This took a little bit longer than I wanted it to, because of my personal life and because I wasn't 100% what would be best for this chapter.
But anyway, let's begin this chapter.
Chapter 2: Growing Pains
Kara was prepared to train with Oliver, but was caught off guard when he handed her two sticks.
"What are these?" she asked.
"The weapons you'll be training with today." Oliver replied.
Kara sarcastically chuckled. "Really? Two sticks? This isn't going to do me any good. Most of the people I went up against had powers, or at least guns."
Oliver sighed, pulled out a gun and handed it to Kara.
"Why do you have that?" she asked.
"For something like this. Now jam the gun face, and see how effective it will be."
Kara rolled her eyes, pointed it straight at Oliver's face, but was taken by surprise when Oliver grabbed her hand and threw her over him, sending her to the floor and taking the gun from her hand in the process.
"If it makes you feel any better, my reaction to this was pretty similar." Oliver said smiling.
But Kara's face showed she was far more pissed than enthused.
Restaurant
Lena and Von were sitting at a table in a fancy restaurant.
The two were looking through their menus for what they wanted to order.
"So..." Von began. "Have you been having any cravens yet?"
Lena chuckled. "Great ice breaker." she stated sarcastically.
"Sorry , I don't usually date. In fact, haven't really dated since 2005."
Lena turned her attention to Von, with her eyes widened. "You haven't been on a date in eight years?"
"Let's just say, my last romance didn't end so well."
"Understatement of the century." Kenny said walking up to the two.
Lena was confused due to her not knowing the man, but she could tell Von knew him, given the death stare he was given him.
"Allow me to introduce myself, Kenny Turner." he greeted, offering Lena a hand.
"Lena Luthor." she replied, shaking his hand. "And you know Von?"
"Yeah, me and Von go way back. Mind if I take a seat?"
"You know what they say, three's a crowd." Von stated annoyed.
"Well, I blend into crowd's real easily." Kenny stated, squeezing into the booth. "So anyway, you were talking about past romances. I doubt you two have had the awkward exes conversation yet."
"Not exactly." Lena replied.
"Kenny..." Von said, getting ready to strangle him.
"I suppose that's a little soon. How about another time?" Lena nodded (although only really doing that because she was finding herself annoyed with Kenny as well).
"Splendid, adios." Kenny then stood up and left the restaurant.
"May I ask, who was he?" Lena asked Von.
"A long story." Von replied, already exhausted.
Nine Years Ago
Von and Kenny were in a dressing room, talking.
"Okay, why you go out there, all you have to do is beat your opponent." Kenny explained.
"I know how wrestling works." Von replied annoyed. "The problem is that I'm afraid I won't stay incognito if I go around beating up professional wrestlers."
"People aren't going to figure it out." Kenny replied. "Besides, we need money for food and stuff. So unless you have some big money making scheme, we're doing this."
Von rolled his eyes. "Well, I guess I don't have too much to lose."
"That's... sort of the spirit." Kenny responded. "Now get on out there!"
Later
Von was waiting behind stage for the announcer.
"And now, for his a opponent. We have a newcomer. The... Superguy!" the man announced.
"Superguy?" Von asked out loud. "Damn it Kenny."
Von then started walking to the ring unamused, and with a crowd booing him.
"Why are they booing?" he again asked out loud. "Don't boo."
Von then got into the ring and faced his opponent.
"So you're the guy I'm suppose to fight?" Von asked, looking at his superior height and muscles.
The opponent then grabbed the mic, and started to speak through it.
"I don't know who you are, but I know that you don't stand a chance against me, just because you're some Superman fan boy."
"Superman fan boy?" Von asked angrily. "Yeah, now you're going feel a lot of pain in your immediate future."
The opponent snickered, not taking Von seriously. The two then went into their separate corners, and the bell rang.
The opponent and Von met each other in the ring, and the man sent a punch at Von, but he easily deflected it. He then tried another, and another, and another, but every time, Von would block, counter, and deflect with ease.
"I'll admit, you've got some fight." The opponent stated. "But you don't stand a chance against..."
He was then interrupted when Von sent a fist into his face, knocking him out immediately.
The crowd was silent after seeing this.
"We have a winner!" the announcer yelled walking back into the ring and grabbing Von's hand. "The Superguy!"
The crowd then started cheering.
Present
Kara was pulling an arrow back with a bow, and Oliver was guiding her hands, trying to help her shoot an apple on a stand.
"Now before you fire, you should take a breath..." Oliver tried to explain, but was interrupted when Kara fired the arrow, but only having it go a few feet.
"This isn't working!" Kara yelled angrily.
"Archery can take time to master." Oliver said trying to calm the blonde. "I didn't get good overnight Kara, there's no shame in it."
"You don't understand, I need this." Kara replied. "Ever since I lost my powers, I've been feeling nothing but useless. Supergirl was the best part of my life, but I can't be her anymore." Kara took a breath, and continued. "After I had to send my last boyfriend away, I wanted to remove my human life from mine because I felt that it was doing nothing but holding me back. But now I can't even do that, because there is nothing to hold back. Maybe I can't be Supergirl anymore, but I can try to at least be something else."
Oliver then looked Kara straight in the eyes, and replied. "I'm sorry about what happened, but you're wrong. I use to feel the same way with Oliver Queen and the Green Arrow, but then I realized that Oliver Queen was just as important. As the mayor, I was able to do things the Green Arrow simply couldn't."
"You're telling me that I doesn't feel good to help people as the Green Arrow?"
"Of course it does, but the Green Arrow isn't perfect. It sucks so much sometimes, and more than a handful of times, I've wanted to hang up the hood and call it quit. But I don't because my normal human side taught me that if it's easy to do, then anyone would become a hero."
"That may have been the case with you Oliver, but with Supergirl I had powers like few others. I could do almost anything easily."
"That's you're problem Kara. Because your Kryptonian side could allow you to do almost anything without challenge, you haven't learned how to handle it when it becomes challenging. But your human side enables you to, that's why you're having trouble adjusting." Oliver then sighed. "We're done for today. Come back when you're ready to face the challenge."
Kara sighed, grabbed her things and left the warehouse.
Lena's Apartment
Lena and Von walked into her apartment.
"That could've gone better." Von stated, referring to the date.
"Yeah." Lena agreed. "But I'm still not exactly sure why he was there."
"I'll be sure to ask him that." Von said, preparing to leave.
"Von wait." Lena said stopping him. "What was he talking about back at the restaurant?"
Von sighed. "I'm not ready to talk about this yet."
"Von, we're having a baby. The best thing we could do for each other is be honest."
"Alright." Von said nodding. "There was a girl named Kate. Me and Kenny fell for her, and some stuff happened. During the whole thing, I did a few things I'm not too proud of, but there's a lot more to the story than what it may sound like."
"Thanks, but that's not exactly what I was looking for."
"I'm sorry, but that's all I'm comfortable saying for now. I'll be back later."
Von then left the apartment.
Streets
A man was on the roof of a building, surrounded by police trying to stop him from walking off.
"Sir, don't do it, you have so much to live for." an office said through a megaphone.
"No, I don't" the man replied, about to take a step off. But was then surrounded by a yellow lightening, and was almost immediately dropped off gently on the ground by the Flash.
"Sorry, but he's right, you do have something to live for." Barry said to the man he just saved.
The man then took a step back, due to a wave of dizziness coming over him.
"You okay?" Barry asked.
"What happened?" the man asked.
"You tried to jump off a building, and I saved you."
"I did?" he replied as if this was news to him.
"You okay?" Barry ask, grabbing the man's arm, but seeing a strange symbol on it. "What the?"
Warehouse
Oliver was shooting arrows at tennis balls, when Kara walked in.
"You're right." she replied. "I don't usually have to persevere, at least not with situations like this."
Oliver then turned around to face Kara. "There's nothing wrong with being scared or uncertain about what to do next, but you can't just expect there to be an easy way out." he then walked closer to Kara. "Kara, I don't know exactly what it's like to lose what you have, but I do know some of it, and I don't think losing your powers is the only thing that's keeping you down."
Tears then began to fall down Kara's cheeks. "My sister's in a coma, and I can't help her. Not as Kara Danvers, not as Supergirl, not as anyone."
Oliver then pulled Kara in for a hug.
"I thought you weren't a hugger." Kara said.
"Not usually, but I know what it's like to have a sister in a coma." Oliver replied. "If you still want to do this that's fine, but you can't expect it to heal all of your pain."
"I'm going to do this." Kara stated separating from the hug. "But I'm not doing it to undo the past, I'm doing this to start a new future."
Oliver smiled. "That's the spirit." He then handed her a bow. "Come on, practice makes perfect."
Alleyway
Kenny was walking through an alleyway, when Von grabbed him and put him against the wall.
"What are you doing?" Kenny asked.
"I could ask you the same thing." Von stated. "If you're really just looking to repair our friendship, then why interrupt my date?"
"I'm sorry." Kenny apologized. "I admit, I overstepped. I just wanted to update myself on your life."
"I want to give it another chance, but I am finding it difficult you don't want me dead after Kate."
"Kate was nothing more than a girl we both wanted to sleep with, but didn't want to sleep with us. I see that now."
"Really? That's all you see her as? Because you tried to kill me due to your 'love' for her."
"I was a teenager. You know, hormones and crap."
Von then put a finger to Kenny's face. "This is your only warning. No following me or meeting anyone I don't want you to, understand?"
Kenny nodded. "Yes, of course."
Von then let go of Kenny.
"Don't make me regret this." Von stated walking off.
Eight Years Ago
Von was walking to a motel room, with cash in hand. He opened the door to find Kenny talking to a sixteen year old brown haired girl.
"Hi." Von greeted, confused by the situation. "I got the money from the last fight, and you are?"
"Kate." she said introducing herself.
"Von." he said shaking her hand. "Why are you here?"
"I was about to show her a few... tricks." Kenny stated, getting a disgusted look from Von.
"Trust me, you can do much better than him." Von said, getting a chuckle from Kate.
"Don't listen to that asshole." Kenny interjected. "This is about you and me."
"Good luck with that." Von sarcastically stated before leaving the room.
Present
Von was walking back to Lena's apartment, until someone grabbed him and pulled him into an abandoned building.
When he turned see who it was, he saw a familiar face.
"It's been a while Von."
"Kate?"
Café
Kara was ordering a coffee , but when she reached into her purse, she didn't have enough money.
"Oh Rao." she whispered to herself. "I'm sorry, can I have a minute?"
"No need." a man said, giving the waiter the money. "Keep the change."
He then turned his head to Kara.
"Thanks." she said.
"No need, I like to do a good deed now and then." he replied.
"Kara Danvers." she said offering him a hand.
"Kenny Turner." he said accepting her hand.
Well, looks like something's going on with Kenny. If you enjoyed leave a review, fav, follow and I'll see you in the next chapter.