Sorry for such a long time since I last updated. Side Note: Who's been enjoying CBS's Supergirl? 'Cause I have!

Jason stared at the blown-up photograph in front of him. He remembered the first time the Daily Planet printed this image. It was two weeks before Darkseid kidnapped Supergirl, Superman, and Superboy. An alien attacked Metropolis. Supergirl was the first and only one on the scene since a huge chunk of the JLA was off-planet. The fight between them didn't last longer than ten minutes. The alien kept the upper hand over Supergirl for the first half of the fight, but then it changed. Witnesses stated it said something to Supergirl that must have set her off because whatever self-restrain she had disappeared. It led to the scene that an amateur photographer captured on his smart phone.

***FLASHBACK***

Supergirl and the alien floated face to face, both dirty and angry. A propulsion device kept the alien in the air but others could the damage Supergirl caused taking effect. That day, the sky was overcast, which added an eerie vibe to the scene before the citizens of Metropolis.

"Felkah fo-yah saleena cora-lone veh-lanna."

Supergirl narrowed her eyes and in a blur attacked the creature. Sparks exploded over the crowd before the alien slammed into the street below them. They screamed and pushed back even more from the fight. She stared angrily at it, her irises turned a vibrant red with just a touch of bright blue in the pupil. The alien then raised his voice to where the low unintelligible gargles became high-pitched, strained squeals.

"I'm not my cousin," Supergirl replied while the red intensified and a faint glow came off her eyes. A bright burst of heat made the crowd flinch and scream again. The red of the heat-vision faded and allowed the watery blue color of her irises to return. "I'm also not a murderer." The crowd saw the alien still lived and that heat-vision only destroyed the flying device. "But," Supergirl lowered herself to the ground and stood firmly on the rubble beneath her feet, "if you ever come after Earth again, I won't show the same restraint."

***END FLASHBACK***

Batman theorized that this darkness, which had been brewing underneath the surface for some time, was what attracted Darkseid to target her besides Superman and Superboy. The latter was dealing with his own issues concerning his origin, which might have been why Darkseid kidnapped him too.

Nearly two hours earlier, Jason and Cassandra arrived at the JLA museum. He had never been inclined to visit it ever, but Cassandra needed this. She needed to mourn Kara if this whole future-past thing failed. Jason hadn't been sure if she wanted to go straight to the Supergirl exhibition or mosey around first. So he let her lead. They went through a few exhibits on the first floor and second before reaching their ultimate destination on the third floor.

Above the doorway to the Supergirl exhibition was a black banner; SUPERGIRL: 2001-2011 printed in white letters emphasized the length of time Kara acted as the heroine. Unlike everywhere else in the museum, the Supergirl exhibition was packed. People of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds shuffled through to gaze on the legacy of Supergirl.

"Cassandra, this place is packed. We should come back-"

"No. I need to be here." She looked him dead in the eye with determination. "I'm not leaving."

Jason nodded. "Then neither am I." To his surprise, Cassandra grabbed his hand, and the two merged with the crowd. Museums always have this silence that comes with the reverie of enjoying art, but this was different; it was the hush you find in houses after a funeral. Cassandra eventually let go of Jason's hand and wandered on her own. That's how he found the picture of Supergirl Seeing Red. Jason wanted to scoff at the title but didn't want to disrupt the surrounding atmosphere. He wasn't sure how to feel about the fact that, except for him, only women were bothering to take in the image before them. Maybe they knew something about Kara that he didn't.

He finished his trek through the exhibition and decided to look for Cassandra. It didn't take long for him to find her standing in front of a picture of a young Kara, no older than 19, smiling warmly at the crowd. But she wasn't alone. Connor had his arms wrapped tightly around her and was letting her, from the looks of it, soundlessly cry into his shoulder. Jason didn't want to impede on the moment so he walked away to find that café Kara raved about to Cassandra when it first opened.

X

Kate typed feverishly on her laptop as she stared at the screen before her. To handle what was going on inside of her emotionally, Bette recommended she write her thoughts in a journal. Kate had never been one for the "touchy-feely write everything in a dairy" kind of stuff, but she found that once she started she couldn't stop. She was on her fifteenth page, single-spaced, when the ding of her bookstore's bell pulled her eyes from the screen. Her fingers stopped as she focused on Detective Maggie Sawyer's form standing in the doorway.

Sawyer looked tired, which made sense since crime had gradually been increasing over the past couple weeks. The mourning period for Supergirl's death was long over, with it being almost two months ago. Kate hadn't expected the loss to heavily affect Gotham. But then it hit her that Supergirl had been spending a large amount of her time in the city right before her death. So it made sense her absence would affect the criminal atmosphere.

Kate shook her head and blinked a few times as it hit her that Kara had been dead that long, two months. She held her hand to her chest as she looked at Maggie who hadn't moved from her place by the door. "You might want take a few steps forward," said Kate as she let her hand drop. "That door swings in and who knows when someone could step into this shop." Maggie took a few steps forward, paused for a second, and then kept moving towards the front counter.

"I, um, wanted to stop by and say hi. And to," she set a folded newspaper on the counter, "give you that." Kate reached out for the newspaper and let it fall opened. It was the newest edition of the Daily Planet. "Linda's obituary is in that." It occurred again to Kate that though Supergirl had been dead for a while, Linda Lee-Danvers didn't get officially pronounced dead until after the earthquake clean-up.

"Thank you, Maggie. I appreciate it."

"You're welcome, Kate." Maggie's phone buzzed and she answered it. After a few, "mhm's," and a, "be right there," she hung up. "That was dispatch. There was a murder uptown." Maggie sighed a put her phone away. "I'll talk to you later. Maybe we can get coffee, like we used to."

"I'd love that. Good luck on your case." Maggie nodded then turned away. She was just about to open the door when Kate called out to her. "Hey, Mags. Be safe out there. Try not to get shot, again."

Maggie laughed. "Don't worry, Kate. I'm not going anywhere." The bell dinged as the door closed. Kate watched the blonde with the closely cropped hair disappear out of sight before flipping through the pages of newspaper to the obituary section. Most of the deceased was over the age of 70 years old with the exception of a child who had died of Leukemia, and obviously Linda. The names were in alphabetical order so it didn't take Kate long to find Linda's; it helped there was a picture too.

LINDA LEE-DANVERS OBITUARY
09/12/1983 - 12/10/2011*

METROPOLIS, NY. (DP) - Linda Lee-Danvers, adopted daughter of Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, was pronounced dead after rescue teams failed to recover her body from the southern Qurac mudslide. Rescue missions commenced soon after to find survivors. Several witnesses stated that Danvers was interviewing locals when the earthquake hit.

At 21, Danvers graduated from Metropolis University with a 3.8 GPA and a BA in English with a minor in Journalism. She lived in National City for one year interning at the National City Tribune before moving to Metropolis to work for the Daily Planet; she worked there for six years. Danvers has earned several collegiate writing awards as well as being awarded the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) Fellows of the Society honor. Her most recent nominations in journalism are: Metropolis's Story of the Year 2011 and Outstanding Journalist of the Year 2011.

Danvers was involved and advocated for several women and children shelters in Gotham City, Metropolis, National City, and Midvale. Danvers is survived by her cousin, both adoptive parents, and several friends. The family will hold two services in her honor; one in Metropolis and the other in Midvale. A representative headstone will be placed in Westfield Cemetery, as requested in Danvers' last will and testament.

James Olsen, Daily Planet Staff

X

Jimmy leaned back in his seat and sighed as he ran his fingers over the black-n-grey image of Linda that accompanied her obituary. Clark chose the picture then cropped it before sending it to Jimmy. The image only showed her face, but that didn't stop Jimmy recognizing it. It was from a photo of her, Lucy, and Jimmy during their impromptu visit to Washington, DC for Kara's 22nd birthday. His eyes floated from that picture to the one of Linda standing in front of a doughnut shop called Fractured Prune displayed on his laptop. She was in the middle of laughing at Lucy, who had sneezed while eating a doughnut and got cream all over her face and clothes. Jimmy had been standing in the right place at the right time when he captured that moment. It was followed by Linda accidentally crushed the chocolate-covered doughnut in her hand. It was the photo Veronica helped him pick for his blog.

Jimmy had hoped to get this edition of his blog done and published a few days prior but work kept getting in the way. It took Lucy writing him five emails, nudging from Veronica, and a few growls from Perry to get him to sit and write. His phone dinged with a text message from Veronica. She asked him if he was interested in getting Thai food or Korean food for dinner. Jimmy smiled and texted back, 'you pick', to which Veronica replied with an emoji: ' :P '.

Veronica had become a nice addition to Lucy and Jimmy's friend group. She was young, or at least younger than Jimmy and Lucy who were pushing 30, and brought an energy to them they had been sorely lacking since Linda's death. He was even half-tempted to ask her out if she wasn't so young and more interested in girls than guys. Though both were on her radar of 'dateable' options. Jimmy sighed and shut his laptop. He would finish the blog that night. It was mostly done, it simply needed a few touch-ups and a final paragraph.

The waitress at the café he was having lunch at came and got his dishes. He handed her his card and waited for it to be returned to him when he heard a screech of tires behind him. The pop of the wheel reached Jimmy's ears just as he turned to see an SUV barreling towards him. Jimmy jumped back and braced himself for the impact when something blurred in front of him and the SUV stopped with a crunch of metal.

He opened his right eye to see why he wasn't dead. In front of him stood a woman dressed in a dark blue and red outfit with touches of silver. Her hair was in long braids and pulled back from her face. She scanned the crowd then shot into the air. Jimmy tried his best to follow her movements with his camera, which was only marginally since he learned to do the same with Superman and Supergirl. As he continued to take pictures of the surrounding area, voices from the other witnesses filled the air.

"What was that?" "Did you see that?" "We almost died." "Was that a Black Supergirl?"

"Hey!" a man yelled to the crowd. "Did anyone get a picture of that?" Jimmy opened the gallery of his camera and scrolled through the photos he took. Most of the end shots with this new Supergirl were blurry but then Jimmy found one that wasn't.

"Gotcha."

*This fic is the continuation of The Other Side of the Story, which is based around Supergirl's POV of the story Gettin' By. Gettin' By, told from Batwoman's POV, was first started in 2011, which is why Supergirl's death in this fic is 2011 and not this year. I should apologize though, since I've referenced a few events that took place in 2015 earlier in R, W, & B.

Yes, this new Supergirl is Liylah. She was actually one of the few details of this storyline that popped up in my head back in 2012 when I was exploring the head canons of this world. I look forward to exploring her more, later in this series.