Chapter 7: Get Away From Her!


To Deity's shock Mongul caught her fist like it was nothing, grinning as he watched her eyes widen. Then holding her in place, he brought back his free hand and sent her flying back with one single punch. She sailed across the arena like a bullet and smashed into the wall sending stone and rock flying out around her.

Her breath was caught in her throat, just like she was caught in the wall. Deity couldn't believe it. She'd suspected Mongul would be strong but this was a whole other thing. He'd almost knocked her out with one single punch, and from the way he hit her Deity guessed he'd been holding back too.

"Come on now, Hybrid," Mongul said confidently as he cracked his neck. "Make it worth my while." Deity gritted her teeth. It was a minor setback; she could come back from this. She always came back. She promised she would.

Pushing herself out of the wall, Deity clenched both her fists as the yellow sunlight returned. Mongul grinned, happy to see there was still fight in the girl after his first attack. He didn't want the fight to end too quickly.

Like before Deity threw herself towards Mongul, flying towards him like as if she were a speeding bullet. Then combining her momentum and strength she lunged forward with her sunlight powered fist and caught Mongul right across the jaw.

He didn't even budge.

His head twisted with the punch as Deity touched down in front of him, but other than that he hadn't even flinched. Deity stared up at him in awe. That had been one of her strongest punches and he'd taken it like it was slap rather than a punch.

Slowly his face turned back towards Deity, his hand reaching up to rub the spot he been hit. He'd let her hit him. He wanted to see what she could do but it was nothing like what he'd been hoping for. He almost looked disappointed.

"Shame. I thought it would tickle more," Mongul sighed as Deity continued to stare at the behemoth before her. Then with the same hand he'd used to rub his cheek, he slapped Deity, sending her tumbling over the side and into the side of the arena again. This time she didn't stay in the wall however, instead she fell, head first onto the ground before sprawling out.

"I suppose I set my hopes to high," Mongul admitted as Deity climbed back up. She wasn't about to give up, not now when she was so close to freedom. She just had to beat Mongul. She'd beaten hundreds of alien, here and back on Earth. She could take him.

Her eyes turned bright yellow as she screamed with effort and unleashed her energy vision. The two beams of yellow light followed her line of sight right towards Mongul who merely raised his hand to block the attack. Again he didn't budge and when Deity stopped his hand only had tiny blacken marks to show for it.

Deity didn't deter though. She ran at the purple armoured man with a burst of speed and started running around him in blur of yellow. She threw punch after punch, looking for a weak spot in his armour but he never even flinched. He was like a rock, refusing to move no matter what Deity did. Her fists got brighter with each attack and she clenched down on her jaw harder but still she wasn't making him wince.

Then finally she went to punch his face again and he caught her fist in mid swing. He was faster than she had anticipated. He lifted up her fist and Deity along with it. She struggled to pull herself free but Mongul's grip was too tight. She glared at him, his eyes locking with hers as his grin dropped to a neutral stare.

"Pathetic," he said simply before throwing Deity aside like he was a child bored with his toy.

Hitting the ground Deity rolled until she hit the wall and grunted in pain. The rushing adrenaline had kept her from noticing the pain she'd received from Mongul's last attacks. But now that was gone, her spirits had dropped and as she tried to get up she winced in pain. Her hand felt broken thanks to Mongul's hold on it. The side of her face felt swollen and ached every time she breathed. And she was more than certain she'd broken more than her fare share of ribs from Mongul's first punch.

How was she supposed to defeat a monster like this? He was more powerful than Astra and even then Deity couldn't have defeated her without Kara and her friends. What chance did she have when she was alone against a thing like Mongul.

"A shame this has to end so soon," Mongul said as he moved for where he'd been standing the whole time, walking over to Deity as she knelt on the ground, cradling her still healing fist. Her body was working as hard as it could to heal itself but the beating she'd received was worse than anything that had come before and her body was struggling to keep up. She was barely able to focus the healing process on her hand; she needed that more than she needed her face or the ability to breathe without grimacing apparently.

"Oh, well. It's always nice to remind the people why I'm king," Mongul said as he picked up Deity by her head, his large hand gripping her scalp as he pulled her up off the ground. She yelped in pain but then snapped her jaw shut, refusing to give him anything more than a screwed up face of pain.

"If it's any consolation, you lasted longer than the last man I fought," Mongul said before squeezing. Deity held out for as long as she could but the scream was inevitable and music to Mongul's ears. He then threw her up in the air like a ball and as her tired and bruised body fell back down he swung his fist out and perfectly connected with Deity's back.

Another scream of pain filled the air as Deity hit the ground bouncing like a skimming stone until the wall brought her to an abrupt stop and she flopped onto the ground.

Her eyes began to well up, tears forming. She wished it was from the pain, but it wasn't. It was thought of never getting home, never seeing her mother again, never seeing her friends again. It wasn't fair! What had she done to deserve this?!

Through her blackening eyes she could see Mongul making his way towards her as she lay face down on the ground. This was going to be the end. She'd tried. She really had. But this thing was too much for her to handle alone.

As her eyes closed in defeat, she saw their faces. Of all those she'd killed in the arena. That set off the tears; one by one they dropped out and fell down her bruised cheeks. Somehow it made the physical pain even worse.

She then saw Sam and Casey, remembering the good times before they learnt her secret. Now she'd never be able to mend that friendship, to have more good times with them. Then came James and Lucy, the happy couple that was always there to help. She'd never see them get married. J'onn, the kind hearted old Martian that had wanted to through her in a cell. Funny how things changed. Winn, the one that always made her laugh and never turned away from her. Alex, the aunt she'd never knew she wanted until she finally had her. And Kara. Her mother...

Her mind began to drift back to what felt like a life time ago. Back before so much. Before defeating Astra, before meeting Barry and Cadence, before Codsville, before Batgirl and even before Christmas.

Deity was squeezing her fist as hard as she could, so much so that her hand was turning white with effort but still she couldn't get it to work. She clenched her jaw and squeezed her eyes but still it wouldn't work. Then finally she stopped, sighing as she did. Her eye shot open, in hopes of seeing the light she had seen before but it her hand was just the same as always.

"I just can't do it," Deity sighed as she dropped back onto couch in Kara's apartment. For a while now she and Kara had been practising, trying to master the new power Deity had discovered during their fight against Astra. They managed to take back the city but they knew they still had a long way to go to win the war. And learning this new power was necessary for Deity.

"Well, we both know that's not true," Kara said as she sat down next to her daughter, putting her arm on the back of the couch as she let her daughter's head fall into the joint between her shoulder and arm. "I saw what you did when we were fighting Astra's goons."

"Yeah, but... I haven't been able to do it since," Deity pointed out in defeat as she looked at the ground, her lower lip pushing up as Kara stroked her daughter's hair.

"Listen to me. It takes time to master new things. I've never been able to do anything like what you did. At your age I was trying to hide my powers, not master them like you. But you'll get it, you just need to keep trying, okay," Kara said with that world brightening smile of hers as Deity looked up at her mother.

"Fine," Deity sighed as she held up fist, clenching it tightly.

"Force isn't everything," Kara said as she placed her hand on top of Deity's held up hand. "Try to relax, feel your way through it. Remember what you were feeling when we were fighting. Forget the adrenaline and just focus on your feelings," Kara instructed as she ran her fingers over Deity's hand, letting her know she was there to help. Deity took a nerve calming breath and then closed her eyes.

She kept her fist tight, but not so much that she was cutting of the circulation in her hand. From there she began to take deep breaths, relaxing and remembering how she felt. How she had been fighting alongside Kara, her mother. How that bond made her stronger, how they made each other stronger.

She felt her hand warm up and when Deity opened her eyes she gasped in awe when she saw the faint yellow glow coming from her hand.

"Wow..." Deity said quietly as she stared at the beautiful and delicate light around her hand. Kara couldn't help but smile at her daughter, watching as she unclenched her fist and wiggled her fingers around, the light still there as she did. It was like a thousand fireflies had all gathered around her hand.

"See," Kara said softly as she leaned in towards Deity, placing the side of her head against her daughter's as they both smiled and watched the glowing hand. "Put your mind to it and you can accomplish anything, just like you've done today."

The glow faded from around her hand and Deity turned to Kara with the same uplifting smile. "Thank you," Deity said as she wrapped her arms around her mother and hugged her tightly as Kara rubbed her back. "Thank you for making me stronger, for being here with me."

"I'll always be with you Deity. Even if you're a million miles away...I'll still be with you," Kara said as the memory started to fade into a white light.

"No matter how far apart we are... We'll always have that bond... And that bond gives us strength," the voice was a whisper but Deity knew it was Kara's. She didn't know how she could hear it, but she knew what it meant. That she had to keep going, fight until she made it back to her mom.

"Debby..." Deity fought as hard as she could just to open her eyes, certain that she'd see Kara's face again. Everything was a blur but somehow she still knew Kara was there, even though she couldn't quite see her.

"Get up."

And she did.

Pushing with all her renewed strength and power, Deity pushed against the ground and rolled forwards, stopping with her arm raised forwards as she knelt down. Instinct had taken over and she had no idea what she was doing but she knew one thing. Kara was with her.

A scream of effort erupted from inside of her as her hand glowed like it never had before and then suddenly her glow fist unleashed a beam of light just like her energy vision. Her eyes widened as she watched the large beam coming from her hand shoot forwards like a laser. Even Mongul's eyes widened. He hadn't seen her do anything like this during all the other fights; he hadn't been ready for this.

The beam of energy hit him like nothing he'd ever felt before and he was sent skidding backwards into the opposite wall as the beam continued to press against his chest. Like Deity he clenched down on his jaw, fighting the urge to scream in pain until he could hold on no longer. And when he screamed, the beam stopped, vanishing from the air as Deity caught her breath, frozen in her position as she held up her straightened arm.

Mongul's scream faded and he clutched his chest as he slowly looked up and glared across the arena at Deity. That was enough to break her from her frozen state and she finally stood up as her worn and torn cape danced in the air behind her.

"What are you?" Mongul groaned as he tried to stand up, the shock of the attack still holding him back.

"I'm the daughter of Kara Zor-El, the last daughter of Krypton and protector of Earth. And you're about to be very, very, sorry for messing with me," Deity said as her face darkened. She clenched her fists and the glow of sunlight returned. With as loud a scream as she had ever screamed, she jumped across the arena and swung with everything she had. He fist collided with Mongul's face and he dropped down to his knees as blood flew from his mouth.

He was about to look back up when Deity's knee came flying up from beneath him, catching him under the chin and even lifting him up off the ground. Then while suspended in the air, between flying and falling, Deity punched him in the chest forcing him further back against the wall as he screamed in pain. She'd hit the same spot her laser like attack had and now there was a huge hole in his armour exposing his rock like flesh beneath.

She then grabbed hold of both his shoulder and turned, flipping him over as she flung him over her shoulder and across the arena. He soared through the air, catching a blur of yellow pass him before he was sudden forced down into the ground as his momentum changed. He stomach swung around inside uncontrollably as his body went this way and that.

Mongul couldn't understand it. How had the Hybrid gotten the upper hand? One attack should have been enough to through him, but it had. He was shocked to his core, like the attack had made him realise something. He looked up as the teenage girl, stamping down on the side of his face, cracking it as she pushed him into the ground. It was then he saw it. The fury in her eyes, the renewed passion to fight. She was inspired. He was finally getting the fight he wanted; only now he wished he'd never entered the arena with the animal above him.

Then as the pressure on the side of his head left, he found himself been pulled up by the neck as strong arms wrapped around his head in lock.

"Turn off the Kryptonite!" Deity hissed into his ear as she held him tightly, so tight that he was choking and that if she squeezed him the right why she'd snap his neck.

"Wh-Wh-What?" Mongul croaked as he gasped for air.

"Turn of the Kryptonite and I'll let you live," Deity hissed again as they both looked up to the faint glow overhead.

"No," Mongul said stubbornly.

"Do you want to die?" Deity hissed as she tightened her hold making Mongul croak for a few seconds before she loosened enough to let him suck in the tiniest amount of air. "Because I will kill you... But I don't want this world and I don't want to kill anyone else. So just turn of the Kryptonite and I'll leave. You'll never have to see me again and we can go back to our lives."

"You haven't got it in you," Mongul said but his voice betrayed him as it shook.

"You've seen what I can do, what I've become since I was thrown in here. You know I will if you force me," Deity said as her hands began to glow threateningly and Mongul's eyes widened.

"I'll be an embarrassment," Mongul cried almost pitifully.

"Better than being dead," Deity countered. Mongul thought about that. Did he really want to die for his pride? He glanced around the blood thrust audience as they screamed for Deity to end his life. How quickly they turned on him. He could earn his pride back and then some, but only if he lived.

"Lower the overhead Kryptonite shielding," Mongul ordered and instantly the overhead green glow vanished. Whether he had a micro chip implant which allowed him to control it or there was someone listening that had done it, Deity didn't care. She was finally free. She could see up into space, see her home waiting for her. She knew the way, she always had. Travel around the universe for a couple of months and you learn your way about. In the distance she could spot a familiar planet and from there she'd be able to find her way home.

But before she could go, she had some parting words for Mongul. She tightened her grip once more, pulling his ear towards her lips as she whispered darkly.

"Don't come looking for me. Because if you do, I won't give you another chance." And with that she shot up, flying through the skylight as glass shattered around her and the air flew out of the arena. Behind her she heard the metal shutters slam shut to keep the air in but she was already out. It was time to get home. Her whole body glowed like the yellow sun of home and she shot across the black sky leaving a golden trail as she flew. She was going home.


The Sasquatch was fast asleep now, thanks to a sedative that Alex had prepared while Kara and Deity were holding off it off. They managed to keep it contained to the warehouse at the docks long enough for Alex and a squad of agents to arrive and administer the sedative. Once that had been done Kara and Deity had lifted the beastly alien into the D.E.O. van and left him in while the D.E.O. agents tied him down.

The D.E.O. were taking him in to be evaluated, hopefully if he passed the tests he'd been given a place to live and would be cared for until they found a way to get him home. Unfortunately it was a long waiting list, but the D.E.O. was doing the best they could. It wasn't exactly easy getting permission to send an alien race a message asking them to pick up the people that had landed on Earth. It was a whole thing that J'onn and Lucy had to go through just in order to bring up the discussion on the matter. But at the same time Kara understood why. For all they knew the alien species could arrive to pick up their kind and then decide to invade. It was a delicate matter.

She and her daughter were stood back, watching as the D.E.O. agents closed the back of the van and began to pile into the vehicles they arrived in. Alex waved goodbye as she climbed into her own car and the convoy set off towards the D.E.O. headquarters.

"Well, that could have been easier," Deity muttered as she shook her head, remembering how long they'd had to hold the Sasquatch down before Alex had arrived.

"The important thing is we kept the damage to a minimal...for once," Kara said with a whisper at the end as she began to walk towards an open part of the docks so that she could take off. However she came to a stop when she noticed that her daughter wasn't following. She frowned worriedly as she turned around to her Deity. Still she wasn't following. Just standing there with her head lowered.

"Deity?" Kara asked but still her daughter didn't look up. Her frown deepened and she took step towards her daughter as she asked more quietly, "Debby?" he voice now sounding very concerned.

Deity's head then slowly lifted up to the light, reviling a sly smile Kara had never seen on her daughter's face before. It made a shiver pass up her back. "Debby, what's wrong?" Kara asked as those once serene brown eyes turned dark.

"Sorry, Supergirl," Deity said as sinister smile passed over her lips making a pit form in Kara's chest. "It's your time I'm afraid."

"My time?" Kara asked with a confused look to her very strange daughter. "Debby, what are you-" her words stopped as pain flashed through her, a pain she knew all too well. She dropped to her knees, clutching her chest as she saw the veins on the back of her hands turn green. She tried to gasp but only air floated out. She groaned in pain, clutching her stomach. She knew it was Kryptonite, but it was affecting her differently this time. Her stomach was on fire and it felt like her insides were dying, like she was rotting from the inside.

She looked up to warn Deity about the Kryptonite but she couldn't form the words. Only look up at Deity as she held a small metallic cylinder in her hand, with her thumb pressed down on the button at the top.

"Feeling a little stomach ache?" Deity asked as she tilted her head to the side, smiling smugly down at the weakened hero.

"De...De...Deb..." Kara could get the rest out as she collapsed onto her side, now only able to look up at her daughter as she stood over her.

"You really should be careful with what you eat. Or your case what you drink," Deity said as she knelt down beside Kara, the sinister smug smile still plastered on her face as she brushed aside Kara's blonde locks of hair.

"Wh-Wh-What have..." Kara asked weakly.

"Kryptonite capsule," Deity answered. "I put it in one of those glasses of water you so desperately needed," she said in mock seriousness. "Tiny and unnoticeable, but also very deadly to you."

Kara grimaced in pain, now feeling and knowing the Kryptonite was inside her.

"Don't worry. It's so tiny it won't even affect me. Normally it would just feel like a sting to you, but because it's inside, swimming around with your organs, it's enough to weaken you without taking away my powers," Deity said with a chuckle.

"W...Wh...Why?" Kara asked as she looked up at a daughter she couldn't even recognize, her heart breaking in two.

"Well," Deity sang out as she pretended to think it over. "You're not my real mother for one thing. You annoying. Your way too nice," Deity began to list and with each word Kara's broke heart shattered even more. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. This wasn't her daughter, her Deity. What had happened to her while she was gone, what could have turned her into this.

"The list goes on really," Deity admitted as she nodded her head with a regretful smile, sadly she didn't have time to list them all. After all the D.E.O. were listening in. The annoying sister wouldn't get back in time but the Martin might, so he was going to have to kill her quickly. But there was no sense in letting a good opportunity go to waste. Let her die thinking it was her own daughter that had done the deed.

"De...Debby...Debby, please," Kara said as she reached up for the girl's hand. Deity just slapped it away and laughed.

"Oh, I never thought this was going to be so much fun. Look at you. The great Supergirl. Killed by her own daughter. You look so pathetic," Deity sneered as she leaned down, watching as tears welled up in Kara's eyes. "I'm always going to remember this. Now, let's get this over with," Deity said as she lifted her hand, clenching her fist as Kara began to sob.


"J'onn's on his way!" Lucy shouted aloud as she watched three screens at once from the D.E.O. hub. One was of J'onn's tracker as he flew towards the docks, the other of Alex's as she raced back. The third showed the live footage of Deity getting ready to kill her mother. It had been such a shock to them all that they had been late to act.

They didn't know what was happening to Deity. All they knew was that they had to stop it before she did something she'd regret.

"He's not going to make it in time!" Alex shouted back as she swerved to avoid an oncoming car before switching lanes again. The docks were just ahead but she'd still have to drive through them to get to Kara.

"You're not either," Lucy pointed out sadly as she watched Deity raise her hand, fist clenching as she got ready to end her own mother's life.

"Come on!" Alex screamed as she pressed her foot against the floor, giving it everything she had.

"Oh, god," Lucy whispered as she watched, holding her breath until something flashed across another screen she hadn't even been looking at.

"Director!" an agent shouted, catching Lucy's attention. "Something just broke through the atmosphere," the agent said. Of course, Lucy thought as she followed the agent's finger to the screen above that of Kara and Deity and Lucy's jaw dropped. It couldn't be.


"Say goodbye," Deity said as she tightened her fist, the air around it shimmer from the force as she got ready to kill Kara who was feebly trying to stand up. "Kara...Zor-" Deity didn't get a chance to finish as a loud crash sounded behind her as something hit the ground. Dust and rubble flew out in all directions as Deity whirled around, covering her face as dust flew at her. Kara could only close her eyes, too weak to move her arms.

The dust settled quickly enough but the centre remained clouded in a brown mist that hung in the air. Deity stared ahead with narrow curious eyes as Kara gasped for air, but equally curious as to what was going on. All she could see was a silhouette of a girl.

But then as the smoke began to clear Kara's eyes widened. She couldn't' believe what she was seeing, it had to be the Kryptonite, that or she was already dead.

"It...can't be..." Deity said as her own eyes widened and her jaw hung open as the last of the dust cleared to reveal an older and angrier looking Deity. One that had been beaten and injured worse than ever before. Her eyes locked on the younger cleaner Deity that was standing by her mother.

There was nothing but hatred in her eyes.

"Debby," Kara whispered painfully as the cleaner Deity threw her hands up.

"Now-Now, Deity, just-just listen to me. Before you do anything rash just-" the younger one began before the beaten Deity saw Kara. Her eyes widened as even more rage seeped into them. Her jaw tightened and when she saw the pain Kara was in there was no stopping what happened next.

Her eyes shot back to the imposter who still had their hands held up in surrender. Her eyes now trembling with rage so pure that the fake froze with fear as he took a cautious step back. It wasn't enough to save him though.

Deity was on the fake fast than anything Kara had ever since. Her fist engulfed in such a light that Deity became a silhouette once more as she punched the fake.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Deity's voice boomed out like a demonic god as the fake went flying across the docks smashing through three warehouses before hitting the ground, rolling over and over until Deity reappeared ahead of him.

The fake tried to get up but Deity grabbed him first and threw him up and back down to the ground like he was a rug. And she did it again and again and again until blood was dripping from her once young and beautiful face.

Deity snarled at the fake, like a wolf that had just come home to find its pack under attack. She punched the fake and sent him flying back into one of the warehouses. He slammed into a container before collapsing on the floor. He tried to crawl away but Deity was on him again, turning him over so that he could see the rage in her eyes. As far as she cared, this is what he deserved. Deity knew exactly who she was looking and she knew he had it coming.

Her fist turned hot yellow with sunlight so bright it burned. She lifted her fist and began to punch the fake. Even when he started begging she didn't stop, she kept punching, kept beating him as blood flooded out of his mouth like a geyser.

He didn't dare shift back to his normal form, that would only make Deity hate him even more, if that was even possible. Punch after collided with his face to the point that he wasn't even sure if he could heal from a beating like this. He was terrified; the look in Deity's eye was like nothing he ever seen before.

"You left me to rot!" Deity cried as she kept going. "You abandoned me! I was forced to do unspeakable things! I had to fight like hell to get back! But none of that compares to what you tried to do! You tried to take her away from me! She's my mother! And you were going to take her away!" Deity yelled not knowing that the fake had already lost consciousness and had shifted back into his real form. Her eyes were filled with tears, so much so that everything in front of her was a blur, a blur she couldn't make out. She was blind with rage and all she wanted to do was keep punching until the pain stopped.

"Deity!" she recognized the voice from behind but it wasn't enough to stop her. She was too far gone, her fears had come to pass and now she was going to lose her mind. She couldn't stop; she wouldn't stop, not until the pain was finally gone.

"Deity!" the voice shouted again as he tried to grab Deity's hand and stop her. She shoved him off with ease, her strength surpassing his and returned to her beating of the unconscious body. In a minute or so it would all be over. He'd be dead and she'd be lost forever but she didn't care. He deserved this for what he'd done, for what they'd all done.

"Debby," another voice said and Deity froze, her fist held above her head. She was shaking, with rage and blood was dripping from her reddened hand but she didn't care. All she cared about was that voice, the same voice she'd heard in the arena. Slowly she lowered her fist and turned to see her mother standing behind her, a frightened look on her face.

"Mom," Deity whispered, almost scared to say the word. Deity almost screamed when she saw her mother's eyes turn bright red. Then she realised who it really was. She watched as he shifted back into his human form, the dark skin, the D.E.O. uniform, that understanding and concerned look she hadn't seen in so very long.

"J'onn," Deity whispered as the Martian knelt down beside her.

"It's okay," J'onn said as he wrapped his arms around her and brought her into a hug. "I've got you," He said calmly as Deity turned into his chest, pressing her face against it as she began to cry.


Placing her hand on the glass wall that looked into the medical bay, Deity watched from the other side as Kara lay on her bed. She was unconscious, knocked out by the Kryptonite before Deity and J'onn had gotten to her. Luckily they managed to get her back to the D.E.O. in time and Alex was able to perform the surgery to remove the Kryptonite from inside her in time. Now Kara's body had to heal. Alex had told them a lot of damage had been done by the Kryptonite but it should heal. Her organs were still working, just weak and damaged.

"You okay?" Alex asked as she lay her hand down on her niece's shoulder. Deity didn't turn around, just continued to watch her mom for any sign of life.

"Will she be okay?" Deity asked again. She already been told umpteen times that Kara would be fine but she just couldn't retain the information.

"She just needs time to rest. Her healing process has already started now that the Kryptonite is gone. But she could be out of a couple more hours before she wakes up," Alex explained as Deity nodded her head, finally able to believe what she was hearing. She didn't' think she could watch Kara die after everything she'd gone through to get her back.

"Thanks," Deity said as she ran her hands over her face, wiping away any lingering tears as she turned around.

"We're family, there's no need to thank me," Alex said as she hugged Deity.

"I'm sorry," Deity whispered into Alex's ear.

"It's okay. I don't blame you for what you did to Felix. As a matter of fact he deserved it," Alex said as she parted from the hug. But her smile dropped when she saw the serious look on Deity face.

"That's not what I'm apologizing for," Deity said as Alex frowned. She was about to asked what she was talking about when she caught a scream from down the walkway. The two women turned and smiled when they saw Winn running towards them, throwing his arms around Deity as she let out a happy giggle.

"Oh God, I'm so sorry!" Winn shouted as he pulled away. "I should have known it wasn't you. Kara said but I thought she was just over thinking it and then you-I mean fake you-snapped and I thought that's not very Debby like but by the time I figured it out-"

"Winn, Winn, Winn!" Deity shouted over him until finally he stopped, just staring at the teenager with sad eyes. "I missed you too," Deity said as he pulled her into another hug.

"Give the girl some air, Winn," Lucy said as she, James and J'onn joined the group and Winn finally pulled away from Deity.

"Sorry," Winn apologized again. It was only then as the group gathered around her that they realized all the changes. She was taller now, having hit a growth spurt while away. Her hair was a lighter shad too and she had definitely grown out of her torn and battered costume. It was unbelievable how much she'd changed, and yet they'd believe it was really her before when she walked in looking exactly the same as when she left.

"What happened to you?" James asked with a concerned frown that the others shared when the noticed the faint marks all over her skin and beneath the tears in her suit.

"Long story," Deity sighed, in no mood to go through it all.

"Well, we're just glad your back," Alex said as she wrapped an arm around her niece, smiling along with her friends. She was just glad everything was as it should be. The Danvers family and friends back together. Alex thought nothing could have ruined the moment, it was perfect, and it would be even better when Kara awoke and was reunited with her daughter for real.

"I'm not staying," Deity said suddenly as everyone's eyes widened.

"What?" Alex almost snapped as she pulled her arm away and turned full on to face her niece. "But you just got back. You can't leave."

"I have to," Deity answered though it was clear she was conflicted over this decision. It was for the best, she told herself. She needed more time and so would Kara, even if they both didn't know it yet.

"But...why?" Winn asked sadly.

"Stuff happened while I was away," Deity said as she turned away from the group and back to the glass that held her mother on the other side.

"What stuff?" Alex snapped, starting to get angry.

"Stuff I'm not ready to talk about," Deity snapped back without turning away from her mother. "I need time to think."

"But...what about Kara?" James asked.

"She'll be alright," Deity said quietly.

"No," Alex said firmly. "No, you are not abandoning her again. You hear me!" Alex snapped as she grabbed Deity arm and spun her around to reveal the tears staining her face. She instantly let go of her niece, backing up in shock at the sight of Deity crying.

"I can't face her yet, Aunt Alex," Deity said as she wiped away her tears only to have more form in the corners of her eyes. "Not after what I've done. It's not fair on her."

"She'll understand, Debby. It's Kara," Lucy pointed out quietly.

"I'm not ready to take that chance," Deity said as she turned back to the glass one last time. "We both need some space before we talk." They were all silent as Deity stared at her still mother one last time before sniffing and turning away.

"Tell her I'm sorry," Deity asked the group.

"Of course," J'onn said with a subtle nod which Deity returned appreciatively. After that she had nothing else to say. To say anything more was too risky as they could easily convince her to stay. But she had to leave. She couldn't risk having Kara be mad at her, not now. It would hurt too much. But as she turned to leave she felt a hand on her shoulder pull her to a stop. She didn't look back. She already knew who it was.

"At least let me give you a spare suit. That one's seen better days," Winn said from behind her. Deity nodded but said nothing else. They'd brought spare suits over from the old D.E.O. base, Alex gave one to her and embraced her one last time, kissing her on forehead for Kara. Deity thanked her again and then took off with her suit.

She didn't tell anyone she was stopping off at her old home first. The window was open so she floated right on in but frozen when she touched down. It was almost unreal. For so long now she'd dreamt about coming home, about standing in this very room with Kara again. Now she was leaving it when it was so close to becoming reality.

She wasn't sure if it was the smartest thing to do, but she knew it would protect both her and Kara. Time heals all wounds, and that's what they needed. So after quickly grabbing some cloths, Deity took on last look at her home before flying out the window in her replacement suit. She would be back. She promised Kara all those months ago she would and she intended to keep that promise. All she wanted was a little time first.


"You did great today," Max said as he and Terra walked down the hallway that led to his office. The girl smiled at him for a brief second before lowering her eyes to the ground as she scratched the back of her neck with her hand. Max chuckled at that.

"What?" Terra asked, looking back up as they reached his office door.

"Nothing," Max said with a shake of the head. "Come on, let's see how Amanda's getting on," Max said with his charming smile as he opened the door and the two stepped inside. They both quickly came to a stop though when they found Amanda sat on the floor sobbing quietly with a smashed tablet at her feet. She hadn't noticed them enter yet, so Max and Terra shared a concerned look before Max began to slowly make his way over to his assistant.

"Amanda?" Max called out gently.

"Oh! Mr-Mr Lord... I-I-I was just-" Amanda quickly blurted out in a panic as she looked over her shoulder at her boss.

"Ssshhh, it's okay," Max said as he crouched down next to the woman, putting his hand on her shoulder with a reassuring smile. "Just, take a breath and tell me what happened."

"Well the tablet just kept-it kept crashing and-and it wouldn't work and I didn't want to make you angry and... I-I'm so sorry Mr Lord but I just-"

"It's alright, don't worry about it," Max said with a level voice as he looked into Amanda's eyes, trying to make her relax, letting her know he meant what he was saying. She whimpered and nodded her head as she sniffed loudly.

"So I take it my schedule hasn't been fixed?" Max asked and the woman shook her head as she shut her eyes, waiting for the angry shouting to begin.

"I can take care of that Mr Lord," Terra spoke up from behind, not having moved since entering the office. Max looked back over to her and nodded.

"Please, Terra, thank you. There'll be a spare tablet in the desk outside," Max said pointing towards the door. Terra gave a polite nod before making her way out, closing the door behind her as she did.

"I'm so sorry Mr Lord," Amanda said as Max turned back to her.

"Amanda. I told you, it's fine," Max said with a smile. "But I think it's time for change."

"You're going to fire me, aren't you," Amanda said quietly as she looked down at the floor, ready to burst into even more tears.

"No, Amanda, no. I'm not going to fire you. But you're going to be assisting Davidson from now on, okay." Amanda looked up with worried eyes. She knew all about Davidson, Max complained about him often enough, however in the last few weeks his complaining about the man had more than doubled.

"Sir?"

"You'll also be getting paid more than you are now. Think of it as compensation for having to put up with him. I'll also make sure your contract has certain...rules, that will prevent Davidson from doing anything you don't want," Max said with a comforting smile as Amanda finally smiled back at him.

"Th-Thank you Mr Lord," Amanda said as she wiped fresh tears from her eyes.

"Don't mention it," Max said as he took Amanda's hand and helped her up to her feet. "Now why don't you head home? I think you've earned the rest of the week off. I'll be sure to let Davidson know," Max said as he guided his former assistant towards his office door.

"Thank you Mr Lord," Amanda said as he opened the door and she walked out.

"It was nothing. I'll see you around," Max said with a courteous nod as Amanda made her way down the corridor towards the elevator.

"She seems better," Terra said from behind the desk as she worked away at the tablet laid down before her. Max hummed in agreement as he leaned down on his former assistant's desk, watching as the lift doors closed and Amanda vanished, leaving him and Terra alone.

"Well, she did just get a pay raise," Max said as he looked over to Terra with an amused grin.

"Really?" Terra asked with a confused frown, but didn't dare say anything more and risk insulting the powerful businessman.

"Yeah. She's also no longer my assistant," Max casually added, and as he predicted, Terra took the bait.

"You're hiring a new assistant?" Terra asked quietly as she glanced down at the tablet she was working with.

"I guess so," Max said, still grinning at Terra and her shy personality. "How would you like the job?" Terra's head shot up as her blue eyes widened.

"M-Me?" Terra asked in genuine shook which only broadened Max's grin. "Are-Are you sure?"

"Well if today proved anything it's that I can rely on you. You did a great job filling in for Amanda and it's obvious you can do the job to the same level as her if not better. So yes, I'm sure I want to offer you the job."

"I don't know," Terra said shyly, her cheeks blushing.

"Come on, Terra. You'd be great at it. And you'd actually be contributing, unlike with Davidson," Max said as he walked around the desk and turned Terra around to face him. "I saw the way you worked with that tablet this morning. It was like second nature to you. I know you've got one hell of brain in there," he said pointing at her forehead as she smiled a small proud smile up at him. "Work with me and you'll finally get to use it."

Terra stared him for a long moment as Max waited for her answer. He really liked this woman, she was good at everything she did but was still shy for some reason. He hoped that with his help she'd finally open up and become something so much better than an assistant.

"Okay," she said quietly, her smile growing as Max too smiled back.

"Excellent," Max said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'll see you tomorrow then?" Terra nodded back firmly.


It took Kara a while to realise that the painful groaning was coming from her. She had been drifting in and out of consciousness for what felt like seconds but had probably been a good few hours in reality. The last thing she could clearly remember was when the second Deity landed. The real Deity.

Kara couldn't believe how much she'd changed, how much older she looked. Already the image was fading from her mind. She had to see her again, to know that her daughter was alright and that whoever had been impersonating her had been stopped.

She moved to sit up but a hand held her down when she tried. The hand wasn't necessary. She had begun to wince the second she started to move, obviously still healing from the Kryptonite that had been inside her. In all honesty she was amazed she'd survived the whole ordeal. Kryptonite hurt enough without even touching her skin but to have it side her. If it had been any bigger than what the imposter told her then she most likely wouldn't be here now.

She looked over to the side to see Alex sitting by her bedside. She had been the one to hold her down, her hand still on Kara's arm and gently rubbing circles on her skin with her thumb. Kara smiled up at her bravely and Alex smiled back, happy her sister was finally awake.

"Hey, you okay?" Alex asked softly.

"Yeah," Kara said with a slight nod of the head. "Where is everyone?" Kara asked, noticing Alex was the only one in the room.

"They're outside," Alex said nodding towards the wall of light that was shining into the room. Kara knew it was only a window but her eyes couldn't see who was on the other side. To her it was just a wall of white light that brightened up the room.

"Where's Debby?" Kara asked as she rolled her head back towards Alex whose face dropped at the mention of her niece's name. "Alex?" Kara asked, panic quickly filling her voice. She waited for her sister to answer but she wouldn't. She couldn't even look her in the eye.

"Alex?" Kara repeated firmly, needing to know where her daughter was.

"Kara..." Alex said as she slowly locked eyes with her sister. Kara could now see how hard this was for her. Her sister's hazel eyes trembling as she opened her mouth to speak, tears welling up as she tried to find the words.

"...She left," Alex finally managed to say as Kara's heart broke for the second time that day.

"What?" Kara asked, her voice almost none existent.

"She said she wasn't ready to see you...so she left," Alex said as the tears began to fall but she kept her voice together, trying to be as strong as possible for her sister. Kara could only close her eyes as tears began to slip out between the gaps. She let her body fall into the bed and began to cry. She felt her sister lean over and hug her but it did little to comfort her.

She'd see her. She'd really seen her real daughter after so long and then just left again. Kara had never imagined this, never in her darkest nightmares had she ever thought her daughter would come back only to leave the next second. She didn't' know what to do. What had she done to push her daughter away? How had she failed her? Was she really that horrible a mother? The questions ran through Kara's head as she continued to cry, holding her sister because she needed to hold someone.

She wasn't sure how she was going to get past this.


Message for you:

God I loved writing this one so much! I almost had it done in a day! I had to go back and fix quite a few spelling errors because once I got started I just couldn't stop! This was a really emotional one for me so I hope that came across to you guys. And don't worry; Deity will be back before you know it...

Review Replies:

DarkElements10: Here's the pay off, what'd ya think?

Jason Hunter (Both times): That should answer your question, and I pretty sure she successfully beat both their asses. Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Guest: And now they know, sorry it has to end on a sad note though.

Baratta Jennifer: And as she requested, I saved them both.

Dnmann: Not exactly the great escape but I felt it worked. What about you, do you think it was alright?

And please, if you have time, leave a review as it does help motivate me and it's always nice to hear what you guys are thinking. And if you have any questions then please, do ask. I do my best to respond to every review.

See you soon, RC.