Chapter 58
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Note: Kara, Nia, and Alex, and other characters mentioned are from the tv series "Supergirl." The backstory mentioned was inspired by "Kara's wonderful life" by Americannerd1776.
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Kara watched on tv as John Smith announced his candidacy for the presidency. This unfortunately was all too familiar territory for her. She had seen agent Liberty and his nativist thugs speak against alien refugees, agent Liberty even became the personal advisor to the president. That had been a dark time for her world, but they had overcome. Kara went through a dark period herself not long after. There were always going to be racists, homophobes, misogyists, it took its toll even on Supergirl. She had even contemplated suicide at one point. It was Mister Mxyzptlk who saved her life. By the rules of his people he couldn't stop her from killing herself, but he could show her what would happen if she went through with it. Kara realized she had to live, for her friends and family. On some level she had always known that, but his vision really dove that point home. Still, as Kara was watching the news, her sister Alex came to check up on her.
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Alex: You doing okay?
Kara: Yeah, unfortunately the likes of John Smith and the SBA are nothing new to me.
Alex: Homophobia is nothing new to me, but it still hurts when I hear, certain words directed at me, my wife, our child.
Kara: How did you do it, without ever considering suicide?
Alex: To be honest, I didn't.
Kara: You never said anything, at least not to me.
Alex: I thought it would be easier just to deny I was gay. For a long time I just let everyone think I was straight. Nia was way stronger than I was, coming out as transgender at a fairly young age.
Kara: I'm not going to kill myself. From the looks of things death will come for us all soon enough. All we can do is try and rescue as many people from Hell as we can before that happens.
Alex: Agreed. Just promise that, if you ever need to talk, just come to me, or someone you trust.
Kara: I'll promise if you will.
Alex: I promise.
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Alex and Kara hugged. They had a lot to do before this evil was defeated, and they almost certainly go through hardship and setbacks. But they knew they had each other and their respective families to help them through it.
