Kara, Alex, Cat, and Sam arrived into Cat's apartment. "Mom, we could have walked, Karen, Ruby, and I were at the café only half a mile away from home," said Carter.
"You were attacked earlier, and I wanted to protect my son," said Cat. The adults sat on the sofa, as three kids looked at the four women.
"Ruby, are you alright? I was so worried when I learned of what happened," said Sam.
"Mom, I am fine, but if I had superpowers like Karen has, I could have helped," said Ruby. Kara, Alex, Sam, and Cat looked first at Ruby, and then at Karen.
"Superpowers?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, Karen has super strength and can fly. I think she is like Supergirl, maybe even related, although much younger," said Ruby.
Alex glared at her youngest cousin, since she didn't like many people to know that her family had superpowers.
"But we were okay, weren't we, Kara?" Karen asked.
"Yes, you were, but you were lucky," said Kara. Sam and Ruby looked at Kara.
"Wait a second," said Sam, first looking at Kara, and then at Karen. Ruby followed her mother's thought process and reached a similar conclusion. "Kara, I find it interesting how Karen look a lot like you do,"
Kara smiled. Alex face palmed. Of course, just of course, people would notice, and put two and two together.
"Karen can fly; she looks a bit like mini Kara," said Ruby. "Kara, can you fly?"
Kara wanted to disappear from the face of the Earth. Like right now. She really just wanted to stand up and fly away from this room, from facing questions like that, and froze, unsure how to react.
Kara looked at Alex, who smiled, then nodded.
Kara sighed, looked back at Ruby, and answered the question. "Yes," said Kara.
Kara knew it was pointless to lie to both Sam and Ruby, especially since they both knew about Karen having super powers, so them knowing that Kara had them wouldn't be a problem.
"That's so cool," said Ruby, jumping in the air.
"Thank you for saving me on the train," said Carter. Kara looked at him. "I am shy, not stupid,"
"Kara, you are her, you don't just have super powers, you are Supergirl," said Sam.
"Okay, first things first, you all need to sign a non-disclosure agreement," said Alex. "And if you tell anyone else-"
Kara interrupted her sister. "Alex, relax, they won't hurt us. You don't have to threaten the kids, and Sam seems nice," said Kara.
Alex sighed. "Fine, but you still need to sign those non-disclosure agreements," said Alex.
Cat looked at Kara. "Lena knows, doesn't she?" Cat asked. Kara nodded.
"Alright, now that you all know, I have to put you all in protective custody," said Alex.
"Alex!" Kara said.
"The kids. I can look after the kids while at the DEO. I will pick them up at school, or if I can't make it for some reason, I can send Susan or Demos to pick them up," said Alex. "Plus, they can play with Gertrude,"
"Agent Danvers, I am sure I can protect my son well enough, thank you very much," said Cat.
"Judging from the incident that occurred earlier, better be safe than sorry. Don't worry, there are plenty of rooms where they can study, and if they get really bored, I can ask Winn to play video games with the kids," said Alex.
"I like video games," said Karen.
"Can you train me to be an agent, like yourself? I want to become an agent," said Ruby.
"Honey, you are still a young girl," said Sam. "But I like Agent Danvers' proposal,"
"Director, I am Director Danvers, but my friends can call me Alex," said Alex. She liked Sam, not to the same extent she liked Maggie or Kara, but she hoped she could have another female friend, and Lena didn't count, since Lena spent most of her time with Kara, even during game nights.
"Let's visit the DEO," said Alex. The kids nodded. Alex then went to the bathroom, changed into Powergirl suit and carried Carter in her arms, with Ruby climbing on her back, and Karen flying next to her.
When Alex and the kids were gone, Kara looked at Cat and Sam. "I am sorry this happened to your kids. I will investigate whether it was an isolated attack, of whether someone was behind it," said Kara.
"Well, I think I need a drink, something strong. I know, I have a bottle of whiskey in the cabinet," said Cat, leaving Kara and Sam.
Sam stood up and approached one wall, looking at the painting. "Hey Kara, can you come here for one second," said Sam.
"Sure," said Kara, approaching Sam.
Sam took a few steps towards Kara. "Look, I like you, alright? You seem like a very nice woman, but you are friends with my friend Lena, who I am very fond off. I don't care if you are Kryptonian, if you hurt Lena, I will find a way to stop you," said Sam.
"Okay, I care about Lena too, but why are you so protective of her?" Kara asked.
"Lena is like a baby sister to me, at least I hope she could be one. Lena is younger, and I just feel the need to be protective of my only friend," said Sam.
"I won't hurt Lena, she is my best friend," said Kara.
Sam smiled. Kara then found a room and changed into Supergirl suit, flying to the DEO to check on Alex and the kids.
Meanwhile, Alex sat with Karen, Ruby, and Carter at the DEO computers. Winn seemed unhappy at what Alex had told him. "Winn, go play with the kids," said Alex.
"But I don't know how to be with kids," protested Winn.
"You are practically a kid yourself. You play videogames whenever you can, and you have so many dolls on your desk," said Alex.
"Figurines, I like to collect them," said Winn. Alex glared at him.
"Yes Alex," said Winn.
"Good, I am glad reached an understanding," said Alex. Kara arrived in the DEO.
"Kara, I want to spar," said Alex. Kara nodded, but before they could go to the Green Room, James entered the main DEO room and approached Winn.
"What do you think you're doing here, Olsen?" Alex asked.
"I am here to talk to my friend," said James.
"Yeah, James and I need to talk about a few things," said Winn, but seeing that Alex glared at him stopped speaking.
"You can speak when Winn doesn't work," said Alex.
"Well, I am here to fight bad guys, so I need Winn's help to do IT work," said James.
"Alright. Kids, please go to Susan or Demos, whoever is free. You can also check the cafeteria, while I need to speak with James here," said Alex.
Kara was confused. She knew that Alex was about to become confrontational, she saw Alex being angry when arguing with others, but she had no idea what James did to anger Alex this much. In any case, whatever happened, would be messy, very messy.
"You have a lot of nerve to show up at the place where not only Kara and I work, but also where the girl you dislike so much was spending time, recovering from an attack earlier," said Alex.
"First, I didn't know that Karen would be here, of all places, and second, while we don't work together anymore, I can still see my friend to fight bad guys," said James.
"James, you called Clark, telling him about Karen, instead of calling either Kara or me. You were very hostile towards the girl from the very beginning," said Alex.
"She is Astra's daughter! I don't understand how you all can't see that," said James.
"You told Clark about Karen?" Kara asked.
"I had to, Kara, since we knew nothing about her, so I had to talk to Clark and warn him about a potential hostile," said James.
"You are talking about my baby cousin, not a hostile alien threat," said Kara. "You thought about Karen being hostile. Tell me Clark, do you think Lena is hostile?
"Well, I know Lena Luthor, and she is a friend, she seems nice, but to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if she turned to be just as evil as her dear brother Lex," said James.
"Get out, for real, get out, and I don't want you being at the DEO anymore. I revoke your clearance, and you are not welcome here," said Alex.
"But Alex, James and I do good work, we help save people," said Winn.
Alex looked at him. "Winn, you better decide whether you want to work at the DEO, or help James, because I won't allow you to do both," said Alex.
"Then I am sorry, I am very sorry to say this, but I have to resign," said Winn. "James and I, we do good work, and Supergirl cannot be everywhere, but James and I help to save more people. I know you can replace me at the DEO, but James needs my expertise to help fight evil people,"
"Fine. But I still expect you to show up at game nights," said Alex. Winn smiled weakly, and then followed James out of the DEO building.
"That was a bit harsh," said Kara.
"I thought you agreed with me," said Alex. Kara smiled, approached her sister, and hugged Alex.
"Of course I agree with you. I meant the tone of your voice was a bit harsh, but I did agree with what you said," said Kara.
"We do need to check on Karen, Ruby, and Carter, or else Sam and Cat will be unhappy we left the kids unsupervised," said Alex. Kara laughed and the sisters went to check how the kids were doing.
The Danvers sisters found the kids sitting in the cafeteria eating pizza with Susan and Demos telling explaining some technology stuff to them.
Next day, Cat Grant had a meeting with Lena, Maxwell, and Morgan. She planned to discuss a few issues with the CEOs of other largest companies in the National City.
"Greetings, I wanted to speak to other powerful persons of this city to discuss how to better improve our city," said Cat.
"We can raise funds to build a giant library. We can also make a few exhibits with some latest technology. I think we can devote a portion of the library to helping young girls to get interested in science and STEM fields in general," said Lena.
"And we can use that technology to brainwash the kids into liking Luthors," said Morgan.
"Morgan, do you have a problem with me?" Lena asked.
"Not personally, you see, I am a reasonable guy, I am just skeptical that you, a Luthor, can do good. No, you are probably having some evil selfish reasons for this project. Perhaps you want to create following of evil mini Lena Luthors, your little evil minions?" Morgan suggested.
"Morgan, I just want to help those kids," said Lena.
"I have another problem with your proposal, that is not Luthor related. Do we really need a special section of the project devoted to young girls so that they could study STEM? Why should we waste resources? Besides, maybe those girls should learn about subjects that come more natural to them, like cooking and child care. We can teach them how to have more kids and be better mothers," said Morgan.
"Morgan, that's ridiculous. You and I both know that such STEM projects and programs are very beneficial to young girls to become interested in science," said Cat.
"I would like to disagree on this statement, I think girls need to learn how to be better moms rather than us wasting resources on educating them, and instead we should think of ideas how to make much more money," said Morgan. "Besides Luthor here, can you name me one female scientist who could be a great role model in this city?"
"Kara Danvers, for one," said Lena. "My friend is a genius,"
"Oh yes, I heard about young Miss Danvers. She should find herself a guy, and have kids with him. If you want, I can ask some of my friends from my fraternity to meet her," said Morgan.
"Get out, I don't want you to say bad things about neither Kara nor Lena," said Cat.
"Good riddance. I thought this meeting would be productive, but you are just care about other people and not the money you can make," said Morgan Edge, leaving the room.
"Max, why haven't you said anything?" Cat asked.
"Oh, I found it a bit entertaining to watch you two argue. I agree with you Cat, we need more programs to educate and provide services to others, not just to kids. I admire Lena's children hospital she built, but I think we need more of those projects here. A hospital here and there, and school, a museum, a park, maybe a zoo, who knows, but we can make all sort of projects to make people live better," said Max.
"We can exchange our ideas on what kind of projects we can work on. Then, we can use our combined money to build those projects. I agree with Lena, we can start with the library, but who would create the tech stuff?" Cat asked.
"I am sure that between Kara and I, we can make some good technology," said Lena.
Cat, Lena, and Max ended their meeting. Cat left, leaving Lena and Max alone. "So, I located the HQ of the rogue Kryptonians. I am in the process of making some new weapons that could stop rogue Kryptonians, that would make it easier for us to capture them, like their leader Kryptonian who fought Supergirl earlier," said Morgan.
"We should share this knowledge with Alex Danvers," said Lena.
"I would, I just don't trust the people she works for. Lena, I prefer to work alone, and I don't trust others, so I wouldn't want the DEO looking at my projects. But once I am done, I can show you how the devices work," said Maxwell.
"I still think we need to talk to Alex, since she would want to see how safe the weapons would be, especially against Kryptonians," said Lena.
"Don't worry Lena, I have no desire of hurting your pet alien, but I would have to defend myself if Supergirl were to attack me," said Max.
"I understand," said Lena. "Well, perhaps you can show me your tech today? We can have a dinner afterwards?"
"Are you asking me for a date?" Maxwell asked. "I won't say no to your pretty face, Lena Luthor."
Lena and Max went to Maxwell's laboratories, where he showed some of the projects he created already. Some were designed to capture and immobilize evil Kryptonians, while others were specifically designed to harmlessly neutralize other aliens who had other powers,"
"Mister Lord, you have a phone call," said Max's secretary.
Max excused himself, and went to speak on the phone, while Lena checked the files on the computers. She was horrified to see some of the other projects Max has developed. Luckily, Max hasn't used those weapons yet. She exited all the programs so that Max wouldn't know Lena looked over the files.
Max and Lena spent the evening talking about science, although Lena only pretended to be happy, since she wanted to get to speak to either Alex or Kara as soon as she could. Once their "date" was over, and Max left, Lena called Alex and requested pick up.
"Lena, why did you want to speak with me?" Alex asked Lena, once both of them were at the DEO.
"I talked to Maxwell about science, and then had a date with him," said Lena. Alex sent judgement looks. "No, not that kind of date, I don't like him, I just had to make an excuse to spent time with him so that I could get information. Long story short, I found that some of the things Max had created are potentially very lethal, especially to Kryptonians, but I wasn't able to learn about all of his projects," said Lena.
"I appreciate you for your help, but you shouldn't deal with Maxwell, he is a pig," said Alex.
"I know, but he is a smart pig, and unlike Morgan, Max wants to help others," said Lena.
"Lena, Max is only looking after himself, but I get your point. I see that you want to work with others to protect people, but don't work with Max. In fact, I propose that you work at the DEO, I could use a consultant on tech matters. I know medicine, xenobiology, and bioengineering, but you know more about physical sciences rather than biological ones, and I could use your help," said Alex.
"You want my help?" Lena said.
"Yes, I thought I just said that," said Alex.
Lena approached Alex and hugged her.
"Thank you, you don't know how much it means to me," said Lena, taking a few steps back. "While I knew we were friends, I am happy that you trust me so much as to work on same science projects," said Lena.
"I trust you, Little Luthor, but if you hurt Kara, I will put you in a cell and throw a key in the ocean," said Alex. Lena's eyes opened wide. "I am just kidding, but seriously, you don't want to see me if you hurt Kara,"
"I won't, Kara is my best friend," said Lena.
Morgan Edge was standing outside a café, with a fresh coffee in his hand. "Stupid women," said Edge, recollecting how Cat and Lena dislikes his attitude during their meeting.
Suddenly, someone grabbed and lifted him in the air. Edge screamed and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw himself standing on a tall building. A woman with brown hair and a white streak was hovering in the air, looking at him.
"You are that woman who fought Supergirl," said Morgan.
"That is correct. I am not here to fight you, human," Astra said.
"Why did you take me?" Morgan asked.
"You and I have shared goals. I saw you on the news, you are a very vocal critic of the House of Luthor. I dislike that family, and I want to defeat them. I know that Lex Luthor is in prison, but his mother isn't, and his sister is a potential threat. I want to work together, so that we can find a way to eliminate the threat," said Astra.
"Lillian Luthor? I hate that woman, but she didn't do anything yet," said Morgan, "I will find a way to expose her, though,"
Astra's eyes turned red and she used her heat vision on a nearby wall. "Lillian hurt me! She took my daughter away from me, and kept hurting her for years. Lillian Luthor will face justice," said Astra.
"Look lady, I agree with you regarding Luthors, but how can I help?" Morgan asked. Astra smiled, grabbed Morgan and flew with him to Fort Rozz to explain some of the details about her plan."
A man, sitting in the park, and drinking coffee, observed as Supergirl fought another alien. He then turned around.
"Living in this city is crazy. It's lucky that I am only visiting the National City for a few days. I wouldn't have visited this city if my friend from college didn't ask me to attend his party, but now I do wonder if my daughter realized how immature she acted all those years ago. I heard my daughter became a cop, admirable. She probably settled down already with a nice man, and has a kid. I should visit her," thought the man, thinking about his daughter, whom he threw out of his own house all those years ago.
In Washington DC, President Marsdin was working on her last major piece of legislation. She sat with J'onn, who was carefully reading the Bill Olivia was going to send to Congress. "Madam President, I like this bill, it is very carefully drafted, and has many details, but I still think that some aliens are just too dangerous, like the White Martians who destroyed the Green Martians, or those Daxamites, where the majority of them either helped the ruling family stay in power, or just enjoyed the life style they lived, at the lives of many others who served them," said J'onn.
"J'onn, I understand your concern, but we shouldn't think of all aliens as potential threats and rather treat them like humans, all as individuals," said Olivia.
"I understand that, and I treat other aliens as individuals, just in my life I had horrible experience with White Martians," said J'onn.
"I know, but we still need to give a chance to a particular White Martian. Do all White Martians whom you've ever known were hostile to you?" Olivia asked.
"No, but I know another Green Martian, the other Green Martian alive, who thinks that some White Martian could be sympathetic and help the Green Martians," said J'onn.
"Here you go, you need to stay positive and hopeful J'onn about others, and not let the actions of the others in the past prejudge you the members of the same species you meet in the present. As to your security concern, the bill provides extensive details dealing with those concerns, but at the end of the day, I want to have all aliens feel welcome here, and as a general rule allow them to live here, except those who are hostile," said Olivia.
"I want to stay hopeful, it's just hard, I lost my family, my planet to those monsters, to White Martians, and I came to think of all of them as evil monsters," said J'onn. "And even if I were not talking about the White Martians or Daxamites, I am still concerned about all these aliens running around. I still think you are giving them something, some of those aliens wouldn't deserve," said J'onn.
"I believe in having a benefit of the doubt, J'onn. We shouldn't let our fears define how we treat others, especially those who are different from us. And most of all, everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, no matter where they are from," said Olivia.
"I hope you are right, Madam President, I hope you are right," said J'onn.
"Thank you for your comments, J'onn. You were helpful in proving some insights into potential problems with the bill. I will need to finish revising it, and then I will send it to Congress by the end of the week. I would like to ask you to provide some of your concerns while on the floor, so that others could hear them, but I am sure that my bill will pass," said Olivia.
Late that evening, after eating her fifth large pizza, Kara sent her scientific paper to the female scientist who requested her to write the paper, and then Kara watched a movie about golden retrievers and how well they could play basketball. Kara was delighted to see puppies, only to realize that Alex left Gertrude in Kara's apartment, since Alex was working, so Gertrude woke up during the film, ran towards Kara, and began licking Kara's face.
Kara laughed, hugging the puppy. "You will need your own Supergirl costume, puppy," said Kara, holding the puppy, thinking how cute Gertrude would look in a specially designed costume.
A/N: Lots of things happened here. Sam and Ruby learned about Kara's secret and Carter revealed he already knew. Alex will now have a small baby sitter subplot, especially since she loves kids, but her primary subplot will be helping Kara to defeat Astra and Lillian.
Morgan is a very unlikable character, so I made him say things to make him even more unlikable, although I think Morgan Edge in canon could say all those things.
Kara now officially knows about James calling Clark, so Kara and James will be working separately. While it is sad that Winn left to help James, they will still be in the plot, just not working with Kara.
Lena stopped working with Max once she realized just what kind of projects Max developed. I thought it was nice to have Lena work with Alex at the DEO, especially since both of them like science, although Alex is more biology scientist, while Lena a physics scientist.
Astra met Edge.
I thought it was interesting for J'onn to have a longer discussion with Olivia about her bill, since they only briefly talked about this in canon.
More Gertrude, cute puppy Gertrude.
Sanvers centric next chapter, and Chapter 22 will feature a SuperCorp kiss.