Supergirl and Deity 2: United
By Ross Carlin
Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl or any of the characters from the Supergirl TV series or from DC comics. All rights to those characters belong to DC, CW, etc.
However, characters that I have created such as Deity, Ruby, etc, do belong to me.
Full Summery
It's been a long summer for Deity Ann but now she is finally back on Earth and Kara Zor-El couldn't be happier. But choices made during their time apart have pushed Kara and Deity further away than ever before at a time when they must work together. Is the bond between Mother and Daughter as strong as they claim, or will it snap? Hybrids new and old return as well as another looming threat that has followed them back to Earth. Meanwhile, Indigo is gathering up Meta-humans and has her eyes set on Lord Technologies and its CEO. And after receiving some disturbing news from her cousin, Kara is left to wonder, is her daughter really a monster?
Chapter 1: Day to Day
My name is Kara Zor-EL.
When I was a child, my planet, Krypton, was dying. I was sent to Earth along with my baby cousin. It was supposed to be my job to protect him. But on our way, my pod got knocked off course and by the time I got here my cousin had already grown up and become...Superman.
He found me a home and a new family. I got an amazing sister named Alex and was looked after by Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers. And so, without a purpose, I hid my powers and lived a normal human life as Kara Danvers. It was nice, but I had always felt like something was missing. For a long time I struggled with that until one day when an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world.
To most people I am an assistant to the one and only Cat Grant. She can be a bit bossy at times and more than a little crazy, but I love being her assistant and wouldn't trade it for anything. However, that's not my only job. After revealing myself to the world, I began working with Alex for the D.E.O. A secret organization dedicated to protecting the Earth from alien life. It's run by two of my close friends, J'onn J'onzz, the last Martian, who has found a home here on Earth and Lucy Lane, younger sister of the famous Lois Lane.
Then there's Winn and James. They don't work for the D.E.O. but they've helped me just as much as Alex, Lucy and J'onn have. Winn's my best friend and last year we both discovered our feelings towards each other. Unfortunately, as I'm discovering, love is never simple or straight forward, unless you're James. He's another of my close friends and a few months back got engaged to Lucy. From what I hear, wedding planning is...going slowly. But there's no denying the love the two have for each other.
But despite all that, by far, the strangest thing to happen to me happened last year. I became a mother. I found a teenager from Krypton named Deity Ann. I took her in and gave her the name; Debby Danvers. To the world she is my adopted daughter and attends National City High School. But to me and our close friends she is my partner in crime fighting. We are Supergirl and Deity.
Then she left. She went out into the universe to learn who she was. And I let her go. Its take me a long time to get over that, even with the help from my friends. My cousin hung around for a while, helping me protect the city until I was ready to do it myself again. It's been a long time since I worked alone but I think I've got the hang of it now. I just hope Deity comes home soon. I miss her and I know everyone else does too...
Dropping down from the sky, Kara landed firmly on the ground and looked up as the screaming people ran for cover. Some hid behind nearby benches; some ran towards the beautiful fountain. Some of them managed to get back inside the building before security guards closed the doors. Kara knew they were just doing their jobs but part of her hated that they were just leaving people out in the cold. Quite literally. It was freezing, even Kara could feel it and there were patches of ice all over the ground, curtsy of Killer Frost.
Sighing as her laughter ended, Killer Frost aimed her icy hand at people still desperately trying to get into the building. "I think you all just need to cool down," Killer Frost said with a smirk as cold mist began to surround the palm of her hand.
"Seriously," Kara said as she super speeded forwards, grabbing Killer Frost's hand and aiming it up wards as she fired an icy blast up into the air. Killer Frost's smile dropped and she turned to shot Kara an irritated glare. "For once, you couldn't just avoid the cold puns?" Kara asked with a disapproving shake of the head.
"Supergirl," Killer Frost said before placing her free hand on Kara's chest and sending her sliding back with a blast of ice cold energy. Kara groaned but remained standing despite the ice beneath her feet that threatened to trip her up. She clutched her now frozen chest, feeling her skin burning as the ice slowly melted. Mentally she scolded herself for being so reckless, she had to be careful. Since she was dealing with Meta-human J'onn wasn't technically aloud to help, so she was on her own for this one.
"A pleasure as always," Killer Frost said joyfully, smiling at the pain that flashed over Kara's face. She outstretched her arms, aim both palms at Kara, ready to hit with another blast of ice. Fortunately Kara wasn't slowed by the ice on her chest and with a burst of speed Kara was in front of Killer Frost. She put her arms together and slid them in between Killer Frosts before then spreading her arms and forcing Killer Frosts to move with her own.
Upon missing her attack, her arms now spread out to the side, Killer Frost let out a groan of frustration right before Kara slammed her head into her own. Stumbling backwards, Killer Frost stumbled over her own feet and landed flat on her behind resulting in more grumbling. After rubbing her behind for a moment she looked up to see Kara standing over her, a sorry look in her eye.
She hated fighting Killer Frost. Ever since meeting Caitlin Snow she'd never looked at the supervillain the same way. Having travelled to another Earth Kara was left looking at a lot of things differently. She'd see doppelgangers that looked identical and ones that looked nothing like the other. For example her Earth 1 doppelganger. It kept her up some nights, thinking about herself with Indigo's face. It scared her and more than once she'd had horrible, horrible nightmares.
She'd awoken screaming once after Indigo took her place as Supergirl, stealing her whole life and turning her friends and family against her. Another time she'd dreamt she and Indigo somehow merged and Indigo took over, using her to do all sorts of horrible things while she was helpless to stop her.
It was true Kara and Deity had had a lot of fun on Earth 1 but there was no denying the side effects that came with going there. It had taken her months just to remember it all, a fault because of the tachyon device which was supposed to be fixed on their return. They'd definitely have to find a better way of travelling between Earths in the future if they were going to keep doing it.
A blast of light from the side brought Kara back to reality as she was sent flying off towards the fountain. Landing with a splash she rolled into the centre peace causing it to break apart and land on top of her. The stone hadn't hurt nearly as much as the lightning blast she'd just received and as she climbed back up to her feet Kara had to fight to ignore the spasming pains in her side.
Then she saw who had shocked her. It was her old enemy Live Wire, who was now standing beside Killer Frost as she got back up on her feet.
Much to Kara's annoyance the two had been working together a lot recently making it increasingly hard for Kara to stop them both. Alone she could handle them but with both of them working together it was getting harder and harder for Kara to keep up. Both had attacks that were lethal to her without the aid of Kryptonite and they were only getting stronger and stronger each time she faced them.
"Hey, Blondie!" Live Wire shouted as electricity sparked around her body before vanishing. "Where's your old pal? You know the one that looks like a bumble bee?" Live Wire asked mockingly though she knew fine well. It was more or less public knowledge that Deity had left the crime fighting scene. Not everyone knew it was because she left the Earth but everyone had noticed her disappearance after the fight with Astra.
Some said she didn't want to do it anymore. Others said she was injured badly and couldn't do it anymore but most just hoped she would return. A few even speculated her death. Kara was thankful her daughter hadn't died that day but every time she heard people mention it she wondered if Deity was still alive.
Refusing to answer to Live Wire's mockery, Kara clenched her jaw as her eyes turned bright blue. With her anger breaking through at the mention of Deity she unleashed her heat vision only for it to be countered by Killer Frost. Then using her free hand, Killer Frost froze the water around Kara's legs, trapping her in the fountain.
Kara broke off the heat vision and Killer Frost did the same, smiling along with Live Wire as Kara quickly thought up a way to get out of her predicament.
"Anyone in the mood for a barbeque?" Killer Frost asked playfully with a sly smile to her partner.
"I'll just light it up," Live Wire replied as she threw both arms outwards unleashing a bolts of lightning that hit the water right as Kara was about to break the ice with her fist. Her whole body jolted upright as she screamed in pain. The two villains laughed as Kara's body jerked this way and that with no control over her actions.
"How does that smell?" Live Wire asked as she lowered her hands and Kara dropped into the fountain, smashing the ice beneath her as smoke drifted up from her body.
"A little burnt to me. How about I grab something from the freezer?" Killer Frost suggested as she lifted up her hand which was surrounded in icy mist.
"She's all yours," Live Wire said, gesturing over to Kara who was holding onto the edge of the fountain now. She tried to push herself up but the combined attacks from Live Wire and Killer Frost had left her muscles too weak even to get up. She slipped and splashed back down in the fountain while the two villains laughed away at her.
She had to get up but her body was refusing to listen. She put her hands down against the base of the fountain and pushed but her knees wouldn't follow the motion and remained stationary. She screamed out at her body, her face screwing up as she tried to lift herself up until finally she managed to get up off all fours. Sadly, her knees still refused to move and now she was kneeling in the fountain of water as Killer Frost loomed over her.
"Goodbye, Supergirl." Kara stared back defiantly but the second Killer Frost looked away Kara let out a breath she hadn't been aware she was holding in. She might have been dead just then if it wasn't for one of the security guards who had ran out of the building. He'd fired a shot at Killer Frost but the Meta-human was faster and had quickly made an icy shield to block against the bullets.
But while the guard was focused on Killer Frost, he'd left himself completely exposed to Live Wire who was charging up her fists. She threw her fist towards the guard, opening it up as if throwing a ball but instead threw a ball of lightning. It was then Kara got her second win. She leapt from the fountain using all her strength and landed in front of the guard, dragging him down to the ground along with her as the bold of electricity flew over them.
Looking up from the ground she saw Killer Frost had rejoined Live Wire as police cars pulled up to the curb a few meters away. Using the doors to their cars as cover, the police aimed their guns and began shouting at them to surrender. Kara new it was pointless; the two were too far gone to be swayed back by the likes of the police. That didn't stop her from looking up at them with a pleading look.
"Come on, we're done here," Live Wire said as she placed her hand on Killer Frost's shoulder. The police continued to shout, threatening to open fire but before any of them could the two villains vanished into the nearby street lamp.
Yet again Kara had failed to stop the two.
"Are you okay," Kara said as she helped the guard up to his feet.
"Yeah. Although, I think I might just have lost my job," the guard said shakily. Kara frowned at that and would have asked for more information if she hadn't spotted the heard of reporters heading right for her. She didn't need feel like another interview in which the public criticized her for doing her job and failing. So instead she offered the guard a thankful smile before shooting up into the sky. It was only as she was leaving and looking back down at the disappointed reporters that she saw the sign of the building. 'Lord Technologies'.
Sitting next to his best friend, James leaned back in the office chair and joined his hands together on the back of his head. After the one sided fight he and Winn had just watched, James was just happy Kara had walked away with her life. Though he already knew how she was going to act when she walked through the door and into their secret base inside CatCo. It was going to be the same way she'd acted after each and every time Live Wire and Killer Frost escaped her.
The two had pulled a Houdini on them and the D.E.O. Before the final battle against Astra they had been in their cells at the D.E.O. Then the next day when they went to check the cells the two Meta-humans had escaped with no trace to be found. Suspecting a possible inside job, Lucy and J'onn had been interrogating those on duty at the possible time of escape. J'onn had even done a little mind reading but they came back with nothing, thus now leaving Kara to deal with two very powerful Meta-humans.
James wished he could do more than just provide moral support when needed. But he wasn't 'super'. Even too Winn he felt inferior. Winn was an underrated genius in his opinion. Not only had he designed two incredible suits for Kara and Deity but he knew the ins and outs of computers better than the back of his hand.
What was he compared to that? Yes he was more social than Winn, got paid more, and had a gift for photography, a great fiancée who was just as good looking as he was. But when it came to helping Kara he felt like he was just tagging along for the ride. In truth he'd been feeling that way for awhile now. He just wasn't sure what could be done about it.
Upon hearing the door to the room open up, James and Winn turned in their seats to see Kara walk in. She was roughly pulling down her jumper, irritation all over her face as she closed the door behind her.
"Hey. You alright?" James asked.
"No," Kara sighed as she walked over and dropped down onto the couch before the two men stood up and walked over to stand in front of her. James folded his arms over his chest were as Winn put his hands in his pockets, offering Kara a reassuring smile.
"You know you can't keep blaming yourself, right?" Winn asked, knowing Kara too well.
"Why not? It's my fault. I practically created the two of them." James and Winn shared a look. It was one of those days every hero had, one were everything wrong in the world was their fault and no matter what they did it was never enough. They'd a particularly bad series of those days last year after the Codsville incident which they were all still touch about.
"First of, you didn't create them," Winn said holding up one finger. "Leslie Willis was never able to conceive any emotion other than hatred, particularly for amazing suit designs such as your own, and Louise Lincoln was..." he came to a stop, not having a reason for why Louise was the way she was.
"Louise was in a delicate place and it was unfortunate that Leslie managed to get to her before we did," James jumped in. Providing the moral support as always. "What they're doing now isn't your fault."
"But I should be able to stop them. I would be able to stop them if only Debby..." Kara quickly fell silent after leaning forward. Mention her daughter's name quickly took the fight out of her. The truth was she was struggling with her daughter's absence and it was affecting her more than she cared to admit.
She wanted to prove to everyone she could handle things on her own. That was part of the reason she sent Clark away. She needed to prove she could be Supergirl without the aid of Deity but she was yet to have a win on her own. Yes she'd saved many people on her own but since the young teenager left her life she'd not managed to take down one Meta-human or hard hitting alien. She'd still been helping the D.E.O. but when they came up against criminals like Blackfire she'd felt useless. Even Streamer had been a challenge for her, much to her annoyance.
"If she was here. We would have taken care of them by now," Kara finally finished her previous out loud thought.
"Well...she's not. But you are. And sooner or later you'll stop these guys, just like you have before. You just need to believe in yourself a little more," Winn said offering another comforting smile as Kara looked up. She only caught a glimpse of it though before quickly lowering her head to straighten her glasses.
"So why Lord Technologies?" James asked, thinking back over the latest battlefield between Kara and the two Meta-humans. Recently it had become a common event, Live Wire and Killer Frost starting fights with Supergirl out in the open for everyone to see. But most of those fights had been in the busy streets or in parks, even a stadium once. Never outside a place like Lord Technologies.
"Maybe they're not happy with the new update to their computer?" Winn jokingly said aloud. James chuckled and an amused sigh sounded from Kara before she stood up, a more confident and determined air around her now.
"We'll look into that later. Right now, we've got to say hi to CatCo's newest photographer," Kara said as she wiggled a finger between herself and James who nodded. As assistant to Cat Grant and head of the photography department, both had to be in attendance.
"Unless you want to start searching now?" Kara then added with a gesture to Winn, seeing as how he didn't need to meet the new employee.
"Are you kidding? I love meeting new people," Winn said as he pulled open the door for his friends.
"It took you almost a month to form a full sentence with me," Kara pointed out as the three walked out, locking the door behind them like always.
"Well that's only because you're pretty," Winn said shyly to which Kara smiled as she 'awed' at him. "Besides, if this guy's anything like James," Winn said patting his best friend on the shoulder as they walked towards the lift. "Then I'm sure we'll get along great."
"There's just one problem with that," James said as they stepped into the lift.
"What's that?" Winn asked as Kara hit the button for the top floor.
"She's a woman," James said as the lift door closed and started to pull them up.
"Is it too late for me to back out," Winn asked, head turning between the two grinning faces.
"Yes," both said as the lift doors opened. James stepped out willingly but Winn remained firmly planted in the lift, not found of embracing himself in front of the new girl. However once Kara looped her arm with his own, Winn didn't have much of a say in the matter as the Girl of Steel pulled him from the lift.
"Come on, it'll be fun," Kara said in her usual bubble personality as they walked through the office.
"I'm sure it will be... For you guys," Winn said as they both laughed.
"Finally, James. Paige will be here any minute," Cat said from where she was stood in her office doorway, the three adults approaching her.
"Sorry, Miss Grant," James apologised half heartedly.
"And, Kira. You know I love an office romance as much as the next girl but there's no need to parade him around like that," Cat said as she motioned with her head towards the joint arms between Kara and Winn. As if just noticing it themselves, the pair's eyes widened as they quickly unlinked their arms as stepped away from each other, sputtering off seven reasons at once as to why they were linked before. James just looked away and chuckled to himself while Cat handed out an unamused glare. It took Kara and Winn a moment to get the message but eventually the two fell quiet.
"Now just to be clear, though I would think this is obvious by now, I want this girl. She is one of the best photographers to date and we've all seen what she can do with camera and I want her here. We should've had those pictures of Batgirl, Flare and Blur but she got them first and sold them to the Daily Planet. I won't tolerate that happening again and it has taken months for us just to get her to come in and talk to us. We need someone like her so this needs to go perfectly. James, I assume you'll make her feel welcome and tend to her every need until she signs on."
"Of course, Miss Grant," James said with a smile nod. Another thing he could be, which didn't help team Supergirl in the slightest, charming.
"Kira, I expect you act semi professional and you..." Cat said turning to Winn as if forgetting he'd even been standing there, though that wasn't uncommon for Cat Grant. "Just...Just go somewhere else," Cat said waving her hand at Winn.
"Oh, shoot, now I don't get to meet her," Winn said with a smug grin to his friends right before stepping backwards and bumping into someone. Instantly he jumped forward before turning to face who he'd back peddled into. His jaw dropped a little too quickly for Kara's liking but she could hardly blame him. The woman was gorgeous. A perfect face that looked like it belonged in front of the camera instead of behind it, much like James in that respect. Golden curls that dangled just above her shoulders and meadow green eyes that shone in the bright office.
"Meet who?" the woman asked, having only caught the end of the conversation. She'd barely been effected by Winn's innocent bump and judging by the camera hanging at her hip she was the new photographer.
Winn gaped at her, clearly just as nervous as he had been when he first met Kara. He looked from the photographer to Kara who - despite the slight annoyance at Winn's reaction to another woman - was grinning away with raised eyebrows. James did his best to hide a snicker but when Winn turned his way he couldn't hold it back.
"Hey," Paige said bringing Winn back around to her, jaw still hanging open. "You okay buddy?" Winn could only reply with the shake of his head as he walked off leaving his friends chuckling away as they watched him walk off.
"Is he always like that or...?" Paige trailed off, pointing over her shoulder to Winn as she turned back around to face the others.
"No. He's actually quiet friendly once you get to know him," Kara explained, coming to her friend's defence.
"Oh, so he's just shy then?"
"Something like that," James said with a shrug. "James Olsen," he said reaching forward to shake Paige's hand.
"Paige Angelo. And I totally know who you are. Big fan," Paige said eagerly shaking James' hand.
"Really?" Cat said stepping forward, eyes sparkling at the opportunity before her.
"Yeah. I've actually been following your work for a while. It's kind of what got me into photography. Hopefully one day I'll get to take a picture as good as that one you took of Superman," Paige said, in reference to James' most famous photo, the first ever shot of Superman.
"Well, it just so happens James here is looking for a prodigy," Cat said as she stepped over to Paige's side, wrapping an arm over her shoulder as she did. Kara could help seeing it as Cat sinking her claws into the fresh meat and almost laughed at the thought.
"No, I wasn't," James said, maintaining his smile through his confused frown at his boss.
"Oh, don't be silly, James. We were talking about this just the other day. See at his age the mind starts to go," Cat said waving a hand over at James, bringing a smile out of Paige.
"I'm not even forty yet," James said as both Kara and Paige laughed.
"The point is this is a great opportunity for you to learn from the best we at CatCo have to offer, such as James here," Cat said once again waving a hand over James, showing him off since she knew Paige admired him.
"I guess it would be cool to work with you," Paige said nodding along as she turned to James. "But I prefer freelance work," Paige said, shrugging as she turned back to Cat, sliding out from her grasp as Cat's arm dropped to her side.
"So did I at one point. I used to do articles for everyone, not just the Daily Planet. But there comes a point where you need to lay down some roots, or at the very least throw down some seeds," Cat said leaning in towards Paige.
"And how would I do that?" Paige asked with a curious look, playing along.
"Well of the top of my head..." Cat said as he pretended to think, though anyone that knew Cat Grant well enough knew she'd have already planned for this scenario. "How about we get first choice from the photos you take? For a fee of course." Paige frowned. She stared at Cat for a moment before looking over to James, her frown fading.
"First choice but you only get to pick three and my asking price is final," Paige said, giving Cat her full attention as they negotiated.
"Deal."
"And I want a desk." Kara frowned at that, staring at Paige with narrow eyes. If she was still going to be free lance then why have a desk at Cat Co.
"May I ask why?" Kara spoke up, receiving a glare from Cat. Immediately Kara backed off but Paige answered the question anyway despite Cat's protests to ignore her assistant.
"I just got a new roommate in my apartment, so work space just got a lot smaller," Paige said quite openly.
"Fine, you can have Kira's desk," Cat declared with a glare at her assistant. Clearly this was her punishment for interrupting. Kara knew better than to argue and remained quiet. Plus Cat would never give her desk away...would she?
"Actually I'd rather have one closer to James' office," Paige admitted with a glance towards the handsome man. Kara couldn't stop her eyes from widening as she looked to see James reaction to this. But his facial expression remained calm and friendly, as if not hearing what had just been said.
"You can have his office for all I care," Cat said with a shrug before turning to James. "James, find Paige a desk near you and then show her around. If you need anything don't be afraid to ask Kira," Cat said with a smile to the photographer. "When you're ready, come and see me in my office to sign the paperwork," Cat said over her shoulder as she began walking away into her office.
"Well then, Mr. Olsen," Paige said taking a step over towards James and Kara.
"James, please," James said, he was never a fan of formal names.
"Right. James, care to show me to my desk?" Paige asked as she looked the older photographer up and down.
"Sure thing. This way," James said motioning for Paige to follow as he started walking towards his office.
"It was nice meeting you, Kira," Paige said with a wave to Kara before falling into step with James.
"It was nice meeting you..." Kara got out before realising that Paige didn't actually know her real name. She contemplated going after her to tell her but then realised she'd bump into her again sooner or later and left it. Instead she meandered over to Winn's desk, finding him hunched over in his seat with his face in his hands.
"You okay?" Kara asked, leaning over his desk as she rubbed his back.
"No," Winn mumbled as Kara smiled at her friend.
Stepping out of his flashy sports car, Maxwell Lord pulled off his sunglasses and slid them into his top jacket pocket with ease as he closed the door behind him with his foot. He was back in National City all off two minutes and then he hears his building has been host to the most recent Supergirl battle. And more to the point one of his guards had helped her. No need to say, it took Max all of a minute to decide to fire the man. His guards had specific orders to follow when the building was under attack and he'd broken a least two or three of those rules by helping Supergirl.
Nevertheless he'd find a new security guard and the man would find another job. Besides Lord Technologies offered a very considerate severance package when they fired someone, though Max had been reluctant to hand it over once he found out the man had assisted Supergirl.
To say he hated Supergirl was an understatement. He loathed her! She was an alien and didn't belong here. He wasn't sexist however; he also believed that Superman should have been shipped of the second he revealed he was not of this world. And then more of them started showing up. Supergirl's teen sidekick Deity and other alien criminals like the one who could turn into solid indestructible ruby or the boy who could shoot out lightning. None of them belonged here. But Max hated Supergirl the most because she came into his city. At least Superman had the decency to stay in Metropolis and out of his way.
Max had even left to go to Central City when Supergirl first showed up, but in the past year he'd realised that he had a duty to his city. He had to return and save them from Supergirl, because God knows they aren't smart enough to save themselves from them. After all, over half the city worshiped her like an angel. He saw her for what she really was.
"Mr. Lord! Mr. Lord!" Max looked over to see who he guessed to be a reporter running his way. Female, all the best ones are, short and dressed smartly with a press badge flipping this way and that as she ran over to his side. Max just looked away with a shake of the head, mentally noting to get better security on the company garage. He continued to walk, the reporter falling into step beside him.
"Mr Lord. Andria-"
"Yes, I don't really care what your name is because I'm not doing an interview right now," Max said with a charming smile to make his mocking tone seem less offensive. "If you want a statement I'll be giving one later so be sure to be there. Oh and I'd get out before I call security and have you arrested for breaking and entering," Max said. Another charming smile as the reporter stared back at him with disgust. He wasn't put off by her look and continued to smile as he walked off, leaving the reporting standing in the parking garage beneath Lord Technologies. He would check to make sure she left when he got up to his office.
Reaching the lift that was already waiting for him, Max hit the up button to the side of the door and stepped in. He hit the button for the top floor, where his office was located and waited for the doors to close. Quickly he got sick of waiting and hit the 'close' button to speed up the process. He had too much on his plate to wait around for the lift to decide when to close the doors.
The doors began to slide towards each other just as Max spotted a tall woman making her way towards the lift. She shouted for him to hold the lift but Max didn't bother. He didn't feel like sharing and it wasn't like they could do anything to him. Besides it was probably just another reporter anyway.
He stepped back slighting, staying out of sight of the woman as she ran towards the lift and making no attempt to hold the door. As it turned out however he didn't need to for just as the doors were about to close a hand shot through blocking the doors. Max cocked an eyebrow, sort of impressed by this woman's boldness. Some would hesitate before shoving a limb between a set of closing doors.
The door banged twice in an attempt to close before finally opening up. The arm that had been blocking the door dropped down and as the doors parted Max's eyes widened a little when he saw the woman up close now. Before he'd just seen her running out the corner of his eye, now he saw her beauty. Her hair was tied back in a messy bun with two of her blonde locks hanging down on opposite sides of her face. Behind thick black rimmed glasses were her ocean blue eyes brought out even more by the light pink of her lips. She was just about to step in when she saw him.
She gasped, in a star struck sort of way and stepped back as hands rushed to her gaping mouth.
"I'm so sorry Mr. Lord, I-I-I didn't mean... I'll-I'll get the next one," the woman insisted stepping back so the doors could close. Max showed off another of his charming smiles making the woman blush and look down shyly.
"It's no problem, come on in," he said with a shake of his head, motioning for her to join him. She hesitated but didn't dare deny him. She stepped in and immediately turned away from him, not even stepping up to his side.
"What floor?" he asked as he leaned towards the panel, the doors already closing by themselves.
"No-No, its fine. Just go up to your floor. I can get wait and come back down," she said in a shaky voice as she looked over to Max.
"That's very kind of you Miss...?" Max said, leaving a gap for her to fill in if she so pleased.
"Michelson. Terra Michelson," she said with a nervous smile. Their eyes briefly connected as Max leaned back and Terra turned away. Max grinned to himself, he liked a shy woman. Not as much as a confident one but he often found that once you got a shy person talking them were actually very confident in what they thought.
"So, Terra," Max said stepping up to her side. "Do you work for me?"
"Yes. I work as an assistant for one of the department heads," Terra explained, careful to avoid eye contact as she did, though risking the occasionally glance every now and then.
"Which one?" Max asked as he leaned against the lift wall.
"Davidson," Terra answered and Max let out a chuckle.
"Poor soul. That Davidson's a right idiot and a horny one too," Max said with a grin as Terra laughed. "What's your take on him?"
"It's not my place," Terra said nervously, afraid of getting in trouble.
"Come on, you can trust me," Max said with his defence lowering grin which won Terra over the second she saw it.
"Well. He's always look at my chest. It really irritates me," Terra admitted but when she did Max knew she was serious. She wasn't playing around like he had been and he could hear how upset it made her. "I know it's silly but-"
"It's not silly," Max said with a shake of the head. "I've been trying to get rid of that idiot for years. But he's good at the job despite his drawbacks. I'm sorry he's treating you that way, I'll make sure he stops it," Max said with complete seriousness. And he would. He wouldn't have his employees treated like that. He knew he was being a bit hypocritical as he was about to let the lift close on her, but he was just in a bad mood. There was no excuse for looking at someone the way Davidson was looking at Terra, particularly for a man of his age.
"Thank you," Terra said, once again risking a look into Max's eyes only this time she remained looking into them until the lift pinged and the doors opened up.
"My stop," Max said cheerfully as he stepped off the lift into a short hallway that lead towards a set of double doors which behind held his office. Of to the side was a little reception desk where his assistant was waiting for him.
"Of course, Mr. Lord," Terra said with a respective bow of the head.
"Please. Call me Max," he insisted.
"Okay... Max," Terra said with a timid smile as she looked up shyly towards him. He wasn't quite sure if she was flirting or not but decided to go with it and smiled back as he started walking backwards towards his office.
"Tell you what. You ever feel like switching to a different department head, just let me know. Okay?" Max called back as the lift began to close.
"Okay," Terra said excitedly as the doors closed, only just seeing him turn around through the crack before it sealed and she was left along in the lift.
Now alone, Terra's demeanour all but changed in a flash. Her shy blue eyes turned to ones that shone with wickedness, her timid smile transformed into a sly sinister one and an easy sigh left her lips before she began to chuckle to herself.
"Humans. Even the smartest of them are betrayed by their urges," Terra said before pulling off her glasses which broke apart into nothing as she threw them aside. Then, with a devilish grin, Terra broke apart into tiny blue shards before she vanished into the nearby security camera, making sure to erase everything that had just happened between her and Max.
She had to cover her tracks if this was going to work. She'd done her research and knew that Maxwell Lord was the right person to go after. He was smart and had a whole company at his disposal but was also easily swayed and Terra knew she could win him over with nothing more than a shy girl act. What a fool he was.
Then remerging in a cold dark room, Terra looked around at the make shift base she and allies had set up over the past few months. It wasn't much to look at, but it had all they needed such as alien technology, a place to rest, protection from the outside world and a ninety-nine point nine percent chance of never being found.
"Indigo?" At the sound of her real name, Terra turned to face her accomplices who were walking into the room. Killer Frost, the one who had spoken, and Live Wire. Terra smiled as her entire body broke down only to then reform into its natural blue skinned form. It was ease enough to keep up the disguise of a human but she preferred her natural form.
"What took you so long?" Live Wire grumbled as she came to a stop and leaned back against the icy walls while Killer Frost made her way over to the computer they'd managed to setup. It hadn't been hard for Indigo to make a computer; after all she was one. And thanks to all the aliens that kept showing up on Earth she'd been able to add plenty of upgrades that helped them remain undetected.
"I was busy. Doing what you two apparently couldn't," Indigo simply said as she joined Killer Frost by the computer. She merely touched the keyboard that was sat onto of an ice made podium and everything she'd just gotten from Maxwell Lord was transferred into the computer system. Amazing what you can learn about a person when you're stood right next to them, and able to hack into their phone with a single subtle touch that they never even noticed.
Now Indigo had an up-to-date schedule for him as well as all his contacts, personal voice memos, access to all his conversations, banking details home address everything that would give her an edge so that she could get closer to him.
"I still don't see why we're going after this guy," Live Wire continued to grumble from the back of the room.
"Thus explaining why you're not the brains behind the operation," Indigo said aloud as she watched Killer Frost read over the information Indigo had just provided her with. Unlike her partner, Killer Frost actually made an effort to understand their enemies so that she too could manipulate them as Indigo did. She was still new to the criminal world but Indigo had high hopes for her. Live Wire she just saw as muscle that would eventually run out of usefulness but kept her around for now.
"You saying I'm not smart?" Live Wire snapped as she pushed of the wall, fists clenched.
"Yes," Indigo said as she looked over with a mocking smile. She didn't even flinch when the electricity began to surround Live Wire's arms.
"Don't treat me like a dumbass," Live Wire snarled, taking an advancing step.
"Hard not to," Indigo retorted as she turned away, now bored with Live Wire.
"Keep in mind she is a super advanced alien computer. In comparison we are nowhere near as smart as her," Killer Frost said as she looked over her shoulder to her friend and partner, trying to keep the peace.
Live Wire had fought Indigo multiple times over the last few months, always angry about how she was being treated. Killer Frost couldn't complain since Indigo at least gave her some sort of respect, but it was clear she had none for Live Wire. Every time Live Wire got violent she'd try to stop her from doing something stupid. Sometime it worked and sometimes it didn't but the fact was they had a good thing going with Indigo. Since they joined forces everything had been going their way and even Supergirl couldn't stop them.
"Some are still closer than others," Indigo thought aloud with a mocking grin.
"That's it!" Live Wire shouted as sparks flew from both her hands, now consumed in bright lightning bolts. Killer Frost sighed and turned away, already knowing how the fight was going to end. So instead of watching she continued on with her reading while Indigo turned to face the enraged Meta. "I don't need smarts to kill you!" Live Wire shouted as she threw out her hands sending the lightning flying from her hands towards Indigo.
The alien computer simply stepped forward, lifted one hand and absorbed all the electrical energy. As always, it seemed Live Wire never learned. As a computer it was easy enough for Indigo to absorb Live Wire's electrical attack but no matter how many times she did it Live Wire never seemed to get the message.
Reality then hit Live Wire like a bus, or rather like Indigo, as the blue skinned alien leapt through the air and knocked Live Wire to the ground with easy. In a matter of seconds she had the Meta-human pinned down with nowhere to go as she struggled. She lashed out with more electrical attacks but Indigo just remained still and smiled down at her like the dim witted child she saw her as.
"When you're done," Indigo said over Live Wire's angry grunts and groans. "I have another job for you. One you might actually enjoy." That caught Live Wire's attention and she settled down slight, still baring her teeth with glaring eyes but she stopped struggling.
"What?" Live Wire asked slowly through a clenched jaw.
"Well. As you know, I acquired the D.E.O.'s list of Meta-humans awhile back. And while I'll admit it's not got a lot on it, they do have a few good ones," Indigo said with a cunning smile as she flicked through the names in her head.
"Your point?" Live Wire growled from the ground.
"We need an army. A Meta-human and alien army. I want you to go out and do some recruiting," Indigo said as she stood up, realising Live Wire who slowly climbed up to her feet.
"You really think it's a good idea to send her?" Killer Frost asked with a critical look as Indigo sauntered up to her side.
"She helped make you didn't she," Indigo pointed out. "Besides, you need to read over this. She's bored. If she doesn't want to do it then you can do it later. Right after you kill her," Indigo said with little care as she looked over to Live Wire who was rubbing her throat.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll go and get your stupid Meta-human. Just give me a name," Live Wire grumbled as she stood up straight.
"That's more like it," Indigo said as she touched the keyboard, bringing up a profile on another of the computer monitors scattered around the room. Live Wire turned to the screen and quickly read over the information. All she needed to know was his name, what he could do and where she could find him. Once she had all that she was good to go, now happy to do so once she saw what he could do.
"Oh, this is going to be fun," Live Wire with a maniac's smile before she vanished into the computer screen in a flash of lightning.
"Aren't those two going to be extremely dangerous together?" Killer Frost pointed out as she looked over at the profile.
"My thoughts exactly," Indigo said as she turned to Killer Frost. Smiles forming on both their faces at the thought.
Relishing in the screaming that surrounded her as she strutted through the office. Live Wire let of zaps of lightning as people ran, only making them scream more. It wasn't anything harmful, just bursting a few light bulbs and breaking a few desks...maybe electrocuting a person or two but it was all just fun and games.
She reached the office she was looking for and kicked the door down before stepping into find the man cowering behind his desk. He looked up and practically jumped out of his skin before pushing himself against the wall and curling up into a ball. Live Wire couldn't help but roll her eyes. This guy had an insanely strong power and instead of using it he was hiding in the corner. One thing was for sure, if he joined them then Live Wire would no longer be at the bottom of the food chain.
"Get up you pathetic idiot," Live Wire said as she kicked his desk aside, sending it through the window. The man screamed but his voice vanished as wind flooded into the room, blowing Live Wire's white hair all over the place as she stood over the man.
"You're Henry right?" Live Wire asked, not sounding as if she cared all that much. He nodded his head despite the fact his whole body was trembling. "Meta-human?" Live Wire asked, just to be sure. He was caught off guard and didn't seem to answer. Again Live Wire rolled her eyes, in no mood for waiting. Then again she'd never had a patient personality; she always had to be doing something.
"Answer the damn question!" she snapped and Henry jumped again before rapidly nodding his head. "Good," Live Wire said as she smiled, trying her best to seem friend as the wind in the room died down.
"Alright, here are your choices. Come with me or-"
"I'm not going anywhere with you!" Henry screamed as Live Wire's smiles turned wicked.
"I like how you think. Option two it is then," Live Wire said as she threw her hands out. Two streams of lightning hitting Henry as he began to spasm from the shock. Only it didn't last long before his body returned to its normal trembling state and his skin began to glow. Almost as if something was shining a torch underneath his skin.
"No! No stop it! You don't know what you're doing!" Henry shouted as Live Wire continued to feed electricity into him.
"Oh, I think I do," Live Wire said excitedly.
"I-I-I can't control it. It's too much!" Henry continued to scream as his face screwed up in effort, trying to hold it in.
"Better out than in always say," Live Wire mutter, referencing a movie she'd seen in another life right before the room was engulfed in extreme heat and fire and an explosion flew out from Henry. It never hit Live Wire though; she was gone before the fire could even touch her. The building and everyone in it however weren't as fortunate.
Kara's head shot up at the sound of the explosion. She hadn't even needed her super hearing to hear it. With one look across her desk to Winn she knew he'd heard it to and she was gone before he could even mouth the word 'Go'.
She was changed and in the air in record time, which was a good thing because she could already see the building up ahead breaking in two as the top half began to tip over towards the ground. She shot over and dipped down before rising up from beneath the building, catching it in her hands. Instantly she felt the weight of the thing and when she looked up she could see people hanging onto doors and walls trying to stop themselves from falling through the already cracked windows.
She was holding it at bay for now, but with each second the pressure of the building was getting stronger and stronger. Gravity was taking effect and Kara had never held up anything this massive before. Screams from below caught Kara's attention and she spotted debris falling down on the street below. She wanted to help but if she left the building it would fall over and loads more would die. She had to remain strong.
She looked back up and started to push with everything she had but found it wasn't enough. The building and gravity were too strong for her. She kept pushing but still found she was losing ground. Briefly she thought about lowering the top half to the ground but when she loosened up even slightly she realised she wouldn't be able to keep it secure and slowly lower it at the same time.
She glanced from side to side, as if inspiration would hit her in the face but nothing came to mind. She couldn't abandon the building otherwise it would fall but she wouldn't be able to hold it up much longer.
If only Deity were here...
She hated herself for thinking that but it was true. If she was here then they could handle this, even if Clark was here. But she was on her own against the force of gravity. Something Kara never thought she'd have a problem with and now it was about to break her.
"Come on. Come on!" Kara shouted at herself, pushing with everything she had. She closed her eyes, squeezed them as she wished for strength she needed to save all the people inside and below. Then the weight eased off and she even began to push it back up. Her eyes shot open and she watched as the building moved with half the weight it had originally had. She was doing it, she was actually doing it!
She looked over, intending to look down at the people but then found her eyes lock onto something else. She wasn't sure what she was happier about. Who she was seeing or the fact she was lifting the building. A short quiet laugh escaped her lips as a wide smile took over her features and her eyes filled with joy.
"Hi, mom," the teenager said with a grin.
"Deity," Kara said in a tone of bliss as she stared back at her daughter who was holding up the building at the other end.
"Need a hand?"
Second story! And look at that, a Short chapter. Well, short by my standards anyways. Quite a few people were asking me to shorten the chapters and I totally see why so hopefully I'll be able to keep them at a decent length for a while at least.
As you've probably guessed I'm doing my own thing this with this story/season. I will use some of the storylines from season 2 of Supergirl but I'd rather do my own thing. For example Catmus isn't going to be all that big. Not until I see what the show's doing with it. The Daxamites will be showing up but that's all I'm saying about that for now.
Also if you want to check out my collection of short stories about what Deity's been up to, then feel free. It won't have any spoilers for this story but just adds to the characters story and has some minor development, though I would recommend you glance through it.
And please, if you have time, leave a review as it does help motivate me and it's always nice to hear what you guys are thinking. And if you have any questions then please, do ask.
See you soon, RC.
