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A/N2: Happy 4th of July to my American readers!
Chapter 5
"Hey Lena," Kara answered her phone on the way to the elevator.
"Hey yourself. How are you doing? I'm glad you finally answered," her friend said.
"I'm sorry about that. I've just been struggling…" the blonde realized that she was finally admitting it to someone out loud. The thoughts had been in her head but until now, she could have denied it.
"You were there for me and I want to be there for you but to be honest, I didn't know how. I didn't want to make it worse which is why I was hoping you'd answer your phone," Lena admitted.
"It's not your fault. I didn't know what to say," Kara told her.
"I'm not sure how it isn't my fault. I helped develop a weapon that forced your boyfriend to leave this planet. There are no words for that and certainly no Hallmark cards," the raven haired woman couldn't hide her own emotions. Kara could hear the hurt in her voice and knew that Lena was bothered by her decision. Rao knew her mother wasn't and the blonde wondered if telling Lena her secret would be better to do now rather than waiting for the secret to come out some other way.
"Can we meet for lunch tomorrow?" The blonde asked.
"Absolutely. You think you can get away from work for more than an hour?" Lena wanted to know.
"If I tell Miss Grant I'm interviewing Lena Luthor, then I think she won't ask too many questions," Kara told her.
"Why Miss Danvers, lying to your employer? I never expected such scandalous behavior from you," Lena chuckled. Despite everything, they had managed to fall back into their friendship's rhythm and it felt good.
"I'm just full of surprises. I'll send you a text when I'm leaving the office tomorrow," Kara smiled.
"I shall await the text then. Have a good night," Lena said.
"You too," with that the phone call was over and Kara walked into the elevator. The ride down was quiet but when the elevator door opened, she got a text from Alex.
Nothing new yet. This is going to be more difficult than we thought. As for the suit, Winn is making good progress. Doctor Milo says he thinks new bandages will help your messenger accident from this morning. She said. The last part was code. The only problem with the suit idea is that they'd have to get Mon-El before they could test it.
That doesn't sound good. Good news on the suit. Barry will help with the bandages. See you tomorrow. Kara replied as she exited the building. She hailed a cab, wanting to get back to her apartment as quick as she could without flying.
Be careful. See you tomorrow. Alex told her. Kara smiled slightly as the cab drove through the streets. It didn't take long to reach her place and she paid the driver. Once upstairs, she retrieved the little device that Barry and Cisco had given her for easy transport to their Earth. She activated and then she was gone.
Kara tumbled out of the opening created by the device and landed in the middle of Star Labs. Suddenly alarms went off and froze. There was a sudden whoosh of air and Kara smiled, glad to see that Barry was there. It was only after the person stopped that she realized it wasn't Barry.
"Wally?" Kara knew he had powers but he wasn't the first one she expected to see.
"Kara. What's wrong?" He answered her question with a question.
"I need Barry's and Caitlin's help," she said. The look on Wally's face made her nervous.
"What's going on?" Cisco rushed into the room.
"Cisco! I need to talk to Barry and Caitlin," Kara said.
"Oh boy," Cisco heaved a sigh. Iris walked into through the door followed by her father Joe West. It was then that Kara realized something really serious was going on.
"Where is Barry? Caitlin? HR?" The Kryptonian gave them a look.
"Barry is in the speed force. Caitlin went Killer Frost on us and HR died," in the room walked Earth-2's Harrison Wells.
"Oh Rao," Kara couldn't believe it. Cisco gave Wells a look.
"So that's what's been going on here. What's been going on with you?" Wally tried to lighten the mood.
"Mon-El's mother tried to take over the planet. In order to save everyone and get the Daxamites to leave, we discharged lead into the atmosphere. Mon-El told me to do it. I didn't want to but it was the only way. I had to send him into space; it was the only way for him to survive," Kara slumped her shoulders. She suddenly found herself in a hug. Iris knew all too well what she was going through. They released each other and Kara smiled slightly at her.
"What can we do?" Cisco asked.
"Well the pod that he left in got sucked into the Phantom Zone. It means he's safe but he's not actually living. Basically, he's stuck in stasis. We've been working on a way to be able to bring him home to my Earth but we've been unsuccessful in finding a way to neutralize the lead in the atmosphere without a spacesuit or some kind of bubble. We have a containment unit that we could bring him into but if he can't leave it, there's no point in bringing him home. I would rather he be free to find a new life than live in a bubble," she explained.
"So you were hoping that Caitlin could develop some sort of cure?" Wally wondered.
"Maybe. I don't know. I just…" Kara heaved a sigh.
"Know that you're not as close as you'd like to be," Joe spoke up.
"Yes but you guys obviously have more going on here. Anything I can do to help?" She asked.
"On our end, I don't think so. We're still trying to figure everything out. Wally is protecting the city and we've got Wells to help us. What has Winn tried?" Cisco wanted to know. Kara reached inside her shirt and pulled off the bandage that Doctor Milo had put on her.
"A suit with these sown in. They are flexible, portable, concentrated yellow sun rays which would make it easier for me to go to work if I have any injuries that would be small enough to cover up. They came in handy today when someone tried to shoot me with Kryptonite bullets," Kara shook her head.
"That sounds like fun," Iris said.
"Oh loads. Since Daxam was a sister planet to Krypton, yellow sun rays give us our powers. Mon-El has super strength but his other powers haven't developed yet. Our guess is that more exposure to yellow sun would allow those powers to grow. So if he wears the suit for a while, its high doses of sun would help him build up an immunity to the lead but at this point, it's only a guess," the blonde explained.
"How close is Kryptonian and Daxamite DNA?" Harrison Wells finally spoke up. His silence was uncharacteristic so everyone turned to look at him.
"Fairly close. We are sister planets. Though I think Doctor Milo could offer more insight. He worked for our Star Labs before working for the DEO. He knows the most about it," Kara responded.
"Perhaps I need to meet this Doctor Milo. I have an idea but it's not exactly what you would call ethical," Wells said.
"How unethical are we talking?" Cisco gave him a look.
"Well on my Earth, there was a thought that we could cure the metahumans of their issues. The only way to do this though would be to manipulate their DNA. Change it back to the way it was – or try to. Needless to say, it failed miserably on the first few attempts. It killed the voluntary patients and the program was shut down. I always thought they were close to a solution but metahuman DNA has already been mutated. Trying to mutate it back was perhaps too ambitious. The best thing probably would have been to find a way to shut off their powers. I had been trying to work on it more in my spare time but things kept me from it. I only recently started working on it when we discovered that Caitlin was having issues," Wells filled in.
"Why didn't you say something?" Cisco demanded.
"Give everyone hope when there might not have been any? Her being Killer Frost was better than killing her. Especially since she was able to keep her powers under control with those bracelets you made," Wells said.
"Boys, I have no idea what you're talking about but how can this help?" Kara wanted to know.
"No promises but what if we could turn Daxamite DNA into Kryptonian DNA?" Wells postulated.
To Be Continued…
This may be uncharted territory for Supergirl but Batman Beyond put something similar into motion. With access to different Earths and different technology, I'm hoping you'll be along for the ride. :)