Hey guys! Thank you for all of the wonderful responses you've left me! I'm sorry this chapter is so late, im trying my best to update as soon as possible with my crazy school schedule. I hope you enjoy this chapter :)
P.S.: any and all mistakes are mine.
Disclaimer: I dont own Supergirl or any of its characters.
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Meet me back at the factory at 9pm.
Kara looked over to her bedside clock and saw that it read 8:40pm. She should start leaving. She has no idea what Jesna has in store for her but whatever it is, she's more than happy to have had Hanks help in having Alex stay behind and monitor the situation from base. She took the bluetooth device that Alex gave her and turned it on and placed the tracker that came with it in her boot. Once she checked in, she flew out her window.
She arrived at the factory just minutes later and wasn't surprised to see the other woman already there. She looked around and the worn down factory was near pitch black, save for the outside light coming in. Jesna heard Kara come in and looked up with a smile. She was donned in the same clothes as when Kara first saw her two days ago.
"Hey, you're early. Not that I'm surprised of course." Jesna said.
"Yea well this isn't something I should be late to." Kara said with a chuckle. "Do you know where we're going?" Kara jumped straight to the point, she didnt want to waste anymore time with this.
"We are going to the Moran Desert, which is where I suspect Non's base of operations is .Where it is exactly, I don't know, which is why I need your help."
"What makes you think its there?" Kara asked. Jesna pulled out a laptop from a messenger bag that Kara failed to notice. It is way too dark in here. She opened it up and a satellite map of National City and its surroundings game up. Jesna then started to type various characters into the grid.
"During my time here on Earth, I managed to create an algorithm that tracks alien activity. When Fort Rozz crashed, I managed to obtain a copy of all the prisoners records and used it to help me track their abilities before this planets government came and seized everything. Moran Desert has an abundance of alien activity all over but the one problem is that i'm not able to identify the alien, just their powers that are used. Do you know how many aliens fly, Kara? A shit load." Jesna explained. Kara looked onto the map and saw various white lines connecting to different spots all over the map.
"So if you know where the aliens are, why do you need my help?" Kara asked.
"One night isn't enough to search the entire desert. Especially for me, if I exert myself too much, I will black out. So I have from when the sun completely sets, until either the next morning or until I overwork myself. The Moran Desert is big. And then when I heard about you, that you were here, not only was I happy that you were alive and well, but I suddenly got this feeling of hope that I would finally be able to find him."
"What do you mean you black out?" Kara asked worried.
"You get your power from the sun, I don't. I don't want to waste time explaining this now, maybe another time? If we see each other? Don't worry about me, I'm not worth it." Jesna said as she placed the laptop back into the bag.
That was when Kara remembered just how much Jesna thinks she's worthless. Kara remembers how Jesna would always shy around her at times or became really nervous around her family. Or just how much she doubted she'd ever be a good friend simply because of the difference in their backgrounds and personalities. Kara was always the sweet-natured girl who always sought solutions to problems in the upmost diplomatic ways. Jesna on the other hand, always had a thing for violence and believed sometimes you just need to scare someone into submission. She never did it to Kara though. She always protected Kara like a little sister and would beat herself up if she ever got her upset. They both looked up to each other but Kara knew that Jesna looked up to her as someone she can never be, no matter how many times Kara reassured her that she is a good person. Kara looked up to her in the way that she wanted to protect and be strong like Jesna.
"We should get going." Jesna said, breaking Kara out of her thoughts.
"So we find the base and then we go in?" Kara asked
"No, we find the base and I go in. You go home or to whoever is on the end of that bluetooth." Jesna said simply.
"I am not leaving you to deal with Non alone!" Kara exclaimed. Jesna wanted her to just leave her in enemy hands? No that was not happening.
"Why? I'm not his enemy. You are. If he sees you, he'll think I'm conspiring with you and then he won't help me. I'm not taking that risk." And theres not a chance in hell I'm putting you in anymore danger.
"It's still too dangerous. You think Non got where he is by being an honest man? What if he lied to you?"
"Then I'll leave?" Jesna bluntly said.
"Do you honestly think he'll let you go if you know where his base is? Be honest with me, have you actually thought this through?" Kara crossed her arms in annoyance. This isn't the first time Jesna has had a terrible idea that was not thought through.
"If he lies and tries to do me harm," Jesna began. She pulled out a small triangular device from her coat pocket. "All I have to do is press this button and Denz will come and teleport me back to my home." She said with a smile.
"What is that?"
"Apparently, its a thing that does this thing where it brings him to me." Jesna said with a childish smile. Kara looked at her in utter annoyance.
"You're a child."
Jesna laughed out loud at that, even after two decades, she loved getting under Karas skin.
"Denz can teleport to anyplace he's already been to once, or," She said holding up the triangle, "any place where this goes off. He has a matching one that will send him the coordinates of where this is. He poofs in, places his hand on me, and poofs us out." Jesna explained. "Now, can we go?" She didnt wait for Kara to answer as she began walking to the gaping wall.
"Kara just go. Once you find the base, come back immediately." Alex said through the bluetooth.
"Jesna wait!" Kara called after her. The other girl stopped and turned around to face her. "I have friends, that would be willing to help you. You don't have to go to Non."
"KARA NO" Kara ignored Alex as she kept her gaze firm on Jesna.
"Friends? Tell me, do these friends of yours work for the government?"
"Yes." Kara said with a nod.
"Well then I'd have to decline. I'm not so keen on trusting government workers, let alone officials. Now we're leaving, or did you forget what brought you here in the first place?" Jesna said. She honestly didnt want to pull that card on Kara but they had already wasted too much time. Kara looked at her with wide eyes and pursed her lips. She walked towards and past Jesna, to the exit. Jesna sighed and walked after her.
The night sky was clear save for the full moon that was shining brightly over the city. Jesna took in a deep breath and let out a satisfied sigh. Something about the moon just made her feel so alive. "Ready?" she asked. Kara nodded and they both shot up to the sky, and Jesna led the way to the desert. They felt the air getting colder as they approached the Moran Desert.
"You search South and West and I'll search North and East?" Jesna asked.
"Okay." Kara nodded. Jesna pulled out two phones from her bag.
"Call me if you find it. Theres only one number in there and its mine." Kara nodded once more and flew South with the phone in her hand. Jesna watched her go before she flew in her own direction. They have seven hours to find a base in a massive desert before the sun comes up.
"Kara how's it going?" Alex asked. She's currently tracking Kara from the base. She looks up at the monitors and all she sees is a red dot flying all over the grid.
"Fine I guess." Kara said as she scoured the desert for anything that looks suspicious.
"Why do you sound so upset?" Alex asked, noticing how Kara sounded.
"I just- she always does this!"
"Who? Jesna?" Alex asked confused. She doesn't know why her sister is acting like this.
"Yes!" Kara said as if its the most obvious thing in the world.
"You mean to tell me she regularly threatens superheroes to get her way?"
"No." Kara scoffed. "She always puts herself in danger she has little chance of getting out of. Even back on Krypton she was reckless. Honestly you have no idea how much I worried about her."
"Kara..if you don't mind me asking, you never mentioned her before. Why is that?" Alex said. She's never heard Kara ever mentioning this Jesna girl. Surely if she was that important she'd say something. Right?
Kara became silent for a moment. "Three years after I met her, she disappeared. I didn't know where or why at the time. All I know is that one day she just vanished. When I went to the park where we always hung out, people just kept looking at me weirdly. A bunch of kids said that she decided not to be my friend anymore so she left. I of course didn't believe them, we were too close for that. She was like an older sister to me on Krypton, I refused to believe she just upped and left. My family told me that her father took her on a trip around the stars and neighboring planets so I didn't question anything anymore. I was upset yea, but mainly because she didn't tell me about the trip.
And then the following year, I was sent here and Krypton was destroyed. I haven't seen Jesna since she left so I wasn't sure if she was back on Krypton when it was destroyed or not. I guess I was just too hurt by the fact she left that I didn't want to talk about her." Kara took a deep breath. She kept her eyes focused on the sandy horizon below her, her x-ray vision taking everything in sight. "But now I know where she was. I just don't know when or why and she won't tell me."
The line was quiet on both ends; Kara was once again thinking back to her childhood on Krypton and Alex is processing everything she just heard. After a moment Kara spoke up. "Alex, you there?"
"Y-yea I'm here. I just didn't know what to expect but even if I did, it wouldn't have been that." Alex said. She couldn't lie about the small twinge of jealousy that sparked inside her when Kara said Jesna was like an older sister. She knew it was stupid to feel that way, she and her parents basically raised Kara and Jesna was nothing more than a temporary friend. Yes, Kara held her in high regard, but Alex knows that if Kara regards anyone like a sister, its Alex. "I'm sure if she gets the chance, she'll tell you what happened." Alex said. "But I still don't like her."
"I don't think you seem to like anyone I know from Krypton. Except my cousin." Kara chuckled.
"Thats because most of them are villains." Alex stated.
"Theres good in them. There's good in Jesna too. Despite how she may come off, I know she's not capable of hurting someone just to hurt them."
Of course you believe theres good in them. Alex thought. Just as she was about to counter Karas statement, the latter yelled out:
"I found it!"
After watching Kara leave, Jesna set off on her own course across the desert. She paced herself, knowing that the faster she goes, the faster she'll wear herself out. She used her x-ray vision to help enhance her sight. As she flew around the Moran Desert, she couldn't help but think about how surreal all of this is to her. Kara is helping her find Non so he could fix her.
Jesna stopped in her tracks as she finally registered what the hell was going on.
Kara Zor-El, her childhood friend, is helping her. Her childhood friend who she thought blew up with the rest of Krypton, but is alive and well.
Jesna was about to give a wide smile before she remembered why Kara was helping her. She kidnapped her boss in order to get to her and she threatened to do it again. Her face fell even more when she realized that Kara must not have had the slightest clue what happened to her. Rao what if she thought I grew tired of her and left? No no she wouldn't think that, right? We were so close.. Jesna has no idea what Kara thinks of her now but she'll make it a plan to find out. She really hopes Non has the cure she's looking for. If not, she would have just wasted the last twelve years of her second chance at life.
She continued to fly, scanning everything below her and not allowing a single thought outside of her current mission creep into her head, save for one. I will explain everything to her.
Jesna continued to fly at a set pace when she heard her phone ring. She quickly picked it up and asked Kara if she found anything.
"I did." Kara said.
"Okay, open the map and text me your coordinates. I'll be right there." Jesna said as she hung up. This is happening. Her phone chimed and Jesna flew full speed towards the coordinates Kara gave her. Risks be damned, she won't take her time anymore.
She saw Kara floating in the sky, staring at what appeared to be Non's base of operations, underground. Jesna slowly came up to Kara and looked in the direction of her gaze. With her x-ray vision, she saw countless aliens walking about the base. She focused her vision on two familiar figures and deduced it to be Non and Astra.
"Thank you, Kara." Jesna said. She looked up to meet the younger girls eyes and smiled.
"Jesna you can't go in there alone. It's way too dangerous." Kara pleaded.
"Don't you remember? Danger is afraid of me." Jesna said sticking out her tongue.
Kara let out a mirthless chuckle at the memory. She and Jesna went to a trail through the woods, one which received approval from Karas parents, but Jesna insisted on straying from the path and heading into the thicker patch of woods. Kara straight up refused, claiming that there are dangerous creatures there. The second she said that though, a loud shriek was heard and both girls heard something rustling in the woods. A Lumir jumped up and over from behind Kara. It was a tiny creature but it still scared the life out of Kara. Jesna just laughed and stomped her foot on the ground hard enough for the Lumir to jump up and scurry off. "See, danger is afraid of me."
"Jesna this isn't a joke! This is Non, my crazy, terrorist of an uncle."
"Who resided four cells down from me. Astra three." Kara's eyebrows shot up her forehead. She let out a groan in frustration. "Look there's no reason to be worried for me. If anything, Denz will get me out in a flash. Check up on me in seventy two hours if you don't believe me. Come to the apartment, and if I'm not there, do what you like." Jesna said, putting her hands on Karas shoulder.
Kara looked up at her and saw the smile and bright eyes that she remembers Jesna putting on every time she's about to go do what Kara believed was completely reckless and unnecessary. The last time she saw Jesna smile at her like that..
"Last time you smiled at me like that, I never saw you again." Kara said softly. Jesnas smile faltered a bit but she still kept it on. She took off her messenger bag and handed it to Kara.
"Just in case your government friends want to use this to find any alien activity, and put a stop to it."
"Jesna if you're not back in seventy two hours-"
"Go wild, princess!" Jesna cut her off with a wink and flew down to the base.
Kara watched her go and punch the ground with such force that it broke the ceiling of the base. Alarms sounded and aliens of all species started running towards Jesna, who seemed perfectly calm.
"Kara you need to go now." Alex told her. Kara gave one last look at the chaos that was going on below her before rocketing through the sky.
Kara returned to the base, the bag held tightly in her hand, and headed straight for Alex. Alex can easily see how uneasy Kara felt about this whole situation.
"Honestly the number one reason why I'm not yelling at you for having Hank force me to stay here right now is because I see how upset you are." Alex said in hopes of lighting the mood. The corner of Kara's mouth quirked slightly upwards and Alex took that as a small victory. "But you won't be getting away with this."
"Yea, I know." Kara breathed out. She leaned against the table and became fixated at a point in space as she contemplated what has happened in the last two days.
"Kara, she did this on her own free will. She went into Non's base herself. No one forced her to." Alex said, placing a hand on Karas arm. She saw the bag in Karas hand and asked her about it.
"Oh, yea, here." Kara said giving it to her. "The laptop in it has an algorithm that tracks alien activity. She didnt go into too much detail explaining how it works but its how we found Nons general area of operation."
Alex looked at the laptop and saw that it looked like a normal Earth laptop, an old one but an Earth one none the less. She opened the back cover and was shocked to see it pimped out with alien tech. No doubt tech we found missing on Fort Rozz.
"Ill look this over, and see if it can help us." Kara nodded and watched Alex leave to one of the lab rooms. She looked at the time and saw that it was 12:56am.
Now, what are the chances of Cat Grant being awake?
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Let me know what you think so far! Next chapter: Confrontationssss (im excited, are you?)
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