Last Daughter of Krypton - Yesterday's Child
(From Metropolis, 2010)
After accidentally releasing the Kandorians from their blue crystal prison, Kara and Clark were at a loss to decide what to do with them. Clark and Kara debated their kinsmen's fate, finally coming to an agreement that would let the Kandorians survive by fending for themselves.
Kara had begun to settle the Kandorians on their new plot of land. Oliver had bought them an old abandoned farm not far from the Kent spread. The soil was still good, though it would need to be plowed thoroughly and turned over to enable new growth.
Zod, Fiona, and Faora gawked at the old beaten up structure that would be their new home. "You can't be serious, daughter of Zor El." Fiona complained as Kara beamed. "We are warriors, not farmers." Zod snarled. "Then you will learn, or starve." Kara said smugly.
"You mock us, Kara?" Faora hissed. "No! Everyone on Earth has the same opportunity." The alien beauty countered. "Kal El and I have to work my step aunt's farm every day. You seem like reasonably smart people. You can use tools and learn the processes just like everyone else."
Faora was pissed! She quickly grabbed a shovel and struck Kara across the back with it. Naturally, the shovel snapped in half, and Kara barely noticed the blow. The spaded end sailed over Zod's head, and the remainder of the shovel, now a shattered rod of wood, was in Faora's hands. Kara turned on the young assassin, and grabbed her by the throat.
Kara lifted Faora easily a foot or more above the ground with one outstretched hand. "Don't do that!" She growled. "Now you've ruined your tool and you'll need a new one." Zod's eyes widened as Fiona's mouth dropped open. "Major, she has the powers!"
"That she does, Fiona." Zod agreed, placing his hand on his chin, and rubbing it. "Kara Zor El possesses the strength and abilities of the yellow sun as her father predicted long ago." Kara put the cursing Faora down and glared at Zod and Fiona. This was not going well at all, she mused.
"Yes, Kal El and I have some abilities that were to give us the advantage we needed to survive on Earth." Kara confirmed. "Will we acquire these abilities?" Zod wondered aloud. "I sincerely hope not!" Kara hissed. "You certainly haven't shown me the ability to act responsibly."
"You dare lecture Major Zod, daughter of Zor El?" Fiona argued. "No, Kara's right, Fiona. We must simply learn to go along to get along. This is not our world." Zod said, and of course he was lying. "How do you expect us to survive without any superior abilities?"
Faora questioned her, following Zod's lead. "Billions of Earth's people exist every day without any special powers at all." Kara pointed out sternly. "For now, you'll be under Kal El and I's protection. No one should bother you as you assimilate."
"You'll leave us here to rot, like a science experiment gone bad?" Fiona complained. "No, not at all." Kara smirked. "Wait here." She zipped away, startling the Kandorians. "Speed and strength are very useful powers to have." Zod commented to the women.
"Except that Kal El and Kara are the only ones that have them." Faora whined. "We have to exercise patience, Faora and Fiona. Eventually, we will have Kal El and Kara's abilities. I will make certain of it." Zod promised blindly. He had no idea how to accomplish that.
"Do you remember how we got here, Major?" Fiona inquired. "Not particularly. I remember being on the battlefield with Jor El tending to our wounds. We were injected with something."
"I blacked out. That's all that I can recall." Zod explained. "I thought that we may have been killed, but how is that possible?" Fiona questioned.
"We know that the vaunted Kryptonian Council forbid taking a life under any circumstances. My guess is that Jor El and Zor El put us into a type of suspended animation." Zod informed them. "Perhaps they used cryogenics. That could explain the bizarre blue crystal in Kara's home." Faora speculated. "If so, then there could be other Kandorians around." Fiona added.
Kara returned presently with two arms full of supplies. She dumped them out onto the dusty floor of the old ranch house. "This is some food and clothing that I scrounged up to get you started." She explained. "I had to guess at the girls' sizes. We can always tailor them later."
"Rags? Leftovers?" Fiona grumbled. "Now Fiona, Kara is just trying to help." Zod said sarcastically. "This is your link to Earth society." Kara continued as she used her super speed to set up a basic computer system for the irate Kandorians.
"Keys? Boards?" Faora examined the computer and hardware. "This is truly a prehistoric society." Fiona remarked sourly. "You geniuses built BRAINIAC." Kara said dryly. "Look how great that worked out. This is a basic library of everything you need to know on Earth."
Kara assumed that the Internet would keep them all busy and out of her hair for a while. There was so much information out there for the Kandorians to learn, that they might be busy for years just getting caught up. The risks were also great, Kara silently admitted.
Kara hurriedly set up their plumbing, electricity, and heating and air conditioning utilities. Chloe had provided her with fake documents for the Kandorians. She tried not to think about the fact that it was illegal to do so. In this case, the rules had to be bent.
"Thank you Kara." Zod said smoothly. "By the way, why weren't Jor El, Zor El, Lara, and Allura saved?" Kara swallowed hard, knowing that Zod was just trying to goad her into something. "My mother, Allura, and Zor El chose to save me, and instructed me to take care of Kal El, out of respect for Jor El and Lara, whom I loved dearly."
"By the time that I got to Earth, Kal El was grown and had been raised by my step aunt, Martha Kent and her husband Jonathan." Kara repeated the story for the first time in years. "Interesting." Zod placed his hands behind his back and paced back and forth, lost in thought.
"Do you think any other Kryptonians, Kandorians, or Argonites survived?" Faora grilled, following Zod's lead. "Not that I know of." Kara knew better than to volunteer any information that might eventually help the Kandorians in their quest for power.
"I still don't understand why you and Kal El don't simply rule Earth." Fiona was looking for another argument. "Because we have no wish to." Kara deadpanned.
"We consider ourselves guests of the Earth people, not invaders or conquerors."She added.
"That's okay, Kara." Zod grinned evilly. "We understand that not everyone was meant to rule." Faora matched Zod's dark smile. Kara ignored the barb and continued to program the Kandorian's computer. "Don't you and Kal El get bored not using your powers?" Faora asked, as she continued to badger Kara. "It has its moments." Kara replied vaguely.
"We have our friends to help keep us busy." Kara said absently. "Friends are something you'll never have unless you change your attitudes." She lectured the Kandorians. "Yes, I believe we saw some of them." Zod probed. "Kal El has chosen the Earth woman Lois Lane as his consort." Kara nodded. "Yes, Lois is his girlfriend."
"Why haven't you taken an Earth mate?" Fiona pried. "Because I'm too young." Kara didn't want to get into this with the Kandorian malcontents. "Nonsense. That's just what Kal El tells you." Zod goaded. "When the Major's mother bore him, she was about your age." Faora added, further irking Kara. "Yeah, well I still haven't seen all of Earth yet. I plan to travel." Kara countered. "There, you'll be all set." She finished programming their system.
"Or is the truth more likely to be that you find Earth males too fragile or weak to mate with?" Faora challenged. "I'm sure that I'll find the right man eventually." Kara was getting fed up with this line of conversation. The Kandorians were getting on her nerves, which was obviously their intention. "I have to go. If you have any questions, here's my cell phone number."
She left a business card that Jimmy had made for her on the table. Kara dashed away, thankfully free of the annoying Kandorians. Zod, Faora, and Fiona reluctantly began to clean up their new home, vowing to one day take over Earth and make Kara and Kal El rue the day that they arrived.
"They have some weaknesses, Major." Faora pointed out. "Yes, I know." Zod affirmed. "We will eventually exploit them." Fiona sat on the dilapidated couch. "Maybe we can somehow turn Kara against Kal El, or vice versa." She speculated. "Perhaps…" Zod agreed.