Alex released James and Winn from their training exercise. While Winn was still awful at fighting, although it partially might have to do with him being scared of Alex, James improved considerably, and although he still wasn't as good as most DEO Agents, his fighting skills were impressive.
"Good, we are done for today," said Alex, putting a towel on her shoulders, and exiting the Kryptonite training room, leaving James and Winn there.
"So, I know that Alex kicked our butts today, and this made both of us unhappy, but I created something that you will like," said Winn, leading James to Winn's lab, where he gave James a suitcase.
"What's there?" James asked.
"I present you the suit and a shield I created. It will make you bulletproof and provide protection while you save people," said Winn.
James took the costume and looked at it, smiling. "Thanks Winn, this suit looks great. I can't wait to try it in action," said James.
"Yeah, me too," said Winn, "I want to know how my work actually performed,"
"Thanks bro," said James, taking the suit with him. Before he left, an alarm sounded on Winn's computer.
"That's interesting. Hey James, there is a group of armed man pursuing some young girl. You can check it out," said Winn.
"Will do," said James, leaving the DEO.
Alex returned, having changed into another DEO outfit. While her Kryptonian abilities provided her with all the benefits of having Kryptonian physiology, while in the Kryptonite room, her body reacted as if she were a human, thus after the exercise Alex was sweating and had to take a shower.
"What was that all about?" Alex asked.
"Oh nothing," said Winn, as he continued to observe the monitor.
"Winn," said Alex calmly, approaching Winn, and staring at him.
"Alright, alright, I gave James a suit to fight some bad guys, since he wanted to help people this much," said Winn.
"You, you and I will talk later about not asking for my authorization to use the DEO equipment on non DEO matters, but now I have other matters to attend to," said Alex, returning to check how other people were doing.
While Alex and Winn were at the DEO, and Kara helped Cat with work, James arrived on to the location that Winn provided him with. When he arrived, James saw a girl running away from a truck, where a group of five armed men were chasing her. The girl had brown hair with a white streak.
The girl wore a green bracelet on her leg. She tried to jump in the air, but couldn't, so she instead continued to run, trying to get rid of the green bracelet on her leg.
The girl saw James and briefly stopped. "I will protect you, get behind me," said James, lifting a shield. The girl quickly hid behind James.
"You there, we don't want to have any civilian casualties. Just release the girl, and we'll leave you, but if you don't cooperate, we will fight you with prejudice," said one of the armed men.
"No, you scared this girl and I won't let you harm her," said James.
"Oh yeah, and who are you, freak in a tin can?" One of the armed men asked.
James ran towards the men, who opened fire at him, but using his metal shield that Winn designed, blocked all the incoming bullets. When James reached the men, he pushed his shield forward, throwing one of the armed men on the ground.
Before the remaining four men could react, James began hitting the four men with his fists and shield. While the men managed to initially blocked his attacks, after throwing many punches, all five men were lying on the ground.
James heard sirens, and saw a police car arrive; Maggie exited the car and examined the situation.
"What happened here?" Maggie asked.
"Those five men tried to kidnap me, but this hero saved me," said the girl.
"My name is Guardian," said James.
Maggie shook her head. "My name is Karen, and you saved my life. Can you take off the bracelet?" The girl asked. James nodded, and using his shield, destroyed the bracelet.
"Thanks," smiled the girl, rising in the air. "My name is Karen, and I am looking for my family,"
James and Maggie first looked at one another and then both looked at Karen. "Karen, of course we will help you, but can you provide information about your family?" Maggie asked.
"Sure," said Karen, flying towards Maggie and landing next to her. "My name is Karen, Karen Danvers. My mother named me like that, before some nasty men captured and held me captive, one of them was some really evil scientist called Jeremiah. He used Kryptonite so that I couldn't leave the base, but after I managed to do, apparently he sent his men to capture me, and they only managed to get a Kryptonite bracelet on my leg,"
"Okay kiddo, but you still haven't told us about your family. And why is Kryptonite harmful to you?" Maggie asked. "I am also wondering how come you trust me,"
"Well, this Guardian seems trustworthy, and I saw you working with my cousin once on the news, so I reasoned that you were a nice lady," said Karen.
"Alright, but Kryptonite?" Maggie asked, wanting a confirmation.
"I am a Kryptonian," said Karen.
"But there are very few Kryptonians left," said Maggie. "And you look nothing like Kara,"
"You mean my cousin?" Karen asked.
"Okay, slow down, how can you be her cousin? I didn't know that Superman has any siblings," Maggie asked.
"You silly, Kal El is not my brother. He is also my cousin," said Karen.
"Alright, I am confused. You claim to be a member of the House of El, yet neither Kara not Kal are your siblings. Who are your parents?" James asked.
"Well, technically I am a member of the House of In Ze, not El," said Karen.
Maggie looked closer at the girl's face. Now knowing that the girl was Kara's relative, and not Superman's baby sister, that only left one conclusion, and Karen's hair strongly supported that conclusion.
"Why are you not with Astra?" Maggie asked.
The girl smiled. "Do you know where my mom is?" Karen asked, confirming Maggie's suspicions.
"No, but I really need for you to come with me," said Maggie. "You first need to speak with Kara, and I can arrange a meeting for you two,"
"Kara! I always dreamt of meeting my older cousin," said Karen. "My mother even named me after her,"
"Alright. I need to call back up to clean this mess, and then we can meet Kara," said Maggie. She called her colleagues, and other officers arrived shortly, taking the five attackers into custody, while Maggie, James, and Karen left.
While Maggie and Karen journeyed to CatCo, James left the two women, citing that he needed to deal with a personal matter.
When Maggie and Karen arrived at CatCo, they saw that Kara just brought a salad to Cat Grant, who was looking over some layoffs.
"Kara, hi, we need to talk," said Maggie.
"Detective Sawyer, it's nice to see you. Thanks for getting rid of that pest," said Cat, referring to Dirk.
"Yeah, it was my job, but I am glad to help anyway. Unfortunately, it's not a social visit, since I need to speak with Kara," said Maggie.
"Alright. Kiera, take a break, I can manage looking over reports myself for a while," said Cat, walking towards her table.
Kara, Maggie, and Karen went to a conference room to speak.
"Do I know you? You look familiar?" Kara asked. Karen just walked towards Kara and hugged her.
"I always wanted to meet with you, cousin," said Karen.
"Cousin?" Kara asked.
"Yes, my name is Karen Danvers, and I am your cousin," said Karen, smiling.
Kara looked at the girl, observing her newly found cousin. While the two didn't look very similar, the girl did resemble one relative Kara had.
"Why do you have Danvers as surname?" Kara asked.
"My mother, she gave me Danvers as a surname in case we ever got separated. She told me to seek my cousin Kara Danvers in case she couldn't reach me," said Karen.
"Aunt Astra had a daughter?" Kara asked.
"Yes," said Karen meekly.
"I have another cousin!" Kara exclaimed, approaching Karen and putting a large hug around the girl. "We have so much to talk about, you and I will be friends in no time,"
"Well, I guess my job is done. I still need to file that police report about Guardian saving Karen," said Maggie, leaving the cousins.
Kara sat with Karen on chairs at the table. "So tell me all about your childhood," said Kara, wanting to know everything about her cousin.
"I was born somewhere in the desert many years ago. Astra and Non lived happily in a small town until I was about seven or eight, I don't remember. But when some men came and fought us. They had Kryptonite guns, and I got captured. My parents and I were separated, and those men held me captive for years, but I finally managed to escape," said Karen.
"Oh, poor baby, don't worry, I will protect you," said Kara, hugging Karen once more.
"When can I see mother?" Karen asked.
Kara sighed. "About that," said Kara, ready to explain to Karen about Astra.
Suddenly, a person appeared in the room, wearing an all-to familiar blue red and yellow suit with a large S on the chest.
"Kal El," said Kara
"Cousin?" Karen asked.
"Kara, why are you talking to this Kryptonian? She might be a threat," said Clark, approaching his cousins.
"Clark don't be stupid, Karen is just a little girl," said Kara.
"Hey, I am ten," said Karen.
"Kara, she is the daughter of an evil Kryptonian," said Clark. "I am sorry Kara, but whether you like it or not, I am taking her in, and I will determine whether she is a threat,"
Clark grabbed Karen's arm.
"Hey, get off me," said Karen, but since she was only ten, and Clark was much taller and stronger, she couldn't escape his grasp.
"Put your hands away from my baby cousin," said Kara, pushing Clark away from Karen.
"I am sorry Kara," said Clark, throwing a punch at Kara, sending her at the table, while grabbing Karen by the arm once more. "That's for your own good. Now, I still need to determine whether you are a threat, and I can contain you temporarily at my fortress,"
Clark flew outside CatCo, still holding Karen.
Just as Clark rose in the air, hovering outside CatCo's windows, Kara now in full Supergirl costume hovered in front of him, having changed after Clark punched her, so that she could properly defend her cousin without revealing to everyone that she was Supergirl.
"Stop this, or I swear, I will have to fight you," said Kara.
"Kara, you aren't thinking straight. This girl is a potential enemy," said Clark, ready to fly, but Kara flew towards him, punched Clark in the face and released Clark's hold on Karen's hand.
"Go to Cat's office," said Kara, as Karen nodded and flew back to CatCo. When Karen landed, she ran towards Cat Grant and hugged her. "I am scared," said Karen.
"What has Clark decided to do now?" Cat asked, shaking her head.
Meanwhile, Kara and Clark exchanged punches. While neither wanted to hurt the other, they both wanted to succeed, which resulted in both Kara and Clark throwing strong punches, but still not using most of their strength.
"Listen to me, Karen might be an enemy," said Clark, throwing a punch at Kara.
"Karen is innocent. Her mother is evil and our enemy, but that doesn't make Karen evil. Heck, if Karen is evil, by your logic I should be evil since Astra is my Aunt, who always thought of me as a daughter, and I was close to her back on Krypton," said Kara, throwing a punch.
"No, you don't understand," said Clark.
The two people continued to throw punches at one another, while Cat hugged Karen, holding the scared girl, and trying to comfort her. "Now, now, you will be fine," said Cat as she reached her phone.
Normally, she would never contact her willingly, but this was an extreme situation, and Cat had to resort to extreme measures. She picked her phone and texted to the person whose name was "Harpy" on her phone.
"Tell your husband that he is acting like an idiot," Cat typed, sending the text. She then put the phone on the table and looked at Karen.
"Will Kal El take me away?" Karen asked. "I want to stay with Kara,"
Cat sighed.
As Kara and Clark kept exchanging punches, two figures appeared in the sky next to them. To Kara's right hovered Alex in her Powergirl suit. Alex grabbed Kara and pulled her away from Clark.
The other figure wore a blue and white suit, covering her face with a white hoodie. She grabbed Clark and pulled him away from Kara.
"Smallville, what the hell? I know that Lucy and I don't talk, but you're talking this family rivalry to extreme," said Lois
"Lois, she, this girl is Astra's daughter. She has to be a threat," said Clark.
"Oh, and does that make a villain too, since my dad is an asshole?" Lois asked.
"That's not what I meant. Astra is her mother," said Clark.
"And this girl is a scared young lady who wants to be with her family. Please see reason, Clark, I don't remember you acting this stupid since you left Kara with the Danvers family," said Lois.
Clark sighed, thinking about his actions. He then looked at Kara. "Kara, I am so sorry," said Clark.
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Karen," said Kara.
"Fine," said Clark. Kara waived to Karen, asking her to come out of the office. Seeing that the family stopped fighting, Karen gathered enough courage to rise in the air and fly to speak with her family.
"Karen In Ze, I am sorry for grabbing you, but please understand, when I saw you, I saw a potential threat and I just had to make sure that you weren't hostile," said Clark.
"But I haven't done anything," said Karen.
"Karen, your mother is our enemy, and she attacked people, including Kara," said Clark.
Tears began to travel down Karen's cheeks as if they were rivers. Karen flew to Kara and hugged her, putting her head on Kara's chest, seeking comfort.
"I am so sorry Karen, but your mother really is our enemy," said Kara. "I do promise you that I will try to persuade Aunt Astra to stop antagonizing us and instead become a good woman,"
"I am scared. I feel so alone," said Karen.
"Karen, look at me, you shouldn't feel alone. You will be with me, we are family," said Kara, smiling.
"Yeah, about that," said Clark.
"What now?" Kara asked, somewhat annoyed.
"I can see that Karen is an innocent child, but she needs a home, just like you needed a home. I promise I won't hurt you, Karen, but you need to come with me, so that I would find you a suitable place to live, a good family to take you in," said Clark.
"Clark, what the hell, Karen will stay with Kara. Don't you see, she adores her cousin, and finds comfort in Kara, so it would be rather stupid to put Karen with another family," said Alex.
"Alex, Kara is not ready to take care of a child, but I can promise I can find a family that will love her," said Clark.
"Karen already has a family who loves her," said Kara, putting her arms around Karen, instinctively protecting her.
"Kara is right, Karen has a family, she has two older cousins who can take care of her. And while Kara might now know much about raising a Kryptonian on Earth, I had quite some experience with being an older sibling to Kara when she arrived," said Alex.
"But," said Clark.
"I want to stay with Kara," said Karen.
"Yeah, Karen will stay with me and Alex. She might my baby cousin, but I would treat her like a baby sister to me. I always wanted a baby sister, and not being one," said Kara.
"Fine, but if you need my help, tell me," said Clark.
As Clark and Lois were ready to leave, Lois saw Cat standing in her office, showing a middle finger to her. Lois showed her tongue, making a silly face. Clark and Lois returned to Metropolis, while Kara, Alex, and Karen landed on the balcony in Cat's office.
"Miss Grant, thank you for contacting Lois, she sent Superman's ally to help us resolve a dispute," said Kara.
"Kara, enough with your lies, I know that I am talking to my assistant, I am not blind. Oh, and hi Agent Scully. Seriously Kara, I am a smart woman, I can tell that you are Supergirl. Originally, I contemplated to fire you so that you could work as Supergirl 24-7 but then I realized that you wanted to feel normal, and especially after observing how you interacted with this young lady," said Cat
"Karen, my name is Karen," said Karen.
"Yes, after seeing how you interacted with Karen, I realized that having a life outside of being Supergirl could be important with you, and that you might want to feel normal, so I decided not to fire you. You can be Supergirl and save people, but I would still expect the same level of competence you showed me in the last two years of working as my assistant," said Cat.
"Of course Miss Grant," said Kara.
"Now, about you Karen, while I admire Kara for deciding to raise you, you still need to have an education. Us women need to have education to succeed in life. I can enroll you under Karen Danvers at the school my son goes to," said Cat.
"My name is already Karen Danvers, my mother named me like that," smiled Karen.
"Splendid, so I will enroll you as Karen Danvers to the school. Feel free to talk to Carter if you have any questions; he can also tutor you in subjects you don't understand," said Cat.
"Like quantum entanglement, or special relativity? I don't need help with things like that, mom taught me those concepts when I was six," said Karen.
Cat rose an eyebrow. "Be that as it may, I am sure you will find some areas more challenging than advanced physics," said Cat.
"Karen, when I came to Earth, I found earth science easy and boring, but history, now that subject gave me nightmares," said Kara.
"No pressure, but if you need help, speak with Carter; while shy, he will help you understand material, since my boy is so smart," smiled Cat proudly. "Alright, I will give you the rest of the day of, so that you can spend time with your family,"
"Thank you," said Kara. She took Karen's hand, and the two cousins rose in the air, flying to Kara's apartment, with Alex following them. The Danvers Sisters watched movies with Karen, which the girl really enjoyed.
While Danvers Sisters and Karen watched movies, Olivia and Miranda entered CatCo to speak with Cat. Maggie also arrived, unsure why Cat wanted to speak with her.
"Miss Grant, oh, hello Madam President, Senator," said Maggie, meeting President Marsdin and Senator Crane.
"Detective Sawyer, it's nice for you to arrive tonight. I asked Olivia and Senator Crane to meet with me, since I wanted to talk to them about certain issues like all the aliens living in the National City, and I decided to invite you since you know so much about the alien community here," said Cat, leading the three women to the conference room.
"Yeah, I know a lot of people in the alien community, some because I dated them," said Maggie, blushing.
The group arrived at the conference room and sat at a table.
"Tell me, Detective Sawyer, how dangerous are all these aliens? While Kryptonians like Supergirl seem friendly, and also quite powerful, I would like to know your opinion about other aliens, some of whom might not be as virtuous as Supergirl. Specifically, how different are all those aliens from humans?" Senator Crane asked.
"Senator, the aliens who arrive here are just like humans. Some are good, some are bad, while most just try to survive. Most aliens have some either visible or physiological difference from humans, but most of these aliens don't have superpowers, or if they do, they are either stronger than humans, or just have one super ability. Kryptonians and Martians are more of an exception and not the rule," said Maggie.
"But you admit that some aliens are stronger than humans, thus potentially being a threat," said Senator Crane.
"Senator, while yes, some aliens have super abilities, most just try lead a normal life. Obviously not to the same effect, but some humans are much stronger than others, and yet we still treat them like other human beings," said Maggie.
"I agree with Detective Sawyer, I think that aliens deserve protection and all the rights that humans get. I feel ashamed that while authorizing the DEO to monitor hostile aliens, I haven't worked on helping the alien community to feel welcome," said President Marsdin.
"Olivia, we all make mistakes and you are a busy woman," said Cat.
"Yet it doesn't excuse that for all the good I've done, I haven't helped aliens feeling welcome here," said Olivia.
The group talked for two more hours, with Maggie providing information about her experiences, mentioning some lovely people, without telling the names of those people she described, who lived in the National City.
After the meeting ended, Olivia and Miranda left CatCo. "Thank you Maggie, I think you did a lot of good today. You offered an interesting perspective that people might not otherwise see about all these aliens living in the city," said Cat.
"I am happy to help," said Maggie, yawning. "Now please excuse me, I have a girlfriend, who is waiting for me,"
Cat grinned, returning to her office, where she worked for thirty more minus before deciding to go home and spend time with her son.
Next day, when Kara returned from lunch, she saw that all the news stations were showing President Marsdin giving a speech, promising to write and pass an Alien Amnesty Act. She also told much to everyone's surprise that she would not run for reelection, which surprised everyone in her party.
Kara thought that the day couldn't get any stranger. And yet it did, with the announcement that due to such late announcement of Olivia not running for reelection, Democratic Candidates began announcing their candidacies, and most important of all, Cat Grant was one of them.
A/N: So James became Guardian. Kara took Karen to live with her. Lots of Maggie scenes, and having Maggie as independent character, not just a love interest. I think that having Maggie share some scenes with James being Guardian is interesting.
Next chapter: Adam arrived, Jack arrives, both Kara and Lena jealous. Alex and Maggie meet Emily.