Andrea got Lena home, they hadn't spoken in the car on the way over from L Corp and Andrea could sense how nervous Lena was on the way to the elevator. "Lena this could be good for you. You need to try and relax."
"That is so easy to say, Andi, except I don't normally talk about my problems. I just stick them in another box." Lena said, brooding.
Andrea sighed heavily, even though Lena used her boarding school nickname. "Lena, where's Kara?" This turned out to be the wrong question to ask in Lena's current state.
"She can't support me in this, I'm not even sure she would want to." Lena snapped.
Andrea bit her tongue, that was a sore spot. So, whatever has made Lena decide, she needed help, had something to do with Kara. Lena stood, rigidly staring at the door, willing the elevator to go faster. She felt guilty for snapping, but right now, Andrea couldn't know what she had done to Kara, because then she would have to give up Kara's secret, and she couldn't do that.
The door to the elevator and Lena walked towards her condo's door with Andrea trailing behind. Lena unlocked the door and headed immediately for her bedroom, while Andrea watched her with a sad look on her face. Andrea then headed to the kitchen and set up Lena's coffee machine and her kettle, checking the cabinets and pulled down several mugs, creamer and sugar for coffee, lemon, and honey for the tea. She searched until she found Lena's favorite white ginger tea, one that they had discovered together at the little coffee shop around the corner from their school. The memory came quickly, and she couldn't help but smile.
***They were walking hand and hand, leaning into one another, trying to stay warm, and failing miserably. They noticed the coffee shop and decided, a cup of coffee would be a great way to spend a few minutes before heading down to the bookstore in town. As they walked in, Lena lit up like a child at Christmas, "Andi, they have White Ginger tea." Lena had said.
"Well order a cup, I'm having coffee." Andrea had said.
"Will you try it, for me?" Lena asked, a small pout on her face.
"Sure, why not, anything for you Lena K," Andrea answered.
Lena ordered two cups and they sat down at the bar by the window. "So, what do you think?" Lena asked.
"It's good" Andrea answered, "But next time can I get sugar instead of honey."
Lena smiled and kissed her on the cheek, leaned up against her and they sat there and watched the snow starting to fall outside. ***
Andrea smiled at the memory, and then set out sugar cubes so that she could sweeten her tea. Then she made a glass of water and headed out to the balcony to wait on Lena. Fifteen minutes later, she heard the door slide open and Lena stepped out onto the balcony.
"Andi?" Lena whispered.
"Hey Lena K, you ready?"
"Andi, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have snapped, you are being a friend, and I need one right now," Lena said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Lena?" Andrea was worried, this was the second time in less than 24 hours that she had seen Lena crying.
"Andi, I don't want to be like Lex, I want to get better, I want to be a better person." Lena was crying now.
Andrea stood up and walked over to her friend. "Lena, I'm here for you, and I will continue to be here for you as long as you want me to be."
Lena leaned into Andrea and cried softly for a few minutes. Finally, she finished, "Thank you, Andi." Then she pulled back.
Andrea allowed her to pull away and followed her back inside. She headed into the kitchen and put the kettle on to boil and started the coffee maker.
At exactly 3:30, they heard a knock at the door.
Andrea answered the door, and there stood three women. All three stopped, they had expected Lena, not Andrea. Helena looked and blinked, "Andrea?"
"Helena? Hi honey, I heard about you and your mom, I'm so sorry. Is your father in town?" Andrea answered.
"No, he, he isn't himself right now," Helena answered sadly. "I'm staying with Pamela and Harley right now."
Harley was shocked but recovered quickly. "You're Andrea, Andrea Rojas, CEO of Obsidian North, how did you know Selina?"
"She was on the board of Obsidian North, when the company was floundering, she invested a small amount of her fortune into the company, helped us stay afloat. She acted a little like a mentor to me and taught me a good deal about standing up for myself in business." Andrea answered.
"And Helena, how do you know her?" Pamela asked.
"Selina brought her on several visits to our Metropolis offices, and we had lunch in Gotham, Helena was almost always involved." Andrea smiled.
Helena smiled at the memory "Can we stay for a little while Pam, so Andrea and I can talk."
Pamela smiled "Of course." She was so pleased that Helena would open up to someone else.
Andrea shook her head, "I'm sorry, Dr. Quinzel, you are here for Lena, I'm her friend. I've already set up the study for your session, and there is coffee and tea in the kitchen. As long as it's okay with you, I will be in the living room or on the balcony catching up with Helena.
"That is more than acceptable Andrea, please call me Harley and thank you for getting everything set for Lena and myself." Harley smiled.
Lena was waiting patiently in the Living Room, but when Harley walked in the nerves started. Harley took one look at her and smiled. "Lena dear, will you please relax, I don't bite," Harley said. Pam snickered then covered her mouth and pretended to cough. "My patients." Harley amended.
Lena laughed, and then took a deep breath to help herself relax. Then she and Harley disappeared to make themselves something to drink. They reappeared minutes later and headed to the study.
Andrea, Pamela, and Helena settled in the Living Room and started to talk.
In the study, Lena was looking around "Do I sit or lie down, I've never done this before." She asked.
"How would you be most comfortable?" Harley asked. Lena sat on her couch, and Harley sat down in a very comfortable leather chair across from her.
"So, is this the part where you ask me all sorts of questions and I just kind of start talking about everything?" Lena asked sarcastically.
"Lena, please accept that I am here to help, your sarcasm is a deflection, while you avoid your problems. I do ask that you try to take this a bit more seriously please." Harley asked calmly.
Lena sighed, then she apologized. "Sorry, Harley."
"It's okay Lena, this is quite normal. Now I would like to discuss your first two letters in this session, may I see them?" Harley asked.
"They are behind you on the desk," Lena answered.
Harley picked them up, and Lena was so thankful her first two letters had been written without a mention of Supergirl. Harley read over the letters, then read them one more time. She took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry about the loss of your mom Lena, have you ever considered looking into her history, more?"
"Why would I do that? She left me over twenty years ago. What good would finding anything out about her do me now."
"Well, you do feel as if you are forgetting her and this would be a way to reconnect. A way to keep her memories alive Lena. You feel as if she betrayed you, but I think there is more to it than that." Harley said, trying to get Lena to reach a conclusion that she had reached.
"She died because of me, I wasn't strong enough to save her, I failed her, I let her drown and did nothing. It's my fault she is dead." Lena was crying.
"How Is it your fault Lena, what could you have done?" Harley asked.
"I could have saved her; I could have gone for help. I just stood there, watching, waiting for her to come back to me. She left me, she left me alone, my whole world disappeared in a splash and I was alone." Lena rested her face into her hands. She couldn't remember if her mother had called for help, or if she tried to swim back to shore, all she remember was the feeling of loneliness, even at four years old. Then Lena did something she hadn't done in all the years since her mother died, she mourned, truly mourned her loss. She sat and cried and screamed, it was so unfair, her mother hadn't betrayed her, it had been an accident, an accident that had left a young girl alone, an orphan in a world she didn't understand. She remembered then, Kara was an orphan, she had witnessed her whole world end, and she had been old enough to understand what had happened at the time. But where Lena had grabbed the pain and relished in it, turning every slight into a form of betrayal, Kara had turned it into a sense of hope, using the bad, to become a beacon of good. She mourned her mother and she mourned the most special friendship she had ever had. Finally, she exhausted all her tears.
"Now this will sound like a horrible question, but do you feel better?" Harley asked.
Lena looked at Harley, and giggled, "A little?" She said. Then both women sat and laughed together for a few minutes.
"Lena, you were four years old, and you reacted just as any child would have in that situation, there is never a right or wrong answer in any accident, but you didn't do anything wrong, it was a terrible accident, that you have lived all of your life blaming yourself for. You turned those feelings into a sense of betrayal, and you need to work on accepting your mother's death as an accident, that's all, people die Lena, and there was nothing you could have done," Harley stated.
"But Harley, why betrayal?" Lena asked softly. "Why did I turn it into a betrayal?"
"Because Lena, a mother's love is a promise, a promise to love, to be there, to protect, always to protect and care for you. And when she died, you saw that as a broken promise, you trusted her to keep her promise and that trust was broken." Harley answered softly. Once again, the parallels of her relationship to Kara threatened to spill out. She wasn't angry that Kara hadn't told her the secret, she was hurt and scared because her trust was broken.
"But Lena you must understand, your mother didn't leave you on purpose, she did not break your trust, not intentionally, the way you seem set on remembering her. She broke your trust because of a situation neither of you could control." Harley explained softly.
"So how do I reconcile my feelings of betrayal versus an accident I couldn't control?" Lena asked.
"That is something you must decide, but based upon what I know about you, there have to be recorded somewhere, your family doesn't strike me as the type to not know everything about a situation, including your adoption and your birth mother." Harley answered, "You need closure Lena and you need to forgive yourself."
"That won't be easy Harley, do you know how much paperwork there is in my family archive?" Lena asked.
"No Lena I don't, but I'm sure you have people, someone you trust who could help you?"
"Do you think this would help?" Lena asked, the doubt in her voice obvious.
"I do Lena, I think it would help you a great deal." Harley smiled.
Lena did know a couple of hackers who may have the skillset to research the Luthor archives and find the information she needed. But how do you ask the friend you betrayed and the one woman in the world who may hate her as much as Alex Danvers, to do her a favor?
"Or you could ask Lillian," Harley said.
"No way Harley, no." Lena snapped "That woman is cancer, she infects everything she touches."
"You hate her that much?" Harley asked.
"She has tried to kill me and manipulate me so many times, I've lost count. She has threatened my friends and family, belittled me, she criticized everything I did growing up. I couldn't have friends she didn't approve of; I never could earn her approval. Even if I asked her for help, she would probably lie to me." Lena stated.
"Lena, that didn't answer my question." Harley replied, "Take a moment."
"That woman, she never believed in me, never gave me a chance. Nothing I ever did was good enough for her, everything was always about Lex. No matter how well I did in school, she would always find a fault. She, she never loved me, she never cared about me. She ran off my first girlfriend and I think she caused Mercy to leave. What was so wrong with me, that she couldn't love me, it wasn't my fault who my mother was, and I didn't even know Lionel was my real father until many years later." Lena was crying, again.
"Do you think Lillian knew? Did she suspect that he had brought his daughter into the family?" Harley asked.
"I don't know, maybe," Lena answered.
"Perhaps this was her response to betrayal," Harley said calmly. "She treated you badly because you were a physical representation of what Lionel had done to their marriage."
"She turned me into this, this mess. I began to box my emotions, I stopped making friends, I kept people at a distance. Every Time, someone got close, I would find a reason to hate them. If I got close, they would just betray me. Lex, Mercy, Andi, Kara anyone who would keep a secret, it was because I didn't want to trust them, I was looking so hard for the signs of betrayal, I didn't have time to see anything else. Lex loved me, in his own way, until he became so obsessed with Aliens. Mercy tried so hard to help me believe in myself, then she left. Andi was trying to save her family and Kara loved me. I couldn't bring myself to see any good in any of them, I was always waiting for them to stop caring to twist whatever they would say or do so that when they finally left, I could just hold on to the anger, just like Lillian taught me." Lena cried.
"Lena, the four people that you mentioned, what is your common thread to all of them?" Harley whispered.
"They, they all loved me in their own way. They all tried to protect me from myself and others. Each one cared for me in their own way, and I cared for them as well, but I never gave their feelings a thought, it was always how I felt. And once they left my life, I just locked those feelings away and hung on to the anger, nothing else."
"So we need to get through that anger Lena, you need to learn to let it go, remember the good things from each relationship you find important, find a moment that defined their love, it will help you heal, help make you whole again," Harley explained. "I understand how you feel about Lillian, but you need to forgive her as well, not for her Lena, but for you."
Lena couldn't do anything but sit and cry. Harley then moved to the couch, this part of her treatment was normally criticized by her peers, but she found that physical touch, be it a hand or a hug was truly a part of the healing process, so she wrapped Lena in her arms and let her cry.
Meanwhile, back in the recovery room at L Corp, Alex had arrived to stay with her sister overnight. She opened the door to the room to find Kara and Lucy playing something on their tablets, from the way they were leaning, she would bet they were probably playing some version of Mario Kart, on one of the emulator apps Kara had written. Then she heard Lucy brag, "Ha, I win Kara."
"1 out of 4 isn't too bad Lucy." Kara laughed back.
Lucy stuck her tongue out at Kara and smiled. "This was fun today; we haven't done this enough lately Kara. Now that I am back in National City, we have to start hanging out more, please?"
"Well, we do have a wedding to plan." Kara smiled, she hadn't realized how much she missed Lucy, it was like she had just disappeared off the planet. Kara was happy she was back, and she promised herself to do everything she could to make Lucy's wedding day as special as Lucy herself was.
"Kar, what ya thinking about so hard?" Lucy asked.
"Hmm, oh nothing," Kara answered.
"Crinkle Kara.", Lucy laughed.
"Oh Damn. I was thinking about how much I have missed you. And before you say anything, it's my fault too, we both own phones and tablets, we let life get in the way of living Lucy." Kara smiled.
"You're right Kar, so let's not do it again, after all, we are the Little Sisters." Lucy laughed.
"To the Little Sisters." Kara laughed. Then she noticed Alex standing in the door. "Alex, how long have you been there?"
"Long enough." She smiled. Kara was right, the whole group had let life get in the way, and unfortunately, it took Kara being in danger to bring them back together. "I brought PJ's, a new phone and Potstickers and Egg Drop Soup."
"Oh, thank Rao, I don't have to wear this gown. Can you two help me to the bathroom, so I can get changed? Please." Kara cringed. Then she looked at the pajamas, "Unicorns Alex, really?"
Alex and Lucy helped her off the bed after they stopped laughing, and she moved slowly to the bathroom. "Don't close the door all the way, Alex." She begged.
"Don't worry, I won't little sister." While Kara changed Alex looked to Lucy. "How did she do today?"
"Really well, we went over her treatment, that was hilarious, Lena sent her access to an incomplete file, and Kara and I hacked her system until we found the related files. Of course, halfway through, Kara realized that Lena was testing us, so after we found the last file, she sent them this…" Lucy turned her table around showing Alex the graphic Kara had sent.
Alex snorted through her nose. "That looks like something Kara would do."
"Yeah people always underestimate her, but the best part is Kara noticed that the calculations didn't match this initial batch and she called Lena out on it. She figured out it was the initial sample, Eve played with the numbers, Kara is the only person who could have caught it, and Sam and I stood with her the whole time. She kept her head up and didn't give in to her fear at all." Lucy said proudly.
"Really?" Alex was amazed.
"Yes Alex, you would have been proud." Lucy smiled.
"I'm coming out, so you two can stop talking about me," Kara called out.
"How do you know we are talking about you?" Alex asked?
"Just because I don't have my powers doesn't mean I am deaf." Kara laughed and you guys aren't that quiet. "Thank you for the compliments you two."
Then she took a deep breath and headed for her bed, but between putting on her pajamas and laughing she was exhausted. "Alex, I need help. Please."
Alex was by her side in an instant. Lucy got on the other side and they Kara back to her bed. As they were getting her tucked in, Sam arrived. "Hey everyone, how are the hack sisters doing?"
"Hack sisters?" Alex looked perplexed.
"Their new nickname. They set a record for hacking the L Corp server." Sam laughed. "How are you feeling Kara."
"Tired, but it's a long trip to the bathroom and back." She giggled a bit, which made the other three women feel better. They all knew she hated this feeling of helplessness, but at least she was in relatively good humor about it.
Sam hugged Kara and looked to Lucy. "Are you heading back with me?"
"Yep, I believe tonight is a Danvers sister night." Lucy laughed.
Lucy turned and hugged Kara "Thank you, Kara, I had a blast today. We have to do this more often, okay sweetie?"
Kara hugged Lucy back "Yes please," she whispered into her friend's ear, "I would like that a lot. Thank you for being here today, I needed this."
Lucy tried to hide the tears as Sam stepped up to Kara. "I will see you, tomorrow sweetheart, I think Ruby and Nia are going to be here all day, can you help her with her math and science? And no hacking lessons." Sam asked.
Kara wouldn't look her in the eyes as she answered "Okay."
"Kara? You've been teaching her how to hack, haven't you?" Sam asked, a small smirk forming on her face.
"Not hacking really, just coding," Kara said, still not looking Sam in the eyes. "She's really good Sam, not quite as good as Lucy but she's getting there and it's our chance to bond when we hang out."
Sam smiled, that explained why Ruby was having zero issues in her programming class this year. "Nothing illegal, please?"
"Scouts honor." Then Kara winked at her, and Sam's heart felt like it skipped a beat. She knew Kara wasn't flirting, but it felt good to just be kidding around and enjoying each other's company. For Kara it was a chance to reconnect with her friend, someone who had been there for her when Lena and Alex were busy, not to mention the chance to needle her just a bit about her ability to spoil Ruby. And after all the bad of the last week, seeing Sam smile was worth it.
Sam got one more quick hug from Kara then interrupted Alex and Lucy talking. "We are going to head out, you ladies enjoy your night." Then a quick hug to Alex and her and Lucy headed out the door.
Alex walked over to where Kara was patting the bed. She hopped up beside her sister and pulled out two bottles of water and their food. Kara sipped her soup and ate a few potstickers. "Kar, you need to try to eat a little more. It will help you heal."
Kara took a deep breath, and she bit her lower lip, then she started to tremble. "Alex?"
Alex looked up from her soup and noticed how nervous Kara was, "Kara what's wrong?"
"You're going to be mad Alex. What I am about to tell you is going to upset you," Kara said, with her head down.
"Kara, what's wrong?" Alex was getting worried.
"While I, when I was trapped in the fortress, I stopped," she paused, trying to find her words," I stopped eating, I just curled up in the cage and hoped that the Kryptonite in the walls would just kill me. I gave up Alex. I was so scared and alone, and I didn't think anyone was going to come to get me. Instead of trying, I just gave up."
Alex looked at Kara, she didn't see Supergirl, of course, she never did, but now she saw the same scared 13-year-old little girl that had come to them, the one she had picked on, had been angry with and had generally treated like crap. "Kara."
"I know, some hero huh?" The tears were forming in her eyes again "I'm sure you are mad, but I had to let somebody know why I haven't been eating. I didn't think there would be any way-out Alex, I didn't think about blood poisoning or a loss of powers, I just thought I would be there until Rao came to collect me."
Alex was crying now; her sister had lost hope. She took the food and set it on the rolling table and wrapped her arms around Kara.
"I'm so sorry Alex, I lost faith. I even stopped praying to Rao, I felt so alone, I couldn't see the sun, I thought myself undeserving of his light, that he was abandoning me, that somehow, what I had done to Lena, breaking her trust, the Fortress was my penance, my chance to make up for all the mistakes I had made, for all the people I had failed."
Alex knew there were no words that she could say that would make her sister feel better, all she could do was support her, help her heal, and most of all, be her sister, not her protector, not her DEO liaison, not anything more than a friend and family. She felt Kara pull out of her arms, tears still streaking her cheeks. Kara looked Alex in the eyes looking for disappointment or anger, but all she could see was love.
"Kara Danvers, you have been a sister, a friend, a rock and a hero to me throughout all our years together. You have seen more in your life than any young woman should be expected to, and you have taken all that pain and turned it into something good. You have become a symbol of hope for every person in National City, alien or otherwise. Kara, you have become a symbol of hope for this entire world. Clark may represent Truth and Justice, but you inspire people to be better than they believe they can be, with or without your powers Kara, you are Supergirl." Alex cried. "And somehow, I forgot all that, I will always try to protect you Kara, but I stopped trusting your judgment, I thought I was smarter than you. If I had let you tell Lena when you first asked, instead of blocking you or putting doubts in your head, maybe we wouldn't be where we are now. We all failed you, Kara, you didn't fail us, do you understand. But it won't happen again baby sister, it will never happen again."
At that point, both sisters felt a shift, instead of carrying their burdens alone, they were once again carrying them together, the Danvers sisters against the world. This time they weren't alone though, their whole weird family was right there with them.
They sat there for a while, crying and holding each other until Kara heard the soft sound of Alex's snoring. "Rao, light of Krypton, the god of our creation, thank you for the family you have granted me here on Earth, no one more than this woman, the woman I call sister, who has stood by my side for all these years. Forgive me for my loss of faith and grant me your strength to continue." She paused.
"In Rao's name, we pray." Alex finished. She smiled at Kara and saw the smile she had missed so much on her sister's face.
Alex stretched and reached for the food, but this time Kara beat her to it, popping two potstickers in her mouth as quickly as she could open the bag. Alex just smiled and shook her head. She decided she would check the computer readouts later, right now she just wanted to enjoy her time with her sister. "So, we got Netflix down here?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, and I see you started season three of the Crown without me?" Kara laughed.
Alex was very grateful at that moment that her sister didn't currently have her heat vision, the Crown was their show, and they weren't supposed to get ahead of the other.
"I'll forgive you this time, but no spoilers." Kara smiled, and Alex knew, she just knew everything would be okay.
Later that night at the condo, as Alex and Kara were binging on the Crown, Sam was sitting out on the balcony, thinking about Lena and Kara. Both of them seemed to be doing a little better and now she had a group on both sides. She had relocated the press conference to L Corp, so they didn't have to transport Kara anywhere. The only thing she was worried about was Kara, she would be alone on that walk across the stage. 'Oh well. I'll talk to Lena about that problem tomorrow.' Then, of course, there was the credit card usage from the day, which included outfits for Astra and Alura, but also Ruby and Nia.
She stood up to stretch and noticed Alura, Astra, and Eliza heading her way with a bottle of wine and four glasses. She looked into the Living room and noticed J'onn, Brainy, Nia, and Ruby playing a video game in the living room, so she figured she was being set up. She pulled up a small table and four chairs and waited for the three women to join her.
"To what do I owe the honor?" Sam asked as the three women joined her.
"Astra told me that they determined which house on Krypton you belong to. We thought you might have questions." Alura answered.
"Does it, will it affect any chance of a relationship with Kara?" Sam asked, a bit concerned.
"No Samantha it does not, only members of the same house are not allowed to pursue one another."
"Didn't Superman fight a Zod once?" Sam asked, trying to remember.
Eliza answered this question, "Yes, about 5 years before Kara landed, he battled Superman in Metropolis, he was a madman, and had a problem with Jor-El, Clark's Kryptonian father.
"Dru-Zod?" Astra asked. "He was condemned to the Phantom Zone by Jor-El for crimes against the Kryptonian council."
"Yes, Dru-Zod, of the Kryptonian Military." Said Superman as he landed heavily on the balcony.
"Hello, Kal-El," Alura said, "Lois and Jon are in the middle bedroom."
"Alura, Eliza, Samantha." Kal greeted each in turn, then stood shocked as Astra turned to greet him.
"Hello, Kal-El, no greeting for your Aunt?" Astra smiled.
"Astra, but you, you're?" Kal stuttered.
"Dead?" Astra smiled again. "I'm afraid that is a rather long story, but needless to say, I am back."
"I need to speak to Sam." He said.
"Yes?" Sam was suddenly very nervous.
Kal walked over and held out his hand, "I owe you a huge apology Sam, I have been an ass and incredibly hardheaded over your involvement with Kara. I read the records she left in the fortress, and now I think I understand a bit more about the situation. Well, what I am trying to say is that I fully support you and your friendship with my cousin, and if I came across as an ass, I am sorry."
"Apology accepted," Sam said as she accepted the outstretched hand. Kal squeezed just a bit, not as a gesture of anger, but to make sure this woman was capable of protecting his cousin. Sam took the challenge and began to squeeze back, Kal grimaced, realizing that this woman's strength was quite possibly greater than his own. Sam smiled and released Kal's hand. He stood rubbing it, nodded and then excused himself to go and see Lois.
After Kal let himself in, Sam grabbed a glass of wine and drank it as quickly as possible. "So that was weird." She said.
Eliza, Alura, and Astra sat staring at Sam and then started laughing. Sam looked at them, and then started giggling. "I think I just showed up Superman."
"Yep." Was all Eliza could get out before she started laughing again. Sam followed quickly and they all laughed for a few minutes.
They finally stopped laughing and Astra spoke up. "Just because Dru-Zod was evil Samantha does not mean that all members of the house are, all the houses have had members who did not follow the principles of their respective house. Remember who you are and why you were chosen as Kara's protector, follow the principles of your house and pass them on to your youngling. May Rao grant your house the honor it deserves." Then Astra looked to Alura, as her sister handed Sam a small emblem, the symbol of her house, a diamond containing the Kryptonian letter Z, in her house colors of Black, Silver, and Gold. Holding the Glyph, she smiled realizing this was something else that could connect herself and Kara.
Alura spoke next "My you and Ruby bring honor to your House." Then she hugged Sam tightly welcoming her as a Kryptonian.
Eliza was next, hugging Sam and congratulating her.
Then Astra stepped forward and she and Sam grasped forearms. "Bring honor to your house Warrior and defend your charges well."
"Thank you general." Sam smiled.
Suddenly she was surrounded by all her family including Ruby who just wanted to see the symbol of their house. Everyone congratulated her and Ruby. Then Ruby and Nia snuck away and started to plan for Ruby's first appearance as Supergirl.
"I am not wearing black," Ruby said.