Tumblr Prompt - Just wanted to tell you how much I love the Lexington Chronicles and I was wondering if you could write a chapter on Lexington going up to space with Astraid and the aftermath of that. I would really love it if you did

"I don't think this is a good idea."

Astraid says, and Lexi can hear the worry in their voice.

"What do you mean? This is a great idea!"

"Really? Because I'm pretty sure my mom will kill me when she finds out about this."

"Your mom is a scientist, she'll probably congratulate you on our scientific adventure."

"Have you even met my mom?"

Lexi only laughs, powering up the thrusters of the Kryptonian pod.

"We're only going for a little orbital trip, it'll be fine."

"As long as you take the fall for it when we get caught.

"Fall? You mean glory, and yes, I will."

"I don't even have my learner's permit yet, and you think flying an alien space craft is a good idea?"

"Astraid," Lexi whines, "Please just this once, listen to me."

"Fine, but when we get in trouble, it's your fault."

"Fine." Lexi agrees, and the pod slowly lifts off the ground.

"What the hell were you two thinking?!" Alex demands, prying open the top of the pod.

"Wasn't that awesome? We managed to orbit the entire earth!" Lexi says excitedly.

"You also managed to scare us half to death, so congratulations." Kara adds, reaching in to pull Lexi out.

Lena manages to look every bit the disapproving mother, and Lexi feels her confidence wane just a little bit.

"We just took the pod on a quick trip around the planet!"

"A quick trip around the planet! A quick trip around the planet?!" Lena's voice is low and steady, a sure sign that this was not one of Lexi's brighter ideas.

"To be fair, they did make pretty decent time." Winn chimes in. "I mean the record for fastest time orbiting the earth is -"

"Winn! Now's not the time!" Alex stabs a finger in Winn's direction, and he throws his hands in the air slowly backing away towards his computer.

She turns her attention to Astraid and Lexi.

"Do you two know how hard it's going to be to explain this to news agencies? An unidentified spacecraft orbiting the earth?"

"Actually," J'onn chimes in, "It won't be difficult at all. National governments have passed off alien spacecrafts as mirages and UFO's for decades."

"I got a lecture last week because I accidentally knocked over a street light while fighting a group of rogue robots, but they can take a spaceship around the earth and you don't even bat an eye?" Kara whines.

"I'm sure Lexington and Astraid took every safety precaution. Right?" He looks at them sternly, and they both nod.

"Absolutely, Grandpa J'onn." Lexi says, nodding. "I checked the calculations three times."

"See," He grins. "No harm, no foul."

"Safe or not, you're both grounded." Maggie finally speaks. "I think I speak for all the moms when I say a month, minimum."

Lena, Kara and Alex all nod their agreement, and Lexi's shoulders drop just a little.

"Next time, maybe tell us before you decide to take off in a spaceship." Lena reprimands gently, reaching out to wipe a smudge of dirt of Lexi's cheek.

"Would you have let me go?"

"Most certainly not." Kara slings an arm around Lexi's shoulders, tugging her towards the door.

"I don't know, I think we could have worked something out." Lena concedes, coming around Lexi's other side and joining in the side hug.

"Lee! You would just let our little girl orbit the earth?!"

"I mean maybe? Now that I'm not terrified for her life, I can think of a few good reasons for it."

"We can discuss it over ice cream." Kara gives in.

"We're getting ice cream?!" maybe Lexi isn't in as much trouble as she thought.

"Don't get excited, chickadee, this is 'We're glad you're alive ice cream.' But it's also the last treat you're getting for a looong time." Lena warns.

"What if I told you I can use some of the data from the trip to solve the problem you're having with the transponder on your atomic transmitter?"

"Really?" Lena narrows her eyes in Lexi's direction, humming when the girl nods. "Well, we might can negotiate that into your plea deal then."

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