SUPERGIRL SEASON 6 AU: THE GREAT SWITCHEROO

CHAPTER NINE

I AM SUPERGIRL

When Lena and the Superfriends landed outside of the Fortress they weren't expecting it to be so easy to walk inside. Lena, or more like Kara's, DNA could still unlock the security system. Lena used her x-ray vision to survey the the area. "We have an incoming!"

A swarm of Kalix androids started to swarm at them, ray-guns blasting away! Alex gave Lena a quick look and said, "Find Kara! We'll handle these damn things!"

"Alright," said Lena as she shot up in the air to fly to the top of the Fortress. "Up, up, and away!"

Lena landed on the highest level inside of the Fortress where Kara was waiting for her. "Well... I would say I love what you did with my hair... but that would be a lie that even a Luthor couldn't get away with."

"Kara, I don't want to fight you," said Lena pleadingly. "Mxy told us everything."

"Oh, so the pesky, little imp escaped?" Kara sneered. "Good. I could use some more of his blood. For the sake of science, of course."

"Kara, you know what's at stake here," Lena sighed. "We need you to remember who you really are. You are not a Luthor. You are Supergirl. Not me. Not anyone else. You."

"Well, then," Kara sneered as she took out a small S shield from her pocket that Lena was all too familiar with, "I might as well dress the part." Kara pressed the shield on her chest and the very Kryptonite suit that Lena, herself, had once designed, materialized on her. Kara then rose above the ground and zoomed right into Lena, who barely had time to steady herself in mid-air.

"That — that hurt!" Lena shouted. "How do you have super strength and can fly too? That suit doesn't have any artificial power tech. It's only supposed to protect you from Kryptonite!"

"I may have made some improvements," Kara chuckled mirthlessly. "Now, you can't punch your way out of this!"

Kara shot at Lena again, who dodged the attack just in time. Lena super-sped around Kara and pinned down her arms with her own. "I'm not going to fight you, Kara. You — are — not — a — villain!"

"Why are you still trying to save me?" Kara growled.

"You don't need saving," said Lena still struggling to restrain Kara. "You never did. I don't think everything that's allowed me to get this close to stopping you happened by coincidence."

"What are you playing at?" Kara snarled.

"You imprisoned Lex and Lillian," said Lena. "Not to get revenge, but to protect me and everyone else in your life. You confided in me about your cancer, not to manipulate me for some evil scheme, but to force me to understand why you were doing this. Because you needed your friends again. You freed Mxy on purpose, so he could save us from your bomb. And you didn't change the DNA lock on the Fortress, because you wanted me to stop you. You wanted Mxy to win the bet, just not the way he thought he would. You wanted to prove that I was the good one all along despite my upbringing and that me living your life didn't change any of it."

"SHUT UP!" Kara broke free of Lena's grip and started pummeling her. The two women went crashing down through the different layers of the Fortress. By the time that they crash landed in the snow below, Lena's face was a bloodied mess. Kara would have continued to punch her again and again, but Lena spoke one last time:

"You never stopped trying to save people, Kara. You never stopped being Supergirl. You never stopped trying to save me."

Lena's words forced Kara to stagger off of her, tossing off the K-Suit's helmet. Kara's whole body was shaking as tears poured down her face. "Oh, Rao! What am I doing?"

"You're doing something beautiful, sis."

Kara looked behind herself with dread as she saw a very much still alive, but badly burnt Lex Luthor. But he wasn't alone either. He was holding Alex by her neck, holding a Kryptonite sword pointed at her back.

"Alex..." Kara breathed. "What are you doing here, Lex?"

"Oh, I got mother and myself out of there before your little bomb could kill us," Lex grinned manically. "Good try, though. Much cooler than anything Lena ever did. But there's still one more thing you need to do before you cement yourself in the Luthor legend. Darkseid only gets to conquer earth and make all the Luthors gods, including you, if you prove that there is only darkness in your heart. So, what do you say, come over here and run this Kryptonite sword through your ex-sister so we can get this whole godhood evolution thing going?"

Kara looked at at Alex, who was battered and beaten. "Kara... please..." Kara then looked at Lena who was still too weak from their fight and the radiation from the Kryptonite sword to move. Kara wasn't sure what to do. Then, the ghost of the thug appeared before her once more. He smirked at her and said, "You know what you are! You're not a Supergirl! You only give a damn about yourself! Kill Alex, just like you killed me! Become a god. A soldier of darkness! You know that's the only way you will survive! Do it! DO IT!"

Kara walked over towards Lex and Alex as she remembered spending her childhood in Midvale with her. How Alex had always been by her side every step of her life. Kara's own words from a few years past echoed in her mind: "The reason that I became Supergirl was to save you."

Kara finally reached Lex, who handed her the sword. Kara gripped it tightly.

"That a girl," Lex smirked.

Kara looked deep into Alex's eyes and she swung the razor-sharp blade, but not at Alex. Kara hit her her real mark — Lex's right arm that was restraining Alex.

"YOU BITCH!" Lex shouted furiously.

Kara caught Alex and laid her gently on the snow. Kara then threw the sword as far away as she could. "Myriad program: code 1953!"

The Fortress responded back to her kindly, saying: "Myriad program is now cancelled. Now, deleting all files."

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Lex shouted.

"Being myself," Kara smiled. "I am not a Luthor! My name is Kara Danvers and I — AM — SUPERGIRL! Thank you, for reminding me who I am, Lex. I'm not just darkness or light. I will never let anyone harm my sister and I will never take another life again. No matter what you, Lillian, or anyone else ever does to me — I will never be you! I will never lose my identity or my hope!"

"NO!" Lex shouted. "YOU CAN'T —!"

Kara smiled and said, "Just look up in the sky, Lex."

Everyone in the Fortress stared up above and saw that the red skies had reverted back to their natural color of blue and the black, fiery planet had vanished.

"Looks like the apocalypse just got cancelled," Kara laughed. "Wait... I'm sorry, did I step on your big bad guy moment?"

Lex glared at Kara maliciously. Alex smiled up at Kara and said, "Welcome back, Kara. Man, did I miss you."

Kara smiled back at her and said, "Oh, I was never really gone. Lena just proved that."

Lena struggled to stand up and said, "No problem. Alex is right though, it's good to see you doing you again."

"Thanks, Lena," said Kara, "for everything. I —!"

BAAAAAANNNNGGGG!

A loud blast echoed throughout the Fortress as Lena and Alex looked at Kara in horror. A large hole had been burned through her K-Suit, into her back, and right through her chest. Kara looked down at her wound and the blood pouring out of it and looked back at both Lena and Alex and said, "I love you..."

Kara Danvers then fell to the snow as death crept towards her. "KARA!" Both women shouted. Lena looked over at Lex, who was still holding the smoking blaster. He smirked and said, "Oh, I'm sorry... did I just step on her big good guy moment?"

Lena blasted him through two ice pillars with her heat vision as Alex ran towards Kara. Nia, Brainy, and Mxy then came rushing up towards them. They all looked badly beaten and bruised from their fight with the Kalix androids, but they were all still alive. Their faces fell when they saw Kara bleeding out.

"I don't feel a pulse," Alex cried. "Mxy — DO SOMETHING!"

"We need to bring her somewhere that can I use some tech to enhance my abilities," said Mxy, his voice shaking. "I'm too drained right now to even teleport everyone back to National City, let alone revive her! And I'm talking high tech, like what Kara used to perfect Myriad with my blood."

"Star Labs," Lena breathed. "They have the tech we need. They're the only ones who could come close. I can fly both of you there right now. Brainy, can you take Alex and Nia, and follow us?"

"Indeed," said Brainy.

"Good," said Lena. "Let's just pray that Team Flash can save Kara... one way or another."

TO BE CONTINUED...