Chapter 3 – Superman

"Hey everybody, I'm back." Kara started, walking down the steps of the DEO. "Listen up. Everyone, this is my cousin Supe-, I guess you already know." Kara said as everyone was staring at Superman.

Superman started to walk and was shaking hands with all the agents. "Just want to thank you all for your hard work protecting Earth." Clark said, earning an 'oh brother' from Kara.

"Did you know she was bring him here?" Hank asked Alex, a little irritated.

"No, is it a problem?" Alex asked J'onn, looking at him curiously.

"Oh he's coming towards me." Winn said nervously.

"Winn! This is my cousin, Superman." Kara said pointing at Superman as he and Winn shook hands.

Winn took a deep breath and said. "I have a million questions. Ok, Lex Luthor set off the earthquake in California, did you gage the focal depth with your X-ray vision?" Winn started to ramble questions as Superman looked like he had no idea how to answer.

"Winn, breathe." Kara said, putting a hand on his arm, trying to calm down her friend.

"Alex, it's good to see you." Superman said giving her a hug.

"You too." Alex said hugging him back.

"Kara told me Jeremiah may be alive. You know your father means a lot to me, so if there's anything I can do."

"Thank you Clark."

"J'onn." Clark said, in a not-so-happy tone.

"Superman." J'onn responded, in the same tone. "Nice to see you again."

"Don't worry I won't be staying long." Clark said. Kara and Alex looked at each other with a strange look in their eyes.

"Who won't be staying long?" asked a man in a red suit with a lightning bolt on the front that Clark didn't recognize. His cowl was down so his hair was a little messy.

"I won't be staying long." Clark said with a raised eyebrow. Who was this strange man?

"Oh, you must be Kara's cousin. The one that's also a superhero. What was your name again?" Barry asked walking over to him.

"Superman. And who are you?" Clark asked, confused. Everyone knew who Superman was.

"Barry Allen, also known as The Flash." Barry said, shaking Clark's hand. "Guess you're kind of a big deal around here."

"Around here?" Clark asked. He was defiantly confused now.

"Sorry, I'm also from another universe. This is Earth-38, I'm from Earth-1."

"So how did you end up here?"

"Well…" Barry started and decided to go for the demonstration. He got a cone of ice cream and put it in Kara's hand and continued "I was struck by a lightning bolt about two years ago and I'm now the fastest man alive. I'm also able to open breaches, the way people travel to different universes."

Kara laughed a little at the look of confusion on Clark's face, as she kept licking her ice cream. Man did she miss Barry.

Barry and Clark walked away, talking, when Alex whispered "Your cousin smells amazing."

"Enough." Kara said laughing a little.

Kara and Alex caught up with Clark and Barry and heard them still talking. "So how fast are you exactly?" Clark asked.

"Well, I'm faster than her." Barry said pointing at Kara.

"No, we're the same speed. At least we were last time you were here." Kara said in a matter-of-fact tone. Barry looked down and started to scratch the back of his neck. "We were the same speed then, right Barry?"

"Well, not exactly." Barry said, looking up.

"What do you mean? How fast were you?" Kara asked in confusion.

"Well, you were running at about Mach 2.1 and flying at about Mach 3. I was running at about Mach 4.2 then. Now I'm running at about Mach 6." Barry explained, looking a little embarrassed.

"So, you didn't need my help getting home?" Kara asked. She was defiantly confused now.

Why would Barry ask for help if he didn't need it? Kara thought

"No. I didn't" Barry said. Barry and Kara had completely forgotten about Clark and Alex.

"Then why did you ask me for help if you didn't need it?"

"Because I wanted you to be the last thing I saw on this earth." Barry said as his eyes connected with hers.

Oh, so that's why. Kara thought. Her heart fluttered at that thought.

"Aw, that's so romantic." Alex said to tease her sister. Kara turned bright red.

"Wait, so you two are… dating?" Clark asked. It seemed Barry left something out when he introduced himself.

"Should have seen them this morning, lip locking and all." Alex said with a smirk.

"Alex!" Kara yelled, her face bright red from embarrassment.

"If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime." Alex said laughing a little. She was finding this too funny.

"It was just harmless kissing." Kara said quietly, but enough for Alex too hear.

"Harmless kissing? I could have sworn I saw some tongue in there. And the way you moaned into the kiss." Alex said. Kara looked at Barry who was looking just as embarrassed as she was.

"Hey so… did I walk into something here?" Winn asked, walking over to where Kara, Alex, Clark, and Barry were.

"No, everything is completely normal over here." Alex said, fighting to contain her giggles.

"Ok…" Winn said suspiciously. "Anyways, I found out somethings about The Venture. One passenger didn't show up. And her name is Lena Luthor. And guess who designed the part that exploded. Luthor Corp" Winn said.

"Me and Kara will go and talk to her as reporters. Maybe we can get some answers." Clark said.

The two landed outside Luthor Corp and were immediately let in to talk with Miss Luthor. "There's a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why I wasn't aboard The Venture yesterday." Lena said.

"Well that's why we're here." Clark said. He sounded surprisingly calm for being in the same room as a Luthor.

"There was an emergency regarding planning for a ceremony I'm holding tomorrow. I'm renaming my family's company and I had to cancel." Lena said, putting her coat on the coat rack.

"Ah, lucky." Clark said in a doubting tone.

Lena laughed a little. "Lucky is Superman saving the day."

"Not something one would expect a Luthor to say." Clark said.

"And Supergirl was there too." Kara said. She deserved some credit damn it.

"And who are you exactly?" Lena asked curiously. It was by no means in threating tone.

"Um, Kara Danvers. I'm not with The Daily Planet. I'm with CatCo magazine, sort of." Kara said a little nervously.

"That's a publication not known for its hard-hitting journalism. More like high-waist jeans, yes or no." Lena said, getting some water and sitting at her desk.

"I'm just tagging along for today."

"Alright. Can we just speed this interview along? Just ask me what you want to ask me Mr. Kent. Did I have anything to do The Venture explosion." Lena said.

"Did you?" Clark asked.

"You wouldn't be asking me if my last name was Smith. Lena knew of the beef Clark Kent had with her brother Lex.

"No, but it's not. It's Luthor."

"Some steel under that Kansas weight." Lena said smirking. "It wasn't always. I was adopted when I was four. The person who made me feel the most welcome in the family was Lex. He made me proud to be a Luthor. Then he went on his reign of terror in Metropolis" Lena said turning to look out the window.

As she looked out the window, Clark and Kara X-ray visioned the room, looking for anything. "Declared war on Superman, committed unspeakable crimes. When Superman put Lex in jail, I vowed to take back my family's company. To rename it L Corp, to make it a force for good. I'm just a woman trying to make a name for herself outside of her family. Can you understand that?"

"Yeah." Kara said nodding her head. Maybe there was more to Lena Luthor than she initially thought.

"I know why you're here. Because my company made the part that exploded on the Venture." Lena said walking over and grabbing a flash drive. "This drive contains all the information we have on the oscillator." Lena said handing the drive to Clark. "Hope it helps you in your investigation."

"Thank you." Clark said sincerely.

"Give me a chance Mr. Kent. I'm here for a fresh start, let me have one." Lena asked with pleading eyes.

"Good day Miss Luthor." Clark said and walked out.

"G-good say." Kara said, not sure what else to say and followed Clark.

"I didn't see anything when I X-ray visioned the room." Clark said as he and Kara walked across the street.

"Yeah, me neither. What do you think?" Kara asked.

Clark sighed and said "I've learned through hard experience not to believe anything a Luthor says."

"Yeah, I know I'm not a reporter or anything, but I kind of believed her." Kara said.

Clark then got a call. "Hey sweetie." He answered. "Yeah I'm with Kara. Yeas I'm being careful. I miss you too, I love you. Bye." Clark said and hung up.

"I love that she worries about you."

"Yeah me too."

"How do you do it all Clark? I mean you're an amazing reporter, a great boyfriend and, and Superman." Kara said, whispering the Superman part. "I-I'm just not sure how to handle it all."

Clark put his arm over her and said "You just need to follow your heart and do what you think is right. And from what I've learned about Barry, he seems like a great guy. I'm glad you two found each other"

"Thanks Clark."

"Anytime kid. Anytime"

"Um no. I'm older than you." Kara said causing Clark to laugh.