Karry Universe

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Note (PLEASE READ): In the previous chapter I expressed my concern that interest in this story was fading and asked you guys to prove me wrong. And bloody hell you guys did! In force, too. I was amazed at how many reviews I got (most of them positive) with the last chapter being my most reviewed chapter so far! I thank you and I will go forward with plans I have, but I want to take a moment to say this: I know it's not always easy to review and it's definitely not compulsory, I know that we all have lives outside of fan fiction and sometimes you forget or other things take priority. I understand that but please remember one thing fan fictions are not easy to write, especially one of this caliber. We do not get paid to write them, we do not write them just for our own pleasure either. We take our own time and effort because we enjoy it and we hope other people enjoy it. Reviews are the only real way we know people are reading and enjoying the story, follows and favorites are great, but in no way an indication that you've read or are still actually following, so please try to remember to review – and not just my story but any fan fiction you read; it doesn't need to be deep, moving or thought provoking, just a simple 'Great chapter' or even 'Didn't enjoy this chapter' does good, just so we know we can continue and know a direction to follow – it keeps the writer happy and motivated, myself especially.

Also, and I won't go into detail here now as I know I've taken up a lot of words already, but one little note: When I woke up Barry I seemed to have simultaneously awoken the fans wanting me to recreate the Flash Season 1 word-for-word, but now I seem to have enticed the readers who want something completely original. This story has been original from the word go, but even so, I believe it's the perfect middle-ground between both extremes, and if you feel it's not what you expect, things will be original soon, even if some of you don't believe it. So watch out soon as I continue into new and unexplored territory (at least from the CW's perspective…).

Sisters and Secrets

Lois got out of the elevator and noticed the instant eyes on her from the rest of the office. She smirked as she saw the one person not looking up. "Kara," Lois called and Kara looked up from her desk. Yes, Lois Lane had just walked right into Catco Worldwide Media headquarters.

"Lois!" Kara said in shock and delight, grinning as she stood and hugged the woman. "What are you doing here?"

"On assignment," Lois said. "Perry wants me to get an interview with Supergirl and the Flash." Kara stopped herself from laughing. "Figured I would stop by."

"Lois Lane…" Kara was interrupted from saying anything more by Cat Grant walking out of her office.

"Cat Grant," Lois said politely. "It's been a while." Cat nodded her agreement. "You're welcome by the way."

"And whatever for?" Cat asked, crossing her arms intimidatingly.

"Sending Kara that email," Lois said with a smirk.

"Oh let's not pretend you did that for me," Cat replied, knowing all too well why Lois had outed Siobhan instead of taking the lead, although no one else knew that she knew. "Well you said your hello. My assistant has work to do."

Lois rolled her eyes. "Give me your keys," Lois said to Kara, holding out her hand. Kara took her keys out of her pocket, confused. "I'm making dinner for us and we are discussing wedding plans. Like who, besides myself and Alex, will be in the bridal party."

"Caitlin and Iris are bridesmaids," Kara answered a little perplexed. "As for Barry's side he's been going back and forth."

"Well, we've got to decide this soon." Lois said about to depart now, so hugging Kara again. "We don't get to see each other enough." Lois added that to make it look convincing as she saw Kara way too often in actual fact thanks to her, and Barry's powers – Kara and Barry came out almost every week when they could. "So we'll have a nice afternoon later."

"Sounds great," Kara said with a smile.

"Lois," Lucy finally said, not having wanted to interrupt her sister with Kara. Lucy had watched as Lois hadn't even seen her or looked for her. It made the jealousy Lucy had over Kara grow once more. A jealousy she had tried to let go ever since Barry proposed. Lois finally turned around.

"Lucy, how are you?' Lois asked, a little forcefully. "Last time we saw each other was…" Lois trailed off. The last time she saw Lucy was at James's funeral. The rift between the sisters hadn't improved even since. "You doing better?"

"Yeah," Lucy said, nodding despite not being sure if she had even spoken to Lois on the phone since. "How are the kids?"

"Upset I didn't bring them with me. They love seeing their Aunt Kara," Lois said with a smile, not seeing the face Lucy made or even realizing she had said anything out of place. "I should go before Kitty gets pissy. While I'm in town we should get lunch." Lucy nodded as Lois went back to the elevator to leave, doubting Lois would keep her word.

-Superflash-

Siobhan had texted Winn and now Winn was meeting her in their normal restaurant for lunch. "So, Lois Lane just walked into the office and told Cat Grant your welcome for ratting me out?" Siobhan spat, her anger growing even more. Ever since she had been fired she'd been feeling constantly agitated and it wouldn't leave. Even her dreams were being affected.

"Lois and Kara seem really close," Winn said, a little annoyed he hadn't even known about Kara relationship with Lois Lane before. "Closer than Lucy with her sister at least. They seem like sisters themselves, truthfully."

"And now thanks to Kara no one will hire me," Siobhan said glumly. "It's all her fault!" Winn made a face. "What?"

"Look Siobhan, I know you're upset but you're the one who tried to give a scoop to the Daily Planet and got caught. Kara was just being a good employee," Winn reasoned. He had heard all sides of this story and really had to think Siobhan was going overboard.

"That girl ruined my life! I mean, who knew she had that connection to Lois-Bloody-Lane," Siobhan growled.

"And if she hadn't, what stopped Lois from going to Lucy or to Cat Grant herself?" Winn asked. "You made a fatal flaw of assuming Lois Lane would want the scoop. She didn't."

"I can't believe you're taking her side," Siobhan said indignation. Winn went to place a hand on Siobhan, to try and sooth her and say something, but Siobhan slapped it. "No, just… get away."

Winn rolled his eyes, standing up and throwing some money down on the table. "You know what, I'm sick of this. You made it clear you were not my girlfriend. We just had an arrangement and I'm tired of it," Winn said. "I need to find someone real."

"What are you saying?" Siobhan asked, not at all surprised by this.

"Our arrangement is over," Winn said. "Stop calling me and if you don't let all this anger you have go you'll end up alone for the rest of your life." Winn was very aware of people looking at them now.

"You're ending our arrangement because of her?" Siobhan stated. "She never wanted you. She played with you, Winn."

"No she didn't," Winn said. "She never pretended to be more then friends. Kara has nothing to do with this. I want to find a girlfriend who wants me for more than just sex and to bitch about my friends. I want what Kara has. Love and it's not going to be with you. Maybe once I hoped it was but I can see now it's not. You're too interested in yourself. Goodbye, Siobhan." Winn turned around and walked out the door.

Siobhan just glared after him, ignoring the customers who busied themselves pretending they hadn't just watched the scene unfold. She wanted to scream though. To scream at Winn for being a coward, to scream at Cat Grant for firing her, and to scream at that stupid girl, Kara Danvers for ruining her life!

-Superflash-

Iris was walking away from the café where she just had lunch with Barry when a car, seeming out of control screeched toward her. The shock held her to the ground, reminding her of when Barry had awoken from his coma and she found she couldn't react! Was she going to die in that second? There was a flash and suddenly she was besides the road with the Flash in front of her. "Are you okay?" the Flash asked, his face vibrating, his vocals shifting.

Iris was very familiar with the Flash. She had seen him more than once and the interviews he gave her had got her a job at the local paper. However, she couldn't believe how lucky she had just come with her superhero friend being in the right place at the right time. She simply nodded. "Good," Flash said going to run. Iris held out her hand and saw, and felt, the shock of a spark between their fingers as Flash left.

It was a spark she had only felt one other time: A spark that had come from Barry when he was in his coma. It had been odd then, but now…

-Superflash-

That night Lois and Kara were sitting on Kara's couch with Krypto by their feet. Lois had poured them wine and had set out books with wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses in it for Kara to look over. "Come on Kara. You have to pick this stuff out," Lois said playfully and Kara could hear Barry laughing in her head.

"I don't know Lois. I really don't," Kara said looking at the books and taking a sip of her wine, wishing it would do something to her.

Before either could say another word there was a knock on the door. "Who's that?" Lois asked.

Kara used her x-ray vision to see Iris on the other side. "Iris," Kara said, surprised. Iris usually called before coming over.

Kara took out her glasses, putting them on and then went to open the door. "Iris," Kara said trying, to act surprised and hugged her friend. "What are you doing here?"

"Tell her to get in and help us," Lois said from the couch, still looking at the dresses in the magazine she had.

"Hi Lois," Iris said coming in as Kara retook her seat. "I didn't know you had company Kara. I'm sorry."

"Ah, we're all family now," Lois said with a smile looking at Iris. "What's on your mind?" Lois could tell Iris was pondering something.

'Well… it's just… Barry's the Flash," Iris said suddenly.

"He told you?" Kara said surprised, making Iris look at her. Barry did you tell her or was that a good guess?

Uh, good guess, Barry confirmed, somewhat dumbfounded and Kara laughed.

"I mean… well…" Kara said not sure what to say.

"There's no putting that one back in the box Kara," Lois said knowing what Kara was trying to do.

"You know? But with the way he's with Sup…." Iris pondered, then stopped looking at Kara. "No, there's no way." She breathed. "We were roommates. How could you be? You can't be…"

"Iris," Kara said with a sigh, taking off her glasses and putting them down and then opening her shirt to show her Supergirl outfit underneath. One more person in on the secret.

Iris sat down staring at Kara. "I… how could I have not seen this? I mean the thing in the karaoke bar…"

"Invincible hand. I left the room in the museum because of the green rock, Kryptonite our only weakness. I took the gun because I knew Superman was in trouble. I did pick Barry up when he was sick and ran him superfast to our room. I used my freeze breath in the fire and fire cannot hurt me. Jason has super strength and Super speed. Ella Super strength and heat vision. Yes, Clark is Superman. Krypto is Superdog. Is there anything I missed?"

"Kara!" Lois said annoyed as Kara started listing stuff and outed her kid with ease. Thankfully it was only Iris who was family to them and Lois was sure Kara wouldn't do that to just anyone.

"What? I've been through this list twice. Once with Barry when I told him years ago and not so long ago with Joe," Kara said.

"My dad knows?!" Iris complained.

"See I did miss something. Yes. In fact he begged us not to tell you," Kara said. Iris just looked at Kara, clearly upset. "Iris?"

"You don't care about me do you?" Iris, about to get up. It was too much for her and if Kara didn't trust her after all this time.

"Of course I do," Kara said, instantly protesting this non-truth.

"But you lied to me! Our whole relationship… it's a lie. You were my best friend. I told you everything and you kept everything from me!" Iris couldn't help but shout this a little too loud for comfort, the truth almost breaking her.

"You're not my best friend. Caitlin is my best friend." Kara said, shocking Iris as Kara continued, "You're my sister," this surprised Iris, subduing her to the seat. "I thought about telling you a million times. It never seemed the right time, and then your father… well I didn't want to disobey him. He wanted to protect you and I knew how dangerous this could be. Iris, please try to understand."

Lois looked between the two and knew Iris needed some time and someone else to talk to. "Kara go save a cat from a tree or something," Lois said quickly, Kara was about to say protest but Lois held up a hand to stop her. "Go." Kara nodded and sped away, changing completely into her outfit before flying out the window.

Lois handed a glass of wine to Iris. "You need this more than Kara," Lois said. "Besides Kara can't even get drunk." Iris gave Lois a look as she took the wine. "I know you feel lied to. We've all been there; Me, Barry, anyone they told after knowing for a while. Try and see it from their point."

"Barry? He's one of the ones I am more annoyed at," Iris said.

"I know, but before he was the Flash he was a normal guy. Kara told her secret to him after nearly three years of dating," Lois said. "Three years, Iris. And trust me he took it pretty hard as well."

"He knew since senor year…" Iris said doing the math in her head. "But why not tell me? I would have kept her secret. I wouldn't have cared!"

"Kara lost a lot at a young age. An entire world exploded on her. She was 12. She was just trying to fit in. She told Barry because she loved him and wanted a life with him. I know she thought about telling you too. She's so afraid of losing anyone for being different. In her head, I know she always thinks they won't accept her for being different. She keeps on getting surprised though," Lois said truthfully. "It didn't affect your friendship or anything until after she became Supergirl and then she was just trying to protect you. Keep you out of the life."

"What about Barry? He's my brother," Iris said. "I was in the life already, doing articles about the Flash."

"I don't know everything but I do know your father also asked them to keep you out. There's no real excuse and you can be mad at them," Lois reasoned "and maybe it's a good thing you found out. It would have destroyed your relationship with them if you hadn't eventually." Lois looked down at her own wine in a moment of self-judgement. "You know I have a little sister, Lucy. Clark and me decided a long time ago she and my father couldn't find out he was Superman. It's a decision I never regretted. My dad would never have been able to accept Clark if he knew he was an alien, or the kids for that matter. He would have been against it completely. Lucy would have followed his lead. She's very much like our father there and she's not too happy with the Supers of this world right now herself, since James died."

Lois took a moment of reflection, remembering how Lucy had gone on at Kara at the funeral. She sighed as she continued, Iris staring at her, her face unreadable. "But the decision to hide part of our lives from them has led down a path where I don't know them anymore. My father and I had a fight. A big one. I cut him out of my life before Ella was born. I don't regret that decision for a second. I love my kids and my family, my super family. My dad could never be a part of it. He wouldn't accept it."

Lois took a sip of her wine. "I saw Lucy today too. First time in a while, in fact. I didn't even think to look for her when I walked into CatCo – I made sure not to look at her in fact. You see, we barely ever talk anymore and I just didn't know what to say to her. It was like strangers meeting, almost. I choose my life and I wouldn't change it for anything. Now you have to choose yours."

"What do you mean?" Iris asked.

"Barry is the Flash. Kara is Supergirl. You know this now. You can be a part of their lives. It could be dangerous at times, very dangerous actually and completely odd, but you'd have them. Your brother and sister. No, that sounds weird. Your brother and sister-in-law. You can join our super family as another normal… or you can leave. Get a normal life away from them, a fresh start. If you do that though you can never come back." Lucy looked Iris in the eyes, her tone suddenly sharp. "They are superheroes and that's never going to change. What do you want?"

"I want them," Iris said simply, no argument about it and still processing all the personal information Lois had shared with her. "I guess I knew they were hiding something from me; The way they acted, the way they talked since Barry woke up. I just want my brother and sister… well, you know, back. I love them, but I also want to be mad at them and give them a hard time for lying to me."

"You can have both of those," Lois said with a sly little laugh. "As long as you don't stay mad for long." She winked.

"Where are they?" Iris asked.

"Probably at STAR labs," Lois second-guessed, knowing that was probably where Kara had gone to. "Krypto!" Lois yelled at the sleeping dog and Krypto jumped up. "Go grab Kara and Barry and bring them back here." Krypto barked at the order and then jumped out the window. Lois happy Krypto obeyed. Unless it was Kara or Barry giving the order half the time Krypto ignored. "It was easier than us going to them. Plus, this couch is much too comfy."

"STAR labs… so Caitlin, Cisco, Wells, they all know?" Iris asked and Lois nodded. Iris couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Not long after, Kara flew in with Krypto and there was a flash as Barry came in. Barry and took off the mask. "Hey Iris," Barry said, slightly uncomfortable. "How did you…?"

"Find out?" Iris said briskly. "When you saved me earlier there was an unusual static spark event. The only time I witnessed something similar was when you were in a coma." Iris looked between the two. "I'm still angry at you two." The two nodded. "But I love you both too much to be mad forever. I'm in his weird Super family now, apparently." Kara and Barry smiled. "But I want to know everything, from the beginning."

"Okay" Kara started, "well… when I was a child my planet Krypton was dying…."

You don't have to do the whole speech, Barry said quickly in Kara's head, cutting Kara off and remembering the speech from when Kara said it to him years ago

Well she said everything AND from the beginning, Kara responded and then switched to out loud. "Besides it's the easiest way to explain that I was born before Clark."

"You just did," Barry said smiling.

"What just happened?" Iris asked looking at Lois confused. "Those two sentences…"

"They are switching from talking mentally to talking out loud and not realizing they are confusing everyone else in the room," Lois had gotten used to Barry and Kara mental weirdness from the times they had visited, but still put emphasis the 'confusing' part of her words. "Oh yes, they are mentally linked. It's a Kryptonian soulmate thing. Clark and I have it but we're only empathically linked. These two are full blown, completely linked, possibly due to Barry's powers but we don't really know how since it's supposed to be impossible with anything non-Kryptonian."

"I've got a lot to catch up on," Iris said taking a sip of her wine. This was actually better than television now she was starting to get to use to it.

-Superflash-

The next day Lois was meeting with Lucy for lunch as promised. She was leaving to go home soon, both Kara and Barry having given her an interview for the Daily Planet thankfully. The two sisters sat and had small talk until the bill came. Lois went to pay for it.

"Well this was nice," Lois said as she got up to leave.

"Why don't we have a relationship?" Lucy asked sadly, making Lois freeze. "Why don't we have what you and Kara have? Why do your kids not know me? I get that I was in the military and I get you got mad at dad, but Lois it's like we're not even family."

"We were never the closest siblings Luce," Lois said turning to her. "Not as close as Kara and Clark are, and I know they're cousins, but in so many ways they are real siblings. I got a very weird family that I love very much and you never really wanted to be part of it."

"Yes I do,' Lucy said, suddenly firmly. "I always wanted to be close to you. You were the one that backed away. Because of Superman. Because we felt differently about him."

"Superman and Supergirl are heroes Luce. I know you blame them for James, but you have to realize that was not their fault," Lois said a little harshly, Lucy stared at Lois for a moment before looking down at her empty plate. "Next time you're in Metropolis come see the kids. I'm sure they would love to see their Aunt Lucy."

"You're just being nice. They don't know me and you're right that's my fault. I was never around," Lucy said begrudgingly. "Bye Lois." Lucy got up and hugged her sister, which Lois returned. "I hope to see you again soon."

"I'd like that," Lois said, parting from the hug. The two sisters left the restaurant, one heading back to CatCo, the other to the airport.

Post Chapter Note: This was basically me wanting to get Iris finding out done with in time for the next chapter. Also loved using Lois for this. It's nice having her help the newbies out with the secret. Please REVIEW. Karry master OUT!