Hello my darling Superfans!

Thank you all SO MUCH for the crazy amount of feedback you gave on the question of season 2! Rest assured, it's definitely happening. Now you get to vote on where you want the second season to pick up. This last chap takes place three years in the future; do you want to see season two pick up right where this chap leaves off? Or do you want it in real time, picking up where the last chap left off? Either way it's not going to remotely resemble the season 2 that we've been watching on TV…it's just as I feared, the stupid CW has screwed it all up. Aside from actually allowing Alex to come out and have a girlfriend, which is amazeballs, this season has pretty much been a train wreck, hasn't it? It's like each one of the writers was locked in separate rooms, and they all had to write their part without having any idea what anyone else was writing. I miss Cat Grant so much. Sigh.

So that's the current poll: season 2 in real time, or season 2 picking up 3 years in the future? It's been an amazing ride on this story for the past year, thank you all so so much for coming along on the journey! I promise the next season will start SOON. But it will be a new story, so keep your eyes out for that, not an update to this story. Now, without further ado…the final chapter. Enjoy!

I'd Carry a Plane for You

Chapter 26: Epilogue

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Three Years Later

The sun was just beginning to peek through the gauzy purple curtains in Kara and Alex's bedroom; they were both still fast asleep, along with most of the city. Unlike most of the city, they had a ten-month-old puppy in their apartment, who did not care whether it was too early as he bounded up onto the bed, tail wagging almost frantically, and stuck his wet little nose in Kara's ear.

"Buster, no," the blonde girl whined sleepily, not bothering to open her eyes; she just reached out and pushed his snout gently away from her face. "Go back to sleep, puppy…" Rather than take the hint, the Golden Retriever just licked her hand. Kara giggled involuntarily, squirming ticklishly on top of Alex, who sighed and mumbled inaudibly in her sleep. The blonde girl's attention was immediately drawn from her adorable puppy, to her even more adorable wife, who she was currently using as a human pillow. Yawning softly, Kara propped herself up on one arm, a drowsy, unguarded grin spreading across her face as she watched Alex sleep. The puppy didn't like losing her attention, however, and he gave a little yap of distress, waking Alex with a jolt.

"Hush," the dark-haired girl murmured, still sounding at least half-asleep as she reached out and wrapped one arm over the squirming puppy, and he flopped down across her stomach happily.

"Buster, you're messing up my game," the blonde girl complained seriously to the overexcited puppy. "I was gonna wake your mommy up with my tongue!"

"Well that's what you get for not locking the bedroom door," Alex mumbled with a yawn, ducking her head against Kara's arm and burrowing into her, the way she always did when she was just waking up.

"If we lock the door…he'll never learn," Kara argued sleepily back, the same lighthearted but persistent argument they'd been having for months over the best approach to puppy-training.

"Said the girl who just got cock-blocked by a Golden Retriever," Alex snickered. "If we don't lock the door, you realize, we're never having morning sex again." Kara's eyes narrowed mischievously, completely awake and alert now.

"Oh, you think so?" The blonde girl smirked in that playful, overconfident way that Alex knew so well. It usually meant that Kara was about to show off for her, in some way that would mean Alex didn't have to lift a finger to get what she wanted. She grinned languidly.

"Mm-hmm."

"Looks like a job for Supergirl," Kara pronounced, her blue eyes sparkling with mirth even as she pretended to be so very serious.

"Look Buster, Mama's gonna save us from the forces of evil," Alex murmured to the puppy, ruffling his soft fur. Buster yapped excitedly, dancing around the bed with his tail still wagging uncontrollably. Kara smirked. Then she zoomed out of bed so fast, she was nothing but a blur. A moment later, the puppy leapt to attention on top of the covers as he heard the sound of his food being poured, and scrambled frantically off the bed, racing to follow Kara down the hall. Alex giggled quietly to herself. Another whoosh and blur of motion, and Kara was back under the warm covers.

"I locked the door this time."

"Good. That means I don't have to rush through teasing you until you scream, just because I don't know how long we have before we'll be interrupted…" Alex crawled on top of Kara on her hands and knees, and Kara threaded her fingers through Alex's hair, pulling her down into a warm, slow, unhurried good morning kiss. The minutes stretched out endlessly as they got lost in each other, skin to skin; but just as the sun was fully rising outside their window, Alex groaned softly and pulled away.

"Lex? What's wrong?" Kara panted, flush-faced, her blue eyes still glazed with desire. "Are you gonna throw up again?" In answer, Alex just scrambled out of bed and ran to the bathroom. Kara sighed and followed her.

…...

"God dammit…I'm sorry, Kar," Alex panted weakly, falling back against the cool tile when she was finally done puking. Kara just stroked her hair back from her face, and kissed her forehead, passing over a little Dixie cup of water from the sink. Alex took a small sip, and grimaced.

"Please don't say you're sorry, baby," Kara shook her head with a sympathetic little half-smile, concern etched across her face. "Just say you'll let Dr. Schwartzman check you out today, okay?" Alex closed her eyes and whined childishly.

"Karaaaa, I'm fiiiine," the dark-haired girl moaned, standing up a little shakily as if to prove her point. "See? All good. Just a minute of badness, it's totally over."

"Until tomorrow," Kara replied stubbornly. "You've been throwing up every morning for a week. That doesn't strike you as odd? Seriously, I'm starting to freak out a little. Please humor me?" The blonde girl fell back on one of her only failsafe options in this type of situation—make it something Alex was doing to make Kara feel better, not something she was doing for her own sake. It was the only way the blonde girl ever got her stubborn human into the nurse's office in high school. Alex sighed impatiently; and Kara knew she'd won this round.

"All right, all right, my overprotective little ball of sunshine."

"Thank you." Kara smirked, ignoring Alex's eye-roll and kissing her on the cheek.

"Mm." Alex grabbed her toothbrush and hastily brushed her teeth; the second she was done, Kara was on her again, pushing her up against the cool tile wall and kissing her hard. Alex kissed her back; but then she gave another little whine of protest. "Don't be mad, bluebird…"

"I'm not mad. What's wrong?" Kara asked anxiously, cocking her head to assess Alex up and down.

"Nothing's wrong, I just…really want breakfast. Like, right now."

"You were just throwing up five minutes ago."

"Yes dear, I know. I was there."

"So don't you think you should take it slow on your tummy? It might not be ready for food. Maybe just some crackers or something?"

"Kara, I swear to God, if you don't feed me in the next five minutes I am going to eat the dog."

"Okay, okay," Kara laughed. "Come on then, my beautiful little freak. What do you wanna eat?"

"Waffles. And chocolate milk. And bacon. Do we have any bacon?"

"Nope."

"Will you go get some?"

"Right now?"

"Pleaaaase babe?" Alex batted her dark eyelashes and pouted. Even after three years of marriage, Kara still felt her knees turn to jelly when Alex looked at her like that.

"You're lucky that making you smile is my prime directive," the blonde girl grinned indulgently. Alex grinned back hugely, and kissed her.

…...

When they arrived at the DEO, Kara had to literally drag Alex by the hand into the med bay, insisting that she get checked out first thing. Alex whined and argued and complained; but she allowed herself to be herded into the doctor's office, knowing in the end that it was important for Kara to hear from someone with an actual MD that Alex was perfectly fine, thank you very much. How could she be sick? She'd just eaten almost as many waffles as Kara…and that was really saying something.

"Good morning my dears," Dr. Schwartzman smiled genially at them when she saw them walking into the med bay. "Something I can do for you today?"

"You can figure out what the heck is wrong with Alex," Kara said anxiously, pushing her resistant wife down to sit on the exam table.

"Alternately, you can also tell Kara that nothing is wrong with Alex, so she can just stop worrying," the dark-haired girl said sardonically. The doctor raised an eyebrow impassively.

"Lexie, come on. Something is wrong," Kara glared, folding her arms stubbornly. Then she looked back to the doctor, making her case to her now, since Alex was obviously not going to hear it. "She's been puking her guts out every morning this week."

"For ten minutes," Alex jumped in, her glare just as stubborn. "Totally fine after that. Twenty-three hours and fifty minutes of fine. Ten minutes of puking."

"Every day for a week," Kara persisted. "And then she eats like a starving person. She ate as many waffles as me today! Do you know how many waffles I eat, Dr. S? I'm worried she has an alien parasite or something. Have any of the DEO's busts in the last month shown evidence of parasitic activity?"

"Okay, let's take it one step at a time," the DEO doctor nodded, all business now as she took her time giving Alex a thorough and diligent check-up. All her vitals were normal; no sign of infection. Then she pulled out a needle to do a blood test; but when she pushed it against Alex's arm, instead of penetrating her skin, it snapped in half.

"What the fuck?" Alex stared down at her arm in shock. There was no mark at all where the sharp needle had touched her skin; she hadn't even felt it. Kara said nothing, but her eyes were wide as dinner plates.

"All right, I think we're getting warmer," Dr. Schwartzman said calmly. Alex grabbed a scalpel from the tray of instruments beside the exam table, and flat-out jabbed it into her arm—or, she tried to. The scalpel snapped in half just like the needle.

"Okay Kar, you win. You wanted me to freak out? I'm freaking out."

"I didn't want you to freak out, I just wanted you to take your healthcare seriously!"

"Can we hit the pause button on the freak-out?" Dr. Schwartzman calmly rolled the tray of useless tools away, and brought over the portable ultrasound.

"What are you looking for?" Alex asked warily. The ultrasound didn't scare her; but wondering what it would show? That was a different story. "Do you really think I have an alien parasite?"

"Should I get J'onn? He could tell us if any of the aliens in DEO detention have parasitic properties," Kara jumped in anxiously.

"I think I'll do a better exam if everyone stops talking," the doctor pointed out, calm and cool as ever. Kara and Alex both fell silent; and for once, Alex was an obedient patient, lying back on the table and allowing Dr. Schwartzman to cover her stomach with cold goop before she pushed the plastic ultrasound wand across Alex's skin. "Well my dears…it looks like you've got yourselves a little alien parasite, after all. At least, half an alien." The older woman was smiling. Kara and Alex just started at her in confusion.

"What?" Alex raised one eyebrow uncertainly.

"Congrats, Mommies. You're pregnant."

"What?" Alex squeaked again, in an unnaturally high-pitched voice. Kara said nothing at all, wide-eyed as a deer in headlights. "You're kidding, right? This is doctor humor? You do realize girls can't get each other pregnant?" Alex stared at the doctor uncomprehendingly.

"Human women can't get each other pregnant," the older woman corrected her.

"I think we would have heard about it before this if women were getting each other pregnant on Krypton!" Alex exclaimed, sounding a little hysterical now. Kara was still silent as a statue.

"Alex, breathe," Dr. Schwartzman instructed calmly, putting a steadying hand on her shoulder. "Take a breath…you are pregnant, sweetie. You are. We can speculate as to the science behind it—I have some theories. But regardless of our level of understanding, little Grey-Danvers is coming. She doesn't care if we get it or not."

"She?" Alex asked quietly, her voice much more subdued now as she stared at the ultrasound screen, trying to make herself see what the doctor was seeing. All she saw were black and white blobs. "It's…it's a girl? You can tell already?"

"Not from the ultrasound, no. It's too early for that. But common sense dictates that two people with only X chromosomes, can only make another person with only X chromosomes," the doctor shrugged.

"Common sense also dictates that girls can't get each other pregnant," Alex pointed out.

"Yes, well. I'll have to do more research, of course. Certainly, Astra will be an important resource. But it's not unheard of—even here on earth—for this to happen, at least in the animal kingdom. The West African Common Reed Frog has the ability to spontaneously change sex by means of a chemical catalyst when reproduction rates aren't high enough to sustain the population. Kara's physiology must have some similar, dormant property, and it senses that Kryptonian reproduction rates on this planet are nonexistent."

"Kara's not a frog. And she definitely did not change genders! I think I'd notice that," Alex scoffed disbelievingly. "And even if she could do that, it wouldn't make a difference, because humans and Kryptonians are not biologically compatible! Clark and Lois have never been able to have a baby, and they have all the right equipment."

"I have some theories about that too," Dr. Schwartzman nodded, not missing a beat. "Mostly revolving around Kara's solar flares…like during the eclipse, about six weeks back? Can I assume you were…intimate during that time?" Alex and Kara just started at her blankly. "I'll take that as a yes." The doctor repressed a small grin. "This is just a hypothesis of course…but I've theorized for years now that humans and Kryptonians are perfectly compatible, in fact. Our physiology is almost identical. Lack of compatibility was never a problem…it's the impenetrability provided to Kryptonians here on earth, by virtue of our yellow sun, that's gotten in the way. Kara's body—and Clark's, and Astra's—they're all impenetrable. Just like you apparently are now. The baby is protecting you." She gestured to Alex's stomach, and the dark-haired girl unconsciously raised a hand and rubbed the spot just below her bellybutton with her thumb.

"And when she solar flares…she's not impenetrable anymore," Alex completed the thought.

"Exactly so." The room fell eerily silent for a moment, as they all struggled to absorb this gigantic new piece of information. Then Alex suddenly realized that Kara hadn't made a sound since Dr. Schwartzman said the word "pregnant."

"Kar? Are you okay? What are you thinking?" Alex asked gently, alarmed by Kara's expression. She looked terrified, and she was pale as a sheet. "Is it…are you…do you not want this?" Alex's hand unconsciously gravitated back to her stomach protectively.

"No! It's—it's not—I didn't"—Kara stumbled over her words, apparently unable to commit to a full sentence. "Lexie…I'm so sorry…" Her blue eyes filled up with tears. Alex stared at her uncomprehendingly.

"You're sorry?" the newly-bulletproof girl stared at her wife blankly. "What kind of thing is that to say? What the hell are you sorry for?" Kara just shook her head, unable to speak as the tears began to spill down her face. With a choked little sob, she ran out of the room, barely even aware of the fact that she was using her super-speed until she found herself back above ground, desperate for fresh air. A moment later, Alex was there beside her.

"H-how did you do that?" Kara hiccupped, trying hard to stop her tears.

"Guess the little one got more than one of your superpowers," Alex shrugged with a glowing smile. The rich desert sunlight was filtering through her dark hair, bringing out deep mahogany highlights. "It'll be fun finding out what else she can do…what I can do, I mean. For now." Kara sniffled and wiped her eyes, but didn't say anything.

"So…" Alex said slowly, unused to this unmooring sensation of not knowing what Kara was thinking, what she was feeling. They were usually so in sync. But right now, the blonde alien girl seemed to be completely flipped out—and not in a good way. And Alex was at a complete loss as to why. They'd always wanted kids, they'd talked about it before…of course, they'd always assumed they'd adopt. Alex had insisted from the very beginning that if she couldn't carry Kara's baby, she wasn't going to carry a stranger's. And now…this new development was nothing short of a miracle. Kara would not be the last Kryptonian, after all. The bloodline of the house of El would live on. Why wouldn't Kara be happy about that?

"Babe? Are you going to say anything?" Alex asked gently. "You don't…you don't want me to get rid of it…do you?" That snapped Kara back to attention.

"Oh, Lexie, no…no, no, never," Kara shook her head, wrapping her arms around her zrhueiao and holding onto her so tight…so tight, it should crush her bones to powder. But it didn't. Kara was hugging Alex with all her strength, and Alex was hugging Kara back just as hard. Not yelping in pain or falling down. "I'm just…so scared…what kind of life is she going to have? How are we going to deal with a baby that can literally tear the house down if she doesn't want to eat her strained peas? Oh, Rao, Alex, it was hard enough for me to deal with having powers when I was thirteen…but to think about being burdened like that as a baby…it feels so cruel," Kara whispered, burying her face in Alex's neck.

"Shh, bluebird, it's okay…it's okay, we'll figure it out," Alex promised, pulling back just enough to force Kara to make eye contact. "Clark was three years old when he got his powers, and he grew up just fine. He'll help us. Astra will help us. The DEO will help us. Eliza and Jeremiah will help us. We've got a whole village, Kar. This baby is going to be so loved, we're gonna give her everything…you do want this, don't you?" Alex's dark eyes were glittering with insecurity; and suddenly Kara felt like the biggest jerk in the galaxy.

"Lexie…of course I want this…you're having my baby…" Kara's tears suddenly turned into laughter.

"I know," Alex grinned back dazedly, giggling almost deliriously. "Our lives are never boring, huh?"

"Alexandra Caroline Grey-Danvers…you are the best thing that's ever happened to me," Kara beamed, wrapping both arms around her beautiful girl's neck and kissing her soundly, until there was no room left for doubt. "…And now I get to have two best things that ever happened to me."

"Really?" Alex asked in a small voice; and then she was crying too.

"Yes, yes, yes…" Kara murmured, pressing their foreheads together in love and comfort and trust, just as they'd been doing since they were kids. "I'm sorry I freaked out, Lex, I'm so sorry…you deserve so much better than that…" Kara swept her beloved up into her arms as if she were no heavier than their ten-month-old puppy, and kissed her again. They didn't even notice their feet floating up off the ground, as their happiness turned into weightlessness.

"Kara…" Alex murmured when they finally came up for air.

"Hmm?" Kara murmured, her eyes still closed with her head leaning against Alex's.

"I'm floating." That snapped Kara back to attention, and her eyes flew open with a jolt. They were both hovering about ten feet above the dusty desert floor…and though they were touching, Kara was definitely not holding Alex up.

"You can fly." Kara beamed hugely. "Lexie, you can fly!"

"At least for another seven months or so," Alex laughed. She let go of Kara and did a clumsy flip in the air, trying to figure out how to control her strange new power. "Damn, this is so freaking cool…thanks, alien baby!" She spoke directly to her stomach, and Kara laughed delightedly, a real, full-on, ball-of-sunshine Kara Danvers laugh.

"Thank me, I'm the one who knocked you up." Kara puffed her chest out proudly, as if this were some kind of personal achievement she'd worked towards.

"Thank you, bluebird." Alex wrapped her arms around Kara's neck and kissed her. "Thank you…thank you…" Kara's arms wrapped around Alex's hips, and Alex gently took one hand, pressing it over her stomach and holding it there. Kara rubbed her thumb in gentle circles with a soft sigh of happiness.

"Our parents are going to be unbearable," the blonde girl giggled. "Oh, Rao, and Astra…" Alex laughed too.

"Let's not worry about that right now, okay?"

"Okay," Kara agreed easily.

"Right now…I just want to play hookie and go flying with you. Baby's first flying lesson. You up for it?" Alex grinned hopefully.

"Are you kidding?" Kara beamed. In response, Alex just wiggled her eyebrows, and took off a little clumsily into the wide blue sky. "Hey!" Kara shrieked, giggling again, and bolted after her. Damn, Alex was fast! Kara was definitely going to have to work on her speed now…especially if she wanted to keep up with her kid by this time next year. Life on earth didn't get much better than this.

The End! Kara and Alex say thanks for reading :)