Yay! New chapter. Sorry about only one chapter last week. I will have another one up this week. This story is 7 chapters long so next week will have the last two. I should probably also mention that I'm working on the sequel to this story already. I really want to have that done in 2 weeks. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 4: Galatea

After analyzing the blood sample, Barry was able to confirm that the same substance that was found in the two first victims was also inside the third. The only question now was whether Galatea was the killer. A confrontation between the three of them was in order and they had to figure out a way to take her on.

The plan that they had come up with the night before involved Barry using his supersonic punch to penetrate Galatea's armor. Initially, they wondered why Kara couldn't do it. Kara had explained that she tried when she fought her in Metropolis, but it didn't work. According to Galatea, she had studied the anatomy of Kara's species her entire life and had built her armor and bullets using a metal that couldn't be penetrated by Kara's species. However, the actual material was no stronger than steal so ideally if Barry broke open the armor, they could pull her out of it and she'd be defeated. Of course, that's only if the plan worked and neither of them got shot.

The rest of that day had been spent on stopping any crimes they came across, and making sure they were ready to take on Galatea. Kara actually handled things quite well while Barry was experimenting with the sample. Once the evening came, both of them met up at STAR Labs with Joe, Wells, Cisco and Caitlin. Speeding into the lab, Barry was wearing his Flash costume, while Kara was in civilian clothes and still wearing her glasses.

"Very well done today, Mr. Allen," Wells complimented. "You too, Miss Danvers."

"Thanks," the two said in unison, followed by a laugh.

"Whoa," they heard Cisco interject. "You look completely different."

"Oh! Yeah. Sorry," Kara said, taking off her glasses. "I almost forgot most of you have only seen me without them.

"As a scientist, I really have to know how you can look so different just by putting on a pair of glasses," Caitlin proclaimed.

"Well, you see," Kara explained, "they're not just any kind of glasses. The lenses are made from a kind of sand found on my home planet. It functions as a cloaking device. A person who wears them will appear different than they would without them. It doesn't fool every species, but humans usually can't see through it."

"Interesting," Wells said as he removed his glasses.

"That's just crazy… but useful I suppose," Joe said. Barry had filled him on Kara's past, and while this did clear some things up, there was still a lot of mystery surrounding Kara Zor-El.

"Anyway," Barry said, facing Kara now. "You said that you knew a way to lure in Galatea."

"Yes," Kara said, putting her hands together. "You see, after all the police investigators left the crime scene earlier today, I dropped off a note in the apartment. This note told Galatea to meet me at a location outside the city so that we could finally settle this."

"How do you know she received the note?" Barry asked.

"Because I also made sure to put a security camera in the room, and… Cisco," Kara said gesturing towards Cisco.

"Boo-ya!" Cisco exclaimed showing a video recording of Galatea leaving the apartment after having read the note. "That was 20 minutes ago," Cisco explained.

"Well, that makes this a good a time as any to head out," Wells stated. Kara and Barry looked at each other.

"You got an earpiece to keep in contact with the others?" Barry asked. Kara nodded.

"I'm ready when you are," Kara said with a grin on her face.

Kara headed towards the agreed upon location, while Barry stood a few miles away so that he could be ready to pull off his supersonic punch. As she closed in on the location, she made sure to listen closely and keep her x-ray vision ready to see if Galatea was gonna ambush her. She finally arrived in an open area in a forest outside the city. Things seemed mostly calm still.

"Hey Powergirl. Everything good out there?" Kara heard Cisco say through the intercom.

"You know, we never agreed on that name," she said back to him.

"I thought you didn't care," Cisco reasoned.

"Whatever, just call me KZ for now, alri…" Kara was interrupted as the world around her slowed down. She could hear a bullet being shot out of a gun, a shell being ejected and a gust of wind coming towards her. At the last moment, she managed to dodge the bullet shot at her. She looked towards from where the bullet came, which is when Galatea revealed herself.

"Kara Zor-El. The last daughter of Krypton."

"I'm ready to run at any moment, KZ," Kara heard Barry say through the intercom.

"Hold on. I'm gonna try and talk her down first." She heard a loud "what" coming from Barry's end before proceeding to talk with her.

"Look. I know you blame Krypton for what happened to your race, but I had nothing to do with it."

"Your blood is poison to the galaxy," Galatea shouted at Kara. "By merely coming here, you are infecting humanity with your Kryptonian arrogance."

"I've lived here among them for years. If I wanted to do bad things to Earth, I could have done it long ago. Also, you killed three people. I have never killed anyone in my entire life." Kara thought she was being reasonable but Galatea would not be convinced this easily.

"Please," Galatea sneered at Kara. "Like the worst kind of villain, you will do good and earn their trust… and then you will rip it from them, like Krypton did to Eromaar." Kara was visibly shaken by Galatea's words. "Well, guess what, Kara Zor-El! Unlike your kind, I plan on ripping your heart out as quickly as I can."

Without a seconds notice, Kara was forced to dodge another one of Galatea's bullets.

"Now, Flash," Kara blurted out.

Barry began running immediately, closing in on Galatea as fast as he could. While still running, Galatea continued shooting. Just as Barry was about to break open Galatea's armor, Kara took a wrong step and was hit in the arm by one of the bullets. She could feel a burning sensation. It wasn't hot but it still burned somehow. Just as the bullet entered, the wound cauterized. The bullet was now inside her arm and she was feeling immense pain, forcing her to the ground.

Once she hit the ground, Barry hit Galatea with his super sonic punch and it broke Galatea's armor open.

"Kara! Pull her out of the armor! Now!" Barry blurted out, not having realized that Kara was lying on the ground. After he got no response, he quickly noticed Kara lying on the ground, hurt. He sped towards her, lifting a still conscious Kara's head up.

"Kara!" he yelled. "Oh god, you're hurt." She tried saying something but the pain was making it too difficult to talk.

"She's been hit with a poison bullet, same type I used on those other three people. The wound has been closed so you can't get it out. Not before it kills her."

"No!" Barry shouted with great anger at Galatea. "Tell me how to get it out!"

"Well, if you can go and figure out a way to penetrate Kryptonian skin, be my guest, but I'll be long gone once you come back to get me."

Barry knew what he had to do. He picked up Kara and ran back to the city. They would have to catch Galatea some other time. He ran faster than he ever had before, arriving at STAR Labs in only a few minutes. Once inside, he put Kara on a hospital bed.

"We gotta do something, guys and we gotta do it fast," Barry shouted, now hysterical at the situation.

"Alright, stay calm, bro," Cisco said trying to be the voice of reason for once. "We're gonna figure something out." Barry wasn't having it and was pacing back and forth, unsure what to do. He had just met Kara, and she might die any moment now.

"We have to find something that's strong enough to penetrate her skin," Caitlin exclaimed. "Something like…"

"Me," they all heard Kara interject. Barry ran towards her as soon as he heard her speak.

"You're gonna be alright, Kara. I promise," he said, grabbing one of her hands simultaneously.

"I think… I can use my heat vision," she said faintly. She gestured for Barry to move back and to give her space. She looked towards her arm and shot out a ray of blue beams, screaming as she did it. After a few seconds, she reached into her open wound in her arm, grabbed the bullet and threw it on the floor. She could hear her friends' voices only faintly now, as she found herself slowly but surely passing out.

After Kara had passed out, the team was worried that they had lost her, but for some reason whatever poison the bullet was laced with, it only seemed to affect Kara with a perpetual dose. A normal human would have died very quickly but her immune system was strong enough that it could fight off the poison effectively once the bullet was removed. Unfortunately the toll it took on her body left her weak for the time being.

An hour later, Barry was sitting by Kara's bedside, still a bit worried she wasn't gonna be alright. Cisco and Caitlin had went home and Wells was in another room, giving Barry privacy with Kara. Suddenly, he saw Joe walking in the room.

"Hey Barr," he said quietly. "How's she holding up?" Barry took a moment to answer.

"She'll make it through," he answered, clearly still concerned. "She's tough. Besides, she's been through a lot more than this."

"You mean losing her family?" Joe asked. Barry took another moment to answer.

"Joe… She didn't just lose her family. She lost her entire species." Joe looked at him with confusion.

"What?" he blurted out, trying not to be too loud.

"When she was trying to talk down Galatea, she called Kara the last daughter of Krypton. At first I thought Krypton might be the name of her mom or dad." Barry was silent for a moment.

"But what, Barry?" Joe asked, a bit agitated.

"She referred to her skin as "Kryptonian" skin. She said that she held "Kryptonian" arrogance. Joe, she wasn't talking about a person. She was talking about Kara's species. She is the last surviving member of her kind." Joe looked at Barry not sure if all this crazy alien business was making irrationality seem rational or whether Barry actually made sense.

"I think," Barry said, trying to calm himself, "I think this is why she has such trouble talking about how her family died. Because it wasn't just her family." Barry pressed both palms of his hands against his forehead. "And to think that I tried to compare what I lost to what she lost… I'm such an idiot."

"Hey, Hey!" Joe interjected putting his hand on Barry's shoulder. "You didn't know, and you were just trying to be there for her. Look!" He now put his other hand on Barry's other shoulder. "Go home. Get some sleep. I'll stick around for a bit. And you can see her in the morning. Alright?"

Barry was teary eyed. He stood still for a moment, but finally nodded.

"Alright. Thanks, Joe," Barry said, giving Joe a hug and then speeding out the room.

Joe looked towards Kara for a moment. He still couldn't believe that in just a few months he had witnessed someone run faster than the speed of sound and a woman fly. He figured it would only get crazier from here.

He stayed in the lab for another hour contemplating all the things that had happened recently when he heard a faint noise approaching.

"He's getting too attached," Joe heard Wells say as he rolled into the room.

"No offense, but I didn't know you cared about Barry's personal relationships."

"Mr. Allen's personal life affects his efforts out in the field. He can't let himself get too distracted.

"Barry's only human," Joe reasoned. "Though I guess now even non-humans have similar weaknesses."

"I'm not trying to keep him away from his non-metahuman life. In many ways, that's what makes Barry a hero." Joe could sense a "but" coming, causing him to give Wells a look.

"…But he just met her. He shouldn't let all this get to his head, even though his feelings are understandable." Joe nodded in agreement.

"I think I'm gonna head out too, will you…?"

"I'll be here," Wells confirmed, watching as Joe left the room.

Wells was now looking towards Kara, taking off his glasses.

"It was only a matter of time before you showed up," Wells whispered, "Supergirl."

Aaand, Wells as always knows the future. Figures. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this first battle and Barry slowly discovering Kara's secret past. Next chapter, we really dive into Kara's past. Revelations will be made. It also happens to be my favorite chapter in this story.