Kara looked out of the window as the plane descended. She honestly had no idea where they were, only that they were no longer in the United States and that wherever they were about to land was quite cold, as the m. She was glad they were about to land though since she had been cooped up in the plane for quite some time. Her attention was brought quickly back to the present when a hand reached across her and closed the visor covering the window. She gaze trailed up the arm until it reached the face of a frowning Roulette.
"Wait until we land. I have a few things to show you before you can go exploring." Kara nodded in silent agreement, and lurched forward slightly when the plane's wheels hit the tarmac. They waited in silence for a few more minutes until the plane had finished taxi-ing. Once the plane finally halted and the cabin door lowered, Kara was led out of the jet and into a tunnel leading into the earth that lit up with dim overhead lights as they passed.
"Where… are we?" Even though Kara spoke quietly, her voice still bounced off of the metal walls surrounding them. She used her x-ray vision to no avail, and realized that the walls must be ingrained with just the slightest covering of lead to prevent any Kryptonian from seeing what was held inside. She turned to face the taller woman, hopeful for a reply, but quickly was disappointed by the silent smirk that took over the brunette's face.
Eventually, they approached a part of the hallway that branch off into several different directions. Their pace was slowed to a halt by the red-clad woman, who pointed to the hallway to the left, "Down there you will find the entrance to the training facilities and miscellaneous other rooms. To the right are the living quarters. I will be showing you to your room later after some things have been dealt with." Her tone implied that she expected no reply from the hero. She placed her hand on the small of Kara's back to urge her forward. Roulette looked into a small biometric eye scanner and a low pneumatic hiss emitted from the doors as they slowly pulled apart. Voices suddenly filtered into Kara's awareness as soft light spilled through the ever-growing space between the doors.
"Sir, if you would just wait a little longer, I am sure that Miss Sinclair will have positive news to report when she arrives."
"You keep telling me to wait, and I have, Mister Lord. But my patience has finally run thin. You keep reassuring me that Roulette knows what she is doing, but I see no progress made by her. If she can't find my daughter, then I will."
Kara's chest heaved as it fought for oxygen and her eyes pricked uncomfortably as tears that had been held back for so long finally spilled over.
She stepped from the shadowy doorway into the red hued light of the large room, "Daddy? What...how are you here?" Shaking her head, she didn't wait for a reply before turning back to Roulette. Her hair whipped behind her as she turned and a snarl took over her face. Teeth bared, she gritted out, "What kind of cruel trick is this? There is no way that my father is here. He is in a prison in a pocket dimension, unjustly imprisoned for trying to save our people! What did you even think was going to happen? That you would give the Girl of Steel some hope that her family remained and then take it all away? That you would laugh at the poor, miserable alien girl? That this would break me? If so, you have another thing coming!"
Veronica hesitated upon seeing the raw emotion on the younger woman's face, and was about to go to her, but she was quickly pushed aside by the large intimidating man that Kara called father. She retreated to stand next to Maxwell Lord, her business partner. Together they watched in silence as the two were reunited.
"Kara, my darling daughter, believe me when I say that I feared we would never be reunited, but here we are." Kara looked into her father's pale blue eyes as she slowly reached out to brush her fingers against his face, "But, how? How are you here?"
"The machine that kept us imprisoned in the Phantom Zone was destroyed in Krypton's implosion. But it seems like Jor-el and the Council took every precaution to keep us locked up. They set our arrival point to the Well of Stars, where time does not pass. Your mother's cryostasis chamber was damaged and she escaped to free the rest of us."
He paused to take a breath, "Together, we took down our captors and commandeered the ship. We ensured that a tracker would be placed on your escape pod should it be needed. It seems our faith in Zor-el was well placed as he followed orders and did everything he could to protect you. He will be honored appropriately. We then followed the tracker here to Earth, but Fort Rozz landed in the ocean and sank beneath the waves."
Kara tilted her head to the side, why didn't you use force to break out? You must've had enough exposure to the sun to be strong enough for it."
Her father nodded, "We would've had it been made of anything besides Nth metal. It took five months before we were discovered by Mister Lord. He rescued us and used his business connections to start the search for you, since by then you had already left National City. You know the rest from there, daughter."
Kara embraced him and murmured, "I'm glad you're here, Dad. I truly thought I would never see you again. I missed you so much."
The low sound of the doors opening again alerted Kara to the arrival of two newcomers.
"I see we have visitors, dearest. Tell me, is it more scientists come to inspect us? Or have some new recruits arrived?" Zod stood to his full height and stepped to the side, revealing Kara to the newcomers.
"Kara…"