Kara Danvers had a secret. It wasn't a secret that was kept from the people closest to her, but kept from the rest of the world. By day she was Kara Danvers, personal assistant to Cat Grant. Also, by day she was Supergirl, hero to all of National City. It was an identity she just recently took up and it was taking her some getting used to.
Just when she thought she had a handle on the whole superhero thing, the universe decided to throw a curveball at her. Full force.
"Alex, where is it?! I can't see it!"
"Supergirl, it's a meteor! It's kind of hard to miss!" Alex, Kara's adopted sister, said to her over her intercom earpiece. Alex and Kara worked together with the DEO to help keep National City free and clear from any other-worldly issues- such as a meteor heading straight for the city.
"Alex, I don't see it! Are you sure I'm in the right place? Maybe your calculations are off. I don't think this is where it's headed."
Alex looked at the radar on the monitor. "Supergirl, the meteor has already punctured the atmosphere. You should see it!"
Kara flew around the surrounding 50 miles and could not see it. "Alex, it's not here!"
Alex returned her eyes to the radar. "Supergirl, I'm looking at the radar. It's heading straight toward the Rocky Canyon Roadway."
"Alex, that's on the whole opposite side of the city! No wonder I can't see it, I'm nowhere near it!" Supergirl whirled around in the other direction, "How much time do I have, Alex?"
Alex nervously watched the meteor on the radar in front of her and gravely said, "10 seconds."
"I'm not going to make it!" Kara used all the force she had within her to propel her faster, but she knew her boundaries and she knew she couldn't make it to the other side of National City in less than 10 seconds.
"Supergirl, images from our satellites show that there is only one vehicle on the road. If you can't make it, at least there won't be mass casualties."
Kara shook her head. "It doesn't matter if a hundred people die or one, Alex. It will still be on me if I can't save them! I can't have that on my conscience."
Alex's felt a lump in her throat. Her sister was too good for this cruel world. "You can't save everyone, Kara."
Kara fought back the emotions that were close to spooling over. "Kara may not be able to save everyone, but Supergirl should. That's her purpose, Alex. It's my purpose."
Kara blazed her way to Rocky Canyon Roadway just in time to witness the meteor crash into the earth and send the sole car on the roadway through the air and into a storm of rock and dirt, before crashing down hard into the crater left by the gigantic fallen rock.