Outskirts of National City.
Kara flew as fast as she could towards Barry who was hurtling towards the ground, while at the same time, J'onn slammed his body into the creature, and then swung him around and slammed the creature into the ground. Barry's body was mere inches from hitting the ground at high speed, when Kara caught him in her arms. She then flew directly to the DEO after hearing J'onn's whisper to get Barry out of there, that he'll hold the line until she gets back.
So she flew as fast as she could.
She heard the pilot of one of the military helicopters that she flew past, ordering the Catco and Daily Planet helicopters to get away from the danger zone. Kara turned in shock when she heard the sounds of explosions; the creature was engulfed in fire while J'onn sped away from the danger zone. She saw the helicopters fire multiple missiles on the creature's location, and Kara could still hear the roar from the creatures as fire engulfed it.
"No," cried Kara when she saw the creature, enraged, jump towards one of the helicopters, it's body on fire as it slammed through the helicopter's cockpit; engulfing it in a fireball that made the other helicopters move out of the way. The burning Jeremiah landed, and then jumped towards another helicopter that was firing sabot rounds at it… however, the shots were doing nothing as the creature nearly reached the helicopter. It was then that she saw J'onn slam into the creature in the nick of time, and then scream while spinning in mid-air, and then slamming the creature into the ground.
Kara looked at Barry and then flew towards the DEO. She knew that Barry needed to get his leg set… she used her x-ray vision and saw that the bonw was broken in three places. Shaking her head as she neared the DEO, Kara knew that it would be months before Barry would be able to walk again.
'At least I can get to know him a bit better,' she thought when they were a minute away from the DEO. Kara rushed into the control center with Barry in her arms, and screamed for a medical team. She saw Lucy and a team of medics rushing towards her, the DEO director telling Kara to put the red suited man on the gurney. Kara told them about Barry's injuries while one of the medics was taking off the mask.
"No," said Kara shaking her head, "there's no need to take off the mask."
"We won't know who he is, Supergirl, let the medic do their jobs… whoever he is, we'll keep his secret," said Lucy as she nodded her head at the medics to continue before she stepped back, and moved to one side. Kara's eyes opened wide, and a smile appeared on her face when she saw Eliza sitting up on her bed, and looking back at her.
While rushing towards Eliza's room, Lucy told Kara that she was going to be all right. She just needed to rest.
"Mom," said Kara as she hugged the older woman while Lucy stepped back. She would occasionally glance at the screen which showed J'onn and Jeremiah fighting, the green alien holding him off; just barely.
"I'm okay," said Eliza as she looked into Kara's eyes, "that.. that's not Jeremiah, he would never hurt you, or me."
"I know," replied Kara, "mom, he… whatever that thing is… died twice. And it came back faster and stronger than before."
"What?" asked Lucy and Eliza together; both surprised at that revelation.
"I killed it, and it came back," said Kara, "and then the Flash phased through a hill… leaving it there while phasing only himself back out."
"He can phase through solid objects?" asked Lucy as Kara nodded her head before looking at Eliza again.
"Mom," said Kara; she knew that she needed to hurry out to the fight, but she also knew that Eliza was one of the foremost experts on biology and genetics. And Kara hoped that Eliza would have an answer on beating Jeremiah, "is there a way to permanently kill it."
"He died twice, and then came back again faster and stronger?" asked Eliza.
"Yea," said Kara, "mom, I don't know what else to do."
"Can he fly?" asked Eliza as Kara shook her head, "then the only thing I could think that could hold him is space itself."
"Huh?" asked a confused Kara.
"Throw him into space," said Eliza, "he'll die and resurrect multiple times, but he can never return to Earth since… well, he can't fly."
"I…"
Kara couldn't finish what she wanted to say when Agent Vasquez rushed in. She told Lucy and Kara that they had a problem. Eliza reached out to Kara, asking her to help her off the bed. Nodding her head, Kara put the older woman's arms around her shoulder and then helped her off the bed. The four of them then headed to the control room, with Eliza having a slight limp on her left leg. It was at the control room that Vasquez pointed her finger at the screen showing a video of Jeremiah stabbing J'onn multiple times. They saw the green alien bleeding as he went down on the ground, the creature's bony protrusions now slashing through J'onn's skin while it roared.
Kara's eyes opened wide when the creature picked up J'onn by the back of his cape, and then slammed him back into the ground. It happened two more times before J'onn just lay on the ground while Jeremiah roared into the air. The creature then looked back down at J'onn when his body trembled while trying to get back up. It was then that Kara turned to Lucy and Eliza.
"This ends now," said Kara as she rolled her hands into fists.
"Go," said Eliza as she looked at Kara, who nodded her head before zipping out of the DEO. The older woman then looked at Lucy, and then at Barry who was having his uniform taken off. The both of them then turned to the screen; Eliza praying that both of her daughters would survive.
Kara rose into the sky, flying as fast as she could while hoping that Barry would be alright. She had seen his broken leg and was worried about how long it would take him to wake again, especially since he needed to fight Zoom back in his own Earth. Kara was certain that she could handle Zoom, even though she had never fought him before, but there was no way for her to travel to his Earth. Putting those thoughts to the back of her mind as she shot her way down towards Jeremiah, she shot over Alex and the other agents who were a safe distance away watching helplessly while standing next to some of the damaged helicopters from earlier. She passed over them in an instant before slamming her shoulder into the creature.
She then rose straight up towards the sky, the creature on her shoulder while she continued to punch it's sides.
Supergirl screamed as she continued to rise through the stratosphere, but the creature was roaring in to her ear. Kara bellowed in pain from Jeremiah using the jagged bone from his knuckles to cut through the cape, and into her back. She felt every deep slash that was cut into her back until, unknown to her, the cape was in tatters.
But she kept on pushing herself as she took in a deep breath and moved much faster than before.
Kara could feel the effects of the blood loss much faster as the air started to thin out the higher she went. She started to feel dizzy as Jeremiah started to stab her left side.
Kara felt blood dripping from her skirt, to her legs, and then into her boots. She couldn't feel the sun on her, and Jeremiah was still viciously slashing and stabbing her back and sides. It wasn't too long before Kara entered space; she could feel her body going limp while Jeremiah continued to slash her back with the jagged bones.
However, she could feel the slashes, and hits, getting gradually weaker. Her body was wracked with pain as she let go of Jeremiah, her arms floating by her side; already weakened from the loss of blood. Kara tried to keep her eyes open as she watched the creature grabbing her by her arms and then pushing himself off her shoulder, and then facing her while grabbing hold onto the back of her head with one hand. She saw the grin on the face of the man who used to be her adoptive father, and then she saw his arm being pulled back.
Kara was already weakened from the loss of blood.. blood that was just floating off her as more flowed out of the wounds on her body. Spheres of blood surrounded the both of them as Jeremiah stabbed her abdomen, her mouth opened to release a silent scream. He stabbed her abdomen one more time before pulling his arm back, aiming it at her chest.
Kara knew that she was floating slowly away from the Earth with Jeremiah still holding on, so no matter what happened to her… Jeremiah would not be a threat to anyone. Just as Kara was about to close her eyes, and just accept the inevitable. She saw a streak of red and blue come up from behind the creature, and then grab the arm that was pulled back. She saw the creature being pulled off her, and then thrown to the left. She saw the person who saved her flying towards her, and gave a small smile.
'Kal? Am… am I dreaming?'
She saw Superman take off a mask that covered his mouth, and then place it on Kara's face before tightening it. She saw him press a button, and then felt a brush of air within the confines of the mask. Taking in a breath of the life giving oxygen, Kara screamed in pain from the wounds all around her body. Still weakened, she tapped on Superman's shoulder as he put on arm gingerly on her back, and then another arm behind her knees; she then pointed at the creature, and then into deep space. Kara looked at Superman while continuing to point at the creature, and then into deep space.
Superman nodded his head as he swung around with Kara in his arms. He flew towards the creature; whose movements were already sluggish as it tried to flail it arms at the Man of Steel who was approaching it. Superman then kicked the creature, and watched as it flew into high Earth orbit. The Man of Steel then turned around, and flew towards the planet itself.
What he didn't see was the creature hitting a Lexcorp satellite on the way out past the moon, and then into the Solar System. The Lexcorp satellite then hit a satellite belonging to Maxwell Lord, and knocked it out of orbit. All the while, Superman was speeding through the atmosphere as he watched Kara's eyes slowly closing.
"Kara! Open your eyes! Don't sleep!" yelled the Man of Steel as he flew towards the DEO in the darkness, "Kara! Don't sleep!"
He could feel Kara's blood flowing down his hands, while hearing Kara's heart slowing down.
"Kara!" screamed Superman as her heart stopped beating, while he flew as fast as possible towards the DEO.
Fort Rozz, that same time.
Non was glaring at Indigo as he slammed his fist onto a pedestal on which was the holographic HUD where they were watching the news feeds. He saw Jeremiah's defeat, and the return of Superman. And now he was glaring at Indigo who was scowling at the video.
"A powerful weapon, isn't that what you called it?" bellowed Non.
"It was just an unfortunate coincidence that Superman arrived when he did," said Indigo calmly, "the plan did nearly work, Kara Zor-El will die… no one, not even Kryptonians can survive that much loss of blood."
"With Kal-El still alive," growled Non as he leaned on the pedestal with both hands, "using Myriad like we were supposed to would be useless."
"You must have thought over what I said," smiled Indigo as she tilted her head at Non, "you're finally ready to think big… so, where do you want to go? Where do you think Myriad would have the most use?"
"Thanagar," smirked Non before looking at the other Kryptonians around him, "activate the Myriad wave… full power. Kill everyone on this world."
"Superman and Supergirl will be the rulers of a dead world," said Indigo as the Kryptonians rushed over to consoles at one end of the room. She and Non smiled at each other before suddenly looking at the holographic HUD when the pedestal, which was usually lit in white light, started to flash red.
"What is the matter?" demanded Non as he looked at the Kryptonians and then at the HUD in front of him before he bellowed in anger, "answer me!"
"The network of Satellites that were meant to carry the Myriad wave has been broken," said one of the Kryptonians as a holographic wireframe of Earth appeared over the pedestal, soon followed by fourteen blue coloured dots circling the planet; with a fifteenth slowly flying past the moon after having its orbit broken. The Kryptonians told Non that they needed the entire network for the wave to affect the entire planet, and now.. that was not possible.
"Target National City!" yelled Non when, all of a sudden the fourteen satellites changed colour from blue to red… and then started to drift away from planetary orbit. Non looked stunned at the HUD, and at Indigo with rage before he zipped towards her, and then slammed her into a wall while gripping her throat tight, and yelling, "What did you do?!"
"No… not, me.." Indigo struggled to speak. Non screamed in rage and then swung Indigo around, and threw her towards the far wall The woman slammed into the wall, and then fell to the floor while Non could just look on helplessly at the HUD.
Maxwell Lord's office, Lord Technologies, at that same time.
Maxwell Lord breathed a sigh of relief as he leaned back on his chair while looking at the computer in front of him. It was soon after the break-in at his company by the Kryptonians a few months ago, did he discover what had been stolen. Devices that could be used to access fifteen of his satellites, all capable of emitting a particular frequency.
He just had no idea why the Kryptonians needed access to that frequency.
And then, three weeks ago, he detected a virus being transmitted to his satellites. A virus that locked him out, and placed control to an outside party. Unknown to Lord, the devices that Astra and the other Kryptonians attached to various Earth based satellite dishes, before she was killed by Alex, uploaded a virus that would bring all fifteen satellites under their control. Unknown to Lord, even Winn had discovered the same virus from the DEO, however he didn't have the access that Lord did. Eventually, Lord found out what the satellites were going to be used for, and he set about finding a way to regain access to his own satellites. It had taken weeks, and he had only a few more minutes to go until he was complete.
Unknown to Lord, the Kryptonians were distracted by the fight between J'onn, Flash, and Supergirl to realize that Lord was close to regaining control. By the time the Lexcorp satellite had knocked one of his own out of orbit, Lord managed to regain access, and shut down the satellites.
They were now just floating harmlessly in space, while Lord got up from his seat and walked around his table. He headed for a shelf, and poured himself a drink while thinking that now, he had an alien computer virus to study.
With the danger passed, Lord turned on his TV and watched clips of the battle that had just taken place. He took a sip of the brown liquid while listening to a voice-over of the reporter saying that they were still waiting on the official status of Supergirl, the Blur, and news on the green-skinned alien being a new hero or a villain.
Thirty minutes later.
In the immediate aftermath of the battle, the world had seen the green skinned alien slowly get up before taking off, but there was no sign of either Supergirl, or the Blur. The reports said that there was no news from the military, or law enforcement in regards to their whereabouts… or if they were even alive.
That particular bit of news was something that made Nora's eyes tear up as she thought about Barry. She had seen Jeremiah toss him around like a rag doll after breaking his leg, and then throw him towards the ground. She saw Supergirl catch him and the fly off out of camera range. There had been now news since then, and all she could do was just sit in silence as the television played clips from the battle while Francine sat next to her.
Iris and Wally were just looking at the TV as well, waiting for any news just as Joe walked in through the door. He too saw Nora just looking at the screen while Francine was holding onto her back and looking at him. Silently, Joe walked behind Nora, and put his hand on her shoulder; all he could do was comfort the poor woman as they watched the TV for any news on Barry.
But there was nothing forthcoming, and a few minutes later, Nora started crying. And all Francine could do was hold on to her friend.
They would be in the dark for thirty minutes, which was when Cat Grant appeared on the television screens of everyone watching the world over, including the West household, to make an announcement. She said that a source in the military has confirmed that, while heavily injured, both the Blur and Supergirl were alive. In reality, a massive electrical charge was put through Kara, once Superman brought her into the DEO to restart her heart, and then once she was breathing… Lucy called James, who in turn told Winn and then Cat.
At hearing the good news from Cat, Nora cried even more tears; this time they were tears of happiness as Francine held on tight to her friend.
"He promised he won't leave you," whispered Francine as Nora nodded her head while Joe patted her shoulder; and both Iris and Wally cheered.
DEO, Infirmary, four hours later.
Eliza, J'onn, Alex, and Superman were standing around Kara's bed at the DEO while the slowly awakening Barry was in the adjoining room, his full leg in a cast while his costume was on a coat hanger. Eliza, J'onn, and Lucy told Superman what happened with the Jeremiah clone once Kara was stabilized. It was something which had Superman in anger for a few minutes before Lucy asked the man to calm down. Lucy then told him, Eliza, and J'onn, that she received news from General Lane that Project CADMUS was destroyed under very suspicious circumstances.
"Suspicious?" asked Superman who was still in his cape and costume looking at Lucy.
"They said that they had something that could defeat the creature," said Lucy, "and then the self-destruct blew up in their faces."
"Damn," said J'onn.
Just as Kara moaned and moved her head. Eliza and Alex rushed to her side, as did Superman while J'onn stood at the foot of the bed. Lucy remained in the corner looking at the young blonde woman who was wearing a medical gown; her uniform was badly shredded by the time Superman had brought her back to the DEO.
"Hey," whispered Alex as she held Kara's hand. Kara slowly opened her eyes, and then looked at Alex and smiled.
"Had… had a dream that.. that Kal was here and…"
"Hi, Kara," said Superman as Kara moved her head towards him, and gave a wide smile, "how're you feeling?"
"Like I was hit by a planet and… where's Barry.. I mean… where's Flash?"
"He's…" said Alex just as a nurse walked in with Agent Vasquez.
"Director," said Vasquez as Lucy turned around and nodded her head, "umm… you're needed in the Blur's room and…"
"Flash, he's the Flash" whispered Kara as Vasquez nodded her head and corrected herself.
"You're really needed in the Flash's room," she said before running out of Kara's room, followed by a running Lucy and J'onn, while Superman, Alex, and Eliza stayed with Kara. It wasn't too long before the three of them entered the room where Barry was kept. The three of them were stunned to find him sitting up in bed while telling the doctor that he was feeling fine.
"What's going on here?" demanded Lucy as Barry stopped complaining, and looked over at J'onn and Lucy walking around the bed with the nurse, who had been in the room earlier, and Agent Vasquez who the nurse had called first to deal with Barry.
"I'm doing fine," said Barry calmly before nodding at the doctor, "I just asked the nice doc to X-ray my leg."
"Which can't have healed yet," exclaimed the doctor at Barry, "we set the bone, and put your leg in the cast for a reason. That's because it's going to take several weeks for it to heal."
"Trust me, I'm healed," said Barry as the doctor looked at Lucy for advice. Sighing, Lucy nodded her head before telling the man to bring the portable X-Ray machine. She then turned to Barry, and told him that if the leg was still broken, then he had to stay in bed without complaining.
"Deal," said the young man.
It was thirty minutes later that the stunned doctor called for his other colleagues. They were looking at the X-Ray of Barry's leg and found that the bone had healed; his leg was fully functional. Which led Barry to vibrate his hand and then shatter the cast, before he stepped down onto the floor.
"How's Kara?" asked the young man as he looked at the stunned faces of the people in front of him, "oh, I forgot to mention, my speed helps me heal injuries fast… really, really fast."
It was after a bit more explaining to the doctors and the others that Lucy and J'onn accompanied Barry, who had gone super speed and got out of his medical gown and into his red uniform, to Kara's room.
"Hey," said Barry waving his hand.
"Barry," smiled Kara as he walked toward her bed side. She then introduced the young man to her cousin, Kal-El. Barry looked up at him, and shook his hand. As he did, he could feel something he couldn't explain just coming off Superman… it was as if his presence was calming everyone down. Barry turned back to Kara, who told him that he'd probably need to wait a day before she was fully recovered.
"And… and I don't know what happened to my uniform," whispered Kara.
"I'll get Kellex to repair it back at the Fortress, Kara," said Superman as Kara smiled at him, and then the blonde young woman turned her head and looked at Barry.
"And then.. then I get to see your Earth."
"Your Earth?" asked Superman as he looked at the unmasked Barry.
Lucy and Superman listened in surprise as Barry told them the truth about where he had come from, and why he was here on this Earth. Superman nodded his head impressed at the young man willing to risk his life to travel to a complete different Earth to help someone he had never met. He thanked Barry for saving Kara's life, and then he turned to Kara and said that he was proud of her.
"Thank you," said a tired Kara as she closed her eyes, and smiled, "sleepy."
"I'll stay here," said Superman as he looked at Eliza, and Alex, "the both of you should get some sleep. You too, J'onn."
"Technically we're still on the run and…."
"After what the people have seen today with you helping Supergirl?" asked Lucy as she looked at J'onn, "yeah, I have a feeling that things are going to change again. And you won't be on the run, I'll talk to General Lane."
"And I'll talk to the President," said Superman, "I need to see her anyway, I'd like to know why they had an anti-Kryptonian biological weapon that went berserk."
While the others were talking, and while Kara had gone to sleep.. Barry looked at a wall clock and saw that a lot of time had passed. He was sure that Nora had seen him injured, and it was going to worry her since she must have seen him getting injured.
"Ummm… guys," said Barry as everyone turned to look at him, "I've got some place I have to be. I… I've got see my mom."
"But…." Said Lucy.
"Kara transmitted her thought to me about him, director," said J'onn as he looked at Lucy, "she trusts him, and so do I. He won't reveal the existence of the DEO, or Supergirl's identity."
"Fine," said Lucy looking at Barry, "before you go, what's your name?"
"Barry Allen."
"That was too easy," said Superman surprised.
"I'm dead on this Earth, so's my dad," said Barry as Superman looked back at him with a bit of sadness in his eyes, "and on my Earth, my mom is the one who's dead… so…"
"Run, Barry, go see your mom," whispered Kara who opened her eyes just for a moment, and looked at him before sighing and closing them again, "see you tomorrow, Barry."
"See ya, Kara," whispered Barry as he put on his mask, nodded his head at the others, and then ran out of the DEO. And on towards Central City.
The West Household, an hour later.
Nora was about to lie down on the couch by after insisting that Francine, Joe, Iris, and Wally go back to bed. She told them that Barry didn't know where she was staying, so she hoped that she could stay with them in the meantime.
"Of course," said Joe hours ago.
As she put the blanket over herself, Nora lay her head down on the pillow while still watching the TV. Just as she was about to close her eyes, she sat back up suddenly when she heard the sound of a whoosh, followed by a soft knock on the door. Nora rushed off the couch, and then to the front door where she swung it open to find Barry smiling at her in his red uniform.
"Hi, mom," said Barry with a small smile.
"Barry!" cried Nora as she hugged her son.
"I'm alright, I'm alright," whispered Barry in her ear as she cried with her head on his shoulder, "I promised you that I'll come back, mom. And I did."
TBC.