"Parents' names, off limits. Parents' titles, off limits. Foster family, off limits. Hometown, school - off limits. Cousin off limits, Lucy, you're not leaving me much to work with if all of this is off limits!" Cat replies angrily.
"You'll just have to get creative. She can talk about Krypton and what it was like there, but she can't mention anything about her parents' names or titles. Supergirl is already being targeted for that. And the foster family details obviously would reveal her secret identity making them a target, not to mention you and your company," Lucy points out.
"Hmm, I see your point," Cat replies pacing around the brunette sitting on the couch.
"Has Kara seen your working title?" Lucy asks, though she's fairly certain that she hasn't.
"No. You perceive a problem with the title?" Cat asks pausing to consider it again.
"Lucy, she refers to herself as 'The Lost Girl of Krypton'," Cat remarks carefully.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean she wants people to refer to her that way," Lucy answers.
"Hmm, it's not set in stone," Cat replies.
"Ms Grant, Ms Lane, here are the copies of the documents. Now, I have the conference room set up. I'll meet you there," Kara confirms.
"Yes, Kara that will be fine. Ms Lane, shall we?" Cat replies gesturing for the other woman to follow her.
Kara heads to the elevator to go down to the archives. She groans to everyone who will listen about the crazy research Cat Grant has her working on. Then as soon as she checks into the archives, she slips out and into the alley before changing into her super suit and flying up to the roof, just as the CatCopter lands with a news crew aboard. The photographer quickly turns on his video camera as Supergirl strides over to them. The reporter grabs his mic and asks, "Supergirl why are you at CATCO?"
"I'm here to meet with Ms Grant at her request," she replies simply. "Is this the easiest way to get to the conference room?"
"Uh, yeah, her private conference room is just two floors down, the second door to the left," he replies nervously. "Is she interviewing you?"
"No comment," Supergirl replies ducking into the stairwell.
"Cut," the reporter says turning around to face his cameraman. "Is that why Ms Grant called us back here?" he asks confused.
"Probably, she told me to be ready to film as soon as we landed," the cameraman replies.
"Did you hear?" the security guard asks when Kara signs out of the archive.
"Hear what?" She asks feigning curiosity.
"Supergirl was upstairs, apparently Ms Grant has an exclusive interview with her," he explains excitedly.
Kara smiles and heads back upstairs. She pauses at the door to Cat's office waiting for her to finish a phone call.
"Come in Kara," she says ending the call. "Change of plans, I've had multiple requests for interviews. Apparently the public is curious that I would interview you so soon after prior events," Cat explains.
"Oh, well that is understandable," Kara replies a little disappointed.
"I'm holding a press conference at four, would you mind helping me with the Supergirl interview?" Cat asks.
"Of course," Kara replies holding out her hand for Cat's notes. "I'll transcribe these immediately," she adds smiling. "Oh and Ms Grant, the green blouse that just came back from the cleaners looks amazing on you, you should change into it before the press conference," she suggests.
"Thank you and Kara?" Cat questions, "Come back in an hour to help me prepare?"
Kara smiles brightly in response and nods yes.
"Are you positive about this blouse?" Cat asks stepping out of her ensuite and motioning Kara to come closer.
"Yes," Kara replies stepping in behind her. "It accentuates your eyes and it's quite flattering here too," she says gesturing to Cat's decolletage.
"Kara, my decolletage, is really not the point of this press conference. No, I think I'll wear the other," Cat says removing the blouse and reaching for the other one.
A small gasp escapes Kara's lips as Cat stands before her half dressed.
Amused Cat puts her hands on her hips, "Like what you see Kara?" she teases.
"Not in the office," Kara mumbles it like it is a mantra.
"Technically, we're not in the..." Cat begins to say, but the words are lost when Kara lunges at her and kisses her.
Pulling back, Kara flushes and is about to apologize, when Cat pulls her back in and returns the kiss.
Breaking apart, Cat breathlessly replies, "this is actually the opposite of preparing me for the press conference, not that I mind, but we should probably focus," she points out.
"Right, I'll just wait for you to get dressed... uh, outside," Kara stammers taking one more look at her and smiling.
A few minutes later Cat walks up to her desk, "Kara what's this?" she asks looking at the folder.
"That is the interview, I finished transcribing it before I came in," Kara explains.
"Just how fast can you type exactly?" Cat asks.
"Well, it is easier to type when you know the subject," the girl reminds her.
"Yes, but I made notes in the margins," Cat points out.
"They're in there. My notes are in blue," she adds stepping in behind Cat to explain her edits.
"You've actually written and edited this in an hour?" Cat marvels at her.
"Technically, I transcribed it and edited it in an hour. You wrote it," Kara reminds her.
"Well, this is really good. I like these notes. Kara, you're a natural editor," Cat replies sitting down to read the interview.
"Cat, we should really prepare for the press conference. I've reviewed your notes, do you want me to ask each of these questions?" Kara asks.
"Uh, yes." Cat replies looking up from the interview and closing the folder.
Kara asks each of the questions that Cat has prepared and she comfortably answers each one. So Kara throws out a new one.
"Is it true that Supergirl recently took you flying to a private atoll off the coast?" she asks.
"Kara, no one's going to ask that?" Cat hisses.
"Just because we didn't notice anyone out there doesn't mean no one noticed us," Kara points out.
"Okay to humor you," she pauses. "It was a peace offering, since our last flight together was less than pleasant," Cat replies.
"Is there something going on between you and Supergirl?" Kara asks next.
Cat frowns, but again, she pauses to consider the question, "Yes, I believe that I'm one of confidants and I'm advising her on media strategy, you might recall that she's persona non grata in National City at the moment. In fact, I have an exclusive interview with her coming out tomorrow," Cat replies.
Kara smiles at her, "I think you're ready," she replies satisfied and relieved that Cat was able to answer those questions relatively easily without being thrown by them.
"Now Kara, you realize if anyone saw us on Saturday, they would have already leaked the footage to the press," Cat points out. "No one would sit on that story and hope to be able to ambush me at a spur of the moment press conference."
"What if they didn't realize what they had until they saw me arriving at CATCO today?" Kara counters.
"I suppose that is a possibility, it's not like I am easily recognized in casual clothing," Cat reminds herself, now worried that Kara may have more of a point than she had previously considered. "Maybe Winn could do an image search on Supergirl sightings from Saturday?" she asks.
"I'll get him right on it," Kara replies rushing out of the office.
"Kara what are you saying? Is there something going on with you and Ms Grant?" he asks.
"We spent some together this weekend working on the Supergirl interview and I took her flying. But just over the ocean, we saw no one. I just want make sure that she's not ambushed at the press conference," Kara explains.
"Uh, okay. I'll see what I can find," Winn stammers.
Kara returns to her own desk and glances nervously in at Cat reading the interview, a red pen poised as she reads through it.
"Kara?" Winn whispers, "Kara!" he says louder.
"I didn't find anything on Supergirl, but I did a second search on Cat and found this video," he says queueing it up for her.
Kara cringes, it's the two of them climbing into the VW leaving the beach house. The camera lingers on their kiss before going wide, the license plate clearly shown in the shot.
"Send it to my phone, now!" she says rushing into Cat's office, closing the door behind her.
"Kara, what's going on?" Cat asks.
"It's not Supergirl, it's me. I mean us, there's video of us," she blurts out. Unlocking her phone quickly and clicking the link that Winn sent her.
"Can he track who...?" Cat begins to ask, when she looks up to see Winn at the door to the office. She waves him in.
"The video is from a freelancer, Jason James. I just cross checked the press credentials released so far and his name isn't on the list. But Shevonne Sullivan from TMZ is registered," Winn explains. "She's used his videos before," he adds.
"Thank you Winn, that is all," she replies dismissing him.
"So much for being low key at the office," Cat remarks.
"Why was he watching your beach house?" Kara asks.
"I don't know. Maybe he thought he would get George Clooney cheating on his wife," Cat replies sarcastically.
"Why would he think that?" Kara asks concerned.
"How was I supposed to know that George was going to remake Ocean's 11?" Cat asks.
Kara looks at her not understanding.
"The trust that holds the beach house is the Ocean 11 trust," Cat explains. "It's my eleventh beach house," she adds trying to explain.
"Well, the VW is tagged to the Sunny D trust, so that may slow them down," Kara admits.
"There are plenty of photos of us together Kara, we should just assume that TMZ will ambush the press conference," Cat replies. "What exactly is the Sunny D trust?" she asks.
"Alex and I originally created it just to honor the VW. Sunny D was what he called it," she explains.
"What else is held in the trust Kara? Anything that will allow them to trace it back to you?" Cat asks worriedly.
"I'm not sure. Alex managed it. "Probably just her motorcycle and the cabin," Kara admits.
"What cabin Kara?" Cat asks.
"Oh no, I have to go," Kara says suddenly.
"No Kara you can't leave, the press conference is in less than fifteen minutes," Cat reminds her.
"I need to make a phone call," she says stepping out to the balcony.
"Lucy, TMZ has video of Sunny D," Kara blurts out as soon as the brunette answers the phone.
"You think they've found the cabin," Lucy remarks.
"Can you check?" Kara asks.
"Vasquez, pull up these coordinates on the map," Lucy calls out to her senior analyst. "Not the big screen, send to my office," she says backing out of the control room.
"There's one unmarked van out on the access road," Vasquez notes entering the Director's office. "Is there anything that I should do?"
"No stand down, agent. I'll take care of this," Lucy advises her. Then to Kara she replies, "You have to stay away from the cabin and let me handle this. If Supergirl goes anywhere near it, then the connection will be made, not even the idiots at TMZ will miss that connection," she points out. "I'm sure that your guests have already noticed the van and have implemented counter measures."
"I hope so. Look, I have to let you go. Cat is about to go into a press conference and she may be ambushed by TMZ, they have video of us from Sunday morning," Kara explains quickly.
"Video of what exactly?" Lucy asks.
"I drove Sunny D out to Cat's beach house on Saturday. There is video of us kissing in the front seat," Kara admits reluctantly.
"Seriously? You sealed the deal?" Lucy exclaims.
"Not exactly, but let's say it could have been worse. I'll explain later," Kara says ending the call.
"Kara, what's happening?" Cat asks joining her on the balcony.
"Nothing. There is a van positioned on the access road to the cabin," she explains. "I think that I should be at the press conference to draw interest from the cabin."
"Kara, who is at the cabin that you're trying to protect?" Cat asks.
"It's really better if you don't know," Kara replies. "Please trust me on this," she adds.
"If you're at the press conference, they will figure out that I was kissing my assistant," Cat points out.
"I know and I'm sorry, but we really need to draw them away from the cabin," Kara replies. "I wouldn't do this if it wasn't important," she adds.
"Okay, we'll figure it out. It's not like I'm the first CEO to have an affair with her assistant," Cat remarks.
"You're single Cat, it's not an affair," Kara reminds her. "But if you're embarrassed.."
"I'm not embarrassed," Cat says taking her into her arms.