The official report from Lois Lane seals the deal even in Metropolis, especially there, but Kara had not gone back there given the disposition generally held for super powered beings, not that she could blame them. However the nightmares were not dissipating either, she saw herself killing people, something she normally attributes to her depowered cousin who has not been seen since he led the charge into an alternate reality according to what Lois told Lana. The story told almost everything, but she kept the alternate reality part of it out. She wrote they are out of action due to a power disruptor. The fact that someone could manufacture such a device got someone's interest, which made all the more deadly for super powered beings and metahumans to roam the streets.
She kept patching up the holes in the ceiling, but it kept happening, until she finally leaves them alone. After that she had to deal with leaks when it rained, but that she could tolerate, it was the nightmares she had grown to hate, on some she almost wishes Clark never, amend that, Superman never found her on Argo. She missed her real family that perished there, how she wished she could have save them instead of dealing with the prospect of someone with her powers and Superman's disposition. Finally one night, the one from her nightmares bursts through the ceiling and grabs her by the neck, eyes glowing red.
"You really think you can hide from me?"
"You really think you can kill me?"
She punches the nightmarish version of herself clear across the room before flying off then the nightmare her gives chase. In the skies are jet troopers with Kryptonite powered beam weapons though she keeps dodging the shots, but they were intent on getting rid of her too. She melts the guns with her heat vision before the nightmare her drives her into the pavement. They battle it out as more jet troopers arrive at the scene. She cannot hold much longer having her attention divided that is until a ragtag team comes to her taking out the jet troopers, which leaves an opening with the nightmare her distracted for a moment.
She quickly pummels her attacker into submission before debating the worst thing she could think of, killing this doppelganger, but of course it would bring that much closer to the insane rationale that her cousin gave into three going on four years ago. She thought about it, but left the doppelganger alone then leaves with the others. This team is from those she met during the temporary roster build up like Green Arrow, Black Canary, Huntress, Question, and Stargirl. There are others, but strictly they operate as independent agents affiliated to different cells.
Batman apparently left these instructions just before he turned himself over, he said the world would have to almost entirely deal with a world without costumed heroes. He did however set forth plans for another team except it would be more like a sleeper network called the Outsiders. They only went active if someone was really at risk such as Kara on this occasion. They flee Metropolis for the moon base using experimental transporters. A combination of magic and science protect it for the time being.
Some wonder with Batman stepping out perhaps permanently that they should still bother with it, but Arrow recalls well a conversation he had once with Batman about who guards the guardians as well as something the late Flash told him too. People need us, we help them, but at times like these it is a difficult philosophy to uphold, still they to try without getting too much attention drawn to themselves. Arrow and Canary still report indirectly to the former Batgirl and former Nightwing though those two are now part of the official face of Bludhaven. As for the man that was Batman, he spends his days teaching languages among other studies to students aspiring to travel the world. It felt suitable because he grown accustom to a somewhat mundane lifestyle aside from that recent one off visit from Talia Al-Ghul.