The Morning After Part II

"My Little Dark Star, how you have grown," Rao's rich timbered voice filled the silence of the board room. The voice was filled with a tinge of amusement and approval. As Kara rose from her kneeling position, she saw his eyes unashamedly rove her body, obviously delighting in how much she had grown. With a snort at the lecherous God, Kara strode to her seat at the head of the table and coincidently across from Rao.

"I would be worried if I didn't grow at least somewhat, wouldn't want to be a child forever, now would I?" Kara mused as she raised an eyebrow at the being before her.

With a chuckle at her clever retort and being able to casually brush off his obvious flirtation, Rao delighted being able to banter with his protégé once more.

"Indeed," Rao mused as he stared into the icy blue eyes that eyed him like one does a lioness stalking its prey. Kara has always been a dangerous individual, even when she was a child. It was what first attracted him to her, that and she is the one being in the universe whom is not afraid to tell him to his face his faults.

"I have missed you Aifo'," seeing the woman's surprise at his words, Rao smiled charmingly if not warmly at his protégé'. Rao would be lying if he said he didn't wish to charm his little Dark Star to his bed and make her his in ways he couldn't before, but he sincerely did miss her.

Kara quickly got over her surprise, she studied the being before her, really studied him this time. Kara noticed how the muscles in his jaw ticked, his Adam's apple gave a barely noticeable gulp, his right eye twitched and his eyes held a hunger so great she feared she would lose herself in his abys. Besides the hunger though, there was another emotion, something that for the life of her she could not name and to be honest she felt it the best. Kara could tell him she missed him as well and get on with the meeting, they will part ways and the god will no doubt continue his pursuit of her like before. But she would be lying and they both knew it, if there is one being she could never lie to besides herself, then it would be him. So, she didn't.

"I know," Rao smirked as he could tell she did not miss him as he did her and any other being would be enraged or hurt, but that wasn't them. Rao is a god, a being who on a whim could wipe out an entire universe if he so chose, but for all his power there are some things he couldn't do. One of them is being able to fix what is broken and for all the power she has, for all the love she has she is a truly broken soul. A broken soul he could not and would not fix even if he could. So, he took no offence to this and smiled as she smirked back at him, understanding flowed between them and they moved on to other matters.

"Have you looked over the proposal?" Rao questioned as he leaned back in his chair as though he was lounging on his old throne. Seeing the way, he sat, brought about memories of him in the throne room of Van'Dij. How when he decided that the old council of Ishm'r wasn't necessary anymore and he decided that a new rule was in order. With but a single tilt of his head and a flare of heat in his eyes each member simultaneously exploded. As blood and gore filled the empty throne room, Rao casually sauntered toward the throne and gracefully lounged in it like nothing happened, like he didn't just casually massacre seven people at once. When she was a child, she was filled with dark amusement and awe at his power, she wanted to be able to do that one day. Now looking back on that night, Kara couldn't help but shiver in arousal at his power and grace. Kara could feel her lower abdomen clench and moisture grow in her core just thinking about it, with a shake of her head to rid herself from her memories. Kara promptly ignored his knowing smirk and answered him, gathering the papers from the file before her.

"Yes, I did, and I must say," Kara paused her shuffling of her papers, and it her lip at the thought of such an exciting project. This project could not only challenge her but could help her immensely with discovering the secrets of this world, there is just one tiny problem.

"You are out of your fucking mind." Kara bluntly told him, leaning back in her chair she observed the clearly insane God before her. Rao's eyes flashed in rage and his smirk dropped like stone. Judging by the blank stare and the feeling of suffocation that suddenly filled the room, Kara could tell he was not pleased.

"Explain," Rao's soft yet menacing voice filed the oppressive silence. Kara ignored the danger in the air and the warning in his voice as she always did with him. Kara found ignoring his moods and challenging comes so naturally to her even after all these years, kind of like riding a bike,

"First off, have you learned nothing from the Coulons?" Kara voice sounded incredulously as she stared at the God like he is the biggest idiot on the planet. "I mean we already had do wipe them out of existence minus the bitch at Fort Roz and that was only because my mother got to her first!" Kara released a frustrated breath as this should be obvious to him why it is a bad idea.

"Who said I would involve those creatures?" Rao's voice went back to his normal rich confidence as he realized her concern is valid. Kara snorted at him, Kara is not stupid, as soon as the proposal crossed her desk she knew who or precisely what would be involve.

"Don't play coy Rao, I am no fool," Kara warned eyes flashing dangerously at the amused God. With a chuckle he raised his hands in surrender and gestured for her to continue.

"So, if we will not involve the Coulons, then what do you propose?" Rao tilted his head and studied the woman before him as she glanced through the proposal to come through with a solution.

After a moment of thought, Kara glanced one more time at her notes before she answered him, confident in her assessment.

"I will build the project from scratch, I have contacts whom owe me favors. I will be able to get the materials needed with no problem, money is no issue and at least this way no back-stabbing pricks are involved."

After a moment of thought, Rao nodded his head in agreement to the solution to their little dilemma. It wasn't like he honestly wanted to work with the blue cretins, he just wanted to see her reaction. Rao wanted to see if being on this planet changed her from the ruthless little girl he used to know. Rao is pleased to see that it did not. For now.

After seeing him agree to her plan, Kara knew she would have to deliver and soon if she wants to prevent those blue androids from being involved regardless. Kara knew he was testing her, but it wouldn't do for him to change his mind and involve them anyway. With that decided they hammered out a few more details and the meeting were concluded.

As Kara got up to show him out, she felt a hand on the small of her back dangerously close to her ass Kara raised a brow at the man beside her, clearly asking him really? With a smirk and a tilt of his head, Kara felt the hand pulsate with a warmth she had not felt in so long. With a shudder at the sensation, her eyes rolled into the back of her head. A dark sensuous chuckle brought her back from her nirvana. Peeking a lazy eye open, she fixed a threatening glare at the smug bastard in front of her. With another chuckle, Rao loped out of the office and proceeded out of the building before she could reprimand him. A little teasing game of cat and mouse and unfortunately for Kara today she was the mouse.

Once Kara got a hold of herself, she stalked back to her office silently berating herself as she did so. Kara was so lost in her head that she didn't notice the intruder in her office until an amused voice called her out. It was only through her years of training and having an unshakable façade that prevented her from showing her intruder just how startled she was.

"Have a nice meeting?"

With gritted teeth at being surprised and by this person of all people, Kara swiftly turned on her heel and headed to her office bar. After pouring herself a healthy glass of bourbon and taking a hearty gulp, she decided to entertain her intruder. Releasing a heavy sigh filled with annoyance, frustration and just a hint of weariness, Kara decided to get this over with.

"I didn't think you would deign to come here," Kara finished off her bourbon before setting it firmly on her bar before turning to face them.

"Luthor."

There sitting in her chair at her desk sat a woman of beauty, raven black hair as dark as the blood of an O'zaire and eyes the color of the hardest of emeralds. This human is one of the few humans besides Cat that Kara can stand. This woman whom if it weren't for her abhorrence of humans would take her to her bed. This woman was none other than…

Lena Luthor.

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Author Note:

As I said before Rao and Kara are just not happening as a pairing, but they will as friends with benefits. I decided to have Lena be a possible pair down the road. Way, way, waaayyyy down the road. Kara must develop as a character more and to put it succinctly, get her shit together before I will pair her with someone. But Lena is in the running.

Kryptonian Translations:

Aifo' (Ay-fo= Beloved

Van'Dij (Von-Deege)= A temple East of Kandor that is known for their knowledge of Rao's enemies. Said to have been conquered by General Zod and presented to his late Wife Arbi-Zin his wife as a wedding gift before her murder.

Ishm'r (Ease-mere)= A small council of seven men whom believed that they should rule Krypton. The Ishm'r Council works within the shadows to rule through the ruling Council and the various guilds. The name Ishm'r is after a beast from Kryptonian legend said to have slain the sons and daughters of Rao. A large serpentine draconic creature that secrets deadly poison through pores from its skin.

Coulons- A race of blue android beings with a thirst for world domination. Kara and Rao exterminated their entire race save for the one on Fort Roz that Alura Zor-El had already sentenced.

O'Zaire (Oh-Zay-Ray)= bloodthirsty race of Orc like beings created from an experiment gone wrong, has the face of a deformed demon and can paralyze through their stare. Deadly fast and strong creatures and their blood is poisonous to any whom is exposed to it.