Supervixen: A Jessica Jones/Supergirl fan-fic

by: Sam Lincoln

Disclaimer: Jessica Jones, Supergirl and all the characters associated with them belong to their respective rights holders and no infringement is intended.

Summary: While on a stakeout Jessica Jones looks up to the sky, is it a bird? A plane? No, it's...

Spoilers: This story takes place after the second season of Jessica Jones, and sometimes during the third season of Supergirl, and there are spoilers for both shows mentioned.

The next morning, after a trip to Starbucks, Jessica and Kara knocked on a hotel room door. The door swung open to reveal Hoggarth. "I'm impressed, you're here well before noon."

"Being prompt is very important," Kara said.

Jessica pulled off her sunglasses. "Let's get on with this. Where's the person you need babysat?"

Jeri crooked her finger. "He's this way, follow me." She lead them into the suite's bedroom. "Janus, this is Jessica Jones. She's going to keep you safe until you have to appear in court," Jeri said to a slight, balding man dressed in a rumpled suit sitting on the room's king-sized bed.

"Her, she's going to keep me safe?" Janus asked. "You're a big time lawyer, don't you have a PMC at your disposal?"

Jessica took step towards Janus, but Kara put her hand on Jessica's arm to stop her. "Listen you, I'll show you little."

Jeri smiled at Janus. "Trust me, Jessica is worth far more than any company of mercenaries. She'll keep you safe. Call me if you run into any problems." Jeri turned and walked out of the suite.

Kara clapped her hands together and sat down next to Janus on the bed. "Hi Janus, my name is Kara. We're here to help you. Would you mind telling me what your story is?"

"Didn't Hoggarth tell you?"

"I like to hear people tell me their story in their own words." She rested a hand on Janus's shoulder.

"His name is Janus Komet, he's a scientist who works for the Roxxon Corporation," Jessica said. "Roxxon was doing some bad shit, polluting or something." As she talked Jessica walked out of the bedroom. "Somebody got wind of what Roxxon was up to, mostly because of all the kids getting cancer. Janus here has proof of Roxxon's crimes, and is going to testify about them." Jessica re-entered the bedroom holding a small bottle of whiskey from the minibar. "What, I read the file Hoggarth left."

"Yes, that's correct, I was the lead researcher in charge of the division of Roxxon that dumped waste on that poor community," Janus said.

"And Roxxon is trying to keep you from testifying?" Kara asked.

"That's not why Hoggarth asked us to watch over him," Jessica said. She poured the contents of the whiskey bottle into her paper cup of coffee.

"It's not?" Kara asked.

Jessica took drink from her cup, made a face, then continued to drink. "We're here to make sure he doesn't run away before he can testify. What was it Janus, did you sign an NDA?"

Janus nodded his head. "It's Roxxon, so the NDAs I signed are both numerous and iron-clad."

"But if you're revealing illegal activity they can't use the NDA to keep you from speaking," Kara said.

"It doesn't matter to them if they win in the end," Janus said. "They're a large company, they can afford to drag me through the courts for years. Me on the other hand, as long as Roxxon has litigation hanging over my head I won't be able to find work. I know testifying against them is the right thing to do, but I have no desire to be a martyr."

Kara looked up at Jessica. "That's awful, we have to do something to help him."

"We have to make sure he gets to the court on time, and that's it," Jessica said.

"But it's not fair, he's going to do the right thing and be punished for it," Kara said. "There has to be something we can do to get around the NDA."

"If the information I have becomes public before I testify, then the NDA won't apply," Janus said. "That's the only loophole in the agreement."

"And how would that happen?" Jessica asked. "We can't have you talk to a reporter.'

Kara stood up from the bed. "But if a reporter got the incriminating evidence from somewhere else, say anonymously delivered by courier? No, never mind, a responsible journalist would want a second source for confirmation."

"I think I know just the person," Jessica said. "But where would you get the information?"

"From the source, these Roxxon people," Kara said.

"That's a good way to get yourself killed," Janus said.

"Trust me, that's not a concern for her," Jessica said. "You really want to go raid Roxxon? Isn't that not your style?"

Kara adjusted her glasses. "I'm also a journalist and investigating the truth is as important to me as upholding the law."

"Even if it involves light to moderate breaking and entering?"

"That's how my journalistic role models operate," Kara said.

Jessica shrugged. "It's not like anyone can stop you if you get caught."

"I'd really rather not have to fight the police if I can help it," Kara said.

Janus looked between Jessica and Kara. "Are you two crazy? You're talking about stealing from the Roxxon headquarters? They have mercenaries on every floor. Automated weapons in sensitive areas. The most advanced security outside of SHIELD."

"That's all true," Jessica said. "But we have a secret weapon."

"We?" Kara asked.

"Secret weapon?" Janus asked.

"I'm not going to let you run around without a guide," Jessica said to Kara. "Who knows what sort of trouble you could find yourself in?"

Kara lifted Jessica up off the ground and gave her a hug. "Oh thank-you, I was hoping you'd come along, but I didn't want to ask you."

"If I may repeat myself, what secret weapon?" Janus asked.

Jessica pounded on Kara's arms to get her to set her back down. "You're looking at her." Jessica pointed at Kara. "Show the man Danvers."

"If you insist," Kara said. She looked around the room then knelt down next to the king bed. She lifted it up into the air with one hand.

"She can also fly," Jessica said.

"What are we going to do with him while we're at Roxxon?" Kara asked.

"I know a guy who might be able to help us," Jessica said. "No promises though." She pulled her phone out of her pocket and walked out of the room. "Hey, it's me, look I need a favor," she said into the phone as she pulled the door closed behind her.

Kara looked around the room until she saw a notepad and pen sitting next to the bed. "Janus, I need you to tell me everything about where the records we need to find are kept." She passed the pen and paper over to Janus and smiled at the researcher.

"Why are you doing this?" Janus asked.

"Because you're willing to do the hard thing, even if it's going to cost you," Kara said. "That sort of dedication to doing what's right should be rewarded."

"I'm not sure I'm worth the trouble, I did some not very nice things in my time at Roxxon."

"And you deserve to atone for them. So help us help you and then you can get down to the business of doing some good in the world."

Janus looked at Kara, then at the notepad he held. "I wonder if that's possible, but at least I'll try." He started to write notes down on the pad.

That night Jessica and Kara stood outside the Roxxon building and stared up at the skyscraper. "Are you sure you want to go through with this lunacy?" Jessica asked Kara.

Kara, who liked Jessica was dressed all in black, nodded her head. "There's not a doubt in my mind that this is the right thing to do."

Jessica shrugged her shoulders. "In that case what are we doing standing around here for? Let's go rob a building."

The pair crossed the street, then walked into the alley next to the building opposite Roxxon. Jessica looked up and down the alley to make sure they were alone. She gave the all clear sign to Kara, who effortlessly flew up to the roof of the building. Jessica tensed, then jumped after Kara.

Jessica's landing wasn't nearly as graceful as Kara's, she landed hard and tumbled across the roof. Jessica picked herself up off the ground and shrugged off Kara's words of encouragement. They walked to the edge of the roof and looked up at the Roxxon building which still towered over them.

"I am not jumping up to the roof of that thing," Jessica said.

"Don't sell yourself short. You just need practice is all," Kara said. "You want to fly, you just don't know it yet."

"Spare me the hippy bullshit," Jessica said. "Fly me up there so we can get on with this."

"Hold on tight," Kara said. She hooked her arms underneath Jessica's armpits and flew them both up to the roof of the Roxxon building.

"Nope, never going to get used to that," Jessica said. She surveyed the rooftop to make sure they were alone.

"That's what most people say," Kara said. "I don't see what the big deal is."

"You're flying without any visible means of propulsion. Iron Man, you know, has his rocket boots. That makes sense. You just fly. It's extremely off-putting." Jessica drew in a deep breath. "But you did get us up here so I shouldn't complain. Now where is that door?"

They walked over to the door that lead into the building. Kara reached into her backpocket and pulled out a pair of gloves and a ski mask. "Are you sure you don't want a mask? You probably need it more than I do."

Jessica sighed. "Okay fine, hand it over. Having to deal with a steady stream of Roxxon thugs would get boring after a while."

"Believe me, masks normally aren't my thing either, but just this once I figure it's a good idea."

Jessica pulled the mask over her face. "No sense in putting this off any longer." Kara nodded her understanding and put her hand on the door. She examined the doorframe with her x-ray vision looking for a specific circuit in the wall. When she found it, Kara burned the circuit out with her heat vision. Jessica tried the door handle and the door swung open silently.

Kara breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm so glad that worked."

"That was just the first obstacle, come on," Jessica said then walked into the building. "Do you see or hear anything?" She asked Kara.

Kara shook her head. "No, it's just us for now. There's a security team ten floors down though."

"We'll deal with them when we deal with them." Jessica pulled out the map Janus had drawn for them. "We need to go this way."

They walked through the hallways of the Roxxon executive suite. Kara placed a hand on Jessica's shoulder and motioned for her to enter the office next to them. As soon as they closed the door behind them Jessica could hear the tromp of boots in the hall.

"That was a little too close," Kara said in a whisper.

"I thought you said they were ten floors down."

"Super hearing is not an exact science okay. There is a team ten floors down, and they're making a lot of noise. There's also the team that just walked by and they are making much less noise. What can I say, I'm not omniscient."

"We're just lucky the executive suites don't have video cameras," Jessica said as she surveyed the office they were hiding in. "I'd really hate to know what sort of freaky shit the person who works in this office gets up to."

"That's, that, ew, does your mind have to constantly be in the gutter?"

Jessica eased the door open and glanced up and down the hall. "I'm afraid so kid. That's where my bread is buttered after all. Come on, the coast is clear."

They crept back into the hallway and made their way towards the office Janus indicated on his map. They reached the office door and Jessica twisted the door knob until it turned. The interior of the office was furnished in a minimalist style with little by the way of office furniture expect for a desk with a computer on it and a large filing cabinet. Jessica motioned for Kara to examine the filing cabinet while she powered on the computer. Jessica turned over the keyboard and read the username and password off of a sticky note stuck to the underside of the keyboard.

"The benefit of taking stuff from executives is that they have terrible information security habits," Jessica said as she logged into the computer.

"What am I looking for?" Kara asked as she rifled through the filing cabinet.

"We're looking for shipping manifests, or memos about shipping manifests," Jessica said. "Anything that proves they knew the chemicals they were dumping were toxic."

"I wish my friend Barry was here. He'd have these files sorted through in no time flat. "He's the fastest man alive you see."

"I'm sure his girlfriend appreciates that," Jessica said.

Kara's ears turned pink. "Why do you have to make everything dirty?"

"Because I'm not boring," Jessica said.

Kara pulled a folder out of the cabinet. "I am not a boring person. I just happen to think people's private lives should be just that, private."

"Lady, I'm a private investigator. Nobody has a private life to me. You're a reporter, you should know what I'm talking about."

"I'm not a tabloid reporter," Kara said as she read the contents of a folder. "Hey look at this." She dropped the folder on the desk in front of Jessica. "It mentions a Project Minotaur, and the town that is suing Roxxon."

Jessica picked up the folder. "That's a start, oh sonofabitch, I am going to kill him."

"What, who, no?" Kara said.

"Janus, that spill was no accident, Roxxon was trying to induce super powers into the population of Pleasant Hill."

"That seems like a really inefficient way to go about doing that," Kara said.

"When has mad science made sense?" Jessica asked. "Ever since Captain America got juiced, people have been trying to recreate him. Looks like Roxxon was no different."

Kara reached out and put a hand on Jessica's shoulder. "Jessica, before you put Janos through a wall consider this. He came to Hoggarth with this, not this exactly, but with enough to get justice for the people of Pleasant Hill. That has to count for something."

Jessica started to type on the computer. "It doesn't count for a whole hell of a lot in my book." She pulled a USB drive out of her jacket and plugged it into the computer. "I'll make copies of every file they have on Project Minotaur if you work on the hard copies."

Kara nodded her head then raced out of the office in a blur. When she returned she was carrying a stack of Xeroxed papers. "Okay, all done."

"But how did you, never mind I don't want to know," Jessica said. "I've got everything from the computer, let's get out of here."

Kara tiled her head. "And quickly, I can hear the guards coming back this way. We might not have been as stealthy as we thought we were."

"Well I'm not interested in saying hello to them, get us out of here."

"Okay, hold on tight," Kara said. She grabbed Jessica and flew them out of the office building.

Jessica and Kara sat in diner waiting for Jessica's reporter contact. Kara had a baseball cap pulled down low over her eyes. "Would you relax," Jessica said to Kara. "We got in and out without being seen."

"You can't be too careful, you never know, they might've had hidden cameras we didn't know about."

"If it makes you feel better keep an eye out for any unmarked vans," Jessica said before taking a drink from her coffee mug. "Or you could just eat all the food you ordered."

"It all just looked so good," Kara said. "Breakfast meats are the best." She speared a sausage link with her fork then dipped it in the excess gravy that covered her omelette. "Are you sure you don't want any of this?"

"No, how can you eat all that?"

"I burn a ton of calories when I use my powers," Kara said as she poured maple syrup over her pancakes. "My sister hates how I can eat anything without putting on weight. I mean she doesn't have much to worry about it either because her job keeps her plenty active." Kara cut into her pancakes and took a bite. "She claims it's the principle of the thing," Kara said between bites.

"I'm going to be so happy when you go back to your home planet," Jessica said. "Do you have any idea when that might be?"

"I'm sure Cisco is working as hard as he can to find me," Kara said.

"But it's a big multiverse, you've said."

The tinkle of the bell attached to the diner's door caused Kara to tense. Jessica looked up and saw Karen Page enter the diner. She waved to the reporter to catch her attention. Karen saw Jessica waving and walked over to their table.

"I wasn't expecting a call from you Ms. Jones," Karen said. "Not with what happened the last time we met."

"Take a seat Ms. Page," Jessica said. She motioned to the seat next to Kara. "And believe me, this wasn't my first plan."

"What do you want Jessica?" Karen asked as she slid into the booth. "And who's your friend?"

"Hi, Kara Danvers, nice to meet you," Kara said.

"Kara here is all three of our special friends rolled up into one annoyingly perky package," Jessica said.

Karen looked Kara up and down. "You have powers?"

Kara nodded her head. "I do."

"Is she want you wanted to talk to me about?" Karen asked.

Jessica reached down and picked up the manilla folder sitting next to her. "How much do you know about the big Roxxon lawsuit?"

"The toxic dumping case?"

"That's the one," Jessica said. "But it's worse than you know." She slid the folder to Karen. "They knew what they were doing. They were testing various drug cocktails on the population of the town in an attempt to give people superpowers."

Karen flipped over the folder. "That's horrible." She looked at Kara. "Is that what happened to you?"

Kara shook her head. "Oh no, I'm alien. I'm just here to help."

"She's a really long, really annoying story I don't feel like discussing," Jessica said. "No one in Pleasant Hill got powers, just cancer."

"Why bring this to me and not the plaintiffs in the case?" Karen asked.

"The plaintiffs already have a version of the story, but their star witness is skittish about breaking his NDA. If that information go too into the public through other channels though…"

"Then your witness wouldn't face repercussions for violating his NDA by testifying," Karen said.

"And you get a tasty scoop," Kara said. "I know how that feels, I'm a reporter back home myself."

"You're a reporter from an alien planet?"

"No, yes, it's complicated," Kara said.

"And not important," Jessica said. "Sorry to break up your doomed planet monologue, but we have other things to talk about, like are you going to run the story or not?"

Karen drummed her fingers on the folder. "Is this all you've got?"

Jessica placed the USB drive on the table. "That, and this."

"I'll have to run this by my editor first, of course," Karen said. "But I can't see him saying no. The details are too provocative."

"That's what I like to hear," Jessica said. She took a drink from her coffee mug. "So how are you holding up, you know, after the whole ninjas kill your friend thing — which I am sorry about — Matt was a good guy, in his own way."

Karen flashed Jessica a short smile. "Thank-you, it hasn't been easy, but I have my work, and I know Matt would want me to keep going."

"Good for you, keep thinking life has meaning if it will get you through the day." Jessica raised her mug to toast Karen.

"Jessica, that's terrible, don't listen to her," Kara said. "You are not telling yourself lies. I lost someone recently, someone special to me, and it was hard, but I eventually realized that unless I kept living my life then his sacrifice would have been for nothing.

"I'm sure Karen's been dying to hear what an alien has to say about dealing with grief."

"Are you really an alien?" Karen asked. "You don't look like an alien."

"Neither does Thor or Loki," Jessica said. "I've seen her do things I've never seen even an Avenger do, she's the real deal."

"How's your coffee?' Kara asked Jessica. "Is it getting cold?"

Jessica looked down at her mug. "Now that you mention it."

Kara looked around to make sure no one was paying any attention to them then lowered her glasses and focused her heat vision on the mug. A thin trickle of steam rose from the mug.

"Now I can say that I have officially seen everything," Karen said.

"Just keep this piece of information a secret, we wouldn't want Kara here carted off to the Raft over a misunderstanding," Jessica said.

"If she keeps running around with you the authorities are going to notice sooner or later. You'd be smart to get ahead of that and turn yourself in to the Avengers."

"I'm not turning myself in to anyone," Kara said. "It's not like I want to be on this Earth after all, but I'm also not going to turn my back on people in need."

"I know, I can't believe her either," Jessica said. "It's like being followed around by Captain America."

"I'm pretty sure he's a war criminal now," Karen said. "And all the more reason for the two of you to keep a low profile."

"Just run your story, we can look after ourselves," Jessica said. "Besides, Captain Cheerleader keeps insisting her friends are coming to take her home."

"They will find me," Kara said.

"So publish this, that's all you want?" Karen asked.

"That's it."

"Why didn't you ask Trish, oh right. I'm sorry Jessica, I forgot about her meltdown."

"It's okay, Trish and I aren't on speaking terms right now anyway. Long story, don't want to bore you."

Karen reached over and squeezed Jessica's hand. "Tell me sometime, we all have to stick together since we're the only ones who know what's going on in this city."

"Should we set up a Slack while we're at it?" Jessica asked.

"That's not a bad idea, except I know you'd never take part," Karen said. She stood up from the table and grabbed the folder and USB drive. "Good luck Jessica, Kara, thanks for the scoop."

"Wow, you really are good at making friends," Kara said to Jessica.

"I need to step up my game then," Jessica said. "Come on, let's go. The meters almost up on our babysitter and I want to have a chat with our buddy Janus."

Jessica knocked on the door of the hotel room. "Open up, it's me."

There was a brief pause before the door swung open. "You took your time getting back," Luke Cage said as he stood in the doorway.

"The errands took a little longer than expected, but we're made it in the allotted time," Jessica said.

"Whose your friend?" Luke asked. He nodded in Kara's direction.

"Someone who could put you on your ass," Jessica said. "Luke, Kara, Kara, Luke, there you're introduced." She walked by Luke into the hotel suite.

"Kara Danvers, nice to meet you," Kara said.

"Luke Cage, could you really put me on my ass?"

Kara held out her hand. "No idea, but probably yeah."

When Luke shook Kara's hand she squeezed it hard enough to cause Luke's eyes to bulge in pain. "Sweet Christmas, how strong are you?" he asked.

Kara smiled at Luke. "Stronger than that."

"Who is this girl," Luke asked Jessica as he flexed his hand to work the cramp out of it.

"She is a very long and involved story," Jessica said.

"It's not that long," Kara replied. "See my home planet was dying…"

"Luke is entirely too busy for this I'm sure," Jessica said. She put her hands on Luke and started to push him towards the door.

"Wait, hold up, did she say home planet?" Luke asked as Jessica shoved him out of the suite.

"I'll explain later, thanks Luke, I owe you." Jessica slammed the door shut behind Luke.

"Who was that?" Kara asked.

"Put your eyes back in your head," Jessica said. "He's seeing someone."

"I wasn't asking for his phone number," Kara said.

"Focus, we have to talk to Janus," Jessica said.

"Still, wow," Kara said.

"You ain't lying," Jessica said. "Hey Janus, where are you? We need to talk."

"Did you find the documents?" Janus asked as he walked into the suite's living room.

"We did you asshole. We know what Roxxon was really up to," Jessica said. "What you were up to. Tell me why I shouldn't remove your head from you body?"

Janus sagged against the sofa. "Good, then the truth will come out."

Kara elbowed her way past Jessica. "What do you mean by the truth Janus? Why couldn't you tell anyone what really happened?"

"The company would say I was trying to minimize the part I played. That I was a rogue element who the company reigned in when they learned what I was up to. I'm sure they had documents of their own that they were prepared to introduce in court to discredit me."

"But if the truth about what they were doing came from someone else, from documents not provided by you, that would be different," Kara said. "Pretty sneaky Janus."

"That doesn't change the fact that you took part in human experimentation and not even good experimentation," Jessica said.

"I'm sure you won't believe me when I say I didn't fully understand what Roxxon was up to, and once I realized the full scope of what was happening I stated to leak information to the people of Pleasant Hill."

"Oh I see, so you'd like me to pat you on the head is that it?" Jessica asked from behind Kara. She tried to step around the Kryptonian, but Kara put a hand on her to hold her back.

"Easy there Jessica, can't you see how remorseful he is?" Kara asked.

"You'd be remorseful too if someone had your balls in a vice," Jessica said.

Kara's face scrunched into a grimace. "That's, ew, I believe that everyone deserves a second chance. I'm sure there are lots of ways Janus can put his knowledge to work helping the people he hurt."

Janus nodded his head. "That's right, lots and lots of ways. Testifying against Roxxon was only ever my first step."

Jessica let out a deep sigh. "Okay fine. I have a contact with Rand Enterprises. I don't like doing it, but I'll call him tomorrow and see to it that you have a job after you testify against Roxxon. Just be sure to cure cancer or some shit like that."

"You'll do that for me? Oh thank-you Ms. Jones, thank-you thank-you." Janus started to pump Jessica's hand up and down until she pulled away from him.

"That's enough, we all get the idea, you're grateful, why don't you go back to your room and get ready for your day in court tomorrow."

"I can assure you Ms. Jones, I'm quite prepared…"

Jessica grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved him towards the bedroom. "I'm about to do ruinous things to your minibar that you do not want to witness, and more importantly, I might forget why we want to keep you alive."

"That, ah, is a good point, in that case, good night ladies."

Jessica walked over to the minibar and started to pull out bottles at random. "I know better than to offer you any of this."

"Why are you so hard on him?" Kara asked.

Jessica flexed her hands. "These powers I have, they were given to me against my will. I take a dim view of anyone who does experiments on people without their knowledge or consent."

Kara took a deep breath. "That's entirely fair, being experimented on is horrible, but at the same time, and speaking entirely for myself, aren't the powers also fun?"

Jessica slammed down the tiny bottle of bourbon she was drinking from. "Fun? You think it's fun to be a freak?"

"It has its share of problems, but yes being able to fly is fun, being able to bench press a tank is fun. There's a hell of a lot of responsibility, but it can be fun too, and don't you deny it." Kara set her hands on her hips and glared at Jessica.

"I will admit being able to shove dudebros who bother me through a wall is pretty great."

"That wasn't exactly what I had in mind," Kara said.

"You get your kicks your way, and I'll get mine my way."

"Really, that's the only thing about your powers you like?"

"If I didn't have my powers I wouldn't have been mind controlled by the biggest asshole in the universe."

Kara nodded her head. "Right, yeah, I forgot about that. Jessica, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have pushed you, and now we've dredged up your past, and I didn't want to do that."

"You're about to hug me aren't you," Jessica said. She held up an index finger to Kara. "Don't, I've made my feelings on hugging well known."

"Even when you so clearly need one?" Kara asked.

"Especially then, because when you think I need a hug it's actually the opposite."

"You're wrong about that, you need a hug, but I'm not going to push the matter because you also need your space. That being said, Jessica you need to talk to a professional about your trauma, you can't live like this."

"On the contrary, I have no complaints at the moment," Jessica said.

"I should've known you'd say something like that," Kara said. She turned on her feels and headed for the door.

"Where are you going?" Jessica asked.

"Out for a flight, don't worry, I'll keep one ear open for you in case there's any trouble."

"That's never not going to sound ominous," Jessica said.

"I really don't mean it to," Kara replied.

Before Kara could leave the suite the suite door swung open and Jeri Hoggarth strode into the room. "A little bird tells me the Herald is about to run a piece that details the full scope of Roxxon's illegal dumping activities. I trust I have the two of you to thank for that?"

"I can neither confirm or deny," Jessica said.

"This was a big help for you wasn't it," Kara said.

"Of course, Roxxon can no longer attack the credibility of my star witness. You could say that this is a huge advantage to me."

"Convenient then that you asked the one person who would be inclined to help Janus get around his NDA to babysit him," Kara said.

"What do you mean? She had no clue you would be here," Jessica said.

"I mean you dingus," Kara said.

"She's right, you're a total marshmallow inside Jessica, in the right situation of course," Jeri said.

"And does that situation include helping someone who knowingly experimented on kids?" Jessica asked. "You used me Hoggarth, and I do not appreciate that."

Jeri folded her arms across her chest. "You'll be well paid for your time, and that's all that should matter to you."

Kara cocked her head to one side. "Everyone quiet, I hear something."

"What does that mean, she hears something?" Jeri asked Jessica.

"It means you should listen to her," Jessica said. "What is it?"

"Tactical team, coming up the back. I guess Roxxon decided they have nothing left to lose."

"Well that's just swell. Do you think you could get Hoggarth and Janus out of here before they show up?"

"Where would I take them?"

"My office?"

Kara took off her glasses and stared out in the direction of Alias Investigations. "That would be a bad idea. They have a team there too."

"How can she know that Jessica? How does she know that?"

Jessica looked at Hoggarth. "I've been saying this a lot today, but it's a really long story. Bottom line, if she says it you should believe her."

"Get Janus, keep him low and away from the windows," Kara told Jessica. "I'll take care of the strike team." She reached up to pull open her shirt then realized she was wearing one of the t-shirts Jessica had bought her. "And this is why I normally wear button-downs," she said to herself. Kara drew in a deep breath then spun so fast she became a blur. When she came to a stop she was dressed in her Supergirl costume.

"Were you wearing that under your clothes the whole time?" Jessica asked Kara.

Jeri looked Kara up and down. "Am I going mad?"

Kara rested her hands on her hips. "Only a mental health care professional can tell you that, but I'm as real as you are," Kara said. "Now stay low, I'll deal with the mercs." Kara flew out of the room before Jeri could respond.

"Janus, get in here and stay down," Jessica yelled as she ran into the bedroom. She returned dragging a confused looking Janus by his shirt collar. Jessica looked around then pointed to the bathroom. "Both of you in there." The three of them ran into the bathroom and Jessica slammed the door shut behind them.

"Jessica, what the hell is going on?" Jeri asked.

"Somebody has decided me, you, or Janus would be better off dead," Jessica said. "Kara went to make sure that doesn't happen."

"But why are we in the bathroom?" Janus asked.

"No windows means a sniper is less likely to kill you," Jessica replied.

Janus pressed himself against the wall of the shower. "That is a good point."

"Are you sure this is Roxxon and not someone with a vendetta against you?" Jeri asked. "It seems like the height of folly to kill a witness now, and in such a showy way."

"Nobody ever said they were the brightest bulbs in the shed," Jessica said. "They also could be here for revenge and not to win their court case."

"Even for Roxxon that seems unlikely," Janus said.

"We'll find out soon enough, once Kara deal with the mercenaries trying to kill us," Jessica said.

"You seem awfully confident in your intern," Jeri said.

"Yeah, well, she could fight the Avengers to a standstill, so those guys are toast."

Kara came to a stop in the hotel stairwell and found herself staring down at a heavily armed tactical team. "If you guys would just leave that would be great. There's not going to be any killing today."

"You need to get out of our way," the lead mercenary said.

Kara held up her hands. "Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to tell you to surrender, you'll try to shoot me. It won't work because you can't hurt me, but other people might get hit by the ricochets so if you could just hand over your guns now and save us all the hassle that would be great."

The point man raised his rifle and aimed it at Kara. "Out of our way now lady, last warning."

Kara focused her heat vision on the barrel of the man's rifle until it started to glow. She then reached out, grabbed the rifle barrel and bent the heated metal. The gunman released his grip on the rifle leaving Kara holding the burning hot metal. "As I was saying you should give up before I'm forced to punch you." She tossed the ruined rifle to one side.

The strike team all looked between each other before letting their guns clatter onto the staircase then raised their hands in surrender. "Okay good. Now would you mind telling me who put you up to this?"

"What the hell are you doing?" Jessica asked as she entered the stairwell.

"Interrogating the people who were trying to kill us, well you," Kara said. "How could you have a problem with that?"

"I don't, but after you interrogate them, what then?"

"Tie them up and call the police," Kara said. "Hey don't even think about going for that gun." She pointed at one of the mercenaries who had started to reach for his rifle.

"I thought we had agreed that you weren't going to do anything to attract the attention of the authorities," Jessica said.

"This isn't going to get the attention of the authorities," Kara said.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because they're going to be focused on this," Kara grabbed the mercenary leader and flew him out of the hotel.

Jessica looked at the remaining gunmen. "Look you guys can stay here and wait for the police, or you can leave, either way, I don't care, but your guns stay here, got it? Because if you don't she's going to come back and drop you in the Atlantic." She ran out of the stairwell before she could hear the reply. She then stuck her head back through the door. "You assholes were hired by Roxxon right?"

Jessica ran up to the roof of the hotel then drew in a deep breath. She took a running start then leapt off the hotel towards the Roxxon headquarters. "Damnit Kara, I know you can hear me," Jessica said as she continued to bound from rooftop to rooftop. "I don't know how much more plainly I can say this, but don't confront Roxxon. You'll bring the entire US government down on your head, and you don't want that." She came to a stop on a rooftop that overlooked the Roxxon building. "Look, I know you're convinced your friends are going to take you home, but what if they don't?"

"They will," Kara said from behind Jessica. She turned around and saw Kara land on the rooftop. "I have no doubts about that."

"Where's the merc you took?" Jessica asked.

"I tossed him through the window of the Roxxon CEOs office. I figured that would get my message across."

Jessica's eyebrows raised. "Jesus yes that would."

"So tell me, why do you think my friends are going to abandon me?"

"I don't," Jessica stopped and took in a deep breath. "It's not that I think they'll abandon you. I just think that you should be prepared if they aren't able to find you." She held up a hand to cut Kara off. "Look, I get it, you trust them, think the world of them. I'm sure they're great, but people fail through no fault of their own and it always pays to have a Plan B in your back pocket."

Kara nodded her head. "I can respect that, but why are you so insistent that my Plan B be hide?"

"Because you're a goddamn gamma bomb that no one can control. The minute you start foiling bank robberies in Midtown the Avengers will be all up in your business not to mention the government. Everyone will be afraid of you, try to control you, and when they can't you'll be public enemy number one."

"Jessica, people are people. You don't think I haven't had to deal with distrust on my Earth? Ask me about the time I was poisoned by synthetic Kryptonite. It was weeks before I earned back the trust of National City, but I did it. I'm sure it wouldn't be easy, but people do respond to good intentions."

Jessica shook her head. "You are dangerously naive. I keep telling you how the world works here and you keep ignoring me." She reached out and crushed an exhaust pipe sticking out of the roof. "It's incredibly frustrating."

Kara reached out and hugged Jessica. "You are such a good friend."

Jessica squirmed against Kara's grip. "Would you let go of me."

"No because you deserve to know how much I appreciate what you've done for me." She let go of Jessica and took a step away from her. "But as much as I appreciate your concerns I can take care of myself and no matter what you say, my friends are going to find me."

Jessica rolled her eyes. "Okay sure thing princess." She looked around the rooftop. "Can we go now? I have a powerful need to get hammered."

Kara set her head to one side. "You drink way too much, have you ever considered going even a day without alcohol?"

"What fun would that be?" Jessica asked.

"Living a healthy lifestyle is its own fun," Kara said.

"You and Captain America would make the most perfect babies," Jessica said. "You two should never ever meet. The world couldn't handle that much moral turpitude in one room." Jessica scratched her chin. "No wait, never mind, he's way too old for you."

"How old is he?" Kara asked.

"Like a hundred? He spent about seventy years frozen in ice."

Kara shrugged her shoulders. "I was trapped in cryosleep for nearly twenty years when my pod got knocked off course." She held up her hands. "Not that I want to meet this guy or anything. I'm going home after all. I wanted to point out that I'm older than I look is all."

"He's currently a war criminal I guess, I don't follow the news all that closely, but he disagreed with the Sokovia Accords, and now he's on the most wanted list."

"That's terrible," Kara said.

Jessica shrugged her shoulders. "That's life on this Earth, and the main reason why you don't belong here."

"I refuse to believe that, but I also agree for completely different reasons," Kara said. "I miss my home, and there are threats there that only I can stop."

"Little full of yourself aren't you?"

"When you can benchpress tanks it's not being full of yourself," Kara said. "It's the simple truth."

"Then sister you need to take a break, and I need to get a drink." Jessica turned and leapt off the rooftop.

Later that evening, after they had returned to Jessica's office. Jessica sat behind her desk with a bottle of whiskey in front of her while Kara lay stretched out on the sofa dressed in her civilian clothes. A half drunk-bottle of white wine sat on the floor next to her.

"See, isn't this better?" Jessica said said to Kara.

"There's a car chase in Queens," Kara said. "I could be there and back before anyone knows it." She sat up on the sofa.

"Sit back down," Jessica said. "I'm sure the police can handle it."

Kara settled back on the sofa. "Never mind, somebody else stopped the car."

"See that's the great thing about New York, there's always a hero to come along."

"That's a horrible rationalization for not helping, I hope you know that," Kara said. She waggled her finger at Jessica.

"You keep trying to convince me be a hero and I'll keep telling you that isn't me." Jessica took a swing from her bottle.

"I don't have to convince you to be something you already are," Kara said. "You have a heroic nature Jessica, you just need to deal with your traumas before you can accept that." Kara swung into an upright position. "And that isn't anything I can help you with. It won't be easy, but you will feel better in the long run, trust me."

"Who's to say I don't already feel great?"

"Nobody who drinks a bottle of whiskey a day feels great, and driving off everyone who cares about you is not the secret to a happy life." Kara held up her hands. "But you're tired of hearing me say that, I get it."

"And yet you keep on with your bullshit," Jessica said. She sighed. "That was too harsh, you're a good person Kara, you don't deserve my bullshit."

"Don't feel bad Jessica, your feelings are perfectly valid. I've been in situations similar to yours and I'm sympathetic to your experiences."

Jessica rolled her eyes. "Of course you do." She took another pull from her bottle. "Do you really think I'm heroic?"

"Of course I do," Kara said. "After all you've been through and you're still out there trying to help people. Don't argue my point, you didn't have to help Lucy, or Janus, but you did. You went above and beyond for them."

Jessica shrugged. "I guess, I mostly wanted to irritate the assholes who were bothering them."

"That's, that's a kind of heroism," Kara said. "I don't want to say that results are the only thing that matters, but they do matter, and you get good results for your clients."

"Assuming my mom doesn't murder them," Jessica muttered into her bottle of whiskey.

"What was that?" Kara asked.

Jessica's retort was interrupted by a brisk knock on the door. Jessica looked over at Kara and jerked her head in the direction of the bedroom. Kara ran out of the office as the knock repeated itself. Jessica pushed herself up from her chair. "Keep your shirt on," Jessica called out.

She yanked open the door and found herself standing face to face with a woman with short black hair dressed all in black tactical clothes. "Jessica Jones?" the woman asked.

"Who wants to know?"

"My name is Maria Hill." The woman brushed past Jessica into the office.

"Sure, come on in," Jessica said.

"Ms. Jones there have been reports of an unregistered enhanced human operating in this area. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?"

"Did you say who you work for?" Jessica asked. She folded her arms across her chest.

"I did not," Hill replied. "Now answer my question."

"Enhanced is such a vague term," Jessica said.

"It's really not. The definition is clearly laid out in the Sokovia Accords, and don't worry, I'm not here for you. WE already know about your deal."

"Why does that not fill me with confidence?"

Hill started to pace around the office. "No the person I want to talk to is blonde, pretty."

"I'm not pretty?"

"You're not blonde, or bulletproof, or can fly, ring any bells?" Hill took a step towards Jessica.

"I think I'd remember someone like that if I ever saw them," Jessica said.

"The question isn't if you'd remember, but would you tell me? Like I said, we know all about you Jones."

"You keep talking about we, but I only see a you," Jessica said.

"IS that the way you want to play this?" Hill asked Jessica.

Jessica nodded her head. "I think so, at least until I understand who we is."

"Have it your way, but for the record, I do like you Ms. Jones. You were dealt a bad hand and you've made the most of it."

Jessica cocked her head to one side. "Thanks?"

"Unfortunately we need more assurances that you're telling us the truth," Hill said. The door burst open and a squad of heavily armed trooper rushed into the office.

"What the hell is this?" Jessica asked. She took a step toward the quartet of soldiers who aimed their rifles in Jessica's direction.

"Everyone stand down," Hill said. "Ms. Jones we all know you aren't bulletproof. Let my men do their work. After all, if you don't know anything about this new enhanced individual then there won't be anything for them to find."

Jessica dropped her arms to her sides. "I'm not crazy about the idea of jackbooted thugs digging through my underwear."

"You can relax then because they aren't wearing jack boots." Hill motioned for the squad to begin their search of the apartment. "Believe me Ms. Jones, they aren't thrilled about it either." Three of the troopers spread out into the apartment while the fourth stayed behind and kept his pistol aimed at Jessica.

"My civil rights aren't feeling very well protected at the moment," Jessica said.

"I imagine they wouldn't," Hill said. "I am sorry about this, we do try to keep our distance from you, and your friends Luke Cage and Danny Rand."

"They aren't my friends," Jessica said.

"Either way, good job stopping the Hand last year," Hill said. "It's a shame what happened to Mr. Murdock."

One of the troopers walked into the office and pulled down the balaclava covering his face. "No sign of the unknown enhanced Agent Hill."

"So where is she Ms. Jones?" Hill asked. She spun on her heels to face Jessica.

"I can honestly say I have no idea," Jessica replied.

"She was here then," Hill said.

"I did not say that," Jessica set her hands on her hips. "Now are you going to leave or am I going to have to throw you the hell out of here?"

"At the risk of sounding like a cliche, we aren't done having this conversation, and we will be keeping our eyes on you Ms. Jones." Hill pulled out a walkie-talkie. "Pack it up boys, we're done here."

"If any of my things are missing I'm going to sue your asses," Jessica said to Hill and the tactical team. They exited the office without saying another word, leaving Jessica alone in an empty apartment. Jessica looked around the apartment then flapped her arms up and down. "Now what?" she asked no one in particular.

The sound of broken glass caused Jessica to duck. She looked over at the office window and saw a small hole in it. She searched the floor and spotted a small rock with a piece of paper wrapped around it underneath Malcom's desk. Jessica crawled under the desk and unwrapped the paper.

"Jessica hi, it's Kara, sorry about your window, but this was the best way to get in touch with you. Meet me in the park where we first met, I have something to show you." Jessica looked around the office one last them then shoved the note into her jacket pocket.

After taking the most circuitous path she knew, Jessica walked into the park she had found Kara in. She walked through the park looking for Kara when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Jessica whirled around, ready to punch whoever was behind her when she saw it was Kara. She was still dressed in the clothes Jessica had bought for her, but with a baseball cap pulled low over her eyes. Kara held up her hands in surrender.

"Sorry for sneaking up on you," Kara said.

Jessica lowered her fist. "Is that your idea of incognito?"

Kara reached up and tugged on the brim on the baseball cap. "It seemed like a good idea at the time."

"Did breaking my window seem like a good idea too?"

"I'm real sorry about that, but it was the only way to get a message to you with all those agents around."

"How did you escape Hill and her goons anyway?"

"Oh that was easy, I flew out the window in your bedroom" Kara said with a wave of her hand.

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

Kara reached into her pocket and pulled out her transdimensional teleporter, the button in the middle was flashing red. "Look, it's my friends trying to get in touch with me."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I'm sure, it's the only thing that makes sense. This thing has never done this before." She pressed the button on the teleport, but nothing happened.

"Well it was a good idea, now come on, I bet those assholes are on the lookout for you, and this is way too public." Jessica grabbed Kara by the arm and tried to pull her out of the park.

"But it's still blinking," Kara said.

The sound of sirens in the distance caused Jessica to tug harder. "Come on, Hill and her goons are on to us."

"I'm not leaving, my friends are on the other side of the this button." Kara held the transporter up to Jessica. "My home is on the other side of this button. I've already lost one home, I'm not going to lose another."

Jessica's retort was cut off by a swirling portal of energy opening up behind her. A woman dressed in black with a rope tied around her waist stepped out of it. "Kara!" the woman shouted. "Thank god I found you!"

"Alex, you have no idea how good it is to see you," Kara said as she ran over to hug her sister. "What's with the rope?"

"That's in case the portal opened up somewhere not friendly to my continued existence," Alex said. "It's been useful a couple of times."

"What the hell is this?" Jessica yelled at Kara.

"This is my sister, Alex, I told you my friends were going to find me," Kara said.

"And we have to get going," Alex said. "Brainy is burning up a star just to keep this portal open."

Kara nodded her head. "Understood." She looked over at Jessica. "I guess this is goodbye."

"I don't understand any of this," Jessica said. "But I hope you get home safely."

Kara pulled Jessica in for a hug. "It was nice to meet you Jessica, and remember, you are a hero, you just have to believe in yourself, and let other people in."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, now get out of here."

As Kara took a step towards the portal Maria Hill and a platoon of SWAT surrounded the portal. "Everyone put your hands up!" Hill yelled.

Alex drew her sidearm and aimed it at Hill, but Kara put her hand on Alex's gun and lowered it. "Sorry Ms. Hill, but this is my only way home, and honestly, you can't stop me." Kara waved one last time to Jessica, wrapped her arms around Alex's waist and flew them both through the portal. As soon as they entered the swirling cloud it collapsed with a loud crack, leaving behind Jessica and Maria Hill.

Hill glared at Jessica. "Where did she go?"

Jessica shrugged. "Her home dimension I guess. Look at the bright side Hill, you don't have to worry about an unlicensed enhanced running around anymore."

"I should run you in for obstruction," Hill said. She jabbed her index finger under Jessica's nose.

"But you're not," Jessica said. "Nice meeting you Hill, if you need me you know where I am." Jessica brushed past Hill and left the park.

On the other side of the portal Kara came to a stop and found herself standing on board the Waverider. "What are we doing here? I thought you said you were working with Brainy?" Kara asked Alex and she set her on the deck.

"She was," Brainiac-5 said. Kara spun around and saw a small cluster of people from the Legion and the Legends standing there. "However, a Time Master ship was better equipped to make the calculations to find you."

"It was my pleasure to help, and let me be the first to say welcome home Ms. Danvers," the disembodied voice of Gideon said.

"Thanks Gideon, and thank-you everyone. I knew you'd find me," Kara said to the assembled superheroes.

"It wasn't easy," Alex said. "Where were you exactly?"

Kara shrugged. "I don't know, it was another Earth, obviously, but it was so different from any I've ever been on before. I'm used to people not existing from Earth to Earth, but whole cities were different there. National City didn't exist."

"That would help explain why it was so hard to find you," Cisco said. "Dimensions with similar vibrational frequencies are easier to breach into. The frequency of the Earth you went to is almost diametrically opposed to the frequencies of our Earths. It would take the power surge of, oh a stray lightning strike to pass into that dimension."

"Or tapping into the power of a star," Brainy said, cutting Cisco off.

"Right, or that," Cisco said.

"However you got there, we're all glad you're back," Sara said.

"And the next time you use your teleport, be sure you're indoors, or on the ground, far away from any lightning strikes," Alex said.

Kara laughed. "It's a deal." She gave Alex a hug.

"So what was it like, the other Earth?" Ray asked.

"Mostly like our Earth, but more, I don't know, gritty? It was like an entire planet made out of Oliver. Or maybe that's just the part of town I spent most of my time in."

"A planet made out of Ollie, that's a frightening thought," Sara said.

"It wasn't all bad," Kara said. "There were plenty of marvels there too, but I'm really glad to be home." She looked out the front window of the Waverider and saw the void of deep space. "Or at least my home universe. How far away from Earth are we?"

"Far enough, let's get you home," Sara said. She spun on her heels and walked towards the captain's chair.

"You can buy us all a round when we get back," Mick said before he left the bridge.

Kara said her thanks and hugged every member of her rescue team until she found herself standing in front of Alex. "I knew you were going to rescue me," she said to her sister as she hugged her.

"I wasn't about to leave you stranded in a world made out of Oliver." Alex reached over and shoved a finger into one of the bullet holes in Kara's new jacket. "I see you managed to stay out of trouble." They shared a smile.

"It might not have been my universe, but there were still people who needed my help," Kara said.

Alex smirked at Kara. "Of course there were. You know Kara, when most rational people find themselves stranded in an alternate dimension they lay low and wait for help to arrive."

Kara set her hands on her hips. "You should know by now that I'm not most people. I don't care where I am and who is trying to stop me. If people are in trouble I will help them."

Alex rolled her eyes. "Of course you will. When I got there it looked like the local authorities weren't very appreciative of your brand of help."

"No, it honestly didn't seem like a very trusting Earth, I just hope Jessica is okay."

"That's the woman you were with?"

Kara nodded her head. "She's a PI with superpowers and a very rough personal history. You'd like her though, she drinks even more whiskey than you do, and is an incredible asshole, but really does care for people underneath it all."

"It sounds like she made an impression on you."

Kara ran a hand over the sleeve of her leather jacket. "Hopefully the reverse is true as well." She grabbed Alex's hand. "Come on, let's go to the galley, I want ice cream and I bet they have the best ice cream on board." Kara dragged Alex off of the bridge as the Waverider picked up speed on its return voyage to Earth.

—The End—

Author's Notes: I cannot possibly put into words how much I wanted to end this story on The Snap, but I realized that would be an ultimate jerk move and resisted the impulse. Thanks for reading, I hope everyone enjoys reading this story as much as I did writing it. I should have the first chapter of another new Supergirl adjacent thing going up, soon'ish so look forward to that.

-sam, 2018-07-23