Chapter 38
The next day, despite having burnt out her powers, Kara managed to make it to work on time, with Ms. Grant's latte in hand, but to her surprise, Cat was waiting for her outside her desk.
"Ms. Grant, is everything alright?" Kara asked.
"No, it is not alright, because I find myself in need of a new assistant." Cat said much to Kara's confusion.
"Am I being fired. Whatever it is I did, I'm sorry." Kara said and Cat laughed.
"I'm sorry, but the look on your face was priceless Kiera." Cat said.
"Excuse me?" Kara asked.
"You're not fired. I'm promoting you. Once you find me a new assistant that is." Cat said.
"Promoting me. To what?" Kara asked.
"To any job you want. Considering how well you've done, I feel your talents are being wasted as just my assistant." Cat said.
"Reporter." Kara said immediately and Cat actually smiled.
"I was hoping you'd say that. Now come, pack up your things so I can show you to your new office." Cat said and Kara nodded, shocked, since she was wondering if she'd ever work her way back up to reporter, but now it seemed like she was.
"Okay, but, one last time." Kara said as she handed Cat the latte in her hand.
"Thank you Kiera." Cat said as Kara began packing up her desk.
"On the idea of a new assistant, my friend Iris West just graduated from Central City University with a degree in journalism and since the way I got my start as a reporter was as your assistant, maybe she could do the same?" Kara asked.
"Tell her to come in tomorrow morning at 10 am on the dot for an interview. If she is late, she can forget about it." Cat said.
"I'll let her know." Kara said, wondering if Iris was going to thank her or kill her for this.
Anyways, as she finished packing up her things, Kara prepared to follow Ms. Grant to her new office when she bumped into a familiar face.
"Sorry about that." James Olsen said.
"No problem. I don't think we've officially met. Kara Danvers." Kara said as she held out her hand to James, who shook it.
"Jimmy Olsen, but you can call me James." James said.
"Ah good, you two have met, now Kiera, please, follow me." Cat said, gesturing for Kara to follow her, neither of them seeing the look on James' face as they walked past him. Well Cat didn't, but Kara did and right now she was thinking she really needed to introduce him to the only good Luthor in the world.
Since it was his day off at CCPD, Barry was at Star labs, bringing the rest of the team up to date on the latest events.
"So, Kara's birth parents are still alive, they're here on Earth, planning to stay and Kara blew out her powers during her fight with Non?" Cisco asked after Barry finished.
"Yeah that's about it. Which means that while Supergirl recharges, it falls on the rest of us to protect the city." Barry said.
"We can handle that." Iris said as her phone rang and after seeing it was Kara, she answered.
"Hello. Wait, seriously. Yeah, I'll be there. Thank you Kara." Iris said before chuckling at Kara's response and hanging up.
"What was that about?" Caitlin asked.
"Kara just got promoted at Catco, so she recommended me to replace her as Cat's assistant. This could be my big break into the media world." Iris said.
"Congrats. Did Kara say what she got promoted to?" Barry asked.
"Reporter." Iris said.
"Sounds like you might be able to go from assistant to reporter in a few years." Cisco said.
"I hope so." Iris said.
"Hey, you're gonna do great." Barry assured her.
"So this is where Kara trains." a new voice said and the team was surprised to see J'onn enter the cortex with Alura and Zor-El in tow.
"J'onn, Alura, Zor-El, didn't know you were planning on stopping by." Barry said, surprised at seeing Kara's parents there.
"Sorry, but they didn't want to stay at the DEO all day and since we're still getting their covers in place, this seemed like the best place to bring them, since technically, it is where Kara works when she's Supergirl." J'onn said.
"It's fine." Barry assured him.
"This place is a truly impressive laboratory." Zor-El said.
"It was back when it was operational." Cisco agreed.
"Why isn't it operational anymore?" Alura asked.
"Because the previous owner blew up the city with the particle accelerator last year and we have federal restrictions preventing us from doing anything more than secretly aiding the Flash and Supergirl." Caitlin said.
"You know, maybe we should turn this around. I mean, last time I checked, I do own everything Thawne possessed. Besides, Cisco, Caitlin, how exactly do you two still make money?" Barry asked, since that was something he'd already been curious about from the old timeline. How did Cisco and Caitlin make their money since the labs were no longer operational.
"We get paid royalties from other research from before the accelerator blew up. Plus, we might get a contract with the Police Department to start upgrading Iron Heights and building them technology to give them a decent chance against metas." Cisco said.
"Well, I think I can get those government restrictions removed if you really want to do this." J'onn said.
"You serious?" Barry asked.
"Yes, but first Barry, I'd recommend making sure you can handle running the laboratory before you reopen it." J'onn said and Barry nodded in agreement on that.
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