Prompt #39:Cat and Kara officially resign their relative positions.
2036
Lexie was handed the cape over on a day at the beginning of summer. High school was over,she had graduated at the best she could,and was ready to take on the mission which had been her mama's. She had seen the DEO,both the HQ,several times,and still remembered the day she had walked through the main base,in the desert all those years back,and the giri with her grandfather and her ma. Today was of great celebration,so they were at the sede in the city,which was bigger and much more inhabited than the former.
"I know it's hard,but the moment has come. For 20 years you supported me,helped me in this fight. You were here long before me,and I know If you hadn't been here it wouldn't been as easy."
Said Kara rolling between them.
"I leave with an heavy heart remembering how good the chance was to collaborate with you,and how close I was to some. But I also leave,knowing this city will be in good hands."
Lexie came forward wearing her own dress.
"Those of my eldest daughter"
All those agents in there knew who her and Cat's kids were,they had watched as Carter and Lexie had grown up,were now watching the twins doin the same,and had come to know for many years now the relationship which had linked her to Alex. All of them were aware of the coasts which revealing such things to the public would've had. Kara herself had however chosen to not know. She had trusted Hank and then Lucy to know what to do without destroying people's lives. So far,nobody had spoken,either out of duty or affection,considering Lexie and the twins had had the chance to run around their legs,played with their devices and watched them train. Carter himself was part of the organization,and Alex and Hank had been examples of strength and morality which had her proud when they still got quoted. They would've probably lost their sight from all the eyerolls if they had heard how much of legends they had become between the young recruits,in the tales,mostly,of those who had met them,to the point of having extra limbs and superpowers which didn't even exist.
"It's her moment now"Kara pushed her a bit forth
"I gotta go and be with mom,ok?Good luck kiddo"
She left the DEO skyscraper into one of their cars and reached the Catco building in front of which a stage had been positioned and screens turned on everywhere to transmit the official announcement.
Kara climbed all the way up to the offices and spotted Cat in her own,sitting in front of her desk,with screens still on from today's news,deep in thought. Kara knew how hard it was and how much Cat had loved this job.
"Ready?"
"As ready as I can be"her voice wavered with emotion.
"We'll do this together. It's how we do it"
They climbed the stage in front of a crowd of thousands as they got connected to the whole city. From screens in the phone,pcs or just middle of the road,from the tv ones,they wuld've known,received the news.
"People of National City I can't describe to you the joy that I feel to see you as close as always,the trust you put into my hands and those of my friend,Supergirl."
To the city they were just Cat Grant and Supergirl,but they knew better. They knew Supergirl was married and with kids,who to?They still had no idea,nonetheless some paparazzi had to be greatly mislead to have no news of Lexie,which might have compromised them all after the almost kidnapping,though Kara suspected that maybe some had understood in time. She had always been afraid somebody might have hurt Cat if they had known.
"Twenty years ago,as I sat to my desk at CatCo I introduced you to one person of a kind,whom with great sense of justice has kept our city safe. Supergirl"
"People of National City,it's undescribable the love that I feel for this city and you. I do recognize Supergirl would've been nothing without you. Nonetheless my limitations,I tried my best to make sure you're safe and I hope beyond hope I managed. I made mistakes,I wasn't always there,as I would've liked to be,but I feel grateful for your unshakeable support. Some of the events of my life lately have brought me to consider such suffered decision,which his why with an heavy heart,and in great anticipation considering the chances I actually resign my position as Supergirl in favour of my eldest daughter and trust in you to have the same faith in her that you found in me"
There were some,lots of shocked faces. Kara knew that her resignment came pretty soon. Her cousin Clark was still doing things around. Followed by his kids as well,but he had given no sign to resign the position. Kryptonians had a way to live for a very long time,Kara was aware of having given Cat and the kids a chance to live a lot longer as well,and her 46 years were very few compared to everything else .
"Quiet,quiet. Supergirl will be answering all your questions"
"Supergirl you have been protecting the city for a long time,how come leaving right now?"
"Ah it's about a series of reasons which would be too hard to explain. As I've already anticipated I'd like more than anything to keep on being up there,but I also am aware of the fact that sometimes things must change."
She drew back from it,and watched Lexie come standing besides her.
"I'm aware of how surprised you must be"
They were. Some of them,most of them,had seen Supergirl be born,some had been kids,now men and women who remembered those first days with pride and trust for her. It was hard for them to have to let go. But most were also aware of the fact that Supergirl's journey wasn't ending there.
"And this makes all I have to say even harder. My company was like another kid to me. A place where I had the chance to give you news and try to pass them onto you in the easiest and most sincere way,without handing out any sentence if possible. CatCo taught me hard work,how people can change for the best,and it gave me the chance to meet the person I chose to spend the rest of my life with. I,with just as much sadness as Supergirl,see myself ready to resign my position as the CEO of CatCo."
There was another general gasp between the people surrounding them.
"Starting from today"
For several weeks they were all the newspapers talked about. They couldn't believe how much people had seemed to take the hard way their resignments. They also knew that Cat and Supergirl had never taken any choice without pondering it,and that it must have coasted them greatly to leave their positions. Some had unfairly said she had chosen to leave and be like a coward instead of giving her life up as an hero,but many instead,had supported her,and respected her wishes to keep the reasons behind resign hidden. Those who hadn't supported any of the two currents were those trying to speculate over what had occurred to make them both leave so suddenly. If it had been up to her,she would've stayed a lot longer,and pheraps been up there in the air with Lexie,but everyday she was feeling more and more tired. She was afraid it might be what it always was. Kara didn't want to say it.
