The stars hung so low in the darkened sky that they tickled the trees below them with a bright fondness eager to share their mystical release.
A lone shadowy figure stood within the forest waiting, in truth she had been waiting for hours, but she would wait days if she had to, time was nothing when she could see her again.
It had been far too long, when she had been sent away she had thought she would die, so consumed in her own heartache she'd lost all care for living, except a small bright light inside her that shone with hope, hope that she would see her again and hope that she would return.
Finally, now she had.
She just had to wait a little longer, what did minutes or hours matter when she had waited over a decade.
Languished on an earthly hell unable to even enjoy the love of her own kin, she'd tried and she had failed but now she was back and the plans they once talked of could come true, they could succeed on her uncle's plans, he had perished but where her cousin had failed she would not, she and her sister would take over his wishes.
A crunch of twigs and leaves sounded behind her, she spun her head around.
A figure emerged from the darkness, her face half illuminated by the stars and the moon that escaped through the thick trees.
"Aethyr." She whispered.
"Sister, I hope you have not been waiting for too long."
Kharys smiled her heart lifted by the sound of her sister's voice, at that moment she sounded like the sweetest angel, it had been far too long since she had heard her voice in anything but her mind.
"I've waited over a decade but it was worth every moment to see you again sweet sister."
" You got my message. " Aethyr walked nearer she looked exactly as she had done when she left, that was the magic of The Phantom Zone it worked wonders on giving youthful skin.
As beautiful as ever her green eyes dulled only by the dark and cheekbones lifted and defined.
"It is why I am here."
" And everything is okay? You will do it with me? "
"Yes."
" Our daughters they know of their heritage? they know of the powers they possess? "
"Yes, though it is only recently, my daughter has some foolish attachment to a human." Kharys spat out in distaste.
Aethyr laughed. "We will fix that Kharys, my dear."
" And Krypton will live again. " Kharys agreed.
"If only in spirit yes, we will succeed Kharys and with our daughters by our sides who will stop us?"
" There is a problem Aethyr. "
"What."
" Our daughters have been influenced by doo goody cousins of mine Kara and Kal-el, they want to be good. "
Aethyr spat in hate. "Kal-el he is a fool, he sent me to The Phantom Zone but he did not realize I would escape, Kharys sister we will find our daughters and we will move them to our side, after all, who would they chose against their Mothers?"
Kharys cringed. "You do not know (Y/n)."
" Nor do you sister, we can sway them and then nothing will stop us. "
"Come first you must rest you have come a long way."
Kharys reached to take her hand and pulled her nearer as an older sister she had always been protective of her, she looked into her hardened green eyes, running her finger down the soft cheek she feared she would never see again, a tear escaped her eye.
"I have missed you."
" So have I Kharys, you have no idea how much I missed my sister. "
Pulling her nearer Kharys threw her arms around the slightly shorter woman holding her tight as her arms wrapped around her it had been too long since their last embrace, too long since she had taken in her sister's scent and smiled, too long since she had the opportunity to protect and guide her.
It had been too long, but this time they would not fail.
Aethyr was back, her sister was back.
xxx
"Lena we really need to talk about this."
" No we don't, I don't understand what the problem is (Y/n) you didn't like James and I have ended our relationship you should be happy. "
"Okay firstly I do not hate James, I disliked how he spoke about you and treated you with disrespect secondly when did we start not talking to each other about these things?"
Lena sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair. " I didn't tell you because you had a lot on your mind and I didn't want to put more on you. "
(Y/n) stared at her with astonished eyes. "Do you remember in Rome just before I left the dickhead and I had that little scare?"
" Yes. "
"And you stayed on the phone with me for five hours straight trying to give me the courage to pee on a stick?"
" Where are you going with this (Y/n)? "
"I'm saying that I was terrified and despite the fact you had a lot happening here you still spent five hours with me, five hours Lena just to get a negative at the end."
" You are my friend. "
"Lena you are my friend my cousin my freaking soul sister there is nothing that I am doing that will ever mean I have no time for you."
" You are too sweet sometimes. "
"Forget sweet tell me about the infamous Bruce Wayne you know we all saw you play tonsil tennis with him?" ( Y/n) leaned on the kitchen counter a bright smile on her face.
"Oh no really?" Lena asked distraughtly.
" You should have seen Kara she was about to throw the noodles at the tv then she realized she wanted to eat them more. "
"She didn't."
" Yeah but you know the woman is like a garbage can she can eat anything, and Alex and I just teased her so badly. "
Lena looked at her knowingly. "Alex and you huh?"
" Err yeah, she was here too. "
"Oh was she."
" Kara invited her. " (Y/n) shrugged.
"Oooooh My God you kissed her!" Lena all but shouted.
"I...well...it was her who kissed me." Her face reddened at the memory.
" I knew it (Y/n) you kissed Alex this is insane, what was it like? "
"I've kissed her before Lena." ( Y/n) said a little puzzled.
"No I mean did you feel anything? "
"Too much actually, I wanted it to last forever."
Lena smiled affectionately at her. "What now?"
" She said she will not give up, she will prove herself to me. "
"(Y/n) if you ignore the whole Maggie thing that is the most romantic thing ever."
"Is it?"
Lena rolled her eyes. " Of course you only get this in movies with some dumb ugly actor everyone thinks is hot because he's ranked most attractive man in the world a few years in a row, but you get Alex Danvers (Y/n) she is like your dream woman lets face it. "
"She is, but she hurt me, Lena, what is to stop her doing it again?"
"Nothing is stopping her, nothing is stopping anyone from hurting each other but Alex is not a liar (Y/n) you don't have to make things easy for her (Y/n) but maybe you should end things with Sara so if anything does happen you won't have any complications."
" This is why you have the brains. "
"Shut up."
(Y/n) frowned. " So now I gotta go and break up with Sara although you know she hasn't been answering my calls or texts she has been more elusive than a Kardashian who dislikes attention. "
"Do it before it blows up in your face," Lena warned her sternly before leaving for work.
"Why is she right about everything ?"
xxx
(Y/n) had spent all morning trying to get Sara but she hadn't been home either she walked into the DEO that afternoon exhausted and frustrated.
"Hey (Y/n) guess what." Winn jumped up from his seat when he saw her approach.
" Oh yeah, what am I guessing about? "
"About women in black who are totally hot."
She stopped in her tracks. "What?"
" Kara brought her in last night. "
"No way!" ( Y/n) said astounded.
"So do you wanna see her?"
" Err hello Winn are you crazy of course. "
(Y/n) followed him excited to see who Kara had brought in was it really the woman from that night? She hadn't noticed Alex approach her.
"(Y/n) wait can we talk?" She looked a little unsure.
" Not now Alex Kara brought in the woman. "
"But it's about us I..I kinda had this nightmare and I'm a little unsure of things now I just need you I guess." She rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly (Y/n)'s heart broke a little at the sight.
"Come on (Y/n) Winn called."
" Okay, listen Alex I....I'm not with Sara anymore. "
"Your not?"
" No, I am trying to find her to make it official now I'm going to find my mystery woman. "
Alex frowned. "I'm coming too."
Quickly on Winn's heels, they followed until hey came to the cell he stood in front of a large smile on his face. "Here she is."
( Y/n) stared wide-eyed at the woman instantly her long blonde hair flowed down her back and curled around her shoulders like wild rays of sunlight.
Sara.
How could Sara be the mystery woman, she couldn't say anything she was in her Superwoman suit, she had to act as though she had no idea who she was.
"Oh, you have brought me Superwoman." She purred seemingly unfazed by her predicament.
Alex glared at her, (Y/n) had just told her she was going to end things, what did this mean? She knew she was taken with her she'd talked about her a lot, would this add something to their relationship now, was she back to where she was?
(Y/n) turned towards her, her (e/c) eyes illuminated by the mask over them. "Stop overthinking."
Alex raised an eyebrow in response.
"Superwoman and I are acquainted aren't we?" The blonde smiled confidently.
(Y/n) could feel the heat of Alex's stare on her.
"Why exactly is she in a cell Winn?" She asked.
" We can't have random people fighting crime, she's not Charles Bronson. " Winn shrugged.
"I seem to recall he did rather well in those movies of cleaning up the filth the cops couldn't or wouldn't touch." ( Y/n) said thoughtfully.
"What are you saying?" Alex asked suspiciously.
" Put her through her paces see what she can do maybe she could be an asset. " (Y/n) shrugged she'd seen her in action it was an impressive thing to witness.
Alex felt her chances dwindle away, she wanted to keep her around that must mean something and she feared it was bad news for her.
"Will you be doing this test Superwoman I can imagine that could be distracting." Sara flirted batting her long lashes.
Alex growled.
"No, Agent Danvers here is the expert she'll be doing it." (Y/n) smiled.
Alex sneered at the woman she hated, happy to have the opportunity to kick her ass and win (Y/n) back.
"Okay, I guess it's your ass I'm gonna kick Agent Danvers, or Alex, does (Y/n) know you work here I wonder." She smirked.
"It's none of your business!" Alex shouted.
Sara laughed. " Yeah, (Y/n) thinks you don't care but we know different don't we Alex? "
(Y/n) and Winn winced in awkward pain both for different reasons and Alex scowled at her rival.
"Its none of your business," Alex said again.
" It is if you want to steal my girlfriend Alex, that very much makes it my business. "
"You've been together for five minutes."
" And you quickly discarded her when the mood took you. " Sara countered.
(Y/n) blanched at the truth in her words, it was rather surreal to stand by and listen to two people talk about you as though you weren't there, because in reality (Y/n) wasn't there Superwoman was.
It angered her.
"As (Y/n)'s close friend I would imagine she would hate you both right now," Winn said thoughtfully.
The chef frowned, Alex looked to him puzzled.
"When did you become her close friend?"
" I imagined since we had that kiss. " He shrugged innocently causing Alex and Sara to frown at him and (Y/n) to be rendered speechless.
What is happening to my life now?
xxx
For a big city thing sure had been pretty quiet all day, and since she lacked a job there was nothing to do at all, she found herself roaming around the halls and various rooms of the DEO just aimlessly checking the place out for no real reason other than the steam her own boredom.
Kara was working, he had some big article to hand in for the next publication and Lena was busy too, and at some point a few hours ago she'd lost track of Alex, which was surprising because since she had found out Sara was here she had not taken her eyes of her.
If that wasn't bad enough she still had to have that talk with Sara, she wasn't looking forward to that at all.
"Your girlfriend is actually quite good." A voice said behind her.
"Alex what the hell are you doing creeping up on me like that?"
Brown eyes watched her for a moment, trying to decide something yet also knowing what they wanted to convey. "Does this mean you won't be breaking up with her now, we all know how vocal you have been about the Black Canary, that is her name by the way did you know that? Anyway we've all heard you talk about her."
(Y/n) shifted her head to the side her eyes narrowing. "Black Canary that is a strange name."
"I guess but answer my question."
"If you are asking me whether this latest news will make me rethink my decision no Alex it will not, I talked to Lena and she sa.."
"You and her are always talking this doesn't even concern her!" Alex erupted violently the stress of the past few months were becoming a little too much to bare any longer, and her sparring session with Sara had not helped her little insults had just about cut every bit of her skin with their sharpness.
"Yes we are and will always do so, Alex don't start your crap again, Lena stuck up for you but I will tell her not to bother in the future."
Alex sighed cradling her head in her hands, why was everything she did wrong recently? she couldn't seem to do anything right. "I'm sorry it's been a really bad day the nightmare really got to me."
"What was it?"
"Err it's a little embarrassing." Alex flushed red.
"Tell me anyway."
"You were getting married and I turned up at the church to object and well, I kinda was wearing nothing and you laughed and married Sara."
(Y/n) smiled warmly at the red faced woman. "Alex if that really happened and you were wearing nothing there is no way I would be laughing."
"You wouldn't?"
"Did I ever laugh before?"
"Err not that I know of you could have laughed behind my back." She shrugged.
(Y/n) rolled her eyes the woman was hopeless. "If you are just doing a cute little routine to get me to agree to Kara's crazy invitation to Karaoke the answer is still no, it is a activity for the very drunk and therefore my answer is still a massive no."
Alex laughed. "She will get you in the end."
"I will fight her to the death there is no way."
"She will take that as a challenge."
"I know, come on weird dream woman let's go get a drink."