Supergirl was brought before the US Senate Judicial Committee in the capitol building in Washington DC. Upon the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Trump had made the rather controversial decision to nominate Supergirl for the Supreme Court. She was questioned for a few days by skeptical senators that wondered if she would uphold the rule of law.
"Do you own a gun?" Sen. Graham asked.
"Fuck yeah, I do," Kara replied.
"Do you think you could judge a gun control case fairly while being in possession of a gun in your home?" Sen. Graham asked.
"Well, I'm not going to rule in favor of a law that prohibits possession of my own gun. I'm not stupid," Kara said obviously.
"So, you would rule against any sort of gun control?" Sen. Graham asked hopefully.
"I will literally take that gun control bill to the range and shoot the fuck out of it," Kara promised.
"Now, you're an Evangelical Christian?" Sen. Graham asked as he threw more softball questions her way.
"I am," Kara smirked.
"I think we have established that. The tenets of your faith mean a lot to you personally, is that right?" Sen. Graham asked.
"Absolutely," Kara replied.
"What is your judicial philosophy?" Sen. Graham asked.
"Just like Scalia. I'll be a female carbon-copy of him. I'm not so much about being strictly constitutional as I am being strictly awesome," Kara said.
Sen. Feinstein then took her on. "I understand you don't want to answer these questions directly but you have identified yourself with a justice I will not name but is a total asshole that worked tirelessly to roll back hard-fought freedoms won by the LGBT community. I was hoping you would say this would be a point of difference where those freedoms would be respected."
"I believe it's not the place of the court to enshrine those freedoms. It's your job to get off your ass and pass a constitutional amendment or a federal law explicitly outlining it. I shouldn't have to go back to a vague-assed amendment passed in the 1860s to figure out how the fuck it should be applied to every social issue that comes my way," Kara replied.
"Do you have an agenda for this court?" Sen. Feinstein asked.
"Fuck yeah I do. I'm ready to rule!" Kara said enthusiastically.
"Will you be discriminating?" Sen. Feinstein asked vaguely.
"I only discriminate against the corrupt and the stupid," Kara replied.
"Can you give us assurances on how you would rule on future cases?" Sen. Feinstein asked.
"I can...but I won't," Kara smiled smugly.
Sen. Grassley then questioned Kara. "Have you made any promises or assurances to anyone on how you would rule on any future case or issue that might come before the Supreme Court?" he asked.
"Well, friends and family, of course. Some of the people in my fan base. I also told President Trump I would rule in favor of whatever he wanted for as long as he's president. I mean, how do you think I got nominated?" Kara admitted.
Sen. Klobuchar then questioned Kara. "Would you be the polar opposite of Justice Ginsburg?" she asked concernedly.
"Yes," Kara said bluntly.
"Would you be friends with the other liberal justices the way Scalia was friends with Ginsburg?" Sen. Klobuchar asked.
"No, fuck those guys," Kara answered quickly.
Sen. Lee then questioned her. "Is American healthcare tied to your nomination?"
"Yes, if I am confirmed, Obamacare is totally fucked. In fact, that's the primary reason I accepted the president's nomination," Kara replied.
Sen. Booker then questioned her. "Is there a difference between sexual preference and sexual orientation?" he asked.
Kara gave him a WTF look but quickly recovered. "My sexual orientation is gay. I like women. However, if I get drunk-as-fuck, I may, in a moment of weakness, suck a guy's dick. What I'm trying to say is that orientation is a permanent condition whereas preferences come and go depending on the circumstances. For example, every man in the senate is straight but almost all of you had to suck dick to get to where you are now."
Sen. Harris then questioned Kara via a TV. "Would you take into account the health care of 130 million Americans when deciding to take down the Affordable Care Act?" she asked.
"That's an appeal to emotion, so no. If you write and pass a fucked up law, I'm going to put your law into the shredder. I'm going to take a pair of scissors to your law and make paper snowflakes out of it. I'm going to make paper airplanes out of them and throw them in the trash. I will put your bill in a boat and then light it on fire like a ceremonial Viking funeral," Kara replied.
Sen. Cruz then made his presence known. "If hypothetically, there was a state with a history of independence that also had its own electrical grid, vast energy resources, coastal ports, a border with a hostile nation, and had several military bases, would you allow such a state to secede from the union?"
"As I say to my kids that may or may not exist, if you want to leave the nest and do your own thing, go right on ahead. The same goes for states that eventually grow up, mature, and eventually leave the nation to fulfill their God-given destiny. Honestly, all these states that want to stay in the union are being childish," Kara said.
"Thank you, Supergirl. I completely agree," Sen. Cruz smiled.
Sen. Hirono asked the last question. "Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?"
"I...plead the fifth," Kara said awkwardly.
Smallville, USA
Kara and Alex walked through town shortly after the hearings were done. Alex wore sunglasses to hide the fact that she was perpetually freaked out by all the humans around her. The townspeople gave Alex an odd look for her unusual haircut. "So...the barber is right over there," Kara pointed out.
"I'm not comfortable with anyone touching my hair," Alex said anxiously.
"Look, I know that being transformed into an ape and then brought back is a traumatic experience. There was this one time I had this psychotic episode where I really really thought I was human for a moment," Kara said sympathetically.
"I don't think it's the same," Alex doubted. "My life is totally fucked up. I separated from Kelly and I'm missing my classes. I still don't have a job."
"Alex, every problem you have can be fixed with money," Kara assured her.
"I guess," Alex sighed. "I saw your senate hearing. So, you're going to be a Supreme Court Justice now? Is that how you handle boredom? You become a CEO, a city mayor, a reporter, and now a judge?"
"Actually, I'm forced to resign as Gotham's mayor to become a Supreme Court Justice," Kara frowned.
"I shouldn't be envious of you, but I am," Alex said bitterly.
"You have something I don't," Kara said seriously. "You have this moral authority about you. Whenever I order the kids around, it's always with threats of force and violence. You have that way with people where you can turn a hardened criminal into confessing their sins. You made Hank less of an asshole than he was before."
"You want me to babysit your teenage kids?" Alex figured.
"I want you to live with us in Smallville, so I can keep an eye on you while you recover," Kara said gently.
"Just until I recover," Alex nodded.
Metropolis, USA
The billionaire club came to meet at Osborn Industries tower to discuss the election. In attendance was Morgan Edge, Kara Wayne, Oliver Queen, Lex Luthor, Ronald Daggett, Wilson Fisk, and Adrian Veidt. On a TV screen was Catherine Hamilton from her penthouse in Shanghai.
"I've called this meeting to propose a truce between Edge Industries and Wayne Enterprises for the sake of this election. We can't let our petty squabbles interfere in Trump's reelection," Morgan Edge began.
"This asshole came to my cousin's town and started buying up the mines for no good reason. I demand he come clean," Kara said.
"What exactly is it that you're mining for down there?" Lex questioned.
"Simply silicon, platinum, gold, and silver," Morgan lied.
"Excuse me but why are we all trying to get Trump reelected? When was this decided?" Ronald asked argumentatively.
Everyone gave him a dirty look. "I think we can move to table Morgan's shady business deals in the Midwest until after the election. We must be a united front. When the president is reelected, he will need our leadership," Adrian said reasonably.
"Morgan's shady mines shall continue but be controlled until after the election," Norman, the chairman, ruled.
Kara and Morgan rolled their eyes as they got up and held out their hands across from each other at the table. They came over to each other and painfully gave each other a hug and then sat down again. "Now, we must discuss contingency plans in the unlikely event the president does not win reelection," Norman continued.
Washington DC, USA
President Trump and recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Kara Zor-El greeted supporters from the White House. Trump addressed the crowd. "I proudly introduce to you the newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Kara Zor-El. Today marks a very special day for the alien LGBT community. But let us not forget that I was the one that nominated her. You're welcome."
Kara raised her right hand as Justice Thomas gave her the oath. "I, Kara Zor-El, do solemnly swear..."
Afterward, Kara addressed the crowd. "The oath I have taken, at its core, is that I will do my job without fear or favor. I can basically rule however the fuck I want for as long as I live. No one can stop me. I'm putting my own preferences first. I am the LAW!" Kara said to the approval of the crowd.
After the speech, Kara turned to Trump. "Maybe we shouldn't have our fanbase so close together like that," she said of the crowd.
"Nah, fuck it. What could go wrong?" Trump said dismissively.
Soon thereafter, the president and half the GOP in the senate were sick with Covid.
Smallville, USA
Alex ventured around town by herself and came upon the Democrat headquarters in Smallville. It was a small office with some noticeable bullet holes in the windows and arson attacks on the door. Alex cautiously entered the office and found Chrissy alone at a desk working on campaign Facebook posts. "Can I help you?" she asked not recognizing Alex from anywhere.
"I'm Kara's sister, Alex. Are you guys open?" she asked.
"Oh, it's just me," Chrissy explained.
"I'd like to help out any way I can," Alex said sincerely.
"We don't have a snowball's chance of hell of winning this state. I mean, with Supreme Court Justice Supergirl, we'll soon be back in the dark ages," Chrissy said pessimistically.
"Well, maybe that's true but we can at least meet people and share stories," Alex replied.
"Okay, sure," Chrissy said brightly and then went to get some fliers.
The two went about passing out fliers and talking to folks around Smallville. Little-by-little, Alex started to regain her sense of self and being comfortable around people.
Washington DC, USA
Brainiac 5 approached Kara at Walter Reed Hospital wearing a doctor's coat. "How the fuck does this kind of thing happen right before the election?" Kara asked dismayed.
"The president is in his seventies and in poor health from eating cheeseburgers, drinking coke, and only getting 4 hours of sleep every day," Brainiac 5 replied. "However, my 31st-century treatment will save him."
"You intending to provide that treatment to the rest of the population?" Kara asked.
"No, that could disrupt the time/space continuum," Brainiac 5 replied.
"That sounds like bullshit," Kara doubted.
"None-the-less, the president will remain ill for the next few days," Brainiac 5 said.
"He needs to be ready to go for the second debate. If Trump loses, we will have fucked up history," Kara said seriously.
"Trust me," Brainiac 5 assured her and then walked down the halls back towards Trump.
Smallville, USA
A few days later, Alex and Chrissy were in a bar watching the debate. "If you elect Biden, anyone that works in oil, natural gas, or coal is fucked," Trump declared.
The Smallville crowd booed at Biden. "He's going to take my job!" one patron said referring to Biden. "He's going to take your job!" another patron said in support of the first. "And illegal immigrants will swarm the border and the first thing they're going to do is take American jobs," Trump continued.
"They'll take our jobs!" one patron said alarmed. "They'll take yer jawb," one drunk man agreed. "They took'r jaobs," another man said incoherently.
"Don't pay them any mind," Chrissy said to Alex.
"What motivates you to try to change this town?" Alex asked.
"Well, as a newspaper editor I get to talk shit and that's kind of fun," Chrissy smiled. "But even in the reddest of red states, there's still a third of the population that are on our side, deep in the closet."
"I was in the closet for a long time," Alex recalled.
"What made you come out?" Chrissy asked.
"It wasn't that the people around me were hostile. It's that I was hostile to myself. I've never felt persecuted or discriminated for who I am," Alex said reflectively.
"Sounds nice," Chrissy smiled.
"But I think I've been missing out. Being in this town with these people is like gold purification. I want to be gold just like you," Alex said ambitiously.
Kyle and his firefighter buddies suddenly came into the bar. "The president is going to be in Omaha tomorrow. Let's go so we can reserve our spot," he said excitedly.
"Fuck yeah, brother," many of them said.
"Wait, you're already going to vote for Trump. Why do you need to go to a rally? Shouldn't that be for people that are still undecided?" Chrissy asked him.
Kyle gave her a blank look. "Let's go, boys," he said ignoring Chrissy's comment.
The bar soon became empty as everyone left. "Looks like we won't have a fire department for a few days," Chrissy muttered.
"There will be no one left?" Alex questioned.
"Nope," Chrissy shook her head.
Omaha, USA
President Trump greeted his enthusiastic supporters in the cold-as-fuck weather. Supergirl landed on the stage unaffected by the cold. After Trump made his usual speech, Kara noticed there was a huge traffic jam as busses arrived late. Elderly, sick, and children were most vulnerable to the cold as they waited patiently for their bus to arrive. Kyle and his buddies made a fire to try to keep as many people as warm as possible as night fell. Air Force One then took off leaving thousands in the cold.
"This...could be an issue," Kara realized.
Smallville, USA
While canvasing houses, Alex and Chrissy spotted a house fire. "Oh my God," Chrissy said upon seeing it.
"Call the fire department," Alex said quickly.
"They're all gone," Chrissy reminded her.
"Shit," Alex realized and then went up to the house. Upon hearing a child inside, she kicked the door in and went inside the burning building. The ceiling collapsed nearly hitting Alex from above. She kept going despite the heat and smoke to the second floor. She noticed a child crying from the closet in the master bedroom. "It's okay. You can come out of the closet," Alex said to the little girl.
Alex took the crying girl towards the stairs when the floor collapsed in front of her. Alex got herself a running start and tried to jump to the other side. As she came down, she barely reached the other side. Alex hung on for dear life with flames below and above her. Alex flung the child onto the second floor from the edge. The girl then tried to help Alex up.
"Save yourself," Alex told her as she lacked the strength to pull herself up.
The girl suddenly disappeared. "What the?" Alex wondered.
Kon emerged from the smoke and blasted the house with frost breath ending the fire. He pulled Alex up onto the floor. "Where's the girl?" Alex asked anxiously.
"Mara has her," Kon replied.
"Thanks," Alex said gratefully.
"It seems no matter where you go, you're always playing hero," Kon smirked.
"I need to look over the girl for burns and smoke inhalation," Alex said as she exited the burned house.
Mara scanned the child with her X-ray vision. "She doesn't have any critical injuries," she informed Alex.
Alex immediately took out medical supplies from her fanny pack to treat the girl as the ambulance was on its way. Kon and Mara gave each other looks as Alex always seemed ready for a disaster as if she sought them.
Kafr Takharim, Syria
Karina flew towards her target in her Red Daughter uniform. She eyed the town of Kafr Takharim in Syria, a few miles from the Turkish border. Upon finding a training camp being conducted by Turkish-backed rebels, she fired heat vision beams upon them. The beams created a powerful explosion that ripped through the town. Buildings were blasted apart upon impact. Karina circled around the town at a high altitude and used her falcon eyes to survey the damage. Several buildings were destroyed, more were damaged, and a nearby olive field was on fire. She would later learn that over a hundred militants had been killed with many more injured. Karina then made her way across Turkish airspace and then dived into the capital city of Armenia, Yerevan.
There, she quickly dressed in a business suit and followed Russian diplomats and military officials to meet with the Armenian leadership. "I speak for the president when I tell you that Russian will not be involved in your war with Azerbaijan until they have actually breached your territory. If you wish to continue this war to keep Nagorno-Karabakh and other disputed territory, you're on your own," Karina told the Armenians.
"We consider the Nagorno-Karabakh our territory and therefore any attack there is an attack on Armenia. Our treaty with Russia demands that you defend us," the Armenians said to her.
"We don't agree to that interpretation. We will not compromise our relations with Azerbaijan, the Turks, and the Iranians for worthless dirt," Karina replied.
"We are Orthodox Christians. You should be on our side in this holy war," an Armenian scolded her.
Karina sighed, stung by the criticism. "You decided to elect a prime minister that favored the West over us. You attacked Azerbaijan positions without consulting us. You've dug your own graves, gentlemen. We will do all we can to negotiate a cease-fire to lower your losses. You should be grateful for our mediation. Remember that you need Russia, we do not need you."
Finished with the Armenians, Karina flew to Moscow and entered the PATRIOT building. Rows of analysts worked feverishly on their disinformation campaign of the American election. Karina met up with Alina who was expecting her. "The election will be very close. We're doing all we can to tear America apart from the inside," Alina told her.
"What if Trump loses?" Karina asked concernedly.
"No matter who wins, America will lose," Alina said confidently.
"You have sent a clear message to the Turks not to fuck with us," Nicolai said pleased referring to the airstrike.
"As it happens, your counterpart is on his way there," Alina smirked as they detected Superman on approach.
Izmir, Turkey
Shortly after an earthquake hit, Mon as Superman dropped down into the third-largest Turkish city and immediately began helping with the relief effort to toss the debris aside and rescue people. Not having the ability to use X-ray vision, Mon focused intently on the very small ki levels humans possessed to find survivors. Ambulances and first responders were on site as a large number of unstable buildings collapsed.
Sensing something weak, Mon threw some heavy debris aside and discovered a three-year-old girl under the ruins of an eight-story building. The relieved Turks cheered Mon's recovery of the girl. Mon smiled at the crowd. "This means hope," he said pointing to his chest.
DEO Fortress
Kara arrived at the DEO as Supergirl. "Talk to me, Barney."
"Mon-El is still in Izmir helping with the relief efforts," Brainiac 5 reported.
"What of Smallville?" Kara asked anxiously.
"There's nothing to report," Brainiac 5 lied.
Kara gave him a suspicious look but then turned away to the large computer screen. "The election has finally come. This will be a day long remembered. The continuation of the Trump presidency and the final end of Obama's legacy," Kara said confidently.
"Early reports indicate Trump is ahead in most battleground states but a large number of mail-in ballots have not been counted," Brainiac 5 said showing a largely red map of the United States.
"We've done all we could to restrict voting, put out disinformation, downplay Covid, and coverup Trump's scandals. I'd say the ends more than justify the means," Kara said anxiously as states flipped back-and-forth.
Brainiac 5 said nothing to that. "Ohio and Florida have been called for Trump. It is now 224-213 in Biden's favor."
Results continued to come in with Biden winning New Hampshire and Wisconsin. "It is now 237-213 in Biden's favor," Brainiac 5 told her.
"What the fuck is wrong with these people? I was fucking there in Kenosha. I saw what happened there. They want more of that shit," Kara raged.
Trump then lost Michigan giving Biden 253. "If Biden wins Pennsylvania, the game is over," Brainiac 5 told her.
"I was just there. They love me there. They would never betray me like this," Kara said as the state flipped back-and-forth as the votes came in. Finally, Pennsylvania turned blue giving Biden 273 and winning the presidency. Kara stared at the screen in total disbelief and then sunk in her chair dismayed.
Brainiac 5 turned off the monitor. "Did we fuck up the timeline?" Kara asked.
"It's possible our historical record of President Trump was incomplete or inaccurate," Brainiac 5 said simply.
"Barney, I put my heart and soul into serving and defending that man despite all his imperfections. You led me to believe he would make America great again," Kara said tearfully.
"The future is never set. No fate but what we make," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"They fucking hate me. How could they vote against me? I'm Supergirl, the greatest superhero in the universe," Kara sobbed on his shoulder.
"They didn't vote against you, Kara," Brainiac 5 patted her on the back.
"I said and did so many terrible things and still lost. It would have been worth it if I had won but what the fuck do I do now? Why am I even on this planet or in this time? Why do I lift a finger to help these people when they don't listen to me. I shouldn't have had to come up with these schemes with Mera. They should have just did what I fucking told them to do. I know better. I am the Supreme Leader of Earth a thousand years from now. What do these fucks know about running a government?" Kara raged.
"Kara, it's just a game," Brainiac 5 consoled her.
"Fuck this, I'll orchestrate a coup. Yeah, I'll sack the government. I don't have to take this shit," Kara said as she paced around the room. "Or we'll overturn it with lawsuits and the Electoral College."
"Kara...it's over," Brainiac 5 said softly.
Kara gave him a manic expression and then screamed as she tore through the ceiling of the DEO Fortress and into the air. She went above the cloud level and heard her father's voice in her head. "My daughter, it is forbidden to interfere in human affairs," he told her.
Kara ignored the voice and increased her speed to rotate the Earth backward to a point where Biden had not yet won. "It is forbidden," Zor-El repeated in her mind. Kara increased her speed but then sorrow and bitterness overtook her. She flew towards the Fortress of Solitude and disappeared inside it.
All across the globe, nations celebrated the fall of Trump. In Las Vegas, tourism patrons and Hispanics celebrated inside grand hotels. In Tehran, the Iranians shouted with glee in the hot sun. The people of Paris hugged and kissed in the streets. Fireworks exploded over New York City as a tall statue of Trump was torn down in front of Trump Tower. Pot-smoking hippies and furries danced in the forests of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The Chinese Premier looked over his vast army formations standing at attention for him with fighter jets passing overhead. The Chinese premier watched as his fighters flew a perimeter around an armada of hundreds of Chinese navy ships off the coast ready to leave on his order.
At PATRIOT, the Russians were silent as the news came in. Karina shuddered as she felt an ache in her heart. "What is it?" Alina asked alarmed.
"Terrible pain, Kara is in terrible pain," Karina sensed.
Smallville
Alex smirked and relaxed in her chair upon seeing Biden win on the TV. Kon rolled his eyes while Mara gave a disappointed look. Mon instantly appeared in the living room and returned to his normal clothes. He glanced at the TV disinterested and then got a phone call from Brainiac 5. He frowned after a moment.
"What is it?" Alex asked concernedly.
"Kara isn't coming back...for a while," he said softly.
Author's Notes: Kara's exile nearly corresponds to the Trump defeat. It was starting to become a problem having two superheroes in Smallville. Alex will be replacing Lois's role for a number of episodes. I am hopeful I have offended every corner of the political spectrum with this episode. For the purposes of dramatic pacing, the 2020 election was determined on the night of. This episode contrasts with episode Parallax when Trump won in 2016. SG Season 6 episodes may be incorporated in Adventures of Supergirl Season 5.5 depending on what happens in them. I already know that SG 6x01 will be heavily modified with Lex no longer the villain and Leviathan defeated. Adventures of Batwoman 2x06 onward has already hinted at Kara's exile.