Karry Universe

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Guy Trouble

Barry paused as he ran into a building and a cage dropped on him; a red light shone directly in his face, momentarily blinding him.

"What?" Barry asked, confused looking at a lamp, realizing it was a standard stage light with red film over it, causing the light to go well red. He then heard laughing and turned to see Rufus Puckett, or Master Planner, standing there looking pleased. "Oh you…" Barry sighed, remembering Kara's encounter with him before. He could almost hear Kara laughing in his head now, knowing she was finding this amusing.

"I've got you!" Master Planner shouted triumphantly. "Red light takes away the powers." He sang now, laughing and rubbing his hands together. "Because I am the Master Planner."

Barry blinked now, lost for words as he wondered whether this man was more mentally unstable than they previously believed. "Um… I'm not Kryptonian," Barry tried, deciding to point this out and wondering if this Master Planner would understand where he went wrong to start with. "And that light wouldn't even work on a Kryptonian."

"And as you sit there powerless," Master Planner said, clearly not listening to Barry as he continued in his own mindset. "You will see my master plan come to light."

This guy is seriously nuts, Kara thought to Barry, who had to agree with his wife. This guy was nuts. Barry sighed, deciding to see what his plan was this time. If he needed to stop the supposed Master Planner… well, it wouldn't be too hard.

Master Planner brought out a large unspecified machine and a couple of what looked like store window dummies. "Now, with my master teleporter I will teleport the band Break Out Boys from their local hotel room, replacing them with these dummies and force them to do a private concert for me," Master Planner said turning back to Barry as he did. "And there's nothing you can do to stop me."

"Seriously? You want a private concert…?" Barry started.

"Hey Barry," Cisco's voice came over the coms. "Not that you need to know, but that band is in Central Island, not Central City. Like a couple hundred miles away." Barry rolled his eyes as Master Planner went and put the machine on and placed a dummy in it.

The machine started to light up as Master Planner laughed again, and suddenly smoke began to emit from it. Barry rolled his eyes as he turned around, running out of the cage and out of the building. Master Planner waved the smoke out of his eyes as he turned around, noticing the empty cage. "Where did he go?" Master Planner asked, surprised. "Did I…?" he wondered looking back at the machine and then the empty cage.

-Superflash-

Barry ran into the lab after stopping at Watchtower to have a word with Gideon about Master Planner. Kara was in the cave, sitting at a computer with an annoyed look on her face and Barry knew the emotions coming off her instantly. She was grumpy. She hadn't wanted to come into the lab today but had been forced to when she had to take care of a media problem in person. Barry was beginning to think they needed to hire someone so Kara could go on a proper maternity leave – he wasn't that good with media issues, being better at handling employees and the science side of the labs over what he dubbed as 'Cat Grant Territory'.

"Well that was a bust," Barry sighed now, sitting down.

"Well maybe your super computer led you wrong," Cisco said with a smirk. While he had taken a liking to Gideon and was kind of happy Barry was getting on installing one in the lab, and not one of the less advance ones that they had released to the public, Cisco couldn't help but feel satisfied Gideon had lead Barry astray. It made Cisco feel more needed and Gideon less than adequate.

"You lead me to that idiot last time," Kara pointed out, making the smirk go off Cisco face.

"Back then we didn't know he wasn't a danger," Cisco pointed out through a red face.

"Whatever. He was still a waste of time back then," Kara snapped back, Cisco knowing not to respond to this one as he focused back on his own computer in silence.

Barry could see Jesse and Caitlin arguing about something in the back, more than likely their Velocity cure. The entire League had been informed of the fatal side-effect on Velocity after it had been suggested others could start using it.

"Her DNA is not going to work," Jesse snapped, storming up to the computer and tapping the desk as hard as she could, and as fast. "She's a speedster. The DNA is mutated."

"There are other Jesses out there," Caitlin pointed out, walking behind Jesse. "We should contact Vibe and ask them if they know of one who is not a speedster. I really think this is your best shot."

"I think my best shot is considering other cures," Jesse said, turning to face Caitlin. "The other Caitlin had a temporary cure. We should look into advancing that."

"That involved using Velocity! It could make you temporarily better and than worse," Caitlin pointed out, not thrilled on her doppelganger's temporary cure.

"Girls," Barry said, holding up his hands and getting between them. "Stop the fighting." Barry took a deep breath.

"We're not fighting," Caitlin immediately pointed out. "We're just having a heated discussion." Even Jesse couldn't help but pause and smirk at this remark as Barry continued nonetheless.

"Why don't you both work on different angles? Jesse, continue with Prime Earth Caitlin's temporary cure and see if you can improve it." Barry then turned to Caitlin. "From the notes Vibe sent, I think Mutant Earth has a Jesse. Not a clue if she's a speedster or not but worth a shot. Now get on it." Barry's voice was rising through the speech, making everyone take a step back and Barry had to take a deep breath to calm himself.

"Okay that's more than just angry over our heated debate," Jesse pointed out giving Barry a look.

"My fault," Kara mumbled, still grumpy to herself.

Barry didn't go to correct her – as Kara's temperament had gotten worse, it had transferred over to Barry, making it hard for him to control even his own moods. Instead of making Kara calmer, she was making him angrier. On top that was his own worry for his wife and over protection of her and the baby, making it triply worse.

"Okay, I think we need to let off some steam," Cisco said now turning around. "And not just us… Ray is still going nuts over the fact that Lucy has not said yes or no yet."

"How long can she string him on?" Jesse commented to this, with shrugs from some of the others.

"Ronnie hasn't been in a good mood for a while either. Any idea why?" Cisco turned to Caitlin, who avoided his eyes at this as she shrugged.

"Is that baby debate still going on?" Kara asked and Caitlin just shrugged, her eyes suddenly watery, her fire from before immediately gone and Kara knew that was a definite positive. "Barry, punch him again."

"No need for that," Caitlin said quickly, knowing with the bad mood between the two Barry would, but not wanting it.

"My point being, our last boy's night out kind of got ruined," Cisco said, going back to topic. "So, let's get Winn and maybe even Clark and John, if he's around, and go out to a bar or something. Calm all our nerves."

"I don't know…" Barry said looking at Kara, not wanting to leave her for a night.

Do it, Kara thought to Barry, a small smile on her face no despite her bad mood.

Are you sure? Barry asked back.

We're a few months away from having our baby. You might not get a night out with the boys again for a while. Do it, Kara said, surprising Barry on how her mood hadn't gotten worst – and was in fact improved, talking about Barry being away.

"Okay,' Barry said out loud, the others knowing they had been left out of the internal conversation but all used to it by now. "Why not?" Cisco punched his fist in the air victory.

"You know, the boys are not the only ones who could use a night off," Caitlin pointed out. "Well, Kara's mood is obvious, Jesse and I have been at each other throat's and obsessing over this, Lucy is torn on the proposal thing, and Iris has been non-stop looking for a job, not to mention Alex and Sara stressing over wedding planning… Maybe a girl's night in would be a good call. Popcorn, corny movies, alcohol for the non-pregnant. Maybe we could even have some of our fast travelers fetch Thea, Paula, and Lois."

"Sounds good to me," Jesse said, still tapping on the desk a habit she had picked up lately.

Kara was just staring at her computer, not having contributed to the discussion. "Kara?" Caitlin asked tentatively, making Kara turn to look at her. "What do you think of a girl's night in?"

"Do whatever you want," Kara said airily, clearly not realizing they were asking her if she was joining them.

"Kara, you know you're the only one with the space for this, right?" Caitlin asked.

"Sara and Alex have the space," Kara pointed out. Their house's living room wasn't as spacious as Kara's penthouse but it had enough room.

"Okay… you're the only one with a huge TV," Caitlin tried. "Besides we want you included, and it would be more comfortable for you at your own home."

Kara groaned. "Guys I don't…"

You should, Barry thought back, making Kara look at him now. We're having a baby in a few months. You might not get another chance to just hang with the girls for a while. Besides, I'd feel more comfortable knowing Caitlin, Lois, Alex, and, well everyone else, was with you. That you aren't alone.

Kara sighed. "Fine," she said, the others knowing they had once again missed the argument or discussion that had convinced her. "But you're setting everything up."

"Deal," Caitlin said, smirking at Jesse now.

-Superflash-

That night Kara was sitting on her couch, feet up on an ottoman and a blanket over her. Krypto snuggled next to her. In her penthouse were also Sara, Alex, Thea, Laurel, Iris, Paula, Lois, Lucy, Caitlin, Jesse, and Hank's niece, who was using the human name Megan.

"So where are the kids tonight?" Lucy asked her sister as they walked into the living from the kitchen, holding a glass of wine each and bags of chips.

"Eliza agreed to watch them so we could have a night off," Lois answered, sitting down on a chair next to where Kara was sitting on the couch smiling at Kara. She had kept her word from Christmas and had come by as much as possible to be there for her cousin-in-law. "Eliza is the closest thing they have to a grandma, so they enjoy spending the night with her – plus she has experience with Kryptonian kids..." The grandparent-thing had started with the kids wondering why they did not have any. They had even asked why Eliza wasn't their grandma. It was an awkward conversation she was glad not to go through with them again.

Lucy did not know how to respond to that, so just nodded taking a seat. "Thank you for inviting me," Megan now voiced. Since coming to Earth she was getting used to her human form, but not the human culture. As she was heading towards the couch, Krypto, who had been glaring at her, perked up his ears and growled, causing Megan take a step back. Once she was far enough away from Kara, Krypto stopped growling but kept an eye on her.

"First time I have seen him not like a female," Caitlin stated as Sara and Alex took a seat next to Krypto and Kara, Sara giving Krypto a pet as she sat.

"Might be the Martian thing," Kara said, knowing Krypto was protective of her and had fought White Martian not so long ago. He was probably only reacting to keep her safe.

"I suggest staying back," Iris said, sitting in the armchair with a glass of wine of her own. The only ones not drinking were Kara and Alex. Megan nodded, taking another step back, just to be safe.

"Does the dog need to be taking a seat on the couch?" Paula asked from her spot on the floor.

Krypto barked at her. "He lives here and you don't," Kara snapped at Paula, who decided to shut up, not wanting to anger Kara any more than she already was.

"Okay, let's put on a movie," Alex said tentatively, seeing her sister's bad mood and wishing Barry was here to calm her down.

"Not a love movie," Iris said, with most of the group agreeing to that.

"Whoa," Thea said, having agreed to this though. "Who here is having boy problems?" Thea put her own hand up and slowly Iris, Caitlin, Lucy, Jesse and Laurel's hand went up. "So... the only ones not having problems are the single Martian, the single human, the two girls marrying each other, and the two married with kids, who have weird mental links with their husband."

"I miss the days when no one knew about the link," Lois muttered to Kara, who had to smirk at that. The jokes about the bond were getting old pretty fast.

"Ah, don't make fun of the link," Caitlin said surprising everyone. "I know it is weird and annoying, but at least they know they are with the right person. Sometimes I wonder…"

"Okay, we are having girl talk and we are starting with that," Thea said pointing at Caitlin.

-Superflash-

Barry, Ray, Cisco, Ronnie, Winn, Clark, and John were all sitting at a bar. "I hope you don't mind, but I invited someone," Winn said as Hartley walked up to the group, surprising them and surprising them more when he kissed Winn.

"Okay that needs some explanation," Barry said, pointing at the couple.

"We met at STAR and hit it off," Winn said shrugging it off. "It's no big deal."

"Guys date other guys," Hartley said simply.

"Yeah, but Winn had that thing with Siobhan," Barry said, confused. "According to Kara it went on for years."

"And you competed with James and Cat Grant's son, Adam, on who would date Kara while Barry was in a coma," Ray said, causing the group look at him.

"What?" Barry asked, clearly shocked, having never heard of this before now.

"How do you know about that?" Winn asked quickly, clearly embarrassed and never having expected that to come up again. Not with James dead and Adam gone.

"Lucy talks," Ray said with a shrug himself, making Barry look at Winn.

"We didn't know about you," Winn defended himself and the other two with hands raised. It had taken a long time for the office to forget about the competition and stop the jokes at him. "And guys, it is possible to like both girls and guys."

"Ah, lay off him," Ronnie said, clearly already finishing up his second glass already. "Sometimes I think being with a guy would be easier. If I liked guys that way."

"Is this the baby thing again?" Barry asked cautiously. "We already settled that you don't actually have to be the father. What is your problem?"

"Stein is older than me," Ronnie sighed. "What happens when he dies?" The confession was clearly fueled by alcohol. "I'll tell you – I die! Firestorm needs its two halves to survive. How can I leave a kid fatherless when that happens?"

"You really need to talk to your wife," Clark said, rolling his eyes Barry agreeing with him.

"Easy for you two to say," Ronnie mumbled.

"Lay off them," Ray said. "I wish I knew what Lucy was thinking. I want to marry her. I want to have kids, but she won't say yes or no."

"Never been happier that I like guys," Hartley casually said, taking Winn's hand as he and Winn chuckled, watching the guys talk about girl problems.

"Well these guys are pathetic," a drawling voice said and the group turned around to see Leonard Snart and Mick Rory behind them.

"Please don't tell me your ruining our boy's night again…" Cisco sighed, rolling his eyes. "Wait, is Lisa okay?" Cisco was suddenly concerned for his girlfriend. He had been concerned since Leonard came back, afraid he would drag his sister back into a life of crime – she'd been good since Heatwave and Captain Cold had gone on their jaunt through time.

"She's fine," Mick said gruffly as usual, rolling his eyes. "Your group has taken the crime out of the Snarts." Mick clearly said it with some disgust. "You know he got a job?"

"As what?" Barry asked clearly amused here as Snart rolled his eyes at this.

"He tests security systems," Mick said. "Tells them where the weakness is." The group started to laugh at this.

"Seems your not Captain Cold anymore," Cisco said with a smirk. "You're a regular citizen just like us. Citizen Cold." Cisco was surprised when Snart himself slapped him a lot harder than Caitlin usually did, causing others in the room to laugh harder. "Not funny!" Cisco mumbled, never thinking he would miss Caitlin's own slaps.

"And your girl Laurel there dumped him." Mick continued.

"Oh, bad luck," Ray said, having known the Black Canary and Captain Cold had something going on while on the Waverider.

"It didn't work out," Snart said with a sneer. "And I'm not going to whine about it. What I'm going to do is go to a strip club. You losers joining or are you too green?" Snart didn't wait a moment before putting his glass on the table and telling the bartender that Barry was paying before walking out, followed by his partner.

"Strip clubs sounds good to me," Ray said with a smirk, standing up, followed by Ronnie who also liked the idea.

"I'm in," Winn said, jumping up and following the group as Cisco also jumped up.

"Wait, you're going to a strip club?" Clark asked Hartley as he went to follow Winn. "I thought you two were dating each other?"

"Yeah and I don't like girls but Winn does. I prefer him getting it out of his system there than deciding to find a real girl," Hartley winked, leaving the bar with only Barry, John, and Clark.

"I guess we should follow," John said, not seeming excited by the idea. He had been quiet up to this point. "But first Clark, I've been meaning to ask you something." Clark raised an eyebrow. "You dated Diana right?" Clark nodded wondering where this was going. "Do you think there is any shot?"

Clark actually laughed. "Maybe," he said. "Diana is… unpredictable."

"Come on," Barry said after paying for all the drinks, wondering how long Snart and Rory had been here with the price of the bill he had gotten. "I think we should make sure they don't get into trouble." It was clear Barry was not excited about going to a strip club but the trio left regardless.

-Superflash-

Caitlin had explained to the girls who didn't know about Ronnie not wanting kids, to bring them all up to speed. "I mean I don't want a kid right now, but I always pictured myself becoming a mother someday," Caitlin said as she took a sip of her wine. "I never thought Ronnie would be like this. I'm honestly starting to wonder if we belong together. I mean, he just ran off on that Legends mission with no word… He doesn't talk. He acts like he's still single sometimes."

"May I ask what happened to his father?" Lois asked.

"Um… he was a fire fighter, ironically. Died on the job when Ronnie was young. Mom raised him on her own," Caitlin said.

"That might have something to do with it," Lois said thoughtfully. "He is a superhero. He could be frightened he'll be killed in the line of duty like his father."

"Or because Stein is so much older than him. He thinks he's going to die when Stein dies," Kara added, grabbing a hand full of popcorn and eating it.

"That's a very interesting theory," Alex said nodding. "Nice thinking Kara."

"Who said anything about a theory?" Kara asked. "Ronnie just told Barry that." That caused everyone to pause, some blinking at Kara.

"I forget we have a spy in the boys ranks right here," Thea said with a devilish smirk.

"Remember it works both ways," Sara said causing Thea to pout.

Caitlin was looking at her glass of wine and then finished it in one sip. "I'm going to need more of this," she mumbled. The thought that Ronnie was concerned about his life span because of Stein had never occurred to her and she was starting to feel guilty now.

"We brought plenty," Laurel said with a smirk.

"Is this what human women normally do?" Megan asked and the girls around the room unanimously shrugged.

"Pretty much," Paula answered. "So, Laurel what's your boy problem? I thought you broke up with that Cold guy." A couple of people who did not know about the relationship started coughing up wine.

"I did," Laurel said not meeting anyone's eyes. "We were good on the Waverider but here things just broke apart and…" Laurel paused.

"Oh my god it's Oliver again," Sara said, punching her sister playfully on the shoulder. "You're hung up on him."

"Oliver has not even returned to Starling yet," Laurel said, glaring at Sara now. "And we all just lost Felicity. Oliver has nothing to do with why I broke up with Snart." Laurel took her own sip of wine. "Although I can't help but think he's a different man than he was when he cheated on me."

"Um…." Sara said now, avoiding eyes now as that time in their lives was brought up again. True, it hadn't just been herself who Olly had cheated with, but she had been the general go-to girl of Olly's at that time. Talk about being young and foolish.

"Sara, have you ever apologized to Laurel about that?" Alex asked, looking at her fiancée and from just the look Alex knew she had not. "Sara, you should. You wronged your sister."

"Yeah and Alex knows how that works," Kara mumbled, Alex giving her a look but let it slide. Kara was clearly in bad moods to bring that back up.

Sara sighed, not letting peer pressure get to her as she looked to Laurel regardless. "Laurel –"

"Don't," Laurel said, putting a hand on Sara's shoulder. The two sisters meeting each other eyes. "I know." The two smiled at each other no other words were needed.

"Well Jax is mad at me," Jesse said after a moment of comforting silence, pacing the floor. She hadn't stopped moving around and when she did stand still she kept tapping things.

"Maybe because you're jumping around like a jackrabbit?" Kara complained with a raised eyebrow, Jesse's constant pacing annoying her that it was all she could do not to scream at the girl.

"It's about Velocity. Like I knew it was deadly. Come on," Jesse said, stopping walking but starting tapping her hands now.

"If I didn't know better I would say you're in withdrawal," Alex said, looking at Jesse. "Actually is that possible. Velocity is like a drug." Alex turned to Caitlin at this and Caitlin thought for a moment before nodding in agreement. It was very possible Jesse was suffering from some type of speedforce-related withdrawal.

"Iris?" Caitlin asked, deciding to change the topic off of Jesse. "You and Eddie?"

"Money problems," Iris said simply with a casual wave of her hand. "He has been working a lot of overtime to make up for me not getting a paycheck. I can't find a job. It's causing tension to say the least." Iris sighed as she leaned back. "It's nothing too big though." She was a big girl, a cop's wife and daughter, she could handle a little relationship stress.

"Right. So, Lucy what's your deal?' Lois asked, deciding to change the subject and get the spotlight off Iris. She knew how money problems could be. She and Clark both had a good salary at the Daily Planet, but there used to be times when the two kids kept breaking things that money had been tight. Now though, thanks to Kara and Hero Corp., it wasn't anymore. Things were getting better. "Yes or no? It's killing everyone."

"Well, after listening to a couple of you guys, I'm starting to think me and Ray are better off." Lucy said with a laugh. "So I'm thinking yes." Lois squealed in excitement, moving over to hug her sister. "Can I count on you as Maid of Honor?"

"Yes! Oh, my god yes," Lois said.

"But don't tell Ray just yet…" Lucy suddenly added, giving her sister a sly wink as Sara and Laurel jointly laughed at this. It seemed Lucy liked stringing her man along – she had the wife thing down already.

Kara sighed as she struggled to get up and Krypto followed her. "Where are you going?" Alex asked, turning to look at Kara.

"Bathroom," Kara said. "This kid is using my bladder as a soccer ball, and with how many kicks I get I swear he or she has Barry's speed already."

"That's possible," Caitlin called as Kara disappeared into the bathroom with Krypto following.

"The dog goes to the bathroom with her?" Paula asked, a little freaked out and causing the group to giggle.

"I'm just kind of glad the animal's eyes are off me," Megan said; the dog having freaked her out a bit, both not used to such creatures and knowing he didn't like her anyway.

"Don't take it personally. He likes very few people and is very overprotective of Kara – especially lately," Caitlin said as the group continued to drink. "So Thea… How do you have boy problems? I didn't think you were dating?"

"Roy," Thea said. "Sort of.' Thea paused as she finished off her glass and pored some more. "We have such fun together but he's committed to protecting Bludhaven with Nightwing and I'm committed to Starling. We're just in different places. Literally and figuratively."

Before anyone could say anything more Kara returned, walking slowly. She then paused, putting a hand on her forehead and not looking well. Krypto looked up worriedly at his mistress. "Kara are you okay?" Lois asked noticing how bad Kara now looked.

"I… um…" Kara started and then began to collapse. All the girls moved, but Krypto reacted instinctively quicker than anyone, taking Kara's shirt in his mouth and lifting his mistress up – making sure she didn't put pressure or danger to her stomach, to harm the baby. Alex, who was the only one who had not drunk, reacted faster – jumping over the couch and to check on Kara.

"I think she fainted," Alex said, looking at her unconscious sister hovering thanks to Krypto. "Help me get her to the couch." Lois and Sara both went to help Alex, even though Krypto did most of the work. Laurel then ordered the other girls away apart from Caitlin, who came to Kara's side once she was settled. "What happened to my sister?" Alex asked her doctor worriedly, all eyes on Caitlin now.

-Superflash-

Barry, Clark, and John were sitting at the bar in the strip club, watching as their friends practically threw money at nearly-naked women. "Okay what's with you three?" Hartley asked, coming up to them. "I know why I'm not enjoying this but what about you?"

"Um…." Barry paused. Truthfully he had no desire to look at any of these beautiful girls. He'd only ever had eyes for one girl since college, after all.

"We love, and only want, our wives," Clark said and Hartley shrugged, knowing this was true with these superheroes at least before turning to John.

"Hanging with the boys," John said casually, and Hartley shrugged again and walked away. "Truthfully I don't really like paying for girls to dance on me." John turned to the two, wondering what was up with them himself.

"It's the bond, Barry," Clark whispered, knowing Barry hadn't known this before it seemed. "We're connected to our wives. It takes out the desire for any other woman."

"So you two are basically literally on a leash?" John asked with a laugh.

"A two-way leash," Clark said with a smirk. "They have no desire for any other men." John nodded his agreement as one of the dancers walked up to them.

"Okay boys, which one of you is Barry?" She asked and both John and Clark pointed at Barry. "Your friends over there paid for a dance for you. So…" She took his hand.

"Um… No," Barry said, giving death glares over at his friends. "How much did they pay you?"

"Fifty," the girl said, and Barry went into his wallet and took out a hundred dollars himself.

"To leave me alone," Barry said the girl took it in surprise, moving away. "Okay, I'm dragging them out of here…" Barry paused, stopping as his anger disappeared. "Kara…?" Barry mumbled. "Something's wrong." Barry moved to the door as quickly as he humanly could, before speeding home once out of the limelight.

"He's right," Clark said, feeling Lois's worry himself and jumped up. "Take care of them." He told John, indicating the other guys before moving to run out to follow Barry.

John looked over at the guys enjoying the strip club and took his drink. "I should have stayed at home," he mumbled, finishing his drink, leaving money on the counter and going to drag his friends out of there. They had had enough time to play.

-Superflash-

Caitlin was checking over Kara when Barry ran in and right to his unconscious wife's side. "What happened?" Barry demanded, concerned and looking her over.

"She fainted, Barry," Lois said taking Barry's hand for comfort. knowing he needed it.

"Is she…? Is the baby…?" Barry could barely get the words out. Was his worst fear coming true? Was he losing the baby or Kara… or both? He started taking quick deep breaths and Lois took him and sat him down.

"Barry calm down," Lois said rubbing his back to calm him down.

"Their heartbeats are strong," Clark's voice was heard, and he was by the doors to the balcony.

"They are," Megan agreed with Clark from where she was standing. She had to take more steps back than the rest because, with Kara unconscious Krypto had gone crazy-protective, glaring at her and growling at anyone else he didn't completely trust. With her powers, though, she could hear the heartbeats clearly.

"They'll be fine Barry," Caitlin said soothingly after a moment. "There's no fever, so it's not what I feared it was."

"What did you fear?" Barry had to ask. He had to know.

"I was fearful that her powers had weakened enough that she'd caught a virus," Caitlin said, not hiding the concern in her voice nonetheless. "But she shows no signs of her body reacting to a virus. No, I think this is something far more Kryptonian and a lot less harmful."

Caitlin paused as a groan was herd from Kara and her eyes slowly opened. "What…?" Kara went to get up but Caitlin stopped her.

"Stay down," Caitlin said and Kara obeyed. "Is your head hurting?" Kara nodded. "You got very dizzy, didn't you?" Kara nodded once again. "Well, Kara, you have a very common Kryptonian pregnancy condition. I can't pronounce the Kryptonian name for it but it's sums up to dizzy and fainting spells. Very common in Kryptonian woman in the last few months, according to the research Clark gave me and it's nothing to worry about."

Barry took a breath, clearly relieved and everyone in the room seemed to calm down. "It's common but it's not going to be easy on you though. There will be days where you're fine and other days where you're so bad you can't get out of bed. And stress will make it worst. I think it's time for you to go on early maternity leave, Kara."

"There are still three months…" Kara started weakly.

"For humans," Caitlin said. "And based on when Jason and Ella were born, I was assuming this baby would be born mid- to late-June but Barry, not exactly human in the way Lois is, and this condition doesn't come up until the last two month usually. I'm pushing up your due date. I think you're going to give birth in late-May. Two months away."

"But… Barry sucks at media stuff," Kara said, not knowing what to do there and Barry quickly agreeing. She knew Caitlin was right. She had to take care of herself and the baby but the media was important for the company.

"Iris, want a temporary job?" Barry asked quickly, making the slightly drunk Iris pause. "Until Kara can take back over."

"Um… I don't do what Kara does. I write…" Iris pointed out.

"We'll ask Cat to give you a couple of lessens and you'll be fine," Barry said with a smirk; Iris didn't know what to say to that. "I think we should get you to bed." Barry turned his attention back to Kara.

Kara went to get up but paused, laying back down as she got dizzy when she tried to get up. "I got it," Clark said, going up and picking Kara up easily. Kara rest her head gently on Clark's chest, smiling as she did. She loved being in her cousin's arms even now.

Clark moved up the stairs, Krypto by his side, and Barry went to follow but paused, looking around at the wine bottles and food on the floor. "There are two guest rooms and plenty of blankets and pillows. You're all welcome to spend the night – just keep it down," Barry said before running up the stairs.

After a moment of silence, Thea spoke up. "So, err, want to go back to watching a movie or something?" She moved over to Barry and Kara's DVD collection. "Or what about a comedy? I think we can all use a laugh after everything and they have every season of Gilligan's Island."

"Put it on," Paula said to the agreement of the others in the room.

"What's funny about an Island?" Megan asked, not used to the various forms of entertainment Earth had yet to offer.

"Just watch," Alex said as the TV sprung to life.

-Superflash-

Clark had put Kara down on the bed and put the blankets over her. Barry thanked him and he smiled before leaving the two alone; going to see if his wife wanted to go home. Krypto sat at the bottom of the bed keeping his eyes on the door. He had to protect his mistress and Barry gave a small smile at that and stroked his back. Barry knew Kara had fallen asleep in Clark's arms so didn't disturb her.

He gently kissed her forehead so as not to wake her up and then kissed her stomach. "Hey," Barry whispered, still looking at the stomach. Talking to the baby was something he did sometimes. "Seems I get to meet you sooner than I thought. Get to hold you…. I can't wait." Barry moved a piece of hair out of Kara's face as he looked to her now. "Mommy's going through a lot though. Please don't make it too bad on her, hey baby? I wish I could help her more, but everything will be fine in the end. When you're in our arms…" Barry kissed Kara's stomach one more time before taking off his clothes and lying next to Kara in his boxers. He was glad to be away from the strip club and just being by Kara's side.

Post Chapter Note: I hope you enjoyed this sort of boy's nights out/girl's night in chapter that sort of became secondary to characters complaining about their relationships. And I hope you like my second same-sex coupling. It made sense to me and Winn needed someone.

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Next Time on Karry Universe:

Making of a Speedster- As Caitlin and Jesse continue looking for a cure to Velocity, a new speedster comes to town and is causing trouble for the Flash. It seems he's going to need Jesse's help, Velocity or not… but is Jesse truly ready?

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