Dick: 24

Lillian: 21

Jason: 17

Tim: 13

Stephanie: 13

Wally: 24

Chapter 18 Enter Supergirl

"Someone's at the door!" Dick's voice echoed through the halls from the kitchen.

"So answer it!" I hollered from the library.

"I can't! I'm elbow deep in cookie dough, so is Tim!"

"Jace could you..."

"I don't answer doors." The second eldest Wayne boy said as he walked right by the front door, towards the gym. "That's why we have a butler."

""Fine I'll get it." I sighed as the doorbell dinged again. "Uncle Clark!" I smiled when I saw the glasses clad alter ego of Superman standing in front of the door.

"Hello Lilly." Uncle Clark greeted me with a big hug.

"Hey Lil!" Conner wrapped me in a bear hug of his own.

"To what do we owe the pleasure Mr. and Mr. Kent?" I grinned.

"I'm afraid this isn't a social visit Lilly, is Bruce at home?" Clark sounded unusually serious.

"Uh, yeah. He should be in the study. Is everything ok?"" I asked concerned.

"Nothing you need to worry about." Clark assured me. "Conner please keep an eye on Kara." Uncle Clark instructed his son before letting himself in.

"Who's..." I started asking before a blonde girl reached out and took my hand.

"Hi I'm Kara!" The girl said enthusiastically shaking my hand.

"Uh hi Kara, nice to meet you. Could you please let go of my hand?"

"Huh?" She looked down at my hand sheepishly before releasing me. "Oh I'm so sorry, I guess I don't know my own strength."

"Let's go inside and I'll explain." Conner gently pushed Kara inside and shut the door.

"Was that Uncle Clark? Oh Hey Conner." Tim had just entered the entrance hall covered in cookie dough from his hands all down his arm.

"Wow, Dick wasn't kidding when he said you guys were elbow deep in cookie dough. Uh Tim, meet Kara, she's..."

"She's my cousin, sort of." Conner explained.

"Oh it's nice to meet you Tim!" Kara rushed forward to shake Tim's hand.

"Uh, you probably don't want to touch me, I'm covered in eggs, butter, sugar, flour, and possibly chocolate chips." Tim gestured to his gooey hands and Kara immediately recoiled.

"Making cookies for the meeting tonight?" Conner asked hopefully.

"If there's any left by the time the meeting starts." Tim said walking back into the kitchen.

"Is Wally here?" Connor questioned following after Tim.

"He always comes over before meetings, but he's not here yet." I replied as the four of us entered the kitchen. Dick was standing by the oven carefully placing cookie trays on the racks inside.

"Whoa, this place looks like a war zone..." Conne was right there was cookie dough covering almost every surface in the kitchen.

"I didn't know 'baking cookies' was a code word for food fight via cookie dough." I scolded.

"We did make cookies! but I guess we kinda made a mess too." Tim said surveying the damage.

"Alfred's going to kill you when he comes home from grocery shopping." I promised.

"Al will never see it like this!" Dick shook his head. "Wally will be over soon and I'll tell him that if he wants cookies he'll have to help clean up, it'll be done in no time. Oh who's this?" He stopped suddenly when he caught sight of our guests.

"This is Conner's...cousin, Kara."

"Nice to meet you Kara. I didn't know Conner had any relatives, 'cept Uncle Clark and Lois of course." Dick said as he returned to his baking.

"We didn't know either." Conner said scrapping some cookie dough off the counter. "She hasn't been with us very long." Conner explained. "About a month or so back Clark was out exploring some areas of space..." He paused when he saw the confused look Tim was sending his way. "Hey don't ask me, I don't even like being in an airplane..."

"That's just because you wish you could fly on your own..." I reminded my super best friend.

"My shortcomings aside," Conner interrupted with a smile, "Clark was exploring some areas of space when he found a hidden cryogenic facility that had sustained heavy damage. There was only one chamber in the whole facility that was still intact. Kara, is the last survivor of a lost planet known as Argo."

"I've been staying with Mr. and Mrs. Kent and Connor has been nice enough to lend me his room, but things are getting pretty cramped. So Mr. Kent said that his friend Mr. Wayne might be able to help." Kara elaborated.

"Just what we need, another stray." Jason griped. I hadn't even heard him enter the room, but he was leaning on the door frame as if he'd been there the whole time.

"Don't listen to him." Tim stuck his tongue out at Jason.

"What are you going to do Drake?" Jason egged him on.

"Tim! Jason!"

"Knock it off you two." Dick and I warned the pair at the same time. Both boys shut their traps immediately but continued to glare at each other.

"What's all the commotion about?" a familiar voice asked over Jason's shoulder.

"Wally!" I greeted him with enthusiasm as he brushed past Jason. Wally pulled me into a hug before planting a soft kiss on my lips.

"What's going on?" Wally asked with wide eyes as he took in the full state of the room.

"Tim and Dick were baking cookies, so most of the mess is from them, but don't worry your best friend volunteered you for the clean-up crew." I said clapping Wally on the shoulder.

"He did, did he? And what makes you so sure I'd help you?" Wally asked licking cookie dough off a spoon he found.

"If you want any cookies you will and I know you'll do anything for food." Dick smiled as he pushed the oven door shut.

"True." Wally agreed instantly. "How's it going Supey?" Wally asked turning to Conner.

"Uh..." Connor was speechless taking in the sight of Wally clearing off the counter, a dirty cookie-dough-covered spoon hanging from his mouth.

"Wally, this is Conner's cousin Kara." I introduced the blonde girl who was standing awkwardly in the kitchen.

"Oh hi!" Wally waved before returning back to his task.

"Tim you could help you know!" Dick said tossing a dish towel in the boys direction.

"We'd better all help if you want to get this cleaned up before Alfred comes home." Conner suggested before gathering the boy's mixing bowls and putting them in the sink.

"Pass." Jason stated as he continued to watch from the doorway. I crossed the room and started to fill the sink.

"I'll wash, who wants to dry?"

"I will!" Tim volunteered quickly.

"He's just saying that so he doesn't have to scrape this stuff up." Wally said pointing to an area full of caked-on dough.

"It comes off pretty easily." Conner, who was barely applying pressure to his cookie-dough spot, pointed out.

"Well maybe when you have stronger-than-human strength." Wally complained. After thirty minutes the kitchen was near Alfred-approved levels of clean and almost all of the cookies were baked. Jason had left the kitchen fifteen minutes ago, tiered of holding up the doorway, apparently. Tim had gone off to the cave when Spoiler arrived a few minutes ago, leaving only Conner, Kara, Wally, Dick and I in the kitchen.

"What does a koo-key taste like?" Kara asked curiously as Dick put the last dozen in the oven.

"You've neffer had qookies?" Wally mumbled, his own mouth half full of baked goods.

"Here try one, they're best when they're warm." I offered a chocolate chip cookie to her. She took the cookie cautiously and studied it. After a beat had past, Kara finally took a small bite of the cookie. She chewed the cookie slowly, savoring the flavor.

"It's good!" She exclaimed. "I think I like Earthly desserts."

"Don't let M'gann hear you say that!" Conner chuckled.

"Who's M'gann? Is she another relative of yours?" Kara asked looking interestedly between Dick and I.

"M'gann is Conner's girlfriend." Dick explained. "She's from Mars but she's come to Earth to study humans. One of her favorite things is to get us all together and sample her baked goods."

"You do not seem pleased by this." Kara sounded confused. "Do you not like baked goods?"

"Earth desserts aren't exactly healthy in large amounts." Conner explained. "Think of Grandma Kent's chocolate cake. The first few pieces are good but all that chocolate adds up fast." Conner made a face that implying his last encounter with Mrs. Kent's chocolate cake had been less than idea. Kara dropped her cookie immediately, suggesting she had a similar memory.

"I don't know what you guys are complaining about. I could eat cookies and chocolate cakes all day!" Wally smirked before putting a whole cookie in his mouth.

"I feel the need to point out that my boyfriend can only eat as many cakes and cookies as he pleases because he has a high than human metabolism."

"Which planet are you from?" Kara asked intrigued.

"Oh I'm fwrom hewre." Wally answered, his mouth full again.

"Wally's abilities come from a purposely failed science experiment." I explained to Kara before addressing Wally. "And didn't anyone tell you that it's rude to talk with your mouth full?" I rounded on him.

"I think Alfred did once..."

"He's said it more than once my friend." Dick disagreed.

"I told you, when looking for teenagers, always check the kitchen first." Bruce chuckled from the doorway.

"I guess the need for fuel spans across all generations and planets." Clark chortled by his side. "I see everyone's gotten well acquainted in our absence."

"So, what's the plan?" Conner inquired.

"Who said we had a plan?" Bruce asked with false suspicion.

"When you two get together there's always some sort of plan." Dick pointed out.

"He's got a point Bruce." Clark smiled. "Yes we do have a plan. As we've talked about before Kara, Connor and his friends are junior members of the Justice League. The junior members have their own headquarters where they meet frequently, there's a meeting tonight actually. Some of the Junior heroes have chosen to make the headquarters their home. We'd like to invite you to join the Justice League Junior heroes as well as offer you lodging at the headquarters." Kara thought for a minute before speaking.

"I wouldn't be in the way will I? I mean I have very little experience here on this planet, surely these Junior Heroes must be much more advanced than I."

"Many members of the team have about as much experience as you." Bruce assured her. "The team was formed to train Junior Heroes to eventually join the Justice League. It is only a first step, but it would also be a great way to meet other kids like you."

"I would like that very much Mr. Wayne, Mr. Kent. thank you so much for offering me this opportunity."