I hate mornings, was all Christi could think. Christi didn't have much against them, just that she was up late and had an early morning. Last night she had spent a large amount of her time planning a rescue mission for a Martian, putting said plan into action, and rescuing the Martian.

Although, when she got home Christi couldn't help but wonder how that even happened. Last time she checked, she wasn't a hero and her day consisted of listening, technically eavesdropping, to Kara talk about her latest escapades and hanging around Kara, Winn, and James.

Christi shrugged it off and went to bed exhausted. Her blaring alarm sent her into one of her 'glare moods' as Winn called them. In fact, it was one of the first things Winn noticed when she arrived.

"Oh wow," Winn snorted. "You're in one of your moods. Should I steer clear or continue on at warp speed?"

Winn was grinning at her yet he was slightly concerned. He knew Christi could throw a glare so icy that Lucifer himself would shiver at. Christi shook her head at her friend's reference.

"No I'll be fine," she said. "I'll still be good enough to kick your ass at our weekly gaming competition."

Winn raised his hands in a surrendering motion, grin still set on his face.

"Okay, okay. No need to get violent." Winn watched for Christi's reaction and when he saw nothing he continued. "Besides, we all know I'm better at gaming. Like that time on-"

Winn ducked as Christi threw an empty plastic cup, that once contained her coffee, at his head. The man immediately booked it to his desk.

"I told you never to mention that!" Christi called after him. The only response was a small laugh from Winn.

Christi rolled her eyes and picked up the discarded cup, tossing it into the trash. She went to her desk and signed in, going back to her normal basis of working at CatCo, and telling Winn just where to shove it when he beat her at the computer game, again. She only looked up as Kara followed Ms. Grant into her office, Ms. Grant holding a pink box. Christi shook her head and went back to her work, only to jump when Winn came up behind her.

"Hey, Christi, can I talk to you a moment?" Winn asked. She gave him a confused look but nodded her head and followed Winn to a supply closet.

"And you needed me, why?" Christi asked, turning to face Winn as he closed the door behind him.

"Well, it's nothing too big, but Kara wanted me to talk to you."

Christi was hesitant. "About what?" she asked, shifting her weight from her left hip onto her right.

"Well, see, um. How do I say this?" Winn rambled. "You know Kara? Of course you know Kara, how could you not because you know, we're all friends and-"

"Winn?" Chisti interrupted. "Get to the point."

"Oh, right, yes. Well, not to sound too much like a stalker or a kidnapper but, Kara wants to talk to you." Christi gave him a dumbfounded look. "Outside, in the alley."

"And she couldn't tell me this herself because?"

Winn only shrugged, "I'm just the messenger."

Christi nodded and went to leave but stopped as she opened the door. "Hey Winn? You okay?"

"What?"

"You've been acting strange today."

Winn hadn't been one to brag, but when it came to games against her, he was all for it. She had noticed that he wasn't gloating about his 'obvious superior tech skills' and found it odd. Christi also noticed how Winn had been looking worried since he got to his desk and thought no one was looking.

"Oh yeah it's just Siobhan. She's. . ." Winn trailed off trying to find an answer, "she's sick. Nasty flu virus."

Christi nodded slowly, not believing him, but accepting the answer. She left the supply room and went back to her desk. Her gaze was caught just after Kara left Cat Grant's office and motioned for Christi to follow her. Christi saved her work and went to the elevator, going to the bottom. She exited the building and went around it, letting herself go into the alleyway next to CatCo. Her mind wandered into what Kara could possibly want. But she had a sneaking suspicion of what it was. Her thoughts were however halted as Kara came up behind her.

"You wanted to see me?" Christi asked, her voice curious, yet hinted at cautious.

Kara heard it and went to explain. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you," Kara said.

It's not me I'm worried about getting hurt, Christi mused. A Kryptonian couldn't match her. Even if Kara did get the element of surprise like she did when she had to save Alex from a mind-altered Supergirl.

"I just want to talk."

"About what?"

"About Supergirl."

Christi's heart stopped then and there. Was Kara going to tell her she was Supergirl? Was she in trouble? Was the DEO after her? What was Christi going to have to say in reply? Tell Kara that she knew? Or that it was a total shock and it was surprising?

One day, Christi thought, I'll have to tell her who I am. Who I really am. But she couldn't, and she knew she couldn't. Not until Kara was ready. So Christi decided on just telling her she knew. Just that she knew, nothing else.

"What about her?" Christi asked.

There was no reply, but Christi watched as Kara looked very nervous before looking around. Kara took her hair out of the ponytail, and took off her glasses. She waited in silence as Christi took in her appearance. What surprised Kara, was that Christi smiled warmly at her. Kara wasn't sure what to do. Finding it strange that her friend didn't gasp in surprise, or think it weird that all her friend did was smile at her.

"Please say something," Kara squeaked.

Christi laughed lightly. "Oh, I thought it was something more serious."

"W-What?" she stuttered.

Christi was still smiling. "Kara," Christi began, "I already knew you were Supergirl."

If Kara's jaw hadn't hit the ground, it sure had now. "You did? How?"

Christi shrugged, "A catastrophe occurs, you disappear, Supergirl shows up, the problem is solved, then you show back up. It wasn't too hard to figure out."

Kara sighed, putting her glasses on and tying her hair into the ponytail it once was in. "And, you're okay with it?"

Christi gave Kara a sad look. "If you've been through what I have, some things just can't surprise you."

"What-"

"Let's head inside." Kara hesitated but agreed and the women went back into the building beside them. "By the way," Christi said as they entered the empty elevator. "Winn talks a bit too loud. Maybe you should tell him not to talk so loud when discussing things?"

Kara gave a small laugh and nodded. The elevator stopped at their floor and both left the lift. Winn had been talking to James and as soon as the two walked in, they looked over at the women. Kara nodded at them while Christi gave a small wave. Kara went to go back to work when Christi stopped her.

"I also know about the room. So I was wondering if I could go in and update some systems to get better readings while you're out. That okay?" Christi asked. She was referring to the tech room team Supergirl had often went in.

Kara opened her mouth to reply but shut it instantly. She shook her head, now not even wondering how Christi knew. "Yeah, sure. Go ahead."

Christi grinned and skipped away, Kara staring after her. Winn and James walked up next to her, staring after the woman.

"I take it, it went well," James commented.

"Strangely, yes," Kara replied. The three glanced at one another and went back to their work.

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In Kara's, James', and Winn's small tech room, Christi was typing away at one of the computers, earbuds blasting her music to the point of not being able to hear a thing. She may not have much experience in games, but technology she knew like the back of her hand. Her home planets and Krypton's devices were superior to those she was working on. These computers would be a breeze to work with. Christi had found some holes in the firewall Winn hadn't patched up, so she fixed them and made sure to enhance the security grid so not even a high classed agent of the DEO could get in. It took some time, and a little bit of creativity on her part, but the final product would leave Winn speechless. She didn't make anything too high tech that it would draw any more suspicion than it already would.

Christi glanced at the digital clock on her phone and noticed the time. She hadn't been there for too long, but her back and arms were beginning to ache. Christi moved the roller chair and stood, flexing her muscles and shaking herself to reawaken them. Her phone began to ring and a picture of Kara lit up the screen, she answered a second later. Christi went to say something but a whoosh of air behind her and the sudden appearance of a man gained her attention. She ripped her earbuds out and stared at him.

He was tall, wearing a black and red plaid shirt, gray t-shirt underneath, and jeans. The man, as Christi noticed, had green eyes, brown hair, and could probably give a drop dead sexy smirk if he wanted. His hair was ruffled slightly as if exposed to high winds. His posture didn't give off too much confidence to the point of arrogance. If anything he looked lost. Although, he looked more like the type of person who would take great care of your dog if you were on vacation. The man stared at her in shock, alarm, and nervousness.

"I just wanted to tell you that you have an incoming person," Kara's voice rang from the phone.

Christi was silent for a moment. "Incoming already came in."

"I'll be there in a second." Kara then promptly hung up, giving the man and Christi a silence.

"Who are you?" Christi asked at once.

There was no reply, the man just kept staring at her. She raised a hand and snapped her fingers in the man's face, effectively snapping from his stupor.

"Name?" she asked again.

The man shook his head. "Sorry, um, my name's Barry. Barry Allen." Barry held out his hand for her to shake and Christi took it hesitantly.

"Hi. . ." she trailed off cautiously.

Kara took the moment to rush into the room, wearing a yellow dress. Christi noticed it wasn't what she was wearing just an hour ago. Christi held her arms out in front of her, giving Kara a look and pointing at Barry. Kara shrugged and looked to Barry, whom was now typing at the computer Christi was just on. As far as they could tell, he was doing research. Places, names, history.

"So what do you mean, you're from another Earth?" Kara asked, walking up beside and leaning up against the chair Barry was sitting in. Barry looked to be getting frustrated with the computer. "What, how many other Earths are there other than this one? You know, we're. . . Earth."

"Nice phrasing Kara," Christi commented sarcastically, slipping into a chair behind the Kryptonian.

"I don't understand. What. . ." Barry mumbled to himself before speaking louder. "You guys have Central City but you don't have STAR Labs. No Cisco Ramon, no Harrison Wells, no Caitlin Snow. Nobody, who's gonna be able to help me get back home."

Christi watched as Barry got up from the chair and walked between her and Kara before settling next to the whiteboard. Suddenly Winn came in the room followed by James.

"Hey! Are you alright?" Winn asked Kara concerned.

Christi watched the two before hurrying towards the door that James left open and closing it. She shot a glare at the man and sat back in her seat. Barry seemed to be the only one that noticed and when she saw him looking at her, he quickly changed his gaze towards the other three in the room.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. What happened to Siobhan?" Kara questioned.

"Oh, well, after she went all Mariah Carey on you, she just split."

Christi gave the two a bewildered look. "Siobhan was here? When? What did she do to Kara?" The four occupants in the room turned to look at Christi. The four of them realized that Christi didn't know what happened. Well, three but Barry was the one who caught her.

Kara turned to Christi, "Long story short, Siobhan showed up, who has a powerful set of lungs on her, I might add. Well she screamed at me, and the force threw me out a window. Barry caught me, we talked and now we're here."

Christi was mad but was careful she didn't show it. Instead, she shook her head. "This is why I prefer not asking things."

"Right, so, who are you?" James asked, turning everyone's attention back to Barry.

"Hey, sorry, I'm Barry Allen." Barry stepped forward to give James a handshake which he accepted.

"James Olsen."

"This is Winn," Kara said, pointing to Winn. Barry gave a small wave which he returned. Kara then turned to Christi and introduced her. "And this is Christi, who you've already met." Christi received a small smile. She smiled back to be polite. "Uh, you guys," Kara nervously laughed, "I'm not quite sure how to tell you this. Well, I do know how to tell you, I just. . ." They watched as Kara gave a few hand motions trying to begin an explanation.

James cleared his throat, "Ka-Kara?"

"Yeah, right, sorry. Uh, Barry, is from another universe." Kara held out her hands in the direction of Barry, who held his own hands up in a way of a shrug.

It was silent a moment before Winn, who had processed it, exclaimed laughing, "Cool! Woah, woah!"

Christi stood up. "The multiverse theory, that's true?"

"True," Barry said at the same time, grinning slightly. "Oh yeah. Big time."

"Yeah, I still can't believe it. And I'm from another planet!" Kara laughed.

Barry did a double take. "What?"

"Oh yeah. She-She's an alien," Winn pointed at Kara, who smiled sheepishly.

"You're an alien?" Barry asked, looking from Winn back to Kara.

Kara nodded, smiling. "Yeah."

"So, do you have, like, other aliens on this Earth?"

This time Christi spoke up. "Oh yeah," she said. "There was even this robot thing that was called Red Tornado. The military built it to take on Supergirl." Christi was smiling. That had been one of the times she thought she might have had to go and help Kara. Thankfully, she didn't have to.

"What do you mean by 'this Earth'?" James interrupted.

"Uh. . ." Barry went to answer but thought of a better way to explain. "Ah, hold on." The others watched as Barry turned around, picked up a marker, and started drawing circles on the whiteboard. "Alright so imagine there are, multiple versions of Earth. Um, one where the Nazis won World War II. One where Kennedy was never assassinated."

"Oh, yeah. One where all of us are evil." Winn raised his hand.

"Been there. It sucks. So all of these Earths occupy the same place in space, but they vibrate at a different frequency so they can't see one another."

"Yeah, but it's like if you could reach a certain point of something then you could possibly open a portal to another Earth," Winn followed up.

"Speed," Christi said instantly.

She looked up from her folded arms and to the rest of the room. Kara and James had confused expressions on their faces, Winn nodded slowly, considering the idea, and Barry smiled. He knew someone he would figure it out. Well, eventually. Christi took Kara's and James' looks to explain.

"There are some theories out there that say speed is a way to travel into other dimensions. How, if a person could somehow reach a certain speed and velocity, that person could, theoretically, open a breach, and go anywhere. Through space, and time as well, as there are many theories going along with time travel relating to speed." Kara had somewhat understood what her friend had said, but James was still lost. "Think, Back to the Future," Christi tried. She received a small 'oh' of confirmation.

"Exactly!" Barry said, beaming at Christi. "I could've put it differently but that works."

"Yes but that doesn't explain how you could run that fast," James said.

"Uh, well, um..." Barry laughed and put down his marker.

Christi watched as Barry sped out of the room, yellow lightning following behind him. To Christi, her eyes could track Barry's movements easily. But he was still quick enough that it took Christi a moment to realize Barry was already gone. By the time the moment was up, Barry was back, and everyone had an ice cream cone in their hands. Christi watched as Kara gasped in excitement.

"Yes!" exclaimed Kara.

"Yeah, so, um, I was struck by lightning the same night a particle accelerator exploded. And I became a superhero," Barry explained, looking at each of the people in the room.

Kara was excited, Winn was in shock, James could only stare in disbelief, and Christi just didn't know how to react. She saw Barry leave, come back, and give everyone their cones in less than a second. Well, she was shocked to say the least. Kara laughed as James spoke up again.

"So you're a superhero, too," he said. It wasn't a question.

"Mmm-hmm," Barry nodded.

She held up her hand for a high-five, which Barry gave. After all, it's not like you meet a universe traveling superhero daily. And she needed some excitement in her life. Helping a Martian and Supergirl's stepsister break out from a top secret organization, was knocking her out of her solitude shell of trying to keep a distance from Kara without being too far away. Well, let's just say Christi was becoming more open.

"That's cool, I guess," James said, walking back towards Winn who came to stand where Barry once was.

His response only made Christi and Barry give James a curious look. Kara was all too happy about her ice cream.

Winn timidly raised his right hand before asking, "Okay. So you can just like, pop back and forth between universes?"

"Uh, no actually. This happened by accident. I have traveled through time before by accident-"

"That's cool." Winn gave James a sideways glance.

"- I've never jumped parallel dimensions without meaning to," Barry carried on as if Winn hadn't interrupted. "So until I can figure this out, I'm stuck here."

Christi watched as Kara came forward and stood next to Barry, looking over the people in the room. "Well, don't worry. Don't worry at all because we're gonna help you." Kara put her hand on Barry's shoulder and tried to give a reassuring squeeze. It obviously didn't work as Barry jumped due to Kara applying too much pressure. Kara gave an apologetic smile. "Sorry."

"Um, it's okay," Barry brushed her off. "First things first, food. I have to consume about 10,000 calories a day." Barry looked around shyly. Christi could see Kara hide a smile behind her ice cream.

"Oh, yeah. You've definitely met the right girl," Winn pointed at Kara. James looked over at Winn giving a look that clearly stated, why did you say that.

"Do you like donuts?" Kara asked Barry.

"Who doesn't like donuts?"

"I know a place."

"All right." Barry gave a look towards the door and Kara grinned. "Yeah. See you."

The two left the room with Christi following close behind. She stopped them before they could make it to the elevator.

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Edited 4/22/18

All mistakes I tried to get rid of but tell me if I missed any. Also, I love comments, keeps me connected with you guys.