Kara dreamed of endless halls separating her from her family. The windows along the stone walls were nothing but holes allowing the red sun to filter in through their opening and bathe the long narrow space in Rao's warm crimson light. It would have been comforting except the more she ran toward her family the farther away she got. But she wouldn't give up. She ran and she ran until suddenly the hall with her family was gone and she was standing in an overgrown courtyard instead.
There was a path behind her, no walls only a roof above it. At the end of each side was a door. One was blue, it led to a large concrete building with no windows. The other was fire red, it too led to a concrete building but it had windows and she could make out a fire raging within. She knew she had to make a choice. Red or Blue.
It wasn't even a choice. As much as the wild fire frightened her, fear of the unknown kept her from choosing the blue door. Whatever was inside could be far worse than the fire raging inside that building.
She moved over to it and put her hand against the door frame. It was hot but not so hot she couldn't open the door.
Pushing it open revealed an empty room. The fire burned surrounding a path. The path led to a large fountain. It's water poured onto the ground and evaporated rather than puddle on the stone ground.
She moved cautiously over to it. It was green, not the beautiful water she had expected to see. She dipped her hand in it anyway and watched in fascination as the ripples spread out across it's surface.
An uneasy feeling creeped up on her. Almost like she was being watched or something horrible was about to happen. She knelt down and crawled under the space between the fountain and the floor. It was a tight fit but the curtain of water falling down would hopefully obscure her from prying eyes. She hoped at least.
She was surprised to realize she wasn't even wet despite having crawled under a fountain and through a ton of water. She was tugging at her jeans in surprise when the fire disappeared and a pair of shinny black shoes came out of an unseen door. They echoed across the stone floor with every step and they filled her with a sense of dread. She couldn't figure out why.
She tried to stay quiet as they made their way around the room. First they approached the window, she assumed whoever it was looked out because they stayed there for a few minutes. She thought maybe they would leave after and perhaps she wouldn't be caught but the fire started back up hotter than ever and the fountain water seemed to stop as his feet turned in her direction.
She held her breath as he got closer. He walked around the fountain once before coming to a stop right in front of her. She knew. She just knew he was going to bed down and see her. She squeezed her eyes shut before decided if she was going to meet her end she would do it with her eyes open.
Just as he was leaning down to spot her the scene changed, the room was no longer in flames it was bathed in a cool blue light and a beautiful woman was bending over holding a hand out toward her.
Kara was stunned. Nearly too stunned to take the offered hand.
~C~
Cat heard Kara mumbling in her sleep before she even made it to the door. She couldn't make out the words, not because they weren't clear but because she couldn't understand the language.
She knocked on the door hesitantly. "Kara." She made a mental note to remember to use the work name when they made it back to the office. She couldn't afford to look like she gave a damn in the office. She couldn't do anything to appear weak. It hadn't been easy to get where she was but she was damn well going to stay there.
She knocked again and pushed the door open when she didn't hear any response. Kara had quieted but she was tossing and turning on top of the covers. Her work clothes, that Cat never approved of, were rumpled worse than usual.
What caught her attention was the hair. It was scattered all around Kara, spread out all over the pillows and it was beautiful. It was also familiar, but it wasn't until she noticed the lack of glasses that Cat connected the pieces.
She gaped at her assistant, her heart skipped in her chest as the revelation hit her. Kara was Supergirl. Her meek and brilliant assistant was flying around National City saving people and fighting aliens. It was the biggest story of her career and she had no intention of publishing it.
Unsure of what to do with the new information she stood transfixed in the door way. It wasn't until Kara started to toss and turn, her expression pained, that Cat acted.
She was weary of touching the woman since she could very well harm her if startled. Waking someone from nightmares was always troublesome if you weren't sure how they were going to act.
"Kara. Kara you need to wake up. It's a nightmare." Cat tried everything from shaking the bed to shouting before she roughly shook the girl by the shoulder. Kara cried out but she didn't wake. "Oh for the love of-" Cat moved into the bathroom quickly and filled up a glass of water. Which she promptly returned to the bedroom and upended on the sleeping woman.
Kara sat up in shock, sputtering water out of her mouth and rubbing it out of her eyes. "Wha- Ms. Grant?"
"Yes Kiera and now thanks to your inability to wake when called my sheets will have to be washed." Cat gave her a pointed look. Kara was sputtering an apology before she realized she didn't have even half of her disguise. She nearly knocked over the night stand trying to grab her glasses. Cat scoffed at her. "Forget them. You don't need them to see and I already know who you are."
Bright blue eyes met hers in shock. It was on the tip of her tongue to deny Cat's assumption but she let it go. It was an insult to Cat's intelligence to keep lying. "Please don't make this the next front page. It could put you in danger. It could put anyone I love in danger." Kara climbed out of the bed and followed Cat back into her office.
"I'm assuming you like your normal human life?" Kara nodded. "I have no intention of reporting it. But I expect to be getting all the Supergirl exclusives."
"You were getting those anyways." Cat laughed in agreement.
"I wasn't kidding about work, I want that gala planned by Tuesday. And the venue is going to need to be booked for Thursday." Kara was glad Cat wasn't grilling her about her alter ego but she cringed, booking anything on that short of notice would be a pain in the ass. And she imagined Cat wanted to invite like a million people.
"What kind exactly?" Cat sported a sly grin as the took their respective seats across from one another.
"Something in tribute to Supergirl. I wanted to thank her…well you I suppose, for your service to the city. The dress code should be formal red and blue dressed, the men should wear black with blue or red ties. And I want the servers all dressed as Supergirl."
Kara grimaced. "Will she- will I be expected to show?" It was odd having Cat know her secret.
"Yes. But as much assistant not as Supergirl. Unless you just want to make an entrance, I don't really care." Cat scowled. "Would be a rather sad thank you if I forced you to show up."
Kara let out a breath of air. She couldn't begin to explain how thankful she was Cat wasn't going to apparently use her secret against her. Not that she thought the D.E.O would stand for it.
"It's a weekend so it won't be until Monday until o can solidify and run plans by you." Cat nodded absently and began working on her own things. "What kind of food or entertainment?"
Cat waved her off without looking up. "Book whatever you want. You know my tastes. I'll check out the final plans before you commit to them." Kara nodded grateful to finally have some work to do. "And Kara. Now that I know your secret. If you need to talk, you know about your uncle, off the record, I'm willing to listen." Their eyes met and Kara hesitantly nodded.
"I'm not ready to talk about it. But- I'll think about it. Thank you Ms. Grant.
"Alright. Get to work. Galas don't plan themselves."
A/N: Not sure if I've ever written that dream in another story but it's actually one of my own. Just like the Bellatrix one in Just a Brand. It's a reoccurring nightmare and for some reason I felt like Kara should have it. Anyways now Cat knows. Yay for Cat. She's my favorite. Also I'm absolutely sure there will be no Cat/Kara romance. Maybe a Lena/Kara if she makes an appearance. Not sure yet.