The Emerald-Steel Collection

69. A different day

Kara stepped inside Star Labs, wondering what was happening now since Barry, her friend that was also a superhero like her, sounded really anxious in his voice message. He told her he could only talk about it in person, so she used her super speed to change into her Supergirl outfit and stormed out of her apartment, flying to Central City. It was a real quick flight, but it gave her enough time to think about everything that has happened since she last visited.

The world, actually the multiverse basically ended, she made new friends, lost a dear one, then he came back to life after a while and now each one of them were trying to keep their cities together as they dealt with all the changes that happened. To remember 2 different timelines wasn't an easy thing to do, but they were trying their best. Especially her, because half the world saw her worst enemy, Lex Luthor, as a hero and she was really pissed about it.

As soon as she stepped inside the cortex, she saw Barry Allen, Sara Lance, Jefferson Pierce, Oliver Queen, J'onn J'onzz and Kate Kane already there, talking. They stopped as soon as they saw her. Kate walked closer and hugged her, happy to see her closest friend among all superheroes.

- You know, for someone with super speed, it took you a while to get here... - Oliver said.

- It didn't take that long... - Kara said as she looked at Barry, who nodded at her – Ok, I got distracted... But... What's the emergency?

- Yes, Barry, now you can finally tell us! – J'onn said, feeling a bit annoyed at all the secrecy.

- Well... Nothing.

- What? – Oliver said in a serious face – Nothing?

- Yes, nothing... I mean... I gathered you all here because... Ok, don't kill me, guys – Barry said noticing Sara and Oliver were practically murdering him with their looks – I just thought it would be fun if we could hang out, like actually hang out.

- You said it was an emergency. – Kara said.

- It is. We're all friends and barely see each other. Last time, Oliver died... Well, he came back but you get the point. – Barry said as he walked around everyone – Also, we can take this opportunity to get to know Jeff and Kate more, don't you think?

- And what do you suggest we do? – Sara crossed her arms, thinking about what Barry was saying. He did have a point.

- We can go to the movies! Like normal people do! – Barry said excitedly.

It took a while to convince everyone but they ended up agreeing. Barry was right, they barely hang out, it was always a team up when the world was ending and if they learned something from Oliver dying and coming back, was that life was precious and they should enjoy it more with friends before it was too late. All of them had civilian clothes on, so they wouldn't draw too much attention. After the events of Crisis, they all were pretty known in this new Earth, so it would be a disaster if they tried to do anything fun as heroes. To everyone else, they were just a bunch of regular friends going to watch a good movie.

They sat at the back of the theater: Kara, Oliver, Sara and Barry on the last row, Clark, Jeff, Kate and J'onn in the row in front of them. The room wasn't crowded, so they could enjoy the few seats they had free, Barry practically lay on 3 chairs, Kate and Sara had their legs on the chairs next to them. Clark looked at them both, shaking his head and knowing someone would come to get their attention soon. Jeff and J'onn were talking about Mars and about Jeff being a teacher and having two daughters that also had powers like him. Oliver looked at the screen but wasn't actually paying attention to the movie. Kara wasn't also paying attention to the movie, but it was because she was tuned in her super hearing, checking if everything was ok with the rest of the city, until she heard something and looked alarmed at everyone else.