"I'll miss you," Barry muttered.

"I'll call every night," Iris promised. "Besides, it's not like you can't come see me if you really wanted to."

Barry grinned. "I just might."


Iris sighed, setting her suitcase on the bed.

She'd been assigned a story in Midville on a new technological advancement at an up-and-coming corporation, Kent & Roads. She'd tried to find some information on the two founders but hadn't come up with very much. Just a few names and recent achievements.

Iris was distracted from her unpacking when her phone rang. She picked it up and glanced at the caller ID. She smiled. "Miss me already?" She teased.

"I missed you the moment you disappeared from my sight," Barry laughed.

"Aww," Iris turned the phone to speaker and continued unpacking. "Everything alright?"

"Yeah, just wanted to make sure you got to the hotel safely."

"Well, I did. Unpacking as we speak."

"Great. So I was thinking - oh, snap. Um, I have to go, robbery on Hurst Street. I'll call you this evening."

"I look forward to it." Iris said. "Love you, stay safe."

"Okay, love you too."


"Please welcome Kent & Roads' founders, Kara Kent and Alex Roads,"

Iris clapped along with everyone else as two women walked onto the stage.

"Good morning," The dark haired woman said. "My name is Alex Roads and this is my partner, Kara Kent."

The other women, a smiling blonde, nodded. "We're excited to show you what we've learned over the past few months."

Iris' pen absently moved across her notepad. Kara Kent? Alex Roads? The two looked exactly like Kara and Alex Danvers, everything from Kara's wide smile and glasses to Alex's hair style and collected demeanor.

Iris hurriedly jotted down notes, impressed by what the two had discovered in such a short amount of time.

After the question segment had ended and reporters were trickling out, Iris pushed toward the front where Kara and Alex were talking with a few people. Iris flashed her badge at the guards who let her by; she'd been lucky enough to get special access to a private meeting with the Kent and Roads after the panel.

"You seem very confident in your findings," One report was saying. "How can you be so sure? This is new, uncharted territory."

Kara smiled warmly. "Math doesn't lie, Mr. Smith, and we've done our calculations billions of times."

"There's not much chance of failure at this point," Alex agreed.

"But it's still there?" Smith asked.

"Yes," Alex confirmed. "But the margin of error is so slim, it's hardly mentionable."

"We are aware of the chance of it not working," Kara added. "But at this point, we have no real reason to question it."

"Thank you," Smith nodded, furiously scribbling down notes.

"Miss Kent?" A guard came up behind Kara. He whispered something in the woman's ear.

Kara's face lit up. "Of course!"

The guard nodded and retreated, conveying something through an earpiece.

"Well," Kara clapped her hands. "Shall we convene to another room? We took the liberty of ordering food so I hope you're all hungry."

Iris followed Kent, Roads, and the handful of other reporters to another room. There was a large conference table in the center. Lining one wall was a table ladened with food.

"Please find your name," Alex instructed, gesturing to small white name tags on the table.

Iris rounded the table, successfully locating her name, Iris West-Allen. She glanced at the two names on either side. To her right was a Jennifer Jones Waller. She blinked seeing the name to her left; Alex Roads. She craned her neck to see the name next to Alex's. Not surprisingly it was Kara's.

"Come get some food," Kara invited everyone.

They were just settling down with their food when the conference room door opened and a security guard entered, a young boy at his side.

"Kal!" Kara greeted, happily. She turned to the guard. "William, can you grab another chair please?"

The guard smiled. "Of course."

"Thank you,"

The boy, he looked to be about twelve, worked his way around the table to stand next to Kara. They whispered together for a short time because Kara gently pushed the boy toward the table.

"I apologize," Kara said, turning her attention back to the reporters. "Now, before we get to questions, I thought we'd just socialize a little bit. Off the record, if you don't mind."

The reporters all nodded, putting away notepads and pens.

"Good," Kara smiled.

William entered a moment later with a chair which he placed between Kara and the reporter next to her. Kal came over and sat down after loading a plate with food.

"So," Alex turned to Iris. "Mrs. West-Allen, what brings you to Kent & Roads? Besides being assigned a story, that is."

Iris chuckled. "Just the story, I'm afraid."

Alex nodded, spearing a bit of meat on her fork. "Understandable. How long have you been a reporter?"

"A few years," Iris revealed.

"Very nice," Alex cut into her steak. "So, I'm sure you have questions for me. Shoot."

Iris was momentarily taken aback. "Yes. Uh, how did you and Miss Kent meet?"

"Our families knew each other," Alex explained.

Iris nodded. "What got you two so interested in this field of science?"

"Well, I've always wanted to be a doctor and Kara has a knack for the sciences." Alex shrugged.

"That's great," Iris grinned. "What you're doing is amazing."

"I should hope so," Alex agreed. "We've been planning for years."

"Really?"

"Sure," Alex smirked a little. "We may have had a few months of crazy success but before that came years of planning."

"Yeah," Kara leaned over. "Everything had to be perfect."

Iris noticed Kal seemed to be in a serious conversation with the reporter next to him.

Kara followed Iris' gaze and laughed. "He's taking after our footsteps. He loves science."

"I'm sure that had nothing to do with the two of you," Iris joked.

Kara smiled widely. "Of course not."

Iris took a sip of water. "I hope you don't mind me asking but is Kal your…"

"Cousin," Kara supplied. "And this," She playfully bumped Alex's shoulder. "Is his honorary aunt."

Alex rolled her eyes.

"Did you two grow up together?" Jennifer Waller, the reporter on Iris' other side, inquired.

Alex shook her head. "No. Kara and Kalan grew up in Kansas. We know each other through our parents."

"What do they do?" Jennifer asked.

"My parents are scientists," Alex said.

"Our foster parents are farmers," Kara said.

"Oh," Jennifer's eyes widened. "I didn't know, I'm so sorry, I-"

"It's fine," Kara assured her, flashing a dazzling smile. She glanced lovingly over at her cousin. "If anyone should be apologizing it should be me. I hope you don't mind Kal tagging along."

Iris grinned. "I don't mind and I don't think any of his audience mind either."

Kal seemed to entertaining most of the table with a shirt if lecture on one of the parts of his cousin and aunt's project.

Kara laughed. "Someday he's going to do something amazing." She gazed on her cousin lovingly.

"You bet he is," Alex agreed. "He's brilliant."

Iris smiled. Barry would be so jealous he wasn't here.


Author's note:

Okay, so a couple things.

1. I changed Kal's/Clark's name to Kalan because I feel like Kara would have liked something that was closer to his Kryptonian name. (Nothing against the name Clark, just saying.)

2. I feel like having Kal at the conference was definitely unorthodox but also something that Kara and Alex would have seen as perfectly fine.

3. Alex's last name is Roads because she married someone with that name; I didn't say that in the one-shot but there wasn't a good place to put it.

4. Last thing, if you noticed that the conference took place in Midville, you read that right. I meant Midville not Midvale, just in case that was confusing to anyone.