Chapter 50
Supergirl and Reactron were still duking it out in Metropolis, though the people could that she was definitely fairing better against him than Superman ever had.
Still, she knew that she couldn't end the fight until she could safely remove the suit's core.
"Come on Flash, where are you?" Supergirl muttered as she dodged another punch from Reactron and retaliated with one of her own.
"Why won't you go down?" Reactron asked, since normally he and Superman were pretty evenly matched, but Supergirl seemed to outclass him all together.
"Guess I'm made of stronger stuff than you thought." Supergirl said as she used her freeze breath to send him flying backwards, right as the Flash showed up.
"About time." Supergirl said.
"Sorry, took some time to find enough lead." Flash said as he handed her a lead sculpture.
"Stand back." Supergirl said as she used her heat vision to melt a hole into the sculpture and and stuck her hand into the molten metal, encasing it in lead.
"Good luck Supergirl." Flash said.
"I'm not the one who needs luck." Supergirl said with a smile as she looked to where Reactron was getting up.
"Supergirl, it's time to end this." Reactron said.
"Finally, something we agree on." Supergirl said as she lunged into the air in enough time to use her lead encased fist to block his next energy blast and this time, she just kept moving forward towards him.
"What are you doing?" Reactron asked as Supergirl approached him and actually put her hand on his suit's energy core.
"What my cousin never could. Stopping you." Supergirl said as she used her lead encased fist to rip the core right out of Reactron's suit, immediately shutting it down.
"You're done Krull." Supergirl said as the police arrived.
"You did what Superman couldn't. You beat Reactron." one of the officers said.
"His real name is Ben Krull. I take it since his suit is now inoperable, you can take it from here?" Supergirl asked and the officers nodded as they moved to apprehend Krull.
"Now to dispose of this." Supergirl said as she flew off with the core still in hand.
That night was Clark and Lois's rehearsal dinner, which was taking place in the main ballroom of the hotel all the out of town guests were staying at.
Kara and Barry were seated at the head table, since Kara was also serving as a bridesmaid in Clark and Lois's wedding, along with Clark, Lois, Lois's father (much to Kara's displeasure), Lucy Lane, James, Iris and Clark's foster mom, Martha Kent. Sitting at the table closest to theirs were Kara's own parents, Jeremiah, Eliza, Alex and Sara.
"So Kara, what exactly is it that you do again?" Lucy asked her while trying to avoid looking at James and Iris.
"I'm a reporter at Catco. I'm actually kind of surprised that Cat didn't show up here." Kara said.
"We invited her, but she almost immediately replied no." Clark said as James checked his phone.
"And now she has a good reason to." James said.
"What do you mean?" Lois asked.
"Apparently she got word of Supergirl stopping Reactron and she was quick to get a story out before the Daily Planet did." James said as he showed them.
"Never send a man to do a girl's job." Clark read the title of the article.
"Yeah, she really goes for the angle that Supergirl is superior to Superman, considering that she was able to do in one fight what he never could. She stopped Reactron and with minimal damage." James said, the look on his face being mirrored by Kara's as they both tried to keep themselves from laughing at the look on Clark's face.
"Hey, Superman tried his best." Lois said.
"Still, Supergirl got results." Lucy shrugged.
"Can't wait to see how the Planet reacts to that." James said.
"I doubt they'll be able to. Try to keep it from Perry White until the end of the wedding." Lois said, since their boss had also been invited to the wedding and while he was being civil right now, they did not need to worry about him going into newsroom mode at their rehearsal dinner.
"Anyways, can we please avoid talking about those creatures here." Sam said and Lois, Martha and Kara all glared at him.
"They're not creatures, they're people. Don't make me regret inviting you dad." Lois said.
"Okay, so anyways, Barry, what do you do?" Lucy asked, trying to change the topic.
"I'm a CSI at the Central City Police Department." Barry said.
"Dangerous work considering all those metas running around there." Sam said.
"That's why I'm glad Central City not only has Supergirl, but it also has the Flash and a lot of other meta heroes to help the police keep order." Barry said and Sam snorted.
"Vigilantes with super powers. At least most of the vigilantes in Star City are human." Sam said.
"Dad, behave." Lois snapped.
"Anyways, one good thing about these metas is that there's always something new to write about." Kara said.
"What about you Iris. How did you and James meet?" Lucy asked, trying to keep the jealousy out of her voice.
"Oh, after Kara was promoted, she tricked me into taking over her old job as Cat's assistant." Iris said, giving Kara a hard time.
"Hey I never tricked you. I just didn't tell you how tough the job would be until after you already signed on." Kara said and Lois chuckled.
"But while the job is incredibly difficult, I have to admit, I am seeing why Kara kept it for so long and James and I began to become friends and then he asked to be his date to this wedding and here I am." Iris said.
"Kara, how did you and Barry meet?" Martha now asked.
"Well, we met when I may or may not have "accidentally" run into him in at CC Jitters." Kara said.
"I knew you did it on purpose." Iris said and Kara rolled her eyes.
"So, was it love at first sight?" Lucy asked.
"Actually we had one date and then the particle accelerator blew up and I got stuck in a coma for a few months." Barry said.
"And you waited for him?" Lucy asked Kara.
"I figured he was worth the wait." Kara said as she put a hand on Barry's.
"Think you two will ever get married?" Lois asked.
"Maybe someday, but not any time soon." Barry said and Kara nodded, since they both still had plenty to do.
"Well then, I'd recommend sitting out when I toss the bouquet, because Kara, I'll be aiming for you." Lois said and Kara rolled her eyes.
"I'm surprised you're not aiming for Lucy." Kara said.
"No, I actually agree with Lois, since unlike me, you're actually in a committed relationship." Lucy said and Kara made a mental note to tell Iris to watch herself with Lucy.
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