Karate Kid gazed out the window of the Legion Tower, overlooking New Metropolis as the sun shone. Dawnstar and Bouncing Boy passed him, lost in deep conversation until he was once again alone.

"…I know you are there. You can come out."

From across the wall walked towards him a superhero he had never seen before. She wore a blonde wig attached to a red suit that covered her head to toe, a long white stripe down the middle. As she stepped up to him her long red cape fluttered against the ground.

"I do not believe we have met," he said, "I am Karate Kid."

"Sensor Girl. I just joined."

"A pleasure." Karate Kid turned back to the window, hoping she would leave, but there was no movement from either of them. "…"

"What are you doing up here on your own?"

"Just thinking, I suppose. You?"

"Exploring," he couldn't tell if she was looking right at him or not, "and trying to find someone."

"Who?"

"A certain legionnaire that gave me some very helpful advice…that I was foolish not to follow. It cost me so much, and I had to place the people I love far away because of it."

"I don't understand. What do you mean? Who are you looking for?"

Sensor Girl leaned in close. "Karate Kid."

"…No," he felt as though he was dreaming, "Princess Projectra?"

"I told you to call me Projectra…though, you can't do that anymore," she moved back, "it's just Sensor Girl now."

"How? Why?"

"I owe the Legion more than I can ever pay. I hope to use my powers here to help fight Brainiac, to keep him from destroying the galaxy Orando once considered its home. My father is well and will continue to reign in that other dimension…but I've made my choice."

"Sensor Girl," he hoped to be looking into her eyes, "the Dark Circle assassin…did you…"

Her head lowered. "There was no other way to save you. I've…never really had the chance to just talk to someone like I did with you, and to see you on the ground like that, about to be…my anger got the better of me, and…my illusion…"

"…Our secret."

"…Thank you."

Happily Karate Kid allowed her to slip her hand into his own, and they gazed out the window together. From the end of the hall Saturn Girl watched, smiling before she left them to their own thoughts.


"I can't take not knowing anymore, Brainy!" Supergirl followed him around his lab as he put things back in their places. "Tell me what happened to Mon-el, please."

"Where did this sudden curiosity come from?"

She sighed. "After seeing how easily we lost contact with Orando…I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to keep my promise to him. Can you at least tell me how this lead poisoning happened?"

Brainy stopped by the counter and turned to her. "…This is just between you and me, got it?"

"Sure…oh, you mean, including Kal?"

"Especially Kal. Kara, before Superman made a big name for himself in Metropolis, he spent time learning more about his powers in Kansas."

"Duh."

He stared at her for a moment, contemplating what to say next. "…He's made mistakes. Big ones, not that we haven't, but…sometimes those mistakes have led to certain people having to put up with certain...unwanted conditions."

Her eyes widened. "…You're trying to tell me that Kal caused Mon-el's poisoning."

"Mon-el was an explorer from the planet Daxam that landed on Earth but lost his memories. Kal thought he was a Kryptonian like him, but when he found out that he was invulnerable to kryptonite…he," he averted his gaze, "took drastic measures."

"He poisoned Mon-el, thinking he had tricked him."

"The only way to save him when he learned the truth was to send him to the Phantom Zone. He never found a cure. I'm sorry, Kara. He thought he was tricking him, an enemy. He was young and foolish and…in the end, there was nothing else he could do for him."

"…Oh…okay," she smiled and left the lab, "don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even Kal…but you will work on a cure, won't you?"

He nodded. As the door closed behind her he turned to the dark corner of his lab. "She would have found out eventually."

"I know," Superman came up next to him, a sad expression on his face, "I should have been the one to tell her."

"It's fine. The cure will take a while, but so long as I have the right tools…"

He put a hand on his shoulder before leaving. As he flew down the hall Supergirl looked back from the other end.

"…I'll fix your mistake, Kal."

ROLL CREDITS

And so the truth is finally revealed! Sensor Girl is Princess Projectra, and Kal-el was the one who poisoned Mon-el, trapping him in the Phantom Zone to save him. What does Saturn Girl know? How far will Brainy have to go to find the cure? Things will only become more intertwined as we move onto our next episode, "Due Payments", soon to come.

Thanks for reading, and until the next episode!