It was two days later after Kara had sped home quickly to meet Alex and grab clothes while Clark was at work to submit assignments he was completing at home at record speed and more training had been done when she finally got fed up at no reply from Barry

Not wanting to give up on him Kara logged onto facebook. It wasn't a site she used a lot preferring the faster pace and wider range of twitter but she had an account. Barry wasn't one of her friends on it yet but since he wasn't replying it wasn't him Kara was hoping to message.

Finding his sister, Iris's profile she wrote her a quick message asking if her and Barry were okay and telling her she would be back in central city next week if she still wanted her to read through her dissertation.

Deciding that was a good message. It wasn't being rude for Barry not replying and was asking kindly if they were both okay indicating she hadn't spoken to Barry and offered help rather than just questions

Kara was happy with her wording and she left the app logged in on her phone so she would get a notification when she responded.

Clark had gone today with Lois to tour the hospital that she was having the baby in. Clark was so confused as to why this necessary but Lois kept insisting this was the way they got the best doctor and a private room so that her rather strange request that all the windows be completely blacked out could be accommodated, and not treated as a silly whim of a pregnant lady and ignored.

It was for the wellbeing of the patients but it was kinda hard to explain that requirement without revealing why it was necessary. But this was one problem throwing money at would solve. So expensive doctor and a private room it was!

Kara heard all about it from Clark as they both took flight to the training area they were using for practise when they both heard it, the sound of an explosion from downtown

"Well ready or not here Supergirl comes" Clark said and they both pinwheeled in the air heading toward the sound.

"Ille put out the fire and hold up what I can of the building and you just focus on getting people out of there" Clark shouted and Kara nodded to show she understood, She knew her freeze breathe was certainly not up to task yet but her speed was plus rescuing people would allow them to see her face.

Zooming into action Kara could see the explosion had happened on a third floor of an apartment building. Flying inside the second Clark had finished putting out the flames holding up the building that was groaning from the extra weight it was bearing without the structural support. Kara zoomed inside and began to dash around the first apartment searching for life and who needed help immediately

Finding no one in the immediate vicinity of the blast Kara moved onto helping people evacuate from higher floors zooming them outside to safety as the building was beginning to tilt despite Clark's holding of it clearly other supports had been effected.

She had gotten everyone out above and was gathering people from the lower apartments as a crowd gathered below.

It was exhilarating to move at such speeds and Kara had gotten everyone out in under a minute everyone looked incredibly dazed but otherwise okay so Kara went to go help her cousin with the building.

Together using material they found with their x ray vision they were able to repair the building with Clarks heat vision and Karas knowledge of what would work to help the building (she got fascinated about the most random of things when she was a kid but it was always useful)

When they were done Clark pointed out the media that had arrived and they both waved making for an excellent photo before they opted not to talk to them and zoomed off and Clark insisted that they continue training and for once Kara felt no irritation at the remark, she was woefully unprepared.

They focused on her heat vision and freeze breathe trying to get Kara to release it from the limits she had put on them both to just control them for making human tasks easier.

"I'm not asking you to forget how to freeze a drink- it's helpful! But just figure out how to blow off that cap you've put on it" Clark paused then laughed, "Pun intended"

Kara rolled her eyes and continued alternate between trying to freeze rocks and heat them until they turned to lava.

She had improved by the time it came to head back but not by much.

As they both landed Lois turned accusingly toward them both from the couch noodles falling from her chopsticks and back into the tub balanced on her belly.

"You promised me first dibs on the story!" She moaned and Clark and Kara watched as Lois flipped over to the news channel which they were both all over.

"Well technically we didn't talk to anyone" Kara pointed out as Clark made a wide eyed shaking head motion from behind Lois as he walked toward the room

"Don't you give me technicalities I need something to live for right now soon all will be capable of is baby talk and trying to stop it floating out the window!" Lois bawled now crying

Kara looked super panicked having caused the tears, "Um… would you like some Ice Cream?" she offered lost and offering the first thing that came to mind.

"Ice ceeaaam?! I'm not a woman on her period this is never ending this is another 18 or probably more years of never ending …" Lois trailed off into more tears as Kara shied away in fear and Clark came back out and just picked Lois up and sat them both back down in the sofa comforting his fiancé as Kara wisley exited swiftly out the room.

Getting into pjs she grabbed her phone and popped in headphones to play music to stop her super hearing inadvertently catching the couple's conversation. She felt like she was a bit in the way now but Clarke had promised a week but here they were three days in and Kara hadn't gotten anywhere but in the way.

Checking through her phone for something to do Kara could see she had a reply from Iris and she was not expecting to read what she did.

Barry had been struck by lightning after the particle accelerator explosion, he was in a coma but it wasn't looking like there was any sign of him waking up.

Kara stared at her phone as music to anyone else's standards would be blasting their ears out played out. It took her awhile to figure out how to respond. The way it was written made it seem like Iris wasn't too friendly with Kara this time around, like she was to blame for Barry's state somehow. Iris hadn't told her what hospital Barry was at to visit or anything just a short reply, she hadn't even said anything about her dissertation.

Maybe she was just under stress… Kara could easily find out what hospital Barry was at…

Okay maybe Kara was overthinking it, but she knew she had to see him. Getting changed again out of pajamas she dialed up her phone and called Central City General Hospital.

After being put through all the departments she was met with a wall of patient confidentiality at every department she tried, something she had forgotten she would hit. Until she was put through to discharge, which initially she was relieved, he was okay! She could hear the trainee asking a fellow colleague if Barry had been discharged yet having forgotten to put the phone on hold.

She caught with her super hearing the person she asked moan about Barry and his transfer to Star Labs, she sounded unimpressed with the transfer. The trainee came back to the phone,

"I'm sorry he is no longer a patient with us" she told Kara

"Oh was he awake when he left?" Kara asked relieved

"No it says here he was still unconscious" the trainee read out, "Wait who did you say you were again?"

Kara put the phone down quickly, her music cutting back into the headphones as the call ended. It was far too late at night to visit him now she realised looking down at her changed clothes especially if he was at Star Labs. Ironically a place he had always wanted to see the inside of.

But suddenly panic erupted in front of her as Clark was suddenly in her face removing her music from her ears and suddenly it was a good thing she had gotten redressed.

"Pregnancy ending now!" Clark said in a bit of a tongue tying sentence before vanishing again in a blink of an eye. Kara could hear him frantically packing a bag for Lois who Kara went to check on.

She didn't look pained she just looked amused as she called out to Clark from the sofa as Kara rounded the door, "There's no need to rush it will be hours yet!"

She rolled her eyes at Kara as both of their hair was blasted from side to side as the panicked father to be blasted about the apartment gathering all the things that might be needed for the short hospital stay.

"Clark" Lois said slowly and he was there in a second,

"Yes what do you need?" He asked looking very much the opposite of a composed Superman

"To go to the hospital, I don't need a bag either you or Kara is perfectly capable of fetching me whatever I need in seconds you know that" Lois tried to assure the panicking father to be.

"Yes yes we can" Clark repeated almost to himself rather than Lois

"Right now call the hospital and tell them I am in labour and I'm on my way" she held up her hand as Clark went to pick her up, "At human speed!" She quickly added before she was whisked away

"Oh right yeah I shall call… how long does it take the human way?" He asked off handedly as his phone dialled but before Kara could answer him having looked on her phone a woman on the other end picked up and Clark started to talk to her.

Kara looked at Lois who looked at her wreck of a husband, "He can save the world every day without batting an eye but for this he's a complete wreck"

Kara laughed, "He's always a wreck when it comes to stuff close to him not that saving the world doesn't mean a lot but this means a lot more"

Lois smiled, "yeah it does" she rubbed her belly

"Ooh I so want this girl out of me" she groaned as a touch of pain crossed her face

Kara looked questioningly at her, "I thought?" She trailed off looking back at Lois's stomach.

Oh Lois dismissed Kara with a wave of her hand "Oh I don't know so don't let your face give it away I just… I can tell it's a girl and if I'm wrong I'm not going to be sorry and hey I have a fifty percent chance of being right!" Lois was breathing heavier now as Clark came back from having been in the phone.

"Contraction?" He asked and Lois nodded

"How long so you think it takes to get to the hospital at human speed?" Clark asked Kara and she turned her phone around so he could see the map she had loaded on her phone as he let Lois grip his hand through the pain.

Clark read the screen then checked the time on the clock on the wall

"Okay said we were in the car on the phone so we can leave for the hospital in five minutes" Clark calculated from the time he hung up and the travel time displayed on Kara's phone app

"Right okay then" Lois said as the contraction finished "Kara you okay to carry me?" She asked and ignored her finance's wounded look.

"You are far too distracted to concentrate on carrying me" she pointed out and Clark looked more understanding

"Of course" Kara agreed and five minutes later they were out the balcony and off to the hospital.

They came in as instructed and headed straight for the maternity ward and everything was sorted and they were all settled in with the windows blocked and Kara slipped away to the waiting room down the hall leaving the couple alone for perhaps the last time for a long time.

She messaged Alex what a happening and she passed along the couple well wishes which Kara said she would give to them after the baby was born.

Kara was excited for the new member of her family and house to be born and meet it for the first time and hold the little girl.

Sitting down she tried to remember the ritual that was performed on newborns on Krypton. With the child being a girl it was a different ceremony for a boy which was the only ritual Kara had seen, Clarks.

Texting Clark quickly to say that if they wanted her she would be right back Kara headed out the hospital roof and then flew quickly to the fortress of solitude. She had a computer to ask questions of.

Kara wasn't gone very long but it felt like a while and she was prepared for what was to come. Kal X had been able to help and was over the moon to see her and she almost couldn't escape from the robot who had been very sad when she never came to visit anymore and was very happy that she had her memories back and was happy to help her learn a new ritual. He even was able to show her a moving photograph from her own ceremony that was on file.

It was a little overwhelming to see a younger version of herself and her parents but she held in there and headed back to Lois and Clark.

She arrived back and hopped into the lift to get back to the right floor and checked her phone. Clark had been texting her updates apparently her little niece was not waiting around and Lois was just about ready to start pushing.

Luckily she could grip his hand as hard as she wanted and he wouldn't be injured. Slipping back into the waiting room full of anxious new mothers and fathers and grandparents. It was a room full of people who seemed to jump at every nurse that even came close to the door .

Most Kara learnt through listening to phone calls were waiting for news from surgery as their partners had been taken in for c-sections. One mother to be was distraught that her wife had been down in surgery nearly two hours longer than she was meant to and was freaking out on the phone to one of her friends who was telling her to calm down and it was probably all fine. Another set of grandparents were complaining to another set that their daughter hadn't wanted to know the sex of the baby

"It's made planning and buying presents very hard" one grandmother commented to the other, "Oh I know" the other replied, "I normally knit my grandchild a little hat or jumper and for this one I had to knit two! One blue one pink just because I know that if I guess it's definitely going to be wrong and then she's going to be upset that her sister got a jumper for her kids and she doesn't"

Kara tuned them out for a second to have a focused listen in down the hall and then quickly retracted her metaphorical ears as all she heard was screaming and many swear words coming from Lois's mouth

Kara unconsciously crossed her legs as she focused back in the room, Clark was right that baby was really not messing around- she wanted out.

However being more aware in the room let Kara witness the nurse coming to give the news to the other anxious mum to be who had been waiting an extra few hours for news on her wife to be told that there had been a nice surprise during the c-section and there was actually two lovely healthy babies waiting for her in the room with her wife. The cries of glee and joy from that room kept Kara distracted - along with the newborn baby's cries of annoyance for being out of their warm safe space that they had occupied for nine months previous.

Sooner than expected Clark appeared, one of his hands looked very white from cut off circulation but the smile on his face brought light to the room

"It's a girl" he randomly announced to the room and they all clapped him as Kara stood up and shooed the doey eyed kryptonian out the room and into the room where Lois was now all smiles and kindness, not a screaming, swearing woman she had been about half an hour ago.

"Hey" Lois greeted Kara, "We would like you to meet Alycia" she smiled and tilted her arms a little so Kara could greet her niece

"Oh" Kara managed, Alycia was the tiniest smallest little thing she had ever seen. She was awake with bright blue eyes looking back perfectly calm as opposed to the twins Kara had been eavesdropping on earlier.

"Would it be okay if I did a Kryptonian naming ceremony?" Kara asked of both the parents. Lois nodded with a tired smile and Clark nodded too as Kara began to speak in fluent kryptonian it wasn't a language she got to speak often and yet it being her mother tongue it was so easy to slip back into.

Toward the end of the short ceremony Kara spoke her new niece's name, "Alycia Kal-El" and then kissed her little forehead and the baby giggled lightly

"Kal-el?" questioned Lois, "Isn't that Clark's kryptonian name?" she asked a little confused,

Kara nodded "Female kryptonians take their father's name, for example mine is Kara Zor-El"

Lois nodded tired as anything as she accepted her daughter back into her arms

"I never knew that" Clark commented, "So If I had a son?" he asked then was quickly swiped at by Lois,

"No no more children, i'm done!" she joked and they all laughed.

"If you had a son" Kara started keeping an eye on Lois as she continued, "It would just be their name and then the family name -El"

Clark nodded understanding but honestly very wrapped up in his daughter, who clearly had her dad wrapped around her little finger only a few hours old.

"She is so calm" Clark commented and both Kara and Lois shot hm a warning look but luckily Alycia didn't react to his obvious ironic comment.

"I really thought she was about to prove you wrong then" Lois laughed, "But it seems she really does already love her daddy enough to do whatever he says!"

Kara took some photos of the new parents ready for an announcement and stole few for herself and Clark insisted she join in one with them and convinced a nurse to take the photo for them. Who went to open the curtains for some natural light and was quickly shot down with no explanation.

It was no hard choice it was instantly the new background for her phone. It was nearly five am in the morning now but Kara sent the photo to Alex with the tag 'Look who arrived early!' with the most adorable picture of Alycia she could grab.

It was after the last adorable photo of her was taken when Alycia finally decided she had had enough and it was time she got something she wanted.

"Holy" one of the nurses commented as they walked into the room, "Doesn't she have a set of lungs eh!" She near enough had to shout over the cries of the baby. Kara and Clark were shooed out the room as the nurse began to explain breastfeeding to Lois.

They wandered down the corridor together heading back to the fretful waiting area when one of the grandmas Kara had been eavesdropping on earlier walked up to them

"Oh lovey, Did I hear you right earlier when you said you had a baby girl?" she asked looking up very far at the too tall for his own good clark

"Oh yeah" Clark replied confused

"Oh goodie!" the old lady exclaimed, "My daughter she was a right pain and insisted she didn't want to know the gender so little old me had to go and make two jumpers and well" she fished a small pink sweater out of her bag, "She had a boy and I sadly have no little one to give this too, would you like it?" she asked holding up the beautifully knitted ting garment

"Yes" Clark replied "Thank you so much, my wife didn't want to know what we were having either and as such we have no girls things or any things really!" he laughed

The old lady smiled and pressed the jumper into his hands, "Well now you do, and it is such a shame now a days that every single baby thing is so gendered" she tittered as she headed back to what must have been her daughter's room

"Ironic she said that while handing me a pink jumper" Clark commented and Kara shoved him a little and he stumbled suprised.

"Jees sometimes I forget you can do that to me" he joked as they decided to wait outside the waiting area rather than going in, as it was starting to fill up with morning visitors

"Have you invited anyone to come visit?" Kara asked having looked in on the crowd behind the door

Clark shook his head, "Mu- Martha said she would come visit later in the week when we have settled and aren't so new baby crazy, Lois's family they … don't approve of me so I don't think any of them will be showing up anytime soon"

"Someone out there met and doesn't like THE Clark Kent?" Kara joked her eyebrows raised,

"Well they haven't ever actually met me" Clark elaborated, "They never liked the close relationship Lois had with Superman as a journalist so she always kept us separate and then they drifted apart, I don't even think the exchange Christmas cards now"

"Oh" Kara commented a little surprised, "So you guys and Martha were the only family?" she asked, "Until i got my memories back"

Clark nodded, "Yeah and it's really nice to have you back" he hugged his cousin and she hugged him back, "Glad to be back" Kara said snuggling into her cousin's arms.

"Would it be okay if Alex came to visit at some point?" Kara asked, "I don't mean soon but maybe for thanksgiving, I don't think I can face Eliza right now"

"Kara…" Clark started but Kara cut him off, "No just let me be mad at her, I understand she was trying to keep my safe but there is a difference between lying to me and making me think that my only blood family hated me and wanted nothing to do with me and just a nice white lie"

Clark nodded and didn't bring the subject up again, when the nurse found them about half an hour later they were still stood there leaning on each other.