Kara awoke to the sound of birds chirping, and the warm feeling of the early sun's rays gleaming on her face. She sat up to look around, admiring the breathtaking view. After failing to locate the Omegahedron after half a night of searching, Kara had spent the night on a high grassy cliff just outside of Midvale. She inhaled the fresh morning breeze into her lungs as she admired the skyscrapers of Chicago off in the distance, but there wasn't time for any childlike admiration of these beautiful sculptures. Supergirl had to continue with her mission, so without wasting anymore seconds or minutes, she stretched, stood up and gracefully launched herself into the air toward Midvale.
On the other side of town, Kal-El wasn't having the best of luck himself. He had searched the entire night without any rest, relying on his superhuman endurance to keep himself awake. He flew east over Midvale, spotting an alley down below where Kal-El landed to transform into his civilian suit, becoming Clark Kent. He brushed off the dark blue suit and adjusted his black rimmed glasses as he exited the dirty alley. He wondered how his cousin was doing, but he knew that he would eventually meet up with her again sometime today.
Clark didn't worry too much, knowing that Kara could take care of herself, but she was still very new to Earth. Many things she would not know of or understand. In a way, Clark regretted having split up with the girl of steel. He knew that she wanted her presence on Earth to remain as a secret. Would she understand that she would require a disguise during the day, and not to allow her super powers to draw unwanted attention to herself?
At eight forty seven am, Clark strolled down the sidewalk, pretending to read a newspaper. Behind it, he held a travel size Krypton Energy Detector, trying to get a fix on the lost power source. No luck yet, so Clark continued on, passing a few people on the street who paid no attention to him whatsoever. He turned a corner, almost bumping into a young brunette wearing what appeared to be a school girl uniform. Clark was relieved that he hadn't bumped into her, but he did accidentally step on her foot. "Oh my gosh! You're foot! I'm incredibly sorry." The pretty girl simply smiled. "Oh, it's allright, really. I'm fine." Clark tipped his hat to the young woman, wishing her a good day. But something suddenly occurred to him. The girl's foot should have been crushed when he had stepped on it. He stared at her for a moment, then whispered, "Kara?"
"Kal-El?" Kara smiled, happy to be back with her cousin. If he hadn't been on Earth, she would be totally alone or even lost. Clark was almost dumbfounded. "I didn't even recognize you. That "look " suits you, uuhhh,…." The Argonian female completed her cousin's unfinished sentence. "Linda. Linda Lee, for the time I'm here on Earth."
Linda and Clark sat in a booth of a small café called Myra's Kitchen. Kara explained how she came up with the idea for her disguise, passing an all girl private school and observing the clothing of the students. Clark sipped on hot coffee while Kara studied her pancakes, intrigued. Food and nourishment was very different back on Argo City. When she finally decided to eat, she could not stop. The breakfast was delicious, afterall Clark had recommended the pancakes.
The two heroes sat, discreetly planning their next move on how they could find what Kara had come to Earth to search for. "There were some periods during last night," Kara said, "when my bracelet had a fix on the Omegahedron, but just as soon as that happened, I would lose it again." She took a sip of cold milk. "It's as if the power source was somehow, turned off, I suppose. But it's not possible." Clark thought to himself before responding. "There's no reason not to think that it may have fallen into someone's possession." He studied the small energy sensor. "It's probably being kept or stored inside of a special receptacle. If so, it has to be constructed from lead. That has to be why the sensor isn't homing in on the Omegahedron."
Clark paid for the breaskfast, while Linda stood outside, scanning buildings, automobiles and people walking along the street. Nothing. She felt a firm hand on her shoulder as her cousin motioned her along. The Kryptonians decided to split up again. It was the best and more hopeful method. "We'll meet back here in four hours." Clark stated. "We will find it Kara. It's here in Midvale, somewhere."
Kara remained just as optimistic as Kal-El when they parted ways, walking in opposite directions. She had to rely on hope for the sake of Argo, it was all she had. That, and the help of Superman.