SMALLVILLE

Along the farm fence, Clark lined up several melons.

"Now remember what I said," He reminded Kara, who stood several metres away. "Focus on your emotions, channel it into your powers and fire." Kara squinted her eyes in concentration as she did as she was instructed. For a few moments nothing happened until an out of control burst of heat vision shout out of her eyes, blowing the melons to pieces.

"Sorry," She apologised realising she covered Clark in melon.

"It's fine," He laughed it off before blurring inside, reappearing seconds later clean and in a fresh set of clothes.

"When I was sent here I was excited at the prospect of having all these powers. I never imagined it would take so much self-control to master them," She admitted. "How did you learn to control them?"

"I had great teachers, my parents."

"But they didn't have any powers of their own?"

"No. But they had wisdom, faith, understanding. They were with me every step of the way. Just like I'm going to be for you."

Kara opened her mouth to reply but stopped when she noticed something behind Clark. Clark spun around just in time to see a red blur in the distance. A second later Bart was walking up the driveway calling his name.

"Over here!" Clark called out. Bart saw the cousins across the field and ran over to them.

"Whoa Clark, didn't mean to interrupt," He apologised looking over the beautiful blond women next to him.

"Hi there, names Bart," He introduced himself.

"Who is this guy?" Kara asked Clark, still speaking Kryptonian.

"European, nice," Bart smiled, unable to take his eyes off her. "Wait don't you already have a girl friend?"

"He's a friend," Clark answered before turning to the younger speedster.

"Bart, this… this is my cousin."

"Oh that's cool WAIT WHAT?"

"Why don't we go inside? Then I'll explain everything."

"See you inside," Bart blurted out before disappearing in a red streak.

"Is he an alien too?" Kara asked, amazed by the new arrivals speed.

"Nope he's human."

"But I thought humans weren't supposed to have powers."

"Kara, there is a lot about humans I have to catch you up on."

Clark and Kara walked into the house to find Bart rummaging through the fridge helping himself.

"So you want an explanation?" Clark asked seeing as it appeared as though Bart wasn't leaving the kitchen.

"Yep, be right with you!" He called out, shoving one final turkey leg into his mouth before racing into the living room where Clark and Kara had found a seat on the couch. Taking a seat beside them, Clark explained everything to Bart.

ATLANTIS

Atlanta pulled her son into a hug as tears fell from her face. Arthur squeezed back, never wanting to let go.

"I'm so sorry," She cried. "I'm sorry I left you."

"It's okay. Mera explained everything. You did it to keep me safe."

"Not a single day has gone by where I haven't wanted to see you."

The two pulled apart, smiles spread across their faces.

"Come," She beamed as she began swimming towards the door. "I must introduce you to your brother."

"My brother," Arthur mumbled.

"Yes, surely Mera told you about him."

"She did, it's just… Isn't he the other heir. Won't he hate me for coming back?" Arthur asked nervously, feeling completely out of his league here.

"He can come across as rash but you're family and if you give him time I'm sure he'll come to understand," Atlanta replied as she stuck her hand out to him. With a small smile Arthur took her hand and allowed her to lead him through the magnificent city.

KENT FARM

"Dude, that's awesome!" Bart exclaimed once Clark had finished explaining everything. "I'm so glad you actually found someone from Krypton."

"Thank you. That's why I wasn't at the meeting today, I've been training Kara," He explained.

"Kara, beautiful name," He complimented her.

"She still can't understand you," He reminded him.

"Right. How do you say beautiful in Kryptonian?"

"Not that I don't enjoy your company but why exactly are you in Smallville?"

"Well, I need training too," He revealed. "Not me, Barry," He quickly explained. "At the meeting today we discussed Barry joining the Avengers and if he wants to join he needs to go through an orientation exercise by Black Widow."

"And you want me to train him?"

"I want you to help train him. I'm getting Oliver to help as well."

"Sorry to let you down Bart but I've kind of got my hands full with Kara."

"You recon Batman's available?" Clark couldn't help but laugh at that.

"No Bart, I don't think Batman's available."

"What's he saying?" Kara asked her cousin, recognising her name being used.

"He wants me to help train his friend," Clark explained.

"Are you going to help him?"

"I told him I was busy with you."

"Kal, don't let me stop you from helping your friends. Besides, It'll be fun to meet new people."

"Kara, I don't know…"

"You can't keep me on this farm forever," She argued.

"Your right," He conceded. "Bart," He turned to face the speedster, going back to speaking English. "I'll help you train Barry. But on one condition."

"Yes, anything."

"Kara comes along." Kara was surprised as Bart suddenly appeared beside her.

"Of course, I'd love to spend more time with her," He exclaimed, smiling up at the women, who gave him a nervous smile and a wave in response.

NEW YORK

Later that night Impulse and Flash raced up to the abandoned warehouse where Green Arrow awaited their arrival.

"Arrow, good to see you again," Flash greeted the duo. "Thanks for training me."

"No problem," Green Arrow replied. "Black Widow has come up with an incredibly hard initiation for you to go through. In order for you to pass we're going to have to put you through some serious training. You ready for this?"

"Lets hope so. What's first?" Barry queried, the nerves starting to build up inside him.

"Being a hero, living this life, it takes more than super powers," Green Arrow explained as he pulled an arrow out of his quiver and grabbed his bow. "It takes discipline…"

"What is that for?" Barry interrupted pointing to the bow in Oliver's hands.

"You're going to run over there, you're gonna come back at me and you're gonna get hit with an arrow," He revealed causing Barry to chuckle.

"No I'm not." It was now Oliver's turn to laugh.

"Yes, you are."

"Alright, fine. I'll humour you." Barry raced to the other side of the warehouse as Oliver prepared to fire his bow.

"Ready?" He called out.

"Ready!" Oliver replied. He fired the arrow, which Barry raced towards. However, with his concentration focussed solely on the arrow Barry failed to notice the small explosives on the ground in front of him. The first explosive went off, sending Barry off his feet and into the air. As he fell, a second explosive on the right blew up and sent him flying to the left where he crashed into a metal pillar. As he collided with the pillar, Green Arrow fired another arrow right at him. Just as it was about to hit him it split into a boloa and wrapped around the speedster pinning him.

"Nice try," Oliver teased.

"Did you just set up live explosives to train me?" Barry cried.

"Yes and you shouldn't expect anything less for your initiation. When you enter a new environment you need to case every inch of it." Oliver pulled out an arrow and cut Barry free.

"Point taken," Barry admitted as he rubbed his arm in pain.

"Alright, let's try again."

ATLANTIS

Atlanta led Arthur into a large arena. In the centre stood a man in purple armour, two swords in hand. Surrounding him were a group of five other men, all armoured and geared up. The men attacked him, swinging their weapons at deadly speeds. The man in the middle, leapt around them, dodging every blow by just a couple inches. He got in close and began beating on the men before jumping out of the way of the others' attacks.

"There he is," Atlanta revealed, "Your brother Orm." Arthur watched in amazement at how swift his brother was and in only a few minutes was able to defeat all five men.

Orm wore a satisfied smile on his face as he looked over the men he'd beaten. As he looked up he noticed his mother watching them. He also noticed Arthur, beside her. He couldn't believe it. She actually brought his half-brother here, despite the fact that he was clearly the rightful air. Well, why doesn't he put his brother in his place.

"Mother," He greeted her as he swam over to them.

"Orm, allow me to introduce to you, your brother, Arthur." Arthur stuck his hand out to shake but Orm, simply glared at him.

"Half-brother," He corrected her much to his mother's annoyance. "So, do you fight?" He asked, looking Arthur over.

"Yeah. Actually I'm part of a team that fight crime all over the world."

"Really?" Orm and Atlanta asked in union.

"And what sought of crimes have you stopped?" Orm asked, clearly not thinking very highly of Arthur's actions.

"Well, one of my friends and I stopped a man creating a weapon that when used killed all marine life in the area. The same man began capturing and experimenting on people with powers, so me and my friends freed them and blew up his facilities. Then there was the time we stopped an alien invasion. The other major one was fighting off an army of super powered people armed with alien weaponry."

The two family members starred at Arthur in shock and amazement. Even Orm, who wanted to act like it wasn't a big deal found he couldn't do so.

"That's incredible," His mother beamed. "I knew your father would raise you right."

"So if you can really fight, care for a little duel?" Orm challenged.

"Sure man, sounds fun," Arthur replied.

Despite their mothers look of annoyance the two brothers swam over to the arena.

"What's your weapon of choice?" Orm asked, grabbing a sword off the weapons rack.

"I'll pass bro," Arthur declined.

"No weapon?"

"Nah."

"Very well. Ready?"

"Ready."

The brothers charged at each other, beginning their fight.

NEW YORK

The next day Barry and Bart once again ran to the same warehouse where Barry was being trained. When they arrived, Barry rubbed his arm in pain at the memory of the explosives Oliver had used on him.

"So, is today's training going to be as painful as yesterdays?" Barry asked, giving the area a quick scan for any explosives.

"Well, there won't be any explosives. But it'll be like punching steel." Suddenly two blurs raced into the warehouse, signalling Clark and Kara's arrival. Clark, dressed as Superman walked over and greeted the two speedsters.

"Evening."

"Superman, how are you?" Barry asked.

"I'm good thank you. You?"

"Well, I didn't expect Green Arrow's training to be so painful but hey, if I'm gonna be an Avenger I guess I'll have to learn to rough it up."

"Unfortunately." Clark turned to face Kara, who so far had been standing nervously behind him. "This is my cousin, Kara. She's new to Earth." Barry looked at her in surprise.

"So, she's an alien too. That is so cool. I have so many questions?"

"She's still getting the hang of her powers so I thought, whilst also training you this could be a good opportunity to train her. As long as you're okay with it."

"Of course. The more the merrier."

Barry not wanting to be rude, smiled and stuck his hand out to shake. Kara took it and smiled nack at him.

"Hi, I'm the Flash."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Flash," She replied speaking perfect English.

"Whoa, she can speak English now. It's been one day!" Bart exclaimed. "She's a fast learner," Clark replied jokingly. "Also, I need a good influence on her because the only other person she's met on this planet is Bart," Clark joked. Barry physically cringed, going along with the joke.

"Yes, I can see how that would be an issue."

"You guys know I'm right here!" Bart called out, causing the other three to laugh.

"So, where do we begin?" Barry asked stretching his arms out.

"Well, Arrow taught you about your surroundings. Bart's taught you how to use your powers. I'm going to teach you how to fight an opponent stronger then you."

"Wait, I have to fight you?" Barry asked in disbelief.

"No, you have to fight Kara," Clark revealed. Barry turned to Kara who had a wide grin on her face and was cracking her knuckles.

"Kal said you were one of the fastest beings on the planet and that I shouldn't hold back."

"Ahhh, well I'm not actually that fast."

"Enough chit chat," Bart interrupted. "Let the training begin."

ONE HOUR LATER

Barry dodged a series of Kara's attacks before retorting with a flurry of his own super fast punches. However, Kara raised her palm and caught his hand mid-air, nearly breaking his fingers.

"Faster Flash," Superman encouraged. "The faster you move the more powerful your punches will be. If you can move fast enough you should be able to hurt nearly any enemy."

"It's kinds hard to pick up speed this close!" Barry shouted, ducking under a hook from Kara.

"Then make space!" Bart replied. Barry dodged another punch and instead of punching back ran to the other side of the warehouse. Without stopping, he ran back at Kara as fast as he could and with all his might he swung at Kara, who once again raised her hand to catch the punch. As fist collided with her palm Barry was certain he'd broken a couple of fingers but not without forcing Kara to take a few steps backwards.

"That'll do," Clark decided, calling it a night.

"I'm so sorry about your hand," Kara apologised.

"It's all good," Barry replied, clutching his throbbing hand and trying not to scream.

"Your powers are very impressive. Have you had them for long?"

"No, just for a couple of months."

"What were you trying to do there?" Bart asked as he reached the two, handing them bottles of water.

"Well, you said make distance so I made the distance and punched faster than I could if I was standing still. Can you imagine if I went fast enough I could do some sought of super sonic punch?"

Bart opened his mouth to retort back stopped and thought about it for a moment.

"That might actually make sense."

"So, you ready for your big day tomorrow?" Clark asked.

"As ready as I can be," Flash replied hesitantly.

"You'll do great," Kara encouraged, patting him on the back.

"Thanks. And thanks for training me, it means a lot."

"Happy to help," Clark smiled.

The group parted ways with Bart and Barry leaving first. As Clark and Kara waved goodbye Clark noticed the smile spread across Kara's face.

"So, what did you think of Flash?" He queried.

"He's really nice ... and funny."

"So you like him."

"Of course. Are all your friends like him."

"Like that? Definitely not. Let me tell you about Tony Stark."