Karry Universe
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Note 1: so tomorrow is Karry Universe third anniversary. While this chapter was not written to be an Anniversary Chapter it weirdly works. So I hope you all enjoy. Tomorrow for those posting anniversary challenge fics is the first day you can post. You have until the 9th, including the 9th, to upload your chapters.
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The Birthday Present
-January 13th-
Romana and Star came running down the stairs. It was Sunday morning and the next day was the 14th meaning it was Barry's birthday.
Kara though was giving Nora and Alura fruits which they were happily throwing into their mouth – the two babies had learned not to let any food go to waste by throwing it and Kara contributed that to their speedster and Kryptonian genes making them eat more.
"Kara?" Romana asked.
"Yes," Kara said. Star and Romana had eaten breakfast already and had been upstairs getting cleaned and changed for the day.
"Can we go shopping?" Star asked for her sister.
"Sure," Kara said not even looking up. "What do you want? Clothes? Toys? Books?"
"We want to get something for Barry," Romana said. "For his birthday."
"Whoa!" A voice interrupted before Kara could even reply. Amelia had been laying on the couch, her head on Winn's lap. Len was still using Winn's apartment now, so Winn had moved into Amelia's room in the penthouse.
"You know, Kara cannot help you find a present for Barry. He would know right away." Amelia jumped up as she said it. "The best part about giving a present is surprising people."
"Unless you're dating them," Winn added in. "Then you get them exactly what they asked for and do not question it at all." Amelia chuckled at that.
"Girls, I'll take you out," Amelia said. "Although I think we might need some help."
"I'll go," Winn said raising his hand – a lamp exploded. "Damn it!" He yelled out, forgetting his powers for a moment, as Alura and Nora cried out and Star and Romana jumped. Amelia used her powers not to get hit, and Kara barely blinked. "On the other hand, maybe I should go to the DEO and do more training." Winn sighed. "This power is not easy to control."
"You'll get it," Amelia said, kissing Winn's cheek as Winn went to leave. "And I know the perfect person to help us. Go get your shoes." Star and Romana grabbed their shoes from a basket near the elevator as Amelia got her keys. "Want me to take the twins too?"
Kara was about to say she had it, but then Barry in her head told her otherwise.
"If you don't mind…? I'll get them ready." Kara took the girls out of their highchairs and ran them upstairs. She returned a moment later with the two dressed girls and their diaper bag. Amelia smiled as she grabbed the stroller, putting the two in and putting the diaper bag over her shoulder.
Kara kissed the girls' goodbye before Amelia pushed the stroller into the elevator with Star and Romana following.
Barry came running in as the elevator left, letting his speed force outfit disappear around him, glad to see the penthouse almost empty now, apart from Kara obviously.
"So, what's with the arrival after everyone left?" Kara asked.
"I got some news I wanted to say out loud," Barry said, not sounding happy about it. "I spent the morning with lawyers and talking to city officials and we cannot build another floor above us."
Kara pouted. Their idea to expand the penthouse seemed to fall dead there. "But I got another idea," Barry said, and Kara was curious. "But I am not going to tell you until after tomorrow." Kara raised an eyebrow. "The reason I told you to give Amelia the girls' is because I want a special day with my wife for my birthday. No kids, no superheroes, no STAR Co." Krypto barked and Hex meowed. "And animals stay behind as well." The two gave a look but moved away.
"Technically your birthday is tomorrow," Kara pointed out.
"Technicalities," Barry waved it off.
"Hang on, no kids, superheroes or STAR Co…? The only way we can get that is…" Kara paused and then smirked. "You want to go off-world?"
"A date off-world. What could be better?" Barry grinned.
"Where?" Kara asked.
"This is the part you're really going to love: I want to go to New Justice. The Kryptonian Wildlife Sanctuary now has a restaurant I hear," Barry stated.
"This is really what you want to do for your birthday?" Kara asked, wondering and using their bond to search his mind. Barry didn't seem to be doing it to please her. He seemed to really want to go.
"I am curious what Kryptonian food is like. Well humanoid-Kryptonian," Barry said. "And I loved seeing those animals with the girls when we went last time. Oh, and here." Barry held out a necklace to Kara putting it around her neck a moment later.
"I'm supposed to get you a present for your birthday," Kara said, confused by her husband now.
"Not a present," Barry said pushing the necklace. "Look in a mirror." Kara turned to a mirror and saw a reflection she did not recognize. Brown hair, blue eyes, and a different face. "Hologram." Barry pushed the necklace again and Kara was back with her normal face. "Easier than hiding your face."
"Thanks," Kara said. "Okay. Let's go."
"Oh, hold on," Barry said, running up and coming back with a wrapped present. It was Rae's birthday on the 1st. I decided to get her a present since we haven't heard from her since.
We'll see what's going on, Kara thought back as the two left the penthouse.
-Karry Universe-
Joe West was ready to shoot himself in the foot to get out of work – with Captain Singh's injuries thanks to Ralph Dibny before Christmas, the captain was having to seriously consider early retirement as he recovered in the hospital, meaning Joe had somehow found himself covering for Singh while decisions were being made. He hated it though. He wanted to go back out and be a detective again, not stuck in an office dealing with endless paperwork.
"You look miserable," a voice spoke, and Joe turned around to see an African-American man walking up to him.
"Julio Mendez," Joe said standing up and holding out his hand which the man took. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, since I see how much fun you're having I'm sorry to tell you I'm your new captain," Julio said. "Possible permanent if Singh really does leave."
"Oh, thank god," Joe sighed, and Julio laughed. "It's all yours." Joe stood and moved the pile of papers on the desk closer to Julio.
"And you can go back out with your…?"
Before Julio could finish, two voices yelled out "Pop-pop!" and then Joe was tackled by a hug from two girls.
"Pop-pop!" Alura and Nora echoed from their stroller as Amelia wheeled it in.
"Oh, my girls," Joe said hugging Romana and Star and then bending down to kiss Alura and Nora. "Now this is a surprise." Joe put an arm around Amelia. While the two didn't actually know each other well the history now said Amelia had been Joe's foster daughter. "Julio is this Amelia Allen my foster daughter. And these are Barry, my foster son kids. My grandkids Romana, Star, Alura, and Nora."
"I forgot you raised the Barry Allen. Mega billionaire owner of STAR Co Barry Allen," Julio said thoughtfully. "Never met the sister. Captain Julio Mendez," Mendez introduced himself to Amelia.
"Hi," Amelia said, holding out her hand which Julio took. "Nice to meet you."
"Pleasure's all mine," Julio smiled, taking a step back so Amelia could talk to Joe.
"Joe, I was actually wondering if I could steal you away?" Amelia asked. "Romana and Star want to get Barry a birthday present and I figured who better to help than you." Amelia's first thought had gone to her dad or mom, but Henry had been in jail for most of Barry's life and Cat was not the mom she was to Barry here as she was in her universe, so Joe was the obvious choice.
"I'd love to but I…" Joe started.
"Go," Julio said. "Consider it a thank you for all your good work these last few weeks."
"Thank you, sir," Joe said taking Romana and Star's hand. "Let's go. I could use a change of scene."
-Karry Universe-
Kara Allen and Barry portalled directly into a large room they knew as New Justice's island quarters, Home Base. The two had been thinking about this place since they were told in the future they were destined to buy something similar. There was no one around here though.
"Hello, Karry Universe," a voice from the computer said.
"You must be the A.I. MIA," Kara Allen said, talking to an A.I like this being second-nature to her now. "We wanted to head to the Kryptonian Sanctuary. Can you open a zap tunnel?"
"You are not authorized users. Supergirl and Black Canary are in Watchtower. I can call them down for you," MIA said.
"Sounds good," Kara said with a nod.
"MIA, can I see your designs?" Barry asked, taking a chair in front of the computer.
"Yes," MIA answered to Barry, surprised – he expected to be told no but he had to try, at least. The computer displayed the designed which Barry started studying, mumbling things to himself as he did.
Kara rolled her eyes but she had to smile. Barry really loved A.I.'s. Whenever he could, he was toying with their Gideon, adding new personalities, new designs, or functions to her. Seeing another world version, besides Prime's, was exciting for him.
It was a few minutes before a Zap Tunnel opened and out came Kara Lane and a Laurel Lance.
"Hey, there you are!" Kara Allen said with a smile.
"Hey," Barry said twisting the chair around. "Your MIA is impressive – I've got to meet your Jess. We can pass off pointers; I mean Prime not doing bad but my counterpart there not as into A.I. It's more their Cisco thing. Along with their Wells." Barry made a face when he said Wells. He knew it was not really the same one they knew but the group had never actually seen another Harrison Wells in person since their Eobard died.
"Barry," Kara Allen said turning to her counterpart with a smile. "Not why we're here." She turned back to the expectant pair. "Anyway, so tomorrow is Barry's birthday and we wanted to get away from everything for a special day and Barry heard the Sanctuary opened a restaurant. We thought we could spend the day. Eat some of my home's best dishes."
"You just came here to have a day?" Kara Lane asked, seeming confused.
"Yeah," Barry said. "Oh, and where's Rae?" Laurel tried not to look shocked as Barry held up the present. "I know it was her birthday a few weeks ago. I've been meaning to send this over."
"Rae hates her birthday," Kara Lane said, "and so do I now," as she said this, her eyes glistened with tears and Kara Allen and Barry suddenly got it.
"What's wrong?" Kara Allen asked. "Where's Rae?" Her eyes went Laurel now.
"On Rae's birthday we… we had a war with the League of Assassins," Laurel said.
"Why does no one tell us anything?" Barry asked, remembering when Vibe Junior told them about the invasion from Nazi, and now a war. "We would have helped."
"The speed force told Rae not to use the multiverse. Don't ask," Laurel stated. "So, we did not – aside from the dark-haired hitchhiking Kayla and a random Barry – and we won, but Rae… she opened a trap into the speed force for Savitar – another long story – and she disappeared. She's alive; Kara's bond with her is still active." Kara Allen and Barry remembered thinking the two had a bond when Rae was whammed by the anger meta human. "And Vibe, Premo, all of them say she's in there. They can't get to her. It's like she's being protected from them."
"Sounds like when Barry was stuck in the speed force," Kara Allen voiced, remembering when her own Barry had run into the speed force – it had protected him from them pulling it out before he was ready. Kara Allen then went over to her counterpart who had turned away, putting an arm on her. "You're going to get Rae back. You just have to be patient."
Kara Lane looked to Kara Allen and Allen saw the doubt in her counterparts' eyes. "You know when Barry got his powers, he was in a coma for 9 months," Kara Allen stated, and Barry was treated to the image of him lying in the hospital bed in Kara's memories. "I might have been able to see him and hold him, but the other end of his bond was empty. I got nothing from him until the day he woke up. What do you feel on the other end of your bond?"
"She's calm," Kara Lane said truthfully. She might have been going crazy, but Rae's emotions were not reacting the same.
"Then she's okay," Kara Allen said. "You just have to wait through – and you'll survive it."
"Thank you," Kara Lane said. "And um… you two can have your day. The restaurant was only once a month, but we got so many requests for more we opened it up daily. The chef is not as good as Rae, but he and the staff do her recipes well enough."
"Good to know," Kara Allen said, taking the box from Barry. "And you're going to give this to Rae when she comes back – no ifs, ands, or buts." Kara Lane took the present and Kara Allen turned on her hologram, surprising her other self. Laurel opened a zap tunnel for the two who went through.
"Maybe a Karry visit was exactly what you needed," Laurel said, seeing her Kara looking down at the present.
-Karry Universe-
"How did we end up getting the twins Beebo dolls, shirts, and socks?" Amelia asked.
Barry's STAR Toys had got Beebo off the ground and now the doll was everywhere – not just toys, but merchandise of all sorts. Amelia was surprised there was no movies or TV shows being made from it yet.
Amelia, Joe, Star, Romana, and the twins were in a mall now, looking for the perfect present for Barry, but kept getting easily distracted.
"It's cute," Joe said of their Beebo collection.
"Kara and Barry own Beebo. They probably could have gotten this for free," Amelia pointed out, but she had to smile. "Okay, so we have toys, clothes, books, games, and your watch." Joe held up his wrist, which had a new Rolex on it.
"And your earrings," Joe pointed out.
"Barry owes me a birthday present," Amelia pointed out, taking the little bag in her hand and putting it in her purse.
"And he owed me one too," Joe said.
"He's really not good at remembering birthdays," Amelia said, shaking her head.
"Why did they give you a credit card?" Joe asked, curious about that.
"Emergencies," Amelia said. "But we still need to figure out what to get Barry."
"We will find something, right Aunt Amelia?" Romana asked, she and Star pouting at Amelia.
"We will," Amelia said bending to get on eye-level with the girls, putting one hand on each shoulder. "It will just take some time."
"Do you two see what I see?" Joe asked. He was pushing the stroller and was talking down to the two babies, who had been saying random words the entire time.
"Please no more Beebo," Amelia said with a sigh, standing up. The blue doll was not growing on her, even if all her nieces, and the general public, seemed to love it.
"Beebo!" Alura and Nora yelled out together. "More Beebo!"
"No, not Beebo," Joe said, and Amelia looked to where Joe was pointing.
It was a little shop, set between two larger stores and a little easy to miss. The sign above it read 'Diana's Professional Painter' and there were several paintings in the store windows, all unique and wonderful. "How about we see about commissioning a painting?"
"A painting…? Oh…" Amelia said, not getting it immediately, but realizing what Joe meant. "Oh yeah! Come on girls." The group walked into the shop where a lone woman was standing in what appeared to be a working area.
"Excuse me?" Amelia seemed to startle the older woman. "Sorry if I sacred you."
"Not at all. I sometimes get so into my work… Well feel free to look around. Prices are under the panting," the woman said.
"No," Joe said taking. "Are you Diana?" The woman nodded. "If we wanted a painting of these four girls, could you do it right now and get it done for tonight?"
Diana looked at the four, frowning, and then smiled. "Yes, of course," Diana said. "Who wants to sit first?" Star and Romana looked up at Amelia, who nodded, and then Romana raised her hand.
-New Justice-
Kara was laughing as Barry was running around at human speeds with a monkey called Beepo chasing him. The employees of the Sanctuary had tried to stop it, but Barry was having a good time and called them off. One employee was cautiously watching as the human and monkey monkied around.
Beepo finally jumped on Barry's back as Barry laughed and held him.
"Okay, you've had enough fun," Kara said walking over to him. "Go." Even with the hologram on the monkey seemed to recognize her as Kara and jumped down, running up a tree.
"Trouble maker monkey," the employee said. "Surprised he listened to you." The employee finally walked off as Barry laughed.
"How many places can you actually play with the monkeys?" Barry asked, looking up into the tree. Several monkeys were swinging around with other tree-dwelling Kryptonian animals Barry did not recognized. "There might have been no birds on Krypton, but these had to make up for it."
Kara chuckled. "Come on, there's a reptile house that wasn't here last time," Kara said, taking her husband's hand as they headed towards the reptile house passing by the new carousal as well – the carousal had a line and Kara had to smile at the animals on it, seeing Natu in place of some of the horses.
"Wow, it's warm in here," Barry said when they entered the reptile house, knowing reptiles needed warmer habits. He could feel Kara drift though; her attention being drawn to the animals instead of her husband.
"This is one of the deadliest snakes on Krypton," Kara said as Barry moved over. There were a couple of what looked like orange snakes with some red ones. She was reading the inscription but knew them vaguely. "They lived in the deserts – one bite is deadly without getting the antidote within 24 hours."
"Pretty," Barry said as they continued looking down the snakes. His Kara might not be as into animals as her New Justice counterpart, but she seemed to know a little about these. "Hey that's an Iguana!"
Inside the reptile house, away from the caged snakes, lizards and chameleons in the middle was a large Iguana. There was a sign saying it could pet but not to touch the face.
"Sort of," Kara corrected. "I wonder what type of powers he would have under the yellow sun."
Kara, this is the fifth animal you wondered that about. I mean if you want all these animals, we should just make our own Sanctuary. Barry thought to Kara, who nodded her head in agreement. Wait, I was joking Kara. Barry thought to that.
"Oh right," Kara said out loud still looking at the Iguana.
They spent some more time inside the reptile house before heading to the restaurant.
They hadn't made a reservation but were surprised when it was there in the books – Kara Lane must have called the restaurant ahead of them. They got a nice table on the outside where they could watch the dogs and cats play nearby. Dogs would even come up to the little fence and beg for food. There were some treats on the table with sign that said it was fine to feed the wildlife.
Kara tossed out a treat into the air and a dog that reminded Kara of a husky – not even looking a year old – jumped up and caught it in his mouth, doing a backflip on the way down. Kara laughed as the dog jumped around in circles at his victory of getting the treat.
"Morgan would love that pup," Kara said, watching it. The pup had gotten up on his hindlegs and seemed to be dancing.
"Well, let's hope whichever Powto pup he eventually gets is such as… goofy," Barry said with a laugh.
"Powto?" Kara asked.
"Why can't the dogs have a couple name?" Barry asked, making Kara laugh at this.
A bowl of salad came out, which had some Kryptonian fruits in it as well. Kara ordered the Pon'row, almost entirely Kryptonian except the meat, which was apparently veal. Barry played it safest and got Bala – in the middle of half-Kryptonian and half-human meal. Since the meat was chicken it was basically a chicken dish though.
When the meal came, Kara took one bite and then smiled.
"Why do I feel like it's your birthday, but you gave me a gift?" Kara asked, tears in her eyes. The meal tasted like her favorite childhood dish – the meat made it slightly different, but veal was a good substitute with the spices being Kryptonian and the vegetables beings Kryptonian, it was close enough.
"You being happy is gift enough for me. Besides I had fun here today," Barry said taking a bite. "And this is really good."
"Let me," Kara said, taking her fork; Barry let her take a bite of his chicken in the sauce, watching as she chewed. "Not bad. More human elements changed it off a bit. Try." Kara pushed her plate towards Barry and Barry took a bite.
"Interesting," Barry said. He didn't mind the dish. "I think I prefer it a little more human, but that's good."
"You know, Romana and Star want to buy you a gift," Kara changed topic as they continued to eat. "I use the term buy loosely, since I am sure Amelia will charge it to our account."
Barry chuckled. "I know – and it's sweet but they don't have to do that. In October we'll make sure they know your birthday." Kara rolled her eyes. She didn't really celebrate the day, since it was only the closest Earth estimated date. Only her clones in Karen and Prime's Kara had more 'official' birth dates, being the days in which they were cloned.
The two continued talking as they ate, and their plates were taken away once empty.
"So, what did Kryptonians do for dessert?" Barry asked finally.
Nothing, Kara thought back. We had no desserts.
No wonder you're all so skinny, Barry thought back with a smirk.
They didn't say anything out loud or in their minds as waiters walked up, carrying a small cake and to which they all started to sing Happy Birthday. Kara joined in and she saw some others in the diners join in as well. Barry blew out the candle.
"May Rao bless you with another year of happiest and love," their waiter said afterward and Kara tried hard not to react. She shouldn't be surprised – it was what Kryptonians said on birthdays and this was meant to be the experience after all. "And a little present from us." The waiter went into his pocket and took out a small bottle that fit into the palm of his hand. It had something pink inside. "Palpa Jam – one of the most popular Kryptonian Jams."
"You sell Kryptonian jam?" Kara said, trying not to look or sound so shocked.
"Larger bottle can be found in the gift shop. There is a limited supply. My personal favorite is a Mix Berry that combines human fruits with Kryptonian. There are several different brands of it – it's to die for," he said with a smile on his face as he spoke. "Happy birthday." He added back to Barry, walking away and letting Kara and Barry dig into the cake. It was a human cake but had some Kryptonian fruits in it. It was good.
When they went to pay though, the waiter shook his head, saying it was taken care of, which surprised the pair of them.
That's good though, since I am not sure if our money would work here, Barry thought to Kara. And you want Kryptonian jam, don't you?
Yes, Kara thought.
We'll ask Kara Lane, Barry thought, putting an arm around Kara as they walked. It was getting late and the Sanctuary were lowering the red sun lights and putting on hologram of the Kryptonian sky above – it was pretty, and the two sat down looking up as the Kryptonian night sky appear above them. Barry leaned in and kissed Kara.
"Happy Birthday, Barry," Kara whispered to her husband.
-Karry Universe-
The next day there was a dinner at the Penthouse, after everyone was out of school of course.
Kara and Caitlin were comparing notes on potty training the kids, while Jenny was playing with Romana and Star; Clark and Lois arrived with Jason and Ella, who joined the three. Henry and Cat came in soon after.
Joe was the last to show, and he had a big present with him, grinning.
"What is that?" Barry asked.
"Our present for you," Romana and Star said together. Joe had taken it home with him so Barry couldn't accidentally discover it.
"Okay, I've got to see this," Barry said, going and ripping open the paper.
"I hope you like it," Romana grinned.
"Oh, wow…" Barry said, looking at the image, and turning it around to show the room the painting of the four girls. Kara smiled at this.
"You like it?" Star now asked, seeming nervous.
"No, I absolutely love it! It's the perfect present," Barry told the two, leaning it against the couch and bending down, opening his arms to let the two girls run to him and giving them a hug. "I love you two. You didn't have to get me anything."
"We wanted to because… You and Kara are the best, you took us both in… you're just the best mom and dad… and well…" Romana started, and looked at Star who gave her a slight push – it seemed Romana was the elected one to ask something. "Can we… can we call you mom and dad?"
"If you want to," Kara said. The two had never pushed the issue of the girls calling them Kara and Barry instead of mom and dad. Both had known their real parents, and since they had been so happy with Winn and Amelia being a second set of parents, they had not expected it, even expecting Romana and Star to eventually give them an aunt and uncle title instead. "We would love for you to call us mom and dad." Kara confirmed.
"We would," Barry said with a nod, and the two hugged them again.
"Mama! Dada!" Alura and Nora yelled out, seeming to not want to be out of the family hug.
Star and Romana smiled as they brought their sisters into a hug and Kara and Barry went behind them to get all four into a hug. Amelia pointed her cellphone at the scene and took the photo smiling at it.
Our girls, Barry thought to Kara when the hug was over smiling to himself.
….
Later that night when everyone had left and the kids were in bed Barry and Kara were in their room, Star and Romana in their own room for once too.
"You know, you never told me your new plan. To expand our penthouse?" Kara spoke aloud to her husband.
"Oh yeah," Barry said. "Well I was thinking: We can't go up, but we can go down." Barry pointed at the floor as he did and Kara looked down confused. "We can buy the floor below us!" Kara smiled and kissed Barry cheek.
"What about the people who live there though?" Kara asked.
"Buy them out?" Barry shrugged. "We have the money and there are more multistory complexes nearby they could move into."
"Sounds good to me then," Kara smiled. They had a plan.
Post Chapter Note: I hope for those who wanted more fluff chapters thought this was fluffy enough. I'm trying to find a good balance here. Yeah, I know I had one bit on New Justice, but with having Kara and Barry have a date at the Sanctuary I could not ignore the Rae disappearance thing.
Next Time on Karry Universe:-
Life Changes: With Kara and Barry buying the floor below them they need some help from Lucy to convince their neighbors. Meanwhile, the Green Lanterns have important decisions to make – and one of them might just decide to give up being a Lantern for good.
Karry Master OUT!