Next morning, Kara brought coffee to Cat Grant, also carrying some paperwork. When Kara entered Cat's office, she saw a young blonde woman sitting in the office.
"Hello Miss Danvers, my name is Eve Teschmacher," said Eve, giving a cup of coffee to Kara.
"Um, thanks?" Kara said.
Kara was confused. First, there was a woman in Cat's office, and it seemed that she was there to become a new assistant, since otherwise Kara had no clue why the woman was even there. Second, Kara was confused why this Eve not only gave Kara coffee, but also coffee that Kara enjoyed the most.
"Hello Kiera, meet Emily, she will help you today," said Cat, looking at Kara.
"Am I fired?" Kara asked. "I didn't do anything, I promise, but can I at least finish today's work, please?"
"Oh Kiera, no, you are not getting fired. I am busy today, very busy, I need to help Carter. I don't have time for details. And since I will be out, I am putting you temporarily in charge. Since you will take my place for today, I hired a temporary assistant to be your assistant," said Cat.
"I am not getting fired?" Kara asked again.
"That's what I just said," said Cat. Kara smiled, approached Cat and hugged her boss, before realizing what she just did, and promptly taking a few steps back. "Sorry."
"That's alright. So, Emily, listen to Miss Kara Danvers, while you, Kara, have a meeting with the Heads of Departments in thirty minutes. Chop, chop," Cat said, grabbing her purse, and walking to her elevator.
Cat stopped and turned around. "Oh and Kara? Feel free to use my personal elevator," said Cat, walking to the elevator and leaving the floor.
Kara stood frozen, unsure what to do, since this was quite a development, something she wasn't prepared to do. "Ok, I've got this, think like Miss Grant," said Kara, approaching nervously towards Cat's table, and sitting there, shyly looking around.
"Miss Danvers, here are the reports the Department Heads will be discussing," said Eve, placing the reports on the table.
Kara quickly looked over the reports. She then put one report in one area of the desk, the second report close to it, then another at another area of the desk, eventually putting all the reports separately on the table.
Kara briefly examined the reports, saw some interesting connections, and then began writing her own notes.
"Eve, thank you for your help, you can go rest, I will need your assistance during the meeting," said Kara.
"Miss Danvers, are you sure you don't need any of my help sorting any of the papers?"
"I am fine, thanks," Kara paused. "Actually, feel free to read over this document, I need you to check if all the sentences are written properly,"
Kara gave Eve her document about the science report she had written earlier, wanting to give Eve something to do, so that Kara would focus on the upcoming meeting.
Half an hour later, after reviewing all the reports, Kara stepped inside the conference room, at first unsure how to behave, but then putting her hands in her fists. "I can do this," said Kara, entering the room, and sitting down the chair where Cat normally sat.
James was the first person to arrive after Kara. "Hey Kara, where is Miss Grant? And why are you sitting in Cat's chair?" James asked.
"Apparently, Cat asked me to preside over this meeting, and manage her work while she is out, doing some important things," said Kara.
"It's alright, feel free to stand over there, I can take care of this meeting," said James.
"Um, no? Thank you for your help, but I can handle it," said Kara. "And besides, Cat left me in charge, so I am in charge,"
"Kara, with all due respect, while you help, a lot, you know nothing how to manage a corporation like CatCo," said James.
"I can do this," said Kara. James sighed and sat at his chair.
Snapper was next to arrive. "Oh hello there, I didn't know we asked this ponytail to entertain us while we wait for Cat to arrive," said Snapper.
"Snapper, I must warn you, I don't care how good you are at your job, I will not tolerate sexual harassment," said Lucy, also stepping inside the conference room.
While Lucy was the newest in house counsel, Lucy was integral in saving the company, with her loyalty to Cat and her legal expertise, so Cat had promoted Lucy to be the Chief Legal Officer at CatCo.
"Lane, Cat needs me, and I am just that good at my job. You can threaten me all you want, but I am invaluable to this company," said Snapper, taking a seat at his chair.
Ten minutes later, all the Department Heads and Officers were sitting at the table, everyone wondering why Kara Danvers, who most of them knew as Cat's assistant, was sitting in Cat's chair.
"Why are you sitting there, Miss Danvers?" One of the people in the room asked.
"Miss Grant asked me to manage the company while she is doing some very important things," said Kara.
"But you are just an assistant," said the old man.
"Yeah, and you are a knowledgeable head of department, with some questioning management of labor and resources. Don't worry, I put some suggestions how to improve productivity of the entire company, not just your department," said Kara.
She then turned off the light.
"What the hell, ponytail," said Snapper.
"I warn you Snapper," said Lucy.
"For once, I agree with Snapper. Kara, why are we sitting in the total darkness?" James asked.
Kara then pressed a button on a remote, and holographic images appeared in the air. The images were transparent blue and white color, producing just enough light in the room for people to see others.
"So, I wanted to do a 3D presentation of the productivity of CatCo, starting with the department of the kind gentleman who questioned my skills," said Kara.
Kara then began her presentation, showing the current productivity, the use of labor and resources, and then explaining all the problems she saw. After making all the people in the room embarrassed about doing their jobs, except for Lucy, who received least criticism, since she was the most productive, Kara then began connecting the dots and showing how each department could interact with the other better, and how CatCo overall could improve its productivity and decrease costs.
After Kara finished her presentation, she turned the lights back on. "As you can see, we have a lot of work ahead of us. Don't worry, when Miss Grant returns, I will provide her with all necessary documentation regarding this presentation, so she could then decide if she would like to work on any of these suggestions. Oh, and I will include all of your current performance, just so that Miss Grant will know how everyone in this room actually works," said Kara.
"How did you make the 3D presentation? I didn't know CatCo had such technology," said another old man.
"I was bored while waiting for your meeting, so I took some of the tech in Miss Grant's office and made this 3D hologram device," said Kara. "Meeting finished, please return to your daily routine," said Kara. She sighed, hopping she handled the meeting well.
The people slowly left the room, leaving Kara, James, Lucy, and Eve inside. "Kara, what the hell was that? Why did you use such advanced technology in the meeting?" James asked.
"I thought it would do the job best in terms of explaining all the nuances," said Kara.
"Sure," said James. "See you later, I need to do something,"
James left the room, calling Maggie. Just prior to the meeting, he received an anonymous tip that he knew that Maggie would find interesting, and although he wanted to meet with Maggie as soon as he could, James knew he had to attend the meeting.
"Lucy, I will send you my evaluation of CatCo's legal department, so that when Miss Grant asks you questions, you would know how to respond," said Kara.
"Thanks," said Lucy. Kara then touched the device she recently created, pressed a few buttons and sent the relevant report to Lucy.
"Miss Danvers, you were great, I didn't know you had a science background. I studied nuclear physics at Yale, so I also know some stuff about science," said Eve.
"You studied science?" Kara asked, now looking at Eve.
"Yes?" Eve said nervously.
"Great. Let me call Lena, we can discuss some science, since I am pretty sure that we won't have anything interesting to do today," said Kara. Eve followed.
Kara texted Lena, and when Lena arrived, the three women began discussing science, with Kara asking questions whether they understood Kara's explanations about nanotechnology Kara gave the day before at Jack's science presentation.
While the three women talked, James met with Maggie in a bar. They sat at a table, and ordered drinks. "What do you want, James?" Maggie asked.
"Maggie, I got a tip about an illegal dog fighting club. I thought you should know about this information, since the source also talked about some woman dressed in red clothing running that club," said James.
"Roulette. Damn it, we need to stop that woman. Alright, what do you know about the dog fighting club?" Maggie asked.
James told Maggie the information he knew. "Thanks, I can handle myself," said Maggie, as they exited the bar, and Maggie climbed on top of her motorcycle, putting her helmet on.
"I can help. I have a suit and shield that protects me from bullets," said James.
Maggie considered the idea; after a brief pause, she nodded. "Alright, you can follow me, but I am in charge. We are now doing official police work, and we need to make sure that Roulette goes in jail," said Maggie.
James nodded, and climbed on his motorcycle. The two people then drove their motorcycles towards a seemingly abandoned warehouse. "No one is here," said Maggie, as the two people looked around.
"Strange, I felt that the tip was good," said James, as a few men silently approached the two people, and used tasers to shock James and Maggie.
When they woke up, both Maggie and James sat in a cell, with their hands tied behind their backs. Maggie looked around and saw Roulette standing close by. "I am glad that both of you are here. You, especially you, Detective Maggie Sawyer, will witness the beauty of the games I created, and as for you, James Olsen, I will send you to some friends of mine who would love to learn more about the tech you have. Don't bother trying to destroy the locks, I ordered them from Daxamites, and they know how to hold even strong aliens captive," said Roulette, smiling.
Roulette left.
"She was right, I cannot destroy these bonds," said James.
"Damn it, I don't know where we are, or what will happen to us, and I haven't told Alex everything I wanted for us to experience," said Maggie. "I do wonder, who are these Daxamites who can create such powerful restraints, and how does Roulette knows them. Wait, I remember, Daxam was a sister planet to Krypton, and many aliens told me about how ruthless their ruling family was,"
"I think we should worry first about escaping this cell, and then think who is this particular group of Daxamites that Roulette is in contact with," said James.
"Agreed," said Maggie. She extended her leg towards James.
"What are you doing?" James asked.
"I have a tracker in my boot, try to get it," said Maggie. "You need to activate it, and once it's active, Alex can save us,"
"Are you sure?" James asked.
"Positive," said Maggie.
James turned around and moved back, with his hands touching Maggie's boot.
"OK, now there is a small compartment. You need to press the button, and Alex will know where to find us," said Maggie.
James moved a bit closer, and found a button on the boot, pressing it. The small device beeped.
"Great," said Maggie. Both Maggie and James stood up, but as they approached the locked door. But before they could do anything, gas filled the room.
When Maggie and James woke up next, James sat on some chair, still tied. He wasn't sure where he was. Apparently, Maggie was gone.
James looked around and saw an arena in the middle of the large lair. The arena had large transparent glass walls, with two areas of the arena having doors. Maggie stood inside the arena.
"Maggie," said James.
"She can't hear you, James Olsen. Don't worry, your fate will be a much more pleasant one, at least you will survive tonight, unlike Maggie Sawyer there who will know up close and personal how I run my club," said Roulette.
A small hole opened in one of the walls of the arena. Maggie looked under her legs and saw a small puppy, a Rottweiler, who couldn't be much older than three months old.
"What are you doing here?" Maggie asked the small puppy, who saw Maggie and backed down, putting its small tail on the ground.
"Hey, I won't hurt you,"
Another door began to open slowly. At first it only partially opened. A large dog's head looked from inside, trying to enter the arena, but so far only its large head could enter the hole in the entrance.
"Here is our multi champion dog, winning all the last twenty battles," said Roulette in a microphone. "Look at its teeth, Detective Sawyer, for it will be the last you will see, although I think it will first go after the puppy, since it is weaker that you are,"
"You are a sick bitch," said Maggie. The puppy hid behind Maggie, noticing a significantly larger dog that was about to enter the arena.
"Say goodbye," said Roulette as the door fully opened and the large dog jumped in the arena. It then ran towards Maggie, who grabbed puppy, and closed her eyes.
But the dog never reached Maggie, since right before the dog could bite Maggie, Alex flew inside the arena, crashing the glass walls, and grabbing the dog easily with her right hand. Alex then span the dog in the air and threw it back at the door from where the dog escaped. The large dog decided not to deal with someone who was clearly much stronger than the dog.
"Roulette!" Maggie cried, exiting the arena through the hole that Alex had created, and running towards Roulette.
"I will see you later, Detective," Roulette laughed, pressing some device on her hand, teleporting away.
"I will find you," cried Maggie. She then turned and saw Alex holding the puppy, while standing next to James, whom she freed few seconds earlier.
Later, many police cars stood by the warehouse. Some officers rescued the dogs, while others arrested Roulette's men. Maggie was happy; while Roulette escaped, Maggie helped to end the operation of this illegal dog fighting club that Roulette had created.
Alex, Maggie, and James decided to discuss the events of that day.
"Sorry I was late, I was a bit confused where the signal came from at first, but I came as soon as I learned of your location. I think Roulette placed some tech that prevented me from learning your exact location," said Alex.
"Thank you for saving us," said Maggie, leaning closer, and kissing Alex on her lips.
Maggie smiled.
"Well ladies, I need to head back to CatCo. It was nice working with you," said James, as Alex stood up and looked at him.
"James, we need to talk," said Alex.
"Yes?" James asked.
"I wondered how Clark knew about Karen, since he showed up so quickly after Kara brought Karen to CatCo. I called Clark earlier, and asked him how he learned about Karen, and he told me that you told him about her," said Alex.
"Alex, please understand, Clark and I, we thought that Karen could be a threat. Now, I know that Kara is good, but Karen? She is Astra's daughter, so she was a possible threat, a possible Kryptonian threat, and I had to tell Clark about her," said James.
"A small preteen scared girl is a threat? No, Karen is an adorable kid. You should have told Kara or me about your concerns, and we could've decided on what we should do. I am sorry James, but the DEO will no longer work with the man who goes behind my sister's back," said Alex.
"Well, I can be Guardian without the DEO's help, unlike Supergirl," said James.
Alex glared at him. James left.
"So, now that we are alone, I need to talk to you about something, babe," said Maggie.
"Yes?" Alex asked.
"First, we need to get to your apartment. I have a surprise there waiting for us," said Maggie.
Alex smiled, kissing Maggie on the lips. The two women then climbed on their motorcycles and drove to Alex's apartment. When they entered, they saw a sleeping puppy, the same puppy that Maggie saw earlier.
"So, I know that you told me that you wanted to have a dog, and after we rescued all the dogs, this adorable little puppy didn't want to leave my side. I spoke with my Captain, and he thinks that this little girl could stay with me, that is, if I wanted it to stay. Is that okay?" Maggie asked.
"Aww, you are so cute, our little Gertrude, come to mama," said Alex.
The puppy awoke, looked at Alex, and ran towards her. Alex sat down and the puppy licked her face.
"Danvers, we are not naming our dog Gertrude," said Maggie.
"Too late. Aren't you adorable, you little Gertrude? Yes, yes you are," said Alex, lifting the puppy in her hands and gently hugging her.
Later that evening, Cat Grant returned to her office and saw many pizza boxes and kale salads everywhere. Kara, Lena, and Eve were discussing some science things.
"Oh, hey Miss Grant, how was your day? I presided over the meeting as you requested, although Snapper was mean, so mean. I compiled a report about how all the departments are functioning, and provided some suggestions how to improve productivity and cut some costs," said Kara.
"Thank you Kara. Now ladies, I can take it from here," said Cat, returning to her chair.
She saw an email from Snapper, where he told that Kara actually impressed him with her knowledge and understanding of how CatCo worked.
Eve left for the day, and Kara and Lena went to eat some food at one of Lena's favorite restaurants.
Karen was studying with Ruby and Carter in a café, close to where Carter lived.
"I think I am tired, let's meet tomorrow," said Ruby. Karen and Carter nodded.
"I agree, let's call it a day," said Carter. They stood up, and as they were about to exit the café, a few men approached them, holding guns.
"You better come with us," said one of the men, "You are that Grant's kid, and she will pay us a lot of money to return you to her,"
"No," said Karen.
The men laughed. "Girly, you are just a kid, a kid who cannot do anything against the four of us," said one of the bandits as he pointed his gun at Karen, but Karen grabbed the gun and crushed it.
"Whoops," said Karen. She then easily punched the four men, knocking them on the ground.
"That was awesome! Karen, you have superpowers," said Ruby.
"I can fly," said Karen, briefly rising in the air.
"Cool! You are just like Supergirl," said Carter.
"Supergirl, yes, we need to call Kara," said Karen.
Kara arrived shortly, with Alex and Maggie. Karen was happy to see her cousin, but Ruby was shocked that her mother was also there. And Cat Grant.
Maggie arrested the four men and left to the police station, while Kara, Alex, Sam, and Cat drove with Karen, Ruby, and Carter to Cat's penthouse to talk about the situation, especially with Sam and Cat being so worried about the danger the three kids found themselves in.
A/N: and so Gertrude arrives. She is a cute three month old Rottweiler puppy.
More genius Kara.
Any idea why Cat put Kara in charge of CatCo during this chapter?
More Karen, Ruby, and Carter friendship.
Next Chapter more Supercorp scenes, while Chapter 21 will be Sanvers centered, and Supercorp kiss in Chapter 22.