64And here we go! The epilogue!
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So without further ado, let's get started.
The next month wound up being exceptionally busy for Kara. It seemed that all of National City had turned to villainy in order to celebrate the holidays, and she was flying around non-stop stopping crimes and saving people. She was pretty sure she had used up her vacation days for the next 5 years with all the time she had to take off from work.
That also meant that Kara hadn't been able to see Lena either, and the blossoming of their maybe-relationship had mostly fizzled. They still texted, sure, but whenever Lena had even slightly brought up them getting together, maybe watching a movie, Kara had steadfastly had to make an excuse. And because of those excuses, the invitations to get together were becoming more sporadic.
It probably would help if Kara told Lena that she was Supergirl - Alex was a big supporter of that idea. The one night that Kara decided to catch up on work at CatCo and burn the midnight oil, Alex took charge of vandalising her entire apartment with various coloured Post-Its blaring out "TELL HER!" all in caps (she still hadn't found all of them, but in her defence, Kara had lost count at 57).
But Kara couldn't.
"And why the hell not?" Alex asked after Kara had found yet another post-it stuck under the coffee machine.
"Because!" Kara said, keeping her back to her sister, slathering jam onto her toast.
"That's not a reason," Alex responded.
Kara just glared at her sister for that.
"Oh don't give me that. You're not going to incinerate me," Alex rolled her eyes.
"Try me," Kara said, sticking out her tongue too.
Alex blinked once, bored. "I am one of the few people that put up with your superheroic tendencies, you need me."
Kara groaned. "I don't know. I think of telling her, and then I just panic and...don't."
"Is it because she's a Luthor? Because we've proven that her bringing you to that disaster of a dinner showed you that she's not-"
"Of course it's not that," Kara interrupted to say. She didn't even know the reason herself, but she knew enough that it certainly wasn't that.
Alex tried to think of something else. "Is it because you think it'll change something between the two of you?"
Kara frowned, resting her elbows on the table, across from her sister. "Maybe...?"
"Yes?" Alex pressed.
"...I don't even know," Kara just sunk her head onto her hands. "I just have a feeling it'll be a bad idea."
Alex left it at that, but she wished her sister would just tell her. It was killing Kara to not be able to tell Lena the truth, that much Alex knew.
Lena looked at her phone, wondering if she should try her luck with texting Kara. It was New Year's eve, just before 7pm, and despite still being at LCorp trying to finish some paperwork, Lena hoped she would be able to ring in the new year with Kara. She wanted to at least try and see if maybe something would happen.
But before she could do that, the door to her office slammed open.
"Evening Ms. Luthor," a woman with a silky-smooth voice greeted. She was dressed in a shimmering red dress and the smile on her face spelled danger. The intruder drew a gun from her purse and pointed it at her. "Now, I'm going to need your help with something, and I would advise you to cooperate, lest you want me to kill you."
Lena didn't move her arms, but she tilted her head, not letting the gun pointed at her heart frighten her. "Well if you're going to threaten me, at least introduce yourself."
The woman let out a mirthless laugh. "Oh you are something else. You don't recognize me?"
"Should I?" Lena asked, racking her brain for the identity of this woman. Nothing.
The woman shrugged. "I suppose not. Once upon a time we attended boarding school together. Veronica Sinclair?"
Recognition dawned on Lena and she gasped.
The woman smirked, satisfied. "Oh yes, you do recognize me. But now I go by another name. Roulette, and as much as I would love to catch up. I have need of that brain of yours."
"Literally or figuratively?" Lena deadpanned.
Roulette's eye twitched and she cocked her gun. "Figuratively, but if you don't cooperate, I will have it literally. Now come, on, stand up."
Behind her, Lena could see Jess holding a phone to her ear. Hopefully, the cops would show up soon. But meanwhile, she had to comply. So Lena put her hands up, and slowly stood up.
And then a great crashing sound was heard as someone burst in through the glass door to her balcony. Lena flinched and cowered a bit, and when the glass cleared, Supergirl was standing beside her.
"Put down your weapon," Supergirl commanded.
Roulette didn't move, but rather smiled wide. "Supergirl, I was hoping you'd show up."
With a flick of her wrist, Roulette shuffled around the purse in her other hand and in one fluid movement, pulled out another gun and pointed it at Supergirl.
Supergirl frowned, bemused. "You do know these don't work on me, right?"
Roulette shrugged. "The one I'm pointing at Ms. Luthor wouldn't. But this new one has bullets dipped in Kryptonite. I imagine they will be quite painful, if my understanding of your physiology is correct."
Grinding her teeth, Supergirl curled her fingers into fists.
"And before you get any ideas to try and rush me or something, I can just as easily shoot her in that time, and I'm sure you can't apprehend me and save her at the same time, right?" Roulette asked, feeling very confident in her position.
While she had been talking, Lena felt the underside of her desk for a button. Turning to Supergirl, she said, "I do hope you don't have anything metallic on you."
Supergirl looked at her, very confused. "What-"
Lena pressed the button, and the magnet overhead activated, making the guns fly out of Roulette's hands, as well as a few paper clips and Lena's stapler.
"Now, Veronica, you were saying?" Lena asked with a satisfied smirk, crossing her arms in front of her.
Roulette huffed, and right then, the cops showed up. Lena deactivated the magnet - which promptly caused both guns to fall on Roulette's head - and the officers arrested her.
Once they had cleared out, only Lena and Supergirl were left, and the former looked at her broken glass door. "I do hope you're going to be paying for that," she commented with a smile.
Supergirl flinched at seeing the mess she made. "Sorry about that. How much do I owe you?"
Lena waved it off. "I was just joking. But there is something I want to know."
Supergirl, who had been actively avoiding looking at Lena right in the eyes, asked, "What is it?"
"Why were you keeping this from me, Kara?"
The question, combined with her name, made Supergirl lock her surprised eyes with Lena.
She floundered around for an excuse but Lena interrupted it with a swift, "I know it's you Kara, don't try to convince me otherwise."
At that, Supergirl's confident manner slipped away to show Kara's quiet demeanour. "When did you find out?"
Lena smiled and said, "Probably when, every time I wanted to meet up with you, Supergirl was busy off saving the world."
Kara let out a small laugh. "This past month has been busy. I promise I haven't been avoiding you."
"I know. But why didn't you just tell me?" Lena asked. "I would've understood if you were busy saving the city and the planet from something or other. I could even help if it came to it."
And at that moment, Kara knew the answer to the 'why' that had been eluding her. And she said, "I had been afraid. Afraid of what that would do to us."
Lena was confused. "You being Supergirl doesn't change how I feel about you."
Kara shook her head. "Not that. It's just...my cousin, when everyone found out he was dating Lois Lane, she became a target so they could get to him. And even though I know you're totally capable of defending yourself," Kara pointed to the enormous magnet on the ceiling, "I didn't want to add more stress or let it impact us just because I care for you and I happen to be a superhero."
"I see." Lena thought for a second before saying, "And what did Lois do when she was faced with that reality?"
Kara shrugged. "Took self-defense lessons."
"Well, I have been trained by the best, so I've got that down. I think I can handle being your girlfriend," Lena said, smiling self-satisfied. "And like you said, if it's not brawn, it'll be brains."
"I know, it sounds silly saying out loud but-" Kara began.
"But nothing. It's a genuine worry you had, although I wish you would have just told me and I would have assuaged you long before. That way we could've maybe spent the holidays together."
Kara smiled. "Thanks for understanding. And I was thinking maybe we could celebrate the New Year together?"
Lena nodded. "I would love that."
Without further preamble, Kara scooped Lena up in her arms, with a yelp and a laugh from the latter, and Kara said, "Where to, Ms. Luthor?"
Lena could hardly manage a straight answer because she was laughing so much. "Let's go to my place, we can see the stars and the fireworks while drinking some champagne and-" Lena paused, seeing Kara looking at her so intensely and with such a goofy grin on her face. "What?"
"I know I'll sound like a total sap but, I want to keep hearing that laugh for the rest of my life," Kara said, stepping over the glass and out onto the terrace.
Lena's response to that was to surge up and kiss Kara on the lips, wrapping her arms around Kara's shoulders.
"And I want to keep seeing that smile," Lena responded when they parted.
Grinning like a love-sick fool, Kara flew up and towards Lena's house, and her future.
And that was that!
Sappy, I know, but hey, I managed to finish it!
I do have more Supercorp fics planned, so keep an eye out if you so please!
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