63. Hiding

The next morning, Kara’s story dropped telling people her side of the story in the Daxamite invasion.  Again, their phones rang off the hook before they even got out of bed. People were saying all kinds of things.  Most of them just wanted to meet Supergirl, or re-meet her as it were, as her alter ego. Luckily, no one could trace their calls inside the DEO, so they knew they were safe.  That didn’t stop them from being annoyed, though.  

Before they did anything else, the Danvers family went downstairs to see Mon-El.

The Daxamite stood up when he saw them.  “Hey!” he smiled. “How’s it going?”

The Danvers looked at each other before Kara answered.  “My secret is out. Everyone knows who I am now. It’s all over the news.”

Mon-El’s face fell.  “Oh, no!”

“Yeah,” Alex sighed.  “We’re going to hide out for a while until the storm blows over.”

“Good thinking,” he nodded.  “Maybe the girls could hang out with me and play a game like Kara did for me when I was under quarantine last time?  I’m bored.”

“I know, sweetie, I’m sorry,” Lena said sympathetically.  “We’re going to get you out of there soon.”

“We’ll stay and play with you, Mon-El,” Jessie confirmed.  “We have our tablets, so we could watch a movie too.”

“That would be great.  Can I get one of those tablet thingies for when I’m down here all alone?” he begged.

“I’ll talk to Winn,” Alex agreed.  “I’m sure he can find you one.”

“Thanks.  It gets pretty boring down here.”

“Has Eve come to see you?” Maggie wondered.

Mon-El nodded.  “Yeah, she comes and has dinner with me every night.  I miss holding her, though.”

Kara pouted sympathetically.  She went crazy when she couldn't hold her wives, especially after everything that had happened.  “We’re gonna get you out of here soon, Mon-El. We promise,” she repeated. “How are you, other than that?”

The man sighed.  “I don’t know. Sad?” he guessed.  “I know she was crazy, but she was still my mom, and now…  I don’t know.”

“Are you mad at us?” Jamie worried.

He looked seriously at them, “No, no, of course not.  Why would I be mad at you?”

“For hitting your mom,” Jamie explained.

“No,” he insisted.  “No, she got what was coming to her.  She’s alive, and she can’t come back. That’s all I wanted.  You girls did what you had to do. I’m proud of you.”

“Thanks, Mon-El,” the girls said.

“No, thank you,” he insisted.  “I don’t want to think about what would have happened if you girls hadn’t shown up.  But I want you to promise me to stay safe. Don’t go out there looking for trouble just because you saved the day once.  There are going to be people looking to hurt you, and that can’t happen.”

The twins nodded solemnly.  “We know. We’ll stay low, we promise,” Jessie replied.

Kara’s phone rang.  It was a number she didn’t know, so she sent it to voicemail.  The number called again, and again she sent it to voicemail. Whoever was on the other line was a tenacious bastard, so on the third try, she actually answered it, ready to chew them out.  “Hello?” she snapped.

“Kara?  It’s Amy.”

“Oh!  I’m sorry!  We’ve been getting so many crazy phone calls, I was afraid to answer.”

“I see,” Amy sighed.  “Well, we’re finally done at the ER.  You said to call you when we got out.”

“It took all this time?” Kara exclaimed.

“Yeah, well, there were a lot of people hurt in the invasion.”

“I’m so sorry, Amy.  I never meant for any of this to happen.  Is your friend still with you?”

“Yeah, she’s here.”

“I don’t think it would be wise to bring her to the DEO,” Kara freted.

“She wants me to go back to her place and stay with her,” Amy informed her.  “Can you just take us there?”

“Oh, yes, I can do that.  Are you OK to fly?”

“Honestly, I’m so tired right now, you could drag me by my ankles if it meant I got to lay down sooner,” Amy grumbled.

Kara chuckled.  “That won’t be necessary.  I’ll be there soon.”

“Thanks.”

The Kryptonian hung up the phone.  “I’ll be right back, you guys, I promised I’d pick Amy up from the hospital when she got out.”

“I wish I could go!” Jessie whined.  “I’m really worried about her!”

“She’s got someone from work looking after her.  She’ll be fine.”

“Who?” Jessie demanded.

“You remember the other manager Tara?  Slim, long blonde hair, brown eyes, nose ring…” 

Jessie frowned in thought.  “Oh, yeah! I remember her. She’s really nice.”

“Yeah, she hasn’t left Amy’s side since she got hurt.  I think we can trust her.”

Jessie pouted.  “I wanted her to stay with us.”

“We can’t bring her with us to Cat’s that would be rude,” Kara explained.

“Well, tell her we said, hi, I guess,” Jessie grumped.  “And to call us as soon as she can.”

“I will.”  Kara kissed her family and waved goodbye to Mon-El before heading out.

Eliza stepped up to Mon-El’s cell.  “I want you to know, I’m going to help Alex and Lena get you out of here.  Between the three of us, we should be able to figure something out relatively quickly.  We’ve already been throwing around ideas, and we think we have some pretty good ones.”

“That’s really great to hear, Dr. Danvers.  Thank you,” Mon-El breathed a sigh of relief.  “I have the utmost confidence in you. You already saved my life once.”  He looked at the moms-to-be, “How are you three feeling?”

“We’re struggling a bit,” Maggie admitted.  “This isn’t easy to deal with.”

“Not to mention the morning sickness,” Lena added.

“We’re together.  That’s something,” Alex said, hands on her hips.  “I guess we’re going to be staying with Cat Grant.  I’m not sure how well that’s going to work out, but it’s the only option we have right now.”

Mon-El laughed.  “Good luck with that!  I’d rather stay in my cell.”

“Well, you get your wish,” Maggie teased.  “If she’s rude to us, she’s gonna hear about it.”

“I don’t think she’ll be rude,” Eliza soothed.  “She cares about you all, and she wants to keep you safe.  I think that’s very generous.”

“We’ll see,” Alex said.  “It is very generous of her.”  She looked at her watch, “We need to check in with J’onn.”

“And I need to get to the station,” Maggie added.  “How long do you think Kara will be?”

“She shouldn’t be long,” Alex replied.  “She’s just picking them up and dropping them off.”

“I’d like to go to L-Corp,” Lena interjected.  “I don’t want my business spiraling into the tank while I'm gone.”

Alex examined her seriously, “Are you ready for all that?”

Lena crossed her arms.  “It’s better than sitting around moping all day.”

“True,” Eliza agreed.  “You just be safe, Lena, OK?”

“I will.  I’ll have Kara drop me off when she gets back.  I know it’s close, but I don’t want to walk through all the debris in these heels.”

Maggie chuckled, giving Lena a once over and wiggling her eyebrows.

“Stop that!” the CEO blushed.

Maggie just grinned her dimpled grin at her.

The kids rolled their eyes.

“We’ll be back later, buddy,” Alex said to Mon-El.  “Hang in there, and in the meantime, I’ll see about getting you that tablet.  Come on, girls. Let’s see what J’onn wants, and then we’ll find you some games or something, and you can come back and keep Mon-El company.”

“OK, bye, Mon-El!” the girls waved at him as they headed back upstairs.

Back in the briefing room, J’onn was waiting with Winn, Lyra, Lucy and Vasquez.  “How is our friend?” he asked.

“He’s bored,” Jessie answered.  “He wants a tablet to play with.”

Winn smacked himself on the forehead.  “I should have thought of that. Poor guy.”

“You’ve been a little busy, darling,” Lyra attempted to ease his mind.

“Yeah,” Winn agreed, rubbing his eyes.  “I have an extra one in my apartment. It has a crack in the screen, but  it still works. I was gonna fix it, but then the whole invasion thing happened, and I just haven’t gotten to it yet.”

“When’s the last time you slept?” Alex quizzed.  He looked like hell.

“Last night,” he replied.

“For about four hours,” Lyra corrected.  “On his desk.”

“Winn, even Kara slept last night.  You can’t keep doing that to yourself,” Alex huffed.

“But there’s so much that needs to be done,” he whined.

“It’s fine, we’ll handle it,” J’onn told him.  “Take a break and go sleep in an actual bed for a few hours.”

“Alright, alright!” Winn gave in.  “Can someone carry me?”

Lyra slapped his arm.

“Ow!” he whined.

“Don’t be a baby,” Lucy sighed.  “Get going.”

“OK, OK, I’m going,” he grumbled and headed down to the bunks.

J’onn crossed his arms and assessed the group.  “Where’s Supergirl?”

“She went to pick Amy and her friend up from the Emergency Room,” Alex replied.  “She should be back soon.

J’onn nodded.  “That’s fine. I don’t have anything for her to do anyway.  I’d rather she continue working with the Mayor for as long as she can.”

“What did you want from us?” Alex inquired.

“I want Lyra to take the kids down to the training rooms, so Jessie can practice her other powers.  Jamie can help her figure them out. Alex, I’d like you and your mother to head up to the labs and see what you can do for Mon-El.  Lena and Maggie, I don’t know what your plans are for the day, but if you’re staying, I can come up with something for you to do as well.”

“We were planning on going to work,” Maggie responded.  

“Very well, then.  Please, be careful,” J’onn pleaded.

“We will,” Lena promised.

Supergirl finally arrived back at the DEO with a funny little smile on her face.

“What’s that look?” Maggie asked.

Kara bit her lip.  “I think Tara has a big crush on Amy.”

Maggie chuckled.  “Oh, boy. This should be interesting.”

“Who’s Tara?” Lyra wanted to know.

“A lady that works for Amy at her restaurant,” Jamie clarified.  “I wonder if Amy likes her back?”

Jessie scowled, but said nothing.

“Kara, can you take Lena and me to work?” Maggie begged.

“It’s gonna cost you,” Kara teased.

Maggie smirked.  “Is that so?”

“Yep.  You’d better pay up.”

The detective pulled Kara down by her cape and kissed her enthusiastically.

The Kryptonian hummed happily, “That’s the good stuff.”  She picked the Latina up and swooped out the window with her.  She pulled a few loop-de-loops, making her wife cackle, before setting her down in the precinct parking lot.  “I love you,” she said before taking off.

“Love you too,” Maggie said to the air.  She knew Kara could hear her.

Kara flew back to the DEO at top speed, stopping in front of Lena and startling the poor thing.

“Jesus!” Lena exclaimed.

“Sorry!” Kara squeaked.  “You ready?”

“Yes,” the CEO answered.  “As ready as I’m going to get.”

Kara batted her eyelashes and laced her fingers under her chin.

“Oh, for crying out loud,” Lena kissed the Kryptonian in payment.  “Satisfied?”

“Never,” the hero winked.

Lena rolled her eyes and allowed Kara to pick her up.

“Next stop, L-Corp!”  The blonde whisked out of the DEO and dropped her wife off on the balcony of her office.  Before she could leave, she noticed a huge crowd of people on the ground in front of the building.  She focused her vision and hearing on them, and what she heard had her grinning from ear to ear.

“What?” Lena asked, hands on her hips.

“You have a fan club going down there,” Kara informed her.

“A fan club?  You mean an angry mob?” Lena huffed.

Kara smiled wider.  “Nope. I mean an actual fan club.  There’s a whole bunch of people down there cheering for you.”

“You’re lying,” Lena denied.

“You want to go down there and see for yourself?” the blonde challenged.

Lena looked stricken.  “No, thanks. Happy or not, I don’t want to get mobbed.”

“Suit yourself.  But the fact remains:  You’re a hero. You literally saved the planet.”

The CEO didn’t know how to process this information.  “Even after knowing that I let them in in the first place?”

“No one down there is speaking one defamatory word about you, Lena.  Take the credit.”

Lena sunk into Kara’s arms and just breathed in the comforting scent of her wife.  “I don’t know what to do with myself now.”

Kara put her hands on Lena’s shoulders.  “Just do what you came here to do. Run your company.”

“OK,” the brunette took one last deep breath in and let it out slowly.  “I can do that.”

“Good.  I’m gonna get going.  I love you, Lena.”

“I love you too, Kara.  See you later.”

They kissed one more time before Kara zipped back to the DEO to check in with the others.  They had all scattered, and J’onn sent her back to the Mayor’s office. When she arrived, there were reporters everywhere, and as soon as she landed on the doorstep, they all started shouting at once.  She rushed inside the doors, and security locked them behind her. The noise still bothered her, despite the barrier between them, so she put more distance between them, finding her way to the Mayor’s office for her assignments that day.

“Ah!  Kara, I didn’t expect to see you today.  Or ever again, really,” the Mayor smiled at her and crossed the room to shake her hand.  “Sorry about all the reporters. I guess they heard you were working with me somehow. You don’t have to talk to them, if you don’t want to.”

“Part of me thinks I should,” she mused.  

“Well, that’s completely up to you,” he insisted.  “It’s your life.”

Kara debated with herself for a few moments.  “I think I should, but… Could you come out with me?  Assure the people that I’m working with you to heal the city?  I could use some advocates right about now.”

“Absolutely,” he patted her on the shoulder supportively.  “Shall we?”

They made their way back outside, and again, a rush of noise came over her.  

“Alright, alright, quiet down!” the Mayor shushed them.  “Keep it down. Supergirl has a few things to say, and we’re going to let her.”

Kara closed her eyes and took a deep breath before stepping forward.  “Hello, everyone. Thanks for taking the time to listen to me. I just want to say that I’m sorry if you felt betrayed when you found out my secret.  I only hid to keep my loved ones safe. I’m just like you, you know. I have a family and friends that I care about, and I’d do anything to keep them safe.  Unfortunately, the time for hiding is over. I want you to know that I am loyal to this city. You all have been so good to me, and I thank you. I care about you all too, and I’m determined to work with the Mayor until this city has recovered.  You don’t have to fear me. I’m on your side, I promise.”

When she took a step back, the crowd grew noisy again, but the Mayor waved them off.  “No questions, no questions!” He hurried the Kryptonian back into his office, and they breathed a sigh of relief.  “Well, that went quite well, I think,” he told her. “You’ve got a good heart, and that’s why this city loves you.”

Kara softened, “Thank you, sir.  What have you got for me today?”

“Lots of road clearing, I’m afraid.  Nothing too exciting. Are you in?”

She nodded.  “Let’s do this.”

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Lyra and the twins took their lunch break with Mon-El.  He had been disappointed when they didn’t come back from talking to J’onn right away, but they explained that he had ordered them to the training rooms for a while.  He said it was OK, but he still pouted a little. Jamie couldn’t take the sulking. She slipped her own tablet through the airlock chamber and let him have hers for a while.  That cheered him up. He asked if he could download a couple of his racing games, and she allowed it.

“So how’d the training go?” he asked, while his games were loading.

Jessie turned her hand side to side, “So-so.  I can’t get my laser vision to work yet. My eyes get hot, but nothing comes out.  My freeze breath isn’t much better.”

“You’ll get it,” he encouraged.  “It took Jamie awhile too, don’t worry.”

“I know,” she sighed.  “It’s a little frustrating, though.  Mama is so strong, and we’re nothing close to that yet.”

“You’ll get there.  Supergirl has a lot more experience than you.  Just hang in there. Lyra and I had to work on our powers too.  It just comes with the territory. You just have to keep practicing.”

“I will,” Jessie replied.  “I’m gonna work so hard, I’m gonna get stronger than Mama!”

He chuckled.  “I hope you do.  I wanna see the look on her face.”

They all laughed.

“Are you ready to play a game?” Jessie asked them.  “Mama left Monopoly here from last time.  That’s all we could find.”

“Sounds great!” he said cheerfully.

Jessie opened the game and started setting everything up, thankful that they’d have something for Mon-El to do for a while.

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Lena was working diligently to keep her company afloat.  Around lunchtime, she got an unexpected visitor.

“Hello, Lena,” Lillian attempted a friendly smile, but it had the opposite effect.

“I’m sorry, Sam, but I’m going to have to let you go.  Talk to you later.” She hung up the phone and turned to her mother.  “Now what?”

“Lena, I’m here to get you to reconsider staying with me.  I thought, maybe if you saw me in person, you would see that I’m genuinely trying to help.”

“The only person you know how to help is yourself,” Lena retorted, crossing her arms over her chest.

Lillian actually looked hurt at the accusation, “Well, then believe me when I say, I’m desperate to keep my grandchildren safe.”

“And the others?”

“I’ve been protecting Kara for years.  That was always my agreement with Jeremiah.  He helped me, as long as nothing happened to her.  It was a very lucrative deal. Why should I stop now, when my family’s life is at stake?”

“You really expect me to believe that?  You kidnapped her. You took her blood, broke into the Fortress of Solitude and created a virus that was supposed to wipe out all alien kind.”

“I did that once, and I let her go.  I also knew that the virus wouldn’t hurt Kryptonians.”

“Let her go?  She escaped!” Lena argued.  

“Did she?”  Lillian countered.  “And who let her ‘escape’?” 

“Jere...miah,” Lena realized her mother might actually be telling the truth, and that scared her more than the lies.

“That’s right,” Lillian said victoriously.

Lena was quiet for a moment before remembering, “Mother, where is Jeremiah?”

“He’s in hiding.  He ran from me the last time we had an encounter with Agent Danvers and her little cop friend.  He thinks I don’t know where he is, but I do.”

“Where?”

Lillian held out a piece of paper with an address on it.  “I know this might not earn your full trust yet, but I’m hoping it helps.”

Lena took the paper from her mother.  “How do I know this isn’t a trap?”

“I guess there’s only one way to find out,” Lillian shrugged.

Lena stared hard at her, “Even if you’re telling the truth, it doesn’t mean we’re coming to stay with you.”

“I just want you safe, Lena,” Lillian replied so earnestly Lena almost believed her.  “I’ll stay in touch.” And with that, she headed back out the way she came.

Lena practically fell back into her chair, all the air rushing out of her.  She picked up the phone and called Alex right away.

“Lena?  Are you OK?” Alex answered frantically.

“I’m OK, honey, breathe.”

Alex took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.  “Sorry, what’s up?”

“I need to talk to you.  Can you come to my office?  I don’t think it’s safe to talk on the phone right now.”

“I’m on my way.”  Alex hung up the phone, and Lena just had to wait.

Four minutes later, Supergirl was flying in with Alex on the balcony.  Lena’s heart was in her throat, and she ran to them, hugging them both at the same time.

“What is it?” Alex urged.

Lena held up the piece of paper her mother had given her.  “My mother is supposedly worried about me, and she’s trying to earn our trust.  She claims that Jeremiah is at this address.”

Alex snatched the paper away from her and stared at it.  “That lying bitch said she didn’t know where he was!” she said hopefully.

“There’s no way of knowing if it’s a trap,” Lena fretted.  “Maybe a couple of your agents should do some reconnaissance before we actually show up there?”

“And Winn should definitely scan for Kryptonite signatures,” Kara added.  “I don’t want anymore surprises.”

“Right,” Lena agreed.

“Right,” Alex said in a daze.  “But if we bring him in, they’ll arrest him on sight!”

“So we don’t bring him in?” Lena suggested.  “My mother’s still running around free, why can’t he?

Alex looked at her, and Lena could see the longing in her eyes.  “You wanna come with us?” Alex invited, holding out her hand.

“I’d like that, yes,” Lena smiled softly, linking their fingers together.  “I want you to have your father back.”

“Come on, then, let’s get going,” Kara waved them back toward the balcony.

“I have to tell Jess I’m leaving,” Lena paused.  “Hold on.” She poked her head out the door of her office and spoke to her assistant.  When she was done, she rubbed her hands together. “Let’s see if Mother actually came through for us this time.”

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“I don’t see any Kryptonite signatures, no radiation of any kind, no detectable weapons of any kind, and heat signatures indicate only one humanoid in the house,” Vasquez confirmed.  

Alex squeezed Kara’s hand in excitement and nervousness.  “Can you get Maggie?” she pleaded. “I want her with us when we go see him.”

“Sure thing.”  Kara zipped out the window to go find the detective.

“Mom?  Do you want to go see him?”

Eliza had her arms crossed over her chest.  “Honestly? No. I can’t look at him after what he did.”

“OK.  That’s OK,” Alex patted her back.  “I understand. I just- I need to talk to him.”

“I know you do, honey, and I don’t blame you,” Eliza said compassionately.  “Just be safe, OK?”

“We will.”

Kara reappeared with Maggie.  “Ready?”

Alex looked at her wives and gathered her strength.  “Yeah. Let’s go.”

They strapped on some kevlar and took a DEO issued SUV.  Thanks to Kara’s efforts the last couple of days, they were able to drive there.  The GPS told them it would take about 45 minutes to get there, but with Alex’s lead foot, it ended up being only 35 minutes.

The house looked old and dilapidated.  Possibly even abandoned. The three humans armed themselves and stepped cautiously out of the car.  Kara went first. When no traps sprung in the yard, the others stepped closer. Once she was safely on the porch, Kara rang the doorbell.

No one answered.  She used her X-ray vision to search the house, and saw Jeremiah just sitting at the dining room table playing solitaire.  She rang the doorbell again, and though he looked vaguely in the direction of the door, he continued to ignore it.

“Jeremiah!” she shouted.  “Open up!”

Now, he looked alarmed, but he still just stared at the door.

“Dad!” Alex tried.  “Please, it’s us!”

Finally, Jeremiah got up from his chair and ran to the door.  “Alex!” he said, flinging it open and lifting her off her feet to hug her.  “Oh, my Alex!” When he set her back on her feet, he asked, “How did you find me?”

“My mother gave me your address,” Lena answered.

He looked stricken.  “She did?”

She nodded sympathetically.

“Damn it!” he huffed.  “I thought I was free of her for good.  She’s just playing games with me, I guess.”  

“You’re not the only one,” Kara informed him.  “She’s supposedly trying to get into Lena’s good graces, and that’s why she gave us the information to find you.”

“What is she up to now?” he grumbled.

“She found out I’m pregnant, and suddenly she claims to have had a change of heart,” Lena informed him.

“You’re pregnant?” he asked.

“Yeah, Lena, Maggie, me - all three of us are,” Alex admitted.

Jeremiah blinked at them.  “Why did you do that?” he exclaimed.

Kara sighed.  “We didn’t do it.  Jamie poked holes in our condoms.”

The look on Jeremiah’s face was almost comically bewildered.  “So who’s the father?”

The girls glanced at each other before Kara raised her hand.  “I am?”

Again he just blinked at them.  “I don’t get it. How is that possible?”

Kara turned beet red.  “I, um…”

“Well…” Alex tried but failed to get the words out.  It was embarrassing trying to explain this to her father.

“Kara is dual gendered,” Maggie said plainly.  

Even Kara’s ears were red by now.

“Wow, how did I not know that?” he wondered.

“She didn’t present until after you were gone,” Alex explained.

“Oh,” he said quietly.  “So you didn’t lie about being pregnant the first time?”

“No,” she confirmed.  “That was all true.”

“Wow,” he breathed.  “Why did Jamie poke holes in your condoms?  That’s just...” he made a displeased face.

Alex sighed.  “She wanted to give Jessie a little sister to distract her from not having any powers.”

“Ah,” he said, as though that explained everything.  “Wow. I’m surprised you’re keeping them all. No offence, but three babies is a lot.”

“Actually, there are four of them,” Kara revealed.  “Lena is having twins.”

Jeremiah’s eyes nearly bugged out of his head.  “Dear God!”

“I thought about getting rid of mine,” Maggie admitted, “But once it came down to doing it, I just couldn’t go through with it.  It might be one thing, if it was simply human, but since it’s part Kryptonian, I understand the gravity of how important it is to Kara.  I never wanted to screw up a kid like my parents did to me, but I know that won’t happen with us. Our kids will never go through what we went through.  We’re going to make sure of that.”

“That’s right,” Alex confirmed.  “We handled raising two babies at once with three of us raising them, it should be no big deal to have four babies with the six of us watching over them, plus we’ll have help.”

Jeremiah closed his eyes and turned his face to the ceiling.  “Will they hate me too, I wonder?”

“Will you give them a reason to?” Maggie retorted.

“I deserve that,” he hung his head.  “You’ve got to believe me, I only did what I had to do to keep my family safe.”

“No more,” Alex warned.  “We’re plenty capable of defending ourselves now.”

“Are you going to turn me in?” he wondered.

Kara shook her head.  “No. not today, but if you do anything else to help Cadmus, all bets are off.”

He raised his hands in the air.  “I hear you loud and clear.” He put his hands down, and looked plaintively at his daughter.  “Can you stay awhile?”

Alex smiled, “Yeah, I’d like that.”

They stayed and talked about the babies and the Daxamite invasion.  They didn’t tell him where they were staying. They didn’t trust him enough yet, but Alex thoroughly enjoyed her time with him.  When it was time to go, Alex and Kara hugged him and promised to return soon. He was sad that they had to leave, but grateful that he got to see them at all.

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“Where have you guys been?” Jessie demanded.  “I’m starving!”

“Don’t worry about it,” Alex dismissed the question.  “Come on, let’s go downstairs and see what’s for dinner.”

The Danvers family all wandered down to the DEO mess hall in search of food.

“Can we go eat with Mon-El?” Jessie requested.

“Haven’t you been with him all day?” Eliza inquired.

“So?  He’s lonely!” Jessie insisted.

“I think we should let him have some alone time with Eve,” Kara suggested.  “I can hear her upstairs.”

“Oh, OK,” Jessie conceded.  “When are we going to Ms. Grant’s?”

“After dinner,” Kara informed her.

“Are we still going to come to the DEO during the day?” Jamie asked.

“Until we can get your school stuff situated, probably,” Alex confirmed.  “You can keep Mon-El company until we can get him out of there, and Jessie can work on her powers.”

“I’m good with that,” Jessie smirked.

“Me too,” Jamie agreed.

“Don’t get too comfortable,” Lena told the twins.  “Your studies are going to be getting a lot harder very soon.”

“I look forward to it,” Jamie accepted the challenge.

Jessie shrugged.  “Better than being bored all the time.”

The adults shared a look of skepticism, but said nothing more on the issue.

The six of them ate what they could, then went down to the training rooms for Jessie to show them her progress.  She actually managed to fire off her heat vision a tiny bit this time, and she could make a thin sheen of ice on the water.  

“That’s all I can do,” she said dejectedly.

Alex hugged her.  “You’re doing great, baby.  I’m proud of you.”

Jessie sunk into her mother’s arms and snuggled her for a minute.  “Thanks, Mom.”

 Kara’s phone pinged.  She checked the message.  “Ms. Grant is ready for us.”

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The Danvers pulled up to Cat Grant’s giant two-story house and pressed the buzzer at the gate.  The Queen of all media appeared on the screen in front of them, but she said nothing as she unlocked the gate.  Alex and Lena pulled the vehicles into the driveway, and the gate closed behind them. Cat and Carter met them at the door, and as soon as Kara was in sight, Carter ran and hugged her.

“Kara!” he grinned.  “I can’t believe you were Supergirl this whole time!  That’s so cool!”

“Thanks, buddy,” she smiled back, grateful that he wasn’t angry with her.  “We really appreciate you and your mom letting us stay with you. You understand how important it is to keep this a secret, right?”

“I know,” he answered solemnly.  “Mom and I talked about it already.  You can trust me.”

“I know I can,” she hugged him again.

He looked behind her as the group came towards them.  “Whoa, how many of you are there?”

Alex chuckled.  “We’re not all Supers.  Just Kara and the girls.”

Carter seemed to just notice the twins.  “H-hi,” he stammered.

“Hi,” they greeted back amicably.

“I’m Jessie.”

“I’m Jamie.”

The boy blushed.  “Carter.”

Behind him, his mother tried not to grin.  “Alright, everyone, let’s get inside.”

The group followed the Grants inside.  The house seemed even bigger on the inside.  The big double oak doors opened up into a hallway, and further in, was a living room as big as Lena’s penthouse.  The décor was beautiful and obviously very expensive, and high up in the ceiling was an enormous golden chandelier.

“Wow!” the twins gasped.

Cat turned and looked at them seriously.  “Don’t. Break. Anything. And that includes you, Kara.”

“Yes, ma’am,” Kara replied.  “Girls, sun bands on.”

The girls took their watches out of their pockets and secured them around their wrists.

“I’ll give you the quick tour.  This is the living room, obviously.”  Cat started walking, and the group followed her.  “In here is the kitchen. Help yourselves to whatever you want, as long as you clean up after yourselves.”  She walked back the way she came, pointing out the downstairs bathrooms, and headed for the stairs. “Bedrooms are upstairs,” she informed them.  “The main bathroom is here at the top of the stairs.” She turned left down the hall. “This is my office,” she pointed. “No need for any of you to be in there.”  She walked just a little further to a room across the hall. “Dr. Danvers, I hope this room is OK for you.” Cat flipped on the light and revealed a stunningly gorgeous room decorated in reds and golds, featuring a nice big king sized bed.

Eliza looked around, impressed by the beauty of it.  “This will be wonderful, thank you so much, Ms. Grant.”

“You can call me Cat,” Ms. Grant permitted.

“Then you can call me Eliza,” the Danvers matriarch replied with a smile.

“More to see,” Cat waved them further on.  “This is where the girls will sleep.” She opened up the door to reveal a similar room to Eliza’s with a big king sized bed, but this one was decorated with blue and silver.

“Thank you, Ms. Grant,” the twins echoed.

“You’re very welcome.”  She exited the twins’ room and pointed down the hallway.  My room is down at the end of the hall, and Carter’s is the one on the right.  Stay out of both of them unless you’re invited, and I’m telling you right now, no one is invited in my room.  Also, there’s another bathroom at the end on the left. This way,” she turned around and walked towards the complete other end of the hall.  “The rest of you can stay in here,” she invited, revealing what looked like a second master bedroom. There was even a giant California king bed just waiting for them.  The color scheme for this room was black and purple, and there was even an ensuite bathroom for them.

Kara couldn't contain herself.  She turned and hugged her boss. “Thank you so much, Ms. Grant.  You’re literally a life saver. I don’t know what we would do without you.”

Cat grinned smugly and patted Kara’s back affectionately.  “Oh, Kara, we all have our parts to play. What’s that phrase you Supers say?  El-something?”

“El Mayara,” Kara reminded her.  “Stronger together.”

“That’s right,” Cat confirmed.  “Stronger together.”

“You guys want to watch a movie?” Carter suggested to the twins.  “It’s still early, you don’t have to go to bed yet.”

“Yeah!” the twins cheered.  

“What did you have in mind?” Cat asked him.

“Do you guys like Transformers?” he asked.

“Yes,” they nodded.

“Come on!  I’ll make popcorn!” he ran down the stairs, and the twins ran after him.

“Well, they’ll get along like a house on fire,” Cat chuckled.  “Come, have a drink with me Eliza. Let these four have some time alone.”

“Sounds great,” Dr. Danvers accepted.

The two elder women headed downstairs to the kitchen, and Cat poured them each a glass of wine.  They could hear the twins talking Carter’s ear off while he pulled up their movie, and the women chuckled to themselves.

“So, Eliza,” Cat purred.  “What do you do?”

Dr. Danvers sipped her wine.  “I’m in bio-engineering.”

Ms. Grant raised an eyebrow.  “Really? That’s incredible. The girls didn’t tell me you were a genius.”

Eliza waved her off.  “Oh, I’m no genius. No more than you, anyway.  I’m just passionate about what I do. I love helping people heal in ways that have never been possible before.”

“To helping people,” Cat toasted.

“To helping people,” Eliza clinked her glass against Cat’s, and they drank.

“So, how do you feel about this whole polyamory ordeal?” Ms. Grant inquired.

Dr. Danvers sighed.  “I’m… skeptical. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that they love each other, and I genuinely love them, but I’m worried about how long it’s all going to last.  I just don’t see how they keep from being jealous of one another all the time. That’s how I would feel, if I ever saw my husband kissing another person.”

“You have a husband?” Cat prodded.

Eliza looked down at her drink.  “I did.”

“Divorced?”

“Widowed.”

“Oh, that’s terrible,” Cat hummed.  “May I ask how he died?”

Eliza shook her head.  “It’s a long, emotional story, and I’d rather not get into it, if you don’t mind.”

“Of course,” Ms. Grant backed off the subject.  “Lighter topic? How did you guys doctor the photos of the twins’ birth so well?  Who did your work? I might want to hire them.”

“We didn’t fake anything,” Eliza frowned.  “Alex is those girls’ mother. She gave birth to them fair and square.”

“So, your daughter slept with Superman, and then decided to hook up with his cousin?” Cat pressed.

“Lord, no!” Eliza chuckled at the other woman’s confusion.  “That would be wrong in so many ways, not the least of which is the fact that Superman is about ten years older than my daughter.”

“I’ll admit, I don’t understand, and that’s saying something,” Cat shook her head.

“Well, gender was different on Krypton.  They had six different variations of gender on their planet, not just two.  Kara is what’s called an Alpha female.   That means here on earth that she’s dual gendered.  Both male and female put together. She can have babies, or she can make them.  It just so happened that her first partner was Alex. They got pregnant right away.  I mean, right away. Alex was only 18, and Kara was 17 when the twins were born.”

“Wow,” Cat over accentuated the word.  “That must have been pure chaos.”

“It was.  I was worried sick about her the whole time.  We didn’t know if the babies had powers, or what, so every day was like sitting on a knife's edge.  It’s a lot less stressful this time around.”

“What do you mean?” Cat frowned.

“What part don’t you understand?” Eliza inquired.

“Is Alex pregnant?” asked Cat.

“You didn’t know?”

Ms. Grant shook her head.

“Not only is Alex pregnant, but so are Maggie and Lena,” Dr. Danvers explained.

For once in her life, Cat Grant was nearly speechless.  She shook her head to gather her wits. “What in the hell were they thinking?”

“It was an accident on their part.  Jamie poked holes in their condoms.”

Cat’s eyes widened comically.  “What?!”

“Grandma!” Jamie shrieked from the other room.  “Why?!”

“Why indeed?” Eliza tisked.  “Her defense was that she just wanted one of them to get pregnant, so Jessie would be distracted from trying to trigger her powers by hurting herself.”

“My, my,” Cat sipped heavily on her wine.  “What kind of drama have I gotten myself into?”

“Well, Jessie has her powers now, so that drama is over.  Now, we just have to worry about the babies. Lena is having twins, and Alex drowned and had to be resuscitated, so her baby has powers already.  Luckily, they made some power dampeners, so the baby won’t punch through her womb.”

Ms. Grant blew out a heavy breath.  “Well, now we really have to keep them safe, don’t we?”

“Indeed,” Eliza agreed.

Cat poured them some more wine, and they talked about more casual things.  When the kids’ movie was over, the two women shooed them off to bed, and finished off their bottle of wine while watching the news.

Lena, Lillian, Kara and the twins were being heralded as national heroes by the President herself.  There were shots of people all over town praising them and thanking them for saving them from the Daxamites.  So far, no one was coming out and speaking against any of them, and that put their minds at ease. Kara’s short but sweet speech from the Mayor’s office played, and they gushed about how proud they were of her.  When the news was over, the two women headed upstairs and went to bed, exceedingly thankful for the overall positivity. Hopefully, everyone would be able to sleep soundly that night.