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Mihaly A Shilage and Sol squadron support in solidarity
I had a lot of fun with this one:
Your favs support Palestine: Mihaly and Sol Squadron
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Spare 15's F-14A engaging in a dogfight with Sol 1's Su-30SM above Yinshi Valley, Central Usea. July 12, 2019.
#ace combat#ace combat 7#trigger#mihaly a. shilage#f14#f 14#f 14 tomcat#fighter aircraft#fighter jet#spare squadron#sol squadron#su 30#su 30sm#screenshot
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Avion d’attaque au sol Northrop A-17 du 90th Attack Squadron près de la base aérienne de Barksdale – Louisiane – Etats-Unis – 1936
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#Avant-guerre#Pre-war#Armée de l'Air américaine#United States Army Air Corps#USAAC#90th Attack Squadron#90th Fighter Squadron#Aviation militaire#Military aviation#Avion d'attaque au sol#Ground-attack aircraft#Northrop A-17#A-17#Base aérienne de Barksdale#Barksdale field#Louisiane#Louisiana#Etats-Unis#USA#1936
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Hiya, oc question here after seeing the changes you made to yer Dragon ocs n setting! (Super cool btw!)
Is Reina gonna be in it?
Ahh thank you I'm glad you're enjoying it!!
Also yeah Reina will be on it! I think she's probably going to be on the same plane Gala is on and help her with piloting/radaring stuff in the sky, since an AWACS (radar plane) is probably too much for just one person to run (maybe?? I havent actually looked into AWACS piloting yet </3) but ye.
With all my new writing i also thought I might make her a dragon instead though bc i rly like her dragon design (which i never got to show off) but i havent been able to find time to give her a proper dev like she deserves yet. But ye she's def around I wanna have ALL of my dragon ocs in this universe :3 so if there's anyone you miss theyre more than likely here
#ask#anon#the problem while i was rewriting stuff and also during the comic is that groups of characters were too big to handle sometimes#so for this one i have the whole vandal gang split into two. sol rip c and alex as a four man (but three wing) squadron#and reina plus gala as their AWACS.#octane isnt part of the main gang or at least not until way later but i wanted to include him in the other post just cause#I actually need to develop his ties to the main gang a little better <3#broken horizon
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Scoring Her Heart of Steel - Supergirl x Male Reader
Contains: Fluff 🥰
Living the life in shadow wasn't easy, especially when having special abilities when you couldn't understand them at first, unable to find the right person to help you discover them and even control them, fire, ice and even smoke. Recently learning to use solar magic to heal wounds and himself too.
That person was Y/N, he was but a child when finding out that his late father contained abilities which carried over to Y/N himself.
He came from a family of an old clan, a clan that pretty much no longer existed but only was told in stories of the Old Histories, his ancestors before him were from this old clan.
But since then? He found someone who could help him, that being Liang who possessed abilities much like Y/N's.
He was part of the Earth Defense Squadron, a group of individuals who deal with criminals, thugs and bigger threats using their set of skills and abilities to protect their planet, and even the Sol System.
Y/N was but 16 when he joined, now? He is at least 20 years old, he's been a member for four years now and hasn't regretted joining since.
Some kill him "Enenra" for his smoke magic, "The Cold Assassin" for ice, "Pyro" or "Mr Impulsive" for his fire (though the last one is much of an insult to him). But he calls himself Mancer, given his ability to use fire, solar, ice and smoke at the same time. He has since mastered them all, Solar magic is his newest addition to his abilities. His friends call him Multitasker anyways.
As of this moment? They're currently on the hunt for a convicted criminal they've been hunting down for a while now, responsible for almost causing a world wide war through manipulation and sorcery, if there was one word Y/N would describe him as? He'd call him the Devil's Sorcerer, given his background, he's lived for a very long time.
He has a vision of making a perfect world, which he'd make after everything is asunder, he sees humanity's flaws and wants to perfect them... But when that couldn't work and failed? He decided to move onto another target. Another Earth to be exact.
An Earth where it also had Heroes and Villains, but not like the ones that the sorcerer knew, he began scheming, manipulating others for his own gain.
But it wasn't long, till he'd be found by a group of Heroes from his Earth, and Mancer was with them to finally bring him to justice, their way.
But knowing the Heroes of this Earth? Mancer's leader knew the Heroes wouldn't allow them.
The little goose chase had gone on long enough, Mancer and the others had finally brought down the Sorcerer's forces and himself included, as the group surrounds him and picks him up. Liang stood in front of him as he scolds him.
"Alatar Omrin, for too long you have avoided justice, committed many atrocities of both our Earth and this one-"
"Save me your lecture Liang, Your voice has already bored me" Omrin snarked, earning a punch from Xalex, the Windbender.
"Got any other comments to share Sorcerer? I'd be glad to keep this up!" Xalex smirked.
"Xalex..." Liang glared right at him, forcing him to stand down.
"Sorry, boss" Xalex chuckled nervously.
"Yes, listen to him, you don't want a battered up, captive don't you? After all, you're the one who always seems to screw up" Omrin tried antagonizing Xalex which almost worked... if it weren't for Mancer.
"Quiet Sorcerer or I'm gonna shut you up myself by gagging you" Y/N threatened to cover Omrin's mouth with his ice, preventing him to speak, Omrin did as asked and closed his mouth.
Not even another word came out.
"Damn, that was cold" a feminine voice spoke behind him, his best friend, Satine who was an Earthbender.
"Enough with the puns Sati" Y/N chuckled.
"Alright, let's get out of here before we're stopped" Liang ordered.
The group began to walk out of the area, Xalex forced Omrin to move, even Satine joined in to help Xalex too.
But... Like traditional villains do... They'd run their mouths until someone would do something about it.
"Now we won't hear his bickering" Y/N sighed with relief, icing his mouth up to cover it, preventing Omrin to speak and antagonize Liang and the group further, Liang also sighed of relief too.
For at least the five minutes that went past, some suspense began to build up between everyone.
"Is it just me or does it feel like we're being watched?" Satine asked with suspicion in her question, whispering it to her allies.
"Well, we're in a world of different Heroes which most of em are aliens and meta-humans, ones that have enhanced hearing, vision, speed and all that. Especially ones that can fly also? I do agree... We might be being watched right now ~" Y/N answered her question - "Which to be truthful, this Earth does feel a little more safer but more dangerous than ours... Not that I'm complaining or anything" he shared his thoughts of the current Earth they're on.
"I do gotta admit... The female Heroes look fine if you ask me" Xalex spoke his mind.
"In which way do you refine that?" Satine asked, narrowing her eyes toward him.
"Well... I'm saying most of em look a little hot. Like. c'mon?" he boasted before he could tell Satine looked at him funny, frowning her face toward him. The two were in a relationship as it is - "Don't even give me that look Satine, I can sense it... At least back me up here Multitasker" Xalex requested for help, a chuckle escaped Y/N.
"I'd prefer to be more respectful to women and you know that... But yes, I do admit that red caped blonde girl has somehow interested me in the short time we've been here, I've heard about the many things she's accomplished on Earth and the fact she's a living and breathing Kryptonian? I'd like to meet her one day, so many questions I want to ask her or the other Kryptonians for that matter" Y/N replied, it sounded as if he fanboyed over this caped young woman as Xalex began smirking in a teasing matter.
"Ohh? Sounds like someone's a fan of one of the female Heroes" he teased.
"Or maybe he's already crushing on this caped woman, Supergirl was her name right?" Satine joined in with the teasing, noticing Y/N began to blush with embarrassment.
"Wh-What? *nervous laugh* I have no idea what you're talking about" he tried to hide his blush, but his face was a bright red.
"C'mon Y/N! It's normal to have a crush on someone, even if it's a superpowered woman" Xalex smiles, before looking at Satine, to which she smiled back at him, knowing he referred to her of what he said.
"Yeah... I guess it can be normal... Right?" Y/N asked loudly, wondering that himself.
It was a shame he didn't exactly have a proper childhood, pulled out of school early due to him being a hazardous threat among others, his mother had to raise him by quitting her job, family members would often help around too to keep Y/N and his mother going until she'd find someone, but instead? He found someone first, that being Liang.
"It is normal to have some sort of feeling toward another person, Mancer ~" Liang joined in after listening to his comrade's conversation, sharing his view on feelings too - "Even if you haven't met them yet which I do hope to keep it that way, who knows what Omrin has told them. To them? We could be the enemy if he hasn't already told them about us, and it might take a lot of convincing to show that we aren't the enemy. However, keep your guard up. We don't know who'll show up to stop us" Liang ordered as everyone agreed, keeping their focus on every direction to look for anything suspicious.
As moments went by, more walking continued to the main extraction zone where the portal to their world would work, more suspicion filled the air around them.
Unbeknownst to the group escorting their captive, someone was indeed watching, the son of the Red Caped Wonder and a Reporter in Metropolis who would be soon joined with two others.
That included his father.
"I don't like this... I'm sure trouble is gonna find us soon" Xalex spoke with worry, his hand eagerly over the hilt of his Katana.
"Keep your eyes peeled, we're almost at the extraction zone" Liang reminded his comrades, his hand itching toward his elemental infused holstered guns.
"It's too quiet, and btw? Who would want Omrin anyway?" Satine asked Liang.
"That won't matter, he will answer for his crimes on our Earth, he won't answer to -"
"I'm afraid that's not going to happen, your captive..." a new voice suddenly interrupted the group. A man's voice from the sky above as they all looked up in front of them as three people began to descend. two male, 1 female. All wearing the same colors, the female wore a long red skirt and red high knee boots while the men wore pants with their respective boots, the older one wore red briefs with his, with a cape and that symbol on their suits...The big red and yellow S.
"...Will answer to us" Superman spoke as if he was not in the mood, he sounded... Angry almost but serious. He was joined up with Superboy who was his son and his cousin... Supergirl.
(Aka... Your little crush)
The three Supers landed on the ground in front of them, at least 7 feet away to confront Liang and his group. Satine and Xalex were startled by their sudden arrival as Liang frowned upon seeing them.
However... Y/N's eyes were laser focused on the red caped blondie, Supergirl. He never seen her up close before... Seeing a very strong and beautiful woman in front of his eyes had him thinking so, he couldn't help it. However, he was able to his eyes away from her for a few moments.
"Shit... I knew we were being watched! I freaking called it!" Satine hissed with annoyance, her hand itching to make a move but felt hesitant to do so, unless they attacked first.
"Let me do the talking and Y/N, if we are to engage in conflict, do not use your solar abilities, it's what empowers them" Liang ordered before stepping forward a little - "I am Liang, Master of Elemental Magic, Protector of Earth. We only ask if you let us continue on our way back home, the extraction zone is not far" he asked politely.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, your captive needs to answer for his crimes, and we're taking him to Stryker Island for questioning. Hand him over and you may proceed back home" Superman denied to allow them to continue, without handing over their captive.
This seemed to make Liang unsatisfied, he'd hope they'd understand, but clearly... They wouldn't.
"And he's told us a lot about you. How you're not to be trusted, we thought you were working for him but clearly not... So you must be bringing him in for execution which we cannot allow" Superboy spoke, he was young still but was learning.
"What?! You can't be the judge of that! And this isn't your situation, it's ours!" Xalex raised his voice with annoyance rising in his attitude.
"Do you have any idea what that man has done? He almost killed half of the Justice League that tried to stop him, including my cousin ~" Supergirl spoke next, walking a little forward - "He needs to be brought in for justice"
"And you believe what this Sorcerer said to you all? That we execute criminals? We're nothing like that!" Satine backed up her group.
"Hand him over to us, we can do this the easy way..." Superboy offered which his father slightly looked at his son for a moment, knowing that's not the way he'd put it lightly.
"Or the hard way ~" Supergirl issued the warning - "Please pick the easy way, we don't need to fight" Supergirl's face cringed, knowing her other choice of words wasn't the greatest to blurt out.
An intense few moments went pass as everyone went quiet, the sound of the gentle wind blew past as each individual stared each other down.
All of a sudden, a wave of strong wind hit Superboy, knocking him back as they all look at Xalex - "Uh... Haha.. Oops" he chuckled.
Superman had enough and instantly went for Xalex, only to be stopped by Liang who stood in front of him and caught his fist before a spark of electricity charged in his fist and he punched him away.
"Squadron! Protect the captive!" Liang called out as he ran for Superman, Xalex stood phased as Satine rushed up to him.
"You heard the man! Y/N! Watch over Omrin, we'll take care of Superman Junior over there"
"Good luck mate" Xalex teased before the two love birds rushed off.
"Wait guys! Ugh ~" Y/N groaned, being left alone with Omrin was something he didn't want. He took a look at Omrin who glared daggers at him, knowing he was visibly cussing him out for gagging him up with ice over his mouth. He looked down at his feet and without hesitation, froze his feet to keep him still - "Stay... Good boy" he teased, only hearing a muffled annoyed groan out from Omrin before he felt the presence of Supergirl.
He turned round to face her, his face slightly heating up a little, if it were a different situation, he'd be firing tons of questions at her already... But it wasn't that situation right now... This was a serious situation, resulting in fighting.
"I don't want to fight you" Y/N pleaded, disappointed he'd have to fight his quote on quote crush. But to his surprise, Supergirl looked disappointed too, sighing in return and shaking her head.
"I don't want to fight you too, but your friends chose the hard way, and I have my orders" she got in a fighting stance which seemed familiar to Y/N, his facial expression soon turned from disappointed to impressed, he already knew what stance she was in. She is pretty much Kryptonian military trained in a way.
"I also have my orders too, but be warned ~" he rather smirked afterwards, setting himself into a stance to show he's ready to engage in combat - "When there is smoke, there is fire" a mask appeared over his face which only covered his nose and mouth, a smoky aura appeared around him as ice went down his right arm while fire went down the other arm, showing off his three main abilities.
He finished showing off, before his hand reached out, gesturing a 'come here' toward Supergirl.
She rolls her eyes and instantly turns into a blur, within a second she was at his face.
He noticed how quick she was, and blocked her jab before blocking a few more, she was rather impressed but concerned if he was human or not, how could he manage to block her fast jabs?
Their fight continued after Y/N surprised her by incasing himself in ice, completely covering himself up before she looked on, she couldn't even detect his heartbeat anymore, before she sensed his heartbeat behind her and flipped him over as he tried surprise attacking her with a weapon made out of ice.
"Crap" he cussed at himself, Supergirl's fist came down at him like a speeding bullet but he managed to get out of the way as she punched the ground instead, disappearing like a smoke bomb before reappearing.
"You're quick" she complimented.
"Aw thank you! That's really kind of -" he was shut up by Supergirl firing her heat vision toward him, which seemed to hit him, causing him to groan in a little bit of pain. He felt the burn.
"But not as quick as me" she told herself in her head.
'This person, Y/N was it? He's no ordinary meta-human, even after a scan of him using my X-Ray vision, he definitely isn't new here, nor does any records show that he's of this planet... Or even this Earth. He is human but... He must be from a different Earth' Kara thought to herself.
"Oh yeah, we can play fire with fire alright" he smirked before a fire ball was fired toward her, Supergirl saw it coming and braced herself but the fire ended up hurting her, she hissed in pain as she remembered.
'Damn! Forgot his abilities are magic based, which we Kryptonians aren't fully immune to, unlike bullets and all sorts of things that aren't magic or anything like that' she said to herself - 'But he's thinking this all a game to him, the way he's showing off his abilities. Rao, he's probably going to make Damian Wayne run for his money at this point if he keeps this up'
Before she continued thinking within her head, she felt something wrap around her, a rope dart that had a fiery tip. She looked toward Mancer who had the other side of this rope dart, the rope made out of metal chains.
He yanked her toward him but that only seemed to move her a little before she braced herself, he tried yanking her again as she looked at him before rolling her eyes.
"Really?" she spoke one word with a unamused facial expression, before she began floating up, attempting to give him a ride of a lifetime.
But... She was yanked back down onto the ground with force, yelping. Thumping into the ground violently as the rope dart retracted and was thrown out toward her again, immediately recovering from being yanked into the ground and caught the tip of the dart with her hand, though it was slightly burning her hand.
"GET OVER HERE!" a devilish voice shouted out from her foe, yanking her toward him with inhuman strength, for a human to do this? She'd definitely had to be more careful.
Before she could even react, being flung toward him, he cocked his arm back and violently clotheslined her, which caused herself to do a backflip before landing on her stomach.
'Agh! He's mighty strong, and his powers? I need to be more careful, no more playing nice' she got back up before flying up and eying him down.
"Well that's unfair" she heard him mutter under his breath, throwing up the dart again, only this time she dodged it and fired her heat vision down at him.
He dodged her attack within a millisecond and threw a fireball at her, she dodged that too before rocketing herself toward him with her fists in front of her as if she was going to do a super speed flight punch, turning into a blur at this point.
"Look alive!" she flew into him, punching him square in the face with both her fists in front of her which seemed to send him backwards.
She braced herself and landed a few feet in front of him as she heard him groan out in a little pain, knowing she broke his jaw which surprised her.
'I broke his jaw? Maybe he's not as indestructible as I thought, well... He is still human after all. The again I did break Conner's jaw once' she told herself before hearing the sound of his jaw being put back into place, a piece of metal fell to the floor as he looked down.
"She... She broke the mask?! Ugh great" he sighed loudly, sounding heartbroken a little too.
"It was just a stupid mask anyway, not like you needed it" she rolled her eyes, which made him look at her immediately and he did not look happy at all.
"That... Was my dad's mask! And I didn't expect you to break it that easily" he scolded her, before picking up the piece of it before closing his eyes, knowing he shouldn't have been wearing it in the first place. Supergirl noticed the tone in his voice, which made her rethink her actions.
'Ugh... Well done Kara, you broke something that meant to someone, again. Though it was their fault for bringing it with them to begin with' she scolded at herself before continuing her thoughts 'He said it's his father's? Something tells me that he won't be happy with what happened to it'
She let the thought aside as their combat continued, he decided to outsmart her by teleporting away by causing smoke to surround her as she looked amused at this tactic.
"Uh, do you realize I can see you right? I have X-ray vision and all ~" She chuckled out of pity for him, she could see him getting ready to attack her from beyond the smoke - "And I can do this" she suddenly began breathing in the smoke, taking it all in for puffing it away into the sky.
She thought she'd found him... But only found nothing where he was standing before, this made her worry. Was he with the smoke or?
All of a sudden, she felt herself being kicked backwards by Y/N, appearing out of thin air in front of her before an ice wall appeared behind her and she collided with it.
"FYI, I can multitask my own abilities at the same time. I concealed myself in shadow to surprise you... But I admit, your speed is incredible -" he began to get distracted talking about her, labeling some of his thoughts about her too.
'Okay... Maybe he won't make the little Wayne run for his money and Jon was right... He sure is my number 1 stalker' the thought made her cringe 'But... He seems genuine about what he thinks... Too bad I have a job to do'
He seemed too distracted in gushing about her that she took this opportunity to speed herself toward him and landed a world breaking punch on him which sent him flying back across the ground.
He had been flung back at least pretty far, not far away to keep an eye on Omrin as he watched but it was far.
Y/N began to get up, feeling the effects of that powerful punch she inflicted on him which would be enough to knock someone down immediately, he groaned in pain as his stomach stung from the hit - "Augh! Ow!... *groans in pain* Okay... That actually hurt..." he got on one knee as he still felt the sting from the punch.
She floated toward him, arms crossed as she began to scold him - "Do you often get this distracted during fights? News flash for ya, this isn't a game" she frowned with annoyance, like she was a teacher at a school, telling off a bad student for bad behavior.
He chuckled at her, she was right, it wasn't a game - "I know... I'm just distracted, not because of what you said... But... It's hard trying to fight you since your face up close seems to distract me a lot, it's annoyingly cute" he admitted what distracted him, blushing slightly afterwards as he chuckled nervously.
He thought he would feel something worse coming toward him when saying that but in truth? Supergirl just looked down at him with a surprised look, blushing herself too.
She didn't know what to say, at a lost of words... She only blushed hard after it sunk in, she knew what he meant.
"Wait a second... Uh... Did you just... Call me cute?" she asked, her face still showing the blush on her cheeks
"You know what I mean but I gotta ask? That martial arts style... That was Klurkor right? You learned Klurkor too?" he then asked her, his hand lit up with a yellowish light, healing himself with Solar Healing, she could even feel it radiating off of him as she felt the energy power herself up a little, which even healed her up too pretty quickly.
'Klurkor? How does he know the Kryptonian martial arts? I might have to pay Jon 20 bucks on that stalker theory now... Or does he know Kryptonian history?' she thought to herself. Shocked to even think he knew the Kryptonian martial arts she underwent.
"How do you know that? You know Kryptonian history?!" she asked him almost immediately, floating down to the ground afterwards as she walked up to him cautiously.
"Yeah... I know what that symbol stands for too. Hope, the House of El... I believe there was another motto too? It was called... El Maru? El Mari?" he looked confused, she took this opportunity to fully walk up to him as he tried getting back up.
All her suspicions about him washed off pretty much immediately, she offered her hand to him which he looked at cautiously - "El Mayarah, it means Stronger Together" she smiled, knowing a human knows this much about Kryptonian history, she was eager to test him how much he knows. Even though they're just strangers.
"Yeah... El Mayarah, always loved that word. Wow you are pretty strong too, that punch? I felt that" he rubbed his stomach and she giggled at him.
"Well... I am super strong and I have lifted tons of weight on my shoulders before so and according to my cousin, I'm a little stronger than him" she shrugged with a smile, boasting about her strength - "Sorry for that by the way, got carried away when fighting you... Well, it's been a tough few weeks for me and I'm just a little worked up" her face fell flat when she continued speaking, knowing she has been a little stressed out as of late.
"No no, I get it... It's fine really. Honestly? Surprised you stopped fighting me to just chat instead, y'know? Talk it out and all instead of fighting" he cocked up an eyebrow.
"Yeah... I guess" Supergirl agreed with a shrug, a small smile on her face as awkward silence fell between them, she could see he was pretty nervous, how could she? By just telling by the paste of his heartbeat going fast, his way to avoid eye contact too, but she felt nervous too, so at least he wasn't the only one - "So... Heard you were a fan of me? Superboy, who is my cousin's son, heard you talk about me, I thought you were just a stalker at first but this now just squashed that theory" her smile grew back as she asked the question.
"What? Oh uh... Yeah, y-yeah... In a way, I am a fan of you and what you've accomplished, I've always wanted to meet a Kryptonian face to face. I know I'm pretty nervous about this" he rubbed the back of his neck, blushing a little as he looked away from her.
"It's okay to feel nervous. But I wanna know something... How much do you know about Kryptonian history? I know this hasn't got anything to do with this current situation... I just need to know if I can... Trust you" she asked him, looking at him with a pleading face, he looked back as he thought of an answer.
"On my Earth, there used to be living and breathing Kryptonians, their history was left on Earth after they suddenly disappeared, once they were Earth's protectors who suddenly vanished without any explanation, no one knows why or what happened" he explained.
'That figures, he is from another Earth' she thought to herself.
"But... I learned the history they left behind, even some of their martial arts, Klurkor was one of them. This was after I learned to control my abilities after Liang taught me to harness them within. That is why I recognized your fighting stance, how I caught your attacks quickly, I learnt to adapt to you within seconds" he explained further, which interested Supergirl further.
"Guessing that's how you used learned to use your Solar thing to heal yourself there? ~" she asked him to which he nodded a yes to her, since she seen him use that Solar magic to heal himself - "I do know you have a lot of questions you want to ask me, Superboy told me that too and... I know you have a little crush on me" she said with an amused tone along with a blush rising up on her face, she's dealt with people who have admitted to crushing on her before, but not to this extent, especially finding Y/N as a handsome and what appears to be, a very kind person overall.
"Uh *nervous laugh* Yes I, I-I-I m-mean! ~ I have no idea wh-what you're on about" he blushed heavily, being confronted by his crush really seemed to make him stutter.
The Maiden of Might only giggled at his stammering words, she was interested so far - "Y/N is it?" she offered her hand to him to shake.
He looked down at her hand and smiled as the violent red blush began to fade away, knowing he's going to shake her hand - "Yeah... You can call me Mancer too, my friends call me Multitasker and a whole a bunch of other names that correspond with my powers" he shook her hand, making eye contact with her.
"Kara, Kara Zor-El, or Kara Danvers. You already know the rest" she winked, their hand shake ending a second later. He looked back to where Kara broke his mask after that fly by punch she gave him earlier.
Kara saw the look on his face, he looked disheartened - "I'm sorry about breaking your father's mask, I know it won't fix it but..." she apologized, placing her hand on her right upper arm knowing she was guilty.
"It's alright, I shouldn't have been wearing it in the first place... It belonged to dad, but... He's long since been gone" he replied, Kara's head perked up at that moment upon hearing what he said about his father, which made her stomach drop.
She broke his late dad's mask.
"Oh... I didn't know, I'm s-sorry to hear that" she felt really guilty at that moment, she'd do anything to fix it. That mask seemed to mean a lot to him now knowing the fact is was his late dad's mask...
Which gave her an idea.
"It's okay Supergirl, you don't need to feel bad for me or anything, we should get the others to stop-"
"No no, I-I can fix it for you! There's tech back at the Fortress of Solitude that can repair it, making the mask look like it is brand new!" she interrupted him by appearing in front of him, their height pretty much almost matching too as he was in a state of shock when her face was a little close to his. However, that feeling was soon left out of the way upon thinking back to what she said just now.
"Uh... You... Y-You can fix my dad's mask?" he asked her with curiosity the next, she nodded her head immediately.
"Yep! No need to-" she got interrupted by getting pulled onto him, she felt his arms wrap around her as her most of her face was over his shoulder, all she needed to do was be on her tippy toes to rest her chin on his shoulder.
"Ugh, you're the best! That really means a lot, thank you so much" he hugged her with gratitude without thinking, her expression showed she was flabbergasted by the random hug, even blushing a little too as a few seconds go by.
That was when he realized the position he was in, his eyes opened wide as he began blushing, pulling back slightly as the two looked at each other, blinking.
"Uh..." he looked awkward, sounded nervous and what didn't help was that he was blushing a little also.
"Don't be" she smiled, already knowing what he was going to say afterwards, causing him to smile also.
"I have so many questions I want to ask you" he told the girl, making her giggle at his words.
"I know! And I'm very eager to hear them all" her smile brightened, that smile that could make a person's heart flutter.
"I'll tell you them all later, but for now? We need to take Omrin back to our world"
"You mean, you need to take Omrin back to your world? Which I'm not supposed to let you do?" Kara asked him with a cocked up eyebrow, noticing his little mistake there.
"Oh, yeah... About that... Think you'll let us? Omrin is a danger to your world, leave him in Stryker Island? He'll just find a way to break out. Trust me, it's happened before on my Earth, he broke out of the world's securest Supermax Prisons and manipulated his way to get out ~" Y/N spoke with his side on the situation, knowing Omrin is a danger to this world, especially now that he pretty much dismantled the world's greatest heroes on this Earth - "Please... Let us take him back to my world, he won't harm any one of your Earth's people again... I promise. We won't kill him, we don't stand for that, we let the judge decide the punishment once he's brought in for trial" he asked her politely, knowing the answer was going to be no anyway. She had her orders after all.
But... To his surprise... She didn't answer straight away, a sigh left her mouth instead as he wondered what her worded answer was going to be.
She looked puzzled, she had no clue how to even answer it, all she knew was that Omrin needed to be taken in to Stryker Island for his crimes and manipulation to get his way.
"I... I don't know if I can answer that... I mean, we're supposed to take him to Stryker Island, and you want to take him back to your world to bring him into justice your way by executing him ~" she spoke of the two sides fighting over a captive with a sigh, as if she needed more stress as it is - "But... I know for a fact my cousin and the League won't trust you and your allies at all, he's already signaled the rest of the active League members to come here to assist them, and they'll be here very shortly" she continued, bringing up another problem in the current situation. Causing her to look the other direction, away from his eyes.
"Well... I trust you... Maybe you can convince him?" he asked the troubled Supergirl, a smile escaped from her at his other words.
"I can try ~" she looked back at him with the same smile on her face still - "You already trust me?"
"Why shouldn't I? You're the Girl of Steel, the Woman of Tomorrow right? And I am a fan of you" he shrugged.
"Haha, fair point" she giggled, the two made eye contact again, smiles exchanged towards each other.
However... The moment was ruined by a sudden shout and wrestling from afar, Y/N fully broke apart from Supergirl as the two looked at the direction of the wrestling.
"You ain't going anywhere Sorcerer!" Satine wrestled on the ground with him, leaving Y/N to wonder how Omrin managed to break free of his bonds, thinking his powers would be useless against his ice.
"Well, I guess I was wrong, he could still break out if he wanted to" Y/N groaned before noticing Supergirl began levitating toward Satine and Omrin wrestling each other.
"Unhand me you worm!" Omrin cussed, trying to use his magic to break free of Satine's hold on him.
The two continued struggling to fight each other on the ground as Supergirl drew closer to the both, wanting to help Y/N's ally out of kindness, now knowing they could be trusted.
"May I?" Supergirl landed on the ground before delivering a punch onto Omrin which was heard from a distance, knocking Omrin out cold as he stopped squirming. Dusting her hands off with an accomplished smirk on her face.
Satine noticed he was out cold and looked up at the Girl of Steel who she didn't expect to get help from as she got up off the ground.
"Good riddance... Thank you by the way, didn't expect you to help the last minute there" Satine cracked her neck, sharing her gratitude for the save. The Kryptonian smiled in response to her thanks.
Y/N had ran up to the two woman finally as he looked down at the unconscious Omrin - "Well he definitely deserved that ~" he spat out before looking at Satine and Supergirl - "Where's Liang and Xalex? Still fighting I take it?" he asked Satine.
"Pretty sure they are, I got knocked back far by Superman Junior, Xalex is the one fighting him right now. Liang? Probably the same" Satine answered as Supergirl narrowed her eyes past Satine, seeing the said people still fighting her own two family members.
"Yep... And your boss is... Actually managing to kick my cousin's ass" she sounded surprised, 'maybe they were pretty skilled at fighting superpowered beings after all', was the thought she had in her own head. Never thinking she'd see the day too.
"Supergirl is going to talk down Superman and his... Son that we're not the enemies in this. She's well aware of Omrin and she's eager to help us" Y/N told Satine about Kara's rather helping hand from earlier which she was convinced either way.
"So, she can be trusted?" Satine tested him, to see if he was right before looking at the blonde haired girl.
"Yes, I trust that she'll help us, her cousin's allies are also going to be here soon... So... We'll definitely need her to talk them down from attacking us" he looked at her and a smile was exchanged from her after she looked at him.
"Well, let's get on with it before it happens then, I'll stay here, keep an eye on the snake here" she self acclaimed to remain behind, spitting out Omrin's nickname before looking down at his unconscious body with a disgusted look.
"Good... So..." he looked at her before she read him like a book and wrapped an arm around him and began levitating off the ground, lifting him up with her. Surprised at this action, he looked at Supergirl before she chuckled
"I already knew what you were gonna say... Was just a step ahead of you" she winked.
* *
(Some time later...)
It was rather a surprise that it took some little convincing that the alternative heroes were here on good intentions and not to take a captive back for execution, Supergirl was relieved that her cousin and her nephew stopped their fight with Xalex and Liang respectively.
Though the Man of Steel was still a little suspicious about the group of alternative heroes, he was fine with a temporary alliance until the EDC were to go back to their respective Earth, regarding their common enemies.
However, it seemed not only was Omrin the only villain of the EDC's Earth that arrived to this Earth, he made an alliance with a mafia mob boss who travels to different worlds, going by the name Becknar, a man who specializes in his own way of criminal activity, especially when he has a mob of his own to conduct in criminal business.
Omrin was interrogated by the EDC Heroes at the Hall of Justice, given the temporary alliance. He had no choice but to spill the beans and give out a location, which the location was in fact... New York City, at the abandoned LIC Fresh Direct Site where business had been conducted there with a mafia boss named Roman Sionis aka...
Black Mask... Leader of the Sionis Crime Family.
The question was... "What is Black Mask doing in New York City?"
Gotham bored him dry, every time he conducted business, Batman or any of the Bat-Family would barge in and interrupt his business and he got sick of it, deciding to work elsewhere and move on from trying to overthrow the Billionaire Playboy Bruce Wayne.
And tonight? There was to be a meeting with Black Mask and Becknar, discussing arms deals and arrangements.
With this information... Liang struck a plan to have someone recon the place and infiltrate the compound, stop their plans altogether and capture Becknar for questioning and to bring him behind bars.
And he knew the suitable person for the job... Despite the lower numbers.
"Me? You sure? I'm not the type of person who's better at doing these things alone, since I'm the only ninja we have right now" Y/N looked puzzled and worried.
"You are the suitable person for the job Mancer, you're a ninja and a warrior, and you're not always going to work alongside others in stealth covert missions" he spoke with a serious manner. "I'm trusting that you'll get the job done without any problems, you're remarkable at stealth and none of us are built for that... Not even me" he admitted to not being the greatest at stealth, but he spoke to him as a father figure with the truth.
"Yeah but... I'm not sure if I'm ready to go alone, I'm still learning as it is, I've not mastered the full art of stealth" he told him, sounding like he was unworthy of being a ninja warrior.
Liang put a hand on Y/N's shoulder to console him. "Then let this mission be a test, your first covert mission alone, with no backup from any other ninja. I am trusting you with this, don't let your other ninja brothers and sisters down".
However, during this... Their conversation was being eavesdropped upon by Superboy, the Man of Steel's son who informed him about Liang's orders to Mancer aka Y/N. With this info, Superman made a call to a certain someone who patrols New York City to protect it from criminal activity.
* *
Y/N ran across the rooftops of New York City, using his grapple hook to traverse the busy city below him as he grappled from roof to roof, using his own abilities to make impossible jumps, not suited for a normal human being to make.
His destination was the LIC Fresh Direct Site that was no longer in commission, just the average villain hideout.
As he kept moving toward his destination, he had a feeling he wasn't alone... The feeling of someone with a red cape with a fully colored yellow S shield on the cape and golden blonde long wavy hair, watching him parkour across the city buildings with ease.
He could practically see his own destination now as he drew near.
"Alright, you can do this. Just scope the place out, sneak around, take down some bad guys quietly, get in, take down more bad guys quietly and catch Becknar by surprise, maybe Black Mask too?" he spoke to himself loudly in between breaths as he kept moving. "This time? Doing it alone... You can do this Y/N, you can do this" he said with nervousness.
He now stopped to land on a nearby perch to scope out the compound with binoculars and as he does this? He heard some girly giggling behind him as he stopped looking into his binoculars. Startled by the sudden giggling.
"Do you usually talk to yourself this much when you're alone? It's pretty cute honestly" he heard the girl giggle, floating just behind him above. Turning himself round to look at the nosey girl... Who is Supergirl.
"Oh... H-Hey" he spoke with shy intent, a blush rushing up his cheeks after her words processed in his head. "You think that's... Cute? Wait... What are you doing here? I'm on a covert mission that I have to do alone" he asked the real question.
"Ah well... Kal wants me to uh... Overlook your covert mission" she responded with some air quote signatures near the end of her words. "And since it's in New York, I also patrol here! So... Yeah, plus if I didn't know about it, I'd end up being nosey anyway" she spoke cheerfully, giggling afterwards at him talking to himself earlier.
"So... He doesn't trust us is what you're implying?" he asked as he stood up from the perch he took and crossed his arms.
"Well... Yeah" the Girl of Steel sighed. "Look, there's been a lot that has happened and... Well... You can imagine that trust is a very strong word so it'll take some time to earn his trust, especially with one of the League's closest allies betraying them recently which has broken that level of trust as of late" she explained as she floated closer to him, now levitating steadily beside him.
"Oh, I get it" he shrugged, knowing how it feels.
"Yeah, don't worry though. I trust you" she winked. "I did speak with Satine and she has told me some things about you".
"I imagine good things" he sounded worried.
"Don't worry! It was all good things... Including the uh... Crush on this gal right here type of thing" he pointed to herself as a blush ran up his face again.
'Ugh, Satine was right, he's cute, very cute... Rao he's more than cute, he's adorably cute' Kara thought to herself as she blushes a little by gushing over his looks, the way he'd look away every time someone mentioned his little crush on the Kryptonian girl made her realize she maybe beginning to fall for him.
Or when Kara would look at Y/N back at the Hall of Justice and catch him steal some looks at her before looking away with a little blush on his face. Seriously, she had to admit that he's cute.
She knows of his backstory, which all reminded her of what happened on Krypton, she lost a planet, her own people.
He lost a village he called home. He lost his own people too, but the only thing he had left was his own mother.
It was no wonder why she felt so interested about knowing him more from other people, she didn't just want to know the boy who has a crush on her, she wants to know the real him.
"So..." she spoke with her hands behind her back. "Is it alright if I join you on this? Ya never know if you need some girl power in this" she asked politely, smiling as she spoke.
Y/N considered it for a moment, then again he had to prove he could do missions alone now, without the need of other ninjas like him... But he had to admit, having someone with him could work, especially if it's a superpowered, practically indestructible alien superhero.
"Eh, sure why not... But I know stealth isn't your strong suit" he teased with a smirk.
"What?! Pfft, that's a lot of bull! I'm great at stealth!" she denied.
"You sure? I read your file and I quote" he took a breath before explaining what he read up earlier. "Supergirl isn't known for her skill of stealth, no thanks to the bright colors on her suit, but rather a force to be reckoned with as she is someone to rely on. When it comes facing off larger and stronger threats, speeding targets, she's one of the many powerhouses that can deal with those threats thanks to her many abilities like Superman's, but like Superman, Supergirl can be good for other purposes of distraction to hold the enemy at bay while others can move into their proceeded objectives without issue" he said with some smarts, causing her to gasp.
"Oh, you really shouldn't have!" she played like she was offended, holding a hand to her heart. "the knowledge, It's killing me!" she exaggerated before erupting in a fit of giggles, causing him to giggle with her.
Their giggles soon ended as the humor between them died down, Y/N re-focused on his task as Supergirl still floated beside him.
"So... Heard Black Mask was conducting business here tonight" Supergirl went on. "Question is... What is he doing in my turf?" the Kryptonian wondered by scratching her chin. "I guess Gotham was boring him so he decided to move here... Humph! Big mistake now that I'm around" she gloated next.
"Don't underestimate your enemies, Kara. You never knew what-"
"What they're capable of... I've heard that many times before" she rolled her eyes playfully, causing Mancer to lightly chuckle.
"Well... Since you're the one with X-ray vision... Can you do the honors?" he asked her like a gentleman.
"Already on it" she winked before her eyes glowed a light blue, her eyes narrowed as her vision zoomed in, her super hearing picked up.
"And you're sure this... Device, can do the job?" Black Mask aka Roman Sionis spoke as he looked down at some weapon case.
"The device can get the job done, it can shut off any electronics within 50 meters or less, I can imagine what you'll do with it but even better? My scientist is currently working on a device, capable of shutting off radiation sources... Which includes Kryptonian based powers thanks to the radiation of the yellow sun" Kara heard the voice belonging to Becknar.
Kara's vision went back to normal as she blinked a few times before turning her head to face Y/N.
"What'd you see? Is Becknar in there?" Y/N asked.
"I think that's him and Black Mask is in there too, they're selling some sort of device that can shut off electronics within 50 meters or less, and he has someone working on a something that can shut out a Kryptonian's powers" she sounded worried the more she explained. Confirming Y/N's theory and the Intel provided earlier.
"That's definitely Becknar alright, let's head inside, there's a bunch of guards outside" he spoke to her as he leapt off before firing his grapple book. "I'll need to take them out quietly, maybe you can help since... You're the one with flight and super speed" he suggested.
"Or" the Maiden of Might stopped him before he advanced further. "We can do something different"
"Like what?" he asked with a confused look as she smirked.
"Well... Supergirl isn't known for her skill for stealth" she repeated what he said earlier. "Supergirl can be good for other purposes of distraction to hold the enemy at bay while others can move into their proceeded objectives without issue. I'll distract the guards, you get in and do your job" her smirk turned into a smart grin as he smiled at the girl.
"Wow... You're a smart girl" he complimented.
"Aww thank you! I know I am but it's nice hearing it from you" she winked. "So... Shall I do the honors?" she asked nicely.
"Well... On you go Supergirl, dance floor's yours" he exaggerated, the female superhero winked before flying off to be the distraction.
He advanced forward as he watched the Kryptonian do a Superhero Landing in the middle of the compound as the guards were startled.
"Hey boys!" she shouted as the guards all gained her attention. "Allow me to welcome you to New York City and you didn't invite me also? I'm hurt" she taunted them.
"Shit, it's her!" one of the guards panicked and went for the alarm button, only for them to be caught up by the Girl of Steel in an instant.
"Ah-Ah-Ah, I don't think so" she punched him across the compound to where he'd land on a bunch of stacked boxes.
Y/N whistled lightly at this as he watched her taunt them more, smiling as she continued.
"Atta girl, now to head inside" he advanced furthermore. "But to find a stealthier way in".
* *
Y/N silently walked throughout the warehouse before silently teleporting onto a railing using his smoke magic to do so, quickly noticing a lookout guard, he sprang onto him and attacked him, using his ice staff which had the guard knocked out cold (no pun intended) upon the impact to his head.
He leapt over to the other walkway where he was fully concealed, listening in to what the conversation followed as.
"To be honest? I was expecting to have something in return... Since I am offering such a powerful device for your mafia to use" Becknar hinted which Black Mask narrowed his eyes toward him, scowling him even behind his mask.
"You were expecting something? I thought this was an alliance, you help me, I help you. What you're offering is for both of us" he slightly gets annoyed with this hint, causing Becknar to frown.
"An alliance? Did I say that?" he frowned expression, turned to wonder. He was rather puzzled at this as he didn't see this as an alliance, but more of... Two people having common enemies.
"You damn right you did! That sorcerer said it himself!" he scowled, already losing his temper with Becknar's wording of things.
"And yet we have talked business, I've given what you needed, and I'm willing to give you another device in return of our... Shared agreement. Now... The money..." he simply snapped his fingers as his men took aim at Black Mask and his own mafia goons. "Or else... There will be consequences and I'll take the device back, it'd be a shame to ruin that fancy suit of yours with bullet holes... And blood" he smirked upon throwing out his cigar.
Simon growled with anger, being outplayed like this wasn't in his list of things, especially by someone who is another mob boss.
"Fine! I'll give you money, if that's what you insist" he hissed at the well travelled mob boss in return he smirked at the masked mob boss.
"Then... The device is yours-" Becknar was interrupted as a guard from outside was suddenly came crashing through the window, startling every one... Even Y/N himself.
'Girl must be enjoying herself out there' Y/N smirked.
"What the fuck! What's going on out there!" Black Mask shouted, demanding to know why one of his goons was thrown through the window from outside, let alone with gunfire ringing out before stopping each second.
Before any question were asked and answered, Y/N suddenly jumped down, revealing himself to every one who gained his attention.
"Mancer" Becknar hissed.
"Hello Beck, been a while" his hand lit with ice before an ice ball was fired out, hitting Becknar in the chest. "Ice to meet you too" he joked as guns were pointed toward him.
The Black Mask stood up from his seat as his men along with Becknar's men all pointed their weapons toward the ninja.
"Black Mask... Roman Sionis, I've come to shut down this whole op you've got going on here and I'm taking Becknar with me... All I ask... Is that you and your goons leave New York City... Or something worse is gonna come your way" he tried intimidating the masked mob boss, before an eruption of laughter came out from Roman himself before he growled.
"As much as he was a pain in my ass... He told me about you... What's got you vigilante's always interrupting my damn business?!" he began to scowl. "And here you are... Surrounded by guns of all sorts, no way to run... Or hide. And you have the decency to threaten me? ME?! Who do you think you are? The Red Hood? If that's who is out there, kindly tell him to fuck off for me will you?" he walked back to his seat and picked up his suit jacket.
"Oh? The Red Hood? I never brought him nor have I met the guy personally... Do you realize who patrols New York City... Right?" he asked Mask the question.
"What? You questioning me now? Boy?" he looked at the ninja with a frowned look under his mask.
"Yeah... Now answer the question" he demanded.
Black Mask looks puzzled, wondering what the ninja was meaning, no one ever patrols New York from what he heard, especially from the pair of goons who scoped the place before hand. "No... I don't... Because I had people scope out the city for vigilantes, like you"
"Haha, that's where you're mistaken... See" he attempted to move but a warning shot narrowly missed his foot, he remained unmoved by this. "Who patrols the city... Isn't a vigilante, she's... more than a vigilante" he spoke in riddles, causing Mask to be curious.
"And who is she?" he asked, getting closer to the ninja.
"Well... She wears this symbol" he hinted, as the warehouse main door was suddenly hit by a crashing thug outside, startling most of the guards who now aimed their weapons toward the main door. "This symbol... Represents... Hope, but it's got an S instead" he smirked as Mask began to suddenly realize who the ninja was referring to.
He could tell by the look in Mask's eyes that fear was running down his body as he backed up.
"Shit... Shit... Shit!! You're working with her?!" Roman understandably panicked, before the main door was breached, sending it to the floor with a thud.
A blur of blue and red with some yellowish blonde streaks suddenly sped into the warehouse, taking out the guards surrounding Y/N with weapons, swiftly taking them all out with one punch, the blur appeared beside Y/N in the form of Supergirl, now appearing beside the ninja.
"Hey, Black Mask! Next time you do criminal business, make sure there isn't a boy or girl scout patrolling the city next time!" she spoke with her hands on her hips, feeling the adrenaline in her veins as she said it. Giving him a tip.
"Argh! Damn you Kryptonians!" he cursed out before making a run for it, refusing to even fight back at the slightest knowing it wasn't going to work.
Mancer and Supergirl look at each other and smirk and shake their heads. "They never learn, do they?" he asked the Kryptonian.
"Nope, this won't take long" she winked before speeding off.
Black Mask ran hopelessly to find a safe exit away from the Kryptonian who just watched him run helplessly, all the guards were knocked out, including Becknar's guards.
As he saw an exit, hope ran up his spine before a gust of wind and a blur went past him, Supergirl leaned on the wall beside the door.
"Going somewhere?" she asked as Roman turned back around in a hurry, running the opposite way before he was stopped yet again by the Girl of Steel. "Besides jail?" she smirked, posing confidentially as he began to back up.
"Hey hey, let's just agree to let me go okay? I'll-I'll... I'll leave by tomorrow, I promise! Me, my men, all of them! Gone by tomorrow" he begged for the Maid of Might to let him go.
"Hmm... Not so sure about that... Since you've been up to business while I've been busy outside New York, especially conducting business with someone of interest to a friend of mine" she crossed her arms before she saw Y/N teleport behind him. "Plus... I'm sure he'll also agree too" she smirked and looked toward Y/N.
Roman turned round and was met with a fist toward his masked face, surprisingly knocking out the masked mob boss out cold. "Ow... His mask really is made out of metal"
* *
Mancer and Supergirl both gathered up the unconsciously beaten goons of Roman's men and Becknar's men for soon the NYPD would soon arrive to make arrests as a fellow hero would arrive, most notably a Green Lantern named Kyle Rayner who bubbled up Becknar's goons along with the boss Becknar himself now unfrozen and cuffed with him back to Liang and the others.
"When I get out, I'm going to-" Black Mask was cut off by the door shutting on him by a police van that held some of his goons inside.
As the last remaining goons were being escorted out from the warehouse by heavily armed cops, Supergirl suddenly approached Y/N who was just about to leave the scene, which surprised him.
"Hey" she waved as she floated down to the ground lightly. "We uh, we made a pretty good team back there... Though I did most of the work" she chuckled awkwardly at the end, looking down as she did so with a cute smile on her face.
"Yeah... I guess we made a good team back there" he agreed with her on that one, he was pretty shocked about it.
"Also I uh... Want to apologize about... Not letting you do this covert mission on your own, if that's what you wanted" she looked guilty, throwing herself under the bus which Y/N frowned at.
"No no, it's alright!" he reassured her which made her look back at him. "I'm glad we worked together on this, despite Liang saying this mission was mine to do alone, I'm just not ready to work alone so... It was nice to have someone different to work with me for a change"
"Really?" she asked him curiously with a slight smile.
"Mhm, I mean it" he smiled, causing her to fully smile. "Since you're here still... Mind if I ask you something?" he asked with the growing feeling of butterflies in his stomach.
"Y-Yeah sure! Anything" she happily answered with her hands on her hips.
"Would it be alright if... Maybe... If you could... Give me a lift... Back? As much as I do enjoy running and teleporting my way back, I was wondering if you'd take me back since... Well, you can fly and-"
"Sure! I'd be more than happy to!" she suddenly swooped up the boy in her arms swiftly, interrupting him from speaking more.
The action made his face flush red, a move he didn't expect to happen so sudden. Supergirl carrying him like a groom would carry their bride but if the roles were reversed, the bride carrying the groom instead.
He felt the wind catch up as the Girl of Steel began floating up with a smile on her face. "You're gonna enjoy this, this is my favorite part" she gleefully spoke, the sparkle in her eyes as she flew up, up and away into the sky.
The city below them began getting smaller as seconds go by, Supergirl begins to fly forward as the wind picks up, her cape and hair billow behind her as she flew forward, a smile began to grow on Y/N's face as he's never experienced this before.
"This is... Amazing!" his smile grew into a grin, feeling the air hit his face lightly as the Maiden of Might giggles.
"I know! It's my favorite part, whenever I'm bored I just fly around, close my eyes and just daydream of things or listen to the sounds I can hear that are peaceful, like birds chirping" spoke the cheerful Kara Zor-El. "Have you never experienced this before? Because it doesn't seem like you have" she asked him all of a sudden.
"Yeah" he looked at her. "We don't have anyone who can bend the laws of gravity anymore, not since the Kryptonians left Earth years ago before my time or my parent's time" he explained more about his Earth and his experience.
Kara's face softened at this. "That must've been years and years ago"
"It was, but this Earth is unlike my Earth, it's so... Modernized than futuristic, and for some reason? I... Actually like it more better" he admitted sadly.
"Really?" she asked with a frown.
"Yeah... As much as how sad that sounds? It's the truth, I've always wanted to know what modernized Earth was like, and this is the perfect example. All the data about modernized Earth was lost, destroyed. Everyone from modernized Earth are now gone forever. Which is why I'm thinking of asking permission to stay behind, to remain here instead of going back so I can start research on modernized Earth for our data collectors" he explained further, which made Kara smile again.
"You'd actually want to stay here?" she asked curiously.
"Honestly? Yeah... I'd love to stay here" he admitted with a smile on his face, his smile caused her to smile brightly, the two looked into each other's eyes for a brief moment before looking away, a blush spreading up the ninja's cheeks as she kept her smile upon looking forward.
It didn't take long for them to arrive at the designated destination, the current HQ of Y/N's allies shortly put up by the help of some fellow Leaguers to assist in their ongoing investigation of the situation.
Kara gracefully landed on the ground gently before putting down Y/N onto his feet as the two exchanged a glance and a smile.
"Well... This is bye for now I suppose, I gotta get back to my New York apartment, Streaky is probably going nuts right now" Kara spoke with a worried tone.
"Who's Streaky?" Y/N innocently asked.
"My cat" she answered quickly.
"Oh... You have a cat? That's cool" he smiled.
Kara smiled back before turning her back to him, getting ready to fly back off.
However... She wasn't expecting for her name to be called out by Y/N, causing her to frown with curiosity and turn round to face him once more.
"Uh... Before you go, can I quickly ask you something" he asked.
Her frown softened as she smiled. "Sure, what's on your mind?" Kara placed her hands on her hips again, wondering what the boy was going to ask her.
"Oh... I didn't think this through" he spoke to himself before snapping out of it. "Uh... So... Are you... Busy? Tomorrow maybe?" he asked with a squinted look on his face.
"Uh... No? Well, judging from the fact that I have patrolling to do usually... Probably if there is any crime" she corrected herself by rolling her eyes at the same time before her eyes narrowed back onto him. "Why?"
"Well... Uh... I uh, wanted to ask you if you... Maybe... Want to go out with me? Y'know like? Get a bite or something? A drink? Dinner maybe?" he asked her which took her by surprise, a question she was definitely not expecting. "You're single... Right?"
'Rao, did he just... Ask me out on a date?!' she asked herself, flustered at the sudden question flung onto her, she wasn't sure how to respond nor act at this moment, her eyes widened at him, mouth a-gape a little. 'Maybe that's why he wanted to stay on this Earth'
He looked at her after asking and he judged by the look on her face that she probably wasn't too happy, his expression saddened before changing his mind.
"Actually... Forget I asked, I didn't mean to offend or anything" he spoke with a saddened tone, rubbing the back of his neck in awkwardness as he looked away, breaking eye contact away from the golden haired heroine.
Kara began smiling softly at him before she decided to walk toward him, she never thought she'd be interested but she sure felt interested in him, knowing he's got a crush on her and the fact he's a fan despite being from another Earth.
She may hardly know him but... That would pass by soon enough.
It wasn't long till Y/N noticed Supergirl walking up to him with a soft expression, her smile grew big as she drew closer to him, before he could even ask what she was doing, he was stopped...
By a pair of lips...
On his left cheek...
Her eyes opened as she pulled back with a huge smile on her face as his cheeks flushed red. "Does that answer your question?" she asked, proud of what she just did. She noticed they were being watched by Satine and Xalex who seemed to be shocked by the whole ordeal.
"A-Are you... Free to go out tomorrow?" he asked her again to which she smirked.
"Yeah, I guess I can call of my plans to patrol tomorrow night, in exchange for our... Date" she spoke softly in a rather warm tone of voice before kissing his other cheek for confirmation which seemed make him blush harder.
It was then she noticed something on the floor, a little piece of paper that was being dragged by the soft wind as her cape blew in the direction of the wind along with her hair.
She knelt down and picked it up with inhuman speed as she looked back at her date for tomorrow. "Got a pen?" she asked.
"Oh uh" he began checking his pockets, before he felt something, not a pen. He checked his back pocket and felt something again. "Ah yes... A pen! For some reason I have one?" he asked himself confused, before handing it over.
She began jotting down something quickly before handing it over to him. "Here's my number, call me" she smiled before floating up.
"Yeah... I will" he smiled as he looked up at her.
"I'll be waiting! Mwah!" she blew him a kiss before flying off as he watched her go. A smile grew big on his face before looking down.
He turned round and as he realized... This was not a dream.
"Wow... I'm going on a date tomorrow... With Supergirl"...
* *
(Friday, The 'Super' Date Night)
Today was the day... Or tonight at least...
News that Mancer asked out the Girl of Steel was brought to mostly everyone's ears, a surprise at most... But there was skepticism about it.
The EDC weren't fully trusted yet, it's only been three days now and with Becknar had been brought in for questioning... Nothing yet has been revealed.
But as of right now? Kara is currently in his cousin's apartment with his wife and son. Jon was out along with Lois Lane Kent.
"I mean... He's just so different from any other boy I've met, there's something about him that interests me" she had her chin on the palm of her hand, waiting for her cup of coffee that was being made by Clark.
"And this happened... Last night?" Clark asked curiously, wondering why his cousin was asked out by someone from a different Earth.
Fair to say? He was happy for her, his skepticism went down the drain upon his talk with Liang... Who is like a father figure to Mancer aka Y/N.
Both Kara and Y/N maybe in their early 20s, but they've both learned a lot, the only difference is?
Kara has been on a date before and it didn't go exactly right and planned.
Y/N hasn't fell in love, nor been on a date. Yet she doesn't know this yet.
"Yeah... After I flew him back to his boss's base of operations, well for now at least, doubt it'll remain once they're back on their Earth" Kara explained. "He's just... So kind and he radiates this aura that got my attention... He has a crush on Supergirl... But what about Kara Danvers? Adopted daughter of Eliza and Jeremiah Danvers? Two former D.E.O agents?" she asked the question.
"I'm sure he also sees you as Kara Danvers too, you told him your name after all" Clark reminded her as he handed her cup of coffee to her. She politely takes it. "Besides? It's a good thing you said yes, maybe it's time to try again and see the world in the eyes of Kara Danvers once more"
"I know but... I feel... Like my heart is drawn to him, but if I get too attached? And when he leaves for his Earth? I... I-I don't know what I'd do, go with him when I'm needed here? I don't exactly want him to leave his family behind just for me" said the now frustrated Kara Zor-El, she knew it was a stupid idea to get somewhat attached to the boy her age. "I probably shouldn't have kissed his cheek and said yes... What did I do?" she whimpered next.
"I'm for sure, something can be worked out" Clark hinted as he went to comfort his upset cousin. "But overall? Enjoy tonight, I'll have someone patrol New York, incase any crime breaks out that could ruin your date with Y/N" Clark smiled.
"Really? You sure something can be worked out? He did say he actually was thinking of wanting to stay here, but that'd split him away from his family" she referred to the group he came with to this Earth.
"I'm sure there is something, a way to keep in contact with that Earth's own heroes incase a threat were to emerge that require their expertise, we need all the heroes we can get, as threats are getting more dangerous now. Threats like Omrin" Clark said with a serious face, he for sure knew it was for the best, if something can be worked out with Liang and the EDC.
"How long could that take?" she asked.
"On that? We're not sure, Liang suggested it to me first, before to the rest of the League higher ups, well... Between me and Batman of course before them and it was approved, an ally to call on you could say" he answered her question, adding more light to the hint he said earlier.
His answer that shed light on the hint made her relieved, she for one had a liking for her date tonight, and she didn't want to feel attached to him only to never see him again, though she was a little nervous about it, since her last date?
Well as said... It was disastrous...
But that was the only thing that worried her mostly now...
"Thanks Cuz" she smiled before hugging him. "Though I am a little worried about my date tonight, considering my last one?" her facial expression now mortified, it worried her for the least second.
"From what Liang has told me... Y/N is one of the kindest fellows he's ever took under his wing, he's brave, bold, patient, compassionate and loyal. He would never hurt a spider from how he explained about him" he told his cousin.
Kara already knew some of this from her observation of him, he was kind, honest and respectable, along with being shy and having a good sense of humor. Something she probably needs in a relationship as of right now.
"I'm sure your date won't go horrible, I'll have someone take over patrolling in New York for tonight, like I said. Enjoy your date with him tonight, be confident nothing will go wrong" he cheered her up again, as she takes a sip from her coffee before breaking into a smile.
"Once again, thanks Cuz" she felt a little more better with hearing his words, no wonder why Lois fell in love with him, he was good at inspiring others.
And Kara hoped one day she could pretty much do the same, though she has done it before, but not as often as Clark has done it.
"Haven't you figured out what you'll be wearing to the date tonight?" Clark asked the question as he picked up his coffee now.
"Oh yeah! I'll get right onto that!!" Kara's eyes widened as she almost shot up from her chair. Once I... Finish this coffee" she remarked before settling down once more.
* *
Y/N stood nervous in his outfit for the date, a leather jacket with jeans and boots, a plain white t-shirt underneath. He was waiting to get picked up for the date, since Kara suggested she'd pick him up.
he agreed but it had been 10 minutes since she said she was flying over to pick him up and fly him back to New York for the date.
And yet... She hasn't arrived.
"Still not here I presume?" He heard a voice behind him, coming from Satine who joined him at least four minutes later
"Yeah... fourteen minutes late pretty much and still going" he sighed, as he looked up at the starry dim sky, beginning to grow worried.
"Hey, don't be too worried. She's probably ran or... Flew into danger" Satine remarked.
"That's why I'm worried!" Y/N replied. "I'm worried that might be the case, I'm tempted to call her but I don't know if she'll pick up" he sounded more worried by the seconds that passed by. Looking back down at the now revealed device on his wrist, bringing up Kara's name on the screen.
"Well you shouldn't worry too much" Satine looked up at the sky.
"Yeah, I know I-"
"No like... You shouldn't, because I can see her" Satine chuckled, getting Y/N to look up at the sky to see Supergirl flying toward them.
And she looked worried as anything.
'Oh Rao, oh Rao, oh Rao' thought a panicked Supergirl, flying on down toward her date, with a very worried look on her face, thinking she's already screwed up.
"I-I-I am so, so, so sorry that I arrived later than I should have" Kara floated down in her Supergirl attire, her cape resting behind her after landing. "I uh... Ran into some complications along the way *nervously chuckles*. You're not... Mad are you?" she asked with a little cute expression on her face, seemingly making Y/N softly smile.
"No, no... You're fifteen minutes late practically but... It's alright!" he approached and hugged her, a smile soon approaching on her face as she hugs back. "Whatever postponed your arrival, it's not screwed this up" he pulled back with a smile still.
"Well... Since that's the case, you ready?" she asked, a tone of excitement in her voice.
"Yep, we can go" he acknowledged, before Kara swooped him off his feet instantly and levitated off the ground.
"Gonna take us back to my apartment so I can change into an outfit for our date" the Kryptonian told him before he even asked.
"Well, I was gonna ask you that but, you read me like a book" he chuckled. "besides, I didn't just ask Supergirl to a date, I asked Kara Zor-El Danvers, who I see as both with or without the cape" he poked her nose, causing her to blush and giggle.
'Yeah, he is cute. Maybe our date could go well' she thought in her head, smiling at his friendly nature already.
"Well... Enjoy the date, love birds!" Satine shouted out and teased, watching Y/N be carried and flown away by his date.
The boy blushed a little upon hearing what Satine said. "Did she just call us... Love birds?" he blushed heavily now thinking about it, causing the Girl of Steel to giggle.
"Yeah, she defo called us that... I honestly see why" she flirted with a wink.
"We flirting already?" he smirked.
"If you want to" she smirked back.
"Well... I'd rather save the flirting for when we're at the restaurant for our date, maybe... A few during our uh... Walk through the park or whatever?" he told her, earning a bigger smirk from her.
"This your first date?" she asked curiously, she had a feeling it could be as he looked puzzled to say something for a brief moment.
"Y-Yeah... This is... My first ever date, never experienced this before... Sorry to disappoint" he felt awkward. "I just hope it doesn't go sideways"
"Don't worry! It's alright!" she sounded cheerful, eager to lighten up the situation he now found himself in. "You're in luck! I haven't exactly dated anyone in a while so it's kinda my first time in a way too! And no, it won't go sideways. Not even crime is gonna stop our date" she told him with a proud and classy smile.
They were now closing on in to New York, which was becoming visible from under the clouds, the lights showing off the city like a beacon in the dark.
"Well, you saying that does bring my hopes up. Sunshine" replied the boy her age, causing the girl to look surprised. Like she's never heard that before.
"Sunshine? Did you just call me Sunshine?" she began to blush with a cute smile on her face, the type of smile that could make someone not think straight once they see it toward them.
"Y-Yeah I did, your like a radiating sunshine, Kara. Not sure if anyone's said that before, but... From what I know, you bring caring and warmth everywhere you go. Just a cheerful sunshine on a summer day" he explained his reason, causing the Maid of Might to melt in his words.
"Aww, that's probably the most sweetest thing I've heard in a while now... That... That means a lot, you're so sweet" her face brightened with joy, the pair now flying above New York as she lowers herself into the city, just flying past the buildings now.
She flew around a building that looked to be a high-end apartment building, which seemed to look expensive. Y/N recognized the building itself since on his Earth? The building looked a lot more... Futuristic than modernized. Ritz-Carlton New York Hotel, now revealed that Kara indeed lives in there.
The Girl of Steel levitated herself lower until she saw her own opened window, flying through the opened window before gently landing and putting her date on his two feet once more.
"There we are! Welcome to my apartment room!" she performed a spin with a smile plastered on her face. She noticed the shock on his face, how could she have this much money? Having an apartment room like this? The view looked incredible. "Judging by the look on your face, you're pretty astonished" she giggled.
"I mean... Wow... When I thought apartment... I wasn't expecting this. You live at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel?! Especially this room? It's incredible!" he expressed his thoughts as his astonishment explored the room he was in. "On my Earth? This is like the oldest but cheapest Hotels to date, overshadowed by many other Hotels but... Wow, this is like... A dream, it's like going back to relive what it felt like being in this room" he explained.
"Well... I'm not exactly living in here forever though, I do plan to have a house built somewhere near New York, I do have a job as Kara Danvers here too so I can't exactly abandon that" she put her hands behind her back within her cape.
"What is this job of yours besides Supergirl?" he asked curiously.
"I work as a reporter at the Daily News, I'm a journalist. I used to work in National City at CatCo at the time but I quit that two years ago. I'm more happier working at the Daily News" she explained, she felt happy explaining more about herself, not as Supergirl, just as her alter ego.
"Interesting... Better save the stories for when we go out for dinner" he suggested, causing Kara to suddenly widen her eyes.
"Oh yeah! The dress! Hold on, be back in a Flash!" she giggled at herself afterwards before speeding off.
Y/N took the privilege to sit down on the sofa as he began to wait, his mind filled with many questions he wants to ask her. Though he knew he can't exactly ask her some questions in public regarding Krypton and other superhero related stuff. However, questions were on the board about Kara's human lifestyle.
Many thoughts began to overwhelm him, he felt nervous about it all, he's never done this before and he for sure, isn't great with relationships with girls. Hence why he's always avoided a romantic relationship.
At the same time? He likes Kara, he likes Kara for all she is, whether as Kara Danvers, the human who works as a journalist, or Supergirl aka Kara Zor-El, a superhero who is an alien refugee from the planet Krypton just like Superman.
In the other room, Kara is putting on her dress for the date, checking herself out on the mirror she had on display, smiling at herself before her thoughts overwhelmed her.
She was nervous also, never did she think she would begin to fall for someone who isn't even from this Earth, a human with powers beyond her imagination. ice, fire, solar, even smoke? Which smoke isn't even magic but still... He's able to use smoke as magic which confused her at first before accepting it was inevitable that it can be done.
She picked up her glasses, glasses that disguised her thoroughly, though it wasn't the same hair changing glasses she used to have. They broke under a certain altercation.
She puts them on as checks herself out again before exhaling a short breath, the feeling of butterflies in her stomach as she thinks about him... The same feeling from last night, where she screamed into her pillow with excitement, jumping up with joy. The same butterflies that'd make her feel happy around someone she likes a lot that it would make her float like one of those Disney princesses.
Y/N pondered how he was going to tell her that he likes her whenever it would come to that later, as he heard her coming back through. "You ready to see me?" she asked around the corner.
"Yeah, come on out" he answered, not expecting the sight he would see afterwards.
She was already beautiful as it is... But he's never seen someone this gorgeous in a dress... A blue dress with high heel sandals.
She parted her hair to the left side of her face as she stopped in front of him, showing off the dress from front... To back, showing off the elegant dress she decided to choose to wear.
"So..." she broke the silence. "You like it?" she asked with her hands behind her back, looking sheepish as she asks.
"I... Wow... You look like an angel" he softly spoke as the girl was flustered at his compliment.
"An angel?" she asked.
"Yeah... Like an angel who fell from the sky... Speaking of that since you came from another planet, so..." he referenced, making Kara blush heavily. "You're definitely an angel pretty much" he complimented again, causing the girl to give out a half-suppressed laugh.
"That's... That's so charming of you, I never thought myself as an angel" a cute smile was left on her face as she approached the now standing up boy. "You ready to go out for our date?" she asked politely.
"Yeah" he replied, taking her hand without thinking which caused the two to lightly blush and chuckle. "I think I'm ready to go out on our date"
* *
The couple were now at the restaurant, an Italian-American restaurant named Carne Mare, a place for good food surrounding Italian dishes and special dishes at best.
The couple found a seat and waited for someone to come over and take their order as they looked at the menu.
"Oh, they do Atlantic Halibut Steak? Pair that with potatoes? Especially roasted? Oh! it's good" he told his date who chuckled at his insight.
"Had it before I assume?" she asked as she lowered the menu she held in her hands.
"Yeah, Ma used to cook it, her own version at least, Ma told me it was my dad's favorite before he unexpectedly passed" he went on like it was nothing, Kara's eyes instantly widened at this new information she didn't hear before. She knew from the tone of voice he was still hurt over it.
"Your father passed away? I... I didn't know that" she didn't know what to say to this much, it was all of a sudden that he dropped the ball about his own personal life immediately. "I-I'm so sorry, I was going to ask you about your parents but..." she felt bad that she didn't know, feeling some guilt for him too.
"Hey, it's alright" he smiled as he lowered the menu he held. "It happened a while ago, and ma's doing okay, she's worried but... She knows I can handle myself out here" he made her smile with his words.
"Caring mothers are the best" she replied with a more happier tone.
"On that, I agree" he smiled brightly as she chuckled. "Got any family members you wanna talk about? Mine are uh... Well... It's complicated" he asked with an unsure face, knowing his family history is a long, long explanation.
"I should tell you about Eliza Danvers, my adopted mother, she's amazing. Along with Jeremiah, my adopted father" she spoke next.
"Oh? Wonder when I can get to meet these people" he wondered loudly, causing the girl to giggle.
"I'm sure you will at some point, I think they'll like you" she winked, as the waitress now arrived at their table.
"Good evening, I'm David, I'll be your server for tonight along with the rest of our guests" a man in a suit and bow-tie showed up with a small notepad to write on.
"Hello David!" Kara called out, waving toward the man as Y/N did the same.
"You two on a date may I ask?" the server politely asked.
"Yeah! Guessing it was pretty obvious?" Kara chuckled a reply, her date smiling along with her.
"It's not rare seeing a couple on a dinner date come here" the man replied. "So, drinks first. We've got Beer, Cocktails and Wine, we've also got Sparkling and Regular water if that's what you want?" he asked the couple.
"Oh, hmm... What do you think? Wine or Sparkling maybe?" Kara asked her date.
"I say we go sparkling water, not the biggest fan of Wine" Y/N replied as the server wrote it down.
"Alright, starters?" he asked next, Kara and Y/N looked at one another for a moment before agreeing on no starters. "Okay, main and side dish?" he then asked.
"Hmm... I'll go for a Mezzi Rigatoni, he'll go for... An Atlantic Halibut Steak" Kara informed the server as he began jotting down the order. "No side dish for me, not sure about this handsome guy here" she flirted with Y/N, making him chuckle with a blush rising up on his face.
"I'll take a side dish of uh... Potatoes Rustica?" he asked.
"Done, there is Dolci's which are desserts in other words, if you both want to order one after the main and side dishes, I'll come back to order for it afterwards along with your food and drinks soon!" David finished jotting down the couple's order before smiling.
"Thank you David!" Kara says as his smile shows his gratitude before walking off to take another order.
"Wow, this place is a lot more fancier than I thought" Kara told herself loudly.
"It is an Italian-American restaurant, it's gonna look fancy regardless" Y/N shrugged.
"It's quite nice, not that I'm complaining or anything. It's just... Not the first time I've been to a restaurant like this" she chuckled while thinking back to the last time she went on a date.
"Y'know? Now that you've mentioned it? Who did you last date before me? It sounds like it happened a few years ago" he asked her with a curious look on his face, wanting to know exactly who she dated before, that's when she laughed upon looking back at it.
"Yeah, it was a few years ago. I was 18 at the time, my date was actually the Boy Wonder Robin, Y'know? Batman's sidekick? Or former sidekick now at least" she answered his question, his eyes widened a little at the realization of who she dated before.
"Wait, he goes by the alias Nightwing now right?" he asked.
"Yep... I still remember the date as if it was yesterday" she chuckled. Fueling Y/N's curiosity further. At the same time, the server came round with two glasses of sparkling water, setting it down on the couple's table as they both thanked server David before he walked off once again.
"Care to elaborate on what really happened that day?" he asked politely, even leaning in as he showed to her how interested he wanted to hear this story.
"Haha, well..." she rolled her eyes playfully with a smile...
"Gotta say... I thought he'd be interesting to have a chat with" Y/N spoke as he began cutting his Atlantic steak, put together with the potatoes he ordered.
"Don't get me wrong, we're on better terms now than before, even after that uh... Date" she spoke with gestured air quotations at the end of her sentence.
"Well... I know how it feels to be stared at, looked at with glances and so fourth while in a public place doing normal things while in costume? Yeah... I know how it feels" he spoke like he's had experience, before putting the fork in his mouth that had stabbed the steak and a potato earlier.
"Wait, you go out in public, doing normal human things while in costume? Don't you have a alter ego?" Kara asked curiously as she stabbed a bit of the pasta on her plate.
"Eh, yeah. About that, everyone knows who the EDC are, we don't use secret identities. And btw, you should see the aliens we have on our Earth. They're pretty much... Robots in Disguise" he gloated, making Kara almost spit out the pasta she had been eating in her mouth.
"What?! Are you saying that... Transformers exist on your Earth?!!" Kara almost shouted in shock.
"Shh!" Y/N shushed the Kryptonian Journalist. "Don't wanna blow our identities by shouting that!"
"Oh, sorry" Kara giggled. "I'm just... Surprised that they exist on your Earth, must be weird knowing they're fiction here" she then whispered.
"Yeah... It's pretty weird how they're just fiction here but not on my Earth" Y/N spoke from his perspective.
"Just asking... Does Optimus Prime exist? Or is he alive?" she asked, a glint of interest in her eye as she began eating again.
"Yep... He's real and alive. Megatron is too, well they're not enemies anymore. It's pretty much a joint op" he whispered back, making sure no one thought he was crazy or anything if they heard him. Meanwhile Kara was just too into it, wanting to know more now that more information was shared about his Earth.
'Megatron's a good guy now?' Kara thought along with being surprised, she's always seen him as the villain of the screens of TV shows, movies and so fourth.
"I'll explain more about it later. Right now? I want to hear more about your story" he was still interested in Kara's story, a glint now glistening in his eye as he continues eating.
"Oh, right... Now where was I?" Kara wondered loudly.
"You were at the part where you asked the waiter about your food" he told her.
"Oh right!" Kara remembered. "So..."
"Wait, wait pause"
*Record scratch*
"You're telling me... Some guy's pet monkey caused a truck, carrying bowling balls to crash into a concrete wall, bowling balls began spilling out, causing a bus to crash into a fountain filled with water along with causing an entire crash scene? And a monkey caused all that? The fuck?" he was all but baffled at this. It was too good of a story to be made up.
"I'm telling you! This is NOT made up! I'm 100% serious as I swear to Rao on this. This did happen" Kara really did want to believe this wasn't made up but... It wasn't. "Can I continue, please?"
"Sure, I'm already loving this story of yours already!"
"Ohh, talk about a bad date... That was a disaster for sure" he complimented.
"I know... Getting morally embarrassed by falling into a broken water fountain, having your suit soaked up and hair messy, only to come back and see that the food was cold... Yeah... Pretty disastrous if you ask me" Kara replied, finishing her meal as Y/N finished his.
"And I gotta say? That was a good story, along with that steak cause wow... Haven't had that in a long time" he licked his lips and sighed happily afterwards.
"Yeah, should've tried that pasta, it was pretty good" she giggled before mirroring what he did by licking her lips afterwards and sighing just like he did.
The two looked at each other before bursting out in soft laughter.
"Y'know? I saw the desserts here and... I really, REALLY want to try that 17 layer choco cake they have" he thought about it loudly.
"Oh desserts? Sure we can have a dessert, one caught my eye" she smirked before licking her lips.
She didn't realize she was staring at him when she said that which caused him to look surprised.
"Woah! Wow Angel, didn't think you'd mean it like that if that's what you meant" he then smirked, teasing her.
"W-What? Oh no no no, I wasn't m-meaning it l-l-like that" her face flushed red, realizing what she did as she giggled nervously.
"I know what you meant, just teasing ya" he winked, her blood flushed cheeks began dimming down as the server David came round.
"Hello you two, ready to pay the bill for the meals or are you both having a dessert?" David asked politely.
"Oh yeah! Uhh... I'll have a Sweet Cream Panna Cotta" Kara answered with a smile.
"What about you sir?" David asked Kara's date.
"17 Layer Chocolate Cake will do for me" Y/N politely answered back.
"Okay, it'll be out shortly once I've given the order to them. Hope you enjoy your desserts, someone will come round to hand the bill to you to pay" David informed the couple.
"Thank you David" It was Y/N turn to share his gratitude as the server smiled before walking off.
"Y'know, now that I think back to my story... I think that monkey's name was Bingo" Kara shared some new info about the story she recently told her date.
"Bingo? Huh? Cute name for a monkey" he complimented. "Like yours"
"Aww Sparks, I'm flustered" Kara's face glistened.
"Sparks? That my nickname?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"Might as well be!" she giggled.
Before long, their desserts would soon arrive at their table, with each individual cutlery.
Kara seemed to be enjoying her Panna Cotta as Y/N was enjoying his cake.
"Mmm, this cake is really good. Wow" Y/N gloated at the cake's taste, since it tasted like heaven.
"I'd say the same to this!" Kara put the spoon in her mouth as she tasted the sweet taste on the Cotta, hummed to say it was good... Too good.
"I got an idea" he said. Gaining the Kryptonians attention.
"Hmm?" She hummed, still eating what was in her mouth.
"How about we get a taste of each other's desserts? You taste mine, I taste yours? I know it's like a classic romantic dating thing, wanna try it?" he suggested as Kara thought about it.
"Hmm... Sure!" she went along, getting some Panna Cotta on her spoon with the cream and berries as her date does the same with his cake, only difference was that he had a fork.
Their mouths opened upon them feeding each other their own dessert on their respective cutlery before pulling it back as they began eating.
"Mmm... Oh waow" he spoke with a mouthful, the sweet cream, the berries, it was a perfect taste to his own taste buds. "Wow, that is definitely the taste of heaven" he complimented, enjoying the sweet taste... He always had a sweet tooth.
"Gotta say? The cake is amazing! Kinda wish I could steal the recipe... But that'd be criminal" she chuckled, enjoying the chocolate sensation from the cake, unlike any other cake she's had before, specially chocolate. "If they had ice cream? That would be great with that cake"
"Oh yeah! Definitely" he agreed. The couple giggling afterwards as they continued eating... But kept their eyes locked onto each other, smiles offered as they enjoyed their dessert together,
* *
"And then, he turned to me and said, we should prank her, she's always gotten me with her pranks" Y/N was telling Kara a story of his.
They had been walking through Central Park after their dinner date for at least 10 to 20 minutes now telling each other their stories and such, spending the rest of their date taking a walk through Central Park... Where couples usually did go to on their first date or two.
Earlier Kara informed him about the mask she accidentally destroyed upon their first encounter, she had successfully fixed it with Kryptonian metal and fabrics, using the Fortress's technology to repair it, which made Y/N ecstatic.
"Well, did you and Xalex prank her?" Kara was intrigued to know the rest, the both had been holding hands like before. Smiling like idiots.
"Yeah... Well... Before Xalex could do his master plan of pranking on Satine with using the old paint buckets that still had some pain left on em... He uh" he continued before trying his best not to laugh. "He dropped them on Liang instead, thinking it was Satine who was walking by" he burst out laughing, it was his first day at the EDC after Liang brought him in.
"Oh Rao" Kara laughed with her date. "I'm guessing he wasn't very happy about having paint splattered on him" she continued laughing with him.
"Oh yeah, he wasn't very happy at all, got caught and all, he didn't scold me but he scolded Xalex, the commotion gained the attention of everyone present, including some of the Autobots and Decepticons who were there. Bee asks me what happened, so I told him everything. It all reminds him of the Terrens who he taught a few years back" Y/N continued explaining the rest of the story.
The couple walked past a part of grass that had no trees blocking the view, which gave Kara an idea.
"Wanna stargaze? I can tell you more about Krypton and myself of course" she asked with a wink at the end.
"Yeah! Sure why not?" he reluctantly agreed, as they walked toward the same part of grass Kara spotted. "Wait... We don't have something to lie down on top of the grass" Y/N then spoke.
"Don't worry" Kara winked before speeding off and coming back in full costume and taking off her cape that billows behind her. "I have a solution to that" she giggled afterwards before setting down the cape.
"You sure you want to do this in costume? What if people walk by and see Supergirl sitting down with some random guy staring at the sky?" Y/N asked the question.
"Don't worry Sparks!" she took his hand. "No one really comes along this part of Central Park at night, they always say it's dangerous but really? It's not" she winked.
They sat down before lying down, their hands intertwined again as a smile was on their faces.
"Sky's beautiful tonight" Y/N said with a glistening in his eyes, the many stars that shined in the night sky, let alone the Moon that was visible through the clouds.
"Yeah, they're always beautiful at night here, from what I've seen" Kara agreed, a smile growing bigger on her face.
"So... I gotta ask... What was living on Krypton like? Before coming here and having those powers?" Y/N asked the question, she already knew he was going to ask it after all.
"Well... Krypton was... It was beautiful, the cities were filled with laughter and joy, there were many houses, I know you call them clans here on Earth so to speak" she answered.
"Speaking about clans, my ancestors are from an old clan that existed years and years ago" her answer reminded him of his heritage and where he came from, let alone, making him talk about it.
"Wait, really? Which one?" Kara asked.
"The Nobushi Clan, one that had the greatest warriors who were the first line of defence centuries ago" he answered her question. "Enough about me for now, I wanna know about your culture and stuff, I'm interested in it after all" he suggested to change the topic about her.
"Oh yeah, of course!" she immediately snuffed out the distractions. "The Houses we had were a family sigil, each had it's own emblem and what they stood for. Mine is the House of El as you already know, most of the House of El were apart of the Science Guild, where my biological father Zor-El and his brother Jor-El worked in" Kara spoke as her eyes laid upon a star that shined brighter than the others.
"Were you part of the Science Guild too?" Y/N asked curiously.
"Originally was planning to, yeah. My mother however was part of the Military Guild. Her house of the House of Ze, her name was Alura In-Ze. She was married to my father Zor-El... And then, they had me" Kara felt happy talking to someone about her culture's history, never did she think someone, a Human even, was interested in knowing about Krypton's history.
"What about the other houses?" Y/N asked.
"Well there's the House of Zod, home to ruthless warriors and defenders of Krypton, well... They were once... Before General Dru-Zod came along and led a coup against the council of Krypton. They want to make Earth the New Krypton but have failed many attempts since we got involved" Kara explained further.
"And where are they now?"
"Phantom Zone" Kara replied with a smug look on her face. "Hope they rot in there for all I care" a distaste in her mouth when she spoke about them.
"You really hate them, don't you?" Y/N raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah, hate em with a passion, they Zod tried to manipulate my mother, she saw through his manipulation and in return tried to kill her. It failed" she answered, remembering that moment when she was eleven years old.
"Any other houses?" he asked, still wondering if there was many more since the only house he'd known was the House of El mostly.
"There's like many more, House of Ak, An, Am, Da, Dar... Do you want me to go through em all?" she asked politely, chuckling at the thought of going through all of them.
"Actually... Why not tell me them all later?" he suggested.
"That's fine with me" she smiled, as a star shoots through the sky.
"Look at that, a shooting star" he pointed out.
"Yeah! It's amazing!" her eyes glistened upon it, she's flown close to a shooting star before, and it's beautiful up close from her words.
"You had a God right? Rao it was called?" Y/N asked Kara next, gaining her interest.
"Yeah, we all... I wouldn't say worship but we all were religious. Rao was the sun God of Krypton, he had two children, Nightwing and Flamebird" she explained the history behind her God.
"Nightwing? Wait... Did Dick Grayson copy that?" he wondered loudly.
"Hahaha, that's what I thought at first, like I thought he took the name as inspiration, but he actually had no idea about it" Kara laughed.
Y/N laughed along with her, smiling as he tilted his head to look at her.
Kara noticed he was looking at her, and so... She looked at him, the two felt some connection once their eyes met. The calm wind blowing in the air as their eyes glistened at each other.
"When you... Wear that symbol" his free hand slightly touched the symbol on Kara's suit, she felt his hand touch her and let his touch feel the suit she wore. His eyes looking upon it before meeting her eyes once more. "Do you... Ever feel... Like the weight of the world is on your shoulders?" Y/N asked a very good question which surprised her at the slightest.
She always felt so alone in the universe after Krypton's destruction, finally arriving to Earth, only to find that her baby cousin was a grown up adult now.
She used to feel so angry at the world, at herself... At everything, she was hot-headed, a girl with anger issues, someone who couldn't accept Earth as their new home. She became a Red Lantern at the time because of her rage.
She told him all of this earlier, even so she'd get emotional about it all, but she's learned to talk about it without breaking down in tears or getting all emotional... Kandor did survive, but the same could not be said for Argo City, not her parents.
"Sometimes... It can be too much for me to handle, and to be honest? I... I don't know if I'm ready to be Earth's Champion if my cousin were to be gone somewhere... Or worse... Dead" Kara spoke with a saddened tone. "But I need to be strong for Earth, for my new family, without them? I don't even know where I'd be right now. Probably still angry at the world? I don't know? I've learned so much about Earth and... I once said that Humans were just... Beyond saving, that they waste their lives on nothing and such. And I still regret saying that" she out heartedly admitted.
She hated who she was after Krypton's destruction, just a girl who was angry at the world, wouldn't hesitate to fight or worse, kill anyone in her way, even her own cousin.
"But... Kal thinks I bring joy and happiness to those around me, that I've grown to be my own person, who carries hope like he does as Superman. And to be honest? He's not wrong" she smiled brightly, looking at her date while butterflies dance in her stomach.
"I agree... He's not wrong. Your smile is like a sunshine, and... You're an angel from the sky. You're beautiful Kara... One of the most beautiful girls I've met. I'm not great with girls, never tried getting into a relationship. But this? I... I really want you to be my first and only" he spoke before admitting his feelings. He felt like a weight was took off of him, his heart pounding in his chest as she picked up on it.
Her smile brightened further along with her face, she never felt this loving feeling in a while. "I want to try again, try a relationship again. Maybe... You're the one I really needed to find" she grinned.
The two began giggling and chuckling, a blush rising up their cheeks as the moment passes, smiles were offered, as they felt the romantic tension rising.
"I guess the House of El doesn't just mean... Hope, and all that. I guess it could mean... Love and Compassion too" Kara thought loudly, finding a new understanding go the symbol she's always worn since birth.
"I like the sound of that. Hope, Love and Compassion for all" he gloated, causing the girl to snicker.
"Sounds corny... I love it" she smiled.
"Me too" he smiled back.
The two then sat up before they began slowly closing the gap, their lips almost touched before Kara made the move, her hand touched his face as his reached the back of her head, gently caressing her golden hair.
The pair realized what was happening, they were having their first ever kiss, well... Kara's had a few kisses on the lips before, but for Y/N? It's his first time.
The pair melted into the kiss, Kara's other hand caressed face as she felt his other hand on her thigh.
She moaned softly as their kiss continued, their lips slowly dancing before Y/N pulled back for air slowly, setting up the mood of the situation.
"Wow... That... That's my first ever kiss, I've never kissed anyone on the lips before" Y/N admitted to a now giggling Kara Zor-El.
"For your first kiss? That was good" she complimented, making the boy blush a thank you. "Care to go again?" she asked.
"Gladly" he smiled, their lips touching again for a brief moment, her kiss was like the ocean breeze, he smiled into the kiss as it continued for a few moments before the two pulled back. "Kara... I uh... I spoke with Liang... About staying here" he then spoke afterwards, which Kara frowned at.
"Really? What did he say?" Kara was intrigued.
"So... I asked him and he... He had a feeling I would feel attached to this world, he knows what's happening right now and he understands why I want to stay on this Earth. He knows I have... Feelings toward you, though we just met a few days ago. Fair to say? I don't regret it" he smiled.
"You're staying here? Are you really sure you want to?" Kara asked with concern, knowing he might miss his home, despite there being talks about an agreement of an ally to call upon such if a situation requires the EDC's help. "Won't you miss your home?"
"Yes..." YN answered briefly before his eyes drifted back to Kara's baby blues yet again, "But I want to spend my life here, and meeting you has made me think that way... In other words... I want most of my days here, even with you. So... Liang thought it'd be a good idea for me to stay here, of course he still has to talk to the others about it first but... Honestly? I'm more than happy to stay here on this Earth, even if it's with you" a smile was still on his face before inevitably, Supergirl would start to smile. Never thinking he'd be allowed to stay.
"Oh Y/N, you-you didn't have to. But... That makes me happy, knowing you want to stay" Kara's smile brightened
The Multitasker smiled as he pulled himself in... Before they were interrupted by music happening in the distance, with people singing along the song.
A song named... Better Place by Rachel Platten, being performed by a woman with a beautiful voice, similar to the original singer... Maybe it is her? Happening at some musical stadium within Central Park.
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"There's some music going on. You hear that?" Kara asked.
"Yeah, I recognize the song" he smiled with an answer.
The song continued as they listened in, before Kara began swaying left to right slowly, the lyrics of the song catching up to her as she quietly sang along.
"Well" Kara began getting up before looking down at Y/N and offering a hand. "Care to dance?"
"Me? Dancing? I'm bad at it as it is" he chuckled.
"Just a slow dance, just keep your eyes on me and mirror my movements" she offered, a smile on her face as he took her hand, pulling himself up.
"Sure... Something for us to remember" he smiled as he stepped off Kara's cape before she picked it up and attaching it back on her suit behind herself, the cape draped perfectly over her shoulders.
The couple smiled as their bodies touched, holding hands together as they began to slowly dance to the song going on in the distance.
Their eyes locked onto each other as the pair slowly danced.
During this... The couple hadn't noticed someone watching them in the distance with a pair of binoculars, sitting on top of a building as he watched Kara dance with her date.
The man smiled as he watched and chuckled. "Atta girl, knew you'd find someone eventually" Nightwing spoke as he put away the binoculars before continuing his patrol, taking over for Supergirl tonight.
"There you go! You're getting the hang of it!" Kara spoke excitedly as he made her do a spin before catching her.
"Seems like I am" he chuckled before Kara turned round, looking at Y/N in the eyes.
"Wanna stay at mine tonight? I have room for one more on my bed" she smiled, her eyes glittering like the calm ocean.
"Wouldn't mind that, waking up beside you would be a dream" he teased, causing her and himself to giggle before continuing their dance.
Their dance would soon stop before their faces drew closer and softly touched at the song coming to a close, their eyes closing as Kara begins to float up in the air with her arms wrapped around Y/N. Her cape and hair blew softly in the wind as he felt her flying up into the sky.
Where their kiss would continue up in the skies of New York City.
Knowing he had truly Scored Supergirl's Heart of Steel...
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Fin
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Extreme Stress Testing
Human vessels are almost uniformly diverse. This is normal among civilians in most civilizations, but what baffles us is the fact their military craft of all sizes are equally uniquely designed and decorated. Now, we've seen how they love to tinker and attribute personality to their ships, but that's still a process that takes time and effort.
Take their fighter craft for example. Not even a week passes after one is printed and officially tested that it gains a whole new paint job and numerous panels and devices are replaced. After a bit of backroom negotiation in a bar where we politely kept to the only drinks that wouldn't kill us outright - tea. But still not too hot, it's miraculous how Humans can ingest near boiling water and be perfectly fine after a short while.
Anyway, we were allowed to "ghost" how a fairly young Quick Response combat group - Sparrow Swarm 12 - initiated three new fighter pilots and their freshly minted craft.
The Cruiser-Carrier hybrid ship, Hilda's Halberd, ferried the squad plus guests to the outer edges of Sol's Oort Cloud. At these distances, even the Sun is just a slightly larger dot in the pitch black darkness of space. However, wherever civilization goes, light follows, and with a flick of a switch of its powerful flood lights, Hilda's Halberd became the brightest spot for a million kilometers.
What it illuminated, however, was quite a terrifying sight to behold. A graveyard of ships and debris, deliberately left alone by the OCC by request of the military. We became quite worried as we got closer to the field, but thankfully the cruiser-carrier stopped a good few thousand clicks away. Then the fighter squadron launched straight for it.
Thanks to the flood lights we could clearly see the entire spectacle. We wish we couldn't.
The new pilots were bumped, literally physical ship-to-ship contact by the veterans all the way as they approached the, what the captain called - a "race track". It was horrifying all the way there. Sparks and sparkling micro-debris from the now not-so-pristine ships flew off with every bump and crash. And Human ships are bulky, even the smallest ones have much greater mass than normal, so impacts like those would easily destroy most non-Human ships of equivalent scale.
With numerous bruises and "cosmetic" damage!? (we would immediately send any ship in similar condition to be fully repaired and refitted) they arrived at the actual initiation grounds. Then the carnage begins. They're told to make it from one end of the field to the other WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS SHOOTING AT THEM WITH LIVE AMMO!!!
It was beyond terrifying. Even as far as we were from the actual carnage, when Human ships discharge their weapons with intent - Space. Quivers.
It was over in a minute.
All three, now, by all measures anywhere else in the Galaxy, hardened combat veterans, made it. Just. How they were able to maneuver so swiftly and change trajectories without the Human within dying from all the g-forces is beyond us, and how the attackers were able to keep up with their chaotic movements, quite a learning experience for how decisively they would beat us as we are now should we ever become foes.
After everyone was back on Hilda's Halberd, the squad cheered and had a small feast, while the rest of the crew went about as normal and began to make way back to the core of Sol. The next day each of the tattered ships had their pilot and an engineer working on it, talking about all the technical aspects and things like how it "felt when the left wing was shot off and I bumped into an asteroid", and other nightmarish things.
One of the pilots simply smiled as she looked at her ship and then the engineer and said "Dragon horns".
#humans are space orcs#humans are space australians#humans are space oddities#humans are deathworlders#humanity fuck yeah#carionto
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where the stray things go
codywan week 2024 sol master list (solsterlist)
codywan week 2024 day 4 prompts, sol edition: video game au, "subtle" witty banter during the war
notes: this is maybe the most niche au ive ever written. fellas, the bar was on the floor and i have laid down on top of it. welcome to sol's codywan overwatch au. if you haven't played overwatch or don't know the lore, don't worry! most overwatch players don't know the lore either :) this can stand alone, mostly. huge thank-you to @calamity-aims for being my sounding board and giving me so much inspiration by being in the batshit au corner with me. title from white roses by glass animals
wc: 2,346
cross-posted to ao3
All this could have been avoided if Cody had been allowed to pick the infil site. Their landing had been rough but serviceable—the pilot, who only answered to “Kit,” had been grinning and cracking jokes to ease up nerves even as he evaded turret fire and nearly strafed them into the ocean. They’d gotten into the control center all the same, even if Kit had to stay behind with the JEDI heavy to repair the shielding system.
“Commander, these numbers are all wrong,” Crys hissed. “I can take out the security feeds, but this base is way farther along than we thought it was. I mean, we were expecting the turrets and a couple OR14 tanks on top of the usual. But this is—”
Cody exchanged looks with their “combat medic.” In the SEP, that really meant “this medic will make sure you don’t die, and he’s going to do that by killing the other guy first.” Kix had the steadiest hands of any soldier Cody had worked with, whether they were on the scalpel or a biotic rifle. The other medic was another JEDI loan, a woman who wore a combination of robes and light body armor.
“We’re running out of time,” Cody finally said. “We won’t get another chance to destabilize the Donghae Omnium. This mission is critical to the war effort.” They wouldn’t have sent Cody otherwise—though Cody had his suspicions about that. The higher-ups were fond of sending SEP soldiers into situations with unwinnable odds. Their own homegrown, red-eyed time bombs.
Gregor, another SEP soldier like Cody, laughed and thumped the front of his power armor. “De oppresso liber, Commander. Overwhelming odds is the name of the game. Hey, you think I could beat 17’s KIR on this one?”
“If you think you can take out more omnics than times you get incapacitated, feel free,” Kix said, dry as anything. “Much less top the Strike Commander.”
“Feedback loop established,” Crys murmured, catching Cody’s eye. He’d gone through SEP like Cody and Gregor, but every soldier took to it a little differently. Cody had gotten an even spread of improved reflexes, metabolism, strength, and speed. Gregor’s enhancements had maxed out his strength and metabolism, letting him shake off hits that would kill or cripple an unenhanced human. Crys’ were subtler; he was even faster than Cody, if not as strong, and the chems had somehow boosted his cognitive performance. They’d made it possible for him to undergo cybernetic procedures that would have been deemed much too risky for any unenhanced human.
“We’re in?” Cody checked the safety on his pulse rifle.
“Affirmative. We’ll be going in hot. Patrol patterns will only get tighter as we near the control room. And—” Crys grimaced, electric blue eyes flashing with computerized input. “—if we can’t find an exit fast after we secure the central control hub…”
Cody nodded. “Kit and Sgt. Drallig will secure our exfil.”
“I’m tapped into the alarm system, but there’s a chance for it to be tripped manually,” Crys warned.
“Then we’ll take out any omnics we come across before they can get to it.” Cody gestured for his squad to move out.
Their movement further into the base was easy. Too easy. Every one of them was on high alert yet they still didn’t see the ambush until they tripped it—a full squadron of OR14s blockading the corridor with not one or two but three fucking Bastion turrets and a shielding unit for the whole goddamned party. Fun for all ages.
Then the second wave of war machines flooded into the corridor behind them in a pincer attack that would have made 17 cry big ugly tears of joy, and the mission was officially FUBAR.
Cody was about to start making his peace with the world at large when the razor-sharp head of an arrow sprouted from the chassis of the OR14 tank bearing down on him. He stared, mouth dry and tasting of char and blood. Sizzling blue light arced along its shaft and the OR14 buckled as its electrical systems shorted out.
“I’m hit!” Crys shouted over comms. Gregor was holding their backline and going toe to toe with another pair of OR14 tanks for his efforts. But this wasn’t a sustainable position. And even with SEP enhancements, they couldn’t hold forever.
“I’ve got you.” Kix swore viciously over comms as he ducked behind cover, half-dragging Crys behind him.
They hadn’t even gotten to the control room yet. Much less secured it. Whoever had given Overwatch HQ the stats on this base, they’d been lying out of their ass. Cody resolved to get back to Geneva just to wring necks over it. Let alone—
“You should not have let your guard down,” an imperious voice said. A tall man hauled Cody up like he weighed as much as a kitten. His face was half covered by an armored cowl but dark eyes and heavy eyebrows were furrowed in a scowl at him. Innocuous against his Japanese-style body armor and shoulder quiver of high-tech arrows, a head of auburn-bleached hair gleamed in the harsh LEDs of the control base.
Cody’s pulse rifle got slapped back into his hands and it felt like his brain got rebooted at the same moment. “Who the hell are you?”
“The man that is about to save your life,” the archer replied. “You have the technology to disable the control room once you breach it then, yes?”
“This is a classified—”
“Good.” The archer nodded. He had the gall to wink at Cody over the cowl. “You don’t have to spill all of your secrets yet, Commander. I like my allies a little more… long-lasting.”
Bloody hell. Cody grinned despite himself and wiped the blood off his brow from where a stray shard of shrapnel had almost taken his eye out. “Talk after. Take out the control room now.”
“That kind of forthrightness is what I like to see in a man,” the archer purred as he nocked an arrow and drew his bow. The weight on that thing had to be over forty, forty-one kilos, but the man did it easy as breathing.
Another fighter—especially one as good as this archer—made all the difference. He took down an OR14 from around a corner without breaking a sweat. Half his shots connected in ways that seemed to bend the laws of physics—scatter arrows, rebounds, trick shots from across the entire fucking corridor, all while the man flipped and twisted through the air like an Olympic acrobat.
Crys was able to break open the central hub after a round of healing nanite injections from Kix. Gregor held the doors as their point of defense while Crys uploaded a series of viruses that would cripple the omnium’s comms network and foul their navigations systems, rendering them ducks in a barrel when the local MEKA forces swept in to wipe the rest of the base out.
All this while the archer trashed different parts of the server room alongside Cody, wrecking hardware and banks of data drives. He took an inordinate amount of glee from swinging his bow into monitors and kicking through holographic projectors.
“I’ll clear you a path out,” the archer said when he was done.
“How do I know you’re gonna make it out after me?” Cody asked and checked the charge left on his magazine. They could make it out. This was far from the desperate last stand Cody had thought they’d be making. All thanks to—
The archer hesitated, gloved hands flexing on the grip of his bow. “Is this you asking for my number, Commander? I’m not usually so easy as all that.”
“I can’t buy you drinks if I don’t even know your name or how to contact you,” Cody replied. He stepped closer even as every instinct he had screamed at him to step away, that this man was—somehow—more dangerous than any omnic or tank. “And I’m not the kind of man to leave a dept unfulfilled.”
“No debt,” the archer murmured, dark eyes studying Cody’s face intently. He reached out to brush the tips of his gloved fingers across Cody’s brow, where the shrapnel had torn his face open. It was already clotted and healing, the too-hot feel of inflammation telling Cody that his body was working overtime to seal the wound. “You should get this looked at. Unless you want a dashing scar as a keepsake of our time together. But you don’t seem to be a sentimental man, Commander.”
“I might surprise you.” Cody caught the archer’s wrist, studying him in turn. His roots were showing under the bleach job. They were as ink black as his eyebrows. Thin crow’s feet lined his dark and narrow eyes, expressive for all that the cowl hid his mouth and nose. He hadn’t noticed the curved sword strapped to his back until now. On first guess, it might have been a katana—but Cody didn’t know enough about swords to identify it at a glance. Strangely archaic weapons for such a skilled fighter. It only made Cody hungrier—for more time, more intel, a greedy wish to see his face uncovered.
“Ben,” the archer finally said. “I don’t doubt that, Commander. I… travel often. But you’ve made a convincing argument for those drinks.” He plucked a thin, metallic token out of some hidden pocket and tucked it into a pouch on Cody’s tac belt with nimble fingers. The feel of Ben’s hand on his belt had a thrill of—something running through him.
“That’s Drallig on the line,” Crys said into comms, voice oddly strangled. “Exfil secured.”
“Move out,” Cody barked. He took a hasty step back from Ben, who only smiled—if the wrinkling by his eyes meant anything. “You have an exit?”
“Commander,” Ben purred, nocking another one of his strange and sparking arrows, “let’s just say… my backdoor is very well secured.”
Kix let out a strangled noise. He had one of Crys’ arms over his shoulders, the slicer looking like he’d lost a little too much blood as they’d lingered in the control room.
“Wipe that smirk off your face, Lt.,” Cody barked as he passed Gregor. “We have an exit to make.”
“Sir yes sir.” Gregor saluted him with one of his hulking rotary cannons and the comm line exploded into laughter.
Back at base, Cody suffered 17’s scrutiny while his face was sutured back together in a medic’s tender loving care. He had healed too fast, sealing in the shrapnel. The wound needed to be sliced back open, cleaned, and then stitched together again.
“Yeah, that’s gonna scar,” 17 said with a vicious laugh.
Pot. Kettle.
“You recognize this?” Cody flipped 17 the token “Ben” had left him with.
17 caught it out of the air and turned it over in one big hand. His face was unreadable—but maybe that was all the scarring. He’d no doubt already read Cody’s brief. “I knew you’d left something out. You’re a shit liar, kid.”
“That’s a yes.” If 17 knew who Ben was… and Ben had known Cody by name—not unusual in and of itself. Cody was a high-ranking soldier in a global peacekeeping force fighting against the worldwide invasion of the omnics. The Omnic Crisis was wreaking havoc on a scale never before seen but it was also engendering collaboration on an unprecedented level. MEKA, SEP, JEDI, Overwatch, the Crusaders, Volskaya… the best way to unite humankind was to give them a common enemy.
“Yeah. See this?” 17 held up the token so the light glinted off the strange symbol in the corner. It almost looked like a pair of dragons twined together—in an embrace or locked in battle, Cody couldn’t tell. “That’s old blood Yakuza. The Shimada clan. Word was that they all died out after the eldest son went batshit and murdered half the family. Bye-bye, little brother. Bye-bye, gramps. Man was set to succeed the throne of one of the most powerful crime families in East Asia. Instead he wiped them out in a matter of weeks and disappeared off the map.”
“How do you know…?”
17 tapped the token and slid it across the flimsy bedside table to rest by the head of Cody’s medical cot. “The twin dragons are a symbol of power and blood ties. Only the ruling heads of the family got ‘em as their insignia. Out of every high-ranking asshole in the Shimada Clan, only one survived the bloodbath. Take a guess, kid.”
Cody swallowed. The level of skill, the cutting-edge gear, the sharpness in Ben’s eyes… it made too much sense for him to reject it out of hand.
“Shimada the elder is bad fucking news,” 17 said flatly. “Any man that can betray his family like that—crime bosses or not—is a big fat warning sign. You hear me, Cody?”
Yes. Warning sign. Bad news. Danger. Absolutely. Cody saluted 17 and fought down his wince when the movement pulled at his stitches and bruises.
“Bloody hell,” 17 muttered, throwing his hands up in disgust. “Why do I even bother. You know what, kid, if you want to chase after rumors and ghosts, that’s your call. It’s not like I’ve got sixteen years of wisdom on you or anything.”
“Fifteen and a half,” Cody said and bared his teeth up at 17. Never let it be said that he wouldn’t hold his oldest brother to a certain standard of integrity and truthfulness.
“Fucking brat,” 17 muttered. But he scrubbed his knuckles over Cody’s curls in a way that meant affection for him and gave him a sharp nod. That was as good as a big shiny medal and a commendation, coming from 17.
After 17 left the room with the medic, Cody pulled the token over to him and gingerly laid back among his stiff medbay-issue pillows. The center of the metal token was smooth and slightly worn down. His own thumb fit perfectly into the imprint and the metal warmed to his touch.
#overwatch fanfic#tcw fanfic#codywan#codywanweek2024#codywan week 2024#commander cody#alpha-17#obi-wan kenobi#a heat rash in the shape of the show me state
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Ya know, if there’s some sort of mandela effect for me in mfb fandom, is that I’m somehow been convinced that Tsubasa was the one who drove that helicopter to bring the fight to Rago. Like, in my mind it stayed like that for years lmao. Doesn’t help that I never bother to rewatch 4D since then due to how horrendous it handled both characters and the plot, in my personal opinion (Zero G is better than 4D you can’t change my mind)
Like, Tsubasa being able to drive a helicopter makes so much sense to me I never fact check. Like, Tsubasa’s a private investigator, a fancy way to say secret agent. He’s shown to be sneaky, able to scale to a rooftop quickly (episode 26 Metal Fusion), he spoke in fluent Russian, he’s able to swim miles to sneak into a lowkey military base (movie Sol blaze), he can also throw a grappling hook and climb skyscraper’s height while carrying weight of 4 people while fighting against the wind, heck he can command and deploy a squadron to help and rescue the legendary bladers after their first fight with Rago. Tsubasa being able to drive a helicopter makes so much sense to me.
So imagine how confused and disappointed I was when I finally rewatch 4D after all this years to refresh my memory, and then saw that it was 2 randos wbba agents that drove the helicopter instead of him lmaoooo
(That reminds me. They really just left those poor dudes out there in a remote island in a middle of a storm after the helicopter crashed.)
#mfb#metal fight beyblade#tsubasa otori#now it’s a headcanon for me lol#2 random agent: Sir what about us#Tsubasa: Swim back to HQ#and it’s mfb I’m sure they will do exactly just that#Tsubasa probably would collect languages and fishes like one would collect shiny rocks we never know
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“No, not the myr- AH!”
The Neurok rebel cried out in pain as a second bolt flew, removing their ring finger and its ring from their hand. They waited for a finishing blow, but upon looking up from their wound - already dripping with glistening oil from the spell - they saw a chrome-plated Phyrexian merely waving them away with a silvery claw.
“Goodbye, Gel,” the Phyrexian hissed forcefully.
Gel gritted their teeth. “What, no…preaching about Phyrexia today, Sarnvax? No follow-through, either?”
“No to both.”
“No…?”
Gel hesitated, but pain ultimately turned their full attention to their oil-slick injury. Though Sarnvax’s faceplate was but featureless chrome, his posture radiated annoyance as he watched Gel flee.
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“And stay out!”
Sarnvax’s shield spell deflected the incoming lightning. A squadron of Quiet Furnace goblins cackled madly on the other side of the barrier, but trailed off as they found themselves stumped by the shield.
“So we can’t…oh…” The goblin at the head of the formation banged a metallic fist against the barrier, but to no avail. Disappointed, it and its friends beat a hasty retreat, leaving Sarnvax chuckling quietly at the halfhearted attack.
“They are gone!”
A nervous squeak came from behind Sarnvax. As he dispelled his shield, a second Phyrexian stumbled into view,, with all manner of chrome wires embedded in their back.
“Thank you, I-”
“It is just my job, Gel. Although, I always did like you.”
“I noticed,” Gel chuckled. “You let me go as a Mirran, and still accepted me later, when I’d already turned.”
Sarnvax shuddered. “It is better that way. Jin-Gitaxias saves his more ‘experimental’ procedures for captives. I am glad I helped, but I wish I could do more…”
“Well…” Gel waved a four-taloned claw, “you helped me plenty…even if your way of helping was quite annoying, with all the counterspells.”
“Apologies.” Sarnvax’s faceplate betrayed nothing, but his tone held immense gratitude for the attempted pep talk. “But it is always so satisfying.”
[Dang, Sarnvax has been stopping Sol Rings since 2011!
Also, just speaking from experience with my playgroups, if you don’t win or lock fast, sometimes it really is a mercy to get your t1 Sol Ring countered, so you don’t get ganged up upon!]
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prologue to the crucial moment that tied vace and sol together, because this was supposed to be about that but then i just kept typing:
the swamp was barely explored yet. the only scout who had really gone there was dys, and utopia didn’t want to sanction it, but we all know he would’ve just wandered off and done it himself anyway. so he goes sometimes, and she makes sure he has the equipment he needs.
and they know the swamp is among the most dangerous regions around the colony. but dys seems to do pretty fine, almost certainly because he’s dys, he’s more a part of the planet than not.
well, dys finds lots of medicinal plants that grow there. and, knowing how his roommate also loves medicinal plants, shares the good news.
and, naturally, sol has to go check it out.
but rhett and utopia aren’t having it. sol isn’t trained in combat, hasn’t scouted more than a few times in the past few years, and is the only doctor in the colony.
so sol pulls the good ol’ dys treatment. he will go check out the swamp. it’s up to them whether he has any support doing it, or if he’s just going to hike it there.
(this… may have been a bluff. he needs to see those plants, and their environment… but he knows the colony needs him.)
rhett finally relents, as long as sol takes a protection detail. sol refuses to babysit a squadron of soldiers who will get spooked and shoot everything that moves, because there will be hands thrown if someone kills something without threat of imminent doom.
they eventually come to a compromise. one soldier.
but it’s going to be vace, because he’s the best they’ve got.
sol hasn’t had many interactions with vace outside of medical events. he’s still got that lasting first impression, so he figures it won’t be a particularly fun excursion. but it’s better than a whole group traipsing all over the wildlife.
vace, meanwhile, has been keeping tabs on sol ever since his first appointment. and he’s figured out that sol radiates kindness, cares about everything around him, is highly empathetic, and always has a little sarcasm to spare.
and he’s also realized that solane is terrifying.
kom pulled vace aside the same month they landed, because vace was already being a shithead. and the talk he gave vace didn’t scare him, but it did make him feel respect for the guy, and set him a bit straight. he realized later that kom knew damn well vace was going to run things one day, and his sister would be working under him. that’s really the main reason kom gave him the talk.
what he didn’t realize, at least initially, is that someone else was giving other troublesome helios kids a very similar talk. he noticed some of them seemed to cool their jets, but assumed it was being planetside. then one kid, about a year older than vace, seemed to have a nervous breakdown practically overnight. seemed suddenly paranoid and timid, like he was afraid to make a wrong move. a couple other helios kids were ribbing him about it, and things went just a little too far—someone broke his nose. an accident, supposedly.
but vace sent someone to get the doc, because this really shouldn’t happen, but goddamnit, they had protocols for this and rhett would shout him up one side and down the other if vace didn’t follow them. frankly, it was wasting less of his time to just comply.
but when doc sol got there, the kid seemed worse. blanched pale fucking white, and barely seemed to breathe while the doctor worked on him. just a broken nose, nothing dangerous. something to stop the bleeding, a few antiseptic wipes to clean him up, and a hard shell bandage to protect it.
and sol is being quietly reassuring the whole time, but this kid seems scared shitless. and vace is wondering if he really did just crack that hard. until sol finishes up, and as vace walks over to talk to the doc and his soldier, solane puts a hand on the kid’s shoulder, gives him a light shake and a smile, and says “you’re doing good, kid. i’m proud of you for turning it around.”
…and this seems to make the soldier more relaxed immediately. and then sol quietly asks who was pushing the kid around, because sol knows when an injury is “accidental”, and that’s what earns you a shovel talk.
and the kid doesn’t even say, but he does glance at them nervously for a split second. and sol stands up, doesn’t say a single word to vace, just walks over to the two soldiers who were instigating, grabs them each by the sleeve, and walks them into a separate room. the door closes, and vace is… not quite concerned. because he hasn’t had enough dots to connect yet. but… perplexed.
and then about eight minutes later, all three of them emerge. and the soldiers look shaken, but the doctor doesn’t look any different from when he went in.
so vace connects some things. and he drags sol into that same room, barking at the two soldiers to get back to training, and then asks sol what the fuck he’s been doing to the helios kids.
and sol says he’s just been talking to them. “the same talk kom gave you. just to the ones who are causing trouble.”
and vace is so confused. kom’s talk was honestly a lot about needing to be better because he’s the fucking example, because neither half of the colony is going to survive without the other, because vace has enough influence over his age group that everyone here might very well live or die based on the image he gives off.
and he did threaten to bury his ass under geoponics where no one would ever find it (and there was such a genuine earnestness there that vace had to believe him, even if kom was still learning how to move a wheelchair around the bumpier outdoor terrain). but none of that should frighten a helios soldier.
and he says as much to sol. or, a brief summary, at least.
and sol just looks at him with a raised eyebrow. and makes a quiet “hm” noise. and then the doctor just replies, “i guess kom and i have different standards.”
and all vace can think to respond is to spit out, “you’re a doctor.”
and solane stares right at him. and there is a coldness there. a bite that he hasn’t seen before. something that feels dangerous. and all solane says is, “yes. and i protect this colony.”
and turns and leaves the garrison, without waiting for so much as a look from vace. which isn’t something anyone does in his barracks. all the soldiers know better, and all the civilians respect him enough not to just leave.
but this doctor. this kid who’s a little younger than vace, who’s on the short side, who doesn’t know much about fighting beyond the basic self defense shit. who is kind and empathetic to every single one of his patients, who has absolutely cried over how damn cute his pet vriki is, and who has just enough sarcasm to keep things light.
has some sort of speech that has straightened up the soldiers he singled out, and scares some of them completely shitless to boot.
vace has been intrigued by solane since that first appointment. he likes to see spine. he’s always known solane has one, because he had no hesitation about squaring vace even when the soldier was the big new shit in the creek. he’s certainly taken himself to the medbay over injuries he wouldn’t normally sweat, just to see solane at work. because he feels drawn to the doctor, and hasn’t known why.
but then he sees the claws. the bite, and the sharp teeth behind it. he catches a snarl, and he realizes this unassuming doctor is a new kind of scary to the helios brats. they haven’t dealt with someone like that before. he’s willing to bet none of the stratos crew have either, because they’ve had no reason to.
and vace realizes he likes danger. he craves a little show of teeth. someone he could show teeth with, who wouldn’t be afraid.
and so comes this research trip. and he’s very interested to see more of who this doctor is.
#sol knows enough about human anatomy to make his threats graphic and specific#and he absolutely uses the shit out of that#would he actually follow through? it’s hard to tell. he’s not a violent person.#but he’s realized that the beauty lies there:#he doesn’t NEED to follow through. because the threats WORK.#iwatex#iwate#i was a teenage exocolonist#solane#solana#solanaceae#sol#vace#vace exocolonist#olivaceous#tarnishedgold#drabbles
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Strider 1 (Three Strikes)'s F-22A engaging Sol 1 (Mister X)'s Su-30SM above Farbanti, Erusea on September 19th 2019.
#ace combat 7#air combat#ace combat#dogfight#fighter jet#fighter aircraft#trigger#three strikes#mihaly a. shilage#sol squadron#f 22 raptor#f 22#su 30#su 30sm
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Avion d'attaque au sol Northrop A-17 du 4th Air Base Squadron – Aéroport d'Oakland – Californie – 1938
©United States Army Air Corps
#avant-guerre#pre-war#armée de l'air americaine#united states army air corps#aviation militaire#military aviation#avion d'attaque au sol#ground attack aircraft#Northrop A-17#A-17#oakland airport#californie#california#états-unis#USA#1938
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Headcanon that Trigger not only studies his enemies and their flight pattern, but he incorporates some of their movements into his own flight style.
After Champ and Brownies deaths, Trigger studies any and all footage on Mihaly possible, going as far as he can to find footage of his flying. He pretty much rewatched their deaths in his mind, analyzing every tiny detail laid within the memory. He starts to use the post stall maneuver afterwards.
Maybe even after Rage and Scream, Trigger watches how they flew together and the tactics they used in order to divide Triggers attention between the two of them. He and Count work to target the same enemies at one time.
He remembers the fight with Sol squadron at Shilage castle. Strider squadron moves as one.
Trigger adapts the only way he can, by watching, learning, reliving. He knows that in order to live to fight another day he has to be better, faster, more in tune with his plane. So he works tirelessly to improve himself and his team, so that he won’t have to watch anyone else die.
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12? 22? ~pumpkin anon (also hii again, my life gotten better and now im a chronic whore on main x3)
HELLO glad to hear you're doing well :D 2023 is the year of being slutty on main. Good for you!!
12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them
When I first got into the GG fandom here on Tumblr it seemed like a lot of people really didn't like Jack-O' but that's definitely shifted in the last year or so, which is great. Luv her, the silly woman. Ky still isn't very popular on here though. I am number one begrudging Ky Kiske supporter... He has DEPTH and MOTIFS and insane character development.
22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
A bunch of wild Gear shit went down in Australia, like Leo lost a whole squadron or something of soldiers to Gears down there. Zappa is Australian?? Something crazy is happening in Australia. Untapped headcanon/analysis potential there
I know I'm insane for Guilty Gear Begin but no one ever talks about how Sol/Frederick apparently watches (watched?) a lot of cheesy horror movies (he compares his situation to horror movies a few times throughout the book) and has been to a batting cage what sounds like more than once (while fighting Gear owls he jokes about it). Sol making Hellraiser or The Thing jokes would be canon-compliant
#ask memes#Just the other day I was complaining to Amelia about how The Thing on VHS is like eighty goddamn dollars can you believe that#Mildly tilted. They NEVER did more runs of that?? Why's it so rare/expensive????
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writing patterns tag game
Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!
Thank you @sinvulkt for the tag ☺️
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1. A Storm to Meet the Darkness (The Horus Heresy, Warhammer 40K)
The ship gleamed in Sol’s light, above the Skye orbital plate.
2. Under Saturnine (The Horus Heresy, Warhammer 40K)
“I had not envisaged a techmarine among the kill-teams,” Rogal Dorn stated, as blunt and uncompromising as any of the walls he’d fashioned.
3. A Last Chance (Star Wars Prequel Era, Dooku: Jedi Lost)
In the final analysis, it really wasn't fair. None of it was.
4. The Spirits We Carry (Horizon) Talanah/Nakoa, Nakoa/Marea
Journeying west through the western Sundom was hazardous, even with the Sun Carja and the Tenakth enjoying a wary peace. Where once columns of soldiers had filed, now dangerous Machines stalked among the trees.
5. How No One Stole Life Day (thanks to Osohla and Zudea and friends) (Star Wars, post-Sequels) Osohla/Zudea
It was the night before Life Day and as the poem had it, all was silent.
6. The Ghosts of Jakku (Star Wars Sequels) Rey/Kaydel
Rey hadn’t actually taken time to look back at Jakku when she left it.
7. Stars' Flight (Star Wars: Lost Stars) Thane Kyrell/Ciena Ree
Ciena Kyrell, once Ciena Ree, had heard plenty of people ask what the New Republic did with its revenue, if its fleet was so sparse where the Empire's had been so massive, so domineering.
8. Hunter's Hymn, Healer's Lament (Horizon)
The village of Riverhymn, tucked away as it was in the northwestern hills of the Utaru lands, was usually quiet.
9. Ryloth Besieged (Star Wars)
Major Blyer Towast of the First Order surveyed the world below him and cursed his fortune, just as he did every morning.
10. Lost in Stardust (Star Wars: Lost Stars/Original Trilogy) Thane Kyrell/Ciena Ree
Above Scarif, Thane felt a different kind of weightless than usual, as his squadron followed the reverberations of the Death Star's onslaught.
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Patterns, I guess 🤔 if not one overiding pattern. I like to create a little intrigue, and set out a setting and a character's emotional state early on. And if I can hook the reader with something evocative, I'll jump at the chance.
Now for some no-pressure tags:
@tjerra14 @foibles-fables @mehoymalloy @dreaminghour
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Hey there! Can you post Sol Squadron and Archange? Thank you!
Hello! Sure thing, I can do that for you. Here's Sol Squadron; I'll have Archange uploaded soon too. Thank you for the request!
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