35. Earth 38
Deserey clutched on to her arm rests, her knuckles turning pale. Her jaw was clenched so tightly it ached, but she didn't dare loosen it up, lest she accidentally bite her tongue.
The ship shook so violently, her vision blurred; the lights above flickered, and the wires on the console sparked and snapped right out of the monitors.
On either side of her, her team mates were clutching onto their harnesses and trying not to slide too much in their seats as they were rapidly being thrown back and forth like a bullrider in a country club.
Luna the dog howled as she tried to stand up right, scared and unsure what was happening.
Deserey's heart pounded in her chest; she struggled to keep her eyes open. In front of her, through the large window, the usual green waves of the temporal zone were swirling, changing color, turning into a deep, vibrant blue with silver outlining. Just like Deserey had seen when she and Leonard had been running with Barry.
When the Waverider merged from the portal, the scenery changed from icy Siberian landscapes, to a scolding hot sandy desert area. Though, Deserey wasn't sure if they were still in 1986 or not. The Waverider took a nose dive towards the sand dunes at the edge of the desert; for a moment Deserey thought they'd crash. The ship was still shaking violently, and Luna the dog had taken to hiding in the parlour. Deserey wished she could join her, the tremors throughout the time ship whipping her around in her seat despite the protection of the harness around her.
Something moved from the other side of the field; dust was kicked up from the force of the movement. Dez was sort of surprised she managed to see it from up so high. But the ship was falling so fast, she might have just imagined it; and she worried that if she moved around too much in effort to see for sure, she'd snap her neck. She didn't need to in order to confirm it was real, though, because apparently the others saw it too.
Sara squinted to the front of the bridge, clutching her arm rests. Somehow, she managed to speak up without biting her tongue. "You guys saw that blur right? Was that a bird?"
Kendra frowned, apparently possessing the same talent Sara had, to speak in the midst of violent trembles and shaking while falling at death defying speeds without biting her cheek off. "I think it was a plane, actually."
"You're both wrong," Rip said, evidently also having the same talent. He was oddly calm, as if they weren't about to crash and possibly die. (Then again, they'd been crashing a lot lately. Everyone on board the ship must have just been use to it by then, especially the captain.) "It's Supergirl."
"Who?" Sara asked.
A blur of red and blue whooshed across Dez's line of sight. For a moment, just a split second, she saw a woman. Maybe in her early twenties, blonde, pale skin, long red cape flapping behind her. The woman, Supergirl according to Rip, dived under the Waverider. Suddenly, the ship started leveling out, falling at an increasingly slower pace until it felt as if they were merely landing after a normal time jump instead of crash landing. Deserey yelped in surprise at the sudden shift, the ship gently settling down in the sand. It was sort of rocky and the ship was still grinding a bit, but at least they weren't dead.
"...What just happened?" Deserey asked. Her hands shook as she hesitantly pushed the harness over her head. It was a little hard to breath, and she was afraid she'd fall if she tried standing up.
Martin stood up himself, fixing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Unless I'm assuming incorrectly, we have just breached to another earth." He looked at the captain for confirmation, and when Rip gave him a curt nod in response he grinned to himself. "Astonishing!" When he began rambling on about the science of it all and the "possible outcomes" of their lives, Deserey tuned out.
Fortunately for her poor ears, Mick cut the raving scientist off fairly early into the rant. "Sounds boring. Wake me up when the action starts." He immediately fell asleep, snoring quite loudly, leaving Dez to wonder how he could doze off so quickly. She envied that and vowed to figure out his trick some day.
"So, where are we and how soon can we leave?" Sara asked.
Rip tilted his head slightly slightly up to the ceiling, signaling a response from their AI. "By my estimation, we will be able to make one small jump, but the ship has been severely damaged thanks to the missiles, I won't be able to get us back to earth one without a few repairs."
"I'm on it!" Jax said, jumping to his feet. He walked to the back of the room to get his tools from the parlour, passing a whining Luna on the way.
Ray grinned brightly as he stood up too, as if nothing had gone wrong at all. "In the mean time, Dez, we can finally fabricate your super suit!"
Deserey blinked. "I almost forgot about that..." They had been so busy, what with everything that had happened in the 50s and then the 60s. It had been kind of a chaotic mess lately...
"I'm afraid that won't be possible, Dr. Palmer," Gideon informed. "The fabrication room has suffered great damage and won't be available for use for at least a few hours."
"Or longer if I can't fix the engine right away," Jax added. Luna barked to show her agreement.
"Oh." Ray pouted slightly, and Dez couldn't help but to empathize. Despite having forgotten about getting her suit, she had actually really been looking forward to it. Especially since Ray had seemed so excited about it. (His optimism may have been rubbing off...)
Before anyone could say anything else, a voice sounded from around the corner. It was female, light, almost too sweet. Like a spoonful of sugar on top of an already rich ice cream cake. A blonde woman, Dez assumed she was the one who'd saved their ship from crashing.
As soon as she spotted her, Deserey wished she hadn't already given Sara the nickname Barbie, because this girl was basically a blown up version of that doll. She had flawless pale skin, not a single pimple, scar, or freckle to hinder her beauty. Her hair cascaded down her back and over her shoulders, small ringlets curling at the ends; stunning blue eyes as pearly as the ocean beamed at the Legends with such a genuine care Deserey felt like she'd been punched in the gut. The woman was dressed in a blue suit with tights and a red mini skirt and knee high boots to match her cape. On her chest and emblem was printed: a red and yellow S shape. (Deserey guessed it must have been some sort of coat of arms.)
Dez clutched her arm rests until her knuckles paled. Her throat was suddenly extremely dry. She felt her whole body shaking for a moment, and she had to bite down on her fist to subdue the squeaking noise that was emitting from her mouth. Dez was aware of the fact that this made everyone else stare at her like she'd lost her marbles, but at the moment she didn't care much.
Luna trotted up to her, putting her paws on her legs, demanding to be petted; the woman obligated, lighting up like a Christmas tree. She cooed at the dog for several minutes, until Luna trotted off elsewhere and she realized Deserey was staring like a creep.
The blonde woman blinked. She glanced at the others, a concerned from written all over her face. "Is, uh, is your friend okay?"
Sara shrugged. Everyone else looked genuinely worried for Deserey's health. Maybe they thought she needed medical attention, but Sara just said, "She's fine. Pretty sure she just thinks you're hot. Which I mean..." She gave the woman a not so subtle once over which basically finished the thought for her.
The woman blinked, Deserey feeling her face heating up with embarrassment. "Uh...thanks?" The woman spoke slowly. She didn't sound weirded out or judgmental about it, but she was clearly taken aback. The woman shook her head. "Um, anyway. I'm... Supergirl, the protector of National City and this Earth... Unless you already know that?" She started fidgeting awkwardly and over explaining the way Ray did a lot. "I just assumed you were from another earth, because you came through the same portal thing that Barry did, and --"
"Wait, did you say Barry?" Ray asked, looking surprised. He shared a look with Martin and Jax. The hawks glanced at one another as well. "As in Barry Allen? The Flash?"
The woman nodded, smiling widely and pointing at him. "Yeah! Him! You're friends with Barry?"
"The opposite actually," Leonard cut in, sounding a little annoyed by the fact that everyone kept saying his name. He leaned against the wall, folding his arms over himself, looking somewhat like a moody teenager. The attitude towards the Scarlet Speedster sort of confused Deserey. He'd actually somewhat friendly towards him when Barry had asked for his help, but now he was acting like he hated the guy. Was it a love hate relationship then?
Kendra made a face, pointing back at the woman confusedly. "Wait. If he's on another Earth, how do you know him?"
"He was just here, like five seconds ago!" Supergirl said, pointing at the door way. "He left right before you crash landed here."
"Seriously?" Dez sighed. "Flash beat us to the multiverse thing?"
Supergirl shrugged and looked over the team. She put her hands on her hips, giving them all once overs. Deserey figured they probably weren't very impressive, but Supergirl didn't seem to mind all that much. She only really did a double take at Ray, eyeing him with a perplexed frown. "You...look so much like my cousin..."
Ray nodded and made a similar look of bemusement. "You know, I was just going to say the same thing. It's...it's really weird..."
"Yeah..." Supergirl nodded in agreement. There was an awkward moment in which no one said anything, the Legends and Supergirl shifting their weight from foot to foot and avoiding eye contact. After a moment, Supergirl over enthusiastically continued their conversation. "So, um, anyway! Are you guys okay? That was a pretty rough fall? And did you come here on purpose or was it an accident like Barry?"
So, with hesitant glances between the team members, they told her everything. Savage. Chronos. The Time Masters. Their plan to save the future. The whole gig. She listened with interest, nodding along to their story; when Ray explained about his exo suit and Jax and Martin's ability to merge into a nuclear super duo, she got ecstatic, letting out a little cry of, "Oh, yeah! Barry, mentioned you guys!"
When they were finished, it was her turn to tell a story. "When I was a child, my planet Krypton was dying," she told them, glancing at her feet. "I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin." She leaned against the wall, looking at the team of time travelers with an earnest expression. "But my pod got knocked off course, and by the time I got here, my cousin had already grown up and become Superman." Kara gave a small shrug, smiling a little with her next words, her pearly white teeth glimmering a little in the damaged lighting of the bridge. "And so I hid my powers until recently when an accident forced me to reveal myself to the world."
Kara pushed off the wall, taking a small step towards the Legends. Her smile was a little intoxicating, and Dez thought one of her lungs might have collapsed from just looking at her. "To most people I'm an assistant at Catco Worldwide Media. But secretly, I work with my adoptive sister for the DEO to protect my city from alien life and anyone else that means to cause it harm."
Leonard scoffed, rolling his eyes as she finished her little speech. He looked less than impressed and maybe just a bit annoyed. "Sounds like the opening of a terrible CW show." His tone was a little more snarky than usual, which made Supergirl pout a little; Deserey thought upsetting her was unnecessary and quite rude. (Or maybe she was letting her attraction get the best of her. Maybe she just needed to calm down, because she also sort of thought the pouting was adorable and irresistible.)
"Well, it was nice meeting you Supergirl," Rip spoke up. He sounded a tad antsy, like maybe he just wanted to get off this Earth as soon as possible. Deserey wondered if that was because he had already known who she was before she'd told them her name, and vaguely she wondered exactly how that was possible. Did Time Masters also learn about history on alternative earths? That seemed a bit unlikely and, honestly, redundant. "But we're needed back on our Earth, so we'll make our repairs and be on our way."
Kara nodded. "Right. Yeah. The Savage thing." She fiddled with her hands slightly as she prepared to leave. "Well, I'll let you get to it then. I...have some stuff to deal with her too, so..." She furrowed her brows, suddenly looking very worried. "That's...that's weird..."
"What's weird?" Sara asked, instantly on edge. Deserey spotted her reaching for her bo staff attached to her hips. She frowned. Was Sara expecting a fight? But instead of responding, Kara flew off in a sudden blur of red and blue, a gust of wind washing over everyone, knocking Dez to the floor. The team exchanged a few confused looks with one another, before Carter glanced out the window, eyes widening. There was a massive group of creatures that could only be described as aliens heading there way. "Maybe that?" he said.
Deserey's stomach dropped at the sight. She climbed to her feet clumsily. "Okay," she said slowly, "someone wake Mick. The actions about to start."
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I cannot tell you how good it feels to be writing this again. I didn't realize how much I missed this story until I started writing it again.
I guess that hiatus did me some good, huh? So, now I plan to have regular updates every other Friday (or Saturday depending. I will write Friday.)
So...here we are! Finally at the Supergirl part of this story! Yay! I've been looking forward to this for a while. Also, this episode of Supergirl might change quite a bit, since having the Legends there will sort of make a few things more convenient for Kara. And uh...yeah. Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter!
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