It's a beautiful day where I am right now. It makes me sad to be stuck in all day. Welcome to the next chapter. We continue our adventures on Earth-38. Our first encounter with Livewire and Silver Banshee. A little plotting from our superheroes. And some advice from Barry to Kara. My co-authors, Brightburn1985 and Bartholomew Henry Allen, as always have been big help with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Flash.

"Let me just get my bag." Kara said, walking towards her desk.

"Keira!" another woman called from behind the giant glass doors.

"Who is that?" Barry asked, confused as to who that woman was and who she was calling for.

"That woman is my boss, Cat Grant, calling for me," Kara admitted.

"She calls you Keira?" Barry asked, still confused. Now on why his friend's boss referred to her by a different name.

"It's complicated," Kara whispered. "Ms. Grant. I was just about to go on my lunch break.

"You fell out of a window. Are you all right?" Cat asked, showing a little concern for her assistant.

"What?" Kara asked. It felt so long ago that Kara almost completely forgot about the incident. "Oh. Yeah, don't worry. I'm fine."

"Good. In that case you're going to stay. You're right in the middle of big news." Ms. Grant said. She turned her laptop around to show a picture of a streak of lightning on the side of her building. "A brand new superhero. Direct competition for Supergirl. Thoughts?"

"I mean, it doesn't have to be competition. They could be friends?" Kara suggested since the one in the lightning who saved her was right behind her listening to the whole thing.

"Would you prefer a sidekick?" Ms. Grant thought that was what Kara was talking about.

"Given a little time, I think he will prove to be an equal." Barry said a little defensively.

Everybody turned their heads to face him. There wasn't a person alive who would dare argue against Cat Grant without just cause.

Sensing the thick tension now in the room, Barry sheepishly said, "Talking was a mistake. I see that now."

"I don't recognize you. Meaning I don't pay you. Who are you and what are you doing in my building?" Cat demanded to know.

"I'm an old friend of Kara's," Barry said slowly, trying to think of a cover story. "My name is Barry Allen."

"And how exactly do you know Keira?" Ms. Grant asked, still suspicious. Her reporter brain is still working through the story. Trying to find any flaws to exploit.

"We went to the same high school!" Kara blurted out. "We were good friends,"

"Yes, we had a lot of fun back in the good old days," Barry decided to go along with the story. It was too late already to go back.

"But then Barry had to move to try to get away from me," Kara smiled in a teasing manner as she lightly poked Barry in the side.

"That is so not what happened," Barry lightly laughed as he conversed with Kara, but kept his eyes on Cat Grant. "So I was in National City and decided to drop in. We were just about to get lunch,"

"Hmmm. Boys leave. Girl stay," Ms. Grant said, shooing the males out of the room to talk with Kara privately.

Once they were alone with the door closed to ensure they would not be heard, Cat leaned forward so Kara could properly hear her. "It's clear that James is not happy about your ex-boyfriend coming to town."

"Barry's…" Kara trailed off. "Really? You think so?"

"Lighthouse," Cat reminded her of their earlier conversation. "Shine your light and let him come to you,"

Feeling encouraged that she could use Barry to her full advantage whilst he was here. She kinda felt bad that now their lunch break was turned into a way to get James jealous, but it wasn't like Barry had to know. There was also the fact that she was manipulating him to her advantage, but she was helping him return to another universe, so she felt she could do this without a lot of guilt.

Kara rushed out of the room to grab Barry and drag them to lunch. Deciding to be a little sneaky, Kara gave Barry a quick kiss on the cheek. They left before anyone could comment on what she was doing.

The two of them stopped at Noonan's to get the donuts Kara had promised them. They shocked everyone when they ordered dozens of boxes filled with a variety of donuts. They added a few other things as well, such as the sticky buns Kara highly recommended and some drinks.

Kara was on her third box whilst Barry was polishing off his fifth when Barry decided to strike up a conversation. "Is there a reason that you kissed me in front of your friends?"

"Wow. So you're just going to come out and say it." Kara was hoping to avoid this conversation entirely, but it looks like there was no hiding anymore.

"Well it was pretty shocking. Girls don't typically come up to me and kiss me, even if it is just on the cheek."

"Oh come on. You're a superhero. You're decent looking. You're telling me you don't even have a girlfriend?" Kara asked.

"I did. We recently broke up. She moved away. We decided that the long distance thing wasn't going to work. It was mutual." Barry briefly said.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up." Kara had a sorrowful look on her face.

"Don't be. You couldn't have known. And stop trying to change the subject. I work for the police, I know when someone's trying to avoid answering a question."

"It's silly. I shouldn't have done that. I was given some advice and from that, I kissed you." Kara shook her head.

"Oh? You wanna know what I think?" Barry asked. He continued before Kara got the chance to answer. "I think you kissed me to make a statement. Probably to make someone jealous. One of your friends I'm guessing. But you weren't like this when you were first introducing me to your friends. It wasn't until after that meeting with your boss that you decided to get a little flirty. Your boss is the one who advised you to hit on me a little. She knows you have a crush on someone and saw the opportunity I presented when I came here. You're using me," he accused her.

Kara looked down into her lap in shame. "I'm sorry," she apologized.

Barry kept a glare on his face before bursting out in laughter. "Are you kidding? I think it's hilarious, genius, and a little manipulating. My favourite combination."

"You're okay with this?" Kara asked, a little confused.

"I'll only be staying until I manage to find my way back home. Until then, I don't see why I can't help you with your problem. I had a little problem with asking out that girlfriend I told you about. A little help from friends goes a long way." Barry assured her.

"Great. Thank you so much." Kara expressed her gratitude. She clapped her hands together and offered her best smile.

"So before we start, let me guess who this guy is. We've established it's one of those two guys you're friends with. With Winn, you're easy-going. I can tell you trust him a great amount. You enjoy his company and value his opinion. However you don't see him as anything other than a friend. James on the other hand, you can barely look in the eye. You're nervous and fidgety whenever you think his eyes are on you. You tend to linger on him whenever you think he isn't looking. You're short of breath whenever he's around and your pupils dilated the moment he stepped through the door. It's him, isn't it?" Barry deduced.

Kara stared at him in shock. "You are good. How did you notice all that?"

"CSI brain. We're trained to notice everything. I'm told that if I wanted to, I would have made a very good detective. I think someone called me Sherlock Holmes once. Not sure if they meant it as a compliment but… " Barry explained.

"I believe you. And yes, James is the person I have a crush on." Kara confirmed. "I'm just not sure if he feels the same way I do,"

"Are you kidding? Kara, you are a very pretty woman. Any guy would be lucky to have you as a girlfriend. Trust me, James is very interested. I could tell by the look in his eyes." Barry assured her.

"Thanks. But let's talk about you now. Any other girls that have caught your eye?" Kara asked her new friend.

"Patty was my most serious relationship in a while. Other than that, everyone says I'm in love with my friend Caitlin."

"Oh? Tell me about her,"

"We've known each other for a few years. She helps me with superhero business. She has powers herself actually." Barry lightly told her about the ice meta.

"She sounds nice. So why does everyone think you're in love with her?" Kara asked.

"We don't particularly get along. Ever since we've met it's been arguments all the time. Frankly, it's tiring, but it's just something we can't help ourselves with. Whenever something happens, we just get angry with each other." Barry explained.

"So why are you still friends with her?" Kara asked, confused as to why he would keep hanging out with her if they didn't get along.

"Because we are friends. Through all the arguments, the fights, I know that we're friends, and we would do anything if the other needed it," Barry said. "I care about her. And she cares about me. We just don't show it that often. If it came down to it, I would save her every time because if something ever did happen to her, I would never forgive myself,"

Kara stared at him for a moment, taking in everything he said. She could only come to one conclusion. "You are so totally in love with her."

"I don't love her!" Barry denied.

"Relax Barry. We're on an entire different Earth. Nothing you say will leave this place. You can admit you have feelings for her." Kara tried to persuade him.

"I've said it once, I've said it a million times. Caitlin and I don't have romantic feelings for each other. We don't like each other. We're friends in spite of that,"

"Okay," Kara leaned back in her chair, talking in a tone that indicated she didn't believe a word he said.

"I mean it," Barry insisted.

"Of course you do." Kara continued talking in that tone.

"I don't have feelings for her."

"I believe you." Kara exaggeratedly nodded her head. "Can we talk about my situation now?"

"Yes. So I was thinking, we should show up to CatCo. We vaguely flirt with each other. Try to make James jealous enough to say something to you. All the while try to find me a way to get back to my Earth," Barry said.

"That sounds like a decent enough plan. I wouldn't want to steal you from your Caitlin," Kara teased him.

"Shut up!"

"So thanks for treating me to lunch. It was great catching up with you," Barry said as they entered CatCo.

"You're the one who picked up the bill. I just picked the venue," Kara countered.

"Well the guy always pays. I don't care if we're not dating. I'll always pay for lunch with a pretty lady like yourself," Barry grinned at her, squeezing her hand in his. "I'm gonna go. See you around?"

Kara nodded her head and gave him another kiss on his cheek. This time, both were aware of what was going on.

Barry headed towards the secret room she was using for her hero business while Kara sat down at her desk to prepare for work.

Cat watched behind the glass doors with a smirk. It looked like Kara had taken her advice to heart. At least now Kara's mind wouldn't be preoccupied with mindless romance. And in a way, she was quite proud of her assistant. She was finally becoming the woman Cat always knew she could be.

James was standing in the corner, having witnessed everything. It bothered him that Kara was getting along so well with this guy. He just showed up out of nowhere, and Kara just expected the rest of them to trust him.

And Kara actually seemed to like him, and judging by their interactions, he seemed to have taken a liking to Kara as well. Not that James could blame him. Kara was an endless beam of sunshine. Everyone couldn't help but like her in the end.

Still, James couldn't wait until Barry would head back to his own world. And he wasn't jealous. No matter what Winn said. Winn had no idea what he was experiencing. He just didn't like that Barry was spending so much time with Kara when he should be worrying about getting back home.

Kara had gotten a call and had to step out for a moment, leaving Winn and Barry to themselves.

"So what did you mean when you expected more from our base?" Winn asked, the comment about their secret room still bothering him.

"I just mean, this is a single room. You could have people walk in on you all the time. There isn't a lot of privacy here. How has nobody noticed you three walking in here all the time?" Barry stated.

"We just started this superhero business a couple months ago. We'll be upgrading soon." Winn said. "Why? Where did you work out in your first year?"

"A high tech laboratory that I now own, and makes millions of dollars on a monthly basis." Barry casually said.

"You are so cool. You know that? A millionaire superhero? Okay Anthony Stark." Winn laughed.

"Tony Stark?" Barry asked.

"That's what you guys call him?"

Kara chose that moment to walk in with a troubled look on her face. "I just got off the phone with the DEO. Leslie's escaped."

"Well that is not good," Winn stated bluntly.

"Hey Barry, I know that this is asking a lot, but could you help me out with this?" Kara asked him.

"Oh Kara, I don't know. I mean trying to find my way back home is pretty time consuming. I have my own villains to get back to," Barry said.

"Please. I could really use your help. Last time I dealt with her, it wasn't easy. I don't expect this time to be any different," Kara begged him.

Barry contemplated for a second. On the one hand, he needed to get back home. Who knew how long he'd be gone. But Kara was his friend now. What kind of friend would he be if he didn't lend her some help. "Alright," he conceded.

"Partners?" she held out her hand for him to shake.

"Partners," Barry agreed, taking her hand in his.

"Great. I'll take you to the DEO so we can start looking for her," Kara said.

"What's the DEO?" Barry asked, already taking out his red suit.

Out in the desert, a flying figure was soaring overhead with a bolt of lightning following underneath before disappearing into the ground.

While Kara had landed in the middle and placed Winn beside her, the lightning travelled through the entire facility, searching through every nook and cranny of the cave before skidding to a halt beside Supergirl.

"This is so much better. Why isn't this your base of operations?" Barry questioned the two of them.

"We don't own this place. This is more of our prison for the aliens we capture." Winn responded.

"Still, this place is pretty sick. You should think about working out of here instead." Barry took another look around, taking in everything at a normal pace. "Is that a spaceship?"

"That's actually my spaceship," Kara excitedly told her new friend. It wasn't often that she got to brag with a fellow superhero with the other being her cousin.

"I love this Earth," Barry sighed in happiness. "Winn, take a picture of me with this bad boy," Barry tossed his phone to Winn.

"You got it dude," Winn held up the phone to take a quick picture. Several agents showed up behind him, just as Winn took the picture. "Probably not a good idea man," he gave Barry his phone back.

"Who is this person? Alien?" a woman walked up to them with a stern look on her face.

"Metahuman," Kara corrected. "Don't worry, he's not a threat. He's here to help with the escapee."

"Well, I hope you're bringing more to the table than fast reflexes." Lucy Lane commented.

"As it turns out, catching criminals is both my night and day job. I'm a CSI. By the way, do you guys have a crime lab?" Barry directed the question to Kara.

"Yeah, you can use my sister's lab," Kara led him to her Alex's work station.

"You have a sister? Blood or…" Barry asked to rid himself of any confusion.

"Foster sister," Kara said, informing him that Alex was human, not an alien like herself.

"Where is she at?" Barry asked, noticing the lack of the sister.

"I wish I knew," Kara said with a sigh that her sister was still on the run from the law.

Barry was shown the lab he would be working out of, as well as several files pertaining to the escaped convict. Leslie Willis. Livewire. Struck by lightning one night and woke up with electrical powers the next day. She then went on a revenge campaign against her boss, Cat Grant, who was the one who caused Leslie to wind up in the thunderstorm that resulted in her accident.

Luckily Supergirl managed to capture her before that happened, by dousing her with a fire hydrant, causing her powers to short circuit and safe for transport into a holding cell.

Looking at her file, it reminded Barry of another meta he encountered that possessed the power of electricity as well. Just slightly different. While Blackout was able to siphon off electricity, Livewire was electricity. Her entire being was an electric charge. She could release massive amounts of power from herself, absorb outside energy into herself, and become a living lightning bolt. Thus, she was able to travel anywhere that a socket and wire existed.

Using that information, Barry was able to develop an algorithm that would be able to track any increased surges of electricity so they would be able to pinpoint her location. Or at least the trail she left behind when she was travelling through circuits.

James had just arrived, so they decided to announce the exciting news. "We found a way to track down Leslie," Winn told him.

"That's great," James commented.

"Actually, Barry did," Kara corrected him.

"Of course he did," James muttered angrily under his breath. Nobody really commented on that as they all brought their attention to the screen.

"I've encountered someone similar to Leslie on my Earth. Using the information provided, I was able to construct an algorithm that tracks her whenever she travels through a circuit or something like that." Barry said, tapping on a few keys to show where Leslie had been. "Last location is some abandoned warehouse. I see your criminals like abandoned buildings as well."

"Okay, this is good. We'll go in and take her before she can do anything. You with me?" Kara asked.

"Yeah, what's the plan?" Barry sprung out of his chair, ready to head into action.

"We go in, take her into custody. 80% chance of punching." Kara relayed her strategy.

Barry just looked at her in confusion. "No, I get that, but what's the plan? Maybe we can overload her or something?"

"Yeah! What about that device you used the first time to trap her in?" Winn suggested.

"No, that thing didn't work. Besides we don't have any time. The more time we stay here talking about this, the more time Livewire has to hurt somebody," Kara insisted they leave immediately.

"Kara, listen to me. I've been known to rush into things, but I've learned that it is always good to have a plan in place. Livewire isn't causing a panic, so we have time, we have a location. We just need a plan. Take a deep breath, and let's think this through," Barry calmly said to her.

Kara took a deep breath to calm herself. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you run in there without a clue as to what you were doing,"

"Happens to the best of us." Barry shrugged his shoulders. "So what's the plan?"

"Okay, I'm thinking that Leslie doesn't know about you yet. You'll be a surprise. I keep her attention on me, you sneak up behind her and take her out," Kara suggested.

"Okay, we have a plan. Simple enough that if anything happens, we'll be flexible enough to improvise," Barry said.

"Almost everything in superhero business is improvisation," Kara countered.

"I'm just saying, having a plan is always a good idea. Facing the unexpected is just in the job description,"

The two of them arrived at the warehouse with Barry hidden in the shadows to be kept out of sight. He was meant to be their trump card in case Livewire proved to be too much for Kara to safely handle by herself.

"Leslie!" Kara shouted. Hopefully Leslie was still here and hadn't left on foot. They wouldn't be able to track her until she entered the electrical system then.

"Girl in blue. I should have known you'd find me sooner or later," A voice drawled out as a woman with bleached hair stepped forward. "I've been waiting to see you again."

The fight was short and embarrassing at the same time. Kara shot an initial beam of laser vision from her eyes, completely forgetting that Leslie would be able to absorb the energy of the laser vision into herself. "Thanks for the charge," Leslie said, launching twin blasts of lightning from her hands directly at Kara.

When Kara stumbled, Leslie stepped forward to try to push her advantage. Seeing that, Barry rushed out to knock her back. Slamming his shoulder into her, Leslie was left falling to the ground.

Barry offered his hand for Kara to stand back up, which she took and they strided forward to the fallen electric meta. Neither of them noticed the smirk on Leslie's face the whole time. Which is why it was such a surprise when they were both blasted with a high pitched scream, leaving them crumpled on the floor, clutching their heads to try to block the sound from reaching their ears.

When Kara took her fingers out of her ears, she saw they were covered in blood. Her increased hearing wasn't doing her much favours in this encounter as the scream was amplified for her more than Barry.

"I see you brought a date," Leslie gestured to the fallen form of Barry who was starting to stand back up. "So did I. Meet Silver Banshee,"

Even with the face paint and highlights in her hair, Kara could still recognize her co-worker, especially since Kara just saw her this morning when her scream pushed Kara through a window. Siobhan Smythe.

"Siobhan?" Kara questioned.

"That was who I used to be. I've been reborn as the Silver Banshee. And once I kill you, I'm gonna finish the job and kill that preppy Kara Danvers," Siobhan angrily muttered before releasing another scream.

Suddenly, Siobhan was pushed back by a gust of wind. Kara turned to see Barry behind her on a higher vantage point. He was rotating both his arms to create mini tornadoes that were keeping both Siobhan and Leslie off her.

"We need to retreat! We're not going to win this one," Barry shouted.

Kara hated to admit it, but he had a point. They were taken by surprise by the team up. They were prepared to take on Leslie's electrical attacks. They had no idea how to get close when Siobhan was added into the mix.

Kara took off into the air with Barry following behind her.

"Hey, are you okay?" Barry asked as he walked up behind Kara who was overlooking the city from the balcony at CatCo.

"Aside from my ears ringing like church bells. I'll be fine." Kara said dejectedly. "I'm sorry I got you involved in that, but I didn't think Leslie and Siobhan would team up like that,"

"It's like I said before. We need to be prepared for every eventuality. They had the jump on us with a new player we weren't aware of. Don't blame yourself," Barry comforted her.

"But you had the jump on them as well. They didn't know you were there. Even then, the fight should have been fairly even at two-to-two. If I hadn't gotten sloppy at the beginning and used my laser beams when they only strengthened Leslie, we might have won." Kara shook her head.

"Stop blaming yourself. Nobody is at fault. There were mistakes, but in the end, nobody was seriously hurt. That's a win in every superhero book." Barry said.

"I'm just so tired of this. Nothing ever seems to be going my way lately. It seems like the entire world is against me. I can't even do a simple snatch and grab," Kara said.

"Tell me what happened," Barry said.

"A couple weeks ago, I was affected by this substance that caused me to go on a rampage. I almost hurt a lot of people and now everything is different. People don't trust me anymore." Kara explained. "My symbol used to bring hope to people, now everyone is afraid of me.

Barry snorted, because her situation sounded so familiar to his own in a way. "You're laughing? I can't believe you!"

"I'm sorry. I'm not laughing at you. It's just your situation I find funny, because I've been where you are before. Having people look at you with mistrust and anger." Barry tried to explain himself. "Look, this is going to sound ironic coming from me, but you need to slow down. Just keep doing what you're doing. The people will forgive you, I promise,"

"How do you know that?" Kara asked.

"Because the same thing happened to me. There was this meta that had the power to induce rage in anyone who looked into his eyes. I attacked a lot of my close friends, even assaulted a police officer. Things were tense for a while after that. There was even a task force created that was designed specifically to try to take me down."

"So what changed things?" Kara asked, eager for the advice of her fellow who had experienced something similar to herself, but had obviously already overcome that hurdle.

"Time," Barry answered.

Kara sagged at that answer. She was hoping for something slightly more helpful than just waiting for things to change.

"When you're used to solving your problems with powers like super strength, or in my case super speed, it's hard to admit that there are things that are out of our control. But it's humbling, don't you think?" Barry said.

Kara nodded her head. She didn't like to admit it, but this was just something that she couldn't force to happen. It would take time for the people to forgive her for her actions.

"Listen Kara, you are the superhero. It isn't your job to have people like you. Your job is to protect people. Who cares if they don't like you? You're still going to save them. That's what makes you a hero." Barry continued to say.

Kara frowned. She would have preferred that people would still appreciate all the good she'd done, but she could see Barry's point. There would always be people who would have something to say about her. General Lane coming to mind. But that wouldn't stop her from saving people. That's not the kind of person she is.

"That makes sense. I'm sorry that you're trapped from your world, but I'm really glad you're here right now," Kara thanked him for his advice on being a superhero.

"It's no problem. I'm glad I'm here too." Barry smiled at her.

Kara rested her head on his shoulder as they both took in the scene before them. The calmness wouldn't last long as Leslie and Siobhan would return for her blood.

So Kara has jumped onto the Snowbarry train. She can see a crush from a mile away. Which is probably literal. So I romanticized the story between Barry and Kara just a little because in case you didn't know, I love the Superflash ship as well. But nothing is going to come of it. Don't worry. This is just a little fun. I just always thought it was a waste to not show a little love between the two characters. Even if nothing would ever come of it in canon.

I took inspiration for Barry's advice to Kara from the original script and a line I remembered from Supernatural. It was 'You hate me? That's fine. It's not my job to be liked. It's my job to make sure I raise you right.' Or something like that.

Next week, we'll be wrapping up this crossover. I never realized how long I'd actually made this. Make sure to leave a review and tell me what you thought. I'll be seeing you all next week.