Beautiful
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The Comic Con
"I beat you," Kayla said with a smirk, Krypto next to her.
"I took a detour!" Barry pointed out as his helmet disappeared and he sped into normal clothes. "Shall we go check in?" The two were standing near a hotel, Kayla having changed into her normal clothes in an alley.
"I guess," Kayla said with a shrug as they walked towards the entrance; both had suitcases with them.
"Not a fan of comic cons?" Barry asked. The two had to attend the 2nd San Diego comic con of the year – San Diego, the biggest comic convention in the world, had three conventions throughout the year; the 1st one, and the smallest was in March, and was for movies and TV shows premiering in the summer; the 2nd and largest took place in July, for movies and TV shows that premiere in the fall, while last of them was in November and was for the winter premieres running into the following year. Kayla usually found herself contractually obligated to go to two of them with the movies she did.
"I like them," Kayla said, noncommittedly. Both Barry and Kayla had to attend for Beautiful, the movie having had finished filming and the two were on promotional tours. The movie was coming out on Christmas Eve, which was the cut off for this con. Any later and it would have been in the 3rd convention.
"Your con tracker seems to disprove that," Barry stated as they entered the hotel and headed for the front desk.
"You looked at the con tracker for me?" Kayla asked with a laugh – there were multiple websites dedicated to tracking the conventions celebrities attended and predicting which ones they would show up to. There was even a web show dedicated to it.
"Look, it's for the fans so I don't mind it, but my favorite part of the job is being on set and acting," Kayla added truthfully.
"Yeah anyone can tell that," Barry muttered as the two both checked in. "I mean there are at least two to three movies a year you star in. Plus, TV and play appearances."
"And you're the one who went right from filming Beautiful to Star Trek," Kayla commented, and Barry had to laugh.
"Speaking of Trek, I see one of my costars," Barry said, waving to the newcomer. "Hey Wally!"
A dark man of around Barry's height with short hair looked up from his phone, he was sitting on some nearby sofas with a younger man, who looked a lot like him, sitting with him.
"Barry," Wally said, getting up at this. "Oh, and Kayla Kent with her dog Krypto! Good doggie." Wally smiled down at Krypto and went to give him a pet but paused when Krypto growled.
"Never touch the dog," Barry hissed as Kayla told her dog down. "Kayla, this is Wally West."
"Joe West's kid, right?" Kayla asked. "Your dad is going to be my crab."
"I know," Wally laughed at this wording. "Hey, this is my little brother, Walter, his twin, Julia is around here somewhere. They wanted to come to con."
"Hi," Walter said with a smile.
"Barry?" Another voice called, and Barry turned to see Victoria Stone coming up from the elevators; Victoria and Barry had both been in Starfleet Academy together and had both joined Star Trek Galaxy now. "I thought it was you! Why are you not signing autographs with us?"
"I'm here for Beautiful," Barry said; indeed, he was contractually obligated to sign with Beautiful for this con; next time he'd be at the Star Trek booths. "My autograph booth is next to Kayla." Kayla gave a nod to Victoria.
"Makes sense," Wally said as Victoria pulled a face. "Barry is the leading male of Beautiful while we're an ensemble cast. I saw Jeri before – she's gone up to her room though." Jeri Ryan was reprising her Voyager role of Seven of Nine as captain of the USS Galaxy on the show.
"And here's Winn," Kayla said, taking out her cell at the arrival of his text. "Oh, he says he's not coming until tomorrow. Bummer. Says something about Sliders reboot. Oh, well, it doesn't matter – the Beautiful panel is not until the day after." Barry nodded at this one.
"I see some of your former co-stars heading this way," Victoria told Kayla, who paused and looked to the entrance where Victoria was indicating.
She groaned and Krypto growled. This time Kayla didn't tell him to stop.
"Kayla Kent," the leading brunette had noticed Kayla and seemed to instantly put on an act. She was joined by another female and two males.
"Samantha Arias," Kayla sighed.
"I hear you're joining us on the Magical Creatures panel and for photo shoots," Samantha smirked. "It's been a while since you joined us."
"Well, the Beautiful photos and panels are not until the day after and I thought this would be nice for the fans," Kayla said, putting her hand on her hip. Truth be told, Lucy had told her she should do it and Kayla decided not to argue this time. She did want to be nice to her fans, after all. Caitlin had even reminded her of that.
"Well, we'll see you tomorrow," Samantha said as the four walked away, heading to the elevators.
"I still can't believe that show is getting a revival," Kayla snapped when they were gone but paused at seeing the looks Barry's co-stars were giving her. She quickly looked around, realizing she didn't want to upset any fans that were near, but it seemed no fans were around, and no one was filming her. That was lucky.
"Don't ask." Kayla added for Wally and Victoria's benefit. "Did every actor choose this hotel?"
"Next to the convention hall, great food and 5-stars, I think this is booked exclusively for us all," Wally pointed out, deciding not to remark on the Magical Creatures comment.
"Come on, we should go up to the room," Barry said. "See you guys later."
Barry waved to the group as he, Kayla, and Krypto went for an elevator.
"Are you ever going to explain what your problem with that show is?" Barry asked his co-star once they were alone in the elevator.
"Nope," Kayla said. "But I wish Caitlin could have come." Kayla had spent every free moment with Caitlin and the girls. She had invited them but Caitlin had to decline because of work.
"I wish Kara had come," Barry added, and Kayla laughed at that.
"She gets harassed enough on the streets for the way she looks. You think she will walk into the lion's den?" Kayla asked and Barry paused, not having thought of that. "Come on, tomorrow the madness starts anew." Kayla and Barry had gotten connected rooms, especially since the two had become close ever since he had started dating Kara and she had started dating his good friend.
"Yeah," Barry agreed. As much as he loved conventions and went to them when he could, often the bigger ones were always crazier than the smaller ones.
He had gone into his room and opened the connecting door same time as Kayla. "By the way, what is 'Broadway and Musical Bash'?"
"I'm sorry?" Kayla asked.
"I saw on your convention tracker you have been at that con a few times. In fact, the con tracker gives you an 80 percent chance of going," Barry said. "Never heard of it before but I got invited for this year one."
"Oh, that one is fun," Kayla said with a smirk. "Get the odd strangler in who wants to talk about your other projects non-musical related, but mostly it's all about the musicals. It takes place about a month after the 2nd Metropolis Comic Convention." Metropolis had the second biggest comic conventions that they held twice a year. "Look up the convention from last year. A bunch of people I was on Glee with was there and we just started singing. It was hilarious. I love those guys. Me and Ronnie Raymond did a duet."
"Ronnie Raymond, he played your Glee love interest, right?" Barry said with a smile.
"One of them," Kayla said with a nod. Ronnie had played Ryder Lynn on Glee.
Barry laughed as he headed back into the room.
"Oh, I am so looking it up," Barry said going to his bed and taking out a laptop, Kayla following. "Are you going this year?" Barry asked as his computer started up.
"If filming for the Little Mermaid doesn't interfere," Kayla mused. "I told the convention I can't give a yes or no until probably the week of." Barry nodded, knowing Kayla was leaving the country to film the Little Mermaid, after all. He started typing in Kayla name and the name of the con and easily found several videos of her singing – some going back right to the first year she was on Glee.
"Oh, this is going to take a while." Kayla laughed as Krypto went up on Barry's bed, seeming to watch as well.
-Beautiful-
It was the next day and Kayla took a deep breath as she waited, Krypto by her side.
She had spent part of the morning signing autographs before it was time for the Magical Creature panel, which she honestly wasn't looking forward to as she played with the little device connected to her shirt – the convention was using some new advanced sound system: no microphone, just this little clip and it picked up her voice in the nearest sound system, connecting to any of the speakers surrounding the entire venue.
"…finally, as if we couldn't forget, Kayla Kent!" The panelist introduced, and Kayla put a smile on her face as she walked out on stage where Samantha Arias and the other three cast members were already waiting. "Can you believe it? We have the entire original cast together here for the first time in a long time!" The panelist addressed the audience as Kayla took her seat. "A shout out to all the other actors here but could not join the panel. It would have been something to have Kayla Kent and Melissa Bens on stage together – see if we could tell them apart!" He joked.
"You know, I honestly don't get that comparison," Kayla said, happy to get on this topic. "We don't look that much alike."
"You think?" The panelist, John something asked to a cheer from the audience.
"Well, for one thing I am a natural blonde, while dyes her hair blonde for that Supergirl TV show," Kayla said, trying to hide a smirk. She found it funny, really – after her character, Ruby Nightingale, was written out of Magical Creatures, Melissa Bens had been brought in as a similar character; another vampire who was related to Ruby. The character didn't take off that well and was written out before the shortened final 5th season. Now Melissa had found fame playing Kayla and Kara's alternate ego on a Supergirl TV show. It helped that they did get on well – much better than she did with any of the other Magical Creatures' cast.
"Oh, well, we'll still have to get you two together some day," John tried to save the topic as the audience cheered again. "Before we begin, I'll let everyone in the audience know that there are two microphones set up – feel free to line up to ask questions, when the time comes."
John, and the enthusiastic cast, wasted no time in delving into the history of the show, the fanbase and, of course, the show's demise. Kayla remained quiet for most of this as Samantha and the others seemed to take the questions he had happily, even if Samantha was shooting daggers at Kayla every so often. Kayla having to speak up once or twice when Ruby was mentioned or her leaving for Glee. Soon enough, of course, talk moved on to the planned revival – the reason this panel was taking place.
"Kayla, we're dying to know – are you returning for the revival?" John now asked.
"No," Kayla answered right away, to a groan from the audience and a few scattered boos. "My schedule doesn't allow that; besides Ruby was killed by the sun, protecting her friends. That's a perfect ending for the character and anything to bring her back would feel too forced."
"But the finale left a perfect opening for Ruby to come back," John pointed out. He had done his research. "With Maddie warning you."
"What?" Kayla asked, wishing now she had asked Caitlin some questions about how this show had ended. She had always managed to avoid it since the end of the show.
"Well, you have to remember. You must have to come back to film it," John stated, making Kayla blink.
"I…?" Kayla started, taken aback at this. Once she left that show she never came back, she knew that. Samantha seemed to open her mouth to say something, but John interrupted.
"How about we refresh your memory?" John stated. "Can we get the last scene of Magical Creatures on the screens?"
There were giant TV screens behind the group showing the panel for the people near the back of the room who couldn't see the actors directly, but the screen momentarily turned to black before the familiar backing of the school featured in Magical Creatures. Kayla noticed herself as Ruby sitting on the staircase in an outfit that she barely considered an outfit: short shorts and a shirt that just covered her boobs, leaving her middle completely in view.
And then there was Samantha's character, Maddie, coming into view.
"Hey," Maddie said; she was dressed in a similarly skimpy outfit.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" Ruby spoke, not looking up from the moon she could see from the staircase.
"Shouldn't you be hunting?" Maddie asked.
"I spent the entire day hiding from the sun and helping you. I am exhausted," Ruby said. "My brothers are going to bring me back some blood."
"I guess I owe you one," Maddie stated.
"You do," Ruby said with a smirk, turning in her spot to Maddie in the shadows. "Seems you like the dark? Always bring you back."
"The dark is…" Maddie paused. "Something. You know we make a good team. Me and you."
"Sure," Ruby said.
Maddie turned to leave but stopped. "Ruby… in a few years, towards the end of May, don't go out," Maddie said. "Stay inside. We'll be fine."
"Go to bed Maddie," was all Ruby said, as if she was ignoring the warning as Maddie walked away. The screen cut to black at that.
"What was that?" Kayla asked when attention was brought back to the actors. She was too shocked to even pretend like she normally did with this show.
"There's… wait, we filmed that scene in season 1!" Kayla looked at her co-stars who seemed to be trying not to show anger at her. "It's different. You changed lines but that scene was never showed."
"Kayla was too busy to come back for the finale," Sam spoke up. "So, we used discarded footage and a body double to bring Ruby back."
Kayla took a deep breath at this, shocked, and then smiled.
"Regardless, no I'm not coming back for the revival," Kayla stated again, her mind racing. It seemed time travel was some influence in the finale, warning her character to avoid the fate she faced back in season 3. She really needed to speak to Caitlin about this.
"But –" John started.
"Ruby's fate was perfect. If she didn't die when she did, everything after she left would have changed. Including Maddie warning her," Kayla stated. "It would be a paradox for Ruby to return, so it's best to leave it as it is," she tried her best to keep a happy face, wishing she'd never agreed to this panel now. The audience seemed to be quiet now at this.
"How about we get some audience questions?" One of her co-stars asked pleasantly, seeming to shock everyone back to reality – a line of people had formed by the microphone.
Kayla was glad that the first few questions weren't directed at her, with Samantha and the others answering it while her mind raced, but she knew this peace wouldn't last forever as a girl called Mona came up to the microphone.
"Hi. My question is for Kayla. I was going to ask about plots but now I wonder, did you not watch the finale?" Mona sounded a little hurt as she asked it and it took Kayla every ounce of strength not to roll her eyes at the girl.
"I never got around to it. Always jumping from project to project," Kayla said. "Thank you, Mona." There was finality to her question as the person behind Mona moved forward.
"Sorry, but I have a question for Kayla too," the teenage boy asked and Kayla plastered on a smile and nodded.
"Would you and Melissa Bens ever do a project together?" The boy asked. This took Kayla aback a little.
"I'm unsure why people think we don't like each other. I have no beef with Ms. Bens so if the opportunity arises, I wouldn't see why not," Kayla answered truthfully, the boy thanking her as he stepped away.
The next question was for Samantha, asking her about her secondary career as a director – having directed a good few episodes of various TV shows, including a couple of Star Treks and a superhero show, not Supergirl-related, thankfully.
Kayla was thankful when, five minutes later, the panel was drawn to a close, leaving instantly before the audience could even give them an applause.
-Beautiful-
Barry was sitting in his chair, signing autographs. Today was a slower day for him. He had a couple of photoshoots to go to but he wasn't in any panels until tomorrow, meaning, he could spend some time talking to the fans.
"So, is Danny finally going to get a real love interest?" One fan asked as Barry signed his name on a promo shot of him from Star Trek Galaxy. There were others as well, such as shots from him in Starfleet Academy, as well along with his normal head shot, an Animorphs picture, and a couple from Beautiful. He was surprised at how many people wanted the Beautiful pictures signed
"I've been bugging them for that," Barry said with a smile as he looked up from the autograph. "Especially since I finally found love – all I can say though is Danny has a lot of adventures coming. Do you want a selfie?" He asked, the fan grinning at this as he pulled out a cell and took a quick snap. Barry made sure not to charge for selfies, no matter what Alex or the con said. "Have a good day; I hope you enjoy yourself!" He now called as the fan moved off.
Barry smiled as the next fan brought up a picture of himself and Kayla in Beautiful.
"Oh, epic choice!" Barry greeted the fan. "Have you seen the play?"
"When Kayla was in it, in fact," the fan stated. "She was amazing. When I heard you were going to be in it though..." he let this sentence hang.
"I hope I don't disappoint," Barry teased, giving a wink. He loved meeting the fans. "So, who do I sign…?" Barry paused as he heard a voice coming through the nearby speaker-
"Who's a good boy?" It was Kayla and she was talking to Krypto, clearly, given the dog's the barks. "Want a steak?"
Barry frowned, going to look at the booth next to him, thinking she might have joined him and that he was hearing her voice clearer than normal, but Kayla was not there. The Magical Creatures panel had ended, and Kayla had some free time, probably eating lunch.
"Sorry, one moment," Barry addressed as he leaned to the volunteer working his table, "Any clue what's going on?" It was obvious the voice was coming from the speakers around the convention hall.
"Seems there's a bug in the system," the volunteer said, already holding the walkie talkie radio up and getting a message from another volunteer. "The system got stuck on the Magical Creatures panels mic and it's spread to every speaker in the convention hall. They're trying to fix it now."
Barry gave a laugh as he turned back to the fan to interact with, still hearing Kayla talking to Krypto on the speakers. Plenty of people in the hall had paused now, smiling at hearing the dog panting and the woman fussing over the animal – it was cute hearing them together.
"You think that was funny?" The girl and dog interaction was cut short by Samantha Arias' voice.
"Urgh. What do you want?" Kayla groaned back.
"Why did you even come on the panel?" It was one of the other co-stars of Magical Creatures. Barry couldn't remember their name but already had a bad feeling. "And why couldn't you just play it like you could come back? Help anticipate the revival."
"I did the panel for the fans," Kayla said; Barry bit his pen as he finished signing, even if the fan wasn't paying him any attention anymore. In fact, everyone seemed engrossed in the broadcasted conversation. "As for the revival, I am not a part of it. It's your job to advertise it, not mine."
"It is, but you said you were doing it for the fans. If you had any respect for them, you would have teased them something!" Samantha said.
"Why give them hope when there is none? Much like this revival," Kayla added, under her breath but it was still clear as the rest of the conversation.
"We're doing this revival for the fans!" Samantha snapped. "If you even cared one bit about –"
"A fan is a fan," Kayla snapped. "I don't care if they like me for a show and part I personally hated…" Barry could hear the shock around him.
"Where are they?" Barry asked, jumping up. He had to stop this.
"Your job as an actor is the play the part. You just had to do it for half an hour on that stage and you didn't bother," Samantha snapped. Krypto could be heard growling now. "You turned down the revival instantly."
"Oh, don't act like you want me back on that pile of garbage," Kayla sounded angry now, angrier than Samantha. "You wanted me gone as much as I wanted off – no way in hell would I come back to your vile attitude. Besides, it's not my fault you weren't able to hold the show."
"Why you though?" Samantha asked. "You think your all that, but you're not. You're just a stone-cold bitch!"
The volunteers had seemed to be in a panic, no one thinking clearly now as Barry heard on their communications that they couldn't fix the microphone error, while no one seemed to think to find the girls to stop the argument either, but Barry figured there was only one place they could be.
He leapt over the table, wishing he could use his powers as he ran, pushing passed groups of con-going as he headed towards the room that they had to be in.
"I have to be an amazing actress to make anyone believe you were ever my best friend," Kayla continued, but which time there were some shuffling sounds, like fighting and Kayla laughing. Krypto barked, and Kayla called him a good dog.
"For god's sake stop!" Barry yelled, finally when he entered the private room for the celebrities. Samantha had her arms on Kayla; Krypto was growling at the other three who seemed to have backed up in fear of the teeth.
"Barry?" Kayla asked, confused why her Beautiful co-star had run in.
"There was a bug in the system! Your conversation went through the entire convention hall," Barry called; Samantha let go of Kayla at that, a look of horror on her face as well as the entire Magical Creature cast – even Krypto stopped growling and cocked his head at Barry. The group had kept the secret of Kayla dislike of the show and their own hate of each other for a very long time, after all.
"Who made this system?" Kayla asked after a moment.
"STAR Labs," Barry said, knowing it was from his foster father's company.
"Ugh," Kayla said with a groan. "That's the problem... Never use STAR Labs. Always go for Luthor Corp. Lena and Lex know what they are doing."
"Hey, that's my foster dad's company you're bad-mouthing," Barry muttered, a little hurt but knowing his priorities.
"Like you're on a first name bases with the Luthors…" Samantha mumbled.
"My cousin is Clark Kent. The known best-friend of Lex you idi…" Kayla started
"Shut up!" Barry snapped, and Kayla took a deep breath. Barry was right – there was no reason to make this worst.
"Thank you, Barry," Kayla whispered as she took the clip for the sound system off her shirt and then crushed it under her foot, she barely noticed the other Magical Creature stars doing the same. She gave Barry a hug. "You're a good friend."
"Of course, that's the one thing not sent out to the entire convention," Barry said with a laugh. "And please don't bad-mouth STAR in my presence."
"Sorry," Kayla looked humbled now as they turned to the others from Magical Creatures.
"Thanks," Samantha muttered to Barry but looked to Kayla. "I guess you got your wish. I doubt the revival's going to go ahead after that got broadcast."
"Good," Kayla stated, indicating for Krypto to follow her as she and Barry left the room, not sure what she was going to face entering the convention hall now.
-Beautiful-
Kayla sat on her bed in the hotel room with Krypto, re-listening to the conversation from before on the television.
Of course, it was caught on tape and now was everywhere. Right now, she was on a channel completely dedicated to tracking celebrities.
"It seems after years of speculation we finally have confirmation on what it was like on the Magical Creatures set," the female host of the show commented, "but Dillan, what does this say for the future of Kayla Kent con attendance?" She turned to a man by a green screen, the image of Kayla behind him.
"Well Kayla Kent skipped the rest of the day, but her representatives have confirmed she will be back at the con tomorrow," Dillan explained. "As for future cons, I think it's safe to eliminate Magical Creatures conventions from Kayla's list; they were always about 5 percent chance anyway, but now with this news I know she will definitely never attend. As for her other cons, I have push up several other cons by a percent or two. I did have to move Kayla Kent down from Broadway and Musical Bash – off from 80 percent to 60. That's more because of her filming schedule with Little Mermaid. On the flip side, Kayla Kent can now attend D23, the Disney Convention. Starting that off as a good 55 percent chance."
"Kayla Kent recently came out as gay. So, what about LGBTQ cons?" The woman asked while Kayla groaned from the bed.
"Possible, but also unlikely," the man, Dillan, said. "While Kayla had never stated her support for the community, but she had never said anything bad about it, I think it's safe to say that she wouldn't consider LGBTQ cons a priority. She may surprise us, so I've marked that at a low percentage of 40…"
"Why are you watching this?" Barry came in from his adjoining room, grabbing the remote and muting the TV before she could stop him.
"To see how bad it was," Kayla stated, looking down now. "I spent years – years, smiling and shoving aside my feelings for Magical Creatures. Just for the fans. And now… Lucy says it's not bad – she's putting out a release tonight and wants me to make a statement tomorrow during the Beautiful panel."
"Look, I spent the rest of the day talking to fans and got a lot of questions about you. Right now, people don't seem angry. Some are certainly sad about it all, but you didn't say anything bad about the fans, and that's what matters. All that was revealed was you don't like the show and there's bad blood between your co-stars. This is not a career ender, in fact I think it's juicy celebrity news… especially for you," Kayla gave a smile at that. "Come on."
"What?" Kayla asked.
Barry ran and was in his Flash outfit in a second, helmet covering his face.
"Come on and get your outfit on," Barry stated, grinning as the helmet covered his face.
"What?" Kayla was confused as Krypto wagged his tail, excited for whatever was about to happen.
"Well, I'm not letting you stay here, down in the dumps, so we either have two options," Kayla tried to keep a straight face, it was hard with the voice changer he used. "One – we can go back to con and surprise some fans with our life-like cosplays, or two – we can go and find some crime to stop."
"Crime stopping," Kayla stood at this. "I'm not ready to go back into the Lion's Den yet, even as Supergirl."
"Awesome," Barry stated as Kayla gave a smirk as she pushed her necklace; her Supergirl outfit going around her before she moved to put Krypto into his outfit.
"Let's have some fun!" Kayla stated, Krypto barking happily.
For the next few hours the superheroes ran around San Diego and neighboring towns in the state, stopping small crimes and keeping a count on who stopped more.
Kayla got Lex and Lena at Luthor Corp to help her on coms, while Barry had Cisco and Amelia in his ears from STAR Labs, the two seemed to never leave their posts; although it sounded like they were stressed from the malfunction at the convention, but they didn't let on.
"That one was unfair!" Barry called as the two stopped on top of the Golden Gate bridge, obviously now in San Francisco as Kayla and Krypto stopped a faulty helicopter. "I can't stop a helicopter going down…"
"All's fair in love and war, Flash," Kayla said, and Krypto barked out.
"Which is this?" Barry laughed, now standing on top of the supporting struts, high above the road and river.
"A little of both, I suspect," Kayla replied as she'd set the chopper down on the nearby riverbank to join him, the two in a good mood come. "Let's call it a night," she added as she sat down on the structure, Krypto yawning as he sat down next to his mistress.
"Fine," Barry said with a pout – not that she could see his face through the mask. "Amelia, Cisco we're done for the night. Thanks."
"Talk tomorrow, Bar," Amelia replied briskly as the coms shut off.
"Good job Lena, Lex," Kayla said.
"You too, Supergirl," Lex added to her, turning off the coms his end too.
"So, we're alone now," Barry said, taking a seat next to her now, letting his feet hang off the edge.
"We are," Kayla stated as Barry pressed a button on his costume to make his mask clear, so she could see his face.
"Look, Kayla, I want to go to bat for you, to help you with this Magical Creatures problem... But you need to tell me what I am helping you with." Barry was truthful here. "Tell me, what happened on that set?"
Kayla sighed at this, looking away as she stroked Krypto some more.
"How well do you know the show? Magical Creatures?" Kayla asked.
"Um… Amelia used to watch it, but not religiously," Barry confessed.
"Well, the theme of the show was that there are two sides to magic: the dark and the light. Creatures like vampires, golems and werewolves, were born or made to the dark; while fairy, angels, leprechauns, etcetera were born to the light. But witches, being magical humans, are the only ones who get to choose – the light or the dark. But family traditions kept the balance of power even until Samantha Arias' Maddie… an unknown witch, was discovered. Her decision would have tilted the power. My character, as the first magical creature she met, was the little devil on her shoulder trying to get her to choose the dark while others were trying to convince her of the light."
"Okay, I am following, I think," Barry said.
"Well the original ending of season one was supposed to be Maddie choosing the light and killing Ruby," Kayla confirmed. "But when the show premiered, Ruby became a quick favorite among the fans. The writers realized they could not kill Ruby, so instead they got me to sign a two-year contract and switched the ending. Maddie, instead of choosing, was strong enough that her power created a whole new side – the gray side – letting magical creatures who previously had no choice, choose between staying where they were or joining the gray."
"Okay," Barry said nodding. "So… where is this going?"
"The next two seasons the show focused more on Ruby," Kayla stated, and Barry nodded. "I was only originally supposed to be in 10 episodes and we weren't friends then. When Ruby became more important than the other characters, they got jealous. The other cast made my life a living hell – I stopped eating food on that set that was not pre-packaged. They did everything they could to make me miserable. Sara was the only one who I could count on that set and if I hadn't gotten the parts in that movie or those 5 episodes of Supernatural that I did at the same time, I would have likely left acting. Those parts showed me I loved acting, I just hated Magical Creatures," Kayla sighed at this. "So… I left. Lucy got me my part on Glee and I never again had a problem on set."
Barry remained silent for a minute, taking this in before he nodded.
"Okay, we can work with this," Barry said, putting an arm around Kayla and bringing her close. Kayla putting her head on Barry's shoulder. "I'll help you make a statement for tomorrow. Everything will be fine."
"You ready for rumors that Supergirl and Flash are a thing?" Kayla asked and Barry seemed confused; Kayla pointed, and Barry looked up. There was a new news helicopter, far enough away they could not hear what the two were saying, but close enough they could see the two hugging.
"Ah," Barry said, hoping they couldn't see his face as he pushed a button to have his face hidden again.
"Might not be the worst thing in the world to keep around," Kayla pointed out. "Come on, let's go. I'll beat you to the hotel." Kayla had already jumped into the air, shocking Barry as Krypto followed her.
"No fair!" Barry yelled as he stood, going to running down the structure, across the water and back on land to head back to San Diego.
-Beautiful-
The next day at the Beautiful panel, Kayla sat on the panel with Barry, Winn, and Paula. Krypto was just off stage, keeping a watchful eye, but being good.
"Before we open the floor to questions," Kayla said, taking the microphone – overnight the convention hall had removed the new communications put the old system back, not able to fix the new one. "How many questions are about Magical Creatures?" A lot of hands went up. "Okay, I am going to make one statement about what happened yesterday. Right here and right now and then I will answer no more questions about that show. This panel is for Beautiful."
Kayla took a breath, remembering the statement she had drawn up with Barry and Lucy's help. "I realize how upsetting it can be to know an actor or actress who portrayed a character you respected on a show you liked didn't like the show or character themselves. It's the reason I kept it quiet for so long – because I didn't want you disappointed. I wanted you to be able to enjoy the show you loved without knowing. But sometimes things get out. But I want to say here and now that I know I owe Magical Creatures a lot: It was the start of my career; it gave me some very loyal fans and I thank the show for that and all of you who have remained loyal to me through the years.
"But in the end, I had many issues on that show. Issues with the costumes; issues with the stories; and yes, issues with the cast, as you heard yesterday. So, I left the show when I could and started an amazing career – and I have never once looked back. So, no I will never step foot onto that revival, if it does indeed happen now. When I left, I asked them to write Ruby off in a satisfying way that made it impossible for her to come back. I am sorry they decided to give an opening, rewriting the show's own history, when they knew I would not return."
Kayla paused for a minute. "But in the end, all this doesn't matter. My feelings for the show don't matter; I am an actress paid to do a job. I play pretend. All that matters is I did that job well and you enjoyed it. Furthermore, in discussion with the convention staff, we have decided it's better that I don't do any of the Magical Creature photoshoots I was previously going to do, instead I am adding an extra solo photoshoot. If you want to redeem your Magical Creature photo there you can, otherwise either enjoy having a photo with the remaining cast or ask for a refund – the convention runner have been very generous in deciding upon this last option."
There was a moment of silence in the audience and then someone moved to the microphone set up for audience questions.
"Sorry, I know you said no question about Magical Creatures, but I got to know. Is it all supernatural shows?" The question was asked.
"I'm sorry?" Kayla paused.
"Supernatural, would you go back on that show? Your character was not killed off," the person pointed out.
Kayla smiled. "As of now there has been no offer, but if I got an offer and it worked into my schedule I would love to go back on that set. I had a good time on that show," Kayla said.
That seemed to make people happy as the panelist, a woman called Claire this time, took control of the panel.
"So, Barry… can you sing?" Claire asked; Kayla had to laugh as Barry rolled his eyes.
"Why does everyone ask that?" Barry asked.
"Trust us he can sing," Paula added in.
"I think you're going to have to prove it man," Winn said.
"Okay, this is a technically press tour, after all. Kayla, will you sing with me?" Barry asked with a smile.
"Sure," Kayla said. Barry must have set this up with Winn, bringing a bit of a Musical Con to here. "What are we singing?"
"All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera," Winn suggested, making both Kayla and Barry look at him. "First thing that came to my mind."
"Hit it," Kayla laughed, to a little chuckle from the audience as the music played.
Barry shrugged as he started singing the first line; Kayla joining in when it was her turn, having fun with Barry and finally getting rid of the worry on Barry not being able to sing – everyone hated when musicals used autotuned, after all.
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Later that day the pair went into the hotel after the con was over.
"See, I think you survived," Barry said.
"Yeah," Kayla agreed. "I'm just glad…"
"Kayla Kent," it was a familiar voice and Kayla paused to see Melissa Bens standing at reception. "Did you see the panel I was in earlier?" Kayla shook her head. She hadn't. "Well go online and watch it, I made sure to tell everyone how awful that set was even after you left and how mean the others were."
"Really?" Kayla asked, she had not expected problems on the set after she left.
"Oh, gees that show was awful! I completely get your frustrations with it," Melissa said. "And a lot of other people are saying the same thing. I think the future of that revival might be in jeopardy."
"Thanks," Kayla said, not sure what else to say.
"No problem," Melissa said. "Oh… by the way that crack about the hair was uncalled for," Kayla raised an eyebrow. "Dyed blonde."
"You are though," Kayla stated, pointing it out.
"Well, back before Supergirl wore the hood she had blonde hair," Melissa said. "And people prefer blondes."
"Come on you have to admit, it's a bit ridiculous how people think we look so much alike," Kayla pointed out. "I heard someone once say you could be mine and Kara's triplet."
"Yeah, that is ridiculous," Melissa agreed.
"Well now that is settled…" Barry said. "Melissa, would you like to join us for dinner?"
"I'm actually not staying at this hotel and do have plans," Melissa said, sounding apologetic as she took out a card. "But here's my number," Melissa handed it to Kayla. "I think maybe someday we can actually work together. You can come onto Supergirl. They always have plots for weirdness that would allow you to come on."
Melissa walked out at that as Kayla put the card in her pocket.
"Did she just call me weird?" Kayla asked, planning on putting the number in her phone as Barry chuckled, the two heading for the elevator. "Why does everyone try to get me on their shows though?"
"Actually, I've been wondering if we could get you on Star Trek?" Barry stated, and Kayla laughed
"For you, sure Barry," Kayla said, as Krypto who had been quiet throughout the encounter with Melissa, barked beside them.
-Beautiful-
"We survived con," Barry stated as Kayla finished packing, the conventions over now and they planning to leave shortly. Krypto was asleep on the bed. "Time to get home and kiss our girlfriends."
"Yeah… before we go," Kayla said. "There is one thing I need to mention. About that fight I had with the Magical Creature co-stars." Barry nodded. That topic had not lessened at all, but things had seemed to lean Kayla's, way especially with other guest actors and actresses who had been on that set had started telling stories. Kayla had stayed true to her word during the Beautiful panel and had not answered another question about the show, too. "Before you came running in, Samantha Arias grabbed hold of me."
"I saw," Barry said with a nod, remembering. "I'm surprised she got the better of Supergirl."
"Yeah, well that's the thing… She bruised my skin," Kayla said, a little worriedly. "It healed in minutes."
"Okay, so?" Barry asked.
"No human should be able to hurt me," Kayla insisted. "No normal human, at least."
"You think she's a meta human?" Barry asked, and Kayla shrugged. "Well if she is, she's not doing anything bad. I'll tell my team to keep an eye on her."
"Don't tell Caitlin," Kayla added, not waiting her girlfriend to be concerned. Caitlin had been texting her every so often since the communication error, concerned about what had happened and Kayla made sure to call every night too, to talk to her and say night to Ruby and Marley – before calling Kara to do the same thing with her and Topar.
"I'll keep this to just Cisco and Amelia," Barry said with a nod. "And I'll beat you home." Barry smirked.
"You wish," Kayla said with a smile. The race home was on.
Post Chapter Note: So, I did decide to keep this chapter just Kayla and Barry. It felt right as they are the heroes and the actors/actress. I hope you enjoyed my first ever convention chapter too!
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