A/N: Hey guys! Here is chapter 4 the epilogue series for 'Will You Be My Savior?' The next two chapters will be a two-parter with Savers and Supercorp fluff and date nights ;) For this one though, well, Kara gets an idea… Evidently, Lena as well… and let's just say, the super friends have ideas of their own.
Plus, a guest appearance by Lex!
Enjoy :D
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"Well?" Kara asked and waited with baited breath as she patiently watch the little bit of news sink in with her friends.
They were at Noonan's for lunch, in a little circular booth at the corner of the restaurant, a new installation added as they remodeled the place a few months ago. Winn had a huge grin on her face, James looked thoughtful for a moment but nodded his approval, and Lucy simply shook her head with a smile.
Alex couldn't be there, she was busy preparing for Jeremiah's upcoming surgery. Finally, finally they could remove the device Cadmus embedded inside him and they can start the processes of full-on recovery. Maggie was currently wrapped up in a case as well.
Hence why Alex already knew the night before.
Hell, Alex knew since they got back from Earth-1, as soon as the debriefing was over and before heading out to take to Kal about her plans. Maggie was brought into the loop the night before.
"Well, at least I'm here this time around." Lucy said with a smile, being the first to speak up again. "I'm kind of glad my current missions are set here for now. I wouldn't miss this moment for the world Kara."
"Trust me, I'm just glad you're back too." Kara commented. "And thank you Lucy."
"Thank me after I give Lena my incredibly delayed shovel talk."
"A little late, don't you think?" James then asked with a chuckle.
"Yes, well, it doesn't hurt to drive the point home. A friendly reminder." Lucy replied with a shrug.
James shook his head before turning his attention to Kara. "I'm happy for you Kara. And anything you need, you can count on us."
"Absolutely. Speaking of which, do you have anything in mind with how you want things to go down? A target date, anything?" Winn then asked.
Kara smiled. "Nothing much yet, at least on the date. I think my plans are more on the flexible side of things since the whole thing lynches on when Kal pulls through."
"Clark? You asked him for help already?" James then asked, genuinely curious. "I talked to him last night, he never mentioned anything about this just that he's currently trying to find some kind of rare stone."
Kara gave him a knowing smile in response. That should be enough of an explanation. Technically speaking, Kara asked Kal to help her find a sizeable ore of a certain type of gemstone they had on Krypton. It looked like a fire opal, in some sense, but made of completely different minerals. In some of the cracked Cadmus files, they found out that the gemstone doesn't have any undesirable effects on Kryptonians and humans alike. They found a small sample that was now lost through the explosion. But, thanks to the meteor shower that accompanied Kal's arrival, and a few fashion pieces that popped up in magazines in the last couple of years which contained tiny chips of it – both Kara and Kal agreed that it was most likely mistaken as earth's own opal thanks to impurities embedded in the chips – they knew for sure that there are some ores of it on earth.
Last option would be to visit their version of the bottled city of Kandor, but the last time Kal checked, they have very little of it left.
The gemstone was a derivative of Krypton's sunstone crystals, and at its purest it proudly displayed a rainbow that featured all of their planet's colors, even the kind that didn't exist in earth. Shades of blue, and pink, and purple, and green that no one has ever seen before. Oddly enough it was the opposite of opal in this sense. Opal's spectrum of colors is caused by impurities unlike Krypton's lookalike gemstone.
It was quite unique really.
And after a lengthy talk with Kal, he truly believes he could find one perfect for the ring Kara had in mind.
"What kind of special stone did you have in mind that only your cousin can help you?" Winn asked. "You're really taking ring shopping to brand new definitions, huh?"
"Trust me, when you see it, you'll understand why." Kara argued.
"And the metal band for the ring?" Lucy asked.
"Let's just say, the metal in the bars of the cell I was locked up in the first time Cadmus abducted me is getting reused in the best of ways." Kara then said. "Pre-approved by Alex already. It's mostly for experimental purposes. Kal knows where to get a similar but stronger metal here on earth but it's in limited supply. The definition of rare." Kara then before Winn could ask the question he looked like he was about to ask. "I would need your help in setting the stone. I mean, we'll also be needing to change it to color you might have never seen either, Kryptonian custom and all that Kal reminded me as he proposed the use of the Fortress for something else. Hence the experimental purposes. I figure we can waste the nonessential item we have a good amount of before testing the process out and making the ring with the rarer materials in case we epically fail the first few times." she then added with her best charming smile for Winn.
"I would be honored. Shall I engrave your names?" Winn then asked, taking it one step further.
"If it works for the design I have in mind?" Kara then replied.
"We can talk about it detail later." Winn then said with a grin.
"And us?" Lucy then asked, pertaining to James and herself.
"I'm guessing we're on reserve for when you set the place where you'll be bending a knee?" James guessed.
And Kara smiled and nodded.
"We're ready whenever." James then followed up and Kara couldn't be more excited than she was.
"Well?" Lena asked with a hopeful smile at Kate who was lounging at the couch of her office.
"It's a good plan." Kate started. "Although, I do ask, when did you come up with this idea because it is an incredibly elaborate plan?"
"I've been thinking about since Kara bought our watchtower." Lena noted. "And I've ran a few ideas on a couple of things with Felicity, Caitlyn, and Cisco back on when we were in Earth-1 – nothing in great detail, just vague questions on stones and metal bands and their idea of romantic dates. I have yet to ask Alex for her blessings, and Clark, and Eliza, but I do want to run it by you too."
"Oh Lena, I feel honored." Kate then said, standing up and giving her a brief curtsy before running up to her friend and giving her a hug. "Do know I'm happy for you."
"I know, I know." Lena then said.
"Can I write my speech now?" Kate then asked her with the biggest grin.
"Speech?" Lena then asked her doing her best to pretend that she has no idea what Kate was asking.
Kate quirked an eyebrow. "For the big day and all. Lena, we both know where all of this is heading to."
"That depends, will you include an anecdote of my brief moment of insanity after Kara first kissed me before that Wayne Foundation ball?"
"Maybe?" Kate responded.
"How about we focus on the ring first?" Lena then said, changing the topic. Kate was right, if Kara said yes – and a normal person would ask why on earth Kara would even dare say no, but with all honesty Lena knows that there are days when she still couldn't believe her luck that Kara loved her too – and things go smoothly, of course she wouldn't even need to ask what role she would be fulfilling for the big day. She already knew without saying.
And Lena was all kinds of excited and happy, and boy oh boy was she also kind of scared – the good kind of scared that is – because she's really going for this. For something she never even realized she wanted to have one day.
Something she never thought would be possible to even have one day.
"Shall I ready the jet?" Kate immediately asked with a smug smile. "I know you, Lena, you'll be going all out. And I know you want to give your lovely Kryptonian girlfriend the best that earth could ever offer."
"Well, I do have a few things in mind." Lena then said and that was that.
Looks like they're going all out for international ring shopping.
"What do you mean you'll be gone the entire weekend? What if we need back up on anything?" Alex asked as she walked with Kate down the halls of the DEO and into her lab space. They just finished a training session and Alex wanted to check on Jeremiah's status before they head to the dive bar. It was kind of their thing now, the superfriends hanging out at the alien dive bar on Thursday nights, Alex beats Winn at every single game of pool, Kate flirts all night with the ladies whenever she was there – she's been spending her time split between National City and Gotham a lot lately – and sometimes J'onn would pop-up to join them. Tonight was a big night since this is the first time Lucy was properly going to spend time with them before Game Night on Friday at Kara and Lena's watchtower.
"Lena needs me for something." Kate simply replied with a shrug. "Besides, telling you I'll be away is a courtesy, Alex, and a benefit of being my friend. I've made it clear a thousand times before, I'll always be glad to help you guys out but I'm not part of the DEO. I'm free to do what I please."
"Huh, Winn's thinking of skipping out himself tonight. He said he's working on something Kara asked her to do." Maggie noted as she soon joined the two. "So how's Montoya?" she then asked Kate with a teasing smile.
And Kate huffed. "We are not dating. We are not a thing… anymore… How many times do I have to tell you this?" she asked, sounding rather exasperated.
Because it was the truth, her ex-girlfriend and ex-GCPD detective-turned-vigilante needed her help for something. It was more of the new Question needing Batwoman's help in Hub City for something and Kate gladly provided the assist. Turns out she ended up needing her help too.
But of course, of course, Maggie was having the best of times teasing her about it.
"Um, babe, you do remember, we've talked briefly about the whole thing…" Alex whispered to Maggie. Kate could easily guess this has something to do with what was keeping Winn busy. The thing Kara asked him to do.
"Oh, oh gosh, sorry. That stuff slipped my mind. You and Kara started talking in technical terms and I zoned out for a second."
"Wait, what's going on?" Kate then asked, her curiosity about the matter getting the best of her.
"Nothing, Kane, nothing that concerns you." Alex quickly replied.
"I don't know Danvers, sounds like it might. I'm guessing this has something to do with Lena too." Kate then quickly replied.
"Alex, when are you planning to tell me about Kara's request to use those metal bars we've taken from one of Cadmus' labs for some experiments?" J'onn then said as he walked up to them storming out of one of the labs along the hall.
"I'm still filling up the forms." Alex replied, a crinkle forming between her brows, look of confusion on her face.
"I didn't tell him anything, I promise!" Winn quickly zoomed out of the lab J'onn came from. "He… well, he can read minds after all."
"That thing is evidence. We have more of its ores in stock somewhere at the old base, I'm sure Agent Lane would gladly assist with having that moved here." J'onn then said and the brief flash of worry in Alex's eyes was whisked away.
The worry returned however when J'onn went on to say, "I'll gladly help you out in making that metal band and providing you whatever I can provide for what you need for what Kara would essentially use for the ring. Just don't chip away at evidence, no matter how unbreakable they are. Cadmus is gone, but still, we have policies and protocols for a reason."
"Did you say ring?" Kate then asked with a grin, not missing a beat as she put two and two together.
"What ring? No one said anything about a ring." Winn tried to cover up.
"I'm not deaf, Schott." Kate pointed out before smirking at Alex. "I see Kara's planning something big."
"I swear, if you tell Lena anything… this is supposed to be a surprise!" Alex replied.
Kate simply shrugged. She could respond that Lena was planning to do the same thing but she'd rather have more fun with things. "Care to make a wager?" Kate asked.
"Wager? On what?" Alex then asked.
And J'onn sighed. "You're honestly going to make a betting game on who's proposing to who first?" he asked almost sounding amused.
"Wait, wait. What?" Winn then said.
"That's why Lena needs you on something!" Alex figured out.
"Are you guys telling me that our two lovesick lovebirds are planning to do the same thing the same time?" Maggie then asked with a chuckle.
"Wait, did I hear something about Lena and Kara? You guys said favorite love birds. What's going on?" Agent Vasquez then said as she walked towards them. Kate saw her passing by earlier, she supposed they could be more discrete about talking about this.
"Can we move this someplace else before my whole supposedly covert government agency finds out about the entirety of this?" J'onn then said.
And so they did.
It didn't stop news from getting out though, that is, to their friends all over Earth-38 and Earth-1.
"How are you guys even getting your money if you win?" Dick asked through the line, addressing Cisco, Barry, and Iris from the multiverse line. Kate has no idea how it quickly escalated to this but Winn did some magic and voila, multiverse three-way calls between Earth-1 Central City, Earth-38 National City, and Earth-38 Gotham City in a conference room that J'onn can basically make Kryptonian-proof so Kara can't spy on them.
Or for that matter, how Dick, Tim, and Barbara were pretty much nonchalant about the whole thing as well. They didn't even meet in person during the time they were here. Just talked through the coms during the Blight invasion. Now they were all chummy.
"Uh, I can breach through worlds whenever I want to. It won't be a problem and last time I checked, we have the same currency." Cisco replied. "'Sides we can always visit each other. If there's a will, there's a way."
"How about no one wins any money and let's just have fun betting on the happiness of our favorite couple?" Alex then offered. "Winner gets bragging rights."
"Oooh, how about an artifact from each one of us joining the pool? I always wanted a batarangs. And getting one from another earth would be cool." Cisco then said.
"How about 'no'?" Kate then replied.
"How about this, winner or winners will have the losers buy them a drink whenever they want or get to see each other?" Iris offered.
"I'm with Alex on the bragging rights." J'onn then said.
"I don't know, the drink doesn't sound so bad." Maggie countered said.
"Fine, bragging rights and a drink from each of the losers." Alex then sighed.
"Okay then, now that that's settled, how about we draw up a contract that says we can't interfere with the couple's plans just to win and get to the part where we place our bets already. Otherwise, we'll be late for a meet up at the dive bar."
"Oh man, I miss the alien dive bar." Barry then said. "Are things quiet tonight? I think we can swing by for a few hours."
"Wow, crossing worlds already, huh?" Dick then said. "Is everything quiet on our end?" he then asked Barbara, clearly thinking the same thing Barry was thinking.
"Yes, all of you pop up and make this evening totally inconspicuous of anything we could possibly be up to." Kate then deadpanned.
"Hey, this was your idea." Alex commented.
"And you allowed it to get to this point. You're supposed to oppose all of my ideas, Danvers." Kate then joked, thinking back to the times Alex was all but ready to do just that.
Those days have certainly gone by.
Now, the storm has passed and sunny days are what they have to treasure.
And what better way but support their friends' happiness in the strangest of ways.
Life moved in mysterious ways. It loved to take strange turns, thrown unsuspecting twists and all.
And his strange morning only proved that one belief correct.
Lex had been so used to the company of the mild-mannered Clark Kent across the thick layers of glass that separated them, the two playing chess, for his Friday afternoons. So what was Lex to do when it wasn't Clark but Kara Danvers who walked into the little area behind the glass that locked him inside his cell?
He knew he already had to hand it in his old friend for convincing the right people to allow him as an exempt visitor. Someone Superman trusted could help bring Lex to the side of good again.
Truly, he was getting spoiled for getting another visitor.
"So what did the boyscout have to say or promise to let you stroll in here?" Lex asked her but she didn't reply.
"I'm here for a special interview for Catco. Not on you but Superman, but you're strongly related to Superman's history." Kara finally relented after a few minutes of silence.
"And I don't suppose that so-called piece would ever see the light of day?" Lex asked. He knew it was just a cover story. Something Kara Danvers – or should he say Kara Zor-El? – could very easily say was trashed by her editor.
Although he supposed, it wasn't that bad to have the change in company. He knew and understood that the last time he saw Supergirl was during the whole thing with Cadmus. He had to admit, her glare was the same, that look that dared Lex to even try and hurt her or Lena, that confidence that shone behind the blue eyes that said he would undoubtedly fail.
At least somethings never change.
"Lena?" he asked as Kara finished setting the pieces on the floor. He couldn't touch them, he wasn't allowed to. He usually told Clark to move the piece he wanted moved on the other side of the glass as they chatted about mundane things.
Stupid things.
Things they once upon a time spent hours upon hours talking about and discussing when they were still who they were back then. The best of friends in a quiet but strange town.
"Not coming." Kara replied, simple, short, and sufficient. "But she's doing well." she added with a sigh.
"And, what's his name again, Conner?" Lex asked. "I have to say, good name. Who picked it again? My sister, I believe?"
"He's doing amazingly well without you so don't you even think about it." Kara replied, her tone dropping down to something even more formal than before. "Don't think about him or anything about him."
She couldn't exactly start spewing out threats. They were under surveillance after all. So they have to play the game of pretending to be something they're not.
"He is kin. I care. Is that hard to believe?" Lex asked.
"No. But you have a funny way of showing you care to people." Kara pointed out.
"Fair enough." Lex replied as he settled down on the floor, sitting as close as he could to the glass. Kara did the same and the two started to play their game while carrying out their cold conversation.
"And my niece?" he then asked with a bit of a teasing tone, trying to get a rise out of Kara.
Kara took a deep breath. "If you breach that topic again in any way that pops in your head, Mr. Luthor, I promise you, it will be the last thing you utter." she said in a muted tone.
"Before?" Lex pressed on.
However Kara was smart enough not to bite and Lex sighed.
"If you're here to ask questions, ask them already Ms. Danvers." Lex prompted, and Kara did.
Lex was barely paying attention to much of it really, he was on auto-pilot in that sense. They were, after all, well-scripted questions that many people had tried to ask him before with regards to Superman. It almost felt like Lois Lane herself prepped Kara if he were being honest, perhaps Cat Grant as well?
For the most part of their game, Lex was winning. Although, he had to admit to himself, it looked like Kara was barely trying to play the game at all. He was simply going through the motions of it.
"There's something more, isn't there?" Lex then asked.
"Nothing more." Kara replied. "But since you asked, I do want to make sure we're still clear about one thing."
"Oh, and what is it?"
"Lena is happy. I don't know if you understand what that's like, but she is. She's happy and safe and loved by all her friends, her family."
"And I do suppose you?" Lex interjected and Kara gave a firm nod.
"I love her. And I will love her even until the last day the sun would set her on earth. I love her warmth, I love her smile, and if you ever do anything that would make her cry again, or make her feel despair again… if you so ever think or conceive of anything that would threaten all of that, I have a prison in mind that would serve you well." Kara then said.
Ah, yes, the Phantom Zone. Where else could she mean? Lex thought to himself before taking a deep breath himself.
The threats were unprompted, although he did try to get under her skin earlier. It was his job after all, as the big brother that is. It was him testing the water.
And Kara was making it abundantly clear, for some reason, that she won't let him get away with anything to ruin their happiness. She was making the point in his time of clarity that his madness will never harm them, ever, again.
She won't even allow it to touch them.
"And my mother? I'm not the only threat." Lex then pointed out, a blank expression on his face.
"You're the only one Lena cares about." Kara then said much to his surprise. "And you're the only one she secretly holds out hope for, a hope to become the brother she once had again."
Lex wasn't expecting the turn in their conversation. He took comfort in knowing he was right, that there was something more she had wanted to say. They continued playing, Lex gathering his thoughts as Kara went on to speak.
"I'll cherish her forever. I'll fight for her, until my dying breath, you know that." she said. "And that part of you that loves her, that tiny little miniscule sliver of goodness left in you, also knows I'm not lying about that. She means the world to me and I'll do everything I can to give her that. The world and all of the good things in it. Not in the same way I imagine you would want it to bend for you, but in the way that's just. In the way she deserves. And I won't let anyone, you're mother, some other sociopath, or you ruin that. I won't let harm come to her, I'll protect her in my arms always. I'll love her, and I'll keep choosing her, above everything, above anything, always."
Lex simply nodded.
He was getting a better idea of what this was all about.
And oh, there was that part of him. The part he thought he'd lost, he had killed and buried away, that part that wished things were different. The part that wanted to tease and give Kara a hard time and a stern talking to for dating her sister. For wanting to be with her.
There was that long forgotten part of him, crying out now, wondering how things could have been. Nights at a dive bar with an out of place Clark as the two of them could have talked about her sister and his cousin getting together and how good they could have been together or playing with pool with Kate Kane, teasing the lovely couple. They would have made bets on how they would start dating way back when, take turns interrogating Kara to prove she was worthy enough.
Yes that part of him that Lena loved. The part that was Lex, her big brother. That part that truly loved his sister.
It was clawing out of the darkness, leaving a painful trail of regret and sorrow and wishes he's never sure will come true.
That part that at times leaves him awake at night wondering if it was all truly lost, or if it ever really was?
He could never atone for all his crimes, for all his sins.
And there were still times he couldn't trust, his faith in humanity and in his friends, in the people who loved him, overshadowed by greater ideals that poisoned his thoughts, clouded his judgement, and blinded him completely.
Lex smiled. Yes, he was getting it.
And in his moment of clarity he would allow himself to admit that perhaps Kara truly was the worthy one for his sister. The only person he'll ever trust with Lena.
"That's quite the vow, Ms. Danvers." he then commented as he snapped out of his thoughts and realized that he had been caught in a trap.
Kara pulled off a checkmate move that Lena loved to use against him.
He looked at her approvingly after that.
Looks like she truly pays attention to her too.
"I intend to keep every word of it." Kara replied adamantly.
Lex chuckled. "You better." he then said.
That was enough.
That was all he was going to give her of his blessing and approval.
The two remained silent as Kara cleared up, Lex completely immersed in his own thoughts.
"I don't need the details Ms. Danvers, just make sure you pick a ring worthy of her. A setting fit for her happily ever after and the many stories of love and dreams and hope and all those fine things to come." Lex then said just before Kara turned to leave. He gave her one last look and Kara gave a firm nod in response.
"I still believe that maybe you can be part of that narrative." Kara said before she left.
And Lex knew what was left unsaid too. He had to prove himself first.
He soon found himself on his bed, eyes closed a different kind of frustration forming inside him as the never-ending battle of light and darkness took its course.
He felt like he was getting soft. A weakness he chastised.
But the warmth it felt he welcomed.
The warmth of knowing that Kara asked for his blessing to marry his sister I their unspoken ways. The silent respect she gave him, something he knew he didn't deserve, not after everything.
Lex took another deep breath and sighed.
Damned Kryptonians. Damned Supergirl. Damn her kindness. Damn her light. Damn this stupid crusade of winning their enemies and dragging them to live in the light.
He would argue with himself, hate it, despise it, and come close to actually convincing himself he was the heartless monster that his father and mother created him to be.
But he would fail that night.
And the next night.
And the next.
Because the seed of hope was starting to sprout, the light was starting to tear away at the darkness.
And all of a sudden he understood what great power Kara Zor-El truly had.
And what great luck that she fell in love with his sister.
Because in her hands, he had nothing to worry about.
And perhaps, just perhaps, brighter days would surely come.
Even for him.
UPNEXT: A very cute Sanvers date and talks about the story's main event; domestic Supercorp with Laura… and many more ;)
PS: the stone Kara asked Kal/Clark to look for… yeah… I made that up :P But opal is my birthstone and I'm rather fascinated by its many colors that it just felt perfect for it, a galaxy of colors unknown for the most special person in Kara's life and all
PPS: About the betting shenanigans… yeah, it's not gonna turn out as you hope for. Let's just say, I'm putting a spin on this rather useful fanfic trope for the side characters, if you guess how this will come into play, kudos to you!
PPPS: I'm still trying to figure out what ring Lena will get for Kara, suggestions and recs are welcome :P It won't pop up again until around chapter 8-ish