A/N: Chapter 3, coming right up! Not much to say except that there's more humor in this than Chapter 2. Enjoy!
The next day, Kara felt just as sick as she was the day before.
"Good morning," Alex walked in and unlocked the cell. She held a glass of water in her hand. "Or should I say afternoon?"
"Wait, I was asleep that long?!" Kara stood suddenly. Nope, that was a bad idea. She struggled to stay upright. Kara leaned on the wall for support and waited for the room to stop spinning.
"Yeah. It's like, past 2,"
She sat back down. "I must've been that tired. By the way, what's the water for?"
"You haven't had anything to drink since yesterday," Alex handed the cup to her. "This should help you feel better,"
Kara sipped some of it. "Thanks. Wait, wasn't I supposed to make an appearance at the waterfront today?" she realized.
"I think you'll have to cancel that. You can barely stand,"
"No, it's fine," She set down the glass.
"The city can wait. Right now, you should-" Again, Kara took off without warning. Seriously? Alex thought. This is not going to end well. She rushed down the hall to the main room.
"Supergirl left." Alex called to Brainy, catching her breath.
"Where...did she go?" Brainy asked.
"The waterfront," Alex replied as she picked up the comms. "Listen, you need to come back. You're in no condition to-" the other end went silent.
"What happened?"
"I think she turned it off. Can you override the system?"
"On it,"
"As you may have heard, Supergirl is making a public appearance today,"
"I'm here," she landed behind the crowd and walked the rest of the way, as so not to attract attention.
"So, can you tell me, are the rumors true, that something's been going on for the past few days?" someone asked, holding a microphone.
Must be from the news. Kara thought. She tried to concentrate, despite all the voices around her.
"Well, I can tell you that everything is totally fine," she lied. I don't need the entire city worried about me.
"I see. Some people are saying that whatever happened the other day was related to your health? Like you were sick or something?"
"No, I wasn't. In fact, that's impossible," she answered.
"She shouldn't be here," Nia whispered. She and James had arrived there.
"I know," James replied. "What's Kara trying to do?"
"No idea. Let's just hope for the best,"
Andrea came to the front.
"I know that you're supposed to be immune to virtually everything, but honestly, you don't look too well. How can you explain that?"
"Really? I-um... hadn't even noticed," she tried to deny it.
"The security footage shows you almost crash-landing at the bank. And later, you-"
"Andrea, I think that's enough," James tried to stop her. She went back to her place in the crowd.
"What was that for?" she asked. "I was about to get a good story,"
"She gave her answer already. Isn't that good enough for you?"
"Well, you have a point,"
An hour later, Kara had been interviewed by everyone. Most of them asked about the incident two days before. After a while she had gotten used to the questions, so she answered by waving it off as nothing.
"Anyways, I should be going now," Oh, great. As she turned to leave, she felt herself lose her balance. She steadied herself on a lamp post, hearing confused whispers from the crowd.
"So I guess my theory was right,"
"What's happening?"
Before she had a chance to respond, the lamp post snapped and fell behind her. Really? "I-" Kara barely had any time to turn away before she sneezed. Again? Luckily, everyone was far away enough to not be directly affected. The ground in front of her was completely frozen over, just like she expected. k heard more whispers.
"What was that?"
"How is that even possible?"
"See, I told you, Supergirl is-"
"Guys, I'm okay. That was nothing," she said, using her heat vision to melt the ice. It somehow slipped her mind that she couldn't control it in this state. Great, I forgot about that.
Without thinking, she accidentally turned her head upwards, and the lasers hit an airplane flying overhead moments before stopping. Kara watched the plane start to fall. She took off after it, despite her irregular flight.
"I've successfully overridden the system. Here," Brainy handed it to Alex.
"What are you doing now?" she asked. What's that sound? There was no response.
"Judging from the current situation, I would advise going there in person," Brainy suggested. Alex nodded and got ready to leave.
A few minutes later, the plane was safely in the water(despite being a little bent out of shape) and the passengers moved to the shore.
But no sign of Kara herself.
"Where is she?" James asked.
"I think she's still in the water somewhere," Nia replied.
"Let's just hope she gets out soon..."
Kara fought the current, trying to reach the surface. Come on...
She kept going. Finally. She broke the surface of the water and landed back at the crowd.
"See, guys? Nothing to worry about," she explained to the crowd. Of course, they found that hard to believe, but didn't say anything.
Alex rushed in, wearing full DEO gear.
"Oh, Director Danvers. You're a little late for the-"
"I know, I know. Now, if you could just come with me..."
"Fine."
Kara and Alex were back where they started. Alex was, obviously, not too happy about the incident.
"So, you found her?" Brainy asked.
"Yeah. Luckily, she was safe," Alex replied. She turned to Kara.
"You just left like that?" Alex asked.
"Listen, I know what you're about to say," Kara sighed. "You're gonna tell me what I did was unsafe and-"
"Um, yeah. And we'll need to pay the government for the damage," Alex pointed out.
"I was saving lives!" she argued.
"That you put in danger by going out there,"
"But still saved,"
"Okay, fine, you have a point," Alex said. "Just... Don't do that again, promise?"
"Promise,"
Little did they know what was yet to come.
A/N: That's all for chapter 3! (why is chapter 2 always the long one and chapter 3 the short one when it comes to multichaps?) Coming up next chapter: Time for that little bit of drama some of you might've been expecting! Stay tuned for chapter 4 ;)
