When Super Met Marvel

by: Sam Lincoln

Disclaimer: All the characters contained in this story are the propery of DC Comics and Warner Brothers. No infringement is intended.

Summary: Kara makes friends with a new hire at CatCo named Mary Bromfield. She's just a normal girl from Fawcett City, right?

Spoilers: This story takes place in between season three and four of Supergirl.


Kara woke with a start and found herself lying in a bed surrounded by sunlamps in the DEO infirmary. "What, where?"

"Supergirl," Alex said. "It's good to see you awake." She stepped into Kara's line of sight and rested a hand on Kara's arm.

"Alex, how did I get back here? The last thing I remember is getting sucker punched, again, by those robbers."

"You have your new friend to thanks for that," Alex said. She took a step back from Kara's bed and nodded to one side

Kara looked in the indicated direction and saw Mary leaning against a cabinet. A smile broke out on Kara's face. "It's you," she said.

"That's right, it's me, Ms. Marvel," Mary said. "I was flying around the city when I saw you were in trouble so I leant a hand."

"Thank-you," Kara said. "What are you doing here, in town, in general I mean. Not that I'm ungrateful for the help, but we haven't had a chance to speak yet and I'd really like that chance."

Alex folded her arms across her chest. "And I definitely want to talk to you about what your intentions are."

Mary toyed with the edges of her cape. "What I want? I want to live my life in private. That's why I moved to National City. I'm not looking to be a hero. I'll leave that to you."

Kara pushed herself up into a sitting position on the bed "Look, I don't want to force you into doing anything you don't want to, but are you sure? You can do so much good in National City."

"I've done the superhero thing, I've seen the cost, and I'm done with it. I know that sounds selfish, but I'm not like you. I can't do it anymore." Mary clenched her fists as she spoke.

Alex and Kara shared a look. "It's okay Ms. Marvel, we aren't about to draft you," Alex said. She held out a hand to placate Mary. "I'm just thankful you decided to put on your suit when you did. The DEO owes you a big debt of gratitude."

Kara frowned. "How did you know I was in trouble anyway?"

Mary shrugged. "It's one of my powers, I know things."

Kara and Alex shared another look. "What, er, sort of things?" Kara asked.

"Not like your secret identity if that's what you're worried about," Mary said. "It's more flashes of intuition. I had an insight to go to that warehouse, so I did."

"Lucky for me," Kara said.

"The Wisdom of Solomon isn't luck," Mary said. She unclenched her fists and sighed. "Sorry, that was uncalled for."

"What's the Wisdom of Solomon?" Alex asked. "Is that what you call your powers?"

"It's…I don't have the time to get into the source of my powers," Mary said.

"I don't mean to pry, but what are you?" Kara asked.

"Just a person who was gifted fantastic powers and didn't know the consequences at the time," Mary said.

Alex rested a hand on Kara's shoulder. "I think get the picture. Thank-you for your help Ms. Marvel, we won't keep you any longer."

"What hurt you?" Kara asked. "I know that look in your eyes, and talking about it is the only way to make it go away." Alex tried to tighten her grip on Kara's shoulder, but her hand cramped against Kara's Kryptonian skin. "I'm sorry, I'm being presumptuous again. Thank-you for saving my life, I hope you reconsider your decision, but I can't force you to do anything." She pushed herself off of the bed and walked over to Mary. "Remember though, you are not alone. If you ever want to talk to me about what happened to you I'm here." She wrapped her arms around Mary and hugged her. "Oof, it's like hugging Superman."

Mary smiled as she blinked back a tear. "That means so much to me that you'd say that. I'll think about if, I promise."

"We all need a shoulder to cry on," Kara said.

"But if you aren't ready to talk then you aren't ready to talk," Alex said, cutting Kara off.

"Right, what she said," Kara said.

"You can stop selling me, I'll think it over, " Mary said. "But right now I really do have somewhere else I'm supposed to be so." She motioned to the door with her thumb.

"No, by all means go, don't let us keep you," Alex said. "The DEO thanks you and you're welcome to come back anytime." Mary waved, then flew out of the infirmary.

Alex then rounded on Kara. "If I didn't think it would break my hand I'ld slap you right now."

Kara took step back from her sister. "What do you mean? I thought that conversation went about as well as we could have hoped for."

Alex pinched the bridge of her nose. "I'm not talking about Ms. Marvel Kara. I'm talking about you. I told you, no, I ordered you, to wait for the tactical team before you moved on those robbers."

Kara dropped her head and stared intently at her boots. "And I didn't listen to you and walked headlong into a trap."

"They have weapons designed to kill you. The only reason we're even having this conversation is because Ms. Marvel saved your ass."

Kara held up an index finger. "Okay, that's mostly true, but I was about to get my second wind when she showed up." The expression on Kara's face fell under the weight of Alex's glare. "Okay fine, I screwed up and should have listened to you. Is that what you wanted to hear?"

"No, that's what you were supposed to say," Alex said.

Kara frowned. "I don't think I was entirely in the wrong."

"We're a team Kara, not your cheerleaders."

"Oh no, I don't think of you or anyone at the DEO like that, but if they could stop me so easily, what would a DEO strike team been capable of doing?"

"For starters you wouldn't have been outnumbered," Alex said. She took a step towards Kara and hugged her sister. "I get that you want to keep everyone safe, but let us do our jobs. We are actually good at them"

"I'll do my best, but I'm not going to wait for backup all the time you understand," Kara said as she returned the hug.

Alex laughed. "I wouldn't expect anything less."

"I'm guessing the robbers abandoned their hideout?"

Alex nodded. "They burned it to the ground. Brainy is scouring the ruins looking for clues."

"What about the trick he used to find them the first time?"

"No luck there, it's almost like they knew about that vulnerability and used it to lure you into a trap. Brainy's detector hasn't found anything since you came back to the DEO."

"Do we know anything else about them?"

"Just that they're meticulous planners. We're coming through police reports right now. A crew like this, it's obviously not their first rodeo."

"That's a good idea, if we know how they operated in the past we can guess what their next target will be," Kara said as she stroked her chin.

"Yes Kara, that is the general idea," Alex said.

"Sorry, that was more for my benefit than yours," Kara said. "Do you need my help with anything?"

"Considering there's no one that needs to be punched right now no."

Kara set her hands on her hips. "I can do more than just punch things."

"That's very true," Alex said. "You also lift heavy things. You're very useful to have around."

"I'm also a reporter Alex, research is what I do."

"Oh you're a reporter? I never knew that," Alex said as she grinned at Kara.

"You're a jerk, you know that right?" Kara said.

"If we need your help going over the police reports I'll let you know, but we have a twelfth level intellect on the case, do you really want to take this away from him? He lives for this."

"I suppose."

"Besides, don't you have a day job you need to attend do?"

"I can do both at the same time. I'm working on a story about the robbery." Kara smirked at Alex

"Then go be a reporter and stop bothering me," Alex said. "Your story can't be all transcribed DEO reports."

"I wouldn't do that," Kara said.

Alex put her hands on Kara's shoulders and shoved her towards the door. "If we find anything I'll call you."

"Okay, okay, I'll go ask a few questions as Kara Danvers, intrepid reporter and see what I find."

"And if you do find anything call me," Alex said. "Don't try and concoct some reason why you don't have to, I don't want to hear it. If you have to move quickly fine, but give me a heads up first."

Kara locked eyes with Alex then nodded. "I'll be sure to do that."

"And if you don't just remember, I can call you mom, both of them."

Kara held a hand over her heart. "You wouldn't."

"You better believe I would. I'm the director of the DEO and I fight dirty."

"J'onn has no idea the monster he created," Kara said.

"Everything I do I learned from watching him," Alex said.

"Okay fine, I promise to call you before I do anything." Kara glanced at a clock on the wall. "But now I have to go. I promised Mary I'd treat her to dinner to celebrate her new job and I'm late."

"Don't let me hold you up," Alex said. "It's good what you're doing for her, it is lonely when you move to a new city."

"I do seem to recall saying that," Kara said.

"Go have dinner with your friend Kara," Alex said.

Kara walked into the restaurant she told Mary to meet her at. She adjusted her glasses as she searched for Mary then walked over to the table where she was sitting. "Sorry about being so late, I was working on a story about the jewelry store robbery and lost track of time."

Mary smiled at Kara as she stood up to hug her. "You don't have to apologize, I know how you reporters can get when you're tracking down a story."

They sat down at the table and a waiter delivered a menu to Kara. "That's right, you said your brother is a reporter?"

"Yes, for a local radio station in Fawcett City."

"Right, that's right." Kara glanced at her menu. "So how are you liking National City so far?"

Mary studied her menu. "I mean it's still early, but so far it's been everything I hoped it would be."

Kara smiled at Mary. "That's good to hear."

"So what's good to eat here?"

"Oh I like everything," Kara said. "And trust me, I've had everything."

"That's good to know."

"I don't recommend restaurants lightly," Kara said.

"I can tell you take your food very seriously," Mary said.

Kara closed her menu. "There's nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy what you eat."

"I never said that. I think it's an endearing quirk, and a valuable asset to someone like me who just moved to town."

"I suppose it is, are you ready to order?"

The rest of the meal was occupied with small talk about Mary's day at CatCo, and Kara's observations about life at the company. As the meal wound down and they settled their bills Mary took one final sip from her water glass, wiped off her mouth and looked over at Kara.

"You were right, that was delicious."

"I told you it would be," Kara cocked her head to one side. "What's wrong?"

Mary fidgeted with her napkin. "We need to talk, I know, I know, that's what we've been doing, but there's something I need to tell you, but I can't do it here. Meet me out back okay." Before Kara could reply Mary stood up and left the restaurant.

Kara followed her outside and found Mary standing in an alley behind the restaurant. "Mary, what's going on?"

Mary started to pace. "I probably shouldn't do this, but you want to be my friend, so you need to know this about me, and honestly, it's easier for me just to show you." Mary came to a stop and planted her hands on her hips. "Shazam!" Mary was enveloped in a bolt of lighting and when the blast faded she had changed into her Ms. Marvel costume. As Mary's eyes readjusted from the glare of the lightning she saw Kara standing in front of her with her shirt pulled open to reveal her Supergirl costume underneath.

"You were right, we do clearly need to talk," Kara said.

-To Be Continued-

Author's Notes: Hey there cool people. So I've been tardy getting these updates out. In my defense, typing and editing are super boring. The good news is there are just two chapters left after this and if I knuckle down I should be able to knock them out probmptly, maybe, hopefully, we'll see. Until next time thanks for reading.

-sam, 2018-11-05

ps: If you're reading this before the polls close on Nov-6 in the US and you're registered to vote. GO VOTE! Supergirl would want you to.