Kara Danvers quietly peeks into the office of Cat Grant. It's only just Tuesday but she still sighs in relief as her shift ends. She shuffles her feet around for a moment before calling out, "Night Ms Grant. Um," she looks down. "...my day is over...?" Kara wants to slap herself at how her voice raises up at the end of her sentence but instead cringes. Ms Grant hates that!
She gulps twice, audibly.
As usual, her boss carries on as if she hasn't just spoken, allowing Kara to linger awkwardly for a little more. "Goodnight Keira, although I don't see what's particularly good about it." Sighs Ms Grant finally, as if speaking is a terrible sacrifice to make and Kara is an even more terrible burden to bear - so the usual, basically. "I'll just be here, signing some documents, like always." She looks up, peering expectantly, "Well, if you've got something to say, spit it out. I've got enough to deal with without your fumbling."
Kara instantly stands straighter, " I... Um, well... I could er, stay behind. I mean, only if you wanted me to... Of course."
Cat's eyes and Kara's eyes seem to be indirectly proportional. As Cat's eyes narrow, Kara's eyes widen. They both adjust their glasses.
"No." She finally sniffs. "You've done enough today and you probably won't function tomorrow without a full night's rest. I won't have some good for nothing assistant fetching me a latte with full fat milk." Ms Grant almost spits out the words (except she's too ladylike for that sort of thing). "No. It's probably best you go home. Night Keira." She turns back to her papers but seems to hesitate before saying, "Good work today."
"Thanks, Ms Grant." Kara smiles in relief. "Um...I'll, er, just leave now... Bye?"
"Bye Kara." says Cat as Kara turns out of the office. Gathering her stuff quickly (although not too quickly), Kara is almost squealing as she heads into the elevator and towards some much needed relaxation time. It is tough doing three jobs at once (even though Alex had said that her DEO agent status was essentially the same as Supergirl, but whatever), and of course, she has to try to keep them separate at all costs. So Cat Grant has some murderous ex-employees that Supergirl has had to catch from time to time, but at least she tries? Anyway, it's all so exhausting; more mentally than physically to be honest. She breathes a sigh, just because she has the time to.
It's dark and a little chilly when she steps out of the building at last - the perfect weather to walk home at a nice, slow, human pace. Kara quickly gets her phone out of her bag to text Alex.
-hey, my day's over. Wanna come over? I hav pizza& icecream. Plus Netflix. :) :)
It takes a moment before her phone buzzes in reply.
-Can't. Soz. Work stuff to do.
Kara is frowning now. Surely they would have called her, she's an agent too! She furiously adjusts her glasses and types.
-Do I need to come in?
-Nah. Don't bother. Just need to finish writing some reports. -.-
Kara sighs in relief.
-K. See u later._. ;P
Kara smiles, sending off the last text just as she's reaching her apartment door, and relaxes. Finally. No crimes in National City tonight, no Non, no Fort Rozz aliens or androids or cyborgs or red kryptonite or -god forbid- anything to do with Cat Grant or Maxwell Lord. No. She doesn't have to be Supergirl or even Kara Danvers tonight. Tonight she can just be Kara Zor-El. Carefree and free of responsibility.
Quickly, Kara dresses in something comfy and dark, pulls open her window and slips out into the night, admiring the view of National City from above. She has always loved this city. Ever since she moved here. And she's come to love it even more, now that she's protecting it. The people she cares for so deeply and the bustling atmosphere that reminds of Krypton.
She shoots up into the sky and takes a deep breath. Earth's air is so much cleaner though.
Laughing with the excitement of a night off (finally!) she flies at her max speed, smashing through currents of air buffeting past her, the wind stampeding behind.
She suddenly remembers Barry Allen or the Flash, and smirks. Truth be told, in the air she is just as fast as Barry, since all she has to worry about is the air resistance whereas he also has to go against the friction his feet creates. On foot she doubts that she too can surpass the sound barrier, it takes a lot more energy running than it does flying, weirdly.
She'll just have to practice.
Landing softly on the balls of her feet, she glances around, finding herself in the middle of sand filled highways. Or basically the middle of nowhere. Perfect. Crouched low, she takes off, ignoring everything else except her feet picking up the sand. She keeps running, running, running. She knows she's so close but not quite there, she pushes herself to go faster and faster and faster. Hearing, not the thudding of her pounding heart but the rapid tapping of her heels swiping the sand.
After half an hour Kara stops and wipes her brow. Almost there, she can tell, but not quite. Huffing in frustration, Kara takes off into the air again. Unsurprisingly, she finds that her flying is a little easier (not that it wasn't already a piece of cake). Kara full out grins this time. If she can't beat Barry on foot then she can sure as hell beat him in the air.
This time Kara doesn't stop at her 'max speed'. Oh no. Instead she pushes herself to go faster again, sometimes flying up and then straight down using the momentum to gain speed.
In one final burst of energy Kara Zor-El plummets at almost the speed of light. A brilliant flash overwhelms her and swallows her whole.
There are no last minute thoughts as Kara Zor-El, Kara Danvers and certainly Supergirl vanishes from Earth. Or in fact, as she disappears from the entire Universe.
And there are none as she arrives at Earth either.
She almost recalls, however, a theory of multiverse and knows that this isn't her Earth.
...
Alex is so furious. Just over an hour ago her phone had pinged, saying it could no longer sense her sister anywhere in the world. And J'onn couldn't sense her mind at all. So, naturally, she had rushed back to Kara's apartment and surprise, surprise! The window was open which meant either someone had come into Kara's apartment, someone Super, or that Kara herself had left the apartment. Alex hopes for the latter.
On a more positive note, there seems to be no sign of struggle or anything like that. Things look pretty normal, to be honest.
The DEO has managed to track her activity signatures to coordinates just out side of the city, along with an unusual energy flare.
So Alex watches in fascinated horror as her sister runs at almost the speed of sound through the slow motion satellite footage, and then continues to fly at an immense speed (reaching light speed). Even with the slowed down recording, the image is still just a blur.
She almost misses it. She almost blinks and misses it. She almost misses her little sister be absorbed by a blinding light and then gone without even a poof. It's almost humorous.
When J'onn sees he sits her down and explains to her what the hell has happened. Alex's sister (Alex's sister!) has literally be sucked away to another universe. Just like Barry Allen had except who knows when she'll come back! Alex rubs at her temple. No. There's got to be a way or she'll make one. She has to.
Alex calls their mom first, of course she does. Eliza Danvers doesn't pick up, of course she doesn't. Still, Alex won't cry.
Her sister hasn't really gone, has she? Alex holds her breath as she dials Kal-El's number.
"Hello?"
...
It's way too cold (just because she has an amazing tolerance for extreme temperatures and can't get ill doesn't mean she won't feel it!). Dusting off the snow from her clothes, Kara surveys her surroundings. She definitely isn't anywhere near a National City. In fact she seems to be at the bottom of a very frosty mountain range. She tastes the biting air... Is she in... Europe? Probably. The poles are colder and the air is a little more salty in the west.
Somehow, she doubts there is a way back. Once again, a familiar feeling of dread overwhelms her as she takes in her predicament. Well crap. Honestly, a small, stupid part of her is thinking that she has beaten the Flash, matching her Earth's frequency with no help at all and no tachyon device thingy! Not that it makes it any worse.
"Or any better for that matter." Kara grumbles to herself, kicking up the snow miles into the air.
From a distance (maybe about three miles away?) she hears the faint sound of an engine. Fifteen minutes later, one of those old fashioned steam trains makes its way across on the steep slopes above her. Kara follows it with her eyes, careful to remain hidden.
Not six seconds later, a man is falling from the train.
Kara doesn't hesitate to be Supergirl.
She doesn't get halfway. And then they're both falling, both completely vulnerable. And she is literally powerless to stop any of it. Someone else is dying on her watch. She swears it'll be the last.
She can briefly hear shouting, gunfire and crashing from above.
Kara curses and everything falls dark.