Chapter 6 – Henry Allen and the Wests
Something I forgot to mention in the last chapter is when I plan to do a big event, similar to Crisis on Earth-X or Invasion!, only I'll be doing Blackest Night. Although that won't be for a while, I hope you guys like that idea.
"So how many other heroes are on this earth?" Winn asked as He, Alex, Kara, Barry, Caitlin, and Cisco were headed to Jitters, everyone in civvies and Kara wearing her signature glasses. They were going to meet up with Henry.
"Well, let's see. We've got Green Arrow, Speedy, Black and White Canary, Spartan, Vixen, Citizen Steel, Atom, Firestorm, me, and of course Barry. I might have missed one or two." Cisco said, trying to think of other heroes he might have missed. "Oh, there was also some dude with electrical powers about 10 years back, but he was killed."
"You weren't kidding when you said you guys have a lot of heroes on your earth." Kara said to Barry.
"How many heroes do you guys have?" Caitlin asked.
"It's just me and my cousin. Well, I guess there's that one guy down in Gotham. He's completely human and sometimes works with Clark, but I've never work with him." Kara said
"Sounds kind of like Ollie." Barry said.
"He's Green Arrow right? The human guy who's really good with a bow and arrows?" Kara questioned. Barry had a lot of super friends, it was hard to keep track sometimes.
"Yeah, that would be him."
As they entered Jitters, Henry was already there waiting for the group of heroes. "Hey son." Henry said, giving Barry a hug.
"Hey dad." Barry said returning the hug.
"So, you must be Kara." Henry said, turning his attention to her.
Kara was nervous. And I mean extremely nervous. She had never really done this before, meeting her boyfriend's parents. Hell, she hadn't even had a relationship that lasted longer than a week before Barry. She really wanted Henry to like her, but how does he feel about his son dating someone from a different planet? If she was human, she was 100% sure she would be sweeting like crazy. "Y-yeah. That's me" Kara stuttered a little, sticking out her hand for him to shake.
"Nonsense. Come here." Henry said with a warm smile pulling her into a hug. This surprised Kara as she returned the hug. As they all went to sit, Henry said "So, Barry tells me you aren't exactly from around here."
"Yeah, we're from Earth-38." Kara said, gesturing to her best friend and sister.
"While he did tell me that, I don't mean earth. I mean, from out there." Henry said, pointing upwards towards space. "So what was it called? Your planet?" Henry asked.
"Krypton."
"Man, to grow up on a foreign planet after yours exploded, and I thought Barry had it rough growing up. I'm sorry." Henry said.
"It's fine. If my planet never died, I would have never met Barry." Kara said, taking his hand in hers and lacing their fingers and smiling at Barry, who was smiling back. Henry watched as Barry and Kara had a little moment, smiling.
Coffee at Jitters went quiet well, and Kara was defiantly happy that Henry liked her. "Hey Kara, can I talk to you? Alone?" Henry asked after Barry left to take care of a little Flash business.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." Kara said hesitantly, her nervousness returning.
"Do you love him?" Henry asked.
"Yes." Kara answered, without a moment's hesitation which surprised her to be honest.
"I'm glad to hear it. Because that boy is in love with you… I just wanted to say, I've been waiting a long time to meet you." Henry said, confusing Kara.
"What do you mean?" Kara ask, confused.
"I have been waiting to meet the woman who could love Barry more than I or his mother ever could since the day he was born, and I see that love for him in you." Henry said, he brought her in for another hug, which she gladly accepted and returned, as she got a little teary eyed. "Damn, Barry wasn't kidding about that strength of yours." Henry said chucking after the hug.
"Sorry, I'm not the best at controlling my powers when I'm emotional." Kara said, wiping a happy tear away from her eye.
"It's quite alright." Henry said still chuckling.
"Hey… what did I miss?" Barry asked as he returned, noticing Kara's wet eyes.
"Yeah, everything is perfect." Kara said, nodding her head and smiling one of the brightest smiles Barry had ever seen.
After a relatively quiet day, with Barry showing Kara around his crime lab and showing her around Central City, they went to Joe's house for dinner. It was just going to be Joe, Iris, Barry, and Kara. Henry was taking the night shift at the hospital he was currently working at. Wally was on Earth-2 with his girlfriend, Jesse.
Barry was still holding Kara's hand as he knocked on the door. "You must be Kara." Iris said as she opened the door and saw her. "Barry has told me all about you. I'm Iris." Iris said holding out her hand for Kara to shake.
"It's nice to meet you Iris." Kara said, letting go of Barry's hand to shake Iris's.
"Iris! Is that Barry!" Joe called from the kitchen.
"Yeah, and he brought Kara." Iris yelled back.
"You mean that girl he has been gushing about since he got back from his little trip to another earth?" Joe asked, coming out of the kitchen and setting the pasta he was cooking on the table.
Iris looked at Barry who was blushing scarlet and so Kara. "Yeah, that would be the one." Iris said, laughing at her brothers discomfort. "So I hear you can keep up with Barry's appetite."
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Kara said, feeling a little embarrassed at her eating habits.
"well it's a good thing that I cook enough to feed a small army. It's good to meet you Kara." Joe said shaking her hand.
"It's goof to meet you too Mr. West." Kara replied.
"Please, just call me Joe." Joe said smiling a warm smile similar to Henry's. "So, tell me about yourself." Joes said as they started to eat.
"When I was a child, my planet, Krypton, was dying. I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin. But my pod got knocked off-course, and by the time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become Superman. And so, I hid my powers, until one day an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world. To most people, I am an reporter at CatCo Worldwide Media. But in secret, I work with my adoptive sister for the D.E.O. to protect my city from alien life and anyone else that means to cause it harm." Kara said.
"So what kind of powers do you have?" Iris asked.
"Well, I have super strength, super speed, invulnerability, super vision, X-ray vision, heat vision, super hearing, freeze breath, and flight." Kara said.
"Well, those are defiantly powers that could help make a superhero." Iris said with a laugh and the others laughed with her.
"Yeah, well it hasn't always been easy. Barry taught me the importance of knowing the environment around me and to never run in blind." Kara said, glancing over at Barry.
"Well, I had a rather painful way of learning that lesson." Barry said.
"And how did you learn that lesson?" Kara asked, as Barry had never told her.
"Well, Oliver was training me and he told me he was going to shoot me with an arrow. Being the cocky hero I was, and how reliant I was on powers, I laughed at him. He aimed his bow and I ran at him. He shot the arrow at me and I caught it. Because I didn't case the environment, I didn't notice the two crossbows he had rigged. Shot me with tow arrows in my back." Barry said.
"Ouch. Well, at least you learned your lesson. So there is a silver lining to the story." Kara said as the table laughed.