SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 42

Alex smiled as she returned home from war to find Felicity waiting for her, since it had been a while since they'd seen each other, since even before the war, Felicity had been in Vegas helping her mother, who had been in car crash, so Felicity had been taking care of her and then staying with her after the war began, since Alex had insisted that Vegas was safer than National City at that time, but still, it felt like it had been forever since they'd seen each other and Alex was very eager to make up for lost time.

"Well, you are certainly a sight for sore eyes." Alex said to Felicity, who smiled.

"Yeah, I know, we seem to keep missing each other. In fact, ever since we got together, we barely seem to have any time for each other." Felicity said and Alex sighed as they sat down.

"I know. And I know that I am the main reason for that. My life just got super crazy ever since I put this ring on." Alex said, referring to her green lantern ring.

"I know Alex and I knew what I was getting into when I started dating you, but still, it would be nice to actually see my girlfriend and know that I'm her priority every once and awhile." Felicity said and Alex nodded.

"You're right. And you should be able to." Alex said, as to Felicity's shock, Alex took her ring off and placed it on the table.

"I had a feeling that we'd be having a talk like this when I got back, so I took the liberty of scheduling a special romantic getaway. Just you and me and I'm leaving my ring here and I'm gonna ask Kara to see if she can build some kind of vault to keep it from coming to me unless I really need it. I want to be able to give you the attention you deserve, especially after putting up with me this long, since I know I've been a very inattentive girlfriend and I'm lucky that you put up with me." Alex said and Felicity smiled before she kissed Alex to indicate that she'd made the right decision.

"That is definitely a way you can start to make things up to me." Felicity said.

"I'll take it." Alex said.

"So, where are we going?" Felicity asked.

"Well, since I have a lot of vacation time wracked up at the DEO, I was thinking a two week long trip to Paris and before you say anything, I already talked to Kara and she not only gave you the vacation time, she's letting us take her private jet for the trip." Alex said.

"You really did take care of everything. And that sounds wonderful and I can't wait." Felicity said.

"Great, because we leave in a few days. Enough time for both of us to pack, though I promise that my ring will stay here in the states." Alex said.

"Thank you Alex. It'll be nice for us to act like a regular couple every once and awhile." Felicity said and Alex smiled.

"I couldn't agree with that more." Alex said as she closed the distance between them and they began kissing.

And Alex and Felicity weren't the only ones celebrating peace time, since Kara and Lena were also enjoying having some alone time, since even Krypto was at Jeremiah and Eliza's house, since Karen had volunteered to pet sit for her, especially since they were helping Astra get settled in, since as part of her probation, Astra had to wear a red sun bracelet that deprived her of her powers except for extreme situations and she had to live with a DEO agent until further notice and Jeremiah, with Eliza's blessing, had offered their home to her, since Astra was family and since Karen was still learning to control her powers, Astra would be very helpful, especially since they had the room and J'onn even agreed to allow Astra to remove her power dampener when helping train Karen as long as Jeremiah was supervising.

Anyways, Kara and Lena were taking advantage of the night in, since tomorrow, Kara had to officially return to work.

"So, tell me again why we can't take a vacation like Alex and Felicity are?" Lena asked her girlfriend.

"Because I've spent too much time away from the office during the war and I need to make an appearance. If I abuse my position too much, I might lose it." Kara said.

"Please. You're the reason Argo Enterprises is miles ahead of the competition, since no one on this planet has a mind like yours, since you've literally seen technology more advanced than anything Earth has to offer. Not to mention that new Zeta tube project you greenlit." Lena said, since Kara had told her about that.

"Yeah, it works a lot like transmatter portals, but I think it's a bit less complicated, since the portals require very precise calculations. The Zeta tubes however only work by connecting to each other, meaning that the user just needs to tell it the location to connect too. Though we'll need to find a way to make sure that League Zeta tubes can't be infiltrated by civilian ones and the League will get them first to serve as test subjects to make sure that the tubes are safe before we release them to the public. But can we please not talk shop?" Kara insisted and Lena smiled.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?" Lena asked.

"How's your sister adjusting to National City?" Kara asked her.

"Zatanna's doing good. Though she is upset that I didn't let her join in the war effort, since she's over 18." Lena said and Kara chuckled.

"Karen's not very happy I made her stay home too, but we do what we have too to keep our little sisters safe." Kara said.

"True, though she has started training me a bit." Lena said nervously.

"You're learning magic?" Kara asked, surprised.

"Ever since I met my father, I've felt my power growing inside me and while I'm still wrapping my head around the idea of magic existing, I knew that I needed to learn to control whatever power I have before I accidentally hurt someone, especially you." Lena said.

"And how's that going?" Kara asked.

"Slow. I can tell that Zatanna's starting to get frustrated." Lena admitted.

"You grew up in a household devoted to science and it's hard to suddenly open your mind to magic after that." Kara said.

"Yeah, I did learn how to do this." Lena said as she took a deep breath.

"Etaerc skraps morf ym sregnif." Lena said as some small sparks burst from her hands.

"That's a start." Kara said.

"Yeah, but I really don't want to talk about that anymore. Or anything else for that matter." Lena said with a grin as she closed the difference between her and Kara and kissed her, pushing her back against Kara's couch.