"Why did he have to die?" I kept asking myself...

I lie face down and smothered the pillow against my face and sob...

I start to see a light...it gets a little brighter with every passing second and then it opens up to the Kent farm..

I lean against a fence while Clark is looking at me with out his glasses on, at the sunset.

I pause for a moment trying to think of something to say after a long day of hard work...

I look at him, finally, with my blonde hair waving in the breeze.

"Clark? What would you do to hide the truth from someone?"

He looks at me seriously.

"Anything."

"What if it's someone you love? Would you still lie to them and say that you're normal?"

He looks at me then laughs, " Kara…I learned I wasn't 'normal' as soon as I hit puberty!"

I start to smile Then I turned serious,

"No really. Clark, I mean it. What if you want to tell your biggest secret to someone... without giving them a heart attack...what would you do?"

"It's difficult to say. I mean, I try to tell Lois about me but she never listens-"

"About what, That you go around saving the world in Long Johns?"

"Well yeah...but the thing is, you need the right moment ...like you can't go to her front desk as the person she loves and say that"

I see him get a little nervous at explaining it.

"That you're someone else when all she knows is that you're the most amazing guy on the planet and you can't ask her out without stammering."

"I know what that feels like. The thing is… I want other people to know...The REAL me. Not that I'm living a secret life as a loner."

He walks up behind me and puts his hand on my shoulder
"You're not, you have me. Just give it some time, Kara. You'll know when you're ready to tell people about it."

after flashback #1

I felt myself lurch foward into a white oblivion and stop. I enter a white room with nothing in it. I felt my hands clutch something hard. I open them and find a rock. "I shouldn't have been so stupid" ,I said half aloud while slowly crushing the rock, watching in sift through my fingers like sand. I realize, "He's dead because of my mistakes." I sensed someone coming behind me, and I flame up my hand.



"Don't come any closer or i'll roast y-"

A deep voice that was long forgotten surfaced.

"It's not your fault, Mae."

Mae...only one person calls me that...I disintegrated the last ember of my flame and turn speechless

"Clark?"

Next Chapter

I look at him head to toe, covered in a white fabric similar to his red and blues but with an outline of his "S" in black (or silver)

I start to stammer

"How'd you...How'd I-"

He motions me to calm down, and tells me that I'm dreaming

"Dreaming?! HELLO? Is anyone over there?!" I knock on his forehead, He grasps my hand..unnaturally warm (for a Dead person)

"Where am I?"

"Heaven", he replied

I stare at him, my mouth opening a fraction, and he laughs

"Well actually it's a demension in your subconsious mind-" , he smiles, "but i loved the reaction"

He sees me smile, then turns serious.

"Mae, I'm here for a reason, You're here because you were destined to take my heir as Superwoman...or Supergirl-", i see him walk around, "He chose you and He has a good reason.

He stops and turns towards me,

"You're more powerful than He can imagine. Than I could imagine-"

"I wasn't 'Chosen' for anything! This-", I pointed to myself, " -happened to me when i turned 16! I don't even remember who I am! YOU call me Mae. Ma and Pa Kent call me Kara...if that is my name...and my own parents are about to disown me!-"

I shuddered remembering the premonition, "I know that because I had a vision about it!"

I heaved, then calmed down and folded my arms across my chest

"Did Wally put you up to this?"

He looks at me confused.



Don't tell me that he doesn't know WallyI sighed and began describing him.

"Wally...A kid up to my shoulder-", I motioned (all this) while talking to him, " -wears bow ties, glasses and carries a baseball bat as a Security Blanket "
He stares at me for a few more minutes.

Then, with a knowing smile, he says yes..

"Mae look around you...no matter what your name is, YOU'RE our only hope. Look at the wall."

He waves his hand at what looks like and empty wall, it disintegrates turning into Earth revolving in space.

"Earth Needs YOU-", He looks at me sternly,
"I need you"

I look back at him, half scared and whispered.

"What am I, Clark? What have I become?"

He smiles, "A hero."

Entitled "Reality Check"

I felt myself being pulled backwards in time.

Then I stopped.

Total darkness.

Except for the hundreds of noises in my head.

Cars honking.

Little children scampering around in their front lawn.

People's thoughts quickly entered my mind.

"Did you see that? He looked at me!"

"Do you thinks these pants make my butt look big?"

"C'mon Theresa, time to go to school"

"But I don't wanna... It's big an' sc-"

A really loud beeping noise cut through the calm atmosphere like a knife

What the-?

I realize the inconsistent beeping noise was my alarm clock going off. So, I scour for the alarms clock where it always is…A few inches to my right and slam. Through something.



I felt dust and debris fall downwards off my fist … That's weird. Never did that before.

I grope around trying to find the box. Instead, I find whatever I'm on is flat like a floor…or a CEILING! Great…just great.I scoot around feeling my self brush against the only light bulb in the room. I snap my eyes open, blond hair falling onto my face. I wisp a few strands out of my face, still not realizing I'm on a freaking' ceiling.

I lose my grip and start to flail wildly through the air. Concentrate…Breathe.

I regain my grip tightly grabbing onto the ceiling, feeling my fingernails digging into it. Relax. You're only possibly more that 15 feet up in the air…
Right…and now I'm supposed to feel comfortable?!

I swing my body down letting my feet be the only thing still attached to the ceiling. Great. Now, I'm a Bat.

I sigh and slowly push off doing a back flip and land softly onto the floor. I walk towards the mirror and see me as Supergirl. Blonde, Blue-eyes that can see through almost anything, 6 foot 2. grip like a vise.

I smile, then breathe in. coughing.

Ugh..What's that sme-?

I sniff my armpits and gagged.

Definitely need to take a shower.

I look upwards towards the ceiling.

And I DEFINETLY need to fix the fist-sized hole in the ceiling.

I'll do it later.I grab some clothes, take a shower dry myself and put on a dry set of a t-shirt,jeans and a plaid jacket, transformed back into Linda, and run downstairs.

I saw the red dot on my message blink. 2 new messages. I grab some Cheerios and milk, make some cereal and press the button.

Linda, It's Mom, honey. I-We haven't seen you in 6 years-

I remember what happened 6 years ago. Today is the anniversary of officially moving into this apartment, after having a BIG argument with my parents about Buzz and Rick Malverne. It happened at the end of senior year after doing a lot of hero work.

Entitled Flashback #2..for now. Until I come up with something more fancy..

I remember everything like it was yesterday. I walked home after school after saving someone. My mom's worried sick (I haven't been at the house in 3 days. That's why.) Mom glares at me angrily as I enter through the door.

"Where have you been, Linda? I've been worried sick."

I stare at her and said, "I'm fine." Then I sighed and corrected myself, "I went out for a walk."



She walks up to me. "You look so tired, Hun, what's wrong?"

I start to walk towards the fridge and get some orange juice. I closed the fridge, got a cup and went to the counter,

"It's nothing." I said as I poured myself a drink.

I close the cap to the O.J. and put it back to the fridge.

Mom looked at me and finally said, "I called your friend Mr. B. Alzebub but he has-"

I spit out the O.J. and looked at her angrily, clenching my teeth in the process

"You called him?!"

She shrugged, "It was either him or that Malverne boy."

"Which one?" I folded my arms across my chest.

"He had an English acc-"

"That would be Buzz." I said a little annoyed.

She looked at me again after a long silence, "I want to know where you've been for the past few days."

"Busy." I replied.

"Doing what?" she questioned.

"Nothing you'll understand." I said hotly

"Don't start giving me an attitude young lady." She warned, "You know I don't like it."

"Yeah. Especially when you have a drink or two each night because of our dysfunctional family." ,I seethed under my breath.

She ignored the comment saying quietly "I'm going to have a talk with Mr. Alzebub and that Malverne boy."

"Not if I can help it." I slammed the door.

A few days later my mom went to walk around Leesburg, and guess who she meets?

Surprise, surprise.

Buzz.

At the same time I was walking on the opposite side of the street getting some groceries when I saw them talking.

I stared at my mom in disbelief.



"She's going to do It.", I said under my breath.

I growled. Furious at her.

Not on my watch. I used my super-hearing. It's a good thing I caught her in time.

"Just the man I wanted to see" my mom says laughing after she bumps into him. "How're you doing, Mrs. Danvers? Long time no see." I see a smile slowly form on Buzz's face.

Uggh, I hate him, I seethed.

I hear my mom chuckle then ask him, "I just wanted to ask you a question"

"What is it,luv?"

"What happened to my Linda? She hasn't been around. The last time I saw her was yesterday and she was upset about something."

I see his eyes go big.

Great, He's going to tell her

. "Oh..Linda? She's been-"

I drop my bags of groceries and move into a blur, grabbing Buzz by the shirt collar.
"What the bloody?!-"

He looks up and says in a deadpanned voice,

"Oh. It's you" ,He smiles mischievously,"- Could'a given me a flippin' whiplash."

I glare at him.

"Not funny Buzz."

"What was I supposed to say, doll?" ,he says looking up at me.

I glare at him harder than before.

"If you said anything even related to what I've been doing so far, I'll drop you so fast you'll liquidate onto the asphalt." , I seethed.

"What if I-?"

I glare at him, eyes burning red, for a chance to burn a nice big hole though his skull.

I loosened my grip, letting him fall an inch.

He laughs.

"Try it, Love."



I see his eyes go dark with that demonic look in his eyes that I despised so much.

"I dare you."

"You disgust me, y'know that?" I whispered fiercely.

"Ditto."

He smiles and I finally let go seeing him plummet to the ground at
35 feet above the ground.

I let a sigh escape me as I finally realize his demonic form isn't as it used to be, so I super speeded downwards letting gravity run its course, and seeing him move upward I fly towards him grabbing him again.

"An' here I thought you were actually going to let me liquefy"

"Shut up-", I snapped, "If you do that again, I swear I'll-"

"You'll knock me out so hard I won't regain consciousness, right?" He grins.

I glare at him once again.

"Right."

I drop him off on a roof of a nearby building.

"Hey! Why'd you-?!"

"Gotta go." I fly away as he tries to grab for my cape.

"Snotty ungrateful lil' brat!"

"I heard that!"

I hear him curse and I smile.

I float above some buildings trying to decide what to do next. I'll visit Mom and dad, I say with a sigh to myself. I look around making sure no one sees me and i transform back into Linda, closing the back door, just as dad walks in the front. Mom's near the counter drinking (again).

"Hi Linda."

"Hi dad."

"Where've you been?"

"Why is everybody asking me that?" I say frowning.

"Mom and I were just talking about you." he says, matter-of-factly.

"Great." I said sarcastically



"Don't bother with her, Fred, She'll ignore us-" I hear my mom slur, " like she always does"

"Sylvia, Now's not the time for your input-" I hear him whisper "You need some sleep"
I see my mom yawn and, almost comically, stand up and collapse onto her bed in the other room with my x-ray vision. With her gone, my dad walks up to me, startling me for a second, not realizing I can see his ribcage as he's walking. I shut it off and look up towards him. "Now, Linda, I'll ask you again…Where have you been?-" he said, his brown eyes looking straight into mine. "Are you with that Malverne boy, again?"

"Stop calling him that, Dad. And stop interrogating me like I'm a criminal. I don't have a record."

"You have a record of being over his house." he folds his arms, eyes narrowing. I gave him and equally-as-hard stare back at him. Seeing that I easily out-matched him in the staring contest, I quickly let some steam out saying," I can't believe this! You're spying on his house…and me?!"

"I had no other ch-"

"Don't give me that! Of course you had a choice! I'm your daughter!!"

"He told me you were going to be like this.", he said quietly.

"He?!-"

The next day Richard walks up to me after school, disappointed.

"So, you know, huh?"

"About what?", I asked confused.

"The interrogation."

"Yeah. I still can't believe it."

There was a few seconds of awkward silence then he looked at me saying quietly, "People are talking about you, saying that you have problems."

" I- I do, it's just.. I can't explain them to my parents."

I cover my face with my hands,

" Oh my God! I'm not hearing this! You-"

I pointed towards the direction of the house, "-Interrogated him?!"

"I had to. He was your only friend."

"God!" I slammed the door leaving the house empty handed and on an empty stomach at the moment.

"That's why you moved out?"

I looked at him surprised.



"Who told you that?"

I see him reply, but I cut him off waving my hand at him saying,

"Never mind, whoever told you that. Tell them I'm not moving until the end of senior year…Speaking of which, are you going to Senior Prom?"

"No. I'm not because-"

He whips me around and kisses me leaving me breathless.

He regains his posture after seeing me quickly blush.

He says, "I'm moving."

My mouth drops.

"Wha?- Where?"

"Mississippi, Or something. My dad wants me to run his boating business since I'm his only child."

He shrugged.

"So…What are you planning to do over the summer?"

A smile crept onto my face.

"Me? Save the world from diabolical evil."

He laughs "Right. Like you can do that"

I smile knowingly.

MEMORIES

END of Final message.

Great.

I missed the last one.

I press the button.

"Linda, it's Mattie, girl. I haven't seen you in 3 days what's up?" She paused.

"Oh! I almost forgot, I'm having a night shift tonight from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Meet me in the front office so we can chat. I'll try and make it for Starbucks in the morning. See you there."

Good old Mattie.



I smiled, went to my room and checked the time. 6:30 a.m. I'll make it. I super-speeded to Mom and Dad's house, Remembering the final days I was there last. Mom and Dad had saddened looks on their faces after each suitcase I packed was in the trunk of my car.

"Got your stuff?" My dad asked while I shut the trunk.

"Yeah, Dad."

Mom and Dad look at each other. Dead silence. Mom's the first person to hug me

"I Love you." She says while squeezing me

"Love you too." I managed to squeak out.

She didn't let go.

I waited a few more awkward seconds patting her back.

My dad coughs.

She looks up.

Tears welled in her eyes.

Dad's turn to squish me.

"I'll miss you, hun."

"Thanks."

We let go and I walk around to the front of the car, opened the door, and hopped in.

Turning the ignition on, I drive out and breathe slowly.

Not letting them see my tears, I look into the rearview mirror and see them waving.

I wave back to them.

Crying.

Present day

The apartment is a few miles outside of Metropolis.

I opened the door, found my room and set my stuff out; books,clay figues that I made, pictures of me and my parents before I merged with Matrix, having brown eyes instead of blue.

I sighed remembering it all.

I left the apartment closing the door behind me and began to walk towards my parents house.

I stopped a few streets before their house realizing that a couple is walking ahead of me.



I felt a cool breeze brush past my face, startling the pedestrians, urging me to super-speed.

I smirked.

Why not.

I have only a few blocks to go.

I looked behind me.

Seeing no-one.

I race towards the next block, went around a corner, then I walked again.

I heard them a mile off.

"What was that, hun?", the guy said, shocked.

"I don't know."

I heard them shuffle around trying to pin-point what just happened.

I let them walk past me, slowly backing up, letting them have their space.

They each let out a sigh.

The man began to turn his head back but I'm gone and all they could feel is a breeze.

I heard the guy finally say

"It's probably the wind.".

I turned around another corner, seeing my parent house I smile.

I walked over to the front lawn.

Seeing that my dad's Leesburg police car isn't home, I cautiously open the door to hear that my mom was in the shower.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Mom"

"Linda?"

I heard mom shut off the shower, minutes later she came wrapped in her cotton robe.

She grabbed a cup of coffee from the counter.

"Dad'll be here any minute."

"Good."



I started to walk around to where the fridge is, admiring all the memorabilia of Supergirl.

Geez, I was such a nerd.

I smiled, walking towards the counter, when a vision struck me.

I grabbed the counter for balance.

Not again, I said grimacing.

Vision

"What did you do to our daughter?" I heard my father scream at me.

"Dad its m-"

I saw my dad squint his eyes, turning serious.

"No it's NOT. You're. You're a monster!" I see him whip out his gun and

BANG!

End Vision

The following scene isn't in the comic book series.

I hear it echo in my mind, leaving me breathless. I felt something break off. Looking downwards, I realized broke a chunk of the counter off. Great, I whispered to myself. I heard the doorknob turn and I quickly disintegrated the peice of granite, letting the sandy filaments seep through my hands, behind my back.

"Hi Linda. Nice to see you home."

"Yeah, I decided to, uh, Fly by." I said, laughing nervously.

"So. What have you been doing for the past 6 years? We haven't seen you."

Oh, goody.

He remembers.

I sigh.

"We'll... There's something I have to tell you..."

I saw my mom walk out of her room and stand to the right of my dad, dressed as if she's going out to church again.

"What is it?"

"Well, I'm not who you think I've been, for starters." I said, sarcastically.



I saw my dad's eyes darken and close to slits saying in a deadly cold voice

"What do you mean by that?"

" I-I... Look...I'm-"

C'mon Linda, let it out! ,I said silently urging myself to go through with it.

" I'm.. For the past 10 years... I've been saving the world as Supergirl."

They stare at me for a few seconds, and then laugh.

I transform into Supergirl.

Mom looks on.

Horrified.

I saw her eyes roll up, and then she fainted.

Dad does a double take

Traces his holster with his finger for a second, and whips out his gun.

"DON'T MOVE!"

I put my hands up.

He aims it straight at me.

"I don't know who you are or where you're from, but-"

His hands shook a little, but he steadied his aim.

Clearing his voice he said, "Give me back my daughter or I'll shoot."

I see him breathing heavily.

A sweat drop developed at his temple.

He walked towards me, a little calmer then before.

"Who are you and what have you done to my daughter?"

"Dad it's m-"

I saw my dad squint his eyes.

Turning serious.

"No it's NOT. You're. You're a monster!" I see him whip out his gun and then..



BANG!

I see the bullet ricochet off my chest and into an expensive piece of China, shattering it. He looks quickly at it, hands shaking. Terrified. I stare at him, my mouth opened a fraction. He fires again, this time it misses the China and hits him near the foot. He jumps out of the way. I heard Mom stirring. She finally wakes up after a few minutes.

I gave stared at dad, who, in turn, clicked his gun.

"Fred, I had the weirdest nightmare, I thought our daughter was a-"

She looks at my direction, stifling a scream.

"It's real! Oh my god! It's real!"

He fires at me again.

I glared at him.

It bounces off me, nailing him in the kneecap.

I look at it with my X-ray vision.

"It's shattered." I said to Mom. I walk towards him, about to fly him to a hospital, Saying softly to Mom, "I didn't want to hurt him"

She looks at my coldly, "You already have."

She lifts him up, dragging him to the car, leaving me alone, once again. I looked at them then back to the kitchen floor.

Scattered pieces of China and a trail of heavy blood leading to the car outside.

I shake my head solemnly.

I shouldn't have done this.

I teleported to a tree in the Leesburg park.

The branch I landed on suddenly burst into flames.

I absorbed the heat leaving the tree smoldered, and walk towards Starbucks.

I checked a nearby clock.

It was almost 7.

Need to check up on Mattie.

I finally walked inside grabbed a Daily Planet newspaper and ordered some iced tea.

"That'll be 3.40(?)."



I gave the employee the money.

"Thanks for coming to Starbucks" He said, with one of those pasted on smiles reserved only for the customers.

I grabbed the iced tea and sat at a table near the entrance.

I read the article's Headline.

No wonder why people are snatching this up, I muttered to myself.

"Where's Superman?"

The byline: "Supergirl on the brink in Metropolis."
By Lois Lane

Our neighbors at Metropolis Street awoke, in the evening, to an all out brawl between Supergirl and Lex Luthor. No one knows the reason why they were at each others throats, but when someone called the police they had an answer. Sort of.

"I could see that there was a big battle across some buildings here-" said Chief Deputy Sheriff McLain pointing to a few gnarled buildings.

"But what I don't understand is, If it came from there, Why isn't the Lexcorp window, across from that building, broken?"

Moving from the wreck, onto the pounded asphalt.

A 15 foot deep crater in the ground. The section is roped off for evidence.

I managed to ask some workers there and one said that he saw a peice of a hand a few feet to the right of the hole. So something is there. During their break one person went down into the hole and never came out. A bystander from the site said that he felt like something was watching him, "It had glowing green eyes-" , he confirmed to me. " I thought it was a prank until I looked back to the hand. It was gone before i had a chance to take a picture of it for the evidence" (the only evidence confirmed by the police as of this paper at this time.) He looked into my eyes and said, "Whatever's down there is-"

Alive?

I stared at the sentence in disbelief.

" He's alive?!" ,I whispered to myself.

I saw him with my own eyes.

Bloody and beaten to a pulp thanks to me.

Linda/Mattie scene version 1

I felt the rage swell up inside. Reaching out to my cup, I wrapped my hand around it feeling it heat up. Reading the article again, my grip tightens harder this time, around the cup. I heard Mattie walk towards the door and come in, sitting across from me.



"Liinda."

I could sense her looking at me.

"Linda? Your cup's-"

She waves her hand across my face.

I sensed it burst, retracting my hand I acted, on impulse, as if I was hurt, but I wasn't.

I muttered something about my hand, silently cursing the cup.

"Let me check-"

She takes my hand and I quickly recoil it.

"I'm fine."

"You sure you're feeling ok?"

I looked down at the mess on the table and stared at the now smeared newspaper.

I didn't answer for a few seconds later when Mattie started to wave her hand at my face again.

I grabbed it.

Too fast for her to see.

She looks at me wide eyed

"Stop it." I said, letting go.

"What's with you, Linda?"

"I just can't believe Lois is bashing Supergirl-"

"Maybe she has a good reason to-"

"No, she doesn't." I retorted. Her eyes hardened to black coals.

"Look, Linda. Just because someone has a different opinion another person, doesn't mean you have to dismiss them."

"You're right" I said standing up, and pushing my chair out.

"Where are you going?"

"I have some to business to take care of." I replied with a cold tone, grabbing my article on the way out.

"Oh, okay-" She walked around me, blocked my way, then folded her arms.



As if I needed any more problems.

"I get it! You're trying to get me off of your nerves so you can go around saving the world-"

I stopped short.

She knows that I'm Supergirl?

I was about to push it aside when she unfolded her arms and said

"It's not like you have Super-powers or something." She smirked, and I managed to crack a smile.

Good. She still doesn't know.

I walk out.

"Hey! You forgot your-" I walked faster towards a nearby tree. Seeing that she didn't follow me, and that no one was around, I went behind it; I used my Super-hearing to hear the rest.

"Cup!"

I used my X-ray vision to see what she was planning to do with the cup.

Her eyes darted to the window then back at the cup.

She picked up the cup, examined it, mouthing the words," How'd she do that?"

Turning it around I saw my fingerprints engraved into the cup like a roasted sausage.

She slowly raises her head looking towards my direction.

Shaking it once, she said "No way."

She takes the cup and empties its contents, finally deciding to keep the cup.

I smiled and stepped backwards hovering. Deciding against it, I walked towards Lois' apartment.

This is version two of the Linda/Mattie scene

I felt the table vibrate and give way.

No.

Not again.

The tabletop blurred into a street outside.

I sensed someone a few feet behind me.

"I know who you are!" I heard Luthor in a sing-song voice.

His face hidden in complete darkness.



Eyes laughing.

A sliver of his mouth slowly formed into a maniacal grin.

The image melted into a fiery blaze.

"What's the matter, Linda?-" I heard Mattie say.

"You scared to know the truth?"

I heard her voice morph into Lex's.

Confident.

Terrifying.

Yet, calm.

"Linda?" I hear Mattie's voice seep in.

"No." I said softly, focusing my half-shock/half-speechless-ness into serious anger.

I felt a hand breeze by shoulder.

I grab it in a crushing hold.

"NO!" I pushed her back a few feet, hearing her sail through the air.

"LINDAAA!-"

I heard something break and I looked towards where Mattie was supposed to be.

I heard her groan and saw her slowly get up.

Walking towards me, she cradled her hand.

"I think you broke it."

I breathed in slowly letting the tension escape me as I breathed out.

"Oh." I deadpanned.

"Oh?-", she said quizzically, a foot away.

"Linda? What's wrong with you?"

I look at her.

Staring at her hand for a few seconds I used my X-ray vision on her.

Yep, it's broken.



She walked closer, "What happened-"

"I don't wan't to talk about it."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'll explain it to you a little later"

I said grabbing my article and heading for the door.

This involves a made up male character named Elijah in the upcoming "Elevator sequence". You'll see him later in my other story, "Vulnerable." I'll have a whole background for him and everything.

I arrived at Lois' apartment.

Looking at the array of buttons to push, I finally remembered that she was on one of the top floors.

I rang the bell, and walked towards the elevator.

I saw a man run towards the elevator in a hurry.

"Hold it!" He said, panting.

I whipped out my hand and held the door so he could catch his breath.

"Thanks." He said, walking in.

"No problem." I said smiling at the man.

He looked about 24.

Short blonde hair.

Tall around 5'9

Hazel-eyed and had a stylish goatee, his sideburns met with his beard, which was trimmed, in a little triangle shape. Starting from his jaw (wide) and ending at his chin (in a little point).

I let him past me to push a button; apparently he had to go to the same floor.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah." He said.

There was an awkward silence.

He coughed, after a few seconds, to clear his throat.

"You a fan?"

"Pardon?" I asked.



He pointed to my costume under my clothes.

"Uh, yeah. Big one." I said, a little flustered.

I quickly buttoned up my jacket.

"So, What's your name?" ,he asked, " -Can't call you 'Elevator-girl' every time I meet you, right?"

I chuckled.

"Linda."

I gave out my hand for him to shake, "What's yours?"

"Elijah." He said smiling, shaking it.

"Like the prophet?"

"Uh-huh."

Ding

"Oh...that's my floor." He said, abruptly.

"Mine too." We looked at each other and laughed.

"So. See you around some time?" He said looking at me.

"I'm always around." I replied, exiting the elevator, and going to Lois' door.

I rang her bell.

"Coming!" I heard Lois reply from the other side.

She opened the door. She had a fuzzy white robe tied around herself complete with matching bunny slippers., and her hair in a bath towel.

"Linda?"

I look back out the hallway, to see if Elijah was still there. He wasn't.

"Long time no see." She hugs me.

"-What happened?" She said, after a few seconds, realizing that I let go.

"Wha-? Oh, nothing. Same to you." I said, closing the door.

"So, what brings you here, Linda?" Lois said, after I shut the door.

"Well...I, Uh, decided to fly by and tell you something about Clark that I forgot to tell you."



"Clark? What happened to him? Y'know, I haven't heard from him in a while." She said, while grabbing a cup of alcohol.

She asked me if I wanted some, I said no.

"Well...He's..."

"What? C'mon, Linda you can tell me... It's not like he's keeping a big secret from me, right?" She said, chuckling.

I looked at her for a moment.

Relaxed.

Calm.

Like everything was going right in her eyes but also something was missing.

I thought of something after she noticed me looking at her with glazed eyes.

"Lois, do you still have that photo album of Superman articles?"

"Yeah." she said questionably "-Why would y-"

"Just take it out. I need to show you something." I said, as I unfolded my picture from my pocket.

I watched her grab one of her many scrapbooks of Superman.

Flipping to no particular page, she eyed me.

I gave her a blank look.

"Is this one good?", she said, pointing to a full figured version of Superman.

"Yep, that's fine." I said nodding.

Instantly, I recognized that this one was about her first interview with him.

Noting how old it looked compared to the other fresh pictures that she had besides it.

I sighed, unfolding the picture looking at it one last time.

"There's something I have to tell you, Lois. You can choose either to believe it or not-"

"What do you need to tell me?" She asked.

"Lois. Cl-"

C'mon, Linda. Just tell her. I mentally urged myself.

"Clark Kent isn't who you thought he was."



"What are you talking about? That is COMPLETLY rid-"

I forced my hand to place the picture besides the one she had in her scrapbook.

"Oh. My. God." She gasped.

"There's another thing. Well, two actually."

She turned towards me, Bug-eyed.

Still not believing.

I pointed to the blonde in the picture that I placed besides her own.

"That's me."

"B-but, she's blonde." she stammered.

"I know-" I said, transforming into Supergirl.

I peeled off my clothes revealing my outfit.

"I'm her."

She dropped her scrapbook and screamed.

I super-speeded to her and covered her mouth.

"Do you WANT to wake up your neighbors?", I whispered, fiercely.

She shook her head no.

"Good, I'm going to uncover your mouth." She looked at me, "You promise not to do that again?"

She nodded.

I let go. In return, she hyperventilated.

"Breathe."

She looked at me again and calmed down after a few minutes.

"There's another thing I forgot to tell you."

I heard her murmur something like "There's more?"

I nodded. I paced around for a few second and stopped to face her.

"He's dead."

"Who did this to him?"



"Lex Luthor." I replied, in a cold tone.

I grabbed my jacket, about to fly off.

"Wait!" I heard her say behind me.

I turned around, looking at her quizzically.

"I thought Lex was dead."

"Me too." I said, flying off.

Flying midway into Illinois, I realized that I left my picture back at Lois' apartment.

So I flew back.

Landing into her front porch I saw that the window was opened the way I left it.

"Lois?"

I said, as I was walking into the apartment.

My footsteps echoed onto the floor.

Something felt wrong.

I found her living room after a few minutes.

Looking at a corner of the couch, I saw broken glass and a hand.

Lois' hand.

"Lois!"

I super-speeded towards her.

I checked her pulse.

Still alive.

Just fainted.

Most likely from the alcohol, I noted.

I scooped her up into my arms flying her towards the most nearby hospital in Metropolis.

I rushed into the building.

"I need a medic!" I yelled, I eyed Mattie, who just stared at me.

"What happened?" she asked,



"Alcohol poisoning." I said.

She called for a medic and gurney.

"Take care of her, Mattie." I said, as I placed her onto the gurney.

"I W-", She looked at me, surprised.

" Wait a minute, How do you know my name?"

"I have my ways." I said slyly, Walking towards the door, I waved good bye to Mattie.

She told some nurses behind her that she's taking the night off.

"What did you do that for?" I asked her,

"Just wanted to ask you a few questions."

I looked at her, sighing.

"Fine."

I walked to a park bench and sat down, folding my arms across my chest.

"I know a better place."

"You better not say Starbucks." I warned.

Her mouth dropped.

"Let's grab some food." She said, after gathering her composure.

At Starbucks...

I got some food with Mattie and sat at a empty table.

"So? You do this often?" I asked her.

"What?" she said, half-gagging on her latte.

"Take someone out to dinner."

"Nope."

I sipped my own latte.

A waiter walked by and placed a drink, I didn't order, onto the table.

"Excuse me, but that isn't mine." I told him.

"Sorry, Lady, I just give out the beverages." He said, shrugging.



"Who gave it to me?"

"That guy." He said pointing to a table a few feet away. The guy he was pointing to was a sort of mix between a cute biker guy with a preppy look.

The waiter walked off. I looked at the guy, who waved at me. I waved back, mouthing the words 'thank you.'

"I guess every guy you see around here ends up hitting on you, right?" She asked, looking at the guys direction.

"You could say that." I said smirking.

Mattie looked at me for a few minutes then sighed.

Sipping her cup, she asked, "How'd you know it?"

"Know what?" I replied, confused.

"My name." she stated, bluntly.

"Oh, that..."

I looked at her for a minute. I lowered my voice, motioning her to come closer, adding.

"My friend Linda told me."

She looked at me, sitting bolt up-right, looking like someone stung her with a taser.

Slowly while gathering her composure she asked.

"Linda? You mean, Linda Danvers?"

I nodded.

"Yeah."

"How'd you two get know each other?"

"Well, let's just say we met at the right moment."

I silently remembered the fateful day when Linda and I joined. It sent shivers down my spine.

The following quote is actually a quote from the second to last page in Supergirl: Issue 1, volume 4.

"Screwed up..Everything ...Not...Not fair...Not ready to die... "

I heard the brunette mumble.

Pained, I grabbed her hand and we molded as one.

One who lost her faith and another who gained it.



Shuddering, I watched as Mattie.

She's the one that brought me ,Linda, back.

She looked at me.

"What?"

"Nothing." I replied back, sighing.

Remembering.

She's the one that told me (I mean ...Linda) was dead.

Well, Almost.

If it weren't for-

"Supergirl!" I heard a little boy yell.

Slightly spooked, I gathered my composure and peered at the table.

Apparently it was the boys birthday.

He was turning 7.

"Mommy! Daddy! Look Supergirl's there! Can I go talk to her?" The little boy frantically asked.

The mom looked at the father who nodded his head.

The little kid grabbed his Mom who had a camera.

"Excuse me, Supergirl-"

"Call me Kara-" I said smiling at the kid.

"Okay, Kara. Um.. Can we take a picture with you?" The mom said, flustered.

I turned to Mattie who said that we could talk later and headed off to the bathroom.

I turned back to the boy whispering after I took the picture with him.

"I heard that it's your birthday."

He beamed.

"Say...how old are you turning?" I said with a hint of enthusiasm.

He laughed and told me to come closer.

"You should know that." He whispered.



"You're right." I smiled and laughed.

After the laughter died, I asked him what he wanted as a gift.

He told me taking a picture with him was the best gift he could have.

Then he hugged me.

Before I went to sit down, The preppy guy (with the big posse) walked up to me.

"Y'know, it's my birthday too." He said with an emphasis on birthday.

"Really?" I said, skepticallly with an arched eyebrow, "-and how old are you turning?"

"Let's just say I'm old enough to be your boyfriend."

I smiled.

He leaned closer about to kiss me. I immediately clamped my hand over his mouth.

I put my face inches away from him and whispered in a breathy tone.

"Not on the first date."

I began to walk away, when I felt a tug on my cape.

"No one tugs the cape. It's only reserved for kids." I said, aloud.

I pushed him with my index finger sending him through the air and landing on top of a table startling some on-lookers.

"Sorry about the mess." I replied to a waiter just coming out of the employee booth.

I heard the bathroom door open.

Mattie came out

"What just-"

Her eyes darted to me then to the dazed man.

She began to walk over to where the dazed man was when the rest of his buddies began walking towards us.

"Supergirl, why are they coming over here?" Mattie said in a nervous tone.

"We're going to have a little talk." I said calmly.

Motioning them to come outside.

I open the door and watched them follow me to the parking lot.



Mattie came along as well.

The dazed man (the one who tugged my cape) ran ahead.

"Slow down!"

I heard him catch his breath. I stopped and turned around.

Folding my arms over my chest, I glanced at the crowd now forming near the door way.

"It's alright." I said to the crowd who calmed a bit.

"Can we talk?" the dazed man said.

"Sure." I replied grabbing his shirt.

"What are y-?"

"Going up." I said, looking skyward.

I launched myself, with him in tow, into the air.

He screamed.

"Put me down!" He yelled frantically.

"Now, you don't want me to do that." I said in a calm tone, smiling at him.

He looked around, seeing nothing but sky.

Everywhere.

"We're 50 stories up." I said, to his amazement.

His eyes darted to me.

"So. Let's talk. Shall we?" I said.

"Wh-What's there to talk about?" He said stammering.

"You. What's your favorite color? Your favorite movie? Do you like walks on the beach?" I said knocking off some ads I've seen in the Classifieds.

Y'know The desperate-single-male-in-need-of-a-relationship-kind-of-thing.

"-But most of all. Who do you work for?" I pressed.

"I'm not telling you anything." He said stubbornly.

"I can do this all day." I said giving him a minute to think. "It's either tell me or you go splat."

"Alright, I work for Luthorcorp."



"As what? A pain in my rear?" I sneered sarcastically.

"He hired me as a detective. Once went to jail for robbing a bank. Lost my family because of the guy. My boys are the only family I've got left. He kept asking me if I can get you back to him. He said something about a reward if I complete it."

"I see." I said, lowering a few stories.

I landed with him back at the parking lot.

As soon as he walked out of my grasp he told his boys to "Get them."

I stood there, arms folded across my chest.

"You want a fight?" I asked the men.

Two of them dropped their weapons and ran.

12 men in total.

The rest circled around me and Mattie.

"10 against 2. That isn't fair." I said.

Five of them pulled out guns.

One pulled out a switchblade, and the rest of them grabbed chains that were on their pants.

"I don't like this one bit." I heard Mattie say nervously.

"Neither do I. But, you're safe when I'm around here." I said smiling at her.

The guys who had guns fired them.

"Get down." I said to Mattie, sternly. I grabbed each bullet at Super-Speed. Using my flame vision, I melted the guns. The Men yelped in pain, dropping them. I dropped the now burning pile of bullets to the floor.

"Grab my arm." I told Mattie, calmly.

"Oookaay." I grabbed her hand, leaned back, and swung her in a circle, causing the men to collapse.

Putting Mattie down, she asked. "You think they're ok?"

I used my Super-Hearing to check their heartbeats.

"Yeah, they should wake up in five minutes."

With that said I walked up to the manager and pulled out a few hundreds.

"Sorry about the mess, I hope this pays for the damages."



"Thanks." He replied, bewildered.

Walking back to Mattie I asked her If she felt ok.

"A little dizzy, but I'll be alright." she said, smirking.

We began to walk to the park nearby.

"So, uh. What did the guy say?"

"Nothing-", I said quickly.

"Look I got to go, Mattie. It was great talking to you." I floated an inch off the ground, she grabbed my hand.

"What?" I asked.

"I don't have a ride back, remember?"

I chuckled.

Next scene is going to be a modern remake of the "Fitness Spa" Scene as seen in Superman 4...Involves Mattie and Linda going to the local "Y". Expect some mayhem to follow...

The following teaser scene takes place in the "Y". Linda has her costume underneath her clothes and it's rolled up so she doen't need a bag. Mattie puts on some weights 50 each... while Linda's spotting (Spoting is making sure that the person does it normally and doesn't get hurt.). And, as usual, Linda gets distracted.

Spoilers are in this chapter...

The Next Day...

I woke out of bed, dressed up and made myself breakfast.

I was about to eat it when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Linda?" I heard Mattie's voice on the other line.

"Yep. What's up?"

"Just wanted to ask if you wanted to go to the Leesburg 'Y'."

I glanced at the clock on the stove. it was 10:36.

"Uh... Sure. Just need to take a shower first."

"Alright, I'll pick you up in about a half hour."

"Okay, See you there." I said hanging up the phone and quickly took a shower at super-speed.



I dressed up after washing myself.

Super-suit under my clothes (rolled up of course).

Then, ate my cold breakfast, which I heated up with my Flame vision.

She finally came.

"You bringing anything with you?" She asked as I hopped into the car.

"Nope. I'll get something while were there."

We headed to The Y.

It was a big place with a lot of people that come on weekends.

We parked the car and walked into the weight room.

Haven't been at the "Y" for a while.

I said to myself marveling at the high tech equipment.

The Watchtower was nothing compared to this.

There were screens everywhere.

I sighed, as Mattie directed me to a barbell.

Where I was spotting her.

She put on some weights and told me to help instead of just gawking at the room.

I chuckled.

Finally out of my séance.

I lifted the barbell with minimal effort, allowing Mattie to lift in time with the music that was blasting.

I looked across the room.

Staring at the sea of people for anyone I might know here, other than Mattie.

I heard a ring from the door indicating that someone walked in.

The two guys that ran from the brawl the other night, just walked in.

"Lind- Ack!"

I heard the barbell drop, so I put my foot underneath to soften the crushing sound of metal against impervious flesh.

I glanced at the men walking to the dumbbells.



They didn't look back at me, so I used my Super-hearing.

"Hey, Isn't that the chick from that fight last night?"

"Yeah."

"I think she needs-"

"-Help! I heard Mattie gag.

I looked down at Mattie, who turned blue.

"Oh my god." I gasped, and quickly apologized.

I grabbed the barbell in the middle with one hand and put it back on the bar.

I looked around to make sure no one was looking my direction and straightened the crushed end out.

Then, I helped her put the weights back.

Mattie took a deep breath, regaining the air she lost.

"What were you trying to do, Linda? Kill me?" I heard her mutter furiously while putting the last weight away.

"Just got distracted." I said helping her get up.

"Let's get some water." she said eyeing me.

"Alright."

We went to the vending machine, got water, and went back to the Ladies room, where Mattie kept her stuff.

"How'd you manage to do that?" She said, opening the bottle of water.

"Do what?" I said confused.

"Lift the barbell."

"I don't know what you're t-" I said a little too quickly.

"Yes you do." She stated, putting down the bottle.

I stared at her.

Speechless.

"Do you know how much weight was on there? 50 pounds. Each. You lifted it up like it was nothing. With one hand." She said, noting the awkward silence that I gave her.

"Mattie.. I..."



"This better be good, Linda." She warned.

I looked at her.

Sweating.

I checked if there were any video cameras around with my X-ray vision.

There weren't.

Thank God.

"It is."

I continued.

Walking up to her and wiped the sweat off my brow.

"Look, Mattie." My voice faltered a bit.

"I'm Supergirl." I whispered.

"You can't be ser-"

I firmly grabbed her by the shoulders.

"I am." I said, darkly.

"Mattie, just keep looking straight at me. And what ever you do, try not to scream."

"O-kay." She said nervously. and stared.

I stared back into her eyes with my flame vision creeping up.

"What the-?!"

I heard her stifle a scream. I turned my heat vision off.

"That's not all of it."

Still grabbing her by the shoulders, I hovered a few feet off the ground.

"Look down." I said. She quickly glanced at the floor then back at me. I lowered us back to the ground.

"H-How-?Wh-" I heard Mattie stammer.

"Now, you see why I've been keeping this a secret?" I told her.

She sat down.

Collecting her thoughts.



Showing this to your best friend is a toll.

"So you were with me last night?"

"Yes." I said sitting close to her. "The problem is: I've kept this a secret."

I looked at her.

"-Can you?"

She looked at me, finally.

Calm and collected.

Not an inch of worry on her.

She nodded.

"Good." I said smiling.

I used my Super-hearing and checked on the two guys that went to the dumbbells

the last time I saw them.

I found them, after funneling out the menagerie of voices.

"Can't we just grab a bite to eat?"

"No, Benny. We gotta do this."

I heard them walking towards the ladies room.

"They're coming."

"Who?"

I heard a knock at the door.

Mattie jumped out of her seat.

"Mattie, go to the bathroom and grab your things." I ordered.

"If this goes wrong, I'll whistle for you to get out."

"Whistle-?"

"Mattie-" I warned, my eyes flaring.

"Alright, I'm going." She said, heading to grab her things and went to the bathroom.

The men knocked again.



I opened it.

"Can I help, you two?"

"Yeah." The one named Benny, replied.

"We're looking for a friend of yours, African American. Tall."

"She left a while ago."

"You sure?" He said peering inside.

"Yes." I said, narrowing my eyes at them.

I opened my eyes as if recognizing them.

"I think I know you two..."

"Aren't you from Metropolis?" I said to the guy named Benny.

"No-I-"

"No? Really? I think I met you guys somewhere. Wait, wasn't it at Starbucks?"

I saw them both shudder.

"L-Look, ma'am, you got it wrong. We're from Coast City. We came to visit-" Benny turned to his buddy.

"Your friend." The other one said, grabbing me.

"Hey!" I elbowed him in the chest. Sending him flying backwards into a wall. The one named Benny rushed to his side. The other told him to get me. I whistled for Mattie. The boys covered their ears. The whistle was below a dog whistle, and the higher than humans can take.

"Jeez, Linda!" I heard her groan.

The guys looked at her.

"Uh oh." She said while grabbing her bags.

The guys looked back at each other. Smiling.

I grabbed her at super-speed, went to the car, and dumped her bags in the back.

"Drive!" I yelled.

She did as she was told, starting the ignition, and floored it.

"Are they gone?" Mattie asked me as soon as we were on the highway.

I looked behind me and sighed. Grateful, that they didn't follow us.



"Yeah, they're gone." I said.

She drove at normal speed and made a u-turn.

"What are you-?" I looked at her.

"I almost forgot that I had planned to meet Cutter."

"Oh."

We went back to Leesburg and parked near a Pizzeria.

We got out of the car and saw Cutter.

Bald and goateed, Cutter, waving.

We waved back.

"Hey, Linda." Cutter replied. " -Haven't seen you in a few days."

I was about to say something when Mattie interjected.

"She came up with a cold." She stated.

I shot a grateful look at her.

Cutter looked at us.

"So, we getting something to eat or not?" He said, rubbing his hands together.

Couldn't wait for the food, I should have known.

We ordered our food.

Cutter dug in, as always.

Mattie had a salad, while I had some pasta.

As soon as we were done my cell phone rang.

" Are you gonna-?" I heard Cutter say.

"Yes." I shot him a look.

Getting of my chair, I walked a few feet away from the pizzeria

"Hello? This is Linda Danvers, with whom am I speaking to?"

"Surely, you know who this is by now." I heard a familiar voice on the other end.

"Lex." I stated.



"Good, you know." I heard him say.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Oh nothing simple, just a nice little game of show and tell." I heard him calmly say.

"I don't know what you're-"

"Oh but you do. You see, I know who you really are."

I closed my phone, about to text Mattie when I got a message from Lex.

Wouldn't do that if I were you.

I read.

He called back.

"Don't even try it." He snarled.

I heard him calm down and ask me if I saw the waiter near Mattie and Cutter.

"Yes."

I saw him.

Thin and lanky.

I looked closely, something glinted.

He was holding a knife besides Mattie but she was still talking to Cutter and didn't notice it.

"There are more where he came from." he said.

I looked around.

The whole place was bugged with his goons.

A few in a car nearby, one by a mailbox.

Great.

"What do you want me to do?" I said finally giving up.

"There is a nice yellow Lambourgini heading your way."

I saw it from a mile off.

"What I want you to do is, stop it with your bare hands."

"You're a sick man." I seethed.



"I Know." He said.

I heard him laugh.

Car scene version 2

I sighed, closing the phone after the conversation with Lex.

Looking back I saw Mattie picking at her salad.

She eyed me, obvious that she saw the knife.

Cutter on the other hand was chatting with the waiter about the many different kinds of macaroni there are.

The waiter didn't look pleased, he looked annoyed.

Walking towards the waiter, I covered my head as if I had a head-ache and used my heat vision to melt the knife.

" What th-?" I heard Cutter say as the waiter yelped, dropping the knife.

I turned it off, smiling.

I looked up at Cutter and pushed both Mattie and Cutter a few feet back with a soft Tk blast.

Both were startled.

"LINDA! Look ou-"

I looked at the oncoming car, but it was too late.

The car barreled through the table and into me within mili-seconds.

I grabbed onto the hood of the car.

I looked into the windshield and saw driver hit the gas and I went through a convenience store.

Glass windows and all.

I glared at the driver.

People in the store dropped their things in awe at the sight.

We crashed through the back of the store and into a bar.

I flew backwards and went through another wall from the impact.

I heard a crowd gather around the car.

"Is she all right?" I heard someone ask.



I shook the dirt off and moved into a blur, transforming into Supergirl. I ripped off the roof of the car, revealing a shaking man. I paused for a second and dropped the car's roof, instantly grabbing the man.

"I don't care who you are-" I violentley whispered.

"You can throw me into jail if you want." I heard the man say in a frightened tone.

"Oookay..." I said slowly.

This guy, apparently, has some issues that he isn't telling me.

I snapped his seat belt off and set him on solid ground.

"I just killed--" He started.

Oh, so that's why he's acting strange.

"I took her to a nearby hospital before she got worse."

He looked at me.

"B-But, I saw her go through a wall.", he protested.

I stared at him in silence.

He saw me.

Great.

Just what I need today, a witness.

I sighed

"Here's what I'm gonna do. I'll let you spend a few days in jail, just as long as you tell me who sent you and why you did it in the first place."

He gulped, his eyes darted to me.

He looked downwards, as if contemplating his next move.

"All right." He said, "Lex Luthor sent me. Threatened to kill my family. My wife and two kids... If I didn't comply to his rules. Said he would give me a raise."

"A raise?"

He nodded.

"Are you a 'gun for hire' or something?" I asked him.

He said yes.



I walked towards some police officers.

"You know what to do." I said to them, as I flew off to where Mattie and Cutter were.

I landed softly. Cutter gawked at me. I stared back at him for a few seconds.

"Is that who I think it is?" I heard Cutter whisper to Mattie.

"Yes.", came her reply.

"Are you two okay?" I asked them.

"Why don't you find out." I heard Cutter say in an I'm-trying-to-act-sexy-but it-really-isn't-working tone of voice.

I perked my eyebrow at him.

Mattie glared at him, stepping on his foot in the process.

"Ow!" He yelped.

I chuckled as I looked at them with my X-ray vision.

"No broken bones, yet." I said, smiling, after I had turned it off.

I turned to Mattie and said, "Your friend's okay. I just flew her to a hospital. She'll be out for a couple of weeks."

"Friend? Oh! Linda." She said, understanding.

I sighed.

"Looks like I'll be going.-"

I began to fly off, when Cutter grabbed my hand.

"Wait!"

"Yes?" I looked at him, and pried his hand off mine, folding my arms across my chest.

"Can I get an interview with you?"

"Uh...Not right now, I still have some saving to do." I said, smiling.

"I can contact you when I'm free-", I continued. "Do you have a card?"

"Yep." He fumbled around his jacket and gave me his card.

"The Leesburg Tribune?" I asked him.

"Uh huh."



"Let me guess. You're a reporter." I said with a smirk.

"You guessed right." He said with a smile.

I laughed.

"Well, I got to go. " I said to Cutter. I winked at Mattie saying, "I'll be sure to tell you all about it, later."

"'Bye", said Cutter, waving at me.

"'Bye" I said as I flew towards Luthorcorp.

After I disintegrated the last gun, I grabbed a nearby traffic light fixture and wrapped it around the guys.

They squirmed, each of them cursing.

I sighed and brought them to the cops, who were a little surprised.

They smiled at each other, knowing that they'll be getting a good paycheck this week.

As I flew away, Cutter asked me where Linda was.

"I'll go check if she's ok.-" I heard Mattie say.

I flew down to her.

"It's all right." I interjected, "She's at the hospital. She has a few broken bones so she'll be out a few weeks."

"Oh." I heard Mattie say, a little saddened.

I looked at her, sternly.

As if that gave it away.

"Oh!" She gasped finally realizing.

"What?" Cutter asked.

Mattie quickly turned around and said, "Nothing."

I flew off, smiling to myself.

Knowing that everything will be all right.

Lexcorp Chapter

I managed to grab some extra clothes from a convenience store before I landed softly behind a building and changed into Linda Danvers.



I opened the door and walked up to the secretary. I glanced at her name tag.

Kitty.

"Can I help you?" she asked, after she shuffled a few papers into her drawer.

"Yes, I'm wondering If Mr. Luthor is available at the moment." I said as I gave her my most dazzling smile.

"One moment please." She said, as she typed something into the computer.

She frowned.

"I'm afraid he's not available. You have to make an appointment."

She glanced up at me.

"Are you a member of the press?"

"No." I said as I turned to walk towards the elevator.

I began to go near the elevator, when she stared at me, eyes wide open.

"You can't go up there-"

"Oh, Really?" I said with an edge in my voice.

As if to dare her to come over here.

Just watch me.

I glared at her as the elevator dinged and opened its doors.

I walked in.

Using my X-ray vision, I saw her run back to her desk and press a button.

"Mr. Luthor, We have a problem." I heard her say before the elevator closed.

"Now, If I were Lex Luthor. Which floor would I be on?" I said, aloud as I looked at the dozen or so buttons that grazed the elevator switchboard.

Hmmm...

I traced a finger around the switch-board, deciding which button to press.

eany...meany..miney...

I stopped at a button that didn't have a number on it and pressed it.

I smiled as I was met by security guards.



"Hello." I said politely.

"You're unauthorized to be-" One of the security guards started to say.

I grabbed the guy by the shirt collar and lifted him up.

"You have no idea what I'm capable of." I said in a stone cold voice.

"-Now..." I said, calmly as I put him down."-show me where Mr. Luthor IS."

He stared at me and then looked at his partner, who nodded.

We walked towards a big door all the way at the end of the building.

I knocked and opened the door.

"Come in." I heard Lex say as I closed the door.

"You owe me an explanation." I stated, as I folded my arms across my chest, glaring at him.

He chuckled, still holding his cup of brandy in his hand.

"Seems that I do, Ms. Danvers-" He replied with a smirk on his face as he turned around and sat in his comfy leather seat.

"Or should I call you Supergirl." He continued as he sipped his brandy.

I stared at him, furious that he knew my secret identity.

"How-" I started.

"I have my ways."

He stated mysteriously.

I narrowed my eyes.

"I don't want any small talk. Especially coming from a Luthor."

"I see. So you want the truth?"

"Yes."

"I tracked you down."

"How."

"A blood sample from the last battle that we had."

So that's, how.



"You have a very interesting blood type. It's nothing like I've seen on earth." He said with a smile. "I thought you and your cousin were the same considering the fact that you two came from the same planet. But apparently that wasn't the case. You somehow bonded with a human."

He sat there smirking.

"It's quite interesting, don't you think so?" He said.

He sipped his brandy once again and placed it on the table.

I glowered at him.

"I have something to show you-" He said.

He typed something onto his laptop.

Some images popped up.

Most of them involving me transforming into Supergirl.

I stared at him.

"Now. Now. There's no need to be alarmed." He said in a too sincere voice. "-Since I own most of the satellites orbiting earth, I managed to hack in and save these."

He looked at me.

"Unless you want these to be shown to the press." He continued, sneering.

"No, I don't." I finally said.

I walked up to him and grabbed him by the shirt collor, pulling him up and off the floor.

"Look, Luthor. I didn't come here for a pep talk about your technology."

"Then what did you come here for?"

"There's something I have that you don't."

"What, Super-powers?" He laughed.

I glared at him.

"No. Faith."

I let go of him.

"I'll be watching you." I said in a cold tone.

With that I stormed out.

Some guards stopped me.



"No, let her go." Luthor said returning to his brandy once more.

"Oh, and Linda-" He said my name with a sneer as I turned around, "I'll be waiting."

I heard his evil laugh echo throughout the building, even when I left it.

Mattie and I walked to the receptionist's office.

"We're here for a visit." I stated, at the desk.

"We need to see Lois Lane." said Mattie.

The nurse chuckled and said, "Honey, it seems like everyone wants to see her these days."

"I'm sure of that." I heard Mattie say under her breath.

The nurse went to her computer and typed something.

"She's on the third floor, in room A-306." she said after a few minutes.

"Thanks." I said and grabbed Mattie.

We went to the room and knocked.

"Who is it?" I heard Lois say.

"It's Mattie and Linda." Mattie replied.

"Come in."

Mattie opened the door and we walked in.

I saw a bunch of flowers by her bed.

Mostly filled lilacs and sunflowers.

Lois looked at them, then at me.

"They're from your parents, Linda. They have great taste don't they?"

I nodded.

"They should be coming back. Your mother had an errand to run and your father said something about a robbery downtown."

I looked at Mattie with a worried look. She returned the favor.

"Do you think they might need some divine intervention?" Mattie whispered to me.

I looked back at Lois about to say something but she interrupted.

"Don't worry; I'm sure they can handle it." Lois said quickly.



I looked at Lois.

Something didn't feel right.

She wouldn't be so perky after a detox.

Then again, nobody would be perky after one.

I turned to Mattie and gave her a few bills.

"Go get some food. I need to talk to Lois for a few minutes."

She nodded and left.

I grabbed a chair and sat down near her.

"Lois?"

She looked at me.

"How do you do it?" She asked, her eyes with tears.

"Do what?"

"Keep him a secret."

I realized she referred to Clark.

"It takes a lot of patience and self-sacrifice." I said, smirking.

I sighed.

"Look, Lois. I know it's hard... I'm dealing with it, too."

She half laughed.

"I married Superman, Linda. Not Clark Kent. And yes, I know you can't make the earth go back in time just to save him."

I chuckled.

"You know I didn't ask for these abilities. I almost died, before I became Supergirl." I stated.

"Then why couldn't you save him?"

"He had his purpose, Lois. He saved a lot of people."

I grasped her hand, firmly.

"I don't want to risk losing you."

"You won't.", she said, smiling.



I heard a knock at the door.

Mattie opened the door.

"Is it ok if we come in?"

"Yeah. Wait a minute... We?" I said getting up.

I glanced at the door and saw two other people come in.

My mom, who was wearing a dress.

And my dad, who was still in his uniform, brought a stuffed teddy.

"Did we come at a bad time?" , My dad said to Lois; putting the teddy bear that read "Get well soon." on the front, on her nightstand.

"No.", I replied, quickly getting up and walked towards my dad and trying to avoid my mom who looked at me and shivered.

"She isn't who she seems, Fred.", I heard mom say.

She was still spooked by me revealing my secret identity to her.

Dad ignored the comment.

"I'm gonna get some food. Do you want something?" I whispered to him.

"No. it's okay I ate a sandwich before I left." He replied.

"Alright."

I walked down to the cafeteria.

I really hate hurting my parents with this burden. It's been hard to deal with, especially with Clark not being here.

As soon as I walked through the doorway, I felt a hand grab my shoulder, firmly.

I grasped the hand and flipped the person over.

"Richard?!" I said.

"What? No, Hello?" He said as he dusted himself off.

Everyone fell silent looking at me.

"It's ok, everyone, he's alright. Just learned. Uhh... self-defense." I said quickly, as I pulled him up.

"Nice one." He whispered, sarcastically.

The crowd slowly began talking again, and we went online.



I managed to grab a salad and a pudding before I heard a big burly guy behind us talk.

"Move it. I don't have all day." I heard him snarl behind me.

"We're trying to." I heard Richard say.

He lowered his voice to a whisper, (thinking that I wouldn't hear the next word that came out of his mouth), but I heard it.

"Jerk."

I felt the guy narrow his eyes at him.

"What did you just call me?"

"Richard I don't have t-", I warned him.

"You heard me. I called you a jerk"

I felt the guy move around me. He stood In front of Richard, with his arm ready to punch him. Richard winced.

Great.

I put my food back onto the counter, super-speeded to Richard, and crushed the guy's fist.

I felt the bones crack. and he screamed in pain.

I glanced at Richard.

"Don't just stand there. RUN!" I yelled at him.

He took my food and his food, gave the cashier the exact amount.

I quickly told him to go to Lois' room. He nodded, then ran for his life.

"You're gonna pay for that." the rude guy growled at me.

That can't be good.

I went the long way up by taking the stairs.

"You're gonna wish you never did that in the first place!" , I heard him holler.

As I finally reached the third floor and went near the door to Lois' room, I saw the door slam open.

He barreled through the door and skidded to a stop a few feet away from me, and proceeded to circle around me as If I were his prey.

"Ooo. I'm so scared.-" , I said with biting sarcasm.

"-What are you planning to do, slam me through a few walls?"



I saw a smirk slowly creep onto his face.

My mouth opened a fraction.

"I was kidding about that statement!" I said, waving my hands as if to say that I didn't mean it.

I was shocked that he'd actually consider it.

I grabbed him as he barged into me at full force.

"You really don't want to test that theory, buddy." I said, turning angry.

I let him ram me straight through the door.

Everyone in the room was shocked, except Richard, who wasn't so lucky.

He flew off the ground from the impact and slammed into the floor, face first.

Sending food particles everywhere.

"Sorry!" I said, quickly to him..

"Let's see how you like being pushed through a wall."

I snarled, turning to the guy.

I pivoted around the guy and hurled him, with me in tow, through the window.

He screamed, as we fell, and tried to punch me.

He missed, grabbing a fistful of my jacket, instead.

"Not having a good day, buddy!" , I yelled at him as we quickly descended.

I covered his face with my hands as I changed into Supergirl and slammed him into a car below us.

He went out, cold.

I checked him with my x-ray vision to see if I didn't seriously hurt him.

A broken hand and a few fractured ribs.

He'll live.

I super-speeded back up to the big hole and changed back to Linda, as soon as a doctor walked in.

"What happened here?" The doctor asked me as he gawked at Richard who had woken up.

"Are you ok?" He said his next question in a worried tone.

I pointed to the guy who lay crumpled on the car.



"Yeah. But he isn't-" I said as he peered over my shoulder, "-He tried to attack me."

Someone had called an ambulance.

I saw medics run to where he was and take care of him.

"He belongs in a loony bin. " I heard him mutter to himself as he left.

I ran to Richard and asked if he was ok.

"OK?! Linda, you just went through me like you do this everday!" He screamed.

He glanced at Mattie.

"I think I need some medical assistance." He murmured, winking at me, his face full of purple-ish green bruises.

I smiled.

He'll be ok.

"Richard." I said to him, sternly.

"What?" , he replied.

"Everyone here knows who I am."

He laughed.

"You got to b-" , he said as he darted his eyes to everyone in the room.

They, in turn, gave him a serious look.

"Oh."

He quickly realized what I was saying.

He stared at my (now costume exposed) chest.

"I think you need to buy yourself another jacket." , he said as I peeled off my shredded one.

"I'm gonna be back." I said to everyone in the room, as I shunted to my apartment and grabbed a baggy Cubs baseball team sweater from my bed.

I then shunted to Kal's gravesite (thinking that I should say something) at Metropolis Park and walked to the gravestone, which was filled with teddy bears, flowers and other stuffed toys.

The birds began to chirp as I walked there.

"I know it's hard to deal with losing you Kal, It's just that..."

I struggled to find the words, "- It's just that no one really believes it, yet."



I sighed.

"Well...Not exactly no one... Lois is the only one who still hasn't. She still thinks you're alive."

"I know that it's difficult to leave this world when you did so much for so many people. I realize it now. Everything in life has consequences, Clark, But why did you have to be one?"

I paused, sniffling, as a tear rolled down my cheek.

I looked around and everything froze in place.

A bird in mid-flight and a few squirrels with acorns in their mouth.

"What th-?" I exclaimed, as something shimmered into view by a tree.

It was Wally.

"He wasn't supposed to be a consequence, Linda. He was ready to leave." He replied, in an even tone.

"He was killed by his worst enemy." , I said to him, "-How is that not a consequence?"

He chuckled.

"Oh, believe me, Linda. Lex is more powerful than you can imagine. So much that your destiny will change."

I super-speeded up to him and grabbed him by his shirt collar pulling him up and off the ground.

"Stop being so damned cryptic, you little runt.-" ,I seethed.

"-What do you mean by 'your destiny will change'? "

"You'll see." He smiled.

"It'll be amazing." He said, then vanished.

I hate it when he does that.

He's always so cryptic when it comes to stuff about me.

I sighed and shunted back to the hospital room.

"You back already?" I heard Mattie say as I walked up to her.

"Were you expecting someone?" I asked.

"No."

"You sure?" I asked with a perked eyebrow.

"Yes." She said in an irritated tone, and narrowed her eyes at me.



"Ok, ok. Just asking." I said, as I walked to where Lois was and turned on the T.V.

"This just in from Metropolis hospital. A man in his forties apparently fell from three stories and only has a broken hand and a few fractured ribs. Let's go to Bob, live." I heard the reporter say.

The screen cut to a reporter who's in a helicopter.

"Thanks, Frank. We're at Metropolis hospital at the scene. Wait a minute... I see some people. Hey, you there!"

The screen cut to Mattie and Richard, in the back picking up some leftover scraps of food, both of them looked shocked.

This can't be right.

I walked to the gaping hole in the wall, carefully, and stood face to face with the reporter in the helicopter.

"Say 'hi' to your folks at home." He said with a smile, as he leaned the microphone towards me.

"Uh... My folks are right here." I said as I pushed them in front of me.

"So, what do you two think about this mess?" He asked my dad.

"Well-"

I sneaked out of the room and walked to a nearby elevator.

What should I do, now?

I walked out of the hospital and glanced up.

The helicopter was on front of the building.

I smiled.

I'm going to go to the back of the building.

I looked, making sure no one would see me.

No one did. Thank God.

I super-speeded up the other side and sat down on the roof.

I heard the helicopter move closer.

Not good.

"Hey,you over there!" I heard the reporter yell.

I glanced at them, then did a swan dive off the edge and started to super-speed on the ground.



I used my super-hearing to check if they were saying anything.

"Did you just see that? " I heard the reporter say,faintly.

"Yeah. Bad way to end a-" The camera man stopped at mid-sentece.

"Uh, boss. I think you gotta see this." He said, as soon as he cleared his throat.

I heard him grab the camera.

"What IS that?" He said in awe, "Zoom in on it!"

"I think it's someone moving on air!" The camera man said excitedly.

I shunted to the back of the helicopter.

"Wait! where'd it go-?" I heard the reporter say.

I grabbed onto the helicopter.

"I think we caught something." I heard the cameraman say.