Chapter 4:The Daily Planet
Carla woke up early the next day so she would not be late on her first day at work, She would be working at the Daily Planet as a research assistant for her cousin Clark who was a high profile reporter. When Clark went into his lounge he found Carla attempting to make toast for breakfast and singing to his radio. Clark could see that the food was burning so he went over to the grill and pulled the toast out which had gone black. "Um Carla I think the Breakfast is ready" said Clark laughing. "It is?" She replied. Looking over at the toast which Clark was scraping the black off, "I thought it was supposed to be that colour"
"No it is supposed to be brown, now pass me some butter out of the fridge"
"Sure," said Carla taking some ice-cream out of the freezer and a knife she started spreading chocolate ice cream on a piece of toast and gave Clark a piece. He took a mouthful and swallowed with great difficulty and said to Carla, "What did you put on this toast it's freezing cold and brown?" Carla handed him the tub of Chocolate ice cream, "CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM. YOU PUT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM ON MY TOAST!"
"I did? Oops I'm sorry Clark"
"The Butter is in the fridge not the freezer" Said Clark pointing to the fridge. "Although ice cream on toast does taste a little nice. You'd better get dressed we will have to leave soon."
"Yes" Said Carla Morphing into a short navy blue skirt and jacket with a white blouse and a pair of matching navy blue high heels, she then tied her hair up into a bun and added a silver scrunchie, belt and brooch to her outfit.
"You look nice" Said Clark "but you should wear flatter shoes you will be climbing a lot of stairs"
"Thanks Clark" Said Carla changing her shoes so they had a platform heels.
"I'll give you a lift today so you know where to go" then seeing her looking a bit glum he said, "Hey don't worry about breakfast at least you tried"
An hour later they both left for the Daily Planet in a taxi just as the taxi arrived to pick them up Clark warned Carla "Make sure no one finds out who you really are and make sure no one sees you use your powers"
"Ok" Said Carla.
When they finally arrived Clark introduced Carla to her colleagues it was easier to make friends because she already knew some people already. Jimmy showed her which desk she had, she even had a computer, which she had, been told would soon be linked up to the internet. Her first job was to find out some information about a water company, which was being sued for something which is what she had to find out. Jimmy and Carla walked to the library and he helped her to do her research.
On their way back to The Planet they heard screams and they both saw that there was a helicopter dangling off the top of a sky scraper the pilot was unconscious and the child passenger was calling for help. ("mummy, daddy help me!) Then suddenly the child slipped and fell out of the helicopter. Fortunately he managed to grab on to the skies on the bottom of the helicopter and was now dangling from it 12 storeys above the ground. Jimmy told Carla he was going to get closer so he could takes some photo's and Carla ran to a Telephone Box where she morphed into Supergirl. She then flew over to the side of the building, at that moment the child lost his grip and fell but Supergirl flew up and caught him. The people below them immediately applauded. But they were both still in danger as were the people below them. As suddenly the helicopter, which had been balancing on the edge of the building fell and started to head towards the people on the street below, Supergirl and the child she was holding in her arms. Supergirl flew up and with one hand caught hold of the helicopter and gently put it down on the ground. She gave the child to his mother who had been on the street below, then she went over to the pilot who was still unconscious and said to some paramedics, "This man needs help." Supergirl ripped the door off the helicopter and the paramedics tended to the pilot. The mother of the child went over to Supergirl and said, "Thank you Supergirl you have saved my baby's life."
"You are very welcome" Supergirl said smiling. Then noticing Jimmy who had been taking photo's of her she smiled at him and said, "A photographer hmm. I hope you got my good side."
"I'm Jimmy Olsen with The Daily Planet, what did you say your name was?" asked Jimmy.
"You can call me Supergirl. Jimmy Olsen. I am Superman's cousin. Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
"Yes opposite the restaurant where there was a fire"
"Oh well I have to go now I can't stand around gossiping all day" and with a swirl of her red cape and a toss of her long blonde hair she was gone."
A few moments later Carla came back then seeing Jimmy in a daze and a crowd of people she said, "Have I missed something?"
"Yes, where were you?"
"I went to get help but the nearest telephone wasn't working so I had to use the one the next block over."
"Well anyway the child passenger fell out of the helicopter grabbed one of the skies but lost his grip and fell but Supergirl turned up from nowhere and caught him, fortunately. Then the Helicopter fell but she caught it and put it on the ground, I even got some photo's of her catching the helicopter and holding it and I've got some of the helicopter as it is now."
"Well done Jimmy, well lets get some information then, names times and dates then we can use it in the daily planet. "
"Yes that's a good idea." Carla went over to a police officer and taking out her notebook and pen she asked him some questions. "Hello im Carla Kent with the Daily Planet, would you be so kind as to tell me the names of the child passenger, the pilot, the childs mother and also the flying organisation."
"Why Certainly Miss Kent I must say it makes a change to find a reporter who asks nicely except for that nice Clark Kent. Tell me are you related to him?"
"Why yes I am. He is my cousin."
"Oh anyway the child is called Charlie, his mother is called Susan, the Pilot is called Matthew and the flying organisation is called The Flying Corporation.2
"Thank you, you have been very helpful and kind."
"It's a pleasure doing business with you Miss Kent"
"And you. Goodbye"
Jimmy had a look at Carla's notes, "What's that you've written? That's not English is it?" Carla looked down at her notes and then realised what she had done she had written in the language of Krypton. "Oh no." She thought.
"It's a special code that some friends of mine and I created." Said Carla.
"Oh cool you will have to teach me it" Said Jimmy.
"Yeah but it took us years to learn and perfect." Said Carla
"We'd better be getting back so that we can use this story in this evening's paper." Said Jimmy.
Yes and with that they both went back to the Daily Planet Headquarters.
"Hey Carla how was your first day at work?" Asked Clark when he saw her.
"It was cool, Hey Clark I got you a story"
"Oh well done what is it?"
"Supergirl" Interrupted Jimmy " .and she was great. We got everything names of rescued people and others involved, pictures."
"Oh well done, if you give your notes to Lois she can finish up."
"Umm.Well, it's in my Secret Code."
"Secret Code? What Secret Code?" Asked Clark. Carla showed him her notes.
"Oh that secret code, you better copy it up and put it in American English." Said Clark.
"Yes, Good idea. It won't take me a sec."
"No it'll take you longer"
Carla then transferred all her notes so they were readable then she and Clark got ready to go. Jimmy seeing that they were going went over to Carla.
"Carla I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight?"
"I don't think so why?"
"There's this really great film on the cinema, "Notting Hill"
"Oh cool what time?"
"7.30 would you like to come see it."
"Sure."
"I'll pick you up at 7"
"Cool."
"We could pick up a burger or something afterwards."
"Yeah ok well I will see you tonight"
"Bye. See you"
"Bye"
Clark and Carla then left and went back to his apartment. "Well Carla you've been on this planet 2 weeks and you've already got a date, what am I doing wrong?" Laughed Clark, when they got there that evening.
"Oh I don't know. What ever shall I wear?"
Carla went into her room closed her bedroom curtains and door and stood in front of her mirror then she morphed into all different types of clothes trying to find something to wear. She tried on skirts, trousers, tops, shoes and dresses in all shapes and colours. She eventually found a nice pair of black trousers, black platforms and a black glittery halter-neck top. Now all she had to do was find a decent hairstyle, she tried putting it up but in the end she left it down and curly, and put some nice clips in it. Clark lent her some money and then at 7pm promptly Jimmy arrived.
Carla woke up early the next day so she would not be late on her first day at work, She would be working at the Daily Planet as a research assistant for her cousin Clark who was a high profile reporter. When Clark went into his lounge he found Carla attempting to make toast for breakfast and singing to his radio. Clark could see that the food was burning so he went over to the grill and pulled the toast out which had gone black. "Um Carla I think the Breakfast is ready" said Clark laughing. "It is?" She replied. Looking over at the toast which Clark was scraping the black off, "I thought it was supposed to be that colour"
"No it is supposed to be brown, now pass me some butter out of the fridge"
"Sure," said Carla taking some ice-cream out of the freezer and a knife she started spreading chocolate ice cream on a piece of toast and gave Clark a piece. He took a mouthful and swallowed with great difficulty and said to Carla, "What did you put on this toast it's freezing cold and brown?" Carla handed him the tub of Chocolate ice cream, "CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM. YOU PUT CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM ON MY TOAST!"
"I did? Oops I'm sorry Clark"
"The Butter is in the fridge not the freezer" Said Clark pointing to the fridge. "Although ice cream on toast does taste a little nice. You'd better get dressed we will have to leave soon."
"Yes" Said Carla Morphing into a short navy blue skirt and jacket with a white blouse and a pair of matching navy blue high heels, she then tied her hair up into a bun and added a silver scrunchie, belt and brooch to her outfit.
"You look nice" Said Clark "but you should wear flatter shoes you will be climbing a lot of stairs"
"Thanks Clark" Said Carla changing her shoes so they had a platform heels.
"I'll give you a lift today so you know where to go" then seeing her looking a bit glum he said, "Hey don't worry about breakfast at least you tried"
An hour later they both left for the Daily Planet in a taxi just as the taxi arrived to pick them up Clark warned Carla "Make sure no one finds out who you really are and make sure no one sees you use your powers"
"Ok" Said Carla.
When they finally arrived Clark introduced Carla to her colleagues it was easier to make friends because she already knew some people already. Jimmy showed her which desk she had, she even had a computer, which she had, been told would soon be linked up to the internet. Her first job was to find out some information about a water company, which was being sued for something which is what she had to find out. Jimmy and Carla walked to the library and he helped her to do her research.
On their way back to The Planet they heard screams and they both saw that there was a helicopter dangling off the top of a sky scraper the pilot was unconscious and the child passenger was calling for help. ("mummy, daddy help me!) Then suddenly the child slipped and fell out of the helicopter. Fortunately he managed to grab on to the skies on the bottom of the helicopter and was now dangling from it 12 storeys above the ground. Jimmy told Carla he was going to get closer so he could takes some photo's and Carla ran to a Telephone Box where she morphed into Supergirl. She then flew over to the side of the building, at that moment the child lost his grip and fell but Supergirl flew up and caught him. The people below them immediately applauded. But they were both still in danger as were the people below them. As suddenly the helicopter, which had been balancing on the edge of the building fell and started to head towards the people on the street below, Supergirl and the child she was holding in her arms. Supergirl flew up and with one hand caught hold of the helicopter and gently put it down on the ground. She gave the child to his mother who had been on the street below, then she went over to the pilot who was still unconscious and said to some paramedics, "This man needs help." Supergirl ripped the door off the helicopter and the paramedics tended to the pilot. The mother of the child went over to Supergirl and said, "Thank you Supergirl you have saved my baby's life."
"You are very welcome" Supergirl said smiling. Then noticing Jimmy who had been taking photo's of her she smiled at him and said, "A photographer hmm. I hope you got my good side."
"I'm Jimmy Olsen with The Daily Planet, what did you say your name was?" asked Jimmy.
"You can call me Supergirl. Jimmy Olsen. I am Superman's cousin. Haven't I seen you somewhere before?"
"Yes opposite the restaurant where there was a fire"
"Oh well I have to go now I can't stand around gossiping all day" and with a swirl of her red cape and a toss of her long blonde hair she was gone."
A few moments later Carla came back then seeing Jimmy in a daze and a crowd of people she said, "Have I missed something?"
"Yes, where were you?"
"I went to get help but the nearest telephone wasn't working so I had to use the one the next block over."
"Well anyway the child passenger fell out of the helicopter grabbed one of the skies but lost his grip and fell but Supergirl turned up from nowhere and caught him, fortunately. Then the Helicopter fell but she caught it and put it on the ground, I even got some photo's of her catching the helicopter and holding it and I've got some of the helicopter as it is now."
"Well done Jimmy, well lets get some information then, names times and dates then we can use it in the daily planet. "
"Yes that's a good idea." Carla went over to a police officer and taking out her notebook and pen she asked him some questions. "Hello im Carla Kent with the Daily Planet, would you be so kind as to tell me the names of the child passenger, the pilot, the childs mother and also the flying organisation."
"Why Certainly Miss Kent I must say it makes a change to find a reporter who asks nicely except for that nice Clark Kent. Tell me are you related to him?"
"Why yes I am. He is my cousin."
"Oh anyway the child is called Charlie, his mother is called Susan, the Pilot is called Matthew and the flying organisation is called The Flying Corporation.2
"Thank you, you have been very helpful and kind."
"It's a pleasure doing business with you Miss Kent"
"And you. Goodbye"
Jimmy had a look at Carla's notes, "What's that you've written? That's not English is it?" Carla looked down at her notes and then realised what she had done she had written in the language of Krypton. "Oh no." She thought.
"It's a special code that some friends of mine and I created." Said Carla.
"Oh cool you will have to teach me it" Said Jimmy.
"Yeah but it took us years to learn and perfect." Said Carla
"We'd better be getting back so that we can use this story in this evening's paper." Said Jimmy.
Yes and with that they both went back to the Daily Planet Headquarters.
"Hey Carla how was your first day at work?" Asked Clark when he saw her.
"It was cool, Hey Clark I got you a story"
"Oh well done what is it?"
"Supergirl" Interrupted Jimmy " .and she was great. We got everything names of rescued people and others involved, pictures."
"Oh well done, if you give your notes to Lois she can finish up."
"Umm.Well, it's in my Secret Code."
"Secret Code? What Secret Code?" Asked Clark. Carla showed him her notes.
"Oh that secret code, you better copy it up and put it in American English." Said Clark.
"Yes, Good idea. It won't take me a sec."
"No it'll take you longer"
Carla then transferred all her notes so they were readable then she and Clark got ready to go. Jimmy seeing that they were going went over to Carla.
"Carla I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight?"
"I don't think so why?"
"There's this really great film on the cinema, "Notting Hill"
"Oh cool what time?"
"7.30 would you like to come see it."
"Sure."
"I'll pick you up at 7"
"Cool."
"We could pick up a burger or something afterwards."
"Yeah ok well I will see you tonight"
"Bye. See you"
"Bye"
Clark and Carla then left and went back to his apartment. "Well Carla you've been on this planet 2 weeks and you've already got a date, what am I doing wrong?" Laughed Clark, when they got there that evening.
"Oh I don't know. What ever shall I wear?"
Carla went into her room closed her bedroom curtains and door and stood in front of her mirror then she morphed into all different types of clothes trying to find something to wear. She tried on skirts, trousers, tops, shoes and dresses in all shapes and colours. She eventually found a nice pair of black trousers, black platforms and a black glittery halter-neck top. Now all she had to do was find a decent hairstyle, she tried putting it up but in the end she left it down and curly, and put some nice clips in it. Clark lent her some money and then at 7pm promptly Jimmy arrived.