's family, she had not seen Adam since she'd broken up with him.

Cat shrugged. The two had made plans to keep in contact but hadn't really done so. She'd been so busy with Kara now in her life, her first-born's wellbeing had been minimal. Nevertheless, she went and opened the door. "Adam," Cat said trying to sound surprised. "What brings you here?"

"Well I have some…" Adam said walking in and pausing when he saw Kara. "What's she doing here?"

"She's over for dinner," Cat replied simply.

"Maybe I should…" Kara started, not feeling like she belonged here with Adam around, but Cat stopped her. She knew what Kara was thinking and was not going to let Adam's arrival interfere with what they had going. Kara was a part of the family and her daughter now. Adam would have to deal with that.

"There's been some changes since you left Adam," Cat simply said. "Kara has become part of my family."

"Oh. But… She… um…" Adam had not been expecting that. He almost hadn't been expecting for Kara to still be working for Cat since their break-up. "You took the girl who dumped me in?" Adam finally found his voice, and it was angry. His mom had abandoned him when he was a kid but she had so easily taken in Kara instead?

"You two went on one date," Cat said, easily dismissing this. "Kara means a lot to us and you would have known this if you had kept in contact like we planned. Now sit down and let's all eat. I made plenty."

Kara took back her seat next to Carter and Cat took hers. Adam took the spare seat and the group started dinner. "So, Adam what's brings you here?" Carter finally asked after a while of silence.

"Well… I'm moving to National," Adam said. "I got a job in a lab here. I figured I'd spend more time with the family."

"That's great," Cat said generally meaning it as she smiled at her son. "The four of us can spend more time together." Cat gave Kara a small nod, letting her know that Adam moving here changed nothing and Kara sighed relieved. She didn't really have a relationship with Alex or Eliza anymore. When she and Alex saw each other these days, things had been civil but they had not been able to work out anything. Kara was still upset and angry with her and she just could not let it go. Kara needed her family in Cat and Carter now.

Adam chose not to say anything at this, but gave Kara odd looks until dinner was over. "Come on Kara. Rematch!" Carter said after they were done, putting plates in the sink and Kara smiled and joined Carter back on the couch for her rematch.

Adam stood now in the doorway, watching. "Do you need a place to stay the night?" Cat asked and Adam shook his head.

"I got an apartment," Adam said. "I just don't understand this. How did she go from your assistant to…?"

"Daughter?" Cat chimed in, and Adam nodded. "Several months ago Kara and myself got into a very tight spot – both literally and figuratively," she didn't want to go into detail, but some bits needed explaining. "Kara caught a fever, of sorts, and believed I was her deceased biological mother. She revealed a lot of private details – her adoptive family wasn't quite working out even now and I knew she needed me. She needed a true mother who loved her and a sibling who could understand her. Carter and myself. Things just fell into place." Cat put a hand on Adam's shoulder. "I know why she broke up with you though, and she had a good reason. Just work things out. She's as much my child as you are."

"Maybe more," Adam sighed after hearing that. "I better get going."

"I should probably head out too," Kara said, since her rematch was already over. Carter had won again, of course.

"No stay," Carter said. "You can spend the night. You have a room." Adam paused at this looking at the trio. "Please…"

"Okay," Kara said with a smirk, sitting back down to stay the night while Adam sighed to himself, and left. Cat bit her lip at this. Perhaps Carter had revealed too much.

-Supergirl-

The next day Siobhan was walking into Catco, coffee in hand, when she saw Winn kissing a tall woman with long brown hair. "Winn?" Siobhan called, making Winn break off from the other woman. "Who is this?"

"Lena Luther," Winn said looking at Siobhan. "My… girlfriend."

"Your girlfriend?" Siobhan said, aghast. "I'm your girlfriend!"

"But… We broke up?" Winn said, clearly confused.

"When, exactly?" Siobhan slammed the coffee on the nearest table with force, anger clearly building.

"A couple of weeks… Wait, you had that… and then I…. I never broke up with you did I?" Winn stammered though, suddenly stunned and Lena playfully slapped him.

"I've been the other woman," Lena said playfully, biting her lip as she looked at Siobhan. Winn looked between the two women and, while Lena laughed –finding this amusing, Siobhan clearly looked angered. She was positively growling after all. "Well, I'll let you handle this. Remember I have that dinner tomorrow. You need to be there in a tux." Lena continued.

"I got one," Winn said and Lena pulled a face. "You don't like my suit?"

"See if you can get off this afternoon for a few hours," Lena said with a smirk and Winn nodded as Lena left.

"So what, she's your sugar mama?" Siobhan spat.

"Look, Siobhan, I'm sorry. I forgot to break up with you," Winn said, ignoring the comment on Lena. "I met Lena and we hit it off and then things started. I really thought I broke up with you. It was a stupid mistake."

"You cheated on me!" Siobhan yelled, not giving up one this one.

"I made a mistake, but we have not been on a date or really seen each other in weeks. What did you think was happening with us?" Winn asked. "Look, I'm only a man."

"That you are…" Siobhan snarled, turning her back on him and striding off. Completely forgetting the coffee in her anger.

-Superflash-

Kara threw down papers on a desk outside her office, clearly angry herself.

"Anyone seen Siobhan?" Kara yelled to the office. Before Kara became Supergirl Correspondent, Cat had made Siobhan her assistant and Siobhan had remained her assistant with the job change, but she was bad at her job, messing things up and always late. She generally seemed to think she was doing an amazing job though.

"I don't think she got in yet," Lucy said from her position. Lucy Lane had actually become a friend to Kara. After Cat fired James, Lucy had come up to Kara to talk and they had hit it off well. Lucy still did not know she was Supergirl, but after finding out Clark was her cousin the two had let any shady past go, especially since Clark and Lois were married, making them technically family.

"Again?" Kara groaned, clearly annoyed, and Cat noticed from her office.

"Kara, what's wrong?" Cat asked, coming out of her office.

"Siobhan," Kara said. "She always late, she messed this up…" Kara held up a couple of papers. "She's the worst assistant in the world!"

"Fire her," Cat said simply, and Kara paused. "Look Kara, I know you're a nice person, but this is work. This is your job. She's not doing her job. You need to take the authority I've given you and fire her." At that moment Winn walked in, mumbled an apology for being late and headed for his desk. "And speaking of firing people, how mad would you be if I fired your former best friend?" Cat whispered this part. Winn and Kara's relationship had healed better than Alex and Kara's but the two were still not what they once were.

"I think he needs it," Kara whispered, knowing Winn didn't like this job, but was too secure and comfortable to find something he did like. Cat nodded solemnly as a moment later Siobhan walked in.

"Be strong… get rid of her," Cat whispered, low enough that Siobhan had not heard, and walked back into her office.

"Siobhan," Kara called, "you're late." Siobhan opened her mouth to talk but Kara stopped her. "You messed up your work, you have me covering for you constantly – and I'm your boss! This is not acceptable." Kara looked over to Cat who nodded at her. "You are fired." Kara finally said, Siobhan amazed and shocked, lost for words.

"But I do the best job…" she finally started.

"No you don't, actually." Kara stated. "Pack your desk and leave." Kara turned on her heel and immediately headed to Cat's office, both knowing Cat would want to talk to her, and not wanting to see Siobhan's reaction.

"Congratulations," Cat said, the moment Kara moved into her office. "Finally figured out how to be a boss. We'll set up interviews for your new assistant tomorrow."

"I'm going to Metropolis tonight, remember?" Kara said, making Cat look at her. "Clark and Lois's baby has been born."

"Oh right, boy or girl?" Cat asked. While she did once have a crush on Clark, he being Kara's cousin had removed that. Plus, she had long since moved on from him.

"Girl," Kara said with a smirk. "Lara Claire Kent. After all the problems they had conceiving, as well… this baby is very special." Kara sighed, remembering the trouble the couple had had. When Kara was in college Lois had a miscarriage, and they had even more trouble after that. It had caused Kara and Clark to think a human/Kryptonian baby was not possible, but now they had living proof it was. Lara was going to be treated like a little princess.

"Have fun. Bring back pictures," Cat said with a smile. "Oh, and if you can get any Superman scoop… well you might be my Supergirl correspondent, but it wouldn't hurt to expand your duties a bit. Might consider changing the title to Superhero Correspondent… I mean there's that Starman guy, the Bat-freak in Gotham, Starling has their Arrow, and I hear tales of a vigilante with a shield back in Metropolis."

"The one that keeps getting beat up?" Kara asked with a raised eyebrow. "He's going to get himself killed!"

"Okay, maybe calling him a hero is stretching it," Cat said with a laugh and Kara smiled before heading back to work.

-Supergirl-

That night Siobhan was in her apartment, literally shaking with anger. Rain poured outside as lighting flashed by her window. The day had turned nasty, quickly.

"Fired!" she muttered to herself, a bottle of alcohol in her hand. "How dare she?! I'm the best…. I did my job perfectly. Better than Little Miss Blondie herself could do it!" Siobhan hit her kitchen counter, looking at the mirror there. "And Winn…! How dare he. He cheated on me! Said he forgot to break up with me... Yeah right. And that bitch… She was laughing about it. It just makes me want to…" Siobhan screamed. It was loud, a wailing screech with shattered her mirror.

She paused, looking at the damage.

-Superflash-

Adam was working late at his lab. He was lucky to have this job on his own merit; he'd long since made sure that Cat Grant wasn't associated with his name, glad to have taken on his father's name instead, but even so he couldn't help but think his dear mother would still pull strings. Especially with a job in National – that was half the reason he'd visited her the other night. He hadn't expected to find Kara there though.

Was his mom right that there had been an actual legit reason for their break up? He had liked Kara from the moment he'd met her; had even suspected she was behind that letter long before she admitted to it. She'd changed the course of his life, even without being too much influence. But it felt weird now. His mother had taken her in and that, by some twisted law, made her his sister now.

"Come on man," a man who worked there brought Adam out of his funk. "Lets go get a drink. Get to know each other?"

"Raincheck on that," Adam said, almost instinctively. Truth be told, he was a bit of a loner; had always been. "Doing some last-minute work." He added quickly – which was sort of true. He wanted to get by on his own merit, after all, so putting in the hours, doing the time… that was his way of making sure he'd be okay, that he wasn't being set up by genetics alone.

The guy laughed at this. "Well, you might want to get home soon. It's getting nasty out there and they're due to lock up in about an hour anyway…" The first words were true. Rain was pounding against the window and the skylight they had in the ceiling. As if on cue, a crash of thunder and flash of lightning illuminated the room.

"Yeah, I'll head home soon. See you tomorrow," Adam nodded, and the guy shrugged, returning the goodbye before leaving. Adam wasn't scared to be on his own, even with a little rain and a lightshow.

A few minutes later, Adam moved over to a light green rock his team had been working on that day and started looking it over. "What are you?" Adam whispered to the rock. The rock was the weirdest thing he had ever seen…. He was almost thinking it was alien. Well, his team leader had said something about a meteor, he recalled.

A second later there was an explosion of sound; Adam caught a momentary glance of shattering glass around him before he felt the excruciating pain flowing through, and beyond, his body; his hand still inches from the odd rock, which glowed almost as brightly as he did. A moment later the glow was gone and Adam was unconscious on the floor, rain pattering around his form.

He was barely breathing…

Post Chapter Note: The first chapter of my third story in my Kryptonite series! I hope you all enjoyed. I wonder if you can tell what I'm leading to here…?

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