《Edge of Glory | Supergirl 1》Chapter 5
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Leah stood beside Kara, staring down at Leslie Willis, her hair was no longer blonde it was now a bright silver, even her skin became a deathly white.
"I truly hate hospitals." Cat mumbles, "How much longer until it's appropriate for us to leave?"
"Mom, you don't mean that."
"Oh, I do. I am intensely germ-phobic. And I'm not crazy about Leslie's new do. It's very Katy Perry."
Kara held her hands together, "If you didn't care about Leslie, you wouldn't be paying for this hospital room. Does she have any family?"
"None that she has mentioned."
Leah glanced at all the flowers, "Then, who were those from?"
"Her fans. Apparently, there's a whole shrine in front of Catco. I'm certain I'm going to have to step over it when I go in."
Kara sighs, her solemn eyes staying on Leslie, "Supergirl must feel awful."
Leah scrunched her eyebrows together, "Why?"
"The pilot was saved, she prevented the CatCopter from crashing into the ground, and Leslie is still alive. I put her in that helicopter. If anybody should feel guilty, it's me. Not that I do. Okay, that's long enough. We've paid our respects, and I have a company to run. After you."
Leah glanced over at Kara, "Come on."
"There was another girl." Cat states, turning to the two, "Find out who she is, and what her relationship to Supergirl is."
Leah's eyes widen, quickly following Kara out of the hospital room, "My mom is going to find out I was the other woman."
"Trust me, she hasn't found out that I'm Supergirl, you're safe."
"Now my mom is going to label me."
"Well, it's going to better than Supergirl."
Leah wraps an arm around Kara, "I think that name is amazing."
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Katie stared at Miss Grant walked in the room, turning to Winn, "Did you see the photos all over social media?"
"Yeah, Leah used her powers." Winn mumbles, "Do you think Cat knows?"
"Uh..." Katie glanced at her, the woman was pacing in her office, then she began to type on her computer. "I'm not so sure..."
Then the T.V. went crazy, news reports popped up. "Uh... Oh wow."
"New reports coming from CatCo plaza, claiming yet another superhero. The mysterious woman from last night, who saved the pilot from his untimely demise, is now called Captain Marvel."
"She labeled Leah."
"Captain Marvel?" Winn questions.
"KERAH!"
Katie looked around, but Kara was not here, so she quickly scrambled into Cat's office, "Miss Grant, you gave Kara the rest of the day off, remember?"
"Right." Cat pursed her lips, noticing how Katie kept glancing at the TVs behind her, "You have something to say?"
"Uh, why did you name her Captain Marvel?"
"Marvel, short for marvelous." Cat puts her glasses on the table, "The captain adds effect."
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"Oh..."
"It's Thanksgiving, Kathy." Cat waved her hand, "You and your hobbit brother may go."
"Oh um..." Katie nods, "Okay, uh. Are you and your daughter having Thanksgiving together?"
"That is none of your concern." Cat points out, she coughs, "But if you have to know, no, I have a lot of work to do, and Leah understands that. She said she found plans."
"Right. Have a good night Miss Grant." Katie quickly left Cat's office, moving beside her brother, "Let's go to Kara's."
"Why? We still have work."
"Miss Grant gave us the rest of the night off..." Katie replies slowly, taking in Winn's astonished expression.
"She did what now?" Winn moves his head to stare at Miss Grant, but Katie smacked the side of his head, "Hey, ow!"
"Don't stare." Katie scolds, "Let's just go before she changes her mind."
"Yeah."
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Leah stood awkwardly as she watched the group prepare the Thanksgiving dinner, she was unsure of what to do. Katie noticed this and pulled her over, sitting her down beside Kara. She then sat over by Winn as Eliza set the turkey on the table.
"Kara, your oven's not the best. Would you mind giving it a quick five seconds or so?"
Kara pulls her glasses off and uses her heat vision to cook the turkey. Katie huffs, "Huh, or you could do that."
"She comes in handy." Winn laughs.
Eliza smiles, "I have to admit, the first time she did it I was a little worried. What if we were all eating radioactive turkey?"
Everyone laughs, even Leah who felt welcomed even if this was her first real encounter with everyone.
Alex cuts off the happy tension, "It's no worse than the microwave. We'll all live."
Eliza's tone changes, staring at the glass of wine Alex was drinking, "You're having a lot of fun, Alex. Let's get some food in you."
"Yeah." Katie pops in, tapping her fingers against her thighs, "Everything looks great."
"Oh, especially the pie," Winn adds, receiving a scolding look from Kara.
"Oh yes." Alex snarks, "That is the best pie in the galaxy. Or so I'm told."
"So, before we eat, I thought it would be nice if we went around and shared what we were grateful for, or any other feelings that we might want to share with family and friends, so let's share. Okay, I'll go first, um... I'm grateful for everyone here. My two best friends in the entire world, my sister who's always had my back, my long lost cousin who I missed dearly, and the woman who always treated me like a daughter."
"Thank you, sweetie."
"Alex do you want to go next?"
"Nope." Alex chugged her drink down.
Kara puffed her cheeks out, "Winn, why don't you go?"
"Yeah, well that's easy," Winn says nervously, pulling at the collar of his shirt. Leah glanced at Katie looking uncomfortable.
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Kara's phone suddenly rang, "Oh, sorry guys, I'll turn it off. Oh, it's James. Um, sorry, sorry. I'll make it quick."
Katie shook her head, but Kara stood anyway, leaving the group in awkward silence. Leah looks around, then to Eliza, "So, uh, I hear from Kara that you're a scientist. That's... cool."
"I am a bio-engineer. Alex is in the same field. You know, I guess being a lab rat, it runs in the family." The three looked down at their hands, knowing this was not going to end well.
Alex put her glass down, "There is something I have to tell you."
"Okay. Is everything alright?"
"When I was at Stanford, I was doing research in genetic engineering. And my work and connection to Kara, it came under scrutiny. And I was recruited by the government. I'm not just a doctor. I'm an operative for an organization called the DEO. We monitor alien life here on Earth. I work in the field with Kara. I mean, that is my job, Mom, I look out for her."
Katie smacked Winn as if to tell him to do something, so he moved forward, "I would be happy to carve this, Eliza."
"Are you out of your mind!?"
"Oh, here we go."
Katie lifted a plate, "Who wants green beans? Uh..."
"How could you do this, Alexandra?"
Katie sunk back in her chair, looking over at Leah, "She called her 'Alexandra.' This is gonna get ugly."
"How could I do what? Devote my entire life to watching over Kara? Well, I don't know, maybe it's because it's what you've told me to do since I was 14 years old."
"You lied to me for years!"
"Is that what you got from all of that? So, Kara risks her life to protect other people, and she is a hero. And yet, I do the same, and I'm in trouble? That... is perfect." Alex stood up, getting ready to leave.
"You think your father would be proud of this?"
"I will never win with you." Alex slams the door shut.
Katie coughed, "Uh... Well, I think that we should go. Leah, you coming?"
"Please." Leah quickly grabs her things, she went to her cousin, giving her a hug, "We'll talk later."
Katie tugged Leah out, all three releasing a loud sigh once they left the room. "So you guys want Chinese?"
"Since I'm starving, that sounds absolutely amazing." Leah agrees, "Oh we've never been introduced. I'm Leah Grant."
Her hand was extended towards Winn, who looked at it, "Uh, well, I'm... I'm Winn Schott, it's... it's nice to meet you."
Leah gladly takes his hand, shaking it, "Nice to meet you too."
Katie pursed her lips, arms crossed over her chest as she stared with an amused expression at her brother and Kara's cousin. "There is a rumbly in my tumbly friends."
The two pulled their hands away, "Right." Leah grins, "Let's go eat."
"I was thinking we could just order some takeout." Katie walks down the hall, "And go to our apartment and watch some American Horror Story."
"Yes, I need to catch up on that series." Leah agrees immediately, "Let's go." She stopped the twins, "We could always fly."
"Fly?"
"I'm up for it." Katie put her hands on her hips.
Leah put her arms around both of them, "Hold on tight!"
Winn screamed as Katie laughed loudly, "We're live there!" Leah landed on the balcony, Winn turned around and threw up, Katie patted his back, "It's fine, I reacted the same way."
Leah winced, "I am so sorry. Should have warned you, the first time is the worst."
"Yeah, it is." Winn groans, wiping his mouth. He turns around, facing the two females, "I never want to do that again."
Katie lifted her hand up, "You'll want to, it's a great feeling once you get used to it."
Winn waddled into the room, "I'll go order the food."
Leah stared at Katie oddly, watching the female, "Why is it I feel my powers strengthen when I'm next to you?"
Katie glanced back at her, "What do you mean?"
"The power radiating off of you, I'm surprised Kara has not noticed." Leah stalked closer, her hands lifting up touching the air around Katie, "The power coming off of you is the same as the red sun of this planet."
Katie backed up slightly, "Well, I don't know what you're talking about, slightly freaking me out."
Leah took a step back, "I'm sorry. It's just, you're human, how could this kind of energy come off of you?"
"Kara called me a metahuman."
"A superhuman?" Leah walked in behind Katie, "What happened to you to cause that?"
"I'm not sure, the DE..." Katie coughed, unsure if she should talk about it, but thinking of Kara she said it anyway, "The DEO is running tests on my blood to see what's going on."
Leah nodded, sitting down and lifting up a few items of clothing, "What are these?"
"Suits, Winn made a lot of them."
Leah lifted one up, "I like this one."
"Keep it." Katie sat down, "I mean, you're Captain Marvel now." She laughs, "Go try it on, you're a Superhero now, your mom already branded you."
Leah rolls her eyes, but released a small snort, "Of course she did. I mean, since I already revealed myself might as well go with it."
"That's the spirit."
Leah moved into Katie's room, pulling the suit on, it was really modest, it covered her whole body, a cat suit. She pulled the whole thing on and walked out, watching as Winn dropped the phone in his hand, "She's-she's wearing the suit I-Wow."
Leah twirled in it, "It's missing a cape."
Katie snorts, "Wow, Kara was the same."
"I-I'll make a cape." Winn scrambles to pick up the phone, luckily he finished the order.
"So you're gonna fight crime like Kara now?" Katie questions.
"Only if she needs help." Leah answers, "Or all the time because I've never used my powers like this."
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