Karry Universe
Note 1: I can't seem to win when it comes to Batman. I said a long while ago that I would no longer address anyone or any reference to this character in my story, but after my announcement last week that Bruce would soon die in this story, a few of you… more colorful Batfans crawled out of the woodwork to complain. Firstly, I didn't mean to keep that he died of an overdose in there. That was not the final chapter, it was accidentally posted like that – this has since been changed to a more anonymous death. Something happened, he died. Simple. Secondly, I hope people can see pass this though to the fact that I need Wayne Industries in the story to further both STAR Co. and L Corp, which I am incorporating into this story after the show has successfully used this company and its director. Lastly, this is a Supergirl/Flash fanfiction after all, not a Batman one and I'm sorry if this disappoints, but I can't appease everyone, and I don't intend to. This is a story I want to tell, and whether those batfans out there like it or not, I don't mind, but please don't leave scathing comments just because you can. It's not helpful.
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Wedding Surprises
Clark took a breath as he looked around at his team. He had been waiting for this day for years… they were taking down Project Cadmus.
This project was one of the reasons why Clark hated working with the government, but things had changed in recent years – with the DEO expansion and Hank Henshaw's, or J'onn Jonzz's, pull they had managed to convince the President to pull the support the project was receiving. It had helped that the information he and Lois had gathered over the years on their experimenting on both alien and human working in their favor.
With the funding cut, most of Cadmus's hold outs and labs had to shut down and most of their prisoners set free, but there were still a few big-ish one's running. The Justice League and DEO were taking care of these bases still living on a shoe-string. Project Cadmus was a ghost of what it once was.
Clark wished he had Kara and Barry here. He may have been in the superhero game a lot longer than the 'power couple' but he was nearly useless when it came to team work – they had it down to a tee, what with forming the Justice League themselves. There was no reason to include them though, with their children and Alex's wedding coming up, so unless it was giant mess and the whole league was needed, taking out this base was not important enough to include the Flash and Supergirl. Clark had this though. He was Superman after all.
He had Wonder Woman too. Clark smiled at his former girlfriend, both prepared for this – before Kara had even landed, he and Wonder Woman had made a good Superhero team when needed. Hank was here too, taking in a DEO team. "Where's the Green Lantern?" Clark now asked, looking around for their third.
"Here," a familiar voice called, and John appeared. Next to him was another Green Lantern dressed identical to John, and clearly human too, but this one was pale-skinned, with brown hair and a strong jaw. "This is my friend and mentor, Hal Jordan."
"You didn't say you were bringing a friend," Clark said raising an eyebrow but smirking regardless. Two Lanterns. This was going to be good.
"Well I know I'm not a part of your League, but this was my sector before it was John's. I was reassigned because we had a sudden loss that needed filling by someone experienced, but we have a permanent Lantern on that now, so I am now back here. We are both protecting this sector, and I hear it's been fun with all the heroes and villains running around." Hal explained.
"He is a good man," John added, a little worriedly to Clark's reaction. "He taught me everything I know. I would like to officially add him to the League."
"Well we can use all the help we can get," Clark nodded.
"You're the one in charge this mission," Diana reminded Clark, having remained quiet and turning to Clark.
Superman sighed. Normally Barry and Kara are in charge and Clark didn't mind one bit. He had been at this longer, yes, but those two were natural-born leaders. They were also the ones who put the entire League together, and kept it together, but at this mini-mission was his job. "Okay. We go in first. The DEO will be right behind us. This is a small outpost after all. There shouldn't be too many people, but their experiments could be dangerous. Our mission is to get their captives and their computers. We want to know everything we can get off them, but the main thing is we're freeing the captives. There are new facilities set up to undo what Cadmus did to them, and help them reintegrate into society."
"If there are any aliens that want transport home, the Green Lantern Corp has agreed to set it up," Hal added, and Clark nodded.
"Time to go in. Green Lanterns with me to the prisoners. Wonder Woman get the DEO geeks to the computers. Keep them covered and alive," Diana nodded and the group was off.
The mission was brief, but effective. Although little, this facility had its fair share of experiments those in charge were all too happy to release onto Clark and the Lanterns, but they proved weak compared to the hero's joint efforts – even Wonder Woman could take some out with her shield and bracelets with ease. She had been distracted though as she noticed, slightly too late, that the technicians at the computers were running a program to wipe the hard drives and called out for the DEO to get their asses in to help and stop them.
"DEO hands up!" Hank yelled as his team held up their guns. Most of the technicians stopped moving, but one was at the computer, Diana moved quickly and knocked him out as one DEO member then came to the computer.
"He was trying to delete their files." The DEO agent said. "He was able to corrupt them… This needs more than me."
"We'll bring these backs to our base," Hank said. "Astra and our new hire will be able to get something." Hank had hired Winn to the DEO, since he wasn't working for STAR and wanted a change from CatCo. "Wonder Woman go help the others with the prisoners."
"You know I don't take orders from you," Diana said dryly, but went anyway. The three had taken care of the experiments and caged them back up – they needed special transport though. Now, they were currently releasing the non-violent ones and Diana went to help, taking a man out of a cell.
"Wait!" Clark called as Diana was leading the man out to the DEO transport. Clark moved around the man, to get a good look at his face and paused. "Jeremiah?"
"Clark?" Jeremiah responded. He looked weak and surprised, but smiled at seeing an old friend. "Not changed one bit, old friend."
-Superflash-
They had taken Jeremiah to the local hospital, it was the only thing the team could agree upon, especially due to the man looking so thin and gaunt, and being trapped in Cadmus for the past fifteen or so years. Eliza had always joked to Clark that he reminded her a bit of Jeremiah, but right now he couldn't be so far from similar.
Eliza had met them at the hospital, the DEO having called her the moment they could, and she had seemed to be in a trance the moment they arrived, but slowly she had come to realize her dreams had long-since come true. Jeremiah hadn't spoken much though since his exchange with Clark, but this was to be expected and now Eliza sat by his bedside; she was actually dropping off. It had been a long day for her, packing up the house ready for selling and adding to that, the stress of her husband's return.
Her dreams were odd though. She couldn't determine where she was, being in a dream, but she had two Jeremiahs with her. She'd used to always dream of Jeremiah all the time, although those dreams had become more and more irregular as the years went by, but now… one was holding her hand, grinning silently at her, but the other was whispering, taunting her as he moved around the couple. He had a mission, he was saying, a task he had to complete and now he was free he could do it, he could grain trust and finally his goal would be met. Mission complete.
Eliza jumped up with a start, a loud noise having woken her as she looked around the side-ward, wondering what was happening before realizing the bed beside her was empty. Jeremiah had been in it, hadn't he?
"Liza?" she looked to the bathroom door to see the face of the man, literally of her dreams, looking at her in concern. "You fell asleep…" Jeremiah muttered, moving over to the bed.
"I'm sorry. It's been a long day," he climbed back into bed at this and grabbed her closest hand, just like in the dream.
"I want to hear all about it. All the days, every one that I've missed… I want to see our house again and our daughters. They must be so grown up. The world has changed a lot," he stared into her eyes as he spoke this.
"What has Cadmus been doing to you? Why keep you locked up for this long?" Eliza countered.
Jeremiah shrugged. "I can't remember. Something happened when Clark and his crew broke in to the facility, I was automatically injected with something that made me forget."
"There's nothing in your system though, surely…" Eliza tried with a yawn.
"Cadmus works in mysterious ways," he stated softly. "I'm just glad to be free of them,"
"Me too," Eliza smiled as she leaned into her long-lost husband.
-Superflash-
Sara had received a message from Gideon about local odd activity, and when she responded and reached the scene of danger, a cage fell around her and she was momentarily blinded by a red light. "What…?" Sara asked herself as she heard manic laughter.
"I have you trapped! Red light takes away the powers," the man cheered with a large grin on his face.
"But I don't…" she started, taken aback.
"Because I am the Master Planner," the Master Planner finished, not listening to his captive.
"Oh…" Sara muttered, having heard Barry and Kara's tales about this man, not believing them until now.
"And now, while you are in my trap, I will reveal to you my master plan which you are unable to stop," The Master Planner said, taking out a large machine with what appeared to be ordinary light bulbs on it. "My Master Hypnosis machine! The lights on it will caused anyone in the vicinity to go into a trance and do whatever I tell them to. I will use it on the city to hypnotize everyone and force them to celebrate my birthday with me."
"You want to hypnotize people just to celebrate your birthday?" Sara asked already out of the cage. It was pretty simple to pick the lock on the cage, but as far as evil plans went, this one was weird.
"Since I was a child no one has celebrated my birthday with me. I have been alone, but not anymore," Master Planner said pointing at the machine and then pausing, looking to Sara. "Hey, how did you get out of the cage?"
Sara didn't wait another moment before knocking the Master Planner out and then looked at the machine. There was no way this would work for real, but she decided to damage it, just in case, so it couldn't work regardless. Once on her bike outside she sighed and mumbled, "Now I know what Kara meant."
With no other alerts from Gideon she decided to head home, speeding through the streets of National to get back to her soon-to-be-wife. "Okay I know I'm late," Sara called, the moment she got in the door, taking off her White Canary mask and lucky it was late enough no one saw her driving up. She had to talk to Kara and Barry about finding a way to easily change in and out of costume. "I promise I am done being Canary until after the honeymoon now. Even though our wedding is still a couple of days away and…" Sara paused, realizing Alex hadn't reacted, she was staring at her phone, still as a statue. "Honey, is everything okay?"
"Yeah," Alex said finally putting the phone down. "My mom called and well, my dad… He's alive."
"What?" Sara asked, confused having learned of Jeremiah fate a long time ago.
"My dad." Alex looked up, an odd look on her face. "Clark and Diana found him locked in that Project Cadmus lab they took out today. My dad is alive." She smiled and Sara came up and hugged her.
"That's great," Sara said with a smile herself. "Where is he?"
"Hospital. Or was. Mom was on her way home with him – there was no reason to keep him in apparently," Alex stated.
"Apart from being locked up for nearly fifteen years," Sara muttered.
-Superflash-
Jeremiah stood on the lawn looking at the 'sold' sign in front of his house, his mind not getting around it. His house was sold. He slowly walked back inside where Eliza was on the phone but hung up when she saw him. "Where were you?" Eliza asked, moving over to him. She had wanted him to stay at the hospital longer but Jeremiah insisted and there seemed to be nothing wrong with him and the staff had reluctantly agreed.
"For a walk," Jeremiah said. "I needed to get out... I need to know I could get out."
"You should have told me. I was worried," Eliza said and Jeremiah nodded.
"You sold the house," Jeremiah stated, looking around. There were boxes everywhere – everything was packed up.
"Yes, everything is going through nicely. Have to be out by this weekend, but we're to be gone by tomorrow." Eliza said, biting her lip now at this.
"How could you sell the house? This is where Alex grew up. Where we first met Kara. It holds a lot of memories," Jeremiah reasoned softly, looking around and almost seeing the memories as he did.
"I know. There are a lot more memories for me than you though, both good and bad. I mean this is where I first met Barry, and Jason and Ella too. It holds a lot of memories but our girls have moved on. I want to be close to them, and the memories will remain even after this house is sold, making new memories for another family."
"Barry, Jason, and Ella?" Jeremiah asked, never having heard those names before.
Eliza smiled, forgetting Jeremiah would not know them. "Jason and Ella are Clark's children. Barry is Kara's husband."
"Husband? And he is fine with Kara being…. What did you call her?" Jeremiah asked, having realized Eliza told him Kara was a superhero with the name before when they were driving home. It was something he had never wanted her to be. Such a young girl, he remembered.
"Supergirl and yes," Eliza said. "It would be pretty hypocritical of him if he wasn't. He is The Flash after all."
"The Flash?" Jeremiah asked.
"It's a long story. Let's just say we now have a very big superfamily that's full of superheroes and vigilantes," Eliza said and Jeremiah nodded, not really understanding but getting there. "I have a ton of pictures to show you, but they are all packed away and sent to Joe's. He's agreed to let you move in too for a bit until we find our own place in Central, and we can look at all the photos then."
"Who's Joe?' Jeremiah asked, a little suspicious now. He had been gone for a long time.
"He's… family," Eliza said. "Joe is Barry's foster father. And just a friend, Jerry." Eliza reassured him, using her old nickname for him as he had done for her earlier.
"What are they doing? The girls?" Jeremiah asked now, taking a seat on a kitchen stool.
"Well, Kara and Barry are very successful business owners. Also, some of the most popular superheroes this world has, but I think their proudest accomplishment is their baby girls." Eliza took out her cellphone and showed Jeremiah a picture. "Alura Felicity Allen and Nora Lara Allen. They are a month old."
"Kara is a mom?" Jeremiah said taking the phone to look at the picture closely, trying to get passed the whole smart-phone technology as he did so. When he had been taken, cells still had keypads. "Who walked her down the aisle at the wedding?"
"Clark," Eliza said and Jeremiah smiled at this. "Those two have a very special bond." Jeremiah nodded. "And… Alex works for the DEO." Jeremiah looked up shocked. "It's better than it sounds though! The place is not what it used to be. And Alex is getting married in a couple of days. In fact, tomorrow we're leaving for the wedding."
"Married? Who's the guy?" Jeremiah asked with a smile now.
"Actually, woman," Eliza said taking her cellphone back and pulling up a picture of Alex and Sara. "Sara Lance, Alex's fiancée and soon-to-be wife."
"Is that… legal?" Jeremiah asked, not even thinking to address the fact his daughter was gay – it surprisingly didn't shock him. Eliza laughed though.
"A lot has changed in the world since you have been gone," Eliza stated and Jeremiah nodded. That was obvious. She put a hand on Jeremiah's shoulder. "We have an early morning tomorrow."
"You must have had your flight and everything already booked," Jeremiah said.
"Don't' worry about that," Eliza smirked. "Kara has taken care of everything." She leaned in and kissed her husband.
-Superflash-
The next day Jeremiah was shocked as they walked onto a private plane. Lois Lane was already onboard with her kids and Musty. "Eliza," Jason and Ella said going to hug their sort-of grandma.
"Hey," Eliza said hugging them back. "This is Jeremiah. My husband." The two kids waved at Jeremiah but Musty moved in front of them and him and yapped at the man. She was still a puppy – her bark wasn't as effective at her father's yet.
"Musty," Lois warned from her chair. "Kids, take your seat. Take Musty with you." Jason and Ella ran to the seats they had been in before and Musty jumped up with them glaring at Jeremiah. "Sorry Jeremiah, the dog takes after her father I think – he doesn't like men. Well anyway, welcome back."
"Nice to see you again Lois," Jeremiah said having met her before. "I see you and Clark worked out. Where is he?"
"Going on his own," Lois said and Jeremiah knew what she meant. He was flying there himself. "Personally, I love that Kara and Barry now own a private jet. Now we don't have to borrow from Cat Grant all the time."
"When you said they were successful, how successful are they?" Jeremiah asked his wife now.
"Oh, they are millionaires." Eliza smirked.
"Billionaires, is the correct word," Lois countered, making Jeremiah look as he took a seat.
"We are still waiting for three more," the pilot informed them over intercom.
"Who else is coming?" Eliza asked.
"That would be us," a familiar voice said and in walked Oliver, and next to him was Paula and Thea.
Jeremiah was confused as both Lois and Eliza grinned and went to hug Oliver. "So, the rest of your crew not coming?" Eliza asked, as everyone took their seats.
"Laurel is already in National for a few days for her sister," Thea said. "I was supposed to go with her but got stuck behind due to Palmer Tech."
"We stuck behind to take care of things but Roy came to watch over things for us." Oliver said. Roy was taking care of the city while the normal heroes were away.
"How long are you going to string Roy along?" Lois asked Thea now. Thea still hadn't changed her 'no' to a 'yes' yet for the League.
"He has a lot to make up for," Paula said for Thea who smirked at that. "Can I pet the dog?"
"It's more like, will she let you pet her?" Lois said. "That's seriously Krypto's puppy."
"Be careful," Oliver said right away, having been on the opposite end of Krypto not liking men, or Paula, before.
-Superflash-
After the plane, had landed there was a limo waiting for them. "Before we head to the hotel, any objection to going to the penthouse first?" Eliza asked. "Kara has my dress there."
"You have a key for the elevator?" Lois asked and Eliza nodded so no one objected to heading to Kara and Barry's first. In fact, both Oliver and Jeremiah were curious to see the place since they had not yet.
Once at the penthouse they found the living area empty, but heard footsteps and Henry appeared from the stairs, holding one of the babies. "Henry," Eliza said, going to greet the man who greeted her in return. "Alura or Nora?" Eliza turned to the baby who was making gooey noises in Henry's arms.
"Lore," Henry said.
"We're calling her Lore?" Eliza asked, taking her granddaughter. "Oh, she's grown since the last time I saw her."
"Growing every day," Henry said smiling. "Kara is in her office with Nora. I think she's on an important call though. Barry's at STAR, obviously."
"Oh, Henry this is Jeremiah, my husband. Jeremiah this is Barry's dad, Henry." Eliza introduced.
"I heard you were back from the dead," Henry said, holding out her free hand for Jeremiah to shake. Jeremiah then went to get closer to them at the baby, wanting a look at Alura but Krypto, who was on the couch picked up his head and then ran between them. He started to growl at Jeremiah. Musty ran next to her father and growled as well. Jeremiah took a step back, surprised it was happening again after Musty's thing earlier.
"Krypto hates all men," Lois confirmed. "And Musty follows her dad's lead."
Jeremiah was going to ignore them but then Krypto eyes lit up followed by Musty, causing Jeremiah to actually move backward, toward the lift. "They are Kryptonian dogs?" Jeremiah asked, shocked.
"Did we forget to mention that?" Lois asked, and Jeremiah nodded.
"Kara!" several people yelled at once, knowing Kara was the only one who could control the dogs when they were like this.
Kara came walking in and Jeremiah paused at the sight. She was so grown up it shocked him; although not as much as the glowing eyes of the two animals. She was holding Nora in her arms and she had a headset on her ears "Going to have to call you back," Kara said to whomever she was talking to, and took off the headset to cancel the call. "Krypto, Musty… down." Kara called at the dogs who barked. "I said, down!" Kara lit up her own eyes looking at the dogs. Krypto gave his mistress a look and then backed down, lowering his powers. Musty followed.
Kara looked a look around, her eyes lingered on Jeremiah, and then she grinned. "Welcome back… Olly." Jeremiah sighed at that as Kara went to Oliver and gave him a one arm hug, keeping hold of Nora. "Don't you ever do that to us again."
"I've been given the talk," Oliver said rolling his eyes. "Cute kids. Sorry I missed the pregnancy."
"You were kind of lucky there. She was kind of nuts pregnant." Paula said, making Kara look at her. "What? You were?"
Kara laughed. "Girls, meet Uncle Olly." Kara said and Nora made some baby noises which Kara returned before handing her to Oliver. Oliver was a bit surprised but took the baby smiling at her. Treating her gently.
"No one will ever hurt you," Oliver muttered, instantly falling in love with his nieces. "Not while I'm around."
Kara turned to Thea at that moment. "What was with that break in at Palmer Tech?" Kara asked her manager of Palmer.
"Oh. The guy's wife is paralyzed and he wanted the walking chip. It is expensive…"
"I get why he did it. I mean how did he get in?" Kara asked and Thea nodded her own understanding.
"We need security upgrades," Thea answered, shrugging. "And a new head of security. Our old one retired and the guy doing the job right now kind of sucks."
"Well, I'll send Cisco for the upgrade and as for head of security… Oh, Oliver want the job?"
"Um…?" Oliver said having been distracted by holding Nora and finally realized what Kara asked him as he looked up to her. "No. Thanks."
"Oh, sorry…. I mean you lost your family's billions and company. You dropped out of the mayoral race. How exactly are you getting money to pay the bills?" Thea held up a hand, indicating she was providing for him. "Really Oliver? Living off your little sister?"
"And Felicity before me," Thea added playfully.
"I thought you were a man…"
"Okay, okay I'll take the job," Oliver said with a sigh, smiling despite this.
"Good boy," Kara said almost like she was talking to Krypto. The dog even looked to her confusedly for a moment.
"Welcome to the large number of people in this superfamily depending on Kara and Barry for a paycheck," Thea joked as she held out her hands, wanting to take Nora from Oliver and Oliver handed the baby off to his sister.
Lois laughed as she went to take Alura off Eliza's hands, wanting to hold her goddaughter. "I love watching them interact," Lois whispered and Eliza nodded. The Justice League had such great chemistry with each other.
"Erm, Eliza?" Jeremiah asked keeping a distance by the elevator now. Krypto and Musty were staying by the kids and giving Jeremiah glares. He decided not to test them. "Can you…?"
"Oh," Eliza said, knowing Kara had ignored Jeremiah but not addressing it as yet. "Kara?" Kara turned around to look at her foster mom and finally took in Jeremiah. "Jeremiah is back…."
"I know," Kara said coolly. "I am a member of the Justice League. I got the alert." Eliza bit her lip nervously. She hadn't seen Kara like this to anyone in her family, except maybe Alex just before they repaired their relationship. Kara had not called to say anything about Jeremiah's return and she seemed far more excited by Oliver being here than Eliza's husband. This might not be the happy reunion Eliza or Jeremiah were expecting. "I am glad you're alive, Mr. Danvers. Alex is very happy." Kara said, holding out her hand to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah took the handshake, disappointed. "Well you seem to have a beautiful life although this superhero business... Is it right you risking your life, especially now?" he indicated one of the twins. "The worlds has so many heroes now from what I gather. It shouldn't need Supergirl."
"Yes," Kara snapped back before anyone could react, "the world has Superman, Superdog, Flash, Arrow, Speedy, Artemis, Firestorm, White Canary, Black Canary, and many more heroes, including Supergirl, and it needs all of us."
"But… You have daughters. It's too dangerous. I'm just trying to look out for you. You can be just Kara Danvers." Jeremiah tried as everyone now watched he and Kara.
"Allen. I am Kara Allen and Supergirl. I was always meant to be Supergirl and I will always be Supergirl and this is not your decision. I appreciate what you did for me as a kid, but stop trying to protect me. You're not my father, Jeremiah." Kara stated angrily.
Jeremiah took a step back at that, an odd look on his face at this.
Maybe you should leave, Barry commented in her head, having been listening in, and Kara agreed.
"Anyway," Kara stated, forcing a smile at the others, "this Palmer Tech break-in is a media nightmare. I need to go to the Labs,' Kara said running and getting the stroller. Cisco had made this stroller so Kara and Barry could push it at super-speed and Nora and Alura would be safe. "The kids?"
"We can watch them for you," Lois tried, but Krypto barked.
"No, I'll take them. We're dropping them off at Joe's before tonight dinner anyway," Kara said taking her girls and strapping them in before moving over to the elevator. Krypto followed as they left.
"Jeremiah," Eliza groaned once Kara was gone. "She's not a little girl anymore. How could you tell her that?" Jeremiah looked around, seeing a couple of people in the room didn't seem happy with him.
"I'm just… trying…."
"To be her father?" Henry supplied. "A word of advice, from one lost father to another," he moved Jeremiah over to the couch while the others lingered. "I was in jail for a long time for a crime I didn't commit. When I got out, my son was a grown man and his foster father was more his dad then me, but the difference is… I did have a relationship. I was in jail, but Barry still visited. You didn't get even that luxury. We were able to heal, but I had to learn my new place with an adult son who could take care of himself. From my understanding, Kara did not know you long. You have to learn your place in her life… and it might not be as a father or even father-figure."
Jeremiah nodded sadly.
-Superflash-
The group walked into the hotel where Alex was already waiting in the lobby. Kara had practically rented out the entire hotel for them for the wedding. Alex jumped up instantly at seeing her dad and hugged him. "I can't believe this!" Alex said, as Jeremiah returned the hug. She didn't want to let go. It had been so long since she had been with her dad, been in his presence.
"At least one of my girls greets me properly," Jeremiah said with a smile into Alex's shoulder, still sore about Kara.
"You saw Kara?" Alex asked, forcing herself out of the hug and noticing the others who had walked in seemed to be keeping an awkward distance from Jeremiah. Apart from her mom of course. Sara was currently hugging Oliver, and Laurel, who had tagged with Sara and Alex, grinned at their own little reunion.
"We went to the penthouse and things didn't go well," Eliza said sadly, and Alex nodded.
"I'll talk to Kara at dinner tonight. I would now, but well…" Alex pointed to the reception TV where the news was on Kara at press conference at STAR about the break in at Palmer Tech. "She's a little busy." Jeremiah stared at the TV screen.
"She still wears the glasses…" Jeremiah said, he smiled though. He had given her those glasses, he remembered it as clear as if it had been just this morning. Kara had not been wearing them at the penthouse though, but for the public she was. "Same as Clark I guess?' Alex nodded.
"She doesn't wear a mask as Supergirl, so the glasses sort of act as that for her regular wear and trust me it works well. I didn't realize until this one slipped," Lucy Lane stated, moving into the lobby with Ray behind her and patted Ray on the back as he looked embarrassed at the slip he had made so long ago. "Hi Jeremiah."
"Lucy Lane?" Jeremiah grinned. "When I last saw you…" Jeremiah went to remember the last time he had seen Lois little sister. It must have been before Kara had landed. Clark had introduced Lois to them when they had gone to Metropolis for a trip. It was before Lois even knew who Clark was and Lucy had been visiting.
"She's grown up," Lois pointed out, moving to her sister now. "You're looking good, Luce." Lucy smirked at this, but waved her sister off.
"Hey Alex…" Jeremiah nearly jumped at the voice and was shocked at the girl who had joined the scene. She looked exactly like Kara as a teenager only slightly older than Kara's 13-year-old self, and had shorter hair. There was dog that looked exactly like Kara's dog Krypto next to her only younger and with brown paws who growled at Jeremiah. He almost rolled his eyes at the third dog to growl at him. "Carter and Cat are coming, right?" the girl asked.
"Yeah, Karen," Alex smiled. "They'll be here tomorrow." Karen pouted that they wouldn't be here sooner.
"What about Donna and Megan?" Karen now asked.
"Donna tomorrow. Megan should be by with her uncle tonight," Alex said and Karen smirked. At least she had one person tonight. "Hey, Karen, this is my father Jeremiah."
"Hi," Karen said with a wave. "Oh, hello Eliza."
"Hi Karen," Eliza said, hugging the girl now.
Junior saw Musty next to Jason and Ella and barked at his sister who turned and yapped back. "I'm going to go with Jason and Ella. Let Junior and Musty play." Karen ran off, with Junior running right into his sister, the two happy at being reunited.
"How are two puppies allowed in a five-star hotel?" Eliza asked, not noticing Jeremiah's confusion at the girl, but had to smirk at the cute puppy reunion.
"Kara pays a lot of money," Alex said knowingly. Kara Allen got what she wanted, after all.
"Um…" Jeremiah said, not sure what to say looking at Karen with her friends. "She's um… I'm sorry but, what?"
"You didn't tell him?" Alex said confused.
"There's a lot to fill him in on," Eliza said. "Honey, Karen is Kara's…" Eliza leaned in and whispered 'clone' and then said out loud "cousin. Her Aunt Astra's daughter."
"Kara's aunt is alive?' Jeremiah asked, suddenly suspiciously, and the two nodded. Jeremiah sighed. A lot had changed.
"Come on dad, I want you to officially meet Sara," Alex took Jeremiah's hand and led him to her fiancée.
-Superflash-
Later that day they were sitting at a fancy restaurant. It was a family dinner for just the two brides and their families. Sara's entire family was there; Laurel and her parents, Dinah and Quentin, and both had dates with them – Quentin had Donna Smoak, Felicity's mother, and Dinah her own man none had met until tonight. Jeremiah and Eliza were there, and Clark and Lois too. Astra and Karen had been invited, but they stayed back and took care of Jason and Ella for the night. The only people missing were Barry and Kara, who walked in a little late. Barry had a nice suit and Kara in a silver dress. "Sorry we had… things, and had to drop the kids off with Joe," Kara said taking her set as Barry did as well.
"Actually, Kara can I talk to you?" Alex asked, dressed in a flowing black gown herself, and Kara nodded standing up again and following Alex to the bathroom.
"I heard what happened with you and dad, and while I agree he was out of line you could have reacted better. He is our father." Alex reasoned.
"He's your father," Kara said, not unkindly, knowing this discussion was coming and being ready for it since she'd left the penthouse earlier. "Look, Alex I'm happy for you and Eliza, I really am, and I know he did a lot for me. I appreciate it, but he is not Zor-El returned from the dead. I barely knew him before he got abducted. He is not a father to me. Maybe in time he could be a friend, but I don't think anyone could really fill those shoes for me." Kara sighed as she said the truth. Mother figures she had a lot of. She even had Astra who was like a second mother to her on Krypton, but fathers she did not have one. The closest would be Clark who was more a big brother than father and now that she was older she doubted she would ever find a father figure. Zor-El was just irreplaceable.
Alex sighed and nodded. "I get it, I know you barely knew him. I guess it was unreal for us to think you would feel your dad had returned from the dead, or something," She put a reassuring hand on Kara's shoulder. "We'll figure it out."
Music started to play and Kara smiled as she recognized the music. They left the bathroom to see Barry already on the dance floor, waiting for her. Kara went over to Barry and the two started to dance to their song and Alex smiled, watching them as she went to sit next to Sara again. She was watching the duo too.
"It's our wedding but they already have everyone's attention," Sara stated with a chuckle. Kara and Barry knew how to steal the spotlight without even trying.
"So, what song are you two choosing?" Lois asked the two, distracting them from Kara and Barry.
"We haven't had a song planned for as long as those two, but we figured it out," Alex said smiling.
"How long has this been their song again?" Sara asked.
"Look up Karry Karaoke. The first video," Alex told her fiancée.
"Oh, I have seen those,' Dinah said with a smile. "For those in business, they sure can sing."
"I still swear they could make a living off singing," Lois muttered as Clark stood up and held out his hand for Lois.
"Let's not let them be the only one of us dancing tonight," Clark said, leading his wife out onto the dance floor as food started coming out.
"We didn't order…" Jeremiah pointed out dumbly.
"Mr. and Ms. Allen set up a menu on reservation," one waiter commented.
"Just enjoy, Jeremiah," Eliza said.
"Those two have already blown a ton for money on us. We'd never be able to pay them back for years," Alex stated. Kara and Barry had put down a lot of money for their wedding.
"And we don't want it back," Kara said, coming back up.
"We never do," Barry said, re-taking his seat, his arm around Kara. "Besides that, the new update to Gideon made us more money than we spent on the wedding. There is now a Gideon in nearly every hospital in the country, and even police stations are starting to buy them."
"And we have other things coming up," Kara said a smirk on her face. "STAR Labs isn't running out of money anytime soon."
"Cheers to that," Laurel said holding up a glass and everything laughed as they took a drink.
"Gideon?" Jeremiah asked his wife quietly.
-Superflash-
Kara and Barry were the only ones not staying at the hotel. It was easier for them to remain at home with the kids. Krypto was sleeping on the floor of the nursery tonight; he had been really protective of the girls all day and his barks and cries were what woke Kara up followed by whines.
Kara jumped up. "Krypto, what…?!" Kara didn't finish as when she went into the nursery and saw Krypto fighting a masked man who seemed to be holding his own against the Kryptonian dog, and then felt the familiar feel of Kryptonite. Before either could react, a Kryptonite knife was thrust into Krypto's side and Kara reacted, running at the masked ran and knocking him over.
Barry saw what was going on through Kara's mind and jumped into action, running in to protect his family from a Kryptonite-wielding maniac. The man looked at them before running but Barry followed as the man went out onto the balcony. He jumped, but he didn't necessary fly – he glided down slowly before hitting the floor and running. It would have been mesmerizing had Barry not been so angry.
Barry was about to run after him but the crying of his girls, and Kara calling for him in his mind brought him back to the nursery. "Krypto!" Kara said tears in her eyes. She had taken the knife out but Krypto was breathing heavily in her arms now. "He's hurt badly. He needs sunlight to heal."
"I'll take him to STAR," Barry said, knowing he needed the lights and grabbed the large dog from his wife. Kara took the green knife and, even though she felt weak, she took it out of the room, putting it in the kitchen for the moment she didn't want it near her girls. She would need to call someone to get rid of it but she went back to the girls, they her priority now.
"We need to go to the Labs girls," Kara said in forced bravery, going to put them in their stroller and wasting no time in heading to the Lab. By the time she'd got there, Krypto was already under the lights and Caitlin was there looking him over. "Caitlin, what are you doing here?"
"Keeping an eye on Jesse," Caitlin said, indicating the still-unconscious Jesse in the other bed. "Krypto will be fine though," Caitlin noticed Kara's look as Barry hugged her and then took the girls.
"Are you sure?" Kara asked, concerned for her dog.
"I'm not vet but…" Caitlin started.
"Krypto's injury will heal by morning,'" Gideon voice interrupted Caitlin. "No need to worry, Mrs. Creator. I will keep an eye on him all through the night and bring up the lights if I have to."
"I can do that," Caitlin pointed out defensively.
"Caitlin, please don't get competitive with Gideon." Barry said, almost smiling at this. "You know we love you. Keep your eye on Jesse."
"Krypto, you're such a good boy. You saved the girls," Kara said, kissing Krypto's head. He whined softly. "You rest under the lights. I'm going to find who hurt you and my girls and rip their head off."
"He jumped off our balcony and landed on his feet," Barry said, sharing this memory with her now. "Did you use x-ray vision on him?"
"Lead mask," Kara commented, having tried but not being able to do it.
"How did he get in?" Caitlin asked, making the pair look at her and then each other.
Kara took out her cellphone. "He used the elevator," Kara said shocked. They had a security camera in the lift, the footage linked to hers and Barry's phone and the man could clearly be seen in the lift on recent forage. "But… How did he have a key?"
"Who has a key besides you two?" Caitlin asked.
"Henry, Joe, and Eliza," Kara commented instantly.
"And Cisco," Caitlin pointed out, making the two look at him, "Come on he's a tech genius, but he wouldn't and couldn't do this, no matter how much Krypto hates him," Caitlin reasoned, indicating the wounded dog.
That explains how he always gets in, Barry thought bemusedly. Okay, you go and collect the keys. We need to protect our girls, which means we need to put them someplace safe until we find who attacked them.
We do know someone who owes us a favor, Kara replied and Barry smirked, running into his outfit.
Bludhaven is a far run. I need to grab things for the girls and bring them there.
Alex's wedding is tomorrow afternoon. We need this done long before then.
We'll have this done before noon tomorrow. I'm not leaving my girls with Nightwing long, Barry said, taking the girls in their stroller and running out.
"Caitlin, can you keep this to yourself?" Kara asked once Barry was gone, Kara already missing her girls but knowing Dick would keep them safe. "We're going to take care of this on the down-low, with only a few people knowing. So far it's just us, obviously," Caitlin nodded her understanding.
"I didn't hear a thing," Caitlin said firmly.
-Superflash-
Dick walked into his headquarters."Nice place you have here," he heard a voice and jumped, seeing The Flash standing there with a stroller with two babies inside, a large bag over his shoulder and Robin hanging off his arm. "Your son was very helpful finding this place. Oh, and you might want to get a new babysitter. Gave your one five hundred bucks and she was out. No questions asked."
"Clearly," Dick said with a sigh, as he looked at his smiling son. "Barbra, how did The Flash get in here?'
"He is The Flash," a redhead in a wheelchair said. "And he had Robin, so…"
"Daddy, Flash gave me ice cream and got me this," Robin held up two dolls – a Supergirl and Flash one. "Why do you not have a toy?"
"We can make that happen," Barry said with a smirk.
"Is there any reason why you're here?" Dick asked.
"Yes. Remember when we saved Robin and you said you owed us?" Barry asked and Dick nodded. "Well that favor is being called in. Someone tried to harm our girls." Dick looked shocked, and worried. "The entire League is celebrating a wedding and we want this done quietly, but we need them protected. With someone we trust. A parent."
"You want me to babysit?" Dick asked and Barry nodded.
"I need my girls protected," Barry said. "Can you do that?" Dick sighed but nodded. He did owe them and he would protect these girls. "Thank you. This should be everything you need." Barry put the bag down. "I should be back in a few hours to get them." Barry then ran out of the lair leaving the girls behind. Barbra laughed as Dick picked one up.
-Superflash-
Once morning came, Kara had gone to both Joe and Henry, telling them that the building was changing the keys to the elevator so she needed the ones they had back. There was no trouble getting the keys from them or the one from Cisco. Eliza couldn't find hers though.
You think Eliza's key was stolen? Barry asked he was back at the Lab checking on Krypto for Kara.
I don't… Kara paused as she saw Junior and Musty barking at Jeremiah again, the man this time ignoring them. They hate him... The dogs actually hate him.
What? Barry asked.
Hold on, Kara thought. "Karen, Donna, Megan." Kara called over to the female trio. The three were inseparable lately, even though Megan was a lot older than them – by Martian standard she was still a teen though, and Carter was largely considered their fourth, even without powers. Kara signaled for the three to follow her. "Megan, you have the same powers as J'onn right?" Megan nodded.
"Okay, how would three like to do a secret mission for me?" Kara asked. "Karen, Donna, can you break into Jeremiah and Eliza's room and look through Jeremiah's stuff. If you see a key card or anything like that, bring it to me. Megan, I need you to keep an eye on him. As in he does not know you are. Also, I might need the brain-reading powers for later."
Megan nodded, understanding what Kara wanted and transformed her clothing into a waitress's. She aged her appearance up slightly too. "Will this do?" Megan asked and Kara nodded.
"Is this Justice League work?" Karen asked, getting excited now.
"No," Kara said. "Justice League doesn't know we're doing this. And can't know."
"Your recruiting us?" Donna asked.
"Barry and I can't get into the rooms. Well, Barry could but with the weddings things we need to do, we can't. Please… just go and see."
"We're on it," Karen said and the two ran, but Karen called for Junior as they headed up the stairs, giving an excuse they needed to fix their makeup.
Did I do right? Kara asked Barry worriedly.
I don't know but I am going to be there soon. Caitlin is staying at STAR so we can say the babies are with her, Barry said and Kara nodded. Let's put on a show.
Barry showed up soon, and the two did the rounds, pretending they were getting ready for the wedding, being pleasant and talkative to all, if a bit distracted. Kara, Barry, they heard Megan in their heads, it was instantly disconcerting. Karen and Donna got something. Meet them in the room from before.
The two excused themselves and met the teens in the room. "Key card," Karen said holding up the elevator key card.
"And then this," Donna said, holding up the mask the two recognized from last night.
"Is Megan still connected to us?" Barry asked.
Yes, but Jeremiah is gone. He left.
He knows we're on to him, Kara thought to Barry.
Where did he go…? The Labs? He thinks the girls are there!
You realize we all heard that, Megan said, surprising the two. They were not use to others hearing their thoughts.
"Jeremiah is after the girls?" Karen asked.
"Thank you three. Cut the link," Kara instructed, and the two were gone, leaving the room at the same time.
"We should help them," Karen said regardless.
"They will kill us if we do," Donna said. "We should warn my sister and the rest of the League."
They did not want that, Megan thought to them. The whole reason why they asked us for help.
You might have to tell me. The three jumped as they heard J'onn in their heads. You really think I would not pick up on an open mental link?
-Superflash-
Kara and Barry ran to the Lab to find Krypto healed and already fighting Jeremiah outside, who had tried to break in in fact the backdoor was broken so he might have gotten in before Krypto attacked. "Krypto, off!" Kara said. She was in her Supergirl outfit. "He's mine…" Jeremiah looked at Kara, his eyes were oddly glazed but she didn't have time to react as he moved to attack her. Damn he is strong. Kara said fighting back, not sure how he was so strong. He physically still looked weak. Barry ran around him and Kara backed up as Barry sent a lightning bolt at him. The lightning seemed to jar him, but he continued to fight.
The two were barely keeping him at bay when Superman showed up, followed by J'onn in his Martian form. Arrows flew by, hitting Jeremiah but barely doing anything and Firestorm and Firehawk both showed up with Wonder Woman following. Jeremiah looked around, snarling at the group as another arrow hit him in the shoulder. He fell over this time.
"Kara…?" he suddenly spoke from the floor, looking at Kara. "Clark, what are you doing? Why am I here?" Jeremiah looked around in confusion, his focus now normal, Kara noted but it didn't quite register with her yet.
"Don't," Kara said warningly "You tried to kill my girls." She took hold of him, squeezing tight and he screamed in pain. "What? Don't pretend! You just took our strongest attacks!"
"What's going on?" Alex had followed when she saw the entire Justice League leaving. "Kara…?" her eyes caught sight of Kara holding up Jeremiah.
"Honey?" Sara said coming up in her White Canary costume.
'You said you were done until after the honeymoon… and dad?" Alex took in the scene, lost and now scared.
"Alex, he's not Jeremiah." Kara said, looking back to her sister. "He's a trick to attack my girls. To attack us."
"That's not true!" Jeremiah said. "I don't know what's wrong with them! They just attacked me. I woke up here…"
"Actually," a new voice joined the group. Winn had showed up with Cisco. They were out of breath. "I decoded the corrupted files from Cadmus and had Cisco double-check my results."
"And that isn't Jeremiah," Cisco said. Kara dropped the man at this. "The real Jeremiah is… well, he is dead. I'm sorry Alex. He has been for years. This is a clone. He has all of Jeremiah's memories though… well most of them, but he also has added features: Another personality, and when that personality takes over, the powers come hand-in-hand. A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde routine."
"With all of us here Hyde went back to Jekyll," Clark finished in realization, getting what was happening.
"I don't believe this…" Alex said taking steps back, tears in her eyes as she turned around and ran.
"Alex!" Kara said but Alex had already jumped into her car and was driving off.
"I'll find her," Sara said going after her fiancée.
"What do we do with him?" Barry asked. "We can't let him be free but he knows all of our identities. We can't just lock him up or give him to the new asylums"
"Take them away, J'onn" Jeremiah said, taking everything in and having seen the look on Alex's face. He couldn't believe he was a clone, but with the way they were reacting and sudden knowledge flying passed his brain of Martians and Kryptonians – knowledge only Cadmus could have had. Hyde was somehow merging with Jekyll… If he was a danger to them he did not want to be around. And when Eliza learned of this, she would be just as upset as Alex. She wouldn't accept him; it would break her as much as it would him. How could he control the Hyde trying to break free forever more too?
"Take my memories away." Jeremiah now explained to confused looks, "to protect them. To protect them all." Jeremiah eyes turned to Kara, trying to apologize in one look. "You can do that?" he looked to J'onn now. "Cadmus…"
"Do you want to say goodbye first?" J'onn asked, stopping Jeremiah in his tracks.
"No," Jeremiah decided, not wanting to face anyone. What was the point? He turned to Kara. "Just know, I really do love you." J'onn hand was put on Jeremiah head and closed his eyes. Jeremaih suddenly fell to his knees as his eyes glazed over again, but it was different type of glazing compared to when Hyde had surfaced. As J'onn took the memories, he had to look at all of them; all of the real memories from Jeremiah as he washed the mind of the clone. He couldn't do it all though. Not to this man. He took away Kara, Clark, and anything super-related but left the early memories of Alex as a child and Eliza. This clone deserved something, even if he would be forever lost in the past. J'onn changed back into Hank Henshaw as he removed his hand from the man's head. The clone collapsed, unconscious.
"I'll take him to an asylum," Hank sighed, taking the man.
"I'll go get the girls," Barry said, his voice hollow as he ran off.
-Superflash-
Sara found Alex sitting at a bar, a beer in her hand which Sara took. "How much did you drink?" Sara asked knowing this was Alex's first slip since sobriety. Sara mind flash to all the time she lost control of her bloodlust. Of Alex calming her and keeping in her control. Seemed it was Sara's turn to be the strong one.
"A couple of sips," Alex said before bursting into tears, collapsing into Sara. "I thought I had him back! For good…"
"Technically you sort of did," Sara said, stroking her fiancée's hair. "It might have been a clone but he had your dad's memories. He was your dad… still is." Sara hugged Alex as best she could from this angle, but Alex pulled herself together, sitting back up and looking at Sara through bloodshot eyes. "Okay, we're not getting married today. We're putting it off. Let's not let our day be mixed with this horror." Alex nodded.
-Superflash-
Sara and Alex returned to the hotel where everyone was waiting. Eliza was in the lobby, openly crying in Lois who silently removed herself as Alex took her place, her mother hugging on to her tight, both now weeping. "I didn't know…" Eliza tried through the tears. "I had him and then I didn't and I never…" she wasn't making too much sense, but she was distraught.
"We had to tell her," Diana, back in normal clothes, addressed Sara at this.
"And on your wedding day!" Eliza wailed.
"We're not getting married today," Sara quickly spoke up, forcing Eliza to look to her daughter's fiancée.
"Sorry for all the money you wasted," Sara now bit her lip, looking at Barry and a very silent Kara who each had a baby in their arms, but the two threw it off with a shrug.
"Well, if you're not going to use this wedding…" Ray spoke up from the back after a moment. "Mind if we do?" Ray had his arm around Lucy. "Not to be insensitive, but well we need to speed up our wedding and everyone we wanted to invite is here anyway."
"What? Why?" Lois asked, turning around to look at her sister and suddenly gasping before anyone could say anything. Something had clicked in her brain.
"I won't fit into my dress in a couple of months when we had planned," Lucy said, her eyes focused on her sister as Lois squealed, running over to hug her baby sister. "Alura and Nora are not the only cousins Jason and Ella are getting this year," she managed before being engulfed by Lois. Ray chuckled at the sister's embrace as Olly came over and patted him on the back; even Eliza gave a very huccup-y mutter of congratulations, or what sounded like it as she clung to her daughter.
"Take the wedding," Alex muttered, and Sara nodded.
-Superflash-
A week later and Eliza was doing better. She had officially moved in with Joe, and with him and Henry about to keep her company, she was starting to go back to her old self, or as much as she could after such a personal disaster. Kara hadn't seen her foster mother though, but was giving her some space; she didn't even know if she'd be welcome to Eliza, the way she had treated the clone of Jeremiah, but Eliza now had all the information, including his attack on Nora and Alura, so it was up to Eliza to come to her own conclusions on her own terms.
Kara and Barry meanwhile, walked into the DEO where they had been called. "Sara and Alex are doing a small wedding today, so this better be fast and, oh, hello Clark." Kara was surprised to see her cousin there.
"I got called here too," Clark said, shrugging and having no idea why they were there.
"We have major problems. I managed to recover more of their documents," Winn said from his desk at the DEO. "For one, there is a mole in – or connected to – the League," he addressed Kara at this.
"What?!" All three said together.
"Cadmus knew you were hitting that Lab. Its why clone-Jeremiah was there," Winn said. "They just didn't wipe their computers because they didn't know the day…. They thought they had more time. We're lucky on that respect."
"And there is something else," Hank said near Winn, nodding to the tech.
"Yeah… They have a project going. It's called 'Project Kr' and it's, well, it's a clone of Clark." Winn said. "They are calling him Superboy."
Clark looked shocked. "Where is he?" Clark asked.
"I don't know," Winn said. "Cadmus has a lot of hidden locations."
"We'll find him," Kara said nodding to herself. "That clone is family. A member of the House of El. He deserves a chance…"
"If he's not already corrupted by Cadmus or split like Jeremiah," Winn pointed out.
"If he is, we'll find a way to stop it. We've learned from Jeremiah. We couldn't help him but we can help this… mini-Clark. We can give him freedom." The group agreed they would find this Superboy and help him as best they could, but first they had a wedding that was long-overdue.
Post Chapter Note: I hope you all enjoy. You might be disappointed at my Jeremiah, but it made sense to me, considering he vanished from Kara's life so soon after she came in to his, and he never wanted to her be a superhero… which leads me to my Kara's reaction to Jeremiah. It felt more natural to me than being overjoyed he's back. He did disappear when she only knew him for a month. In my opinion, not enough time for him to be a real father.
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