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/ Pan/Wynn
Romance/ Drama(and humor as well)
Supergirl Z: The Growth and Maturation of a Superhero
Disclaimer: "hey there my name is Goten the second son of Goku here to tell you that superspeeder does not own Dragon Ball or Supergirl; they belong to their respective owners. If anyone doubts me, then you can expect a 'visit' by the awesome Gotenks! "
Me: Yes Sage Gohan will fight in this story, specifically when Supergirl faces her 'evil' half with Trunks a little later on in the story! Not going to say what that means (yet), but if you read the comics you should get a good idea who it is. Trunks knows IT but didn't use it when he took Supergirl to CC to regain her powers. The reason was that It would have created WAY too many questions with the hero in terms of how fast Trunks could travel (since the only other person she knows that can break the sound barrier other than herself is Superman).Trunks is pretty tapped out when it comes to techniques as in addition to his own attacks and his sword, he knows the Masenko in addition to his signature attacks BUT he will be getting another Transformation! Before you ask ITS NOT SSJG (not yet at least!) but rather ANOTHER INFAMOUS Transformation that DRAGON BALL FAN NOW ARGUES ABOUT as to the two characters that achieved BOTH the FORM and when they FUSED in terms of it being STRONGER than SSJG/SSJB(at least until Super came out and ended that debate)! That should give you a MAJOR hint on what I'm planning to do but don't spoil it yet! You'll have to wait and see how I write that hint I just gave to you but I promise; its something WORTH waiting for!
Last time on Dragon Girl Z, Trunks learned about the Martian J'ohn J'ohnzz thanks to Vegeta; and he vowed to not tell Kara what he learned! Meanwhile, Cat Grant's email was hacked; and Bulma, Gohan, and Pan are on a mission to find out who did it and why. As for Astra, she decided to openly confront Kara by calling her out on live TVwhich led to Trunks taking off after Supergirl!; what secrets do Astra has in store for Kara? Will she reveal her identity as Supergirl to Trunks? And what will happen when Kara 'accidently' lets it slip to the other members of Trunks famiy that she had 'overheard' Armstrong's conversation; will Vegeta finally crack under the pressure of revealing his secrets as it relates to Kara's Kryptonian heritage? FIND OUT NOW ON Dragon Girl Z!
Chapter 11 Hostile Takeover; Secrets revealed! pt2
Supergirl flew like a rocket to confront her aunt and when she saw her she called "ASTRA no body guards?" She responded "no knife, no armor, no one besides you and me. Trunks has no idea that I've returned too, so he won't bail you out either; will you talk to me now? [15]." Seeing that Supergirl was silent she taunted "you can't say it's not fair"; however she was silenced by Supergirl's stern reply of "we're done with fair!" and eye beam attack that signaled her first move. What followed was a battle that Goku and Beerus(in the Battle of Gods Movie) would've been proud of. The two were evenly matched, and every office had a window seat on the action of Supergirl vs. Astra round 2. Like Superman against General Zod in Man of Steel (as well as Goku's first fight against Fat Buu in the other universe as a Super-Saiyan 3); Kara destroyed quite a few buildings in her battle with Astra. However, she badly wanted to prove to Alex that she had no leftover feelings of love towards Astra, so she did whatever it took to win. Kara did exactly that by picking up the fallen building piece and heaving it towards Astra; she responded by "eye-beaming" a car towards Supergirl. Kara destroyed it but she was caught off guard by her punch. Seeing that Supergirl was weak Astra taunted "Again just like Alura!"; "She's a better woman than you'll ever be" Kara responded weakly. "SHE WAS A MURDER" Astra raged; "LIAR" Kara responded denying the claim; "oh she called me a liar to; she had to" Astra seethed in rage. "Had to make someone else responsible for her deception, and cruelty and weakness" Astra said taunting Supergirl further. "HER ONLY WEAKNESS WAS LETTING YOU LIVE[16]" Kara said coldly and flipped her over. This led to wide open blows by Kara to Astra letting her teetering on the edge as she stood above her.
Kara was about to put an end to this by killing Astra, but couldn't and that's when Trunks arrived on the battlefield at last. "Supergirl I came as soon as I heard the news!" he explained to heroine where he was when he noticed Astra looking up at Kara with a seemingly pleading look. Trembling the Kryptonian said "I can't kill her Trunks, I promised Alex I would but I can't"; Trunks' heart wept for Supergirl however he maintained his stern composure and said "this happened to Goku when he fought his brother. He allowed him to live and that was a decision he regretted. You can't let your emotions cloud your judgment Supergirl" before booming "FINISH HER NOW!" Supergirl cried and screamed "you don't understand! She's all I have left of my former life before I came to Earth; I can't lose that connection Trunks; do you know how hard that is?" Trunks softened his glare and said tenderly "I know exactly how hard it is to lose anything connected to family; I had to experience that myself during my lifetime and isn't easy. I won't interfere if you spared her Supergirl, but I must warn you that this decision could come back to haunt you big time." Supergirl accepted his advice and dragged the unconscious Astra to DEO HQ "to rot" as she said. However, Trunks didn't know how right his prediction was for in a few hours, his whole world and his secrets were about to be rocked to its foundations.
Kara went back to 'check up' on progress and found Pan monitoring the computers; with Bulma and Gohan assisting Winn in how to operate the device both of them made. "Any progress made guys?" she asked. "For the most part yes, but we need someone to go inside Armstrong's office" Bulma stated (although she was a little surprised at her sudden re-apparance). "WELL, Pan's monitoring the computers and Gohan and Ms. Briefs are helping me operate this device; the only thing we need is a guinea pig and a good pair of eyes for spotting danger" Winn said looking at James and Kara. "OH, so I'm the one who's going to get arrested if this doesn't work out [17]" James joked; 'that's odd' Gohan thought to himself 'how are Kara's eyes going to help spot threats to James's safety? I mean sure Sayians can sense energy (and it does come in handy most of the time) but as far as I know they don't have X-Ray vision or something like that' however he didn't want to voice his concerns to Bulma as he knew that Pan would immediately start asking questions. They carried out the plan with Pan calling Dirk Armstrong's office instead of Winn; this was because Gohan figured that Armstrong would recognize Winn's voice from Cat's office and rat him out. So instead Pan had to call her and even though she was nervous (as she wasn't a prankster by nature) she managed to pull off the call with great success.
Armstrong believed the call (which was aided by Kara's clever use of her heat vision without anyone noticing her), which gave James the opportunity he needed to install the device. However, it took a while, and noticing that Armstrong was returning Kara called in to the makeshift "hack headquarters" saying "James hurry Armstrong is close". Pan was surprised by Kara's ability to notice the danger she sensed but Gohan's look of 'let's not ask questions' silenced her train of questions, so she just relayed Kara's message to James. However Kara's next words shocked the Saiyans and Bulma even further when they heard "I'm going to heat-vision the sprinklers set of the fire alarms. Or Or jump out of the window and I'll catch you" [18]. 'HEAT VISION!' Bulma thought in complete and utter shock 'Sure anyone could fly if they're strong enough to control their ki; but HEAT VISION?! Even I don't know of a race that has that power and I've been involved with aliens since I was a teen' she thought wondering about Kara's inhuman conversation with James. Gohan had a similar reaction thinking 'based on her physiology, she does seem like she's strong enough to achieve flight; but Heat Vision? I'm not even sure Piccolo would know of a race with that power'. Pan was also shocked and wondered about how Kara executed this 'heat vision' without going blind and secretly wished that she could learn that technique to use in her spars. However, all three were interrupted by the sudden reappearance by Armstrong in his office; using his knowledge and media savvy, James was able to give the powerful chairman of Catco's board 'the slip' without blowing his cover. He was able to do that saying that it was Ms. Grant's worst day ever and that if the board had to elect a new CEO that he had his full support. Even though James lied through his teeth; Armstrong was flattered by the support of Cat's art director and told him that even though he didn't want a drastic change to happen, he was glad that the board had James on their side.
Kara exhaled a huge sigh of relief that James' cover wasn't blown but that problem would soon turn out to be minor as Alex rung Kara's phone telling her that Astra was awake and wanted to talk to her as Supergirl. Even though, she didn't want to, Astra didn't give Kara much of any choice, so she relented and flew back to HQ. However, after Kara agreed to meet Astra face to face, Alex sighed and said to herself "I know Kara deserves some answers, but I can't shake this feeling that the situation will turn violent...I KNOW! If I tell Trunks about Supergirl meeting Astra then he will also attend given that they also fought in the past. Maybe he can get some answers out of her as to why Astra wants to 'recruit' my sister." Pulling out her cell phone, she called Trunks who was helping National City recover in the aftermath of the battle with Astra; seeing that his phone was ringing Trunks answered. "Hello, Trunks Briefs speaking?" "Hey Trunks it's me Alex; I'm calling to tell you that Astra is awake and has requested a meeting with Supergirl" she said to the hybrid. "Let me guess you're worried that Astra will get violent and attack Supergirl while under questioning?" he asked discerning Alex's intentions. "Yes" Alex replied "how soon can you fly to HQ?"; "give me 5 minutes; I'm currently helping the city recover after Supergirl's battle with Astra. I can tell you it's not pretty; she destroyed the side of a building and created a moon-like crater in the middle of the street with destroyed pieces of a car all over the place" he told Alex explaining the reason he couldn't get there right away. "That bad huh? I told Supergirl not to hold back against Astra; I guess she took my advice way to seriously" Alex told the hybrid. "Stall for time, get Astra to talk until I get there; I don't know why she's after Supergirl but I promise that I will get answers" Trunks stated in a stern voice. Alex agreed to this and hung up and shortly after ending the call Supergirl showed up. What Trunks didn't know was the ramifications of his actions in regards to make Astra talk until he showed up. He didn't know that she held secrets that would change how Trunks saw Supergirl forever, and how Supergir(and Alex) felt about him being an alien just like J'ohn was.
Trunks flew to HQ in the time that he promised, and found Supergirl and in the middle of intensely questioning Astra. Upon seeing the saiyan hybrid Astra demanded "what the hell is the saiyan doing here niece? Did you put him up to this?" Supergirl looked at Trunks confused and replied "I don't know Aunt, but I'm guessing Alex had something to do with this"; Trunks seethed and spat "OK Astra I don't know how the hell you know about my heritage but I will like to know why you are so obsessed with Supergirl!" "Supergirl, SUPERGIRL! In all the time you have spent with her you call her SUPERGIRL!" Astra asked to Trunks loudly; "of course" Trunks replied confused "that's her name isn't it?" Supergirl knew what was about to happened and pleaded "ASTRA there is no need to tell him PLEASE!" but Astra disregarded her advice and said "if the monkey is involved with you, then he deserves to know your true name and heritage KARA!"
"KARA!" Trunks yelled in shock "what the hell does Kara have to do with Supergirl?!" "For someone who is the son of a saiyan prince and the world's smartest female scientist you sure are naïve" Astra sneered "but as you are naïve I suppose I could enlighten you to the truth, SON OF PRINCE VEGETA, MEET MY KRYPTONIAN NIECE KARA DANVERS OR AS THE HUMAN WORLD CALLS HER: SUPERGIRL!" she shrieked in triumph. Trunks' mouth opened and closed in utter shock, but it wasn't anything compared to what the now exposed Kara felt and she cried "why did you tell him who I am or what my heritage is?!" Astra replied "because his kind has just as much blood as your mother Alura Kara!" "What does she mean KARA, is this Alura your real mother?" Trunks asked snapping out of his shock and calling the hero by Kara's name; "you catch on rather fast monkey" Allura observed before replying "yes Allura is her real mother and when I went on the run I took this with me [19]" she said pulling out a necklace with oddly shaped symbols.
Trunks examined the necklace through the cell glass and asked "what the heck is that supposed to be and what do you mean you 'went on the run?'". "I suppose my niece hasn't told you that either right boy" Astra asked and seeing Trunks nod his head no she explained "well I betrayed the high council back on OUR home world in order to ensure Kara survived". "What do you mean? Was her life in danger?" Trunks questioned "yes, Planet Krypton was dying in a little yes than a year and unless something was done about it everyone Kara knew was going to die! I tried to make the Kryptonians see reason but they wouldn't listen!" Astra said recalling the last days of Krypton. "Even so, did you care about the people you and your fanatic husband killed in order to ensure that I survived?" Kara spat to Astra and seeing that Trunks was even more confused she sighed and told him "after our first battle with Astra I asked my mother's AI about her and she told me that the way Astra 'ensured' my survival was killing a member of the Kryptonian guard".
Trunks growled and thought 'I thought we were bad when my grandfather ordered the execution of Broly because of his high power level but that's just sick'; still he asked Astra "if that's the case then why go after Kara for something her mother supposedly did?" Astra laughed bitterly and said "do you want to know how she caught me?" and seeing him nod yes she asked her niece
that day in your room was it your idea to message me with that spy beacon or was it Alura's?" "Is this true?" he asked Kara; she remembered back to her childhood and told him "it is Trunks but I swear I didn't know mom had put me up to this". "What kind of parent would do that to their own child?" Trunks asked Astra thoroughly disgusted by what he had just learned; "the same kind of parent that would shed innocent blood from one end of the galaxy to the other" Astra replied with a sneer. "What I would like to know is how come you said that these 'saiyan monkeys' as you put it also had blood on their hands?" Kara questioning interrupting the conversation between her aunt and Trunks and she didn't want Trunks to lose it(based on the look of anger on his face). "My dear niece, I suppose he's been keeping his secrets as much as you've been keeping yours. However, as I told Trunks of your heritage I suppose it's only fair; Kara MEET TRUNKS BRIEFS SON OF PRINCE VEGETA WHO IS A SAIYAN!" Astra cried once again in triumph
This time it was Kara who was shocked and asked "how can that be? How are saiyans a threat to us?" Astra cackled and said "I suppose Trunks did not tell you that his father and other saiyans like him were what you humans called "planetary purgers" under a sick tyrant named Frieza! They sent babies out to other planets to conquer low level planets like this one and higher warriors like the boy's father to deal with stronger threats. That lizard heard of what I did and he sent a party out to investigate." "I don't remember dad telling me that" Trunks said in disbelief; "of course not, once he learned that Allura plans used Kara to imprison me and 'send her off to Earth' he decided not to relay what he had learned to Frieza. However there was one man with him that Alura could 'relate' to if anything" Astra said. "Who was that man? You still haven't said how these saiyans are a threat to Krytonians Astra" Kara demanded. Astra sighed and said "Trunks father Prince Vegeta was obsessed with immortality and there were rumors on our home world about 7 strange colored orbs that when gathered together summoned a force so powerful that the wish bearer could get anything their hearts desired. However, there were also rumors that Frieza feared the legends of the so called "Super-Saiyan" and "Super-Saiyan God". 'Damn it I know the Super-Saiyan and the dragon-balls might have been known to other races but I never heard of this so called 'Super-Saiyan God' Trunks thought, Kara recognized what Astra was talking about and thought 'the powerful force that controlled Trunks' mind told me to ask him about Super-Saiyan God maybe Astra can fill in the gap' and said "tell me about the legends".
"Well from what I heard, the Super-Saiyan God was fighter of immense strength; although it was an old saiyan wife's folktalk, Frieza feared this legend because he was concerned that it would be stronger than he was. He may have been "the most powerful being in the universe" but the fact was that he never trained a day in his life". "How was he so powerful aunt?" Kara asked "he was a protégé and if Frieza did train, then he could have been even more powerful than he was at his peak" Astra said. "You use the term was, what happened to him?" Kara asked; Astra replied "he was defeated by a saiyan who was the first in a thousand years to achieve Super-Saiyan, that saiyan was a man by the name of KAKAROT!" Trunks was shocked that Astra knew the defeat of Frieza on Namek by Goku but thought 'they don't know I went back in time and was the guy who actually killed him. It wasn't Goku who killed him although he's mistaken as the guy who did like when he went to New Namek to revive the Dragon Balls after Piccolo fused with Kami.' Still he asked Astra "you said that a man was alongside my dad in that mission to Krypton who was he and how is he connected to Kara's coming to Earth?" Astra sighed and said "he had a red sash around his head, and a scar on his left cheek, but the most prominent thing (according to Alura anyway) was the way he rambled on about the destruction of Planet Vegeta and Krypton and the names 'Kakarot' and my nephew 'Kal-El'. Trunks eyes widened with shock and thought 'I remember Goku telling me(when I went back in time) of when he confronted Frieza that the tyrant "was in a skirmish with a saiyan that looks just like you(*referring to Goku*)" and that "he(Goku) was the stinking image of the saiyan who rebelled against me when I destroyed Planet Vegeta![19] Even though Goku stated he didn't care about becoming a Super-Saiyan until Dad told him the truth about Frieza's betrayal of the saiyans, who is this 'Kal-El' and how is he related to Goku coming to Earth? Guess that's another question that I need dad to answer for me.' Kara was angrier than Trunks though and she stormed out to question Alura on whether or not what she said about her role in Astra's imprisonment (and the death of Krypton) as well as the saiyans. Trunks said to Astra "be grateful that she spared you're life and that you are locked up cause if you were not, you would be begging me for mercy". Astra sneered "typical saiyan behavior; you're father would've done the same." "l am not my father just as Kara is not her mother; we were raised on Earth so we have different values than either Kara's or my ancestors' Astra. The only reason I fight is to protect Earth; even when I do kill I do its because they represent a threat to my family, friends and the lives I vowed to protect" Trunks said and walked out.
He found her (and Alex) in the middle of an angry conversation with her mother's AI: "Don't say my name right now; did you use me to draw Astra out of hiding?" Kara spat to Alura's AI after Kara asked if Alura used her to get Astra arrested. "Yes" came the simple reply by Alura; Kara gasped and asked "how could you do that?" "Astra had broken the law you were the only person she trusted enough to meet; it was necessary" Allura replied monotonously. "Could she have saved us" Kara asked desperately "she was a criminal "came the reply of her mom. "But was she right? [20] And what about the saiyans; how come you never said anything about them or the tyrant they worked under. And is Astra right about this so called 'Super Saiyan God?" Kara asked desperate for answers. "I'm not programmed to give that information" Alura said refusing to answer the question; "TELL ME" Kara screamed; "I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to give you that information" Alura replied again. At that point Kara totally lost it screaming "YOU LET EVERYONE THAT I LOVE DIE! YOU LEFT ME; YOU LEFT ME ALONE YOU SENT ME AWAY HOW COULD YOU DO THAT![21]" Alura once more began to repeat the same line when Kara screamed and used her eye beams to attack the AI proving to Trunks beyond a shadow of a doubt that she was indeed Supergirl. Trunks went to her side immediately and held her after Alex said "hey hey it's not really her talking"; "so that's your mom I can see why Astra is so bitter towards her" Trunks remarked. "She lied to me" Kara sobbed to Alex then screamed "YOU LIED TO ME!" at Trunks "YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU'RE ALSO AN ALIEN OR THAT YOUR RACE SENT BABIES TO DESTROY PLANETS"! Trunks hung his head in shame at the truth of Kara's words but Alex intervened by saying "Kara that wasn't your mom! You don't know what happened then; only what Astra is telling you now" she said trying to make Kara see reason. "I know that Astra and I were both given life sentences by my mother; we didn't have a choice [22]. I also know that Trunks is also an alien with secrets of his own; secrets that he didn't bother to tell me" Kara said and walked out of HQ to try and piece together the lie she had been living for years; she thought 'even though my alien life is totally in pieces; at least I can try to repair my human life' and flew back to check on Catco.
Alex and Trunks watched in silence as Kara left and after she left Alex said to Trunks "I guess my sister and Hank aren't the only aliens I know; now there's also a saiyan in our midst". "Yea" Trunks muttered "look" Alex sighed "I know you've been protecting Supergirl (or as you now know her as Kara) for weeks and I want to know if what Astra said about your race is true". Trunks sighed and said "when my father and his colleges worked for Frieza that was true; but that changed when Goku landed on Earth". "This 'Goku' was he a saiyan?" Alex asked Trunks; "Yes, although if you ask Dad he's nothing but a 'low-class warrior'" Trunks said smiling. Alex replied in a pondering tone "I wonder what Astra meant when she said that Superman and Goku were alike." "At first I thought that both Goku and Kara's cousin were both the last of their kind and that they spend their whole lives protecting the people of Earth, but from what Astra said, it seems like there's more to the story than that" Trunks said contemplatively. "How will you know for sure?" Alex asked; "there's only one man that I know of that has the answers and that man is my father" Trunks said.
Even though he knew that he could(technically) gather the dragon balls and ask Shenron what he knew, his father would be a better source since Astra 'knew' of Vegeta by a first name basis. Besides Trunks always wondered why Vegeta said 'if that kryptonian comes after you, I don't want you to get in a fight with her you understand, it's one that you don't want to start believe me' to him, and his mom rambling about Vegeta's quote of 'I should've expected that(referring to when Supergirl lost control of her temper against Red Tornado) from Gohan or that Kryptonian cousin of hers but then again, I didn't think she was capable of experiencing such emotions' and later on in that same conversation said 'SHE IS THE EXACT REPLICA OF HER MOTHER'. Now that Trunks "met" Alura and heard what Astra said, he realized there was a lot of truth behind his father's words, but he needed the whole story so he told Alex "I won't rest until I find out what really happened; if it involves both of our races' history then I deserve to know the truth." Alex replied "good luck Trunks" and watched as he flew away to find the answers to his questions.
Kara went back to the office VERY angry but she managed to hide her anger at both her mother and Trunks to work towards finding the hacker. The only problem was that Bulma, Gohan, and Pan were still helping her friends out, but she decided that they shouldn't know what happened (as she figured that they had nothing to do with the saiyan race). Seeing her distress, James and Winn immediately jumped on Kara's back asking her about her confrontation with Astra as Supergirl. However, she refused to tell them what was going on (as Bulma, Gohan, and Pan were right there), and asked "anything else from Ms. Grant's emails". Bulma, and Gohan looked at each looked at each other, but Bulma decided to break the news about their findings (since she could relate to it as she was once in her position in terms of making hard decisions with her son). Clearing her throat she stated "Actually there was this one email from the bank, asking for Cat's electronic signature so they could approve a wire account to an account belonging to an Adam Foster". "Who's Adam Foster?" Kara asked; Winn replied saying "according to some internet sleuthing he's 24 he lives in Opal City; Cat makes monthly payments into his personal account". "Yea" James chimed in "almost as if Cat is you know, keeping him on the side" [23]." "So what do want us to do about it?" Pan asked; Bulma looked at Gohan and seeing how Pan could relate to Cat(in terms of the death of her mother Videl) she said "you will accompany Kara when she questions Cat who this Foster character is. Me, your father and Kara's friends will remain here to try and see what we can do to prevent Armstrong from taking over Catco".
Kara agreed (but not before she warned Pan that her boss could be temperamental) and set out to the office; Cat came immediately and seeing Pan asked "is she one of your friends Keera?" "Keera" Pan whispered to Kara quietly "don't mind her mispronunciation of my name, she does that all the time" Kara explained sweat dropping. 'Boy for someone who's a media mogul, she sure is stupid when it comes to pronouncing names' Pan thought but was silenced when Kara said "yes, this is Gohan's daughter Pan"; "ahh the infamous Gohan Son, one of the brightest minds around and the head of Super university right" |A/N I just came up with that name on the spot OK? In the Dragon Ball universe Gohan's a scholar and (in Dragon Ball online) writes a book of ki control. Of course if you're a scholar than you have to have funding ergo Gohan being the head of a university now that I got that detail out of the way back to the story!| "Yes Ma'am" Pan replied politely to the mogul and now that introductions were out of the way Cat asked "well what did you find?"
"Well according to your emails, you've been sending money to a guy named Adam Foster and I have to ask are you keeping him on the side" Kara said. "Wait so you think that I am supporting what a rent boy?" Cat asked confused. "No" Kara replied in a meek manner to which Cat said "if I wanted to have sex with a beach boy, I'll still be sleeping with John Stamos. Do you really think I need to pay for it? [24]." "Whoa watch your language" Pan said quite shocked by Cat's sexually charged tone; then again Bulma could be like that with Vegeta whenever she wanted information or a "favor". Despite the seriousness, Kara chuckled and said to Cat "No! of course I don't; the boys do...Did; I know better" she explained. Cat sighed and started "so if it's not a male escort" at which point Kara butting in saying that she had no idea what it was. However she did say that "when Winn mentioned Opal City, I remembered how when I sent out your Christmas Cards there was one addressed to an A. Foster in Opal City." "Damn it" Cat sighed as she knew the jig was up; "so who's this A. Foster anyway Ms. Grant" Pan asked.
Now that it was out in the open Cat explained "Adam Foster is my son; my oldest". "Wait you said oldest, does that mean he's not an only child" Pan asked Cat and seeing that an explanation was in order Kara said "no he's not, Ms. Grant has another son by the name of Carter; I babysat for him once when Trunks was away on his family vacation didn't work out the way I expected it". Even though Kara had to grimace at Trunks name she at least knew he was telling the truth then because he didn't intervene during the bomb threat. Cat cut the conversation between the girls short by saying "his father is someone that I hadn't dated for very long; I didn't know him very well, He's not Carter's father. Adam was just one of those things that I hadn't planned on when I was building Catco." 'That sounds just like dad's relationship with the mysterious girl who my grandfather Hercule claimed is his daughter. I was also something they didn't "plan" on because of the androids' Pan thought in shock as Cat droned on; "my ex told me I didn't care about my son, that all I cared about was my business and why should either one of them stick around". "Was that true?" Kara asked; "I don't know" Grant replied; "I sued for custody, hired a powerhouse attorney and I threw everything I had at him; but I lost".
Pan gasped and thought to herself 'just as Hercule said that Dad and I was responsible for the loss of his daughter; I wish I knew more about her.' Kara had the same line of thought (in terms of her mother Alura) and said "You tried! Sometimes all you could do is try." However Cat's next statement of "I didn't lose; I quit" stunned Kara; "I dropped the lawsuit; I was working at Catco 24/7 and…well I really did believe that we would be in each other's lives." "That makes sense" Pan said to Cat knowing from (what little Trunks had told her) about Hercule's relationship with her grandmother in that they divorced when Videl was a teenager before Gohan had met her. However, Pan was shocked by the next line of questioning that was asked by Kara; "so what happened…Did you just send him off". 'Send him off what the heck does Kara mean by that' Pan thought which was followed up by Cat saying "No, I did not just 'send him off'. You have no idea what that moment is like; when you have to say for yourself "maybe my child will be better off without me".
"I know exactly what that moment is like; it's something that Bulma and I would never forget" Pan voiced remembering when Bulma decided to make the painful decision to send Trunks back in time to warn Goku about the androids. Even thought Bulma knew that history was going to be changed drastically(to the point where the scientist worried her son wasn't going to be born in that universe) it was -as Trunks said to Goku-"a risk we had to take". Kara was surprised by Pan's words and thought 'it seems like Pan and Bulma had firsthand experience when it comes to making choices' and said "I also know what it feels like to wonder about a mother's choice. Would you make a different decision if you could go back?" This was a question Pan too had often asked of her father if he could go back and re-do her birth would he jump on it? However the answer he would always give is that even though he would mourn for Pan's mom for the rest of his days he wouldn't change the past or Pan for anything in the world.
Cat unwittingly picked up on Pan's thoughts in complete agreement saying "I stopped asking myself that question. Not being there for Adam is my greatest regret, and now for all we know somebody is about to release it to the world." Kara then unwittingly picked up on the second of Pan's past (in terms of asking about her mother's identity with Gohan) by saying "Maybe you could talk to him; try and get him to understand." However her boss disagreed saying "No, after not speaking for so long, I don't get to do that. He's going to get hurt be me again. But I will not allow him to end up in the middle of a hideous media storm[24]." They then discussed what will happen next to which Grant told them that after negotiating a graceful lucrative exit and step down from Catco. Pan went from being somewhat scared of Cat(as she knew that the mogul could expose Trunks as a saiyan) to being sympathetic and said "I didn't know why Bulma said that I should come with Kara to deal with this hacker situation but I'm sure glad I did Cat. In many ways your story about your son Adam mirrors my own story; we both were unplanned and you and my father both had to deal with a hideous media storm (referring to the Livewire incident 4 weeks ago) as a result of the consequences of your actions. Finally like you knowing that you will hurt your son by not talking to him, my father is hurting me by not saying who my mother is by not talking about her". 'I knew Pan's life was rough based on my 'getting to know her' these last few weeks but I didn't think it was that bad. I wonder if there's more to Pan's story than meets the eye like that of Trunks…'Kara thought but nevertheless knew that Cat's options were limited and she had no choice but to follow her orders.
After Pan had returned home the media conference was set; however Kara still doubted her boss's decision to resign by asking "are you sure you want to do this?" Cat said that "like taxes, aging, and my participating in Martha Steward's annual Secret Santa, this was something that I have to do." She also told Kara, that "for what it was worth you always have a job with me if you wanted." All of a sudden James, Lucy, Winn, Bulma, and Gohan came in the room looking quite winded and out of breath; surprised Kara asked "what are you guys doing here"? "Saving the day" Winn proclaimed; "take a look at this" Bulma said handing an email to Cat. After reading it carefully she asked "where did you get this?"; "um you know it's probably best if we don't tell you Ms. Grant" Gohan explained sheepishly scratching his head "from a legal standpoint" Lucy added. "I recognize 4 out of the 5 of you" Cat said to the group to which James sheepishly said "uh this is my girlfriend." "Lucy Lane" she said introducing herself at which point both Bulma and Cat looked at Kara with interest/pity; "Lois Lane's kid sister?" Cat asked making sure she heard that correctly "yes" she said in reply. "Well congratulations you got the looks" Cat said sarcastically (but Lucy didn't pick up on it due to her not knowing about Cat's feud with Lois). However Bulma decided to ask Kara about why she decided to investigate Armstrong's shady dealings saying "Kara there is only one thing I would like to know and it's this; you launched your investigation because?" "Because I overheard something he said after the board.." Kara started but then she realized that she said too much so she backtracked by saying "actually uhh it's was about Cat saying something like smelling blood[25]." Cat seemingly believed her and ordered her to stall the press while she took care of Dirk(which was executed according to plan). This seemed like the end of one crisis but what Kara didn't know was that it was only the beginning of another.
The reason for that is that Gohan heard Kara's 'slip of the tongue' and after everyone left said to Bulma "OK, heat vision and hearing conversation behind closed doors is defiantly NOT human." "I know something odd's happening here and its definitely has something to do with Kara's weird abilities" Bulma mused; Gohan replied "didn't you say that Vegeta was going on about 'kryptonians' and 'knowing who Kara is and where she came from?'". "Now that you mention it I do think it does have something to do with Kara, also I remember Trunks telling me when he fought Reactron that Kara disappeared and a few minutes later Supergirl appeared!" Bulma stated remembering what had happened at the party(from Trunks POV). "Yea, and then Pan's going off to me about how she overheard Cat Grant saying that the time Supergirl lost her powers was the first time she remembered Kara being ill" Gohan said recalling the incident with the loss of her powers 1 week ago. "Too many coincidences not to notice a pattern" Bulma stated using her knowledge of science; "still I wonder how Astra's related to this" Gohan said.
"What about Astra?" the now worried Bulma asked recalling the message on TV; "well before Trunks went home he came over to my house screaming to vent "ALURA!" "DAMN KRYPTONIANS" and "Kal-El" before slamming the door to the guest room shut. "Did you ask him what he meant by those terms" Bulma asked now worried about Trunks' mental stability "yes and I could feel the anger when he said "ASK THE MAN I CALL FATHER!" Bulma was shocked but then the phone rang with the said prince of Saiyans on the other end. He sounded worried but managed to say to Bulma "WOMAN I WANT YOU HERE RIGHT NOW! BRING THE BOY, PAN AND BRA; WE'RE HAVING A MEETING IN AN HOUR!" "What's this meeting about Vegeta" Bulma asked trying her best to keep her anger over what Gohan said about the conversation regarding her husband from her son down "It concerns the Kryptonian known to the world as Supergirl but as is now exposed as KARA DANVERS!" Vegeta stated bluntly. "I guess that ends that question; Kara is Supergirl and for the first time since my dad learned about being a saiyan from my uncle, we're not alone in the universe" Gohan said to Bulma to which the scientist said "I've always felt like there were more races in the universe than Vegeta let on but the question is how does he know so much about Supergirl -I mean Kara-; geez I have to get used to that" Bulma said joking about the last part. "I guess the only way is to listen to what Vegeta has to say but no matter what happens one thing's for certain; things are definitely more complicated now that we know about Kara's true heritage" Gohan said to Bulma and together the two went to capsule corps to hear Vegeta's story END CHAPTER
Outtro: hey it's me Bulla and next time on Supergirl Z, Vegeta's called a meeting with all of us guess it must be pretty important if he's including both me and Pan... WHAT KARA IS SUPERGIRL AND SHE'S AN ALIEN LIKE US? THATS AMAZING! WOW! Wait a minute Daddy; your saying that this story involves how Mr. Goku and Superman first got to Earth in the first place?! How are Mr. Goku and Superman connected to Supergirl-I mean Kara's heritage?! Its going to be one heck of a bed-time story that's for sure! Next time on Supergirl Z: Vegeta's Tale; SUPERGIRL MINUS?! You don't want to miss it!
ME: Hi guys you may think that the "official winter finale" is over; but no there's more (so much more)! I hope you liked the nod I gave to Dragon Ball Super by naming the university Gohan 'teaches' after the series. I also hope you like the shout-out I gave Resurrection F in this chapter by Astra's mentioning of Frieza's potential. I know that people may say "but speeder!" see what I did there-shout out to Protomario who does Pokémon theories- Astra doesn't know about Golden Frieza! But Speeder! this all happened before Resurrection F!" Well comment section your right! She doesn't know about Golden Frieza and this all happened before 'F' came to be. However like General Zod, Astra is a warrior with considerable experience on the battlefield so she could (hypothetically speaking of course) see that Frieza only relayed on his raw strength to overpower anyone that stood in his way(such as when he thought he could beat Goku with 50% of his power on Namek only to get decimated by both the Spirit bomb and SSJ Goku). Anyway I hope that clears up that question. Speaking of Frieza; HYPE FOR A FRIEZA LIKE CHARACTER IN DRAGON BALL SUPER! Not going to spoil who it is but who knows; I may put that in my storyline (*author goes off to think about it*) With that said ON TO THE References and oh boy are there a TON of them
[1] through [5], [8] through [12] and [15] through [18] come DIRECTLY from Hostile Takeover(sorry if I mislabeled btw)
[6] and [7]comes from the powers/abilities section from Martian Manhunter's biography as well as the "White Martian" section underneath his species
[13] is actually Videl's quote to Gohan when she hears about Majin Buu in Dragon Ball Z(after she learned he defeated Cell of course!) I thought it would be fitting to put in that reference
[14] Goku's quote to Frieza in Dragon Ball Z KAI(not Z) shortly after he said the infamous '5 minutes until the planet blows up' line as a result of being outmatched by the Super-Saiyan(btw one of the most kickass scenes in all of Dragon Ball period!)
[19] is a COMBINATION of Frieza's 'encounter' with Goku's father coming from both the Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai DUB(see the two can work together when its appropriate; just as a PSA for those who don't like Kai)
[20] through [22] even though I added some dialog with Trunks(to where there was none there) and erased others with Alex this is the dialog from the episode
[23] through [25] again I added extra dialog- this time with Bulma and Gohan- but again it's the same from the finale!
