Well, I originally wanted to do more than where I stopped this chapter, but if I had, it would have gone on waaaaaaay too long. Means I'll have much more time to write good content without feeling the need to squeeze things in.

And yes, as you can see from the gif - Kara returns to Earth-38! J'onn is not the only one who notices she's back - however, she didn't come back alone. ;)

Enjoy, guys!

***

"I want to go next time," Ray grumbled as he watched the group prepare to go to Earth-38.

"Sorry, Ray," Nate smiled, slightly apologetic.

"No offense, Ray, but I think Nate might have a better punch than you would if we run into Daxamites," Sara told him kindly.

"Yeah, fair," Ray conceded.

Sara turned as Oliver entered, adjusting a gauntlet on his wrist. "Also, Mick volunteered himself this morning," she informed him. "I'm not really in the mood to argue with him on it."

"We don't have time to argue," Oliver sighed. "Does he have anything lead on him?"

"Gideon created another knife, though I think he'll prefer his heat gun."

"No surprise there," Oliver grumbled, taking the duffel Sara handed him.

"Gideon fabricated the arrows and fletchettes based on the ones you gave me last night," Sara explained as he unzipped the bag. "They're obviously yours."

Oliver smirked, looking at the grey and green arrows. "Guessing Thea's are in the process of being made?"

"As well as bullets for John and Alex."

Oliver nodded, replacing the gauntlet he had with the one of lead flechettes, looking up as Jesse walked in with Harry. "You ready?"

"Ready," Jesse nodded, finishing putting her hair in a ponytail. "I'm looking forward to seeing a fourth Earth."

"Fourth?" Thea asked in surprise.

"Earth-2, Earth-1, and then Earth-3," Jesse nodded. "I'm that Earth's Flash until Jay Garrick gets out of the Speed Force."

Cisco frowned thoughtfully. "Side mission when we have free time: free Jay."

"We'll put it on the ever growing list," Sara snorted.

Kara came in next, with Jax, Stein, and Mick behind her. "I've been telling you, Mick, it's a quick stop, then we're coming back. There won't be time for drinks."

"We're helping you, Skirt," Mick snorted. "Might as well see your place early."

Kara shrugged, pulling her extrapolator out. "Suit yourself."

"Here," Cisco walked forward, pulling out two silver devices that looked similar to Kara's extrapolator. "If you get separated, just press these. I've got a similar one, and I can come over and get you guys back."

"Thanks, Cisco," Sara nodded, taking one.

Kara watched Oliver take the other one. "You guys ready?"

"Yes," Oliver confirmed for all of them. "Are you?"

Kara sighed. "I'll be fine."

"Be careful," Alex took her hand and squeezed it quickly.

"I will be," Kara nodded, hugging her, then Winn. "I've got some of Earth-1's finest with me this time."

"And I'm not?" Cisco mocked being hurt.

"There was only one of you last time," Kara grinned at him.

Cisco grinned smugly at that, and Kara took a deep breath, holding out her extrapolator. She pressed the center button, and a large breach swirled open in front of her. "Here's hoping it's the Fortress," she whispered, stepping through.

Oliver and Sara went through right behind her, followed by Jesse and Nate, the other three behind them. Alex blew out the breath she didn't know she'd been holding. "And now we wait."

***

J'onn J'onzz had not been having a good week, and it was barely halfway through. Of course, learning a surrogate daughter's boyfriend had never cared for her and wanted her dead was going to ruin any day.

But Kara had been missing since she'd left the D.E.O. that same day. Not only that, but Alex and Winn were gone, too. Not that J'onn was shocked – Alex was Kara's sister, and Winn Kara's best friend. He would have been more surprised if they were still working and not being by her side.

Unfortunately, that meant the D.E.O. was all there was to defend National City against alien threats. There hadn't been any big ones yet – J'onn wasn't going to count the Daxamites no doubt hovering above Earth until they tried to invade – but the city had noticed Supergirl's absence. The NCPD were everywhere, stopping everything from armed robberies to hostage situations. And then there had been Cadmus's most recent announcement. Now the D.E.O. was searching not only for possible alien attacks, but also for Cadmus.

There were some days that J'onn really hated his job. This was turning out to be one of them.

"Sir!"

J'onn looked up from a tablet he was examining, frowning when his third in command – now second, since Alex was gone – walked up. "What is it?"

"Sir, you asked us to be on alert for energy readings similar to the ones that come from Supergirl's extrapolator," Vasquez handed him the tablet she was using. "We just found one."

J'onn would later deny he yanked the tablet from her. "Where?" he demanded.

"No definitive location, but it appears to be somewhere in the arctic."

J'onn couldn't help a small smile forming on his face. Today was turning out to be one of the days where he didn't mind his job.

***

Kara stepped out of the breach, nearly sagging in relief when she found herself inside the Fortress. "Thank Rao."

Oliver and Sara came out after her, both of them with their weapons at the ready. "Whoa," Sara's eyes widened in surprise, looking around. "Is this – ?"

"Welcome to the Fortress of Solitude," Kara smiled as the rest of the team emerged. "Or, as Rhea snidely remarked, Krypton on Earth."

"Astonishing," Stein smiled.

"It's beautiful!" Jesse gasped in delight, spinning around and tilting her head to see how high the Fortress went.

"It really is," Oliver agreed.

"It's cold," Mick scowled.

"We're in the arctic, man," Jax rolled his eyes. "Of course it's cold."

"I don't like it."

"Then you should've stayed back!"

Kara giggled as she walked over to the console. "OK, since I know what I'm looking for, it shouldn't take long to find the device." She blinked, making everyone look at her, then she stood on one foot and hopped for a second, reaching inside the boot in the air. She pulled her phone out, blushing when she felt it keep vibrating. "Guess I should have turned that off."

"You keep your phone in your boot?" Nate raised an eyebrow.

"It became a habit while working for Ms. Grant," Kara explained, putting her phone next to her as she pressed a button on the console. Kryptonese glyphs sprang into the air, and Jesse gasped, eyes wide as Kara scrolled through the database. "I was the only assistant she ever had who kept up with her, and having my phone constantly on me, even as Supergirl, helped a ton." She stopped scrolling, examined the glyphs in front of her, then nodded and shut the console off. "Found it – "

A change in the wind pattern made Oliver tense, then he heard a thud behind him. He spun around and drew his bow back to full draw, seeing Mick pull out his gun and Nate turn to steel at the same time. He narrowed his eyes when he saw the black man in a black tactical suit rise from a slight crouch. "Who are you?" he growled, hearing Jax and Stein merge behind them.

He didn't expect to hear Kara's delighted squeal of "J'onn!" nor see her speed past him to hug him tightly.

"Kara," the man hugged her back, and Oliver slowly lowered his bow, seeing Mick narrow his eyes but not move. "Thank God! When we couldn't find your extrapolator, I hoped you'd gone to Earth-1."

"Cisco rescued us," Kara nodded, and Oliver finally relaxed, lowering his bow completely. He saw Nate reach out and put his hand on top of Mick's heat gun, making him lower it, too. "I sent Winn through my extrapolator, Cisco covered Alex and I when we went through."

"Then what are you doing back here?" J'onn demanded. "The only reason I knew you came back is because the D.E.O. ran tests to know the energy readings from breaches. The Daxamites have much more advanced technology."

"So they could be showing up any second," Sara narrowed her eyes.

J'onn's eyes slid to Kara, but she nodded firmly, showing she trusted them. "More than likely."

"Get the device you need," Oliver told her.

Kara nodded and hurried to the other side of the Fortress, and J'onn turned to everyone. "I don't recognize any of you from S.T.A.R. Labs."

"None of us are from Central City," Oliver shook his head.

"Barry called us after Kara came through," Sara explained. "Oliver's the team leader in Star City, and I'm the captain of a group of time travelers. Mick, Nate, and Firestorm are with me. Jesse's from another Earth, too."

J'onn nodded. "What about Alex and Winn?"

"They stayed behind," Oliver answered. "We didn't want to take too many people, but we wanted some who could match up to the Daxamites if necessary." He heard a muffled gasp from behind him, and he turned quickly to see Kara had her phone to her ear, a round device in her other hand. "Kara?"

"Voicemail," she said quietly. "Lena knows."

"She does?" Sara asked sharply, just slightly before J'onn.

"She said I'm in more danger than I know," Kara gulped.

"Cadmus," J'onn said darkly. "They recently broadcasted a message, hinting they were the reason you haven't been seen in National City recently. They warned they were just beginning."

Oliver scowled. "I want to visit this Lillian Luthor."

"Agreed," Sara nodded.

Oliver saw Kara open her mouth, then shook his head instantly, knowing what she wanted to do. "No."

"Oliver!" Kara protested.

"No," he insisted. "There's already the possibility of Daxamites coming. The longer you're here, the greater that possibility becomes!"

"And Lena's the only one of my friends who doesn't know for sure where I am!" Kara blinked, then looked at J'onn. "Does Maggie know where we are?"

"I don't know," J'onn admitted. "None of us have seen her or have been able to see her since Mon-El's betrayal."

"Huh," Kara frowned, then shook her head. "Look, just one trip to tell her where I'll be, then I'll be gone. I promise!"

Jesse's and Firestorm's eyes were going from Kara to Oliver, like they were watching the world's most entertaining tennis match. Oliver's jaw clenched, then he ground out, "Take two of us with you, at least."

"I'll go with her," Jesse volunteered first.

"So can I," Nate spoke up before any of the others could.

Oliver gave Kara a warning look. "Just to tell her you'll be safe."

Kara nodded, knowing better than to argue. She grabbed onto Nate and Jesse, then took off. "I can't believe you agreed to that," Sara said in disbelief.

"I can't, either," Oliver grumbled.

"You're taking her safety seriously," J'onn considered them. "I can't thank you enough for that. I'm surprised Barry isn't here, however."

"Yeah, that's . . . " Sara tilted her head back and forth, trying to figure out what to say.

"His time abortion is his villain," Mick snorted.

Jax's pure white Firestorm eyes rolled in a way that was entirely Jax, but the exasperation in his voice was all Stein's. "Aberration."

"It's a long story," Oliver sighed. "Basically, if Barry was here, he would know what we were planning for Savitar, and if he knows, Savitar knows. If Barry doesn't know, neither does Savitar."

"That's unfortunate," J'onn frowned. "If I could help, I would. But with both Kara and Alex gone, I need to watch the D.E.O. and help keep National City safe. All I ask is that you take care of them, and of Winn."

"We will," Oliver nodded.

"Done," Sara agreed.

J'onn started to nod as well when shimmers of light started appearing all around them. Abruptly, his eyes narrowed, and Oliver barely held himself back from raising his bow when J'onn shifted into a taller, green figure, red light warping over his body. "Daxamites!" he snarled.

Oliver did raise his bow at that, whirling around and drawing an arrow. Sara's batons were abandoned for a pair of knives, and Jax's body engulfed in flames, Mick shifting to stand next to him.

When the lights faded, there were a dozen Daxamites surrounding them, pikes at the ready. At their head was an older man in a dark grey tunic, his pike glowing green. "Kryptonite," J'onn growled.

The man's face darkened. "Where is the Kryptonian?" he demanded.

"You won't find her, Lar Gand," J'onn snapped.

"And you'll never hurt her again, either," Sara narrowed her eyes.

Lar Gand narrowed his eyes. "And who are you to tell me that, human?"

Sara's grin was feral. "I'm the Woman Twice Dead, you son of a bitch."

The way the blood drained from Lar Gand's face would have been completely comical had the other Daxamites not reacted. They had barely begun to move when J'onn flew to the two closest to him and knocked them out of the ring they had formed around the group. Oliver released his first arrow, finding a spot in a Daxamite nearby where the helmet didn't completely cover his neck. The arrow, made of pure lead, sliced through skin like a hot knife through butter, right through the Daxamite's jugular. At the same time, one of Sara's knives went flying through the air, puncturing the heart of a Daxamite in front of her. It startled him enough for Sara to rush at him, yank the knife out, and thrust upwards into his heart.

From there, it was utter chaos. Firestorm flew into the air, launching fireballs when too many Daxamites swarmed Oliver, Mick covering Sara. J'onn left his Daxamites to be killed by Oliver, instead launching at Lar Gand. "Rematch," the King of Daxam snarled, accepting the Martian's challenge.

Sara evaded another Daxamite, watching the alien stumble before his suddenly jerked and collapsed, two lead arrows in his chest. She looked up to see a small smirk form on Oliver's face before he turned around and grabbed another arrow from his quiver, stabbing the Daxamite trying to sneak up behind him. She smirked as well as she pulled out Cisco's device. Oliver was enjoying this just as much as she was – the Daxamites had come looking to hurt Kara, a member of their team and their friend.

As the device lit up green, Sara smirked and slipped it back in her pocket, drawing another knife, determined to make the Daxamites pay for their actions.

***

Oh, I ended without you guys seeing what happened with Kara, Nate, and Jesse, didn't I? Huh . . . oops. *innocent smile* Guess you guys know what I didn't put in!

Kara will get to Lena next time, and we may or may not see another Daxamite confront her. Which one do you guys want to see? Options - Rhea or Mon-El.