Author's note : Hello everybody ! I know that I promised you a new SuperCorp story after "Beyond the Stars" like, forever ago so, there it is finally ! This is an AU which means, no powers, no Supergirl, no DEO, Kara is just a human nerdy genius. For those who haven't read "Beyond the Stars", don't panic, this is not a follow up so feel free to start reading this instant. However, if you want to start with "Beyond the Stars", or read it after this one or even someday, it's ok too ;) I'll try to update weekly but no promise, this little hobby actually takes quite the free time. Enjoy !
Kara was woken up abruptly by her phone ringing on her nightstand. She groaned and started fumbling for her glasses, her face still pressed into her pillow. When she finally got hold of them, she put them on and looked at the caller ID. It was Winn. At 7am. On a Saturday.
-"Winn !" Kara yelled just after hitting the answering button on her phone. "It's seven in the morning !"
-"Really ?" Winn said, glancing at the clock on his computer. "Oh sorry, I was just looking at the news on my laptop while drinking my coffee and..."
-"Winn !" Kara yelled again. "I was sleeping, so, whatever you wanted to say to me just say it now !" she finished exasperated. She put the phone on speaker, laid it on her nightstand, and reached for her sweatpants.
-"I was skimming through different newspapers when I saw that Forbes has released his 30 under 30 article for this year" Winn explained excitedly. "And guess what ?"
-"What ?" Kara asked, yawning. She took her phone again and dragged herself into the kitchen.
-"You're in it !" Winn practically squealed over the phone.
-"In what ?" Kara asked, still half asleep, and pulling out a cereal box from one of her food closet.
-"In the article !" Winn all but screamed. Kara winced and put her phone on the kitchen counter. That way, it would hurt less if Winn got too excited again. She was about to tell him to calm down when her sister Alex, entered the apartment, sipping her takeaway coffee.
-"In the youngest category to be exact. Check it out !" Winn continued trough the speakers.
-"She will do" Alex answered for Kara, putting her heavy suitcase down on the kitchen counter.
-"Hey Alex !" Winn greeted the older Danvers.
-"Hi Winn" Alex replied. "Sorry but Kara and I have a lot to go through today so you don't mind calling back later ?
-"No, of course ! I have to go anyway. Have fun !" he said cheerfully and hanged up.
-"Okay, what's happening ?" Kara inquired while pouring milk in her bowl of cereals. "Why everybody is up and jumping on me today ?"
-"Because of this" Alex answered and pulled out a copy of Forbes magazine from her suitcase. She flipped through it a few seconds then placed it open at the right page on the table. Kara leaned on her stool and read it while eating her cereals.
Kara Danvers, 24
Founder, Krypton App
Last year, Danvers, a MIT student specialized in biology, invented the Krypton App which allows people to monitor their heart rate, follow their pill schedule (know when to take which medicine) and that contains a digital card that any hospital can read by flash code containing all the essential information of the patient : full identity, blood type, which treatments they are on, if they had been on surgery before and for what, medical history, etc. Her app hit over one million downloads three month after it launched.
-"That's cool no ?" Kara asked her sister smiling with her mouth still full.
-"No Kara, this isn't cool" Alex sighted.
-"No ?"
-"No, this is huge Kara" Alex said very seriously this time.
-"Huge as..." Kara tried to guess what her sister meant.
-"This is great publicity for us Kara" Alex spoke again, smiling excitedly. "This article could catch the interest of potential investors."
-"And we could develop the app further !" Kara caught up on her sister, finally fully awake for the first time this morning.
-"Yes !" Alex added enthusiastically. She was proud of their work. When Kara had decided to create the Krypton App last year with the help of her MIT friend Winn for the programming, Alex encouraged her but didn't really thought much of it. But when Kara's and Winn's app had reached the top 10 of downloads the first week, Alex decided to quit her job at their Mom's laboratory. Her sister was very brilliant in her field but also so clueless when it came to some other things that Alex had taken upon herself to help her sister in her dazzling success. She had hired a lawyer, an advertising agent, an IT expert to help Winn with the updates and the technical support and last but not least, she rented a whole floor in a business building to accommodate all of those people. As for herself, she now was Kara's press and public relations agent, which explained her morning visit.
-"I guess the phone is going to ring all day now because of the article" Kara spoke again. "Sorry" she added, smiling apologetically at her sister.
-"Actually, it already has" Alex replied, smirking. "I booked you for a photoshoot with Cat Grant on Monday."
-"What ?! Kara exclaimed, dropping her spoon. "The director of CatCo ? The queen of all media ?" she continued, unable to believe it.
-"The one and only" Alex replied smiling fully.
SC~SC~SC~SC~SC
Lena Luthor used to come at her office on Saturdays morning. Most of her employees were home which made the building much quieter than usual. The perfect atmosphere to get some work done. Lena greeted her personal assistant, Jess, and entered her office. She fixed herself a cup of coffee, seated on her white couch and picked up an exemplary of Forbes magazine among those that were displayed by Jess on the glass coffee table in front of her. She liked to start her day with a quick press review.
As she was casually flipping through the pages while sipping her coffee, she almost choked when she saw a picture of herself in the 30 under 30 section of the magazine. She read the text beside her picture :
Lena Luthor, 26
Founder, LCorp
The youngest of the infamously Luthor family had taken over Luthor Corp last year after her elder brother was convicted for embezzlement and prohibited sale of biological weapons to countries at war. She renamed her family's company LCorp and radically changed the focus to its research department from deadly viruses and biological weaponry to home therapy by developing machines that are simpler to use and easier to transport.
Lena smiled. It was a well known fact that public opinion in general and the media in particular, hated her family but it seemed that for her, the jury was still out. Maybe if she continued in this direction she would be able to make a name for herself outside her family. A good one, moreover.
After an hour of paperwork and a few phone calls, the quiet of the LCorp building was disrupted by a familiar tattooed girl.
-"How is the youngest of the infamously Luthor family doing ?" Veronica Sinclair asked enthusiastically, peering through the half-open door of Lena's office.
-"Veronica !" Lena exclaimed and got up to greet her best friend.
-"Congrats" Veronica said to the CEO after they hugged. She then revealed the bottle of champagne that she was hiding in her designer shopping bag.
-"Champagne ?" Lena asked. "Isn't it a bit early for alcohol ?" she went on, arching a brow questioningly at her friend.
-"What ? You really thought we were going to toast about your Forbes article with water ?" Veronica replied incredulously.
-"You're the only person crazy enough to drink champagne before noon."
Veronica was about to protest when Jess voice was heard through the intercom :
-"Miss Luthor ? Your mother on line 1."
-"Oh oh. Someone heard about the Forbes' publication too" Veronica warned, making a disgusted face. Lilian Luthor always gave her the jitters since high school.
-"Honestly, I'm surprised she didn't call sooner" Lena said wearily. She never had been a fan of her talks with her mother. "Even Cat Grant called before her."
-"Really ?"
-"Yeah, for some photoshoot on Monday" the CEO answered and went to press the reply button of her intercom.
-"Please hold it Jess, I'm going to take it in a minute."
-"Well, I better go" Veronica said and retrieved the bottle of champagne from the coffee table to put it back in her bag.
-"What are you doing ?" Lena asked, eyeing her friend's bag questioningly.
-"You said it was crazy to drink before noon so I figured you..."
-"What would be really crazy is talking to my mother without alcohol in my system" Lena interrupted sighing.
-"Amen to that !" Veronica exclaimed and put the bottle back on the coffee table. "See you later !" she then added and exited Lena's office.
When her friend was gone, the CEO plopped herself on her desk chair and asked her assistant to put her mother on the phone.
