Chapter 1: Demon girl
Premise:
Set in an alternate universe, Jor-El died in a freak accident of nature, mere minutes before he could punch in the coordinates that would send his newborn son off to safety. As a result, Kal-El perished alongside every other Kryptonian when the planet exploded. Every other Kryptonian, except for one. Kara's pod did have a successful launch and made it all the way to Earth. However, her pod was damaged upon entering Earth's atmosphere, it crashlanded and the infant inside received a headtrauma that would have far reaching consequences for the people of planet Earth. Being far different then anyone else on the planet, Kara resented human beings and began a solo campaign against humanity, whom she believed is responsible for creating her. Kara tries to figure out who she really is and where she came from. In the following years, Kara, who now came to be known as 'The Demon Girl', had wrecked Earth's society and obliterated most of their armies. Rather then seeking to rule the people Kara now roams Earth aimlessly rampages on endlessly in frustration and anger. Until one fateful day, a solar eclipse robbed her of her powers.
New sensations.
Pain.
She wasn't used to feeling pain. At all. She had always been invulnerable. No matter what the people had tried to use against her, it had always bounced off her as harmlessly as water would splash off a rock. She wasn't used to the sensation. It was new to her and caused severe confusion. How was this possible? Had they finally invented a tool capable of hurting her? Bringing her down? Were they tracking her right now as she plummeted down to Earth, unable to fly? She didn't understand. One moment, everything had been fine. She was flying around looking for a settlement called Blüdhaven, where a professor was rumoured to live who had made a shocking discovery about Kara's pod trajectory when it entered Earth 25 years ago. The next thing she knew, she lost her ability to fly. Shocked at the loss of her power, Kara had tried to use her 'superbreath' to slow her descent but found this power inactive as well. She hadn't checked all her powers yet, but she assumed they were all disabled somehow. Which put her in quite the predicament at the moment. She was rapidly approaching solid ground and without any of her powers, she would be smeared across the ground leaving nothing more then a bloody stain. Like… like… like an ordinary HUMAN!
The mere thought enraged Kara. This could not be how things ended. She was Kara, The Demon Girl. She had brought the entire populace of a planet down on their knees to worship her like a goddess. Enraged at the very idea of it, Kara's eyes flashed with anger and frustration and suddenly found her descent slowing. Part of her powers had returned, fuelled by nothing more then pure anger and frustration. But she was still descending to rapidly. She used whatever willpower she had to force herself to slow down, but a quick glance at the ground told her that it would be too late. She was going to crash and come down hard, whether she liked it or not. Kara gritted her teeth together and her thoughts raced. There had to be a way to escape. As Kara desperately studied the surface for any possibilities, a crazy idea suddenly came to her. She was putting so much effort into slowing down… when she should be speeding up! There was a lake not far from here. If she continued trying to slow down, she would never make it. But would she survive the impact? Normally, she would. But at the moment, she wasn't sure. She gritted her teeth and kept her arms at her sides, in order to go as fast as she could. Maybe, if she could achieve enough speed, if enough of her powers were left, she could reach the lake and crash there. Beats smashing into solid rock headfirst.
She summoned every ounce of strength she had left, focused every fiber of her being on making that lake and surviving this… whatever it was. And when she did, when she got out, she would find a way to get her powers back and make whoever did this PAY! She would destroy his family, his home, his whole country if she had to and then take him high up in the sky so he could see the damage she had wrought upon his planet firsthand before she'd let him fall.
That was the only thought that kept Kara going. She WOULD make that lake and she WOULD survive, then she would figure out whoever was behind this and take her revenge. As Kara continued to plummet, rock formations and forests passed her by and she realized she had achieved at least partial horizontal flight again. She was still descending rapidly and unable to access her true powers, but at least this was proof that they were still there. Then, finally, the lake dawned on the horizon and Kara aimed square for the middle of it. She would make it. She had to. She still didn't know who she was or where she came from and she would be damned if she died before finding out. And if that wasn't an option, she would settle for damning the entire planet instead!
