A Kara Carol

Chapter 1 - A Change in Time

Kara wakes up to yet another beautiful morning in National City. Over the last few weeks things have really been going great for Kara. Firstly, Kara is more confident than ever as Supergirl, with her now having a whole team behind her that she trusts implicitly, even if she got off to a shaky start with the DEO. The secondly, before Cat Grant left CatCo she pushed Kara into becoming a reporter, which is something that Kara honestly had never considered before, despite the fact that her cousin is one too, but she now adores the job. Kara has found that while the job is trying at times, with there being some less fun parts when Snapper absolutely destroys her writing style of her article, being pretty brutal at times, she loves the job none the less. Kara loves that being a reporter is another way for her to help people, but this time without a cape. As a reporter Kara can write articles about important things she wants to write about, that the people of National City, and the world, should know. In fact, one of the topics that Kara has been writing is also the third reason that things have recently being going great for Kara, and that is Lena Luthor.

Kara firstly walked into Lena's office with Clark by her side, not even as a reporter. The two Kryptonians were just investigating the youngest Luthor's potential involvement in a plane crash that she just so happened to not be on, even though she was supposed to be. However, Kara and Clark quickly realised that Lena was the target, not the person carrying out the attacks. This ultimately led to Kara involving herself with Lena, both as Supergirl and as Kara. In fact, it was Lena who put the seed in her mind about her potentially becoming a reporter, and after the seed was planted, Kara ran with it. Over the weeks following, Kara continued to thrive as a reporter, writing a few articles about Lena particularly. At the same time, while Lena was hesitant to be Kara's friend at first, she soon opened up to her, and the two now have a blossoming friendship. That said, the two recently have had an issue with one another, as they got into an argument. Kara was visiting Lena to do yet another article on her, this time about the new technology that Lena told her she was developing, and this is when Kara found out Lena was working on an alien detection device. Kara for her part may have told Lena that creating the device was wrong, and she can't support her releasing it, as a reporter, or even as her friend, before she then left Lena's office. The fact is, the device terrified Kara, as it was everything she has ever feared embodied in a device that her new friend, and maybe slight crush, has made. Ever since Kara became Supergirl, one of her biggest fears is being exposed to the world, as that risk has been increased ever since that fateful day where she saved Alex's plane. But Kara has just pushed forward, and come to the conclusion that what she does as Supergirl outweighs the risks of her identity potentially being exposed. But this device, it would just increase those risks exponentially, so it completely freaked Kara out.

After Kara left Lena's office, some things did happen that helped Kara to maybe change her mind about the device, and understand that while the device still scares her, there is a need for it to stop dangerous aliens. So today, Kara plans to meet up with Lena and apologise, and maybe share lunch with the brunette.

Back in the present, Kara gets up out of bed, a smile on her face, with her happy about her plans for today. Kara thinks that today is going to be a good day, but little did she know it would be a terrible one.

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Kara is just about to leave for work and her phone vibrates. Kara thinks that it is hopefully Lena, as after she got up, she texted Lena to tell her she wanted to see her and apologise for everything, but she didn't get a response. However, as soon as Kara looks at her phone, she sees that it is Alex calling her.

"Hey Alex." Kara says, with a smile in her voice.

"Kara..." Alex says, in a solemn tone, immediately signalling to Kara that something is wrong.