Second Chances: Supergirl

Chapter 36

Kara was currently in her office at Catco, working on her newest story for the newspaper and it was one that Cat Grant had personally signed off on, since she liked the way Kara was taking her new assignment. But she was pulled from her work when she heard a knock on her door.

"Note to self, see if Cat will splurge to get me an assistant." Kara said to herself as she looked up, only to see her cousin waiting for her.

"Clark, what a nice surprise." Kara said as she got up to hug him.

"Yeah, it's good to see you too and I'm loving your new office. It's definitely nicer than the cubicles Lois and I had at the Daily Planet." Clark said with a smile.

"Well, being the head of Catco's new alien coverage section has its advantages." Kara said.

"I wish that more media outlets covered topics like this, since it could really help bring down Cadmus's influence." Clark said.

"Well, I'm sure that the Central City Citizen at the very least will be doing something similar with metahumans soon enough." Kara said.

"True. But what are you working on now?" Clark asked her.

"Why would I tell my competition that?" Kara asked, since while they were family, they were also competitors.

"Yes, because the Smallville Gazette has the resources to really compete with Catco." Clark said sarcastically, since Catco was a monster compared to the Gazette.

"Since I know you'll just read my story eventually when it comes out, it's a bit of a personal piece and you will not be leaving this city without signing an NDA to ensure that you don't scoop me." Kara said.

"I figured as much, not that I'd actually leave you to deal with Cat's wrath. The only member of my family I'd like to subject to right now is Jordan." Clark said.

"Not a bad idea actually. If anyone can scare Jordan straight it's the only woman on this planet that both of us are scared of." Kara said.

"What do you mean only woman?" Clark asked.

"You're the only person in this room who's scared of Lois, since you're the one who married her. For me, that role is filled by Lena." Kara said and Clark chuckled.

"Before we dive into that, would you mind answering my question." Clark asked.

"Right, sorry. Anyways, the story I'm working on now is about landlords forcing alien tenants out of their buildings by either making the places uninhabitable or hiking their rent so high that the tenants can't afford to pay, since as you can guess, most of these aliens live in low income housing and some of them just point blank throw them out for no good reason and no lawyer will listen because their aliens. It's deplorable." Kara said as Clark actually looked through her files.

"You know if you hadn't gone into journalism, you'd make one hell of a lawyer." Clark said and Kara chuckled.

"Thank you, but I think we both know that my other job's schedule doesn't leave much room to be in a courtroom. Though there was a time I considered going into law." Kara admitted.

"Really?" Clark asked.

"Yeah, to honor my mother." Kara said and Clark nodded.

"She was one of Krypton's most outstanding judges." Clark said.

"Let's not go that far. And stop using past tense, we both know she's still alive on Argo, we just haven't found it yet." Kara said and Clark nodded, not wanting to touch that particular topic with her, since he knew she didn't want to hear it.

"Anyways, the real reason I'm here is something I need to discuss with both you and Lena and it can't wait." Clark said.

"Why do I get the feeling that this is not going to be an easy conversation?" Kara asked.