3 months later
It had been three months since Lena had left town to find her mother. 90 days and 12 hours exactly but Kara wasn't counting. She had thought about going after the CEO so many times she had lost count but she had always stopped after flying a few miles. She had to respect Lena's choice to do this alone but it was driving her crazy. She knew Lena was safe because the CEO's assistant, Jess, had assured the reporter that Lena was communicating with her by e-mail when the CEO's agreement was required in important decisions involving L Corp. Kara hadn't punched so many thing out of frustration since Lena was falsely convicted for Lillian's escape. Last week, after she had almost destroyed one of the DEO's training room again, J'onn had told her to find other ways to calm down and that in the meantime, she was banned from access until further notice.
That's why she was now somewhere in the Mojave desert, or, to be more specific, in the middle of nowhere. She was hastily putting all the rocks back in the crater she just made with a very angry punch as if J'onn would show up there and yell at her for destroying America's natural heritage. Kara just finished putting the last rock in what now looked like a giant ball pit made of rock when she heard that the rolling of the wheels on the tracks from the long distance western train intensified suddenly. Then, the loud sound of a crash resonated. She flew toward what seemed to be a derailing train, ignoring the vibrating of her phone. Rescue always goes first.
After Kara made sure that all passengers were safe and that the railway cars were all out of the way, she finally checked her phone. One missed call from the DEO and several texts from Alex. In the first one, her sister said that the DEO may have a lead on where Cadmus could be hiding and asked Kara if she wanted to join them for the local recognition. In the second one, Alex told Kara that the lead was serious, they had been able to identify at least Lilian and Cyborg Hank inside a secret facility and that they were going in. The last one only contained GPS coordinates that Kara supposed to be from the location of the raid. The Kryptonian looked at the time of the last text. It had been sent almost half an hour ago.
She never flew so fast in her life. She was on site a few minutes only after reading the texts from her sister. When she landed, she was greeted by a very smiling Maggie. The operation must had gone well.
-"Did you catch Lilian ?" Kara asked Maggie, her eyes darting everywhere in search of the evil woman.
-"Yep" the detective simply answered, pointing at a police van not so far away. "We got Cyborg Hank or whatever guys call him too, but that's not the best part" she added, her eyes twinkling with excitement.
-"What do you mean ?" Kara asked confused. And then, she saw them exiting a DEO ambulance. Alex and...
-"Jeremiah !" the superhero all but shouted, running toward the pair. He removed his arm from around Alex's shoulders and pulled his alien daughter in a tight embrace. Alex watched them fondly, then came to stand by Maggie.
-"I can't believe we finally brought him back" the DEO agent said, looking at her father talking to Kara.
-"Good job Danvers" Maggie replied, nudging her girlfriend with her shoulder proudly.
-"I can't wait to tell Mom" Alex spoke again. "Wanna come with us ?"
-"Yeah with pleasure. Not sure about little Danvers though."
-"What are you talking about ?" Alex asked the detective confused. "Of course she's coming !"
-"Oh I'm sure she will join us tonight but in the meantime, once you tell her who tipped the DEO about the Cadmus's location..."
-"Pff ! She would at least wait until we tell Mom before going to see her" the DEO agent scoffed.
-"Wanna bet ?" Maggie replied, smirking at her girlfriend. Alex crossed her arms, sighting exasperated.
"Come on Danvers !" Maggie exclaimed. "You know your sister better than me ! You're basically assured to win. It's a safe bet !"
-"There's no such thing as safe bet with you" Alex replied, turning her head to avoid her girlfriend's smirk.
-"What ? That's not true !" Maggie defended herself, her voice too high to be honest. "I didn't think of you as a sore loser Danvers" she then added, smirking mischievously at Alex.
-"I'm not !"
-"Well, what do you think of that" Maggie spoke again, more serious. "I give little Danvers 10 minutes after you tell her who informed you and then she's off".
-"10 minutes ?!" Alex repeated disbelieved. "Are you kidding me ? "
-"I know that Kara loves your dad like her own family but that girl disappeared on your sister twice already" the detective explained calmly. "She's like a fricking legendary Pokemon ! No way Supergirl is going to let that chance pass."
-"Mag, I know my sister ok ?" Alex said, looking confident. "She will stay at least one hour with us before going".
-"Hum... one hour" Maggie answered, rubbing at her chin thoughtfully. "Is that your final answer ?"
-"I said I'm not betting with you."
-"I take that as a yes."
Kara and Jeremiah rejoined the pair as Alex was still rolling her eyes at Maggie's antics.
-"You did it ! You stopped Cadmus !" Kara exclaimed enthusiastically and hugged her sister happily. "How did you find them ?"
-"Hum..." Alex started to say and saw Maggie smile in the corner of her eye. "Lena called me earlier" the DEO agent continued, "saying that she had finally found her mother's hiding place."
-"Lena ?" Kara asked immediately. "Why is she not here ? Where is she ?" the alien wondered quickly, looking everywhere for a familiar silhouette.
-"She said that she had to return to L Corp before the company collapse in her absence." Alex replied, glaring at her girlfriend when she saw Maggie hiding her growing smile behind one of her hand. Alex was sure that the CEO actually wanted to be as far as possible from her mother and that L Corp business was just an excuse. She decided to keep those thoughts to herself but it wouldn't have mattered if she hadn't. It wasn't like Kara was still listening to her anyway.
-"Well, I think it's time we pay Mom a visit, don't you think ? Alex asked her father, grinning.
-"Yes !" Jeremiah answered enthusiastically. "What do you say Kara ? You're coming with us ?"
-"You guys go ahead" Supergirl replied a little embarrassed. She didn't want to leave her family now that they were finally all reunited but she had to see Lena. "I'll stop by L Corp to tell Lena that the mission was a success" she finished, passing a hand through her hair, her other telling sign that she was nervous when she didn't have her glasses on.
-"You could call her" Alex quickly offered when she heard Maggie laughing quietly next to her. She wasn't going to lose this stupid bet about her sister. No way.
-"I prefer to see her. Make sure she's OK you know ?" Kara answered, smiling awkwardly. "I'll be quick, back in a jiffy !" she added, trying to reassure her sister that it would be just a quick formality whereas she was dying from anticipation on the inside.
-"Of course !" Jeremiah said, understanding. "See you later."
And with that, Supergirl was gone. So was Maggie self control apparently, as she burst out laughing, receiving a hard, but playful, shove from Alex.
Jess organized the mail neatly on her desk. She was glad that her boss was finally back from her three months vacation. She was starting to get a little bored in here. However, Jess was no fool. She knew what her boss's return implied. The blonde tornado was coming too. It was just a matter of time. That's why the assistant hadn't bothered to close the door of the hallway leading to her office this morning. She had her share of broken handle. To the extent that the company's locksmith started to think that she was into him. As if she was going to intentionally broke handles to see him again. Who does that ? Normal people ask for a telephone number, they don't break in other people's office ! Jess expected anything working for a Luthor but she never thought that the weirdest things would come from a regular visitor.
Suddenly, the blonde tornado was here. She walked right pass Jess so fast that she sent all of the neatly organized mail on her desk flying everywhere. Paperweight. How she hadn't think of that before ? What a rookie mistake.
Lena was putting all the paperwork that had accumulated itself on her desk in order when her office's door busted open. She jumped out of her skin and tensed but she relaxed the second she saw it was Kara.
The Kryptonian was a little dishevelled from her super fast flying but she still took the time to change back in her civilian clothes before crashing into Lena's office. For the first time since her numerous visits to the CEO's office, Kara didn't think about what she was going to say. She already knew exactly what she was going to ask Lena. She had wanted to do it for so many years now that she wasn't going to let the universe, even for just a second, a chance to stop her once again. The CEO didn't had the time to recover from the scare the blonde gave her that the words were out of Kara's mouth :
-"Lena, would you be my girlfriend ?"
It took a few moments for the CEO to realize what was happening, during which Kara closed her eyes and held her breath, mentally kicking herself for asking her question like this, out of the blue, without preamble. But when she opened her eyes a few seconds later, Lena didn't make fun of her. She didn't even laugh. She just smiled at Kara fondly and replied :
-"Yes."
Kara closed the distance between them at the speed of light and hugged Lena so happily that the CEO's feet hovered a few inches above the ground, eliciting a shriek from Lena. Then, when the brunette took Kara's face between her hands and kissed her tenderly, she discovered that even steel can melt at the right temperature, if Kara releasing her grip and gently putting her down was any indication.
After the kiss, still locked in their embrace, Lena whispered into her hero's ear that she loved her. As Kara said a soft "me too" in response, she thought that she may had landed on Earth 26 years ago now, but for the first time in her life she felt like she was finally out of the phantom zone.
Fin
Author's note : Yes, you read well my friends, this is indeed the epilogue. I want to thank all of you for sharing this journey with me, reading, reviewing, favoriting my little fanfic and even if this story is now finished, you can always follow me on Tumblr at 69reggaetongirl . tumblr . com so we could share SuperCorp goodies :)
Anyway, I may have another idea for a SuperCorp fic, an AU this time, but as you know, time and motivation are really tricky things so, stay on the look out, we never know ;)