"What are you doing here?" Alex asked confused when she saw her sister sitting at her desk at the DEO.
"I decided moping at home wasn't healthy so I thought I'd be productive and started looking for connections between Sloane Syndicate and Stagg and Tycho."
"Found anything?"
"Joiner, Stagg and Tycho do have one thing in common." Kara said.
"What?" Alex asked wondering what she had missed.
"They are all called Simon."
"So your plan is to not trust anyone called Simon?" Alex asked.
"Bad as it is, it's the best plan we have." Kara pointed out. "Has Diggle found anything?"
"Nothing. Maybe we are reading too much into this. Maybe it was a big coincidence." Alex said.
"And you say I'm the bad liar." Kara pointed out.
"How's Alex?"
"We looked at the information you found."
"And?"
"She did that whole silent contemplation thing she does." Kara said. "She said she was fine, but she clearly isn't."
"It's a lot to process. She just needs time."
"I hope so." Kara said.
"What did she say about the other powers?" Alex asked.
"She said she was pretty sure she would have noticed powers like those. I've asked J'onn to talk to her, maybe he can help figure out if she does have any of those powers." Kara said as her phone buzzed. "Shoot, I am meant to be at CatCo. I'll see you tonight."
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"You don't have that one." MJ said reading the list later that day.
"Based on?" His sister asked.
"How many times have I thrown a cushion at her head and had it land?" MJ asked.
"You have a point." His sister agreed. "Okay, no forcefield."
"Self-Sustenance?" MJ asked. "What's that?"
"Being able to survive without air, food, sleep or water." The teenage Alex said.
"So that's a no. I mean you almost drowned and you sleep more than I do." MJ said.
"But she eats way less than aunt Kara, so maybe it is still developing." The teenage Kara said.
"Okay, we'll add that to the maybe pile. Telekinesis, yeah we know about that." MJ went on. "Telepathy. No."
"How do you know?" Alex asked.
"I'd know if you were reading my mind."
"Are you sure?" Alex pressed. "Maybe I am good at chess because I am reading my opponent's mind."
"She's got you there." Kara pointed out.
"Let's move on." MJ said, uncomfortable with the idea of anyone reading his mind. "Teleportation. We would have noticed that. But then again have you tried?"
"Pretty sure she will have thought about sending you somewhere else." His sister said.
"Pretty sure it would only work on me." Alex said.
"You should practice, then you could get an extra thirty minutes in bed everyday." MJ said as he continued down the list. "What's Illusion Casting?"
"Something to do with projecting thoughts into other people's heads." Alex explained.
"Well I am sure I would have noticed that. But if you do have that I'm not forgiving you. I mean you could have projected all the answers to the last test into my head." MJ said. "I really feel like you got short changed on the power thing." MJ added unsympathetically. "So are you going to go and see them?"
"Who?" The teenage Alex asked confused.
"Your relatives."
"They're on a different planet." Alex pointed out.
"Your mom has a space ship so you could go." MJ countered. "And we could go as well."
"I'm not going." Alex said, her tone slightly snappy. "I don't want to see them."
"Sorry. You don-" MJ apologised.
"Why don't you get some more drinks and snacks?" His sister interrupted.
"Sure." He said leaving the room.
"Just because they hired some dodgy guy to get information doesn't mean they are bad and it definitely doesn't make your dad a bad person either." The teenage Kara said.
"Doesn't make him a good person either."
"From the sound of it your dad ran away from them." Kara said. "Maybe he thought they weren't good people and wanted a fresh start."
"Maybe."
"You need a distraction." Kara went on trying to cheer her cousin up. "I have a great idea and it will make MJ think twice."
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"Where are the kids?" Kara asked as she entered Alex's house that evening.
"Upstairs. MJ is trying to figure out how to exploit any new powers Alex might get." The adult Alex said.
"Anything I should be worried about?" Kara asked.
"No. Well not until Alex develops new powers." Alex shrugged.
"That's really not comforting." Kara pointed out before asking. "How is she?"
"She seemed okay." Alex said. "MJ and Kara are keeping her busy. Do you have reason to think she shouldn't be okay?"
"Well she figured out her father's family employed someone to get the truth by any means necessary and she doesn't feel comfortable with that."
"Is that why your crinkle is etched on your face?" Alex asked.
"No." Kara said.
"Then what's wrong?"
"What if she wants to go there and she likes it and she feels closer to Fels's family than me?"
"That's never going to happen." Alex pointed out.
"But it could-"
"Kara, I know exactly what you are feeling. A while ago MJ started looking for his biological father. And I was so scared that he'd feel more connected to him than me. And then after I got over that, then I started to worry about what would happen if MJ met him and was rejected by him."
"I hadn't even thought about that yet." Kara said miserably.
"My point is having worries is normal. But that doesn't mean any are grounded in fact."
"I know. But that isn't going to stop me worrying about it."
"I know."
"I'm going go back to my place." Kara said.
"What about Alex?" Her sister asked.
"If she's having fun she may as well stay here. Besides I have a CatCo thing to do."
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"Okay, I'll look at a card and think hard about it and you tell me what it is." The teenage Kara said looking at her cousin.
"Okay." The teenage Alex said.
As Kara picked up the first card she looked at it then closed her eyes.
"Two of hearts." Alex said.
"Right." Kara said picking up another card.
"Eight of spades." Alex said.
"Right again." Kara said going for the next card.
"Three of hearts."
"Yes." Kara said going for the next.
"Nine of clubs."
"Yes."
"Wait, let me try." MJ said.
"Okay, come sit here." Kara instructed. "So there are no mirrors or reflections." She explained.
Nodding MJ sat on the floor in front of the couch his sister was on and picked up a card.
"Try concentrating." His sister instructed.
"Okay." MJ said closing his eyes.
"Queen of diamonds." The teenage Alex said.
"Yes." MJ said picking up the next card, looking at it and closing his eyes.
"Seven of spades." Alex said.
"Right." MJ said going to the next.
"Five of hearts." Alex said.
"Yes." MJ confirmed looking more and more uncomfortable.
"MJ, your phone is ringing." The adult Alex said from the doorway.
"Okay." He said jumping up and running to his bedroom.
"What's going on?" The adult Alex asked.
"MJ seemed really freaked out about Alex being psychic so we set up an experiment to convince him she was."
"Which is why you were sat behind him telling Alex what card it was?" Alex guessed.
"Yes." Her daughter agreed.
"You are getting good at this pranking people thing." Alex said to her niece.
"Did mom come back?" The teenager asked.
"Yes, but she went over to your place to work on an article." Alex said. "But I think she'd like to see you."
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As the teenage Alex entered the apartment with Chewie she saw her mother sitting at the table reading some reports.
"Hi." Kara called from the table.
"Hi." Alex replied as she came over and hugged her mother.
"You okay?" Kara asked.
"I'm fine."
"What are you doing back?" Kara asked.
"I missed you." The teen said.
"I missed you too." Kara said. "But you should go have fun."
"I'm not sure how much more fun MJ could take." Alex said. "But when we were walking Chewie earlier there was a poster up. There's a fun fair or carnival, whatever they are called, starting tomorrow. Do you want to go?"
"I thought you didn't like fun fairs?" Kara said suspiciously.
"The theme park was kinda okay and you like them."
"Oh-" Kara said guessing that Alex was about to tell her she wanted to go to Dakran and was trying to soften the blow.
"What?" The teen asked.
"If that's what you want then I will support you."
"It's a fun fair." Alex said confused.
"Which you don't like, so it is your way of saying you want to go to Dakran."
"You think I want to meet the people who had you tortured?" The teen asked.
"You don't?" Kara asked.
"Not until I have developed my powers more so I can make them regret what they did." The teenager replied.
"You shouldn't use your powers for that." Kara said sternly.
"You said you were fine with Alex doing whatever it took to protect family."
"That's not exactly what I said." Kara countered.
"It was close enough." The teen countered before asking. "So are we going to go?"
"You sure you want to?" Kara pressed.
"Yes."
"Okay. But I meant it just now when I said I'd support you no matter what you wanted to do and if you want to go to Dakran I will take you."
"I know. But why would I want to go?"
"To meet the rest of your family."
"They're not my family." The teenager said. "I don't know what they are to me. But I do know my family is right here on Earth." She added as she hugged her mother once more.