Second Chances: Supergirl

Chapter 34

"I'm sorry, your ex?" Lena asked, since Kara had never mentioned having dated any other women before her, especially on Krypton.

"It was only a few weeks and I wouldn't really call it dating, especially since we were only 13 years old at the time." Kara said.

"You didn't seem to mind the age gap all those times we spent hidden from everyone else in those dark corners." Ursa said with a smirk as she allowed her mind to drift back to happier times.

"Not helping Ursa." Kara said.

"So what happened? You two broke up when Krypton was destroyed?" Lena asked.

"No, we broke up when her father started a civil war and she took his side." Kara said coldly.

"He's my father, how could you expect me to turn on him?" Ursa asked.

"The same way I'd turn on Astra if she hadn't come to her senses and you know better than most that in several ways she was more of a mother to me than my mom ever was." Kara said.

"I remember. She's the only one we trusted with our secret and she covered for us more than once." Ursa remembered.

"Wait, Astra knew that you liked girls?" Alex asked her sister, since the rest of the Legion had shown up by this point.

"She was the only person I ever trusted with my secret, but that's not relevant right now. What is relevant is Ursa telling me how she's on Earth or even alive?" Kara asked her.

"I thought you'd be happy to see me Kara. A friendly face after all these years." Ursa said.

"Answer the question. You weren't sent to prison with your parents after the war your father started ended." Kara said.

"Wait, what? I thought that Krypton was destroyed by the core being rendered unstable." Alex asked.

"It was. And when word got out about that, well, sometimes a crisis brings out the best in some people and the worst in others. It definitely brought out the worst in Zod, since he attempted to use the panic to seize control of Krypton, plunging the planet into civil war and taking away time that could've been used to find a way to save Krypton. By the time the war ended, Krypton had maybe a year left." Kara said.

"My father was trying to save Krypton and it's not like your family was much better with Myriad." Ursa said.

"I'm not even gonna ask how you know about Myriad, but at least Aunt Astra never started a war that killed billions of people and she had good intentions. But answer the question. How are you here and how have you not aged anymore than I have?" Kara asked, since the only reason she looked as young as she did was because of the time she'd spent in the Phantom Zone.

"I'll answer your first question first. The reason I'm alive is my mother. When it became clear that my father wasn't going to win the war, my mother put me in the one stasis pod they'd stolen and sent me off world to keep me from suffering simply because I chose to support him, since my parents wouldn't let me actually fight in the war. But she didn't have time to set an exact destination before the pod left, especially since the elite guard of Krypton had stormed our compound that day, so I just drifted through space without an exact flight plan, the cryostasis preventing me from aging." Ursa said.

"And how did you get here?" Kara asked her.

"My best guess is that after your pod escaped the Phantom Zone, my pod picked up its beacon, which it used as a homing signal of some kind, which finally gave me a destination." Ursa said.

"So you followed Kara to Earth, just like Fort Rozz did." Brainy said.

"Exactly. Though not before your cousin killed my parents." Ursa said bitterly.

"While they were trying to do the same thing to Earth that they did on Krypton." Kara told her, not correcting Ursa's belief that her parents were dead, since it was safer for everyone if she thought that.

"What have you been doing ever since you landed on Earth and why doesn't the DEO have any records of your pod landing?" J'onn now asked, since while this had been before he'd taken over the DEO, it still should've had a file.

"My pod was cloaked to protect me from anyone searching for me or from any threats I might encounter in space." Ursa said.

"That explains why we didn't know you were here, but it still doesn't explain what you've been doing ever since you arrived?" Kara asked her.

"Well at first, I was disoriented, trying to learn how to adapt to my new planet and the powers that came with it and then I've been trying to stay off the grid, keep from drawing any unwanted attention, since I'd heard rumors about what human governments did to aliens and since I didn't know you were here and Kal-El was untouchable, I was afraid of what they'd do to me." Ursa said.

"Makes sense. But that still doesn't explain what you've been doing?" Nia asked.

"Traveling, never staying in one place for too long, learning more about this world I'm stuck on. A world that is so different from ours, but in some ways, for the better." Ursa said and Kara knew what she meant.

"That much we agree on." Kara said.

But how did you find out where Kara was now?" Lena asked.

"I saw stories on the news about a blonde with the same powers as Superman wearing the glyph of the House of El. Didn't take much for me to put the pieces together. Especially when I saw a picture of you. So I infiltrated Non's ranks after Astra deserted and then when he jumped you earlier, I followed you back here." Ursa said.

"And why are you here?" Kara asked.

"Because I want to join your team." Ursa said.

"I'm sorry, what?" Kara asked.

"We can finally fight side by side together, Kara. We can be together again." Ursa said.

"Uh, no." Lena said, since she could tell where this was going.

"And what makes you think you have any say human?" Ursa sneered at the word human with a hint of disgust, just like her father.

"Because she's my girlfriend now and even if she wasn't, I don't trust you anymore Ursa. You lost my trust the day you chose your father's side and honestly, with the way you just acted, it's clear that you still have a little too much of him in you." Kara said, since she didn't trust Ursa and she could tell that Lena's reaction was not just based out of jealousy, especially since Krypto was growling slightly at Ursa.

"Kara, you're choosing her over me? The sister of Kal-El's greatest enemy on this planet?" Ursa asked.

"As opposed to you, the daughter of another one of his greatest enemies and an enemy of my house?" Kara pointed out.

"Kara, please, we can find a way to make us work again." Ursa said.

"You're delusional and you're lying about why you're really here." Kara said, since enough time around Oliver Queen, Sara Lance and Kate Kane had taught her to read between the lines on things like this and she saw that Ursa was lying to her easily.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this." Ursa snapped as Kara froze when she heard the touch of a Russian accent in her voice. Or rather Kasnian.

"Do you still go by Ursa? Or do you prefer Red Daughter?" Kara asked as the others quickly jumped to attack positions.

"How do you know that name?" Ursa asked, her Kasnian accent coming out full force now.

"How did the Kasnians get their hands on you?" Kara asked.

"They took me in after my pod crashed there." Ursa said.

"And turned you into their weapon." Kara said in disgust, switching to Supergirl mode as she flew straight into Ursa, sending her flying out of the Tower.

"No, they made me what I was meant to be. A soldier." Ursa said as Supergirl punched her clear across the sky.

"This isn't over Kara. When I'm done, you'll see that I'm doing the right thing and that your place is at my side." Ursa said before she flew off.