Chapter 99
After the party, Donna decided that she couldn't put off this conversation with Karen anymore, so before she could fly, Donna pulled her out by the pool.
"Donna, I need to go or my parents will flip." Karen said.
"I already cleared this with them, especially since we both know that's just an excuse to put off this conversation that you don't want to have and don't fly away because you know I can follow you." Donna said.
"If this is about what happened earlier tonight." Karen began.
"Of course it is. Did you really think you could have a near melt down like that and not have to talk with me about it. Especially since you've been giving me the cold shoulder ever since." Donna said.
"Donna, if you're breaking up with me, can you just make it quick." Karen said, surprising Donna that Karen actually thought that.
"Wait, you think I'm keeping you behind to break up with you?" Donna asked.
"Aren't you?" Karen asked as Donna took her hands.
"Of course not. Karen, if anything, I should be asking you not to break up with me, since I know how sensitive you are about the whole clone thing and I made that joke anyway. I'm sorry." Donna said.
"I know you didn't mean anything by it, but I can't deny that the clone thing does bother me. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if my life is truly my own, or if I'm literally just repeating Kara's life. I mean, literally everything about me is the same. Same parents, both human and Kryptonian, same DNA, almost identical looks, same sexuality, same genes." Karen said.
"And that's all on the outside. Karen, you might have been cloned from Kara, but you are not her. Everyone else sees you as your own person. The person I love." Donna said before she could stop herself, causing both of them to freeze, since this was the first time either of them had said that word to the other.
"You love me?" Karen asked.
"Yes. I love you because of who you are. Not because of who you're a clone of." Donna said before she could ask Karen if she felt the same way, Karen kissed her passionately, which was all the answer she needed.
"I love you too Donna. Honestly, sometimes I feel like you're the only person who sees the real me, even when I don't. It's been two years since Jeremiah saved me from Cadmus, and yet I still don't feel like I've done anything to set myself apart from Kara." Karen said.
"So change that. Karen, figure out who you want to be, because I know that a carbon copy of Kara Danvers is not it. For one thing, you fall asleep in science class way too often to want to become a scientist like her." Donna said and Karen just grinned.
"I have to admit, I've been thinking about maybe following in Clark's footsteps as a reporter." Karen said and Donna smiled.
"Well then, join the school paper and maybe see if Nia can get you an internship at Catco." Donna said and Karen smiled at her.
"I love that idea. And I'm sure that Cat Grant will approve when she realizes that hiring Kara Danvers's little sister is a way to get in good with the CEO of Argo Enterprises." Karen said.
"You might not be your sister, but you're just as brilliant as her." Donna said and Karen smiled.
"How do you feel about dating a brunette instead of a blonde?" Karen asked.
"You want to change your hair?" Donna asked, not at all surprised.
"I think that becoming my own person means looking less like Kara." Karen said.
"Then may I suggest a new suit? After all, when I ditched Wonder Girl to become Valkyrie, I got a new suit to kind of put some distance between myself and Diana." Donna said.
"And you're not bothered that Diana replaced you?" Karen asked.
"Not really, since I was training more with your mentor anyways, since it's more convenient for me to train with Supergirl than Wonder Woman. Besides, Cassie needs Diana more than I do these days, since at least I grew up on an island surrounded by a version of Amazon culture and training, while she's starting from scratch. Though I do think that after we graduate, we should consider finding our own city to protect, since while being Kara's sidekicks works now, we'll never get into the Justice League if we don't strike out on our own at some point." Donna said.
"Agreed. But I'm keeping the name Power Girl. But anyways, thank you for helping me through this. Now we both need to get home so Kara can stop eavesdropping and go celebrate her engagement to Lena properly." Karen said and Donna chuckled.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow." Donna said as they both flew away towards their respective homes.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the universe, Darkseid was currently walking up to his viewing platform of the training grounds for his elite guard, where his caretaker, Granny Goodness, was overseeing the training of their newest recruit.
"How's our newest recruit Granny?" Darkseid as he watched with joy as their new recruit tore through his Furies like they were nothing. Even the captain of his guard, Big Barda, was struggling against her.
"Thriving as expected. In fact, I think that she might be a more fit leader for the Furies than Barda." Granny said as the exercise ended and the new recruit looked up at her masters to reveal the face of Lora Dru-Zod.
"I knew the Kryptonian would be an excellent addition. Especially after I broke her spirits by removing that redundancy." Darkseid said, referring to a few days after Lora and Indigo arrived on Apokolips and after he determined that there was nothing the Coluan could offer that his fatherbox couldn't, he reduced her to pixels right in front of Lora while Barda and DeSaad held her back and Darkseid had taken great glee at watching her break before him. After that, Lora Dru-Zod had been a broken woman who'd been easy for Darkseid to shape into the perfect soldier.
"Then she's ready. We'll send her to Earth to test her against Kara Zor-El and soften the last daughter of Krypton up before I crush her to break Kal-El, since I cannot destroy him until after I've broken him." Darkseid said.
"She's ready whenever you are master." Granny confirmed.
"Then send her. We will watch her triumph over the House of El and clear the way for my invasion." Darkseid said.
"Yes my lord." Granny said as he moved to make the preparations immediately.
And that was setup for the next chapter, since it's chapter 100, which means it's a big one, so I'm setting up something big..
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