Blaze of New Understanding (June's Dawn)
Both bodies remained unmoving in the circular dome illuminated by a warm red glow, with a set of black boots walking around them, whistling as his firm muscled features so like his cousin came into view. Wearing a much darker shade of auburn, with the crest of El on his chest he tossed both bracelets in the air some catching them. Continuing this feat, he strode in circles more with his icy cerulean orbs watching for any sign of stirring. His shorter blonde waves were a sign that his sister and the newly made, were quite familiar to him.
One of them began to wake and he slipped his mask on, protecting his identity watching the skilled fighter rise from the floor. She was about to stand up until she saw her sister diving to check on her, checking for a pulse relieved when finding one. With that sign, Alex got up and onto her feet. Instantly she studied her surroundings squinting in an attempt to use her heat vision but unable to. Shock lit up on her face and she heard the sound of boots on the floor.
"Touch my sister and I will kill you, whoever you think you are." Alex heard a low chuckle. "Listen pal.." She shifted her stance to that of the agent she had been trained to be. "Show your..se.." The air was punched right out of her lungs by the hit to her gut forcing her to double over, nearly hitting the cold marble floor.
"I would watch your tone half-breed." His voice was much lower behind the mask that didn't go unnoticed by her. She pushed herself up and swung her leg intending to strike him and landing a blow. He spun around and she went on the offensive forcing him to defend himself from the onslaught of punches and kicks. "Damn, you're good.."
"Now.." Alex flung herself onto her hands and propelled forward to kick her opponent directly in the face, forcing him to stumble back. The mask fell and she got her first look at his face gasping. Cerulean blue eyes, a body ripped with muscle and a familiar crest, now visible without the cloaking device he had on his face shield. "Who...are…" Alex heard a groan and ran to her sister then slid in front of her to protect Kara from this man.
"Rrofish Chao Fazhur." Alex instantly noticed how smoothe this blonde boy was. Yet, he was no boy. His stance, his confidence, was that of a soldier. She did in fact rise but looked around.
"Want this to be a fair fight? Remove the armor and we will fight." Danvers didn't expect him to unbuckle and unclip all of his shields, letting them fall to the floor to return to his fighter's mode. Alex had no intention of moving from where she protected her still passed out sister. "You. You are.."
"Ahmpahr Kyle Zor-El. Well, In-Ze."
"A General. Big deal." But Alex felt a giant lump in her throat at the name. So this was the other child of El. Just as she was prepared for a battle that no doubt she'd feel later, he left that defensive posture to relax his muscles and turn his back with his hands behind him. "I thought you were going to fight me."
"Mother wanted me to kill you in front of her. She wanted me to fulfill a right of passage. I won't. She wanted me to train my little niece. I...I shall not." Alex relaxed her own posture and knelt back down as her sister began to stir.
"K..Kyle..Ue?" Kara opened her eyes and looked over. "How.." She watched him walk up to them and rolled in front of her sister in the intention of protecting her. "I..I had a dream.."
"I know big sis." Kyle bent down so they were eye to eye with one another, then looked at who was at her side holding one of her hands. "I had to be sure you were here for her and not for something else." He extended his hand out to her and Alex took it shaking it. Kyle pushed a button on his watch as the red lights left and the panels pulled back, revealing the crisp blue sky. He stood up and offered them both a hand up as well, walking over to the biggest window.
"What is this place?" Alex looked on at the pure beauty of the land before her eyes.
"This is Argo." Both brother and sister said at the same time. 'This is...part of their home planet. How could Kara ever have come back to Earth after seeing this again?' One look at the vast unimaginable colors of everything and even she felt drawn to this place..
The two technological geniuses were scoping out the designs, already aware of where they came from. The runes were similar to that of the fortress and Ruby had flown there to get as much information as she could. Sam had her com in and waited for her daughter to load up the dock to turn her own on. A few minutes later they all heard her loud and clear, with their own ear pieces in.
"Checking the scrolls, databases and journals. Nothing pops on the inscrip...who are you?" Everyone froze then looked at one another. "I asked you a question."
"Rubes?" Sam didn't like the nervousness rising in her. "Rubes."
"Khahp Nahn Ahmpahr Kyle Zor-El."
"Skye..we are on our way kiddo." Maggie looked at Sam and nodded. "I'm going with her, with firepower."
"Wait.." Lena yelled before any of them could leave. "I can get us all there faster."
"I..suggest you do." Artemis slightly growled with all eyes on her glowing ones. "Hurry."
"Rubes?" Skye instantly quit her defensive nature as her other mom ran up and embraced her tightly. "Are you okay?" Phoenix broke the hug, looking into her daughter's eyes. But what she saw were shivering hues filled with such a grave worry. "What is it?" Alex heard Kyle come closer but she held out a hand to motion for him to wait. She followed where Ruby's eyes ventured, knowing exactly where she was heading to, about to warn her but instead stayed still.
"This...this isn't the fort.." Skye's eyes lit up right from orange to red, not relinquishing their glow. "What's going on?" 'Ruby. Don't mention that. Trust me on this.' She listened and kept from using those words.
"Welcome Epol Vorjhah." Kyle told his niece, approaching slowly. "This is Argo." Ruby felt her eyes not wanting to leave the glorious sight before her. But she kept her shock reserved, turning her head around to glance back at a fortress. She looked at her other mom for some explanation but he beat Alex to it. "I am Kyle." The blues of his eyes reminded her of her aunt's and that was all the confirmation she needed. "It was I, that left the portal beams yes. I had thought I left them inside. Apparently my calculations were somewhat off."
"Ya think?" Alex smirked at her daughter's range of sarcasm and hoped Kyle wouldn't take too much offense to it.
"Guess I could have aimed for the garage. But no one needed their bike landing on Mars." He snickered with Ruby's lips curving upward. "We are between the rifts. I had intended to bring them both back to my sister's and our cousin's fortress, but I hadn't gotten the calculations spot on. I didn't mean to frighten you." Skye was curious as to why he couldn't see or know he was already in it.
"Not much of the fright that is the issue." Kyle raised an eyebrow as several armored knight looking figures appeared out of a storm of blue electrical nets.
"Friends of yours?"
"If...you know...what's best...for you…" Reign snarled with the darker armor over her, proof of her surface stirring fury. But when this man held up his hands it was both Ruby and Alex to step in front of him. "Alex?"
"It's fine Sis. That is Kyle." Jehna explained removing the helmet to the their newest creation of angel armors. "Do not make me regret being nice to you."
"I would never do that to my own flesh and blood. Nor would I harm either of them Samantha. Be that Reign still resides in you and no doubt is who hears me now, I harbor no ill will. Regardless that I am a General, I am not my mother. Her council be damned as far as I'm concerned." Kyle looked at each of the armored warriors. "Like a band of knights with different colored wings. These are the ones you choose to find family with Kara?"
"Get me up. Slooooowly please." Kara sighed with her wife and sister helping her up at the table. "Yes. They are more than family Kyle. El Mayarah." She told him. But the look of pain had her stepping down off the table and she walked toward him taking him by the wrist and he nodded. "This.." Everyone stepped forward at the two cylinder casings, pointing to the city below them all. "This, is Argo City."
"Holy.." Maggie put a hand over her mouth squeezing one of her wife's hands.
"This is...incredible." Lena stated, positively amazed at everything that was far different from Earth. Out of the corner of her eye she saw who had landed before him, anger fueling her strength. "No! Dreamer!" Kieran saw the tension all over Nia as she stood between the siblings.
Kyle looked at the one before him, no longer in armor but in two shades of blues formed like an open vest and the lightest of silvers appearing almost white. Then, a simple band along the eyes, that she ripped right off letting it fall at her feet. He gauged the sharp browns of her eyes, seeing no hesitation in them to remove the threat she viewed him as.
"Stand back." Nia's voice was that of sheer power she wasn't afraid to display. Kara, as Supergirl, had taught her much. Alex had also trained her. She could best the Director now, but also was reminded of the code Kara lived by. But this one, this one she wouldn't have a problem with breaking it for. "Step….back."
"Dreamer?" Something in the tone of Nia's voice shifted the atmosphere and Alex knew it. Just like that, the view around them faded away causing her to gasp and pull her sister away from who she had trusted far too easily. Phoenix looked at Kieran who motioned to Jhune and just like that both became solid walls that had no intention of letting him get to Supergirl. She clicked her tongue and Skye and her stepped to Dreamer's sides, tightening their muscles.
"A Naltorian. I wasn't expecting one of your kind to be here." The General spoke with a tinge of confidence that had the Director on edge and she now knew why. She barely saw his fingers move but when she did noticed she heard a screeching cry behind them. Alex knew that voice and jumped back just in time to steady her other sister. One look at Lena's pale cringed face and a rage built up almost instantly in her nodding to Tijrea and Luvrii to protect Kieran. With their nods she rushed back to Dreamer's side, clenching her fists. "Make this easy Director. Give me Khuhtov Aoe. Zhehd Nahn Khuhtov Vrreihaht."
"No one..calls her..their property.." Reign snarled as both Phoenix and her eyes burned with kryptonian fury. Skye's own eyes burned blood red as Dreamer's nearly went black with rage. But the General just laughed then held up one simple little remote, showing them the dials.
"One move at me and your sister's mind will be in shambles. Did you think I wouldn't have insurances in case it came to this? Did you really think she is the only one I did that too?" Kyle's eyes flicked directly into Alex's as he pushed his thumb forward on the side. "Care to test my threat?" 'Ruby..jump back behind me and scan me for any inconsistencies.' On her request, her daughter did just that and heard a snarl behind her.
"What do you want Kyle." Jehna released a deeper growl pushing every ounce of her power to its max to protect Kara from the slimy brother of hers. She watched her niece move to her side as they both guarded their blonde angel. Quickly, Alex dove back as well as Sam and Nia taking place around Kara becoming as much of an impenetrable wall as they could form.
"Mother wants her to learn her place. Speaking of..I will be taking her back from your little pesky organization." But just as his smile grew, Jehna held out her closed hand and turned it face down opening it up. Particles of metal sprinkled onto the icy floor as she lifted her other hand and snapped her fingers. Several loud slams, sounds of heavy clicks and hums were heard on either side of them. The ends of a multitude of barrels all aimed directly at their enemy.
"Did you really think Supergirl wouldn't hand me over the reins to her own insurances traitor? What's wrong Kyle? Don't you know where we are? I suggest you comply and.." Jhune tossed a single band of wrist cuffs at his feet. "..put those on. My father had his own tricks that you nor they know about. Put them on. Now. Toss over that little remote too."
"Got to hand it to you Jehna.." Kyle sighed shaking his head, wondering how he had been blind to what was around him. He bent down and took the cuffs as he slid the remote to his cousin, slapping the restraints over his wrists. The moment they were shut he screamed and fell forward gasping as the strength was instantly zapped from him. "Kuva Ghuhvoi!"
"Curse in our language all you want at me Kyle. I wasn't going to stand back and watch you tear apart my Zrhvthev. This is my family. I choose..them." Jehna walked right up to her cousin and drove her foot right into his chest so hard his body slapped up into the air then fell into a heap. All gun barrels lifted then slid back into the walls, shutting closed as she walked back to her clan. "I need you to put her onto the table." She told Maggie and her wife who complied and set Lena on the slab. She stepped forward and placed a hand on her forehead and set the remote by Kieran's head. "I'm not going to lie. This might hurt Lena."
"What can I do Jehna?" Alex stepped to Lena's other side and attempted to reach out through the psychic channel. She groaned and gripped the table's edge. "What the.."
"Interference. If I had to guess, he knew about that whole mind communication thing. Which means..there might be a mole at the AOD." Jhune told them and turned to meet Luvrii's eyes. "I suggest you have everyone checked out and make sure that bitch is still there. I'd rather not take any chances."
"Jehna?" More sapphire blue met cerulean sky blue and she saw the fear still there in Kara's orbs. "Why would he.."
"I can explain the fucked up methods later. Nia, I need you to take one of Alex's hands and when I tell you both to, place one of your hands on the sides of Lena's skull. Ruby, I need you to keep her head back and don't let it move. Kara, I need you to keep her focus on you. Maggie? Lucy? I need you to hold her down. Sam, keep her on her back. Rao Chad Khap Voiehd Kyn Bem Voikir Zhed." Jehna prayed to him, hoping he would answer her and bless her with the power to save Lena. "Hold her down."
"Wha.." Lena's eyes widened when she saw blue's begin to glow, suddenly feeling the fear she'd seen in her wife's eyes before as panic welled up in her. "Stop...STOP!" She fought the hands on her, keeping her pinned to the table. Lena thrashed her legs, kicking like crazy until Jehna pinned those too and whispered something only she seemed to hear. Emeralds couldn't look away from burning sapphires that became nothing but dangerous flames. But then another voice filled her and this one was at one of her ears.
"Khap Zhao Rrip." Kara whispered deeply. "Khap Zhao Rrip Lena Kieran Zor-El Danvers.." She said it once more and once after, not daring to look away even when she heard her wife's scream which almost had her turning her head but it was her sister that spoke firmly to her. 'Kar..don't look. Shut your eyes. Trust me. Trust Jehna. Trust us all..' Alex's voice in her head centered her and even with the ear piercing screams Kara closed her eyes and clenched the side of the table so hard she knew there would be indentions afterward.
Jehna kept the beams on Lena's eyes, making sure not to add heat to them as she felt the woman ready to pass out from the invasion.
"Alex..Nia..NOW!" She knew Kieran's eyes had slipped back and with the force of both woman's psychic pull, Jehna pulled back confident that what she had done along with the joined mind healing, had cleared her Earth sister of any residual effect. Just in case, she unleashed her heat vision on the remote blowing it into pieces to remove the threat entirely. "Let go."
"Is she okay?" They all asked her and Jehna nodded.
"She's gonna need some R and R, but she should be alright now." She looked up at her niece. "Will you fly with me to drop this garbage in a very deep dark hole of that cell block you guys have?" Ruby smirked.
"With pleasure." Both her moms were ready to protest but she shook her head. "I can handle my own and so can Aunt Jehna. I need you guys to get Aunt Kara and Aunt Lena safely home. Give Rose some hugs for me. Go. I seriously will be.." Lucy tossed her a set of keys and she gave her a quirked up brow.
"Cell Block Tango. I will have Captain Julee meet up with you guys there. Alright folks, let's power up these portals!" Alex just shook her head at her second in command with her ex chuckling.
Once the light show had died down, Skye fired two beams of her heat vision at the devices obliterating them. Jehna looked at her confused.
"Not gonna take any chances and if this guy so much as speaks any I will laser off one limb at a time." Ruby told her aunt.
"We really need to work on your anger management skills." Jehna smiled, gleaming inside with pride at how the younger kryptonian took to situations. But she knew the fury that she herself held towards her cousin.
"On our way back, I've got a question for you. Hence my reason for making them all leave." Ruby walked down to where the monster in human's clothing was, grabbing him by one of his ankles to drag him towards the fortress door.
"Shoot." Jehna said with them both putting in their codes, placing their palms on the readers with her niece placing the coin key in the slot with their exit open. They walked out, about to take off into the sky just as Ruby asked what was on her mind the most.
"Where is Uncle Kal?"
Lena felt the fog finally lift, groaning at how her body ached. Had she gone dozens of rounds with Mike Tyson? Slowly sliding her eyelids back, the first thing that came into view was the ceiling fan. Then it was the intricacy of the blades at the base. Then the crystal lamp shades, that looked vaguely familiar.
"Ugh...give me one of my migraine pills please." She groaned and the sounds of several footsteps made her rub her face. "Quiet.."
"Here." Alex set one pill in her hand and then a bottle of water. "I'm only giving you one."
"F you too Danvers." Lena grumbled as her sister helped her sit up on the couch.
"Don't be taking that on an empty stomach." Alex walked away tossing a small pack of saltines backwards pegging her in the head. "Oops."
"I'm deducting from your salary Director."
"Then who would pay the keeper at 'Bank of a Rose'?"
"Hmm hmm..she's got a point." Sam chuckled as a half full water bottle hit her in the face and she sent a glare at a cheeky grinning CEO.
"Hey, you are the one with all those kryptonian abilities. If you couldn't hear that then you have your own issues." Lena smirked opening her crackers.
"Crackers!" Before she could get one in her hand the rest were snatched up. Lena looked up at her floating daughter sighing.
"Mommy has a headache Little One." Alex told her, watching her niece fly back into her own room. "That was kinda amusing. Guess her dampening bracelet is off."
"Yep. Now you can get me more. Thanks Alexandra." Lena laughed with yet another glare aimed her direction. "Just say.." Sam put a stop to that one as Maggie and Lucy broke out in laughter.
"I am gonna cut that irritating lingo out of all your vocabs."
"Jus saiyan!" All but Maggie facepalmed.
"Goku..is that you?" Lucy added with two strange glances her way.
"Since when do you watch anime?"
"Ya know there is some mighty fine se.." The Co Director narrowed her eyes at Sam.
"No more from you."
"Ew. Don't tell me you watch that icky slimy shit….shit." Four of them held out their hands. "Uh uh. Ask my Boss. She is cutting the pay." Three held up their hands at Lena.
"Do you forget who pays all of yours?" Emeralds watched the arms drop. "Thought so."
"Who is getting their funds reduced?" Ruby asked walking in with Jehna in tow."
"The profane expert."
"I believe you mean profanity dear." Lena told her wife who walked up holding a bag of sour cream and cheddar chips.
"How are you do..ing.." Kara glances up when the bag is confiscated. "Mama would like those back Little One."
"Share!" She sighed as her chips went flying away.
"Cheer up Kar. Here." Alex held out container. "Have a twizzlers."
"So did you guys drop off the trash in the compactor?" Lucy asked, sipping a cream soda.
"I would have rather crushed him and sent him off to Mars but who's counting?" Ruby grumbled heading to fridge. "Anyone need anything?" Sam came out of the spare bedroom slipping a tank over her head before walking back into the living room. "Hey Mom."
"Hey Rubes. Can I have a cherry dp?" Her daughter handed her the can, grabbing one of her own after tossing Lena a new pack of crackers. Luckily, Kieran caught it before sticking her tongue out at Danvers.
"Can I borrow you a sec Alex?" The Director nodded as she set down her rootbeer that was quickly stolen. Both stepped out to the veranda, not bothered by the summer heat one bit. "Nice not to roast huh?"
"No kidding." Alex walked to one of the lounges and flopped down in it and watched Jehna take a seat in the glider rockers under a patio umbrella. "What's up?"
"Ruby asked me something and.." Danvers saw the troublesome expression and sat up upon notice of it. "I'm not sure if I can bring it up with the rest of them." Alex's body stiffened from an unknown feeling of dread, unsure as to why.
"Go on." She glanced back toward the slide door and wondered if her wife was listening or her sister. Alex had a sudden urge to shift the way their conversation was placed, but when her eyes met more sapphires than ceruleans she felt as if Jehna was already aware of this. "They're.."
"Your daughter has taken care of that. Let's just say, she knew to have this convo private between us." The browns of Alex's eyes shifted to a shade of chestnut while appearing colder.
"Go on." She didn't mean her tone to come across that way, but this talk had her steering in that direction.
"It's about Kal-el." That struck a greater nerve in Danvers. It wasn't just the name but how Jehna said it.
"What about him.." What had her older sister so nerve wracked? "Jehna, this is our cousin we are talking about."
"Which is why this isn't so easy to tell you Alex." Before Danvers could get an answer, her wrist was grabbed and with a slight squeeze she opened her hand. Something cold was set in her palm as part of a chain slid out of her hand. Alex caught the escaping chain and opened her hand more with her eyes widening. Two rings were on it and her heart practically stopped. "Zhod was ordered to Chai Zhehd. If I had to guess, she ordered him too." She brought a hand up to her face covering her own mouth.
"Why?"
"To protect his wife and two newborns." Jehna told her. "Ruby and I got some...words out of my asshole cousin. Him and she who's not to be named, had back up. They promised him and his family protection on Argo, so as they didn't return to Earth and.." Their gazes locked as she reached up and wiped a tear that had escaped one of Alex's eyes. "He killed the two legionnaires." The two rings and chain fell from her grasp, dropping to the deck at her feet. "Alex..Alex.." Jehna grabbed her sister by the chin forcing her gaze back to her. "Think for a second. Think."
"You just..told me that.."
"Think Alex. Think. What hasn't happened yet?" Danvers shut her eyes trying to focus around the blow she just received. She gasped, opening her eyes again. "What..hasn't..happened..yet."
"The Legion hasn't formed. But..but it's him that forms it. Isn't it? Imra hasn't been born yet."
"Exactly." Alex was putting the puzzle together and Jehna hoped she would get the rest of the picture.
"But..Mon-El?"
"He shows up when she is an adult. Right?" The Director nodded. "They haven't been married yet, right?" Alex shook her head.
"You forget...Rose is his. My sister and him don't..ew." She felt Jehna release her chin. "Can she still exist then? She has to."
"He's the only one that is from this time. Even if he is gone for good, she is of the future."
"So what you are saying is that since they are future and Rose is now, that Rose is safe?"
"So is Imra. I know this sounds confusing but because Mon-El existed in this time, even though he went to the future and came back, it's because he went back that his life is forfeit."
"But...shit." Jehna rose an eyebrow. "The consequence of using his ring. His ring he gave to Kara. Her ring protected her future."
"Yes. She will still be born. He won't be alive still. If he had worn the ring when they were killed, he might have survived. So the only thing I can think of is.."
Both heard the most agonizing of screams as a vortex opened up from the sky, warped with black clouds and blue streaks of lightning and quickly Alex flew up to catch the figure that fell out of it. "That's.."
"IMRA!" The one name spoken had everyone running outside to see what all the commotion was about. It was then, that Alex floated back down with a wounded, weak, and sobbing Saturn Girl in her arms.
"Saturn Girl?" Kara didn't understand until the frail broken voice came from the Legionnaire's lips.
"He..he..killed..Mon.." Sam caught the blonde just as she passed out from shock, setting her onto one of the lounges. Once down she stood back up with hers and Ruby's eyes burning in fury. Lena was clenching her fists, after doing her best to run after everyone. Maggie had to steady herself with help of her wife. Nia dropped on another of the lounges.
"Rose.." Ruby heard the heavy wail from the deck and sped in as quick as she could to go console Little One. Sam however, was fuming.
"What happened.." Alex sat back down after attempting to stand. Lena had gathered her wife in her arms. Maggie and Lucy took seats at the table. Nia looked toward the living room and hoped Ruby could calm little Rose down. The loud cries died down and she took a seat next to Alex taking one of her hands with Sam taking the other one as she sat down beside her wife.
"Is it true?" Nia wouldn't know how to tell her fiance that his friend was gone and another of his close companions had been severely injured. "Tell us..everything.."
Alex and Sam looked on, unable to find any words to aid both Kara and Imra. The two were crying in one another's arms, mourning the loss of someone they both had still loved. Lena handed them both cups of hot tea as Ruby held her own mug. She couldn't even imagine losing anyone she loved and still felt a hole where her darker aunt had been once. The Red Daughter may have started out as an enemy, but deep down she was family nonetheless. But suddenly, one broke away from the other and they all noticed something...off..
"Kar?" Alex saw the demeanor shift in her sister and it wasn't a good one. Kara stood up after kissing Imra on the top of her head, to walk away from her. "Kara?" Warm sky ceruleans were no longer present, replaced with cold grey darkening by the moment. "Kara?"
"Don't Alex." Kara spoke with such an icy tone that it actually scared the Director. "Look after her."
"Kara...no. Kara. Wait.." Alex didn't even see her sister move. One moment she was there and the next..gone. "Shit.." Phoenix motioned to Lena and Nia to stay put then to her ex and her wife to protect Little one." She made her way to the balcony, followed by her wife, their daughter and her oldest sister. "Keep up." The four of them took to the skies and towards the AOD. Alex knew exactly where Kara was going. Not Supergirl. Kara Zor-El.."
She was no fool and she heard them calling out to her, but rage had given her more force behind her thrust and with it she continued her course. But she stopped in mid air, as it hit her. Kyle and Alura...weren't at the AOD..
Kara spun around just as the four stopped their movements before her and noticed two slip to the side. But her eyes locked on her sister's, removing all emotion from her face.
"Where are they?" But looking in Alex's orbs she saw no recognition. Though this was her sister, the master at keeping secrets. "Where Alex."
"No." Ruby told her aunt, steering those cold as ice hues on her own hazel greens. "She doesn't know Supergirl." She barely saw her aunt rush at her and before she knew it both her mom and aunt were blocking the punch. "Stop!"
"What is wrong with you?! How dare you!" Sam seethed and rushed at Kara who turned and blocked the punch, swinging one which was dodged.
"Mom! Aunt Kara!" Ruby yelled but her calls were completely ignored. Alex and Jehna were about to intervene but Skye stopped them. "You forget..Reign defeated her once." She had hoped that she wouldn't have to stop this fight.
Sam had known that Kara was strong and even with Reign's skill, the hero had definitely gotten stronger. A few kicks had been met, but a couple of her own had struck. As one made contact another did as well and even with Kara's force of fury, Sam had learned from the best. Her wife. Luckily, even with the rage and force, beams hadn't been fired. Artemis believed, even Reign had been praying to Rao on that. However, Sam felt the wear down and she had to best Kara before things got worse. It was then, her eyes caught escaped tears and she knew what to do.
"I'm sorry Kar.." Sam didn't have a choice and when she saw the opportunity she landed the sole of her foot directly at the center of Kara's chest, forcefully kicking her backward. It infuriated her just as Artemis had hoped and with it the heat vision came. But Sam was ready and released her own. Blue beams met red ones and both roared, forcing more and more power into their eyes. It was then, she let Reign forward inside her body but felt when the strength in Supergirl's increased. 'She is going to blow out her powers Reign. Phoenix needs to be prepared for that.' Both felt a push and knew who it was. 'We are both prepared to catch you guys. Are you sure you don't want..WATCH OUT!'
Reign pulled back the beams as Supergirl flew at her and she caught her with them both soaring upward. "Dammit.." She hadn't expected to be flown practically into space. Just as she began to believe Kara was gonna fly them up that far, she was let go and barely had time to power up her heat vision again. Their beams crashed against one another's. Reign and Sam were forcing everything they had into this fight but then once again, the beams stopped. "Give up?"
"No." Kara snarled as she swung out her arms to her sides seeing the sudden perplexity in who she knew to be Reign's eyes. Her arms swung forward, hands slapped together but what came with it completely caught them all by surprise. Almost as if an earthquake happened in the sky, a powerful force hit them all flinging them back, losing the ability to remain in the air. They all began to plummet far quicker than they should, however luckily their powers came back before they could fall any further. Yet when they soared upward, Kara was nowhere to be found.
"What the hell was that?!" Sam gasped, still feeling the strike of what came at them.
"Flash's gift to her when we played Nazi party." Alex groaned rolling her head some to crack her neck. "That is definitely a trick I want."
"No kidding. So..where did you guys hide the pests?" Artemis asked with her daughter motioning them towards Jhune's fortress. They knew it was the one place Supergirl couldn't get into. They hoped..
"I...think I know where.." Alex froze and without any warning she descended down at a speed that matched if not surpassed her sister's own. "Kar…" She knew then and there, that Kara had used all of her reserves up with her little trick. "No no..no...c'mon.." Phoenix wasn't fast enough and Supergirl was tumbling toward the ground and she knew if she landed.. "Dammit...please...Rao..Sokao.."
Just as Alex feared she would fail her sister, someone else flew down and caught Kara in their arms. Phoenix felt her eyes burning amber shifting darker in their glow. "Let..her..go..Alura." But when the figure turned to face her still holding her sister's limp body, something caused Alex's heart to race.
"It's been a while, Brave One." Danvers swallowed the lump in her throat and looked on in both shock and confusion. "Perhaps, we can join my two daughters and my granddaughter yes?" Alex nodded just as Sam, Ruby and Jehna floated up to meet them. "Let us go to my niece's fortress yes?"
"Mom?" Jehna and Sam spoke stunned. Ruby looked from her mom and aunt to the one before them. When the woman nodded, she couldn't speak.
"Not here." Astra told them and quickly flew to the direction of the Fortress of Solitude. They wordlessly nodded and followed who was holding a passed out Supergirl. They all had questions, but only one rang the loudest. How..was Astra..alive...