Note: I know, I know, this isn't a Smallville fanfiction. So you guys must
be wondering what the heck this fic's doing in here? Well, the thing is
this will serve as a companion story to my other fic called The Earth
Angel. I've received a couple emails asking me stuff about Supergirl's
origin. So instead of replying to those emails, I reckon that I should tell
her story and at the same time enlightening other curious readers who're
not familiar with the Supergirl mythology.
Additional Note: In this story I combined some elements from the Supergirl movie and from the Supergirl comic book (before her death) to make it a bit interesting. The real Maiden of Might (Kara Zor-El) died at this event called 'Crisis on Infinite Earth', the Supergirl from the DC comic that are being published at present is just a reincarnation of Kara.
Disclaimer: Again, I'm too friggin' lazy to give you a list of which characters belonged to DC and which ones belonged to me. I'm just gonna say that almost all of them are owned by DC and WB or Tri Star. The dialogues and plot thingy came from me though.
"She came half way across the galaxy from the doomed city of Argo. A prosperous city that was ones part of the great and legendary planet called Krypton. Now all grown up, Linda tries to find her true purpose in this world while balancing school, friendship, love and her quest to find the sole survivor of Krypton, Kal-El. Armed with her super human powers and enchanted bracelet, only Linda Lee Danvers could protect the people of LEESBURG."
Chapter One
A dark figure slowly crawled in a muddy swamp outside the town of Leesburg. A teenage girl.
She was down on all four, making her way through the ghoulish and awfully terrible landscape, almost naked. Garbed only with her now filthy looking under wear, she gasped for breath as she started to feel her only remaining ounce of strength leaving her mud covered body.
"Tired. Need to rest." The brunette girl thought to herself with her body inches away from lying flat on the knee deep, mud filled swamp. The air's strangely cold and misty with only the faint sound of the crickets can be heard. "Got to rest. Can't go on."
In her weakening condition, she doesn't care anymore if the mud is dirty. Anyway, her slender legs and arms and the front portion of her body's been covered with earthy dark mud. She estimated that she's been crawling for almost 30 minutes now. Her knees and hands throbbing wildly in pain as she proceeded.
Earlier, she didn't felt weak, though somehow as she walked deeper and deeper into the swamp, her body began losing strength. The incredible power she always had in her drained away in an instant. Her head was suddenly whirly and it felt to her like it could explode anytime soon.
Something greenish started glowing from under the spot she stopped. Though in a terrible condition she didn't fail to notice that occurrence.
She bent her head down and mumbled, "Meteor rocks."
The teenage girl struggled to crawl away from that location, sluggishly. Her mind racing, worried of what might happened to her if her hands, or worse, her body made contact with one of those meteor rocks.
To no avail, her condition did not improved even just a bit as she got out of that spot. It was only then that she realized that the meteors were scattered all over the place. All of which violently glowing from underground.
She had no escape from them.
The pitch, black sky was starless. Only the faint light that leaked through from the full moon illuminated her surroundings. She raised her head and had a good and quite possibly, her final look around the swamp.
In the dark of the night, the old trees looked frightful and monstrous. They seem to have those scary faces that watched your every movement. The kind you often see in horror movies.
She wouldn't be surprised if a pack of hungry wolves would start running from the shadows to devour her. Or maybe, a flesh-eating creature lurking in the dark would jump right out for her.
The young lady's used to things like that now. Monsters and other horrible creatures are real and they're out there somewhere. Most of them, humans that were mutated by the green meteor rock that struck Leesburg several years ago. Meteor rocks which she brought with her to earth.
"It's all my fault. I caused all of these." She whispered under her breath as tears forced their way out of her bright, but sad blue eyes. "Maybe this is my fate. To die right here, right now because of what I've done. Maybe this is what God wants for me."
She was giving up. Her arms were wobbly and could no longer support her weight anymore. Again, she bent her head down as she continued crying.
The red 'S' that was spray painted on her chest by the cheering squad captain, Nicole Hamilton of Leesburg High, caught her tear filled eyes.
The 'S' on her chest is supposed to represent the S in Leesburg. But in her troubled thoughts she reckoned it stands for 'Stupidity'. Her stupidity.
Why did she even bother to try out for the cheering squad? Now look what she got herself into. A supposed squad initiation would most likely end up in her death at the swamps.
Then she remembered the other girls that were part of this initiation. Who were they? What are their names? Lena, Lena Thorul, was the only name that popped in her mind She wished they were somewhere safe.
She began lowering her body down the mud. There's no way she could escape this meteor filled location. She's gonna die and it's going to be slow and painful.
Her body and face made contact with the cold and soft muddy ground as she lay down. She closed her eyes and thought of everyone dear to her.
Lucy Lane, her best friend. Dick Malverne, the guy she regarded as her big brother, her crush. There's the couple that adopted her as a child, her Mom Edna and her Dad Fred Danvers.
The image of Zaltar, her mentor as a child back in Argo city, flashed inside her head. Finally, the image of her real parents, Zor El and Allura came to her. They were both smiling at her.
"I'm sorry I failed you." Her lips moved, eyes closed, with the left side of her face resting on the muddy earth. "I'm sorry I failed to find Kal- El."
"Kal-El-I'm sorry." She repeated the name after a while, as a tear rolled out of her closed eyes. Then everything went dark.
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The Xeno Galaxy:
A chunk of rock floated near the location where the doomed planet of Krypton used to orbit around the magnificent red sun. Atop that chunk of rock is a prosperous city unknown to anyone else in the galaxy. The crystal city of Argo.
It's been almost a year after the destruction of the Krypton planet. If the neighboring system of the red sun had any life form in them, they would've assumed that all of Krypton was destroyed and no one survived the tragedy, except for one child that was sent to a far away planet. They would've called that child, the last son of Krypton. Kal-El.
But in reality, Krypton had a lot of survivors, and they are now living in peace on the city situated on top the chunk of rock, Argo City.
The Argonians, as we may now call them, had to thank a brilliant scientist for their survival. The scientist known to everyone as Zor-El.
Zor-El believed his cousin's (Jor-El) prediction of Krypton's impending demise years ago. His plan for salvation was to raise a dome over the whole city of Argo, back then when it was still a part of Krypton. When the planet exploded, Argo city remained intact and unharmed as it was propelled away into space.
All of Argo was living happily when only after several months had passed, when the chunk of rock of Krypton, upon which the city rested turned into kryptonite. To fix this Zor-El placed a sheet of lead metal into the ground, separating them from the kryptonite soil of Argo.
Though everything seemed enough already for most of the Argonians to feel safe, Zor-El didn't stop there. With help of the other brilliant scientist that survived, he came up with an energy source that held the city's defense together.
An energy and life giving force they called the Omegahedron.
Thanks to this newly invented power they no longer need to worry about anything. The energy from the Omegahedron replaced the dome of the city. It was far stronger and glassed like, enabling the residents of Argo to marvel at the void space outside.The power source also took care of the anti- kryptonite ground and prevented it from ever harming the citizens. All is well in Argo City.
In time, Zor-El's daughter was born there. Allura, his wife, named the baby Kara Zor-El. She had an angelic face, with her curly blonde hair and the bluest eyes in all of Argo.
It's been already 3 years after the explosion of Argo's mother planet krypton. But still, the Argonian's remembered everything so vividly like the event only happened yesterday.
"From time and again, I wonder whatever happened to Jor-El's son." Zaltar a wise old man in his 40's, told his companions as they walked along the narrow path leading to the edifice housing the powerful Omegahedron. "I often encounter disturbing dreams about the young boy asking for help."
"There is no sense of you worrying about Kal-El, Zaltar." Reminded the scientist Zor-El to his old friend.
Argo is a city of crystals. Instead of concrete buildings and houses, high rising crystal structures can be found everywhere. The city looked even more amazing when the red sun set's from the horizon.
"Remember? Jor-El sent him to earth. He will be safe there." He comforted, placing a hand on Zaltar's shoulder as they continued walking. "My cousin wouldn't had sent him to earth, if he knew his son would be in danger there. Kal-El's safe, Zaltar."
"Kal-El." Young Kara repeated the name upon hearing her father mention it. Allura, her beautiful mother, carried her in her arms, lovingly. Kara's now three years of age.
The grown ups, Zaltar, Zor-El and Allura, smiled at her when she said the name.
"Yes, Kara, Kal-El." Her father uttered with a smile as he caressed her soft chubby cheeks gently. The toddler giggled childishly and grinned back.
Way back, before the demise of Krypton the cousins Jor-El and Zor-El agreed on a sacred promise, that had been a great tradition in their family for so many years. The betrothal of their children.
Both parties have agreed upon that Kal-El would be married to Kara Zor-El when they reached the appropriate age.
Though now the covenant no longer exist because of the death of Jor-El and his wife and the absence of their son, Kal-El.
The doors to the crystal building that housed the Omegahedron opened automatically when they took the last step up the stairs. They all came in and proceeded to the room where the Omegahedron is.
Zor-El was there to inspect it after some people reported that there's something bizarre with the power source. They claimed that it was alive and the thing was trying to communicate with them.
Inside the Omegahedron chamber, after a thorough inspection by Zor-El and Zaltar, they have concluded that there's nothing strange with the power source at all. The Omegahedron is about the size of a baseball ball, crystal like in form and always seemed to possess a bright glow.
Kara began crying for some reason so Allura puts her down. Usually when she cries, it's either she's hungry or just plainly wants to wander around by herself. This time though, Kara didn't seize crying.
"She wouldn't stop." Allura informed her husband, who was talking to Zaltar at the far corner of the chamber.
Allura knelt down and tried comforting her daughter but she wouldn't stop her whining. Zaltar walked towards them and dug something out of his pockets, a crystal wand that is orange in color. The magical matterwand.
He handed it to the little girl and just like magic she stopped. All Kara wanted was something for her to play with.
The toddler wandered away as Zaltar and Allura joined Zor-El. Kara walked unsteadily heading for the transparent wall of the chamber, which is a part of the city dome itself. She pressed her hands and her forehead on the glassed like protection of the city. Her big blue eyes wide opened in absolute astonishment with the view outside of Argo.
From where she stood she could see the strange twin planet of Twaix with its 5 dark moons orbiting it on high speed. The crimson planet of Heoptetron floated from a distant with the gigantic red sun serving as its breath taking background. There were a lot of other planets in the system but only those 3 heavenly bodies struck young Kara's fancy. She was reminded abruptly of Kal-El, the legendary last son of Krypton.
Kara wondered where he is. Even though she haven't met her distant cousin, she somehow found herself longing for him. She wanted a playmate. She wanted Kal-El.
Tired and a bit frustrated from just looking out and not being able to explore outside, Kara turned around and leaned against that side of the dome. Slowly, she crashed onto the marble like flooring of the chamber and studied the matterwand Zaltar, her commissioned mentor, handed her.
Curiosity made its way up and deep into her thoughts.
"What does this do?" She asked moving the wand closer so she could have a better look. "What is it?"
Foolishly, she shook the matterwand first and was thrilled when specs of shiny dust like particles started to come out of thin air. She hasn't seen anything like this device.
Kara overheard her father saying something to Zaltar and her mother.
"Omegahedron. Life giving energy. Too powerful. Both good and evil combined. A living thing. Capable of communication. Not possible." Were the only words that she somehow understood.
She ignored them again as she went back to her plaything at the moment, the matterwand. It almost seemed like a light bulb literally popped out over her head, when she realized that this was the same tool Zaltar used to make her the two silver bracelets, attached on each of her wrist.
"A gift for the princess." He told her back then.
Little Kara experimented and took off one of her bracelet. As she sat on the floor, she spread her legs apart to create some space while carefully placing down the accessory at the center.
With one quick wave of the wand, the silver bracelet transformed into a metallic insect that resembled a dragonfly. She was completely amazed by what she did.
Kara was about to touch it with her other hand, when suddenly the Omegahedron that hovered at the heart of the chamber, emitted a small ray of light to her creation.
Without warning the metallic dragonfly slowly began flapping its wings, to Kara's delight and fascination. The Omegahedron gave it life.
The alloy insect took off from the floor and began flying away from Kara's location. Not wanting to lose her creation, Kara stood up and chased after it playfully. Her silky white gown gliding through the air gracefully.
The dragonfly circled around the mystical chamber a few times with little Kara running, hoping to catch the thing she created. Meanwhile, the adults were very much into a serious debate as to whether its possible for their power source, the Omegahedron, to have life, thus it prevented them to take notice of Kara's little adventure.
What happened next changed Argo's history forever. The insect attached itself to the dome protection of the city with wings continuing to flap.
Kara stopped on her tracks and observed what it planned to do next. The insect like creature commenced punching a hole through the protective dome that separates Argo city from the void space.
Immediately, the insect was sucked out. The grown ups noticed the occurrence this time. Allura grab hold of her daughter as Zaltar snatched the matterwand from Kara.
He was able to close the big gaping hole, but not before the Omegahedron is lost. Just like the insect, it was forcefully vacuumed out into outer space.
Upon the power source's exit out of Argo, a low rumbling sound came from under the city ground. Something is terribly wrong.
There was no doubt in Zor-El and Zaltar's mind that Argo city will meet its end any minute now. With the only thin sheet of dome covering the city and the krytonite ground, it can be assumed that the city will be destroyed.
The adults rushed out of the edifice and out in the streets to warn everyone. Allura carried her daughter close to her chest as she heads home where they could at least feel safe.
The citizens of Argo poured out of the streets ones they heard the news and panicked. Everyone ran back and forth with not knowing what to do to save themselves or their family.
Screamed echoed as the ground shook and rattled violently causing some of the high rising crystal structures to collapse down to the ground. The majestic roads and streets cracked opened swallowing some residents alive. Some Argonians were instantly buried from under the debris in a split second.
The destructive quake continued to destroy all of Argo, bit by bit.
The couple, Allura and Zor-El were back at their house with Zaltar and Kara. They were all assembled in Zor-El's work place and laboratory as they struggled to stay on their feet due to the shaking of the ground.
At the center of the laboratory is one of Zor-El's most prized invention in all his life. He walked for it and pulled off the silver tarp that covered the machine revealing a ship.
A space bubble Zor-El created because he wanted to travel and explore the galaxies around Argo. Though now it is the only thing that could possibly save her daughter's life.
Sending Kara into space enclosed in that bubble sphere ship is his only choice to save her. Allura didn't think twice when her husband laid out the plans. It's either this or Kara dying with them in Argo.
The quake was getting stronger by the minute. They must act fast, now before it's too late.
All the while Kara wasn't aware of what's happening around her. She hasn't got the slightest idea that the city she grew up in was about to meet its doom.
Zor-El touched something in his control panel and the glass bubble ship opened like a lotus flower with its petals falling to its sides.
Zaltar, touched young Kara's arms. Sadness was very evident in his old wrinkly façade. He moved close and whispered something in her ears before making his matterwand and Kara's remaining bracelet touch. It started to glow.
Allura kissed her daughter affectionately all over her face. She kept repeating the words 'I Love You", as tears escaped her sad eyes.
It was then that she gave Kara to her husband, Zor-El.
He rested her in the middle of the opened bubble ship, carefully. Zor-El bent forward and planted a kiss on her daughter's forehead. He wanted to cry so badly, knowing that this is the last time he'd ever gaze upon beautiful Kara, but he controlled his tears. He doesn't want her daughter to have her final image of her father as sad, so instead he smiled. Zor-El wanted Kara to remember that he's a strong and loving father.
"Find Kal-El." Muttered Zor-El softly as she stared at Kara. He has programmed the ship to go towards Earth.
Zaltar, took over on the control panel of the laboratory and pressed the button to close up the ship. The tremors rattled the ground again. Pieces of small debris falling from the roof.
Ones the glass bubble ship is completely sealed up, it began rising above the launch pad. In no time at all, it crashed right out of the glass ceiling of the laboratory.
Zaltar, Zor-El and Allura waved their final goodbye to Kara. They wished her well and hoped only the best for her. Allura couldn't stop crying as she looked up at the floating ship.
It hovered higher and higher until it escaped out of the now torn up dome of Argo city. Kara saw what was happening now that she's up there. The structures were crumbling and the people in total hysteria.
The bubble ship got into space and traveled speedily as far away from the dying city as possible. It was only then that, Kara knew that she wouldn't get to see her parents and Zaltar anymore. They're gonna die.
Kara sat steadily and cried. She gazed back at Argo and was stunned to witness the powerful and almost blinding explosion of the whole city.
This event caused her ship to travel almost at the speed of light because of the force made by the explosion. Her ship shot across the red sun and out of Argo's system. All she could see at that instant are the countless stars of space.
Her tears never seized to stop flowing until such time that she got tired.
Far ahead she could see a strange ball of light. The Omegahedron.
Kara looked over her shoulder and was frightened to find out that on her tail are clusters of huge meteor rocks, threatening to catch up with her ship. Meteor rocks that most likely came from the blast of Argo.
Additional Note: In this story I combined some elements from the Supergirl movie and from the Supergirl comic book (before her death) to make it a bit interesting. The real Maiden of Might (Kara Zor-El) died at this event called 'Crisis on Infinite Earth', the Supergirl from the DC comic that are being published at present is just a reincarnation of Kara.
Disclaimer: Again, I'm too friggin' lazy to give you a list of which characters belonged to DC and which ones belonged to me. I'm just gonna say that almost all of them are owned by DC and WB or Tri Star. The dialogues and plot thingy came from me though.
"She came half way across the galaxy from the doomed city of Argo. A prosperous city that was ones part of the great and legendary planet called Krypton. Now all grown up, Linda tries to find her true purpose in this world while balancing school, friendship, love and her quest to find the sole survivor of Krypton, Kal-El. Armed with her super human powers and enchanted bracelet, only Linda Lee Danvers could protect the people of LEESBURG."
Chapter One
A dark figure slowly crawled in a muddy swamp outside the town of Leesburg. A teenage girl.
She was down on all four, making her way through the ghoulish and awfully terrible landscape, almost naked. Garbed only with her now filthy looking under wear, she gasped for breath as she started to feel her only remaining ounce of strength leaving her mud covered body.
"Tired. Need to rest." The brunette girl thought to herself with her body inches away from lying flat on the knee deep, mud filled swamp. The air's strangely cold and misty with only the faint sound of the crickets can be heard. "Got to rest. Can't go on."
In her weakening condition, she doesn't care anymore if the mud is dirty. Anyway, her slender legs and arms and the front portion of her body's been covered with earthy dark mud. She estimated that she's been crawling for almost 30 minutes now. Her knees and hands throbbing wildly in pain as she proceeded.
Earlier, she didn't felt weak, though somehow as she walked deeper and deeper into the swamp, her body began losing strength. The incredible power she always had in her drained away in an instant. Her head was suddenly whirly and it felt to her like it could explode anytime soon.
Something greenish started glowing from under the spot she stopped. Though in a terrible condition she didn't fail to notice that occurrence.
She bent her head down and mumbled, "Meteor rocks."
The teenage girl struggled to crawl away from that location, sluggishly. Her mind racing, worried of what might happened to her if her hands, or worse, her body made contact with one of those meteor rocks.
To no avail, her condition did not improved even just a bit as she got out of that spot. It was only then that she realized that the meteors were scattered all over the place. All of which violently glowing from underground.
She had no escape from them.
The pitch, black sky was starless. Only the faint light that leaked through from the full moon illuminated her surroundings. She raised her head and had a good and quite possibly, her final look around the swamp.
In the dark of the night, the old trees looked frightful and monstrous. They seem to have those scary faces that watched your every movement. The kind you often see in horror movies.
She wouldn't be surprised if a pack of hungry wolves would start running from the shadows to devour her. Or maybe, a flesh-eating creature lurking in the dark would jump right out for her.
The young lady's used to things like that now. Monsters and other horrible creatures are real and they're out there somewhere. Most of them, humans that were mutated by the green meteor rock that struck Leesburg several years ago. Meteor rocks which she brought with her to earth.
"It's all my fault. I caused all of these." She whispered under her breath as tears forced their way out of her bright, but sad blue eyes. "Maybe this is my fate. To die right here, right now because of what I've done. Maybe this is what God wants for me."
She was giving up. Her arms were wobbly and could no longer support her weight anymore. Again, she bent her head down as she continued crying.
The red 'S' that was spray painted on her chest by the cheering squad captain, Nicole Hamilton of Leesburg High, caught her tear filled eyes.
The 'S' on her chest is supposed to represent the S in Leesburg. But in her troubled thoughts she reckoned it stands for 'Stupidity'. Her stupidity.
Why did she even bother to try out for the cheering squad? Now look what she got herself into. A supposed squad initiation would most likely end up in her death at the swamps.
Then she remembered the other girls that were part of this initiation. Who were they? What are their names? Lena, Lena Thorul, was the only name that popped in her mind She wished they were somewhere safe.
She began lowering her body down the mud. There's no way she could escape this meteor filled location. She's gonna die and it's going to be slow and painful.
Her body and face made contact with the cold and soft muddy ground as she lay down. She closed her eyes and thought of everyone dear to her.
Lucy Lane, her best friend. Dick Malverne, the guy she regarded as her big brother, her crush. There's the couple that adopted her as a child, her Mom Edna and her Dad Fred Danvers.
The image of Zaltar, her mentor as a child back in Argo city, flashed inside her head. Finally, the image of her real parents, Zor El and Allura came to her. They were both smiling at her.
"I'm sorry I failed you." Her lips moved, eyes closed, with the left side of her face resting on the muddy earth. "I'm sorry I failed to find Kal- El."
"Kal-El-I'm sorry." She repeated the name after a while, as a tear rolled out of her closed eyes. Then everything went dark.
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The Xeno Galaxy:
A chunk of rock floated near the location where the doomed planet of Krypton used to orbit around the magnificent red sun. Atop that chunk of rock is a prosperous city unknown to anyone else in the galaxy. The crystal city of Argo.
It's been almost a year after the destruction of the Krypton planet. If the neighboring system of the red sun had any life form in them, they would've assumed that all of Krypton was destroyed and no one survived the tragedy, except for one child that was sent to a far away planet. They would've called that child, the last son of Krypton. Kal-El.
But in reality, Krypton had a lot of survivors, and they are now living in peace on the city situated on top the chunk of rock, Argo City.
The Argonians, as we may now call them, had to thank a brilliant scientist for their survival. The scientist known to everyone as Zor-El.
Zor-El believed his cousin's (Jor-El) prediction of Krypton's impending demise years ago. His plan for salvation was to raise a dome over the whole city of Argo, back then when it was still a part of Krypton. When the planet exploded, Argo city remained intact and unharmed as it was propelled away into space.
All of Argo was living happily when only after several months had passed, when the chunk of rock of Krypton, upon which the city rested turned into kryptonite. To fix this Zor-El placed a sheet of lead metal into the ground, separating them from the kryptonite soil of Argo.
Though everything seemed enough already for most of the Argonians to feel safe, Zor-El didn't stop there. With help of the other brilliant scientist that survived, he came up with an energy source that held the city's defense together.
An energy and life giving force they called the Omegahedron.
Thanks to this newly invented power they no longer need to worry about anything. The energy from the Omegahedron replaced the dome of the city. It was far stronger and glassed like, enabling the residents of Argo to marvel at the void space outside.The power source also took care of the anti- kryptonite ground and prevented it from ever harming the citizens. All is well in Argo City.
In time, Zor-El's daughter was born there. Allura, his wife, named the baby Kara Zor-El. She had an angelic face, with her curly blonde hair and the bluest eyes in all of Argo.
It's been already 3 years after the explosion of Argo's mother planet krypton. But still, the Argonian's remembered everything so vividly like the event only happened yesterday.
"From time and again, I wonder whatever happened to Jor-El's son." Zaltar a wise old man in his 40's, told his companions as they walked along the narrow path leading to the edifice housing the powerful Omegahedron. "I often encounter disturbing dreams about the young boy asking for help."
"There is no sense of you worrying about Kal-El, Zaltar." Reminded the scientist Zor-El to his old friend.
Argo is a city of crystals. Instead of concrete buildings and houses, high rising crystal structures can be found everywhere. The city looked even more amazing when the red sun set's from the horizon.
"Remember? Jor-El sent him to earth. He will be safe there." He comforted, placing a hand on Zaltar's shoulder as they continued walking. "My cousin wouldn't had sent him to earth, if he knew his son would be in danger there. Kal-El's safe, Zaltar."
"Kal-El." Young Kara repeated the name upon hearing her father mention it. Allura, her beautiful mother, carried her in her arms, lovingly. Kara's now three years of age.
The grown ups, Zaltar, Zor-El and Allura, smiled at her when she said the name.
"Yes, Kara, Kal-El." Her father uttered with a smile as he caressed her soft chubby cheeks gently. The toddler giggled childishly and grinned back.
Way back, before the demise of Krypton the cousins Jor-El and Zor-El agreed on a sacred promise, that had been a great tradition in their family for so many years. The betrothal of their children.
Both parties have agreed upon that Kal-El would be married to Kara Zor-El when they reached the appropriate age.
Though now the covenant no longer exist because of the death of Jor-El and his wife and the absence of their son, Kal-El.
The doors to the crystal building that housed the Omegahedron opened automatically when they took the last step up the stairs. They all came in and proceeded to the room where the Omegahedron is.
Zor-El was there to inspect it after some people reported that there's something bizarre with the power source. They claimed that it was alive and the thing was trying to communicate with them.
Inside the Omegahedron chamber, after a thorough inspection by Zor-El and Zaltar, they have concluded that there's nothing strange with the power source at all. The Omegahedron is about the size of a baseball ball, crystal like in form and always seemed to possess a bright glow.
Kara began crying for some reason so Allura puts her down. Usually when she cries, it's either she's hungry or just plainly wants to wander around by herself. This time though, Kara didn't seize crying.
"She wouldn't stop." Allura informed her husband, who was talking to Zaltar at the far corner of the chamber.
Allura knelt down and tried comforting her daughter but she wouldn't stop her whining. Zaltar walked towards them and dug something out of his pockets, a crystal wand that is orange in color. The magical matterwand.
He handed it to the little girl and just like magic she stopped. All Kara wanted was something for her to play with.
The toddler wandered away as Zaltar and Allura joined Zor-El. Kara walked unsteadily heading for the transparent wall of the chamber, which is a part of the city dome itself. She pressed her hands and her forehead on the glassed like protection of the city. Her big blue eyes wide opened in absolute astonishment with the view outside of Argo.
From where she stood she could see the strange twin planet of Twaix with its 5 dark moons orbiting it on high speed. The crimson planet of Heoptetron floated from a distant with the gigantic red sun serving as its breath taking background. There were a lot of other planets in the system but only those 3 heavenly bodies struck young Kara's fancy. She was reminded abruptly of Kal-El, the legendary last son of Krypton.
Kara wondered where he is. Even though she haven't met her distant cousin, she somehow found herself longing for him. She wanted a playmate. She wanted Kal-El.
Tired and a bit frustrated from just looking out and not being able to explore outside, Kara turned around and leaned against that side of the dome. Slowly, she crashed onto the marble like flooring of the chamber and studied the matterwand Zaltar, her commissioned mentor, handed her.
Curiosity made its way up and deep into her thoughts.
"What does this do?" She asked moving the wand closer so she could have a better look. "What is it?"
Foolishly, she shook the matterwand first and was thrilled when specs of shiny dust like particles started to come out of thin air. She hasn't seen anything like this device.
Kara overheard her father saying something to Zaltar and her mother.
"Omegahedron. Life giving energy. Too powerful. Both good and evil combined. A living thing. Capable of communication. Not possible." Were the only words that she somehow understood.
She ignored them again as she went back to her plaything at the moment, the matterwand. It almost seemed like a light bulb literally popped out over her head, when she realized that this was the same tool Zaltar used to make her the two silver bracelets, attached on each of her wrist.
"A gift for the princess." He told her back then.
Little Kara experimented and took off one of her bracelet. As she sat on the floor, she spread her legs apart to create some space while carefully placing down the accessory at the center.
With one quick wave of the wand, the silver bracelet transformed into a metallic insect that resembled a dragonfly. She was completely amazed by what she did.
Kara was about to touch it with her other hand, when suddenly the Omegahedron that hovered at the heart of the chamber, emitted a small ray of light to her creation.
Without warning the metallic dragonfly slowly began flapping its wings, to Kara's delight and fascination. The Omegahedron gave it life.
The alloy insect took off from the floor and began flying away from Kara's location. Not wanting to lose her creation, Kara stood up and chased after it playfully. Her silky white gown gliding through the air gracefully.
The dragonfly circled around the mystical chamber a few times with little Kara running, hoping to catch the thing she created. Meanwhile, the adults were very much into a serious debate as to whether its possible for their power source, the Omegahedron, to have life, thus it prevented them to take notice of Kara's little adventure.
What happened next changed Argo's history forever. The insect attached itself to the dome protection of the city with wings continuing to flap.
Kara stopped on her tracks and observed what it planned to do next. The insect like creature commenced punching a hole through the protective dome that separates Argo city from the void space.
Immediately, the insect was sucked out. The grown ups noticed the occurrence this time. Allura grab hold of her daughter as Zaltar snatched the matterwand from Kara.
He was able to close the big gaping hole, but not before the Omegahedron is lost. Just like the insect, it was forcefully vacuumed out into outer space.
Upon the power source's exit out of Argo, a low rumbling sound came from under the city ground. Something is terribly wrong.
There was no doubt in Zor-El and Zaltar's mind that Argo city will meet its end any minute now. With the only thin sheet of dome covering the city and the krytonite ground, it can be assumed that the city will be destroyed.
The adults rushed out of the edifice and out in the streets to warn everyone. Allura carried her daughter close to her chest as she heads home where they could at least feel safe.
The citizens of Argo poured out of the streets ones they heard the news and panicked. Everyone ran back and forth with not knowing what to do to save themselves or their family.
Screamed echoed as the ground shook and rattled violently causing some of the high rising crystal structures to collapse down to the ground. The majestic roads and streets cracked opened swallowing some residents alive. Some Argonians were instantly buried from under the debris in a split second.
The destructive quake continued to destroy all of Argo, bit by bit.
The couple, Allura and Zor-El were back at their house with Zaltar and Kara. They were all assembled in Zor-El's work place and laboratory as they struggled to stay on their feet due to the shaking of the ground.
At the center of the laboratory is one of Zor-El's most prized invention in all his life. He walked for it and pulled off the silver tarp that covered the machine revealing a ship.
A space bubble Zor-El created because he wanted to travel and explore the galaxies around Argo. Though now it is the only thing that could possibly save her daughter's life.
Sending Kara into space enclosed in that bubble sphere ship is his only choice to save her. Allura didn't think twice when her husband laid out the plans. It's either this or Kara dying with them in Argo.
The quake was getting stronger by the minute. They must act fast, now before it's too late.
All the while Kara wasn't aware of what's happening around her. She hasn't got the slightest idea that the city she grew up in was about to meet its doom.
Zor-El touched something in his control panel and the glass bubble ship opened like a lotus flower with its petals falling to its sides.
Zaltar, touched young Kara's arms. Sadness was very evident in his old wrinkly façade. He moved close and whispered something in her ears before making his matterwand and Kara's remaining bracelet touch. It started to glow.
Allura kissed her daughter affectionately all over her face. She kept repeating the words 'I Love You", as tears escaped her sad eyes.
It was then that she gave Kara to her husband, Zor-El.
He rested her in the middle of the opened bubble ship, carefully. Zor-El bent forward and planted a kiss on her daughter's forehead. He wanted to cry so badly, knowing that this is the last time he'd ever gaze upon beautiful Kara, but he controlled his tears. He doesn't want her daughter to have her final image of her father as sad, so instead he smiled. Zor-El wanted Kara to remember that he's a strong and loving father.
"Find Kal-El." Muttered Zor-El softly as she stared at Kara. He has programmed the ship to go towards Earth.
Zaltar, took over on the control panel of the laboratory and pressed the button to close up the ship. The tremors rattled the ground again. Pieces of small debris falling from the roof.
Ones the glass bubble ship is completely sealed up, it began rising above the launch pad. In no time at all, it crashed right out of the glass ceiling of the laboratory.
Zaltar, Zor-El and Allura waved their final goodbye to Kara. They wished her well and hoped only the best for her. Allura couldn't stop crying as she looked up at the floating ship.
It hovered higher and higher until it escaped out of the now torn up dome of Argo city. Kara saw what was happening now that she's up there. The structures were crumbling and the people in total hysteria.
The bubble ship got into space and traveled speedily as far away from the dying city as possible. It was only then that, Kara knew that she wouldn't get to see her parents and Zaltar anymore. They're gonna die.
Kara sat steadily and cried. She gazed back at Argo and was stunned to witness the powerful and almost blinding explosion of the whole city.
This event caused her ship to travel almost at the speed of light because of the force made by the explosion. Her ship shot across the red sun and out of Argo's system. All she could see at that instant are the countless stars of space.
Her tears never seized to stop flowing until such time that she got tired.
Far ahead she could see a strange ball of light. The Omegahedron.
Kara looked over her shoulder and was frightened to find out that on her tail are clusters of huge meteor rocks, threatening to catch up with her ship. Meteor rocks that most likely came from the blast of Argo.
