They crowd around the monitors, trying to figure out as much as they can about the girl in the pod.

It had taken Alex an inordinate amount of time to get them to stop crying enough to explain to her what was wrong. They had silently pointed towards the wall of monitors, it didn't take long for Alex to start cursing and growling.

It had took another hour to get them untangled and calm enough to contribute. After they had straightened up Alex allowed other DEO agents to come in, and everyone started working on understanding the mechanism of the pod.

Right now Lena is reading one of her mother's log entry from when she had just started to work on the project :

We have learned from the Project Kr this time the ratio of human to Kryptonian DNA will be 50-50. This will give the best chances of maintaining the most of the powers while maintaining cognition.

"Project Kr." Lena mutters under her breath. But Kara's superhuman hearing picks it up anyway from where she stands at her back reading over her shoulder.

"That's Connor." She says, "Superboy. He was a clone of Superman and Lex…" she pauses as she takes a look at Lena's face. "Oh! Sorry you didn't know about him, did you?"

Lena takes a shuddering breath, "No," she murmurs, "I did not."

They stare awkwardly at each other for a moment and then Kara speaks peering into Lena's eyes imploring her to understand, "it was about a year ago Batman's protégé discovered a CADMUS operation in Metropolis."

"Wait a year ago? But my mother was not active then…" realization dawns on her then. "My mother's is not the only CADMUS right? There are others." It's a statement.

"Yes. Your mother is only a small part of the organization, it's huge the organization. I came to know about it and Connor after the incident with Lex's lab. Kal told me then, about Connor, he's physically 16 that's how he was found he hasn't aged since." She trails off at the end her gaze fixed on the pod inside which is their daughter. "Will she too…?" Kara asks.

Lena squares her shoulders, "Let's find out." And starts working the keyboard.

When she finally stumbles upon the right document she lets out a noise of triumph. And Kara with her attuned ears perks up and starts reading the log entry along with her:

It's been a month since the incubation, the adjustment to the adjustments to the growth hormone are showing effects. The growth of Project Zl in pod is slower to that of Project Kr. We believe that she might even keep on growing even after leaving the pod though her growth rate would be faster than that of a Kryptonian almost as fast as that of a human. Though this is all theory.

Lena lets out a sigh of relief, relief at what exactly she doesn't know. Maybe relief that this girl who is half her might have a normal life. That she might be able to raise her. That she'll get to have a daughter.

That thought is too much to handle right now, so she shoves it aside to turn and look at Kara to gauge her reaction. She expects relief or maybe a panicked expression, what she doesn't expect is cold fury that is etched onto Kara's face.

"Project Zl? Project?They're calling herProject?" She doesn't shout, the volume remains well below normal but her voice is as cold as her freeze breath. Her fists are trembling at her sides.

Lena's eyes soften. She gently takes one of her clenched fists in her hands and leads her to the pod. She releases her hand and places hers on the glass over her daughter's heart. Her daughter, it's so easy to call her that.

After a moment Kara's hand comes up to rest on top of hers, and her breath hitches in her throat. She's thankful that Kara's sole focus is on their daughter, because she's just realized that's their daughter, not hers solely, but theirs, and her heart is beating inordinately fast.

She wills herself to speak (because willing her heart to calm down is a practice in futility) "Let us think of a name for her. She's ours now. She doesn't belong to them anymore. So… think of a name, a Kryptonian one."

Kara is staring at her in wonder, and something else an expression she can't pin point. She tries but Kara's gaze has switched to their daughter (it's getting easier to think of her like that), "Yes, that's a great idea. A name. She deserves one. Something starting with L."

At hearing that comment, that has escaped Kara's mouth without much thought, Lena's years of training at resisting crying when she wants to comes in handy, she's able to keep the tears at bay.

Later she'll wonder at how rapidly that thought appears. As if Kara has spent as much time as she has on the subject of naming their progeny before today. But for now she concentrates on their daughter. "She's beautiful."

Kara nods, "She's been blessed by Lorra."

"Lorra?" Lena asks.

"She's the goddess of beauty. Back at Krypton whenever a person was exceptionally beautiful they were said to have been blessed by Lorra."

"Lorra." Lena tries out the word, liking how it feels on her tongue. "That's a good name."

"What no that's a goddess' name. We can't use that."

Lena smiles, "Darling it's very common on Earth to name kids after their deities. In Hindu culture most of the names are taken from various deity names. In Christianity too a lot of names are taken from the religious text The Bible."

"Oh?" Kara asks, "Really?" looks like she's warming up to the idea. Then her eyes narrow playfully, "You seem to know a lot about the Hindu culture?"

Lena laughs, happy to have found a lighter topic to discuss in the middle of this bizarre situation, "Yeah, I toured India for two months in the summer vacation of my third year. Anything to avoid my home really. But I really liked it, they are so different from Americans both in good and bad ways."

Kara looks at her fondly for a moment, before her gaze settles back on their daughter. "Lorra. I like it. And it starts with L too." Her eyes are soft as they stare at their daughter Lorra.