Chapter 3: Stronger Together part 1
A/N: The Blur ahem Kara is back in this next chapter slash episode of Vigilante's Arise and thank you all so much for following this. Now before we move on I'd like to point out the sixth and seventh review left by Vigilant and Guest. For vigilant I'll be honest bro, I'm not necessarily sure if I should pair Kara up with somebody because if I did, I'd join her with Cat Grant any day but for now I'm just going to play it out slightly with how things are in the show, season 1 of course. And as for Guest asking about the flash crossover, we shall see:) also don't worry about how Kara is going to use her powers for close encounter occasions. I already gotcha covered. You just sit back and relax. But enough about me, ya'll got a story to read. :)
In an unknown hidden base two unidentified figures stood in the dark room completely surrounded by the abyss and the only light that seemed to shine amongst them was a white and black hollow ring that had a blue hologram of Earth in the center.
"General, Vartox is dead. He chose death over capture."
"Typical of his race." The feminine voice of the two spoke up with no sense of remorse.
"He did accomplish one thing, the identity of the elusive being known to the humans as "The Blur." It is indeed the child, the daughter of Alura." The unknown commander said with absolute sureness.
There was a deadly pause between the two authority figures.
"My dear little niece….of course." She finished with realization.
"She escaped with her cousin." the now confirmed aunt of Kara Zor-El circled the ring to finally come face to face with the bald humanoid.
"A much less of a threat than he is to our endeavors."
"You're wrong." She countered causing him slight miss comfort.
"If she is anything like her Mother, she will be just as formidable. Not to mention she is most likely as fast as a Kryptonian in their prime under the yellow sun. It was my right to lead Krypton, I will lead Earth. We all will." The skin tight suited women turned her back with a slight flick of her hair, not caring the least about what she was going to say next.
"Find her and kill her." The commander was internally surprised upon hearing the coldness in her voice.
"Are you certain General? After all Kara Zor-El, is your blood." The look on Astra's face was enough to no longer question her orders.
"No one can be allowed to stand against us. Not Kal-El, not my niece." She paused for the affect and smiled quite menacingly.
"Not even The Blur."
When people see that red cap, they expect to see a certain someone. Someone they know. But this is not his story. It's mine. It's been a week since I revealed myself to National City. Surprisingly things have been on the low side, nothing major since that car chase with the eighteen wheeler that I had to quickly stop after James gave me my baby cousin's blanket. And it's also become a habit for me to be saving a certain sweet little girl's ice cream from splattering every now and then. If there was one thing I have been looking forward to all week was this very day when Alex was finally going to introduce me to the DEO. An organization dedicated for containing and researching alien life, at least that's what she said. Things didn't exactly go as planned because Alex never really did come to visit me a couple of days after I defeated whoever that guy was that had a grudge against my mother. But I completely understood why, it was her work. She even texted me multiple times that she was being held there in her work field and that she couldn't manage anytime to step out and visit. I wasn't going to argue with her reasons. My big sister has her own life. Who am I to keep her away from it? But now here I am, focusing every nerve in my legs to keep running in the direction of Alex's call via yell. Her sound was leading me to an unknown region past several mountains and surprisingly deserts on the western hemisphere.
Today was the day I kept telling myself. No turning back, literally. Whatever waited in store I will have to face it with my head held high, after all, whatever or whoever the DEO truly was. Was about to meet The Blur.
"I AM HERE KARA." Alex had finished her last call to Kara, knowing that her alien sister would respond to her location and run all the way from National City so see her. It had taken almost the whole week for her along with her superior and his active facility to clear up the events with Vartox. This including harnessing his corpse to the restricted research labs. But overall all Hank Henshaw had instructed for his assistant to find a day where they could schedule a meeting with the Kryptonian who revealed itself to the world as The Blur who also happened to be none other than the cousin of the remarkably powerful hero, Superman. For a coincidence it had to be Sunday, and now Alex had called Kara on her day off to visit the DEO in order to set the alliances and acquaintances straight. The agent stood outside in the seemingly deserted desert with the exception of several military like base camps spreading out in a pattern like form for a while, the tension in her booted toes rose as she heard a faint boom in the distance followed by the sudden appearance of none other than one of the most important beings in her life.
Kara Danvers stood as still as a statue with no indication of how she got to where she was other than the sand trail that lifted slightly around her boots and the tails of her dark coat flapping forward as if they had been pushed towards Alex's direction. The older sibling took this time to admire the Kryptonian's choice of attire properly for the first time. She was impressed to see her sister dressed in all black from head to toe with the large womanly coat around her shoulders in a snuggly fashion. Another thing that made her eyebrows rise was the obsidian contour plastered upon the usual meek girl's face and since when did she get a manicure? Her last observation on the outfit was the giant white "B" that looked like as if it was drawn onto the fabric with marker. Alex Danvers never thought black would be a color that her sister would wear unless to a funeral and to her standards, it suited the alien nicely.
Despite the situation they were in right now the two sisters discarded all their problems and embraced one another in a loving hug of absolute bliss. The alien of the two wrapped her arms around her sister's waist while the latter wrapped her arms around her neck. They stood like this for a while before Kara decided to lift Alex up in her grip and spun her around causing the full grown women to giggle and laugh like the energized teen she was many years ago when Kara would do this to her. The young sister did several more spins before finally setting her down. A grin plastered to the human with eyes showing nothing but happiness.
"Alex, it's so good to see you again." Kara said as her sibling planted several kisses to her pampered cheeks before bringing her head into the crook of the vigilante's neck.
"I could say the same to you as well baby sis." The power behind the words was enough for Kara to melt into their tight embrace once again. The events from that night during last week returning quickly as Alex delivered more kisses to the young women's neck.
"I' am sorry." The brunette stopped what she was doing and looked into the eyes of the alien beauty. She didn't get a chance to talk as Kara spoke up the moment they made eye contact.
I didn't mean what I said that night…the night you came to see. I just…I just." Her stuttering stopped when Alex place two cool fingers to the black lips, they both knew that she was now in big sister mode.
"Don't, you hear me, don't. You were upset, confused, and angry. It's totally understandable okay. I along with the DEO weren't exactly subtle on approaching you. I even warned my superior not to underestimate you, Blur." They chuckled simultaneously as Kara mentally shook the feelings of guilt off as best as she could from that night.
"You must have a lot of questions and I can tell you more okay, but right now I think its best if we…."
"Agent Danvers." The baritone voice rung from her earpiece as the women instinctively brought her middle finger to the side of her head, not once did she notice the vigilante in front of her tilting her head in eavesdropping.
"Well done, please proceed to bring The Blur in, we are waiting." She responded with a copy and looked into the face of her sister. She knew that look.
"Where you listening to that?" the grin Kara gave was enough to say it all. That being said the agent led them into one of the base camps that would lead straight to the DEO facility.
Everyone practically stood as stiff as a board as they heard the loud echo of thick heals clattering the cold spotless floor from around the main big exit. No one dared to make a single noise excepted for the advanced computers and monitors that were operated by specialists. As Kara made her way into the near center with her sister she couldn't help but take in her surroundings along with several of the eyes that were staring at her. Some were murmuring but to Kara it felt like as if the conversation was happening right in front of her.
"She's here."
"It's The Blur."
"She definitely looks nothing like him."
"Is that the symbol found in National City?"
"How fast could she truly be?"
If she wasn't so concentrated on keeping up her stoic Blur persona the Kryptonian would've face palmed herself for letting all these people see her face straight in the open but one, one would expect something like this in a secret organization to happen and two, despite how things looked there was no way these field operatives would expose who she was to society especially since the head authority figure stood slightly away from the monitors and stared down at the disowned El. Everyone could feel the tension rise as Alex took several steps back to let the pause continue.
One look from his face was enough to tell Kara that he was a man of great experience, discipline, stern, and respect. He was a rather large well-built African American man who appeared to be in his late forties and was no doubt the man behind the operations of the attempted captures.
She would not take him lightly. She knew better. But she would not cower or tremble either.
Hank kept his posture in place but on the inside he was in a way, admired by the true older sibling of the Man of Steel. When the time came here he thought that she would reveal herself to the world as some kind of "Super girl" to go along with the last Son of a dead planet yet here she was now as the infamous National City Blur working in the dark to make the world into a better place. Apprehending her was a mission he thought would be considered child's play considering his facility had Kryptonite, a synthetic mineral rock from her home world that is lethal to Kryptonians. They all knew how that turned out.
But now that she was truly here under the technique of simple negotiations it was time for introductions, revelations and getting several situations cleared up.
"Name is Hank Henshaw." The tension in the room and inside of almost everyone left as the director spoke up.
I believe you already know…Agent Danvers." Alex shifted from her spot but was glad Kara hadn't moved an inch since.
"Welcome to the…"
"DEO, the Department of Extranormal Operations." Kara's painted lips slightly curled to the sides as the brood appearing man raised his eyebrows in surprise but reversed his facial expression back to the way it was. He wasn't the next person to speak for the vigilante wasn't finished.
"My guess is that the DEO monitors or protects Earth from extraterrestrial presence and/or invasions, just a guess."
The director folded his muscled arms across his chest.
"I mean that would explain why you guys were after me last week." Silence didn't seem to stop falling on the scene.
"Your ship, we keep it here as a reminder of the day you crashed on Earth. You're the reason for all of this."
Her admiration from seeing the vessel that took her here many years ago was interrupted by that last sentence.
"But my cousin was here two dozen years before me."
"And it was his arrival that triggered the need for this organization. We realized we weren't alone in the universe and we might soon be getting more immigrants." He turned to face the young Danvers.
"And with you, Fort Rozz, Krypton's maximum security prison, banished to the Phantom Zone, same place your ship got stuck. But just like yours it didn't stay there. We're not sure how your pod got loose, but what we do know is that you pulled Fort Rozz with you. And when it crashed, the worst criminals in the galaxy all escaped." He let her take in the information before moving towards the giant monitors on the other side of the room.
The Danvers sister's soon followed him and Kara noticed that several stalactites were sticking out of the ground and ceiling, who knew how deep underground they were in.
"These beings, some of them have powers from your darkest nightmares. For over a decade they've stayed hidden. But in the last year many of them have been emerging, making themselves known." The many monitors on the main computer showed mug shot like pictures of the aliens that Hank has mentioned. One in particular looked oddly familiar.
"Your plane Alex, that wasn't an accident they were trying to kill you."
"He was trying to kill her." The image of Vartox popped up, his status labeled deceased.
The third monitor on the far right expanded and the video footage demonstrated the skull boned humanoid fighting a dark silhouette that blended with the night and fire since it was caused by the exploded eighteen wheeler.
"Our job is to keep people in the dark about alien life on Earth and nothing says "Covert Operation" like a black Blur patrolling the streets of National City which also has been branded by the media as a vigilante." The Kryptonian stood her ground.
"How exactly is it covert? I am what the people see. They don't even know how I truly look like other than you guys. Do you honestly think I can't see reality? My cousin is amazing but I know that there are people out there hell bent on seeing him dead. That's why I did this." she pulled the collars on her coat and spread them revealing her adopted symbol.
"This world doesn't need some kinda "Super girl" in a red skirt flying around it needs something that's invisible but trust worthy to the public eye, you see that giant "S" and everybody views it a sign for a better tomorrow. I have my own ideals I intent to keep." That being said she spun on her heal and made her way to the exit only to be stopped by a very concerned Alex Danvers.
"I know you're mad and you're hurt I…."
"I'm am not mad with you anymore Alex okay." The Kryptonian spoke sternly but in understanding.
"I was at first, yes I was, but this is your life okay it's not my place to be involved in it. Your background on science and bio-engineering can be an above the average benefit here. I know you were just trying to keep me safe when you always told me not to be who I really am but I can take care of myself okay, just have some faith in me. "The younger women turned her head to face the director of the lair.
"You didn't exactly succeed when you attempted to bring me in against my will did y'all?" Both girls raised their eyebrows when Hank was quiet for a moment before slowly curling his lip up to the side of his face into a small smile.
"Precisely that Miss Danvers, I will admit I took you as someone un-capable at first but after everything that you pulled from evading our silent assault, speeding half way across the world, and defeating the alien that tried to kill you because of your Mother. It made me realize that you indeed have…potential." This was definitely something Kara wasn't expecting to hear. She turned to gaze at Alex and saw that she now stood with her arms crossed with a smile. She stared at Kara and geared her head towards Hank in which the alien switched her face back to.
"Which is why I'm going to ask this once and I'm going to say it simple."
I guess it's not every day when you are offered to be a part of a secret military like organization bent on researching, studying, and sometimes even capturing alien life.
Projectile missiles fired into the mountains causing massive explosions that could only be heard as echoes from miles away. Their intended target was an elusive Black Blur that moved at speeds ten times faster than that of the man-made weapons.
Okay maybe not offered to be a part more like an acquaintance, an associate. When I was asked by Hank Henshaw, Director of the DEO, you would think that I would've politely refused and that I would prefer to work alone but here's the thing. If what Hank said was true, that there were prisoners from this Fort Rozz I was told about out there. Then I have no choice but to accept this bond that I formed with Alex's work force. I can't in good conscious allow those dangerous beings to wonder around this Earth because of something I accidentally caused. And now that I got things cleared up…hold that thought.
The missile was heading straight towards Kara and she effortless drifted across it and sped off into the unknown regions of the canyons.
"Is that the fastest you can…" the dark skinned man took the advanced binoculars away from his vision as he heard a loud whoosh next to him.
"Go." She finished quickly before blurring completely away.
"Fire again."
"She's not on the radar sir."
"Well where is she?" Alex looked at one particular monitor, the DEO satellite and grinned wickedly.
"She's in Asia sir, now in Africa, the Bermuda triangle, Australia, Euro….no Canada, Asia." Almost everyone quickly accumulate behind Alex with their Jaws dropping as the small black streak kept trailing the globe. A loud boom was heard in the distance towards the mountains and The Blur manifested out of nowhere with a streak, the agents in the field couldn't help but clap at the amazing speed of the Kryptonian speedster.
"So did I pass?" she adjusted the collars on her coat and shook the soot off her boots.
"It's hard to say considering you refused to do almost every single test except for that of your speed and super hearing Miss Danvers."
"You Know, I' am starting to answer to The Blur." The man gave her his usual expression.
"Or Miss Blur…its cool, we'll…we'll find our thing."
The director left the vigilante with her sister as they both engaged in each-others presence.
"Is all this really necessary? I mean, I'm ready Alex for all of it…I can do this."
"Well believe it or not he's just looking out for Kara, we both are. You know I had a full year of training before he even thought about letting me in the field." The agent finished with Kara crossing her coat covered arms.
"But I'm really glad that you're hear though, I hated keeping this whole part of my life from you." her sister chuckled while giving her a loving black lipped smile.
"And growing up I always thought you were such a bad liar."
"And that's what a good liar makes you think…"
"Blur, come in The Blur." The vigilante channeled her super hearing.
"Winn what is it? I'm kinda busy right now."
"Kara there is a huge fire raging down at the National City Port and it is bad."
"All right I'm on my way." She turned to face Alex.
"Fire at the Port, gotta go." She was about to blur off from the scene when her sister quickly spoke up.
"You've been dodging missiles, running around the desert and practically the globe for the last two hours. Not to mention pushing your senses and uhh…you have to reapply your lipstick." Kara effortlessly pulled out the expensive balm stick from her coat pocket and quickly turned to the side to repaint her lips, they became much darker once again.
"For the last twelve years I hid who I was and still doing it Alex, it's better for me to be this way and you know it." she leaned in to hug her older sibling who gracefully returned the gesture. They parted with Kara landing a tender kiss to Alex's cheek, leaving the women dazed.
"Hey! I give the sibling kisses." Kara giggled and applied another quick one to Alex's other cheek before disappearing into the world, leaving a shocked Alex Danvers with two black lip marks on both cheeks.
The Blur appeared at the top of the warehouse that the fire was taking place at near the port. It looked up to make sure that there wasn't any choppers involving the news in the air before channeling it's super hearing to listen to the fire fighter with the white helmet, the Chief, who was talking to one of his men.
"That ship is holding almost a million barrels of crude oil, if the fire reaches it it's going to go off like a two ton bomb, and the tugboat won't get here in time. Where is The Blur? Can it even blow out something like this?!" that's all the information Kara needed. Sure she could blow it out but she wasn't about to step in like someone joining the party and blow it out with her freeze breath, she wasn't supposed to be seen.
The vigilante tapped her boot in quick thinking before embracing the not well known but incredible helpful time break and leaped off the building to land harshly on the concrete ground. She looked at her surroundings and noticed every single fireman and authority figure were frozen in place as if they were under a spell trance. She noticed that the fires have also frozen in place, in waves that could only be seen as destructive. She got the message that she needed to do this quickly considering the trance would soon let go of her if she stood still any longer so Kara went the flames that were scattered amongst the port and quickly ran circles around them mixed with her gale breath that she hadn't used in years. She repeated this procedure multiple times to make sure the flames wouldn't return and before her or anyone else knew it, they were gone.
Kara's celebration was immediately cut short when she left the last large flame to start running backwards to quickly admire her work. When she turned her head to face behind she wheezed as she almost ran back first straight into the frozen statue like fire Chief. The Kryptonian drifted crudely to the man's right and noticed that she was now on the verge of running off the pier straight into the ship containing the oil. With only fractions of a couple a seconds left Kara extended her legs out to collide against the side of the bow and swiftly ricocheted off the man made vessel to land back on the port and zoom from the scene just as the speed time break ceased to exist.
The authorities all stood in awe as the black streak came into their vision for all of several seconds before vanishing with an infamous whoosh. They all simultaneously looked around to notice that the flames have been extinguished with the exception of the small infernos generating from the gas leaks but overall the problem has been solved by the anonymous vigilante, or was it?
The Chief would have been the first to initiate the applause of gratitude if not for the pungent smell that was coming from the sea to their side. Their faces went from glee to disgust when they heard the slimy sound of oil leaking from the large dent embedded into the bow of the ship. To make matters worse a vast portion of the blackened fluid was infesting the waters of Nation City's port, leaving most of the people in the area to start covering their mouths and nostrils.
Meanwhile Kara moved back to the top of the warehouse to fully see the aftermath and one look at the damaged ship was enough to almost make her fall down to her knees and grit her hair in humiliation. The sound of news copters reached her ears out in the distance and she dashed away from the scene in order to avoid being spotted or captured.
"Miracle or Menace, that's what the citizens of National City are asking themselves after the latest attempt at heroics by The Blur which was witnessed by The National City Fire Department has left the bay facing an ecological disaster." Kara mentally cursed herself as she heard the news over the elevator speaker and made her way out of the cramped area as the doors opened, ignoring the slight gags that people were giving her as she walked towards her boss's work area until Winn came in her way.
"Good God, is that smell you?"
"Three showers and I still smell like burning oil, I went from unseen mystery to ecoterrorist in a 10 seconds run." Winn did his best to cheer her up as she got closer to her desk.
"Hey, you're just like a week into this whole silent guardian thing you're going to make at least one mistake….ha, like when you first starting working here and Cat asked you to get her lunch and you went and got her Chipotle." She listened but aggressively slammed her bag into her chair.
"Yeah but now I am making mistakes in front of the whole world…just when I thought I could handle all of this. Can you believe The Blur is now a National piece a sh…."
"Forget about The Blur's lack of experience." The Kryptonian and human turned to face one of the big television screens on the walls.
"I am talking about the trouble it will bring to Nation City….Look at Metropolis, since Superman's arrival a veritable of super bad guy war has been waged on that City and the maintenance budgets have quadrupled…National City does not need Metropolis's problems. Whoever or whatever The Blur is needs to stand still for a moment to understand what it is doing, vigilantism isn't something that's considered legal in this country."
Winn looked over at Kara and noticed she had a look of concern.
"Hey who cares what that guy thinks right?"
"Uh you, isn't Maxwell Lord your personal savior?"
Winn then began to rant on about how much crap that he actually possessed of Max Lord himself but Kara's head was starting to gear more towards the Private elevator to the Queen of All Media.
"Drunk at 9:00 AM, that's the last time I have breakfast with Ruth Bader Ginsburg." The loud ding was enough to tell her it was her cue.
"She's here Winn."
"Now I know how you do that."
The alien made sure no one was around and lifted her glasses to close an eye while lifting the lid off the latte. Her eyeball grew purple as she shot a quick projectile of heat into the beverage before assuming her role as a meek perky assistant once again. Her boss came walking in, demonstrating her power as ever.
"Here's your latte Ms. Grant." The aging beautiful took the sacred drink without sparing a glance and gave it a much needed sip.
"It's…hot."
"Just the way you like it."
"Of course a concern you never showed until today, content meeting two minutes, my office,GO!"
"Yes Ms. Grant."
The main staff and editors were all lined up in the glass office as usual with the CEO moving from side to side in front of her expensive desk.
"We're all aware of the one and only National City Blur's latest debacle yes?" No one spoke for they knew the answer. It was also shown all over the screens behind the desk.
"It made sure no one will be surfing National City beaches for the next 10,000 years. Some hero, pardon vigilante." One spoke.
"It was the lead story on the Daily Planet home page, their fifth in many days, which annoys me because the Daily Planet already has their own go to image and superhero and now they are trying to steal my…Vigilante." The women put severe emphasis on the word.
"Now when I branded it there was a strict promise that it would be at a minimum, above average but in the past week especially from what happened today it has proven itself to be…oh what's the term I am looking for, below average." Kara slightly tensed up but regained her posture as she saw James looking at her from the corner of her eye. With determination welling up inside the former photographer spoke up next.
"You know Superman made plenty of mistakes when he first started, at least it's doing the best it can." The CEO's eyes turned to him.
"I the sloppiest most awkward way imaginable James, let's not forget that this thing comes and goes in less than a heart-beat wherever it is it probably hasn't realized what it has done until this very second. So it is left to us to take control of The Blur's narrative…I want an interview." The room went dead as Kara Sunny Danvers held back a rather large snort upon hearing her boss's demands, almost every eye in the room what now officially on her.
"Yes….Kiera?"
"Well….I…" the women knew that she could not escape the unintended attention she bestowed upon herself so she fixed her posture as best she and straightened out the chuckles she almost let out.
"Yes well….how are we going to pull that off exactly Ms. Grant?" The pampered women did not have time to answer for her assistant wasn't finished.
"I mean, if what you told me was true, that the Blur is what we see how in the world could we possibly get an interview. We don't even know what it truly is. Is it a human? Is it some lab experiment gone wrong? Does it talk? Can it talk?" she stopped at that point considering every eye was once again back on Cat and the women now faced her balcony windows in thought. Kara had a point.
"James." Every orb was now on the tall dark man.
"Perhaps your friend in Blue would be useful in arranging sit down. Maybe you could broach the subject the next time you "Bro Hang." After all, the Man of Steel is faster than a speeding bullet and has shown to have great speed. You could convince him to see to The Blur and in the near future we might get a glimpse as to what "it" is." The Media Mogul walked around her space to come face to face with the Olson heir.
He chuckled at first before becoming serious for his boss.
"It uh, doesn't really work that way Ms. Grant." Surprisingly she smiled in return.
"Hmm, well let me assure all of you, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and all the hags at the Daily Planet are working day and night to get this exclusive. We need to get it first." The women turned to quickly go around her desk.
"I want a sit down with The Blur. A girl to…whatever it is and I want it by, um, the end of the week. Go go." Thus concluding the meeting and everyone began to leave with Kara leaving the last.
"Not you, Kiera." The young alien turned back to face the CEO on instinct.
"Do you really think I don't know what's going on with you?"
"You do."
"No, and frankly I don't care but whatever it is it's affecting you at the office, now you need to join a gym, or see a shrink, whatever, but get your head out of the clouds and back behind the desk where it belongs." With a nod from the head of Kara she excused herself passed the glass doors and her tension returned as soon as she dropped the mask and joined James.
"I am not doing that interview. No way I can't. This goes against what I stand for and Ms. Grant's not stupid she'll recognize me in a second."
"She will look at The Blur right in the face and she will not even see her assistant." Kara gave him a skeptical look as they entered a more private part of the complex.
"Why because of the reading glasses and a good slouch? James I am not my cousin alright. No one must know who I am. I am not a hero okay. I work in the dark, both literally and metaphorically. I now have a name up in lights I don't need my face in them too." James took in the information but couldn't say anything at the moment.
"She's gonna keep pressuring you about that interview."
"Oh I can handle Cat Grant."
Now it was Kara's turn to enter a state of thinking. Where did it all go wrong? Well she knew already but the point she was trying to make was how did everything that was so good at first become all of a sudden bad. Here she thought she could become something great in her own way and she always believed it could be done. Especially with people who supported her all the way. But also, what good was all that when you make a fool of yourself in front of the world and now you're nothing but a joke. It was indeed true about the old saying where one mistake is enough to end it all.
The women turned around to face the city in all its magnificent glory. She nearly felt James's breath as he spoke into her ear.
"You know what I see when I look out this window? I see a city full of people who need help and a silent guardian who works in the dark, to serve the light." Kara couldn't help but chuckle at that familiar phrase before finishing it.
"We are Assassins." James let out a broad smile, knowing that the saying came from the video game franchise his nephew liked. Kara however was already heading towards the exit of the room.
"Thanks for the good pep talk James, excellent use, yeah." She made her way out without giving him a second glance.
Kara stood by the detectives as they worked on studying the corpse of the security guard. Her coat made her look like a big shadow in the dark room.
"What is she doing here." A very stern voice asked which belonged to none other than Hank Henshaw. Judging by the tone of his voice he could only be frustrated about the little accident The Blur had caused.
"I called her sir, we hunt aliens she is one." She turned her pampered face to greet them. Her eyes were mostly on Hank's and she knew the look he was giving her.
"Let's move on shall we? I won't cause any more oil spills." She turned back to crime scene and ignored the conversation between director and assistant.
"We need to find this alien fast."
"Not if she finds it first sir."
Kara noticed that one of the detectives pulled out a very odd like needle from the victim's body. Why did it look so familiar?
It took some time but they were back at the DEO, the case for the killer alien was still at large.
Kara had used this time to recall the weapon recovered from the human body and remembered that it belonged to a hellgrammite, a type of alien that her mother had imprisoned one night when she visited Kara in her quarters.
"You're looking for a hellgrammite." The Blur spoke with absolute as she placed her hands in the pockets of her coat.
"My mother sent one of their members to Fort Rozz." Alex studied the monitors more closely as Kara approached them from behind.
"According to the data we salvaged from Fort Rozz, there was a Hellgrammite prisoner." Hank pursed his lips as his assistant and her sister revealed the killer they were after.
"What do we know about his species?" he wasn't surprised when Alex didn't give a direct answer, the vigilante however, walked in front of the screens and faced towards them.
"It's basically a large insect, but it can camouflage himself into any shape he wants, including Human."
Hank joined the Kryptonian putting two and two together.
"A giant insect trying to steal bomb-grade chemical compounds, this job never ceases to surprise us." The Blur blurred to the other side near the exit.
"You guys track him down, and I'll take him out." she waited to hear any kind of remark from the man in charge and sure enough, she got one.
"Sure thing, Miss Danvers, you've proven yourself to be quite remarkable but we still have another thing we'd like you to try."
This caught her attention and boy was she in for a surprise.
"What are we doing in here?" Kara asked as they entered the dome like room with black rimmed edges.
"When I joined the DEO I spent 12 hours a day for five straight months in this room. We need to know if you're prepared for everything you might face out there." The sisters stood on the other end of the circular room with Alex typing in a few codes onto a data pad hidden on the wall.
"Alex we've been through this already what's it gonna take for me to show you I am fully capable of handling myself."
"You truly think you're ready?" the alien beauty didn't have time to respond as a fist flew in her direction. Lucky for her she managed to summersault out of the way and onto the giant steel platform that stood in the center. The room all of a sudden grew a dark green aurora. Kara would've asked what was going on but the atmosphere was enough to tell her everything. It was back, the green substance that weakened her to the point of almost rendering her useless was back.
"The room is emitting low levels of radiant Kryptonite." The vigilante was too shocked to response to Alex explained further in a voice so distant.
"Radioactive mineral from your home planet it weakens you."
So it even has a name, Kryptonite. She was so busy in doing what she was doing the past week that she had forgot that this very facility had the one and only thing that could weaken her. And now she was powerless, useless. The speed, her speed was gone. It took every nerve in Kara's body not to panic, especially since a now stoic Alex rose to the platform they were both standing on. A potential spar, that is what this was slowly becoming. Kara ignored Alex's lectures as she dealt with her thoughts. What was there to do? What could she do? Wait….that's it. Yes there was indeed a solution. She hadn't practiced in two years considering there was never any need to keep learning but there was a solution. Two years ago she parted with a close friend, Ashley Wu. A friend who was a great partner in college and taught Kara enough for her to potentially deal with what was going on in this situation. She couldn't guarantee that this would aid with passing colors but she had to try.
Alex began to circle Kara, studying and clearly concluding that she was going to have to teach Kara the initiation of self-defense the hard way on the behalf of Hank Henshaw. She took a step back as Kara got down to one knee while crossing an arm around her chest at a bent angle. Her other arm scraped against the ground and rose slowly into the air while closing her fist to bring it in to her face. She finished with slowly standing up while whispering a language unheard of by the human raise. Alex could've of sworn she heard Rao, the dormant Kryptonian deity that her sister taught her to secretly believe in the sentence.
Kara took in a calm breath as she pushed her palms to the side while also stripping her worry, paranoia, and doubt away from her body.
Two eye liner painted eyes stared into the eyes of the human and Alex had already taken a fighting stance.
"Now, come at me." Kara however didn't move an inch and instead made a move that almost caused the older sibling to drop her fighting posture. The coat cladded beauty extended her left arm out with her nail polished palm open facing Alex vertically, the other curved to her mid bicep and hovered as still as a statue, Basic Wing Chun, a practice rusty but unforgotten to Kara Zor-El, The Blur.
This was something Alex definitely did not expect, since when did her sister practice martial arts? With her elite skilled and practice and Kara's now awaiting posture, who knew how this could turn out but the agent grew tired of the silence. So she made the first move.
Alex made a quick charge while keeping her guard up precise and efficient. She made the move of landing a crouch blow but was parried by the right palm of her sister. Alex had expected this and brought her other fist to collide with Kara's face but instead she let out a yelp as her knuckles collided with the left elbow of Kara. She took several steps back as she flexed her fingers as they throbbed from hitting the much harder bone that it just punched. Kara on the other hand took no pride in what she did and switched her posture the opposite way. Alex sure as hell wasn't done and came at her once again this time delivering a sharp kick spin that would have immediately put down a new cadet but instead she found her leg smash against Kara's raised left palm and femur as she brought them up to protect her soft structured left side. Kara used this to her advantage and delivered a crane kick to Alex's chest considering the women slightly wheezed from hitting the bone in the Kryptonian/human body said to be stronger than concrete. Alex however mustered the courage to stand up once again. This time she no longer had that look of stern, but absolute shock.
"Since when and where did she learn how to fight?"
If there was one thing she learned from her sister during this spar was that Kara knew Wing Chun, an ancient art dating back centuries in eastern history that induced movements from 70% of the arms and 30% percent of the legs. But what good did it do recalling any of that if there wasn't any way she could use it against Kara. Alex was trained under strict military like combat that required decent mobility and precise thinking. Kara was using a much more soft structure and this made her less predictable that someone who would thoughtlessly charge at their enemy.
"70% percent of the arms." she mentally told herself.
Finding the perfect window, Alex did a fast crouched while also coming towards Kara. She extended a flexible long leg and wasn't surprised as Kara lifted her right one up slightly to avoid being taken out from underneath. Alex swiftly spun on the floor and brought the other leg around to repeat the technique only for Kara to stomp her biker boot right onto her sister's knee cap. This caused Alex to gasp but quickly saw the opportunity to land blows to Kara's own knee which was now on display.
The older sister was about to deliver a side swap to the Kryptonian's leg when all of a sudden it twisted to the side and Alex's knuckles connected with the jean covered knee cap finally causing the women to cry out in irritation and pain. Kara initiated the finishing move as she quickly clasped her sister's fist in her left palm and geared her manicured fingers towards the human's thumb. She squeezed the nerves with her digits, grabbed Alex's throat and took the remainder of her body to the ground before quickly summersaulting backwards just in case she decided to get up.
The agent was beyond stunned and catching her breath as her still had the strength to stand up. Instead of coming face to face with a powerless sister Alex saw her tamper with the buttons on the meter and she must've figured it out because the room all of a sudden died down back to its greyish blue atmosphere.
Kara ignored whatever words that were coming out of the agent's mouth and only focused on one thing that quickly returned to her. The speed, not her strength, not her heat vision, not her gale breath, to hell not even her flying, all she cared about was her speed. The Blur was back.
"Kar..."
*WWHHOOOOSSHHH*
After the signature sound effect ceased to exist no other man other than Hank Henshaw came in with a broad smile and arms crossed.
"I still can't believe made me do that." The inferior officer said to her superior with sadness in her voice.
"Oh if I recall Agent, she kicked your ass." Alex was in a way getting fed up about how her boss was treating her sister, one moment he's silently impressed by what she does then the next minute he's doesn't even want to spare a second glance.
"The Blur is needed more than you think sir, and it won't stop until it redeems itself from its failed mission."
Yellow sun or not Kara's limbs were killing her, especially her arms and lower legs. What could she expect from not practicing her Wing Chun skills in two whole years? She was extra careful not to drop the precious tray for her boss.
"Why are you walking like that?"
"I took your advice to get my head out of the clouds so I took up a Wing Chun class. I'm a little sore…" the assistant looked at the layout and gasped.
"NATIONAL CITY TRIBUNE: THE BASHFUL BLUR: FAILURE TO LAUNCH."
"I don't need you to read it to me. I wrote it and please get it to copy for the noon posting." The CEO finished with a sass not once looking up.
"I don't get it why is The Blur now being ridiculed for at least trying to save the city? I mean….when Superman first star…."
"He, he, he, him, him, him….I am so sick of hearing about the Man of Steel. Everyone should know that an unidentified entity has to set the example through actions not pretty looks, tights, and capes."
"And I am also recalling that a name was never necessary." The alien responded with a suggested grin.
"That was most likely before it carved it symbol into the abandoned building not too far from here." Kara was silent for a moment before gaining her act together.
"Well…if The Blur were to ever manifest itself…what would you suggest it do?" that was an easy one for Cat Grant.
"Calm the hell down. It's taking way too much way too fast despite its speed. It's not Superman you know? This inexperienced "thing" has just gotten up to speed in the public, both literally and metaphorically. There is a starting point in every business Kiera." She finished briefly for her assistant to realize what was going on.
"It's all about hard work and to get better. So how about we start small and work our way up hmm?" for a moment the soreness in Kara's body quickly went away and was replaced the knowledgeable works of her boss.
"She's right. Great Rao she is right. No one ever said this was going to be easy. But I have come too far to just go back to what I use to be. Okay, okay calm down. You can do this Kara Danvers. You can do this." the women became cheerful all of a sudden and made her way out of her boss's office to let her enjoy her lunch, ignoring the soreness that was now starting to disappear.
There next to her desk sat the goof ball of her best friend.
"Meet me in the alley way in five minutes." She walked towards the elevators as quickly as she passed him.
"Thank God you didn't say the roof."
When she arrived as The Blur she couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the two grown men trying to push each other back into the alley door of the building.
"He Knows?!" the tall and short man simultaneously asked.
"James already knew, and Winn's my friend…look, if I am going to be the vigilante that people don't see but can count on, I'm gonna need to practice. Start small and get better but still do it as fast as I move, which means I'm gonna need your help." She concluded with a black lipped smile.
"I'm in!" they both said again without a doubt.
Kara's grinned only increased as she took both their hands and all three disappeared into the world that was National City.
Whoooh ooooohhh whos that gal? Whoooh ooooohhhh who's that gal?
"Okay boys' whadda ya got for me?" the vigilante dashed across busy streets and startled several pedestrians as the Black streak zoomed past them.
She came out of the darkness in the middle of the night. Blazing like a mother with a fist of dynamite. She ain't fooling no -one on that pile of chrome and steel. Burning up the pavement like she was some kinda wheel.
"Armed robbery at a pizza place on 5th and Siegal." The voice of Winn spoke as he ate pizza and typed on his computer.
"Remember if you're truly trying to be what you are. Just do the routine of blurring in, knocking the bad guy out, and blur out." James countered as he studied the screen with smaller man.
She's looking for a rumble with some head about to bust. She's gonna take the tumble with one solitary thrust. The only thing bad guys are gonna do is eats her dust.
"Give me all the money." The burglar yelled as he fired several rounds into the busy pizzeria with the shotgun on both hands. A loud wind began to approach the area and just as the criminal looked out the glass doors he was met with an unseen entity as it collided against him and hit the wall dropping his gun followed the owner of the store now taking the fire arm to aim it at him while the manager called the authorities. The people looked around and there was no sign of the force that had disarmed the robber.
Who's that gal? Where did she come from? Who's that gal? Where can I get one? I never knew anyone could be so cooooool.
"Next."
"Ambulance caught on traffic in Donner Avenue, carrying a heart attack victim and they're not gonna make it to the City General in time." The former photographer chewed on his slice of pizza as the hacker pulled out several pieces for himself. He was too busy to say anything in protest.
Who's that gal? She's just amazing. From headlight to tail pipe her burners are blazing, looks to me like she could really flyyyy. Who's that gal?
Kara broke the lock off the ambulance and was greeted with the sight of two frozen in place paramedics who were tending to the victim of the heart attack. Its took a quick think for Kara to know which wires to disconnect from the truck before gentle placing one paramedic into the overly large bed of the hospitalized victim and one on the other side.
"Please fasten your seatbelts and keep your hands in feet inside the ride at all times, enjoy." She pushed the large roller bed from the ambulance quickly but gently through the streets of National City. The Blur was being extra careful not bring any harm to the three people. Her sights were set on the hospital and she brought it to the main entrance where she lifted both men from the bed to place them side to side while the dying man laid there with the respiratory machine still attached in his lap. Kara didn't stick around to see the looks on the Paramedics faces as they couldn't comprehend how they got here in the blink of an eye but all their attention soon geared back to the man in the bed.
"The Blur somehow managed to bring in a dying man to the hospital bed, treatments, and tenders together."
"It looks like we have another common but dedicated blazing save from The Blur."
"Looks like the world's fastest and anonymous vigilante is starting to live up to its name."
"Hey Kara heres' one from the fire Department. It's a classic." This was certainly interesting.
Whhhhoooo's that gal? Where did she come from? Whhhhooooo's that gal? Where can I get one? Whhhhoooooo? Whhhoooooooo? Whooooooooo? Who's that gal?
"Kara scaled to the top of the tree. One wouldn't say it would be easy when they are wearing biker boots but for someone like her, who could create the illusion of frozen time. It was almost literally a walk in the park.
"Does this look like a kitten Winn?" She expected no answer thanks to the illusion but the alien beauty focused back on her task. She effortlessly wrapped the python like snake around the little girl's arms and zoomed from the scene before she could so much as channel her senses to hear the name of the little girl's reptile. As the Kryptonian ran as fast as she could back home she sped through the park and nearly squealed at the sight of the cute familiar toddler who laid on a picnic matt eating a tasty vanilla ice cream. The child must have had a bad habit of spilling her favorite treat because this time her double scoop had fallen and was on the verge of falling into the children's book she was reading. Wasting no more time Kara skipped across the grass, bent down and scooped the dessert back into the cone of the girl's open palm. Without knowing the girl's face was nuzzled by Kara and now she was sure her day was made.
The three stood with the television turned all the way up.
"Precisely and well executed heroics by The Blur now has a grateful National City asking, what oil spill?" watch out Metropolis, don't blink or you might miss it."
The Kryptonian Speedster squealed like a school girl and ran around the entire complex at un-identifying speeds, shocking James and Winn in the process.
"I can't believe it you guys. It's working! It's actually working now they are starting to believe in this" she pointed her fingers to the giant white "B" on her chest. Winn raised an eyebrow at that but twisted the revelation.
"Believe in you."
Kara was happy, she truly was. And she owed it all to her friends that were standing in front of her. There was no way in Rao's all power could she have done it without them. She brought the two men into a big group hug in which they gracefully returned.
"I couldn't have done it without you both, thank you." at this point the three were ready to call it a night when all of a sudden there was a knock at the door. Kara reacted on instinct and used her x ray vision to see who was there. Sure enough it was Alex Danvers.
"God what did you order more Pizza? You are a beast." Winn's cruel joke was ignored as Kara, still in her Blur outfit made her way to the door.
"No Kara!"
"The coat!"
"The shirt!"
"The make up!"
Upon opening the door Alex stood there with a look containing sorrow, guilt, and understanding. She tried to initiate a conversation but the words just didn't come out strong.
"Can…can we…" enough was enough as the two loving sisters embraced one another and completely ignored every single thing that was around them.
A/N: So sorry for making yall wait this long. The holidays can be a nightmare sometimes. But I have some good news though. I am back and I am ready to update. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to read and review:) I forgot to mention, if yall were wondering what that song was look up Clark Kent-Who's that guy.