Hey guys. I'd say this is probably my favorite chapter in this story. I hope you all enjoy.

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Chapter 5: The Last Daughter of Krypton

Barry woke up at 6 in the morning on the dot. He only took a minute to get himself ready, even skipping breakfast. He wanted to check up on Kara as soon as possible and he didn't want wait a moment longer. He arrived at the lab in a flash, stepping into the room where he had seen Kara last.

"Kara, how are…," Barry started saying, when he was stopped by the fact that the bed was empty. He also noticed a note laid on the now empty bed. He picked it up to see what it said.

I had to get away. Don't worry. I'll be back.

- Kara

Barry was glad to know she was doing well enough to walk, and presumably fly. On the other hand, he was worried how well she was emotionally with the weight of an entire species on her shoulders.

"She was gone by the time I woke up," Barry heard Wells say from across the room. It seemed like he had fallen asleep in his wheelchair.

"Thanks for staying here, Dr. Wells," Barry said. "I really appreciate it."

"You're welcome," Wells said rolling towards the door. "By the way. Don't worry too much. She'll be fine. Until then, you should get something to eat before you pass out too." Barry nodded and Wells continued rolling into the hallway.

Barry stayed there for a moment before he picked up his phone to call Iris.

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Kara awoke at 4 in the morning. The lab was pitch black but as usual, she had no trouble seeing. The wound on her arm was wrapped up and she could feel that it had already begun healing. Once the sun was out, she would be back to her old self again… at least physically. She also noticed Dr. Wells snoring in his wheelchair, on the other side of the room. She wasn't sure whether to see this as a nice gesture or as just plain weird. She decided to take to the skies. She did this a lot when she needed to sort her thoughts out. She left a note, letting the others know she would be gone for a bit. For how long? That was the question. She failed because she let Galatea's words get to her. If she was going to defeat her next time, she would need to talk to the people that knew her best.

She headed for Smallville, the small town she had been raised in during her time on Earth. As she landed on the front lawn of their small house, she could see her foster mom, Eliza and foster dad, Jeremiah having their morning coffee. For most people they were up unusually early, but for them, this was quite normal.

"Hey, if it isn't our favorite girl," Jeremiah exclaimed.

"You didn't say you were coming to visit," Eliza pointed out. She could tell Kara wasn't here to bring happy news from her somber expression. "What's wrong, sweetie?" Kara took a moment to respond.

"Well, I almost died last night." Both of them sprung up from their seats upon hearing this.

"What happened?" both asked with anger and concern.

"Well… I fought this Eromaarian, one of the last of her kind, not quite unlike myself. She wanted me dead and had already killed three other people..."

"You see, this is why we didn't want you out there fighting," Jeremiah yelled in frustration.

"Jeremiah, calm down," Eliza shouted. "Kara. We will support you in whatever you do, but that doesn't mean that we want you to get yourself killed." Kara wasn't sure what to say.

"I'm sorry, Kara," Jeremiah said. "We know you really want to do this but you can't blame us for worrying, especially with what you're telling us now."

"Look," Kara started saying. "I know why I almost got killed when I fought her last time." The foster parents looked at her waiting for her to explain herself.

"When I fought her, she kept talking about Krypton. What the leaders of Krypton did to Eromaar. The way they took away their vital resources, dooming the species to extinction. But when she talked about it, she dropped that weight onto me."

"Kara," Eliza said taking Kara's left hand," you are not Krypton. You hold no burden on what its leaders did." Kara didn't look entirely convinced.

"I know I'm not responsible, but I can't help feeling like I have an obligation to bring honor to my planets name. I mean, part of why I chose to move to Metropolis and fight these super powered people was because I wanted to help people, but I also wanted to make sure that the last remainder of Krypton…wasn't a waste." She was starting to tear up now.

"Kara, you could never be waste," Jeremiah tried assuring Kara while putting his hand on her right shoulder. "You have no obligation to be the savior of Krypton's name. And no matter how you choose to live your life, you are no waste in our eyes." Kara started crying even more and embraced her foster parents.

"Thanks," Kara said, now weeping, "Maybe I don't have to, but I want to."

"Then don't let someone who would have you dead tell you that you are as bad as the worst of your kind," Eliza assured Kara. "because in our eyes, you are the best of your kind." She held them both for a while, till she finally tore away.

"Come on. We got to show you something," Eliza said suddenly as she walked towards the house. Kara and Jeremiah followed her into the house. When they got to the living room, there was a box in the middle of it that Kara couldn't see through.

"I used a lead box so you couldn't peak," Eliza explained as she proceeded to open up the box, pulling out a beautiful costume. It had a blue torso, a red skirt and cape. She could even see a pair of knee-length red boots inside the box. Most notably though, which made Kara tear up again was the red S sitting on the chest.

"It's the symbol... The symbol for the House of El." Kara was suddenly hugging her foster mom tightly holding the tears back.

"Not so tight, sweetie," she interjected causing Kara to pull back and apologize.

"You should be thanking Martha," Jeremiah explained. "we asked her to make it. Something for you to remember your family by… to honor them."

"I will definitely stop by to thank her before I leave." Kara was glowing. She took the outfit into another room, and less than a minute later, she came out, wearing the majestic suit.

"You look beautiful," Eliza said with a big smile on her face, "Supergirl."

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Barry was sitting in the booth of a Big Belly Burger. He had asked to meet with Iris for breakfast. Unsurprisingly, she was still asleep when he had called. He hadn't thought about how early it was at the time so he felt kind of bad about it. Suddenly, Iris walked into the restaurant, still looking quite tired.

"You know, I love you, Barry, but couldn't we have done this some other time," she yawned. "I shouldn't even be awake right now." She proceeded to sit down across from Barry, which is when she noticed there were tons of wrapping paper on the table.

"You already ate?"

"Sorry, I was pretty hungry," Barry reasoned.

"I need coffee," Iris exclaimed barely paying attention to Barry.

"Hold on," Barry said. "Before, I gotta ask you about something."

"Shoot!" Iris complied, slapping herself, trying to stay awake.

"Well, the thing is… I have this friend. She's…," Barry started saying.

"She?" Iris interrupted smirking. "Is she cute?" Barry was blushing slightly.

"Well, yeah, but that's not what I was gonna talk about. You see, she had something terrible happen to her. Something you or I couldn't even imagine." Iris now had a look of concern on her face. "It's a long story. The thing is I want to be there for her, but I don't know how to even begin to relate any personal experience that I have had to her tragedy."

Iris thought about it for a second, soon taking Barry's hands into hers.

"Barry," she started saying, "Don't overthink it. You are one of the greatest guys that I know, and I also know that you just showing her that you care and that you will be a shoulder to cry on is enough." It didn't entirely solve the problem, but it was enough to calm Barry down for a bit and make him realize that he would just have to try his best to be supportive.

"Thanks," Barry said a big smile on his face now.

"Hey," Barry heard a familiar voice saying. He looked towards the door and saw Kara standing there. Iris turned around in her seat noticing Kara as well.

"Kara," Iris said with a confused look on her face. "We didn't expect to see you here."

"Nice to see you again, Iris," Kara said politely. "I'm actually here to see Barry though." Iris looked back and forth between the two of them. It took her a little but now she understood. The girl he was talking must have been Kara.

"Okay. Well, that was a nice talk, Barry, but I'm gonna head back to bed," Iris said as she stood up and headed for the door. She waved the two goodbye and was out of the diner. Kara was now walking towards where Iris had sat.

"Hi," Barry said trying to keep up a smile. "How are you feeling?"

"Physically, I'm good as new. Emotionally, slightly compromised but I think I'm doing better." She paused for a second. "I'm guessing you figured out that I wasn't one hundred percent honest with you."

"It's okay," Barry interjected. "I get it. I mean, I get it in the sense of I understand why you did it. What I don't get is how you keep yourself so well composed despite all that's happened." Kara fell silent for a moment.

"Eleven years ago, my home planet Krypton was destroyed. What happened was that our red son was slowly collapsing, and had been on the urge of a supernova for a hundred years. Every planet within our solar system had escaped the reach of the supernova, but not the people of Krypton."

"Why didn't they escape?" Barry asked.

"Well, you see, long ago Krypton was the source of much comfort to the Galaxy. We exported goods to various other planets for centuries and were the galaxy's greatest asset and ally. However, over time, the Kryptonian leaders grew greedy and paranoid. They started lowering the amount of goods they exported as to keep a small circle of acquainting planets. It took a while, but eventually, we cut all trade with other planets." Things were starting to click for Barry.

"So that's why Galatea hates Krypton?" Barry asked. Kara nodded.

"Krypton cut them off from a resource they depended on. It only took a decade for most of the species to die off. I'm not entirely sure how Galatea survived. But anyway, eventually Krypton became completely isolated. No one got in, no one got out. Building ships became punishable by death in order to prevent anyone from trying. And even if they did. Anti-spacecraft defenses kept anyone from coming in or out."

"So…," Barry started saying, wondering if he really wanted to take it there, "How did you escape?" This hit a bit of a nerve with Kara but she proceeded nonetheless.

"My uncle, Jor-El, on my father's side, was a brilliant scientist. He had been responsible for all kinds of scientific innovation. He had also been a huge advocate for leaving the planet. He knew the sun was going to explode. No one listened to him except for members of my family, the House of El."

"Why wouldn't they believe him?" Barry asked.

"Brainiac. It was the name of a supercomputer on Krypton. It was programmed to objectively analyze the world around us. Despite this, something went wrong when it couldn't calculate any danger facing Krypton. My aunt, Astra, on my mother's side worked as part of Krypton's defense regime. She knew a way to take down the anti-spacecraft defenses for at least a short period of time. So, my mom came up with a plan. They would build small escape pods, small enough to fit…" Kara stopped, trying to hold the tears back.

"To fit me, and my baby cousin, Jor-El's son, Kal-El. Then, the day came. Jor-El knew the planet was going to explode and the pods were ready. They put me and Kal inside each of our individual pods, we said our goodbyes and we were shot into the sky. Things seemed to go as planned, though to me, having my entire planet die as part of a plan didn't sound very great. I managed to pass the defenses without being shot, when from the window of my pod…" Kara paused again. Barry could tell where this was going.

"I saw Kal's pod get shot down." Kara could not contain the tears anymore. "I was supposed to defend him, but he died before I even had a chance."

Kara was now weeping. Barry was in shock. It was somehow worse than he initially thought. Nonetheless, he knew there was only one thing he could do. Without saying a word, he stood up, pulled Kara up to her feet and held her while she cried into his arms. The restaurant was mostly empty at this time of day, but even if it had been full, neither of them would have cared if they were causing a scene because a big weight had been lifted off Kara and was now partially held up by Barry.

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So there we have it. Kara's past finally revealed. I hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter is Kara's rematch with Galatea, and some familiar faces from the TV show reveal themselves…