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Supergirl lost
Chapter Thirty-Six: Supergirl Found
The smoke cleared slightly, and Kara saw a face she could never, would never, forget.
"Alex?" She whispered in shock.
Kara looked upon the face of her sister from Earth-38 as she was revealed by the smoke caused by the energy distortion. She floated down from her position, coat tails flapping slightly in the wind. Her redheaded sister looked up, her hand on her hip ready to draw her favorite gun but stopped as she took in the situation.
"Kara," She whispered as tears filled her eyes. The lost Kryptonian landed gently on the charred landing pad with a soft tap of her heavy boots a few feet away from Alex. She looked over the woman that had helped her adapt to her previous home and walked forward cautiously, as if this was all a dream and it would fade away if she got too close. She was emboldened when she remembered Raina's vision.
This was real. Alex was really here! Remembering that, she surged forward and embraced the sister she hadn't seen in over five years.
"I found you," Alex whispered. "I found you. I found you. I found you," She chanted, almost like a prayer. Kara heard the tears in her eyes as Alex clung to her for dear life.
"You found me," Kara said with a nod and tears in her eyes as she ran her hand up and down Alex's back in a comforting manner.
The two sisters held onto each other for another minute before Kara looked and saw other people on the landing pad. From right to left was Barry Allen, Cisco Ramone who was holding hands with another woman she didn't know, an older man with a weird helmet that she assumed was another speedster based on the lightning bolt across his chest, Harrison Wells, and Lena Luthor.
The sisters broke apart, but Kara kept her hands on Alex's shoulders and looked her in the eye.
"How did you manage? I've been working the math for years, but I stopped when I figured out just how much power I'd need!" Kara exclaimed.
"As you can see, we called in a lot of favors. You know Cisco and Barry, but this is Cynthia AKA gypsy, " Alex said as she pointed to the woman holding Cisco's hand. "And this is Jay Garrick from Earth-3." Alex pointed to the man with the helmet.
"Cynthia's a breacher and Jay is another speedster. We combined their powers and harnessed the breaches in an extremely complicated piece of technology on Barry's earth combined with Rea's portal generator, hence why we needed Lena and Harrison. I think we fried the power grid on Barry's earth," Alex said. Kara groaned in annoyance.
"Silly me! Why didn't I think to use breachers?" She said sarcastically. Alex wiped a few wayward tears with a watery laugh.
"Kara, I hate to be the one to ruin a happy reunion, but even though the accords don't specifically mention this exact scenario, we have to take them in under the broader terms," Vision said in her earpiece.
Kara looked up to the sky at the golden caped Vibranium man and sighed in frustration.
"I know Vis. Just give a minute to explain it before you go gung-ho. Please?" Kara asked. The android nodded and floated down silently towards the group of interdimensional travelers.
"Oh my god, is that an android?" Cisco shouted excitedly.
"Not now Cisco," Kara started. "Look…there are laws on this planet that oversee the Avengers, the people behind me, on this planet. Helps dictate how we should and should not proceed in certain situations. Since the last guy that came through a portal started an invasion from this very tower, the UN-Avengers committee has ordered us to stop and or apprehend anyone that came through this portal," Kara said.
"Wait are we being arrested?" Barry asked with an unsure smile on his face, like this was a joke.
"No. You're being detained. There's a difference," Nat supplied helpfully. Kara gave her a look.
"Under the Sokovia accords you are being detained-"
"Wait Kara we came all this way," Alex said.
"And are to be brought to Geneva, Switzerland where you will be held-" Kara pushed on with a grimace.
"Just tell them we're family. We can work this out!" Alex said louder.
"And a review board will hear the testimony of the Avengers regarding your intentions towards Earth and its peoples," Kara concluded.
"We came to get you home and you're just going to detain us," Cisco said with a bit of bite in his voice.
"That's exactly what I'm going to do," Kara said. Before she could offer any further explanation, Lena stepped forward.
"Why?" She asked. That one simple question, and Kara felt like she couldn't take it anymore.
"Because if I refuse, if I don't do this, I get suspended from the investigation and then there is nothing I can do! I am the only one capable of proving your intentions are non-hostile. If I get suspended, that all goes out the window and the process takes much longer," Kara said in a frustrated tone. Both Alex and Lena were surprised.
The Kara they knew wouldn't talk like that.
"What happened to you?" Alex whispered. Kara floated up above their heads and back towards the tower. She might have had to tell them they were being detained, but she wasn't going to be the one to take them all in. She couldn't physically do it.
"I changed," She said simply before flying inside the tower with tears in her eyes. She vaguely heard someone calling her name and jogging after her.
Kara watched the camera of the detainment cell from a monitor in her room. Alex was pacing back and forth while Barry was trying to find a structural weak point. The cell was made of Vibranium, pure not alloy since King T'Challa opened up limited trade, and there was pretty much no escape.
"I know you can hear me Kara! I think we need to have a long chat when we get ho-"
The audio was cut off by another hand clad in red leather before it found its way to her face. Wanda was kneeling in front of her, hand pressed to her cheek and gazing at her with a loving but worried expression.
"Hey," the redhead said with a small smile. Kara sniffled a bit and dried her eyes.
"Hey," She said parroted back. Kara dropped her hand and Wanda's free hand quickly moved to hold it.
"I'm not even going to ask how you are feeling. I know this must be hard for you. I just want you to know I am here to listen or talk if that's what you want," Wanda said gently. Kara leaned into the hand on her cheek and felt the low pulse of her girlfriends' powers.
"You're so good to me," Kara said in a low whisper with a watery smile. Wanda brought Kara's hand to her lips and placed a gentle kiss on her knuckles before standing from her kneeling position and pulling Kara along with her.
"They're safe here and we have a few hours before we have to fly to Geneva," Wanda said as she pulled a willing but tired Kara out of her room in the tower.
The two went to the training room. Even though they couldn't go at it with their full strength, they could let loose a little bit.
Back to back, the two women went through several waves of Vibranium training drones for an hour and a half before Wanda had to call it quits and Kara was panting for a minute before her body recovered. The pair sat down on a bench nearby as they drank water, not really saying anything until Wanda looked up at her girlfriend before wrapping her in a hug.
"Are you listening to them?" She asked. Kara chuckled bitterly and nodded.
"Can't help it. It was always a reassurance when I was younger, you know? I would seek out Alex's heartbeat to calm myself down if everything got to be too much. Now that she's here…old habits, I guess," Kara said with a shrug and a small smile. Wanda ran her hands over Kara's shoulders and the blonde immediately relaxed.
"Just listen to my heart, my love," Wanda whispered gently. Kara found herself doing exactly as Wanda suggested. It came naturally to her, listening to Wanda's heartbeat. It was a soothing balm at night that helped her sleep, one that drove away the fading nightmares.
Slowly, Alex's ire was drowned out by the slightly fast beat of Wanda's heart, and Kara let herself get wrapped up into it as the redhead kissed her gently.
"Come on. Let's get something to eat," Wanda suggested. She had to laugh as Kara perked up at the mention of food.
Several hours later, after Kara had been fed and both Tony and Steve had volunteered to move the holding cell with her sister to the quinjet, for which Kara was grateful for, everyone was in the air and on the way to Geneva for the council meeting.
Kara was flying alongside the quinjet, Tony, and Rhodey as they flew over the Atlantic. Unfortunately, with the cell and several heavy avengers onboard the quinjet, Peter and Pietro had to stay behind.
Alex and everyone in the cell had gone quiet an hour into the trip, Steve, Nat, and Clint watching them like hawks. Wanda was on the comms trying to distract Kara throughout the trip.
"After this, wanna go on a date?" Wanda asked. Kara didn't fight the grin on her face.
"Absolutely! Wanna fly to California? I know a couple of good restaurants. Oh! Maybe we can fly to France!" Kara said excitedly. It had been a week since their last date and Kara had wanted to talk about another one since then.
"Either of those sounds lovely. Though I must say, I've never been to France before," Wanda said. Kara grinned.
"That sounds awesome and all, and I'd be more than happy to get you a reservation somewhere, but I'm not gonna be flying for the next three hours on an escort mission with you two planning a date. Like, gag," Tony said sarcastically. Kara rolled her eyes before silently flying to Tony's side.
"Well now you know how I feel. I try not to, but I hear an awful lot of things I'd rather never hear. Like seriously. I could go my whole life without knowing you and Pepper do some foreplay with that-"
"Okay new topic!" Steve cut in over the comms. Kara let out a full belly laugh as Tony groaned.
"Sorry choir boy," Kara said jokingly.
Everyone chuckled a little bit at Steve's groan before Tony got back on the comms.
"How are our guests?" He asked. Tony wasn't blind. He knew how much this was hurting Kara. He had been glad when he hadn't been the one to remind her about the accords, but he'd been worried about her all day. She was with Wanda, so that was good, but she was still clearly hurting, and it hurt him. Over the past few months, their relationship had improved drastically. It was even better than it was before the Ultron incident. Kara was like a sister he had always wanted. He knew she was trying to detach herself from this, pretending like it didn't bother her for everyone but Wanda, but he knew, they all did.
"Well the two breachers have been trying to use their powers but the dampeners you made are working on max so they can't get out. The two speedsters have been trying to 'phase' whatever that means, and Missus Luthor has been talking to Alex the entire time," Clint said. It was a brief summary, but something caught Kara's attention.
"Wait, Missus Luthor?" Kara asked.
"Yeah. Wedding band on the ring finger, same for Alex," Steve said. Kara quickly X-rayed the cage and sure enough, there were identical rings on Alex's and Lena's fingers. It was enough of a shock that she dropped out of the sky for a few moments before recovering.
"Everything okay?" Wanda asked. She had felt Kara's shock and confusion. She had remembered Kara talking about a crush on the Luthor woman. Wanda had expected for a moment to feel jealousy from Kara, but she didn't, and Wanda didn't know if she felt selfish or grateful that Kara's heart belonged to no other but her.
"Yeah. I just wasn't expecting that. It kind of reminds me how much has changed…you know? When I was sent here, she was dating another woman. It was pretty serious, and Alex had even proposed. I'm just thinking how much I missed," Kara said.
"It's understandable Kara. A lot can happen in five and a half years," Nat said from the pilot's seat. Kara nodded before remembering that Nat couldn't see her.
"Yeah. I guess. I just hope she'll forgive me for this, that they all will," Kara said with a sigh.
"Alex is your sister and Lena was your best friend. I'm sure they'll get over it. Just try and focus on the meeting okay? It's your testimony that will help them," Clint said. Kara sighed again before going silent and focusing on her flying. Everyone except Wanda let her be, and she couldn't be more thankful. They talked back and forth the entire flight, Wanda giving status updates every so often when she felt Kara's concern and curiosity peak.
"She's glaring at me," Wanda suddenly said.
"Yeah…Alex likes to glare sometimes. Even when we were kids, she had a wicked glare that used to scare me," Kara said with a nervous laugh. Even now, even when Alex wasn't glaring at her, just the idea of Alex being upset with her made her feel like a child that got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Which she had a few times when she was young.
But that was beside the point and it was only a few times.
Totally not a lie.
"Can Alex read lips?" Wanda asked. Kara thought about it and now that she did-
"I think she actually can," Kara said as she thought back.
"Well that would've been decent information before we were talking about a whole lot of personal things," Clint sassed. Kara gave a sarcastic laugh and continued flying and making small talk with everyone.
When they landed in Geneva three hours later, it being a quick flight because Tony's quinjets kick ass, it was anything but a warm welcome. Over two dozen armed soldiers from special forces across the world; made up of Navy seals on loan from the US, SAS from Great Britain, soldiers of the KSK from Germany, and a squad from the eighty ninth "Oz" division out of Israel to round it off. It told Kara one thing: that the council wasn't messing around with a potential threat and that a lot was at stake here.
And Alex and the rest of her friends from her old life were counting on her.
The cell was flanked by the squad of SEALs and SAS soldiers while the Oz and KSK units kept their backs to the cell and heads on a swivel from any surprise threat the invaders had brought with them.
This could either go great or turn into a huge mess.
Not that it wasn't already.
The Avengers entered the new but temporary meeting quarters for the council that oversaw the team. It was originally supposed to be in Vienna where the main UN building was, but due to some legal restrictions that Kara didn't even bother to care for, it ended up being in Geneva. Not that Kara was complaining.
She loved swiss chocolate.
But now definitely was not the time to be drooling over Swiss chocolate.
Tony and Steve, as co-leaders, entered the building together with Kara behind and between them, walking with a purpose. She could practically feel the eyes of everyone in the cell on the back of her head, but she pushed through it because she had to. She wanted nothing more than to punch through the thick glass front wall of the cell and take her friends to Haven.
But that would do so much more harm than good, so Kara had to play along.
When they entered the meeting room, the councilors were already waiting with files in front of them and hands crossed on the large wooden desk.
One of them, a shorter woman from right here in Geneva was reading the file diligently, her glasses hanging from her nose. One of the youngest councilors, a man only in his late thirties and from England, watched the cell as it entered, taking in every detail he could. The third councilor, the one in the middle, was a man from japan who had had previous experience dealing with mutants both good and bad with years of study under his belt as a scientist. The fourth councilor was a middle-aged woman who had served as a senator in the US and had campaigned for Mutants rights and protection. The fifth and final councilor was an aging man from Egypt that had served in the Egyptian military for over twenty years and rose the ranks quite quickly because of his sharp mind.
This was a well-rounded council that had been chosen by the UN.
"Councilors," Steve said in greeting. They all looked at him and the rest of the present Avengers before settling on Kara. It had become known to them exactly how special Kara was when she signed the accords. She had had to divulge that she was from another earth, and while she was smart, she couldn't explain exactly how it had happened.
"Captain Rogers. It is our understanding, after being informed by the Vision, that approximately twelve o'clock eastern US time, a portal opened on the landing pad of Stark tower and allowed multiple individuals of presumably human descent into our universe. Is that correct Captain?" The US councilor asked. Steve nodded.
"Yes Ma'am," Steve said formally, his back straight and jaw set.
"And who's idea was it to stabilize the portal rather than attempt to stop it from forming?" The English councilor asked.
"It was a team decision. We went over the data we had received from the camera's outside Stark tower and from Spider-Man's drones. We decided to stabilize it one, because it was growing out of control while it tried to stabilize itself. Two, we knew how to stabilize but not how to stop it. And three, we didn't know what would happen if we destroyed it. There was a chance the self-stabilization might release any built-up energy and explode outwards above the city since Stark tower is so tall," Tony said in his own formal tone.
"Thank you, Captain Rogers and Mister Stark. It is my belief, and that of the council, that neither of you should be held accountable for this decision. Based on the Vision's brief explanation of the science behind this portal formation, I firmly believe you made the right choice. However, we do need testimony from one other person. Miss Zor-El, if you would be so kind," The Japanese councilor said. Kara heard a murmur of thanks from both Tony and Steve. That wasn't the only thing she heard.
The soft curse and anger from Alex at the mention of Kara's maiden name by the councilor.
"Thank you for allowing me to clear the air, councilors," Kara said with a humble nod of her head. The Swiss councilor gave a small smile at Kara's politeness. Every councilor knew damn well they couldn't stop Supergirl, so it was nice to see that she was at least trying to keep the peace.
"The people you see behind me are from my original universe, humans from earth thirty-eight and earth one respectively," Kara said, but a hand form one of the councilors stops her, the Japanese councilor.
"You mentioned Earths thirty-eight and one, correct?" He asked. Kara nodded.
"Yes. As is evidenced by me and the people in the vibranium cell, the theory of the multiverse is indeed correct. However, the further you get from earth prime, which is one, the more power you need. I was never able to get back home because I knew I would need too much power and would likely fry the entire eastern electrical grid in my attempt, which my friends did on earth one," Kara said. The councilors nodded along.
"And what do these people from Earths thirty-eight and one have to say for themselves? They clearly were unaware of our recent laws under the Sokovia accords, but should they still be punished?" The English councilor asked the others. The American councilor palmed a remote and hit a button, allowing a microphone inside the cell to turn on.
"Do you have anything to say in your defense?" She asked. Alex looked up to speak but Lena put a hand on her wife's arm and gave her a nod.
"Yes. Two years ago, Supergirl disappeared from our earth after a fight with an invading alien force. We won, but she was sent somewhere, here, by a portal generator that had malfunctioned. It was originally, according to designs, only supposed to send her somewhere random in our universe," Lena said, her hand holding onto Alex's.
"I see. Well-" The American councilor was cut off by Kara who had heard something that shocked her to the core.
"Wait wait wait. Hold on a second," She said to the council, though calmly so they didn't think she was trying to be disrespectful. She turned to the vibranium holding cell.
"You said two years?" She asked in a shocked whisper. Alex nodded in confusion. Kara ran a hand through her long hair before suddenly feeling overwhelmed and speeding out of the council room.
"Kara!" Tony shouted. Wanda gave him a look before running after her girlfriend.
The entire room stood in silence and confusion at the events that just played out. It was Lena that figured it out first.
"She's been here a lot longer than two years…hasn't she?" She asked. It was Nat and Clint that nodded before stepping up beside the cell and talking to the council.
"I think we can all agree that these people here mean no harm," Clint said. The councilors nodded and hit a button before the glass door opened and let the visitors from the multiverse go free.
Sort of.
The special ops unit members each produced an ankle monitor, along with power dampeners for the metahumans and applied them before anybody could protest.
"You will wear these at all times while you are here until you return to your own earth, if you can. If you cannot, a parole period will be set up and your case will be reviewed. For now, these will track your movements and subdue your powers," The Japanese councilor explained.
Alex glared at the offending anklet and wishing she had her alien gun so she could shoot it off before sighing. They were just here to get Kara and go home. The anklets would be off shortly.
"How long has Kara been here?" Alex heard Lena ask.
"About five and a half years," Nat said slowly.
Alex's eyes began to water at the thought of her baby sister thinking she would never go home.
okay so this chapter was a bit up and down, I'll admit that. However that's how these next few chapters are going to go. Admittedly, I'm not the best when it comes to emotional range in terms of writing, I know, you know, everyone knows it. This is kind of going to be a little experiment for me honestly. If you dont like this and the next chapter, I might consider re-writing the next few, but for now, this is something I'm going to try.