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Little Moments.
Iris was sitting on the couch of the penthouse watching Caitlin and Kara. Each had a baby in their arms and were excitingly talking, although Iris wasn't focusing on what either was saying. Krypto was around too, keeping his ever-protective eye on the kids.
"I can't believe they're ten weeks old," Caitlin sighed, looking at the baby in Kara's arm.
"Well, they are," Kara said with a smile as Nora blew a little burst of cold air in her face. Kara smiled at this, just as the buzzer for the elevator sounded. "Oh, that must be Lena."
"Lena Luther's coming here today?" Caitlin said as Kara pushed the button to let Lena up.
"STAR Co and L Corp are doing a joint event for charity," Kara said as she sat near Iris on the floor and put Nora down on her tummy.
"Is that good for her?" Iris finally asked, her voice slightly lofty.
"Oh yeah, at this age they should get some tummy time. Helps them develop the muscles needed for crawling and rolling over. Besides, Nora doesn't blow cold air when on her stomach," Kara said quickly as the elevator opened and Lena walked in. "Hey Lena."
"Hello," Lena said as Caitlin sat on the floor and let Alura join her sister on her tummy. "I wasn't expecting a party."
Kara laughed. "This is my best friend and employee Caitlin and my sister-in-law Iris," Kara said pointing them both out as Lena sat on the couch. "And you remember Alura and Nora…" Lena smiled at the two babies.
"Well everything is mostly set up," Lena said. "Just need your confirmation for the final guest list and opinions on what food we're serving… and the entertainment. I already put the Daily Planet at the top of the list for allowed media."
"Put CatCo up there with them," Kara added without thinking. "Cat will be mad if I don't give her first access too."
"You know Cat Grant?" Lena asked.
"I used to be her assistant. Still hold the title of her longest running assistant," Kara said making Lena laugh. "Now we're good friends. Iris here is the local news anchor for CatCo TV."
"So, she is," Lena glanced at Iris again, who barely registered this as Lena nodded. "CatCo it is," Lena said as she then mumbled: "no wonder STAR gets such good press."
"In fact, just put Cat Grant on the list herself. As for the rest of the list, so long as I can get some friends an invite, whoever else you think will give the most money," Kara said, not so used to this. While she and Barry had given some money to charity, they had never done an event like this. "Barry and I will be there at the beginning, but we might have to leave early-ish. Depends on babysitters," she nodded to the two babies now attempting to push themselves up off the floor.
"Of course," Lena said. "Just so you make an appearance, oh, and I have someone who is willing to donate twice as much if you two sing." Lena raised an eyebrow as Kara nodded.
"We'll sing before we leave," Kara sighed as the kids succeeded in pushing themselves up, both grinning at their own success and Kara smiled. "That's my girls."
"I don't know how you do it," Lena now said, shaking her head. "I don't think I could ever be a mother. Giving up so much of my life to them. Changing diapers. Putting them first." Lena shook her head. "No, I couldn't do it. It would be too much." As if her words had struck a chord, Iris stood suddenly and didn't hesitate to move off, leaving the room in silence. "Did I upset her?"
"I don't know," Kara was about to go after Iris when one of the babies cried out.
"Go, I'm practically the girls nanny. I got it," Caitlin said with a smile, picking up the crying baby and rocking her as Kara went after Iris.
"Iris," Kara said, easily having followed her sister-in-law to her own office. "What's wrong?" Kara saw the tears in Iris's eyes as the other woman moved over to hug Kara. "Iris, tell me what's wrong?"
"I'm late," Iris said.
"Late for what?" Kara asked, clearly not realizing the meaning behind this simple phrase. "I can fly you anywhere in a second…?"
"No, I'm late… as in my period is late," Iris said, putting out of the hug as Kara blinked. "And a pregnancy test came up positive."
"That's great!" Kara said with a smile, about to hug her again but paused at the look on Iris's face. "Not great? Why?"
"It's just… don't get me wrong, I love Alura and Nora, but well… I don't want to be a mom," Iris said making Kara pause for thought. "I just started at CatCo TV. Eddie and I have barely done anything with our lives, what with the money troubles we've had... I just don't want to give my life to a kid."
"Does Eddie know?" Kara asked.
"No and you can't tell Barry," Iris added, but then saw the look on Kara's face. "He already knows, doesn't he?" Kara nodded, mentally telling Barry to tell no one. "I can't have girl talk with you with him… oh, it doesn't matter. I went to the doctor the other day so they could run a few tests. It's possible it was a false positive, but I have an appointment this afternoon…"
"What if it isn't a false-positive?" Kara asked, curious now. She couldn't quite imagine anyone not wanting to be a parent. Apart from Lena Luthor.
"Then we'll deal from there, I suppose." Iris said. "Can you come with me? To my appointment?" Kara nodded.
Tell Caitlin to babysit the twins until I get there, Barry thought.
Thank you, Kara said, allowing Iris some personal time as she went back into the living room. She needed to get Lena out and ask Caitlin to babysit.
-Superflash-
Cat Grant walked into a bar… Karen and Carter had wanted to take Donna and Megan to a museum in Central, and Cat had wanted to check on her TV studio, so had agreed to take the group today. Now that she had some time to kill, she decided to get a drink at a bar not too far from her studio.
"Ms. Grant," the older man behind the bar introduced, smiling pleasantly.
"Do I know you?" Cat said looking, over the man's handsome features. He did look familiar.
"We met a couple of times," he said. "Henry Allen."
"Barry's dad," Cat nodded to herself and sat at the bar. "You work here?"
"I own here," Henry corrected her. "We just opened last week – had to renovate the place though." Cat looked around. The bar looked nice. There were tables off to the side and an area that was clearly for Karaoke; there were a lack of clients though. "So, what can I get you? I took some of those classes so know how to make most drinks." He gave her a goofy grin at this.
"Sangria," Cat said and Henry smiled as he got out the right ingredients, mixing and shaking until he poured out her drink. "Do you serve food?" Cat asked, curiously.
"Normal bar stuff: Wings, fries, burgers…. Not something I could picture you eating though, the famous Cat Grant…" he teased, "besides, my cook is not in right now. I could whip up a burger if you want, though?"
Cat smiled. "That won't be necessary," she paused as she looked up and down the bar. "How's business going?"
"Well, you know we get some people in later…" Henry paused and sighed. "It could be going better. I'm starting to think I'm going to need Barry and Kara's help after all. I'm not business knowledgeable. I have no idea what I am doing."
Cat stirred her drink with her straw and looked around. "Why do this then?" she asked, ever the journalist, and wanting to know how people ticked.
"I don't know… I didn't want to get my doctor's license renewed – too many retests and big-wigs getting involved, and I wanted to be close to Barry, this place was going for new owners so I thought 'why not?'" he smiled at this.
"Why not…" Cat replied airily. She had started to get bored at CatCo. She had reached the top – CatCo was an empire in all media, there was little for her to do, but she was stuck. She couldn't leave though. The Justice League and Carter needed her in National. "You know, I know a thing or two about business," she finally spoke. Helping a bar get off its feet would be different and fun. "I could help you on two conditions. One: You do what I say. Two: No compensation needed. I don't need the money."
Henry looked at Cat, contemplating this for a moment. "I'll accept one, but as for two – your compensation is your drink is free." Cat nodded, agreeing with that. "And three: Kara and Barry never find out." Henry would prefer not asking them, or they knowing he had needed the help.
"Deal," Cat said holding out her hand and Henry shook it. "Now, let me see your books. Also, your menus. I might be adding a few things on and taking a few things off. And as for your chef… where is he or she?" Henry shrugged at that. He wasn't due in for a while anyway. "Fire them. I know a young talented chef looking for a job."
"Can't pay much," Henry said.
"He's young and needs the money and a bit for publicity. Once we get things up, I can get an article about this place in CatCo. Good for you, good for him. He'll do it," Cat said and Henry nodded. This would be fun.
-SuperFlash-
Iris and Kara were at the doctor's appointment, waiting for the doctor to come in. "You know Caitlin could have done this," Kara said and Iris gave her a look, but the doctor came in at that moment.
"Well, Ms. Thawne you're not pregnant," the doctor said, not holding back, and Iris let out a sigh of relief. "But… we ran some more tests and I'm sorry to say you can't get pregnant."
"What?" Iris said.
"The tests came back negative on pregnancy but there were some unusual readings. The short story is, you're infertile. I'm truly, sorry."
"Oh Iris," Kara said, sadly, but then noticed Iris looked pleased at this. "Or maybe not…" Kara had known Iris didn't want to be pregnant at the moment but she hadn't figured Iris would never want to be a mother.
"I was going to suggest some other methods of conception if your trying, but it looks like you won't be needing that," the doctor smirked at this. He knew not every person wanted to be a parent, but had to pull out the stop regardless.
"I better go talk to Eddie," Iris said, standing up and shaking the doctor's hand before turning to Kara. "Thanks for being here." Kara nodded.
"Anytime sis," Kara said as Iris left.
"I noticed your reaction, Mrs. Allen," the doctor added as Kara moved to leave herself. She paused as she looked back to the man. "Not all people are fit to be parents. Be pleased for Mrs. Thawne, not sad."
"I am," Kara confirmed. It was still weird for her that Iris didn't want to be a mom, but she was starting to see her reasoning, even if she didn't agree to them. She loved her girls.
-SuperFlash-
"What's with the text message?" Carter asked as he, Karen, Donna, and Megan walked into the bar. His mom had messaged him, asking for he and the girls to come. "Are we even allowed in here?"
"Hi, Henry," Karen added, waving at Henry.
"I need you four to get these flyers all over the city," Cat said, indicating the pile of papers. She had used the local CatCo office to get flyers printed up fast for the bar and had huge stacks of them already. "You three can do it extra-fast. 50 dollars are in it for each of you."
"50 dollars and some of these free hot wings," Megan said.
"I have not tried hot wings. Are they any good?" Donna asked.
"They're excellent," Karen answered for Megan.
"Hot wings sound good. 50 dollars and hot wings," Carter said turning to his mom.
"Deal," Cat said and the four took a pile each.
"I'll fly near STAR," Karen said. "A lot of aliens live around there and they are always looking for a new place to hang with good food and drinks, and most of them work at STAR so I know them."
"I'll get up town," Donna said, nodding to herself.
"I'll take the other far side. Carter, you go nearby. Split," Megan said and the four were off, making Henry chuckle.
"Can't beat that delivery service," Henry said. "You sure these specials will help?" Henry looked at the specials Cat made, printed on one of the leaflets left. Tonight, was free hot wing night, with an order of a pitcher.
"It will get people in; they need to buy drinks, and hot wings might make them need to buy more," Cat said. "Just make sure you have enough wings."
"Those three girls could eat out all my wings," Henry joked, glancing at the door to where the kids had gone, and Cat had to laugh at that.
"Okay these specialty drink notes," Cat said now, taking out a notebook Henry had shown her. "I see you got permission to use the symbols." Cat pointed at the glasses which had Supergirl symbol on them and Flash ones. "But you've been trying to make a special drink for the heroes?" Henry nodded. "You have to make sure the drinks remind you of the hero. Supergirl is consider sweet. The all-American girl. Her drink should be sweet and fruity and either red or blue coloring. Maybe both if you can get the mixture right." Henry nodded. "As for The Flash, people think of speed when they think of him. What's faster as a drink than a shot? Fast as… Flash Shots. Make a new thing."
"And what would be so special about those?" Henry asked, curious about the drink named after his own sons alter-ego.
"Three shots," Cat said quickly. "Since he was the third big hero: Superman, Supergirl, and then The Flash. And you have choices here, but jello shots might be the best. Get red jello, alcohol, and crave a lightning bolt in the jello on top. Or maybe somehow make it look like there a yellow lightning bolt in the middle…"
"I would have to research it, but that sounds good," Henry said, smiling at Cat.
-Superflash-
Iris had gone down to the police station where Eddie and her father were. "Eddie?" Iris said, saying hello to her father and then leading Eddie away. "I've got to tell you something…" she paused. "I thought I was pregnant." Eddie face went white at this, but she continued. "But I'm not!" Eddie sighed, relieved.
"Thank god," Eddie muttered. "I mean if you were, we… and I…."
"And Eddie you can stop." Iris caught on, suddenly very glad and also surprised they'd never had this discussion before. Even Caitlin and Ronnie had, although that had been fueled by Kara's pregnancy and neither she, nor Eddie, had remarked on it much compared to those two. Especially since her and Eddie had been having money problems at the time. "I didn't want to be pregnant and well… I can't be. The doctor said I'm infertile." True, they'd never had the baby talk, but she didn't know if Eddie ever wanted kids or not. "I mean I don't know if you will want kids someday but I… and…"
"Iris, I don't want kids," Eddie admitted, surprising Iris. "After discovering that Eobard was supposed to be my grandchild or something, it put me off. Besides I deal with creeps all day. It's bad enough seeing Joe and the rest worrying over their children, day in, day out; I don't want that pressure. Besides, I don't want to have to go home and change diapers. And one day I would like to take you somewhere nice. Paris, London, anywhere and not have to worry about a kid, but if you want kids someday we could always…"
"I don't want kids," Iris said quickly, smiling. "I want everything you just said. Just the two of us." Eddie brought Iris into a hug.
-Superflash-
In the DEO, Hank came up to Alex. "Where's your wife?' Hank asked. It was a quiet day.
"You realize she's not technically an agent, right?" Alex asked. "She's a trainer." Hank sighed and nodded. Sara was either training some new agents out in the field or being White Canary somewhere.
"Director Henshaw… we have a problem," an agent had turned up, a look of worry on her face as Hank turned his attention to her. "An intruder…" she pulled up the surveillance footage of the entrance and Hank froze. He saw himself; hands up, eyes directly at the camera. An odd smirk on his face.
"J'onn…?" Alex whispered cautiously to her boss, so the other agent couldn't hear her.
"Let me deal with this," Hank marched forward, heading toward the entrance. Alex followed anyway. He stopped at seeing his double, curious but also worried. He thought the real Hank had died. It was the whole reason he had taken up his face and his position in the DEO after all.
"Identify yourself," Hank called to his doppelganger. After the Jeremiah incident, he wasn't going to rule out an evil Cadmus clones these days. And they still had their mole problem.
"I am the real Hank Hanshaw," the other Hank said almost politely, his eyes on Hank. "You are an alien shape shifter who took my life and left me for dead! Project Cadmus saved me – they are doing what we should be. Ending alien life on this planet." The gathered agents didn't remove the guns from the other Hank though as the man continued. "I can prove it!" He took out a device and pushed a button. A Green Martian alarm sounded; too high for human ears, but painful for J'onn J'onzz.
"Director!" Alex called as she ran to his side, but already the noise was forcing J'onn to change back to his Green Martian form. Everyone froze looking at J'onn as Hank Henshaw smirked. Astra watched in worry; she alone had heard the alarm, since J'onn had taken the bracelet off her earlier so she could help with a prisoner transfer, but it was quieter to her than it had been to J'onn. This was dangerous for her now. J'onn was the only reason she had the deal that had her free. Without him she would be in lock up with the key thrown away, or worse.
"See what a monster he is! Join me. Join me in our true mission! Join Project Cadmus to save this planet against him." Hank called to the other agents, his mission statement meaning more to him than actual loyalty.
"I recognize you," an agent finally called at J'onn. "You're a member of the Justice League. You've fought besides them a couple of times."
"Including in the Brainiac Battle," another agent said. "You helped Green Lantern defuse that bomb."
"You have saved lives," another agent added in. "And Project Cadmus is no friend of ours."
"No one who would want to get rid of the Supers is a friend of the DEO," another said.
"Not all aliens are evil," more agents chimed in.
"The DEO isn't about superheroes and vigilantes," Hank called as J'onn was now on his feet. The alarm Hank had was switched off due to his surprise at the reaction he hadn't expected.
"Its mission statement has changed since your dark ages, Henshaw," J'onn commented, towering over Hank now as the man quivered.
"You're all betrayers to your own cause," Hank said, taking a step back from J'onn, staring around at the officers around him. "Fine. If you won't kill the monster I will!" Hank lunged at J'onn who punched back, surprisingly stronger than he looked as J'onn quickly moved the fight outside, agents rushing to his aide, but they not needing to help as J'onn threw a punch that sent Henshaw flying back.
When he stood, Henshaw didn't look the same. Part of his face seemed to have been dislodged to reveal some sort of metal skeleton. He ripped the rest of the skin away in frustration, knowing he had been beaten as agents now pointed their guns at him, and even Astra Starr, took position beside the Green Martian.
"You accuse me of being a monster, an alien, but you're barely a man anymore," J'onn called to Hank, who scowled back. "What has Cadmus done to you Hank?"
"They've improved me. The old Hank Henshaw was too weak; he wouldn't have survived this match. They call me Cyborg Superman these days," with half his face gone and the super-strength earlier to back this claim up, J'onn nodded.
"Pretentious of Cadmus," Astra stated. "To create the very thing they claim to be fighting against."
"This was a bad idea," Cyborg Superman responded, not commenting on Astra's remark. "But think on this, fellow agents. Would you prefer to work under your own kind, or that of a Martian and a Kryptonian?" He glowered at Hank and Astra at this as he suddenly shot in the air, Astra about to follow, but J'onn stopped him.
"He's not worth it," J'onn muttered, knowing he had more pressing matters to deal with though as he turned to look at the gathered DEO agents.
"We're loyal to you Director," one said, as if knowing this was what the Martian wanted, and J'onn nodded relieved, as Alex nodded her own agreement. She alone having known this fact.
"This isn't over," Alex said, taking a step to her director and J'onn sighed.
"Time for me to officially reveal myself; my secret is out," J'onn said, knowing that even though the agents claimed loyalty, there was no way to hide this anymore from the rest of the government.
"The Justice League will stand by your side," Alex said determinedly, knowing the League had a lot of sway over public, and even government, opinion.
-Superflash-
Later that night Henry was smiling at the gathered crowd, barely keeping up with orders. "I think you'll have to hire some more help,'" Cat said from the bar.
"You're a genius," Henry agreed.
"And I better be getting going," Cat added. "This was fun." She meant it. Helping the bar get up was a use of her talents she hadn't had to use in a long time. "If you need any more help just give me a call. I'm more than willing to lend my knowledge to you." Cat wrote her number down on a napkin for Henry.
"Um… Cat?" Henry called as Cat was turning to leave. She could barely hear him over the music, but she turned to look at him. "Can I take you out to dinner sometime?"
Cat smiled. "I think that will be acceptable," Cat said before leaving.
-Superflash-
Poor Iris, Barry thought once Kara caught him up on everything that night. They had just gotten the twins to sleep.
I think she'll be fine. More 'poor Joe' to me. At least he has our kids as grandkids, Kara thought.
What about Wally? Barry asked.
Wally? Kara thought back and then knew who Barry was talking about. Oh, yeah, well what about him?
Well, he may be from a dead parallel Earth, but he's still Joe's son, biologically. If he ever had kids….
I get what you mean. I didn't even think of him. Forgot he was here, especially since he hasn't been around, Kara thought feeling a bit guilty that she forgot about the man, but Barry quickly sent calming emotions to her.
He has sort of just left and has not contacted anyone, Barry thought back he himself not giving the man too much thought and letting Wally find the peace he needed to put his feelings together over his world destruction and his new world. Did you hear about this Cyborg Superman thing? Barry asked deciding to change the topic and because it was important. The DEO knows about J'onn now.
Yeah, I heard. I cannot believe the real Hank was alive after all this time. Project Cadmus trying to weaken us again, Kara thought. Better call Cat and Lois. I think J'onn will need some good press. Oh, and by the way Diana caught Megan, Donna, and Karen using their powers to pass out flyers for your dad's bar. Apparently, he gave them 50 dollars and free wings?
Free wings? I would do it too, Barry joked. You know, so much seemed to happen today. Where were we?
I don't know. Usually we're dead in the middle of everything but today we were just not there. Kara thought and shrugged. "And it's good for us to take a lighter position occasionally." Barry laughed and kissed his wife.
Post Chapter Note: Not one of my better chapters but it's okay. Not my worst. Sigma spruced it up considerably and I wanted to show with Iris and Eddie that sometimes kids are not for everyone. And J'onn needed exposing eventually – stealing Supergirl's Cyborg Superman was just a benefit. Henry and Cat were the most fun to write and I added that plotline on to this chapter as an after-thought.
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Allen and Kent: Kara Kent, Kal, El, and Cisco from Mutant Earth accidentally pop on over and are having trouble getting home. Meanwhile Winn has finally found where Superboy is being kept and it's time to get him, but attacking Project Cadmus is not easy. Especially with the mole still at large.
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