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Before I got home, I was having a great day. I'd stood up to the bully that had been bugging me all year and was feeling pretty good about myself. Something I hadn't felt since Krypton's destruction twenty-eight years ago. I had been thirteen then. Now, I am fifteen (long story). I'd come home that day with my adoptive sister, Alexandra(don't call her that unless you want to get a beating. We call her Alex), but we are so close, you'd think we were twins even though Alex is a year older. We were almost home when I walked into Alex, knocking us both to the ground.

"Sorry," I said, helping her up. "I didn't realize we'd stopped."

Alex didn't say anything. She just stared at the house.

"Alex?"

I turned to look and dropped my binders in surprise. Our house looked like it had been hosting a civil war. The archway to the garden had collapsed, the whole second floor was gone, and the right side of the house was engulfed in flames. In the middle of it all was my cousin, Superman, and one of his enemies, Lex Luthor, fighting around something. No, someone.

"Mom," Alex whispered so quietly I could barely hear her. "Kara, what's going on?"

"If I figure it out," I told her, "I'll let you know."

I watched the fight, using my super-hearing to hear what they were saying.

"Give up Superman." Lex Luthor cried. "You can't win."
I could see the look in my cousin's eyes, fear. I realized what they were fighting over, why the fight had started. I had two theories. Either, Luthor had somehow found out that I was from Krypton or, more likely, Luthor had found out that my adoptive parents had helped him understand his powers and were good friends of his. I didn't like either of my theories.

"Just watch me Luthor," Superman replied.

Suddenly, I had an idea. It was a crazy idea with no chance of working, but I had to try.

"Clark." I thought desperately, "Alex and I are just outside the forest. What's going on?"

To my surprise, he answered, "Kara. It's not safe here. Go home."

"I was trying to," I answered, "but it's kinda burning down."

I didn't dare say anymore. I didn't want to distract him so much that Luthor would win. Alex just looked at the fight in awe.

"Kara." She said, "What's that green light coming from the house?"

I didn't know what Alex was talking about. Then I saw it. There was a green light surrounding the house.

"The light projector thing in the yard," I told her.

It was a lie. I looked back at the fight and noticed something. Luthor didn't have any special armor on, yet he was evenly matched against my cousin. "Maybe we should back into the forest and start doing homework or something."

I could tell Alex wasn't going for it, but went into the trees anyway.

Five minutes later, nothing was different except the fire was larger. I couldn't stand it anymore.

"I can't wait anymore," I stated, "I'm putting out that fire."

"Kara," Alex said, "you can't use your powers."

I knew Alex was right but I wasn't planning on using my powers. I went to a tree and pulled out a fire extinguisher.

"I'm going to use this," I said.

Alex had a priceless look on her face and I couldn't help laughing. Then, I sprinted down the side of the hill so Luthor's back was to me and started to put out the fire. Eventually, the fire was fully put out and I was left on the bottom of the hill, defenseless and in between me and Alex were my cousin's enemy and the wreckage of our house. The situation was so grim, all I could think was, "Thank god no one's coming over this weekend."

Alex had a priceless look on her face and I couldn't help laughing. Then, I sprinted down the side of the hill so Luthor's back was to me and started to put out the fire. Eventually, the fire was fully put out and I was left on the bottom of the hill, defenseless and in between me and Alex were my cousin's enemy and the wreckage of our house. The situation was so grim, all I could think was, "Thank god no one's coming over this weekend."I knew that if I stayed down by the house, there was a good chance that Luthor would find me and… I didn't want to think about it. So I used my speed to run back up the hill to Alex. Thankfully, she wasn't mad at me for using my speed or if she was, she didn't show it. Then they heard a cry of terror. We turned around to find it was our friend Alexis (who everyone calls Lexi). Lexi had come to help Alex with her homework and was terrified to find a full-fledged battle going on. We thought she might get away with sneaking off back into the forest until I saw that Lex Luthor was looking in her direction. Alex and I looked at each other and made the decision silently.

Together we screamed, "RUN!" And ran into the forest.

We met up with Lexi about a hundred yards in and together we sprinted for the secret treehouse. Okay, it's not really secret. You can see it from twenty yards away, but only Eliza, Alex, Lexi and I know how to get in without flying through the window. To get out, you can go down the way you come up or you can use the zip lines to go out the window. The second option our parents added so we could escape if necessary. You see Lexi and our father's work together and want us to be prepared in case of an emergency. So every morning, we go up to the treehouse and practice different ways to escape. Ways you wouldn't expect like jumping to another tree and taking the zip line halfway down then flip off, landing on a branch sturdy enough to hold our weight. Anyway, once we were all up in the treehouse, I blocked the door with a wooden plank, a few chairs, and got Alex and Lexi to help me with a sofa. If Luthor tried to get in, we'd go through our emergency escape plans.

"What is going on?" Lexi asked between breaths, "And where's Eliza?"

"My mom," Alex started to say.

She never got to finish because she was interrupted by a banging on the door. I pulled my glasses off to use my x-ray vision. On the other side of the door was Lex Luthor.

Hope you liked that story. I'll try to update it soon but I don't know when the next chapter will come.