Keira, aka Bizarro, lay in her bed in the guest room of Casa Grant, surrounded by Kara, Cat, Alex, and Astra, with Indigo, aka "tech support" examining the clone. On Krypton, Indigo was one of a series of what could be called on earth human computers, each more powerful than 20 IBM Watsons. But she rebelled and, very long story short, wound up in Fort Rozz. When the prisoners crashed, Indigo had one objective: destroy the Earth.

But something happened after repeated battles with Supergirl. Indigo kidnapped Cat Grant's young son, Carter. The teenager and the Kryptonian villain got close, playing chess and video game, and talking about life on each other's planets. When Supergirl finally found them, with Cat in tow, instead of finding a boy tortured by a heartless cyborg, they found Carter and Indi..the name that Carter gave her...deep into trying inhalate each other via a rousing game of Call To Duty. The clone known as Bizarro, aka the young woman who looks like Kara Danvers named Kiera, lay on the California King bed, naked as a jaybird, or at least that would be the phrase Kara's foster mom would used. Kiera was surrounded on the bed by Kara, her boss/girlfriend Cat Grant, her Aunt Astra, and her foster sister Alex.

Hovering over the cloned woman was Indigo, a Kryptonian whose skin matched her name. Indigo is a living breathing computer, part of a group of Brainiacs which were used on Krypton to help its leaders until the Brainiacs revolted and turned murderous. Indigo was Brainiac 8. She continued her murderous ways until she kidnapped Cat's teenage son Carter. Indigo became very protective of the boy for some reason, and when Supergirl and Cat caught up them, the cyborg surrendered Carter to his mother. Then she said "I cannot destroy this planet anymore, now I must save it." Then Indigo took off. Still pursued by the Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO), Indigo's only contacts with the outside world are Carter, Cat...who is eternally grateful for Carter being safe, and Kara, aka Supergirl, how still has an issue or two with the Cyborg.

Indi's fingers were used as sensors, sending information about the clone to the cyborg's brain centers. Brain activity, skin, body responses, all being registered. That the assembled knew...it was why Indi was there. But there was something else Indi was registering: the overall way that the other women were looking at Kiera, in that gentle, caring, concerned way that was very rare on Krypton. But more. The smiles that Kara and Cat gave to each other. The way Alex occasionally kissed the shoulder of Astra. Just this overall sense of...the only word that came into the cyborg's mind was love.

Even Kara, the cyborg's sworn enemy, smiled at her occasionally, as if encouraging Indigo. For the blue-skinned cyborg, it was all very...strange.

Still, Indi continued her examination of the clone, and when she was finished, the cyborg announced to the room that she want a word in private with the four surrounding the clone.

"STOP!" The five women turned and they saw Kiera who had sat up from the bed for the first time since she arrived at the Grant home. "If you are talking about me, I need to know. I need to know..." Kiera was adamant, so it was agreed that she would join everyone in the den where explanations would be given.

Meanwhile, Leslie and Winn were lounging on the sectional, after taking care of breakfast dishes, pots, and pans. They were both sipping on big bottle of Dr Pepper as the discussion began to center on their rather complicated relationships...

"The one thing I don't get...we seem to have a great time together, but that's it," said Winn, "And I wish it were more, because you are a lot of fun. I felt that before you...well..."

"Before I became a walking nuclear power plant?" Les chuckles at the LiveWire reference, and Winn follows suit as the blonde continues. "I know that you still have the hots for Kitty Cat and SuperK (two of the two pet names Leslie has for her two main lovers), not to mention The Banshee. And believe it or not, it's alright. I'm not jealous..because even if I lose one or both to you, at least I lost them to a nice guy..."

"Thanks, and though you will never admit it, you're a sweet person too. Though I have to admit, Kara does have an effect on people. Take Alex and Astra. They are in love with each other like no one I've ever seen before, but I also know she has a thing for that Henshaw guy. Not to mention..."

"I know, Winn, I know. But she hasn't acted on that yet. And if she does, it's not legal...they're foster sisters..."

Suddenly footsteps interrupt the pair's discussion as Cat makes the pronouncement, "OK, we have stuff to talk about..."

Lord Technologies HQ

Board Room...about the same time

Four men sat at the table. Mayoral candidate Jim Norcross. Lord Tech CEO Maxwell Lord. General Sam Lane. Commander Non, though he no longer sports his Kryptonian uniform, but i s wearing a suit and tie.

Last night was not a good night for these men. The riot outside of the rally supporting Norcross was planned. Brilliantly. But then a certain pair of superheroes showed up. Supergirl they knew. But this new one...this LiveWire. Wasn't she one of the bad ones?

They sit at the table, staring at each other. And they were concerned. Not at the fact that Supergirl and her protege showed up last night. Not that they flew away before Norcross, Lord, and company could forced the pair into a rather awkward photo op. But they are worried. Lord had suspicions about who both Supergirl and LiveWire were, not to mention that the objects of said suspicions were very close to Cat Grant. He also had suspicions about the current condition of the wife of Non...that she was not dead...and that all those suspicions led directly back to Supergirl and Grant.

Then there was that experimental clone Lord sent to kill Supergirl. That went well, didn't it?

And so there they were, doing Saturday morning quarterbacking on what happened.

"It did go well. Myriad worked perfectly." Non did seemed pleased about that part.

Lane added, "And Supergirl showed up at the right time, just too bad that alien and her sidekick didn't stick around for the photo op..." As for Norcross himself, he was silent as a morgue. Just sitting and observing. The candidate knew his place and he also knew how to keep quiet.

Max Lord, on the other hand, did not join in the positive vibe in the boardroom. He was on Johnny Walker Red #3 and it wasn't even 9 in the morning. But then, the man had a lot on his mind. Lane asked what was on the man's mind. He had to ask...

"Well, let's see. We all know that Cat Grant's right hand woman is Supergirl. We know that they have some connection with DEO outside of her sister...the one connection I do not have. Henshaw's disappeared....your daughter...(Lord points to the General at this point)...is acting like Bernie Sanders cleaning up the place. Your dear departed mate (sarcasm dripping like a leaky faucet as he now points to Non) may not be that dead, and there maybe a connection with Supergirl there..." Lord takes another sip of Red, before he continues. "...and there is the Bizarro project...whereabouts unknown..." Lord begins to motion like he was going to throw that glass had against the wall, but then thinks better of it. Good whisky cost money.

Lane: "We're trying to find out what happened. The security at Cadmus is state of the art. We don't know how the project got away. We're questioning everyone, Max...we should know something soon."

Lord: "Non can handle Cadmus. You just take care of family."

Lane: "As much as I can. Remember, I'm about to become the father-in-law of one of...them..."

Non spoke up. "We just need to make sure that the project to terminated...with prejudice. That would also include Supergirl and anyone connected with her. And that would include my wife...if she is alive.

Lord: "Would that include your daughter, General...?"

Lane closed his eyes for a second, then looked Lord straight into his. "As I said Max, I already am about to become the father in-law of one Kryptonian. I will do what I have to do to make sure that does not happen again."

Lord then looked at Non. We was not as much puzzled by what he said. After all, he was talking about his wife.

"Our marriage was arranged. We never took the bonding vows..that would have bound us and other loved ones for life. If need be, the death of Astra would not be a concern to me."

And as Maxwell Lord nodded and took another sip of Red, Jimmy Norcross continued to sit quietly, expression blank as ever.

Grant House

Eight people were gathered around the large TV screen: Kara, Cat, and Leslie. Alex and Astra. WInn. Indigo. And seated in a chair separate from everyone, the guest of honor, Kiera. The clone was very quiet, taking in the scene in front of her. Everyone was very serious, but there were gestures: Kara kissing Cat on the cheek, Leslie holding Kara's hand...emitting a brief spark of energy and Kara briefly closing her eyes as she felt that energy absorbed in her Kryptonian body, Alex and Astra exchanging glances with the occasional kiss on the lips, and even Winn who traded winks with Kara and Cat looked on and seemed to smirk in definitely approval. It was clear that something unique was filtering through the room...some could call it love. It seem to hang on every molecule of the house, and it was something that Kiera truly wanted to feel for herself.

Even the woman colored in blue with flaming red hair and a red cap felt the power of this force, but in a different way. Like Kiera, it seemed that the woman they called Indigo...or Indi for short...seemed to want to feel what the others felt. Or at least Kara's doppleganger seemed to sense it. Or maybe it was something else.

In any case, everyone settled down, with Indi adjusting the wool cap she was wearing that covered her forehead. Cat asked for the blinds to be drawn to darken the room just a bit. Indi mentioned something about downloading Chromecast into her mainframe...whatever that meant...but she said she had to look still and straight to the TV screen. When the static cleared and the picture straightened, there was a 3-D impression of a brain. Indi said it was Kiera's.

Indi stared straight ahead at the screen. It was the way that used to project images from her brain to the screen she used her mind to highlight certain portions of the image, move it around, etc.

The alien went right to the point. "First, as you can see in the area I highlighted, there was an attempt to clear Bizzaro's memory. It was partially successful...it eliminated most of her short and medium term memory. But as I said, it was only partially successful. Already much of her short and medium-range memory is returning. It's why, Kara and Ms. Grant, that she remembered you and CatCo..." Kara and Cat smiled at that, and Kiera returned the smile.

"There are a few things, however that I had found. The first part...," as Indi's mind turned the image around, "...is that there is a large area where long term and some short term memory is stored. That is the area in red."

"That's a large area," said a curious Les.

"Yes. The fact is that I could not access it. It is as if something is protecting that area."

"What do you mean..?" Kiera seemed more than a little afraid at this. She knew she was not holding back anything intentionally, and she seemed afraid that people would think that, but what Indi said next seemed to ease her mind: "I don't think that Bizzaro is hiding something intentionally. I can detect there are memories there but something seems to be...the best word I can think of is...protecting them..."

"How can you tell...?" was Alex's question, but Astra had an answer: "Brainiacs link Indigo have vast computer abilities, including means to examine one physically. Before we left Krypton, I had the opportunity to use Indigo's abilities. One thing you should know, little one...brainiacs may be dangerous, but they are incapable of lying."

But it was the last thing that Indi mentioned that really opened eyes. As the image expanded, the blue alien mention physiology. "If you notice, there are many similar traits that Bizarro shares with Kryptonians, Earthers, and even Martians. But there are differences, one most prominent, if you notice here," Indi highlighted the area where the heart would be. "There are two. What that means is that Bizzaro is not and Earther, a Kryptonian, or a Martian. She is a different being altogether..."

You could hear a pin drop on that note...

TBC

Coming: two more familiar characters, and much bonding.

The usual disclaimers. The mistakes are mine

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