Let's return to Supergirl's side of the story. This chapter is based on Supergirl 1x04, but with some differences.
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Leslie Willis has been in a coma for three weeks after getting struck by a bolt of lightning during her Halloween performance. Her hair turned white and her body was emitting an unusual level of electricity. According to Hank Henshaw, the combination of the lightning bolt fused with Supergirl's Kryptonian DNA mutated Leslie.
The night she woke up, she immediately learned what she could do. The first thing she did was escape through an electrical outlet. After finding some fresh clothing, she goes after the person who "ruined her life", Supergirl.
Supergirl was out on another nightly flight. So far, there wasn't any criminal to stop. It was okay for her, since she spend the time to enjoy the joys of flight. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning comes out of nowhere and electrocutes her, causing her to fall out of the sky. Supergirl crashes onto the roof of a car, but she was okay.
As she gets back on her feet, streams of electricity come down a building and come together to form Leslie.
"Leslie?" Supergirl recognized her.
"No. Leslie Willis is dead," said Leslie. "The name is Livewire."
"Okay, not bad," replied Supergirl. "Wait, was that lightning from you?"
"Yes," said Leslie.
"Why? Why attack me?" asked Supergirl.
"Because you turned me into this," said Leslie, gesturing to herself. "I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure lightning plus Kryptonian DNA equals 'this'."
"Leslie, I didn't mean for this to happen," said Supergirl. "I was trying to save you."
"You should focus more on saving yourself," said Leslie.
Livewire fires an electric beam and electrocutes Supergirl. The Girl of Steel drops to her knees as the electricity weakened her. She manages to find the strength to get up and take flight. She flies towards Leslie, but the latter disappears into sparks of electricity before she could tackle her. Livewire returns and fires another electric beam. Supergirl uses her heat vision. The lasers and the electricity come in contact, trying to cancel out the other. It didn't take long until Supergirl's heat vision pushes back Livewire's electricity and hits Livewire. However, it didn't affect the way she expected.
"Thanks," said Livewire. "I needed a charge."
Livewire creates a whip made of electricity and uses it to catch Supergirl by the leg. She pulls down and causes Supergirl to crash on her back. Livewire continues pulling until she was right at her feet.
"What do you have to gain by killing me?" asked Supergirl.
"I'm not gonna kill, not yet, at least," said Livewire. "I just want to show the people that the Girl of Steel isn't all as they see her. Weak. Pathetic."
Livewire started electrocuting Supergirl. In the blink of an eye, a yellow streak comes out of nowhere and slams Livewire towards a car, knocking her out. It was The Flash.
"Need a hand?" The Flash offers Supergirl a hand.
Supergirl grabs Flash's hand and lets him help her up.
"Guess this makes us even," said Supergirl.
"I guess," replied Flash. "So, who's Sparky over there?"
"Livewire," said Supergirl.
Livewire opens her eyes and gets back up.
"This isn't over Supergirl," said Livewire. "Even the Girl of Steel will break."
Livewire leaves through an electric conduit.
Supergirl gets a call from her comm-link.
"Hey, what's the prob?" she answers.
"It's me." It was Hank.
"Wha...? How did you...?" Supergirl was confused as to how Hank Henshaw got access to her frequency.
"The D.E.O. is a technologically-advanced agency, Ms. Danvers. We can hack your friends' frequency no problem," said Hank.
"What do you want?" asked Supergirl. "I told Alex to tell you that I'm not interest in joining your anti-alien business."
"We have two problems," said Hank. "Remember the bomber who tried to bomb Lord Technologies? He's planted a bomb on Lord Technologies' Bullet Train and at the airport."
"Wait? Lord Tech's train?" asked Supergirl.
"That's right, Ms. Danvers. Alex is there. Your sister is in danger," said Hank.
"But what about the plane?" asked Supergirl. "I can't be in two places at once."
"Ahem."
Supergirl turns around and sees that Flash was still standing there.
"You got me," reminded Flash.
"Who's that?" asked Hank.
"It's the Flash," answered Supergirl.
"Let him handle the train. You take care of the plane," said Hank.
"No. No. I'll take the train," said Supergirl, worried about her sister.
"Hey, if I'm taking the plane, which plane exactly?" asked Flash.
After getting the message from Hank, Supergirl tells Flash, "Lord Tech's plane."
"Got it," said Flash.
"Get there fast before it takes off," said Supergirl.
Flash runs and Supergirl flies in opposite directions.
Supergirl arrives at the train. It was a speeding train, but fortunately, she's faster. She enters the train car where her sister is.
"Supergirl?" Alex pretended to be surprised.
"What are you doing here?" asked Maxwell Lord. "Not that I'm not pleased to see you, but why drop in?"
"Ethan Knox is here," said Supergirl. "You have to stop this train."
"I can't. It's automated," said Maxwell.
Supergirl paces around while burying her head in her hand, feeling distress.
"Well, you're the Girl of Steel. If he is here, you can stop him," said Maxwell.
"Okay, I'm gonna find him, but you have to keep everyone safe," said Supergirl.
"No worries," said Maxwell.
...
Supergirl heads to the train's control car, which is the front car of the train. In there, she finds Ethan Knox. He had the bomb strapped on himself. The detonation switch was in his hand.
"Don't do this," said Supergirl.
"You have to kill me to stop me," said Knox.
"I'm not going to do that," said Supergirl. "I know about your daughter."
Knox was surprised.
"Let me help you," pleaded Supergirl.
"You can't," said Knox.
"Your daughter needs you," said Supergirl, trying to reason with Knox.
"This isn't just about my daughter," said Knox. "It's me."
"You're scared," said Supergirl.
"Everyone knows it's me. If my daughter finds out..." Knox paused, still afraid. "I won't save them, but you can."
Knox then pushes the switch.
"But you have 30 seconds," said Knox.
Knowing that she can't do anything to save Knox, all Supergirl can do is save everyone on the train. Using her x-ray vision, she can see the railway coupling beneath the grate. She uses her heat vision to melt the coupling, separating the control car from the rest of the train. Supergirl then uses all her strength to push the train, trying to stop it and keeping it as far away from the control car.
It didn't take long until Supergirl stopped the train. She looks back at the control car as it explodes. She can't help but feel bad for Knox. He wasn't a bad man. He was just a scared father who loves his daughter very much.
Supergirl heads back to the car where Max and Alex are.
"I take it that the crisis has been averted," guessed Maxwell.
"Yes," answered Supergirl.
"Where's Knox?" asked Max.
"He killed himself," said Supergirl, hanging her head in sadness.
Alex looks at Kara and shoots a smile at her, telling her that she's grateful.
"I'm starting to think I had the wrong thought about you," said Maxwell.
"I don't do this for praise," said Supergirl. "I just do what I have to do."
At the airport, Supergirl meets up with the Flash, who was standing next to the bomb. It was defused.
"Nice job," said Supergirl.
"How's the train?" asked Flash.
"The train's fine," said Supergirl. "As is the people in this airport."
Some people in the crowd starting taking pictures of them or asking for autographs. Luckily for the two superheroes, they came up with their own superhero signatures just in case.
"I could get used to this," said Flash.
"Me too," said Supergirl.
After signing autographs, the two superheroes head outside.
"Another day, another job well done," said Flash.
"Thanks for your help. Again," said Supergirl.
Flash responds with a smile.
"So, uh, I was... I was w-wondering... i-i-if... d-do you maybe wanna... I-I don't know... I-I mean..." stuttered Flash.
"What?" asked Supergirl, laughing, finding Flash's awkwardness adorable.
"Do you wanna... maybe... hang out or something?" asked Flash.
"You mean like a date," guessed Supergirl.
"I... well..." Flash looks away, embarrassed.
"Sure, I'd love to go out," said Supergirl.
"Really?" asked Flash.
"How old are you exactly?" asked Supergirl.
"Can you keep a secret?" asked Flash.
"Oh, yeah," replied Supergirl.
Flash looks around to see if anyone's listening. He then whispers, "I'm under 20."
"No way. Me too," said Supergirl softly. "So, when and where?"
"How about SC Jitters rooftop next Saturday at 8?" suggested Flash.
"Sure," said Supergirl.
"Well, see you then," said Flash.
"I think we'll see each other before that," said Supergirl.
Supergirl then takes off.
"What? No kiss?" said Flash.
Supergirl swoops back down and plants a quick kiss on Flash's cheek before taking off again. Some people nearby saw it and started teasing the Flash. The Scarlet Speedster just saluted before running off.
The next morning at school, Kara was spending recess sitting down in the hallway, drawing some ideas on her sketch pad, wondering if she should make some changes to her Supergirl suit or make a new one for her "date" with the Flash.
"Hey, Kara."
James approached Kara. He wasn't weary a smile on his face. He looked like he was worried or scared.
"Hey," greeted Kara.
"I, uh, wish this was on friendlier matters, but..." James paused.
"James, what's the problem?" asked Kara.
"The D.E.O. analyzed the bombs. Alex asked Winn to hack into their system because they were keeping quiet about something," said James.
James sits down next to Kara and shows her something on his iPad. What Kara saw made her blood boil with anger.
"Thought I'd let you know," said James.
"Why didn't Hank tell me about this?" asked Kara, still feeling angry.
"He knew you'd go after him," said James.
"Well, I'm going after him now," said Kara.
"During the school day?" questioned James.
"Don't worry. I'll be back before recess is over," said Kara. "Time for me and Maxwell Lord to 'really' talk."
Kara was about to walk away, until James grabbed her arm.
"Look, just... whatever you do, don't punch him," said James.
"I'm just gonna talk to him," said Kara.
"We both you know have anger issues," said James.
"James, I'm glad that you care, but really, it's gonna be okay," said Kara.
Kara gives James a hug before heading to the girl's bathroom.
At Lord Technologies, Maxwell was watching Breaking Bad on the TV in his office. His relaxation time was interrupted when Supergirl landed in his office.
"Hi," greeted Maxwell. "Can I get you something? Or you can't drink and fly? I don't know the rules."
"Cut the act, Lord," said Supergirl. "I know what you did."
"What did I do?" asked Maxwell, pretending to be oblivious.
"You forced Ethan Knox to plant those bombs in exchange for saving his daughter's life," said Supergirl.
"I would never bargain a child's life," said Maxwell.
"I know it was you. I just don't why," said Supergirl.
"Well, let's pretend for a second that it is me," said Maxwell, playing along. "A bomb on the train. A bomb on the airport. One Supergirl. Why would a 'madman' such as myself do that?"
"You were testing me," guessed Supergirl.
After finishing a glass of champagne, he says, "And there was something that really intrigued me. You chose to save a hundred people on the train, instead of a thousand at the airport. There was someone on that train you care about, and that person is the key to discovering who you really are... when you're not flying around with that 'S'."
"For the record, I care about everyone," said Supergirl implicitly. "You may have this city fooled, but I know who you are. I'll be watching you."
"Then by all means," replied Maxwell, still behaving like himself, showing no signs of feeling intimidated.
Supergirl exits his office and flies back to Silverstone high while Maxwell continues watching TV.
In case you're wondering, yes, I will be writing a chapter about Flash and Supergirl's date. I just hope you'll all be patient. I need time.