Kara and Lena hovered outside of Kara's apartment, each with a hand on the bricks and a big smile on their face. The race over had been close. Even with Lena's lead, Kara being able to make sharper turns had helped her to catch up. They'd rushed through the cityscape making buildings and people alike tremble at their antics and the blasts of air that followed them. There was an interruption that sidetracked them briefly, but they quickly got back on track to finish up their merry chase. In the end, however, there could only be one winner in a race.

"A tie?" Kara said, her smile only growing.

Lena sighed, the glow of her eyes disappearing for just a moment when she blinked only to return with shocking color, a reminder of her new nature. "I suppose, though if it weren't for that mugging on Belcher street—"

"I would have won," Kara interrupted cheerily.

Lena snorted her initial response. "Please. Who was it who actually caught the mugger?"

"Who was it who heard the woman yell for help?"

"Who was it who dropped off the mugger with the police?"

"That was a team effort."

Lena considered Kara's words for a moment. "All right, true. I think the police were also right that it was a bit of an overkill. It doesn't take both of us to stop a mugger who uses a plastic spork for a weapon."

"We probably scared him out of his life of crime."

"I think it was probably when I 'dropped' him and you caught him one-story lower."

Kara bit her lower lip, looking sheepish. "Well, he shouldn't have called you that name. He was yelling, 'Let me go. Let me go', and you only did what he asked." Brows furrowing, Kara leaned in a bit closer to Lena. "You knew I'd catch him, right?"

"Of course," she replied with a casual shrug. "You are ever the hero."

Kara beamed back before her gaze shifted to the nearby window of her apartment. "So, you ready to do this thing and make the big reveal to the gang?"

"I won't get any readier."

"I'll take that as a yes." Drifting closer, Kara squeezed Lena's hand. "Don't worry. Everyone is going to love having a new superhero in the group, and I'll be right next to you if you get nervous."

"If I get too nervous, I'll lose my willforce and won't look the part." Lena cocked her head toward the window. "Let's get in there before my anxiety overwhelms me, and I'm the one you have to save from a nasty impact with the sidewalk."

Kara settled on the fire escape, pulling open her living room window and climbing inside. Lena was right behind her. The party was in full swing, people drinking, music playing, apples being bobbed for. Faux-cobwebs draped the walls, and a large, sparkly spider ornament hung from the light fixture in the center of the living room. Several bowls of candy sat on different tables. The smell of food and the sound of merriment crashed over them as they entered.

"Ahem." Kara cleared her throat, smiling out at the group as she took Lena's hand in her own. "Look who I found."

Conversation died, only the sound of 'Monster Mash' playing from the speakers attached to Alex's phone filled the room. After a few moments, the silence grew awkward, and Lena began to fidget next to Kara. In turn, Kara turned and offered one of her heartening smiles.

Stepping forward and releasing Lena's hand, Kara held out both hands toward Lena as if the other woman were a prize on a game show. "It's Lena. She's Green Lantern."

Finally, Alex stepped forward to sway slightly in front of Lena. She looked the other woman up and down several times, peering under the hood at the glowing eyes before a smile broke out on Alex's face. "Hey, great costume, Luthor. You really look like her."

Lena chuckled. "Well, that's because—"

"Close but not quite," Maggie said as she strode up, wrapping an arm around Alex's waist. "The green isn't the right shade, and she's taller than you. You should have worn heels."

Lena blinked several times in rapid succession. "Green Lantern is taller than me?"

Maggie nodded. "I just saw her today. She's Kara's height maybe taller. Plus, the logo on her costume is bigger. It's pretty close though." Maggie held up her beer in a sort of toast. "Nice job. It must be nice to have your budget for holiday stuff."

While Lena stared blankly, Kara smiled again, stepping closer. "Guys, you don't get it. Lena really is—"

"Hey, hey, guess what I am!" Winn surged forward, his hand with plastic cup thrust forward, the contents spilling over where they would have covered Kara if the Super's reflexes weren't so good. "Oops, sorry."

Lena pulled the drink from his hand, sniffing at the red liquid inside. Her crinkling nose was mostly disguised by her mask. "Good Lord. You weren't kidding about the punch. What octane is this?"

Kara leaned closer, sniffing briefly before recoiling. "I think it's diesel. Alex, you're going to kill someone with this stuff."

"Whimps." Alex took the cup from Lena and tilted back her head, finishing off the liquid.

"I'll go get the paper towels … again." Maggie sighed as she wandered off to the kitchen.

"Now guess me. Guess me." Winn held out his arms, showing off his t-shirt and jeans. "No one here has been able to guess me."

Lena took a step back from Winn's flammable breath and examined the outfit. The jeans and sneakers were generic, and the t-shirt was white with numbers covering it in black, wide-tipped sharpie. There were four sets of eight numbers, each group on top of the next, and they read, "01010111, 01101001, 01101110, 01101110." Lena frowned for only a moment before a sly smile came to her face. "You're Winn, a computer nerd."

"Woo Hoo." Winn held up both his hands above his head. "Let's hear it for geek power. I knew I could count on you, Lena. Everyone else was clueless, but I knew you'd be able to read basic. Put it there." He held a fist in front of himself, and when she matched the action, he stepped forward intent on knocking their fists together. His drunken step took him wildly off course, and he swung straight at Lena, his fist connecting around her collarbone. "Whoopsie. You okay?"

"I'll survive," Lena replied with a sigh. "Look, Alex, Winn, when Kara says I'm the Green Lantern what she means is … I'm the Green Lantern."

Both smiling, Alex and Winn just nodded.

"They're really drunk." Kara looked back and forth between Alex and Winn. "Just think how funny this will be in the morning after they've sobered up."

Lena nodded. "I think we should have gotten here earlier before they got into the punch."

"Yeah, maybe we shouldn't have stopped for National City's nefarious spork mugger."

Lena hummed slightly. "Falling prey to a spork mugger is a bit like Darwinism. Perhaps we should have let nature take its course."

"Hey, Lena, we have a surprise reveal," Winn said putting an arm over Lena's shoulders as he drew her to another part of the living room, his weight resting heavily on her. "Kara isn't the only costumed defender of the city here tonight."

"You don't say," Lena deadpanned.

"Nope. We also have," he held out his free hand, grinning madly, "Ta-da! It's Guardian."

They stopped in front of an armored figure holding a drink in one hand and a candy apple, with three bites taken out of it, by the stick in the other hand.

"Can I take the helmet off now?" Guardian asked. "I can't eat or drink anything with this thing on."

Winn reached forward, pulling the helmet up and off the other man to reveal James' face.

"Hey," James said.

"Heeey," Lena replied slowly as she leaned closer. She rapped her knuckles on the breastplate before allowing her gaze to taken in the rest of the outfit. After several blinks, she stood upright again. "This isn't a costume, is it?"

"Nope," James said around a mouthful of apple. "It's a uniform."

"I made it!" Winn informed holding the helmet much too close to Lena's face and making the woman step back. "I'm a freakin' genius!"

"Truly." Lena ran a finger along the edge of the helmet. "So, you're Guardian."

"And I'm the tech geek in the van." Winn smiled. "Pretty awesome, right?"

James sipped his drink, clearing his mouth. "Your costume is awesome too, Lena. How long did that take to make, or did you buy it?"

"No, no, I made it myself."

"Cool." James smiled, taking another bite of his apple. "You, Kara, and I should do a group picture tonight. I think even the real Green Lantern will do a double take when she sees that on Insta."

"Oh, I think she'll be all right." Lena smirked.

"Hey, how do you make your eyes glow like that. They're green all the way across and like … glowy." Winn swayed slightly, blinking and squinting as he tried to focus.

After several beats of silence, Lena said, "Contacts."

"Oh, yeah, makes sense." Winn nodded, nearly colliding with Lena when a firm hand clapped him on his back. He turned, smiling at the other person. "Hey, sweetie. Do you know Lena?"

"Lena Luthor," a woman's voice responded as a hand was stuck out, the face obscured by a rubber mask. "I am Lyra Strayd from Starhaven, and the human Winn Schott is my mate."

"Oh, how nice for you both." Lena glanced between Winn and Lyra. "Congratulations."

"Thank you. We are both pleased." She took Winn's hand and stepped closer to Lena. "Is it your intention to mate with Supergirl?"

"Uhhhh." What little could be seen of Lena's face colored brightly. "That's an interesting costume you're wearing."

Lyra squeezed the knot in her tie before straightening her suit jacket. She pulled the rubber mask up so that it rested on her head, showing her face. "Thank you. I bought it at a costume shop, but for some reason, the salesperson told me the costume I was wearing was better. I was not wearing a costume."

"There's a lot of that going around," Lena mumbled.

Pulling the mask back down, Lyra held her hands out in front of her, fingers raised to make Vs. "Winn told me it was imperative that I repeat this phrase while wearing the mask." She cleared her throat. "I am not a crook."

Winn giggled. "That gets me every time."

Lyra pulled the mask back up to rest on her head again. "I don't understand why. It is the truth. I am no longer a crook."

James smiled, laying a hand on her shoulder. "No, Lyra, you see, President Nixon—"

Lena wandered away from the group discussion to the punch bowl, taking the ladle and scooping through the red liquid to fill a cup.

"You okay?" Kara asked as she came up alongside Lena.

"Well, obviously I didn't want a negative reaction, but I was hoping for some kind of reaction."

"Hey, at least no one laughed at you," Kara said gently elbowing Lena. "Want me to get everyone's attention and make sure they understand?"

"No, it doesn't matter. The point of being a Green Lantern …" Lena stopped, holding her plastic cup above her head to peer at the contents at the bottom. She lowered the cup and concentrated, a little line of green coming out of her ring to scoop across the bottom of the interior of the cup. When she pulled the scooper free, it held several pieces of candy.

"Ooooh, candy corn." Kara grabbed them all from Lena, popping them into her mouth and chewing, but the smile quickly left her face. "Okay, I'm not affected by Earth alcohol, but this stuff is strong even for me. What did Alex put in there?"

Lena took another sip, considering. "I'm going with paint thinner, paint thinner and sugar." She took another sip. "I've had worse."

"Really?"

Lena shrugged. "Frat parties."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense. Being immune to alcohol—" Kara stopped speaking when her phone chimed, and she pulled it out of her boot, frowning at whatever was on the screen. "We've got an emergency down at the docks. Two ships collided. One is taking on water, and the other looks like it may capsize. I've got to go."

"Want some help?"

"Superhero team up?" Kara asked, with a broad smile. "Yes!"

Lena chuckled as she placed her cup down on a table. "Try to act a bit less excited while we're pulling people from the water. They might take it the wrong way."

Kara nodded, her face grave before she flashed away to stand in front of the window. Smiling, the Super stood with her back to the window, arms outstretched. "This time I'm leaving first. No headstart for you, Luthor."

"Oh, definitely." Lena strolled over to lean against the wall next to the window. "I won't even leave through the window."

"You're taking the elevator down? I don't need that much of a head start."

"Well," Lena grinned, "I didn't say that." Her smile grew, and then she literally went through the wall. She didn't make a hole, she just fell through it as if it weren't there.

Kara gasped. "She can phase?" She yanked the window open again, leaning through the portal. "You can phase? You are such a cheater!" In a blur of red and blue, Kara was gone, streaking through the air after the fading green blur.

Inside, conversation had stopped once again. The group stared at the open window left by the Super. James walked over to the wall, knocking in several places as he checked for consistent solidness. Winn stood gaping, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water, no sound except the occasional sputter coming out. Maggie also stared for several moments before a little grin came to her face. Then a cup was thrust into the detective's hand.

"Hey, where are you going?" Maggie asked Alex.

A befuddled looking Alex shook her head. "To get some water. I think I made the punch too strong. You won't believe what I just thought I saw."

It was nearly two hours later when the window opened again and two laughing superheroes climbed back into the living room.

"What's the 3.141592653% tax that sailors charge?"

"I don't know, what?" Kara asked.

"Pi Rates," Lena replied.

Kara moaned, still smiling. "Okay, that's the worst joke yet. It's both nautical and math related."

"Which I would argue makes it the best joke yet."

"You would argue about anything."

"I would not. I can be …" Lena paused, smirking. "Well, I suppose I just proved your point for you with my arguing about arguing."

"Hey, you said it, not me." Her attention drawn to the group in the room, Kara's gaze flitted from staring eye to staring eye. "Um, hey guys. There better still be cupcakes."

Hands nudged Alex forward, and she swatted back at them but walked toward the two superheroes. Clearing her throat, Alex managed to pull her gaze from Lena to her sister. "Kara, Lena's the Green Lantern."

"Duh! We told you that when we first got here."

"Yeah, I know but …" Alex looked back at the group behind that nodded their encouragement before facing the other superhero. "Lena, you're Green Lantern."

"Yes, I know," Lena replied dryly, "and you're drunk."

"Not so drunk that I don't know you're Green Lantern."

"I would argue that point," Lena replied. When Kara cleared her throat, Lena pointed at the Super. "Don't say it."

Alex leaned closer, peering under Lena's hood. "So, it's really … I mean, that's really …"

With a thought, Lena's mask and hood disappeared from her costume, leaving her face and head fully exposed. "Yes, it's really me, Alex. Perhaps you could help me convince your sister that I no longer require her protection in my civilian persona. Technically, she's under my protection now."

"And maybe you could help me convince Lena that her life is under daily threat of death, and she's a citizen of National City which puts her under my protection."

"Ahhhh …" Alex shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I'm still stuck on Lena really being the Green Lantern."

"Truly, Alex? Your sister is a solar-powered alien, and you're stuck on me having a high-tech ring?"

"Ooooh, I want to see the ring! I want to see the ring!" Spurred into action, Winn pulled himself out of his stupor and stumbled forward. "It's some crazy alien technology, right?"

"Incredibly advanced alien technology, yes," Lena replied.

"Okay, but how does it work?" Winn reached toward Lena's hand. "Do you know?"

"I don't use anything I don't understand." Lena lifted her hand, her glove disappearing to reveal the entirety of the ring. "Are you familiar with Bell's Theorem?"

Winn nodded even as his face screwed up in concentration. "Yeah, it's uh … It's uh. Oh, got it! Once two objects or particles connect, there is always an energy linking them. Particles can communicate with non-local particles, no matter the distance, instantaneously, so long as those particles have connected in the past."

"Very good, Mr. Schott. You see, all matter is energy. The punch in your cup or this table," Lena knocked on the end table, "the difference isn't liquid and solid; the difference is that they emit their energy differently, and we, humans, emit energy. All of that energy is connected."

"That explains how the ring uses you as a conduit to create objects—"

"It does?" Jimmy asked

"... but how does it create objects?" Winn thrust his cup forward where it sloshed over the rim.

"Seriously?" Maggie stomped off toward the kitchen. "If alcohol abuse were a crime, I'd arrest all you drunk mo-fos."

"I may be a tad drunk bit—"

"You're a whole lot drunk bit, Winn," Kara said with an eye roll.

"But I'm still the resident science nerd around here."

"Winn," Kara placed a hand gently on his shoulder, "don't forget about Lena. I think you might have some competition for that title."

"We should have some kind of trivia contest or something to see who's the best," Winn suggested.

"Like a nerd-off?" James asked.

Winn nodded briskly. "Come on, Lena, your brain against mine."

"Perhaps another time when there's more blood in your alcohol stream."

"I'm good!" Winn began to flail his arms about. "I'm totally—" He got too wild, literally tossing the contents of his cup out and at the couch.

Suddenly, a large green bowl appeared, catching the liquid and then turning into an orb. It moved over Winn's cup as a pour spout was created. Tipping, the vessel refilled Winn's cup with the spilled contents.

"Cool." Winn grinned broadly. "So, how does it do that part? How can you affect other things?"

"The ring uses my energy to create a compressed photon stream making hard-light structures."

"I've done some work with hard-light. How are you able to maintain the structure? It would dissipate."

"Correct, but not if you used an electromagnetic field to contain it. The ring creates such a field so that the things that are connected with me through my experiences can be recreated into hard-light structures." Lena smiled down at the ring on her hand. "It really is the loveliest ring. I'm so tempted to take it apart and see how it's constructed."

"Lena," Kara placed a hand on Lena's shoulder, "don't take apart your Green Lantern ring."

"I'm sure I can put it back together."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm sure too," Kara smiled, "but just … don't. I've met a Guardian of the Universe. I don't think they would take kindly to you tinkering with the ring."

Winn staggered forward, grabbing Lena's hand and staring at the ring. "If you take it apart, can I help?"

With a shake of her head, Kara walked away leaving the nerds to their science talk. She began stacking cupcakes and brownies on a plate.

"So," James smiled as he sidled up next to Kara, "Lena is a Green Lantern, huh?"

"Yup," Kara replied the P popping.

"That's ah … that's cool, Kara. So, are you two going to be fighting crime together?"

"I sure hope so. Superhero team-ups are the best." Kara chewed on a brownie. "It's been pretty awesome when you and I have teamed up, hasn't it?"

James nodded, his gaze drifting over to Lena. "So, you and Lena, the two of you, you're ah …"

"This is a date, James," Kara replied making him return his attention to her. "Lena and I are on a date. Hey, that means we had a crime-fighting date. Awesome."

"Yeah." James glanced over at Lena again for a moment before turning back to Kara, his smile broad. "I'm glad for you. Green Lanterns are good people. Lena must be something pretty special."

"She is. I really like her."

"And you've trusted her for a while. I guess your positive attitude paid off." He grabbed two cups from the table, filling them each with a ladle of punch. "To you and Lena. May you have many good days fighting crime or whatever else you do on dates."

Kara laughed, taking the cup he offered and drinking with him. Then she coughed. "Okay, Alex really did something dangerous here. I'm tasting rum, tequila, maybe some botulinum, and just a hint of ricin."

"Whew!" James waved his hand in front of his mouth. "I think you're right. Do I still have my eyebrows?"

"I think you should be more concerned with your liver."

"What are we discussing?" Lena asked as she grabbed a cup and filled it with punch.

"Done discussing ring dissection with Winn?" Kara asked.

"He went off on some Star Wars tangent. He has Maggie and Alex pinned down over there, so I snuck away while he was distracted."

Kara glanced over at where Maggie and her sister stood awkwardly in front of a wildly gesturing Winn. "Uh ... James?"

"I'm on it. Guardian to the rescue," he said, heading over and clapping Winn on the back.

"So, everyone seems to have taken you as a Green Lantern fairly well."

"Much better than I expected." Lena took a swig of her drink, her nose crinkling.

"Go easy on that stuff. I'm pretty sure it's toxic to humans." Kara stared inside her cup. "It may even be toxic to Kryptonians."

"Well, I have a little bit of an advantage with being a Green Lantern."

"How so?"

Lena tapped her ring. "Instant sober when I want, so I can drink as much as I want, enjoy the buzz, then get rid of it before the hangover hits."

"Wow, that's …" Kara leaned in closer. "Don't tell my sister. She'd probably kill for that."

Lena chuckled. "I know. The flying, phasing through walls, making objects with my mind, they're all fine powers but never getting another hangover, that's the best one."

At a knock on the door, Kara furrowed her brows as she stared through it. "What are they doing here?" She crossed the room opening the door to reveal a man and a woman. "Kal? What are you doing here?"

"I was invited," Superman replied. "You invited me."

"And me!" Lois said stepping into the apartment. "Wow, the place looks fabulous. I love this holiday."

"As do I," Superman said. "There's nothing like a celebration where everyone is in disguise."

"No costume for you today, Kara?" Lois asked.

"What?" She looked down at herself. "Oh, I forgot. I guess I came as myself. Actually," she took Superman by the arm, "can I speak to you privately for a moment? It's kind of important."

While the two Supers wandered to a quiet corner, Lois approached Lena, hand outstretched. "I'm Lois Lane."

"Yes, Miss Lane, I'm familiar with your work. I'm Lena Luthor."

"I know." Lois smiled brightly. "So, you're supposed to be the Green Lantern?"

Lena fiddled with her ring and laughed nervously. "Yes, my costume. It's, ah …" Her gaze faded off to the Supers before returning to Lois again. "I made it myself."

"Well, it looks great." Lois poured a ladle of punch into a cup.

"Be careful drinking that, Miss Lane. Alex made it, and we're fairly certain it's toxic to humans."

"Oh, got it. I'll be careful." Lois winked rather obviously at Lena before taking a sip. "Not bad. I've had stronger, but this is pretty good. What's that sweet flavor?"

"Candy corn. I think Alex wanted it to be extra festive." As the Supers approached, Lena stiffened.

Kara smiled as she stood partway between the other two heroes. "Lena, I'd like to introduce—"

"Superman," Lena said, her hands still fidgeting, "I realize your history with my family has been less than desirable—"

"Lena—" Kara started to say.

"... but please allow me to assure you that I have no ill intentions toward aliens."

"Lena—"

"As a matter of fact, your cousin, Supergirl, and I are on quite good terms. We've been friends for over a year, and—"

"Lena—"

"... I'm sure she can attest to how helpful I've been to this city and my overall intentions."

"Lena—"

"Also, the Guardians of the Universe have seen fit—"

"Lena!"

Frozen mid-sentence, Lena looked a Kara who was smiling, her brows furrowed. "Please, Kara, if I don't get this out right away, I'm going to freeze up later."

Kara patted Lena on the arm. "You'll just have to call this a test run, then. Lena, I'd like to introduce J'onn J'onnz. He's a Martian shapeshifter."

Frowning, Lena stared at the Superman look-a-like before turning to Lois. "So that is …?"

"M'gann M'orrz, also from Mars."

M'gann waved and took another sip of her drink.

"Oh, good Lord." Lena covered her face with her hand. "Maybe I'll sound like a bit less of an idiot when I actually speak to your cousin."

"One can hope," Kara mumbled.

"Miss Luthor," J'onn held out his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you in a less formal setting."

"You mean when my mother isn't trying to kill all alien life on Earth?"

"That's another way to put it. I must say, I've worked with Green Lanterns in the past, and your costume is excellent."

"Well," Lena looked over at Kara who smiled and nodded encouragingly, "it's not a costume." With a thought, her hood and mask reappeared.

"Oh." J'onn nodded. "Well, that explains the Lantern showing up so much in National City. That speaks very well of your character. It's quite an undertaking."

"Yes, another full-time job," Lena's mask and hood disappeared again, "just what I needed. However, I couldn't refuse the opportunity to do some real good for this quadrant. As much as I love making a difference with science, this feels more … tangible."

"I can understand that." J'onn nodded. "There is a difference between knowing you've made a difference a knowing you've made a difference."

"Exactly."

"Hey, you know what we should do?" Kara asked. "Group picture. Guys, hey, everyone. While Winn is still vertical … mostly … let's do a group picture."

They gathered together, and Maggie pulled out her phone. "I can take the photo."

"No, you should be in the picture," Lena replied. "Please, allow me." With a thought, a green glow ran out of Lena's ring, along the floor, and then up again to take the phone."

"Wow, you're like the ultimate selfie stick," Maggie said as she slid in between Lena and Alex.

Lena chuckled. "Yes, the guardians will be so pleased that I'm making good use of the ring's powers." She lined up her shot once everyone was in position. "Okay, everyone say superhero."

"Superhero!" the group said with bright smiles as the moment was commemorated.

Later that evening, Lena and Kara were out walking off the nearly endless supply of baked sweets. They held hands and enjoyed the cool night air of fall.

"Ugh, I shouldn't have had that last cupcake … or the one before it." Lena placed her hand on her stomach. "I'd say my costume is too tight except it is literally whatever size I need it to be."

"Yeah, even I'm feeling kind of full." When Lena stopped suddenly, Kara looked back at her. "What, I said 'kind of'."

When her hand was tugged, Lena began to walk again. "All right. For a moment there, I was starting to think M'gann snuck in and took your place. She and J'onn gave me quite the fright when they first showed up."

"But you didn't lose your costume. See, you'll be fine around Kal."

"Maybe." Lena shrugged. "I think I wasn't as scared as I could have been because I was too upset with you for inviting Superman and not telling me."

"I never would," Kara assured, shaking her head.

"I know, darling. You're one of the good ones."

They walked a bit further, and then Kara said, "Maybe you should take your mask off. Doesn't it get uncomfortable?"

"Not unless I want it to, and I don't. Also, unlike a certain Kryptonian, I don't show my face in public when I'm wearing my uniform."

"Well, you could take it off. You are wearing your clothes underneath."

"True, but then it would be Lena Luthor and Supergirl strolling down the street, and that would surely make the papers. Right now we probably look like two people out in costume."

"You don't think I'm recognizable?"

"Walking and holding hands with the Green Lantern?" Lena held up their joined hands. "I don't think anyone would believe it's you."

"What if," Kara cleared her throat, "What if I were kissing the Green Lantern; then would anyone believe it's me?"

"Well," Lena smiled, "there's only one way to find out."

Lena wrapped her arms around Kara's neck while the Super pulled her closer. They kissed once, hesitantly, before pulling back to look at each other, both smiling. When neither woman protested or stepped away, they kissed again deeper and longer. Lena's fingers were winding in Kara's hair while Kara held Lena by the hips, pulling the woman onto her toes and nearly off the ground. It was a good thing they could both fly.

"I hate to break this up," a man said as he pressed the muzzle of a pistol to Kara's head, "but give me your money."

"Is that … Is there a gun to my head?"

"Yes, we're being mugged." Lena sighed heavily. "And this used to be such a safe city … except for all of the assassination attempts."

"Hey, I think you brought the assassins with you."

Lena pushed Kara playfully, and the Super stumbled back with a smile.

"Well, that's not very nice. Don't go victim blaming."

"I just call them like I see them. The assassin ratio has increased by over 300% since you moved here."

"Hey!" The mugger pulled back the hammer on his weapon. "This is not a joke. Don't make me shoot you."

Lens struggled not to smile. "He's being serious. I think we're in trouble."

"Damn right you are! Now, money, jewelry, phones, whatever you have, hand it over."

"Well, drat." Lena patted along her abdomen and down her hips. "I seem to have left my wallet in my other uniform. What about you?"

Kara turned to the three thugs behind the first one. One man had a baseball bat, another a crowbar, and a third was opening and closing a flip knife. They looked varying levels of unpleasant. Kara smiled.

"Wow, we're even outnumbered. Whatever will we do?"

"Well," Lena considered, "we could give them a chance to surrender. That seems only sporting."

Kara nodded. "You heard the lady, boys. Put your weapons down, and we'll call the police. No one has to get hurt."

"Oh, someone is getting hurt." The gun wielder nodded at the man with a knife.

With a wicked smile on his face, the man flipped his knife open. "You should have just given us what we wanted. This is your fault." He pulled back his arm slightly, suddenly jabbing forward and stabbing Kara. There was a responding 'clink' noise, and the smile faded off of the man's face as he looked at Kara's unfazed expression. Trying twice more, he stabbed again and again with the same result. "It's … her costume if some kind of metal."

"Steel," Kara said as she floated a few inches above the ground, "and it isn't the costume."

All of the men's eyes widened, and they took a step back. When Lena floated up next to Kara, they broke moral, bumping off of each other in a rush to escape.

"They're running."

"And splitting up." Kara smiled at Lena. "I bet I can get my two before you get your two."

"What do I get if I win?"

Kara just smiled and lifted a bit higher into the air. "I'll guess you'll have to beat me to find out."

Two flashes, one blue and red and the other green, shot off in different directions. The chase was on, and no matter who won, the only losers would be the criminals of National City. A Super and a Luthor fighting crime together, who would have expected that?