《New Earth: Supergirl》Chapter 6
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About a week after she and Nia returned from National City, Kara entered her office one morning to find two packages in her office, one on her desk and one on Nia's. Kara quickly used her x-ray vision on the boxes, since while there didn't appear to be any signs of forced entry and the alarm had been active when she'd arrived, she also knew of several different kinds of aliens and metahumans who had means of bypassing the alarms and security, though who would want to break in here was beyond her, since Danvers Daily News was not that popular yet.
However, she calmed down when she saw that both packages contained rings and she had a good idea of who sent them and how they got in undetected. Sure enough when she picked up the box, she found a note attached to it, written in Cisco's handwriting.
I was able to make this suit a lot faster than the others since Kryptonian smart cloth is a lot easier to turn into a suit than the material I used to make the other suits. Plus I already had an idea of what the suit should like. I got these suits done first so that Thawne wouldn't find alien fabrics in Star Labs. Hope you like them. I also included an instructions manual on how to use the extra toys I built into the suit. Enjoy.
Kara grinned as she opened the box to find a gold ring bearing her family's crest on it on a blue background and quickly slipped it on her finger. However, to her surprise, nothing happened. Then she picked up the usb drive Cisco had included and quickly plugged it into her computer and pulled the instructions.
"To activate the ring for the first time, do not put the ring on, place it in front of the user, tap the emblem on it. This will cause the ring to scan and lock in your biometrics so that only you can activate the ring. Once this is done, place the ring on your finger and then tap it again to activate." Kara read out loud as she did what it said.
She took off the ring and placed it on her desk, the emblem facing her and pressed it. The ring emitted a glowing blue light that scanned her for a few minutes before it ended.
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Kara smiled as she placed the ring back on her finger and grinned as she removed her glasses and let her hair down before tapping the emblem again and this time, it worked perfectly as nanites began swarming from the ring, materializing the form of her new suit, was basically the same as her suit from before the crisis, not that she was complaining, she liked the pants look better.
"You should be more careful, what if someone who didn't know your secret walked in." Lena asked with a smile as she entered the office.
"Lena, what brings you here?" Kara asked.
"Well, as of right now, I am admiring your new suit. Who made it?" Lena asked.
"Cisco Ramon, he's Barry's tech guy and literally the best super suit maker in the multiverse. Don't tell Winn I said that." Kara said and Lena laughed.
"Deal. So, I saw it come out of the ring?" Lena asked.
"Yeah, I guess Cisco wove nanites into the fabric I gave him so that it would fit in a ring for easy storage. I'm guessing he did the same thing for Nia's suit." Kara said and Lena nodded.
"So, how does the suit come on and off?" Lena asked.
"Well, it came on when I pressed the emblem on the ring. I'm guessing that when I do this," Kara said as she tapped the emblem on the suit and sure enough, it shrank back into the ring.
"Cool, though I have to admit, having to press a button, it seems kind of time consuming." Lena said thoughtfully.
"What are you thinking?" Kara asked.
"Back while I was trying to fix the world using mind control, I experimented with Q-Waves." Lena said and Kara raised an eyebrow.
"What are you thinking?" Kara asked.
"I think that I can use my Q-wave research to modify the ring to connect to your subconscious so that you can summon your suit at will." Lena said.
"How long will that take?" Kara asked, eager to finally get to resume her work as Supergirl.
"If you can get me schematics, not long. I'll also upgrade Nia's." Lena said.
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"Sounds good." Kara said.
"I'm curious, what exactly are you planning doing for a base since I'm assuming you're not planning on operating out of the DEO?" Lena asked.
"I have Winn working on that. You're more than welcome to help. It's being built upstairs." Kara said.
"Smart, building it in a building that you own." Lena said.
"Yeah, but I actually just remembered that while we might be friends again, your brother and mother want to kill me." Kara said.
"You're worried they might use any Luthor Corp Tech I use to spy on you." Lena said.
"Pretty much. I mean Lex has to know that we've made up since I'm sure he had your office bugged." Kara said.
"Look, I talked to him the same day we made up and told him that I was just putting on an act to gain your trust. He thinks I still hate you and I've cleared my office of listening devices he put in and threatened to report it to the police if he did spy on me." Lena said.
"And you really that will work?" Kara asked.
"Of course not, but I also installed a dead zone in my office to keep him from listening in." Lena said.
"Okay, I just wanted to be sure." Kara said as she handed the ring to Lena.
"I'll get to work on this one and Nia's and have them done as soon as I can." Lena said and Kara nodded.
"Great." Kara said, since she couldn't wait to get it done.
Lena returned both rings to their owners a few days later and both Kara and Nia were very eager to try them out.
That was why they were standing on top of the office building, with Lena.
"Oh Nia, while I was experimenting with your suit, I discovered that this Cisco guy might be a bigger genius than Brainy." Lena said.
"Really how?" Nia asked interestingly.
"It looks like he found a way to modify your gauntlets to allow you to use your dream energy to fly." Lena said and now Nia was excited.
"Really?" Nia asked eagerly.
"Yep. Now, you'll still need to need to touch the emblems on your rings to allow the Q-Waves to sync up with your minds." Lena said and Kara and Nia both nodded as they touched the rings and immediately, the Q Waves took effect and Nia's ring also took her biometrics.
"Okay, so now you just need to think about the rings activating and they will." Lena said and Kara and Nia both nodded as they did exactly that and sure enough, both of their rings glowed a bright blue before their suits materialized around them.
"I missed this." Kara said and Nia nodded her agreement.
"How do I fly?" Nia asked.
"I'm sure Cisco gave us instructions for that. And once you figure it out, I'll teach you flight technique." Kara promised and Nia nodded.
"Well, as much as I love posing in our suits, I think that we need to wait for the right moment to reveal ourselves to National City. We can't just appear out of nowhere." Kara said.
"Fine." Nia said, though Kara could tell that she was no happier about it than she was.
However, before they could take their suits off, the ground began to shake.
"Earthquake." Lena shouted as she began to lose her balance.
"I guess we're getting our chance earlier than we thought." Nia said, right as Lena fell off of the roof of the building, though Kara flew after her and quickly brought her safety.
"Thanks Supergirl." Lena said with a smile.
"No problem. Now, I guess we'd better get to work." Supergirl said with a smile as she flew off and Dreamer used a dream whip to get down to the ground so they could both help the people of National City.
"Looks like the Superfriends are back in business." Lena said with a slight smile as she quickly got inside the building to take cover from the earthquake.
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