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Cat quickly turned around, making sure no one was watching. She rushed inside, following Kara, the cape, and her daughter. The hero opened her daughter's bedroom door and proceeded to tuck in the four— year— old.
"It was only a dream, love. Mr. Knows will extra protect you now." Kara said, kissing Ollie's forehead. "He can sleep out of his cave tonight."
Cat gulped watching the exchange; she placed her hand swiftly on Kara's forearm, turning slowly the young woman towards her. She looked at the hero up and down with a tough face.
It took Kara only one second to understand what her wife simply expressed with her eyes. "Oh, Rao." She mouthed, disappearing and appearing back in the same place wearing her Midvale t-shirt and sweatpants.
Kara's cheeks were flustered, and her hair was disordered in the most beautiful way. Cat released tension from her shoulders, observing the millennial wearing the shirt that brought her so many feelings with a single look at a picture. She couldn't understand why she was so lucky.
"Momma!" Ollie startled them, waking up and sitting quickly on the bed. "Sup—
"Another dream?" Kara quickly cut her daughter's train of thought. Olive rubbed her eyes and snuggled closer to Mr. Knows.
"I don't know," she chuckled. "I'm being silly, momma." Olivia smiled, laying down and pushing the cape tighter around her.
"Goodnight, beautiful," Cat said caressing Ollie's head.
"Goodnight, mommy. Goodnight, momma. Goodnight, Mr. Knows." Olivia said in between yawns.
Kara turned towards her wife. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Cat smiled at the millennial. Kara almost blew her cover and the only thing she could think of was how beautiful she looked under a fake nightlight that resemblance fireflies.
Kara walked out of the room, leaving the door ajar and Cat followed.
"That was close," Kara said, pushing her glasses up her nose. "I normally don't wear my glasses with the suit. I always remove them first."
"No, I'm sorry it was my fault," Cat said crossing her arms in the most relaxed way. Kara noticed this and leered softly at the action. "We were distracted."
"My superhearing was, indeed." Kara took a slow step forward and placed her hand swiftly on Cat's neck. She noticed the small muscles of her wife's neck reacting to her touch, she noticed how her breathing changed and she heard loudly in her ears the heavy gulp sliding down her wife's throat as her fingers felt the swift motion.
Cat stared at bright blue eyes, trying with all her strength to not melt at the millennials swift touch.
And she didn't.
She was sure Kara was listening to everything, but her exterior looked firm and serene. She was proud it.
Very so.
Kara caressed her wife's cheek with her thumb. She flashed Cat a bright smile, enjoying how her simple touch changed her wife's insides.
She asked permission to step closer to her wife with a soft shift of her eyes. Cat remained firm and relaxed as Kara closed the distance and with her other hand moved slowly her wife's neck, having a clear and perfect view of the stitches.
The stroke was simple and soft, but Cat felt Kara's delicate touch everywhere. She could feel how warm Kara's hands were. Kara scent contaminated the air around her. It was toxic, clean, and it made her stomach twist in the most pleasant way. She was embarrassed at how fast her heart was beating, almost making it impossible to breathe.
She could see Kara smile still in place, she could see that Kara was nowhere there. She has seen that face before. Kara was focused, alert, concentrated in everything she was watching.
She imagined Kara was smiling because of the symphony of her heart. She couldn't take her eyes away from the young woman, because even though she knew Kara was very aware of the reaction of her touches and proximity, the clear view of the millennial was new in Cat's eyes.
She wanted to learn everything about her hero.
Kara removed one of her hands from Cat's neck and lifted her glasses, placing them atop of her head.
Cat observed how blue eyes sparkled brighter without the glasses. Kara's eyes moved up and down, from left to right until they fixed with green eyes.
"How does it look?" Cat asked sympathetically. She was proud of how her voice came still somehow strong out of her mouth.
Kara grinned, placing her glasses back on her face. "Everything looks good. The skin is healing properly, there's no infection or lacerations, everything looks good on the inside."
Cat raised her brow. "Nice to hear. How does my brain look?"
"Beautiful." Kara simply said.
"Beautiful?" Cat scoffed.
"Beautiful." Kara said walking back toward their bedroom. "Like everything inside and outside of your body."
Cat followed her wife with a smile on her face. "Is there something else you need to tell me?" Cat joked entering the room. "Besides your love for human anatomy? I completely understand that not everyone has a portable x— ray machine; I am not judging you."
Kara grabbed a tube of ointment from her wife's medicine bag and walked towards her again. "Oh, so this is your fancy slash deflecting way of an interview?"
Cat shrugged. "Not many people can say they married Supergirl."
"Not many people?" Kara asked alarmed. "No one can say that but you." Kara furrowed her brows. "I mean, don't say it. Ever."
Cat smiled widely, tugging at Kara's shirt. "Do you take me for a fool?"
Kara opened the tube and put some ointment on her index finger. "Never have, darling." She used her free hand to move her wife's hair and controlling her strength perfectly, she applied the ointment around her wife's stitches. "Never will." She whispered.
"I am lucky to have you, Kara." Cat mumbled, knowing this wasn't a problem around her wife.
Kara stopped applying the ointment to look at her wife's face. "You're so wrong." She said, and Cat rolled her eyes. "This is a first!" Kara said with wide eyes. "Why didn't I record this?" Cat rolled her eyes more dramatically, tugging her wife's shirt again. "I won?"
"Oh, please tell me we are not one of those couples that compete and waits until the other one is wrong?"
"Oh, Rao no we aren't, I was joking." Kara smiled at the word her wife mentioned. Couple. She placed more ointment around her wife stitches, making sure every area was covered. "I am the lucky one, Cat." Kara said, her tone changed. "I know it every time I wake up next to you, or when Olive laughs, or when Carter beats the crap out of me in video games; simple as that."
Cat smiled, holding stronger her wife shirt in her fist. "You do know what to say." Cat said releasing the millennials shirt when Kara finished applying the ointment. "Thank you." She said, circling her wife's neck with her arms.
Kara looked at green eyes, she shifted her gaze a couple of times, maintaining the grin on her face. "I can never tell your exact eye color." Kara quickly threw the ointment tube on the floor and pulled her wife closer snaking her arms around Cat's lower back. "You say green, but sometimes, like now, I can see them honey and brown."
Cat tilted her head, staring at the younger woman eyes. "Yours are beautiful too, if that's what you're trying to say."
Kara chuckled, holding her wife tighter in her arms. "I've missed you so much."
"I apologize for my previous actions."
"No, please do not apologize," Kara said sliding her hands up and down Cat's back. "I do have to tell you something important." Kara noticed how Cat expressions changed. "I think our daughter is developing superpowers." Cat opened her mouth and closed it. "I think, I—am sure she heard you when you woke up in the hospital."
Cat slowly pushed Kara, releasing her body from hers and walking toward the bed. "This is a sudden change of topic." Kara lowered her head. "Ollie knows that I can't remember her?"
"Rao, no!" Kara quickly sat next to her. "She doesn't know. I think she heard your voice, maybe vaguely and that's when she ran to the room."
"Are you sure, Kara?" Her eyes showed Kara how scared she was.
"Positive." Kara softly grabbed Cat's chin, fixing her eyes with her wife's. "Sorry, I didn't rephrase that differently." Cat felt at ease with how soft Kara spoke. "Let me try that again." She flashed Cat a smile. "We knew the possibility, she grew inside me and has my blood, but she never showed any powers at all."
"Until my accident happened?" Cat said placing a hand on Kara's knee.
"Yes, Alex told me she ran over some tacks the other day and nothing happened. She might be bulletproof too." Kara placed her hand over her wife's. "I—I don't know if she will develop all the powers, I'm just afraid she can't control them, or that they all show up at the same time and she'll expose herself."
Cat took a deep breath. "Did we speak about the possibility of a Superchild before we got pregnant?"
"Of course."
"And what did I say?"
"You said that we'll deal with it if it happened." Kara squeezed Cat's hand tenderly. "You said that we'll be here for her."
"And we will." Cat looked at the floor, summered in deep thought. "Now that I think of it, she did enter my office quietly, I didn't even see the door. She probably has super speed too."
"I don't think she is aware that she is using them."
"That's a problem," Cat said biting her bottom lip. "Should we talk to her?"
"We'll have to," Kara said standing up abruptly, staying quiet for a minute. "This is scary, what if she starts shooting laser beams from her eyes—what if her brother is around or you!" Kara started pacing back and forth. "What if someone discovers this and she is like me. Exactly like me!" Kara placed her hands on her head. "My enemies will get Kryptonite and then, oh Rao!"
"Kara." Cat walked over her, stopping her pacing. "I need you to breath, and explain to me what is Kryptonite and what is Rao." Kara blinked quickly taking deep breaths.
"Rao, is Krypton's star our—
"Like your god?"
Kara nodded. "And Kryptonite is a radioactive element from Krypton, it weakens me, takes the yellow sun powers away and it could kill me if used correctly." Cat covered her mouth. "It could harm—
"Don't even say it out loud." Cat demanded. Her eyes watered instantly at the thought of her daughter in such danger. "Can people mine this mineral?"
"No, it's from Krypton, it was attached in our ships, debris from space, there's a couple of ways they could acquire them. Clark stored the rest in a secret place. I haven't been exposed to Kryptonite in almost four years."
"Clark, as in Kent?" Cat looked at Kara surprised. "Well, that's good news, better than knowing Clark Kent is Superman."
Kara shook her head. "What if they had access to it?"
"It's unlikely, dear." Cat tugged Kara's shirt, bringing the hero closer to her.
"You have never call me dear, before." Kara said, slouching, placing her face in the crook of Cat's neck.
"No?" Cat said, tangling her fingers in Kara's hair, trying to breathe slowly. She was scared, but she had to somehow be strong for Kara. "What I call you then?"
"Honeybun." Kara said chuckling.
"I refuse to believe that's true." Cat stated.
Kara hugged her closer. "I like it, a lot actually."
"Honeybun?" Cat said. "I will not call you like that."
"Dear."
They reminded quietly for a second. Holding each other's.
"We'll deal with it, okay. If it happens. Together." Cat said, stroking Kara's back. "Besides, don't you think is cool having a little Kryptonian running with an orange elephant in her arms?" Kara laughed. "Because I think is adorable."
Kara pulled back, smiling at her wife's face with teary eyes. "You see? I am the lucky one."
Cat smiled, enjoying the scent and the butterflies flipping in her stomach. "I refuse to believe that's true."
Kara took a deep breath, adjusting her superhearing, exploring the comfortable and common sound of her wife's body, when she heard a scream and multiple gunshots.
Cat saw how Kara's face changed. She turned her face, releasing her grip on Cat's back. "What is it?" Cat asked, holding Kara's face in her hands.
"There's a robbery at Noonans." Kara said, still not looking at Cat.
Cat forced Kara's gaze towards her softly, and smiled. "Go and get them, Supergirl."
Kara removed her glasses and in a second the hero was back and floating in front of her wife.
Cat smiled, the most tender and beautiful smile Kara have seen in a while. She floated slowly towards her, and pressed her lips softly on the corner of Cat's mouth.
Cat closed her eyes, and the hero was gone.
Kara flew quickly, lading through one of the Noonans broken windows. The baristas hid behind the bar, while some customers screamed on the floor, hiding behind the tables.
She felt bullets bouncing off her back. "Really?" Kara said, running to one of the men in black. She placed her hand on the man's gun, squeezing it and breaking it instantly.
The man quickly used the other hand to taser Kara. She flinched, surprised at how much voltage the small object had. This produced a sharp pain on the back of her neck. She shook her head, looking at the other man and was surprised to find him with a Polaroid camera facing her.
The man pressed the button and she saw the flash of the camera and quickly felt dizzy. Her eyes couldn't stand the light. She adjusted her ears, trying to understand what was happening in her surroundings. She sped through a table, knocking one of the men unconscious to the floor when she heard the quick footsteps disappearing through a door and to the street.
"See you later, Supergirl." She heard on her right, but she couldn't open her eyes.
She stood still. She could hear people rising from the tables and people from the bar asking if she was okay. She didn't know if she was, she couldn't understand what was happening, and why she was feeling that way.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her shoulder. It was intense, just like she hit her back on the electric cables three days ago in the power plant. Kara pressed her hand on her eyes, rubbing them slowly when the smell of blood caught her attention. She touched her wet face again, as she started to regain her sight.
She saw a line of blood falling from inside her left arm, covering her hand and landing on Noonan's floor. Then her back felt multiple sharp pain in different areas.
She was losing her powers. Her heart sped as she jumped and flew dizzy towards her house.
She placed her foot on the balcony and a sharp pain covered her muscles. She took a deep breath; the penthouse didn't seem like a great idea. What if Olivia found her like this? Or Cat?
She looked up and flew away. Her head, spun, her vision was breaking, and her senses were vanishing slowly. She turned towards the DEO, and used the last of her energy to fly rapidly; moreover, her distracted senses and her incoordination forced her to pass the building at full speed. The air was hard to breathe, despite the height. Kara tried to hover over the bay, in direction of her city while she noticed her body was falling quickly and a deep slumber controlled her body.
The sun shined on Cat's face. She quickly opened her eyes and sat on the bed. She smiled, reminiscing the soft peck Kara placed the night before in the corner of her mouth. She was lucky, so lucky to have Kara.
She grabbed her phone, looking at the time and noticed that she was right on time to start the day.
Cat left her room, passing the hall and stopping in her daughter room. She smiled at the sleeping form of Ollie and walked straight to the kitchen to get Mr. Knows breakfast.
She placed two bananas stickers on her wrist and made her way to her daughter's room. Cat removed slowly Mr. Knows trunk from her daughter's embrace, placing two bananas stickers on it. "Good morning." She whispered to the elephant.
She switched off Ollie's nightlight and kissed her daughter's forehead softly.
Cat walked out of her daughter's room, and in direction to the kitchen again. "Kara?" She called, but the penthouse was quiet and serene. She didn't remember how she fell asleep last night. She doesn't remember when Kara came back either.
Cat looked in the kitchen, trying to find the missing note Kara always left when she wasn't in the house.
The note was missing. Cat tried not to worry too much, nevertheless, every morning she woke up without Kara in the house there was a note in the kitchen guiding her through her day.
She grabbed her phone, looking at the screen, reading that it was Monday. What was their routine for Monday? She didn't know where to take Olivia, furthermore, she was not ready to go back to work.
All her thoughts were constricted and rushed. Her heart felt heavy when she heard a four— year—old, yawning next to her.
"Good morning." She said to her daughter, picking her up.
"Mommy, it's daylight, I'm up," Ollie said rubbing her eyes.
"Yes, it is daylight. Mr. Knows ate already?"
"He is, thanks mommy." Cat gulped, releasing tension from her arms as she breathed in her daughter's coconut shampoo.
"How did you sleep?"
"Good, I had a nightmare and then a dream."
Cat smiled widely at the little Kryptonian. She was amazed that her beautiful daughter was equally as gifted as her beautiful wife.
Cat prepared breakfast for her daughter, and got ready for the day she was not aware of the outcome. She decided that even though working didn't sound like the greatest idea, she was Cat Grant, and she was not going to feel less about her abilities.
She looked up the mirror, putting her earrings when she heard a beep of the elevator. Her worries disappeared instantly, everything was going to be better now that Kara was home.
Cat walked out of her room, putting her stilettos one at a time. Her smile was wide in her face, she couldn't deny she was excited to see her wife.
"Morning," Cat smiled, before the elevator finished opening the doors. "Oh." She whispered as she didn't see Kara behind metallic doors, instead she found a brunette holding a tray of cups in her hand.
"Good morning." Ollie smiled walking out of her room, she had a pair of white sandals in her hands and she quickly gave them to the stranger whom quickly placed the tray on the floor and helped Ollie with the sandals. "They're stuck."
Cat witness the exchange in silence, hoping her daughter would name the lady standing in front of her, moreover, she didn't. Cat had a pretty good idea of who this was, but she didn't want to confuse her with another person, let along, name the wrong person in front of Ollie.
Ollie thanked the young lady and left to her room.
The dark-haired woman smiled softly at Cat, placing the tray on the island counter.
"How are you feeling?" She said passing Cat one of the coffees and taking one for herself.
Cat grabbed the coffee observing quickly the woman in front of her. She noticed the NCPD badge on her belt and smiled.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know if you were my assistant or Aunt Maggie." She smiled stretching her hand at the woman. Maggie quickly smiled widely, showing her dimples.
"The latter." She said taking a sip from her coffee. "Di is the opposite of me." She smiled. "Look wise."
"Hmm," Cat gulped, taking a sip of the coffee Maggie brought her. "I am feeling better, thank you."
"Sorry about the coffee. It's your usual."
Cat took another sip and waved her hand in dismissal. "It's perfect, thank you."
There was silence.
Maggie nodded, "I don't want things to be awkward between us. I was a little late today, I couldn't almost get your coffee." Cat kept looking at the young woman. "I'm sure Kara explained to you our mornings routine with Olivia."
Cat turned her body facing Maggie and shook her head. "No, she didn't."
"Oh," Maggie said placing her hand in her jeans pocket. "Well, I pick her up and drop her at school, it's close to work, and I love taking to her. It makes my mornings better." She smiled.
"Yes, I understand." Cat took another sip. Wondering how her daughter was in school already. "She goes to school?"
"Kindergarten, she passed a test, and they let her in." Maggie smiled. "Are you surprised?"
Cat chuckled. "No, not at all."
Olivia came running down the room. "Mommy, Mr. Knows ate already. And I am ready."
"Perfect, now come and give me a kiss." Cat said kneeling down. Olive ran to her mother's arms and kissed her cheek. Cat smiled, fixing her clothes. "Let me see you." She said, arranging her daughter's hair under the straps of the orange backpack. "You look beautiful."
"So, do you, mommy." Ollie smiled, sliding her index finger on her mother's nose.
"I love you more." Cat rose from the floor and Maggie waved her hand.
"I'll see you at lunch."
Cat nodded, sipping her coffee while her daughter and her aunt disappeared in the elevator.
Her phone beeped. She had a text from Thomas that said: Good Morning Mrs. Grant, I am waiting in the lobby. She checked her phone one more time, looking at the recent calls and called Alex. She hoped that was whom she meant to call.
"Morning," Alex answered. Cat felt better when she quickly recognized the voice.
"Sorry to call you, suddenly and this early in the morning."
"Cat everything alright? Maggie left to pick Olivia like an hour ago, is she not there yet?"
"Oh, no, no. Maggie picked Ollie already. Do you happen to know where Kara is? Last night she left to attend a robbery at Noonans."
"She didn't come back?"
"I- I don't know. I fell asleep, we were talking, and I might be afraid something happened to her because she always leaves me notes in the morning. To help me with my memory loss." Cat took a deep breath.
"Okay, give me one minute." She could hear Alex's voice calling Supergirl repeatedly. Cat was pacing back and forth. She heard Alex moving quickly and suddenly, she heard clicks on a computer. "You said a robbery, she went to a robbery at Noonans?"
"Yes, it was almost ten o' clock."
"Cat, I need to call you back. I need to alert the rest of the DEO."
"Alex, DE-what?"
"I'll call you later," Alex said, her voice was rushed.
"Listen to me." Cat demanded. "Is she missing?"
"It's early to say. I need to check her GPS and check the footage after she left Noonans."
"Alex, is she missing?"
Alex took a deep breath. "For now, yes."
Cat stopped her pacing. "I will release a press conference; the city can help to look for her. I—
"Cat, we need to be careful. I'll call you in five minutes."
Cat tapped her fingers on the handle of the door while she waited parked at CatCo plaza. It was more than five minutes and she hasn't received a call from Alex.
Her driver didn't say a word. There was a couple of cars waiting behind Cat's black SUV, nevertheless, none of them dared to honk or rushed the van.
Cat checked her phone again, and again. Taking deep breaths and brainstorming of all the possible scenarios she was going to phase in the next hour.
Cat felt the discomfort immediately when remembering that it was going to be her first day at work, without Kara to guide her meetings or appointments.
Her phone beeped but it was an email notification. She rolled her eyes, desperately and checked the time. She was late, Cat was late to work, moreover, everything felt so calm and Cat didn't even bother she was or cared about what being late to work implemented.
Kara was more important.
Her phone buzzed loudly in her palms, startling the driver and herself.
"Alex!" She said in a quick blur.
"Hey, I— we've tried the main sources, Cat." Cat could feel the disappointment in her voice.
"Do you have a specific way of doing things, a pattern?" Cat asked.
"Yes, we've checked all the sources before we can declare her missing."
Cat looked at the driver, remembering to take everything into consideration and keeping Kara's identity safe.
"Okay." Cat grumbled, she was incredibly nauseous now.
"You are not alone, right?"
"Correct." Cat said quickly.
"I am sorry Cat, I will not rest until I find her."
"I need to help."
"Of course, the DEO is giving you permission to announce that Supergirl is missing." Cat quickly detected the sadness in her tone, despite she just met her. "It will be a free pass to criminality-
"But it'll make everything easier." Cat cut her.
"You mean to find her?" Alex asked.
"Yes, I'll call you back."
Cat composed herself and like in sync the driver quickly stepped out of the car and jogged to open Cat's door.
"Have a wonderful day Mrs. Grant." The driver said smiling. "Good to see you're back."
Cat tilted her head, asking herself if this was the same driver that was with her when the accident happened. Cat quickly observed the small cut on his cheek, it looked like two or three days old. She also noted that the driver kept the smile on his face. He was not intimidated by her sturdy look.
"No, thank you for everything." Cat said, changing her face immediately.
"It was nothing. Wish I could've helped more. Supergirl was faster. It was scary to see you bleed so much." He said shifting his eyes and disappearing his smile.
Cat never thought about connecting, especially with her driver, but she felt something shifted in her heart. She couldn't detect if it was because Kara was in trouble or because this man deeply cared for her, probably for her daughter and wife too.
"Just remind me to give you a raise." She said placing her purse on her shoulder. "You deserve it." Thomas' face had a bright smile and teary eyes.
"I can't accept that."
"Consider it done." She smiled and walked away.
"Thank you!" She heard behind her as her heels marked the fast thump of her heart. She has never been afraid to enter her company. She never felt more out of place.
She stretched her hand to press her elevator button, when she noticed her hand was plain, her left hand was missing something, something she considered extremely important to wear. She'd want it to wear it, in front of Kara; she was disappointed that she couldn't show her how much she meant to her.
She shook her head, thinking where it could be. She opened her purse and found a small plastic bag with her gold watch, diamonds earrings and two beautiful wedding rings. There was also a blue strap attached to the bag that said: personal belongings
Her tears dared to run down her cheeks. The ring was everything someone could dream of. It was a clear representation of her wife. For the second time Cat couldn't find a proper adjective to describe the emotions. She has never been so amazed, since she saw her daughter and now the simple and astonishing view of her wedding ring.
She shook her head, remembering her wife's beautiful and perfect smile along with her eyes.
Tree times, she has been speechless.
The two rings fit perfectly with each other's. She grabbed the rings, twirling them on her fingers as she inspected the blue bright color of one stone, and the beautiful burgundy color for the other rock. It wasn't something magazine look alike, matching perfect white princess cut diamonds rings the jewelers advertise. It had the finesse and the beauty of Cat and the astonishing resemblance of Kara's eyes.
Cat quickly cleaned her cheek, vanishing the single tear that escaped her eyes.
She stretched her hand, walking into the elevator and slipping both rings on her finger. She didn't know which one was first. If the burgundy stone was before the blue sky one. Nevertheless, it made everything look amazing.
In a couple of seconds, she gathered herself and the doors opened. The bullpen was almost the same, the pink panther was replaced by a golden miniature statue of Supergirl with her arms folded.
She didn't say a word and walked out of the elevator. She passed a couple of desks walking straight to the open doors of her office.
No one followed her in, nor she didn't see her assistant rushing towards her.
"Everybody in." She said loudly. Not looking back.
She heard the rumbles of chairs, the shuffle of papers and the rushed steps of her employees. She glanced at the screens, placing her purse on her desk, not daring to turn around. She would not be able to recognize some of the faces anyways.
"This morning." She began saying, removing one black stiletto at a time. "I received a call." She turned around looking at her employees. They were all ready with a notepad in their hands, a focused expression, and their 100 percent attention. "It was very important, and I need every one of you, covering it." She could see the faces of them nodding in agreement.
"Of course, Mrs. Grant." A young man said, scribbling something in his notepad.
Cat took a quick deep breath and sat in her chair. "Supergirl is missing."
Some of her employees covered their mouth while some dropped their mouths in astonishment.
"I need the traffic team searching the area, double check the buildings and the rooftops, bring a person from the cafeteria, clearly they have nothing more important to do. The more the merrier." She looked around noticing Snapper. "How quickly can you get me an article out?" He shifted on his feet.
"Maybe fifteen minutes tops."
"You have ten, make sure your words are filled with peace and hope, not with fear and self—ego. The last thing we want is that all National City decides to commit crimes at nine in the morning. Chop chop."
Snapper nodded leaving the office.
"Editors, I want you close with Snapper. Art and photography, I want you out, working in a team, creating the visuals for National City." She turned around looking at the screens. "I want to involve not only National City Police Department, but Gotham's, Central City's, Metropolis', Opal City; any city nearby. Our hero can break the sound barrier she might not be in National City. I want every eye, every channel covering this until we find her."
She turned around, standing. "Where are my reporters."
A young tall man raised his hand. Cat looked around the office searching for more people but only he raised his hand.
"Hum, I would've assumed I'd have like ten." She said more to herself, but it came out loud and strong.
"You do, Mrs. Grant. Jeffrey was the only one that stood behind today." Cat noticed a blonde young woman sitting on the couch, with an iPad in her hands. "We have two covering traffic, one at the bay covering the health expo, one with the art department covering the new galleries in town, two at the inauguration at the Prince library, two researching the power outage of National City and your wife is in Belgium covering the L Corp new company expansion."
Cat's body quickly tensed. She looked at the woman discretely, quickly gulping and gathering her thoughts. She needed to react and fast.
"If my calculations are right, that means that I'll I need more reporters. Why are some of them running in pairs? Is my wife the only one that can handle big news by herself?" Cat was proud of the sharp tone she used while expressing the lie.
"I'll fix that right away, Mrs. Grant." The blonde woman said she had to be Dianna, her assistant.
"Leave just one reporter in the area, bring the other one to help with the search. The rest of you, go out there, check your social media for anything that could help us find Supergirl faster."
They all nodded and like perfect sync they all left the office leaving a young blonde woman behind.
Cat took a deep breath, opening her purse and finding her glasses.
The blonde young woman Cat believed was her assistant, quickly left the office, grabbing a Noonans cup and placing it on Cat's desk with two Advil's.
Cat took the pills. She didn't even realize she had a headache.
She observed everything around her desk, a picture frame with her wife, Mr. Knows, Carter and Ollie, three pairs of glasses, a couple of CatCo Magazines, layouts and printings for the next issues and her laptop.
The young woman quickly closed the doors of the office and stood next to Cat.
Cat observed her up and down. She was wearing a black high waisted skirt with a pearl blouse. Her eyes resemblance hers and the woman's short straight blonde hair rested comfortably on the shoulders.
They both stayed quiet for a minute, Cat was gathering her thoughts while the young woman waited for her boss to fire her for the comment of her wife or praised her.
"When did my wife leave National City?" Cat asked.
The young woman grabbed the iPad tapping on it.
"Yesterday morning, she used the company personal plane, she took James Olson with her."
Cat never removed her eyes from the young woman. "Thank you."
The young woman released a breath. "I'm sorry, I would've never crossed the line, of course, you know where your wife is, I needed to make it more public," she made quotations marks. "Thought it was perfect."
"Perfect?" Cat said sipping quickly from the cup. "It was brilliant. Thank you so much." Cat looked at the cup, noticing the same flavor Maggie brought her this morning.
"Mrs. Grant we'll find Kara." She said slowly.
Cat gulped, blinking quickly, dissipating the tears.
"How many others know?"
"From the office?" Cat nodded. "Just James and myself?" Dianna asked herself why her boss was asking this again.
Cat reminded quietly if Kara could trust this young woman with her secret, then Cat could trust her too.
"I need to tell you something." Cat began, placing her glasses on top of her head. "On Friday morning I had an accident." The young woman knew about her accident, she just didn't dare to interrupt her boss. "Kara flew me to the hospital," she stopped, swiftly moving her hair to the sides so her assistant could see the stitches. "A couple of stitches, nothing major but my memories." The young woman tilted her head. "I am only telling you this because my wife entrusted you with her secret and because I have your folder and information and I would not hesitate-
"Mrs. Grant," she said, taking the courage to interrupt her boss' line of thought. She took a deep breath. "I would never do that. It kinda offends me that you think I'll do such thing." Her tone was different but still polite and professional.
"In my defense," Cat said, one more time, gathering her thoughts. "We haven't had this conversation before."
Dianna looked at her strangely, moving to the mini bar and getting a glass of water. She reminded quiet, quickly putting pieces together.
"You said, something about your memories."
"I lost them, five years to be exact."
Dianna quickly drank from the glass of water. Cat observed how her assistant paced in front of her desk.
"You don't remember anything?" Cat rolled her eyes. "From five years ago?"
"I thought I would've hired smarter assistants," Cat said sipping her coffee. "I recall that's what I said."
"That's scary," Dianna said sitting on the couch.
"Tell me about it."
They were both quiet for a moment. Dianna gathering her thoughts and Cat was simply waiting for her to deceive her and run to Metropolis or other media and spill her secrets. Therefore, Dianna stood, walked over her boss's desk, moved the big chair Cat was in, blocking the view of the empty bullpen facing the screens, and simply stretched her hand.
"I'm Dianna Jenkins. I've been your assistant for four years. We are really good friends," She said smiling. "Well not as close as Maggie and you. Maggie is Olivia's aunt."
Cat couldn't help but smile. "Yes, thank you. I figured that this morning. The hard way."
"Right, when Maggie picked Olivia for school." Dianna shook her head. "Mrs. Grant, I'm really not going to ask how are you feeling."
"Then don't."
"But, are you okay?"
Cat simply reminded quietly for a moment or two, observing how the young women were treating her without any new exceptional care, or awkwardly, knowing she was a stranger to her.
"You might have to refresh me the part when you said I was really good friends with my assistant."
"We are, and if you are the same person that I've known for four years then you would've asked me to ask you."
"When did it turn a sappy, emotional, caring, empath with my employees," Cat said dryly but her words didn't affect Dianna at all.
"We've just been through too much," Dianna said. "We are your family."
Cat looked up and shifted her gaze. She was surrounded by more people that cared about her. Kara, Carter, and Ollie weren't the only ones. She had Maggie, Alex, her driver and her assistant.
"Well, this is somehow overwhelming."
Cat said removing her glasses.
"It doesn't have to be."
"Do we hang out? Have lunch? Like friends?"
"Yes."
"Remind me your age again?"
"Thirty—two."
Cat nodded. "Did we pass the trance when the media commented that I married my first assistant and now my second assistant is my friend?"
Dianna chuckled. "Yes, furthermore, you crushed the thought in a second. Kara was the exception, she perfect for you, we are just friends."
Cat's heart started beating harder. "She is," Cat was not to be seen crying at work, but the bullpen was empty, and she had to trust Dianna was indeed her friend. "I've only known her for three days, and now... I lost her."
Dianna has never heard words spoken with so much sadness coming from her boss. Suddenly, it was hard for Dianna to breath.
"We will find her," Dianna said, tenderly. "I will be here, so will Olivia, so will Carter."
"How will I tell my daughter that her mother disappeared at the same time Supergirl disappeared."
"You'll have to tell her the truth."
"I'll have to tell her the truth."
They both said at the same time.
The bullpen was silent. There was no opening drawers, no ruffles of papers and not a single click of a keyboard.
Dianna moved first, looking at her watch and walking away from her boss' office.
"It's been eight minutes already. Snapper better hands that article."
Cat nodded, turning around in her chair. The phone rang loudly startling her, the loud noise was stronger outside the bullpen, probably her assistant desk. She saw the red light on her phone and pressed it.
"Yes?" She said, putting her glasses back on.
"Mrs. Grant the reporters are ready with the headlines. We informed CCPD and the rest. We'll go live when you give the order."
"Perfect."
Right on cue, Dianna jogged inside the office, placing Snapper's article with approving of the editing department on Cat's desk.
"I read it, not bad at all. I'd change the last word. Instead of waiting, I think hopeful would be more suiting."
Cat quickly read the article, her assistant was right the last sentence of the article said: Until then, National City would be waiting.
Cat rolled her eyes and pressed the red button on the phone.
"Well," She said looking at Dianna.
"Yes, Mrs. Grant are you giving us permission?"
"Not yet," Cat began saying and quickly looked at Dianna. Her assistant hurriedly slid her finger on her iPad and shifted the pad to her boss. Cat read, a single name written. Zoey. "The sentence it's not as I asked Snapper, Zoey. Change the last word for hopeful, it should read: National City would be hopeful."
"Yes Mrs. Grant, right away."
Dianna nodded, clicking the iPad and pointing Cat towards the big screens.
"Breaking news, the girl of steel is missing. We encourage the rest of NCPD along with the nearby cities to continue with the search... National City is currently—
Cat turned the TVs off with a single click. She was thankful the remote was the same and the button worked as she remembered.
None of them moved. Cat knew that she had to endurance her appearance because later her employees would return to the bullpen, and Dianna was simply waiting for orders. She couldn't deny that despite the consequences and the information she just received about Cat's memory loss, her boss looked like her wife and lover from five years ago was missing.
And it was the truth.
Cat's heart was devastated, Dianna could see that she understood. The young woman reminded quiet, feeling the nervousness and somehow maintaining the calm, trying to find a way to help find Kara.
"I don't know what to do." Cat said fixing her eyes on Dianna's.
"We can keep track of every social media from here." Dianna said quickly tapping the iPad. "Keep an eye on what other media platforms will say with our news."
"Why is Snapper still working with me?" Cat asked, clicking the computer on and opening the Tribune.
"With all due respect, Mrs. Grant, I have no idea."
"Was I not clear when I said, bring hope to the city? He's as incompetent as any other media, he left the word out of the article."
"He is terrible," Dianna said, still tapping aggressively on the iPad. She took a deep breath and shrugged. "You wanted to promote Kara, a long time ago, I honestly don't know why you didn't even tell her about the idea."
Dianna stopped herself. She mentioned her boss' wife and now the small chit-chat, was back again to the strong and heavy topic of Kara' disappearance.
"I probably had my reasons," Cat said to Dianna's surprise.
Dianna stood and grabbed Cat's phone from her desk. She pressed two buttons and placed the black plastic phone on her ear.
"Hey, Dianna here, I want to know how far the traffic chopper is, transfer me to Matt, thank you." She grabbed a white paper from one of Cat's drawers and a pen. She drew CatCo building and a circle around CatCo, which she wrote NC underneath. "Dianna here, I need your position and street," she marked an X where the chopper was. "Transfer me to the next one. Dianna here, position and location?" She did the same four times and then she connected them all the pilots giving them the same instruction. "I marked your positions, it should take you an hour to go back to the same place you are now." They all complied Dianna's request and she hung up.
"Thank you, that will surround National City easily. Criminals will think it twice if they see helicopters rounding the same area every hour." Cat said thankfully.
"I learned from the best," Dianna said, making some more calls from Cat's desk.
Cat noticed this. "Don't you have a phone on your desk?" Cat noticed that it sounded meaner than she expected. Dianna didn't seem bothered by this at all.
"Yes, of course, boss," Dianna said, removing the phone from her ear. "But I would not leave you alone." Cat arched her brow. "Plus, you can learn the names and who am I calling and for what." Dianna smiled and proceeded to the call.
"Thank you. I'm out of it."
"Don't thank me, I'll show you everything before the bullpen starts judging us."
Dianna was true to her word, she never left Cat alone, she taught her the basics, where her company was and what she did recently in the past two weeks.
The status of Supergirl was the same, she had helicopters rounding the whole city every hour, nearby cities joined the search and some of the civilians started patrolling the streets hoping to find their hero.
Cat needed some potent alcohol, now more than ever, but her willpower and Dianna somehow kept her in place, and distracted.
"Hey," Maggie said walking into the office with two paper bags in one hand and a tray with three coffees. She also had two yellow envelopes underneath her arm. "Some little help ladies."
Dianna quickly took the envelopes while Maggie placed the tray on the center table. Cat felt instantly better when she saw Maggie wearing her batch hanging from her neck, somehow, she hoped Maggie had more information.
"Any news?" Cat asked, closing her laptop.
"Sort of." Maggie placed the paper bags on Cat's desk. "Di, pass one envelope to Cat, the other one is for you." Maggie walked back and gave Dianna a coffee while she sipped hers. "That's all the info I have now."
Dianna gave Cat one envelope.
Cat quickly opened the envelope, reading the first page. "They didn't take the money?"
Maggie nodded, she tied her hair up in a ponytail and opened the bags of food. "Nope, now what you won't find in the papers is why." She walked over Cat's mini bar, grabbing a tray and placing a knife, a fork and a couple of napkins on it.
"Couple of witnesses remembered a tall man wearing a black hoodie. The other one is in custody." Dianna read. "Any info? Did you question him?"
Maggie rolled her eyes to Dianna. "You know it. My right hook still hurts, the bastard didn't say anything." Cat was grateful that Maggie herself interrogated him. "Trust me, I tried before I punched him, and I had to walk away."
Maggie placed the tray on Cat's desk. She added a side salad and a wrapped burger.
Cat looked at the tray in front of her, and then at Maggie passing Dianna another burger with fries.
"I'm not hungry." Cat said, watching the exchange.
"We know." Dianna said opening the burger.
"You still have to eat," Maggie added with her mouthful of fries. "Come on Cat, it's three o' clock and you haven't had breakfast."
Cat noticed the time and so Dianna.
"What on earth makes you believe that I would want a burger?" Cat said, folding her arms.
"You're stressed, and you want alcohol. A burger does it for you." Maggie said while looking at Dianna. "Right?"
"I'm just gonna eat." Dianna shrugged. "And say nothing."
Cat watched them, somehow this really felt comfortable, never not professional and so livable that she didn't feel bothered by it, despite she literally had strangers in her office.
Cat reminded quiet, the hamburger did smell delicious, but her stomach had a knot in it, a big one.
"I wonder," Dianna said, going through the papers Maggie brought. "If this was planned."
"We think so too." Maggie said passing one coffee to Cat. She gave Cat a sturdy look, directing her to at least drink the coffee. "One witness saw the asshole we have in custody taser Kara on her shoulders."
"So?" Dianna quickly said.
"Apparently, the taser affected Kara. Page five."
Dianna and Cat ruffled quickly, reading the information Maggie just voiced. "If this is true then the taser was abnormal and made considerable damage."
"Where is the taser now?" Cat asked.
"Alex has it. Her team is investigating how much power it had." Maggie changed her tone. "I hypothesize that the taser destroyed Kara's neck tracking."
"Is Kara weakened by electricity?" Cat asked astonished.
"No," Maggie said. "But, she did get a burnt shoulder the day of your accident when the power plant exploded." Maggie fetched her phone from her pocket jeans and called Alex.
"Danvers," Alex said quickly.
"Hey, it's me."
"Sorry didn't see the ID call."
"Babe, do you have any info about the taser?" Maggie put it on speaker, as Dianna rushed to make sure the doors were shut.
"Yes, it has the strength to power a generator."
"You think it had something to do with Kara's shoulder? Gabrielle had to patch it. I mean the impact burnt through her suit and her skin. Kara was bleeding."
"The power plant suddenly went into crisis and now this? Give me a minute. I need anything similar to the power plant and the taser. Scan for Kryptonite and anything abnormal on the wires, I want every agent checking the transformers of the city, take the taser to the lab again." Alex's voice was rushed and through. "Speaking of the lab." Alex's voice was directed to the phone one more time. "The blood samples we found at Noonans," She took a deep breath. "Match Kara's."
"So, she was bleeding right after the taser?" Maggie asked.
"I think she lost her powers." Maggie quickly looked at Cat. She was immediately reading all the info Maggie brought.
"Alex?" Cat said loud and firm.
"Yes, Cat."
"Witness watched the fugitive take a picture of Kara with a Polaroid camera."
"Yes, the security camera from Noonan's stopped working."
"Before or after he took the picture?" Cat asked.
"We think right after, the bright impact fried the cameras."
"Then it should be any residue on walls, counters or simply everywhere."
"Explain yourself."
"If the certain flash of the Polaroid camera was strong enough to fry technology, then it created something. Whatever it was hidden in the flash, blinded Kara, which gave enough time to the individual to escape. The content Maybe was like the electric wires or the taser. Therefore, there's a possibility that it left a trace."
"You are brilliant," Dianna said walking closer to Maggie's phone. "A flash produces a range of light, it could take up to three meters depending its power. Three meters is enough to cover Kara's body by it. Everybody that was a Noonans wasn't affected by the flash, meaning it was especially for her." Dianna started searching on the iPad. She found a picture of Noonan's bar on the inside and showed it to them. "Look at this, the cameras were fried," She said zooming in the corner of the store. "The espresso machines didn't suffer any damage, nor any cell phone or fridges." Dianna pinched the picture showing Noonan's website. "It's open now."
"Meaning our guy made the cameras stop working on purpose. Everything was on purpose. The electric plant explosion, the fake robbery. Cat's accident." Alex said angrily. "He's a dead man when Kara finds him. I'll call you later."
The line was cut. Maggie placed her half-chewed burger on the coffee table while Dianna sat on the couch. The food was long forgotten, the atmosphere felt heavy and thick.
Cat was tired, shoes in hand, a strong headache in place and a nauseous stomach. The doors of the elevator opened, and she found, Maggie sitting on the island counter still waiting for Noonan's analysis.
Carter walked out of his room, rushing to Cat. His eyes were red and glossy.
"Are you okay?" He asked, examining his mom's face.
Cat didn't answer. She merely caressed his cheek. "Where's Ollie?"
"She's in Kara's studio." Cat closed her eyes. "She's been waiting for either of you. She won't sleep. We've tried everything."
She looked at the time, it was past midnight and still no sign of her wife. "That's fine, I'll go and talk to her."
"Mom, I—
"Everything will be alright, darling." Cat placed her purse on the table by the elevator and kissed Carter's cheek.
She passed by them, walking straight to Kara's studio. She didn't have a plan, of how to start the conversation with her daughter, she just knew that, the outcome was probably going to be devastating.
Cat reached the glass doors, the curtains were closed, creating a secluded setting. Her heart melted at the sight of her daughter playing with Mr. Knows in the sand.
She gulped, controlling her tears and walking into the room.
"Mommy!" Ollie said, running to her mother. Her tone changed with her mother's expression. "Are you sad too?" She hugged Cat.
"About, darling?" Cat asked softly, wrapping her arms around her daughter.
"Jane said that Supergirl was missing."
"Yes, she is. I am sad too." Cat looked at her daughter's face. "Come here. We need to talk."
"Am I in trouble?" Ollie asked, placing her back on her mother's front. "I'm not tired. I can't sleep mommy." Cat chuckled, wrapping her arms tighter around Ollie.
"You're not in trouble." Ollie nodded, placing her hands on her mother's fingers. "Have you noticed, something different lately?" Cat asked, not sure how to properly start the conversation. "When I first met your mother, I thought she was the sweetest and smartest woman. She was a little awkward and very unique." Cat admire how quiet and attentive Ollie was being.
"She was nervous, and I could see she was special. Special in many ways. So very special that I knew, she was meant for more. Meant to be great." Cat kissed her daughters head slowly. "I am lucky to have her, and luckier to have you." Ollie turned around, looking at her mother's face. Cat couldn't contain her emotions when she saw her wife's nose on her daughter's face. Ollie quickly cleaned her mother's wet cheeks.
"You are special like her, you are smart, sweet and incredibly gifted. One day you'll be the greatest." Ollie kept focused on her mother's words. "You'll be able to help people and bring joy to many. You'll be the best hero, just like your mother."
Ollie looked around, quiet, thinking profoundly and reviewing her mother's words in her head.
"Momma." Ollie said, her voice broke, and her eyes moistened instantly. Cat saw the exact moment Olivia understood compound words.
"Yes darling, momma." Everything developed, Cat's feelings and insecurities went away as she observed her daughter's insecurities and raw emotions right in front of her eyes. Her tears fell, but Cat was focused on cleaning the tears falling slowly in front of her.
"Momma's missing." It was still impressive how her four-year-old processed information. Cat observed how Olivia stated the sentence. She was proud of how the conversation went.
Ollie never mentioned the hero's name, she didn't smile or jumped around the room. She was broken, afflicted, just like Cat, just like her brother was outside and the rest of her family.
"We'll find momma. The whole city is helping, so is Aunt Alex and Aunt Maggie." Cat smiled, cleaning her daughter's cheek. "Dianna helped me all day long. I have Central City, Metropolis, everybody's looking for momma."
Ollie kept crying quietly. It broke her heart watching her daughter cry for the first time. "Baby, look at mommy." Ollie complied, cleaning her cheeks. "We have seen momma beat monsters, right?"
Ollie nodded. "And bad aliens," She mumbled. "from other planets," Ollie said, in taking deep breaths.
"Yes, bad aliens too." Cat said cheerfully. "She always comes back right? After the fires, and the people momma rescues, she comes back. She always does." Ollie nodded. "Then she's here to make you breakfast and play with you and Mr. Knows." Ollie nodded again. "And she'll be back, that's why we're looking everywhere because momma is National City's hero, but momma is our hero first."
Ollie nodded, cleaning her tears from her cheeks. Her eyes were red now and Cat hugged her tightly. Ollie turned her face away from Cat. She quickly placed her hands over her ears.
"Darling, look at mommy." Ollie opened her eyes. Cat removed her hands from around Ollie's ears and placed her hands on them. "Listen to my voice." Ollie stared. "Forget the other noises, look at my chest, and follow the noise." Ollie looked at her mother with watery eyes. "Put your hand on my chest, good baby, you're doing great, now listen to one thing to the other noises go away. Listen to my heart."
Ollie's ear stopped hurting, she didn't hear the noises anymore but the electric pump of her mother's heart.
Cat noted how Ollie relaxed her muscles. "I'll remove my hands from around your ears now, okay." Ollie nodded. "They're gone? The noises?" Ollie nodded one more time. "How does my heart look?" She asked smiling. "Can you see it?"
Ollie cleaned her eyes. "It's going fast."
"Yeah, I can feel it too." Cat grinned, placing her hand on her chest.
"Come back here." Ollie returned to the previous position, with her back pressed on Cat's chest again. Cat opened her hands in front of her daughter, she cleaned the sand and held them open in front of Ollie. "We can practice all night long if you want to." Cat took a deep breath.
"Okay." Ollie, placed her hands on her mother's and reclined her head back on Cat. She didn't say a word. The silence grew inside the room. Cat could see Ollie looking at the paintings around the room. She saw Mr. Knows and the unfinished sand castle in a corner. "How far can I hear, mommy?"
Cat gulped. "I don't know darling, judging by your mother's ability, I'd say long distances."
"Can I hear momma's heartbeat like I'm hearing yours now?" Ollie asked turning her head on Cat's chest, so she could hear her heartbeat better.
"Have you ever heard momma's heartbeat?"
"Mhmm, when I give her hugs." Cat smiled softly, placing a kiss on Ollie's head.
"Okay baby, try it."
"How?"
"Well, momma concentrates hard. She blocks the noises until she listens to what she wants to hear."
Ollie grabbed her mother's hands, placing them on her ears. Cat observed quietly, watching how her daughter got lost in the noises.
"I can't." Ollie said, her eyes flooding instantly. "I can't. I'm not good at this mommy."
"Don't worry. You don't have to do it now if it bothers you."
"I want to help." Ollie pressed Cat's hands harder on her ears as she closed her eyes tightly. "I can't. I can't hear mommy's heart."
Cat needed to control her senses, especially now in front of her Kryptonian child, nevertheless, she couldn't deny it was horrifying the thought of her wife's heart not beating.
"You know what? Momma told me that you heard my voice while I was in the hospital." Ollie quickly opened her eyes. "You ran over the room. I was asleep and then you heard me."
"Yes, I was talking with Aunt Alex, and I heard you."
"See, so you have done it, you're good at it. Just don't force it darling. It'll come when you need it."
Cat started lowering her hands from her daughter's ears, but Ollie kept them in place. "Can I keep trying?" Cat nodded smiling. "I can't." Ollie said, lowering her mother's hands. "All I hear is seagulls." Ollie rubbed her eyes again and then squeezed her ears.
"Seagulls?" Cat asked. "A lot of seagulls?"
"Mhmm. I'm not good at this mommy."
Cat quickly stood, grabbing Ollie with her. Both of their feet were full of sand as she rushed down the hall towards the kitchen. She found Maggie pacing in front of the kitchen.
"Ollie heard seagulls," Cat said rapidly. "Seagulls, she heard seagulls."
Maggie saw Ollie's red eyes and Cat's amused expression. "Seagulls?" Maggie repeated. She grabbed her phone calling Alex. "Answer, answer." Maggie closed the computer, as Alex answered the phone. "Olivia heard seagulls, there's only one place you'll find seagulls in National City."