Chapitre 51: Chapter 51
Lena and Kara take turns going through how they met and how they got together. And then, how the assassination attempt went. They mentioned everything they were willing to release to the media, just leaving out the crossbow.
It takes longer than they expected and after they finish explaining, Cat insists they take a short break. Which Kara appreciates, knowing that she knows how Kara gets hungry after a few hours. She and Lena head to the kitchen to get some food, saying a quick hello to Lyra and Winn.
When they rejoin Cat and her assistants, the assistants are complaining.
"My hand is so sore." The person with a buzz cut sighs.
"Same." The other, a pale shaggy haired guy, groans. "I don't understand why we have to transcribe this when Kara literally has super speed."
Cat is giving them a look that could melt sand into glass and they wither under her gaze.
"It wouldn't be fair." Kara explains, and the assistants look over in surprise. "If I transcribed everything, I mean. My girlfriend and I are the ones being interviewed, so if we say the wrong thing or something like that, I would have the ability to leave out words or sentences or alter the transcription. I mean, I wouldn't, but I would be able to. Get it?"
"Yes ma'am." The person with a buzz cut says, their cheeks flushes pink.
"No more complaining or you're fired, Geoff. Understand?" Cat threatens in her calm, deadly voice.
The man gulps and shifts uneasily in his chair, nodding frantically. "Yes Miss Grant."
She turns her attention back to Lena and Kara. "Now. Where were we? Ah yes. How would you describe your relationship?"
"Healthy," Lena replies immediately without hesitation. "It's the healthiest relationship I've ever been in, including familial and platonic relationships."
Kara smiles softly, her eyes sad as she remembers how Lena's described her relationships with others. She runs her thumb along Lena's knuckles in a motion she hopes is soothing.
"For me, I would describe it as... Open."
"How modern of you," Cat says with a smirk.
Kara flushes. "That's-that's not what I meant, Miss Grant. I meant that we're both open minded towards what the other is saying. I can tell her about Krypton and my birth family, or how annoying having powers can be, and she'll listen. Sometimes Lena will even offer to build something for me to remind me of Krypton, or asks me about Kryptonian science. Nerd." Kara says teasingly to Lena, looking at her with a fond expression.
"It's interesting!" Lena replies. "Kryptonians had science we'll only be able to dream of for centuries!"
Cat clears her throat, interrupting them from saying anything more. To anyone else, her expression may seem impassive, but Kara's been around her long enough to see the sparkle in her eyes.
"I know this is probably not a question you like, but I have to ask because readers will be interested." That's as close to an apologetic tone as Kara has ever heard from Cat. "How is your relationship affected by being a Super and a Luthor?"
They glance at each other. "Not too much, to be honest, if you're talking about the rivalry between Superman and Lex." Kara answers. "And if anything, it's strengthened our relationship. We both know what it's like to be compares to our family members."
Lena nods in agreement. "It does affect us in other ways, however. As you know, Kara has superpowers and wants to use them like her cousin does. That worries me, but I also know that the DEO and I will be by her side fighting."
"You can fight, Miss Luthor?" The man, Geoff, blurts out and flushes bright red when three pairs of eyes turn to him.
"Yes I can. I'm the best archer in the Luthor Kingdom and I'm fully trained in two martial arts styles." Lena replies cooly.
"How else does it affect your relationship?" Cat prompts after giving Geoff a stern glare that makes him flinch and shrink in on himself.
"I'm Queen of the Luthor Kingdom, and Kara's the Princess and next in line for the throne here. That means that after we take down Cadmus, we may have to have a long distance relationship."
"Luckily, I can fly really fast." Kara chimes in, making Lena smile softly. "And um, there are other worries too. I don't know how my cousin is going to react when he hears we're dating. I haven't told him, so he'll probably find out through the newspaper. Oops." Kara shrugs, giving a shy smile. "Plus, even though Lex is dead, her mother isn't. She's the one that helped drive Lex to insanity and she's just as much of a xenophobe, so I'm betting she won't be too happy about us either."
"Do you think she will send some people after you two?" Cat questions.
"Wouldn't be the first time." Lena scoffs.
Lena's lip twitches down for a moment in distaste. She glances over at Kara, who nods. They have permission from J'onn and Queen Eliza to mention that her mother is the head of Cadmus. That should turn public opinion even more against Cadmus. Pretty much everyone in the Danvers Kingdom hates Lillian.
"Can you elaborate on that?" Cat asks. "Or no?"
"My adoptive mother, Lillian, is the head of Cadmus. She's the one behind the assassination attempt on me, the attempt on Kara and Alex that forced her to come out as Kryptonian, and the attack on the alien bar."
"She attempted to assassinate her own daughter?" The other assistant asks, shocked. Cat doesn't even bother to scold them.
"She wasn't very happy when I banished her from the Luthor Kingdom." Lena explains.
"I think I have all I need." Cat says after a pause, to everyone's surprise. "You two still need to pack for tomorrow, I would assume. I'll be talking to the other Danvers sister and her girlfriend in the morning after you two leave. The special edition should be out in two days, but you probably won't be able to get one wherever you're going. I'll keep two copies waiting in Kara's room for when you get back. Now go on, shoo! You have an important secret mission to go on tomorrow." Cat waves them away and Kara hesitates.
"Miss Grant? I know you'll be working into the night on this article, and that you probably won't be awake when we leave because you'll fall asleep at your desk again-"
"Breathe, Kara." Cat urges her with a fond glint in her eyes.
"Sorry. Um. So I probably won't see you again until Lena and I get back. Is it okay if I hug you goodbye?" Kara asks, adjusting her glasses.
The assistants both look terrified for Kara, and are stupefied when Cat agrees.
"Of course, Kiera."
Kara smiles and pulls the shorter woman into a hug. The top of Cat's head barely reaches Kara's collar bones. "We both know that's not my name, Miss Grant."
Kara had been Cat's assistant before she got serious working alongside the DEO, and got closer to Cat than really almost anyone else. So she knows that Miss Grant is using the name she knows isn't Kara's to distance herself from Kara, and her worry about what could happen to her.
"I'll be fine, Miss Grant. I have an expert archer with me." Kara says as she pulls back.
Cat gives them a small smile. "Good luck Kara, Lena." She nods to them both. "Take care of each other, okay? Don't do anything stupid."
"We'll try not to." Lena says as Kara rejoins her, entwining their hands again.
After saying their goodbyes, Lena and Kara head back to Kara's room. To their surprise, Maggie and Alex are there.
"Uh. Hey." Kara greets.
"Hey, Little Danvers. Alex wanted to help you guys, so she decided that she would help you guys pack. I'm here for moral support and also to help."
"Mainly moral support, babe." Alex says as she comes out of Kara's walk-in closet. Maggie opens her mouth and Alex points her finger threateningly at her girlfriend. "Don't you dare make a joke about me coming out of the closet."
Maggie pouts at her girlfriend for a moment before turning back to Lena and Kara.
"We're almost done packing. You just have your toiletries and undergarments to pack, which Alex refused to even look into those drawers."
"I don't want to know what my sister wears under her clothes." Alex says, sitting on the bed next to Maggie.
"I'll give you a hint." Lena says. They all look at her and Kara blinks. Lena hasn't seen her without clothes on. "It's her supersuit."
Alex groans loudly while Maggie bursts out laughing, bending over and grasping at her stomach. What she finds hilarious is how rapidly Alex's expression went from disgust to surprise to exasperation. Kara giggles at her sister's expression too while Lena just smirks by her side.
I couldn't resist, I thought of the lines and just... I loved it too much. Also! As I was writing that random assistant of Cat's I remembered that I keep forgetting that I headcanon Vasquez as a non binary person. I think I kept using she/her pronouns instead of they/them D: So if/when I go back over this entire book, I have that to change. As well as the language is Kryptonese, not Kryptonian... And changing it from "Medieval au" to "Modern Medieval au" because someone suggested that instead a while ago (I think literal months) and I haven't changed it. Oops. Thank you all for reading and for all of your wonderful comments! Stay awesome!
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