She Fell From The Stars

Born Innocent

Walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane
Lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry
It stays with you until

It was now December and many trying months had passed. The Doctor had been gone for six months, Yaz, Graham and Ryan had to settle into life in a different universe, whilst Lex was still running amock. The Doctor, however had adopted a new name and a new job which suited her perfectly. In fact, she had taken on two jobs, but the one thing that Yaz found odd was that the Doctor, or her human self was working also in a hospital. One of Lena's, as Lena gave her the job so she could keep a closer eye on her. Brainy helped to create the fake qualifications, but nothing about her talent as a doctor was fake. She was a perfectly skilled surgeon. Cathy, her human self was a Doctor and a teacher. She worked in a high school whilst her weekend job was working in a L-Corp owned hospital.

It was a crisp December morning, and Cathy was on her daily jog before the sun came up. The cold did indeed bite, but it was exhilarating. There was something that lit up inside her whenever she heard about Supergirl and the aliens of National City, in fact, she loved that humans and aliens existed together, the only thing she hated was the current rising tensions between the humans and aliens. She wondered why Lex Luthor and Ben Lockwood didn't leave them alone and she swore, one of these days, she would boycott one of these protests and stand up for the aliens. She didn't know why, she just really hated it. It's not like she was friends with any aliens, she just didn't understand why the concept of humans and aliens living together was so hard. This one morning, she carried on running, before coming to a stop outside a bakery, the smell of fresh bread and coffee threatening to lure her in, but then, she supposed, one coffee wouldn't hurt. She had at least an hour until she had to go to school, but she decided to shower once she had arrived at the school instead of once she had gotten home again.

Cathy was met with the bright lights of the shop and saw a few policemen eating their bacon and egg sandwiches with their coffees. She overheard them talking about the aliens they referred to as 'roaches' and how they didn't belong on this planet. As she stood in line waiting to be served, she just stood there acting as if she was minding her own business until one of the officers said something that really twisted a nerve.

'Yeah, the kids too should be strung up before they arrive here, they are only making the problem bigger.'

'They can breed, we do not want that, not in our civilised society. Humans and humans only, am I right?' One of the other officers laughed.

Cathy snapped as she turned around, walking over to the table with a fierce anger behind her eyes, "If I answer your question for you, no. No, you are not right. Has it ever occurred to any of you narrow-minded idiots as to why there might be aliens on this planet? I would hate to break it to you fella's, but not all aliens want to take over our planet. Think of it like this, you all worry about migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers and what not, and if you apply what you are saying about aliens to them too, you will see that this whole stupid thing does not include aliens! They are not alien and you still hate them because you think they are stealing jobs, taking homes from people or whatever, but they are not. They want what each and every one of us wants." Cathy snapped, taking a breath, "We all want certainty and security and a better life all round. If this country was torn by war or famine, you would certainly want to go elsewhere so don't." She paused for a breath.

In those few moments, Yaz who was already in the queue was standing and watching in awe. The Doctor was beneath the surface and she knew it and even if she wasn't. Cathy was a great, kind, compassionate person all-round and that's what mattered. Although the annoyance on Cathy's face and the anger was something that she hadn't quite seen before. Then she heard Cathy finish her sentence, "You are the ones who are closed minded, and arrogant if you think you would not do the same as the aliens and other humans that escape such planets or countries."

One of the police officers stood up at this point, "Why do you care about them so much? Are you one of them too? Are you a roach?" He snarled, getting in Cathy's face.

Yaz's eyes widened as she saw the police officer reaching for his baton subtly, "Doctor!" She gasped, before quickly intervening, "It is very early in the morning, why don't we all just cool off and enjoy our breakfast?" She said, before pulling Cathy away.

Once they were out on the street, Yaz walked beside Cathy, "You were pretty great back there, standing up for not just the aliens...But humanity as a whole."

Cathy smiled slightly, "Thank you officer." Cathy said to Yaz, noticing her uniform, "Were they your colleagues?"

"Unfortunately." Yaz laughed nervously, "He was going to arrest you, I had to intervene."

"Thank you." Cathy said sheepishly, before shivering as the cold bit her skin. The warmth was now wearing off from her run and she felt it, "When I run, I never feel the cold, it's when I stop that's the problem."

Yaz shrugged off her jacket and gave it to her, "You need to keep warm madam, we can't have you catching hyperthermia."

Cathy greatfully took it, and put it over her shoulders, "I'm sorry...You called me, Doctor back there, have we met?" She asked, trying to connect the dots, "It feels like we know each other."

"You work at the children's hospital as a surgeon, right? You did the summer ball for the kids and had Supergirl there as a guest." She smiled, "I was on duty that day. What you do for those kids is quite inspiring."

Cathy smiled as she shook her head, "It was nothing. We all need heroes, especially now more than ever. I cannot believe how corrupt this government is. Aliens do not have amnesty anymore, and how are they supposed to live if there are people like Ben Lockwood having a job at the Whitehouse? It's absurd. Tell you what I compare it to, although it is not on the same sort of scale, nowhere near in fact. But this country, right now is a laughing stock. Everyone looks at this place and thinks, that it is a bloody joke and then you get back home." She laughed, "Brexit this, Brexit that. The woman does not even know how to run a country."

"I second that." Yaz laughed as she walked over to her car, "Would you like a lift? My shift is in an hour if you need to get anything before work?"

Cathy smiled graciously, "Are you sure you don't mind?"

"If I minded, I would not be asking." Yaz laughed, "Come on, let's get you in the warm. Bet you'll learn to go running on a minus eight December morning."

"I have certainly learned my lesson." Cathy smiled before getting into the car with her.