National City, 4 Months Later….
The kitten purred in her arms as a red boot touched the ground.
"Mittens!" A little girl's voice yelled, relief overriding the fear that had been present just moments before. She looked up as the superheroine handed the kitten over to her owner.
"I think Mittens needs to learn to stay out of trees," the hero smiled. "You two have a good day." Then she shot into the sky.
"Thank you!" The girl yelled after her.
The flash of a red cape momentarily distracted the getaway driver and he swerved to miss it, only to find the steering wheel non-responsive. Looking out the window, he saw the car was flying and pulled his head back, "We're flying," he gasped to the three other people in the car.
Minutes later they were settled in front of the police department, surrounded by officers.
"Thank you," several of the officers yelled as they waved at the red and blue blur as it disappeared into the sky above them.
"This is Captain Maggie Sawyer of the Science Division. We are requesting assistance with a Class 5 threat," the officer calmly spoke into her radio. Then, turning back to the situation, "Please stop threatening those innocents. Let them go and we will work something…"
She was interrupted as an energy blast came shooting out of the alley, only to be blocked by a red and blue clad heroine.
"Are you okay, Captain Sawyer?" The woman asked.
"I'm f-fine," Maggie responded shakily. "How about you?"
"You mind a little help?" The hero asked.
"No, not at all." Trying to catch what was happening as the woman blurred into action. She felt her handcuffs snatched from her belt and then, the alien was sitting on the ground in front of her patrol car, her hands encased in hardened stone and handcuffs encircling her wrist.
"All yours, Captain. The stone will keep her power in check for about an hour," the heroine smiled. "Anything else?"
"No, thanks for the…" Maggie started to answer, but she was gone.
"DEO Alert, Lex-Bot assault at L-Corp, I repeat, there are Lex-Bots attacking L-Corp!" Lucy yelled over the coms. "There are 10 of them, DEO presence has not been requested, however, we are considering this is a citywide threat, who is the closest?"
"I'm three minutes out, I'm finishing up a fire on the south side of town," Solaria responded.
"This is Dreamer. Brainy and I are three blocks away, and can be there in two minutes."
"Martian Manhunter here, I am ten minutes out, returning from Metropolis," J'onn answered.
"I'm thirty seconds out, I have visual on eight of the robots, where are nine and ten?" A voice asked over the coms.
Multiple voices tried to answer at once, and reporters on sight caught her on camera as she landed.
In Lena Luthor's office, she and Andrea had just sat down for lunch, unaware of the conflict downstairs, when the news flashed on Lena's screen and they reached for each other's hands as they sat watching.
In Midvale, Ruby came running into her mom's office, tuning the TV to the National City News.
At a furniture store in National City, Alex and Eliza turned away from the children's furniture and saw the familiar red and blue blur across the TV screen.
The robots turned to fire, but they reacted too slowly and five of them were cut down by her heat vision. Dreamer's energy tentacles tore two of them apart and Brainy took out the last.
"Watch out!" Solaria yelled as twin energy beams struck Dreamer and Brainy driving them to the ground. The hidden robots had made their presence known, and were now focusing their powerful kryptonite cannons on their next target. As they fired Solaria floated above, frozen by fear, not for herself, but for…
"Kara…" Sam gasped as the green light enveloped her Supergirl.
"Kara…" Lena Luthor cried, as her fingers clutched Andrea's hand tighter.
"Kara…" Alex and Eliza said at the same time, as their hands clasped.
"Kara…" Ruby cried as she turned into her mother's embrace.
"Zhao..." Sam whispered as fear clutched her chest.
Out of the green light, twin beams of blue struck the kryptonite cores, cracking them and stopping the energy surge. As the green light dispersed, the blonde heroine walked forward, blue eyes shining and hair and cape blowing back.
"You missed!" She grinned and leaped into the air landing on top of the first robot, flattening it into the concrete. The second she threw into the air and watched as her aunt disintegrated it with her heat vision.
Kara smiled up at Astra, then rushed to help her friends, making sure they were okay.
Lena and Andrea stepped through the doors and into a crowd of reporters. Kara looked up as she caught the heartbeats of the two women and smiled. Then lifting Dreamer and Brainy she shot into the sky, escorted by Solaria.
"Thank you, Supergirl!" Lena yelled.
Pausing just a moment, she turned, grinned, and waved, "you're welcome, Ms. Luthor." Then she turned back to her aunt.
After handing Brainy over to Solaria, Kara's phone buzzed and she reached into the pocket on her cape and saw her home screen flooded with messages from her friends and family.
'Great job you dork, but can you not get shot the next time! You're my Maid of Honor, remember? Love, from me and mom,' she smiled brightly at her sister's message...
'Great job, Kara. Are you okay? Love you, sis,' Kelly's message read...
'Kara, you rock!' From Lucy...
'I saw the news, nice to see you back,' the message from James said...
'That was amazing, can I get an exclusive?' Lois asked...
'If she texted you first, tell Lois no, I get the exclusive. Great job, Kara.' Cat's message flashed on the screen...
'Great job, Cousin', from Kal...
"I am very proud of you, Kara," Alura text appeared on her screen...
She was bewildered though, 'no message from Sami.'
She landed minutes later at the DEO and stuck around as Nia and Brainy were checked out by the medical staff.
Twenty minutes later she was lost in her own thoughts as she made her way to the DEO control room. As she stepped through the doorway she was blindsided by a hug from Ruby.
"Hey, Rubes, what's wrong? Is your mom okay? Why are you here?" The words tumbled out of her mouth as fear and panic threatened her thoughts and her heart rate started to rise.
"No-no Kara we're okay, we were scared when the beams hit you, we wanted to see you, to make sure you were okay," Ruby sniffled as she held Kara tight, willing herself to calm down. "Sorry, I shouldn't have surprised you."
"Oh Rubes, honey, I'm fine, I promise, I'm okay." Kara smiled as she kissed Ruby's head, "you can surprise me anytime." She took a deep breath, trying to calm down and smiled as Sam's heartbeat washed over her, soothing the panic. She looked up and saw Sam's eyes, the fear fading as gold flashed in those hazel orbs. Ruby glanced up and smiled at her mom, released Kara from their hug, and walked over to Lucy.
Kara stood transfixed as Sam walked towards her. "Don't, Do, That, Too, Me-Ever again. Please?" She pleaded, her cheeks still slightly damp from the tears she had cried on the way from Midvale...
Kara smiled, feeling slightly guilty, "I'll try, I promise." Then the world stopped as Sam's arms wrapped around her neck, and their lips met.
Later that evening, at their home in Midvale, Sam tossed a copy of the Midvale Ledger on to the coffee table. She watched a slow smile spread across her Zhao's face as Kara read the headline.
She's Back: SUPERGIRL RETURNS
The End
Kara's adventures will continue in Abandoned, a Crisis on Infinite Earths