A few days passed. National City had been quiet, with only a few robberies had occurred, all of which Kara and Alex stopped rather easily. Cat Grant told Kara that she needed to speak to Lena about being a female CEO, leaving James Olsen temporarily in charge for the day, while Cat went to mentor Lena at L Corp office. And since James did not feel the need to have an assistant that day, he gave Kara a day off.
The Danvers sisters were walking in the park, after eating five large pizzas. "It's a nice day," said Kara, looking at the lake.
"Yes, sometimes it can be easy to forget that we live in a city with many super powered threats," said Alex, walking next to her sister.
"It's nice. We need to spend more time together. I kind of miss our movie nights," said Kara.
"Supergirl and Powergirl don't get to have holidays, and even their work schedules do not give them much free time," said Alex.
"True, my work at CatCo and your work at the DEO is time consuming. Can you just not refer to us in third person?" Kara laughed, with Alex smirking as well.
The sisters sat on a bench, with a nice view on the lake. They saw a mother duck swimming in the lake, followed by three ducklings. At another portion of a lake, a frog jumped in the water. A robin flew in the air.
"I like how peaceful and quiet today is," said Kara, putting her back on the bench, and closing her eyes.
"Um, so Kara, I, there is something I wanted to talk to you about," said Alex, looking at Kara. Kara noticed that Alex's heartrate went up.
"Is something wrong?" Kara asked.
"Yes, no, I don't know. You see, I, I am a bit scared," said Alex.
"Come here," said Kara, moving closer to her sister, and placing her arm around Alex. "I will protect you, my big sister."
"I, you know I have a friend, Maggie?" Alex asked.
"Yes, I am glad that you are friends with her, especially since you don't have any friends who are not my friends," said Kara.
"Kara!" Alex said.
"What? I am just stating the facts. Please continue," said Kara.
"So, I talked to Maggie while we played pool and drank beer, and I think I might have feelings," said Alex.
"Feelings? Wait, Alex, are you trying to say that you like her?" Kara asked.
"Yes. No? Yes, definitely yes, I like her, but I am still confused, and scared, I never thought I liked girls," said Alex.
Kara leaned closer, and hugged Alex tighter. "Don't worry, I like girls too," said Kara.
"I thought you liked men?" Alex asked.
"I like both, I just don't like frat boys, especially selfish ones," said Kara. "But it's not important. What is important that the way you feel about Maggie is real and there is nothing wrong with those feelings. Embrace them, and just be yourself."
Alex smiled. "Thank you Kara, it helped, I was begging to question whether I actually like her or whether I was just confused," said Alex.
"No, your feelings are real," said Kara.
"Maggie told me the same. Thank you, I don't think I could have done it without you, Kara," said Alex, hugging Kara, and curling slightly, trying to find comfort from Kara. Kara just smiled.
"I am very proud of you Alex," said Kara.
Alex smiled. "I love you, Kara," said Alex.
"I love you too, Alex. Who knew that the badass Agent Danvers, who can defeat just about anyone, could be such a softie? I think I might need to tell this to Maggie," said Kara.
Alex immediately moved away from Kara. "You wouldn't," said Alex.
"You are right, I wouldn't, but I bet that Maggie would discover this herself," said Kara. Now, Kara and Alex both laughed.
Kara looked on the horizon, watching the nature. While looking, she spotted a figure on the bridge. "Um, Alex, there is a man on the bridge. I think he might jump," said Kara.
"Shit," said Alex. The sisters looked at one another, and then looked around themselves to see if anyone was watching, and then seeing that no one was there but them, the Danvers sisters quickly changed into their superhero costumes, and flew towards the man who stood on top of a bridge.
Once they arrived, they saw a man, whose head was covered by a hood, apparently looking at the water below.
"Sir, you have to come with us," said Alex.
"Powergirl, don't scare him," said Kara, as the man shook, almost losing his balance. "Sir, think about your life, about your family and friends. You don't have to do this, you can do so much more," said Kara.
"Stupid Kryptonians," said the man, taking off his hood, and revealing to be the same man that tried to shoot Lena Luthor. But his appearance changed, since his chest had a large oval shaped chunk of Kryptonite that was glowing. "Say goodbye,"
The man shot an energy beam out of his chest, throwing both Danvers sisters away from him. They fell on the bridge, with the man following them. "My name is Metallo, and I am here to stop all Kryptonians from harming my planet," said the man, shooting another beam of energy at the two women.
Kara and Alex fell on the ground, crying from pain. "Kryptonite," said Kara.
"That's right, Supergirl. My enhancements include a Kryptonite energy beam powerful enough to destroy you both," said Metallo, shooting more Kryptonite energy at them. And while Kara was hit, Alex managed to roll away.
Alex then jumped, rose in the air, and flew away, only to quickly return and punch Metallo before he was able to shoot another Kryptonite energy beam at them. And while she still fell pain when punching Metallo, the exposure from Metallo's skin did not generate enough Kryptonite to stop Alex from fighting him.
But Alex experienced another problem. The man was tough, very tough, and while he was probably as strong or durable as a Kryptonian, his skin was strong enough to withstand some direct hits from Alex.
"I knew that Supergirl would be stupid, but you are human, well kind of, and you should have known better," said Metallo, as shooting another energy beam at Alex, throwing her on the ground, and then punching Alex a few times with his fists.
The Danvers sisters lay on the floor. "Pathetic. And to think that you two defeated many powerful threats that attacked the National City, only to fall to a mere human. Granted, I did get enhancements, but at the end of the day, I am still a human, while both of you are aliens who don't deserve to live on this planet," said Metallo.
Metallo generated some energy around his fists and then punched both Kara and Alex until they found it hard to move. "I don't plan to kill you, not yet, I want to destroy and utterly humiliate you, and then I will end you both," said Metallo, lifting Kara in his right arm and Alex in his left arm, and generating Kryptonite energy that came from his chest into the arms, hurting both Kara and Alex.
Metallo then carried both women to the bridge and lifted them above the water. "See you, Supergirl and Powergirl. You are pathetic," said Metallo.
Alex used all her energy to punch the arm that held Kara, so Kara fell quickly.
Metallo threw Alex back on the bridge, while trying to hit Kara with his Kryptonite energy beam, but was unable to do that, since Kara regained much of her strength due to the increased distance from the villain.
Kara then rose in the air, and tried to think of something. "Supergirl, I know you can hear me. Surrender to me, and I will only capture you both, but if you decide to fly away, I will use the Kryptonite energy to the full power to kill Powergirl," said Metallo.
Kara sighed in defeat. "I am so sorry Alex," said Kara.
"Supergirl, leave me, and find Hank," said Alex, knowing that Kara would hear her.
"I won't leave you, Alex," said Kara, flying towards Metallo.
When Kara reached Metallo, he shot another energy beam, this time at Kara.
"Smart girl," said Metallo, throwing Alex at Kara. He saw that both heroes were lying on the ground, moving only a little bit since they felt terrible pain from fighting Metallo.
Kara was glad that the people who were driving on the bridge already escaped, so that she would not need to worry about civilians being endangered by this villain.
"I think I will make you even weaker before I will deliver you to my boss, and believe me, I won't need to lay a finger on either of you to break your spirit when I bring you to my boss," said Metallo. "You will feel such betrayal that your spirits will break,"
Before Metallo could do anything, a fist collided with his stomach. Metallo looked up and saw a Kryptonian brunette woman, who had a white streak in her hair. She rose in the air, then punched Metallo, then rose in the air, then punched Metallo again.
Metallo sent Kryptonite energy beams at Astra, but they had no effects on the Kryptonian General.
Astra repeated her attacks on Metallo, eventually tearing his arm away and throwing him in the water, away from Kara and Alex.
When Astra defeated Metallo, a few more Kryptonians arrived on the scene. "Little One, Brave One," said Astra.
Kara and Alex weakly sat up, looking at Astra. While Metallo was defeated, they still felt weak, unable to fight Astra, so both sisters decided to just sit and listen what Astra had to say.
"Why did Kryptonite not hurt you?" Kara asked.
Astra laughed. "Is this what you call this green substance? Kryptonite, how amusing. Kryptonite is just a dangerous rock, and a way people deal with dangerous substances is to build preventative measures that protect them from such substances," said Astra, showing a blue device on her black uniform.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go on, Aunt Astra, take me, since I know that you wanted to capture me before," said Kara.
"That is a tempting offer I must admit," said Astra, "But I am not here as your enemy. I don't want to fight you, either of you,"
Astra first looked at Kara, then at Alex.
"You are her Aunt, but why don't you want to fight me? I am just a mere human for you," said Alex.
Astra approached Alex, and lifted Alex's chin, looking directly into her eyes. "That's not true. Kara is my niece, although sometimes I felt that she was my daughter since Alura was busy with work. But since you and my niece share true love, that makes us family. You and I, we are both members of the House of In Ze," said Astra.
"No, we are not family, we are enemies," said Alex, trying to move, only to cry out of pain.
"I wouldn't move much right now, since this substance appears to cause a detrimental effect on Kryptonian physiology. And while you are technically correct, Brave One, that we are enemies, we are also families. Just like Kara and I," said Astra.
"What do you want from me, from us?" Kara asked.
"Nothing as of now. We will talk later, and I believe even fight later, and while I haven't planned to speak with either of you today, I couldn't let this monster harm my girls," said Astra.
Alex just glared at Astra. "I will see you again," said Astra, flying away, with other Kryptonians following her, while Kara and Alex lay on the ground.
When Kara and Alex woke up, they lay under yellow lamps, slowly recharging their lost energy. "You took quite a beating there, Supergirl, Powergirl," said Hank.
"We fought Metallo, a man who previously targeted Lena Luthor," said Alex. "He somehow gained enough Kryptonite to be a threat,"
"Rest, you need to regain all the strength you have lost. And that means no work today for you, Agent Danvers," said Hank.
"Yes sir," said Alex. Hank left.
The sisters a bit more, before standing up, eager to find food. They cried from pain, and laid to rest, lying for half an hour more, before making another attempt to stand up in their search for food.
They succeeded to stand up on their second attempt, although both sisters felt weak. "The cafeteria is over there," said Alex, leading Kara. Soon, the Danvers sisters were eating pizza, and Alex drank some beer, which although it had no effect on the older Danvers sister, Alex still liked its taste.
Later that day, Alex showed up at the bar to meet Maggie. "Hey Maggie," said Alex, seeing her friend, who had been playing pool by herself.
"Alex!" Maggie said with excitement, "Here is my favorite pool buddy,"
Alex walked towards Maggie, slightly limping. "Oh my god, what happened Danvers?"
"I, well Kara and I, we fought a guy who shot Kryptonite energy at us, and thus weakened Kara and I," said Alex, approaching the pool table.
"That sucks," said Maggie, "But you defeated him, right?"
"Well, it's a funny story. You see, when this Metallo defeated both Kara and I, Kara's Aunt came and rescued us. She managed to create a device that made her and other Kryptonians either immune to become shielded from Kryptonite's harmful effects on Kryptonians," said Alex.
"That was unexpected," said Maggie. "Seeing that you are still hurt, maybe we don't play pool tonight?"
"Oh, hell no! I will defeat you even in this condition," said Alex.
One hour later, sad and defeated Maggie asked her friend. "Best two out of three?" Despite playing two more games, Alex scored three zero.
"Ha! Even tired, weak, and hurt, I still won," said Alex. Maggie laughed.
"You surprise me, Danvers," said Maggie.
Alex took a step away from the pool table, putting the stick on the table. "So, before I had such a crazy day fighting Metallo, I talked to my sister, and told her that I actually like girls. Kara was very supportive," said Alex.
Maggie smiled, showing her dimples. "That's great, getting family support is important. People have different experiences when telling their family about such things," said Maggie.
"What about you then?" Alex asked.
"Oh, my father, well he is more of a traditional type, but he was okay with me liking women, and so was mom," said Maggie. Alex smiled. "So yeah, I am very happy at you. Want to play another round?"
Alex did not reply, she just approached Maggie, looked at Maggie's face, bringing Maggie closer to her, then putting her hands under Maggie's head, and kissing her friend.
Maggie smiled, and then took a step back. "Was that not ok?" Alex asked.
"The kiss was great but Alex, I, we are at different places, and you just realized that you like women. We have different experiences. You should get more experience at dating other women because right now it's all sunshine and rainbows," said Maggie. Alex made a hurt puppy face. "Alex, I am here for you, but as a friend. So, want to play more pool?"
Alex took a deep breath. "You know; I need to do some work. I will see you later, Maggie," said Alex, walking away from Maggie.
"Alex?" Maggie asked but Alex already left.
Later that evening, Kara and Alex sat on the sofa in Kara's apartment, with Alex crying. Kara hugged her sister, comforting her.
"I, I kissed Maggie, but she does not want to date me," said Alex, crying more.
Kara hugged Alex tighter. "It sucks, Alex, but you will never be alone, you are not alone. I am here for you, I love you," said Kara. She then released her sister from the hug, went to the kitchen, and brought the bowl with the last potsticker she saved to eat in the evening to the sofa.
"Here, this might not be a lot, but good food might make you a bit happier," said Kara. Alex looked at the potsticker, and took eat, quickly eating Kara's favorite food.
"But, it's your favorite food," said Alex.
"I love my sister more," said Kara, smiling when Alex finished eating. "You know, why don't you follow me,"
"What do you have in mind," said Alex. Kara just walked towards the window, and rose in the air. Alex followed her sister and rose in the air.
Kara and Alex flew higher and higher in the air, rising above the clouds. After flying for a few minutes, Kara stopped, and looked around.
"Kara?" Alex asked.
"I wanted to show you this view, I like to fly in the air, away from the city, where I can just relax," said Kara. She then flew around Alex, who laughed.
Kara began to make funny faces at Alex. "Watch this," said Kara, flying towards the cloud, and dropping on her back, moving her arms and legs as if she was making a snow angel, only from a cloud. Alex smirked.
Kara then flew in a circle around Alex, and giggled. Alex sent a puzzling look at her sister. Kara then suddenly flew towards Alex, touched Alex's shoulder, and promptly accelerated, flying away.
"Tag, you are it," said Kara. Alex laughed, and began chasing Kara.
The two sisters flew for another hour and then returned to Kara's apartment, where they fell asleep, with Kara hugging her sister, comforting Alex from the rejection Alex had experienced earlier that day.
While Kara and Alex slept, Astra spoke with Non in their base. "The device was a success. I faced a foe who emitted Kryptonite energy, no, don't laugh at me Non, that's how these humans call this rock, and that man who hurt Kara and Alex could not hurt me," said Astra.
Non smirked. "Those humans lost their major advantage against us," said Non.
"Yes, yes they did. While I don't trust this so called DEO, the other humans who are much more antagonistic towards us, like the Luthors, won't be able to harm us anymore. In time, we will successfully use Myriad without any interruptions," said Astra.
A/N: More Sanvers, although Maggie made Alex very sad here. I thought Kara should have reacted much more positively and she should have been more supportive than how she behaved in the episode. Also, once Maggie said "just friends," I thought it would be nice to have Kara comfort Alex. Danvers sisters love one another.
I thought Metallo would be a very powerful villain for both Kara and Alex, so the fight was intense, but like with Astra developing shields against Kryptonite in "Hostile Takeover," here too she would have such shields to defeat Metallo.