When Super Met Marvel
by: Sam Lincoln
Disclaimer: All the characters contained in this story are the propery of DC Comics and Warner Brothers. No infringement is intended.
Summary: Kara makes friends with a new hire at CatCo named Mary Bromfield. She's just a normal girl from Fawcett City, right?
Spoilers: This story takes place in between season three and four of Supergirl.
Alex, Kara and Mary walked into the main hall of the DEO. Alex and Kara were both dressed in their costumes while Mary was still wearing her civilian clothes. Kara looked over at Mary and saw her obvious discomfort at being the only person in the room not wearing a uniform. "You look underdressed," she said to Mary. "Why don't you use that balcony to change into something more appropriate? Not that what you're wearing right now isn inappropriate of course."
Mary smiled at Kara. "I'll be right back."
"Wait, what, why is she going up there to change?" Alex asked Kara.
"Just watch," Kara said.
Mary stepped out onto the balcony, set her hands on her hips and looked up at the sky. "Shazam!"
The bolt of lightning blinded Alex and after she blinked her eyes clear she saw Mary now dressed in her costume. "So that's why you didn't want her to change indoors," Alex said to Kara.
"I like my stuff," Kara said.
"I'll have you know that invoking my powers indoors doesn't cause property damage," Mary said as she walked over to Alex and Kara. "That much damage anyway."
Kara clapped her hands together. "Right, let's go see if Brainy has anything for us." They walked down the stairs towards the command center where they were met by Brainiac-5.
"Oh good, you're here, along with a new friend," Brainy said. He walked up to Mary and held out his hand. "Hello Captain Marvel, it is good to meet you. Your exploits are the stuff of legend."
Mary stared at Brainy's hand. "You must have me confused with someone else, I'm Ms. Marvel, not Captain Marvel."
"Right, of course, my mistake, forget I said anything," Brainy said.
"Brainy's a hyper intelligent android from the future," Kara said.
"And before you ask, no the future is not set in stone," Brainy said. "Temporal mechanics are too complicated to explain to people who are not at least a tenth level intellect."
Mary set her hands on her hips. "I possess the Wisdom of Soloman, try me."
Alex stepped in between Brainy and Mary. "We can debate this after we've arrested the dangerous criminals. Have you made any headway finding them Agent Dox?"
Brainy raised an index finger. "Not precisely, but I have determined where they're going to be."
"That's amazing, how?" Kara asked.
"Simple, I analyzed the earlier robbery and compared it to other unsolved crimes that had similar properties. From that I constructed a probability model to deduce where they will strike next."
"So you made a guess," Mary said.
"I am a twelfth level intellect, I do not guess," Brainy said.
"Your probability model, did it have just one result?" Mary asked.
"No, of course not, there were many, but out of all the possibilities I selected the one with the highest likelihood of being the correct choice."
"Could I see your list please?" Mary asked.
"I don't see why this is necessary," Brainy said.
"Brainy, please, just show her the list," Kara said.
Brainy scowled, but lead the group to his workstation in the command center. He called up the list on his monitor and stepped back. "There, as you can plainly see, based on their previous actions I found the most likely location of their next robbery will be a bank. More specifically a mid-sized retail bank. Plenty of cash on hand, but fewer security resources than a large bank. Which is why their next target will be Maritime Bank on Shaner Avenue."
Mary scanned the list then jabbed her finger at an item further down. "No, it's this one."
Brainy looked at the list. "It most certainly is not. Third Federated Bank on Houser Street only has an 83.5 percent chance of being robbed."
Mary smiled at Brainy. "I have the Wisdom of Solomon remember? Plus you said my exploits are going to be legendary."
Kara looked between Mary and Brainy. "We don't have to put all our eggs in one basket. Ms. Marvel and I can stakeout her choice, while Alex, Brainy and a DEO strike team can keep watch on his. How's that for the Wisdom of Solomon?"
"Threaten to cut one baby in half and that's all anyone knows your for," Mary said.
Alex nodded her head. "It's a good plan. Whoever sees the robbers call the other team for backup."
"And if neither of our guesses are right?" Kara asked.
"Given who we have making the guesses do you really think they're both wrong?" Alex replied.
"It would be really embarrassing for everyone if they were," Kara said.
"Don't worry, one of us is right," Mary said.
"Then we don't have a moment to lose. Come on, I have a score to settle with these jerks," Kara said to Mary.
Mary cracked her knuckles. "I'm right behind you."
"Good luck," Alex said.
"You too," Mary replied.
Kara and Mary stood on top of a building that overlooked the Third Federated Bank. "You're fast," Kara told Mary. "I mean I wasn't going all out back there, but I could tell that you're fast." Kara drew in a large gulp of air to catch her breath.
"I do have the Speed of Mercury after all," Mary said. "You're pretty quick yourself."
Kara straightened her back. "Faster than a speeding bullet as the saying goes. I can take Superman in a race, but between you and me The Flash has me beat."
"The who?"
"Friend of mine, long story I'll explain it later." Kara surveyed the surrounding area.
"What if we were wrong about the location?" Mary asked.
"Doubting your Wisdom of Solomon?"
Mary shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not infallible."
Kara tapped on her ear lobe. "I can hear just about everything that happens in National City. If this isn't the right bank I'll know where they really are soon enough."
"That must make your job as a reporter a lot easier," Mary said.
"You'd think so, but sometimes proving why you know something you shouldn't is a bigger pain than getting the information like an ordinary human."
"Telling your editor that you know the mayor is dirty because you have super hearing doesn't cut it?"
Kara shook her head. "I've tried, but James said it doesn't meet the journalistic standards at CatCo."
"Too bad, you'd be an amazing investigative journalist otherwise."
"Who says I'm not?" Kara replied. She then glanced down the street and motioned for Mary to duck out of sight. "That's them." Kara toggled on her radio. "I just spotted the robbers. We're on our way to stop them. Tell Brainy Ms. Marvel was right."
"She was working for a list I put together," Brainy said over the radio. "Technically I was correct too."
"We're enroute to your location," Alex said. "Be careful Supergirl."
"Don't worry, I have my ace in the hole with me," Kara said. "We'll have this wrapped up by the time you get here."
Inside a stolen armored car the Boss and the rest of the crew were preparing to pull off their next job. "One last time, everyone knows their roles?" Boss asked.
"We've been over this a million times," Rem said. "Nails and I lock down the lobby while you and Phreak get the cash."
"And now I know that you know the plan," Boss said. Nails tapped Rem on the chest then shook his head, telling him to drop the subject.
"Hey Wheels," Phreak said. "We almost there? I hate driving in the back of these things always makes me car sick."
"Don't you dare throw up back there man," Wheels said. "Nobody wants to deal with that while we're in a high speed chase."
"Relax Phreak, we're almost there," Boss said.
The armored car pulled up to a stop at a traffic light. Before the light turned green there was a tremendous jolt that knocked everyone to floor. As they struggled to stand up, another job sent them tumbling back down.
"What the hell," Rem said as he reached for the van's rear door.
"No don't!" Boss shouted in an attempt to stop Rem from opening the door. The warning came too late and Rem scrambled back towards the front of the armored car when he said the National City skyline.
"We're flying you damn idiot!" Phreak shouted at Rem. "Are you trying to get us killed?"
"I didn't know that," Rem shouted back. "How are we flying?"
"I think we're about to find out," Boss said.
The armored car landed on the ground with enough force to buckle the suspension and knock the crew back to the floor. There was a loud tearing sound as the roof was torn off the van. The men look up and saw Kara and Mary floating over them. The roof was still in Mary's hands while Kara's eyes glowed with her heat vision.
"Raise your hands and surrender," Kara said. "We've got you surrounded. Rem started to reach for his gun but a quick blast of Kara's heat vision caused him to scurry away form it. He, and the rest of the crew, raised their arms in defeat.
"So do we wait for the police to get here?" Mary asked Kara.
"I have a better idea," Kara said.
When the police arrived in the empty lot Mary had deposited the armored car in they found the Boss and the others wrapped up in the torn off roof. "So much for your perfect plan," Rem said to the Boss.
"Don't worry boys, I'm already working on contingency," Boss said as a fire crew started to cut them free. "Then we can get some revenge on Supergirl and her new friend."
The next day at CatCo, Kara walked up to Mary's desk. "You're still here."
Mary looked up from her computer at Kara. "Where would I go? This is my job," she said.
"I thought maybe you might decide to try your luck somewhere else, somewhere people don't know all your deep dark secrets."
"No matter where I go I'll still be me," Marry said. "How can I run away from that?
Kara leaned over and squeezed Mary's hand. "I'm glad to hear that you're staying."
"Kara, I was hoping I might find you here," Lena sad as she approached Mary's desk. "Still showing the new girl the ropes?"
Kara stood up straight and adjusted her glasses. "Yep, that's exactly what I was doing." She and Lena shared a hug.
"Thank you so much for this Kara. You're the only person I trust with training up the next assistant, speaking of which," Lena turned her attention to Mary. "We haven't been properly introduced yet. I'm Lena Luthor and you must be Mary Bromfield."
Mary scrambled to her feet and shook Lena's hand. "Yes, that's me. Thank you so much for this opportunity Ms. Luthor."
"Please, call me Lena," Lena said. "I'm not big on formality."
Mary nodded her head. "I'll be sure to remember that Lena."
"And has Kara taught you all the tips and tricks of the job?"
She has," Mary said. She then smiled at Kara. "Plus I'm sure if something unexpected comes up she'll be a wealth of knowledge."
"I've always thought Kara was an indispensable part of CatCo," Lena said. "By the way Kara, excellent job on that story about the robbers Supergirl caught. Do we have any more information on her accomplice?"
Kara shook her head. "No but I'm sure my sources will turn up something soon."
"I have no doubt," Lean said. "I need to be getting back to the lab, I just wanted to stop in and say hello to Mary. If you're half as good as Kara say you are I'm sure you'll do a super job for us here at CatCo."
Kara looked back and forth between Lena and Mary. "I agree completely. Mary is going to do a marvelous job here in National City."
-The End
Author's Notes: And now it's done. This story has been one of my two remaining "white whales" when it comes to Supergirl. Mary Marvel meeting Kara Danvers is such a natural fit that I'm a little upset it doesn't happen more often. This was a fun story to write, and while I don't anticipate any sequels spawning out of it you never know. Oh, and that other white whale Supergirl story? I have about twenty pages left to write on it, so expect to see that hopefully before March next year. Thanks for reading, and enjoy Elseworlds!
-sam, 2018-12-09