A/N: Here's the next chapter! This is where the real fun starts. For some reason, I always write the first chapter as sort of "set-up" for the story. I guess it's my style? This chapter will be a little more fluff-oriented than the last one. I might've exaggerated her powers (don't want to spoil), if you're okay with that.
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Jennifer Baratta- I'm pretty sure this is what you meant? (btw, I based it of a scene in season 4)
"You should rest, Kara," Alex called to her. "Wouldn't want you to damage anything else..."
It had been some time after the incident. James and Nia had just gone back to CatCo. Luckily, the city was peaceful for now.
"Fine." Kara was on one of the beds in the med bay, again. A screen recorded her vitals on a nearby table. "Well, now what? Is this how I'm supposed to spend the week?"
"Come, on, it's only 7 days. Besides, you're sick," Alex reminded her.
"Alex, you know that's literally impossible, right? I'm immune to everything,"
"Yeah, from Earth," she replied. "This is different,"
"Honestly, I'm fine. Anyways, I should get back to CatCo. Andrea's probably expecting me to come back," Kara glanced out the door.
"It's too dangerous to go out there. What if something else happens with your powers?" Alex pointed out.
"Well, you have a point there," Kara said. "So I guess going home isn't an option either?"
"Right. You'll have to stay here until we get the situation under control,"
A few hours later, she lay awake in bed, trying to sleep. The noise outside kept her up. Aaand now I can't turn off my super-hearing. Well, that's just great.
The next morning, Alex walked into the room.
"So, how are you feeling?"
Kara had been half asleep. She sat up carefully. "Tired, but nothing too serious," she answered. "All that noise outside kept me awake last night." She decided not to tell a about yet another power gone out of control. Wouldn't want her to worry too much about me.
"Come to check on your sister, Alex?" Brainy came up behind her.
"Yeah, just to see how she was doing."
Kara waved to him. "I think I'm doing better, by the w-" her breath hitched suddenly, followed by a sneeze and the sound of something, probably the glass panels, shattering.
She wasn't exactly sure what happened after that. Kara was pinned against the wall. There was broken glass everywhere, Alex was on the floor, and Brainy had fled to the other side of the room. Several agents walked away from the scene, trying to make sense of what they just saw. Yep, definitely another power fluke, Kara thought.
"Alex, are you okay?" She got up and rushed to her side.
"Ow-yeah," Alex winced as she stood up and pulled a shard from her hand. "Is that...ice on the glass?" She gestured to the ground.
"Uh, maybe?" Kara replied reluctantly.
"That doesn't sound good. I think it's getting worse," Alex said. "And Brainy, you can come back now," she called.
He walked towards them cautiously, as if he expected it to happen again. "Worse would be an understatement,"
Kara smiled with embarrassment. "Yeah. And...excuse me?"
"Well, six more days until you recover. That's not too bad, right?" Alex reminded.
"Right," Kara sighed. This has got to be the longest six days of my life.
After she finished cleaning up the med bay, Alex had put Kara in one of the containment cells as a last resort, to stop any further damage to the building, since red sunlight proved to be too big of a risk. Unfortunately, it didn't help her feel any better. Kara was curled up in the corner, looking exhausted. Her hair was damp with sweat, and her eyes dull and glazed over. Alex looked at her with sympathy.
"Do I have to be in this room? It's freezing in here," Kara shivered uncomfortably.
"It's just the chills," Alex said. "But I'll turn up the heat, if it helps," she offered, trying to help her sister feel as comfortable as she could. After all, this was where Kara would spend the next few days.
"Go ahead, Alex," Kara replied. A few minutes later, she felt warmth radiate from the room, giving her some relief from the cold.
"I should get back to work," Alex told her, looking at the time. "Try to get some rest, and call me if you need anything," her voice trailed off as she left the room.
"Okay, sure..." Kara fell asleep, finally having a quiet place to rest.
Meanwhile, at CatCo, Andrea was questioning James and Nia.
"Where's Kara? She left early yesterday and didn't show up this morning. What's going on?"
"She called in sick. You didn't get her text?" Nia explained. Well, to be fair, it's not completely a lie.
"I did. But why would one of the most devoted journalists here take the day off? It's not like whatever she has is dangerous," she argued. Ironically, Andrea couldn't be further from the truth.
James looked at her computer screen, which had the article posted on it. He hesitated for a moment. The headline read,
Something might be wrong with Supergirl? Click for the footage of...
That's not good. "Umm... Well, you see, Kara cares a lot about other people. So she didn't want to spread it to her coworkers..." Come on, please believe that, James thought.
"Fine, I believe you. But that doesn't explain why she left in the middle of work, or why you two left at the same time as her,"
Nia quickly thought of an excuse. "It was a family emergency. But at the same time? What a coincidence. I had no idea,"
"Okay. Tell her I said hi. And get well soon,"
"Sure,"
James and Nia left Andrea's office.
"Nia, I think we have a problem,"
"What?"
"When we were in the office, I saw a newly posted article on her laptop,"
"What was it about?"
"It had a video of Supergirl's...mishap with her powers. I didn't see who wrote it, though,"
"You think Andrea could figure out her identity from what we told her, and the security footage?"
"Maybe. She'd probably think it was just a coincidence, though."
"I'll tell Kara, just in case," Nia pulled out her phone.
"Hello?" Kara woke up suddenly, a bit startled by her phone ringing.
"Hi. Something happened,"
"What?"
"I think Andrea suspects something. She published an article about what happened yesterday. Did you see it?" Nia asked.
"No, not yet..." Kara opened the news app, reading the article carefully. "Oh no. The footage has everything on it. Time stamps, the date... we need a really good explanation for why that happened within an hour of us leaving,"
"Definitely," she remarked. "But anyways, we'll take care of that when you're better. I wouldn't want to interrupt your rest,"
"Okay, then. I'll call you back later. And tell me if anything else happens,"
"Sure. Bye,"
"So, what did she say?" James asked.
"Kara said not to worry about that." Nia explained. "We'll think of something in six days, right?"
"Right."
"Should we go visit her after this?" she suggested. "Just want to make sure she's okay,"
"Sure," James agreed.
"Hi," Alex greeted them some time later. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"We're just here to visit Kara," James explained. "Speaking of which, where is she?"
"I'll show you," Alex led them into the room.
"Hi, Kara. Are you okay?" Nia asked. She looks worse than yesterday.
"I'm fine. Why'd you ask?" Kara asked, not moving from her spot.
"Um, you were unconscious for at least an hour last time we saw you," James reminded her. "And your flight went all..."
"That was nothing," Kara brushed it off. "And in case you were wondering, nothing else happened like that since yesterday,"
"Well, nothing except for the fact you-"
"Alex, don't say it." Kara interrupted.
"She what?"
"-sneezed and broke the glass panels in the med bay. And froze them," Alex finished her sentence.
"Did you have to tell them that?" Kara cringed. It wasn't exactly one of her best moments.
"Hey, it's okay," James reassured her. "You know, something like that happened to Clark when he was younger. Long story short, a barn door ended up across the country*," he explained.
"Wait, really?"
"Yeah. Just don't tell him I said that,"
"Sure,"
The four of them talked for a while. A couple hours later, James and Nia turned to leave.
"It was nice talking to you. Get well soon, Kara," Nia said.
"I'll try," Maybe this isn't so bad.
A/N: Whew, that was a long chapter! I hope you liked the fluff :) Let me know if you'd like to see more characters in this story, or if these 5 are enough. Also, I'm still taking suggestions for other affected powers. I'm planning at least 5-6 more chapters after this one, so stay tuned!
Footnotes:
*Yes, that's a reference to Smallville, and yes, I pulled it off TV Tropes. Thought some of my older readers might enjoy it. ^^
