Kara, Just Kara

The Days They Are A-passing

It's amazing how soon the extraordinary becomes normal, especially when the extraordinary is being normal. Within a week, Alex has stopped panicking over Kara. She's still an open case at the DEO, but not as urgent as all the other active cases that they now have to handle without Supergirl.

Media coverage of Supergirl's absence dies down after the first week or so, and they started almost as soon as Kara left for Barry-earth. The occasional "sighting" stops being front page news.

Kara, of all people, writes a beautiful piece about how Supergirl made people remember to have hope, and wherever she is now, we all wish the best for the people she is now helping.

"I showed a draft to James, and I swear I saw him crying!" Kara confided to Alex.

Alex dutifully fills in the "Kara Log" whenever something comes up that might be important to the case.

Day 3. Shopping for glasses.

Alex convinced Kara that she should get new glasses, just because she could, and they would look awesome. They spent a morning getting Kara's eyes measured - to exactly what Dr. Hamilton had said – and picking out frames. Kara ended up picking something that looked remarkably like her existing glasses, and another frame in red and gold. She was so disappointed that she had to wait a week for the glasses to be made to prescription.

Alex made absolutely sure nobody got a good look at Kara's old glasses.

Afterward they celebrated at Noonan's with a Kara Special – a banana split with three types of ice cream and candied black cherries on top.

Day 5. Kara met the Alura hologram.

Alex comes around to Kara's apartment with a fancy alien gizmo they have found - a holographic projector. She just wants Kara to see it. It's a blue lady. She speaks a language that Kara doesn't understand, but Alex translates it as something like "How can I help you?"

Something about her makes Kara sad. It finally clicks - "You know, Alex, that woman looks kindof like my mother, Alura. It's not exactly her, but it does remind me of her."

"It does?"

"Yes. I don't think my mother was this pretty, but still, there is something about her face. Could you ... please turn it off."

Alex rushes to turn off the device and then comforts Kara for a while.

"I'm sorry, Kara. I didn't mean to make you sad!"

"Don't worry, there's no way you could have know that!"

So Alex feels like a jerk. She logs that experiment as a complete failure – the hologram didn't recognize Kara and Kara didn't really recognize the hologram or Krytonian at all.

Day 6. Convinced Kara not to buy a bicycle.

"But Alex, it's so much easier to get around. No traffic jams, no waiting for busses. I know I haven't ridden one since Midvale, but I'm sure I remember how."

"Kara, have you seen how many people ride bicycles downtown?"

"... not a lot?"

"Nobody, because traffic will literally kill you if you try. Works great in Midvale, not great in downtown NC."

When Kara begins to pout, Alex puts an arm around her. "Hey, it's a great idea, this city just isn't ready for it yet!" And she thinks that she'd miss the freedom of flying too.

Day 7.

Status meeting at the DEO. Superman and Eliza are as stumped as everybody else. It's a very short meeting.