A/N: You guys are awesome! Thank you all for your lovely reviews on this ff. I've had this idea running through my head for the longest time, being a superman/supergirl fanatic - now I'm glad I've been writing it out. Here is a new chapter for all of you. It was a fun one to write! :)


It was early morning in the city of Metropolis. As was to be expected, cars were stuck in traffic, honking at one another impatiently. Emma had taken a cab to the Daily Planet, ready in her new attire for a job interview as a reporter.

"Here we are. The Daily Planet." said the cab driver as he pulled over to the side of the road, in front of the biggest newspaper building known in that city.

"Thank you." replied Emma as she stepped out of the cab after paying the man. Now wearing a light gray suit pants and coat on top of a well ironed white dress shirt, her hair was held back in a ponytail. And to top it off, black framed glasses. Of course, Emma's vision was beyond fine, but it was part of her cover. To the world, Emma Swan would appear as a kind hearted, shy and above all clumsy adult. That was her most important act of all.

As Emma stood outside the Daily Planet, she smiled at this new chapter in her life. It was exciting and she couldn't wait to start doing what she really intended to do. She pushed her glasses up to the bridge of her nose with her index finger as took her first steps into the building.

Phones were ringing off the hook, the Daily Planet was at its busiest day. For boss and editor, Regina Mills it was a whirlwind of things to come. Emma waited patiently outside her office for her interview, as she saw a scruffy beard man already inside Regina's office.

Graham handed over a few of his pictures for a new story, "Here are the pictures you asked for, Ms. Mills."

Regina took them in her grasp as she looked up from working on her laptop, looking them over one by one, she placed the best one she thought was perfect for a front page, her long slim finger tapping on it as Graham leaned in to have a better sight, "This one. And for the love of God, Graham, let a real reporter work on the newspaper this time. Last time I allowed you to do it, we almost got sewed."

Graham's head lowered, cringing at the reminder of of a mix up he had involving two different stories. Not to mention many misspelled words. "Yes, ma'am. Although, you have to admit that one had less misspelled words on it." he defended, trying give himself a boost of confidence.

Regina looked up at the man with an intense stare, her glasses placed at the tip of her nose, "You are a wonderful photographer, Graham. The best I have."

Graham nodded, "Yes, ma'am."

"Stick to what you know, hm?" said Regina, that being her final word on the subject.

"Yes, Ms. Mills." he turned to walk out as his eyes landed on a patient blonde just outside Regina's office, immediately turning back to Regina, "Oh! That new reporter is here."

Regina leaned over to glance at the blonde standing just outside as a sigh escaped her chest, already getting a headache from all the other interviews she had just given today, "Please, tell me this is my last interview for today. I have a lot of work to catch up on. Not to mention a story to cover tonight."

When needed, Regina sometimes took on stories for herself to cover. She loved her job, but also missed being out there with all the action.

"Send her in." she nodded as Graham quickly walked over to the door, motioning for Emma to step right in as he began to step out, leaving the both to do a small dancing routine by the door as to who would go in or out first.

Regina's head looked back up to witness the spectacle that was taking place by her door as Emma squeezed on by, knocking down Graham's pictures in the process, "I'm so, so sorry."

"It's alright." Graham assured a now nervous blonde as he bent down to pick up the now scattered photos. Emma quickly bent down to help as she handed the remaining ones to Graham.

"Here you are. I'm very sorry."

Graham smiled at the grinning, shy blonde as he walked out shutting the door behind him.

Emma turned to face the brunette who had been sitting behind her desk the entire time, giving her her most charming smile, "Good morning, Ms. Mills. I'm Emma Swan." her hand extending before her.

Regina stood in place as she shook Emma's hand, her eyes scanning the woman from top to bottom. She was rather attractive she supposed, she certainly rediated a little more confidence than when she first walked into the room, "Ms. Swan. Please, sit." she motioned towards the seat beside Emma as she took a seat herself behind her desk.

Emma did as she was told, flashing another smile, "Thank you."

Regina took Emma's resume from a stack of files she had by her desk. Adjusting her glasses as she scanned through it. Now she remembered her, with all the craziness going on today, she completely had forgotten about her coming intoday.

A minute of silence filled the air as glances between the blonde and brunette were exchanged, until Regina's voice was heard, "So, I see here you have worked in other newspapers before."

Emma nodded, "Yes, ma'am."

"Why did you decide to come here?" asked Regina.

"Uh, well… truthfully, Ms. Mills, it's always been a dream of mine to come to the city and work for the most known reporter/editor known around Metropolis." replied Emma with a hint of nerves but still confident.

Regina's eyebrow raised in surprise, "You follow my work?"

Emma smiled, "Yes, ma'am, every one. And what better way to be a reporter, than to learn from the best?" That was a cheap shot, Emma knew it, but this woman did make her nervous. She was gorgeous after all, and she spoke the truth, she did admire her, "I realize, of course, I sent in my resume at the last minute, but I can assure you I am well qualified. I'm a very fast typist."

"So, I read." said Regina as her eyes scanned the resume in front of her.

Emma's eyes looked down as her index finger was brought up, pushing her glasses back up into place. A nervous habit she came up with on her own to fit the part.

"Well…" Emma's eyes quickly looked up as the brunette's husky voice was heard once again, "Truthfully, you seem to be the only one qualified for the job. God, knows I could use a fast typist around here besides myself. I'm giving you the job. Your desk will be next to Graham's, he will put you up to speed on things. You can start by writing a report for his picture he will be using for the newspaper for tomorrow. He has all that information." Regina stood, as Emma mimicked the brunette's action, an olive hand extended before Emma, "Welcome to the Daily Planet, Ms. Swan."

Emma smiled as she shook her boss' hand in a firm grip, "Thank you, Ms. Mills. It's an honor."

Silence fell around them as their eyes met in a brief moment. Regina could see a hint of green in the blonde's eyes, but it was hard to tell since her glasses were in the way.

"Well, I believe you can show yourself out." the brunette cleared her throat, composing herself, "Make yourself at home, Graham will help you with anything you need."

Emma nodded as she began to walk towards the door, "Excuse me." she snapped her fingers as she turned back to face Regina, "Oh. Excuse me, Ms. Mills." she reached into her jacket pocket, as she held out a piece of paper, "Uh, I was wondering if perhaps you could arrange for half my salary to be sent to this address on a weekly basis."

Regina's eyes shifted from the piece of paper back to the blonde. What planet did this girl scout come from? She wondered, as she had to comment out loud, "You're a real girl scout, aren't you?"

She wasn't trying to be mean, she was impressed that someone out there in this cruel world was actually this nice and sweet enough to still help out her family back home.

"Pardon?" Emma asked as polite as possible.

A slight smirk played on the brunette's lips, "Let me guess. You send a check every week to your sweet, gray haired, old mother back home?"

The blonde nodded, smiling shyly, "Uh, yes ma'am."

Brown eyes quickly scanned the shy woman from top to bottom, her hand taking the small piece of paper in her grasp, "I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you very much, Ms. Mills." a pale finger pushed her glasses back up to her face, as Regina's stare remained on Emma.

"Anymore at home like you?" asked the brunette, mentally she was kicking herself for even asking that question. There was just something about this blonde that made her speak without thinking.

"Uh, no, not really, no." Emma acted as if she wasn't sure if that was flirting or not. She played the part well for a light chuckle was heard from the brunette before her.

"I didn't think so." said Regina as her eyes scanned the blonde quickly before turning back into her office as she shut the door, leaving Emma standing alone as the blonde looked around, spotting Graham as he made his way up to her.

Graham flashed a whiteley smile as his hand stretched out in greeting, "Hi. I'm Graham Humbert."

Emma shook his hand as she returned the smile, "Emma Swan."

Graham's brows furrowed, surprised at the blonde's firm handshake, "You have a very firm handshake for a lady." he commented, quickly walking towards his desk with Emma close behind, "Well, your desk is here, next to mine. Let me show you our latest report."


Emma's first day ran smoothly. It kept her busy and to the blonde's surprise it wasn't difficult to keep up her clumsy act around the building - everyone took notice - especially Regina. The blonde did prove to be a good employee as well as a fast typist just as her resume stated. This was indeed the perfect place to be for learning about what went on in the world.

It was around lunch time as Emma was making her way out of one of the elevators.

"Oh, hi, Ms. Swan."

Emma's head turned to spot Regina as she was coming from another side of the building down the same hallway, "Hi, Ms. Mills." a smile playing on her lips as she pushed her glasses back up the bridge of her nose again.

Regina kept up her pace as the blonde followed her close behind, "How are you liking your first day so far?" asked the brunette.

"Oh, gosh, I'd say it's been swell."

Regina's brow raised at the expression used by the bold, "Swell?"

"Yeah." Emma nodded.

Regina did her best trying to suppress a smile from escaping her lips, she really is a girl scout she thought, "You know, Ms. Swan, there are a few people in the world who still use that word as an expression."

"What word?" asked Emma.

"Swell." the brunette repeated as they continued to walk their way towards the exit.

"Really? I always thought it sounded kind of natural." said the blonde as she smiled, trying to squeeze by a spinning doorway, getting bumped in the process, "I'm sorry." she apologized for her accident as the brunette stared at her with her brows furrowed in confusion as to how a person couldn't walk through a spinning door. Emma squeezed on by with success as they both continued their walk to lunch.

"Where are you having lunch, Ms. Swan?" asked Regina as she placed an arm inside her white trench coat.

Emma quickly held the other end for her, "Oh, here, let me help you with your coat."

"Thank you." said the brunette as she filled out her other sleeve with her arm.

"I'm not sure, really, I'm just starting to get familiar with this part of the city." she lied convincingly.

"Hey." a man's voice whispered over to them as he was hiding in an alleyway, making the blonde and brunette turn to him as the man took out his gun, aimed right at them. "Come on. Get in here." he told them, Emma immediately jumped in front of Regina as she acted afraid of the man with the gun.

"I think we should call the cops." whispered Regina who remained behind the blonde.

"I- I think we better do as he says, Ms. Mills." Emma replied, stammering through her words as she began stepping inside the alley, her hands up in the air as her eyes stared down at the man's gun, "Don't do anything."

"Hurry up." whispered the man as Emma and Regina made their way around him, "Back up, over there." he motioned with his gun, leading them far more inside the alleyway.

Emma walked backwards every step of the way, doing as she was told, acting afraid, with Regina right behind her, "Please, don't point that at me, sir. You could hurt somebody with that."

"Yeah, yeah. Stop right there." he ordered the two frighten women.

Regina's eyes were wide as Emma stood forward and spoke directly to the man, "Just a minute, mister. Now, I realize of course that times are tough for some these days but this isn't the answer."

The man looked at the blonde as if she were crazy, as she gently pushed the gun away from being pointed at them.

"You can't solve society's problems with a gun." she chuckled nervously.

The man nodded, playing along, "You know something? You're right. I'm going to turn over a new leaf."

Emma smiled, "Good for you, sir. That's the spirit." Emma turned her gaze towards Regina, "See, he doesn't really want to hurt anybody."

"Uh-huh." was all the brunette said. She knew Emma to be too good, but not stupid to even believe this guy.

The man aimed his weapon at the blonde once again, pulling the hammer back with his thumb as the blonde's body tensed up, "Right after I take whatever it is you got." his eyes moved to Regina's purse, "Give me your purse."

A nervous chuckle escaped the blonde once again, "Of course." her body turned as she looked over at the brunette, "I think maybe you better give him what he wants."

Regina held out her hand, still standing behind Emma as she let go of her purse before the man could make a reach for it, letting it drop to the ground.

Emma's eyes widened in surprise at the woman's action, playing the part well, "Ms. Mills, what are you doing?"

Regina couldn't believe it. There were two of them and only one goon. She wasn't about to just hand over what was hers all because of one man with a gun. As the man kept his weapon aimed at them, he bent down slowly, reaching for her purse - when suddenly he felt a heel kick him right in the face, as Regina had intended to by dropping her purse to the ground. The man flew back due to the power of her kick, as a scream escaped Regina as she turned to face the brick wall, instinctively trying to shield her face from the loud bang that was heard as the gun went off.

Emma's hand moved fast enough to catch the bullet before it could hit anywhere on the brunette's back, crashing her body back towards the brick wall and falling to the floor as if she were the one who had received the gunshot. The man was frightened at the sight of believing he had just killed someone, so he ran.

As Regina heard footsteps running away, she looked over to verify that it was the same man who just tried to rob them. Her eyes grew wide as she saw Emma passed out on the ground, "Emma!" she immediately bent down to the blonde, looking for any sign of blood, as she shook her, not realizing she just went to first name basis with the woman, "Emma, are you alright?" she adjusted the blonde's glasses back to their place, as Emma regained consciousness, "What happened?" asked a worried Regina.

Emma's eyes blinked several times before she spoke, "Golly, I guess I must have fainted."

Regina's brows furrowed, "You fainted?" she asked, surprised how could someone so beautiful be this cowardly.

"Sorry." replied Emma as she stood up, pushing her glasses back up with her index finger.

Regina walked over to retrieve her bag from the ground, turning her back on Emma, had she not she would have noticed the blonde opening up her hand, revealing the bullet as the blonde grinned in satisfaction for having just saved her life.

A low clank was heard as Emma simply tossed the bullet to the side as she quickly stood up, catching up with Regina, putting on her clumsy act yet again, "Really, Ms. Mills, supposing that man had shot you?" she continued as she walked behind the brunette, "Is it worth risking your life over ten dollars, two credit cards, a hairbrush and a lipstick?"

Regina stopped on her tracks as Emma had just guessed exactly what items she had in her purse, "How did you know that?"

"Know what?" asked Emma.

"You just described the exact contents of my purse." said a surprised Regina.

Emma leaned in to see such items in Regina's purse as she held it open, "Hm." the blonde smiled nervously, "Ah, wild guess." she pushed her glasses up once more before walking out of the alleyway, holding her arm up for a cab, leaving a still confused and surprised Regina as to how she could have possibly have guessed. "Taxi!"


Everyone was finishing up for the night, as it grew dark outside. Regina was getting done with a few phone calls as she rushed out of her office, as she turned to look at Emma, "Ms. Swan, good job on that report today."

Emma smiled, "Thank you, Ms. Mills." she quickly rose up from her desk as she followed the brunette who was carrying her coat, "Here, let me carry that for you." offered the blonde as Regina handed her the coat as they walked out. "You are always in a hurry, aren't you?" asked the blonde.

"Have a good night, everyone!" Regina shouted as she turned her attention to Emma, "I have to be. Air Force one is landing tonight at the airport, and I have to be there to cover the story."

Emma stopped just outside the bathroom door as the brunette went in, "Oh, if you'd like, I could drive you to the airport."

"Not unless you can fly." the brunette joked as Emma let out a nervous chuckle. "Excuse me, will you? I have to change my clothes." said Regina as she handed over a few sealed letters to Emma, "Would you be a dear and mail these out for me, please? Thanks."

The door was slammed right on Emma's face, as she turned away from the door, "Good night." she said as she walked away to exit the building, letters in hand.

It didn't take Regina long to change clothes. Being the boss of the Daily Planet had its perks as she took the company chopper to give her a ride to the airport.

"Daily Planet Copter One, this is ground." spoke a man from the roof tower, over to the helicopter that was ready to land on the roof of the Daily Planet.

"Planet One, go ahead." said a voice at the other end of the receiver.

"We have Ms. Mills here for a quick ride to Metropolis Airport to meet Air Force One."

"Roger, we're on our way and have you in sight. Have one aboard for transport, over."

"Roger, Planet One. You're cleared for landing. Wind, 0-2-0, at 1-5, gusting."

"Altimeter 2-niner-8-niner."

"Roger, over and out."

The helicopter landed with success on the rooftop of the building, as Regina ran towards it, trying to hurry. She was led in with ease, as the chopper began to slowly lift off the roof. Cables that were sealed to the ground snapped up as no one too notice that one of the restraints holding those cables snapped off, causing the cable to wrap around the helicopter's landing skids, preventing the pilot to fly off with success as he lost control of the flying transportation.

"Malfunction. I can't get liftoff." he spoke into his headset.

Regina immediately became alarmed as the chopper started spinning in circles, "What's happening?"

"Set it down! Just set it down!" advised the tower.

"We've lost stabilizer rotor control, I can't hold it!" shouted the pilot.

Regina screamed in fear as the helicopter spinned and spinned out of control, the pilot tried fighting for control of it without success as the machine swung over to one side, getting stuck on the letters of the building, shaking both the pilot and Regina inside of it.

"No, no! Wake up!" shouted the brunette as the pilot hit his head against the glass, passing out cold due to the impact. The door on Regina's side swung open as the helicopter now began to slowly tilt sideways, the brunette's eyes grew in fear as her body slided out of it, and her hands quickly grabbed a hold on to the passed out pilot.

People down below were already gathered around as police showed up, trying to get everyone to step back from the scene that was now happening. Pictures were being taken, sirens sounded as signs of more police coming in, as more chatter from the people gathered around.

Regina tried her best to push open the pilot's door, she had unstrapped herself from her seatbelt to be able to lean more up top. A scream was heard as her foot slipped out, causing the brunette to fly out of the dangling machine. As luck would have it, she was able to catch her fall by grabbing onto a thin strap that was hanging from inside the chopper, "Somebody help me!" she screamed out of the top of her lungs as she began to feel her hands slip - not knowing how much longer she could manage to hold on. "Help!"

Luckily, Emma got held back as she was now exiting the building only to hear Regina's cry for help, as she looked up, seeing her hanging in mid air. The blonde didn't waste any time as she ran away from the even bigger crowd, ripping her shirt and jacket opened as her blue suit revealed from underneath. Everyone was far too busy to notice as the blonde went through the spinning doors in amazing fast speed, blurs of red and blue in sight as she came out fully dressed in her new attire.

Emma leaped into the air in flight as Regina's hands slipped completely from the strap. People were screaming in horror, fingers pointing at the falling body of Regina and other's at the flying blonde in a blue outfit and a red cape. "What the hell is that?" a man said, gazing up at this flying stranger.

Regina could practically see her whole life flash before her eyes, when suddenly she was caught in mid air as this amazing blonde woman caught her, right in her strong arms. Regina's eyes widened in surprise as she looked down and noticed that this stranger was flying.

"Easy, miss. I've got you." Emma assured her.

"You've got me? Who's got you?" asked a shocked Regina, as Emma chuckled, flying back up, heading straight for the falling helicopter that had now slipped from the building top.

People gasped in wonder at how this person could simply catch this falling woman, and now seemed to be going after the helicopter. Surely, she couldn't catch that, people thought. News reporters were already on sight recording the amazing events that were taking place.

People screamed as they saw the helicopter falling closer towards the women, but soon cheered as Emma stretched out an arm, catching the helicopter by one of the landing skids. Regina's mouth was parted in surprise, brown eyes wide at this amazing stranger. How could someone come out of nowhere and just do all this? Her eyes landed right on the blonde as Emma looked down on her with a smile of reassurance that everything was fine now.

Emma flew back up to rooftop of the building, placing the helicopter down slowly on the landing pad, as she slowly placed Regina down all the same. "Gentleman, this man needs help." she informed the two gawking men from the radio tower, as they quickly moved over to help the still passed out pilot.

All Regina could do was stare this beautiful blonde stranger in awe. Her blonde hair shining, silk and smooth over her shoulders as her green eyes fell on Regina's surprised brown ones, "Well, I certainly hope that this little incident hasn't put you off flying, miss." the brunette shook her head, unable to speak as she listened to this new stranger speak again, "Statistically speaking, of course, it's still the safest way to travel."

Regina simply nodded as Emma began to walk away, "Wait!" she shouted as the blonde stared back at her, "Who are you?" asked Regina.

"A friend." replied Emma as she then took off flying into the air, providing the shocked brunette with a quick wave, "Bye."

The brunette waved back, mouth parted open as brown eyes followed the caped wonder until she was lost in the darkness of the sky. Once she was out of sight, Regina's body tumbled down to the floor in a faint.