This one will probably be a two or three parter.
After much thought, Kara had decided that she would investigate who else had kryptonite in Metropolis.
She didn't want to repeat an experience like the one she had with Lex Luthor when they tried to steal that book with Catwoman's help. When she was in that tube she felt as if millions of needles were being pinned on her skin and she felt that her lungs were burning.
Or the aftermath of the fight with Metallo. She had felt so worn out that time that she thought that she was going to die from exhaustion.
(Well maybe she had taken advantage of her friends that time, but they had offered their help first)
Not her favorite memories.
Anyway, she had planned to ask Clark for information but as she had learnt not to be too direct when asking for something, she decided to ask him to go for an ice cream with her.
At first he had been suspicious of her invitation but after some insistence he had accepted and now the two cousins were sitting in a table with two large ice creams in Sweet Justice. They had not hang out since Ma's birthday party and the thing with Lex wasn't exactly hanging out, also they had forgotten about them...for a while then Diana, Zee and Jessica had got the boys out of LexCorp.
"Why did you ask me to hang out?" He asked after a few minutes of non-sense talk "Don't you have friends to hang out? A boyfriend maybe? Oh, wait...you said that he was just a friend"
"I was trying to be nice, asshole" She responded and her cousin raised an eyebrow, then she sighed while crossing her arms "And I may have something to ask you"
"Now we are talking" He said satisfied with himself. He had a hunch that Kara wanted something from him, they may not get along too well but they cared a bit for each other and when they wanted to catch up they called as they weren't good at interacting in person.
Kara rolled her eyes and snorted, then she said in a low voice "Do you know who else has kryptonite? I mean we know that Lex Luthor has a bunch of it..."
"Yes..." Clark said frowning "And?"
"I already asked"
"That's classified information..." He started to say trying to sound "professional" while crossing his arms and putting on his "Superman face".
"Kal" She interrupted her cousin with disbelief in her face.
"...That I don't have " He finished sheepishly and putting a hand behind his neck.
"Don't you work with an organization that monitors aliens and take care of threats or something like that?" She asked remembering something about that as she had almost been taken by government agents when her ship landed on Earth but luckily for her, Clark had showed up and took her to the Fortress of Solitude and then to Smallville.
"Look, I may work with them in occasion but they don't tell me everything" He said with a pointed look and then looked away, he waited a bit before saying in a whisper "Batman has kryptonite"
"How?" She asked curiously, she had heard about the Gotham's knight and at first she had thought that he was a myth but if Batgirl was real so was Batman.
"I'm not saying" The dark haired man said crossing his arms and turning his head at the side.
"Clark"
"..."
"Kal"
"Whatever" He said with resignation and finally explained "I gave him a piece of kryptonite a while ago, three years or so"
"Why would you do that?!" Kara asked in shriek. She couldn't understand how her cousin could have done something so careless.
(Also she grimaced as she knew that if she said those words out loud, she would have sounded like Diana)
"I trust him not to use against me unless I... you know...go rogue or something like that" The male kryptonian explained with a serene tone "He is to be trusted"
Kara tilted her head at that, she couldn't fathom putting her life in someone's hands that way, and she asked "How could you trust a stranger so much?"
"He is not a stranger" Clark said defensively "He may be tall, dark and annoyed by almost everyone in the world; but he is also my best friend"
"I thought that Pete Ross and Bruce Wayne were your best friends"
Clark winced but Kara didn't notice and he was thankful for that, he collected his thoughts and said "Batman is one of my best friends, I trust him with my life"
"Whatever you say Kal..." She said snorting "So you do know who else has kryptonite?"
"I'm sure that most kryptonite that exists on Earth is in hands of LexCorp or..." He seemed to be thinking about something and put a hand on his chin as if trying to remember something "There's a government organization that may have a chunk of kryptonite...but if I'm not wrong they have disbanded" Then he added " And the D.E.O. surely has..."
"What is the D.E.O.?" Kara interrupted her cousin once again and put a hand on the table while she got up.
Clark winced and said "It's an organization that takes care of...extraterrestrial affairs, the one I told you about"
"Oh"
"Try not to catch their attention" He said wincing "They are not exactly friendly when dealing with aliens..."
"So... LexCorp, D.E.O. and another organization"
"So far"
"Great"
"The Lexporium has a chunk of it too"
"Tell me about that" Kara said looking at the side and trying not to remember her embarrasing fight with Catwoman.
"Why do you ask about it?"
"Curiosity" She said shrugging, she didn't want to tell her cousin her true motive.
Clark didn't push the issue but he was concerned, but he knew that Kara wouldn't tell him if he showed too much concern. Instead he turned to look at the door and said while adjusting his glasses "I invite this time, next time it'll your turn"
"Why?"
"Because your friends are over there" Clark pointed with his head at the rest of the Super Hero Girls (minus herself and Diana) and Hal and Oliver, who were just entering the café "And surely you would like to have another ice cream...God knows how much you eat..."
Kara blinked and shook her head "I invited you to come"
"Go to your friends, loser" He said pointing at the group of friends with his head "Next weekend you'll invite"
The blonde kryptonian blinked once again "So... until next weekend"
By saying that, they were keeping their promise to Ma of trying to become friendlier and keeping in touch. Of course Kara may cancel it, as she did when Clark invited her to have dinner with him and Lana.
And so she hi-fived her cousin and went to talk with her friends, meanwhile Clark went to pay and while he was handing the money to Barry, he was muttering something and the speedster nodded eagerly.
"Hi guys" She said sitting by Hal's side, who was in the corner. To sit she had pushed him a bit to make space for herself and so the Green Lantern was sandwiched between the kryptonian and Jessica.
"I'm...uncomfortable" Hal muttered.
"I don't care" She told him in a fake-sweet voice.
"I'm sure Hal doesn't care either" Babs muttered while she looked at Hal who was almost putting his arm around Jessica, who didn't seem to mind, as he tried to sit comfortably and then she received a pointed glare from the brown haired boy.
"So...are you and Clark getting along now?" Zee asked the blonde while re-applying her make-up.
Kara made a face of disgust at seeing that her friend's make-up was a bit exaggerated but she also knew that the magician had a presentation later.
"We promised Ma to hang out more, she wants us to...be friendlier with each other and be a family and chessy stuff like that"
"Good luck with that, the guy is an jerk" The magician muttered but then Kara glared at her.
Clark could be a jerk when he wanted, but only she could call him a jerk and similar words.
Cousin privilege.
Barry arrived with the cart and said "Hi, guys! I brought you the usual"
"Hi, Barry" They said in unison and grabbed their treats.
"How are you?" Babs asked him.
"Good, I guess..." He said while rubbing his neck "I'm just thinking about which community service I will be choosing"
"Oh, that" Oliver muttered taking a spoon of his ice cream.
"Well, I'm already volunteering at the animal shelter" Jessica commmented.
"I was thinking about the retirement home" Karen said shyly.
"Why would you do that?" Babs asked "It's just playing bingo with octogenarians"
"It looks good on college applications" Hal commented.
"As if you know about college applications" Zee snorted.
"My brother volunteered at a retirement villa back in Coast City"
"Will you volunteer at Belleview?" The youngest asked to the brown haired boy.
"Maybe" The Quarteback said shrugging "I don't have much time though with training and..."
"You still have tutoring" Babs interrupted the jock "We haven't even covered the minimum content in science"
Hal rolled his eyes and scoffed "Maybe we would have already finished it if someone wasn't busy doing a background research on my family...on my own house"
"I can take those shoes back Harold*" Babs said half-teasingly.
"Whatever Barbara"
"Why would you do that?" Jessica asked in disbelief while looking at the redhead obviously referring to the background research.
"I did background research on each of you" The bat said shrugging "I had to be sure that you weren't hiding something..."
All of them just looked at her in disbelief, but Oliver kind of did the same and so he kept silent.
On the other hand, Barry blinked and said awkwardly "I have to go back to work"
"Can't you hang out a bit?" Babs asked hopefully.
"Later, my break is in half an hour" The speedster said looking at his watch "If you are still here by then,I suppose we can hang out"
"Okay then"
Their friend returned at his place at the counter and they started to talk about school until Karen asked "Are we going to Zee's show?"
"I think so, I don't have anything to do" Hal said and asked to Jessica "Are you going?"
"I was going to protest against the use of animals in shows...so kind of" She said shrugging and smiling at Zee knowing that it was a kind of inside joke.
"We can share a taxi" The magician said politely and then she made a face and asked to Oliver "Are you coming?"
"I don't know" He said "I'm trying to choose between being bored to death by your magic tricks or being bored to death by a Zac Efron movie..."
"Do you watch Zac Efron movies?" Zee snorted.
"Sometimes" The archer said defensively.
"He just watches them so he can rip out the guy's acting skills and the plot" Kara commented while stealing Oliver's ice cream and gaining a dirty look from her blonde friend and sk she added in a muffled tone "His favorite so far is Hairspray..."
The group fell in silence with Hal coughing a little while sipping his milkshake and Kara patted his back trying not to hurt him (much).
"Anyway...are you coming or not?" Zee asked Oliver, part of her was hoping that he would say yes.
"Maybe..." The blonde looked at Kara "Are we going?"
Kara considered it, it was Saturday and on Saturday nights she and Oliver did patrol together so she considered their options and decided that it would be funny to have Oliver getting bored all night and so she said "Sure" Then she pressed her lips before finishing her friend's ice cream and resisting the urge to burp she added "Shall we call Diana?"
"I don't know; she was supposed to be in a date with Steve" Babs informed the group gaining a collective "Oh"
"It's good that Diana can finally talk to Steve" Zee said "I thought we were going to be intermediaries forever"
"Yeah, it's good when people can finally set their feelings clear" Oliver muttered crossing his arms.
Babs coughed uncomfortably and Hal kicked her leg lightly as he was sat across her and she shot him a glare while mouthing "Shoes"
After everyone finished their food they decided that they would meet at the theater where the Zatara's show would be held, Karen was accompanying Zee to her penthouse as she was supposed to help her apply her make-up (again).
Kara wanted to say that Karen was Zee's default assistant but she decided against it, that could be taken as rude.
Jessica left with after a few minutes saying that she would have to prepare the banners for the protest, also she had to talk to the other activist that would be going there with her.
"Shouldn't you go with her?" Oliver asked Hal.
"Nah, I'm good" Hal said taking a sip from his milkshake and noticed that Babs was glaring at him so he said "What?"
"It could be a good chance to spend time with her"
"I'm good, also we are going to that show thing later"
"Not exactly" Kara said with a smirk and putting her hair behind her ear "She'll be protesting outside the theater"
"Same thing" Hal waved it off with his hand.
"You should have gone with her" Oliver chastised his friend for it.
"Shut up Ollie" The brown haired boy said with a pointed look "It doesn't matter if I go or not with her"
Babs groaned and said "Yeah, of course...because we couldn't let anyone notice that you care for her"
"You are not the one to talk Babs" Kara said teasingly.
"You don't have a crush Kara" Babs responded blushing "You don't know how complicated it can be"
Then they fell silent for a while, again, though this time it was a little more awkward for them. They didn't notice a certain speedster sitting by Kara's side even though he had pushed the kryptonian to make space for himself.
When the blonde girl noticed she thought "Babs is in front of us, why didn't he go to her side? He should make the first move if she doesn't"
"So, what's up? What's the latest?" Barry said excitedly as he always did.
"Did you just had a ton of sugar?" Oliver asked with a smirk, of course he knew that Barry had a fast metabolism and so he couldn't get hyperactive from eating sugar, or drinking coffee...also he suspected that his friend couldn't get drunk though they hadn't tried to do that (yet).
"Nah, just the usual" He said smiling " What's the plan?"
"Zee's show" Babs said excitedly "We decided that we would go" He pointed her head at Oliver "Even this guy"
"So, you are finally admitting that you like Zee?" Barry asked innocently.
"Shut up, Barry" The archer said darkly and then he crossed his arms and raised his chin "She may be a friend but I still hate her"
Kara just smirked at that.
***A few moments later***
All of them decided to go to their houses first to get a jacket since the night was a bit chilly, except for Kara who didn't feel cold and so she accompanied Babs to hers.
The redhead was trying to find warmer clothes in her wardrobe while Kara just laid on the bottom of the bunk bed while reading some texts, Carter had send her the ad of a concert that would be held next Wednesday and was asking if she would go, she decided not to answer yet as she would have to convince the Danvers to let her go as they would probably ground her after they handed out the reports on Monday.
Maybe she would hide it until the weekend...
She was considering that when Babs gasped loudly making the blonde sit quickly and look to her friend.
"What the heck Barbara?"Kara said annoyed at the redhead for interrupting her thoughts.
"We are going to be late!" She said grabbing the kryptonians arms and shaking her.
"I know" The blonde said and looked her up and down "You haven't even changed your clothes"
"Yeah... can you get out for a moment, please? Babs said with an sheepish smile.
"You have three minutes" Kara said rolling her eyes and getting out of her friend's room.
The blonde decided to go downstairs and sit on the sofá to have a little nap, she knew that Babs would take her time to dress.
After a few minutes,of course more than three, Babs shook her awake and Kara groaned "What the heck?"
"I'm ready" The redhead said happily.
"Took you so long"
"I...couldn't find my jacket"
The kryptonian sighed and asked "Are we going to take the bus?"
"No,Hal is picking us up"
Kara blinked a few times "Is he?"
"Yeah, since he got his license he has been showing off in his mom's car" Babs said.
"Oh"
"And I like to have someone to pick me up that isn't Jess"
"So you are taking advantage of the "poor" guy?"
"Hey, I made a deal with a mob boss to give him those shoes, he has to be nice to me for at least the rest of his life"
"Yeah,of course...you can always use your scooter, you know?" Kara said and then frowned a little "I haven't see you use it in a while, where is it?"
"It got destroyed the other day" The redhead said sheepishly and looking at the side uncomfortably while rubbing her arm.
"Oh, " The kryptonian said rolling her eyes "Do I want to know about it?"
"Nah, I'll repair it after I finish a few BatEquipment that I have been working on lately"
"Do I want to know how is it going?"
"No, you don't" Babs said making a face "I don't want to talk about it, far to complicated" Then she asked curiously "Why did you hung out with your cousin today?"
"Just wanted to talk with him"
"About what?"
"Why are you so nosy?" Kara muttered but Babs didn't hear it, after a sigh she said "I just wanted to ask him if he knew who had...kryptonite in Metropolis or near"
Babs winced a little though Kara didn't really notice for which the redhead was grateful and she gulped. She waited a few seconds before saying "Why, would you want to know that?"
"I just don't want to repeat the Lex Luthor incident or something like that" Kara said frowning considering if she should mention the Metallo incident but decided against it and instead she added "Or when Catwoman broke into the museum"
"Well that one taught you a lesson" Babs pointed out.
"Yeah, think before doing blah blah blah" The blonde said rolling her eyes and waving it off with her hand, then she sighed and said in whisper "I don't want to feel vulnerable again"
"Come on Kara, you are the Girl of Steel... I don't think anyone has enough kryptonite to hurt you"
"You think so? Even the tiniest bit of kryptonite could hurt me"
"Yeah, but I'm sure that no one near has it" Babs said "It's not like any of us has it, so you don't have to worry"
"I guess"
Babs took out her cell phone and said "They are here"
"About time" Kara said rolling her eyes "Wait, they?"
"Hal, Oliver and Barry"
"Oh"
Barbara grabbed a small backpack before opening the door and motioning her to go out and so Kara walked out. The redhead seemed to check something, most likely her secret security system, before walking out too.
They went outside and to their surprise there wasn't Hal's car (well Mrs. Jordan's) but Oliver's (Mrs. Queen) limousine.
"How fancy" Kara commented.
"He didn't want to sit in an old car" Hal said shrugging while pointing at Oliver with his head.
"Ollie wants to impress Zee" Barry commented.
"As if" Oliver scoffed and he looked at Kara and Babs "Are you getting in or what?"
Both girls got inside and sat in front of the boys, they got to the theater where Zee's show would be held after fifteen minutes or so of drive. It was not surprising to them to see a large line of people waiting to enter as Giovanni Zatara was a world famous performer. They saw Jessica with her activist friends on the other sidewalk, she just gave them a small smile as a greeting and then returned to her protest.
"How are we going to get inside?" Babs asked.
"Let's call Karen" Barry suggested taking out his phone and then puts his hands on his back while smiling sheepishly "I don't have her number"
Kara rolled her eyes and took out her phone to send a text to their whatsapp group to which Karen responded quickly and a few seconds later she appeared and handed them passes.
"Here, we have to go by the backstage door" She said and turned her back before walking at fast pace between the people.
"She's fast" Barry commented.
"That's how she avoid her bullies" Kara said.
Then they followed the little girl through the mass of people, they got inside and then she guided them to their seats, which were in the fourth row, before the rest of the public entered the theater and after ten minutes the show started.
Kara had to admit that it was good, even if it wasn't how she would usually want to spend her Saturday's night. Also she had to admit that she wouldn't have come if Zee hadn't asked but she had to support her already semi-famous friend.
She looked at Oliver, who was sat between her and Barry, and whispered to his ear "Are you enjoying the show?"
"Hmmm" He said trying to appear uninterested but then whispered back "Mr. Zatara is good"
"Yeah" She said with a smirk "Just Mr. Zatara"
Oliver rolled his eyes and huffed while crossing his arms to the kryptonian's amusement and gaining a look from Karen to their surprise.
The blonde girl was about to say something when her super hearing kicked in, she heard some mayhem in the museum. She coughed a little to catch the attention of her friends and when she did, she whispered "Villains in the museum"
They all looked at each other before nodding and Karen sent an apologetic look to Zee who gave them an almost imperceptible nod before returning to her act as if she left half-through the show someone would notice and it would not be good for her, well all of them, since Lois Lane had kind of discovered their secret identities.
They tried to get to the theather's gates without causing much disruption and they all thought that they were somewhat successful in that matter, when they were finally outside they tried to signal Jessica that there was some trouble in the museum but she was with both of her moms and when the Green Lantern saw them she waved at them and made sign that she couldn't join them at the moment.
Kara just sighed and thought "Parents"
"Well, do you have your thingies?" Barbara asked to her friends.
"Yeah, I carry my bow and my arrows in my pocket" Oliver said sarcastically and crossing his arms and then added "I do have some supplies in a hideout near the museum, I'll see you there" Then he turned his back and started walking at fast pace trying not to catch much attention.
"I could have gotten him there" Barry muttered.
Hal just lifted his hand showing his ring and said "Does this answer your question?"
"We are losing time" Kara said annoyed and turned her head to an alley "Let's go there to suit up"
"Do we have to go there?" Karen asked with a shaky voice "It is a bit...scary"
"Come on Karen, we fight monsters and things like that everyday" Babs said grabbing the shorter girl by the arms and shaking her.
"Let's go, we are grabbing some attention" Hal said through gritted teeth before walking towards the alley Kara had pointed, the others then followed.
"And here I was thinking that you loved the attention" Kara commented.
"Dude, I don't want my mom to know I'm Green Lantern, God knows how she would react" He said wincing.
Karen shrieked thinking about her own parents. Kara thought for a moment and realized that the Danvers didn't commented on her being Supergirl, she was pretty sure that they knew about Clark being Superman.
Then they all suited up, Kara noticed that Babs took out her suit and things out of her backpack, and got surprised at the fact that the redhead suited up pretty quickly.
"Well...the only one that can't fly or run is Bab...Batgirl so..." Green Lantern said.
"I'll carry her" Flash interrupted him and Batgirl got on his back "See you there"
"The last one to arrive invites burgers after the fight" Supergirl said taking flight.
"That's not fair" Green Lantern complained taking off too.
Bumblebee sighed and shook her head before flying to the museum.
When they got there they saw Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Giganta and Livewire. For a moment Batgirl wondered where were Poison Ivy and C...Star Sapphire, but then Harley Quinn shot her with a pop gun.
"Harley Quinn long time no see" She said dodging the golf ball that had been shot to her.
"Have been doing some business in Gotham" The villain said shrugging "I missed it"
"Where are your other friends? Did they ditched you?" Supergirl said lunging towards Giganta to punch her but was punched in the guts by the red haired villain.
Green Lantern tried to catch Catwoman in a bubble but she sneaked away every time he got close to her and she said purring "Are you not good catching cats Grennie?"
"I don't like cats" He said shrugging and added "I find them too sneaky"
"Green Lantern,focus" Bumblebee said shooting a blast to Catwoman which the burglar dodged.
Meanwhile Livewire was directing electricity towards Flash but as the hero was faster he avoided being caught by it and the blue haired villain said while holding her phone "Can't you stay still? I'm trying to get a good video here"
"Sorry, I'm too fast for you" The Scarlet Speedster said running fast around the villain.
After some punches, kicks and using their powers, well those who had powers; Green Arrow finally appeared and shot an arrow that released a net over Catwoman and Harley Quinn.
"Fear not my friends, Green Arrow is here!" He said dramatically.
"You took your time" Supergirl commented.
"But now I'm here and I caught the burglars" He said playing with an arrow and smiling satisfied with himself.
Batgirl had thrown a bola to Giganta's feet and Flash tied her up with a rope, that no one knew where he had gotten it. Meanwhile Green Lantern created a construct to encapsulate Livewire and Bumblebee had taken out a device to negate her powers and threw it to her.
The police arrived a few moments later and Catwoman said while being handcuffed "Okay guys, let's do this quickly I have to plan my escape"
" Giganta will escape soon too"
"I'll leave as soon as we arrive at the station" Livewire said trying to catch a bit of electricity but she couldn't as she had still Bumblebee's device.
"I should have stayed in home" Harley Quinn said and then turned quickly to Batgirl and threw her a pocket knife which gave her a wound on the side as it had trespassed her suit.
Batgirl touched her side and saw blood on her gloves, she mouthed to Supergirl "Headquarters" and then she was lifted up by her kryptonian friend and flied off to the headquarters in just seconds.
"What the hell Babs?!" Kara yelled at her friend while putting her carefully on the sofa "I should have taken you to the hospital not here!"
"You need ID to be seen" Babs said.
Then their other friends arrived, Karen said "It's that blood?"
"Of course not little bee, it is just paint" Oliver said sarcastically and when he noticed that everyone but Babs was glaring at him he said "Sorry, bad timing"
"Do any of you know about First Aid?" Karen asked to them.
"I kinda know how to treat it, it's not the first time it happens " Babs said trying to sound calm"I just need my First Aid Kit"
"I'll find it" Kara said "Where is it?"
"It's around my desk...somewhere"
"'Kay then" The blonde said turning to Babs' "sector" and searching through her friends stuff.
"What do we do?" Hal asked.
"Sit around and look pretty" Babs said "You have a lot of experience in that"
Hal rolled his eyes and sat in front of her with Barry and Oliver, meanwhile Karen put some pressure on Babs' wound so she didn't lose much blood.
"You are even more disorganised than me" Kara commented "I can't find it"
"I'll help" Barry said standing up "I can do it faster"
"It may be in one of my cases"
Both blondes searched for the First Aid kit and after a few second Barry found it and passed it to Karen who said "Okay, you'll have to tell me what to do"
"Just clean the wound, then I can do it by myself"
The kryptonian allowed herself to relax a bit, she knew that the wound wasn't deep (she had x-ray checked) and that Babs would be okay. Then she turned to the redhead's trunk, where she kept most of her stuff and couldn't help but open it as she was curious about the new stuff her friend had been working on.
Sometimes she was just to curious.
"Kara, don't open it!" The bat yelled sitting abruptly and making everyone wince.
But it was too late as the blonde had already opened it a green dust cloud was released and Kara started to cough.
She heard the concerned voices of her friends but she felt too dizzy to respond.
Then she fell into darkness.
*A reference to #EmperorPengüin
**Since in #BreakingNews is shown that Clark was just hired as an intern in the Daily Planet so for the sake of the "#Sweets,Frienships&Boysverse" it will be ignored, let's pretend that he already worked there. For the non-related one-shot also posted in this book I'll follow the canon (mostly lol)
***I suck at writing fight scenes, hope you forgive for my lack of description.
****Sorry for the cliffhanger