RED VELVET CAKE HAS BEEN FRAMED! Clayface has escaped from Arkham, but now Hikari is on the run from the rest of the League, trying to clear her name! Who can she trust, if anyone at all? And who still believes in her, despite all allegations?
"My name is Katsumi Hikari! I'm a sixteen-year-old eleventh-grader, or at least I am during the day, but because I come from two long family lines of Phantom Thieves, I have to take up that legacy to right the wrongs of others. My best friend Shizuka and my boyfriend Junichi are at my side, but now that I'm a member of the Justice League, I've got my work cut out for me. And yet, I've always known that with my capabilities and thieving running through my blood and genes, I'll overcome any adversary or boundary, and I'll solve any puzzle I run into. Because with great athleticism and stealth, God will punish those who are corrupt!"
In a town of criminals gone berserk, we call upon a beautiful Kaitou for help...
*Opening Instrumental*
Robbing the wicked at Nighttime!
Rectifying Sins at the same time!
Only does her deeds for what's right!
She's Kaitou Red Velvet Cake!
She's an average Jewish girl by day!
She always gets the top test grade!
She won't pass up a mission for anything!
She's the nighttime Kaitou…
Shizuka Sagami!
Junichi Yoichi!
Kenshin Jr.!
Tatsuo and Eriko!
Hikari has a secret no one else knows!
She's Kaitou Red Velvet Cake!
*Instrumental verse*Robbing the wicked at Nighttime!
Rectifying Sins at the same time!
With her friends at her side!
She's Kaitou Red Velvet Cake!
She's Kaitou Red Velvet Cake!
She's Kaitou RED... VELVET CAKE!
An Imposter In The Midst!
Things had been quiet for about a week crime-wise. But one morning, when Hikari was sitting down at the table to share breakfast with her parents, she couldn't help but notice the hard looks on their faces.
"Is something wrong?" she asked innocently when her father passed the morning paper over to her and she read the heading: 'Red Velvet Cake Gone Bad!' "What the heck?!"
"We were hoping you could tell us" her mother said with a sigh.
"According to this, you pulled off three jewel heists last night and there's video surveillance to prove it" her father told her firmly.
"But things have been so quiet lately that I never even left my room last night! You can even ask Angel!" Hikari protested loudly.
Just then her communicator started sounding and she answered it to hear, "Hikari, this is Clark; you are to immediately report to the Watchtower for questioning and possible dismissal. Bruce is on his way to pick you up right now."
"Oh yeah, well you can just wait until I find the creep who's framed me for crimes I didn't commit!" Hikari shouted back before running up to her room and throwing her communicator onto her bed before running to and slipping out the bathroom window as she could hear the Batwing's engines getting close to the house; her rosary in the pocket of her pajama shirt.
'How could this be? I either did it in my sleep or someone is out trying to frame me for something I didn't do!' Hikari thought, as she was running through the streets, trying to find a place to hide.
While her parents were cooperative and allowed Batman entrance to take Hikari into custody, she was long gone and in hiding when she pulled out her rosary, set it around her neck, and transformed.
Hikari put her hands together, closed her eyes, and then took a deep breath.
"Oh God, forgive me, for I use no lies or façades!" Hikari said.
The necklace started to shine dark red as the magic sparkles and glow started to surround Hikari, while she transformed into her Kaitou outfit.
"Mélange! (Blend!)
Hikari put on her red mask and took out the ribbon in her hair, letting it fall down to her mid back, and it turned a lighter shade of brown in the process. She then lifted her hands in the air, forming the gloves, which were dark red, with pink fringes on the ends.
"Cuire au four! (Bake!)
Dark red knee-high boots were formed on Hikari's legs and then on the toes a cupcake appeared. Her dark red dress then formed all over her body, and the skirt was 1 or 2 inches above her knees, and it had pink lace on it.
"Décorez!"
Hikari's hair was then adorned with red velvet cake crumb-like beads that glistened in the light of the synagogue. Her eyelids were then glossed over with magic sparkles that left behind a light layer of eye shadow, eyeliner, and mascara. Then a wave of magic sparkles passed over her lips and then left behind a light pink layer of lipstick. Her cheeks were then brightened up with some blush and then she smiled, with white teeth shining.
Hikari – now Red Velvet Cake – then posed: she flexed her leg out to the left, put her hands on her hips, smiled, and then let the wind move her hair in the gentle breeze.
She then took off to heading for the crime scene to see if she could find any clues.
'I can't let this crook ruin my reputation, and I won't let the league take me into custody! NOT ON MY WATCH!' Red Velvet Cake thought, as she kept on running.
Back at the house, Batman signaled up to the Watchtower to report, "Hikari's given me the slip and has left her communicator behind; can you track her?"
"Negative, she must be using one of her rosary's special abilities to hide from our radar" J'onn replied.
Listening to everything that was happening, Kara took off for her own quarters where she donned her Supergirl uniform before slipping out of the Watchtower while muttering, "I know Hikari's innocent and I'm going to do whatever it takes to help her prove her innocence."
She then flew down to Earth to catch up with Red Velvet Cake and try to help her, but things were about to get messy.
Elsewhere, 'Red Velvet Cake' was looking over her ill-gotten gains when 'she' began laughing in a deep, male's voice as the person changed their disguise to reveal themselves to be made entirely out of a clay-like substance.
"Those fools are Arkham may have been stupid enough to let that Red Velvet Cake trick and trap them, but who would ever suspect me disguised as her to be the real criminal" Clayface said victoriously while in hiding.
Meanwhile, Hikari was hiding in an adjacent alleyway, away from the crime scene, and then looking over what evidence she DID find.
'Looks like some kind of clay. I remember Batman told me about this guy called 'Clayface'; he showed me the Dossier File on him, and it turns out that he can morph into anyone he wishes. That could mean that he disguised himself as ME, thus framing me, getting my ostracized from the league, and ruining my reputation!' Red Velvet Cake thought.
Landing on the roof of the first jewelry store, Red Velvet Cake quietly dropped in through the broken window to check around for clues as to who the real criminal was. Finding nothing, she left for the second, found the same, and finally went to check out the third scene. Just as she lightly landed on the roof, Dark Devil's Cake jumped out of hiding and took hold of her.
"You've got a lot of explaining to do" he told her firmly.
"Let go of me! I'm trying to find the real crook!" Red Velvet Cake growled back at him.
"Real crook; then you're not to blame for these break-ins. Just as I thought" Dark Devil's Cake replied.
"Perhaps, but in the meantime, she's going to be under house arrest up on the Watchtower" another voice said and both teens turned to see Batman step out of his own hiding place. "But first, we're going to speak with the police."
Taking Red Velvet Cake into custody, he slapped a set of cuffs upon her wrists, with her arms behind her back, before leading her down to speak with the police chief.
"Well, well, it looks like the world's greatest detective has succeeded in apprehending our criminal" spoke one officer only to receive a hard look from the chief.
"I'm waiting for an explanation" the chief told Red Velvet Cake.
"I didn't steal those gems" Red Velvet Cake replied.
"Video surveillance says different" the chief told her.
"I was asleep in my bed all night!" she argued back in her own defense.
"Do you have proof of this?" asked the chief, but she fell silent; it was not like a pet parrot could vouch for her owner. "That's what I thought."
"I'm taking her back to the Watchtower to be into the brig" Batman reported to the chief.
"Very well, we'll let you know when we have a court date set for her" the chief replied.
"But what if she really is innocent?" asked Dark Devil's Cake of both men.
"Then she'll be released without question" the chief answered.
Knowing he was out of options, Dark Devil's Cake stepped back as Batman led Red Velvet Cake away to the Batwing. Once buckled in and Batman had activated the engines, Red Velvet Cake turned a tear-stained face to Dark Devil's Cake as the canopy closed and the Batwing lifted off.
"There's got to be some way of proving her innocence" Dark Devil's Cake said as he turned away to wipe a few tears from his own face.
"And we will prove her innocence if we work together" noted Supergirl as she stepped out of the shadows and placed her hands on either of his shoulders and smiled at him.
Red Velvet Cake was then thrown into the jail rig on the Watchtower. She still had her cuffs on, as a precaution, but she merely started crying.
She looked out the window to see all of the other Leaguers, but she merely kept on crying, and then she tried her best to pick the locks on her cuffs; nothing.
Red Velvet Cake then raised her hands and took off her mask, as she wiped tears from her eyes, and then put her mask back on. She looked in her mirror, and then saw herself not as Red Velvet Cake, but Hikari, as a ten-year-old girl; she was happy, innocent, and unknowing of her fate, while Red Velvet Cake herself then looked more like someone who had been falsely accused, which she was.
Looking away from the mirror, and out the window of her cell, she saw no one was there, and she even started to doubt her own boyfriend.
"How can they do this to me? I have proof that it wasn't me, yet they don't want to listen. Why?!" Red Velvet Cake wailed, as she started to cry.
"Because they have to try to remain indifferent to the situation. Fortunately, I don't" spoke up a familiar voice and she turned to look up to notice Nightwing standing outside of the door and holding the key to it in one hand.
"Nightwing!" Red Velvet Cake said, tears streaming down her eyes. She was happy to see someone believed in her.
"Sorry I'm late in the rescue," Nightwing said. "I just got word of this, and I believe in you, because I know you're not the type of girl to turn tail on us."
Red Velvet Cake started crying tears of joy after Nightwing took of her handcuffs. She then hugged him by the neck, very happy to see him, and she cried.
"It's okay," Nightwing said, hugging her back. "I'm here, and I won't let anyone capture you and put you in here again. I'm getting you out of here!"
"But what about the security cameras?" she asked of him as she approached the door.
"I've already fixed them. Now come on, we've got to dash if we're going to reach the access tunnels before someone notices us" Nightwing quietly told her.
"Redner meht elbisivni" spoke another voice and both turned in time to see Zatanna walk by while putting on a nonchalant expression before pausing and acting as though she was adjusting her tie as she said, "Get her out of here, now!"
"Thanks, Zatanna-san" Red Velvet Cake expressed as she and Nightwing took off running for the access tunnel to the hangar, boarded a small jet, and left to return to Earth before they could be stopped.
"Thank you," Red Velvet Cake said, as she stopped looking out the window of the jet, as she was looking at the Watchtower. "You saved me from something I thought I'd never go through."
"No problem," Nightwing said. "You said you have evidence of your innocence."
"Oh, that," Red Velvet Cake said, as she took out the hunk of clay she found at the scene. "Ever see me work with clay before?"
"Clay? No, I haven't seen you work with it before. But wait, I think I've seen this before!" Nightwing said.
"I'm almost certain that Clayface was the one masquerading as ME, then stealing gems." Red Velvet Cake said.
"Thus, all legal attention would be on you, diverting eyes away from himself!" Nightwing said.
"Sounds like the most probable situation." Red Velvet Cake said.
"When we get back to Earth, you might as well change back into Hikari so no one will recognize you." Nightwing suggested.
"Maybe, but then my abilities will be decreased significantly." Red Velvet Cake replied.
"Also true," Nightwing said. "I just hope no one has noticed that you're gone."
"And even if they do, we could try hiding, or running… Or finding Clayface before they find us." Red Velvet Cake said, looking out the window.
"I'm sure that the rest of the group is chasing after us. We're going against League rules here, but we're trying to prove you innocent, and once we do, I'm sure they'll cut us a break." Nightwing said.
Meanwhile, night had fallen once again and both Kara and Junichi were searching the city for signs of Clayface.
In another part of town, 'Dark Devil's Cake' was seen jumping about the rooftops until he came upon a bank. Transforming one arm into a massive ball of clay, he broke open a window and dropped inside to run over to the vault and ripped the door from its hinge before taking all of the money he could carry and slipping out the front door while ensuring that the security camera had seen him.
Hearing the faint bell of the alarm, Supergirl called out, "Hey, trouble at the bank; it could be our crook!"
"Then let's go check it out" Dark Devil's Cake replied as they both took off heading for the bank.
As they arrived, they saw six police cars show up, including the chief's cruiser, and all started to cautiously enter the building.
"Does something about the approach seem familiar to you?" Supergirl asked of Dark Devil's Cake.
"Yeah, in from the window, but out the door and passing right in front of the camera. Wait a second, what's this?" Dark Devil's Cake replied as he used a pocketknife to scrape something off of the floor. "It looks like clay of some kind, but nothing of local origin."
"Supergirl, has Dark Devil's Cake been with you all evening?" inquired the police chief.
"Hai, he has; why?" she asked when the chief pointed towards the security film which showed Dark Devil's Cake stealing the bank's money.
"It looks like Red Velvet Cake may have been telling the truth after all" noted the chief as they heard the sound of an aircraft's engines as it was landing near the bank.
Walking outside, the group noticed Nightwing jump out, though Red Velvet Cake hid herself from view, as he asked, "I detected the bank's security alarm sounding; is everything alright?"
"YOU AGAIN?!" Dark Devil's Cake said in jealousy, as he was concerned that he may have been flirting with Hikari.
"Oh would you relax? He's not interested in your girlfriend anymore" Supergirl scolded him as she walked up and kissed Nightwing on the cheek.
"So… You two…?" Dark Devil's Cake asked.
"We're going out, yes." Nightwing said.
"But where's Red Velvet Cake?" Junichi asked, changing the subject.
Red Velvet Cake merely fled the scene, trying to find Clayface and stop him, knowing that she felt like she could not trust anyone at that point.
"Hai, where indeed? I just got off the phone with your Watchtower and it seems as though our young criminal has gone fugitive" the chief said as he eyed Nightwing suspiciously.
"Well, it's not like she's a real crook anyways; you yourself have proven that, Chief" Dark Devil's Cake argued.
"She's in the jet" Nightiwng answered with a sigh.
"Oh, no she isn't. She must have taken off to find the real thief." Supergirl announced while hovering over the jet.
"Then we'd better follow her; Clayface can be really dangerous to deal with" Nightwing replied in concern.
"Of course! That would explain a lot; Clayface is a shape-shifter and can disguise himself as whomever he sees a photograph of" noted the chief.
"I'm going to take to the sky to see if I can spot her; you two split up and see if you have any luck finding her" Supergirl instructed her two companions and they all took off to see if they could track down and find Hikari before she found Clayface.
Red Velvet Cake then peeked out from her hiding spot, and she sighed in relief before fleeing the scene.
'I can't trust anyone anymore! If I'm going to stop Clayface, I'm doing it solo.' She thought.
She ran through an alleyway, but she soon spotted Dark Devil's Cake over on the other side of the street, and then she ducked back into the same alleyway.
Red Velvet Cake also ducked underneath an awning when she saw Supergirl flying overhead.
Red Velvet Cake noticed a trail of clay and then she followed it, running through alleyways and ducking into them whenever she spotted an adversary. She then sighed, as she then sat down on the ground, hugged her knees, as it started to rain.
As the rain poured down, Red Velvet Cake then started to cry again, as she had thought that her career would never hit a wall this thick. She had no intention of letting it go on.
'The trail ends… I'm on the run… My parents don't trust me anymore… I can't trust anyone with this anymore. Until I clear my name, no one is going to hear the name 'Katsumi Hikari' ever again.' Red Velvet Cake thought, as she soon stood up once more, and started to run through the rain.
However, as expected, the clay was washed away with the rain, and Red Velvet Cake was out in a clearing in the woods, looking up to the moon. She then hid in a hollow stump underneath one of the trees, away from the rain, and out of sight from anyone chasing after her.
"How am I supposed to face everyone? Not like I can, especially after this. I don't know whom to trust anymore. Sure, Nightwing, Dark Devil's Cake, Zatanna, and Kara are people I can trust, but the rest of the League is never going to let me live this down. Might as well stay here until the rain stops before I move on with the investigation." Red Velvet Cake said, as she then curled up into a ball.
She tried to prevent herself from falling asleep, as she did not want to be caught by any of her pursuers, and she felt really upset about her situation.
The rest of the gang then met up in a crossroad about a mile or two away from Red Velvet Cake's hiding sport.
"Any luck?" Junichi asked.
"Nothing…" Nightwing said. "Kara, how about you?"
"I can't find her either. She either overheard our conversation, or she's good at hiding from all viewpoints, no matter what the circumstances." Kara said.
Junichi then started to tear up, as he feared the thought of never seeing his girlfriend again.
"No! If only I hadn't been so confrontational! Then I probably wouldn't have chased her off like this!" Junichi said, about to cry.
"One, it's not your fault, and two, she's obviously upset about this whole thing, and doesn't want to trust anyone about this. You should calm down, Junichi-kun, we'll find her." Nightwing said.
"But where could she have gone?! She knows every trick in the book, and has even made a few of her own. She could be anywhere!" Dark Devil's Cake hollered to the moon.
As soon as the rain stopped, Red Velvet Cake crawled out from her hiding spot, and saw Clayface's footprints again. She then followed them deeper into the woods, using her ninja-like athleticism to maneuver around.
She then stopped to take a break, and then she looked at the vegetation, all wet, and hydrated.
Although it was not a tear, water fell from her face, and then Red Velvet Cake looked up to the moon once more. She saw Kara above her, and then she jumped down to the ground, hiding from her, and then once Kara had passed, Red Velvet Cake sighed, and then she went back to her investigation.
"I've got to find Clayface and stop him, or I'll never be able to face anyone ever again." Red Velvet Cake said.
Following the tracks, she soon came to an old cave and realized just what kind of situation she would have to fight in, 'Given this guy's M.O., he'll have the advantage. But maybe I can utilize that to my own advantage, question is how?'
She began to cautiously enter the cave when she felt a breeze wafting through the cave, 'A breeze; then that means there's another opening on the other side. I wonder where this thing will lead me.'
She soon came upon the exit at the other end of the cave and shielded her eyes from the bright sunlight before spotting an old log cabin, 'For someone made of clay, this guy sure travels a long distance between crimes.'
Red Velvet Cake could have sworn she saw Dark Devil's Cake somewhere, and then she ducked down before approaching the log cabin.
Peering into a window, she noticed the place was completely empty, 'So if he's not staying here, then where is he?'
That was when she began to feel the ground beneath her start to rumble and shake, knocking her to the ground as what she had thought to be a stack of wood turned into the giant form of Clayface.
'Oh, snap…' She thought as she sweat dropped at the monster before her.
Kara was flying overhead, only to see Red Velvet Cake about to face off against Clayface.
She then accessed her communicator and said, "I found her! She's in a clearing by a log cabin about ninety meters north from your position."
"Roger that, Kara." Dark Devil's Cake said, as he took off to the north.
"So, you're the low-life who's been framing me for your thefts, right?" Red Velvet Cake said, as she stood up, and looked Clayface in the eye, with anger.
"Yes, but you're a thief, too, right?" Clayface inquired.
"More or less. I actually steal back what's been stolen; there's a big difference," She said. "But don't change the subject; you've been masquerading as me to frame me for your own crimes, causing me to flee from home, the League, the law, and now my boyfriend. You're going to pay for being an imposter!"
"Not if I have anything to say." Clayface said.
He then thrust his hands at Red Velvet Cake, only for her to dodge, back flip, and then land a meter or two away.
"There were a few flaws in your impersonation of me; one, you forgot that I'm a girl, and your voice acting was way off the mark. Two, although you physically resemble me, you can't match my athletic ability, or have the same weapons as me. Three, your mimicry of my style wasn't accurate. In other words, you weren't in character!" Red Velvet Cake said, as she did a sweep kick, which Clayface dodged, before stomping on the ground.
Getting knocked off her feet by the impact of Clayface stomping on the ground, Red Velvet Cake reach to grab for one of her weapons when she realized that in their haste to escape, neither she nor Nightwing had grabbed her utility belt.
'Snap! I forgot my weapons! What am I going to do?!' Red Velvet Cake thought, panicking about her situation.
"Looks like you made the mistake of forgetting your weapons!" Clayface said, as he was about to slam Red Velvet Cake with her hand.
"Who needs weapons when I've got hand-to-hand combat?" Red Velvet Cake inquired, as she prepared to fight.
"Any more mistakes I made?" Clayface asked.
'Oh, I wish I could say 'yes'!' Red Velvet Cake thought, worried.
"Your fourth mistake was messing with my girlfriend" said another voice from above their heads and Clayface looked up in time to receive a pelting in the face with some honey/buttercream beads as Dark Devil's Cake jumped down and landed between the two of them.
While trying to rub the honey/buttercream concoction from his face, a third voice was heard to say, "Your fifth error was framing MY best friend."
Supergirl then landed on the ground, picked up Clayface and threw him into and through the cabin.
"We could continue counting your mistakes, but instead, I think we'll just kick your butt instead" added Nightwing as he threw a couple of nitrogen bombs onto Clayface as he was struggling to stand up and froze him in place.
Out of nowhere, Wildcat jumped down from the roof and smashed the ice-entombed Clayface, shattering him to pieces as he yelled out, "That's for picking on the little cutie who freed me and Black Canary from Luthor!"
"Here, Red Velvet Cake, you and Nightwing left this behind when you were making your getaway" Lantern said as he handed Hikari her utility belt. "You may be the sassiest member of the League, but you know how to get to us in just the right way."
"I...didn't think..." she started, tears in her eyes, but lost her voice.
"You didn't think we would ever trust you again. Some of the members are a little iffy about it, but it's like Lantern said, you got to most of us in the right way" Superman said as he set a gentle hand upon her shoulder.
"Now, how about we finish the job and bring Clayface here to justice?" added Batman as he set a hand upon Red Velvet Cake's other shoulder.
"But… How did you guys figure out the truth without me telling you?" Red Velvet Cake inquired.
"A small amount of a clay-like substance was found at a couple of the crime scenes which we took back to our lab on the Watchtower for further analysis. Results showed mutated human DNA that, when compared to those of certain criminals on file, matched those of Clayface and thus cleared you and Dark Devil's Cake from the crimes." Batman informed Red Velvet Cake.
"Wait a second; what do you mean clearing Dark Devil's Cake of a crime; what crime?" Red Velvet Cake asked in confusion.
"After you were arrested, Clayface took on the appearance of Dark Devil's Cake so as to rob one of the local banks. But, when both he and I arrived at the scene, the police chief became suspicious of someone masquerading as Dark Devil's Cake and thus came to the conclusion that you were more than likely framed in a likewise manner" Supergirl answered for him.
"Also when word of this event reached us, I surmised that we were more than likely dealing with a shape-shifter or a master of disguise but had to wait until the results of the testing upon the clay came back" Batman explained further.
"I TOLD YOU it wasn't me!" Red Velvet Cake barked, in vindication.
"Hahaha! You were certainly telling the truth about not being the perpetrator," Green Lantern said. "I was quite angry when I thought my initial opinion of you was correct, but I'm glad to say I was wrong."
"We should have known better than to doubt you and put you through all of that before finding the evidence first." Batman said.
Red Velvet Cake then smiled as she stared to shed tears, and then she looked to the ground before asking, "My parents? The police?"
"They all understand that it wasn't you, and you were framed. All charges are dropped and your parents are crying in shame for doubting you." Lantern said.
"I should be getting home; I've got a lot of forgiveness to share" Red Velvet Cake said as she was wiping the tears away.
"Well how about sharing it with some of us by letting us take you home" offered Superman as Dark Devil's Cake walked up behind and embraced her.
Tearfully she nodded her head in agreement as Superman lifted her up in his arms and lifted off to carry her home with Supergirl flying along beside them; leaving the others to finish apprehending Clayface.
Landing on the front porch, Superman knocked on the door and when Hikari's parents answered it, they tearfully embraced her while Superman told them, "I hope you don't mind, but I brought her home for you."
"Domo arigato for doing so" Hikari's father expressed as he shook hands with Superman; torn between being star-struck to be shaking hands Superman and wanting to embrace his daughter.
Just then, a public announcement was made on the television, "This just in: Red Velvet Cake has been cleared of all charges! Dark Devil's Cake, and the other members of the Justice League apprehended the real criminal, known simply as Clayface, and they are currently putting him away for what this reporter hope will be all time. More details into this story will be released later this evening."
"Can you ever forgive us for doubting you, Hikari-chan?" her mother asked of her.
"Of course I forgive you; I love you two" she tearfully replied as she embraced both of her parents who hugged her more in return.
"I should get back to the Watchtower. I'll see you on the next mission, Hikari." Superman said, as he then flew back to the Watchtower.
After everything had settled down, Hikari was permitted to head to her room where she took Angel out of her cage and set her upon her shoulder before sharing a bowl of sliced strawberries.
"I sure hope I never have to go through anything like that again, Angel. It was hard enough when Junior thought I was a real thief, but when all of my friends and even my parents thought I really was *sigh* that really hurt" Hikari told Angel.
Angel made some lighthearted, gentle noises in Hikari's ear before rubbing the top of her against Hikari's cheek.
"Arigato, it's reassuring to know that you trusted me the whole time" Hikari told Angel before returning her to her cage and covered it before dashing off to brush her teeth.
Upon returning, Hikari settled into her bed and was soon fast asleep; unaware that her mother would peek into her room to make sure she was still there, and smiled lovingly to her before closing the door to head off to bed herself.
Oh, boy, that's a relief. Didn't expect anything like this to happen, did you? If not, then I hope you're okay with how this turned out.
Next time, Kara and Hikari team up against Brainiac, and things are going to get difficult, since Brainiac knows their every move!