A/N: Thank you for the comments. Alex -Thanks! Plenty of family moments in this chapter. Anna - Thank you!
"Do I have to go to school today?" Elle asked as she sat at the breakfast table with Kara the next morning, as Eliza prepared breakfast.
"Are you ill?" Kara asked.
"No. I can't get ill so I never have that excuse. Which sucks." Elle complained.
"I survived, you will too." Kara replied.
"Who'll look after dad?"
"He says he doesn't need looking after." Kara said. "But grandma Cat is coming over."
"Who'll look after….Krypto?" Elle asked.
"Okay, why don't you want to go to school?" Kara asked.
"What if they come back?" Elle said.
"Your powers?" Kara guessed.
"What if they come back and I can't control them and someone gets hurt?" Elle asked frowning.
"Your mother used to have the same fear." Eliza said as she sat opposite Elle.
"Alex told me she destroyed her room." Elle responded.
"She did." Eliza smiled. "Her first few weeks on this planet she really struggled to control her powers and was terrified of losing control at school."
"Did you make her go to school?"
"We did." Eliza said.
"That was mean." Elle commented.
"That's just what she said." Eliza smiled. "But you can't run away from your fears. So she went to school and she learned that she could control her powers and her fears."
"But she had Alex to help her." Elle pointed out.
"Controlling her powers was something she had to learn to do alone. None of us could understand what she was going through."
"What about Clark?"
"He lived a long way away." Eliza explained. "So she had to figure it out by herself. But your mom is right here to help you. She won't let anything bad happen to you. But you need to listen to her and trust her. Okay?"
"Okay." Elle said. "But that means I still need to go school though?"
"Yes it does." Kara said. "But if anything happens, use your necklace like Alex showed you and I'll be right there."
"You promise?"
"Of course I do." Kara said hugging her.
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As Kara stared at her screen she didn't notice the shadow fall over her desk. Nor did she notice the figure standing before her desk or the hand waving in front of her. Finally the person said.
"Earth to Kara."
"Alex?" Kara asked jumping slightly. "What are you doing here? Did something happen to Elle?"
"Not that I've heard." Alex said.
"Then why are you here?"
"To check up on you and find out how Elle was this morning."
"She's back to normal." Kara said. "Up at five. Full of energy."
"Yet you are looking really distracted and freaked out."
"She's petrified something will happen at school." Kara said.
"So are you from the look of things."
"I wasn't. But I've been sitting here all morning thinking about everything that could go wrong."
"All morning? It's only nine." Alex pointed out.
"Is that it?" Kara asked miserably. "At least I still have a chance of making the deadline."
"Come on." Alex said pulling Kara to her feet. "Let's get you some coffee."
"Okay." Kara agreed.
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As the two sat sipping coffee in the park ten minutes later Alex said.
"If it makes you feel better Winn is monitoring Elle's school. Any strange activity and we'll be there."
"Thank you." Kara said before asking. "How did it go with Maggie?"
"Good." Alex said smiling.
"Good? Any more details?" Kara said before correcting. "Not the gross kind. The working out where you are going kind."
"We talked." Alex said.
"And?" Kara probed.
"And we are giving it another go."
"We all knew that when she showed up at the house and you had that goofy grin." Kara pointed out. "What about wanting kids?"
"She said she's in a different place to where she was. But she, well we, both want to see if we still work before we start talking about kids."
"And you're happy with that?" Kara asked.
"I am."
"Then I'm happy for you." Kara said hugging her just as her phone rang. Seeing the caller ID she relaxed slightly before taking the call. Ending it she said. "I have to go. Snapper is on the warpath."
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"Thank you for meeting me." Kara said as she sat down opposite Lena in the cafe in the early afternoon.
"You don't have to thank me for having lunch with a friend." Lena replied. "But you did sound a little stressed. Is everything okay?"
"Henshaw attacked Adam and Elle." Kara said.
"Are they okay?" Lena asked eyes wide.
"Yeah. Elle fought him off."
"She did?" Lena asked confused.
"With heat vision." Kara said quietly. "But it really freaked her out and she is terrified it will activate at school and she won't be able to control it. I told her she'd be fine, but I've been waiting all day to hear the worse. And I'm going crazy."
"Well if you need a distraction, during the board meeting I heard some rumours you may be interested in following up."
"Really?"
"There's a new property developer moving into the City. Strange thing is he has appeared from nowhere. Claims to have inherited his fortune from a benevolent god parent but no one knows who. There may be nothing to it or it may be a huge crime boss takeover." Lena explained.
"Did you just make that up to give me something to do?" Kara asked.
"Are you questioning my integrity?" Lena asked.
"See that wasn't a denial." Kara said. "But I'll take a fake story. But you can explain it to Snapper."
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As Kara stood outside Elle's school she nervously looked at her watch hoping the day would end without incident. As the end of the day neared she tried to relax so not to upset Elle. But the second she saw her daughter she engulfed her in a hug.
"Are you okay?" Elle asked concerned by her mother's behaviour.
"I just missed you." Kara said before asking. "How was school?"
"Good."
"What was good about it?"
"Ms Dillion was ill so we did extra art and Laney ignored me because I missed her party."
"And that's good?"
"Not Ms Dillion being ill." Elle said. "But art was fun."
"I meant Laney ignoring you." Kara corrected.
"Really good." Elle said. "I could play with Anna and didn't have to talk to Laney."
"Well then how about we go for a celebrity hot chocolate and muffin?"
"Okay." Elle smiled as she took Kara's hand.
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"Dad!" Elle said excitedly as she saw him in the kitchen.
"Hey. How was school?" He said as she hugged him.
"It was good. Are you feeling better?"
"Much better." He replied before pointing out. "We were about to send out a search party." He commented before noticing identical guilty expressions pass over both Kara and Elle's faces. "Let me guess you stopped for a hot chocolate and cake?"
"No." Kara said. When Adam just stared at her she added. "It was a muffin."
"Of course it was. I hope you haven't ruined your appetite." He said looking at Elle.
"No, I'm starving." She smiled.
"Why don't you wash your hands for dinner then?" He suggested causing her to disappear.
"How are you really doing?" Kara asked as she walked up to Adam and gently hugged him.
"A little sore. But I'll be fine. I take it there were no dramas at school?"
"None." Kara replied before asking. "Should you be up? Shouldn't you be resting?"
"Mom and Eliza are debating parenting techniques and I thought if I stuck around in there the only loser would be me." He explained. Seeing she was chewing on her lip he asked. "Something on your mind?"
"I've had an idea about how to help Elle, but wanted to speak to you about it."
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"Are you sick again?" Elle asked concerned as they arrived at the DEO.
"No." Kara said. "I promise you I'm not sick."
"Am I sick?"
"No."
"Then why are we here?"
"There is someone I want to show you." Kara said leading her through the building.
"J'onn?" Elle asked.
"No, but if you want we can see him afterwards."
"Granddad Jeremiah?" Elle asked.
"No." Kara said surprised she knew about him being at the DEO.
"Then who?" Elle pressed as Kara took them into a hologram room.
"My mother."
"I thought she died on Krypton." Elle said confused.
"She did. But Alex managed to use some of the data crystals from the pod I came to Earth in to create a hologram."
"Like Star Trek?"
"Kind of." Kara said. "When I'm sad or confused or need help, I come here and talk to her. I thought maybe sometimes we could do that together and today we could practice Kryptonian meditation techniques to help you control your powers. Want to give it a try?"
"Okay." Elle said looking round the empty room.
"Ready then?" Kara asked her hand hovering over the activation button. When Elle nodded Kara pressed the button and Alura appeared in the middle of the room.
"Hi mom." Kara greeted.
"Kara, my daughter." Alura smiled.
"This is Elle your granddaughter. From now on she can come in here and talk to you whenever she wants." Kara said as Elle stood, mouth agape, transfixed on the construct.
-The End
A/N: Thanks for all the comments. I hope you enjoyed it. To those who left reviews that I couldn't reply to, I appreciate the feedback. Alex - I don't know if there will be a forth part. I have no plans for one, but at the moment all my writing is unplanned so who knows. That said I will be continuing to update Fraternal Rivalry: Five Years On.