Throw Away the Plan

Chapter 10 (Sara's PoV)

The tour of the DEO was incredible, and everyone was impressed to be able to find something that could keep them entertained.

At the end, J'onn asked the group if there were any questions, so I took the chance to mention a very serious situation: sleeping arrangements.

"There are some cots here," he stated. "But I'm not sure if there's enough."

"I can take two at my place," Alex offered. "They can share my bed and I'll take the couch."

"Yeah, and I can take four," Kara added. "There's my bed and two couches."

"But where will you stay?" Iris interjected. "If you're housing four extra people and you have four places in which one could comfortably sleep, then there's nowhere for you."

"She can sleep-fly," Alex and Felicity stated simultaneously.

"How do you-" the former started to ask, but changed her mind. "Actually, I don't care.

"Fun fact; she used to scare me in the middle of the night when we were growing up. I would be getting a glass of water or something, and I'd turn around and there she was, snoring in midair."

"Oh yeah!" Kara exclaimed, laughing. "You wet yourself a few times, if I remember correctly."

Alex nodded, embarrassed. "Yes. That did happen."

In the end, the Legends and Ava stayed on the Waverider with Cisco and Gypsy in the extra room. The Queens (Oliver, Felicity, William, and Thea) went to Kara's place, Barry and Iris to Alex's, and everyone else to either the spare rooms on the Legion's ship or cots at the DEO.

Those who were not already there returned to the DEO the next morning, where J'onn declared the day was to be used for the newcomers' benefit, in which we would be able to get to know the city.

"Sara, Ava," Kara called, coming over to us after we had all been dismissed.

"What's up?" I asked.

"So, since we'll probably be using the Waverider a lot pretty soon, I was hoping- if it's okay with you, that is- to introduce her to the public. I just want them to know that it's not an enemy ship, because, well, let's just say we've had problems with that in the past."

"You mean the Daxamite invasion?" Alex asked, coming up behind her.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Daxamite?" Ava asked, connecting dots in her head. "Isn't Mon-El a Daxamite?"

"He is. We're talking about different Daxamites. His parents, to be exact. It's a rather long story that you'll probably end up hearing sometime soon."

"Okay, then," I decided. "I think it's okay if you bring out the ship, we don't really want anyone freaking out because of it. What do you think, Aves?"

"Fine by me," she agreed. When and where do you want us?"

"How about on top of the Catco Worldwide Media building at noon?" Kara asked. "I'm sure I can have the press ready by then."

"Sounds like a plan."

Kara was about to fly away when she turned and added as a sort of afterthought; "Stay cloaked until I say. I want to do a big reveal."

We chuckled and looked down at the National City tourist guide we had all received. "Would you suggest anything, Alex?" Ava asked.

"Try Noonan's if you want food. Best café I know. I'd join you but I want to see if we can get working on a weapon to help with the Worldkillers." She replied and left to regain control of her lab, as Cisco, Felicity, Ray, and Zari were running around like kids in a candy store.

In the end, Ava and I ended up going for an early lunch at Noonan's with Nate, Amaya, Barry, and Iris. We took our food to a nearby park for a picnic, and it was just our luck that a rogue alien showed up. Supergirl and Superman arrived not long after to deal with it.

Kara, noticing us, came over to say hi and pilfer some of Amaya's sticky bun while Clark brought the alien back to the DEO.

"So what was that?" Iris asked curiously.

"One of the Slitheen, from the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius," Kara replied, as if that was explanation enough.

"I'm sorry, Raxacorico...what?" Barry asked. The rest of us nodded in agreement, all trying to pronounce the name of the planet Kara had just told us about.

"Raxacoricofallapatorius," she clarified. "Don't worry. It takes time to get the hang of saying it. And thanks for the sticky bun!" With that, she took off, leaving Amaya to uselessly protest about the stolen food for a moment before giving up, defeated.

Ava and I stayed and talked for another fifteen minutes or so, until one of us looked at our phone and realized that we needed to go get ready for the interview.

We ended up arriving with only a few minutes to spare. Luckily, we had had the forethought to give Team Supergirl full access to the Waverider and all her resources. This meant that Winn and Gideon had already gotten everything set up, so all Ava and I had to do was the talking.

Afterwards, Kara caught up with us to tell us about something she had been considering doing.

"Alex and I like to have Girl's Nights every so often, where we just hang out together and watch a movie while we gorge ourselves on pizza and ice cream, and just generally try to forget about all our problems while we're at it.

"I realized that we're way overdue for one, so I thought, 'Why not kick Oliver and William out of my place for the night? Then we could have a big one all together.' What do you think?"

"That is a genius idea," Ava decided. "I could use some time off."

"Same," I agreed, nodding. "What time do you want us there?"

"Does... Eight sound good?"

"Sure! You get back to work, we'll spread the word."

Kara smiled and pulled us both in for a hug before happily flying off.

Thankfully, word spread quickly where superheroes were involved. Ava and I decided to take full advantage of this, telling a few people of the plan before retiring to the Waverider and trusting that the news would make its way to all those concerned.

Our goal had been to look up as much as we could about the influence of aliens on this Earth as we could.

We ended up taking a nap on one of the couches in the library instead.