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CHAPTER 2: New reality

She arrived to the DEO building expecting the windows to open but it was closed. She looked inside… no one was there. She decided to get in by breaking the window. What once was a room full of computers and screens it was now isolated. She saw some papers around the floor. All lights off. She ran towards the room where Mon-El was living. But no one was there. She ran into Alex´s lab. Everything was a disaster. She looked for Jonn for someone who could explain what happened but there was no one. She needed to know what happened in the last two years while she was absent and so she went to CatCo. She was sure she could find in the files all the news and information she needed. She landed and when she tried to get into the office she was stopped by the guard.

"Who are you?" The guard asked her

"I work here" But looking at his straight face she decided to say something else "I´m here to visit James Olsen"

"If you work here. Where is your badge?"

"I lost it I need to get inside please"

"Miss Grant doesn´t like personal visits during working hours"

"It´s not a personal visit. I work here and Miss Grant took a leave of absence"

"That was two years ago. She came back because of Mr. Olsen's..." He stoped when he heard the car approaching to them and Miss Grant coming out of it

"No mother I can´t have dinner with you tonight. I have dinner with National City´s mayor and…" She looked at Kara and couldn't hide her surprise. She made a gesture instructing Kara to follow her. The guard let Kara walk into CatCo. Kara followed Cat until they reached her office. Before closing the door she talked to her assistant "Sarah cancel all my meetings. I´ll be busy with Miss Danvers"

"Yes Miss Grant". Kara looked at media mogul assistant "Hello my name is Kara Danvers"

"Nice to meet you. I´m Sandra Mills"

When Kara heard the girl's real name she couldn´t help to think that some things never change. She looked at one of the walls of CatCo. It had the front page dated on July 2017 "Aliens menace soon to be contained"

"What is this?"

"That is what happened after this" Kara looked at what Cat was pointing "Supergirl is dead" She read at another front page dated on March 2017. "But that is not truth!" Kara said

"How can we know? You were gone Kara."

"You know I am Supergirl?"

"I think it is pretty late for you to think I don´t know you are Supergirl, isn´t it? Supergirl and you disappeared and come back at the same time. Someone twitted "Supergirl is back" I guess he saw you flying and I just meet you outside my office"

"That is why you came back? Because I was gone?"

"Before I tell you why I came back. Where were you?"

"I just left for a week. I needed to help some friends of mine but I didn't expect to come back so later"

"And where are your friends? At the Bermudas triangle?" Cat took her glass of whiskey "We needed you Kara. Everything went to hell after you left. Crime rates increased and with that the work for that vigilante… The Guardian was his name. Terrible name if you ask me. What also increased were the alien attacks. The science police department was closed and every alien was considered a threat. Only the organization CADMUS was able to contain them. Some people tried to protect aliens but everyone who wanted to help was imprisoned. As you can guess the new Alien Amnesty Act was abolished. After some time Guardian disappeared. CADMUS was in complete charge" Cat saw Kara´s face of astonishment and despair. "I do come back when Supergirl disappeared and I was told that the new reporter Kara Danvers didn't show up for work and was fired. I tried to get in contact with you but there was no way to locate you. I even talked to your sister but she didn´t know where were you. Then I connected the dots. Supergirl was gone and so you were"

"I never intend to be away for so long. I was supposed to come back to the same day when I left"

"Well the plan didn't work. I wish I could tell you that now that you're back everything will come back to normal but I can´t"

"I can help. CADMUS will be over"

"There is something else you should know Superman was defeated. He tried to help to contain aliens but CADMUS took over him too. He had a trial and was condemned to stay at a kryptonite cell for the rest of his life" She then showed Kara the other front page "Superman arrested"

"How did all of this happen? The guard outside said you came back because of James. What happened?"

"Maybe you should go and see for yourself. He is at his office. After the accident he came back as art director, but Kara you need to know he changed. Be prepared"
Kara felt a cold feeling all over her body. Too many things happened while she was gone. If the Science police department was shut down and CADMUS took over where was the DEO? What happened with Jonn, Maggie, Winn… Alex. If someone could give her more answers it had to be James as he was the nearer person she could contact"

"Thank you Miss Grant. I´m sorry"

"Your apologies will never be enough Kara. The world changed. Coming back is a risk. I don´t think flying around as Supergirl will be safe anymore"

"I will fix this. I promise" Kara tried to reconnect with Cat. Last time she saw her she gave her advice and comfort. Now she could feel the distance between them.

"Kara once I told you anything this city needed from you is for you to be Supergirl. Now I´m not so sure about that. This city has lost hope. It happened more than a year ago. People feel safe with CADMUS and with what they say. Supergirl is no longer needed" Those words hurt Kara, her heart broke. The whole world kept on moving forward. "But we need Kara. I´m glad that you came back and that you´re safe. I know you enough to believe that you left to help and if you knew all of these could happen you would thought about your actions more carefully. Now you need to find a new way of living. Being Supergirl is way too risky. Please Kara keep safe"

"You have lost hope too. I can´t. I need to find my family. I need to find answers and a way to fix this"

"There is no way to go back in time"

"I´ll try. I need to talk with James. Thank you Miss Grant"

"In this new reality you need to know that you still have a job with me if you´re interested"

"I´m not living in this new reality. I won´t allow myself to give up"

Kara was determined to change what happened. But she needed to know what happened to everyone. She walked to James office and knocked the door. "Come in" She heard "Hi James I…" She stopped when she saw him. James was at a wheelchair. James looked at her. "Kara you´re back" he said as he moved towards her. Kara´s eyes filled with tears "What… What happened?"

TBC

So things are messed up. New reality hits Kara. Thanks for reading. Please let me know what you think with your reviews, favorite and follow.