Hey guys, sorry for taking so long to update this fic. I have gotten lazy about this story and didn't update and then today i decided to finish this so expect more update during the following days.

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Chapter Twenty-Four

Supergirl no more

Fortress of Solitude

Lara had put the outfit upon a crystal mannequin there. For the past week, she had seen what she had caused to Metropolis and around the city they had put negative signs over the diamond S symbol. The public protest against Supergirl which most people of the city supported. Metropolis had turned its back on Supergirl and Lara couldn't see anyway of earning back their trust.

She then stepped back as crystal encased the mannequin. Then the young girl stepped back toward the control room where she can speak with her father, Kal-El.

"Kal-El, are you there?"

There was no response, causing Lara to frown slightly as she looked around the crystal columns. Her father had never once before stopped to answer her call.

"Kal-El answers me."

"You have broken your promise Leia-El," her father's voice said.

"Promise?" Lara repeated, not understanding.

"You have promised to protect this world, but you've brought suffering and despair. You have shamed the House of El the worst ways."

"Wait…Kal-El, I can explain what happened," Lara said.

"Explaining what happened will not change what your actions have caused Leia-El. I will no longer be able to give you guidance anymore and this Fortress will be…dead."

The shimmering lights from the Fortress crystal columns dimed until they simply vanished as Lara glanced around her. She couldn't believe it.

"Kal-El…Father please, don't turn your back upon me too," she whispered.

She spends at least half an hour trying to reactivate the Fortress but nothing had worked. She then left the crystal monument, watching from a distance before heading back home.

Smallville Mansion

Lara entered through the gates and knocked on the door before opening it. She walked straight toward Neil's office, finding him working on papers.

"Neil?"

The latter look up at her and smiled.

"Lara, I haven't seen you around for while," he said.

"I've got your messages," Lara said walking forward, "How's your Dad?"

"He is going to live," Neil said letting her seat down.

"I'm sorry about what happened…," Lara said.

Neil waved her apology off.

"It's not your fault Lara," he said, "You're not Supergirl so you're not responsible."

Neil if you only knew, she thought sadly.

"But even so, I'm apologizing," she said.

Neil stared at her for a few moments.

"Well then, apology accepted. Say how are things going on with your girlfriend?"

Lara suddenly looks at him.

"How do you know about that?"

"Chloe."

"Well…we broke up," Lara said.

Neil was surprised.

"What happened? From what Chloe said you guys were going strong."

"I broke her heart," Lara said softly.

"Oh," Neil said, "Any chance of winning her back?"

"Not in the way I see it," Lara sighed, "So, you're...okay with what I am?"

Neil smirked.

"Lara if we could control who we can like and who we can't, we won't be humans now would we?" he said.

Lara found herself smiling for the first time in days.

"Thank you Neil."

"Now, when we go out together we can check out the hotties without having any shame," he laughed.

"Hey, I'm still a girl you know," Lara said, "I'm not going to talk dirty with you about girls."

Neil simply laughed at her.

Daily Planet

"Kent, you're back?" Jimmy Olsen cried out when Lara walked through the doors.

"Yeah," Lara answered him, "How things been going around here?"

"Hectic," Jimmy said shaking his head, "Chief went ballistic that no pictures were taken by the Planet during the Supergirl's rampage as everyone is calling it."

Lara looked at the young man beside her, raising confusing eyebrows.

"How come you didn't take any pictures?"

"I was in Florida," Jimmy said.

"Oh! Okay," Lara said.

They found Chloe at her desk, working on papers and she looked up toward the duo.

"Lara," she said, her eyes going wide, "I didn't know you were going to come to work."

"I have to, if I want to have money," Lara told her, "Seems everyone is turning against me lately."

Chloe pulled her into a hug.

"Oh, I'm sorry Lara," she said.

Lara simply shrugged.

"What had happened?" she asked pulling Lara into the printing room.

"Kal-El shut down the Fortress," Lara told her, "Metropolis turned its back on Supergirl and now, a father turned his back upon his only daughter. Even Barbara broke up with me."

Lara walked toward a printer with Chloe following her.

"Why did she break up with you?" she asked, "Didn't she love you?"

"Even if she did," Lara told her, "I hardly spoke to her about myself; she had a good reason to break up with me."

"Lara," Chloe said taking hold of her arm, "People who love each other don't abandon the other during a time of need."

Lara was about to speak when her super hearing pick up a transmission for a malfunction of a construction crane. Chloe must have seen the look upon her face.

"Trouble?"

"Crane construction problems," Lara told her.

From what she can hear the crane had started going wild and was carrying heavy loads that were dangerously dangling in the air.

"You're not going to help?" the blonde asked her, noticing that she wasn't already disappearing with her super speed.

You were put on this Earth for a reason, find your true calling and winning back their trust will be easy.

Lara nodded before walking off.

The load was hanging about hundreds of feet into the crane's control malfunctioning. The construction group had been evacuating the area when the chain that had been holding the heavy load gave way, and the load started to fall toward the ground heading straight for a couple who were no quick enough to get away…but a blur of red and blue took hold of the two and quickly set them out of the way and then the blur suddenly took hold of the load who was now hanging in midair.

Supergirl then set the load down, her back turned toward the street that was completely silent as the many people simply stared at her. Then she turned around noticing the looks on their faces.

"We don't need your kind here," a voice yelled.

"Go back where you came from," another said.

Then the voices started to rise against her as the entire street seemingly turned against her. Supergirl watched them, tightening her hand into fist as she stayed completely silent then; she took off into the sky.

Chloe find Lara on the roof of the Planet, looking out toward the city. The girl was seating on the ledge. She was sure Lara had heard her coming.

"I'm never going to win their trust Chloe," she said softly, "It's already too late for that."

Chloe didn't say anything, just put a comforting hand upon Lara's shaking shoulder.

Somewhere deep below the earth

"What's going on with the driller?" the boss, Carl asked.

"I don't know sir, but it seems like we hit something," the Drill operator said, "Near destroyed the damn thing."

He lead Carl toward where the drill had stopped, and in front of them, half buried was a metallic shape with strange symbols that were graved upon it.

"I think we just found a UFO," Carl said, amazement in his voice.

Within the metallic UFO, something stirred to life and it's not happy, far from it. He was asleep but now it's awake. Now that it's awake, he will do what he was created for…

To kill and destroy.

It would seems like Metropolis had turned it's back on Supergirl, and Kal-El had turned his back on his daughter...as all the while, a new danger awoke from below...

Next time: Rise

Jacques0 out.

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