"Are you sure you have everything?" Lucy asked her daughter Natalie as she dropped her off at her dad's for the weekend.

"Yes mom. Seriously, why do you go through this routine every time you drop me off dad's?" Natalie asked.

"Because my mom was never around to do it for me and just because your dad and I are divorced, doesn't mean that I'm going to be that kind of mom. Even if it annoys the hell out of you. In fact, that's how I know I'm doing my job right. Besides, I have something I need to talk to your dad about anyways. Nothing bad." Lucy said.

"I know. I love that you guys are still so cool. It makes it much less awkward for me." Natalie said.

"And also harder for you to play us against each other for better birthday and Christmas presents, since your dad and I might be divorced, but when it comes to you, we still put up a united front." Lucy said.

"Don't I know it." Natalie said as she got out of the car with her mom to help her get her bag out as her dad came out to join them.

"Hey bug." John Henry said as he hugged his daughter.

"Dad, I'm 15, please don't call me bug anymore." Natalie complained.

"Would you prefer Starlight?" Lucy asked with a smile.

"I'll take option three, neither. I'm not a little kid anymore." Natalie said as she grabbed her suitcase and rushed into her dad's house.

"Okay, she is officially your problem for the week. Thank you for taking on a few extra days, but I am swamped with this case at work." Lucy said.

"You know I never pass up extra time with her. We may not have worked well as husband and wife, but we made one hell of a kid." John Henry said.

"That we did. Which is why I want your word that your warsuit doesn't leave wherever you're hiding it while you're watching her." Lucy said.

"What?" John asked, wondering how she knew.

"Lois told me her husband was Superman shortly after she and I reconciled and Clark ratted you out to me." Lucy said.

"Lucy." John said.

"John, I'm not mad, but I need your word that when Natalie is with you, she's your priority. Not flying around with a war hammer. And make sure she never gets caught up in the world that we've both been drawn into. At least until she's 18." Lucy said.

"You have my word. Our daughter's safety is my top priority. Which is why she'll never know about this." John promised her.

"Good. I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page there. And honestly, I'm kind of jealous." Lucy said.

"Yeah, hey you put yourself in danger by staying enlisted as long as you did. Now you get to be the safe one." John said.

"You're not helping. Take care of Natalie. I'll be back for her at the end of the week, sooner if my case ends early." Lucy said.

"Good luck." John said.

"Thanks." Lucy said she headed back to her car, having no idea what was heading her way, or that someone had been watching her for sometime. Well, two people actually. And they both agreed that she was ready.

After Lucy parked at her office, she quickly grabbed her files and began going through them, since this could be the case that put her firm on the map and got her more members, since right now it was just her, a paralegal, a legal aid and her receptionist, since not enough people believed that aliens had rights, especially here in Metropolis, since despite the fact that the city's greatest hero was an alien, people tended to focus on the fact that a lot of the damage done to the city resulted from his fights with other aliens.

And honestly, that kind of thinking was too close to Lex Luthor and even her own father for Lucy's liking. Which was one of the reasons she'd opened her firm, with her sister's complete support and approval, not that Lucy needed either, but it was nice to be talking to her big sister again. Especially since it meant that Lucy could get a little free press from the Daily Planet that way.

But anyways, her case was representing an alien family who was being wrongfully evicted from their home by their landlord, who was evicting them simply because he'd discovered they were aliens after stopping in on their apartment without notice and seeing them without their image inducers on.

Lucy was hoping that winning this case would also help aliens not need image inducers by showing them that they were entitled to the same rights as humans and metahumans, though once she hired more lawyers, Lucy was planning on expanding her services to include metahumans but she could barely handle all her alien cases right now.

Anyways, Lucy was so focused on her files that she didn't even notice that when she walked through the door, she didn't enter her office.

Or at least she didn't notice until she heard someone new call her name.

"Hello Lucy Lane." a man's voice said and Lucy looked up and actually dropped her files as she saw she was in some kind of cave that looked like some kind of temple from mythology, complete with thrones.

And she wasn't alone. Standing in front of her was an older black man wearing a cloak, sitting on the center throne under a banner that had the same symbol on it as the hero who protected Fawcett City. That hotshot who called himself Captain Marvel.

"What's going on? I'm supposed to be back in my office in Metropolis, not wherever this is?" Lucy asked and the man chuckled.

"You're reacting much better than the last person I brought here." the man said.

"I live in Metropolis, I'm used to crazy shit, so let's get this over with now." Lucy said impatiently.

"Very well. I am the wizard Shazam and I have chosen you to become more than what you are now." Shazam said.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.

"You're no doubt aware of my other champion in your world." Shazam said.

"I'm guessing Captain Marvel, the protector of Fawcett City." Lucy said, due to the matching symbols.

"Yes. He was chosen at a time when the world needed Captain Marvel to protect it from the threat of the seven deadly sins and he succeeded. But now I can sense more threats emerging than he can handle alone. And these are threats that your Superman is powerless against, since even with all his might, he is still quite vulnerable to magic. Your home of Metropolis will need its own mystic protector. And I have chosen you due to the fact that you possess the heart of a hero and the spirit of a true warrior. But the choice is yours. You can either reject this and I'll return you to Metropolis and let you walk away from your destiny, or you can embrace it and accept the power I'm offering. The power to protect your family and your daughter." Shazam said and now Lucy had a better understanding of why her ex had built his warsuit, since now she was in the same position and she knew what her choice would be.

"I accept." Lucy said and Shazam smiled as he held out his staff to her.

"Then touch my staff and I will bestow the power upon you." Shazam said and Lucy nodded as she gripped his staff.

"Speak my name and you receive my power and fulfill your destiny as Major Marvel. Blessed with the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles and the speed of Mercury. Speak my name and become what you were always destined to be." Shazam said.

"Shazam." Lucy said as the staff crackled with lightning before the bolt struck her and in a flash of lightning, her pantsuit had been replaced by a suit that looked like a mixture of Captain Marvel's and Supergirl's, being red with Captain Marvel's lightning bolt on her chest and white cape flowing from her shoulders with a hood covering her head and a red domino mask over her eyes.

"I've gifted you with my power. How you choose to use it is up to you. I foresee you doing great things Major Marvel. Now return home and live your life, but also seek out Captain Marvel so that he can help you learn to master your new gifts." Shazam said as he sent Lucy home.