Chapter 39

After Cat had shown Kara to her new office, Kara found herself reunited with one face she'd been hoping to avoid.

"Kiera, this is Snapper Carr." Cat said.

"Ponytail." Snapper said, basically being about as welcoming to her now as he'd been before, but this time, she wasn't intimidated by him.

"Huh, so you're the famous Snapper Carr I've heard so much about. I have to say, you're not what I expected." Kara said.

"What does that mean?" Snapper asked.

"It means I was expecting someone a little more impressive than you." Kara said and Cat actually chuckled, though surprised at how quickly Kara had turned from a timid assistant to a sassy reporter.

"What did you just say to me?" Snapper asked.

"You heard me. You see Snapper, unlike the rest of the reporters here, you don't actually intimidate me. Cat Grant, she scares the hell out of me and she knows it." Kara said, looking at Cat.

"It's true." Cat just sighed, enjoying the show.

"But you Snapper, all I see is a man who only takes joy in feeling superior over other people. Thought I'd take that feeling away from you." Kara said.

"Now I'm wishing I'd promoted you sooner. Finally see someone other than me put Snapper here in his place. I'm sure you two will get along famously." Cat said as she left them alone.

"You got some nerve starting out acting like that in front of me." Snapper said.

"What's the matter Snapper. Not used to someone besides Cat giving you attitude. I'm not gonna let you walk all over me. You have a problem with it, too bad, I'm not going anywhere." Kara said, daring him to challenge her.

"Maybe you'll make a decent reporter after all Danvers." Snapper said, honestly a bit impressed, since no other reporter had ever given him attitude like and if he was totally honest, not that he'd ever admit it, he actually admired someone who actually fought back and didn't back down to him so easily.

"So, where do I start." Kara asked.

"You can start by getting an exclusive on Maxwell Lord's new maglev train." Snapper said and Kara had to resist the urge to shudder, since she'd forgotten that Catco wasn't the only business that been relocated in the reality change. So had Lord Technologies.

"I'll see if I can get an interview with Maxwell Lord." Kara said as she walked away, trying to hide her anger at the fact that she once again had to deal with that man and she wasn't thinking about Snapper. In fact, she almost didn't realize that her eyes were glowing, but thankfully, she realized it and stopped them before she began shooting heat vision out of her eyes.

"What, how can my powers be back so soon?" Kara asked, since last time it had three days plus jumping down an elevator shaft to trigger her powers and now they were back after only a day.

"Note to self. After work, go check with Jeremiah to see what's going on." Kara said, though she was happy that her powers appeared to be returning at a much faster rate than normal.

To say Jeremiah was surprised when he saw Kara fly into the DEO was an understatement, since he thought that her body was still recharging.

"Not that isn't good to see you flying again, but how?" Jeremiah asked.

"I was hoping you could tell me. Where are my parents by the way?" Kara asked.

"J'onn took them to Star Labs, since they were starting to get antsy just standing around here all day while we finished working on a cover for them." Jeremiah said and Kara nodded.

"Okay then, any ideas on how I've already got my powers back." Kara asked.

"No, but why don't we go check your body's level of yellow sun radiation." Jeremiah said and Kara nodded.

"Incredible." Jeremiah said as he finished running his tests on his foster daughter.

"What?" Kara asked.

"Your cells have somehow already fully recharged. It's as if they've been flooded with at least three days worth yellow sun radiation in one night." Jeremiah said.

"Is that safe?" Kara asked, worried she might go the way of Overgirl.

"Don't worry, there's no sign of degeneration. You're perfectly healthy." Jeremiah assured her.

"Still, how is it possible that I somehow already have my powers back?" Kara asked.

"I don't know, but I intend to find out." Jeremiah said.

"Well, I'm gonna meet up with my parents at Star labs. Remember, we're all having dinner at my apartment tonight. As in you, me, my parents, Eliza, Barry, Alex and Sara." Kara said and Jeremiah nodded as she flew out.

Barry was surprised when Kara actually flew into the cortex, dressed in her Supergirl suit.

"I thought you said it would take longer for your powers to recharge." Barry said.

"I thought it would. Somehow my cells have recharged faster than I thought possible." Kara said.

"Are you alright?" Zor-El asked as he, Alura and Cisco joined them after finishing a tour of Star Labs.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just confused." Kara said.

"Actually, I think I can shed some light on what happened." Cisco said.

"Okay." Kara said.

"I used the tech we use to check your body's solar radiation count to upgrade your ring." Cisco said.

"Why?" Barry asked.

"To prevent your identities from being revealed, I actually managed to key each ring to the biometrics of its user, so only its rightful owner can activate it. Using that link, I managed to get Kara's ring to be able to tell if her body's count of solar radiation drops too far below normal and your ring and suit are designed with solar absorption technology." Cisco said.

"So what, my suit is like a solar panel?" Kara asked.

"It's complicated, but the short and simple version is that the suit and ring both store the excess solar radiation they collects during the day and then when the rings scans show your solar energy count getting too low, it's designed to flood your system with enough yellow sun radiation to recharge you. I got that by reverse engineering the specs on the red sunlight band your aunt wears." Cisco said as Kara looked at her ring.

"Nice. So it's like having an instant jumpstart whenever I need it." Kara said and Cisco nodded.

"Cool. Does my suit have any tech I should know about?" Barry asked.

"Relax Barry, your suit is fine. I only built in that feature into Kara's since you never know when it could come in handy." Cisco said and Barry nodded.

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