Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero

Superspeeder

She was one of the last of her kind, he the last of a world long dead can these two work together to save what's left while growing as a superhero?

Supergirl/Dragon Ball Z Crossover Kara D./Supergirl/Future Trunks

Romance/ Drama(and humor as well)

Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero

Disclaimer: "hey everyone it's me Gohan here to tell you that superspeeder doesn't own dragon ball or Supergirl; they are the properties of the respective owners. If he did, then I would train after the Cell Games instead of growing weaker during the 7 year gap!"

Me: Sage I must repeat that the figures in the last chapter IS NOT BEERUS OR WHIS; if you want to know their REAL identities read Manga chapters 5-6 of Dragon Ball Super. Or you could just wait until I write about it in the winter finale with Astra (or when the anime gets around to it next January just as a heads up). As for if Trunks will be a MATCH for the gods, well that's something that will also be addressed in the winter finale of Dragon Girl Z. It's going to be bigger than the TV show(and twice as awesome), so if you think things are crazy now, just wait, you haven't seen ANYTHING YET!

Last time on Dragon Girl Z, both Kara and Trunks found out that Jeremiah had a file folder of everything that they had done! Meanwhile Red Tornado took out Kara's power and have left her fully 'human'! How will Kara regain her powers and what will the fallout be as a result of Trunks learning about what Jeremiah did? FIND OUT NOW ON DRAGON GIRL Z!

Chapter 9 I'm only human p1

One week after the Red Tornado events, Kara knew for certain that she had lost her powers and got herself checked out at the DEO with Alura's AI system. "The loss of your powers is undeniably traumatic; you may feel confused or frightened that they're lost forever" the AI told her daughter "your battle with the Android drained your Kryptonian cells of their Solar Energy. You are now as vulnerable to your environment as any human, subject to pain sickness death but have faith Kara" she continued. "Once your Cells have absorbed sufficient radiation from Earth's yellow star, your powers should return. Do not be afraid and until you have fully recovered, lean on those you trust; it is my deep regret that I am unable to be with you myself my beloved daughter. As always my collective knowledge is at your disposal for further analysis." Kara jumped on the opportunity to use her mother's knowledge by asking her "actually I do have a question"; "ask away my child" came the reply. "Well" she began "before I blew out my powers I was with someone and this person is kinda...confusing; you see someone took control of this person's mind and spoke directly to me." "I see" Alura's AI replied; "he told me that my friend had the resource he needs so that he could get all the delicious foods he could eat but what could he be talking about?"

Alura's AI paled(if an AI could pale) and replied "that person and what he's talking about are forces we kryptonians don't mess around with. Pandemonium and evil are the only results for those with the guts to even try and comprehend what these forces are capable of doing; you must never mess with them my daughter" the AI cautioned. "Thank you" Kara replied adding "mom" with a sad sigh taking all of her advice to heart and leaving the room where she was met by Alex. She told her sister "this happens to Superman too where he loses his powers for a couple days right?" The Kryptonian replied "yea but its been two days and I don't feel any different"; "you're just going stir crazy because the DEO has been testing you all weekend. Now you can go out in the real world and see what it's like to be human for a day". "Might learn what it's like for the rest of us" came the voice of Hank Henshaw before asking Kara "how do you feel"? "Fine" the Kryptonian responded as neutrally as possible "I guess(sighs) if this is what fine feels like now". "Kara is heading to work, I was just going to walk her out" Alex explained to her boss who replied "I'm off to deal with an unruly guest might need your help with him when you're done". "Happy too sir" came the reply after which he walked away, marveling at Alex's discipline Kara complemented her "nice. I'd have no idea that you suspect him of anything". "I have to play it that way until I find out whether or not he was involved in dad's death" Alex explained to her adopted sister who asked "do you really think he's involved? You served with Hank for years"; "and all that time he never told me Dad was an agent here at the DEO or that they were together when dad died" she retorted back "everything hank has said to me has been a lie. I can't trust him anymore Kara; I know he's hiding something"(Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day").

Meanwhile at Capsule Corps Trunks was steaming over what he had concerned about what Kara had told him; "this is driving me crazy" the half breed snarled "Kara said this person that controlled my mind knew who she really was and that I have the means to provide them with something of great importance but what?" Vegeta replied "maybe the Namekian runt who became Kami is trying to tell you something?" "VEGETA!" Bulma barked; "hey its just a suggestion" the saiyan retorted. "Yea right" Bulma fumed before asking Trunks "look did Kara tell you who the voice belonged to?" "Well...no" Trunks sheepishly retorted; "then that settles it" Bulma said "I wouldn't worry about it. "It most certainly does not settle it and he should worry woman!" Vegeta barked back "my son's mind has been taken over by Kami knows who and they might know about the dragon balls". "Vegeta we used Shenron to erase the memories of everyone on Earth of things like the Dragon Balls and the Androids" Bulma pointed out in a less angry tone than before; "still that doesn't mean that the sources are friendly" Trunks retorted back "Piccolo hasn't yet found out who took over my mind but dad's right that Supergirl has to be kept in the dark about things like this". "Does that mean that you won't help Supergirl anymore?" Bulma asked her son in a worried tone; "I'm not sure" he replied "I'm going to need some time to think about it" and decided to head over to his GR to do some serious thinking. Bulma shook her head at her son's paranoia which she couldn't blame since he was like that because of the androids and decided to head to work. "Do you think he'll come around" Gohan asked Vegeta after their conversion(he had heard the whole thing but decided not interrupt); "if my son is a true saiyan and she his true mate, then when she is endangered he'll put whatever problems aside and come to her aid" came Vegeta's reply. "I hope you're right Vegeta" Gohan muttered.

Speaking of the Kryptonian, Kara had finally made her way to work but she felt awful, sneezing in the elevator and sounding real sick. Winn noticed this and asked her "hey Kara..uh what's happening?"; "oh there was a 10 year old on the bus with a runny nose" she explained with a sniffle but Winn saw right through the hero. "Ok you're late, you took the bus and what you have a cold?" "I blew out my powers fighting that android" Kara whispered this time being truthful; "what?" he asked astonished "for how long?" Kara didn't reply deciding instead to fume "ugh stupid Red Tornado". "Okay I'm going to help you out I still have the Kryptonian bioanalatics file from Alex's DEO files". 'Okay that is not at all creepy' Kara thought before sneezing again as Winn muttered "we got to find some answers" but was interrupted by Cat's "did someone just sneeze?" Kara tried to hold back more sneezes as Cat questioned everyone asking "who did that? Who among you sprayed my office with a million microscopic killers? I can already feel my throat closing up". Kara sneezing again caused Cat to gasp "You Kee-rah?" before pointing out "you never get sick that's the best part about you"? "That's the best part?" Kara questioned as Cat monologed "If I get sick I underperform, if I underperform our stock prices will fall, thousands of people will lose their jobs, the S&P will take a hit and you will personally have triggered the next recession. Do you want to be the next Leeman Brothers"? Kara took this as a cue from her boss by saying "guess I'll go home" to which Cat gritted "don't exhale on the way out".


Back at the DEO an alien was trying to break containment to no success; "worn yourself out yet?" Hank asked the alien. "Bow your head when you approach me!" he commanded "I am Jemm master of the faceless hunters; conquer of".."twelve worlds. Yeah heard you the first ten time" Hank replied trying not to get exhasperated "its not getting any more impressive". Jemm stared Hank down to which he asked "trying to use your psychic powers aren't you? Trying to take control of my mind, force me to let you out. Hate to break it to you Jemm but your cell has neural shielding, your powers are useless". Jemm grunted before saying "then deactivate it so that I may expose your true identity as a coward"; 'true identity?' Alex thought to herself watching Hank and Jemm carefully 'what could he mean?' as Jemm snarled "I will grind your loved ones to dust!" to Hank who in a quiet voice muttered "there are none left to grind". Then after regaining himself he walked over to Alex and said "Jemm's fish tank is in need of its monthly cleaning"; "copy that I'm on it" she replied watching Hank walk away(Supergirl S1 EP 7 "Human for a Day"). Then taking a look back at Jemm she thought 'you're hiding something from me Hank and I swear I will find out what' before walking away herself.

Meanwhile back at Capsule Corps, Gohan decided to check up on Pan who had blown out her powers alongside of Kara's during the Red Tornado fight. "How's she doing" the worried dad asked Trunks who had decided to take a break from his rigorous mental training with Piccolo; "hard to say" her teacher responded as an unconscious Pan stood upright in a machine "last time she blew out her powers was when she went Super for the first time". "Yeah" Gohan grimaced as he recalled what Trunks had told him in the aftermath of that training "she lost her powers for a week". "Luckily for us mom build a healing tank like the one dad used to recover on Namek so Pan's powers should be back rather soon". "How's Bulla taking it?" Gohan asked inquiring about Trunks sister "better than I thought" Trunks replied with a genuine smile "I guess she's so used to dad training himself to death that she's used to things like this happening to us". "Videl would be so proud to see her daughter do what she did against Red Tornado" Gohan muttered shaking his head sadly "when are you going to tell Pan that Videl is her mom?" Trunks asked "hell I didn't know about that until I visited King Yemma to give dad a second chance at life". "Yeah and you beat the crap out of me for hiding it so well" Gohan chuckled "well between running from androids and training I guess I didn't have the time to ask you about...her".

Gohan sighed before asking "speaking of androids what do you think happened to Supergirl at the end of the Red Tornado fight". "I don't know"; "I mean she got hit from the backlash of the power behind the combined attack of Pan's Kamehameha and her eye beams pretty hard...". "You care a lot about Supergirl" Gohan commented to Trunks to which he blushed but then Gohan turned serious again by asking "what about what you learned about Hank? Is he someone we should regard as an enemy?" Trunks face turned dark once again "to be honest I've been suspicious of Hank ever since he questioned me when I intervened on Supergirl's and Alex's behalf". "Do you think he'll hurt either one of them?" Gohan asked; "from what Supergirl told me Alex can hold her own if Hank is indeed an enemy but if he so much as touches one hair of Kara's head" Trunks growled struggling not to go Super "I will show him no mercy". 'Vegeta was right, there is a growing bond between Kara and Trunks...' Gohan thought 'for his sake I hope we are wrong about Hank'...

On the streets of National City, Kara was walking along trying not to spread germs from being sick so she didn't notice James calling out "hey hey". "Hi where are you headed?" she asked after responding to the reporter's friendly greeting; "uh looking at a rental. Lucy and I are getting a place together actually" he replied to Kara's question. "That's...that's awesome" she commented swallowing the hurt she was feeling inside before sneezing again. "Lost your powers" James observed "solar flare"; "I did not know we were calling it that" Kara commented; "well he does" James explained (as Kara knew immediately that the reporter was talking about her cousin). "He likes to name them; you know heat vision, freeze breath" to which Kara quipped "he's such a nerd but I guess he's not the only one that likes to name their attacks". James couldn't help but laugh at loud at the comment as Kara commented "you know today I'm less Girl of Steel than I am Girl of Stucco". "Oh you'll be alright" James reassured her "just lay low and enjoy your time off you know". "Yeah your right; the world can survive without Supergirl for one day" Kara agreed but she was wrong as the ground suddenly began to shake. "Kara!" James yelled as they both hit the deck; they saw a car charging towards them when James shoved the depowered hero out of the way causing her to cry out in pain because her bones broke. At the DEO Alex was initating prisoner lock when the Earthquake hit; "we lost power switching to emergency" Alex frantically said to which Hank shouted "I need eyes on the prisoner" to the other agents. However it was too late, the power loss caused containment to be broken which led Hank to yell "hostile is loose seal the base!" to Alex. For a brief moment, it looked like she was about to disobey but when he repeated the order, she decided to follow through and seal the base.

Kara on the other hand was groaning in pain causing James to ask her "you okay?"; "no no" she whimpered out. James saw how the depowered hero was clutching her left arm(the same situation which had happened to both Kid Gohan and Vegeta) and commented "might be broken". Noticing how Kara was crying James muttered "oh God" and took off his shirt to create a makeshift cast for her broken arm. Walking further along, they both saw a building engulfed in flames and knowing there was nothing she could do, Kara could only make the comment of "oh my God"(Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day"). Millions of miles away, Trunks felt something and stopped training; Vegeta took advantage of his son's distraction and nailed him with a strong punch. The hybrid yelped as he got knocked to the ground; "you should've been able to defend yourself from that!" Vegeta shouted. "Sorry I just felt something and had to pause. That's why I was caught off guard". Vegeta accepted the explanation but privately he knew that it was that reporter's Ki that Trunks had sensed calling out to help her. 'Their bond is getting stronger by the minute' the saiyan prince realized 'and he doesn't even know' but shook to clear his head as they got back to sparring. Despite Kara wanting to help there was nothing she could do until her powers returned, so both she and James decided to return to the office. The Kryptonian however couldn't mask her pain as an intern bumped into her which cause her to cry out; "you've got to be really careful with that" the reporter told her before asking "why don't you let me take you to the hospital to get your arm looked at?"

"No it'll heal when I get my powers back" Kara whispered back to James although she was in a considerable amount of pain before asking Winn(when she saw him) "are you okay"? The IT pro answered "yeah" but before he could ask how Kara got a cast on her arm, the hero's cell phone rang. "Alex are you okay?" she asked her sister on the other end of the line; her answer of "I'm fine" prompted Kara to quip "liar"(in pain) who teased the hero with a "back at you". "Arm's broken here-which by the way a warning would've been nice on how much that hurts" the maid of Might said to Alex berating her on not telling how being human hurts before sighing and asking "so tell me what's wrong there?" Alex paused before answering "we're on lockdown" to her sister who worriedly asked "wait you're sealed in there with Hank?" "It's standard procedures while we run safety protocols; don't worry. Just keep yourself safe until your powers come back and if they do call me" Alex told her privately trying not to get worried herself before saying "I love you" to Kara who responded back with "love you". At the moment she got off the phone, Cat came into the room commenting "okay so, is everyone okay? Anyone hurt?" Seeing the nonresponse by the staff and not noticing Kara's cast(to her relief), Cat went on "good; sometimes it takes a shock to realize what really matters" before saying that if they wanted to go they were free to go and be with their families. Then turning to another intern Cat asked "and you, You are you staying?" "Uh yes m'aam" he stuttered back; "well we need to get my station back online. People are scared, they're looking for information and it's our duty to help them" she told him in an authoritative voice. "We're working on it Ms. Grant but best estimate is about 4 hours" the intern told Cat who responded with an "unacceptable. Think creatively and get us on the air".


Meanwhile back at the DEO, Alura was telling the DEO agents "the situation you face is dire; Jemm was one of the most ruthless criminals ever to be banished to the phantom zone. His psychic abilities surpass any living species able to read and control minds against their will". 'Duly noted' Alex thought as Alura went on "your only chance at survival is my daughter Kara, humans cannot..."; "shut it off" Hank suddenly ordered tired of how Kara's mother berated the human race. Then he told his agents "first order of business is that Jemm does not read our minds in the field". "R&D developed these neural shields" Alex said taking change; "portable versions of the energy shield we use to block Jemm's powers when he's in his cell". "We only have three disruptors left so Tsung and Reynolds gear up" Hank said handing the disruptors to the men surprising Alex who said "sir I have more field experience than Reynolds and Tsung combined" to her boss. Hank responded by saying "which is why I need you to remain behind to protect the others; I have to know I'm leaving these people with someone I can trust". Seeing Alex's hesitancy Hank interpreted it by asking her "unless you're implying that you and I have a problem"; "no sir" Alex responded. "Good glad to hear it"(Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day") Hank stated relieved that Alex trusted his judgment although she really didn't.

Trunks was doing some intense meditative exercise like his mentor Gohan thought him. His mind however refused to clear for it was troubled; in the hybrid's mind, he saw Kara. She was dressed in a way that made Trunks gulp down his nervousness and her blue eyes shined brightly. Suddenly flames spouted out of the ground and the entirety of National City was engulfed in it. Then before Trunks could react he saw Henshaw grab Kara's throat and began to squeeze it. "No s-stop it" Trunks growled mentally trying to transform to strike the DEO head down but was unable to. Henshaw turned to the hybrid and smirked evilly asking him "you want to save her?" Trunks shook his head yes; Henshaw walked over Kara being so close that Trunks could almost touch her but at the last moment the head of the DEO suddenly snapped her neck. Kara's dead blue eyes looking at Trunks made him shout "NO!" aloud which made Bulma run over. "Trunks what happened? Are you okay?" the concerned mother asked; "I'm fine" he responded shakily "just my mind playing tricks on me". Bulma's lips curled upward as she deviously asked her son "thinking about Kara again?" Trunks blushed red before stammering out "n-no" before resuming his meditation. Capsule Corps' head knew that it was Kara that was causing Trunks to be so uneasy and thought 'oh son, if only you knew how bad you have it for this girl'.. before getting back to work.

Back at Catco, Winn whispered to Kara "hey want to see some magic" and with a click he got the TV operational again; "Winn that's..oh my gosh look!" the depowered hero exclaimed happily. The shout attracted Cat's attention who responded with an "oh well if I didn't have an issue with personal space I'd give you a hug". The other intern told Cat "it wasn't me" who fixed it but someone else; "it was Winn" Kara supplemented to her boss who asked "who?" Kara's friend replied with a quiet "me" prompting Cat to ask him "are you from the satellite company?" A baffled Kara replied "no he's from the desk right across mine..that you pass on your way to your office every day". "Oh" Cat quietly commented as Max's voice came over the TV saying "people need help now. This city's a powder keg; we can't wait around for the government to save us or Supergirl". 'The nerve of that man' Kara thought as James came over to see what was all the ruckus as Max went on "just when the city needed her the most, she's nowhere to be found. The world's most unreliable superhero. Let this be a lesson for all of us; we need to rely on ourselves not aliens in capes".

"Look at Max" Cat derisively commented "using the earthquake as a branding opportunity"; "he's sticking it to Supergirl pretty hard" James commented to Cat. "Well I'm not going to let that bloviating narcissist knock my creation down just to build himself up" stated Cat defiantly to James before saying "Whitt". Surprised that Cat had called on him but unwilling to correct her Winn muttered "close enough" to himself; "start a feed in my office, we are going to counter Max's message about my girl" Cat told him. "If I'm not back in half an hour send..send him" Winn quietly stammered to James before he walked away to do what Cat ordered him to do. After he walked away Kara commented "Max is spreading panic, people are already scared" to James who asked "what are we going to do". "We go down and stop it" Kara answered in a 'no duh' way but James just chuckled and pointed out "you can't just fly up to him like you usually do. I mean this guy is waist deep in security". "Yeah but he's also a showman who loves preening for the press" Kara pointed out "and luckily for Supergirl she friends with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jimmy Olsen". The aforementioned reporter raised his eyebrows at what Kara was implying, but he made no protest to her suggestion.

Meanwhile back at the DEO, an extensive search was underway to track down and re-imprison Jemm; "approaching sector 12" Henshaw radioed to the retrieval team. "Danvers see anything?" an agent asked over the radio to Alex; "nothing" she replied "cameras are clear, heat sensors negative". "Yeah we're getting some sort of interference on our end" the agent told the retrieval team "earthquake may have damaged the circuitry". Knowing that he had to take matters into his own hands Hank radioed "on me" to the others as he continued to be on guard watching for any sign of Jemm. Suddenly the lights flickered which made Tsung radio "we lost power" to Henshaw but hearing radio silence he asked "Henshaw are you here?" Getting concerned Alex said "we only see two of you" which lead Tsung to ask "where's Director Henshaw"? "I don't see him; he's gone!" Agent Reynolds radioed to Alex who said "be advised we lost visuals" to the agents. Suddenly out of no where Jemm struck which caused Tsung to radio "hostile in our sector!" in a panicked voice; "what's he doing out there?" came the voice of Agent Reynolds on his radio. "It's like he's all around us!" Tsung shouted opening fire on Jemm before the radio flat-lined; "two agents down" Agent Donovan told Alex(who sighed) before asking her "what happened to Director Henshaw"?(Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day") Alex knew that despite her orders, she had to take matters into her own hands to track down both Henshaw and Jemm.

In National City Max Lord was hamming it up for the media; "James Olsen thank you for shooting our relief efforts" he said to the photographer. "Of course" James easily responded; "I heard you hung up your camera" Max said. "Oh well I break it out when the need arises" the reporter explained to the head of Lord Tech, Max accepted his explanation before turning to Kara and saying "you look familiar" to her. "We've met; I'm Cat Grant's assistant Kara Danvers" the depowered hero tersely responded being careful of not revealing her true identity. Max nodded then turned to get back to what he was doing and seeing this Kara said "I think what you're doing today is wonderful but uh I found what you said on TV a little..surprising". ""You mean about Supergirl" Max asked getting to the heart of the matter "if you knew me you wouldn't be surprised"."Oh I know you" Kara couldn't help but chuckle softly to herself before asking the CEO "but don't you think that people need a more positive message right now? Hope instead of fear?"

Max couldn't help but looked surprised at how Supergirl lite Kara sounded and seeing this she seized on it by adding "if Supergirl could be here right now she would be". Max snickered to Kara's comment by asking her "why? Because Cat Grant says so?" Kara was stunned into silence as Max quipped "she might as well be Supergirl's PR flack slapping that S on everything just to make money". "What are you doing" Kara asked him; "I want everyone to know who's helping them in their time of need a human being" Max responded handing Kara a water bottle (who took it) before continuing by saying "Supergirl lulls us into complacency. She fools us into thinking she'll save us and renders us incapable of saving ourselves. Like heroin or the welfare state". "That's cynical" Kara quipped not agreeing with Max's ideology but he disagreed by saying "it's realistic" before adding "if anything Supergirl should be thanking me for what I'm not saying". "Which is what?" Kara asked; "she lost her powers; explains why she's no where to be found" Max answered before surmising "I'm guessing she blew out her photo voltaic capabilities fighting that military android; she's a dead battery now".

Kara was tempted to say something but James came to the rescue saying "can't say that" to Max's statement; "I've studied Superman. It takes him about 48 hours to recharge; we're way past that now" he bluntly replied before sticking the dagger by saying "if Supergirl hasn't got her powers back by now there's a good chance she'll never will and that means we're on our own". Suddenly a woman could be heard crying out "help!" She ran over and begged all three of them "please! My dad needs help over there". Back at the DEO, Alex was arming up to go after her boss and Jemm but Donovan said "we can't. Director Henshaw ordered him to stay here" to her. "We don't even know if he's still alive Donovan; these people are relying on us" before shoving the gun into his hand and declaring "we're going". Then in a very commanding voice Alex ordered "do not open this door until you get an all clear from me and only me".

They advanced towards the door and opened it only to met by the face of Henshaw who asked Alex "mind lowering that weapon"? She dropped it before he asked her "what happened?" "We lost visuals" she told him; "that was interference from Jemm's psychic powers. He ambushed us" the DEO head explained before taking a moment to stop; when he regained himself Hank added "Tsung and Reynolds they're gone" in a softer tone. "I'm loaded; I'm ready to go" Alex told Hank ready to step into the gap but Hank said "you can't only one disruptor left; Jemm destroyed the others" to her before ordering Reynolds to get back to his post. "Look I need you to do what I say when I say it because our situation just got a whole lot worse" Hank angrily whispered to Alex before adding "I found burn marks on Reynolds skull; they're from a psychic scan. Jemm read his mind and knows everything that Reynolds did". "Reynolds was head of security" Alex started to say which Henshaw completed "which means Jemm knows how to open every cell in this prison". "He could use the combined power of the inmates to break through the shield doors" Alex muttered realizing what this meant. "I'll cover the cell blocks but I can't have you getting in my way" Henshaw told Kara's sister of what he intended to do before adding "so I'm ordering you to stay here". Alex was about ready to protest but the DEO head saw this and said to her "Alex you got to trust me" before leaving a fuming DEO agent behind.

Meanwhile the woman who cried out for help led Kara, Max and James over to her injured father whimpering "no" to them. Max made the diagnosis "he got a tension pneomothorax" to which a surprised Kara asked him "your a doctor?" Max replied "did med school in a year" before saying "he needs to get to the hospital" to the woman. "I called 911 but they haven't come yet" she blubbered to which James calmly explained "paramedics are swamped"; "I once saw a clip of Supergirl in the news" the woman went on "and she flew someone over there to the hospital". "Unless you know where she is we're your dad's only hope" Max bluntly told the woman as Kara pondered what to do. Suddenly Max's voice broke her thoughts by saying "damn its a venous bleed"; "what?" Kara asked confused by medical term the tech genius used. "He must've lacerated another vessel" Max explained to the depowered hero/reporter; "so..so we find the vessel and stop the bleeding right?" Kara asked thinking of the solution to the problem. "He's got a hundred thousand miles of vessels we'll never find the right one" he bluntly told her before poignantly adding "unless you got an x-ray machine". "Please, Please" the now desperate woman sobbed to them as Max said "he's extinguishing into his chest..he'll bleed out and die in shock in a few minutes".

As he walked away the woman continued to sob and plea for someone to do something; Kara decided to try and do exactly that as she muttered "come on, come on come on" to herself. James saw that Kara was trying to use her powers to no avail as she continued to mutter "please please, come on come on". "Kara" James whispered worried that Max might hear them as Kara groaned "no no, no" in realizing that she wouldn't be able to save him. "Kara look" James once again whispered, "Kara please stop". Reluctantly the depowered Kryptonian pulled away but her anger remained as she shouted "just..do something; COME ON! THIS CAN'T BE IT!" "We can't save him" Max bluntly said to which the woman cried out "no" and pushed him away to which he tried to comfort her with a "sorry". As the woman repeatably said no Max cursed "damn it" and kicked the car door shut; James tried to comfort Kara saying "it's okay it's okay it's going to be alright" but Kara refused to believe him(Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day").


Millions of miles away an eating Trunks suddenly shot up in alarm; "what happened" Bulma asked him as Trunks' violently shoved the plate to the floor causing it to shatter and Bulla to grimace. "Kara" Trunks muttered in response; "something's happened to Kara"; "is she in trouble" Bulla asked. "No...I think..I think she's grieving" Trunks responded to his sister. "Grieving?" she asked her brother "for what?"; "I don't know" he responded before asking "may I be excused" to his mother who shook her head yes. "Who can Kara be grieving for?" a bewildered Bulla asked her mother; "I don't know but I think your father's right" the head of Capsule Corps replied "there is a bond growing between my son and Kara; only a bond mate can detect a grieving mate". As both pondered what might've happened to Kara to make her feel so low, Alex (who was now worried about the safety of the remaining agents at the DEO) told them "it's only a matter of time before Jemm find us in here".

"You don't think Director Henshaw will come through for us" a male agent asked her who responded with "I don't think relying on him is in our best interest". "You don't trust him?" he bluntly asked Danvers who replied with "this isn't the first time that he's been the sole survivor of a botched operation and the details of that story are just as sketchy as this one"(remembering all too well her father). The male agent was taken aback for a moment by this revelation before asking Alex "so what do we do"; "we go out there" she replied "but we don't have any neural inhibitors left to protect us from Jemm". "I'm in" he bravely responded knowing what Alex intended to do as she said "okay" but knew that she had a fallback option in case her plan failed; Trunks. Meanwhile Cat was fuming at the office "this is why I'm not nice to people one compliment and now your coasting" she monologed before asking Winn "what is taking you so long?" "Hey I'm an IT guy you know" he stammered out in response; "I just... the last time I hooked up a live feed was for the High School AV club okay?"

Cat responded by saying "well the last time I did a live feed was to end my award-winning talk show so you and I are both returning to our roots". Suddenly a wire snapped and Winn said "I broke something"; seeing her bewildered look her stammered out "I'm so sorry..this isn't going to work I"; "normally I would fire you and replace you instantly but we're short staffed so instead I will inspire you" Cat quipped back to Winn's shock. "Even I was like you once" she began "before all of this I was well..I was a sought after media pundit and a celebrated magazine editor but..". "That's like me because?" Winn asked interrupting her speech because he was confused where his boss was going with this. "That's like me because I was a humble wanna be with the heart of a real journalist" Cat replied before adding-as she tried to fix the broken part- "now there are real stories out there(to which he tried to say "uh that's not going to help") "and they're not getting reported because Maxwell Lord is sucking up all the air with his negativity".

Winn finally got the point by saying "and Supergirl's not here to lift everyone's spirit" to which Cat said "so I will" before adding "and you humble IT guy will rise to the occasion and help me save this city". Fate took pity and helped Winn get the power back to which he exclaimed "I did it" happily. "Oh you see Wyck" Cat asked him after the power came back on "that's the story; ordinary people like you, used to doing small and mundane things finding themselves in the midst of a crises doing something extraordinary. Heroes". Winn thought 'I couldn't have said it better myself' before Cat broke it by saying to him "now go find someone to do my makeup" before tapping the table and quipping "chop chop". Winn knew 'sentimental Cat' had turned back into the boss he knew and quietly stammered "for the..got yeah okay" and ran out to get the boss ready for the broadcast". Meanwhile Kara was looking at her broken arm inwardly cursing the fact that she couldn't save the injured person so when James softly called "Kara" she didn't acknowledge him.

Instead the heart broken hero told the reporter "I couldn't save him" with a choked sniffle; "you did everything you could" James said trying to reassure the Kryptonian. "As Kara Danvers but Supergirl could've done more" she retorted to James to which he didn't argue to knowing that she had spoken the truth. "The past few weeks have been the best of my life" the depowered hero went on with a sniffle "I was starting to make a difference; I was helping people the way I wanted" before she emotionally asked James "do you know what that's like to have that ripped away?" "Can't say that I do" James responded "but I..I do know that you're the same girl that you were before. Losing your powers has not changed that". "It's changed everything" Kara retorted disagreeing with James statement "I feel..I feel so helpless"; "what you feel is human" the reporter pointed out to the Kryptonian hoping that she would be reassured. Kara wasn't and asked "what if Max Lord..what if what he said was right; what if mine never come back? And what kind of hero does that make me without them?" She then scoffed before fuming "I couldn't even save one man" to James who softly replied "no hero can save everyone. Not even Superman but a real hero never stops trying".

The opportunity to not stop trying suddenly presented itself as crooks shattered the glass of a store clearing intending to rob it; Kara got up and seeing this an alarmed James asked "hey hey what are you doing?" "Like you said, I can't stop trying" the hero calmly replied; "yes when you get your powers back" James insisted "but that's a mob scent. They have guns, you may get shot". "I can't do nothing" Kara snarled to which James retorted "you being killed is not going to help anybody"; "I have to" she insisted in a determined voice but James stopped her when she started to leave. "Kara, the bullets aren't going to bounce off you this time" James softly said but Kara defied him saying "they don't know that" and left to become Supergirl to which a flustered James called out "KARA". While the hero was running off to certain doom Alex was leading the way down the halls to find Jemm; "clear" she called out to her backup agent. Coming across Tsung's dead body the DEO agent noted "this neural inhibitors is still functional"; "Henshaw said they were destroyed in the fight" Alex's partner told her. "He lied" she sighed before she ordered "check the one on Reynolds" to her partner. He did and said "this one is working too" then asked Alex "oh man this isn't good is it?" who replied with a "no no it's not".

Suddenly there was an explosion and Alex ordered "put that inhibitor on now" to her backup but Jemm took advantage before he could; "Donovan" the alien's voice rang through his head as Alex ordered "we got to move now" to him; both Alex and Jemm's voice were distorted in her partner's head as she asked "Donovan you still with me?" Grabbing his gun, Donovan gasped "he's in my head"; then straining to keep his mental control Donovan gasped out "I'm not sure how long I can fight him". Alex was about to help him but Donovan ordered "GO; GO!" to her. Meanwhile back in National City the store owner shouted "don't do this to my store" to the would be crooks when they ordered him to "get behind the counter"; seeing his defiance the head crook shouted "shut up! Don't make me shoot you". "I wouldn't do that if I were you" came the voice of Supergirl "that wouldn't work on me"; "stay back. Don't come any closer" the crook ordered the hero. "You don't want to hurt these people" Kara told the crook even though her hand was trembling as Cat began her broadcast "people of National City; this is Cat Grant coming to you live from Catco Plaza".

At Capsule Corps Cat's speech went live causing Bulla to exclaim "Cat's on TV; mom, daddy, big brother come and see!" Immediately the three stopped what they were doing and came over; "we just restarted our broadcast capabilities" she told the viewers on TV causing Bulla to ask "what happened to make it stop"? "One of my employers visiting National City reported an earthquake" Bulma said as Cat audibly sighed on TV and decided to speak from the heart. "Look; we're all suffering from a major disaster" she told the viewers, "now you could react to this crises by being petty and divisive or preying on other people's fear. And after all it is human to be selfish". "She hasn't met Kakarot" Vegeta dryly said to Cat's last remark "he is the most selfish non-human there is"; "hush Vegeta" Bulma commanded as Cat asked(on TV) "but isn't also human to face our weakness and rise above them? Act like a superhero even if you aren't one?"

"I know you're scared" a trembling Kara told the would be crook "we all are; you want to save yourself, your family..but don't you see that we're all in this together?" as Cat told the audience "it's true Supergirl hasn't been located yet" causing Trunks to exclaim "WHAT? SUPERGIRL HASN'T BEEN SEEN?!" Bulla was taken aback by Trunks emotions as Bulma tried to him down saying "easy Trunks". "Easy?" he asked "EASY?! WHY WASN'T I INFORMED THAT NATIONAL CITY OR SUPERGIRL WAS IN TROUBLE?" "I didn't know until a few minutes ago Trunks" Bulma told him "I was just about to tell you when Bulla called"; "mama please" Bulla said "Cat's still talking". Sheepishly they turned back to the TV as Cat said "but her spirit stays with us, her insistence on seeing the best in people; a call for us to heed our better angels"."You do well to follow that advice Trunks getting all worked up about Supergirl's sudden disappearance" Bulma said knowing that Cat's statement(despite her not knowing) was meant for his ears as Kara said "there's about a dozen ways I can stop you right now" to the crook -despite the fact that she was lying through her teeth-"but I don't think I have to".

"Supergirl has faith in us" Cat told the audience as Kara said "because this is not you" to the crook before taking a look around and added "it isn't any of you" as the head of Catco said "so let's have a little faith in her. Supergirl will return when we need her the most". "For a media person, Cat sure knows how to use the bully pulpit to influence those welps" Vegeta commented disguising the fact that he was actually impressed by her speech as she finished her speech by telling viewers "until then we need to help each other". Unbeknownst to Cat, Kara was actually doing just that by continuing to urge the crooks not to commit robbery by saying "I believe that we are better than this". "Call us" Cat urged her viewers, "share your stories of heroism. Let's show the world what we're really made up"; "amen to that sister" Bulla cheered as Cat reminded her viewers "and no we all can't do what Supergirl does"(causing a "speak for yourself" snort from the Saiyan Prince) "but". And (if Kara could reading Cat's mind) she told the would be robbers "we choose who we want to be"; "we must choose to do what we can". Kara finished her little speech by telling the main robber "and I know you're going to choose to be a better man"; the robber wiped a tear that was coming out of his eye as Kara slowly extended her left hand forward. James saw this and pulled out his camera to take photos of this poignant moment as the robber handed over the gun to the depowered heroine and raised his hands up in surrender.

At that moment, Alex was slowly making her way to track down Jemm the broadcast; suddenly someone covered her mouth and dragged her to another room. To Alex's shock the person who did that was Hank who asked "what are you doing here?"; "Donovan and I were looking for you" Kara's adoptive sister gasped out after regaining her breath. "Where are they now?" the head of the DEO inquired and Alex's panting told him what he needed to know. "You lost them" he deduced before bursting out "damn it that's why I told you to stay with the others!" in anger. "You also said that the inhibitors were destroyed" Alex retorted "you lied to me"; "because I didn't want you to do something STUPID like this" Hank shouted. "Agent Danvers come in" came a call over Alex's radio; "copy Donovan what's your status" she asked her partner. "I'm okay but I'm out here on my own" Donavan explained before asking Kara's sister "where the hell are you?" Alex softly said "I thought I lost you"; "not getting rid of me that easily" Agent Donovan playfully said."All right rendezvous with me" Alex began thinking of another plan but was stopped by Henshaw suddenly saying "don't"; "don't it's not Donovan anymore. Then he dialed in to his inhibitor and told the fake "Jemm I know it's you"; "you've only delayed the inevitable" Agent Donovan communicated to Hank although his voice was controlled by Jemm before the alien dropped the agent with a 'thud' that Henshaw heard. Jemm then said to Hank "I will free the prisoners and break through to the surface; there's no escape for you".

Hank then turned back to Alex and told her "we have to move to a more secured location before Jemm gets down here" and began to go to the door when Alex raised her gun and told Henshaw to "back away from the door". "Drop your weapon" she ordered "Alex.."Hank softly began but was cut off by her shouting "NOW" to him. Hank complied with a reluctant 'sigh' thinking that his most loyal agent would stop but when she kicked the gun out of the way and continued to have her own weapon ready to fire he knew she was serious. Still he asked "Alex what are you doing? I am not the enemy"; "so is that why you didn't tell me about my father?" Alex asked and seeing the surprised look on his face she told him "I found out he was DEO and that you blackmailed him to serve under you". "Your father believed in me, he was a great man" Henshaw reverently told Alex who angrily shouted "you don't get to talk about him!" in response before getting out a pair of handcuffs. Showing them to the boss, Kara's sister snarled "you chain yourself" to Henshaw who groaned "Alex come on" but she wouldn't listen to him now and told him "to those bars over there". "Come on" Hank moaned once more but was cut off by Alex's emphoric command of "NOW". Seeing that there was no other way Hank began to chain himself but what he didn't expect was Alex calling Jemm once more and telling him "Jemm, this is Agent Danvers; I know you want those blast doors open. You don't need to release the prisoners to do that all you need is me; I have the access code". Hank had a horrified look in his eyes as he realized what Alex was doing as she she "I'll be waiting for you in the control room because one way or the other this ends now". Seeing that the situation was finally under control, Alex left the room and ignored Hank's shout of "ALEX, ALEX!"(dialog with addition from Supergirl Season 1 Episode 7 "Human for a Day") She thought 'since my sister is out of commission and I can't trust my boss anymore, there's only one other person who can help now' and quickly made a side trip to access Capsule Corps(and particularly Trunks' number) from her fathers' file.

Speaking of the half-saiyan hybrid his speech wiped tears from her eyes because she was touched by Cat's speech. "That was some speech" Bulma commented softly; "I suppose it was a good speech" Vegeta grunted "but that doesn't explain the Kryptonian's sudden disappearing act". "What are we going to do?" Bulla asked, "we must choose to do what we can" Trunks answered repeating Cat's words. "What?" Trunks' sister questioned confused why her brother had repeated Cat's words; "I have an idea that can bring Supergirl's powers back" he said "the healing chamber". "HAVE YOU GONE MAD?!" Gohan shouted "WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL DO THE JOB!". "It will work" Trunks responded; "wouldn't taking her to Dende be faster?" Bulla questioned "one minute and she'll be whole again". "It'll cause too many questions that I don't want Supergirl to ask" Trunks retorted; "but the risk Trunks; people will accuse us of abducting Supergirl" Gohan softly pointed out. "I agree with Kakarot's brat" Vegeta said "the risk is far too much; take her to the Namekian brat and be done with it"; "no if there's a risk of the media accusing us of a false crime it's one I'm willing to take". Bulma was amazed by her son's touching declaration but asked him "how are you supposed to find Supergirl?" Trunks thought about it and said "Kara; I felt her ki in emotional distress a while ago. If anyone knows where Supergirl is it's her". "Promise me something big brother" came the voice of Bulla; "anything my little munchkin" Trunks affectionately said using her 'pet name'. "Promise me that Supergirl's powers will return so that she can return the faith the people of National City is going to show to her". Trunks gaped in amazement and thought 'my sister may be a kid but she sounded like mom just now..so mature" before saying "Bulla I am not only promising to you that Supergirl will return..I'll swear a sayian oath to it". "You better hope you can keep that promise because you know the consequences of not fulfilling a saiyan oath to another" Vegeta told him, amazed and worried that his son would swear an oath to Bulla; 'my son is more of a saiyan than I give him credit for' he thought -as Trunks nodded back to his father showing that he didn't need a reminder-before he blasted off to find her. "Do you think his idea will succeed?" Bulla asked her mom in a hopeful tone; "it better" Bulma replied while worriedly thinking 'cause if it doesn't..National City is royally screwed'...TBC