Reincarnated as Supergirl (YJ / Kara Zor-El (Comics))

Chapter 36

Danette fidgeted on her seat, her face going through a myriad of expressions as the taxi inexorably drove towards Jay Garrick's home. Her body language grew more anxious the closer they came to their destination.

For a while now, Kara, who sat next to the human-shaped ball of nerves, had wanted to help the woman, she just... didn't know how.

Really, being raised on Krypton hadn't exactly prepared her to deal with her own emotions, much less those of someone else, and her previous life's memories, distant as they were, didn't really help in this particular situation.

Rao, how she wished Kori was here with them. Feeling really uncomfortable, Kara thought about what the princess would do and hesitantly put a hand on top of the gynoid's, squeezing it to give comfort.

It seems to have worked because Danette squeezed back. Kara released a breath of relief.

"Thanks," the brunette said with an amused smile. "Gosh, you're really bad at this aren't you?"

"I... don't exactly have much experience acting as emotional support, no," Kara actually thought about it and sighed. "It's usually the other way around, really."

"What do you think he's gonna do?" Danette asked, trying to get over her nervousness.

"Probably invite us in and try to figure things out," Kara shrugged. "Don't worry. Coming back from the dead isn't as surprising as it used to be."

Taking a second to check her phone, Kara commemorated with a discrete fist pump at her side when the scouting drone she'd sent ahead registered Garrick inside his house at the moment.

The truth was, even without getting involved with superhero work, with The Light, or anything to do with her company, Kara had kept herself so busy with work that she had forgotten about her promise to Danette until an hour before their meeting.

As a result, she hadn't actually asked anyone about Garrick's address, finding it on the internet via her search bots crawling the dark web instead, which meant she wasn't sure he'd even be home.

Still, retired or not, he was still a Flash, it wasn't like he couldn't get home in a few minutes from anywhere in the city, or the state for that matter, and Kara had already seen that his wife was home.

Finally, the taxi stopped in front of a modest-as-they-come house with an honest to goodness white picket fence. Kara paid the cabbie before stepping out into the suburban street with Danette.

The woman stared at the house for a second and then seemed to shake herself, regaining her confidence.

Together, they walked up to the house and Kara let Danette press the doorbell, giving her hand one last squeeze before the door opened, revealing an older man. He still had mostly brown hair and was remarkably well built. "Hello, can I help you two?"

"Hello Jay, long time no see," Danette said, smiling at the man.

"I'm sorry, I..." Garrick started to say, then leaned forward and looked at Danette closer. Kara saw his muscles tensing, his arms getting ready to punch out and his legs getting ready to run inside as he recognized her, but didn't act. "Miss Reilly, I... well, long time no see," using super-speed, he quickly glanced inside the house before stepping further out of the door. "You'll understand if I don't invite you in immediately."

"I- yes, I guess it is suspicious to just... show up like this," Danette tucked a strand of hair behind her ear with one hand while the other squeezed tightly into a fist, small flames forming around it for a second before she dispersed it. "I'm told this kind of thing isn't odd nowadays, but I can hardly believe it."

"Joan! I'll be out in the yard for a few minutes, can you prepare some tea?" Jay yelled inside the house before stepping out, closing the door behind him and turning back to them. "Yes, in our generation, death tended to stick, but nowadays, kids keep coming back for some reason. I mean, I'm glad for it, but it's still very odd."

"Sorry for coming without calling ahead, I didn't think Danette wanted to reveal herself yet," Kara said, with her increased hearing, she couldn't help hearing Joan calling the Flash from inside the house and flinched. Guess she should have expected that after just showing up out of the blue. "Ah, can you... not call the Flash yet?"

Jay narrowed his eyes at her, his body still tense. "And how do you know that, Miss?"

"Nevermind, it's kind of too late now. Anyway, my cousin should have talked about me, but I guess you wouldn't recognize me. Kara Zor-El, nice to meet you," Kara extended a hand, which Jay didn't take, but he did relax a little.

"Hmm, sorry for being rude, but I prefer not to be literally in someone's grasp until I know for sure what's happening," Shaking his head, the older man motioned for a bench on the porch. "I mean, God, am I glad to meet you Firebrand, but it IS a little hard to believe out of the blue."

"I understand," Danette gave a bitter smile and sat down. "You're looking good Jay."

The man snorted, lifting an eyebrow as he leaned against a support beam. "Me? I'm an old man now, you on the other hand... What's going on Reilly? Time travel? Alternate version?"

"Good grief, it's so odd that those are common enough now that they're the first thing you think about," Danette shook her head, but had to concede that the truth was just as odd. "I guess you can say it's a case of robot infiltrator."