Kara sat quietly at the DEO table. She was resting, trying to absorb yellow sunlight radiation from yellow lamps, but was still unable to do so. Alex took a sample of her blood, and analyzed it. "You still don't have any powers Kara," said Alex.
"They should return, they will," said Kara, "Kal told me he experienced these solar flares before but his powers returned within 24 hours, and it has been two days!"
Alex approached her sister and look at her. "Kara, you will get your powers, you just need to wait some time," said Alex.
Kara slowly stood up. "Careful," said Alex.
"Alex, I might not have my powers anymore, but I am not helpless," said Kara.
"I know; I am just worried. I am your sister, and it is my duty by being your older sister to worry about you," said Alex.
"Thanks," said Kara. Danvers sisters saw that Hank Henshaw has entered the room.
"I hope you will get better, Miss Danvers," said Hank.
"Me too, I cannot wait to return saving people," said Kara.
"I could have used some help, but I doubt that I will need anything, since it will just be a routine procedure," said Hank.
"Sir, while Kara is not Supergirl, I still have my powers. I can help," said Alex.
"I know. Go help the city, they might need your help, and I can deal with the DEO problems myself," said Hank.
"Sir, are you sure? I can help you," said Alex.
"I will be fine. Take a day off, Agent Danvers, and help your sister," said Hank, leaving the room.
"That was respectful, you are such a great actor, Alex," said Kara.
"I have to behave as if nothing has happened. I cannot have Hank believe that I suspect him in the disappearance of my dad," said Alex.
Kara placed her hand on Alex's shoulder. "We will find your dad, I promise," said Kara. Alex smiled.
Kara and Alex left the DEO base. Alex drove her sister to CatCo, before quickly changing into Powergirl costume, climbing out of the window, and flying away, searching if anyone needed her help.
While Alex helped the people of the National City, Kara sat at her desk, waiting for the arrival of her boss. As she wrote in her planner, she accidentally sneezed. "Sorry," said Kara.
For the next fifteen minutes, Kara felt fine, but just as Cat Grant has arrived at the office, Kara sneezed again. "Who was that? Who has spread tiny organisms in my office?" Cat asked with disapproval.
Kara tried to breathe through her nose so that she would not sneeze again. It worked for a few minutes, before she sneezed once more. Cat turned towards her. "Kiera? It was you? But you never get sick, it's the best part about you," said Cat.
"The best part?" Kara asked.
"It's fine Kiera, you don't need to show your hurt puppy look at me. Take the day off, you are clearly sick, and I want you to return when you feel better," said Cat. Kara nodded, stood up, packed some of her things, and went to the elevator. The day was not going well.
When Kara arrived at the lobby, she saw that Lena Luthor was walking towards her. "Hey Kara, I wanted to speak with you," said Lena.
"Hi Lena," said Kara, sneezing again.
"Oh Kara, don't worry, the cold will pass. So, I was thinking to ask if you are free, so that we can spend some time at L Corp. I was planning to show what I did at my company," said Lena.
"Thanks Lena. Miss Grant told me to take the day off," said Kara.
"Would you like to spend time at L Corp? I think you might find some portions of the lab rather interesting," said Lena.
"Sure, I don't even have anything else to do," said Kara, smiling.
"Aww, and I thought you liked to spend time with me," said Lena.
"I do, sorry, it came out wrong. Yes, I will be happy to spend a day with you," said Kara, blushing.
"Splendid. Let's take my car and drive to L Corp," said Lena. As the two friends approached the car, they saw that Powergirl flew in the sky, chasing some car.
"Powergirl is a great superhero, but I still prefer Supergirl. While both defend and protect the people of the National City, Supergirl seems to be much nicer, I don't know if that even makes sense," said Lena.
"I think they are both nice," said Kara, wanting to defend her sister.
"No, I meant, both are nice, but Powergirl seems to be more serious, while Supergirl smiles a lot more, and she is a bit friendlier," said Lena.
Kara blushed, as she climbed inside the car. The trip was short. When they arrived at the L Corp building, the driver exited the car, and opened the door for the two women. "The building looks even more impressive in person," said Kara, following Lena inside.
"Thanks. Sorry for not being able to make it to either Thanksgiving or the Game Night. I was very busy. It's just, being a female CEO can be both time consuming and frustrating at times. But I did manage to buy out one company, where some employees decided to stay," said Lena.
"Don't worry, while Thanksgiving occurs only once a year, I plan to have many more Game Nights. But if you will come, we will not play Monopoly, got it?" Kara said. Lena laughed, but then noticed Kara's frowning face.
"Wait, you were serious, weren't you? I am sorry, it's just I thought you wanted to make a joke about me being CEO and winning you all at Monopoly," said Lena. She then noticed that Kara's face instantly changed, with a large smile appearing on her friend's face.
Both Kara and Lena laughed. "You got me there," said Lena, both friends laughing again.
Kara and Lena approached the security desk. "I want to notify all personnel that Kara Danvers has unlimited access to see me at any time," said Lena. The head of the security nodded.
"Thanks, but are you sure you had to do it?" Kara asked.
"Yes. I don't want you to face challenges when visiting me, if you actually want to come and talk, or just spend some time," said Lena. The pair approached the elevator.
"So where to now?" Kara asked.
"Let's visit the observatory," said Lena. She pressed a button on the elevator, and the pair travelled up. When the doors opened, Kara saw a few minor lights, but otherwise the room was in complete darkness. Lena approached a small panel and turned it on. Blue lights appeared on it, and soon they heard a computer voice.
"Welcome Lena Luthor," said the computer's voice.
"I am still working on creating a proper AI, but this will have to do for now. This room is the observatory because it imitates the space, with the darkness being the space, and by using the computers in this room, I can look at the space," said Lena.
She then typed a few things on the panel, and an image of the Solar System appeared. "Wow," said Kara.
"I know, right? While this does not function as actual Google Maps, it's most detailed setting is an image of the planet and its coordinates in space. So, if I press this, we can see planet Earth's image via a hologram," said Lena. She pressed a few buttons, and the pair saw a holographic blue white image of the planet, where the image was about six feet in diameter.
"Cool, right?" Lena said.
"Yeah, this is amazing Lena," said Kara.
"Thanks. I am still working on this project, and I plan to areas like Krypton, or at least how it should have looked, since it was destroyed," said Lena. She approached another monitor, and began typing something.
Kara got bored, and looked around. She saw some pieces of metal. She approached another monitor, connected the metal pieces to resemble a dog, well a puppy, in a crude form, and activated it.
"Hey Kara?" Lena asked. She looked around, only to see that a small metal puppy was staring at her.
"Um, what is this, Kara?" Lena asked.
"Oh that? Here, I just tinkered with some metal plates and used your monitor to make a puppy. Isn't he cute? Come here," said Kara.
The metallic puppy walked to Kara. "Sorry, if I had more time, and used better tools, I would have made you an actual robot puppy," said Kara, smiling at Lena.
"Um Kara?" Lena said.
"Yes," said Kara.
"Did you just create a robot puppy?" Lena asked.
"Yes, I just said that, but I would have made a better prototype with better resources," said Kara.
"No, I get that, but you did create a puppy. How? It looks like an advanced robot, and you claim you made it in like ten minutes?" Lena asked. Kara blushed.
"Here, check this," said Kara. "Doggy, voice,"
"Hello Miss Luthor," said the puppy with automated voice. While the voice, like the puppy, was also rather crude, Lena was astonished to see that the puppy actually spoke.
"Is it speaking? Oh my god, it's actually speaking," said Lena.
"Dance," said Kara. The puppy began dancing on its all fours, then began rolling on the ground. The puppy then ran away and lay in the corner.
"I think he is tired," said Kara.
"I can see that, but did you just create a fully functional robot?" Lena asked.
"Fully functional? No, I said this robot was easy to make," said Kara.
While puppy slept in the corner, the pair exited the observatory, and went to have lunch. Much to Kara's horror, Lena ordered some Kale.
Kara and Lena decided to return to L Corp. "Hey, want to see my pool at L Corp? I built it in the basement, so that L Corp's employees can relax when they are tired," said Lena.
"Why not, I like swimming, although Alex was always the one who liked surfing. She even won some prizes in high school. I just like swimming," said Kara. The pair returned to L Corp, where they used the elevator this time to go one level below the lobby.
"Warm," said Kara.
"Yes, this area is warm," said Lena.
Kara and Lena went to the changing room, only then Kara realizing that she did not bring any swimsuits with her. "Lena, I don't have any swimming suits," said Kara.
"That's ok, I have some extra in case people forget to bring their own. These swimsuits were never used, and L Corp replenishes them so that new swimming cloths don't run out," said Lena, approaching the drawer with many sealed swimsuits.
The room shook; Kara and Lena looked at one another. "An earthquake," said Kara.
"We need to get out of here, we are still underground," said Lena. But the pair was unable to escape.
The building shook again, and the ground tore beneath their feet. Kara and Lena fell on the rocks. When Kara and Lena stood up, they noticed that the trench was more than ten feet tall. "We need to try to escape," said Lena.
Kara and Lena tried to climb, but the surface was very steep, and they were unable to escape. "I guess people will find us soon," said Lena.
"Yeah, your security saw us enter downstairs," said Kara.
The pair looked around and saw that the trench was long, and while not very wide, they could easily walk from one side to another. A portion of the trench was a whole beneath the L Corp building, while a much longer portion of the trench was located underneath the basement, having a solid rock ceiling.
Kara and Lena walked from one side of the trench to another, trying to find any way to get out. "Nothing, there is no exit," said Kara.
When Kara and Lena returned to the hole under the L Corp building, to the only portion of the trench that did not actually have a ceiling, Kara noticed that the walls of the basement and the changing room shook again. A portion of the wall broke.
"Look out," said Kara, pushing Lena away from the hole. The two women ran deeper into the trench, while the destabilized rocks fell into the hole, closing the only way out of the trench. "Lena, are you alright," Kara said.
"Yes, but let us not waste any oxygen. We need to be calm and wait for people to help us," said Lena, sitting on the ground.
"Lena, people will find us," said Kara, sitting next to Lena.
"I doubt that. We are buried under tons of solid rock, and no one seemed to notice that we are gone. And even if people did notice, what can they do? No one will be able to save us, and while people will miss you, no one will miss me," said Lena.
Kara looked offended. "Hey, look at me," said Kara, putting her hand under Lena's chin, and making eye contact with Lena. "We will survive this. Someone will save us. But more importantly, people do care about you, Lena. I care about you. You are my best friend,"
Kara moved closer to Lena and hugged Lena tightly, trying to protect her friend. "I promise that I will protect you," said Kara.
Lena smiled. "Thank you, Kara. Only you care about me in this world," said Lena, placing her head on Kara's shoulder. Kara protectively hugged her friend.
Ten minutes passed, but no help has arrived. "Don't despair, someone will save us," said Kara.
Lena still relaxed, with her head lying comfortably on Kara's shoulder.
Suddenly, the ground shook again. At first, small rocks flew everywhere, one hitting Lena in the head, knocking her unconscious. Then, a much larger piece of rock separated from others and began flying at Kara and Lena.
"No!" Kara instantly jumped, and extended her hand. Kara's fist collided with the large rock, shattering it into small pieces. Kara smiled, then flew towards the place where they fell into the trench, and destroyed the rocks that blocked their exit. After clearing a path, Kara put Lena in her hands, and placing one arm under Lena's legs, and another holding Lena's back.
Kara rose in the air, and flew away from the trench in the ground.
One hour later, Lena woke up in her office, lying on her sofa, while Kara was sitting nearby. "What happened?"
"Well, Supergirl, she saved us," said Kara, smiling. She was right, Supergirl did save them, only Kara omitted to say that Kara was actually Supergirl.
"My head hurts," said Lena.
"Your personal doctor looked at you while you were unconscious, and did not find anything, you just got hit in the head and lost consciousness but otherwise you are healthy," said Kara.
Kara and Lena spent the rest of the day sitting in Lena's office. Lena cancelled all her meetings and the pair just decided to eat and watch some TV shows.
While Kara spent time with Lena, after stopping a bank robbery, Alex got an alert that DEO was in a lockdown. While she wanted to help, she heard Hank saying that he could handle it.
Alex decided to help her boss, even though she did not trust him, and flew to the DEO base. When she arrived, she noticed that the DEO was still on lockdown. Alex flew inside, and saw that Hank stood next to defeated Gem.
"Agent Danvers, I thought I told you that DEO could handle Gem," said Hank.
"You did. I saved many lives today, but I also wanted to help you stop this alien once I realized that he escaped custody," said Alex. She looked around and noticed that no one else was present. Alex thought it was her chance to personally interrogate her boss.
"Hey what are you doing Agent Danvers?" Hank asked as Alex, while still being dressed in her white costume, lifted Hank above the ground.
"Is it true that my dad was an agent at the DEO and that he worked with you? Did he disappear because of you? Is my dad still alive?" Alex asked.
Hank punched Alex, and jumped on the ground. "Stand down, Agent Danvers, I can explain," said Hank.
"Is it true? You killed Jeremiah Danvers?" Alex asked. "Look at me, you monster, Hank Henshaw."
Hank looked around and pressed a button on one computer, deactivating the cameras. "Agent Danvers, my name is not Hank Henshaw," said Hank.
Alex froze in place. "Then, who are you? What do you mean you are not Hank Henshaw? Your name is Hank Henshaw, and you have his face," said Alex.
"True, but I am not really Hank Henshaw. I am the last son of Mars," said Hank, transforming into a tall green alien. "My name is J'onn J'onzz,"
Alex opened her mouth in surprise, seeing that her boss was actually a Green Martian. J'onn changed back into human form, and then told the story of how he met Jeremiah Danvers, and how Jeremiah saved his life.
"I am so sorry for attacking you, I just thought that you killed my dad," said Alex.
"I understand. Wherever he might be now, I think Jeremiah Danvers would be proud of his daughters, both of them," said Hank.
While Alex now felt relieved to know that her boss was actually a good person, in a laboratory a woman stood, looking at the news. "Powergirl saves the day once more," read the news.
"Alex saved a lot of lives today," said Jeremiah, approaching the woman.
"Yes, yes she did. I am proud in seeing a human defending Earth from both human and alien threats. You raised her daughter well. So, how are your experiments going? Is the transport ready?" The woman asked.
"Not yet, Miss Luthor, but I am sure that it should be operational soon, and then we can send the aliens away. We shouldn't kill them, just throw them out," said Jeremiah.
"Yes, and as long as you cooperate further, Jeremiah, your daughters will be safe," said Lillian Luthor.
"Don't worry, I fully agree with you, and I plan to help you defeat even Superman, but I just want to have my girls stay out of all this," said Jeremiah.
"Oh, don't worry, if everything goes according to our plan, they will not even know what happened until too late, and by then, all aliens will be many lightyears away from Earth," said Lillian. Jeremiah nodded, and left the room, while Lillian kept observing the news.
A/N: very Supercorp centric chapter. I thought it would make sense for Kara to regain her powers by saving Lena. Also, Kara might not show it often, but she is super smart, so I decided to add some genius Kara scene with a puppy. Next chapter will focus more on Sanvers, while Supercorp will also be present.
When do you think Lena and Maggie will become Kryptonians? Currently this chapter is set when Kara lost her powers.