Have you seen my cousin?

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

Supergirl flies away from the scene of her battle with Morgaine, ignoring the stares of the people on the streets, and quickly forgetting about the horrible mess she made by melting the road. "SUPERMAN??" She cries at the top of her voice, as she flies across the city, shattering windows and making all the dogs in the city start to bark. "SUPERMAN??" Nothing.

Receiving no reply, and no assistance, she settles on the top of the Daily Planet, resting on the massive globe. Where would he be? Morgaine said she'd banished him, but if Kara could fight the witch well enough, Kal definitely could. She sits there a good few minutes, drumming her chin, and thinking. Who would know where he was?

A thought springs into her mind. An unpleasant one, but a possible one. The only man she knows well, who is bound to still be in Metropolis if he's not in jail, is Lex Luthor. If any villain knew the whereabouts of her cousin, it would be him, and she'd get him to talk. She jumps into the air and flies across the various LexCorp offices, scanning the interiors of all of them. Finally, she finds the man she's after. A little surprised that he's not in prison.

Hovering down beside his window, she stares at him for a while. And then blasts through the wall. "What have you done with Superman?"

Comments

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

Kara stands calmly and takes all of the information in, her hands clenching tighter and tighter on the back of the chair as her cousin is described as a destroyer. But she lets go, and looks at Luthor squarely. "Where I am from, or where I was from, I was known as Supergirl. I'm coming to realise that this must be some one of the many infinite parallel earths, because the Superman of my world is a caretaker and hero, and somehow... Somehow I've ended up on a place that's truly backwards."

She bites her lip as she wonders what to say next. "There's a Lex Luthor in my world as well, but he's... far less giving. The last thing I remember was being horribly hurt in a battle-" she points with her finger, into the sky, "-up there." She shifts uncomfortably. "You're older than my Lex Luthor. This Metropolis is more advanced than my Metropolis. I saw cars I've not seen before. Someone was riding on a weird device," she makes a motion with her hands, of them being on a handle bar, "where there were two wheels on a platform, and a long handlebar out the front. Like this-" she makes an impression of being on a segway.

"Anyway, you probably don't want to hear all this. I'm very confused, as you can imagine. You were just the first person I thought of..." She mumbles listlessly for a while, and then brings her hand down sharply. "Got it! Do you have a Justice League on this Earth?"

[man-of-stee-ll.livejournal.com]

"As far as a Justice League. There is. Grace could likely fill you in on what they do, and have done recently. I believe your hero is with them. Because he is most certainly not here."

Luthor drums his fingertips on the edge of his desk. "Another world...another...me? "

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

"I would like to see more of this world, before I make any judgements on anyone... But Superman in my world is not a killer. He would never kill. He's the most responsible person I know..." She turns to Grace, and is about to ask her about the Justice League, but turns back to Lex. "I'm sorry I broke into your office. I hope you can understand my reasoning. I'll make it better though." Using her superspeed and strength she quickly collects the rubble, packs it together, and uses her heat vision and cold breath to seal it into the wall. "You may need a painter, and some plaster, but..." She shrugs. "I'm sorry."

She stands back from being directly between Lex and Grace. "I need to know from both of you, what I can do to help," she gestures with her head at outside, "with what's going on, or what's happened out there. I've got abilities. I can... help. I can do it quickly and save a lot of people a lot of work. I'm supposed to be a hero."

[bana-grace.livejournal.com]

She's got one hand over her mouth, covering up her grin. The girl, she's cute, and determined to be good.

Grace makes a mental note to never introduce her to the Top.

[man-of-stee-ll.livejournal.com]

"If you want to help. Help. But do not do for the crews, or the people. Heroes help others help themselves."

He nods back. "And you'll begin, by working with Grace and the Infinite Initiative. She will direct you as to what to do next. Miss Choi, you have something to add?"

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

Kara nods. She doesn't fully trust Lex, no matter what. She's had too many bad experiences with the younger, more maniacal version. "I'll help out, and I'll help your team out, but I can't commit myself to working with them for a long period of time. I have to find out about this Metropolis. This Earth. I'll help fix the mess out there though. You have my word."

[bana-grace.livejournal.com]

Wait, did she just hear him correctly?

The smile is gone and she's giving Luthor a horrified look.

"You want me..." she points at herself, "to babysit her?" The finger then points at the blonde.

[man-of-stee-ll.livejournal.com]

"No Grace. I want her to learn from you. I want you to help her. Obviously she is someone of ability. And just as I helped give you a focus, you can do the same for her. Is there a problem with that?" He turns his attention to her.

[bana-grace.livejournal.com]

"No sir, not a problem at all." Grace snaps off a salute and then steps out from behind Luthor.

She takes a long look at the other woman.

Blond hair. Skinny. Short. Has the strength to bust through walls and then to fix them again with heat vision and cold breath. Can fly.

"I'll find a place for her. Far away from the guys."

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

She smiles, genuinely, at Grace. "I'll try not to let you down. But like I said, I'm going to help you clean this city up, or at least the immediate destruction that I've seen, and then I've got to find my own way." She reaches out to shake Grace by the hand. "Who else is in your team? I might recognise some names."

[bana-grace.livejournal.com]

Her hand is taken in a firm grip.

A little too firm for a moment, and then she backs off, smiling grimly.

"The Top, Catman, Killer Moth... who with a name like that should be less of a wuss..." Grace refrains from mentioning Miracleman.

[x-superkara-x.livejournal.com]

"I can't say I recognise those names... Unless... Is Catman a particularly grim and embittered hero?" Her first thoughts are of Batman. Although Catman was certainly around at the time she was present on Earth, he was never a villain that she came into contact with. "I'm just hoping there will be at least one thing familiar about this world."

[bana-grace.livejournal.com]

Grim and embittered? Grace shrugs.

"I suppose you could call him that. Though he runs more towards manic than grim, these days..."