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Future Imperfect
-Beginning of February-
Young Justice were in their warehouse headquarters; Wolf was lounging on the floor in her spot, lazily watching the goings on in the room; Connor was punching a punching bag with a lot of force, the specialized bag being for people with super strength, barely moved; Jack was aiming his gun at a target and practicing his shooting.
Meanwhile, Karen and Donna were having a mock battle – Donna was using her swords against her friend, and Karen using nothing but her fists. Donna's sword was one of the last Amazonian swords so did not break, but it also did not leave a dent on Karen's instructive skin. Krypto Junior, more commonly known as Junior these days, was impatiently jumping about at the side, barking and wanting to join his mistress.
"So, where's Carter?" Donna asked as Karen dodged her sword once more.
"Still up in Canada with his brother and sister-in-law. He's watching them film Supergirl and the Flash," Karen said as they continued to fight. "His having fun with that show. We talked on the phone last night, right after my mom annoyed me about my future. I'm 16! I still have a year and a half of high school left."
"Thinking about future plans is not a bad idea," Donna reasoned.
"And do you have a plan?" Karen asked.
Donna bit her lip as she dodged Karen attacked – might be a lot older than the others, but she still looked like a teenager; and with Themyscira gone, she now had to make a life in the world of man.
"Have you two actually been on a date yet? You and Carter?" Donna asked, to change the topic and Karen stuck out her tongue as she used her arm to block the sword.
"We're just friends," Karen said, but she had to smirk. "What about you and Connor?" Karen changed topic and she nodded her head towards the man.
"You realize I am in earshot, right?" Connor asked, stopping punching the bag and putting an arm on it instead.
"You two do have chemistry," Jack pointed out, lowering the gun and turning to the growing conversation. "Not as much as Karen and Carter, though."
"What makes you the chemistry expert?" Karen pointed her finger at Jack. The mock battle with Donna seeming to have stopped as well as the other activities as Young Justice decided to chat.
"You've got to be blind not to see it," Jack shrugged.
"Young Justice," a new voice spoke before anyone could respond to Jack.
The four heroes had been so into their conversation they had not realized Ronnie had entered the room – all four turning to him.
"I have a mission for you, but if you want to gossip maybe I should find someone more mature," Ronnie commented.
The four looked at each other at this.
"No," Donna was the one to speak.
"We're good." Connor added.
The group moved, lining up in front of Ronnie. Junior and Wolf went by their owners, waiting as well.
"Wait, Wally's taking a few weeks off. We're not allowed group missions without him," Connor pointed out now, making everyone look at him – Wally had got the job at the amusement park and was currently designing and working with other engineers on rides; he was exceptionally busy now, what with also being an amusement park mechanic as well.
"This one is different, you five…" Ronnie paused, counting the number of people in the room. "Where's M'Gann?" The group shrugged, unsure. They had not seen her in a while. "Well I guess you four can handle this without her. Karen, you remember Static?"
"The lightning meta on Mutant," Karen said, remembering when she and Firestorm had gone to help with a breakout on Mutant Earth.
"Yes, well, he exists here," Ronnie said. "He seems to be a hero in Dakota City. I want you to go to Dakota and find him; find out more about him. And I see the faces." Ronnie could see the face Karen made. "You don't think this is important but think of it this way: This is someone we are considering to be in the Justice League, and we want your opinion."
That changed expressions as they seemed to brighten up.
"Now, without Wally you need a leader, so I am going to ask each of you a question and will decide from how good your answer is."
Karen perked up at this – she wanted to be leader more than anything.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Karen groaned, given the nature of her and Donna, and her mother's, conversations earlier. "You can groan all you want, but this shows me how well you plan. Power Girl. you first."
"I want to be a superhero," Karen said instantly. "In the Justice League." That had to earn her some points.
"Not exactly a job," Ronnie said, frowning and disappointing her. "Wonder Girl?"
Donna shrugged, not even trying for it. She had no plans.
"That's okay. Wild Dog?"
"Open a gun shop," Jack said holding up his gun. "And range."
"A little on the nose," Ronnie said, but had to smirk. It fit the boy who had gotten a love for guns recently and could talk your ear off about it. "Superboy?"
"I want to train animals," Connor said, making everyone look at him in surprise. "Wolf wasn't easy to train." Connor pointed out, remembering the hard work – Wolf might have been intelligent, but was not Kryptonian. "But I enjoyed it. I want to continue doing it. Not just dogs, but harder animals too."
"Unique," Ronnie said with a nod. "Superboy, you're winner. You're leading this mission." Connor gave a nod. "Okay, off you go. The zap tunnel system has expanded since New Justice gave us tech to make the portals easier to hide, but there is not one in Dakota yet. You'll have to get as close as possible."
"Got it," Connor said, turning to the group. They were all in their outfit anyway while Jack just had to put on his hockey mask. He may not have the rest of his hockey gear on, but the mask was enough this time.
"Let's go." Connor called, heading for the zap tunnel. Karen gave a lingering look at Ronnie before following.
-Karry Universe-
"You know your team is on a mission," J'onn said, floating above the air where M'Gann was sitting on top of a building in National City. "Ronnie called me when he noticed you were not there." J'onn landed on the building, putting a hand on his niece's shoulder. "What's wrong M'Gann? This is not the first time someone told me you did not seem interested in the hero life."
"I guess I'm not," M'Gann said with a shrug.
"Then why are you in it?" J'onn asked, curious.
"I thought… well, becoming Miss Martian would make me feel like I belong here," M'Gann said, turning to her uncle. "When I first got here, I tried to be with the adults – girls' night with Kara and them, but I was not an adult, not really. I joined the teens, but… I am honestly not either."
"Human lives are not as long as ours. The period you are in, somewhere between being a teenager and being an adult is not something they go through," J'onn explained. "Or at least not as long as we go through it. If we were at home, you would be apprenticing; learning skills for your eventual career while still being able to be a child. And you would have friends at the same place as yours. I know Young Justice are… different than what other Martians would be, but they are the closest you have."
"And they will go into college," M'Gann spoke. "Becoming adults much faster than me. I just… I wish I was home."
"M'Gann, you can be whatever you want," J'onn said softly. "Home is no longer there." J'onn brought M'Gann closed and kissed her head. "If you want to be an adult now, change your human form. Get a job?"
"Go to Titania maybe," M'Gann said, and J'onn raised an eyebrow. "It would be perfect to have me there. I can do so much."
Before J'onn could respond to this, Ava Sharpe came over his com.
"Director J'onzz," Ava spoke. "Agent Schott has located a ship coming to the wasteland. Do you want us to send a team?"
"I will take care of it with Miss Martian." J'onn said. "Come on, kid." M'Gann had to smile at that and followed her uncle to the wasteland.
Once there, they easily recognized the ship that had landed. "Talk about home and they arrive… White Martians. Agent Sharpe, send a team. M'Gann we…" J'onn started.
A white Martian had come out of the ship while J'onn had been talking. J'onn stepped forward, ready to fight.
"J'onn, wait," a voice said from behind the White Martian, and out of the ship came a green Martian J'onn was familiar with, pausing in shock as he looked at his father: M'yrnn J'onzz.
"Grandfather?" M'Gann paused herself, but J'onn put an arm on her shoulder, to stop her, trying to decide if what he was seeing was real or not.
"This is no trick my son," M'yrnn said, stepping around the White Martian.
"It's true, father," a new female said, and coming out of the ship and J'onn took a deep breath in. "Feel our minds," the new Green Martian spoke, and J'onn reached out with his mind and felt his father and daughter. Their true form. This was no trick. This was them.
"T'ania," J'onn said, holding out his arms and his daughter ran into them. M'yrnn coming up and M'Gann joined the hug as well. "How is this possible?"
"That would be due to her," M'yrnn said, pointing at the White Martian who transformed her formed into a Green one. "Meet M'Gann M'Morzz." M'Gann raised an eyebrow in shock at the name. "A distance relative of yours on your mother's side. She saved hundreds of Green Martians from the camps and brought us below. She recruited other White Martians to her side to save more… We have been hiding out, waiting for our time."
"What about my wife?" J'onn asked. "My other daughter?" But J'onn could see from their looks that they had not survived. He felt a tug on his heart at this.
"My parents…?" M'Gann asked but got another slow shake of the head. T'ania put an arm around her cousin at this.
"It is nice to meet you, M'Gann. I was about to save you from the White Martian group you were in," the new M'Gann spoke, "but then you were brought to Earth and J'onn saved you. We had no way of safely contacting Earth, or you, until now."
"The White Martians are gone," T'ania explained. "The bad ones at least. They killed each other off, their numbers weakened and then we struck. Mars is free."
"We do not have many though. There are still more Whites than Greens, but enough," M'yrnn explained. "Enough to restart our species. Together. A new race; a new time for our people together. We came here for you."
"We can… go home?" Original M'Gann looked between the other Martians, unable to believe her luck. It was like a wish come true.
"Yes, cousin," T'ania said, but turned to J'onn, who was saved from saying anything when about ten DEO cars turned up, Ava and about 20 DEO agents jumping out in seconds. Winn was there as well, holding out his hand ready to use his powers.
"Last time we did this we had another world's help!" Winn called out, a little bit too boldly as he and the other agents paused at seeing all Green Martians, no Whites as new M'Gann had already transformed herself earlier.
"Director…?" Ava was the one to speak at this, confused at what she was seeing.
"Stand down," J'onn said, holding up his hands. "It's all okay." Ava lowered her weapon giving her boss a look. "This is going to be interesting to explain..."
-Karry Universe-
Young Justice had got to Dakota City, stopping at a top of a building to discuss how to find Static.
"Okay, I think we should split up," Connor said. "One person who can fly with one person who cannot."
"We should stick together," Karen pointed out, "in case this Static is a danger. We're stronger together."
"We're not here to take down anyone," Connor pointed out. "The reason we were given this without Wally was because it was not dangerous. You met Static before anyway."
"I met a multiverse alternate. He could be different," Karen tried. "This one could be a villain pretending to be a hero."
"Really?" Connor sighed, annoying but getting why Karen was just pushing back – she wanted to be in charge. "Firestorm put me in charge, Powergirl. We'll do this my way."
"Firestorm is not even leader of the Justice League!" Karen snapped, crossing her arms. "What right does he have to tell us who's in charge?"
"He's a member of the Justice League," Connor said. "That's all the confirmation we need. It's not like Wally's ever been a leader of any League before us, even back on his original world." Wally had explained his old world, somewhat, to Young Justice when he'd first been put in charge of them, so to gain their trust by not holding secrets.
"Guys!" Donna said broke up the argument. "Superboy is right. He's in charge. We follow his orders." Donna looked Karen in the eyes; she knew her friend wanted to be in charge more than anything but to do so she had to know to follow orders too. "So unless you want to be taken off the team because you cannot follow orders...?" Donna let this question hanging, having had the most experience of the group on being on the Justice League's bad side after the death of her people.
"I'm sorry Superboy," Karen said with a head nod. "Teams."
"Hey guys I don't want to…" Jack started, but Connor cut him off.
"Karen, you and Power Dog with Wild Dog. I'll take Wonder…"
"Hey!" Jack called, making all of them turn to where Jack was looking. Floating in the air before them was Static, exactly as Karen remembered him from Mutant Earth, floating on a piece of metal that he electrically charged. Next to him was a teenager. A younger boy in a blue and green outfit with a helmet on his head. His shoes seemed to have some type of rocket or similar for him to fly.
"Young Justice," Static said, a little smirk on his head. "What brings you here?"
Connor took a step forward. "The Justice League asked us to come here," Connor said, this not exactly going to plan. "To look for you." Static raised an eyebrow. Connor knew he needed to decide here, and he figured the truth was the best. "Can we talk somewhere private?"
"Follow me," Static said, taking to the air.
Connor and Wolf jumped from building to building while Karen took Jack and flew off, followed by Donna and Junior.
Static led them to an old gas station that seemed empty and opened the door to show a makeshift hero lair.
"Not bad," Connor said, looking around as the group filed in.
"Okay, so here's the deal." Connor continued once everyone was in. He turned to Static as he said this. "The Justice League is considering you for membership and sent us here to… well, get to know you, I guess. Give an opinion."
"Oh, that's awesome," Static's sidekick said, taking off his helmet to reveal dark brown hair. Jack gave a smile at him, who returned it. "Virgil, you can get in the Justice League! I'm Gear by the way."
"Rick!" Static snapped and Gear, now known as Rick, seemed embarrassed. "Why…?" Static looked at Connor now. "Why me?"
"Honestly, your multiverse alternate made a good impression," Connor said, quickly explaining Karen's trip to Mutant Earth, with Karen adding her thoughts when she could.
"You were not easy to find though." Connor added. "How long have you been a hero? How did you get your powers?"
But Static hesitated at this, seeming a little resilient to revealing his backstory.
"Come on Virgil," Rick said encouragingly, but when Static remained silent, he took the floor. "Okay. I am from the metamorphosis: Super intelligent. I make a lot of cool gear, thus the name. Gear. Am I up for membership?" The group shook their heads at this.
"Didn't even know about you," Connor stated simple, causing Gear to frown but then cheered up.
"At the same time as the accelerator explosion there was a smaller chemical explosion here," Virgil finally spoke up as the group looked back to him. "In a warehouse. It made very few meta humans, including me. But most of the meta humans were from a gang so…"
"You became a hero to stop them," Karen finished, and Virgil gave a nod.
"Look, I am not looking to be in the Justice League; I just try my hardest. Since the metamorphosis there has been a lot more trouble here. I will say having more Justice League presence would be helpful though," Virgil voiced. "So, why don't you hang out for the day? See how we work."
"Sounds like a plan," Connor said with a nod and gave a look to his League, who gave a nod.
-Karry Universe-
With the new floor going below them and the sounds of construction all day long, Kara and Barry had taken the kids and moved into the Lake House for the time being. Meanwhile, Winn, who still had Len living in his apartment, was crashing at the DEO and Amelia had moved in with Lena, who seemed to enjoy having the company.
They had never been to the Lake in the middle of winter before though; snow was everywhere while the lake was completely iced over. It was beautiful. Romana and Star, who the couple ran to school every morning, were enjoying the snow though.
On this weekend day, the children were making a snowman with Barry's help.
Nora and Alura were playing in the snow under Kara's supervision; Nora liked blowing out her freeze breath and watching as the cold of outside turned it to ice, while Alura liked tossing the snow around – Kara was having trouble keeping the glasses on her face to block Alura's x-ray vision.
That was when Kara felt a snowball hit her. She knew Barry had thrown it but she turned around regardless, picking up her own snowball and throwing it at the man.
Star and Romana laughed and started throwing snow at Barry as well.
"I am being doubled-teamed," Barry laughed loudly as Kara had stepped back towards the toddlers. Barry grabbed Star and Romana as they tackled him and pretended to fall to the floor, laughing as the two tossed snow on him.
"Well, this is cute," a female voice said, and Kara looked up. J'onn was floating above them with another Green Martian Kara had never seen to her surprise.
"M'Gann, trying out a new face?" Kara asked, assuming this had to be M'Gann – as a shape shifter, you never knew.
"This isn't M'Gann," J'onn said as he landed. "This is T'ania. My daughter."
Barry had stopped laughing, telling the two six years old to get off him while Kara stared in shock, which Barry shared; going over to his wife to look up as T'ania landed in the snow next to her father.
"How…?" Kara finally asked, going to pick up Nora as Barry grabbed Alura, much to the babies' displeasure.
"It seems Mars was not as dead as we thought," J'onn said.
"I have heard a lot about you two," T'ania said with a smile. "My father and I shared memories."
"Well, we've heard a lot about you too," Kara said, remembering when J'onn had spoken of his daughter. "Romana, Star, you can finish your snowman later. Let's go inside." The two moaned but followed their parents into the house, along with the Martians.
Kara and Barry got all their kids out of winter clothes, then Star and Romana, seeming to get the importance of J'onn's appearance, took their siblings to play with them.
"Anyone want hot chocolate or tea?" Barry asked, making people look to him. "Okay, I am not immune to the cold. In fact, the cold is one of my greatest weaknesses."
Kara had to giggle but signaled for J'onn to tell them everything – which he did. J'onn told them everything he had just found out; about the new M'Gann and how she, along with other White Martians, saved the Green Martians; how the bad White Martians were gone and how Mars was being remade with a unified race. Kara and Barry listened carefully, amazed.
"Wow, J'onn," Kara finally said.
"M'Gann is so excited to go home," J'onn said. "And the new M'Gann… well she's…" Kara and Barry knew in their heads what J'onn was trying to say – it seemed J'onn was hit by love at first sight, plus he had one of his daughters back and his own father.
"J'onn, it seems your home needs you. Honestly, we'll be fine," Kara said what she and Barry were thinking.
J'onn sighed but smiled as he took out his Justice League communicator, to lay it on the counter.
"This is home as well though. If you ever need me," J'onn said simply.
"We'll know how to get you," Barry said with a nod.
"And with STAR's new space ships like the one we're taking to Titania, we can reach Mars in minutes," Kara added with a smile.
"Speaking of that," T'ania spoke up, stepping in. "Earth is our sister planet. We used to be the more advance but we have an entire planet to rebuild – with you expanding beyond your planet, we know Earth is going to be the main planet of this solar system, shall we say. We want Earth and Mars to be allies."
"We'd love that, but we don't rule this planet," Kara said.
"Not yet," J'onn said, making both pause. "I can't read Kara's mind, but I can Barry's. The STAR Co. Council in the future...?" The two blushed at this; J'onn knew their secrets of the future they had visited. "I think we can begin here. Besides, you are the leaders of the Justice League. It seems the League will be the one making alliances with other worlds."
"Consider Mars and Earth allies then," Kara said with a nod – deciding not to argue on how powerful their positions were. "And I hope you can stay here for a bit, so we can make a going away party. We can do it here. Get Alex and the kids, Astra and Ha. Anyone who can make it."
"Sounds good to me," J'onn said, turning to his daughter.
"I'd love to meet more of the people who my father loves so dearly," T'ania nodded with agreement.
-Karry Universe-
Young Justice had stayed in Static's old gas station – Jack and Rick seemed to be getting along well, smiling at each other and seeming to even be flirting; Karen was petting Junior, just looking and seeming distracted; Connor went up to Donna with Wolf by his side.
"Donna, you know, I did hear what Karen said," Connor spoke. "About us."
"Well it did start a debate," Donna said.
"Yeah well, Donna… I don't… well, I think I don't like you like that," Connor, suddenly shy. "I mean… what do I know about love? I'm really young, but… I don't know. Looking at Kara and Barry…"
"Connor, despite what Jack and Karen say I only think of you as a brother," Donna said sympathetically, putting a hand on Connor's back as the man let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, we have two alerts," Static said, interrupting the conversation and making the group turn to him. "Shiv and Talon."
"Urgh no," Rick said, coming up. "Not them again."
"Who are they?" Connor asked stepping forward.
"Both were members of the meta breed – the meta human gang created when I got my powers," Static explained. "But me and Gear managed to get Ebon and his brother in jail and broke it up. Now it seems they are on their own. Shiv is down town, he can make weapons out of energy in his arms; he just likes hurting people. Talon on the other hand became a bird-like-meta and joined the meta breed, mainly because she hates how she looks."
"Well if that's the only reason she's in a gang, maybe we can fix that," Connor said thoughtfully. "STAR Co and L-Corp help meta humans and aliens with holographic tech. If we can talk her down, we can get her help."
"She's on the other side of the city; I have to go stop Shiv," Static said. "Gear, go try to talk her down. If not, take her down."
"Wonder Girl, Powergirl, Powerdog, you can fly," Connor said. "Go talk the bird down with Gear. Me, Wild Dog and Wolf will go with you Static."
"Sounds good to me," Static said, taking out his metal board and heading out.
Connor picked up Jack to follow at super speed along with Wolf. Karen made a face, but followed Gear towards Talon anyway.
….
Static flew above Shiv, using electricity to block him from hurting some citizens.
"Static!" A woman called, glad to see him as Connor jumped down from a roof. He had dropped Jack off on top of a roof so the man could get a good aim. Wolf was besides Connor. "Whoa, Superboy?"
"You've got to clear out," Connor yelled at the citizens; his training with Kara always getting citizens out of harm's way first, while Kara took the dangerous meta alone. Static was currently flying around this Shiv, who seemed to be laughing as he used his powers. Static was doing well, keeping the meta busy and seemed to be looking for an opening to get him handled. He was good.
That was when Shiv went right at a little girl – Connor jumped between them, putting his arms up to block the chainsaw made of energy. Connor yelled in pain though; normal weapons did not work against him but, it seemed this meta power had a kick.
"Wolf!" Wolf had already grabbed the little girl to get her away from danger.
Static came up though, using his electricity as a net and grabbing Shiv away from Connor, tossing him to a building. The meta yelled as he could not move. "I love that trick," Static told Connor pointing; Connor though was checking himself over. His costume was damaged, but he didn't get time to check anything else out as a shot was then heard, which hit into Shiv, and the meta stopped yelling.
"Special bullet. He'll be out for a while," Connor muttered, checking his arms. He was bleeding.
"Need some bandages?" Static asked.
"It will heal soon," Connor said, as Wolf moaned at him.
"Go. I'll get Wild Dog. You go heal," Static said, and Connor knew Static was giving an order; even though Connor was in charge of Young Justice, on this mission this was Static's city – and he had a feeling Static would soon be in the Justice League anyway, so Connor followed the orders, leaving the man.
…
Rick, Donna, Karen, and Junior all flew to where Talon was flying.
Talon had been attacking random people but stopped when the Young Justice group approached her. This time she attacked the group, but Karen moved in front taking the attack as Donna and Rick moved aside.
Karen pushed Talon away, ready to punch, but Donna not took Talon on-one-one.
"You don't need to do this," Donna said, dodging the bird's attacks
"We know," Rick said, coming near as well. "You just want to be normal again."
"I will never be normal again!" Talon shrieked. "End this!" Talon attacked again, and both Donna and Rick got it. Talon knew they were more than a match against her, so was obviously hoping they would kill her. Donna saw in her the pain she felt when her island was gone reflected by Talon, and this made Donna want to help the meta more.
Karen though didn't seem to get it; her mind was on having to prove herself to become a leader as she intervened, using her heat vision to blast the meta, jumping ahead of Donna to punch the meta with all her force, throwing her down to the ground, creating a small crater as she punched at the meta.
"Powergirl!" Donna yelled, but it was Junior who stopped Karen from flying down and continuing her attack on the meta. Donna though landed by the crater as the others landed beside the crater. Karen remained in the sky though with Junior beside her, confused.
Rick moved up to check up on Talon.
"She needs a hospital, now!" Rick said.
"I got her," Donna said, putting her sword away and going to pick up Talon. "Gear lead the way. Powergirl, I suggest you go." Donna flew off without another word, and Karen knew she had messed up.
-Karry Universe-
Later that night, Karen was in her room.
Junior was on her bed with a toy, getting that his mistress feeling were hurt as Karen wrote something on the computer.
"Karen?" Karen heard a voice and turned to see Wonder Woman standing at her door. "I just got back from a Justice League meeting. Static has got into the League because of good word from Connor and a look at his history. Gear will be joining Young Justice."
"And I am off Young Justice for a while," Karen said without second though.
"No…" Diana said with a shake of her head, surprising Karen as she sat down on the bed next to Junior, putting a hand on Junior to pet the dog.
"You know, we all make mistakes and we know where your mistake came from." Karen waited for Diana to continue, frowning. "You are a good hero, but you got it in your head you need to prove yourself. That you need to be as good as Kara – and that need has held you back. You're trying to be her, to become the next Supergirl, even with a different outfit and different hair. But because of that, you do not have the leadership skills Kara has. Because Kara never tried – it just came naturally, along with some training from Clark, of course. You are a fine hero, and maybe one day will be a good member of the Justice League, but you're never going to take over for Kara."
Karen nodded, understanding.
"We have officially made Connor as second of Young Justice." Diana continued. "He proved himself well, he has not tried to become Clark, and due to that he knew when to lead. And more importantly, when to step back and let Static lead."
"Okay," Karen said, holding back tears.
"But I think you need to figure out your own life. Where it is going, what you want to do besides being Powergirl," Diana stood up, having settled on the bed to talk, but something caught her eye. "What is this?" Donna picked up the papers. "A history of Krypton?"
"Mom tells a lot of stories and so does Kara and Ha and Zor. I looked up some stuff in the Fortress with Clark's permission – and I just started writing it down," Karen explained. "I love history of alien worlds; I was actually going to ask you more about the history of your people." Diana didn't say anything as she read a few pages quickly.
"You know, this is very good," Diana said. "You make it simple enough and explain enough for humans to understand. You know, being a historian is a job and Earth has no alien historians. With your connections, this could be something for you." Karen paused at this, never having thought of that before. "And I would really love to tell the humans the history of Amazonians someday." Donna handed the papers back to Karen, leaving Karen with a lot to think about.
But her time was short as there was a knock on her door and a moment later, in came Carter. Diana used this opportunity to leave her protégé with her friend.
"Carter!" Karen said, getting up to hug him as Diana left. "You're back; I have a lot to tell you!"
"I have to tell you something too," Carter said. "I'm not back for long." Karen was confused by this. "Did you know Supergirl and the Flash is casting for Superboy?" Karen shook her head, not having paid attention to those shows. "Well… I tried out for it and I got the part!" Karen was shocked by this. "I'll first show up on the Superman show to give a history of where I come from, and then transfer to recurring on Supergirl and the Flash. Next season I will be a regular if all goes well."
"I didn't think you wanted to be an actor?" Karen said, shocked. "I thought you wanted to go into science."
"I did some acting when I was younger but stopped when that Peter Pan movie failed miserably," Carter said. "I was Peter Pan, and the role kind of destroyed my career." He explained; Karen made a mental note to look up this Peter Pan movie too. "But I kind of always loved the acting world, even when I moved onto science and when this… well I have to try again."
"So, you'll be joining Melissa Bens and Gustin Grant… hey, wait, Grant." Karen paused. "Any…?"
"Oh, no, no relationship to Gustin Grant," Carter said, but had to laugh. Other people up in Vancouver had asked that as well. "And Melissa did not help me at all get the part given how she and my brother are."
"If this is what you want," Karen said, looking sad now she realized she was losing her friend for a good few months a year.
"It is," Carter said. "And I want you to come and visit me on set." Karen looked up at this but was surprised when Carter had moved forward and kissed her! Karen returned the kiss though; it was short but the two had awkward smiles on their faces afterward. "So, erm, will you?"
"Um… yeah," Karen said. "And one day I'll join you on the red carpet if you want."
"Sounds like a plan," Carter said with a smile. The two waited for a bit then, saying nothing. "I am a little nervous filming with an actual wolf. It's not a meta like our Wolf, but just something strange about it." Carter said, it mostly to fill the silence
"They have trainers, right?" Karen asked with a laugh.
"Yeah," Carter said with a nod. "And the animals are not used so much, so should be fine. But still kind of odd – especially since Connor has hugged Wolf in public and I think they want to redo that for a promo pic." Carter took a photo that had been taken after Kara and Connor had taken out a meta together. Connor was on the floor with Wolf practically on top of him. Connor having the wolf in a hug. Kara was behind them with Krypto to her side looking at the two.
Karen laughed at the photo picturing Carter in Connor's place.
"Thank you," Karen said, finally. "This cheered me up."
"Anytime," Carter said with a smile, not needing more.
-Karry Universe-
The next day, after Kara and Barry had hosted a cross between a farewell party for J'onn and M'Gann, and a good luck party for Connor, they had put all kids to bed and sat in the living room together, both looking at each other. Thoughts running thoughts their bonds so fast the two were not keeping up.
"So… J'onn and M'Gann are going back to Mars," Barry said out loud so they could finally straighten all these thoughts out. They had known for a day but it seemed to be sinking in now the party was gone. "Who's taking over the original DEO."
"Looks like Ava Sharpe," Kara said, having asked Alex.
"And Carter is becoming an actor," Barry added; that one harder to get his head around.
"Prime Carter is an actor," Kara pointed out, Barry simply nodding at that.
"Hal wants to go to Titania," Barry added.
"And Ha retired as a Green Lantern," Kara voiced this one, still coming to terms with her uncle Ha's retirement – and marriage to Astra.
"Hey, at least we now we have Static and Gear," Barry added, to point out the people they were adding as he could feel Kara start to feel like they lost a lot. "And will soon have an added floor to our penthouse."
"Yeah, living here in winter. Well… a lot happened in a short amount of time," Kara sighed.
Ever get the feeling it's like some overlord wanted things to change so mixed it up? Barry asked, but had a smile on his face and Kara had to laugh. Barry put an arm around her and brought her in for a kiss. "Everyone and everything around us are changing, but we're staying the same."
"Of course, we are," Kara said. "The best things in life always remain the same. And me and you – there's nothing to change that."
Agree, Barry thought and kissed Kara again as he reached for the remote. A lot had changed but they were good.
Post Chapter Note: If you read New Justice, you know I am tired of Martians in my stories. They are just too powerful which makes them hard to use, making me throw them in the background anyway. So, instead of killing them like I did in New Justice, I decided to send them home and give them happily ever after. It gave me the chance to use the show's version of M'Gann as well as my own. And I hope Static and Gear are a good replacement for J'onn and M'Gann in both Young Justice and the Justice League. And yes, I know in the comics and in the TV Show Gear and Static were the same ages, but I wanted Static in the Justice League and Gear in Young Justice, so Gear is like 5 to 6 years younger than Static.
Next Time on Karry Universe:
TBC- The air totem has been found and Kara and Barry need to get it; but things never go as planned. Meanwhile, Oliver is arrested for the murder of Felicity Smoak and it's up to Laurel to get him off.
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