Chapter 56
Merry Christmas to you all, here's a little present from me to you. Though full disclosure, Christmas is not the holiday I celebrate in December.
Since Kara had been forced to cut their downtime short due to some stupid league matter, Lena decided to spend some time with her little sister. Which was why they were currently watching Zatanna's favorite Christmas movie, which, to Lena's amusement, was Die Hard, with Krypto laying his head on Lena's lap, since he'd chosen to stay with her than go with Kara to the Hall, which Lena was fine with, since she loved this dog almost as much as she loved his owner and Krypto loved her too.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with me to the Argo Enterprises' Christmas party this weekend? I hate the idea of you spending the season alone, but you are coming with me to the Danvers' for Christmas day." Lena said.
"Of course and no, I don't want to go to a boring corporate Christmas party. Especially since Karen already invited me to a party she's throwing for the members of the new Young Justice team at Superman's childhood home farm. That sounds a lot more fun to me, especially since those kids are closer to my age. That is, if it's okay with you that I go." Zatanna asked her and Lena quickly nodded.
"Of course you can go. I think it'll be good for you to spend some time with other kids with powers, maybe it'll help you become more comfortable with your magic without dad here to watch you." Lena said.
"That's the first time you called him dad." Zatanna said, since every time they'd talked about Zatara before now, Lena referred to him as either father or just Zatara.
"This is the first time it's felt right. Maybe it's just because of how much time we've been spending together lately, but I think I've finally gotten to the point where I can truly see the Zatara family as my own family. Something that I don't think I was ever truly able to do with the Luthors. If it wasn't for the magic maniac who's out for me, I'd change my name to Lena Zatara." Lena admitted as she hugged her little sister.
"I'd hold off on changing your name until you and Kara inevitably get married, since then you can be Lena Danvers and the Luthor family name will die out from there, since you won't be a Luthor, not that you ever truly were one and since I doubt that anyone would want to have kids with the maniac known as your former adoptive brother, the Luthor name will end with him." Zatanna said and Lena nodded.
"And good riddance is what I say to that. No good ever came from the name Luthor." Lena said and Krypto barked his agreement at that, right as Kara flew back in.
"Hey, what was that about?" Lena asked as she got up to kiss her girlfriend.
"Vetting a potential recruit for the Justice League. An old friend of Doctor Fate's and another former member of the precursor to the Justice League, the Justice Society of America." Kara said.
"Which one, since I'm pretty sure that even Kent's getting up there in ages. The sooner the helmet finds a suitable replacement host, the sooner Kent can finally ascend and be reunited with his wife Inza." Zatanna said.
"Red Tornado. Flash found his remains being stored in a vault that was found during his investigation and he found someone to put Tornado back together. The details are classified to all non league members." Kara said and Lena nodded.
"At least you have a good excuse, but you do know that your sister is throwing a Christmas party for her team?" Lena asked.
"Where do you think she got the idea to have it at Kent Farm? It's the only place where teenagers can display superpowers without being seen. Though I did ask Clark and Diana if they'd mind being additional chaperone's, since Jonathan and Martha aren't as young as they were when Clark was a kid and they never had to deal with multiple superpowered kids. Which is why I want people who are just as strong and fast as Karen, Conner and Donna there, especially J'onn and I will be at my company's holiday party." Kara said.
"Is Brainy going to the party?" Lena asked.
"Whether he wants to or not. He's going to be beta testing our new image inducer to pass for a human and allow him to start socializing with other people in this time period, since if he's going to live here, then he needs to learn how to socialize." Kara said and Lena nodded.
"Those are going to be a big money maker, since unfortunately, there's still too much anti-alien sentiment that prevents aliens from getting the same rights as any other citizen." Lena said.
"Why do you think I started the image inducer project? Clark and I were lucky that we look human, so it's easier for us to blend in and adapt. But most aliens don't have the luxury, so they're forced to be criminals. And since nothing is being done to change things, we have to help in a different way, especially since the board won't back a charity or foundation to help aliens like that. At least not yet." Kara said.
"Sounds like the same story just for a different audience. Another group that isn't treated properly just because they don't look like they belong here." Zatanna said, since both of her parents were immigrants from Italy and even though they'd come to this country legally and had gone through the process of becoming legal citizens, they'd still faced discrimination due to their accents and the fact that their names didn't sound American. Zatanna had even gone through it a bit herself, despite the fact that she had no accent and had lived in the US her whole life.
"Progress is slow. But hopefully things will get better." Lena said.
"I hope. But now we can get back to our day off before it was interrupted. Especially since I'll be busy tomorrow going over last minute details for the party." Kara said and Lena nodded as she made room for Kara to join them on the couch.
"You should call Karen, see if she wants to join us." Zatanna said, since she was feeling like a third wheel now.
"She's busy hanging out with Donna again." Kara said.
"FYI, one of the goals at the party is to get those two under some mistletoe to see if that will get them out of their denial, since it's driving everyone who knows them crazy." Zatanna said, since it was well known that Donna and Karen had been crushing on each other since the day they met.
"And Diana's willingness to chaperone makes even more sense. Let me know if you need any additional help with that." Kara said.
"Will do." Zatanna said.
Before I forget, TO Morrow was portrayed by Jim Carrey, Red Tornado is portrayed by Paul Bettany, Red Torpedo is portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen and Red Inferno is portrayed by Ryan Reynolds
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