Chapter 16
The next time there was a knock on the door, Kara smiled as she opened the door to reveal her boyfriend.
"I honestly wasn't sure if you'd be brave enough to show up." Kara said.
"Neither was I, but I decided that I was more afraid of what you'd do to me if I skipped this." Barry said.
"Smart boy. Come on." Kara said as she showed Barry in.
"Jeremiah, Eliza, this is my new boyfriend, Barry Allen and yes he knows I'm an alien, like I already told you." Kara said, since Alex had told Sara that Kara was Supergirl before Barry arrived.
"And you're okay with dating an alien?" Jeremiah asked.
"I am. Especially since Kara isn't the only person in this room with superpowers." Barry said as he quickly showed off his speed to everyone in the room.
"You're a meta." Sara said.
"The technical term for me is speedster. But yeah, I'm fast." Barry said.
"Not as fast as me though." Kara said, even though that wasn't true, considering they could both travel at about mach 7, but not for very long without burning up.
"Yet. Kara is training me to be a hero like her." Barry said.
"Well then, I guess it's safe for me to reveal my own little secret." Sara said.
"What secret?" Eliza asked.
"I'm the White Canary from Star City and Barry and Kara aren't the only ones with powers, though mine aren't exactly the kind I can use indoors." Sara said, deciding to put all the cards on the table.
"What sort of powers do you have?" Jeremiah asked.
"The yelling kind. Sonic cry." Sara said.
"Impressive. Sounds like you have powers that would actually do some damage to me." Kara said.
"Really?" Sara asked.
"Super hearing. While it has its perks, one major downside is that sonic attacks can actually hurt me." Kara said.
"And if you use your powers on her, we'll find out which is more effective, speed or sound." Barry said.
"Don't worry." Sara said, though she could tell that Alex, Eliza and Jeremiah were all impressed by Barry's dedication to Kara.
"Okay, enough. Though I hope this will deter any threats from my family towards Barry." Kara said.
"For now." Alex said and Jeremiah nodded in agreement.
"So, Barry, what do you do for a living?" Eliza asked.
"I'm a CSI for the Central City Police Department." Barry answered.
"Really and what made you want to pursue that line of work?" Jeremiah asked.
"Barry, you don't have to tell them if you don't want to." Kara said, seeing the look on Barry's face.
"No, it's okay. Even if they don't believe me, knowing you do is enough." Barry said.
"What?" Alex asked.
"I became a CSI to clear my father's name." Barry said.
"What do you mean?" Sara asked.
"When I was 11, my mother was killed and my father was falsely imprisoned for it. No one believed me because the actual was something that could be described as impossible. A man surrounded by lightning. It was someone like me. Another speedster. I've devoted my life to chasing the impossible and getting my dad out of prison." Barry said.
"And I plan on helping him." Kara said and Jeremiah and Eliza smiled at how much Kara seemed to care for Barry.
"Argus is at your disposal. We'll let you know if we detect any traces of the person who did this. Do you have any intel that might help?" Alex asked.
"It's a man in some kind of yellow suit, surrounded by red lightning." Barry said, having to stop himself from adding, he's also been posing as Harrison Wells for the past 15 years.
"I'll put Team Arrow on alert for him to." Sara said.
"So you do work with the Green Arrow." Eliza said.
"I do and Alex and I both know his identity, but it's not our place to say, just like how it isn't our place to tell him who Supergirl is." Sara said, unaware that Barry and Kara already knew that Oliver was the Green Arrow and that Oliver already knew that Kara was Supergirl and that Barry would be the Flash.
Before the conversation could continue, there was another knock on the door.
"That must be J'onn." Kara said as she went to answer it to find J'onn standing there with a surprise.
"Aunt Astra?" Kara asked.
"Sorry we're late, but it took a lot of convincing to let Astra come here for tonight, since she didn't get the chance to meet your foster parents earlier." J'onn said as Kara quickly showed them in.
"Who's this?" Jeremiah asked.
"Eliza, Jeremiah, this is my mother's sister, my aunt, Astra." Kara said.
Astra's eyes immediately passed over Jeremiah and moved straight to Eliza.
"Kara told me how you raised her when both Kal-El and I couldn't. My family owes you a debt we can never repay." Astra said.
"Kal-El?" Sara asked.
"Superman's birth name on Krypton. Until now, I was really the only person who called him that." Kara said as Eliza and Astra began talking.
"Is Superman going to be showing up tonight?" Alex asked.
"I invited him, since Jeremiah still means a lot to him and it's an opportunity for him to not only meet my boyfriend, but also for him to meet another of our kind who isn't trying to kill him." Kara said, since a majority of kryptonians who'd come to earth had become Clark's enemies, most famously, Zod.
"Think you can outrun the man of steel Barry?" Jeremiah asked.
"Hopefully I won't have to find out." Barry said.
"Well, I think since everyone who said they'd definitely be here is here, we should start the toast." Kara said as drinks were passed around.
"To Jeremiah's return and to the Danvers family being made whole again." J'onn said as they all raised their glasses to that.
"Thank you J'onn and there's something I forgot to do earlier." Jeremiah said.
"What's that?" J'onn asked as Jeremiah pulled him into a hug.
"Thank you for keeping your promise." Jeremiah isa.d
"What promise?" Alex asked.
"Before I thought Jeremiah died, he asked me to protect both of his daughters. That's the main reason I recruited you Alex. I was trying to keep my promise to him." J'onn said.
"And you have." Alex said as there was a knock on the door.
"I wonder if that's who I think it is?" Eliza asked as Kara used her x-ray vision to find out and nearly squealed.
"Yep, it's him." Kara said as she ran over to the door and opened it to reveal Clark Kent and Lois Lane standing on the other side.
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