Beautiful
Disclaimer: The same as always – I own the idea, not the characters (well, Sigma and I do own Kayla Kent).
From Krypton, With Love
Clark was in the office at the Daily Planet with Lois when his cell beeped – he'd set up an alert on it connected to the Fortress for when Superman was needed. Taking the cell out, he paused and frowned at what it was telling him.
"What's wrong?" Lois asked, under her breath so their coworkers wouldn't hear.
"A small ship. It's entering the Earth's atmosphere," Clark muttered, frowning at what the readings showed on his cell.
"An enemy?" Lois now asked, unable to read his face for once, but confused by what she could feel from him through their bond.
"Quite the opposite – these readings match Kryptonian! The shielding is making it invisible to conventional Earth technology," Clark explained. Lois could feel the excitement that maybe it was another friendly Kryptonian.
"Kryptonian? Honey, you've got to go and help! They might crash..." Lois urged.
"They're heading directly to the Fortress so that helps," Clark stated, nodding though as he leaned to kiss his wife. "I'll see you later!"
"Good luck!" Lois called as Clark left the office, barely anyone hesitating at their colleague's haste.
"Hey, does Clark need a photographer?" Jimmy Olssen, a mixed raced young and enthusiastic photographer chimed up, looking at where Clark had left.
"No, he's got this one," Lois stated, almost automatically as the boy sat down, looking disappointed. "Not that you'd be able to keep up with him if he did," she added under her breath, smirking.
-Beautiful-
Caitlin was at her desk in Luthor Corp looking over the readings they'd recently pulled from Samantha Arias; and while she was fairly new to the Kryptonian genome, she definitely knew this was alien DNA she was looking at.
Pulling up the record of DNA taken while Samantha was calm, and human, there was very little comparison – just a few comparative genetic markers.
"How are you getting on?" Imra appeared, looking over at her across the room.
"Slowly," Caitlin confirmed as Imra moved over. "Samantha's DNA, when angered, just doesn't match anything on record – it's definitely closest to Kryptonian, but even that's a few genetic markers too far," she mused; at least the Luthors had DNA readings from Clark, Kara, Kayla and even Krypto to compare to.
"It's odd though," she continued, indicating for Imra to join her. "From what I can tell, the Kryptonian structure closely resembles Kayla and Kara's more than Clark's."
"What about Krypto?" Imra pointed out.
"He's a dog," Caitlin pointed out with a laugh. "Man's best friend he may be, or at least Kayla's best friend, sharing similar DNA he would not."
"Ah," Imra chucked. "So, what's the conclusion?"
"I don't want to jump to one, not yet. The best I have is she's some type of meta Kryptonian," Caitlin reasoned, "but one things for certain: if you told me a year ago that I'd soon be living with Kayla Kent while looking at the DNA of Samatha Arias I'd call you mad," she had to laugh at this as Imra chuckled.
-Beautiful-
"Have you figured out where the dog came from?" Kara asked her sister – it had been a few weeks since Roxy had surprised Caitlin and Kayla in bed and since then Krypto and Roxy had become close; close enough that Kayla suspected they were now mates. Roxy herself was not as attached to staying with Kayla all the time, spending a lot of time with Kara and Topar. In fact, the dog seemed to have more of an affiliation with her sister than herself, and Topar had fallen in love with the dog.
"Nope, still no clue…" Kayla answered; the sisters were currently at the Grant's house, Kara doing some cleaning having dropped off Carter at the studio earlier. The boy was now mostly being tutored for school as he worked full time. "It looks like that will be a mystery."
"She's nice enough though," Kara voiced. "I just wonder…"
"What? Some Kryptonian spy?" Kayla laughed. "I'm in your head. She's not a spy… just a dog. She loves you."
"Well…" Kara started.
"Topar loves her too. That should be enough," Kayla pointed out, to a nod from her sister. "I got to get to Vancouver though; Jensen, Jared and myself are doing an interview. I'll leave Roxy with you."
"Topar will be so happy when I pick him up from school," Kara said as Kayla and Krypto left the house.
Kara continued cleaning, then was just figuring out what she would be cooking for the Grants for dinner when the back door opened.
"Hi, Clark," Kara said as Clark entered; her cousin looked like he was shocked and yet happy all in one. "What…. What's going on?" Kara asked, a little worried now at his look as she stopped what she was doing.
"A ship," Clark started. "It went down near the fortress and I went and…" Clark muttered. "I think… yeah, I should show you."
"I can't just leave…" Kara pointed out, thinking Clark was going to take her to the fortress but was surprised when Clark addressed someone behind him.
"Come in," he called.
Kara's mouth slowly dropped opened when her Uncle Jor-El and Aunt Lara came in – they had a little boy with them who looked like he was 6, maybe 7.
"Oh Rao! Uncle Jor? Aunt Lara?" Kara said, dropping the saucepan on the floor.
"Kara," Jor said and Kara went to hug both them.
"Hi," the little boy said waving. "I'm Gal-El."
"He's our younger son," Lara stated, coming out of the hug, but Kara was confused.
"How?" Kara said, not sure what else to say as Roxy ran in from the lounge, barking.
"That is not Kaylar's dog," Jor said blankly, and Roxy barked again.
"Forget her," Kara said and Roxy gave an annoyed bark. "How are you alive?"
"It is a long story and I will tell you all, but where is Kaylar?" Jor asked. "I know you could tell her with your bond, but I would like to have you all here."
"She's in Vancouver," Kara said making the three pause. "Erm, a city up north. You know what, come with me. Roxy, come! Just let me text my boss that I will be gone for a bit." Kara took out her cellphone to text Cat, letting her know that she would be out but be back in time to pick up the kids. "Follow me…" Kara went out the door followed by Roxy and the others, following her.
….
Kayla was sitting on a chair in the studio; Jared and Jensen were in the chairs next to her and Krypto by her feet. The interviewer, a woman named Kelly, was smiling as Jared was speaking. "The writers knew they wanted a new ruler of hell to be revealed at the mid-season, building up to hell being reorganized. We didn't know who it was going to be originally – I mean, a lot of names went around the writers' room."
"Then Misha in fact mentioned the Beautiful panel with Kayla saying she would come back and the producers took a shot," Jensen said.
"I was filming Little Mermaid when my agent told me and I was like, of course!" Kayla said with a smile.
"Since the Crowley character died, we haven't had a real leader of Hell and it's actually nice. So, I must ask, is Phoebe Coleman sticking around?" Kelly now asked.
"I can't say what happens at the end of this season," Kayla said with a wry smile. "But I can say if Phoebe will be making appearances in the future it will only be as a guest star. I am not a regular or recurring next season at all," Kayla felt Kara enter and turned her head raising an eyebrow at her sister, but her attention turned back to the interview.
"I do have to ask about future projects. Jensen, Jared, we know you two are sticking with Supernatural," Kelly said and the who boys laugh.
"We do have projects lined up for the summer," Jensen pointed out.
"Anything exclusive?" Kelly raised an eyebrow at the boys.
"Let's say Jared here will be giving Chuck Norris a run for his money," Jensen smirked.
"And Jensen… well, can you say anything?" Jared asked his co-star.
"Sadly not," Jensen shook his head, to a laugh from Kelly.
"So then, Kayla, there are a lot of rumors going around – reports you turned down some big roles? And are you guest staring in Supergirl this season?"
"Supergirl is filmed a few sets down from Supernatural so both me and Krypto," Kayla spoke, and Krypto quietly barked to a laugh from Kelly, "have guest starred in an episode. I can't say much about the episode, but I can say the characters we will be playing are Kayla Kent and Krypto – we will be portraying ourselves."
"And report says, you're going to guest star in a Star Trek next season. Any truth there?" Kelly asked.
"There are talks, but can't speak to that. All I can say is I have a few things coming up," Kayla said.
"What about the Masked Singer? Are you the Blue Bird?" Kelly asked. "The choices have been narrowed down to you and Melissa Bens."
"I am not the Blue Bird," Kayla said simply with a smile, noticing the boys' looking uncomfortable that the topic had moved away from the show.
"Back to Supernatural," Kelly said, noticing too. "Any chance we will see some singing this season?"
"Singing?" Jensen chuckled.
"Oh yeah, me and Jensen do a duet of Eye of the Tiger," Kayla laughed now.
"She's joking," Jensen pointed out, but was laughing as well along with Jared. "We did think about including Kayla's singing voice, since she's well known as a singer – in fact, the producers thought through some plots, but it didn't fit for this season. Maybe if Kayla does guest star in the future, we can get her singing."
"Anything else you can tease about this season?" Kelly asked the boys.
"All I can say is this season does really honor Sam's past in an amazing way," Jared spoke up. "Sam's powers and demon blood were something that went missing after season 5 – this season really shows is it still there and let's Sam question who he is. And Dean remains the rock of the show, of course," he playfully punched Jensen on the shoulder at this.
"Thank you," Kelly finished the interview, turning to the camera to conclude and move to the next topic; but Kayla, Jared, and Jensen were already getting up. Krypto had got up at that and ran right to Roxy, who was there too.
"Jensen, Jared – my sister, Kara," Kayla introduced when they were off the set.
"Nice to meet you," Jensen said with a smile as Kara shook both their hands.
"You too," Kara greeted, but Kayla could tell her sister hadn't come here to meet the Supernatural boys.
"Urm… See you on set on Monday," Kayla spoke now to the boys, who gave a nod and headed backstage to the dressing room and a debrief from their agents.
"What are you doing here?" Kayla asked as the two girls and the dogs started to walk backstage.
"You're not going to believe this," Kara said, and Kayla could feel her excitement as they walked outside. Kayla's mouth dropped open when she saw Jor and Lara standing next to Clark and a little boy.
"Uncle Jor, Aunt Lara," Kayla said.
"Kaylar," Jor said, smiling.
"Kayla," Kayla corrected, looking around. "In public call me Kayla. I do not need a fan hearing that," Kayla went to hug the two as Jor turned to Clark.
"Human name," Clark stated, and Jor nodded. "Kayla here is a famous actress."
"Actress?" Lara asked and Kayla opened her mouth to explain, but then closed it. Krypton had not been big on entertainment – there had been some plays, but it had not been viewed as great as here on Earth.
"It's big on this world," Kayla dismissed. "How are you here?"
"Same question I asked," Kara pointed out.
"And me," Clark said, he too having asked when he saw his parents and new little brother on a ship.
"Maybe we should go somewhere for privacy?" Kayla said looking around noticing a few fans had gathered, looking at her. She gave them a smile and waved and they took out their phone to take picture. Luthor Corp. Come on I know a place to fly away. Kayla added to Kara.
"Can we get a selfie?" It was one of the fan Kayla had waved to. "With you and your sister?"
"I don't mind. Kara?" Kayla asked and Kara gave a nod and the two fans got in front of them and held out her camera, the two smiling as they took a selfie.
"Thank you," the fans said with a smile.
"Let's go, before a line forms," Kayla said when the fans had giggled off.
-Beautiful-
Kayla lead the way to Luthor Corp., the three new Kryptonians not used to flying as Clark held on to his little brother while Kara and Kayla had to help their aunt of uncle – they didn't question how Clark had managed to bring all three to the Grant house to start with.
Meeting the two Luthors at their facility, Kara and Kayla did quick introductions before taking the three Els to the place she used as Supergirl, grabbing chairs so they could all take a seat – Gal-El seemed most interested in what was going on, and the new world Earth was to him.
"Before Krypton exploded, Zor and I were working on a protective dome around Argo City so it could be taken off the planet," Jor explained. "We thought we had failed and that's why we sent you three here instead… but the dome worked somewhat. Argo was flung from Krypton the moment the planet blew; the dome kept us alive."
"But there were faults in the dome. Some minor errors," Lara continued, "At first, we thought we could control it, we thought we were safe – we even had Gal a few years after the destruction. But then the ground began to have a poisonous effect and then the dome finally failed. Many of us got into a ship, but we came here for you. We didn't realize how much time had actually passed, travelling through several regions of space where time traveled slowly."
"What about our parents?" Kara asked, taking this in and wondering.
"Zor unfortunately died not long after the destruction." Jor stated, sadly. "He was stretching himself thin to keep the dome together. Alura… she was alive until yesterday. She was meant to get in the ship with us, but she never made it."
"We have no idea if she took another ship out," Lara said, reaching out for the girls now. "Other ships left. Alura could still be alive or… well, she could have died on Argo." Kayla took her sisters hand, both feeling some type of renewed sadness. They had mourned their parents long ago but knowing they had been alive until recent felt odd.
"We're sorry," Jor stated as he looked between the girls and Kal.
"What of your lives?" Lara tried to lighten the situation. "What do you do?"
"I'm a reporter," Clark said, seeming excited to share this with his biological parents. "And I am married and bonded to a wonderful woman, Lois Lane. We have two kids."
"I'm a grandmother?" Lara asked, smiling as Jor gave his son a pat on the shoulder at that.
"That makes me an uncle!" Gal said happily, having remained quiet throughout his parents' explanation.
"We must meet them," Jor said, but his eyes went to Kara and Kayla. "Clark told us what happened with your pod, and we want you to know you have no fault. You did not fail in raising our son." Kara and Kayla gave a nod. "What of your lives? Kaylar is an ac-rez?"
"Actress," Kayla corrected, Lara going slightly red at this. "It's fine," she waved her aunt off.
"I'm a nanny," Kara stated, moving the conversation along. "I take care of children – I also have a son. My husband, Mik's brother Mon-El, died though." The pair had noticed Mik-El but hadn't made a comment on the Daxamite. "I do have a new boyfriend... Well, a mate. He's a human with powers, named Barry," Kara was happy to be able to share this with her aunt and uncle. "I would love for you to meet him, but I've got to go pick them all up from their school. The children I care for too. Kayla, can I take Roxy?" Kayla gave a nod. Kara and Roxy left.
"Kaylar, what of you? Have you a mate?" Lara now asked.
"I have a female mate," Kayla said, not really phased about the use of the Kryptonian term.
Jor and Lara frowned at this but remained silent. Same-sex relationships had been a thing on Krypton but was not really something in the noble families. If so, they were usually kept quiet and on the side of a noble marriage to combine houses.
"But she has two children from a former relationship with a male and a little sister who all live with me," Kayla explained, glancing to Clark now.
"If you…" Clark started, a little cautiously, wondering if his parents were going to comment on the same-sex relationship.
"What? Krypton is gone. Our customs died with our planet," Jor stated with a shrug. "Even when Argo survived, we tried different customs, tried to distance ourselves from what brought destruction to our world."
"Besides, it's not our blessings you needed for any relationships," Lara spoke up. "It's Alura and Zor's, Rao bless them, and they would have wanted happiness for you and your sister," she concluded. "They would have blessed a same-sex relationship even on Krypton. They were forward thinking."
"Thank you," Kayla smiled, not sure whether to hug her aunt or not at this but noticed the clock on the wall – she had intended to go straight from the interview to home and his diversion had made her rather late already. "This has been amazing, but I've got to get home to my mate and her family."
"Of course, you have lives to live," Lara smiled at her niece.
"It's great to have you two back – and to meet you too, Gal. It'll be interesting to get to know a new cousin," Kayla gave them all a smile, and left the room, Krypto by her side.
"This was all a little too much for them, wasn't it?" Jor asked Clark now.
"I think you just gave them a lot to think about," Clark said. "Give them some time…"
"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt but maybe you can help us with something?" Lena spoke up.
"Oh yeah," Lex added for his sister as the new Kryptonians looked confused to them. "We have a woman who DNA's looks human, but when angered seems to perfectly mimic Kryptonian. Caitlin – Kayla's mate – has run experiments on her DNA we extracted from her when angered, and has discovered some interesting…"
"Did you find a Worldkiller?" Jor asked, making all eyes turn to him. "They were all supposed to have been destroyed – not something Zor or I wanted but… Actually, I need to see this now."
"Worldkiller… that does not sound good," Imra muttered as Lex took Jor to the computer to see their research.
"How about I bring you two to my home?" Clark asked his mother and Gal, who gave a smile.
-Beautiful-
Kara had picked up Carter from his job, Topar from his school, and then both Dawn and Carly from their school. She then headed straight to Whitman Studios – she needed to see Barry.
Luckily, Barry had given her guest passes to get in, and from there she found Barry very easily. He was in his costume, a Starfleet uniform, outside the set with Wally West, who was in his alien prosthetics. There was a group of children and adults nearby; some type of field trip Barry and Wally were entertaining.
"Barry?" Kara called, and Barry looked up. He seemed confused, but then gave her a smile and excused himself.
"Kara, what are…?" Barry didn't finish the sentence as she hugged Barry. Barry gave Topar a look, but the kid shrugged, unsure why his mother was upset. Roxie, who was there too, kept close to Kara.
"Dawn, Carly, Carter – why don't you take Topar and go watch Wally?" Barry asked, and Carly gave a salute, taking Topar hand and the kids to watch Wally talk about Star Trek and costumes. "What's wrong?" He then asked Kara.
"It's Clark's parents – his birth parents – they appeared out of the blue today," Kara explained, trying to keep her composure. "Apparently my parents have been alive all this time – that was up until recently, anyway. I think. My mom… I just… I was extremely close to my mom. The fact I could have seen her again… it's like I lost her again."
Barry wiped a tear away from Kara's face now.
"Hey, you know, when I woke from my coma my whole world was turned upside down. I get it, but your life just has a little knot right now – and hey, you have your Aunt and Uncle back. You cry into me if you need too, but you have so much, and you don't know she's dead." Barry had paid attention to what she said, after all. "I'm going to believe she's alive and will come here someday and get to meet her grandson."
"You always cheer me up," Kara smiled, kissing Barry's lips which Barry returned. "Can I see you entertain the kids?"
"Of course, just keep Roxy close – they're a bit weird about pets on set. Except Krypto," Barry smiled as Kara nodded as she and Roxy went to join the kids, taking Topar. Barry joined Wally, who was taking the lead. "So now that Barry's back, why don't we go take them to see the Bridge?" Wally asked.
"I don't know Wally. You think you guys can handle seeing the Bridge?" Barry asked and there was a cheer. "I think that's a yes."
"Follow us," Wally said, he and Barry leading them through the sets and to the area set up as the Bridge. "Now this is the bridge – and this is the captain chair," Wally introduced.
"Can anyone tell me who Captains the Galaxy?" Barry asked now.
"Seven of Nine!" Several children chorused, causing both actors to smirk at this.
"Very good," Barry stated, moving to a seat near the front of the set. "Now, here is where Danny pilots the ship," he even took a seat.
"Do the buttons actually work?" A kid asked.
"Good question," Barry mused, pointing to a small screen set into the panel. "Some of them do and do certain things," Barry pushed a button which lit up the screen changed the planet on the view. "Others though are just for show."
Kara smiled as she watched Barry interact with the kids. This made her feel better, especially when she looked down at her smiling son. She had to tell Topar they had more family though, but that could wait until after this was over.
-Beautiful-
Kayla sat at the counter with a cup of tea in front of her and cookies, dunking the cookies into the tea and eating them before taking a sip. Then, Caitlin came in with the two kids coming up behind her.
"I'd tell you your ruining your dinner," Caitlin commented, seeing Kayla, "but I think you can eat more regardless." Kayla gave a nod. "Okay then, what's wrong?"
"Uncle Jor and Aunt Lara came back from the dead today," Kayla mused. "Apparently my parent had been alive up until recently," she kept it brief as she stared at the cookie she held, frowning.
"Seriously?" Caitlin's mouth opened at this, shocked.
"Yup," Kayla sighed.
"And… you're upset because your parents died again?" Caitlin tried, taking Kayla's hand.
"No… well yes. I mean, I would have loved to see my mom again," Kayla stated, "and maybe one day I will, but standing before Uncle Jor and Aunt Lara… I mean, I started to realized how different I am from a normal Kryptonian. I told you once that Krypton would have never let me be me and that's true – and with Clark and Kara I can feel Kryptonian and human because they have both been humanized as well. But my aunt and uncle have not... they just got here. I felt weird standing before them; like I wasn't Kryptonian or human."
"Okay," Caitlin said, thinking this over as she took the cookies from Kayla.
"Hey!" Kayla complained, the cookie taken from her.
"You can have this back when you're eating your feelings about your mom and dad dying again, because that one about your aunt and uncle is just silly. If they're decent and reasonable people, they'll love you regardless – they trusted you and Kara to raise their son, after all. They will love the strong woman you've become and if they don't, well they might be Kryptonian, but I will make them pay… I've learned a few things about Kryptonians since working for the Luthors," Kayla gave a smile and leaned over to kiss Caitlin at this.
"Can I have the cookies back?" Kayla asked, taking another sip of tea. Caitlin pushed the cookies towards Kayla, who took one.
"Can I have a cookie?" Ruby asked.
"You'll ruin your dinner," Caitlin remarked, making sure to sign it to Marley. "Daphne's going out with friends today, though – some photo project - so it's just the four of us," Krypto barked, and Caitlin tried not to roll her eyes at that. "Sorry, the five of us. So, what do you want?"
"It's Friday night, I want to take you all out to dinner," Kayla thought; Caitlin giving a smile at this.
"That sounds great," Caitlin said.
"Just let me go back to Canada and enter this country legally…" Kayla chuckled, finishing her tea making Caitlin raise an eyebrow. "What? I don't need a photo of me in America with my girlfriend when I'm supposed to be in Canada – that would be a headache. This will take a half hour at the most… decide where you want to eat and if it's a hard to get reservation, call Lucy. She can throw my name around." Kayla finished drinking her tea and grabbed the cookies.
She gave Caitlin a kiss, then hugged the girls before she and Krypto went out the back.
-Beautiful-
The next day, Kayla was back in Luthor Corp with Kara, Krypto, Topar, Roxy, Jor, Lara, Lex, Lena, and Mik – Imra had gone to Central to help Barry with some meta human problem. Caitlin and the girls entered the room at that moment, giving Kayla a smile. Topar was looking up at Lara and Jor while Gal was spending the day with Clark and Lois and the kids.
"So, you do have one of the Worldkillers here. The one we named Reign," Jor stated thoughtfully as Ruby and Marley joined Topar to entertain themselves in the corner. "Worldkillers were a Kryptonian experiment to make super-soldiers," Jor continued, "It failed though as they were wild and uncontrollable."
"Sounds like Samantha," Kayla muttered.
"Both me and Zor worked on the project. Reign was our creation," Jor stated. "We thought she had been killed with the rest, but it was during the latter days when trying to get Krypton to survive was made a priority. Someone must have taken her and got her in a pod."
"There was a survivalist cult active at that time," Lara pointed out to her husband. "It's possible they took her when we were trying to save the planet."
"The Cult of Krypton… yeah, that didn't last long," Jor chuckled, Kara and Kayla raising their eyebrows at this but saying nothing. "That said, there is something special about Reign though," he looked from his wife now to the twins. "Kara, Kayla… Zor made her using his and Alura's DNA."
"Okay," Kara stated, not getting what this meant.
"Wait…?" Kayla caught on by the looks her aunt and uncle were giving.
"This woman is your sister," Zor pointed out.
"You've got to be kidding me," Kayla groaned as several people laughed.
"They hate each other," Kara commented to Jor, who frowned. "It's a long story."
"It does make the Ruddie shippers creepy," Caitlin remarked making Kayla turn to her. "Oh, people who ship Ruby and Maddie from Magical Creatures," Caitlin confirmed; Kayla groaned again as people chuckled.
"Now that she's here and grown up I think I might be able to help her control the powers," Jor pointed out, bypassing the ship comment. "But we need to tell her everything."
"Oh, someone kill me now," Kayla moaned, to a frown her aunt and uncle.
Kayla, she's our sister – our little sister, Kara thought reasonably to Kayla. Well, she's older than us now, but we were born first and yes, I agree this is weird. And I know how much she put you through, but maybe when we tell her you two can let bygones be bygones. We owe her to help her.
She tortured me during my time on Magical Creatures, Kayla though, annoyed at how easily Kara was taking it.
And it made you stronger, as a person and an actor. Let's face it though, siblings play pranks on each other a lot of the time, I guess. I know we didn't, but the Grant kids tease each other all the time. You could say she was acting unconsciously to annoy her sister. Blood binds us, after all. Kara added, reasonably.
Oh, stop with the Kryptonian sayings, Kayla internally groaned, but couldn't help but gave a laugh. "Fine, lets help her – but we're not suddenly going to be best friends," Kayla voiced aloud; Kara hugged her sister and Caitlin gave her a smile.
"Oh, by the way," Lex finally spoke. "We found out where your dog came from," all eyes turned to Lex, "Roxy, I mean – I went over security footage from this room and it turned out she came from the multiverse. The world hopping app in this brought her over; according to the system she's from Hero Earth."
"No," Topar moaned, running up now and launched onto Roxy, hugging the dog. Ruby and Marley joining him as if trying to keep Roxy where she was – even Krypto turned his head and moaned, not wanting to lose her. "Roxy's ours now!"
"Okay, you people go deal with Worldkiller," Kayla pointed at her sister and uncle. "While I'm going to call Hero and see if we can sort this out."
"And I'll take the kids to get lunch," Caitlin added. "You three, with me," Topar kissed Roxy's head, along with Marley and Ruby before leaving. Krypto rubbing against Roxy now and Roxy rubbed him back, leaving Kayla alone with her aunt and the dogs.
Kara, Jor, along with Lex, Lena, and Mik went down to where Samantha was caged to tell her everything.
"Kaylar?" Lara said. "I'm sorry, Kayla," she corrected herself
"It's fine," Kayla said with a smile. "Mik calls me Kaylar all the time. As long as it's not in front of the fans."
"Clark explained what acting is and showed us a movie you were in," Lara said cautiously. "One you starred actually. It was very good. You're good at your job."
"Thank you," Kayla said with a small smile.
"I'm proud of you. As is Jor," Lara added. "Going after what you wanted and being this successful person. It might not be what you would have done on Krypton but it's very you. You were always a little unusual and it seems Earth suits you. Zor and Alura would be proud as well."
Kayla had a tear in her eye as she hugged Lara now, who hugged back.
"Thanks," Kayla said. "But I do have to make this call."
"Of course," Lara nodded, not making a comment on the multiverse as Kayla went to the phone line and, after a moment of figuring out how it worked, called Hero through the computer.
"This is Hero Earth," a slightly robotic male British voice said. "Hello, Beautiful Earth. How can I be of assistance?"
"What…?" Kayla asked. "Can I just talk to a real person?"
"One moment please," the voice said and then muzak played.
"Seriously," Kayla mumbled at the generic tune.
"Hero Earth, this is Jal-El leader of the Justice Society. How can we help you?" A familiar voice spoke.
"Jal-El? Not Kal?" Kayla asked.
"Kal's my twin brother," Jal muttered, sounding tired of explaining it. "Do you guys have an emergency or need help with something?"
"Kal's my twin brother," Jal muttered, sounding tired of explaining it. "Do you guys have an emergency or need help with something?"
"No, I was kind of just wondering if you were missing a Kryptonian dog. A Collie named Roxy?" Kayla said.
"Roxy… Roxane?" Jal said. "You have her? Hey Giles, did Roxane use the system to go to… Beautiful Earth?" He was obviously reading the name of the earth off the computer.
"Yes," the British voice spoke up.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Jal asked the A.I.
"You did not ask," Giles pointed out. Kayla couldn't help but chuckle at this.
"A.I.'s…" Jal muttered, and Kayla felt she was being talked to again. "Thank Rao you called. Kara's been going nuts – she gave me Roxane because she wasn't loving life in the Sanctuary and Kara thought she would like being a hero. Then, of course, she went missing and Kara went ballistic on me… well., she's very protective over her animals."
"Sanctuary?" Kayla asked, and even Lara looked interested; the call being on speaker.
"Our Kryptonian Sanctuary," Jal explained. "It's full of Kryptonian animals. There are a couple of Earths who have one too, I believe."
"So… you have other dogs?" Kayla asked, thinking.
"Yes," Jal said.
"Okay good, then that makes this easier," Kayla grinned. "We want to keep Roxy – she's bonded with my dog Krypto, and there are three 5-year-olds who would be heartbroken if she left."
"Well… I… I'll talk to Kara and tell her. It sounds like Roxane found her place," Jal said, sounding off. It was possible he had taken a liking to her when trying her out on the hero life. "Bonded? Really? She rejected every male dog at the sanctuary." Krypto gave a bark at this.
"Yeah, they're mates," Kayla chuckled.
"Okay. Well Kara did give a bunch of animals to Karry Universe recently so I don't think she will have a problem with it," Jal pointed out.
"Thank you," Kayla said, glad she did not have to break her nephew or the girls' hearts. "Karry? Is that a couple name for Kara and Barry?"
"I believe so," Jal said, and Kayla laughed – she had to use that eventually. "You're quick to catch up; it usually takes other worlds a couple of days to realize what it stands for."
"Well, shipping names is a thing here, so I just figured…" Kayla pointed out.
"Anyway, thanks for reporting Roxane to me; I'll come by to see her soon," Jal added as he disconnected. Kayla grinned, glad she could keep the other dog, but then noticed the security camera on Samantha's cell.
"Oh, this is about to get good," Kayla said turning the volume on. Jor had been talking to her since, obviously explaining her heritage.
"You mean I'm related to her?!" Samantha called out, her eyes lighting up.
"You two really do hate each other," Lara commented, looking at the screen.
"Yeah, we acted on a show together. Another long story," Kayla said as there was a bright light and suddenly the forcefield around Samantha had broken – she had gotten so angry her powers had overtaken the forcefields. Mik and Kara moved to fight the girl, as Lena and Lex backed away. Jor seeming unsure what to do.
"I'm needed," Kayla sighed, summoning her outfit and calling the two dogs with her.
Getting to the cell in record time, Kayla used her own laser vision to strike the woman as both Kara and Mik tackled the Worldkiller to the ground, but it seemed her anger had got the better of her as she was strong, throwing off both Kryptonian and Daxamite. Both Krypto and Roxy though jumped in, biting her legs as Kayla grabbed hold of her.
"Hey Maddie?" Kayla said, using Samantha's Magical Creature character name. "Did they mention I'm Supergirl too?"
"Getting her angrier is not what we need!" Kara called out as she grabbed hold of Samantha.
"If she can even hear you under that Worldkiller personality," Jor added, standing far back now with Lena and Lex as Kayla managed to pin the woman's arms behind her back.
"Sorry, Kryptonians!" Lex called out and as he opened a briefcase, he had brought with him, and a large green rock glowed. All Kryptonians, including Samantha and Jor, were obviously weakened as Samantha fell to the floor. Mik making sure to knock her completely out.
"Kryptonite?" Kayla asked, annoyed as Lex closed the briefcase. Krypto and Roxy moaned too.
"Just in case," Lex said with a shrug.
"Looks like we've got a lot of work to do," Jor said, getting up as Mik dragged Samantha back to the bed. "Including explaining this Kryptonite. It's of a similar color to the poisoned ground back on Argo."
"Oh Rao…" Kayla muttered, hearing this and beginning to see just how bad things must have got on Argo if the ground beneath their feet turned into Kryptonite.
"We need to reinforce those forcefields," Lena addressed. "And maybe you should stay away Kayla?"
"With pleasure," Kayla gave a nod as she gave both dogs a pet, informing them to follow her out of the area.
-Beautiful-
A month had gone by since Jor, Lara and Gal's arrival. They were at Kayla's house now and had literally everyone over: Jor, Lara, Gal, Clark, Lois, Lana, the kids, Barry, Amelia, Cisco, Jesse, Sara, and Harry Wells.
Kayla, Barry, and Harry Wells planning their STAR Con, since Kayla had officially signed onto it as part owner with the official title dropping the proposed 'Fan' from the title, and Harry had been seeing to the reconstruction of STAR to fit it. They had already advertised and picked the date for right after the TV shows ended for the general con to get started.
Krypto and Roxie were playfighting on the carpet, the kids laughing at the dog's growling and barking on the floor – they weren't doing any damage to the area, or themselves.
"What are we going to do if those two have puppies?" Kara asked her sister, glancing at the dogs as Krypto let off a rather loud bark.
"I guess Jason and Ella get a puppy and so does Gal," Kayla commented, joking.
"Maybe Samantha?" Kara asked coyly; Kayla giving her a look making Kara laugh.
Over the course of the last month, Jor had been working with Samantha Arias and the Luthors to make a device which would help suppress the powers so she wouldn't go full on Worldkiller when angry. She had wanted to find a way to keep control and keep her powers, and while Jor was working on that, the priority had been for her to remain herself, regardless. Jor unsure if it was even possible. The powers needed to be powered by something and Samantha could not take in solar energy like normal Kryptonians.
She had finally been allowed out of Luthor Corp too, with some control, but knew she would never be an actress again – her time in Luthor Crop had left her with plenty of time to reflect and she was now looking into doing full-time directing and there was even talk of starting a charity of some sort. Kayla was impressed but didn't like to think of Samantha that often.
"I'm glad we're doing this," Kara decided to change the subject.
"Me too," Kayla said, bringing a bowl to the living room. "But tell me, what's with all the wedding stuff?"
"My wedding," Amelia spoke up. "It's this summer after all."
"I hope I'm invited," Kayla winked at the girl.
"Obviously," Amelia smirked. "Everyone in this room is invited."
"Come on, the final is starting!" Daphne called putting on the TV.
The Masked Singer final was on – the Blue Bird, House Cat, and Lamp were the final three.
"The first hour is just a recap," Caitlin dismissed as Daphne turned up the TV now. With Dinah Drake hosting, she went over the Blue Bird's performances first: The Blue Bird had sung 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack, 'One Call Away' by Charlie Puth, 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' by Cindy Lauper, 'Firework' from Katy Perry, and Kelly Clarkson's 'Breakaway'. The judges commented that 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' and 'Breakaway' were some of their favorites of hers, especially since during 'Breakaway' she used Luthor Corp hover tech to float around the stage. It was agreed 'One Call Away' had been her worst.
"It's Melissa Bens – she admitted to it," Cisco said next to Amelia, and Kayla and Sara shared a look that Kara noticed. The show went over the other two performers, the Lamp singing more iconic song like Queen's 'Who Wants to Live Forever' and the Jungle Books' 'I Wanna Be Like You', while the House Cat had sung the likes of Carole King's 'Jazzman' and Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic', before each gave a finale clue.
The House Cat had just given a final performance and a clue when it was the Blue Bird's turn; giving her clue first: "Don't underestimate people from my small town," the Blue Bird commented in her augmented voice.
"Small town?" Lana asked. "Where is Melissa Bens from?"
"No Google!" Daphne demanded when people went to take out their phone to check, people putting them away and munching on snacks instead.
The Blue Bird sang Martha McBride's song, 'Let Freedom Ring', which surprised people since it was a 4th of July song.
Kayla was sitting, quietly smirking, which did not go unnoticed by Kara. As the end came, all three had sang and the result were in.
The lamp came in third place and was revealed to be Ronnie Raymond, Kayla's co-star from Glee, of all people – he had played her love interest, Ryder Lynn during their time on the show. Plenty in the room looked back at Kayla at this as she said noting, acting just as surprised as they all were.
"You know, I always did like Ronnie Raymond," Caitlin muttered, to a cough from Kayla.
Then, the House Cat came in second – she was revealed to be Carole King, which surprised even the studio that someone so famous and iconic had come in second, even noting she had sung her own song at one point and convinced the judges she wasn't the same artist. There was laughter in the studio as the commercials came on.
"It's time," Daphne said when the show came back and the Blue Bird took her place on the stage and the judges made their guesses – all of them agreeing it was Melissa Bens, even the one judge who always guesses Kayla.
"Take it off!" Was chanted by the crowd as Blue Bird made a dramatic effort in taking her full-body mask from her head and the music dropped, and when the blue feathers were gone, she shook her head to reveal –
"Oh my god! It's movie and TV star, Kayla Kent!" Dinah Drake announced to a loud cheer from the audience and audible gasps from the judges – and the room as literally everyone looked around at Kayla.
"I am confused. She said she was not it," Jor said, taking Kayla's word at face value as Daphne squealed and turned the TV down slightly.
"She lied," Kara laughed, having suspected it.
"Why?" Caitlin asked now, confused as Daphne tried to listen to Kayla reasoning on the TV instead. "We love this show. It would have been fun to be on the stage, see you in that."
"No, it would not have been," Sara said. "They made both me and even Krypto wear masks when joining you! Those things were hot."
"So, what made you decide to do this?" Dinah asked Kayla excitedly.
"Well, for one it was fun, and another – my girlfriend and her sister are big fans of this show so I thought this would be a nice surprise for them," Kayla on the TV said. "I love you both. All my performances have been dedicated to them."
"Awww," Jesse cooed as Caitlin had to smile as she sat on Kayla's lap and kissed her.
"Okay, that was sweet," Caitlin said. "But don't keep secrets anymore."
"Not my choice when it comes to The Masked Singer, but okay," Kayla nodded as she kissed Caitlin again.
"Now you did it I have to do it," Barry mused as people laughed. "Actually, screw it – I am doing it! Next season. I figured I would tell you tonight."
"Seriously? Are you even allowed to tell us?" Daphne asked.
"He's not. Your only allowed to tell one other person, Sara was mine. To avoid it getting out," Kayla pointed out. "But so long as we all keep the secret, the execs at Fox don't need to know."
"You are so bringing me to set," Daphne grinned.
"You know Dinah Drake is my cousin," Sara said making eyes turn to her. "I'm sure she could get you in." Daphne turning to talk to Sara.
"So, was it fun?" Barry asked Kayla once the buzz had died down and the TV switched off again.
"A ton," Kayla said with a nod. "What made you decide to do it?"
"I love being Danny, but I also like to stretch myself sometimes. I loved being in Beautiful too, so I thought maybe this would be something to do." Barry mused. "I want to continue to be Danny and do other projects."
"You can do movies in the summer," Kayla pointed out, "or if you want to do something different, see if you can do a couple weeks in a Broadway play. You've never done a play before."
"Something to think about," Barry said thoughtfully. "Maybe next summer. This summer is Masked Singer and being with Kara and Topar. And of course, Disney." Kayla gave a smirk at that.
…
Later, once everyone was gone, Daphne and Caitlin were cleaning in the kitchen while cleaning up; Kayla had taken the girls upstairs to read them a bedtime story.
"You know," Daphne said. "Kayla has rejected a lot of major parts. I mean, recently she's been in Supernatural, Supergirl, and the Masked Singer. She's also going on Star Trek Galaxy next year. It's not exactly like her. She's normally a movie actress."
"I don't know," Caitlin said, also finding it odd. "Maybe she figures this lets her be with us more. She was away for a while when filming The Little Mermaid."
"She should be happy with her career though," Daphne added.
"You know, when you're talking about someone with super-hearing behind their backs, make sure they are not in the same house," Kayla called said as she walked down the stairs. "And first off, my career is none of your business," Kayla pointed at Daphne.
"It is mine," Caitlin stated, feeling the need to defend her sister's thoughts. "Why are you rejecting those movie roles?"
"Because they are not the types of roles I want," Kayla said, confusing the two. "When I came out as gay, people assumed I would play these ultra-gay and political roles. I don't want those. I want my career to be the same, so I went back on Supernatural to make a point and because I love being on that set; but I didn't stop looking for my next movie role. I decided which role I wanted and told Lucy. Lucy has been working getting me the role I want, and I am pleased to tell you I got it."
"You did?" Caitlin asked.
"This is a big secret and it cannot get out," Kayla said, looking at Daphne who made a move like she was zipping her lip. "I'm going to be Glinda the Good in the Wicked movie."
"That's Ga-Linda," Daphne pointed out, grinning though.
"Only in the first part," Kayla pointed out with a laugh.
"That's great," Caitlin added wanting to ask a question.
"And it will film in Whitman Studios," Kayla confirmed, as she finally took a seat and Caitlin smiled, "so it's local, but there is one catch…" Caitlin raised an eyebrow. "This summer I have to do the play for a week. It's how the main parts of the cast will be announced – the actors and actresses playing Glinda, Elphaba, Fyiero, Boq, and Nessa-Rose are taking over the roles for a week in the play."
"You love Broadway," Caitlin smirked knowing that about Kayla.
"And you'll love Metropolis," Kayla said, confusing them. "I got us a nice penthouse for the summer. We can all spend time with Clark, Lois and my aunt and uncle and new cousin. You can see the sights and if you don't want to take the whole summer off there is a Luthor Corp in Metropolis you can work from. We'll spend time in Metropolis before and after the play and then Disney and back here before school re-starts." Kayla paused, realizing as she was saying it she had made plans without consulting Caitlin once more. "And I hope you're okay with this plan. I know it's something to talk over with you first, but I have to go so if you don't want to…"
"It's sounds like a nice summer," Caitlin said simply, and kissed Kayla's cheek. "We're in."
"I got to ask… does this include me?" Daphne pointed out, and Kayla laughed and nodded. "Epic!" Daphne smiled.
That was when Kayla's phone rang.
"Good timing – it's Winn," Kayla said, answering it. "Hey Winn."
"Do you think I'm weird?" Winn asked without even saying hello back.
"Yes," Kayla answered without hesitation herself.
"Hey!" Winn protested.
"You asked, I answered," Kayla pointed. "Why did you ask?"
"I got the part of Boq from Wicked," Winn said.
"Hey, we'll be working together again!" Kayla said with a smile. "What does this have to do with being weird?"
"I'm very happy to get this part, especially with the problems with the Sliders Sequel," Winn started – Sliders had some production problems and the first season had been moved to the summer instead, "but then found out Lucy got it for me when she was negotiating for you. She said she had the perfect weird actor to play the role. When they heard my name, they said yes right away." Kayla laughed. "It's not funny!"
"Are you upset you're going to be Boq?" Kayla asked.
"No," Winn said.
"Then embraced the weirdness," Kayla chuckled. "I'll see you this summer." The two said goodbye and then hung up.
"One co-star found. I wonder who will get the other roles?" She voiced.
"I'll keep an eye out on the blogs and TV!" Daphne pointed out.
"Good idea. Although that's really for another day." Kayla stood up and kissed Caitlin, going to help clean up. It was a good night.
Post Chapter Note: Well, this is the last chapter for now. Hope you all enjoyed this little story. Look out for Prime next weekend, then New Justice after that! Karry Universe will return properly in January, but until then this Thursday a tiny chapter will be posted. So keep your eyes out.
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