A prompt from baratta jennifer
Lena walked into the DEO and couldn't help but laugh.
The Superfriends (minus Kara and James who were on their way back from a Catco meeting) were sprawled out at the control center.
Alex and Maggie were slumped in their chairs, Winn was literally lying over one of the desks, and Mon-El was on the ground.
Of course, the CEO couldn't blame them. It was stifling.
"No air conditioning?" Lena teased. "Surely a secret government agency-"
"Don't even think about finishing that sentence, Luthor," Alex growled. "We're just waiting for stinkin' Kara and James to get here."
Lena laughed and leaned against a desk. "So, what was so important that you called us all here during working hours, Mr. Schott?"
Winn just moaned, refusing to speak in his sweaty agony.
"Golly, it's hot in here," Kara swooped in, setting James down. There was another whoosh and Kara had changed out of her suit and into her civilian clothes. "What are we doing today, Winn?"
Winn peeled himself off the desk. "I found the coolest place in the DEO today. Literally." He mumbled blearily. "So let's go."
Kara looked to Alex who just waved her forward, too hot to explain.
Winn led them down multiple hallways and down a flight of stairs until they came to a door. It wasn't special, just gray and definitely DEO-ish.
"Violà," Winn said, with a small, lazy flourish.
Kara stepped forward and hesitantly pushed the door open. She froze. "Oh my-"
"Is it a dog?" Lena asked.
James stepped up next to Kara and looked over her shoulder. He turned, smiling, to Winn. "I'm impressed."
Winn bowed slightly and wiped his sweaty brow.
Mon-El opened his mouth but at that moment Kara's image blurred as she super-speeded into the room. A split second later they all heard a splash.
"What the-" Maggie raced in, everyone following behind her.
Admittedly, Lena's mouth fell open.
It was a pool. A big one. A big, blue pool. In the DEO. It was a little mind-boggling.
Kara popped up to the surface and smiled brightly. She was still in her casual clothes and somehow her glasses had remained on her face which was probably a super power in itself. "Come in, the water's great!"
Mon-El didn't wait to be told twice. He flung off his shoes and socks and cannonballed right in, sending spray over the others. Winn and Alex soon followed.
"Getting in, Luthor?" Maggie asked.
Lena smirked. "I'm just glad I wore pants today." And after slipping off her heels and putting her purse down on a pool side table, she elegantly dived into the water. She came up grinning. The water felt marvelous.
"Wha-how-I mean, what-" Kara was spluttering at the CEO.
"Oh, you know us Luthors," Lena said offhandedly. "We shine at everything."
"We'll see about that," James dived in near Lena, also with elegant form. Maggie slid in.
"Can't dive, Sawyer?" Alex teased.
Maggie splashed water in the older Danvers' direction.
"How long has this been here?" James asked.
Alex shrugged. "As long as I've been with the DEO. Probably longer."
"And you never told me?" Kara looked hurt.
"It didn't really seem important."
"Important?!" Everyone smirked at Kara's indignation. "Alex we grew up near a beach, water is my life!"
"I thought that was food," Mon-El put in.
Kara playfully shoved his head underwater.
"You never saw this in your x-ray vision?" Maggie wondered.
"I can't," Kara sighed dramatically. "The walls are lined with lead."
"Yes," Alex agreed. "Unlike someone people," At this the agent looked pointedly at Kara and Winn. "The DEO knows how to keep secrets."
"Hey!" Winn frowned and Kara stuck her tongue out at her sister.
"Hey, hey, so I heard about this game yesterday," Mon-El said. "We should play it."
Kara raised her eyebrows. "And it is…?"
"Marco poko." Mon-El supplied.
"Polo." Everyone corrected.
"Right," Mon-El nodded. "Polko. That's what I said."
Kara just rolled her eyes.
"I remember playing that when I was younger," James said.
"Really?" Kara asked, interested.
James nodded. "Yeah, it was one of my favorite games."
"Spread out," Alex ordered. "I'm being 'it' first."
No decided to object to that so they all swam in opposite directions. Alex closed her eyes, dipped under water, and, for good measure, spun around a few times.
"Marco!" She called.
"Polo!" Everyone shouted out. (Except for Mon-El who still thought it was Polko.)
Alex swam out in the direction Mon-El and James. "Marco!"
"Polo!" ("Polko!")
James narrowly missed Alex's arm as she swiped in his direction; he hadn't anticipated her moving that quickly, but then again he chided himself, this was the Alex Danvers they were dealing with here.
Alex eventually grabbed Winn's elbow once she'd successfully cornered him at one edge of the pool. Winn took a little longer to get someone. When he did it was Mon-El's turn to close his eyes and paddle around.
He almost tagged Maggie but the detective ducked under his arm at the last second, smugly evading capture.
They played for hours, laughter and banter bouncing off the walls and rippling the water.
After they tired of Marco Polo (still Polko in Mon-El's opinion), they just swam around and Lena and James got around to that diving competition. Alex and Maggie volunteered to judge. Winn, Mon-El, and Kara took over the shallow end of the pool and practiced underwater handstands and flips.
"Ahem!"
Winn and Kara jerked the currently underwater Mon-El up above the surface; Lena and James, who had just climbed out the pool for round twenty five, froze; Alex and Maggie glanced at each other.
"You do realize that this room is only for underwater training, not for everyday shenanigans?" J'onn crossed his arms.
"Yes, sir," Winn squeaked.
"Hmm." J'onn's gaze studied everyone's faces. Then he looked at Alex. "Agent Danvers, I expect you to control this rabble. Just about the whole DEO can hear you and I'd rather not have this become a causal spot."
Alex nodded seriously. "Of course, sir."
J'onn was silent for a few moments. "This is only for underwater mission training," He repeated. "So I expect to never see you in here during training sessions." He turned and left ( but not before James thought he saw a smile growing on the Martian's face).
"When do they train in here?" Lena asked.
Alex shrugged. "Every third Friday of the month."
"Wait," Winn said. "Every third…Did he mean that we-"
"Can come here whenever we like?" Alex finished. "I'm going to say yes."
Kara grinned. "J'onn is the best."
Mon-El nodded. "Definetly."
Maggie glanced around at everyone. Lena and James had sat down on the edge of the pool, catching their breaths; Alex was still treading water near the detective; Mon-El had just tackled the unsuspecting Kara underwater, Winn was laughing hysterically - until he got pulled down too. And Maggie had to laugh. Here they were, on a Tuesday, in a pool at the DEO of all places, in their clothes, having a blast.
And all it took for that to come around was for the DEO's air conditioning to give out.
