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Earth 38: National City

Barry let out a deep breath and looked at the fragile glass structure of Quarmer. Even though he knew there was no reversing Quarmer back to his original state, he didn't want to break it. He would just feel more guilty. He had never killed anyone.

Then he remembered Supergirl. Last time he had seen her, she had been fighting off a giant sand hand. Barry looked around and saw her flying around in circles above the city with the hand right on her tail, their speeds matched. Barry sighed. He was going to have to take a long nap after all of this was over.

He ran up a random skyscraper, repeating what he had done twice in a matter of minutes and vibrates his arm. He was now comfortable with the motion of creating and throwing lightning.

When he got to the top of the skyscraper, he jumped off and saw the hand right behind Supergirl. He wasn't close enough to throw lightning though, so he used his momentum and landed on another building. He continued to speed ahead, jumping from rooftop to rooftop and following Supergirl and the hand, trying to get a clear shot.

After a few minutes, Supergirl recognized his plan and flew straight toward the Flash. Barry got ready and flexed his hand, his fist suddenly around a bolt of lightning. The bolt was different though. It was pure white energy and vibrating Barry's hand.

He shook it off and as the hand closed toward him, he threw the lightning. But instead of transforming the hand to glass, the hand exploded on impact. He must've stored too much energy and releasing it all at once created a more powerful and more dangerous lightning bold.

The Scarlet Speedster stopped running and put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily. Supergirl came to meet him and landed next to him. The flying around had taken a lot out of her. The only sound heard was the sound of cars and the breathing of the two superheroes.

"Thanks for the save." Kara said after a while. Barry waved while still looking at his knees.

"No problem. It's what heroes do, right?" Barry replied nonchalantly.

"Yeah. Oh, and by the way. I'm sorry for being toxic and angry at you. I've just had a lot on my plate recently. I'm not trying to make any excuses, but I apologize that I wasn't able to see you were telling the truth." she bumbled. Barry smiled and stood up.

"It's fine. I get it. You can't just let some strange guy help you without freezing him and putting him in a cell first." Barry said. She laughed and it was beautiful to Barry. The most beautiful sound he's ever heard.

"I guess not. And since you told me your name, I'll tell you mine. I'm Kara Danvers. I'm an alien refugee on this planet. On my home planet Krypton, my name was Kara Zor-El."

"Well, it's nice to have a real name, Kara." Barry replied. He smiled and despite his exhaustion, he felt happy. Sure, he was stranded on an Earth that was not his own, but at least he knew he was going to find a way to get back with the help of some allies. Maybe acquaintances. Maybe friends.

"Yeah. So were you telling the truth about everything? The other Earths are real?" Barry nodded sadly.

"Yeah. It's crazy. On my Earth though, we don't have any aliens. Well, none that I know of."

"Well, on this Earth we have a few. We should also probably get back to the DEO."

"Got it. See you there." Barry said with a smirk on his face. For some reason, even though he just found out her name, he felt comfortable with her. He didn't feel any insecurity.

He raced off before Kara could even open her mouth in response. She shook her head and flew after him, gliding just under the clouds.

Even though they hadn't really spent enough time together to get to know each other, Kara felt they were connected. They just naturally fit together. Kara's mind wandered as she lost track of what she was doing and nearly flew past the DEO.

Barry got to the DEO not much before Supergirl, both with a grin on their face. They walked over to the large, round table across from Alex and Hank.

"Hello Mr. Allen. You proved to be quite powerful back there." J'onn said.

"Thanks J'onn. Can I call you J'onn?" Barry asked.

"I'm referred to as 'sir' at the DEO." J'onn replied.

"Sure J'onn." Barry replied with a smirk. The man/martian raised his eyebrows and stared at The Flash. "Okay, fine. Yes sir." Kara have a look to J'onn and he sighed.

"Thank you. And I'm sorry for locking you up earlier. It was irrational we didn't even give you a chance."

"Same here." Alex said with a grin. Kara could make J'onn do anything.

"Like I told Kara before, it's fine. I get it. You were being precautious and I was an unknown threat to you. By the way, why is there a slur in your name, J'onn? Is it a preference or an accent or something? No offense, but the name is very uncommon. At least in my world, I'm not so sure about yours." J'onn smiled.

"It's not common on this Earth either. My name's origin isn't from Earth. My name comes from Mars and it isn't that uncommon there. I am a Green Martian. Both my species and our oppressors the White Martians inhabited the planet."

"Well, that's not unexpected. Wait, Alex, are you an alien?" Barry asked curiously. She laughed and shook her head.

"Nope, just a plain old human. My parents adopted Kara when she landed here on Earth." Alex replied. "What about you. Are you a mysterious alien from a galaxy far far away?"

"Is that a Star Wars reference? So at least you have George Lucas. But no, I'm just a human who got struck by lightning when a particle accelerator exploded. Nine months later, I was faster than anyone else on the planet by more than 200 mph. I've gotten faster by then and I use my speed to take down evil metahumans."

"Cool. But the one thing I don't get… Who's George Lucas?" Alex asked.

"Ha ha, funny." Barry said sarcastically. Nobody reacted. "Wait, you're serious? Who made Star Wars then?"

"Barack Obama. Duh." Alex replied. Barry face palmed.

"Are you joking?"

"Why, is he not supposed to?" Kara asked.

"He's a past president in my world. I could not see him directing a movie."

"Alright, enough with the small talk. Let's talk about how you plan to get back to your world." J'onn interrupted.

"Ah, I'll be right back, I need to get something." Barry shot out of the room and came back a second later. He set an object in the middle of the table. Kara recognized it as the device that had been on his chest when they first fought.

"This thing is a tachyon enhancer. It made me a lot faster than I had been originally and that's how I was able to create a rift in the dimensional barrier. I don't think I can do that now because the device was fried when I went through the breach to this Earth." Alex picked up the tachyon enhancer and looked at it carefully.

"We'll see what we can do." J'onn said. "Also, please bring Quarmer back to the DEO by the end of today. Nobody's coming near it since you left it out on the street without any note. Alex handed him the device and he went off to study it.

"In the meantime, we need to do something about you staying on our Earth for a while." Kara said.

"I was under the impression I would just be here at the DEO. Training to get fast enough to open a breach if the tachyon device can't be repaired." Barry replied with confusion.

"Nope. You, my friend, are going to be an intern at Catco Worldwide Media under my supervision."

"Great, but shouldn't we be worried about my doppelganger on this Earth? I could still be alive or worse, living in National City."

"Don't worry. Alex can forge you the right documents in order to be an intern at Catco. Right, Alex?" the sound of her name snapped Alex out of her daze. She had begun to zone out and now she was on high alert.

"Yeah sure, no problem." she replied even though she only kind of knew what she was supposed to do. She walked off to go find someone who could create believable legal documents.

"Fine. One question though. Actually, two. "

"Shoot."

"One, where will I live, and two, what's Catco." Kara smiled

"Catco is a news production company. It's run by Cat Grant. As of your other question, you can stay at my place. I can sleep on my couch while you sleep in my bed."

"Whoa, I'm not looking to make your life harder or anything. I can sleep on the couch. It's your bed after all."

"Fine, but at least let me pay for the clothes and toiletries you'll need to buy." Kara produced a wallet and pulled out her credit card. "I'm pretty sure you didn't bring spare change while you were testing out your speed."

"You're trusting me with your credit card?!" Barry asked incredulously. Kara shrugged.

"What kind of hero would you be if you stole people's wallets?"

"Good point." Barry hesitantly took it. "Thanks. So, how are we going to get to your place? I don't really have any means of transportation besides my running. And that can be seen pretty easily. People could see me come into your home."

"I'll fly you. I don't have any lightning trail."

"But won't people see you flying toward your house? Or apartment?"

"No, we'll fly into an alleyway next to the apartment building."

"Okay. But I'll have to buy some clothes before we walk into your apartment."

"That's fine." Kara smiled and they started to walk to the exit. Barry looked around, observing the agency. He saw agents working on computer monitors, people chatting, multiple rooms full of weapons, technology, and a lot of weird stuff.

"What does the DEO do? It seems, unconventional." Barry asked as they neared the exit door.

"DEO stands for the Department of Extra-Normal Operations. As it says in the name, we deal in aliens and things that aren't from this planet."

"We don't have anything like that on my Earth."

"It's a one of a kind agency."

"That it is." Barry replied. "So how do we do this? Am I going to hold onto your arm while you fly above the ground?"

"Nope. I'm going to embrace you tightly, and your going to not let go of me."

"Um... isn't there a better way to do this?" Barry asked awkwardly. Kara smiled.

"It's fine. Unless you don't want to do it. I'm fine with it, but we don't have to."

"No, no it's okay. Just, don't drop me." Barry said with a shrug. They awkwardly embraced and Barry slung one arm over her shoulder and one under, clasping his hands together and making sure to not let go.

"Wouldn't think of it." Kara replied. She wasn't nervous at all. Ok, maybe a little nervous, but inside she was glowing. She hadn't flown with that many people and was willing to see what would happen.

Kara shot off into the sky while Barry feared for his life. While Kara loved feeling the familiar breeze of wind in her face, Barry couldn't feel anything except a slight problem in his stomach.

The short flight ended when Supergirl landed in an empty alleyway about two blocks from her apartment complex. Despite the limited time, Barry let go of Kara and stumbled around, nauseous and dizzy from the flight.

Kara stifled a laugh as Barry clumsily searched for something to hold on to. When he finally found a trash can, he grabbed hold of the edges and leaned into it. The air was suddenly filled with a retching sound and a strange smelllling odor.

"What did you eat?" Kara asked as Barry stood up straight and shook his head to get rid of what had just occurred.

"Ugh. I think it was sushi? Or was it Mexican food? Maybe both?" Barry said uncertaintly. Kara laughed and despite the dizziness, he smiled.

Barry then sped to the unknown and Kara furrowed her brow in curiosity. He came back a minute later with clothes in his arm and Kara's credit card in his hand. When Kara didn't immediately take it, Barry whirled around and he was suddenly in civilian clothes with his suit and some toiletries in a duffel bag and the credit card between his two fingers.

Kara plucked the card from his grasp and gave him a glance. He had a blue and white collared shirt and a pair of khakis.

"You look nice." Kara stated.

"Thanks. What about you?" Barry replied.

"Don't worry. I got it covered." Kara walked over to a dumpster and reached behind it. A duffel bag was behind it and when she zipped it open, multiple clothes were revealed. She continued to spin around like Barry and she was changed in a second.

"You know, if I had used my super speed, I would've seen you change in real time. Probably slower." Barry said.

"Oh well. I guess I'll have to trust you."

"I guess you will." Barry said. They started to walk toward Kara's apartment, Barry just following Kara at this point.

"So what do you do for a living? When your not speeding around and saving people." Kara asked curiously.

"I'm a forensics scientist at the Central City Police Department."

"Central City? I've never heard of that."

"Yeah. I found out as soon as I got here that National City is in place of Central City. What do you do?"

"I'm an assistant at Catco. My boss is the founder of the company, Cat Grant. She's... special. One-of-a-kind." Kara said.

"That's nice I guess."

"Yeah. You'll be able to tag along with me at work tomorrow. Remember, you're going to be an intern!" Kara said excitedly.

"Yay!" Barry answered sarcastically.

"Was that sarcastic?" Kara asked. Barry shrugged with his hands in his pockets.

"Nooo." Barry said sarcastically again.

"There it is again!"

"Fine. Why do I have to intern there? Isn't there a police department? Don't take it the wrong way. I like you and want to spend time with you, I just think I should stick to my roots."

"At least give it a try! You might like it."

"Okay. I'll try it and see if I like it." Barry said reluctantly.

They finally arrived at Kara's apartment with duffel bags in their hands and Kara unlocked the door. They walked inside and Barry looked around in shock.

"Damn, this is a nice home. I live in my adopted dad's house and this apartment is better than it."

"Thank you." Kara said genuinely. She put her duffel bag on the ground exit to the sofa and Barry followed suit.

"So... do you have a spare blanket and pillow for the couch?"

"Yeah, I'll give them to you in a second." Kara went away around a corner to get some things for Barry.

While Kara was gone, Barry checked the watch he had bought at the store where he got everything he needed. He had gotten everything and payed with self-checkout. It was only five o'clock. And he needed to eat dinner. He also liked Kara so far and wanted to get to know her better. He put two and two together and a light bulb went off in his head. He wasn't the scared little boy whose mom was murdered when he was eleven years old. He wasn't going to be as afraid and nervous around girls. Sure, he didn't necessarily like like Kara, but he still did want to spend time with her. He wanted to get to know her.

Kara finally came back with a fluffy white pillow and a blanket with the logo on her suit. The blanket momentarily distracted Barry and he smiled.

"Really? A blanket with your logo on it?" Kara smiled.

"Had to do it."

"Okay. Thanks." Barry said as Kara set the blanket and pillow on the sofa. "So... I was thinking.

"About what?" Kara asked.

"Well, it's only five, and I was thinking we could get dinner together? I don't know where the good restaurants are or where we could go but..." Barry didn't finish his sentence because he didn't know how to continue his sentence. He told himself he wasn't going to be scared, he didn't say he was going to be good at that.

"So, a date?" Kara asked with a smile and raised eyebrows.

"No! No, not a date. Just a get-to-know-each-other dinner." Barry quickly denied. And he was serious.

"It's fine. We can go get dinner. We can go to a nice Italian restaurant a few blocks away." Barry sighed in relief.

"Okay. When do you want to go?"

"Just give me fifteen minutes to clean up."

"Okay." Barry replied with enthusiasm. Sure, it wasn't a date, but at least he had more confidence with girls in Earth 38 than he had on Earth 1.