"Kara Zor-El, I need your help to save my world," Kara(X) pleaded.
"Well...shit," Kara wondered what to do.
"I'll take care of this," Hank said placing Kryptonite cuffs on Kara(X).
"Do you just have those on you at all times?" Kara wondered.
"Just when I am in public," Hank said as Kara(X) fell to the floor weakened.
"What is this? Am I dying?" she wondered.
"It's just Kryptonite. Don't tell me you haven't experienced it," Kara rolled her eyes.
"Never," Kara(X) said becoming sickly.
Kara looked at the mess that was her wedding. "Alright, let's reschedule. Thanks for coming, though."
DEO agents stormed the church and dragged Kara(X) away and bagged up the dead parademons. "Tough break," James said to Mon.
"As far as I am concerned, we're already mated, so I'm good," Mon said super-chill.
Kara(X) was placed in a Kryptonite cell at the DEO. Kara then entered the room and glared at Kara(X). "Well, aren't you a fun-Nazi? You have any idea how long I have been planning this wedding?"
Kara(X) gave her a blank look. "Try seven fucking years," Kara said furiously.
"I gave myself up to Darkseid in return for one extra day. When he realizes I won't come, he will slaughter everyone," Kara(X) said.
"I wish I gave a shit. You and your kind killed millions of people and not for any good reason either," Kara accused.
"I didn't kill them. I just let them die. There's a moral difference," Kara(X) said coldly.
"There is?" Kara wondered.
"Whatever you think of me, billions of lives are at stake," Kara(X) pressed.
"There is no one in this galaxy stronger than us. I cannot believe you need my help for anything," Kara said to her.
"The gap between Darkseid and I is the same between me and Superman," Kara(X) told her.
"Damn," Kara said thoughtfully. "Could Mon be right about him?
"Do not underestimate the power of Darkseid," Kara(X) told her.
"Or maybe you're a version of myself that is weak as fuck," Kara smirked.
"I have been at war for five years. I have seen terrible things. If you want a challenge, I will give you the greatest challenge you have ever known," Kara(X) told her.
Kara stared at her other self intrigued. "Alright," Kara agreed, releasing her from the cell. "Let's take this outside."
Kara and Kara(X) faced off in the desert wasteland. "You better have brought your A-game," Kara said to her Nazi counterpart.
"Say when," Kara(X) said getting into a fighting stance.
"Now," Kara smiled as she rushed her.
The two impacted at the fist creating a shock wave that caused the rock formations around them to crumble and the ground to crack open. The two fought with punches and kicks faster than the human eye could see. Rock formations exploded as they crashed into them. The two of them punched through their after-images.
Kara punched Kara(X) towards a city. She went through the street pavement with such force that the city shattered and crumbled upon impact. The city then sank into the Earth's crust as lava exploded out. Kara(X) emerged from the lava unscathed.
Kara sent a white beam to paralyze Kara(X) in place and then fired heat vision at her. The beam blasted Kara(X) and created a shower of lava that exploded high into the air. Kara then flew over to Kara(X) and the two fought inside the plume of lava neither of them affected by it. Kara(X) fired heat vision at Kara, missed, and completely evaporated a nearby lake.
The two slammed their fists into each other's jaws at the same time. Kara(X) then kicked Kara hard sending her out of the atmosphere, into space, and completely through the moon blasting it to pieces. Kara(X) waited dispassionately as moon debris entered the Earth's atmosphere from the impact.
"Again," Kara sighed as she went back towards the Earth. Kara(X) watched as Kara sped around the Earth becoming white-hot. She could see the white-hot streak move across the sky every second. Kara then punched Kara(X) into space. Kara(X) sailed past Mars, the asteroid belt, and then shot into Jupiter's atmosphere creating an Earth-size explosion.
"Too easy," Kara smirked.
Kara(X) then emerged from the red spot uninjured. Kara(X) then launched herself back to Earth from Jupiter creating an explosive thrust as bright as the moon on the dark side of Earth.
"Not bad," Kara said as Kara(X) entered Earth's atmosphere and kicked her into the Earth's crust, through the mantle, and finally stopping at the core. Kara felt the liquid iron outer core while she stood on the inner core.
Kara(X) waited as Kara blasted out of the crust creating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions all over the planet. Kara leaped above Kara(X) and swatted her into the Atlantic Ocean. Kara(X) hit the ocean floor with such force that the entire ocean was thrown into space. Kara(X) looked around as she stood on dry land.
"Give up, yet?" Kara smirked.
Kara(X) backhanded Kara across the planet. Kara hit Mount Everest blasting a third of its top off. Kara(X) then slammed Kara down onto the Indian sub-continent. The continent tilted upon impact, rose into the air as it detached from China, and then fell into the Indian Ocean.
Kara and Kara(X) faced off in space. "Satisfied?" Kara(X) asked.
"Holy shit, that was so much fun," Kara said enthralled.
"I know, right?" Kara(X) allowed.
The two then floated back to the desert, went to their knees, and closed their eyes in meditation. The fight had only been in their minds. They then awoke and saw each other. Kara went over to Kara(X) giving her a hand. "I believe you now."
J'onn then dropped down between them and phased into Hank. "What do you think you're doing releasing my prisoner?" he asked disgruntled.
"She was my wedding guest," Kara said dismissively.
"I didn't see her on the guest log," Hank said skeptically.
"Oh, do I really need to put Kara Zor-El on the guest log?" Kara rolled her eyes.
Hank gave Kara(X) a skeptical look. "You need to go back to your universe and not come back. That's what I am offering you."
"I am no coward. I will die with my people," Kara(X) replied. "But I need your assistance to reverse-engineer the portal that got me here."
"We have some portal technology of our own from Earth-1," Kara pointed out.
"We just need the right frequency. I'll be damned if I send someone like you to a peaceful universe," Hank said pointing at her.
"You once befriended a White Martian that operated a concentration camp. You saw the good in her. Then you allied with the White Martian resistance. How is this any different?" Kara asked.
"It's completely different. I saw what the Nazis did to this world and then I saw them flee to South America like cowards. I helped to catch them and boy was business good," Hank said glaring at Kara(X).
"Only ten percent of Germans were members of the Nazi Party and of those only one percent of them did all the killing," Kara(X) excused.
"But that one percent was given support and resources from everyone else. You knew what was happening and did nothing," Hank accused.
"If I had overthrown my government earlier, we would have lost the war. You think it was just us against the Americans? We had the Soviets to our east and socialist revolutionaries to our west. None of this would have happened if the French and English hadn't been so greedy. When I came to Earth in the 1930s, Germans were homeless, starving, and had no hope," she replied back.
"You're a racist anti-Semitic authoritarian piece of shit," Hank spat.
"Yes, get it all out. Enjoy your self-righteousness while billions of lives perish," Kara(X) replied.
Hank backed up unsure of himself for a brief moment. "If we help you, what is to stop you from enslaving your world?"
"You have to trust me," Kara(X) said flatly.
"Yeah, bullshit," Hank said turning away.
Kara watched them arguing with intrigued amusement. "Look, we can still be civil, can't we? I had dinner with Queen Rhea and she was basically a space-Nazi."
"Go back to the DEO and help them re-work the portal. I'll be keeping an eye on our honored guest," Hank said.
Kara, Alex, and Winn worked on the portal sending a probe through the portal to figure out which universe Kara(X) was from. After hours of searching, Winn finally found the right one. "Got it," Winn said showing the video on the screen.
The three of them watched a live video of an alien battleship hovering over Berlin. "How could it be World War II over there?" Alex wondered.
"Different dimensions have different time periods. With infinite possibilities, I'm not surprised something like this could happen," Winn said.
"What do you think? Should we help them?" Kara asked.
"If the whole planet were Nazis, then no. But they're not," Winn said as the probe looked over other areas of the planet.
"Look at London. My God," Alex said as she saw a crater where the city used to be.
"That is classic Supergirl right there," Winn said without thinking.
"Oh really? When have I ever destroyed a city...on Earth?" Kara glared at him.
"I mean, the blast radius and the crater all look like your solar flare. If she is as strong as you, she's a walking nuke," Winn clarified.
"What if we just send you there and have you defeat Darkseid. Then, you can come back and destroy your Nazi self," Alex suggested.
"I like your enthusiasm for killing but if my Nazi self couldn't take down Darkseid, I doubt I could either," Kara said.
"Did you actually say someone could beat you?" Winn asked stunned.
"Enjoy the moment while you still can," Kara said scornfully.
"I hate to say it, but it's not worth the risk. We could lose you and for what?" Alex asked.
"If I go, I will have a plan to win. In the meantime, keep watching for Darkseid to emerge. I want to see what we're up against," Kara said.
Hank took a civilian-dressed Kara(X) to the National Holocaust Museum in Metropolis. "What do you hope to gain by having me come here?" Kara(X) asked Hank.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it," he told her.
"My actions stopped the camps," Kara(X) pointed out.
"But how many died before you did?" Hank asked.
"Too many," Kara(X) admitted.
"And what's to stop this from happening again?" Hank asked her.
"Me," Kara(X) replied.
"Why did you stop the camps?" Hank questioned.
"It made us look bad internationally. It made our conquered territories more resistant to us," Kara(X) replied coldly.
"Come with me," Hank ordered her.
The two went inside and looked around the museum. "When I read the minds of Nazi officers who had escaped to South America, I couldn't believe the barbarity they had witnessed and participated in. It was as real as if I had been there myself," Hank said to Kara(X) as they walked through the exhibits.
"The ranks are a little different than ours," Kara(X) pointed out an SS officer.
"What the actual fuck...," Hank muttered.
Kara(X) looked around and started pointing out the weapon types featured in the pictures and videos. Hank gave up trying to persuade her of anything and simply indulged her. She stopped to point out an SS officer with his machine gun pointed at victims he was about to kill.
"Machine pistol 40, 9-by-19mm Parabellum cartridge, 500-550 rate of fire per minute, and 400 meters per second velocity," Kara(X) said of it.
Kara(X) then continued looking around. "Can you tell who is and who isn't a Jew in here?" Hank asked her.
Kara(X) scanned the room with her X-ray vision but couldn't decipher who was and who wasn't. "No," she admitted.
"That's because Jew and Gentile alike have the same skeleton, same physiology, same humanity," Hank said to her.
"I have nothing against the Jews, but it motivated my people to win the war. It inspired nationalism and patriotism like never before. It united the people against a common enemy," Kara(X) told him.
"Let's keep going," Hank pressed her.
Kara(X) and Hank saw pictures of dead bodies being stacked on top of each other in the dozens. "What do you make of this?" Hank asked her.
"A live body and a dead body have the same number of particles. Structurally, there is no discernible difference," Kara(X) replied coldly and turned away.
They finally came upon a large collection of shoes. Kara(X) looked over the collection confused. "Why collect these?" she wondered.
She read the sign and then scanned the shoes. Getting close to the glass, Kara(X) pointed at one of the shoes, shot out a white beam, and had the shoe come to her hand. "Miss, you can't do that," a security guard said to her.
"She's fine," Hank said impersonating the museum's chief of security.
"Yes, Sir," the security guard backed away.
Kara(X) stared at the old shoe that would have belonged to a little girl. Her fingers trembled as she held it and then she dropped it back into the exhibit. She backed away from the glass in a state of shock and then fell to her knees. Hank came over to Kara as she began to cry.
"There was a German girl...I forget her name. She peacefully resisted the Nazi party, but she was executed that same year. We were both the same age at the time. I could have done something. I had the power. I could have stopped this," Kara(X) said breaking down.
"What must I do to redeem myself, my country?" Kara(X) wondered.
"It's not too late," Hank said softly.
"I will fix this. Even if I have to force man's hand," Kara(X) said standing up and wiping away her tears.
"You cannot force morality, Kara. You just have to be an example for good so that people are inspired to do good on their own," Hank said to her.
"Will you help me stop another genocide?" Kara(X) asked him.
"Of course, I will," Hank agreed.
As the DEO kept working on the portal, the two Karas strolled around Berlin. "Everything looks so different," Kara(X) said of the city.
"Well, yeah, the Allies bombed the fuck out of it," Kara said obviously.
"What happened when the city fell?" Kara(X) asked.
"The Soviets came in, purged the city of people associated with the German army, and committed mass rape on an unprecedented scale," Kara said bluntly.
"The fighting must have been fierce," Kara(X) said.
"Oh yeah, teenage boys were fighting at the end of it. People committed suicide rather than be captured by the Reds. The German army fought to the last man so more people could flee to the Western side," Kara said.
"You almost make it sound heroic," Kara(X) remarked.
"There are noble heroes who fight for shitty leaders and there are shitty people who fight for noble leaders. In the end, God sorts it out," Kara said.
"I already feel damned," Kara(X) said.
"I don't blame you," Kara smirked.
"Even after all we did, Germany is now welcomed into the European Union. In some ways, it is even in charge of the EU," Kara(X) mused.
"Don't tell the French that. It will royally piss them off," Kara grinned.
"What we failed in war, we succeeded with diplomacy," Kara(X) realized.
"Not touching that," Kara replied.
"If you were in my position, would you not have done the same thing as I have?" Kara(X) asked her.
"Maybe, but who gives a fuck? With infinite universes, I am a raging bitch in an infinite number of these universes for an infinite number of reasons. If a person is good, it is because they were graced to be good by their parents, their friends, their co-workers, and the environment they happen to live in. I didn't work to be good. I was graced to be good," Kara told her.
"Then I have no chance to be good," Kara(X) realized.
"Just coming here and meeting us has given you an experience, a grace, so to speak, that you would never have had if you had not come here," Kara told her.
"Can a person like me truly be redeemed?" Kara(X) wondered.
"Well, Darth Vader redeemed himself at the last moment and he did a shit-ton of evil stuff. I mean, personally, I feel it was bullshit that he got to be a ghost but that's just me," Kara said.
"I don't understand the reference," Kara(X) admitted.
"Look, I went to the future a thousand years from now. Those people looked upon this society right now as being a bunch of immoral savages. They see 21st century people as a bunch of Nazis just as we see people from the 11th century as a bunch of Nazis. So, you can spend your whole life trying to compare yourself to other people, but you will always fall short. There's always going to be someone better and holier than you. So, I don't even try. I just kill bad guys and save a few people occasionally," Kara said.
"Oh, and I restarted Christianity a thousand years into the future, so I better get a fuck-ton of brownie points for that," Kara smirked.
"You restarted...," Kara(X) considered thoughtfully.
"Hey, you want to go to London. I know this awesome cafe there," Kara invited.
"No...I'd rather not," Kara(X) grimaced.
"Is it because you nuked it?" Kara asked.
There was a long pause. "Yeah...you nuked it," Kara confirmed.
Mon, Kara, Kara(X), and Hank got ready to enter the portal. "You ready for some sweet revenge?" Kara asked Mon.
"I am going to break him," Mon said confidently.
"I'll be trying to attack his mind during the battle," Hank said to the group.
"You sure you can stomach it?" Kara asked him.
"If it means saving lives, then yeah," Hank replied.
"You stay safe, you hear," Alex said to them all.
Kara came up to Alex. "If I die, the kids are all yours," she said.
"What the...," Alex protested and then the four of them were gone in a flash.
The four of them instantly appeared in Berlin in Kara(X) 's universe. Right on schedule, Darkseid emerged from his ship and landed just outside the city. "Good luck," Hank said to them and then morphed into a German officer.
"There is a technique we could use that will ensure our victory," Mon said to Kara(X). "It is the fusion dance."
Kara rolled her eyes. "You teach her while I stall him."
Kara then flew over to Darkseid who had his arms behind his back. "You're different from before," he noted.
"Is it my hair? It's my hair," Kara smirked.
"Are you ready to kneel?" Darkseid asked her.
"The only one I kneel to is my husband if you know what I'm mean," Kara smiled amused.
"I will turn this city and then this entire world to ash," Darkseid threatened.
"Good thing I don't give a shit," Kara replied.
Darkseid then turned his back on her. "Give me your best attack."
"Gladly," Kara said then went into Prime mode. She then increased her power forcing the ground underneath her to sway away like waves. Berlin shook from the power surge. Kara became as bright as the sun. Darkseid continued to keep his back to her.
Kara leaped up and kicked him as hard as she could to the back of his head. Darkseid didn't even flinch as he was hit. "No fucking way," Kara said stunned.
Darkseid fired his omega beams forward. The beams went behind him and blasted Kara to the ground. "I actually felt that," Kara said stung.
"You survived a direct hit by my omega beam. Impressive," Darkseid complimented.
"Don't jerk yourself off too hard. I've only begun to kick your ass," Kara said as she rammed her fist into Darkseid's gut.
Darkseid grunted and then swatted Kara to the ground. The two then fought evenly creating shock waves with each impact. The German army kept their distance as the two titans fought just outside the city.
Mon attempted to teach Kara(X) the fusion dance with some success. "Why can't you and Kara do this yourselves?" she asked.
"It has to be two people of the same power level and sex. When Kara and I tried it...let's just say it was horrible," Mon shuddered.
"So, the two of you have to be facing forward, then do a crab-walk away from each other in a direct line and move your arms directly inward, crab-walk towards each other with your arms outward, then arch your arms towards each other, and then connect at the tip of your index fingers. As you do the dance, your moves have to be in perfect sync and your power levels have to be exactly the same," Mon taught.
"What if we do it wrong?" Kara(X) asked.
"Well, you will be stuck in a misshapen form for thirty minutes and lose all of your powers," Mon said to her.
"What advantage is there to his fusion?" Kara(X) asked.
"It will quadruple your power," Mon said simply.
"Alright, teach me again," Kara(X) said eagerly.
Kara blasted an army of dead zombie creatures Darkseid had summon from his eyes. Darkseid waited patiently as Kara blasted thousands of zombies with her heat vision while punching others. As his army thinned out, Darkseid summoned more of his previous victims with his eyes.
"You cannot be serious," Kara said as she fought zombie Nazi soldiers.
Kara finally clapped her hands shattering the entire army to dust. "Any more peons for me to kill?" Kara asked him.
"Would you agree that size matters, Kryptonian?" Darkseid asked her.
"Oh, fuck yes," Kara agreed.
Darkseid grinned and then grew to the size of a skyscraper. "Holy shit, dude," Kara said as she saw him become a giant.
Darkseid then slammed his fist down on Kara burying her deep into the ground. Kara popped out from underneath the ground and punched Darkseid to the face as hard as she could. Darkseid fired giant omega beams from his eyes at her. She attempted to block the beam but was blasted into space where she was finally able to cast it off her.
Kara quickly came back to Berlin and fired her heat vision at Darkseid. The beam's size looked insignificant compared to Darkseid's size. He merely blocked it with his right hand and caught her with his left. Kara was then slowly crushed by Darkseid's left hand.
Kara(X) watched as Mon and J'onn did the fusion dance perfectly. "I think I got it," Kara(X) said.
"I better attend to that," J'onn said as Darkseid was slowing crushing Kara to death.
Kara cried out as she felt her body begin to break. J'onn flew up to her, grabbed her, and then two of them phased out of Darkseid's hand to the ground. Darkseid then attempted to squash them with his boot creating a giant boot stamp in the ground.
"He's a little tough," Kara admitted.
"No shit," J'onn agreed.
"Insect," Darkseid said of J'onn as he fired his omega beams on him.
J'onn phased as the beam went through him and created a massive hole in the ground. Mon tensed up as he ascended to Super Insane and then pumped his arms as he ascended to the second level. Static electricity sparked around his energized body. He flew up to Darkseid, powered up a sphere, and fired it at Darkseid's head. The blast blinded Darkseid for a brief moment as it exploded in his face. He proceeded to shrink down to humanoid size.
Kara flew over to Kara(X). "You think we can do this?" she asked her.
"Yes, let's do it," she agreed.
"I will link your minds together, so you will not fail," J'onn said to them.
Mon flew at Darkseid and punched him several times to the chest without result. Darkseid grabbed Mon with his right hand and then rammed his left fist into his crotch. Mon fell to the ground devastated. "Why? Why did you have to punch me in the dick?" he asked with a higher-pitched voice.
"So, this is the legend the Insane have talked about for centuries? Pathetic," Darkseid sneered.
Darkseid fired at Mon blasting away his jacket and shirt. Mon then retreated into the air and loaded up his strongest energy attack. Darkseid waited unimpressed as Mon gathered his energy. "Do you intend to destroy this planet with yourself on it?" he asked him.
Mon then put two fingers to his forehead and instantly appeared right next to Darkseid. He then unleashed his attack hitting Darkseid point-blank. As the light faded, Darkseid remained unaffected with his armor smoking. "Holy shit," Mon said exhausted.
Darkseid then gave Mon the beating of his life with each punch breaking bones. Darkseid finally blasted Mon to the face with his hand sending him into a crater in the ground. Kara and Kara(X) began the fusion dance only to be interrupted by Darkseid's omega beam. The two scattered before they could be hit.
Kara and Kara(X) circled Darkseid moving so fast that only their after-images could be seen. Darkseid let loose another omega beam that followed the two as they moved around. As they curved around him so did the beam. Mon struggled to get out of the crater and then powered up to Super Insane once more.
"You don't know what you're dealing with. I am Prince Mon, and I am Insane," he said as he powered up to max.
"At least, we're both in agreement on that," Darkseid snickered.
Mon got in the way of the omega beam and deflected it into space. He then dropped to the ground exhausted. Kara and Kara(X) then did the fusion dance as J'onn concentrated on their minds. The two did the dance perfectly meeting at the index fingers. A blinding light glowed around them as they fused into one body.
The new Kara was already in Prime mode as they fused. "Calling ourselves Kara would be boring. You can call us Karaka," she smirked wearing a black Supergirl uniform.
"Fusing into one body will only make it easier for me to kill you both," Darkseid said unimpressed. He kicked Mon away as if he were trash.
"Come at me, bro," Karaka motioned.
Darkseid glared at Karaka and charged her punching her to the head as hard as he could. Karaka remained steady as she was hit to the forehead.
"You call that a punch? Let me show you," Karaka said as she punched a basketball-size hole in his gut. His back was blown out from the impact.
Darkseid backed away stunned. He powered up his omega beams and fired full strength on her. Karaka blocked the beam with her palm and then pushed it back on him. Darkseid then turned to dust as he was hit with his own omega beam.
"Too easy," Karaka smiled and then split in two.
Kara went over to Mon to help him up. "He's dead. He's finally dead," he said stunned.
"Yep," Kara agreed.
"You took from me, my revenge," Mon said bitterly.
Kara dropped Mon on the ground. "Maybe in another seven years," Kara told him.
Kara(X) flew over to the German army. "Darkseid is dead. Target that ship," she told a German general.
"Can't you destroy it yourself?" the German general asked confused.
"I'm here to inspire, not to do everything for you," Kara(X) told him.
"Of course," the German general agreed.
German tanks and artillery fired on the battleship with everything they had. Kara(X) fired heat beams at the ship overwhelming their shields. The shells hit the battleship causing mini explosions all over the ship. German fighters dropped bombs on the roof of the ship blasting holes in its hull. Finally, the ship came down hitting the ground with a fiery explosion.
"Nice," Kara said enjoying the sight.
Kara(X) then flew over to the three of them. "Thank you for saving my world," she said appreciatively.
"What are you going to do now?" J'onn asked her.
"I won't lead the humans, but I will kill villains no matter what side they are," Kara(X) promised.
J'onn nodded and then shook her hand. Mon gave Kara(X) a smile. "You sure you don't want to come back with us?"
"No, Mon," Kara denied him.
Kara(X) and Kara then walked together away from the others. "When we fused, I saw into your thoughts. You're...," Kara(X) said delicately.
"Fucked up?" Kara finished for her.
"Yes," Kara(X) nodded.
"Coming from you, I must be fucked," Kara grimaced.
"It is said to love our neighbors...and love our enemies, probably because in general, they are the same people," Kara(X) said.
"Sure," Kara agreed.
"You could have destroyed Darkseid alone," Kara(X) said seriously. "You are so much stronger than me."
"Keep that to yourself. You compliment your friends by giving them the impression they're useful," Kara smiled.
"I'll remember that," Kara(X) smiled back.
The two gave each other a hug and then Kara flew over to the other two. "Let's get out of here before they find out J'onn is black."
"Fuck you, Kara," J'onn said to her as he activated the portal. The three exited, reentering their own universe.