Cover – Kara is standing like Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man (the sketch of the man with four arms and four legs) with a transparent super-suit over civilian clothes. On her left are Mary-Lou Jones, Derrick Albright, and Lana Lang standing beside her like one happy family. The right side is Karen Starr, Marx, and a figure hiding in the shadows behind them.

*Translated from Kryptonian

INFINITE SUPERGIRL

By KryptoKin

Welcome To the Real World Part 3

Karen Starr stood between Supergirl and Lana Lang. She held on to Kara's left hand with her right and moved her other hand while she spoke. "Lana Lang, meet Kara Zor-El the last daughter of Krypton. Kara, meet Lana Lang, the woman who's going to save your life."

Kara looked at the two women then let go of Karen and stepped away. "You're lying." A look of surprise and hurt flashed across Karen's face.

"No Kara. I'm not." Kara's eyes turned red and she went into a fighting stance.

"You're LYING!" A red beam shot from her eyes, incinerating Karen and Lana in one action.

"Miss Starr, are you alright?"

In the woods 50 miles from the Air Force base

Karen Starr popped out of her thoughts and focused on the blonde superhero slumped in the dirt 50 meters away. Samuel Carter looked at his employer with concern and interest.

"I'm alright. Lana, are you ready?" Lana Lang wrung her hands but nodded her head. "It is best that you speak with her alone. Having Samuel or me out there might set her off." Lana nodded again.

"Okay. I'm going in." Samuel and Karen watched Lana as she stepped out of the shadows of the trees and towards Supergirl. She stopped seven feet from her, the setting sun disappearing behind trees a backdrop for the two women. "Hello Supergirl," Lana whispered out.

Kara did not answer nor move so Lana crouched down to get a better look at the blonde. "My name is Lana Lang. I'm a reporter for the National Tribune, not that it matters. I want to help you." Kara kept her head down, her blonde hair hiding her face from Lana. "If it helps, I knew Superman when he was your age." Lana scooted closer to Supergirl and tentatively placed a hand on her shoulder. "Please Supergirl, please let me help."

Supergirl sat up and Lana flinched back. She studied the red-head for a moment before speaking. "What do you know?" Lana was surprised by the quiet voice of Supergirl.

"What do you want to know?"

"Everything."

Waldo's Gas

J.T Simmons sat on a handcrafted rocking-chair next to the opened door of the station. Smoking a black pipe, his salt-n-pepper hair blew in the wind as he rocked. He watched the string of smoke leave his pipe and noticed a black dot in the distance. The dot grew larger and became a man on a motorcycle. J.T blew smoke out of his mouth in puffs as it pulled up to the station. A man dressed in black boots, blue jeans, and a red jacket got off the Harley Davidson. He kept his helmet on but lifted the visor up enough where only his mouth and nose were visible.

"I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of Saint Mary's Hospital."

"Keep going the way you were going. After ten miles you go left onto the off-ramp. Turn right from there and you'll be at the hospital."

"Thanks." The man was turning away but stopped when J.T continued speaking.

"You gonna go see that girl?"

"What girl?"

"The one Supergirl saved."

"No, I'm home for the fall and wanted to surprise my sister. She's a nurse."

"Good. Can't see her anyway. News says the cops are watchin' over her. What do you make of this Supergirl?"

"Not sure. Never met her."

"Pretty thing. If only I was younger…" J.T stuck the pipe in his mouth again. The man stood still for a moment as a camper passed the gas station then walked back to his motorcycle. He scanned the open, grassy field across the station before pulling his visor down and driving away.

Captain Parker's Office

"I knew it. I knew those clothes looked big on her. Didn't I say that?" said Derrick while pacing from one end of the office to the other.

"No Derrick, you never said a thing," said Mary-Lou. He ignored her comment and kept pacing.

"How did she even get my clothes?"

"I don't know." She rubbed her right hand over her face and sunk deeper into the green armchair in the corner of the office. "When do you think Airman Kane and Marx will be back?"

"Dunno"

"They've been gone for over an hour." Derrick stopped pacing and looked Mary-Lou in the eyes. "Don't you think that's odd?"

"What can we do about it?" She got up from the chair and leaned on Captain Parker's desk but jumped off immediately like it was burning her.

"I wish I knew." The door to the office swung open and a young officer dressed in Air Force blues stepped in. His hair was raven-colored and his skin olive, which made his violet eyes stand out.

"Hello, my name is Lieutenant Rodgers. I'm here to take you to Captain Parker."

"Finally." Mary-Lou stepped towards the officer but Derrick didn't move. "Where is Airman Kane?"

"She's busy assisting him. If you'll follow me, I can take you to him." She and Rodgers stood in the doorway and looked back at the unmoving Derrick.

"Derrick, come on." Derrick narrowed his eyes at the man. Something isn't right, he thought.

"MJ, get away from him."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Mary-Lou, get away from him now." She moved away from the officer quickly. "He's not an officer MJ. Everyone is in ABUs but he's in blues," Derrick turned to the man. "Plus, you didn't knock." The man rolled his eyes and pulled a black circular device with blue etchings on it from his pocket and held it in front of the teens.

"This is going to sting." A bright, white flash filled the room completely. When the light subsided, the two were unconscious on the floor. The man closed the door behind him and put the device away. "It's done," he said while pressing lightly on his right temple.

"Excellent. Get the object and leave immediately." The man moved to a safe in the left corner of the office and pulled out a pen.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" He clicked the pen and a blue laser started cutting into the metal.

"Item one five seventy-two must be in the hands of the child before the allotted time." The man clicked the pen and stopped the laser. He opened the safe and pulled out a lead box the size of an American football.

"I repeat, are you sure this is a good idea?" The man closed the safe and stood up.

"Yes, now wait two-point-five minutes. Katherine Kane should be returning to retrieve the teenagers. Then you can-"

"Wipe her memory. I know the drill. This isn't the first time-jump I've done."

"It might be your last if you are not careful." The man pressed his temple again and the voice stopped talking. He stood in front of the desk, careful not to step on Mary-Lou or Derrick. Once the door opened, he turned on the device and it flashed again. From there, he pulled Kate Kane into the room and closed the door behind him.

Air Force base, Lab 4.1

Captain Parker stood with Colonel Kane in the middle of the damaged lab. Lab technicians were working on repairing the walls, doors, and cleaning up the shards of glass. John Hayes sat in front of a series of laptops hooked to wires and various machines. "I thought the military was supposed to have the latest equipment," he said.

"Work with what you have Mister Hayes," said Colonel Kane. John cracked his neck and fingers then went to work.

"Sir," said Captain Parker, "why is he working on those laptops and not in Lab two-point-two?" Kane turned around and leaned close to Parker's right ear.

"During the Super-frenzy, someone…infiltrated our system."

"That's not possible."

"It is because it happened. They corrupted all of our computers. We're scraping the bottom of the barrel captain." A look of worry and fear was on Parker's face.

"Do we know who?"

"No but General Lane has been informed of the situation." Kane turned back around and faced the captain directly. "Where's Airman Kane?"

"Retrieving the teenagers, sir." In a hallway, a pair of tan boots was running through doors and around corners.

"Any news on the blonde? Kara?" It passed two pairs of feet in Tibex suits then stopped as another set of tan boots walked by.

"No sir. She's still missing, and with the amount of damage Supergirl and Superman did to the base she could be buried underneath the wreckage." The boots entered the lab and stepped over broken glass.

"Let's pray she isn't." Colonel Kane's attention was drawn away from the captain. He saluted then took a file being held out to him. "What's this?" He opened it and began to read through. A frown settled on his face as the technicians worked in the background. He looked up from the file and said, "Where's my daughter?"

Ten miles from the Air Force base

Lieutenant Rodgers stepped through the trees and into a clearing no bigger than two minivans side-by-side. "I'm here," he said while pressing on his temple. After a moment, leaves began to blow around in a circle and a portal suddenly appeared in front of him. It looked like a red tunnel made from spider-webs.

A tall, lanky bald man dressed in a form-fitting suit with a torso-length, red shoulder-cape stepped out of the portal. As soon as his feet touched the ground, it closed behind him. The man had a black tribal-like tattoo around his right eye and similar tattoos on both of his hands. "Do you have the object?"

"No, I just called because I missed you." The man frowned.

"Sarcasm does not suit you brother."

"What can I say, this century grew on me." Rodgers held the black box out to the man. He tentatively reached out and let his fingers float over the box.

"You know where to bring it and when?"

"Yes."

"Good." The man pressed on the inside of his right write with two fingers then turned away from Rodgers.

"Sir, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"You question my authority?" The man kept his back to Rodgers when he spoke.

"No sir, but I fear giving her the crystal could set-off a series of cataclysmic events that not even we will be prepared for." The leaves began to blow again as the spider-web portal appeared in front of him.

"You underestimate the girl Rodgers. She is capable of handling the crystal." The man stepped into the portal and disappeared.

"It's not Kara, I underestimate. It's the Authority I'm not certain of."

Captain Parker's Office

Colonel Kane and Captain Parker moved quickly to Parker's office. The two men paused in front of his door before Parker turned the knob and stepped in. Airman Kane, Derrick Albright, and Mary-Lou Jones were standing in the middle of the room talking and laughing. As soon as she saw the officers, Kate Kane saluted her superiors and they saluted back.

"Is there something you want Colonel Kane?"

"Airman Kane, you were supposed to take these two teens and bring them to us."

"I apologize, sir. We began to talk and lost track of time. It is entirely my fault."

"You're excused Kane. As for you two," Colonel Kane smiled and handed them a picture, "we have someone you need to see."

St. Mary's Hospital, Room 403

Lying in a hospital bed with her left arm in a sling was Kara. Her blonde hair was up in a short ponytail and thick-rimmed, black glasses hung off the edge of her nose. Sitting on the left of her was Lana Lang reading a book and on her right was an African-American woman named Dr. Martin. At the foot of her bed were Captain Parker and Airman Kane. Kara was focused on the television playing quietly in the upper-corner of the hospital room.

"We put her through a series of tests to check for any internal damages. Other than a broken arm, Kara is in good physical condition."

"What about her silence?" said Captain Parker. "She hasn't said a word since she was brought here."

"Kara experienced memory loss during the accident, as you so put it. Right now, her silence is her way of working through the loss." Lana stood up and placed a hand on Kara's shoulder. The action caused Kara to flinch slightly.

"That's where I come in. Kara staying with me will help her regain her memory."

"Miss Lang, not to be rude but I don't see how you're qualified to help her."

I wish I knew what they were saying, thought Kara as she absently rubbed her clavicle. The golden, translator necklace was no longer around her neck but sitting on top of a folded pile of clothes on a chair by Lana.

"I wouldn't worry about my qualifications Captain Parker." Lana leaned over and picked up the device. "I would be more concerned with explaining to me why my cousin was being held at your air base," she said while handing Kara the device. Kara slipped it on using her right hand and gently touched the two golden balls sitting on her clavicle.

"It is not our fault Kara ran out of the infirmary."

"Then whose is-"

"Lana." Kara's right hand was wrapped loosely around Lana's left forearm. "It was my fault. I got scared and ran. At least, I think I was scared." The four adults in the room looked surprised as she shifted in the bed. "It would be best for you, Captain Parker, and Doctor Martin to continue this conversation in the hallway. Don't worry about Airman Kane. She can keep an eye on me if anything happens."

The three adults left the room slowly, leaving Kate Kane and Kara in the room. "Why did you ask them to leave?" Kate asked.

"I do not like being talked about like I'm not in the room." Kate nodded then looked out the window at the night sky. "A thought for a penny?" Kara asked. The airman looked back at Kara and smiled.

"I think you mean a penny for your thoughts." Kara frowned then shifted in the bed. "Kara, what do you remember?"

"Bits and pieces. Meeting Derrick and Mary, you and the colonel showing up, running out of the infirmary, pieces of ceiling and wall falling, not much else before today. Why?"

"We found your book-bag and your clothes," she said while setting the bag on the bed. "Our technicians are looking for the footage near where it was found but nothing has been discovered yet."

"It's missing."

"Yes, and until we find it, we may never know what happened to you earlier today."

Air Force base, Room 507

Marx was engulfed in darkness save for a weak light coming from his laptop. He was leaning back in a blue or black desk-chair with his feet propped up on an unseen piece of furniture. The laptop sat on his lap and clicking sounds came from it as he typed on the keyboard. The light changed colors from white to red to blue to white. The clicking sounds continued as the light changed colors again. On the screen was a clip that showed Kara changing from civilian clothes to her Kryptonian uniform. Once the scene ended, Marx rewound the clip and played it again.