Chapter Ten

Last day of classes, and next week comes finals and a lot of packing to do. There might not be another update for a while!

Mostly a few key conversations here, but there's a bit at the end that some of you have probably been expecting for a while.

Enjoy!

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Kara finished tying her hair up in a ponytail, adjusting the glasses she wore. "Thanks again, Caitlin," she said.

"No problem," Caitlin smiled. "We always keep extra clothes here in case we spend the night."

"Maybe I can drop by my apartment back on Earth-38 and bring some of my clothes over," Kara mused.

"That's if you want to make Oliver more worked up than he already is," Sara said dryly.

"He's not already?" Kara raised an eyebrow.

Sara snorted. "Oh, he is already. You'll just take it to new levels if you so much as leave his sight."

Kara sighed, turning around and folding her arms. "I don't need to be watched like a hawk. I can take care of myself."

"Kara, what we've learned of your Earth so far is that there are a bunch of aliens who want to kill you, and said aliens left you a bleeding mess," Sara raised an eyebrow. "I think we have a right to worry."

Kara fiddled with her glasses slightly. "I know," she admitted. "I'm just thinking of J'onn and James . . . " She swallowed. "Lena . . . "

"What about them?" Sara tilted her head.

"J'onn probably knows we're here," Kara paced the room, Sara and Caitlin watching her. "James . . . maybe, but he's got all of CatCo to look after." She groaned, closing her eyes. "Lena's got to have figured out I'm Supergirl by now."

"She didn't know?" Caitlin's eyebrows shot up.

"No," Kara shook her head. "I never told her. It's just . . . " She sat down across from Sara, rubbing her forehead. "Luthors are known for their hatred of Supers. In her brother's case, he tried to kill my cousin. Her mother runs an organization called Project Cadmus, an anti-alien terrorist group that separated from the government."

"And Lena?" Caitlin asked tentatively.

"We're friends," Kara said simply. "She's not her brother, and she's certainly not her mother. She's proved herself to be trustworthy, but it would have been dangerous to tell her who I was."

"Even when so many others know who you are?" Sara asked.

Kara snorted. "I was told all my life to hide my powers, to keep myself out of danger. Alex is my adoptive sister, of course she knows I'm Kryptonian. J'onn knew because my adoptive father told him about me. I didn't tell James, Clark did. I knew Winn for a long time before I ever told him, and I had to jump off the top of CatCo to convince him."

"You jumped off your work building," Caitlin gaped.

"Oh, it was fine," Kara waved it off. "I wasn't going to die. Look, the only reason I started being Supergirl was when Alex's plane nearly crashed. The more people who know who I am, the more in danger they are. Lena has been trying to clean up the Luthor name while dealing with her mother and Cadmus. Lillian could use Lena as leverage, and Rao, Lena doesn't need that." She slumped, rubbing her temples. "Oh, I'm going to have to go to so many brunches to make it up to her."

"We'll make sure you get to them," Sara grinned.

"Thanks," Kara giggled.

There was a knock on the doorframe, and all three looked up to see Oliver look in. "We got the team mostly figured out," he told Sara.

"What do I need to tell Gideon to make?" she stood up.

"Our usual weapons," Oliver answered. "Jesse's coming, and so are Jax and Professor Stein. I think Ray and Nate are arguing between which of them are going, too."

"They do know we're just getting this portal thing to the Phantom Zone, right?"

"They also know the device is in a Fortress full of alien artifacts."

Caitlin rolled her eyes fondly. "Boys will be boys."

"If that's the case, Nate's the historian," Sara chuckled.

"That OK with you?" Oliver asked Kara.

"Yeah," she nodded.

"I'll have Gideon make an arsenal," Sara smirked. "Got your suit?"

"Taken care of," Oliver nodded.

Sara nodded back, walking out the door, Caitlin behind her. Kara watched him close the door behind them, then asked, "How much of that did you hear?"

"Enough to be even more worried about this plan," he admitted.

"So you heard about Cadmus?"

"Yes, I did."

"The Fortress is in the tundra, Oliver," Kara smirked. "I'd like to see Cadmus try and reach us there."

Oliver raised an eyebrow. "That's asking for trouble."

Kara sighed, leaning back. "I know it's dangerous going back to my Earth – "

"I never would have guessed," Oliver quipped.

Kara found a pencil on the table next to her and threw it at Oliver. It would have whacked him in the head had he not twisted to the side to avoid it. "I'm trying to say thank you for letting us try this!"

"I don't like it, but you were right," Oliver walked over, sitting on the edge of the table. "It's the only kind of plan we've got against Savitar. And it's crazy, but if it works, then it works."

Kara smiled. "Savitar won't be the first thing I've ever taken to space. Actually, it'll be the lightest thing I've taken to space."

Oliver did a double take, looking at her in surprise. "What?"

"Yeah," Kara smiled sheepishly. "I threw Krypton's maximum security prison into space because it was powering a program that would have originally turned the human race on my Earth into mindless drones, then was changed to kill all the humans."

Oliver blinked once, then twice, then shook his head. "Just when I think I can't be surprised by anything I hear."

"Yeah, think again," Kara chuckled.

Oliver sighed, standing up. "Look, I know from experience that plans that seem this simple can go wrong at any time, so just know that Sara and I will probably be on edge the entire time we're there."

"Which means you will be," Kara said without thinking, then blanched. "I did not mean for that to sound rude!"

To her surprise, Oliver smirked. "Being on edge has helped keep me alive all these years. So yes, I will be."

"I should just stop talking," Kara buried her face in her hands.

Oliver chuckled, patting her on the shoulder as he stood back up. "I'll see you tomorrow, Kara."

***

Sara rounded the corner to head out the door to the Waverider when she smacked into someone coming the opposite way. "Whoa!" she backed up quickly, rubbing her shoulder.

"Sorry!" Alex bit her lip. "Sorry about that, I still don't have much of an idea how to get around here."

"It's fine," Sara shook her head in understanding. "It's your first time here, and you probably haven't gone much further than the cortex or the medbay, have you?"

"No," Alex admitted, running her hand through her hair. "And I don't like that she's going back to Earth-38 without me. Or Winn, but, well . . . mainly me."

Any other time, Sara would have called Alex overprotective. "You've always looked out for her, haven't you?"

"She's my sister," Alex said simply, as if that explained everything.

"Yeah, but you didn't have to treat her that way," Sara shook her head. "You didn't have one for a long time, then Kara showed up. It's good to see the two of you that close. It's better than hating her."

Alex conceded the point with a nod. "Just . . . please look after her?"

"I promise," Sara smiled.

***

We'll be in Central City for at least a week. Kara and Barry need our help.

Dinah nodded as she read the text from Dig, looking up as she approached her apartment. She, Rene, and Curtis had gone to the bunker, only to find Oliver's and Dig's suits gone, as well as the red suit Dinah knew belonged to Thea. She had expected them to be in her former city for a few days, especially since Kara would probably be staying at S.T.A.R. Labs, but it was good to know what they would be doing while they were there.

She walked to the door of her apartment, pulling her key out of her purse, then she saw something that made her stop dead in her tracks.

The door was cracked open when she knew she had closed and locked it that morning. A closer look showed the lock had been picked.

Dinah shifted her purse back onto her shoulder and reached under her jacket, pulling her gun from its holster. She quietly opened her door, gun at the ready, and looked around her dark apartment. She reached out behind her and turned on the lights, frowning when she saw nothing was disturbed.

Who in their right mind would break into a cop's apartment and steal nothing?

She walked further into her home, sweeping the entire place. She frowned, seeing no one, and she lowered her gun –

Searing pain bloomed in the back of her hand, and Dinah yelped, dropping her gun in surprise, and stared down at the black arrow in the back of her hand. She felt something pierce the side of her neck, and she reached up, eyes widening when she felt a tiny dart.

The next thing she knew, her vision swam, and she sank to the ground, unable to keep her eyes open just as a woman clad entirely in black silently slipped in through the open door.

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How could I not do the Prometheus arc? }:)

I do know the Lian Yu part will be not long after the team deals with Savitar. Oliver, Kara, Sara, and Barry are for sure going to be on Oliver's makeshift Team Arrow. If any of you have anyone you want to see captured by Prometheus's men or on the makeshift team, comment!

Next time should be the trip to Earth-38!



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