"So that's your big plan?" Kara asked with a raise of her brow and in Cisco's direction. It sounded feasible, but even if she didn't know them, she wasn't entirely sure if she'd show up with that plan alone.
With a smile and a nod, Cisco nodded his head, "'course. We just go to the top of STAR labs and shout her name. If she's any kind of hero she'll just show up."
"You're usually good at these kind of things Cisco, but I have to say, this plan sounds like it's doomed from the beginning. Besides, you were the one who named her Supergirl, you can't be entirely sure that she'll even respond to a name like that," Caitlin shrugged with a purse of her lips.
Kara refrained from chuckling before clearing her throat and fixing the glasses that were set upon her face. The doctor had a point there. Cisco looked slightly defeated as he stared upon the two women and sighed.
"Barry would think this is a good idea," he mumbled before folding his arms across his chest.
"Speaking of," Kara began, turning her head, "wasn't he just here?"
Downstairs, Barry had ran to meet Dr Wells. Of course, he thought that Cisco had a pretty solid plan, but seeing as his last one had failed so poorly, he was more invested in talking to his mentor more than anyone else right now. Besides, if this Supergirl was part of Zoom's meta-team, Wells would be the one to recognise her the quickest.
"Here," the speedster started, lifting a remote from the table behind the man and pointing it in the direction of the screen that sat in front of him.
Harrison, who had been writing equations on his board, sighed and turned his head. Barry always had a bad habit of disturbing him when he didn't want to be disturbed. Which was nearly always. "Mr Allen, I thought I told you…" He paused, letting his eyes catch the screen in front of him, "fascinating," he began, lowering the glasses upon his face an pushing them into his hair.
Watching as a woman flew King Shark into the air so effortlessly and at speed had caught his attention and he was now very interested in why Barry had arrived to show him this.
"Is she from your Earth?" The Speedster questioned with his brows raised before walking closer to the screen and pointing to Supergirl. "If she is, is she good? Can we trust her? She saved my life earlier."
Wells, who had been carefully studying every small movement on the screen turned his head. "No," he mumbled, "she is not of my Earth. A meta from this one I'm presuming. Brute strength, flight. Did you catch her name?"
"Cisco has opted to name her Supergirl. He wanted to make Kara nostalgic for home. She has a Superman there."
With a nod of his head, Wells continued looking at the screen, "what do you want from me Mr Allen then? In regards to this, "Supergirl?"
Barry bit down on his lip and scratched the back of his neck. "I think she can help us take down Zoom. If she's not on his team, we can make her be on ours. Think about it, she can fly! Boom, advantage number one. She looks strong, really strong. She won't be so easy for Zoom to take out. We'd be idiots to not at least try-"
"Absolutely not."
"What? But Harry-"
"She may not be on Zoom's "team," Mr Allen, but that doesn't mean she'll automatically be on ours either. This is our fight. Not hers. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't be gracious for her heroic efforts, but a simple thank you will suffice. That is all."
Barry, who was now frustrated, ran a hand through his hair and looked down at the floor. He of course had been an idiot for even suggesting something so out there to Wells. He was never open for change.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr Allen. But like I said. This is the Flash's battle. Not "Supergirl's."
Clicking his tongue, Barry nodded and put the remote down beside Wells, making sure the screen was still playing. "I'm going to prove you wrong," he nodded.
…
"Hey," Barry mumbled as he rejoined his group of friends and Kara. She immediately picked up on the disappointed look that was set upon his features, but stopped herself from walking forward and placing a hand onto his shoulder. Although she wanted to, she wasn't sure that was her place. Instead, she watched on as Caitlin did instead.
"Wells won't help us. To bring Supergirl out, I mean."
"I didn't think he would," the woman nodded before sitting back against a table and sighing.
Kara who had been silent, watched the others and the way their body language was presenting themselves. And although she had been so adamant with herself not to bring Supergirl back to Earth-1 and hold her off until they worked out how to get her back to Earth-3, she couldn't help but feel slightly guilty. As though she was holding them back from something. Scratching her cheek, she licked her lips and crossed her arms across her chest. These were the people who were trying to get her home after all. Maybe she owed them this one thing. Besides, she was able to pull off her quiet girl gone superhero on her own Earth, who's to say she couldn't do it on this one too?
"Who cares what he says?" She started quietly before clearing her throat and offering a wide smile, "Barry, you're the Flash! Okay? Supergirl would be crazy not to want to help you. She saved you. I mean.. that's got to count for something, right?"
Barry lifted his head slightly and offered a warm smile in Kara's direction. How did she do that? Be so positive and encouraging? How did she even have the strength to do that? It struck him really, that he had only suddenly realised she'd did nothing but keep that smile rested upon her lips. Not once had she let them see her look down, or lost or alone. And was a lot for him to even take in. She hadn't really grieved with the idea of being away from her own Earth. But instead focused a lot of her attentions on making sure they did not see her look sad. And as he stared at her, the smile that rested on his lips couldn't help but grow wider.
"You're right," he started getting up from his leaning against the table and pointing his finger. You're so right. Who cares if Wells thinks we're doomed to get her on our side. We've got to try. That's all we can do."
Approaching Kara, he laid his hand gently onto her arm and gave a small smile, "thanks." He proceeded to look at the others before giving a nod, "tonight. I'll call for her tonight."
…
Kara had opted to return to Caitlin's before the STAR labs teams' meeting with Supergirl. Again, she was nervous. More so than she had been with Barry calling her to meet them earlier. This time, Supergirl was going to be on display, right in front of their faces. And by the way they had so much faith in her, made her anxious.
Running a hand through her blonde hair, she pulled her hands through the holes in her suited arms and stretched her fingers. Although she had done this plenty, this time felt different. New even.
Turning her body to look at herself in the mirror, Kara straightened out her skirt and inhaled. The Supergirl of Earth-1. That's what she was now. Was she going to be that forever?
Seeing herself in costume, it was hitting her hard. Bursts of her Earth-3 life flashed through her mind. Images of Alex, Hank. Winn and James. Even Cat. It was straining. Not letting the others see her hurting over her other life. But everyone she did, something seemed to get in her way.
Like now.
Her alarm buzzed behind her and she jumped before wiping her face. Leaving her spot, she went to the bedside table and turned it off. With a sigh, she fixed her cape onto her back and shook her arms at either side of her body. With a clip of her boots, Kara moved to the window of Caitlin's spare room and stared over at the roof of STAR labs where she could see the faint lights of where her new friends stood. With a small sigh, the blonde opened the window and shot forward and towards the sill before pushing her hands behind her and flying into the air.
"She'll come," Barry nodded as Cisco once again questioned the whereabouts of their supposed hero. Granted, it was cold, and they had been there for little over an hour. But Barry was positive. He was sure that she would show, he had to.
"Supergirl!" He called again, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouting into the night sky. "Supergirl!"
"Face it bro, my plan bombed and failed. Once again, she's not gonna show, and my toes are crying for me to go and slip on a pair of bed socks and drink a hot cup of cocoa marathoning Harry Potter."
"She'll show!" Barry started again annoyed. "Everything has gone to hell in the past couple weeks. Everything! Jay. Jesse. Everything!" He wiped his hands across his face.
Both Caitlin and Cisco stared at their friend and swallowed before looking at each other. Feeling slightly guilty, Cisco wiped his hands on his khakis. Licking his lips, he turned his head and stared off into the dark before pausing.
With a pause, he furrowed his brows before slapping Barry's arm. "Dude. Dude."
"What, Cisco?" Barry began with his hands placed on his hips. Moving his body to follow his friends line of vision, the Speedster stopped before taking a small step forward.
"It's her."
…
Watching Supergirl approach them, he paused and could feel the small tug of a smile begin to pull at his features. This was really her. She'd actually shown up and now they were about to meet her. Like properly.
"Close your mouth, dude," Cisco nudged as he watched Supergirl get closer to them too. Of course, he knew why Barry's mouth was open, but still. It was rude to stare. Fixing his long, dark hair, Cisco pulled at his shirt and awaited the woman to stand next to them.
Caitlin on the other hand had been quiet, instead very focused on how this woman seemed to navigate her way through the air. From what she could see, there were no wings. And she wasn't spinning her arms like Barry seemed to do when he wanted to fly. No she simply hovered in the air as though testing gravity. And to Caitlin, it was astounding.
The three stayed very quiet as they watched Supergirl approach, in awe in how she held herself.
Kara on the other hand could feel her heart rate increase, as well as feel the kicks her stomach. Never mind butterflies, she felt as though there was a whole zoo in there.
Finally nearing the edge, she paused and hovered in the air, not entirely ready of herself to stand next to them. This was her first impression, and under no circumstances did she want them being able to draw any kind of comparisons between herself and Kara. Or herself and Supergirl. She still wasn't entirely sure on how that worked yet.
Looking down at them, she offered a small smile before raising her brows.
"What's your name?" Cisco started almost immediately, taking a step toward her and the edge of the building.
"Well, according to you, I'm Supergirl," she was hit with sudden deja vu. "I heard you calling, and so I came."
"You heard us?" Caitlin quizzed, "from where?"
"I have quite the ear," Kara started with a nod of her head, "if I concentrate hard enough, I could probably hear all the over at Star City."
Cisco's mouth fell open and he was once again hitting Barry on the arm. Of course now, for a different reason entirely. Kara on the other hand looked more relieved. Thankful that she had gotten the supposed Green Arrow's city right, she relaxed. If only by slightly.
"Why did you call for me?"
It was Barry's turn to step forward, of course, he had been watching her too. Just like the other's, but this time he was taking in her features. All of her features. If he thought it once, he had thought it a thousand times. This woman demanded attention, and now that he was getting a real look at her face, he didn't want to pull away.
But she had practically asked it of him, so The Flash began speaking, "we need your help."
"You can start with taking that mask off Flash," the blonde simply replied with a small smile. "I don't have a mask, so I'm not hiding anything… and if I'm being completely honest, I can see right through it. X-Ray vision is scarce amongst the people here. That's handy."
Cisco squealed again and this time grabbed Caitlin's arm, "X-Ray vision," he started in whisper.
Barry, doing as he was told, pulled off his mask. Where was this woman when they needed to find out who Zoom was. Ruining a hand through his air, the man bit down on his lip. "There. No secrets. In fact… I'm Barry Allen, Supergirl. What's your name?"
Kara paused. She hadn't expected that. Trust her to get cocky and try and get him to take his mask off. Letting her features fall, she looked upon the trio with a shake of her head. "No.." she started slowly, trying not to let her voice slip from that cool demeanour she was going with. "That's something I don't want to discuss right now. If you don't mind."
Barry understand. He was frustrated, but he understood. "Alright, Supergirl. That's alright. We just want your help. If you don't want to tell us your name, that's okay." He paused, "can we trust you?"
Kara stared at him slightly, waiting for her chance to reply until finally, she nodded. "You can trust me." After breathing in, she pushed forward, letting her feet delicately to the roof on which the rest of them stood, folding her arms across her chest.
"So.. tell me about Zoom."
