Supergirl Fanfiction

Scenario Forty-Two

The crisis was upon them.

All of the heroes had managed to evacuate Kara and Clark's earth, and for the moment, everyone was safe. Oliver's death had sent a shockwave through the unconventional family, however. Mia was grieving alone, Barry had found a way to communicate with Iris and was breaking the news to her, and Kara was speaking with Alex about what to do next. She will grieve for everyone she has lost once this was done. She would let herself cry over her mother, Agro, Oliver, and the billions of people who didn't make it off Earth later. But now, they needed to come up with a plan.

She had found her way to an old closet in the building they were in, beginning her search for history on the Anti-Monitor, space frequencies, plans for taking on the force they were about to be met with, anything that could help. She was alone until the new boots of a bat came up behind her.

"Need any help?" Kate asked.

Kara turned, smiling for the company. She abandoned the shelf she was looking at, leaning down on the dusty table in the center of the room. "I'm not going to find anything in here, am I?"

Kate walked over and copied her stance across from her. "Nothing but floor plans and outdated spreadsheets, most likely," Kara smirked, hanging her head. Kate watched her, slightly concerned. "Hey, are you okay? With everything that happened? Oliver, your mom?"

Kara looks up at her. "I'm going to be. Right now, I'm trying to think about it. I'm trying not to fall into a hole I won't be able to get myself out of. At least not yet. I'll allow myself that luxury when everything is not in danger of facing complete annihilation." Kate nods, and Kara tilts her head at her. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine, I think. Worried, mostly, about my earth. I feel guilty that I'm not grieving for Oliver like the rest of them, but I didn't know him enough to shed any tears." Kate shakes her head, squeezing her eyes shut and then opening them again. "God, and I hate that I keep thinking about Alice."

"Alice?" Kara asks.

"My sister. Formerly Beth, who now believes she's from wonderland. Turns out she didn't die with my mother, which is what should have happened." Kara raises her eyebrows, and Kate holds up a hand. "It's not as bad as it sounds if you know her."

"I'm not judging," Kara says softly, listening. "What happened?"

"I found her. After she killed several people and tried to murder our father, I found out it was her. My family had been lead to believe she was dead for nearly twenty years, but the truth of how she survived was much worse. Now, she's on a path of revenge for getting back what she lost."

"Which is?"

"I don't know anymore. At first, I thought it was family. My father remarried and I got a step-sister, so in her eyes, I'm sure it looked like she had been replaced. My father and I worked on getting her back, letting her know that we still loved her and wanted her in our lives, but she just... didn't care. And after what she just did, I want to kill her."

"What did she do, if I may ask?" Kara asks, suddenly growing afraid. This story sounded like it had a few similarities with her and Lena.

Kate looks up at her, tears in her eyes. "She poisoned my sister and step-mother and only gave them enough anecdote for one. My step-mother made my sister take it, but she died a very slow, extremely painful death. Alice murdered her, and now my sister won't speak to me or even let me near because I spent so much of my time telling her how Alice could change. But she didn't. She can't. My sister died the day of the car accident, and now I'm going to kill the woman who has taken over her body."

"You still don't think she can change?"

"She might be able to. But it's not a matter of if I can push her to do it. She has to figure that out for herself. And I don't think she wants to."

"I don't know," Kara tries, attempting to see the good. "She sounds broken. Betrayed. I believe you can get her back. If you forgive her, which I know will be the hardest thing you'll have to do after everything she's done, maybe you can get your sister back."

Kate smiles at her sadly, a tear rolling down her cheek. "I wish I was as hopeful as you, Kara. I do. But if I don't stop her, she'll keep killing. She is not redeemable, even if she believes she is doing good. Not in my eyes."

Kara stiffens. It was as if she was hearing herself tell the story. Kate was clearly in pain from coming to terms with her decision to write off her sister, and Kara could sympathize with that. She understood. And that emotion terrified her. She didn't want to be able to feel the same hurt Kate felt with her sister, she wanted to help her and give her hope. But this was too heavy and personal for her.

"Well, I seem to be having the same problem," Kara says.

Kate furrows her brow in confusion. "You? Supergirl?"

Kara chuckles. "It appears that way, yes. I told Lena the truth."

"Lena?"

"My best friend. Lena Luthor."

Kate almost jumps at the name. "Luthor? I certainly didn't expect that." Kara nods, sucking on her teeth. "How did she take it?"

"Well, at first. She seemed fine with it. Until I caught her trying to steal alien technology from a sacred Kryptonian temple that could wipe out the human race if she calculated it correctly."

"Yikes."

"Yeah. So now, she hates me. Says I betrayed her and lied to her, which I did. I can admit that. But yesterday she tried to use that alien technology. Alex almost launched Claymore on her. She was considered a terrorist threat. I don't know what to do about her. I know she's broken and needs someone in her life, but she just doesn't want that. She wants to hate me. And I don't think I can change her mind about it."

"We seem to have the same problem."

Kara nods. "And that terrifies me." Kara's voice cracks, tears springing to her eyes. "I keep asking myself the same thing. Would it have been better if we never met? If I never became her friend, her ally? If I had never given her my trust and she never gave me hers? If I didn't know her? But I always come up with the same answer, even if it's the one I don't want to be true."

Kate nods, agreeing. "I thought about the same questions, and my answer was the same as yours. Of course, it would have been better, easier. If Alice had died and this Lena of yours never became your friend. But heroes like Batwoman and Supergirl, they don't become the people they are today without some sort of impact of our loved ones, good or bad."

Kara smiles at her, biting her lip. "I can see why you're the Paragon of Courage."

Kate grins, rounding the table and draping an arm around Kara's shoulders. "And you the Paragon of Hope."

Kara wraps an arm around her waist and together they begin to walk back to the group. "We make a pretty good team, don't we?"

"World's finest," Kate smiles. "Speaking of loved ones... your sister, Alex..."

"Is taken," Kara warns, pointing at her.

Kate pauses, turning to look at her seriously. "You think that'll stop me from trying?"

Kara laughs nervously, then notes the severity of her expression. "No. No, I don't. But they have a really good thing going on and I just-"

Kate cracks up, holding her stomach as they resume walking again.

"Wait, you were joking?" Kara asks, watching her.

Kate wipes a tear out of her eye. "I don't know, yet. I think that's why it's so funny."