2 days passed and I didn't get any message from Shade. I was in my apartment when I got a phone call. "Hello?" Hey, Kara. I think I finally got a lead on Astra and the other Kryptonians. "Really?" Yeah, they are 3 hours north of here. On some abandoned ranch. "Thank you, Winn. Let Alex know that I'll be there." Wait, Kara. Doesn't this seem like a trap? "A bit, but I have to risk it. Besides, these Kryptonians might be hostile to any humans. It's best if I go." Please be safe, Kara. "I will. Thank you, Winn. I'll call you back soon." Good luck.

I flew off to the location of the abandoned ranch. I landed down in the middle of the field and I could feel eyes watching me.

I put my hands up in surrender. "I'm not here to hurt any of you. I only want to talk to General Astra." I stated in Kryptonian. There was some movement off to my left in the barn. I used my x-ray vision to see a few Kryptonians waiting in there. "I promise I won't hurt any of you. I only want to talk. And I am alone. I didn't bring anyone with me. I don't have any weapons." Finally, I heard footsteps. I saw Astra and a few Kryptonians walk out, ready to attack.

"Little One?"

My heart clenched. "Aunt Astra." I breathed. She smiled at me and the other Kryptonians eased out of their stances. "How did you survive? I was told no others from the House of El survived except Non and I." I swallowed thickly. "I didn't survive in that Krypton's explosion, did I? But I survived in this one."

"What are you talking about?"

"How did you survive?"

"The military guild was building a secret ship that could be sent to planets far away from Krypton. Your parents, along with Jor-El, discovered the planet was dying."

She paused. "They told the guild about it, but our superiors didn't listen. The Kryptonians that are here now were the only ones that did. They tried to build ships to send you and Kal-El to Earth, but it was too late."

I bit my lip. "In this universe, my parents didn't tell the guild right away, instead they worked with Jor-El and made the ships for Kal-El and I. We escaped, and the planet exploded."

"Did Non and I survive?"

I hesitated. "Yes, but the only reason you did was because you were sentenced to Fort Rozz in the Phantom Zone for treason." I explained. Relief crossed her face. "Once we heard that the planet was dying, we considered some terrible ideas to save the planet. Was it called Myriad?"

I nodded. "Thank Rao I talked Non out of that." She stated. I looked over her shoulder to the other Kryptonians. "Where is Non?"

The Kryptonians looked down. "Shade killed him as soon as we escaped the blast. Shade tried to recruit us, but he refused. So, Shade killed him and now we are in Shade's army." She explained.

"That is part of the reason why I am here now, Aunt Astra. I've come to see if you would fight on our side, against Shade?" I offered. She nodded. "Of course, we will, Little One. But we don't have as many Kryptonians as we did in the city. Shade attacked more of us after that battle. What you see now is all we have." She stated. "You'll be safer with us." I took off into the sky and they followed behind me.

The Comm in my ear started to go off. Kara? How did it go? "I'm fine Winn. I'll be back soon." Did they agree? "Yeah, they're following me right now. Let J'onn and Lucy know." We already do, Supergirl. Another voice added. "We're about 10 minutes out, J'onn."

I could sense the others' unease about going to the DEO. "J'onn, I need to ask a favor." What is it? "I know that it is against protocol, but you can't come out with agents and guns. They are already uneasy as it is. We don't need a handful of terrified super powered people."

Understandable. I promise, Supergirl, we won't. "Thank you. We'll be there soon." We landed a few minutes later. J'onn and Lucy walked up to us. "Aunt Astra, this is Director J'onn J'onzz, and Lucy Lane." I introduced. Astra and the other shook their hands. J'onn and Lucy took the Kryptonians and showed them to their quarters.

I walked back to the hologram room. "Hello Kara." My mother greeted. "Not now Mom. I just need some time to myself." I stated. She bowed her head and disappeared. I sat down in the corner of the room and laid my head against the wall. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. A few seconds later, I heard the doors open. Someone sat down next to me and put their arm around my shoulder. "Are you okay?" I opened my eyes and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine Winn."

There was a short silence. "How did you find me in here?" I asked. "I saw J'onn and Lucy with Astra. I knew that you would want to be somewhere secluded. Somewhere you could be alone and have your thoughts to yourself." He stated. "Then why are you here?" I asked. "I wanted to make sure that you were okay. When Astra died, you were cold; you cut yourself off from J'onn, Alex, everyone. I didn't want you to be feeling like that again."

I smiled softly. "Thanks Winn, but I'm okay." He placed his hand on my hand and squeezed gently. "Kara, I know you. You're allowed to be sad. To miss her, to miss your planet, your family. It's okay." I took a deep breath. "Thank you, Winn. But I'm with my family now. I'm on my planet, and my aunt is alive. I don't need to be sad anymore. I have everything."

He smiled and stood up. Winn offered me his hand. I grabbed it and he pulled me up. We started to make our way back to the control room. The pain came like a tsunami and crashed into my skull. I gripped my head in my hands and screamed out. My eyes were clenched shut and I bared my teeth.

HOW DARE YOU TAKE AWAY MY KRYPTONIANS! YOU INSOLENT LITTLE PEST! IT IS CLEAR WHAT SIDE YOU HAVE CHOSEN! I HOPE YOUR EARS BLEED AS YOU LISTEN TO ME! I WILL MAKE THIS A LIVING HELL FOR YOU! WHEN THE TIME COMES, I SHALL ENJOY MURDERING YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. OF COURSE, I WILL MAKE YOU WATCH AS THEY SUFFER BEFORE I KILL YOU!

The pain vanished and I opened my eyes. I was on all fours and Winn's face was inches from mine. His lips were moving and it took me a second to realize he was talking to me.

"Kara, Kara? Can you hear me? Are you okay?"

I slowly stoop up and Winn helped me. "I'm fine. But Shade just figured out that we leveled the playing field a bit. He wasn't happy."

I felt something trailing down my neck. Winn noticed and his eyes widened. "Is that- blood?" He asked nervously. I reached up and wiped the liquid off my neck. I pulled away and saw bright red on my fingers. "Blood." I repeated. Winn grabbed my arm and lead me to the med bay. "Dr. Hamilton!" I was sat down on a bed next to Maggie's. Alex stood up and rushed to my side. "What the hell happened? Is that her blood?" Maggie looked concerned as well.

Dr. Hamilton rushed over to me. "What happened? I though the mission was a success?"

"It was, and I'm fine." I dismissed.

"Mission? What mission?" Alex asked.

Winn explained to her that I went to get Astra and the other Kryptonians. "Why didn't you tell me, Kara? You know how dangerous that could've been!"

I covered my still ringing ears. "I know that." I offered softly. "What happened to you?" Maggie and Hamilton asked. "Shade. He found out what I did and he contacted me, very painfully I might add." Hamilton wiped away the remaining blood. "How's your hearing now?" She asked. "A bit sensitive, but feeling tons better." Kal rushed into the med bay. "Kara, he's here." I stood up and followed Kal out, despite everyone's protests.

Winn, Alex, and Maggie trailed after Kal and I. We walked back to the control room, where Batman was standing in all his brooding glory. Winn and Alex tried to hide the fact that they were gushing over Batman and I walked over to him. I offered my hand to him. "Batman." He shook my hand. "Supergirl." The room seemed to have dropped 30 degrees by his tone. I ignored it. "Thank you for coming here to help us." J'onn stated. "Of course, we're all here to protect the Earth." He stated, but his cold eyes never left me.

J'onn turned to Winn. "Agent Schott. I want you to brief Batman and give him access to anything he needs. He will be working alongside you." Winn looked over to Batman with childlike wonder. There was a small hint of a smile on Batman's face. "If-if you could follow me Bat-Batman." Winn stuttered as he led Batman away. I rolled my eyes as they walked away. "Play nice Kara." Kal warned.

"I'm trying."

The next few days passed. Batman and Winn created weapons for the DEO agents to have against the rest of Shade's army. Maggie was healing and Alex was right by her side. Barry and I stayed mostly at the DEO, keeping guard in case Shade was to attack us.

I walked down the halls of the DEO. The Grants were staying with the Wests in a private sector of the DEO. They were stalked with weapons in case Shade or anyone else broke into the DEO. Caitlin and Cisco were also working behind some of the weapons that Batman and Winn were working on. Of course, Cisco was gushing over Batman as well.

I walked into the office where Batman was set up. "Kara." He stated without looking up. "Bruce." I greeted just as icily. He looked up to me. "What do you want?" He asked. "I just wanted to say, personally, thank you for everything that you have done."

"Like I said, we all are here to protect the Earth."

"I know, but you are also here for another reason, even though I don't know what it is for. But that doesn't matter."

"There is something else on your mind." He stated as a spark flew from one of his gadgets. "Yes. I'm not sure how tomorrow will turn out, but I want you to watch over my family. All of them. I don't care that you can't stand me-" He cut me off. "It's not that I can't stand you. It's that I don't understand you."

"Huh?"

"My whole world was taken away from me when my parents were shot. I battled with myself. I didn't know what to do. I didn't many people to turn to. My world after that was dark and I could feel the temptation of evil. But you, you had your entire world stripped from you. Absolutely no one to turn to."

"And then you have another life thrown in your face. A new group of people to live with, a new culture. But somehow, you are- well, you. I don't understand how your suffering could've lead you to be Kara Danvers, to be Supergirl. I always thought that you would turn into a force of evil, especially with all the powers you possess. I was expecting the worst from you, but I always got the best. I couldn't understand how you became you. I even synthesized Kryptonite in case you went berserk. Not my proudest moment. And now here you are, talking with me, someone who you've always butted heads with, and making sure there is a backup plan if you decide to go all heroic on us. How?"

"I honestly don't know. I admit that I've wanted to do evil things. To not be Supergirl. But I know that it wouldn't be what my parents wanted. I am the last of their legacy. I am the last daughter of Krypton. I know that I needed to preserve our name. Kal has already lived up to our Crest, but I knew that I have to live up to it as well."

He stared at me with amazement. "I truly am sorry for the way I treated you Kara. It wasn't fair. I wasn't being the man I was supposed to be."

I placed my hand on his shoulder. "Bruce, you are everything that your parents wanted you to be. You're holding up the Wayne's name. People look to you, both as Bruce Wayne, and as Batman. You are the man that your parents wanted to be. Keep your head up."

I saw a stray tear run down his cheek. He stood up abruptly and held me in a hug. "Thank you, Kara. That means the world to me. Is there anything I could ever do for you?"

"Protect my family. Oh, and maybe give Winn a Batarang? He absolutely loves Batman. Maybe even more than Supergirl." He pulled away and I walked out of the office.

I walked quietly down the hall. "Supergirl." Someone stated and pulled me out of my thoughts. I turned around. "Hello Miss Grant."

I noticed that she didn't look the same. Immediately, I knew what she was thinking. "I know that you don't enjoy being here, Miss Grant. But I want to ensure that you and Carter are completely safe. You only a have few more days here and then you'll be free to go." I stated.

"That wasn't why I wanted to talk with you. I just wanted to say that yes, we are being held in a place where supposedly an agency deals with aliens and other threats, is that we are grateful that you are willing to protect us."

"I didn't want there to be any attempts on your lives."

"I know that, and that is why I am saying thank you."

I nodded and walked off. There was a sense of calamity in the DEO. It was relaxing, but also kept me on edge. It was like the calm before the storm. And I know that this storm could be deadly if I let it be. I bumped into Barry as I walked mindlessly. "Kara, hey. Are you okay?" I nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just thinking about tomorrow." He smirked. "I think we all are. Don't worry though, we all have each other. We'll be alright." He stated and kissed me quickly. Will we though?

The night slowly turned into the day, but it didn't matter to me. I was ready. J'onn, Lucy, Astra, the Kryptonians, DEO agents, Alex, Batman, Barry and I took off to the abandoned military facility.

When we arrived, we found no one. I scanned the facility, but found nothing. Barry ran around the perimeter and didn't find anything either. Tension was high.

Pain bounced around in my head. You are all fools! Thinking that I would be in the most obvious place? Hahaha. Pathetic. And here I was waiting for a good fight with you Supergirl. But it seems that you are too thick that you can't even find me. I'll give you a hint. It's National City. Oops. Oh well, come and get me Supergirl. I can't wait to fight you and your pathetic little army. And do hurry, I don't believe that National City can stand this much destruction anymore. Especially all the helpless civilians.

The pain disappeared and I stood up. "We need to get out of here! He's in the city! This was a set up!" I shouted. I jumped into the sky along with Kal and the other Kryptonians. Barry raced under us and Batman drove the Batmoblie.

Smoke and fire could be seen from miles away. I heard screams and explosions coming from the city.

There were multiple swirling black cyclones in the sky. They circled the buildings and slowly demolished them. I pushed myself faster and I could see other species of aliens attacking the city.

We began to take down the aliens until the DEO arrived. With all the weapons that were built, the aliens were taken down easily. I landed next to Kal, who was nursing a bloody forehead wound, and J'onn, who was unconscious, but being taken care of by a DEO agent. "What happened to you two? Where is Alex and Barry?" Kal looked up to me. "He's in CatCo. He attacked us and took Alex and Barry. He has power, Kara. Power that can kill us."

I jumped into the sky and burst into CatCo. There, Barry and Alex were tied up by some pulsating black smoke and they were unconscious. There was some indication of a fight between the bruises and blood. A man who was a bit shorter than me stood near the two of them. He had pale skin, black hair, and dark eyes. In his left hand, he held a walking cane and on his forehead was some gear that I guessed was Cisco's vibing equipment. "Hello Kara Danvers, I mean Supergirl. It's nice to finally meet you." He held out his hand. I eyed his hand warily. "What? It's impolite to not shake someone's hand."

I stayed silent and glared at him.

He shrugged. "It's just a handshake. Just humor me, I'm British." He held out his hand higher this time. His dark eyes narrowed at me and a thin smile grew on his lips.

"No? Okay then."

He raised the cane, and was about to hit Alex's forehead. "NO! Fine." I walked over cautiously and grabbed his hand. He quickly grabbed something from behind him and clipped it on my wrist. It pinched my skin and I heard a light buzzing sound. The metal bracelet started to glow green. I could feel Kryptonite suppress my powers.

He laughed manically and tightened his grip on my hand while pulling me close. "I am your worst nightmare. I know that it isn't your own pain you fear. You fear the pain of those you love more, isn't that the essence of love? Did you think that I wouldn't know? I can't feel love, of course, the poison that it is, but understanding it makes my art all the greater. I never take out a worthy adversary until they cease to try, their loved ones however are fair game." He whispered maniacally.

He paused and released my hand he walked to the other side of Miss Grant's desk. "The wonderful thing is you'll tell me who you really love with your actions, I won't ever have to guess my next best move. So really, you're playing for me, guiding me right to the best targets. I thank you for that." He walked over to Alex and Barry. He propped the cane under Alex's chin. "The loving older foster sister. Always wanting to protect you from the pains of human life. So much so that she ruined her own life."

He walked over to Barry and placed the cane under his chin. "The loving boyfriend. The one that could truly understand what you are going through daily. You make me sick." He started to circle around them. "I promised to make you hear them suffer. To see the lights leave their eyes as they die. So, I guess it's time to wake them up, no?"

He snapped his fingers and some of the swirling smoke left their bodies. Immediately, Alex and Barry woke up. They looked around and realized what was happening. "Leave them out of this." I commanded. He smiled toothily. "But then where is the fun in that?"

I clenched my fist. He looked down and laughed. "Ooh, the girl scout is mad. Whatever am I to do?" Suddenly, he disappeared.

I heard a whoosh behind me and I was hit in the head with his cane. I turned around and saw the black smoke surrounding him. "Why are you doing this?" He rolled his eyes. "Ah, the stereotypical 'why are you doing this'. How about a 'what do you want?' No? It's okay, I love it no matter what. Anyway, it was revenge from the Flash. The original Flash, Jay Garrick. And then it moved on to world domination. And now, total universal domination." He grinned evilly.

I swung my fist, but it only caught air. He teleported behind me. "Kara, behind you!" Alex warned. I ducked and I heard a blade ring through the air. I turned around and saw Shade pulling out a blade from his cane. I heard Alex and Barry struggling to get out of the bindings. "Ah, ah, ah. You can't be doing that." He stated and snapped his fingers. A few black smoke bodies rose from the ground and surrounded them. I rushed over and tackled one of the figures. It disappeared as soon as I landed on the ground. "What the hell?" Barry stated.

Shade teleported in front of me and slashed at my side. I cried out as the blade made contact. I kicked his knee and tried to jump over the couch and out of the way of his downward arc.

He grabbed onto my cape and slammed me down on the table. I coughed as the cape temporarily choked me. "You're not going anywhere." He snarled. He plunged the blade down and I rolled out of the way. It caught on my cape, but I ripped it off.

Shade and I continued to fight. I barely landed any punches on him because as soon as I got close, he would teleport away. I nursed a few cuts from the blade. I heard a cry and I looked over to Alex and I saw a smoke figure getting ready to stab her. I jumped out of the way of Shade's blade and tackled the being. Once again it disappeared, but not without my hitting my head and everything becoming blurry for a second. Shade took this as the opportunity to pin my leg down with his sword. The blade went right through my thigh. I screamed out and he smiled.

"Wait right there, Kara. I'll be back in a few seconds." He teleported out of the room.

My heart was beating quickly and blood was flowing. Alex and Barry stared at me for a second, before trying to get out of the smoke bindings. I put my hand on the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. Shade returned a second later with bound Kal and a bloodied Astra. "They'll be next, but first, I think the sister."

He pulled down the vibing glasses and opened a portal. "This leads to your destroyed universe, Barry Allen. After the collapse of your Earth, the rest of the solar system followed because the whole universe was out of sync. As soon as any of you pass through this portal, you will instantly be vaporized." The smoke left Alex and Shade held onto her tightly. Alex spat at his face and he slapped her. It caused me to see red. I pulled up the blade that was pinning me down and I tackled Shade. Alex fell to the ground weakly.

Shade picked me up like I weighed nothing and threw me across the room. I broke through the wall and into another office. My head spun and I shook it to clear it up. Shade picked up the blade and was advancing on Alex. I leaned heavily on the wall and limped as blood spilled from my leg. I stealthily made it to Miss Grant's office again.

Alex was second from being pushed into the portal. I looked over to Barry. "I love you Barry Allen."

I stood up and charged at Shade. I yelled as I advanced on him. He turned around, but not before he was tackled by me. Alex dove out of the way as Shade and I went through the portal.

The End

Hey guys! I'm sorry for not posting yesterday, but my brother had to be rushed to the ER because he severely dislocated his ankle. It was really bad, like gross bad. *shivers in disgust* And I had my final for my summer class due. So yeah, sorry about that, but hey, it's a double post!

And yes, it's true. That is the end of this book. *cries*

Wait, book!? Yes! I have another part to this story! Come on, you think that I would just end it like that? Haha oh no. I don't know when I'll post it, but it will be soon. I hope you guys have a great day and I'll see you in the next book! ~Raya Kor-El