"Wow." (Y/n) whispered as they appeared suddenly at what looked like the edge of a vast elaborate garden, strangely familiar green plants decorated the flower beds all around them as white walls protected them from the outer world.
Alex stepped around, her eyes darting all around her as she took in the sight, of course, she'd heard of Krypton because of Superman and Supergirl but she'd never dreamed she would ever be there.
Elle checked the date and location on the remote pad. "Okay this is correct we have landed on Krypton one week before it exploded."
"I'm not at all scared by this information. " (Y/n) whispered, leaning into Alex slightly as the woman held her hand out instinctively to her.
Elle lifted an eyebrow at the gesture, astonished that neither seemed to notice they stood hand in hand. Oh jeez.
"This girl we are saving how old is she?" Alex asked.
Elle shrugged, her aunt had given her tales of Krypton to keep their culture alive but she'd never gone into great detail about its death. "I guess she is about fourteen, Kara may have said but I don't remember a specific age, I think fourteen is about right, I remember her talking about a boyfriend who betrayed the council because he was sympathetic to Zod." She thought back she never realized she would need to remember everything she'd ever been told. "I know my Mom said she was fourteen when Kara arrived. but Kara had been floating around in space for like a decade or something."
Alex and (Y/n) turned to look at each other confused, their eyes drifting down to their hands still linked.
Gasping both jumped backward their faces red. "I'm sorry I..." ( Y/n) stammered for words rubbing her neck.
Alex held her hands up in front of her, "No, hey it's okay I didn't realize."
"No, it was my fault I wa. "
"It was me, invading your personal space, I apologize."
" It's okay. " (Y/n) blushed. You can invade my personal space any time you want to.
Elle rolled her eyes. "Bloody hell give me a break." It wasn't bad enough she had to deal with all of this on her shoulders at a time when she should be having fun and partying, she now had to deal with parents who were too damn thirsty for each other but afraid to admit for some reason, her younger dream of having mothers who could control themselves for two minutes was suddenly not quite such a good thing. "Come on we need to find Kara."
"And how will we do that?" Alex asked.
" I'll wing it because I haven't gotten to that part of the plan yet, but Jor-el is preparing for the end I think he is the best one to go to right now. "
"So where are we?"
" I told you his garden thingy or whatever a backyard is called on Krypton, now come on we need to pass M..I mean Alex off as a Kryptonian. "
(Y/n) and Alex stood behind for a moment to watch her pace away, she was certainly determined.
"So she's a little different ." (Y/n) shrugged.
Alex laughed. "It's strange but she reminds me of you."
"Come on you two, jeez get a room already!" Elle called from the other end of the garden.
(Y/n)'s eyes shot open wide as Alex protested firmly her hands waving in front of her rapidly.
Elle rolled her eyes again, she was starting to worry she was doing that too much around these two. "Yeah, yeah you guys aren't dating blah blah blah come on move your asses!"
Alex turned to (Y/n).
"Don't say it."
" She's just like you. " Alex teased. "Hey Elle what are your thoughts on fake crab meat?" Alex laughed.
The super frowned. "Do not even go there, you are walking a tightrope." She may not be a chef anymore but she still had standards.
" What are you talking about? " Elle shrugged. "That fake stuff is gross, it should be banned under the human rights violations."
Alex laughed. "That's exactly what you would say."
"Oh shut up you're doing your annoying thing again." (Y/n) confronted her, a slight smirk on her face.
Alex arched an eyebrow moving slightly closer to (Y/n) a flirtatious gleam in her eyes. "Oh really, is that your professional opinion?"
Letting out a low growl Elle stamped towards the two women frustrated, angry and desperate to get the job done so she could go home and have everything back to normal again. "Okay I have had to deal with you two and you're flirting then backing off cause you really weren't flirting for way too long and it's driving me crazy, I never thought I'd say this to you two but jeez, just fuck already!"
"Okay, wow," Alex said stunned.
" Yeah, we aren't... "
"Yeah, yeah your friend's but I'm going to tell you one thing I can say because it's already happened, you two at this point in time in the true timeline are three months away from getting married and seriously spend way too much time...doing grown-up things I know cause Aunt Kara told me."
(Y/n) shook her head. "Oh wait, married I'm really not the marrying kind." I'd have to freaking kiss her first, oh Gosh I bet she is an excellent kisser, her lips always look so soft and firm.
Alex bit her lip, this true timeline sounded like a pretty freaking cool place to live. "Oh yes, definitely not the marrying kind." I'd really love to marry you, you'd be Mrs. Danvers and I could kiss you whenever I wanted to.
Elle rolled her eyes. "Yet you proposed to her, (Y/n)."
" You did? " Alex asked softly.
"How the heck should I know?" If I got down on one knee in front of Alex I wouldn't be proposing, I'd be doing something way more fun.
"Now come on, we need to get Kara otherwise I'm not lying when I say we're all screwed."
Elle stormed away not waiting to see if the two aggravating women were following her, they found themselves alone together.
"She's probably just making it up so we'll help her." Alex shrugged awkwardly, trying to avoid the other woman's gaze.
"Oh, yeah definitely, because us together, that's just a crazy thought." (Y/n) laughed bashfully. We should totally get together.
"Exactly, ew gross right." Alex agreed.
"Alright, don't be mean." Jeez. Annoyed and angry her ego bruised (Y/n) walked away following the strange new woman.
"What the hell did I say?" Alex shrugged.
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"I really think we should have knocked," Alex said with caution.
"No need, Jor-el has this thing where no member of the house of El could ever be bad, so when the device on the door saw Mo...I mean when it saw you Supergirl, it opened because you are a member of the house of El."
"I'm not really, It's just through the maternal line." (Y/n) shrugged.
"It makes no difference, something my mother told me many times was a woman gets more DNA from her mother than her father, it's a huge loophole for us to take advantage of at this moment," Elle whispered trying to figure out which was the right way to go, homes on Krypton were weird, a long white hall stretched outward yet doors scattered at each side it was a barren maze.
At the far end of the hallway a shadow passed by, Elle had never seen Kharys by the time she had come along the woman was long gone, and it was rare her mothers ever mentioned her and every time one of her siblings would ask about her, (Y/n) would grow a dark intense atmosphere that only her other mother could rid her of.
It was something the Danvers children had learned very early on, for their Super mother there was very little off bounds to talk about but Kharys Nim-El was something they should never ever mention.
She had an ominous feeling however that this shadow was that woman, turning around again catching them making eyes at each other, that was really going to drive her crazy. "Come on follow me, I think I found Kharys."
(Y/n) and Alex followed along but (Y/n) was still unsure. "I really think you have this wrong, my mother would never do something like this, we reconciled and she's a sweet woman."
Elle rolled her eyes, more proof of the time shift. "Nope, I'm not making a mistake, at the fortress of solitude there is a security video thingy I replayed it and guess what I saw?"
"But how did she gain access to time travel?" Alex shrugged. The more she speaks the more she sounds exactly like (Y/n), what is going on here?
"Easy, Superman's Legion ring was missing, as long as Kharys has that then we are all screwed."
"I still think you are mistaken."
Tired, angry, scared and exhausted in body and mind Elle lost it, turning around she faced the insufferable woman. "Listen these past few days have been absolutely fucking hell, I woke up and went to my first day at my internship at my dream job, only to find my mother locking lips with freaking Lucy Lane, my other mother a worn out wreck, my whole life just disappeared even the person I'm freaking in love with no idea who I am anymore, I know because they called the police on me, now listen to everything I say because it is fact."
"Your mother was having an affair, that is really tough but hey Lucy Lane is kinda hot." (Y/n) shrugged.
Alex turned to face her unimpressed. "Oh is she?"
(Y/n) felt her face burn up. "Well, I mean yeah it's common knowledge at the DEO, there was a poll and she won, well after me but I'm more a God really so you couldn't really put us in the same category."
Alex shook her head in disbelief. "Find a girlfriend my mother says, why not as that lovely sweet (Y/n) out she tells me, this is why!"
"Your Mom likes me but you won't ask me out, jeez thanks a lot Alex, does your Mom have a number maybe I could date her." (Y/n) said sarcastically, it really stung hearing that, but at least now she knew the long distant dream of Alex asking her out, or she herself finally growing a big enough pair of boobs to ask her, was never going to happen. "Freaking shows me."
"See you two even talk alike," Alex said suddenly and quickly, Elle turning away to head down the hallway and follow the woman.
"In the future, I must be a fashion trend or something."
A low earthly rumble caught them off guard sending them both crashing into each other, as the activity continued Alex held onto the other woman as they both struggled to keep their balance.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked.
"No, this is the start isn't it, the start of Krypton's death?"
"I think it started a long time ago," Alex said through the steady erratic rattle.
After minutes the ground finally settled.
"Oh goodness, what about Elle?" (Y/n) gasped, as both women momentarily forgetting that they were still in each other's arms ran down the hallway in the direction that Elle went in.
"Where did she go?" Elle asked.
Alex looked around rapidly, there just in the distance was a door that stood open and there seemed to be shadows moving inside. "There!" She pointed as they both sprinted towards the door.
"What the hell is going on?" (Y/n) asked stunned to find her mother, only this time she looked rough and worn, her eye badly bruised and swollen, as she circled around the younger woman, an angry sneer on her face.
"You won't ruin things this time Danvers!" She spat turning to face Alex, only to be caught off guard and suddenly from nowhere Elle pulled her arm back and smashed it into her face, sending her falling to the ground.
Alex nodded feeling oddly proud. "Wow, that kid can throw a punch."
Elle shook her hand trying not to show the pain. "My Mom taught me that."
"Cool Mom." Alex shrugged.
(Y/n) rolled her eyes looking at her own mother passed out on the ground a strange vague memory in her mind just flitted on the edge of her, it was hate, why would she hate her own mother?
"Ca..an I come out now?" A small soft voice called.
Elle spun around. "Yes, come on it's okay now she can't hurt you now."
Slowly and cautiously a girl appeared from behind a bookshelf her hands shaking a little, she watched the three strange woman a little afraid, but the woman on the floor had scared her, the gun she had pointed at her now lay discarded on the ground by the door when Elle had pulled it from her grasp, with the help of the tremors.
Elle smiled at her. "This is Kara."