Chapter 43
A few days after the war found Kara bringing Karen to the Island for the first time, since the repairs were finally complete and it looked as good as new. Like the war had never happened, though the Island was the only battle site that looked that way so far.
"So, this is the famous Island. I have to admit, while it's cool, I don't see the appeal, beyond a secret base." Karen said and Kara chuckled.
"That's because even though you're technically Kryptonian, Earth is your home planet, since it's the world you were born on, even if it wasn't in the traditional sense. But this place is one of two surviving pieces of Krypton here on Earth, the other being Clark's fortress in the Arctic." Kara said.
"So, am I here for a history lesson on Krypton?" Karen asked, since he wasn't opposed to that.
"Eventually yes, but actually, I thought that it was time for your training, since I know how upset you were that I wouldn't let you fight in the war with me, so now we're gonna start training." Kara said and Karen perked up.
"Really?" Karen asked eagerly and Kara nodded.
"Yes, but we're still waiting on two people." Kara said, right as Diana flew into the Island, with a girl around Karen's age flying next to her.
"Sorry we're late, we had a little more trouble getting Donna and mother settled into National City than expected. Thank you again for helping them find a place to live here Kara." Diana said and Kara smiled.
"Of course. Karen, meet my mentor and fellow member of the Justice League, Diana Prince, or as she's better known, Wonder Woman and her newly found younger sister, Donna Troy, who if I understand correctly, is going to become Diana's protege. Diana and Donna, meet my clone/little sister, Karen Danvers. She's my protege." Kara said.
"It's nice to meet you Karen. Kara's told me a lot about you, which is why I thought it would be a good idea for you and Donna to train together, since you're around the same age and you have similar strength, since based on what I gathered while I was training Kara, Amazons and Kryptonians are pretty equal strength wise. So it's an opponent you can fight without needing to hold back, since this is what the Island was built for." Diana said.
"Sounds good. How does this work?" Karen asked.
"Well, I think we should start with you two sparring, though I do want Donna to hold back a bit since unlike her, Karen doesn't have any combat experience, but we can use this exercise to better identify was Karen's limits are so we can work within them, since just because she's a clone, that doesn't mean that she has the same limits as Kara." Diana said.
"But I don't exactly have a ton of training either, since it's not like we had a lot of combat trainers of Hepheastia and you only just started teaching me." Donna pointed out.
"Which is another reason you're a good sparring partner for Karen, since you two are relatively on the same level, both strength wise and skillswise. Kara and I will train your individual powers, but combat training will happen together." Diana said.
"We'll keep this on the ground for now, since neither of you have much training in flight yet. Take fighting positions and begin." Kara said with a smile as she watched was essentially a young version of her and a young version of Diana began to spar.
"How are things going on Hephaestia?" Kara asked Diana as they watched the girls spar and it seemed like they were both evenly matched.
"Good. The surviving Amazons are all settled there, though there has been an adjustment, since Hephaestia is a lot more advanced than Themyscira ever was." Diana said.
"And have you and Jason figured out the whole leadership thing?" Kara asked, since she knew that was a challenge.
"As the first born daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, the throne of both realms is mine by birth, Jason willingly gave me the title of Queen, but since I have no desire to spend my entire life on the island, I named him my proxy and established a new ruling council made up of members of both tribes to help the integration. Though one of my first commands as Queen is to follow Arthur's lead and have Hephaestia join the United Nations, since I'm not making the same mistake my mother did, keeping us isolated from the world. That way of thinking has run its course." Diana said.
"How's your mother adapting to her exile?" Kara asked.
"With grace, though I think it helps that I charged her with being a maternal figure to Donna, since she never really had that. Jason filled the big brother/fatherly role in her life, but Donna lost her birth mother when she was young and I think that having my mother step up in that role will help both of them adjust. She's eager to prove herself worthy of joining our sisters on Hephaestia someday though, even though like me, Donna couldn't get away fast enough." Diana said and Kara chuckled.
"It's nice being big sisters isn't it?" Kara asked, since she'd always been the younger cousin to Clark, despite the fact that she was born first and Diana had been the youngest Amazon on Themyscira.
"Yes it is. To finally have someone who looks up to us. It's nice." Diana agreed as they watched their sisters spar.
"They're pretty evenly matched." Kara said and Diana nodded.
"That's why it's good that they train together. Not to mention it's good that Donna's enrolled at National City High School to give her a taste of normal life. They can help each other adapt." Diana said and Kara nodded.
"Enough. I think we've seen enough to begin your actual training." Kara said, since honestly, she could that the girls were just messing around now.
"Great. Where do we start?" Karen asked and Kara grinned.
"Think fast." Kara said as she lunged at her little sister in a flying punch.
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